#sol a

[theroyalmisfitmess]

"Catch–" Joon Hwi has a soft look on his face. Sol A slips but luckily Joon Hwi gets a grip of her, "the KILLER, not ME!" — what possibly is the greatest SolHwi foreshadowing

[shadowymakerearthquake]

random study group headcanons i have

bok-gi loves bagels

ye-seul loves painting people’s nails and will use any excuse to paint her friends’ hands

sol a cannot cook without setting something on fire. but she gets better over the years. many many years.

sol b is actually a huge harry potter fan

ji-ho’s favourite book is the great gatsby

joon-whi is actually a master at making playlists, and his favourite music is from the 70s & 90s

joon-whi and ji-ho often go cycling around seoul together

sol a, sol b and ye-seul get three tiny butterfly tattoos behind their ears to signify their friendship with each other

mama kim is named the godmother of seungjae’s child

bok-gi and yeobeom go clothes shopping together

bok-gi loves looking after seungjae’s kid. he’s their favourite uncle

sol b’s favourite jewels are pearls

joon-whi is a regular at sol a’s family’s flat. he’s basically part of the family

kang dan and sol a do eventually forgive one another, for the things they have and haven’t done, but they’re never quite as close as they were. and that’s okay.

kang dan and sol b date for a hot minute, but amicably break up when they realise they’re better as friends

the entire group are huge swifties

bok-gi loves conan gray

sol b’s mum hates ji-ho but her dad loves him

ye-seul keeps buying waistcoats for bok-gi. he’s not annoyed about it.

when sol a, sol b and ye-seul live together, their flat is simply covered with books. they’re everywhere. on the floor, on bookshelves, on desks, on the kitchen table, in bowls. there’s all different types as well. trashy romance novels (ye-seul), thrillers (sol a), fantasy (sol b), boring law books (all of them), the occasional collection of essays and more.

on the contrary, when bok-gi, ji-ho, joon-whi and yeobeom share an apartment, the girls try to avoid going over there at all costs. it’s gross and it stinks. the boys love it however, and are always trying to defend their flat

joon-whi meets up for an awkward coffee with his aunt once a year when she comes over from the states to korea.

sol b and ye-seul help joon-whi pick out sol a’s engagement ring

sol a gets ji-ho a typewriter for his birthday one year and he nearly weeps in joy

he types his first book with it

and it’s dedicated to his father

byeol also goes into law

every year the study group, seungjae, professor kim & professor yang lay flowers on professor seo’s grave.                                     

[bibisoe]

had fun drawing this nice moment from episode 13.

i don’t know if u can tell but i gave their faces a try. gave up halfway.

it might not turn out the best but hey, at least i enjoyed drawing it.

[sweaterpawschimin]

okay, so i watched Law School episode 10 and everything is just getting so intense but let's look at the brighter side.

Look at our baby go off!

And would you look at that ~ ; )

YASS QUEEN. GO OFF ✨💘

I just can't get over at how he looks and smiles at her.

Just look at how he's like a proud boyfriend. Proud at his girlfriend for being brave and standing up for herself. Just look at that love in his eyes fml kill me now. If they're not the end game then what am I doing here still breathing in this solhwi air kill me 🤣

[scripturiends]

i think people tend to forget just how young jeon yeseul actually is. it pains me to think about just how much she has gone through at her age - all the manipulation, gaslighting, obsession, literal physical abuse she endured from her vile boyfriend.

but more than that, it's the fact that she has to wake up every day and have to pretend in front of her peers and classmates that she is the usual bright, cheery, and beautiful girl that they see her as. that she doesn't go to sleep every night hating herself, wondering what she did to deserve all this pain, and ultimately trying to hold on to the hope that she might escape from it one day.

i think back to her scene with jo yebeom in the study room, when he said she was a sight for sore eyes. i also wonder how many times her boyfriend has called her beautiful, relegating her to only that, undermining her intelligence, her kindness, her compassion... and how she always has to assert to other people the fact that she is in a relationship. maybe she's been told she only has worth when her name is attached to a man.

the problem with yeseul is that nobody sees beyond her looks, so they automatically think that she has it good. and she has had to carry that burden alone all her life.

at least, not until kang sol A. not until han joon hwi. not until professor yang jong hoon. my heart absolutely breaks watching yeseul's pivotal scenes with these characters. she has a lot of memorable ones with them, but i look back to these three the most:

when yeseul praises joon hwi's cross-examination skills and he gives her a whole new perspective on what working in law means. in that conversation, he says something like, "i have to tell the truth if i want to work in law", and later on in the courtroom when she says the exact same thing. in fact, it was so desperate when she said "i really want to work in law one day" and she understood that this one lie would haunt her for the rest of her life. just like everyone else, yeseul looks up to joon hwi, but this is the first time we see it actually being manifested. not only was this scene a turning point for yeseul, it was also important for joon hwi, especially when he got a little bit flustered when yeseul called him 'awesome': we see a more human side of him, and his principles about law and life become more solidified. i like to think this somehow inspired yeseul in some way as well.

when sol A seeks yeseul out in the bathroom and she asks her: "what do i do now?" it's so poignant and so devoid of hope that instead of offering empty words, sol A decides to envelop her in a hug instead, as if to say - let me hold you together while you threaten to fall apart. you are not alone in this.

and for yang jong hoon, it just has to be the scene where he wears the sunglasses in the courtroom, as she did in his classroom. given that he was not allowed to speak to yeseul leading up to the trial whatsoever, and the fact that yang jong hoon himself is a man of few words towards his students, regarding them in a more impersonal manner (at least upfront, because we all know how deeply he actually cares about all of them), i want to believe that the act of wearing those glasses was an unspoken promise to yeseul that he will protect her - and i suppose that was a promise that he kept by the end of episode 8, when he finds her in a panic state after what happened to her boyfriend.

i know this was a very long thinkpiece, but the tl;dr is that i absolutely love jeon yeseul so much and i think she is very strong, courageous, unapologetically bubbly and kind, and everything in between. more importantly, she is a woman of honor whose skills are severely underestimated. i want to believe there is more in store for her in the upcoming episodes, and i cannot wait for her girlboss revenge era. i just hope her 'girlboss revenge moment' won't come at the expense for the softness that she is defined by, the softness that she is known for.

[cathartichaoss]

So, I hesitate, if I can act the same for you (And my darlin', I'll be rooting for you) - pt. 2

Summary: what Joonhwi ponders about after receiving Kang Sol's support. This was inspired by London Grammar's Rooting For You (you can hear the song by clicking the name).

A/N: here's the awaited second part. Thanks to all my lovely mutuals and their support. Part one is here

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"Are you thinking about your uncle?"

Joonhwi's heart skipped a beat as he glanced at Sol's solemn face. He scoffed inwardly while shifting his weight from one leg to another. For someone who could read him so well, she was very oblivious to his obvious feelings for her.

"I'll be rooting for you in your uncle's place" the smile she surely had on her face as she said those meaningful words had his insides feeling warm all of the sudden.

How did I get so lucky? Joonhwi thought. He raised his head to look at her and smiled. "I'll do the same"

Because how could I not? You've given me unconditional support even when I had the world against me and for that I'll be forever grateful, Kang Sol - he had to bite his tongue to stop his thoughts from tumbling out of his mouth.

After their brief interaction, they ate their bowls of ramyeon in a comfortable silence and then headed off to their dorms earlier than usual, both of them too tired to keep practicing their argument for the competition.

But sleep never came for Joonhwi, the events of the day leaving him too shaken up to close his eyes. The realisation he'd had of desperately wanting to kiss Sol while they were practicing in the mock court still too fresh on his mind. Because even though he didn't show it outwardly, he had felt moved both by the passion and tenacity Sol had shown while reciting their main argument and by the way she made eye contact with him for reassurance.

Joonwhi often thought, if someone were to ask, he would never be able to pinpoint when did his feelings began to shift from friendly care to loving adoration. But he certainly knew he never wanted to stop feeling like he did.

That's why, as time went on, his heart went from mere fluttering to full stop every time Sol did something small but meaningful towards him, like that one time he had overslept and she had prepared him a bowl of ramyeon just how he liked it. Because this could mean she felt the same way too...

And because he wanted to test Sol's feelings, he started to tease her more in a flirty way rather than his usual cheeky remarks. Like the time she attempted to tease him about parting his hair to the side and he gave her his signature smirk combined with a flirty comeback, and marveled at how Sol's cheek were tinged a bright shade of pink as he rendered her speechless. But also he started wearing his hair parted to the side more because he knew she liked it.

Finally, the confirmation of Kang Sol's feelings towards him came in the form of Yeseul's advice after a night drinking in celebration of them passing a particularly difficult exam, while he helped her carry an exhausted, asleep Sol back to her dorm.

"You know, oppa, you should tell unnie how you feel" she said as he gave her a pointed look "don't look at me like that, oppa! she likes you... unnie has liked you for a while now but you and I both know how oblivious she is".

And maybe Joonhwi would follow Yeseul's advice. He just had to find the perfect timing to confess his feelings.

[keidalovemachine]

the last tome i watched a kdrama it was kingdom 2 and then injust xant be bothered. recently i had a 3 weeks off for transition period to my new job and ive been bnge watxhing a few heavy and dark kdrama because i cant be bothered with romance EXCEPT law school.

LOVE how it’s not cheesy, not focused on the romance between the kids but it’s roped and intertwined. sol a and joon hwi’s dynamic is exactly what i hope to have if im ever in a relationship.

the casual but supportive and caring type. not cheesy and overbearing. cant wait to finish it because scrolling through the solhwi tag seems like something’s blooming jn the later episodes.