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I posted a thread about Kang Dan Shim on twitter, but i was bold to assume this social media would let be talk about something else than Kastle there.
Anyway,
I'm in love with My Royal Nemesis, i love the story and how it tackles all the usual kdrama clichés, and i also love the characters and how layered and true to themselves they stay despite everything that is happening to them.
I'm also super glad to see my Lim Ji Yeon again ♥
But i need to scream my obsession and my frustration about the real Kang Dan Shim somewhere !! !
Beware, there are spoilers about episode 12 (in case you really didn't see it coming)
We were many to clock the soul exchange at the beginning of My Royal Nemesis, but i think we never expanded on that theory and went for the merging souls instead, for the lot of inaccuracies!
Something was off and i still believe something is off now.
So, the theory was that real Seori and real Danshim exchanged their bodies when Seori had her "accident" and then came back when she was poisoned by the King.
But what about real Danshim?
Did she almost die too when she was young to allow both of them to travel ?
What about the second time?
Does BOTH must die (or almost) to allow their souls to exchange or only Seori?
Did that bowl on the filming set was secretly poisoned when Danshim left and Seori came back? (Can come from EunA?)
Why no one seems to give a shit about Danshim at all?
Except maybe the shaman in Joseon era ?
I am over obsessing on Danshim right now because, even tho Seori is living the romcom of the century, Danshim on the other hand, is living the most depressing melodrama:
• First she's born in poverty during joseon era.
• Then her soul swaps with seori's, she ends up in a modern world raised by her granma, but still in poverty.
• She spends more than a decade trying to pursue a career as an actress (without the memory of it) but ends up being seen as a complete failure.
• Not only she lives in an awful place but she is also disrespected by her peers on the filming set and by her neighbors in the building.
• Then Seori gets poisoned by the king, the second swap occurs, and Danshim is back in her original body, in joseon era, in a coma.
• Then another swap in modern time (when Seori gets hit by the white truck of doom), still in the coma.
• New swap forced by the Joseon shaman, back to Joseon time, where she might wake up paralyzed for a while not understanding what the fuck is happening or where she is.
Now imagine,
if she ever stay alive in joseon, she will have to live knowing she (her body and name) was one of the king's consort he sacrificed and killed, while she is also hated by the people!
(it is very possible that she'll be alive because of the modern shaman vision in episode 12)
She won't even have her granma anymore, she'll be completely alone???
She also never found love in the modern world, never met Cha Se Gye and might never meet Lee Hyun (if he's really dead)
I can't believe in this very well written drama, real Damshin is being sidelined?
I have so much questions, the drama ends next week, we only have 2 episodes to wrap everything:
• How does Damshin ends up in a luxurious house being taken care of by the shaman and the doctor?
• Isn't she supposed to be dead and therefor out of the royal palace?
• Are the shaman and Doctor part of Lee Hyun's loyalists?
• Is Lee hyun really dead or pretend to be, to help real Danshim?
(I think Seori and us learning his death through a voice over is kinda fishy and lame at the same time)
• Maybe Lee Hyun knew Seori wasn't meant for him but for Cha se gye?
I can't believe i got hooked on characters we barely see in the story, but they are so important for Seori and Cha Se Gye romance !
The merged soul theory was easier, because it meant that Danshim and Seori were the same soul, exactly like Lee hyun and Cha se gye, and their love transcended time and space !
I hope i'll get answers i'm dying here !!!!!!!
it delights me the way cha se gye is always a little pissed off at himself for getting soft over seo ri. like he sees himself doing these ridiculous corny romantic things and falling for this ridiculous possibly insane woman but he can’t help himself, and he’s so irritated about it. it’s a tiny thing but makes so much sense for a guy who has viewed every relationship he’s ever had as transactional and values his asshole-ish reputation. even as he’s starting to let himself enjoy it and enjoy her, his moments of “wtf am i doing” honestly make the transition from stone cold ceo to the most lovesick idiot you’ve seen in your life way more believable than in a lot of other chaebol romances.
and it somehow extra works because seo ri doesn’t instantly become the adoring girlfriend. she’s wary af still so when he does some romantic shit she’s not automatically swooning. she’s similarly going “what am i doing falling for this guy” but can’t help herself, either. so then there they both are, pissed off at themselves and each other for feeling the way they do, and it brings them closer together every time.
Now that I'm watching My Royal Nemesis for color-coded reasons, I can easily see that this arrogant Black Brooder is in love . . . despite what his face might be saying.
Yes, *this* man is a man in love.
And he is in love with this crazy passionate Red Rascal who smears ox blood on herself to prepare for battle and ward off evil spirits.
So when red shows up around him, if it was anyone else, I would think it's because he is extremely upset and experiencing rage, but because he can't stop thinking of that crazy Red Rascal who turned him down, I know it's because he is in love.
The red just seems to follow him almost like he can't escape it.
But then again, he doesn't really want to.
Because even though Cha Se Gye can't remember his previous life, he was blinded my Shin Seo-Ri's dazzling light even in the past.
So for a man who only knows darkness and comes across as a storm cloud most of the time, it must be refreshing to meet a woman who would rather live on the rooftop in the open air.
Cha Se Gye exists in dark spaces handing out punishments to those who have wronged him.
He hides behind a mask to scare others away.
Which is exactly what he had to do in his previous life.
But now he has met a woman who pushes him to step into the light, so she can clearly see his true nature.
Which is why I had a tiny theory that these two are softening each other's hard exteriors and returning to their true colors.
I think Shin Seo-Ri is actually a kind and caring Pink Person.
Yes, *this* woman is a kind and caring woman.
Which is probably why she got the dog she loved from her previous life back in her present life in the form of her menace of a neighbor.
Yes *this* man was a dog. Literally.
And Shin Seo-Ri took care of him before an evil man came along and ruined everyone's day and lunch by being evil because Shin Seo-Ri, in spite of everything that has happened to her, wants to help others like the old man who needed help looking for his grandson.
And this is why I think Shin Seo-Ri's color is lightening up since she is constantly helping Cha Se Gye without realizing it. It's also why I think her cell phone went from red (below) to pink (above).
And maybe that's why Shin Seo-Ri's coffee truck was pink because, although it wasn't her who paid for it, she was still providing something to the hardworking cast and crew.
The pink even occurred when Shin Seo-Ri mixed the wines together in an effort to unite the East x West.
So it should have been odd that she kept ending up in blue in episode six.
Until I remembered that Cha Se Gye was once a loyal and intelligent Blue Boy.
So even if in the current life he hasn't completely shed his black, he has traded in his black car for a blue 2026 Maserati MCPURA.
And just like Cha Se Gye who couldn't seem to escape the red, Shin Seo-Ri can't seem to shake the blue.
Or the past.
In their current life, Cha Se Gye gave Shin Seo-Ri two dozen red roses, but in the past, he simply gave her one red peony because it stood out, just like she does.
And just like the past, Cha Se Gye can't help but stop and admire the beauty.
Just finished season 2 of The Law According To Lidia Poët, and i have to say it, i'm glad Jacopo left.
I never find them to have a good chemistry to begin with, and i always though Andrea was best for her, until season 2 - TT-TT good for him tho.
To be honnest, I don't think Lidia fits the "one true love" trope, this is something that does fit more Marianna & Lorenzo.
I really want Lidia to experience life as a free woman and that the show will be faithful to real Lidia Poët when it comes to mariage.
But at the same time, dear God Fourneau is increeeeeedible, this man got on my knees the whole time, he so perfect i was persuaded he was hiding something fishy - I hope he'll survive season 3, i need more of him! I need more of them !!!!!!!! Their chemistry is incredibleeeee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAAAAAAAh
The fact that Sherlock is always amazing at fighting/escaping in every other adaptation but in this one he's not only absolutely shite but Moriarty is the one teaching him how to fight. INSANEEE
I have been silent for a while now on tumblr, but i'm pretty active on twitter, because this is where the most of Kastlers happens, ngl.
That being said, i think twitter is also the worst place to speak about the fuck is hapenning in Daredevil Born Again right now and the state of the ships, because there is SO MUCH to say !
(Beware very long post ahead)
Kastlers have been in the dark for more than 6 months, the end of season 1 promised us a love triangle between Matt, Karen and Frank, but in the middle of the year, we learned in a shaddy way, that the Punisher wouldn't be in the season 2 at all, despite the fact that everyone was pretty sure he would be in it - So much that, each time a big media would talk about Born Again s2 they would include a picture of him.
Not a single journalist asked WHY Frank wasn't included in this damn season, when part of the story revolves around him and what he represents. The cops are litteraly wearing his logo ?
It really looked like, NO ONE was allowed to ask any question about it at all, which is super weird?
And when more people started to freak out about Punisher absence, Vincent D'onofrio (Fisk) stepped up to say something about Jon being busy filming Spiderman when they shot season 2 (Except Spiderman started filming months later, but ok.)
So basically, once the news and the trailer dropped, we knew Kastle was kinda doomed.
I had months to prepare mentally for that season 2, not only because of KD but also because of Frank's absence.
And now that the first episode is out, let me tell you that i am kinda happy Kastle lost, because i think KD lost even more.
Imagine waiting so many years for your ship to finally sail only to be robbed of its best part?
I mean, I suppose people are satisfied with that, but if that happened to Kastle i'd have been so mad.
All that build up for so many years, only for the climax to happen off screen? lol I'd have burned the studio.
TBH, It's not like Matt and Karen had any climax going on to begin with, but that's not an excuse to put them together out of nowhere, because they dont make sense at all?
Ok imagine, for a second, that you don't know shit about Daredevil and you discover it for the first time with the series:
Daredevil Season 1:
Karen and Matt meet for the first time, because Karen is being arrested for murder
Matt and Foggy save her, and Karen kinda start pinning for Matt
Matt doesn't really give a shit about her because he is busy kissing Claire Temple
Claire Temple breaks up with Matt
Daredevil Season 2:
Matt is aware of Karen presence and starts flirting back with her
They get their first date and their first kiss and that same night, Elektra is in town reaching for Matt
Matt keeps lying to Karen to be with Elektra
Karen meets Frank Castle, and they both start bonding
Karen and Matt get their first argument based on a fondamental view of the world, one think killing is bad, the other one think killing is the solution (sometimes), but Matt gets very upset and Karen tries to minimise her thoughts to please him
Karen discovers that Matt hang with Elektra (who is lying in his bed) and breaks up with him
We learn that Elektra is Matt's first passionate love
We witness plenty of flash back of Matt & Elektra together, kissing, dating, having sex
Matt says to Elektra that he doesn't regret being by her side instead of trying to fix his mistakes with Karen
Karen starts to help Frank a lot and takes his side a lot
Matt hears Karen heartbeats and realises something might have happened between Frank and her (even if they believe Frank is dead)
Karen wishes to carry Frank's memory and starts writting an article about him to show who he really is
Frank even if pretending to be dead, still keep an eye on Karen and ends up saving her
Matt, who tells since season 1 he cannot leave hells kitchen because he swore to protect it, starts to ask Elektra to leave with him somewhere else so they can be happy
Elektra is killed and Matt is devastated (Frank helps him fight the ninjas by killing them and Matt doesn't even try to stop him)
Matt decides to tell Karen the truth about his superhero identity (on Elektra advices), they stay friends.
The Defenders:
Elektra is back from the dead, and we see Matt comiting one of the greatest sin in christianity, which is suicide. (he decides to stay with Elektra and die with her)
Until now, Karen still hasn't shattered a single bit his beliefs, but Elektra did 3 times already.
Elektra dies again, but at this point we're all aware she'll be back someday
Punisher season 1 :
While everyone think Matt is dead, Frank in the middle of his mission to avenge his familly, stops everything to rescue Karen: blows up his cover, take a bullet in the arm, another one in the head, dislocate his arm by jumping in a stair case, protect her from a bomb explosion and stays with her until he is sure she is safe, he waits for her approval before going back to his mission
Frank also considers Karen like his familly, his wife (his words not mine) - Smiles and doesn't deny anything when Micro refers to Karen as Frank's girlfriend.
Daredevil Season 3 :
Matt is alive and hide from Karen, while she still pays his rent
Matt rescues Karen from Bullseye, but instead of asking her if she is ok, blames her because he could have arrested Fisk instead
They end up friends at the end of season 3
Punisher season 2 :
Karen helps Frank escape from the hospital and asks him to chose love (her) instead of another war, but Frank refuses, Karen leaves heartbroken (so is Frank)
She Hulk Attorney At Law :
Matt dates Jennifer Walters
Daredevil Born Again season 1 :
Matt and Karen appear to be good friends
Matt cuts Karen from his life, after Foggy's death, leading Karen to leave for San Francisco
Matt starts dating Heather for a whole year, without trying to reach out for Karen
Matt makes a lapsus and calls Heather, Karen, while being half drugged at the hospital
Karen comes back from SF when learning Fisk wants to kill Matt and she calls Frank for help, implying Karen and Frank have been in contact this whole time
Frank makes himself pretty for Karen (never be not funny lmao)
Matt hears Frank and Karen heartbeats, and confirms they are both in love
Karen refuses Frank's coffee meaning she's still mad at him for rejecting her (in Punisher s2)
Frank, despite refusing to join Matt's war, still goes against Fisk army when he hears on the radio that Karen is in danger. He gets arrested and put in a cage (where he manages to escape)
Karen joins Matt's army to defeat Fisk
Notice that in this whole list, only 2 sentences are about Matt and Karen as a couple, the rest is mainly about Matt and his girlfriendS or Karen and Frank.
Also Matt and Karen have been a couple for only 2 episodes out of 48 (from DD s1 to DDBA s1), meaning they spent most of the series being either friends, ignoring each other or playing dead.
So imagine the confusion of many when the first episode of BA season 2 starts with Karen and Matt being a couple, when nothing predisposed that situation? As if nothing ever happened between them, as if Matt wasn't aware of Karen being in love with Frank; as if Matt did properly broke up with Heather?
I knew they would be a couple, or close to be one during this season, but i expected to see this relationship being developed in front of my eyes - I expected them to have a proper conversation, to address all those elephants in the room (Between Elektra, Heather, Foggy, Frank, their view of the world, her killing someone etc), to have some tension, SOMETHING that could have partially convinced me that maybe they could work? (even if my eyes would have bled immensingly)
Instead the writters got the bright idea to do that off screen and shove their relation into our throat.
Why?
We have been warned by Charlie Cox tho, during one of his interviews, he said that Karen and Matt got closer during this times of war, since they spent their days hiding... and dear God he wasn't lying because IT SHOWS.
It really looks like they end up together because they don't have other choices around?
Their kiss scenes are so bland and they lack so much of chemistry, even the fog surrounding them is more consistent than what they are trying to serve us.
I also know Karen is going to confront Matt about Fisk's fate and that she is tired of letting him roam around free, despite the fact that Matt put him in jail, not once but twice already and that he wants to do it a third time LMAO
I'm also quite sure, considering the state of the writting that it won't be a deal breaker and that they'll make it magically work- Which is concerning really.
What is more concerning is Charlie Cox forcing way too much the idea of Karen being the love of Matt's life, and that Elektra is too crazy.
I'd have understand that statement if the series followed the comics perfectly, but THATS NOT THE CASE AT ALL ?
Karen hasn't the same weight in Matt's life, than she had in the comics.
Elektra took that place.
Matt could do ANYTHING for Elektra, when it's not the case at all for Karen.
Also, Comics Karen and MCU Karen are completely differents.
It's like saying a recipe is the best you ever ate because it's noted 5 stars on that cooking website, but in reality your plate is awful because half of your kitchen burned during the process.
Charlie can scream all he wants that Karen is the woman of Matt's life, it's impossible to believe it because it is not demonstrated at all in the show, and it's painful to witness.
IF i have to finish that post on a bright note, i'd say:
The advantages of seeing Matt and Karen in the middle of that "romantic" relationship, is that there is a great chance we will see its dawnfall (for good this time, please, for the love of Marvel!)
Why?
First:
If the writers are not shitty at some point they'll realise it doesn't work at all.
Second:
Matt is a fucking WHORE, in the comics but in the series as well: Claire, Karen, Elektra, Jennifer, Heather - And soon to be Kirsten and so much more
Even is Charlie Cox is trying to maintain that delulu about Karen, he's still talking about his character romancing other women:
He litteraly said that he wishes to romance Black Widow next, while season 2 wasn't even out yet.
Dude isn't even letting KD fans enjoy the ship, he is already yeeting Karen into oblivion.
I had my doubts last year, but it looks like Elektra is about to come back: either in Spider Man Brand New Day (we can see The Hand in the trailer) or in Daredevil Born Again season 3.
As for Kastle, we still have the special to hold on to:
Jon Bernthal told to a Kastlers to wait for it, while giggling like a fanboy!
His stuntman did a video on instagram praising Deborah Ann Woll but deleted half of it before publishing it, saying it was too spoilery.
We still see some comunity manager (Canada to be exact) talking about Frank and Karen (for engagements) meaning they are AWARE of Kastle popularity.
So much popular, i have never seen the Kastlers being that much active on twitter despite the absence of Frank.
People are really starting to get tired of Karen and Matt, and not only Kastlers but also those who love Elektra etc
I really hope that gaslight will come to an end very soon.
Let's wait that special before screaming.
fanny fox girlbossing her way through murder, forgery, theft, and extensive con artistry is truly the funniest and best thing she could have done. kills her new boyfriend completely by accident and immediately turns to a life of crime. not even that bummed about the dead boyfriend tbh. like pretty rapidly Over It vis a vis the manslaughter. but extremely down to do crime forever.
I shared this on a gpose tips & tricks post on bsky that I'll share here too incase someone finds it helpful :)
When using DoF, I like to give some distance between the character and the surrounding areas, so that the area of focus around my character is sharp while the areas in the foreground and background is blurry. DoF ref from photographylife.
Vanilla gpose has the DOF option, but I prefer using CinematicDOF shader as it has better manual control and the blur is smoother. I recommend it on Manual-focus plane and turning off auto mode for better control of focus and strength of the blur (Far plane max blur and Near plane max blur).
I love using DoF! Especially for cinematic Gposes since I want the character(s) to be the main focus. Additionally, I like using it to soften details a bit, especially when it comes to foliage edges!
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