#luo qian qiao word of honor

[episodeoftv]

Round 1 of 8, Group 1 of 8

propaganda and summaries are under the cut (May include spoilers)

Code Geass: 2.25 Re;

Lelouch tries to persuade Nunnally into giving him the key of Damocles as the battle concludes.

Word of Honor: 1.34 Ep 34

Ye Bai Yi instructs Lao Wen to close down Ghost Valley forever and the crowd disperses peacefully. The victors have drinks where Lao Wen reveals how he had managed to convince everyone around him to get along with the plan. Zhou Zi Shu is happy for him, but in pain that he only had a few more days left to survive. Scorpion King has a talk with the now disabled Zhao Jing in which he reveals his true intentions and feelings about what he thought about him. A drunk Lao Wen elatedly describes that meeting Ah' Xu had changed him. He asks him to accompany him to his parents' old hometown for a proper burial and Ah' Xu tearfully agrees. At Ghost Valley, preparations for Ah' Xiang's wedding takes place. Aunt Luo tells her plan to stay at the valley forever with Qian Qiao, who had decided to drink the Water of Lethe and forget Yu Qiu Feng. Cao Wei Ning is increasingly nervous and confesses that he had always hoped that his wedding would be attended by his seniors and Masters. The Gentle Wind Sword Sect arrives and Mount Qingya and they are let in. Master Mo Huai Yang openly disrespects Ah' Xiang. (Source: MyDramaList)

(Spoilers) Look the emotional rollercoaster this episode is like Wen Kexing finally got his revenge and Ye Bayi is like just close down the ghost valley and we'll call it even and it's like yes!!!! No more bloodshed!!!! And everyone is having dinner together and Wen Kexing is literally having the best day of his life!!! But then Zhou Zishu is like dealing with all the turmoil and angst that WKX's little stunt put him through and that he's going to die in a few days but nobody knows and he doesn't want to bring down the mood and then there's heartbreaking scene where WKX is drunk and is so happy and cuddling ZZS and is like I'm so happy you're my soulmate and everything is great and we'll travel the world together this is amazing!!! And you can see the pain on ZZS's face because WKX doesn't KNOW!!!! And then there's the confrontation between Scorpion King and Zhao Jing which is !!!!!!!!!!!! And then they're preparing for Gu Xiang and Cao Weining's wedding!!!!! And it's so sweet because everyone is just so happy!!!! And like WKX is in full dad mode which is great. But it's just like an episode where the characters can just all love each other because there's no sign of immediate danger (well besides ZZS' stuff) but like it's so heartwarming and sad and tragic when you know what happens right after like !!!!!!!!!!!! It's also one of the highest rated episodes (on mydramalist) with a 9.3 so there's that too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9zRSFzOfTc&t=1230s

#word of honor #code geass #poll #polls #round1 #r1g1

[mdzspring]

Word of honor packs

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[smittenskitten]

Word of Honor Challenge ↳ Worst Couple : Liu Qian Qiao/Yu Qiu Feng

#word of honor #shan he ling #wohedit #liu qianqiao #yu qiufeng #ke naiyu #liu hanyang #cdrama #cdramaedit #woh challenge #woh worst couple #prangon gifs #they were super toxic #Qian Qiao finally moved on to live the rest of her life with #Luo Fumeng #nothing bad ever happened to them

[ahxiang]

[ID: three gifs of the assassins du pu sa and qiao luo han from word of honor. 1: du pu san pouts and crosses her arms. 2: she brightens and looks over at qiao luo han. 3: she puts her arm on qiao luo han’s shoulder and smiles. END ID]

#word of honor #shan he ling #tian ya ke #faraway wanderers #yu nai jia #zhao qian #candice zhao #* #*gifs #they're girlfriends!!! you can't convince me otherwise!!! #*shl #du pu sa #qiao luo han

[missfangirll]

Daily Favorite Lines: Fandom Favorites

Since it’s Christmas soon, I decided you get a DLF farewell present: some of my all time favorites of all the fandoms I posted fic recs for.. Enjoy! 😁

1. The Untamed / Mo Dao Zu Shi

✮ Lan Wangji / Wei Wuxian:

I hope that you will come and meet me by feyburner (28384 words, Post-Canon, Getting Together, Love Letters, Emotional Hurt/Comfort)

✮ Song Lan / Xiao Xingchen:

palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss by iodhadh (15128 words, Pre-Canon, Getting Together, Pining)

find him by touch alone, know him blind by Fleetling (4499 words, Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Nobody Dies)

hold me close (don't let go) by oliverdalstonbrowning (11133 words, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - College/University, Comfort, Friends to Lovers, Falling In Love)

✮ Lan Sizhui / Lan Jingyi: 

anyway, here's wuji by kakikaeru (18045 words, Post-Canon, mostly cql canon)

                 2. Guardian / Zhen Hun

✮ Zhao Yunlan / Shen Wei:

The Deconstruction of Hei Pao Shi by clevermanka (111289 words, Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, Post-Canon Fix-It, Canon Compliant, Porn-heavy Plot)

Carte Blanche by naye (66610 words, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship, Angst with a Happy Ending)

✮ Da Qing / Ye Zun:

Will You Be My Player Two for Life? by Kakushigo (15018 words, Mutual Pining, background weilan, meet cute, idiots in love)

✮ Chu Shuzhi / Guo Changcheng:

go tell the bones by queen_gee (11729 words, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Post-Canon, No Spoilers, Getting Together, Idiots in Love, Pining, Fluff, First Kiss, Grief/Mourning)

                    3. Heaven Official’s Blessing / Tian Guan Ci Fu

✮ Hua Cheng / Xie Lian:

some rivers and streams in between by idrilka (10807 words, Reunions, First Time)

Of Marriages and Ascensions (series, unfinished) by Naamah_Beherit (38210 words, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Different First Meeting, Canon Universe)

               4. The Dumb Husky and his White Cat Shizun / 2ha

✮ Chu Wanning / Mo Ran:

Catharsis by jitterati (now orphaned on AO3) (50005 words, Fluff, Conversations, Hurt/Comfort, Sex)

Up This Cobbled Lane by cherryburlesque (26285 words, Alternate Universe - Reincarnation, Getting Together, Mutual Pining, slight angst with a happy ending)

              5. Word of Honor / Shan He Ling

✮ Zhou Zishu / Wen Kexing:

gently into morning by Lirelyn (5121 words, Post-Canon, trauma processing, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, copious amounts of cuddling and handholding and eventually fucking)

To Mend With Gold by ElodieWrites (47635 words; Obligatory Amnesia Fic; Hurt/Comfort; Accidental soulmate acquisition; Fluff; With a side of angst; Fix It Fic; Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence)

          6. Lord Seventh / Qi Ye

✮ Jing Beiyuan / Wu Xi:

sleep and wake up then say that again by mido (11340 words, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Past major character injury, Miscommunication, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, References to Canon, Porn with Feelings)

it's all yours now by myheadsnoisy (5617 words, Canon Compliant, Confessions, Getting Together)

                 7. Thousand Autumns / Qian Qiu

✮ Shen Qiao / Yan Wushi:

Father of the Bride by FireLordTrunks (9105 words, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Implied Sexual Content, Kissing, Happy Ending)

and when the rain stops, you’re there by terracottawarrior (7464 words, Modern AU, Getting Back Together, Confessions, Kissing, Sex)

            8. The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System /  Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong 

✮ Luo Binghe / Shen Qingqiu:

Can't we just skip to the end? by chaoticgoodlawyer (58610 words, Time Travel, Crack, Time Travel Fix-It, Character Study, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, First Time)

            9. SCI Mystery / SCI Mi An Ji

✮ Bai Yutong / Zhan Yao:

Ordinary by thewickling (Diviana) (27896 words, Slice of Life, Curtain Fic, Romance, Domestic, Living Together, Canon Compliant, Getting Together)

            10. The Yin Yang Master / Qing Ya Ji

✮ Yuan Boya / Anbei Qingming

My Name, Your Spell by Momokai (12265 words, Getting Together, First Time)

#word of honor #shang he ling #shl #faraway wanderers #zhou zishou #wen kexing #wenzhou #qi ye #lord seventh #七爷 #wu xi #jing beiyuan #镇魂 guardian #guardian #zhèn hún #shen wei #zhao yunlan #weilan #da qing #ye zun #dazun #the untamed #cql #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan zhan #wangxian #song lan #xiao xingchen

[hattedhedgehog]

The ladies of Word of Honor, I love them all so much.

[Image descriptions: Limited palette headshot illustrations of the female characters from Word of Honor. In order left to right of the first image: Liu Qian Qiao, Gao Xiaolian, Gu Xiang, Da Pusa, Lu Liu, Tragicomic Ghost, Qiao Luo Han, Gu Miao Miao]

#word of honour #shan he ling #SHL #word of honor fanart #posca art #my art #my shl art

[shanhelings]

Word of Honor has a happy ending! Watch it here!

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Tags on this blog:

Characters

Wen Kexing - Zhou Zishu - The OTP: wenzhou Zhang Chengling - Gu Xiang - Cao Weining - Ye Baiyi Luo Fu Meng (Tragicomic Ghost) - Liu Qian Qiao (Beauty Ghost) Xie Wang (Scorpion King) - Du Pu Sa - Qiao Luo Han Jing Beiyuan - Wuxi

Media

gifs - fanart

Theme

family - aesthetics - quotes - behind the scenes

by episode

01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - special

[thegreymoon]

Word of Honor

LMAO, he’s so offended at the suggestion that this boy is suited for his precious daughter 😂😂

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LMAO, call him out, cutie!

Define that relationship status! 😂😂

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Aww, look at these two puppies!! 🤗

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OH MY GOD 😂😂

Dorks, both of them 😂😂 They are so cute and smitten with each other!

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Oh 😶

Didn’t see her coming, even though they told me, like, minutes before. 

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Oh, hi, Sword Immortal! 😍

How did you know I love pretty, grumpy, white-clad immortals who live on a mountain? 😋😋

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My heart is a puddle 😭

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Wait, what?? 

I went back to that scene when WKX sees his father in the illusion and tried to compare with the footage of Rong Xuan and sometimes, I’m so fucking faceblind I can’t even cope 😭 I seriously can’t tell 😭😭

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ALSO, HOW DOES ZZS KNOW WHO WKX IS??

I mean, it makes sense, considering how invested he is in the whole armour mess and how badly he wants everyone dead.

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WTF??

Who are these people they killed again?? I took a break for a couple of days with this show and now I have no idea what’s going on 😶 

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Oh no. Oh no no no no no 😢

Please have plan! OMG, please let this be a part of a plan!! 😭😭

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LMAO, I love this hungry gremlin 😂

Somebody please introduce him to Gu Xiang and her little boyfriend! They will get along so well! 😂😂

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LMAO, you swear? 

That might mean something if you had not already proven yourself to be faithless in every way that counts. 

Anyway, Wenzhou is cute and all, but the women on this show are topping my list of favourite characters. Gu Xiang is first, Tragicomic Ghost is second, and Beauty Ghost comes in third. 

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He’s talking about the two of them frying in a cauldron of boiling oil in hell for a hundred years and ending up being twisted together into a delicious breadstick 😂😂

I can’t with all this romance 😂😂

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Eh... it is sad that none of this actually precludes him being his father 😕

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LMAO, that’s right, if anyone is going to undress him, it’s going to be Lao Wen! 😂

Back off, Grandmaster! 

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LMAO, look at this pot calling the kettle black! 😂😂

You’re both very pretty, boys, there is no need to fight! 😋

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LMAO, not this troll rubbing it in that they haven’t fucked yet 😂😂

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I love them 😂😂

The way they get on each other’s nerves, OMG! This show just keeps on giving! 

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Poor baby 😂😂

Just do us all a favour and strip 😋

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Well, this was no fun.

I understand Wen Kexing perfectly, though. You can never have the things you want when you want them. And later, when you can have them, you are changed and they are meaningless. Living an entire lifetime of fruitless longing. 

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“Torturing a person is like roasting a chicken. It tastes best when it’s roasted long enough.”

LMAO, what is this wisdom? 

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Oh, Aunt Luo, no 😢

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Oh? 👀👀

I’m possibly way off base here, but when it comes to the Five Lakes Alliance, I think Gao Chong is the most honourable one, while this asshole is the one I trust the least. I admit that I am basing this mostly on the fact that Gao Chong keeps memorial tablets of the people he supposedly wronged and is obviously grieving for them. Shen Shen is an obvious douchebag, I have no dilemma there, but I’m not yet sure what the problem with this one is. He just feels so slimy and shady and the moustache does not help. 

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I love these big location shots!

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Mmmm... all that thunder and lightning. It does not bode well. 

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LOL, yikes 😬

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OMG QIAN QIAO DON’T DO IT 

RUN. PLEASE RUN. DON’T TRUST HIM!!

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LMAO, obviously, I have no great love for the Alliance, but this is common sense 👇👇

Why is everyone so stupid 😤

#word of honor #woh spoilers #woh ep13 #woh ep14

[ancienticecream]

[SPOILERS UNDER CUT FOR SHL AND CQL] The One Thing I Don't Like About BL

Yes, I watched Word of Honor to the end this morning. It made me realize there was one thing in both Untamed and Word of Honor I didn’t like, the only real problem I have with BL . . . (Spoilers under cut)

The Kill Your Ladies trope.

In both series, the body count of female characters was alarmingly high. In fact, of the named female characters we met, only one was confirmed alive at the end of each show.

Furthermore, there seemed to be a pattern to the dead ladies in each canon. As in, most of them were closely related to half of the main pairing (Wei Wuxian/Wen Kexing).

1. His beloved adopted sister, as well as her significant other. (Yanli and Jin Zixuan/Gu Xiang and Cao Weining)

2. His foster mother. (Madam Yu/Luo Fumeng)

3. His right hand woman. (Wen Qing/Qian Qiao)

This is, quite frankly, blatant fridging, to use the Western comic book term. The women around the main male character are canon fodder to further his emotional arc. (Furthermore, in each case the one woman who is allowed to survive - MianMian/Gao Xiaolian - is acquainted with the main character and a defender of him and his family, but is not particularly close to him).

Look, I love how BL is bringing us beautiful love stories about beautiful men. It's one very big step forward, especially in a country like China that, frankly, has a way to go with LGBT equality. (It warms my heart how many casual passerby thought the WOH concert was a big LGBT wedding!) But does the step forward have to come with a step backward when it comes to fridging of female characters? Can't the protagonist have his happily ever after with his soulmate AND have his beloved sister and his female buddy alive to see it?

#word of honor #the untamed

[catravandece]

I posted 840 times in 2021

50 posts created (6%)

790 posts reblogged (94%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 15.8 posts.

I added 403 tags in 2021

#woh - 147 posts

#me - 38 posts

#it speaks - 37 posts

#lotr - 34 posts

#dramas - 30 posts

#venom - 30 posts

#castlevania - 29 posts

#word of honor - 22 posts

#twofs - 19 posts

#star trek - 17 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#au the morning after soft birthday tang yi gets a spring loaded glitter bomb in the mail bc msf was too heart eyed to remember his evil plan

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

im no thoughts head empty just modern day shl xie wang post-zhao jing takedown. he took over their house and zhao jing’s assets but delegates taking care of shit to his scorpion buddies, mostly just wanders around doing whatever strikes him like redecorating all the bedrooms or paying off some random kid’s tuition. when he gets really voided out he crashes at luo fumeng’s place to hang out with qian qiao. they bake cookies and platonically make out until he feels better. one day he crosses paths with ye baiyi again for the first time since the business coup or w/e and they inexplicably can’t leave each other tf alone, first they’re fighting, then they’re fucking, xie wang calmly admits to himself he’s caught feelings and drags ye baiyi kicking and screaming into a weird kind of domestic bliss. they get a cat that loves xie wang and ye baiyi moves his sword collection into one of the guest rooms where they make wenzhou sleep during visits

45 notes • Posted 2021-07-02 03:59:46 GMT

#4

chief phupha come get ur man he’s literally on fire

50 notes • Posted 2021-03-06 05:26:46 GMT

#3

matching icons for u and ur bad buddy

128 notes • Posted 2021-11-29 04:52:05 GMT

#2

nie mingjue does NOT have pickup truck energy thank you very much it is painfully obvious that he drives a 2009 soccer mom hatchback. plenty of seating for huaisang’s weird friends and trunk space for huaisang’s art projects and all wheel drive for huaisang’s inevitable brushes with death on his learner’s permit.

251 notes • Posted 2021-08-15 05:53:08 GMT

#1

jin zixuan had to die bc mxtx knew with his newly acquired Dad Energy he had the power to fix absolutely everything. given the opportunity dude woulda resolved the yunmeng bros fight, gotten the wen remnants and wwx a nice farm to live out their days and educated lwj on the benefits of proper communication all while mitigating jgy’s seething bloodlust thru Baby Playtime and fatherly sincerity. my mans was too powerful rip

2650 notes • Posted 2021-02-06 20:40:36 GMT

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#my 2021 tumblr year in review #sakdsfcdnaslmdcs thank u tumblr for reminding me of Evil Prankster Meng Shao Fei #u can rly tell i had the drama feels this year huh #it speaks

[mdzspring]

Word of honor honor icons

— Liu qian qiao

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[i-am-just-a-kiddo]

ok so I tried to come up with three characters like you did for me but this was very difficult. so feel free to ignore some if you don't like it or feel like talking about someone else :'D but the beauty ghost/liu qianqiao (word of honor), yu tangchun (killer and healer, bc i know you like our opera boy) and seo moonjo (strangers from hell, bc i am always curious about you and this dentist lol)

Aaaah thanks for these! 💗 It’s been a joy to answer them, so I hope you can get through my ramblings about them. 

Referring to Give Me A Character

and I’ll break their ass down:

How I feel about this character

All the people I ship romantically with this character

My non-romantic OTP for this character

My unpopular opinion about this character

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

My answers under the cut: 

Liu Qian Qiao/ Beauty Ghost (Word of Honor) 

How I feel about her: I love her and she deserves better. I’ve not finished the drama yet and I know surprisingly little spoilers about her. I just love to see her acting on her own accord, standing up for the person she loves. Being protective and so caring of Luo Fu Meng, it breaks my heart. From what I’ve seen, she’s gotten on my radar only recently - after they saved Luo Fu Meng from the prison, I got really excited to see more of her and them in general. 

I think she deserves better than that pathetic man whose name I don’t bother to remember. I’m scared of what the show will do to her but I’m so excited to see more, especially now that Scorpion got them in his clutches? She’s on par with him and I’m curious which direction this will go. However, as with many C-dramas unfortunately, she does not really feel tangible to me? There is always something missing, just a small piece that will make her feel more true to me. Maybe the drama will deliver on that? I’m not sure what to expect. 

All the people I ship romantically with her: Luo Fu Meng!!! Lesbian ghosts rights!!! Their recent scenes have been breaking me and I just want to see more of them. I want to know more about their past together, about their dynamic. Luo Fu Meng is her master but right now, Liu Qian Qiao is the one guiding and caring for her. It shows how equal they actually are, even if not in their title. Liu Qian Qiao’s devotion to her feels so burning and determined - whatever she has going on with that man just pales in contrast. She was ready to risk it all for her and she would never abandon her. She’s willing to do anything and I’m just praying for their lives - please don’t fuck it up, @ show writers. 

In short, I just need more of them. Please. 

My non-romantic OTP for her: I loved her interaction with A-Xiang a lot - she truly seems like an older sibling to her and it’s precious to see. I can see them being easily annoyed with each other but also fiercely protective of the other. I can see A-xiang being an unstoppable whirlwind and Qian Qiao trying to ground her, while being incredibly fond. I can also see A-xiang pulling her older sister out of her own head, grounding her and validating her? Tell her that she is more than she thinks of herself, and that she deserves a lot more than she allows for herself. I need more of their interaction because I’m weak for found family tropes and I need more of the ladies doing their own thing outside of Wen Kexing’s or someone else’s periphery. 

Also I want more interaction with her and the Evil Bodhisattva???? The potential that friendship has? Please gimme. 

My unpopular opinion: I don’t know any opinions? I’ve not yet dived deeply into the WOH fandom because I’m not done with the drama yet. I’ve generally seen little content about her and the other ghost ladies, which is a pity. Once I get there, I’m excited to dive into all the fandom has to offer. 

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I’m on episode 24, so I can’t really judge what the show is gonna do to her, but so far I wish for more depth. Less of that horrible man being affiliated with her. Less of her being subjected to violence. More agency. More of her and Fu Meng interacting, caring for each other, being in each other’s space. I hope her to survive and not be killed, so I’m crossing fingers. 

Yu Tangchun (Killer and Healer)

How I feel about this character: OH BOY. I have freshly baked feelings about him, get ready. Warning for spoilers:

First of all, I always felt the drama did not dive into him as deeply as I had wished. Something was always missing there, but I can’t really name what. Maybe more depth, other than just being sick and out for revenge? He had more potential and I will get to it later. But from all I’ve gotten from him, I love how strong he is, and how much bravery there is in such a small body. He has his own mind and own agenda and doesn’t allow people pushing him around - I also love how deceiving he can be, even to his friends (namely Chen Yuzhi when he asked for that drug). He is a clever fox and I love that for him. Which also made him incredibly unpredictable to me in the beginning - I just couldn’t quite place him? 

In the end, am just incredibly fond and he deserved so so much better than the show ever gave him. 

All the people I ship romantically with him: Zhan Junbai, with all its flaws. From the first moment on, their tension just made me go ???????? the whole time. It was amazing and unsettling to watch, see its development and knowing this could not end well. A very delicious dynamic that always treaded the line of will they or won’t they (whether that refers to killing each other or otherwise). At some point I felt a little more invested into their plotline simply because it was so interesting and unpredictable. The mutual attraction is undeniable, which made what happened later even more heartbreaking and fucked up.

It could have never worked, even if Zhan Zhunbai had been less of a dick. They deserved a different ending - at least Yu Tangchun should have been the one to kill him, or at least they should have had a proper showdown together. After all - they were more than friends at this point. 

My non-romantic OTP: I loved his friendship with Chen Yuzhi, but I must say I would have loved to see him more with Chu Ran! If we imagine a different ending, they could have bonded together so much over what Zhan Junbai did to the both of them. They are both so gentle and headstrong, I wish we had gotten more of them together. It could be relaxing and freeing for the both of them. 

Also I’ve always wondered how exactly Yu Tangchun’s friendship with Jiang Yuelou worked? I think this got way too little spotlight. 

My unpopular opinion about him: I have no idea what is popular and what isn’t? Maybe that I sort of enjoyed the idea of Yu Tangchun joining Zhan Junbai, even though I knew it wouldn’t happen. Let me dream, that could have been a different level of conflict. 

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Oh boy. Oh boy. SO MUCH. Spoilers ahead if you haven’t finished the show: 

First of all, his ending?? It felt way too rushed and while not out of character, he deserved so much more than his death being an afterthought to the plot and a few sad gay flashbacks. The entire ending felt rushed and oh boy, could I rant about it here, but I will try and focus on Yu Tangchun. So yes, give him the respect he deserves. 

Another thing which I have mentioned above is that I wished they had given him more depth? Just a little bit more other than the trauma and agony he went through. I also wish I had seen more of his opera and his story with it - how he got there, how he thinks about it. We only ever got glimpses and I get that a show can only focus on so much, but still. 

I also wish his ending with Zhan Junbai had been different - in a sense that I wanted him to break Zhan Junbai, lure some genuine emotions on his face other than anger. I wish they had gotten more….closure? I don’t even know. It didn’t feel satisfactory at all. Zhan Junbai went through so much trouble to keep him and then suddenly he let’s him go and then he dies? It just went too quickly. If at least Yu Tangchun had been there to kill him in the end, or at least get some sort of closure. I’m rambling now because I don’t know what I wanted for them but it was certainly more than what the show gave me. I am so frustrated about the ending of the show, help me. 

Seo Moonjo (Strangers from Hell)

How I feel about this character: Conflicted. That is the short answer to that, but of course I’m not here to give a short answer. Do I have to clarify that I do not condone the actions of a cannibalistic serial killer in real life? I hope not. Okay, let’s get to it then. 

Seo Moonjo (or Mr. Dentist, as I lovingly call him) to me is incredibly intimidating. Part of it is that Lee Dong Wook does an incredible job at depicting him as charming and terribly unsettling at the same time. From the first second he shows up on screen, you feel this presence - and you feel intrigue and fear. Which is what Seo Moonjo wants, it’s what he preys on. 

So when I think about how I feel about him, I think he is one of the best villains I’ve encountered recently, simply because he makes me feel the same way he makes Jongwoo feel. I’m very fascinated? I feel Seo Moonjo is a very lonely person, lost in his own ideals and morals. He has absolutely no sense of social propriety and does not intend to learn them. He’s so caught up in his own art and his desire for a certain life, it’s almost pitiful how much he desires it. But of course, once I feel a sliver of pity, he reminds me that he is - indeed - hell personified. I am still lowkey mad that he charmed me (why is being a villain so sexy smh).

Summing up, I love and hate him. What a creepy bastard.

All the people I ship romantically with him: Yoon Jongwoo, despite all the cruelty of it. I think comparing this show to NBC’s Hannibal is very valid, even though these two never got a proper development of their relationship like Will and Hannibal did. I absolutely think that Seo Moonjo is in love with Jongwoo and wants him to be his, wants to wrap him up in his life and make him the ‘perfect art-piece’ he had always wanted in his collection. No matter how sick it is, this obsession is probably the closest Seo Moonjo can get to feeling love - he does not know how else to love. 

So what do I want for them? I want Jongwoo to get his revenge, to make Seo Moonjo suffer as much as he did. I want Jongwoo to see eye to eye with him so they can walk with equal footing. I want Seo Moonjo to realise that Jongwoo has as much power over him as he thinks he has over the other. After this, they can be murder husbands for all I care, in true Hannibal-esque fashion. The emancipation of Jongwoo needs to happen first, and Seo Moonjo needs to realise that he is not the invincible one in this relationship. After that, they can have a good time together, no matter how fucked up that time may look like. 

Also, I am convinced that he ‘dated’ Yoo Gihyeok in a twisted way, before he went and fucked up his plans; and before Jongwoo came to cath his eye.

My non-romantic OTP: As mentioned above - Seo Moonjo is a lone wolf. Yes he had his pack and someone that guided him on this path, but none of them ever come close to him to see his heart. The show itself doesn’t give him much space to see a potential friendship except the one he has with Jongwoo. Jongwoo would be the answer for this as well. (also to be fair, I don’t wish anyone to be friends with him damn)

However, if I could explore more dynamics he has with other people, I would love to see it with Officer So. I think she is an incredibly interesting and strong character and the few scenes they had together were fascinating - she came as his patient and ended up being his enemy. In another installment of this show, I would’ve loved to see more interaction like that and see the development of them being pleasant acquaintances (and maybe Seo Moonjo realising that she too is worth his attention) to enemies. I want Seo Moonjo to find respect for her.

My unpopular opinion: I’m not into depicting him as fancy rich, as many do in fics. Yes he’s a dentist and surely has a ton of money, but I like the idea that despite this wealth, he would always be a shabby sort of person. Not decked out with a luxurious rooftop apartment and wearing dress-shirts every day and expensive watches; but rather using his wealth to make himself safe from detection, finding remote areas, buying utensils and appliances for his ‘art’. So no, I reject the vision of him lounging on the highest building in Seoul with a minimalist empty apartment. I see him in a ratty rundown but expensive old mansion/house that has many corners for his artistic endeavours. I’ve already picked the perfect house for him in Busan, on the top of a hill overseeing the city and the harbour. 

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I’ve mentioned it above, but I wish Seo Moonjo had gotten to feel more pain. We got Jongwoo’s liberation and Moonjo being proud of his ‘artwork’ while Jongwoo kills him, but that was not the revenge Jongwoo needed. In the end, Moonjo still lingers with him, as a constant presence, and he never got a taste of his own medicine. While watching this show, all I wanted was Jongwoo to break Moonjo’s heart. This would not make up the suffering Moonjo put him through but at least they would be equal. So I have my own revenge fantasy with this character that is more than ‘merely’ killing him. Being killed by Jongwoo just felt like an honour to Seo Moonjo and I’m not satisfied with that. 

Phew okay I’m done! Thank you for giving me something to ramble about, it was a joy!! 

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