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heretherebedork · 1 year

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Oh no I love Woo Jae so much. He is so desperately seeking peace and quiet and is slowly realizing he's never actually going to get it and he hates it so much. My darling boy. And the way everyone dismisses his concerns and his complaints because he's 'cold'? Oh, I love him even more. He's just trying to write his stories and lead a quiet life and no one lets him.

Oh no, this pairing is going to drive me mad. Because all Woo Jae wants is this quiet life and he's been working so hard to get it and he can't keep it and yes, he might actually be lonely, and yes he did a bad thing by leaving so suddenly but he's also been clear now and I just...

Oh, I relate to characters who prefer isolation a little too well, y'all.

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k-star-holic · 10 months

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Haha ⁇ Lee Mi-joo Quality-adjusted Life Year ⁇ Lee Mi-joo ⁇ Refutation ⁇

#Hangout with Yoo #Yoo Jae-Suk #Laughter #Park Jin-joo #Woo Jae #Lee Yi-kyung #Lee Mi-joo #Pearl #Liu Feng #Joo Woo-jae #Quality-adjusted life year #Haha

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lastofthe20thcenturygirls · 1 month

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RIP to these epic loser moments by the founder of loserism i will always keep you alive in my memory 😔

#canNOT believe none of this will ever happen now #i am happy they're getting closer to their happy ending #but even sol can't remember all of this bc he was being pathetic when she wasn't in front of him #first my favourite scene ceased to exist now my favourite episode 😔😔#don't mind me i'm being overdramatic again #lovely runner #kdrama #ryu sun jae #byeon woo seok

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feelrush · 12 days

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you can now have a long life with her. be happy together. with a lot of smiles.

byeon woo-seok as ryu sun-jae, LOVELY RUNNER (2024)

#byeon woo seok #byeon wooseok #lovely runner #ryu sun jae #ryu sunjae #lovely runner 2024 #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #kdramadaily #kdramasource #dramasource #asiandramasource #best fawking kdrama to ever exist #when his smile went from happy to sad and it was soooo genuine #u just dont understand it like i do...#GONNA MISS MY SUNSOL SO BAD </3 #by feelrush #🍒

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zerobaseone · 9 days

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Sol: *does anything* Sunjae: 🤭🤭

#byeon woo seok #lovely runner #ryu sun jae #kdrama #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #kdramadaily #userdramas #asiandramanet #asiandramasource #peep.gifs #i love when he goes 🤭 bc of sol #i swear im missing one but i forgor #and im too lazy to scrub through the episodes to find em #anyways im so empty now that this show is over #ryu sunjae u absolute loser of losers ilu

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jupteur · 14 days

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i know i sound obsessed with him BUT LIKE .. this is how you write male characters. he should be the norm not the exception. the way i was expecting him to be an asshole after sol changes the timeline and yet he's still the same dumb loser who loves her when he doesn't even know her 😭 i could die bro i understand he's fictional but he's simply the best person i know my guy doesn't have a hating bone in his body and no other man is doing it like him

#lovely runner #kdrama #ryu sun jae #byeon woo seok

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weirdhunterangel · 2 months

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Everyday is a struggle with Ryu Sun Jae because he is a simp. He was born to teach us what an absolute pleasure it is to watch a man simp so hard that he needs a moment to look away and compose himself so that his downbad smile is not on display.

Downbadism is an art and Byun Woo Seok acts like he did a four year degree on it. You go king.

Another thing that absolutely is adorable is that Im Sol is still not in love with Sun Jae. Everything she does is out of the love she has for a person who got her through a hard time, someone she has grown to care about but as an idol. Right now while she has begun to see Sun Jae as the kid who lives next door, it is still her idol that she wants to save. And that to me is pretty nice because she isn't trying to impose herself on him or his life for any other reason but to keep him safe. There is no ulterior motive. And I think thats what makes her so likeable.

Special mention to tae sung, he is adorable in a way that not all second leads are and all his scenes with his banter with Sol are extremely fun to watch. In another drama, they would make an absolutely cute pair. They make a cute pair here too ngl. Love how she treats him like a naughty child and he calls her grandma

#lovely runner #lu watches #byun woo seok #kim hye yoon #ryu sun jae #im sol #i will grab sunjae and run #this show is so cute okay #want the cuteness to stay 3000 #love a man who can make you swoon with his simping smile #i will faint if he smiles at me #love love loveee

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xiuminscheeks · 1 month

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never limit yourself in life. you dont have to choose being just one thing. just look at Sunjae, you can be both a loser AND a babygirl.

#lovely runner #byeon woo seok #ryu sun jae

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mrinafria · 24 days

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[contains spoilers]

I'm an eternal digger of good narrative techniques. A decent story becomes great in my eyes if the narrative is done right. And it's one of the hardest things to do really, since there's no one-size-fits-all rule for what technique works well with a particular story and what doesn't. One of the primary reasons I keep obsessing over Lovely Runner is its' narrative technique. In all honesty, if it had a linear, singular narrative, I would not be hyperventilating over it on a constant basis (I still would just a certain amount, because both Byeon Woo Seok and Kim Hye Yoon deserve awards for what they are doing). One reason it has managed to knock it out off the park and take the top spot in my forever-favorite list is how wonderfully well the narrative is done.

The primary perspective used in this show is Im Sol's. It's through her we're introduced to the story. Her perspective gives shape to the plot, the characters, because we learn things through her. Her perspective is absolutely critical for exposition. Without her thoughts and way of viewing things, you would never realize why saving Seon Jae means so much to her, or why she would bend the rules and bulldoze ahead when it comes to his safety (exhibit A, her leaving home on the day of the accident, despite knowing about her fate). She'd rather have him alive than have him in her life. Without her narrative, you'd think it's really all about a fan saving her idol (thanks to everyone who'd rejected the script listening to that pitch by the way, I'm grateful we have BWS and KHY as the leads because of that, I would not change it for anyone else). With Im Sol's perspective, you realize, she is not just a fan: she's an ardent admirer, a cheerleader, a well-wisher, a protector, an invisible friend trying to support her friend any way she can, someone who respects Seon Jae, sees him as an idol but also as a human, someone who wants to give back to him the same kindness, empathy and love she had once received from him over a radio call. To her, Seon Jae is first a guardian angel and then an idol, the angel who changed her view of life, made her appreciate things even amidst all that could be wrong with the world and her life. He saved her. Not just on that day at the hospital but every time she struggled and faltered since then, he was there, as invisible as it may have been. So this time, she wants to save him, no matter the price.

Then comes Seon Jae. Oof. If Im Sol's perspective gives the story its beautiful, beautiful shape, Seon Jae's perspective breathes literal life in to the body of the story. The show wouldn't be what it is today if not for his perspective. Without his view into things, Im Sol appears as a fangirl going to extreme measures to save her idol, clinging onto him like a monkey (yes I mean the poster) embarrassing the heck out of herself, making you cringe (in a good, enjoyable way) throughout. Then you reach the end of episode 2 and it knocks the breath out of you because WHAT DO YOU EVEN MEAN. It all clicks.

All this while we kept thinking Seon Jae was caught off guard and just kind enough to tolerate her antics, and maybe he'd slowly fall for her now, only to realize we were completely oblivious to a whole different side of the story. If Im Sol's narrative draws you in and keeps you hooked, making you root for her to succeed, it's Seon Jae's narrative that makes you irredeemably fall in love with them and sincerely, genuinely, desperately hope they get their happy ending together after all the storm.

And the motifs. Walking/running, for instance. I'll focus on just one scene here. I recall seeing a bts where KHY is discussing the OG 2008 accident scene, and it explains how she has to slow down, while running away, for just a moment, only to be hit by the taxi driver. Have you ever been in a situation of absolute panic, desperation and stress, then suddenly found a familiar face or a name or a thing you could connect to, and felt a wave of relief rush through you? She sees Seon Jae, a person who is calling out her name. Even if she didn't know him back then, the fact that he knew her (and that he had his uniform on), gives her a sense of safety she badly needed that moment. That momentary relief, so visible in her features, then overtakes the crippling fear she felt running in the middle of nowhere with no one in sight in the dead of the night. Her body, already exhausted beyond anything, responds to the relief she feels for those few seconds, slowing down her steps.

And that is when she is caught off-guard and hit. That also might have added to Im Sol's anger at the hospital when she is screaming at Seon Jae, her internal anguish that if only she had not paused seeing Seon Jae, and kept on running, then maybe she wouldn't be hit, wouldn't fall, wouldn't lose her ability to walk. It's one thing to have tropes and symbolic things, but it's a very different thing to know how to use them effectively so they elicit very specific types of emotions/reactions out of people. Lovely Runner excels in that. All kdramas more or less have 'things' that take on different meanings for the couples/viewers. It's the way motifs are used to narrate the story in this one that has me going back over and over again to all the episodes aired so far. These are not just their 'things', these are 'things' that drive the plot forward, tell you about their characters, their personal motivations, what they mean to each other and so much more.

This is getting longer that I intended it to be so will end with this. I feel valued when watching Lovely Runner. And I've seen people saying the same thing. It feels like they respect your critical thinking skills, and your ability to infer, so they don't spoon-feed you everything from the get-go, and you can't predict much despite it being primarily a rom-com. You'd be pulling your hair out (again, in a good way) trying to figure out what they will show next, and you will be somewhat or very far from the truth, which will compel you to think further about the story, the characters, long after an episode has aired...I can't remember the last time it happened with a drama. I love this storytelling.

#Lovely Runner #Byeon Woo Seok #Kim Hye Yoon #Sun Jae #Im Sol #Seon Jae #선재 업고 튀어 #kdrama #kdrama recommendations #east asian drama

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dramashii · 10 days

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The look of longing.

LOVELY RUNNER (2024)

#just sun jae longing for sol #lovely runner #dailyasiandramas #asiandramasource #kdramadaily #kdramasource #kdramaedit #kdrama #byeon woo seok #k:lovely runner #asian drama #dramasource #saw that interview saying he has honey eyes #i have to agree

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sunlighthroughthe-ashes · 12 days

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this scene with sunjae and sol's halmeoni was so beautiful, it made me tear up.

i firmly believe she's the literal personification of fate in this story — the silent force that guided both sol and sunjae throughout their journey.

destiny herself put her warm hand on sunjae's heart and wished him well — blessed him with a long and happy life.

'live brightly,' her smile seems to say. 'let your love breathe freely now. you are safe.'

it's exactly the confirmation sunjae needs to let the last of his fear go: you can see his face crumple with sheer relief, the staggering realization that his life is his own now; forever linked to sol.

his tears of gratitude at the promise of a shimmering future; rich with possibility.

just gorgeous writing, all around. i'm in awe.

#lovely runner #byeon woo seok #kdrama #kim hye yoon #tvn drama #tvn lovely runner #kdrama lover #tvn #fantasy kdrama #rom com kdrama #ryu sun jae #im sol

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ladynamie · 2 months

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