A ginormous post about one of my favorite drama couples
(I apologize in advance if you are also on my flist and kdramas comm, as I cross-posted there...).
I couldn't help it. I did an epic picspam/summary of one of my favorite couples ever, Dong Chul/Young Ran from East of Eden on my livejournal and want to share it.
And thus, I present to you the Dong Chul/Young Ran guide to East of Eden. If you are like me, and the thought of 56 episodes is horrifying, especially if convoluted politics and construction put you to sleep and the thought of watching the Villain and is family go around their boring lives is unpleasant, I encourage you to watch Dangermousie's Version (or at least read about it behind the cut). Not only is it much shorter, it focuses solely on the awesome ship that is Dong Chul and Young Ran (otherwise known as Grace).
She is a feisty Mob Princess who knows what she wants (him). He is a day laborer with tragic family history and mad fight skills who becomes a mobster underling to her father in order to protect his family. The one condition the Mob Boss makes? He will protect our hero and give him power if Dong Chul promises to never reciprocate the feelings of his wayward daughter.
O-M-G. Angst and unresolved sexual tension ensues. I finally understood the appeal of slumming.
There is kissing, slit wrists, motorcycles, fights to protect the kidnapped OTP (yes, fights - plural), time jumps, forced weddings, evil fathers, manly and womanly weeping, running on the beach, sleepovers, and more sexual chemistry then should be legal.
So, why do I ship them so? I confess I love the ship all the more because it totally snuck up on me - like most viewers, I went into EoE expecting (and excited about) the promised love story between Song Seung Heon and Lee Da Hae. But then something happened - Lee Yeon Hee showed up and she was so funny, gorgeous, and adorable - I fell in love with her character. And I fell in love with their insane chemistry, and then the sheer power of the OTP to hit all my kinks sucked me in - I adored that here was a female character who was utterly forward about what she wanted (she is clearly the initiator in all their early encounters) and it was not portrayed as stalkery or ridiculous. Plus, it was pretty wonderful for someone like Dong Chul who gave a lot of love but was starved of receiving it to have someone who was so open in affection. Anyway, I kept loving them but being pretty sure it was going to end so he could 'move on' and be with Lee Da Hae. Only a funny thing happened - we reached the halfway mark and he and LDH had barely met and he was still weeping over Young Ran and she was still madly in love with him and...I still get giddy to think that my OTP actually became the drama's OTP when I had no expectations of the sort!
(Summary in commentaries and pictures behind this cut)
I couldn't help it. I did an epic picspam/summary of one of my favorite couples ever, Dong Chul/Young Ran from East of Eden on my livejournal and want to share it.
And thus, I present to you the Dong Chul/Young Ran guide to East of Eden. If you are like me, and the thought of 56 episodes is horrifying, especially if convoluted politics and construction put you to sleep and the thought of watching the Villain and is family go around their boring lives is unpleasant, I encourage you to watch Dangermousie's Version (or at least read about it behind the cut). Not only is it much shorter, it focuses solely on the awesome ship that is Dong Chul and Young Ran (otherwise known as Grace).
She is a feisty Mob Princess who knows what she wants (him). He is a day laborer with tragic family history and mad fight skills who becomes a mobster underling to her father in order to protect his family. The one condition the Mob Boss makes? He will protect our hero and give him power if Dong Chul promises to never reciprocate the feelings of his wayward daughter.
O-M-G. Angst and unresolved sexual tension ensues. I finally understood the appeal of slumming.
There is kissing, slit wrists, motorcycles, fights to protect the kidnapped OTP (yes, fights - plural), time jumps, forced weddings, evil fathers, manly and womanly weeping, running on the beach, sleepovers, and more sexual chemistry then should be legal.
So, why do I ship them so? I confess I love the ship all the more because it totally snuck up on me - like most viewers, I went into EoE expecting (and excited about) the promised love story between Song Seung Heon and Lee Da Hae. But then something happened - Lee Yeon Hee showed up and she was so funny, gorgeous, and adorable - I fell in love with her character. And I fell in love with their insane chemistry, and then the sheer power of the OTP to hit all my kinks sucked me in - I adored that here was a female character who was utterly forward about what she wanted (she is clearly the initiator in all their early encounters) and it was not portrayed as stalkery or ridiculous. Plus, it was pretty wonderful for someone like Dong Chul who gave a lot of love but was starved of receiving it to have someone who was so open in affection. Anyway, I kept loving them but being pretty sure it was going to end so he could 'move on' and be with Lee Da Hae. Only a funny thing happened - we reached the halfway mark and he and LDH had barely met and he was still weeping over Young Ran and she was still madly in love with him and...I still get giddy to think that my OTP actually became the drama's OTP when I had no expectations of the sort!
(Summary in commentaries and pictures behind this cut)