#moon embracing the sun

[dramashii]

KIM SOO HYUN in Dramas

Dream High (2011) | Moon Embracing the Sun (2012) | You Who Came From the Stars (2013) | The Producers (2015) | It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020) | One Ordinary Day (2021) | Queen of Tears (2024)

#my one and only #dailyasiandramas #asiandramasource #kdramadaily #kdramasource #kdramaedit #kdrama #kim soo hyun #dream high #moon embracing the sun #you who came from the stars #the producers #it's okay to not be okay #one ordinary day #queen of tears #*edits #some things never change #handsome as ever #getting rid of the full bangs was a game changer #highest paid actor for a reason!!!

[anotherfanaccount]

Me cruising through Moon embracing the sun chuckling at myself over the lighting up faces and swooning maids. They been at that since ages and have only gotten better.

Watching a 2012 classic in 2024 sure is an experience. A saeguk on top of that.

Kim Soo Hyun proves why he's the highest paid actor. Man is absolutely captivating.

#kdrama #moon embracing the sun #kim soo hyun

[forevertry79]

AVATARS 400x640px | Kim So Hyun (Actrice) voir la galerie

#avatars #400x640 #kim so hyun #love alarm #moon embracing the sun #the tale of nokdu #let's fight ghost #radio romance #uselesslies #korean #actress #김소현

[omodrama]

"I wanted to forget you, but I couldn't do it."

#moon embracing the sun #korean #drama

[myfirstlife]

The bird with clipped wings

Moon Embracing the Sun (episodes 1 - 20)

Just because somebody doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean they don’t love you with everything they have.

Which love is stronger? The one you fight for or the one you give way for? Is love a contest to be won?

While Moon Embracing the Sun is a period drama about the love story between the Crown Prince (later, King) and his first love who were tragically separated by forces beyond their control, there was another tragic love story in the background of this show that caught my attention (and perhaps, it caught my attention because of the irony or because it was frustratingly agonising).

Yoo Heom (played by Im Si-wan, later Song Jae-hee), was the epitome of brilliance as a top-ranking scholar who becomes tutor to the Crown Prince. However, despite his brilliance, Heom was doomed, unable to reach his true potential and unable to recognise the person he has been searching for due to his blissful ignorance of things outside of books and knowledge. Yoo Heom was the brilliant scholar who had no idea.

Unbeknownst to Heom, he attracted the sights of the childishly innocent and pampered Princess Minhwa (played by Jin Ji-hee, later Nam Bo-ra). However, Minhwa’s love was meant to be unrequited as her wishes to marry Heom fell on deaf ears. The King knew that he could never fulfill the wishes of his beloved daughter, as doing so would clip the wings of Heom and prevent him from becoming a loyal advisor to the Crown Prince. The King, who wanted his only daughter to be happy, ignored her tears without realising the desperation of Princess Minhwa.

But Minhwa’s youthful naivety would be taken advantage of. Her pure love for Heom was used as a weapon to hurt Heom and the people he loved. Her love for him became the reason for the death of Heom’s only sister and the fall from grace of the Yoo family. Princess Minhwa got the one thing she wished for, to be married to Heom, at the cost of lives. And in the course of fulfilling her love for him, Minhwa kept a great secret from him.

Seol (played by Seo Ji-hee, later Yoon Seung-ah) is a servant of the Heom family, responsible for caring for Heom’s younger sister who considered Seol her own family. But not only did Seol love her young mistress who treated her like an equal, she also admired from afar the young master who gave Seol her name and treated her with gentleness and kindness. Seol knew her admiration could never result in love because the difference between the two was too great. Instead of yearning for her young master, Seol did the only thing she could do - follow his wishes to protect his younger sister even in her death. And in the course of fulfilling his wish to protect his sister, Seol kept a great secret from him.

For the duration of 13 years, Heom remained ignorant to secrets that were kept from him. Meanwhile, Minhwa kept her secret from her husband in fear that Heom would leave her if her secret was revealed; and Seol continued to watch her former young master from afar while keeping her secret, knowing that revealing the secret would endanger the person Heom asked her to protect.

It was only after Minhwa watched her husband cry over his younger sister’s death that she realised what her love for him cost him. However, despite it all, Minhwa did not regret her choices knowing that her choice led to her love. Minhwa fought for her love, even if it meant destroying others. For Minhwa, the end justified the means.

On the other hand, Seol watched her young master grieve his sister’s death, unknown to him that the person he mourned is alive. She couldn’t comfort him with the truth, in order to keep her promise to him. And at the end of it all, Seol sacrificed her own life for Heom’s happiness, even if she knew such sacrifice could never result in her love being fulfilled. For Seol, her last regret was that she couldn't fulfill her promise to Heom to protect his beloved sister until the end.

Was Princess Min-hwa’s love stronger because she fought for it? Or was it less true because she fought at the expense of those she should have cared for?

Was Seol’s love stronger because she protected him from afar? Or was it less true because she gave way instead of fighting?

I do not think there is an answer. Minhwa and Seol are opposite sides of the same coin. Princess Minhwa and Seol chose to love the same person in different ways and in the end, they loved without regret.

#moon embracing the sun #nam bo ra #jin ji hee #yoon seung ah #seo ji hee #kdrama #kdrama review #kdrama queen

[iron-sparrow]

I can't tell one from another Did I find you, or you find me? ♪

feat. @ahollowgrave

#ffxiv screenshots #gposers #ffxiv gpose #yein x odette #odette hollows #yein my beloved #paladin embrace #the sun holds the radiant moon #been on a GPOSE spree #enjoying that while it lasts

[respectthepetty]

*I'm going to be completely normal about Moonlight Chicken. I'm just going to watch and enjoy it. I'm not going to look deeper. I'm not going to think about..*

Moonlight Chicken's Symbolism and Background Noise

The series has several Chinese influences and begins on September 10, 2022, which an actual full moon fell on that day. It is the Moon Festival also known as Harvest Moon, Mid-Autumn Moon, or Mooncake. It is meant to be spent with others. In the lunar calendar, it's the mid-point of the year. We know this date from Jim's beer.

The brand of the beer is Full Moon, and he and Wen drink it throughout the first episode.

Jim and Wen discuss what is normally seen in the moon. Jim sees a woman (which there is legend about a woman and the moon, but it's too much for this space), but Wen states it's a rabbit. A rabbit normally represents the full moon because both symbolize longevity, peace, and prosperity.

That's why mooncakes are given during this time. They represent well wishes to the receiver and those shared with a long peaceful and prosperous life.

Ginger, which Wen shared with Jim, also symbolizes longevity as well as passion and strength.

Jim's green truck's license plate states frog in Thai. Frogs are a symbol of prosperity and good luck.

Li Ming, whose name means (bright) dawn, wears an Ohio State Buckeyes Football Shirt. Buckeyes are a type of nut and symbolize good luck (thanks college football for that nugget of info!).

However, this show is doing well with subtle foreshadowing, so Li Ming might run into some bad luck with driving (Heart around) without a license.

We get some foreshadowing with the DVD Wen picks up at Jim's. This movie is about two lovers who meet in Hong Kong after relocating there from other parts of China. Their lives take them on separate paths, only for them to reunite ten years later in America. The ending shows that they actually sat back-to-back on the train ride into Hong Kong over a decade ago. Aka, they were fated lovers.

Jim has an Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business and Reader's Digest collection of books - Dick Francis' Comeback (about a man who gets entangled with a stranger on his route to his new job), Frederick Forsyth's The Deceiver (about a British agent who is set to retire, but one of the main plots is an affair), and Alexandria Ripley's Scarlett (which continues the story of Scarlett and Rhett from Gone with the Wind, who are estranged, but at the end, reunite). *Also, the condom package is amazing. The C of "condom" is actually the condom. I just think it's neat!

Wen has Eric Hall's Monster (which is about famous sport agent Eric Hall who was known for being a money monster). This is likely to be Alan's book because the apartment is filled with art, which is due to Wen being an art director. He was also drinking because of his job but didn't state anything specific about the reason.

Wen and Alan's apartment is more modern, while Jim's is more traditional.

When Jim and Wen met at the restaurant, it is Saturday going into Sunday. In Thailand, Sunday's color is red, and its unlucky color is blue. However, In China, red represents good luck, and blue represents longevity. We see these colors often around Jim and Wen (scroll back up).

Jim was shown mostly in or highlighted by red the first episode with Wen in or highlighted by blue.

Even Jim's aprons are red. They say Hungry? with a little chicken peaking out of the pockets.

We also see the blues and reds around Heart and Li Ming. *peep the elephant tusks which are encasing the family and symbolize power*

The bottle Heart drops is Snake Bite Whiskey, and a snakebite shot simply consists of whiskey and lime juice aka it hurts like an actual snakebite.

Modern Thai Sign Language was influenced by American Sign Language (which was greatly influenced by French Sign Language). It seems as if Heart is telling Li Ming his face scared him, but I'm unsure of the last sign since that is not the ASL sign for surprise, scared, or angry. The second portion seems to consist of Heart saying YOUR MISTAKE, but once again, the second sign is different than ASL's mistake because of the breadth of the movement. *I love that this wasn't captioned because it allows the audience to feel Li Ming's confusion and Heart's frustration.

We end the episode back at night with another shot of the moon. As others have pointed out, the colors at night are more crisp and vibrant compared to the day.

But based on Li Ming's name, and the symbols, I think Moonlight Chicken is attempting a similar theme as Big Dragon - The Moon and the Sun have to meet at Dawn. These lovers won't work in their current situations. They have to compromise and find balance, which is why they met in the middle of the year. They have to meet in the in-between.

#Moonlight Chicken #background noise #symbols #episode 1 #I was never going to be normal about this show #they have to meet at dawn #they have to meet where the sun and moon can embrace

[eldragon-x]

Been thinking about this since I feel like Lusamine is one of the most dividing and controversial Pokemon characters due to her being rewritten in the immediate Sun/Moon remakes and how differently she's portayed in various Pokemon media in general.

#personally I love her as a villain in og sumo despite having some gripes and it makes me so sad that she got watered down in usum #I haven't watched the anime yet but I heard she's basically a different character in it but Idk if I can really embrace that idea #considering I just kinda feel like they wanted to ''soften'' her down yknow. anyway. #also I didn't include Pokemas because afaik that's just basically a follow-up to her usum characterization #pkmn #gen7 #pokemon #sumo #usum #pokemon sun and moon #pokemon ultra sun and moon #lusamine #pokevillains

[youknowihavenochingu]

Historical kdramas ⚔

The Red Sleeve

Sungkyunkwan Scandal

100 Days My Prince

The King's Affection

Love In The Moonlight

Mr Sunshine

The Moon Embracing The Sun

Tale Of Nokdu

Hwarang

Queen For Seven Days

#kdramas #the red sleeve #sungkyunkwan scandal #100 days my prince #the king's affection #love in the moonlight #mr sunshine #the moon embracing the sun #the tale of nokdu #hwarang #queen for seven days

[glambots]

Listen I gotta say it cause we all know it's true, and you can boo me, but I'm right: the current "DCAverse" is just today's version of "the Undertale skelebro (Sans & Papyrus) harems" of 2016-17

#every time i see someone make a universe #where there's a bunch of suns and moons all hanging around one reader #i'm like 'yeah this has undertale skelebros harem fan written all over it' #absolute 'six skeletons and a maid' ass aesthetic/shenanigans #and this is not negative!! #i repeat this is not negative!!! #i was part of that fanbase Hardcore back then #and i love the dca harems #just. embrace your roots. #you know it to be true. #sfw #silly #/lh

[anotherfanaccount]

The kids are making me bawl. Legit fetuses and doing all that. Jin Goo and Yoo Jung, you'll always be famous.

#moon embracing the sun #kdrama #they did get 5 episodes #now we get the grownups #I hope I finish the show actually

[forevertry79]

AVATARS 400X640px | Kim So Hyun (Actress)

#avatars #400x640 #Kim so hyun #Korean Actress #김소현 #love alarm #moon embracing the sun #the tale of nokdu #let's fight ghost #radio romance #UselessLies

[omodrama]

Moon Embracing the Sun

#moon embracing the sun #korean #drama #kdrama

[katkalis-the-horror-fanartist]

@illsaveyouhatty2 YOU KNOW IT-

Even TIGHTER THO

#THE CENTIBOYS WILL CUDDLE TONS #so many legs for more EMBRACE #fnaf sb dca #fnaf dca #dca fnaf #sb daycare attendant #security breach daycare attendant #fnaf daycare attendant #fnaf sun #fnaf moon #sundrop #moondrop #centipede boys #monster guys #centipedes #dca sun #dca moon #cuddles #hugs #fnaf sb sun #fnaf sb moon #my art #fan art #ask answered except i replied to a reply #cute #wholesome

[tequiilasunriise]

Wenclair’s peak dynamic is that Enid would die fer Wednesday, Wednesday would live fer Enid, and they would kill fer each other.

#i said what i said thank you and goodnight #we love u murder gfs!!! gfs willing to sacrifice it all fer each other!!! #Enid’s big thing being dying fer Wednesday is smth i dont need to explain #but Wednesday willing to live life like truly live it embrace it ENJOY being alive in not just the gothic macabre way #but truly smile and appreciate all the wonders of the world? to not see existence as a prison but rather a playground? #the sun would burn out in a supernova all in the name of love #the sun loves with an all consuming heat death that is tumbling affection sparking through the cosmos #its brutal its destructive and its so s o damn beautiful #but the moon? #the moon may appear rather lonely in her night sky #but her way of loving is learning to truly *live* i tell you #to outlast even the greatest of extinctions so that she may tell the remaining dust clouds about her lover #the moon may look like she is surrounded by bleak darkness #but make no mistake young traveler #for she is queen of the night and she plans to have a long long reign #the moon’s way of loving is preservation #sun ann mood!!! ​life and death!!! devotion that always declares screams pleads ‘love me love me love’ #thats what its all about ur honor #wenclair #woewolf #enid sinclair #wednesday addams #wenclair warriors rise up #oh yeah both would totally kill ppl fer the other but thats just canon ahem ahem hyde v wolfie

[nat-amethyst]

Plague!Will being confirmed is so fucking cool - it also pairs with what was said by Apollon himself in the Hidden Oracle. Apollo asked Kayla & Austin to curse the colossus Neronis with a plague in case he missed his shot.

All of Apollo's children can plague someone, they just choose not to or don't know they can do it. My take is that they actually don't know it's one of their powers. Since it seems to come from their dark side and they have always been described as a sunny, chill, extrovert bunch, it would make sense. Especially for Will, since he has stated clearly in tsats that he loves being a healer and that, as a counselor, he ought to keep his calm no matter the mess. Him tapping into his dark side, embracing it to protect his boyfriend ? Man, I love it.

#plague!will #will solace #the sun and the star #tsats #tsats spoilers #EXCUSE ME BUT I FUCKING LOVE PLAGUE WILL SINCE DAY 1 SO I'M OVER THE MOON YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES IT'S CANON GO MY SON EMBRACE YOUR DARK SIDE #plague!will solace