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[deokmis]

Ashes to Crown [dir. Yang Long]

[melonatures]

I must have gotten used to sharing my joy and sadness with you. ...I was already imaging my everyday life with you... I want to share my life with you.

[melonatures]

You once called me an unexpected variable. An unpredictable deviation in your life. I don't want to be that anymore. Ten, twenty years down the line, I want to discuss things with you and plan our future until the very end. I want to be your permanent constant. But Kijoon-ah, you have your own life, too. It could be our life. A life we share together.

[lissziesanart]

Leon as a raccoon is just as cute as Claire’s look at him. We get ya girl, but maan…u’re too perfect too!(≖͠ ͜ʖ≖)👌

Addition to the mini comic Cleon’s and renovation at their new apartment

[melonatures]

"not even with me?"

obsessed with how ki joon knows--he *KNOWS* he's absolutely certain of it--he's an exception for in ah. anything she would normally say no to without batting an eyelash she will pause and consider for him.

also, i love shin hae sun's choices here, with how flustered in ah is and how she can't really look ki joon in the eye when she's like "marriage isn't for me."

and oh! you know what else i love about this exchange? how in ah kind of realizes (again) she has the power/ability to hurt ki joon. he's so upset here!! and she's so bewildered by it!!! like, she's honestly surprised that ki joon is upset she bought a single person home and believes marriage is out of the question for her. (i'll also say i so appreciate that after this he explains to his family how important in ah's job is to her, cause it means that he keeps at bay all the normative expectations usually placed on women--marriage, pregnancy, quit your job, motherhood, etc.--and so his being so insistent on the possibility of marriage is not about trapping in ah, but about finding a way to be with her for a long, long time; it's another way of choosing her.)

[leerose09]

Filing for Love and the Kind of Man Women Actually Write About

I've been thinking about why Filing for Love stayed with me long after finishing it.

It wasn't because of the grand romantic moments. It wasn't because the male lead was rich, powerful, or impossibly perfect.

It was because of Ki-jun.

For years, people have argued about what women want in relationships. Some say women want dominance. Others say they want a provider. Some think romance is about winning someone over.

But what struck me about Ki-jun is that he never treated love as something to conquer.

He listened.

He adjusted.

He understood.

When In-ah's past resurfaced, he didn't immediately turn possessive. When she wasn't the picture of a traditional wife, he didn't try to reshape her into one. When she struggled, he didn't make her carry the burden alone.

He simply met her where she was.

And somehow, that felt more romantic than a hundred dramatic declarations.

What I appreciate most is that the story seems to understand women from the inside. In-ah is allowed to be flawed, ambitious, guarded, confused, and independent. She isn't rewarded only when she becomes softer or more convenient. She remains herself.

And Ki-jun loves her as herself.

Not as a project.

Not as an ideal.

Not as a future version he hopes to create.

Just her.

Maybe that's why the relationship feels refreshing. It isn't built on control. It isn't built on ego. It's built on understanding.

Women are often accused of asking for too much, but dramas like Filing for Love remind me that many women aren't asking for perfection.

They're asking for partnership.

For someone who listens without judgment.

For someone who respects their freedom.

For someone emotionally mature enough to love without needing to possess.

The older I get, the more I realize that the greenest flag isn't a man who leads every room.

It's a man who makes the person he loves feel safe enough to be fully herself.

And that's what Ki-jun gave In-ah.

Maybe that's why this drama felt so different.

[marywshelleys]

I loooved the marriage conflict in the last ep of filing for love, not only is it extremely in line with both of their characters, it’s also deeply relatable to me as a fellow pathologically closed off avoidant lol. it’s my fave part of their relationship, inah makes the active and ongoing choice to work through her shit and kijun is profoundly loving and understanding and supportive but doesn’t hesitate to hold her accountable when necessary, because he knows it’s what she wants and needs. gorgeous couple, gonna miss them.

[darkside720]

One thing that I will always appreciate about the writing for the relationship between both leads was how focused it was on building up their understanding of each other.

And I really appreciate the writers staying focused on their relationship. It would have been easy to force a love triangle or love square, but instead they were used as a contrast to why the relationship now would work when it didn't work out in the past.

[baifengxis]

hyun-ah recording a video in which he basically tells sae bom it's always been real to him and their marriage is real and sae bom watching it on repeat while she's alone and doesn't even know if he's still alive.....this is what pain means, this is the definition of it

[isogashiro]

"I've always been grateful."

HAN HYOJOO & PARK HYUNGSIK IN HAPPINESS (2021)

[baijingting]

HAPPINESS (2021) dir. Ahn Gil Ho

[dramashii]

Do you think she'd believe that we're getting married? Of course. She'll think we're madly in love.

HAPPINESS (2021) | Ep 3

[darkside720]

I just love how much Ki-jun’s sisters love him.

[k-odyssey]

You know, I've never decorated a christmas tree before. Really? You never had a tree at home? No. Sparkly things like that were never part of my life.

은밀한감사 | Filing for Love | episode 11

[darkside720]

Kim Jae Wook fans being annoying? Say it ain’t so

[darkside720]

They leaned too much into Segye being a loser and being rejected.

[1liv]

Today is the real deal. FILING FOR LOVE - Episode 9