#tvn secret forest

[hanyeojins]

Bae Doona's outfits as Han Yeo-jin Secret Forest (2017-2020), Season 1

#kdramaedit #kdramadaily #kdramasource #dailyasiandramas #asiandramasource #secret forest #tvn secret forest #tvn stranger #bae doona #.gif

[kactors-kpop-kdrama]

#cho seung woo #bae doona #yoo jae myung #forest of secret #tvn secret forest #tvn stranger

[phant0m-l0rd]

a precious bookmark~

have this short Stranger / Secret Forest comic based on an idea I had last year but never got around to drawing until now~

I just liked the thought of Si-mok using one of Yeo-jin's drawings as a bookmark~

(limited colour palette with 6 rollerball gel pens)

#using coloured pens directly meant no room for mistakes so that added some pressure lol #my mom recognised it was meant to be Si-mok though so that reassured me XD #hwang si mok #tvn stranger #tvn secret forest #han yeo jin #secret forest 2 #fan art #traditional art #pen drawing #my comic #lisa's art

[kdramas-ruined-my-life]

hey Stranger/Secret Forest fans! There is news that the show may be coming back to us! Hopefully Simok and Yeojin will return to us!

#hwanghan #secret forest #han yeo jin #hwang si mok #secret forest 2 #stranger 2 #stranger #tvn stranger #tvn secret forest #kdrama #bae doona #cho seung woo #secret forest 3 #stranger 3

[muninnhuginn]

Thinking about Seo Dongjae’s arc and how Lee Changjoon factors into it.

Spoilers for both seasons of Stranger under the cut.

Both came from similar backgrounds in that they were ‘disadvantaged’ compared to their peers. Lee Changjoon didn’t come from a family as wealthy as the chaebols and Lee Yeonjae is explicitly said to have married ‘down’ when she married him instead of Kim Byunghyun. Seo Dongjae meanwhile wasn’t an alumni of a prestigious university and so doesn’t have the same connections as many of his colleagues. This pushes them both in different ways. Dongjae towards latching onto the nearest person he thinks he can use to give him a leg up. Changjoon towards the murky business of Hanjo and his father-in-law.

As season 1 progresses, Dongjae and Changjoon become more distant. We’re told that they used to be closer and have been growing apart over the course of the early episodes as Dongjae’s suspicion of his boss grows. Dongjae is still an opportunist though and so he returns back under Changjoon when given the chance. Ultimately, survival is what matters most for him and if it’s playing all sides that keeps him from being arrested that’s just what he’ll do.

Changjoon took Dongjae on to be his employee on the condition he stay away from Hanjo and his father-in-law. In retrospect, I’m inclined to believe this was his way of protecting Dongjae from their influence rather than because of worries Dongjae could ‘expose’ him. After all, Changjoon intended to expose Hanjo himself and so keeping Dongjae away from them doesn’t particularly help with this. If anything, he’s limiting potential information Dongjae can obtain to only the pieces more relevant to himself.

And, of course, Changjoon told Dongjae to not follow his path with his dying breaths. He could see the direction Dongjae was heading (and was already far enough down to have an arrest warrant out in his name) and knew where it had ended for him. Changjoon knew how how hard it is to extricate yourself once you’ve started down the corrupt route. But he also knew it wasn’t too late for Dongjae. Eunsoo proved that Dongjae couldn’t stomach being a killer.

Season two Dongjae, for all he’s still trying to make inroads and build connections in dubious ways, does show signs of growth. The fact he looked further into the Choi Bit and Park Gwangsu when Woo Taeha tried to draw him away from them is evidence of that. Looking further in this case would not endear him to the very person he wants to gain a promotion from. Also, it does seem like he was genuinely invested in his role in juvenile crimes, in even ‘simple’ bullying cases. And that in of itself helped him unlock the beach case. There was also how didn’t particularly socialise with others at his current office and mainly kept to himself which is a far cry from his early season 1 behaviour. Of course, the last point is somewhat weakened by the way he was most definitely networking outside of his station, but it adds to the sense of isolation and desperation present in everyone this season. His motivation skews increasingly towards his family and dissatisfaction with the whole system (though as a prosecutor he aims most of his ire at the police force).

There’s a part in the second season where Dongjae says something about how looking too deeply into places regardless of what everyone else wants can get you in trouble. And at the time the most obvious person it applies to is Simok (and also Eunsoo, but that stays silent) but in a number of ways it applies to Dongjae himself in this season. He’s probably lucky he was taken out by the culprit he was when you look at the other potential suspects. He has a lot of new powerful enemies. And those enemies are still future threats to him (as Lee Yeonjae demonstrates aptly). For a character so focused on survival historically, his choice should be clear when it comes to whether he speaks up or whether he chooses to stay silent. And yet, he’s shown enough growth that it isn’t clear anymore.

In the dream sequence in season 2, the subtext is pretty clear as to why each person appears. They’re all people who quite literally ‘lost their way or lost their life’. Changjoon (life/way - self-explanatory), Kang (strayed his way but chose to leave), Eunsoo (life, and also her way - though not in the corrupt sense, more how her revenge consumed her and she made self-destructive choices), Yoon (way, though importantly *not* his life). And Dongjae being there is partly to raise the potential he won’t make it, but most of all, it’s there to say that Dongjae hasn’t yet chosen his own path.

As of the season two finale, we don’t know which direction he’ll choose to go.

#stranger #stranger 2 #secret forest #secret forest 2 #tvn stranger #tvn secret forest #(sorry idk the best tags for this so just went for the ones I've seen around) #wanted to maybe muse about how lee yeonjae said her husband may not have chosen dongjae to take him down in the same way as simok #but he was still someone important enough for her to realise #also I skimmed over the implications in the gap between s1 and s2 about dongjae returning to his old ways #I do think it's relevant and is another reason his arc could so easily go either way but couldn't figure out how to put it in #also unrelated but the thoughts I have about young iljae's idea that family = justice is fascinating when applied to others #changjoon. yoon. young eunsoo. dongjae. and then at the other end you have simok. but anyway #this tangented a lot oops #also. if anyone reads this who hasn't watched stranger all you need to know is that dongjae is charismatic but slimy

[presumenothing]

just saying but AUs i would like to see magically come into existence:

timetravel with si-mok waking up near the start of s1 and tries to fix everything that went wrong. far easier said than done (and impossible, in the case of park moo-sung). also having to confront the extent of his isolation at the start of s1 + the very real possibility that anything he does could well mean never having that same bond with han yeo-jin in this universe. but he refuses to fail eun-soo again. (yeo-jin, unsurprisingly, finds this prosecutor guy even more Suspicious As Heck right from the get-go)

timeloop with the above initial premise, except that he's already tried and failed three times… and somehow ends up dragging yeo-jin back in time with him on the fourth. for better or worse, and to his sheer disbelief. though he also can't not believe it, because – because. (illogically, it's her knowledge of him that convinces more than anything else.) (on her part, yeo-jin is relieved to finally have the last bits of si-mok's inexplicable behaviour from the previous timeline explained, but also incredibly furious because Why Didn't You Tell Me You Utter Bean.) ("would you have believed me?" he asks, except even less like a question than his usual flat inflection, and yeo-jin doesn't know how to answer because she's honest, she's always been, and even if she weren't she could never lie to him.)

also something something magical realism au where most things are the same but the surgery was instead because bb!si-mok was an empath with everything turned all the way too far up. alas, side effects. (also see: free lifelong indelible association of any even moderately strong emotion to physical pain!) (not 'was', yeo-jin thinks, frowning, but doesn't say anything aloud just yet.)

#tvn secret forest #tvn stranger #hwanghan #hwang si-mok #han yeo-jin #ramble tag

[detectiveships]

#hwanghan #secret forest #stranger #tvn secret forest #hwang si mok #han yeo jin #forest of secrets #secret forest fanart #detectiveships #my art #fanart #sketch #hello this is me again in an attempt to make my super rough sketches a little more presentable (?) #yet again a collab with 2020 me #yes I am stubborn AF #it would make my life so much easier just accepting and posting sketches as they are but NO I gotta make my life harder lol #yknow I do all this coloring and stuff and then still like the sketch better lol #anyways not an artwork but I do love the essence of the sketch #and again their softness #thanks for the reblogs and likes on my hwanghan fanarts so far! #hope y'all enjoy this one too #also #sf3 when

[mangobone]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 비밀의 숲 | Stranger (TV), Le Petit Prince | The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Han Yeo Jin & Hwang Si Mok Characters: Hwang Si Mok, Han Yeo Jin (Stranger), Le Petit Prince | The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince), Le renard | The Fox (Le Petit Prince) Additional Tags: Stranger/Secret Forest mixed with The Little Prince, it sounds really weird but, once the idea was there…, Developing Friendships, Friendship, THE LITTLE PRINCE AU, Stranger/Secret Forest AU, brief Kim Jung Bon appearance Summary:

A long time ago, when he was very young and bright flowers and prickly weeds still existed, a strange meteor shower caused a disaster on his planet and a small part of it broke off.

Ever wondered what a The Little Prince-Secret Forest AU would be like?

Me too, so this happened.

#Stranger #secret forest #tvn secret forest #비밀의숲 #le petit prince #The Little Prince #Hwang Shi Mok #Han Yeo Jin #My first book ever and my favorite show #Posted on my Nick’s birthday #I just wanted to read Han Yeo Jin as The Fox

[cinderblock42]

Cho Seung-woo: Stranger 1.02 (17)

#Cho Seung woo #Hwang Si mok #Bae Doona #Han Yeo jin #TVN Stranger #TVN Secret Forest

[theinfinitedivides]

heads up, seven up tag game.

rules: post the last seven lines you have written and tag seven people.

i was tagged by @godswar but it's been so long since i've done this sh*t that i've probably forgotten how to 😭 ty for the tag anyway love, i will attempt not to disappoint

Lee Yoo-an comes in that morning like she has escaped a drowning, shaking out her umbrella in the doorway. A sweetness follows, the smell of crushed leaves escaping from the bottom of her boots—full-mouthed rot crawls up his throat and settles, there, where tongue meets column of neck. For a moment, his vision narrows. The mountain is an anvil in his teeth. "Mian," she says, hanging up her coat. She does not seem to notice the way he sways, barely, from his spot in the kitchen. He is still nursing a hangover.

tagging: @thelittlestspider, @kaatiba, @katabasiss, @tsainami, @perditism, @maskedlady, and @weshallflyaway

#tv: stranger #userdivides #writeblr #tvn stranger #tvn stranger 2 #tvn secret forest #secret forest #secret forest 2 #stranger #stranger 2 #local gay writes fanfic.txt #is this a blatant excerpt from a fanfic i'm working on? yes #is said fanfic the Beyond Evil x Stranger crossover that i mentioned? yes #is this also the thing that dragged me out of my writing slump this summer? affirmative #look if there's any hint of psychological horror in this excerpt pretend you do not see it #being thrown down the side of a mountain will do that to you there are no exceptions #Dong Jae..... what do i say about him #he's f*cked up for one #i'm attempting to deal with that 6k+ words later #realizing that the gayer i become the more unsettling my writing style is #i straddle the border between eldritch and Gothic every day i can't tell you how that works #anyway mutuals do not feel pressured to do this!!! #i have been out of the f*cking loop for so many years i would be surprised if y'all found me #going to go hide away now will emerge if bribed

[ye-xiu]

If one junior stands stiff, while all the others are bowing, it gets on my nerves.

CHO SEUNG-WOO as HWANG SI-MOK STRANGER / 비밀의 숲 (2017-2020) dir. Ahn Gil-Ho

#tvn stranger #secret forest #cho seung woo #hwang si mok #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #kdramaspace #dailyasiandramas #asiandramasource #asiandramaedit #usergif #userjinki #tusermona #rintrack #userxlh #*gifs #my number one of all time

[kactors-kpop-kdrama]

#forest of secret #tvn secret forest #tvn stranger #cho seung woo #bae doona #yoo jae myung #yoon se ah #lee kyu hyung

[phant0m-l0rd]

partners in justice~

(4 rollerball gel pens)

#tvn stranger #tvn secret forest #secret forest #hwang si mok #han yeo jin #fan art #fanart #traditional art #listen I've been going through a rough time so yesterday I just drew these 2 as a little escape #cuz what better distraction than drawing some of your favourite characters right? #lisa's art

[kdramas-ruined-my-life]

Hello everyone! I hope you all are having a good New Year! I just wanted to give this fic as a little gift to the hwanghan community to celebrate the beginning of 2023! I can’t believe that its been a little over a year since I last posted a fanfic!

Anyways, here is a hwanghan coffee shop AU to start your year with 😊

Summary:

Hwanghan Coffee Shop AU. What if our favorite prosecutor and investigator met differently? - Now, Hwang Si-Mok was a stubborn man who had become used to persevering through difficult situations. However, upon feeling the pools of water in his shoes, the sudden pelting of rain in his eyes due to the lack of an umbrella, and the growing dampness of his suit coat, the prosecutor decided he may have to admit defeat to Mother Nature this time, which is a hard thing for a lawyer to admit to anyone. Luckily, there was a coffee shop nearby that could offer him warmth during the storm and perhaps something even more valuable...

#stranger #tvn secret forest #tvn stranger 2 #han yeo jin #hwang si mok #hwanghan #my fic #happy new year #coffee shop au #kdrama

[vavaharrison]

We don't know anything yet. Just like how we can't see anything at the moment. We just have to turn on the light. We will found out.  

— requested by @theaggresivepacifist​​

#kdramaedit #kdramadaily #kdrama #hwanghan #secret forest #tvn stranger #stranger #si mok x yeo jin #secret forest 1 #secret forest 2 #strangeredit #hwang si mok #han yeo jin #cho seung woo #bae doona #gifs~ #mine~ #stranger 1x02 #stranger 2x15 #parallels #requested #it's not exactly what you asked for #but i hope you like it anyway

[jung-kyungho]

LEE JOON HYUK AS SEO DONGJAE Secret Forest 2, dir. Park Hyunsuk

#seo dongjae #secret forest #tvn stranger #lee joonhyuk #lee joon hyuk #* #tuseral #*gifs #kdrama #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #asiandramaedit #asiandramasource #MY blorbo from the shows <3333