#du shik

[taevinscourt]

➳ i'm in love with a criminal

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[mirambles]

Hometown Cha Cha - Masterclass in Love Triangle and Bromance

I detest love triangles - I don’t like seeing people heartbroken over unrequited love. I have rarely seen love triangles resolved amicably with no bad blood between the rivals. Most times they will fight , hate on each other or be competitors pulling each other down and the other times one of them will die, or one of them won’t confess, or if they confess, the person in question won’t have the decency to respectfully decline the confession (Do not get me started on StartUp and Dalmi - it will result in a long post on how terrible she was to Han Ji Pyeong - DoDal fans stay away, I have no time for you). So given my past experience with a crappy love triangle in Startup and the fact that I was witnessing Hometown Cha Cha Cha setting all the wrongs done in Startup right, I was slightly upset to see another love triangle creep in.

One because I was really beginning to like Ji PD’s character and Lee Sang Yi is a good actor. So I would not have been able to bear DuSik pull a DoSan on Ji PD.

Two, DuSik despite being surrounded by people who loved and cared for him, was a loner at heart. HyeJin was steadily making her way into his heart bringing his walls down. Sure DuSik needed to find the love of his life, but he had also lost a brother and a friend and he would appreciate if he found one again a lot more. Speaking from my own experience, it’s always better to find the love of your life and best friend in two different people rather than in a single person.

I loved how DuSik and Seong-Hyun ended up saving each other from falling into the sea.

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Shared a common love for vintage cameras, photography and food. It was good to see the know-it-all DuSik get handed a lesson in modesty by a guy who was no villain, but an insanely likeable, good natured fellow just like DuSik was. Both had a natural chemistry going from the moment they met - yes pretty much like DuSik and HyeJin did from the word go and I loved their crazy, comic timing together.

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How can you even get over their comical scene appreciating the exquisite rare fish meal at Hwa Jeong’s restaurant. Ji-Won was right to warn Doha to not tread on their paths.

Ain't no sunshine

Do-ha observe them closely. You don't want to end up like them. HOMETOWN CHA CHA CHA (2021)

The surfing lessons and all the banter, the jealousy surfacing and the need to outdo each other , but while maintaining respect for each other.

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But there was the elephant in the room and each needed to address it sooner than later.

Seong-Hyun was in love with HyeJin for 14 years. She was his first love in college and he hesitated to confess to her. He had clearly not watched Reply 1988 because he would’ve got some valuable lessons from Jung Hwan - the one who hesitates always loses. So this time after meeting her again, he decided not to hesitate, though he had already sensed the atmosphere and knew he didn’t stand a chance against DuSik. But he confessed nevertheless, for himself, to have no regrets and that was a lovely message - that we need to open our true feelings and our heart for our own growth , so we can move on with zero regrets.

How beautiful was HyeJin in her response to his confession. She was so mature and measured in her response. So truthful and honest. What a realistic character Shin Ha Eun has given us. She was so respectful to him, his feelings and her own feelings. She did not hide from him that she indeed had feelings for him during their college days, but she did not think it would work out. We all go through these insecurities at that age, because we are battling so much while growing up that we are afraid to hurt ourselves. I got a bit emotional because it reminded me of my college days and how I never opened up about my first crush - for the fear that I would lose a friend (we have sadly lost touch over the years - no fall out) and I knew we would have never made it work, because we wanted such different things in life. But then who knows, maybe being honest would have made me have less regrets and the what ifs would have gone forever. It’s why I admire and love HyeJin even more - she was honest to her first love because she owed him that and bold enough to confess to the love of her life without fear of rejection. And the natural next step is that the second lead goes away from the couple and everyone moves on with their lives. But not this drama, because Hometown Cha Cha Cha was tropey for sure, but the writer was also a master at subverting these tropes. Seong-Hyun is a wonderful guy and so is DuSik and both are mature enough to not let go of their new found friendship.

Seong-Hyun delivers the best line of Episode 11 - it’s why I love his character, it’s why he will be a forever favourite second lead (Again don’t remind me Han Ji Pyeong was the second lead, if you watched StartUp, you know that’s a lie that we were fed)

I have watched 70 odd KDramas and none comes to mind which had such a beautiful, mature resolution to a love triangle. Hats off to Shin Ha Eun for delivering the best lesson in how to handle love triangles.

Ji Seong-Hyun may have lost his first love, but he was not going to lose a friend. DuSik knows he had found one too.

It is wonderful that when both are at their lowest and their hearts are hurting , they are there for each other to give the nudge they needed to move ahead in their respective relationships.

DuSik is at his lowest and scared to reach out to HyeJin, it’s Seong-Hyun who comes and tells him to lay all the cards in front of her honestly and that he trusts her enough to accept DuSik with all his faults. How right he is!

Seong-Hyun loses his appetite and is hurting at the thought of Ji-Won leaving him. DuSik makes him realise that his pain this time is greater than it was when HyeJin rejected him; and that he should not be hesitating again to lose Ji-Won in his life.

There is no need to have elaborate talks - because these two guys just get each other. Ji PD gets Hong DuSik just like HyeJin does. Ji PD is the one who tells DoHa: ‘It mustn’t have been easy for DuSik either - what a stroke of bad luck to hit everyone’. He pretty much won me over with that line, because like everyone else without hearing Dusik’s side, he could have so easily hated on DuSik too. But he didn’t, because he knows - he knows DuSik, even though DuSik hasn’t opened up to him. And that’s the kind of friend you need for life!

There are many wonderful bromances in KDramas and if I see the next list that comes out without Hong DuSik and Ji Seong-Hyun on it, I will be revolting!

[kelemaster]

[ithinkhobiknows]

I lived for 34 years without you,but each day seems to last forever since I've met you. Hye-jin, what's your deal? What have you done to me?

Say it again.

[hyunprkc]

i think hometown cha cha cha might actually be my favourite kdrama ever, it was already up there but now its up there at the top, this drama highlights mental health so closely and how dushik was taking pills through the entire series and how he still found happiness in the little things because of the people of gongjin, especially halmoni, who tried to help him heal and be happy over time. But turns out he didn’t need someone to make him feel happiness all the time (as he wrote in his bucketlist that he wanted to be ‘happy’ with hyejin for a long time but he actually wanted someone to be sad with, to share his pain and cry with him or at least help him cry out all the pain away. He just needed someone to hug him when he was in pain and hyejin did just that. My heart goes to hyejin for staying even though she was lost and didn’t know what she was doing, but what really mattered is that she stayed. Despite the million thoughts that must’ve gone through her head in that moment she decided to stay with dushik and be by his side because she realizes thats what he needed the most. And its not in this moment but through the episodes we find out thats who hyejin really is, she just knows what to say or do for people at the right time, she says exactly what they needed to hear in that moment like she did for hwa-jung, gamri halmoni, namsook and joo- hyeon. I think hyejin is incredible because of this. Im so grateful for her being in hong banjangs life at the right time. Its absolutely devastating watching this episode till the end, my breathing became heavy as we see that halmoni passed away in her sleep and how much of a good guy JiPD really is, he genuinely liked dushik and it shows and each character personal battles through the story.

In the beginning i was thinking this drama is going to be a very cute healing and light hearted-drama for us, that we will go back to watching from time to time to see dushik and hyejin be cute asf together. But its so much more than that, this drama touched on mental health, healing, suicide, trauma and lgbtq+. Which is why I absolutely love it so much and we know we are going to get a happy ending with dushik and hyejin wedding, im sad to say goodbye to them and the people of gongjin and uri gamri halmoni who lived a incredible and extraordinary life and her sharing her life lessons with us. I want to thank the writer and director and the beautiful cast for giving us this drama that gave us more than just healing, it gave me hope and love. So thank you.

[malvsworld]

I CAN'T BELIEVE DUSHIK REALISED THE FREELANCE WRITER LIKES SEONG HYUN BEFORE SEONG HYUN.

[shuadi99]

Ok honestly if Hometown cha turns into Kal Ho Na Ho I will riot. I promise you, I will riot.

For those who don't know:- Basically the two leads like each other, but the male lead doesn't let the female lead come close to him and rather helps her get together with the second protagonist who likes her and dies in the end.

Idk the preview and the dialogues of those two ppl from the producer's team gives me a bad feeling

I'm telling you I'll go to the writer's room and shred their pages into small pieces

[traedump]

-Hometown Cha Cha Cha (2021)