Mar 17, 2022
Lee Seung Chul
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Lee Seung Chul
Jinu's family what are the stepfather and sibling like? What was his bio dad like? What does his mom feel about him?
I’ll start by saying that his stepdad (Mingyu, 민규) isn’t a bad guy. It’s not the “evil stepparent who wants to get rid of their stepchild” or anything. I actually think him and Jinu would get along, albeit it would be a bit of an awkward progression, if they ever got over the hurdle of Jinu’s self-isolation and Mingyu not really knowing how to approach him. Though, I don’t think Jinu really knows how to approach him either since he has the internalized idea that he’s the “stranger” or the outlier of the new family his mom has made.
Mingyu does genuinely love Dal-rae (달래), Jinu’s mom, and his daughter that he had with her (Seo-ah, 서아), and he wants them all to be a family. But stuff is complicated. Like always.
He is by all accounts an average guy, but he is also kind and hardworking and the type to make dad jokes. He can be a bit of a killjoy sometimes, and not really know what to do in every situation when it comes to parenting, but he means well.
And then there’s Seo-ah, Jinu’s sister (or technically his half-sister). She’s a very sweet and creative kid, and she adores her big brother. She wants to be close to him, and be in his life since she thinks he’s really cool. Though, of course being an idol and a demon hunter on top of everything else, makes it really hard for him to visit. I kind of imagine she once begged her parents to let her go to a concert in the city to see him, and they actually got to meet up and take a photo together.
She doesn’t fully understand why he is so distant sometimes, probably wondering if she did something wrong. But anytime they see each other, their interactions are very cute. I am planning to have Jinu work on getting closer to her post-canon, as he tries to stop self-isolating.
I kind of see her as being artistic and sketching/drawing a lot of what she sees. She definitely would give Jinu her own drawings as gifts.
I should also note that neither Mingyu nor Seo-ah know about demons or hunters, only Dal-rae does.
His bio dad (Chul, 철) was a Jeoseung Saja (a Korean grim reaper, or a psychopomp). He actually planning on taking Dal-rae’s soul when he first saw her, but that obviously fell through since he fell in love with her to the point that he had a child with her. I kind of imagine that he kept saying to himself that “today’s the day I take her soul!” only to get sidetracked and end up disguising himself as a human to spend time with her.
I picture Chul as being kind of like Jinu, he acts cool but he can be a real dork sometimes. But I also imagine him as being kind of a wraith of a person. He had kind of lost his love for life, and was going through the motions. A half-emptied shell of a person, still having remnants enough to have some humanity, but shards of himself were around him like a vase with missing pieces.
Dal-rae did actually love Chul and being with him, she did have a child with him of her own choice, though she wasn’t fully aware of his demon nature until he finally got the courage to tell her later on. And she was startled at first, but she did warm up to the realization and they continued their relationship. And then, they had Jinu together.
I kind of picture their relationship as someone falling back in love with life through their interactions with a person they come to enjoy being around. I wouldn’t say that Dal-rae fixed him or anything, more like she helped give him the courage to pick up the pieces of himself and glue them back together. He did that all on his own, but spending time with her helped him rediscover his will to live.
In current times, Dal-rae does still hold love for Chul, but it has been painted over with the hunter ideology of hating demons and not seeing them as beings worth saving or getting to know. I would say she is very conflicted about it, both viewing it as a mistake and wanting to move on from all of it, but at the same time not regretting it. It’s one of those complicated emotions where you both regret it but also don’t.
Mr. BB in his favorite feeding grounds by Marjie Morrison Via Flickr: The salvias in the hummingbird garden must be sweet. Tohono Chul Park Tucson, Arizona
Chul Soon and his mountainous pecs Grrrr
Reseña de "Our Beloved Summer" (2022)
Título: Our Beloved Summer / Aquel año nuestro / 그 해 우리는 / Geu Hae Woorineun
Género: Sñice of Life. Drama, Romance, Comedia
No. de episodios: 16
Cadena: SBS
Periodo de emisión: 06-Diciembre-2021 al 25-Enero-2022
Sinopsis: Choi Woong (Choi Woo Shik) y Gook Yeon Soo (Kim Da Mi) se separaron hace 10 años; sin embargo, un documental que filmaron durante sus días de escuela secundaria se vuelve popular y tienen que pararse frente a la cámara nuevamente. Choi Woong parece un hombre ingenuo y de espíritu libre, pero quiere tener algo por primera vez en su vida. Gook Yeon Soo era la mejor estudiante de su escuela, pero ahora es una adulta que vive ferozmente, adaptándose a su realidad.
Rate: ★★★★☆ 4.5
Decidí ver Our Beloved Summer porque amé la actuación de Kim Da Mi en Itaewon Class, y presentí que no me defraudaría en Our Beloved Summer… ¡y efectivamente no lo hizo! Sí fue extraño al principio ver a Yi Seo actuando de una manera más fría y reservada, pero Kim Da Mi es una excelente actriz por lo que al instante me convenció que ya no estaba viendo a Yi Seo sino a Yeon Soo.
Our Beloved Summer (2021 - 2022) es una historia entretenida, tranquila, dulce, llena de romance y una pizca de angst, solo para rematar al final con un pizca aún más grande de fluff.
Creo que el highlight de este dorama fue mostrar las luchas, los dilemas, las relaciones y las realidades de la vida de un grupo de jóvenes adultos.
Cada personaje lidió con sus respectivas batallas y al final, el amor entre Yeon Soo y Woong triunfó de la manera más bella, pues se conocieron nuevamente, esta vez de verdad y no se rindieron pese a las inclemencias de la difícil realidad de ser un adulto.
Es tan fácil sentirse identificado con los sueños, miedos y deseos de cada personaje, por lo que este drama es un alivio y un dolor para el corazón al mismo tiempo.
Personalmente me sentí tan identificada con la personalidad orgullosa, y aparentemente fría y distante de Yeon Soo; misma que heredó de su abuelita. Gracias (o por culpa) de dicha personalidad he tenido que lidiar con varias situaciones similares a las de Yeon Soo. Al mismo tiempo, el mideo de Woong de no ser alguien que no hace nada solo para no defraudar a sus amados padres es algo que también me llegó al corazón. Definivamente el mejor kdrama del tipo Slice of Life que visto hasta ahora, y lo mejor, con un final satisfactorio.
Cada capítulo guarda un par de frases especiales en él que estoy segura que habrá una para cada espectador, una que le llegará al corazón.
En el último episodio Choi Woong dijo:
"Todo el mundo tiene recuerdos inolvidables de un determinado año de su vida, aprecian tanto esos recuerdos que duran un tiempo, y nuestro año, aún no ha terminado."
PD1. Hubo un momento en que mi corazón se partía a pedacitos por Ji Woong, su historia fue muy triste.
PD2. Solo había visto actuar a Woo Shik una vez en Fight My Way, y resultó se un completo imbécil ahí haha y ahora amé a su personaje haha.
PD3. Creo que una de las razones del porqué toleré tantos momentos chessy fue porque ví el dorama mientras estaba en emisión, es decir, tenía que esperar por el capítulo siguiente cada semana por lo que no sentí que me dieran una dosis alta de azúcar; sin embargo reitero que no puedo soportar tanta dulzura emanando de una pareja haha. Woong y Yeon Soo era muy dulces juntos, un poco demasiado xd.
Nota: Park Jin Joo estuvo en el dorama como la mejor amiga de la protagonista y como siempre, sus papeles de mejor amiga son lo mejor; sin embargo deberían darle también su propio papel protagónico :( ya van varias veces que la veo en el mismo papel y creo que merece tener su momento estelar.
Le doy a Our Beloved Summer 5 estrellas.
★★★★★
OST: 5 estrellas, ¡encantador! (Christmas Tree de V, Maybe If de BiBi y Why de Janet Suhh fueron mis canciones favoritas).
Actuación: 5 estrellas
Personajes: 5 estrellas
Historia: 4.5 estrellas
Cinematografía: 5 estrellas
Química de la pareja: 5 estrellas
Can you belive THIS ASSWHOLE
Was once THIS baby-faced sweetheart???
(chul)
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