#tvn stranger 2

[theaggresivepacifist]

LOOK WHO'S BACK, PEOPLE

(missed you all; been planning a s1 rewatch for ages but life and work have been chaotic)

Summary: While Yeo-jin visits Yoon Se-won, Si-mok pays one more call of his own on the way to Wonju. Missing scenes from S2E16.

2.1k, complete, slight warning for flashbacks to canon violence (including that one icky scene in S2).

#my original fic #tvn stranger #stranger #tvn stranger 2 #stranger 2 #forest of secrets 2 #secret forest 2 #forest of secrets #secret forest #if you like my tag meta you'll hopefully like this one #shocked as anyone that a dong-jae-centric-ish thing happened but here we are #hwang si-mok #han yeo-jin #seo dong-jae

[muninnhuginn]

I've been puzzling for a few days over what Woo Tae-ha is meant to represent in his parallel to our main pair. The line is easy to join between Choi Bit and Han Yeo-jin, but between Woo Tae-ha and Hwang Si-mok? It's hard to see any similarities at all.

In the end, what I think it comes down to is how Woo Tae-ha is consistently an "ends justify the means" type of person. His approach to Seo Dong-jae's case contrasts heavily to Choi Bit's and Kim Sa-hyun. Where they worry for Seo Dong-jae's safety, he cares only for the capture of the culprit. Once the culprit is in custody, he's already celebrating regardless of how Seo Dong-jae is still missing.

The fake witness also ties into this. By presenting misleading statements, Woo Tae-ha aimed to frame the police and retain the prosecution's investigation rights. In his pursuit of this, however, he actively led the whole investigation astray. Woo Tae-ha could have been indirectly responsible for Seo Dong-jae's death and it doesn't even particularly factor on his radar.

When covering up Park Gwang-su's death, he had to ask Choi Bit why she chose to dial for emergency services and she had to explain it was so his body wouldn't be left long. Her choice there was purely emotionally driven (Park Gwang-su was already dead after all), but it highlights how Woo Tae-ha didn't even consider that angle. He doesn't lack or struggle to process emotion like Si-mok, but he does have a callous disregard for the humanity in his approach to cases.

Hwang Si-mok is never so far from humanity in his approach to cases (especially not as of s2 where he's noticeably affected by Seo Dong-jae's disappearance), but Woo Tae-ha is the extreme end case of where he could have ended up if his own sense of ethics (and later, his connections to others) didn't keep him on the straight and narrow.

#they still don't really have many similarities at all so the disregard of humanity in the name of the greater good is the one thread #secret forest #secret forest 2 #tvn stranger #tvn stranger 2 #the choi bit - han yeojin stuff I kinda left without saying because I'm presuming it's been talked to death already #but I might get bored enough to have my own attempt at some point. the parts about 'not having changed' are really kinda...

[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

[vstranger]

Simok & Yeojin 🏛 Stranger 2(2020)

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

[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

[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

[olfactoryventriloquism]

Sins of the Father Chapter 12

I feel like it's every 4 months I come to you with an offering of this tale. I have no idea if that's actually accurate, but they say perception is reality. At any rate, I a assume it's been four months, as I have come back to give you this. I hope that this next installment is enjoyable.

And, hey, comments are love?

#stranger secret forest #tvn stranger #stranger2 #secret forest #forest of secrets #fanfic #han yeo jin #hwang si mok #hwanghan #this thing will be 100k before I'm done #stranger #secret forest 2

[incorrectsecretforest]

Shimok at the Western Seoul Office: “Oh no, we’re all doomed by the narrative.” Maybe you are.

Shimok, being given a case: I’m the narrative’s favourite.

Shimok at Tongyeong: It turns out this is not a good thing for me.

#secret forest #tvn stranger #secret forest 2 #stranger 2 #jo seung woo #source: Tumblr

[detectiveships]

S01E06

– Then what's this part?

– Your other feelings. You just don't show them.

—

S02E12

– There are things that should be said later.

–...You weren't the kind of person to postpone things.

#secret forest #stranger #forest of secrets #tvn secret forest #hwang si mok #han yeo jin #hwanghan #mokjin #secret forest fanart #bae doona #cho seung woo #detectiveships #my art #digital painting #quick painting #living for hwanghan moments in which they are observant of each other #season 1 #season 2 #these are almost two years apart but just rough painting practice on procreate while looking at screenshots from the show #still figuring out how I'd like to use shapes and work values #but it's good blocking and shape practice working with a larger brush and small canvas #and playing with adjustment layers to fiddle with colors and mood #but I want to start adding more color and wild ones while painting and keeping values working #anyway it's always good observation/likeness practice #and a perfect excuse to draw these two who I miss #bring me sf3 so I can continue this set!!

[what-breaks-my-heart]

Watched in 2023

Korean Drama:

Apple of My Eye (KBS daily drama, 2023)

Between Him and Her (Channel A, 2023 - ongoing)

Can We Be Strangers? (Genie TV, 2023)

Check Out the Event (MBC short drama, 2021)

Elegant Empire (KBS daily drama, 2023 - ongoing)

Lady Durian (TV Chosun, 2023)

Live Your Own Life (KBS weekend drama, 2023 - ongoing)

Meant to Be (MBC daily drama, 2023)

My Dearest (MBC miniseries, 2023)

Numbers (MBC miniseries, 2023)

Pandora: Beneath the Paradise (tvN, 2023)

Perfect Marriage Revenge (MBN, 2023)

The Real Has Come! (KBS weekend drama, 2023)

The Third Marriage (MBC daily drama, 2023 - ongoing)

The Witch’s Game (MBC daily drama, 2022 - 2023)

Three Bold Siblings (KBS weekend drama, 2022 - 2023)

Unpredictable Family (KBS daily drama, 2023 - ongoing)

Woman in a Veil (KBS daily drama, 2023)

KBS Drama Special:

To My Assailant (2020)

While You're Away (2020)

One Night (2020)

Scenery of Pain (2021)

Siren (2021)

Ordinary Jae Hwa (2021)

The Effect of a Finger Flick on a Breakup (2021)

Underwear Season (2022)

Do You Know Ashtanga (2022)

Silence of the Lambs (2022)

The Distributors (2022)

No Path Back (2023)

Half Lies (2023)

Do Hyun's Confession (2023)

We Were There (2023)

Dog Days of Summer (2023)

The True Love of Madam (2023)

Love Attack (2023)

Korean Movie:

Confidential Assignment (2017)

Confidential Assignment 2: International (2022)

Emergency Declaration (2022)

Exit (2019)

Gate (2018)

Recalled (2021)

The Roundup (2022)

The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)

The Tower (2012)

Chinese Drama:

Gank Your Heart (2019)

Love You Seven Times (2023)

Nothing But You (2023)

She and Her Perfect Husband (2022)

Song of the Moon (2022 - 2023)

The Romance of Tiger and Rose (2020)

Chinese Short Drama

Love at Second Sight (2023)

Chinese Movie:

My Blue Summer (2022)

Yesterday Once More (2023)

Taiwanese Movie:

Someday or One Day (2022)

Taiwanese Drama:

Someday or One Day (2019)

Japanese Drama:

Bokura wa Koi ga Hetasugiru (2020)

Japanese Toku Series

Kamen Rider Ex-Aid (2016 - 2017)

Avataro Sentai Donbrothers (2022 - 2023)

Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger (2023 - ongoing)

#I can post this now that it's new year #I watched A LOT last year woah #it's pretty telling of the state of my mental health too lolol #here's to a year of more drama!!

[theaggresivepacifist]

Twenty Questions

Thank you @cupofteaandstars for the tag!

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 16, plus a Spanish translation a friend did of one of my works.

2. What's your total AO3 word count? 73,165, for now.

What fandoms do you write for? Exclusively Stranger/Secret Forest and related crossovers, although there was that one Andor one that I just had to put out there to cope with the intensity of my feelings about the cliffhanger season ending.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

It's a close race among some of these, but:

gamsa

chilyo

chib

heonsin

haengbok (with maengse only one behind at the moment)

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do, always! I'm honestly always so astounded and delighted to think of someone reading my work while I'm just out here having a normal Monday or Tuesday, and want to express that delight.

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oh boy, just you wait.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Since all things Si-mok and Yeo-jin related (or Stranger-in-general-related) are usually bittersweet, probably inyeon, a relatively recent one. However, the one that leaves me with the warmest feeling at the end is actually pyeongsaeng.

Do you get hate on fics?

Fortunately not! I've gotten a few weird comments once or twice but nothing mean-spirited.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I do not, and the few times I've been tempted I have realized swiftly that I'm not cut out for it.

Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Only within the Stranger/SF multiverse so far - in other words, AUs for Stranger/SF that are based on Bae Doona and CSW's other works, which I think of as other lives of Si-mok and Yeo-jin.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Ditto Cup, not that I know of. I would go absolutely off-the-charts feral in order to get the copycat fic taken down.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I have! My IRL best friend of many years graciously wrote me a Spanish translation of chib.

What's your all-time favorite ship?

Eh, I'm not really a shipper...? HOWEVER, @ohyangchon has given me massive Changjae feelings and I love their relationship so much.

What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Scenes just sort of seem to come to me, and once they're there I don't stop until they eventually coalesce into a complete story, no matter how long that takes to find its shape. I do have an extensively Yeo-jin and Si-mok inspired novel (low-key sci-fi? space opera?) that has been nagging at me for years, but I don't think that one will ever amount to anything.

What are your writing strengths?

I'd like to think I inhabit the voices of the characters well.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Pacing, probably?

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Similar to Cup's thoughts, this is difficult because I feel like sometimes names, titles, and terms of address in particular just don't have the same nuance and feeling translated from Korean into English-- especially the terms of address that Si-mok and Yeo-jin and others use for each other. Therefore, sometimes I do transliterate. Also, as I become a little bit more comfortable IRL speaking Korean, where practical I sometimes find myself wanting to mimic the Korean clause order/speech patterns of sentences even while writing in English.

First fandom you wrote for?

I think it must have been a gift fic in the Redwall fandom (never made it to AO3, but a cozy and comforting thing to work on)

Favorite fic you've written?

I love all my children equally!!! But I do think I did some really great character work in bohoja, one of my works on a more underrated duo (Si-mok and Mr. Kang). I usually am pretty self-critical, but there are a few lines in there that I always read and think "damn, who wrote that???" XD

Who hasn't been spoken for? Tagging @gottagobuycheese, @inkingtwice, and @michyeosseo as well as anyone else who's interested!

#my original fic #stranger #tvn stranger #forest of secrets #secret forest #stranger 2 #tvn stranger 2 #forest of secrets 2 #secret forest 2 #*gasp* personal information about me???? #only Cupofteaandstars and ohyangchon could have dragged this out of me

[muninnhuginn]

for all that Stranger is a very plotty series I really appreciate how it always makes the time for little character moments. things like han yeo-jin’s drawings, hwang si-mok vs food, kang won-chul’s silly office habits. and then it builds on these to give actual character insight?

han yeo-jin likes her drawings, a load of her doodles are actively anime-style which is fitting considering how much she’s into animanga, she likes to gift them and they mean a lot to her. they’re literally part of how she shows her appreciation for others, from her coworkers to si-mok. so in s2 when she’s suddenly *not* drawing? that shows something is severely wrong even before si-mok points it out. her returning to doodling later on after starting to mend the rift with si-mok therefore pulls some weight in showing that she’s healing, but at the same time, when her co-workers look over she still hides what’s she’s doing. this contrasts with her old work where she literally left post-its of her art as gifts on full display. she may be improved from her lowest state but she’s still not comfortable in her current environment.

si-mok vs food, better people than me have explained, but he’s constantly interrupted from having meals because of cases. it starts mostly as a running gag but it does get built upon. when he’s at odds with another character and they try to have a meal with him it’s inevitably cut short (kang won-chul’s s1 manager intervention, lee yeon-jae meeting the team) or he actively dislikes the food (and this part gets more blatant as he starts to express more emotions in general. initially it’s other characters who have to directly comment on or ask him about not approving of the food whereas by the time he has the meal with woo tae-ha the disgust is visible on his face). the only times he’s able to have a proper meal is when he’s started to let people in, so si-mok accepting the invite to the team meal in s1 (just before everything all falls to pieces) is a big step. it catches everyone off-guard for a reason. beyond that, there are the meetings with han yeo-jin which are some of the few times he’s actually able to have a proper meal with someone.

si-mok vs alcohol is another indicator. much of s1 is spent refusing alcohol and saying he doesn’t drink. in situations where someone else is drinking and it would be socially acceptable for him to mirror them (see eun-soo drinking alone in the pop-up bar) he is notable for how he refuses to do so. it takes most of the season for him to ‘give in’ enough to drink and when he does it shows that he may not be showing it in other ways but he has hit a low point. and that he chooses to share his history with yeo-jin when he’s in that state speaks volumes as to how much more he trusts her now. (I could speculate here about how him avoiding alcohol seems to be rooted in a not wanting to lose control kind of thing which is at odds with his whole emotionless deal in the same way his repeated lying about his pain is but that’s a tangent so I’ll leave it be) and at the end of s1 he drinks socially with yeo-jin and later on in that episode shows a full smile, showing him choosing to ease up re: alcohol is actually a *positive* development for him in some way. so him then reverting back in s2 to not drinking alcohol? it’s either his development being stunted/reverted or he’s not in the position where he’s with someone he trusts enough to drink with.

as for kang won-chul? I don’t think there’s any real *development* as such with his office habits (spinny chair, trying to get the paper into the bin), but it does demonstrate he doesn’t conform as much as he seems to at first glance. he’s a character who at first glance knows the ways this all works and blends in with it, but he doesn’t quite fit.

my point is just, the show didn’t have to bother with any of this. they could have still hit all the plot points and it would have made sense. the characters would have still stood up to scrutiny. but they chose to include all these little indicators that build up a picture of all the characters and where they are in their respective arcs. and I appreciate it so much that the show trusts the audience to complete the puzzle.

#sorry im still spamming this tag #especially considering this post was meant to be like three lines #and that did Not pan out #tvn stranger #secret forest #secret forest 2 #and yeah sorry this is run on sentence town but tbf this is the run on sentence site

[fierycavalier]

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I sent 2 gifts in 2022

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I'm only on episode 4, but I think it's fair to say that Yi Jin is in no way an adult.

When his dad comes to the bookstore, he realizes that he's an adult now because he has no guardian. And then he runs to the terminal and meets his dad right after.

He acts stiff because he feels like he should be an adult, but he doesn't know what it means, so he tries to stand like one, except sometimes he forgets.

He says he's too grown up for teenage drama because he thinks he's supposed to be, but he loves it and gets himself involved.

Most importantly, the story's narrator is 18-year-old Hee Do. To her, he is an adult, so that's how he's portrayed. But his constant insistence that he's an adult is the first clue that he really isn't.

82 notes - Posted March 20, 2022

#4

Woo Young Woo doesn't like being touched. She doesn't like being touched by her family and friends, and she doesn't like being touched by strangers.

I am totally all-in on the Young Woo/Jun Ho ship. But I don't want to see her suddenly healed from her aversion to touch in order to sell the romance. And I really hope that we can all be satisfied with a romance that doesn't require her to experience discomfort.

201 notes - Posted July 17, 2022

#3

Junho was just so upset about the question about doing volunteer work, and I love him for that. Youngwoo didn't seem bothered by it (at the time. later when she brought it up it was clear it had bothered her), but Junho still agonized about it anyway.

I don't even have a full thought here. He wasn't upset about perceptions or about her feelings so much... like, he was just upset because it was wrong.

205 notes - Posted July 8, 2022

#2

gifwatching Obi-Wan Kenobi and it's come to my attention that Anakin's lightsaber got buried in the sand

331 notes - Posted May 28, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

the best part about junho scheduling whale talk for lunch is that it pretty much guarantees that youngwoo will be eating lunch with him whenever she has the chance

433 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

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[vstranger]

Simok, a secret admirer of Yeojin (or not-so-secret) 🏛 Stranger 2 (2020)

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

[kdramas-ruined-my-life]

I wrote a Hwanghan high school AU 😊

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