#star: sunwoo seong

[kikiyakno]

✧ Little Star

Date → Some day during the week prior to the Masquerade event. Feb 2021 Setting → Kian’s Grandparent’s Home. Santa Monica, California Triggers  → None, but does include descriptors of fish cutting so if that’s not your cup of tea... Mentioned  → Yi Jae-Sang , Seong Sunwoo , Brandon Kelly, Song Minjoon , Maverick Maxwell, Yong Chul Synopsis  →  ★ Stars are born when large gas clouds collapse under gravity.

The invitation was weird, it was random, it definitely was fishier than whatever fish it was Kian’s grandmother was scaling on the cutting board, but Kian held the weirdrandomandveryfishy invitation close to his chest. This was it. This was exactly the shimmering gold ticket his family and their restaurant needed that would definitely turn everything around.

Except…Gyeonggi Grill was having no part of it.

Just about every eatery in Pico was on board, even the ones Kian didn’t particularly think should be serving food (looking at you Pete’s Palace) and the ones he personally considered to be competition. There was no haste in the flood of Facebook posts on his feed of businesses confirming and promoting their attendance in response to the mysterious invite. It was hard not to feel the clamoring excitement over a party at an art museum. The more he refreshed pages, the more he heard about people talking of it between deliveries, the more Kian felt that this was possibly the shining light for Gijis to be seen again. They would sign up, get paid for it, and best of all to serve new people ~rich people~ to ultimately bring business back in. 

This big chance and his grandparents were radio silent. Kian couldn’t understand.

“Momo,” Kian whined loudly to his grandmother with a soft bounce on his heel. Even with his call the older woman didn’t look up from her work and feed into his melodramatic call. He huffed, the lack of response making his brows deepen further in frustration. “Momo, everyone who’s anyone will be there. They’re paying vendors to be there. This went out to a ton of people, probably everyone we know! Seriously! Everyone’s talking about it. This isn’t just something someone planned on the block, yakno. It’s a huge deal.” 

The pressed enunciations of his words make Kian stop to take a breath. In consideration, he defaulted to speaking in Korean when he was at home and not surrounded by any of his friends. His grandparents had never requested that he do so, but on his own Kian decided that it was a  respectful gesture. Just because English was his preferred language, forcing them to speak it with him didn’t seem fair. It takes him seconds to catch his breath before Kian starts up again.

“This party is exactly what we need, Momo. We can serve…..we can serve the soy garlic chicken! And you know people absolutely love our fried chicken. They talk about how good it is all the time! You know normal chicken places in America don’t double fry. And when they try, it sucks. That’s what makes ours so good! We can stand out with that! Guaranteed!” 

His grandma still didn’t respond, head down and much busier in her re-work of separating scales from the fish. However, there was a soft smile that had made a way to her face now. The passion and sincerity in his voice tickled her ears, especially when a little twist of the accent Kian had arrived at her doorstep with slipped free. Her grandson spoke with fire but not the kind that sought to burn others. He also spoke awfully fast. Which wasn’t too out of the norm for her grandson. Years ago she noticed Jae, Sunwoo, and Kian all shared that oddity.

The lull in the room pressed in on Kian and he broke through it with a giant huff. He waited still, watching her work the knife with expertise. He bit his lip to stop the clench of his jaw and the tightness from impatience building in his throat.

 “Mo—“ “Do you want to cut the fish? It’s your favorite before I clean it.” 

Cut short mid breath, Kian blinked wide at the knife being placed aside for him. She still didn’t look at him, but stepped aside for him to join her. The words sitting on his tongue blew away on a sigh, obediently setting the invite away and beelining to the sink to wash his hands. He steps beside her to take the knife as he starts cutting through the skin. The silence lingers on, aside from the edge of the knife occasionally drags against the cutting board. Kian works as asked, but fast. His cuts are clean and precise despite having his conversation stalled.

“You aren’t listening to me.” He says in an undertone, looking down at his work as he goes.  “I am, Ki-Hyun. I am listening.” Her voice is fond and silvery. Kian knew he was doing his cutting well. “Then why aren’t we joining everyone? Why aren’t we preparing for the event, Momo. We can serve food there.”  “...” “They will give us money. They pay, it won’t be free yakno.” “...” “A lot of people will be there. A lot of people who will love our food like they used to.” “...” “Maybe it’ll be enough money to help us catch up, Momo.”  “Kiki, please slow down and watch your cut.” “Please stop ignoring what I am saying.” Kian’s voice rises a few notches from his soft mutter. He pauses his cutting, noting how his clean work had suffered as he had tried to discuss. He evaluates briefly if his volume had gone too high to be seen as disrespectful, or if he could go on. Soon after he disregards his worry. He was tired of making these pleas and not getting answers. “Why are we not participating? Why aren’t we going?”

The sharpness in his tone takes her by surprise, but she is no stranger to determination. She can’t fight the look on her grandson’s face anymore, sighing herself before she gingerly responds.“...We can’t afford to close an entire day, Ki-Hyun. That’s a day’s business lost.” 

“They’ll pay twice that! Maybe triple than what we make in a day!” 

“We can’t guarantee that, Ki.”

“I can! It’s all over Facebook! Twitter! Other businesses saying they’ll be there and got paid! Remember when I made those accounts for us? People have tagged us—ah, mentioned us! They want to know if we’ll be there.” His voice brightens, contrasting her modulated one. His falters down instantly, however, seeing how her eyes widen then dampen in gentle confusion. Social media was still an entirely new world language for her. “Customers that are going to the party are asking about our food being there. They want us to be there too, Momo.” He defines for her with warmth. Kian can see her understand with his explanation, but she looks away from him before he can see a different turmoil in her eyes.

“We can’t gamble on something everyone else sees as lucrative. And...it would have to be more than a day to prepare for such a large number of people…that means we would have to close for longer to accommodate. Everyone on our staff would have to work longer.”

“Right, and then I’ll get Jae and DaeDae and Mason, and some of my new friends to help us all out and make things easier. And-and Minjoon loves being in the kitchen. If not, him and Chul have networks online too! I know they’d be super happy to help us find the hands we need. Maverick likes food trucks and stuff, he could talk to people! Oh, and Brandon might could help us with clothes and let us borrow something nice to go in!”

“Ki-Hyun.”

“He would find you a really nice dress. Remember I told you that’s what he does, yakno? He’s really good at it. Remember he called me from out of town? He was in a Fashion Show out of state! People love his stuff!” 

“Ki-Hyun.”

“And you know Jae would probably take off all his jobs to help. DaeDae would help too. Buuttt he’s the only one we might have to pay with food, so—” “Ki-Hyun.” Kian stops. Moreso to take a breath than to listen.

“Ki-Hyun, we don’t even have enough in our inventory right now to do so.”

“Yes we do, we—” “Kiki.” 

Kian blinked wide, and she simply shook her head against it. He hadn’t even finished! Each idea of his was shot down in seconds.

Excuses, excuses, excuses. These weren’t answers they were excuses. He didn’t notice how his hands had started trembling or how an ill taste of bitterness wrapped around his tongue. 

“Maybe if you stopped preparing that sweet chili wing combo every Monday and Wednesday night, we would have enough.”

“Kian!” 

“Momo, if Sunwoo was going to come back he would’ve by now. I told you that. But you still do that every night for two days a week. It’s been a month. That’s four weeks. Combos come with six pieces, but you give him two extra. So that’s about thirty-two pieces of meat we’ve had to throw out in the last month because of one person that could’ve fed five or more people.”

Kian knew he had crossed a line and he could see it in her face. He braced for anything, but she only fired right back at him.“And I will keep making what I want for him because those are his nights he works late. It’s too late and dangerous for him to stop anywhere else!”  

“You don’t get it. He doesn’t CARE!” Exploding, Kian lets knife go to drop onto the table as his world suddenly blurs. “He doesn’t care! He-He doesn’t care and he won’t come back! They aren’t coming back. Cause they don’t care. They don’t care. And YOU don’t care!” Kian steps back, immediately remorseful but a throaty sob obstructs his apology. The busy pattern on his grandma’s shirt melds into one in the watery world. “You don’t care! You won’t let me help. You don’t think I know we’re behind! I work because I know we’re in trouble. But you and Grandpa keep...trying to HIDE it and not make me worry. But that just makes it worse! I worry anyways! I’m 27 now and you’re getting older, but I see you work every single day. Then you come home, tired, but then for ME you pretend we’re doing okay when we’re not. We’re NOT!! No matter what we do it’s not enough. I keep working and working and working and working but it’s just not enough! It’s not enough for you to stop pretending like I can’t help! It’s not enough for my friends to feeling like they don’t have to baby me and take care of me and pay for me to eat all the time! It’s not enough for me to ever see you stop working, or rest well at night, or for us to think about taking road trips like we used to or flying away on vacation!” Kian stops to wipe his face with his sleeves in a rush, face wet as though he had been standing in rain. He pushes his face into them to have his cry, only to feel his chest heave in harder when in the brief darkness he only imagines the glittering, serene lights of Paris. He shuts his eyes tighter and tears his face away in a hurry, feeling the accumulation of months of his world caving in on itself finally collapsing on top of him. 

“I-I’m tired, halmeoni. I’m tired of us pretending. This is our one chance and you say no! Why are you giving it up so easily? Why are you giving up?! Wh-wh-why am I the only one who cares? N-N-No one cares! No one cares but me!”

Kian feels like he’s going to give way again before strong arms pull him close from behind. He breaks regardless, knowing now that at some point his Grandfather had come into the room. At this point Kian’s grief commanded his outburst.

“I’m sorry i’m not Kyung-soo. I’m sorry i’m not good like Kyung-soo so you could finally rest and have plenty of money and friends and nice clothes like he does. If I wasn’t here your family would love you and send you the money you need and you wouldn’t be dealing with this. They won’t even help you because of me. It’s my fault. I’m so sorry we can’t be happy and enjoy things like normal people. I’m so—!”

Kian felt warm hands take his cheeks and his body be squeezed harder. Momo had been hushing him and only at her touch had he quieted. He didn’t know how long she had been trying to, but his Grandfather’s face was buried heavy into his shoulder. Momo smiled, relieved to see that she had gotten through to him, but Kian could finally see her face was just as wet—and tired—as his. As familiar as she was to determination, her heart ached to see overwhelming frustration cripple the brightest heart she knew. She could be angry, she could be upset, but while Kian said one thing, she heard another. Hopes, wishes, blame, and shame but most of all that passion and sincerity.  Yes, it hurt to be the one hit by his fire this time, but this detonation of Kian’s was different than all the others she seen before it. She swiped over his cheeks with her thumbs, still working on a smile despite her own tears.

"Don’t let go of any of those dreams of yours, little one. We will figure this out just like we’ve figured out everything else. Keep hoping. It’ll be alright. I promise.”

#— self para. #[ :) ]

[dramaddict-and-proud-of-it]

Devilish Joy

Year : 2018 | Country : KR | Nb of episodes: 16

My rate: 5/10

Synopsis :

Would you choose to love someone you could never remember?

Gong Ma Sung grew up in a difficult life and experienced some hardships, yet still made joy from it. He is the successor to the Sunwoo company and excels in anything to do with the cranial nerve. From his difficulties, he is respected and looked up to as a brilliant man. One day, his kindness destroys his life. Whilst trying to help a woman in trouble, he gets into an accident and life completely changes. He loses the ability to remember, his memory only limited to one day. Now, before he goes to sleep and forgets everything, he notes all events from that one day, for the next. He wakes up with no recollection of the past, and reads back on his notes to memorize.

His life changes further when he meets Joo Gi Bbeum, a once popular star, who was a celebrity and entertainer loved by all. She is not as revered as she once was, having going through a horrible experience that shaped who she is in the present, ruined her confidence and destroyed her future.

When they meet, Gong Ma sung falls in love with her and a connection is formed but how do you develop a love when every day seems like the beginning?

 Main cast :

Choi Jin Hyuk as Gong Ma Seong

Song Ha Yoon as Ju i Ppeum

Lee Ho Won as Sung Ki Joon

Lee Joo Yeon as Lee Ha Im

My thoughts on this drama :

I thought I'd love it. In the end I found it merely good. It is a nice drama, but it did not give me any emotion, or any "amazing" vibes. I do not regret watching it, but it could have been better.

 A Favorite ?

NO

#devilish joy #kdrama #drama #Choi jin hyuk #song ha yoon

[mikrokosmoswrites]

The Video Edit Masterlist

My video edits, ranging from absolute cringe to pretty polished up. This will go from most recent to the very first edit underneath the cut! 

Please note: It’s an unfinished list, but I’ll add them when I can. I mean...it’s a decade worth of content!

2023

April

Arielle x Taejoon: Don’t Give Up On Me (ship video)

2022

January

SEHT (Yi Jae-Sang, Seong Sunwoo, & Won Ki-Hyun): Outro Tear (Birthday week video)

May 

Yoochun x Haneul: Nap of a Star (ship video) 

June

Jung Ji-Yoon: I Like It Rough (Introductory Profile video) 

Ji-Yoon x Dakho: Hurricane (ship video)

Vanessa x Niklaus: Heaven (ship video) 

Arielle x Taejoon: Message in a Bottle (ship video) 

August

Nova x Kian: After School (version 2.0) (ship video) 

Odette x Baekhyun: LO$ER=LO♡ER (ship video) 

Ji-Yoon x Dakho: National Anthem (ship video) 

Venice x Max: Love Me Harder (ship video) 

Lexa x Eric: Until I Found You (ship video) 

2021

January

Alexandra Maxwell: Teen Idle (Profile video)

Maverick Maxwell: Boys Boys Boys (Profile video) 

February 

Sooyun x Maverick: Strange Love (ship video) 

SMRP Masquerade Results (crack video) 

June

Nova x Kian: After School (ship video) 

Nicole x Maverick: Traitor (exes video) 

Vanessa x Niklaus: Good 4 U (exes to ship video)

August

Nova x Kian: Love Maze (ship video)

December

Sooyun x Maverick: I Don’t Do Drugs (ship video) 

Nova x Kian: My Universe (ship video)

Taejoon x Maverick: Industry Baby (twins video) 

Vanessa x Sunwoo: Beautiful, Dirty, Rich (brotp video) 

2020

April

Alexandra Crims: Bulletproof (profile video)

July

Kore Tavoularis: Bellyache (profile video)

August

Alexandra Crims x Shane Liang: Starving (ship video) 

Jay x Harry: Middle of the Night (descendants ship video) 

October 

Vanessa: Thank U, Next (revamp profile / exes video) 

Lydia x AJ: Thinkin’ Bout You (ship video) 

Vanessa x Parker: Bad Reputation {Version 1} (ship video)

Vanessa x Parker: Bad Reputation {Version 2} (ship video) 

November 

Trixie x Mike: Tattoo (ship video)

Mason x Juliette: Fire Meet Gasoline (ship video)

Vanessa x Parker: Wonder (ship video) 

Alexandra x Sung-Jin: Sofia (ship video) 

Vanessa: Primadonna (revamp profile video)

December

Lydia, Vanessa, Anthony, & Parker: Why {Version 1} (love square video)

Lydia, Vanessa, Anthony, & Parker: Why {Version 2} (love square video)

2019

January 

Vanessa: Primadonna (revamp profile video) 

July

WDPA: Circles (6th Anniversary video) 

August

Madelyn Gothel x Apollo Speros: Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince (ship video) 

September

Theodore “Tigger”: London Boy (profile video) 

November

Blaine “Barrel”: One of the Drunks (profile video) 

2018

January 

Valentina Hart: Alphabet Boy (Introductory profile video) 

Valentina Hart x Andrina Triton: Girls Like Girls (ship video)

April 

Vanessa Maldette: Primadonna (Fashion Weekprofile video) 

July 

WDPA: Youngblood (Anniversary video) 

November

Valentina Hart: Sweet but Psycho (profile video) 

2017

February 

Vanessa x Lucian: National Anthem (tv ship pitch 1) 

The Tremaine-Maldette Siblings: Waves (future!au video) 

April 

Valentina Hart: Scheiße (profile video) 

May 

Trixie x Peter: Perfect (ship video) 

Vanessa x Lucian: If I Could Fly (tv ship pitch 2) 

June

Valentina x Flynn: Soap (ship video) 

WDPA: Best Song Ever (4th anniversary video) 

2016

April 

The Nessapocalypse (Major Canon Event video) 

May

The Royals of WDPA: Wild Things (Clique video) 

WDPA: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Major Canon Event Teaser) 

Vanessa x Lucian: National Anthem (ending monologue; ship video) 

Veronica x Oliver: Fireproof (ship video) 

June

WDPA: Cheap Thrills (Travel Event Video)

WDPA: I Can Be Someone (3rd anniversary video) 

August 

The Villains of WDPA: Heathens (Major Canon Event video) 

October

The Royals (Simon’s bachelor party): 24K Magic (Major Canon Event Teaser) 

November 

Vanessa Maldette: The Greatest (birthday video) 

December

Valentina x Flynn: Mercy (ship video) 

WDPA: Just Hold On (Recap video) 

Catrina x James Bendita Tu Luz (ship video) 

2015

February

Skyler x Christian “Fletch”: Wonderland (ship video) 

June

WDPA: Rather Be (2nd anniversary video) 

July 

Vanessa x Lucian: Mirrors (ship video) 

Vanessa x Lucian: National Anthem (ship video) 

September 

WDPA: New Americana (Back to school video) 

December 

WDPA: When Can I See You Again (recap video) 

2014

February

Vanessa Maldette: Primadonna (profile video) 

July

Tigger x Mika: Happily (1st ship video) 

August

WDPA: Live While We’re Young (1st anniversary video)

Vanessa x Steven “Stitch”: Nothing Feels Like You (ship video) 

December 2013

Walt Disney Prep Academy (teaser 1/very first edit!!)

Walt Disney Prep Academy (teaser 2) 

Walt Disney Prep Academy: Stole My Heart (first major edit; 6 month video) 

#my edits

[sxpernovagirl]

👩 Did you ever consider having more children with Oliver?

"I did, especially when Nova was younger because she was always by herself and I felt bad, you know? But...it wasn't in the stars for Oliver and I to have one together, but Oliver told me something that brought tears to my eyes when he said, 'Nova and I might not share similar DNA, but we share the same heart and that being passed on, means more to me than anything else'. On the bright side, now I have so many kids between Jae, Kian, Dae-Seong, Sunwoo, Woojoo, Chul, Sooyun, Mimi, Maya, Trixie...our hands are tied and our living room is always full, but it fills me with joy to see it."

#{ answered } #answered:Seon-hee Kang-Mitchell