#vincenzo

[sacrosanction]

their new fancy outfit.

[bluehaired-boy]

One of the things I love about kdramas is that it really subverts what masculinity is supposed to be. You see the loser who's down bad for the female lead (Lovely runner, queen of tears, Love Next Door, Strong Girl Do Bong Soon, the Judge from Hell), you see the soft masculinity in hometown cha cha cha, summer strike and Doctor Slump and extraordinary attorney woo, the protective kind of masculinity in any of Ji Chang Wook's and Ahn Bo Hyun's works, the reassured and confident masculinity of Seo Kang Joon in Undercover High school and Lee Jun Hyuk in Love scout, the playful masculinity in Twinkling Watermelon and Crash Course in Romance, the stoic but gentle masculinity in Doctor Romantic and Hierarchy, and the "I care about you and only you" kind of masculinity in Vincenzo to name a few.

This is progress from the old kdramas and I get that it's fictional and in real life, some of these actors are assholes. But in the era where Toxic masculinity is rampant, I think we can turn towards kdrama to have some inkling of what kind of man we should strive to be and what kind of man we should want. This should not something we see only in fiction. We should raise our sons (I'm 21) to be like this so that one day it's not just a concept for fictional love stories.

[uniquecookie]

Love isn't something for the weak to do. Being romantic takes a hell of a lot of hope.

[cattoru]

“he’s a murderer” to YOU. well to me too but i forgive him<3

[lotus-queer]

You are planning Revenge.

You have 13-16 years to execute your revenge plan (yes, it is weird that so many of these plans took place within that time limit). You can recruit a single fictional character to assist you.

Who is your Vengeance Buddy?

Mei Changsu (Nirvana in Fire)

"Zang Hai" (Legend of Zang Hai)

Wen Kexing (Word of Honor/TYK)

Nie Huisang (The Untamed/MDZS)

Moon Dong-Eun (The Glory, Korea)

King Cheol Jong (Mr. Queen)

Yoo Ji-Tae (Oldboy)

Wei Yinglou (Story of Yanxi Palace)

Xue Fangfei (The Double)

Vincenzo Cassano (Vincenzo)

Zhuang Hanyan (The Glory, China)

Emily Thorne (Revenge)

Voting ended onOct 21, 2025

Why isn't (character) here? Either bc I only picked one character per show or because I was limiting myself to shows I've seen at least part of. If you'd prefer someone else, nominate them!

[hanniballecters]

[kdrama-boyfriend-club]

finished watching ep 16 of twenty five twenty one last night and cried so hard i woke up my roommates

i feel like kdramas peaked between 2020 to 2022. think abt what was released in 2022. ofc there was twenty five twenty one but we also got extraordinary attorney woo, our blues, alchemy of souls, my liberation notes, weak hero 1, business proposal, reborn rich, the glory, little women, all of us are dead, juvenile justice, thirty nine, under the queens umbrella, big mouth, summer strike and narco-saints to name a few. i didnt watch but heard great things about adamas, connection, one dollar lawyer, cafe minamdang, military prosecutor doberman and green mothers club. it was also the year semantic error aired, the first bl to achieve mainstream success talk about a major moment in kdrama history. unbelievable to think we had all those amazing shows in one year

and before that in 2021 we had nevertheless (first mainstream kdrama w two sex scenes AND a lesbian love story all told thru the female gaze), beyond evil, squid game, move to heaven, vincenzo, hometown cha cha cha, d.p., taxi driver, our beloved summer, the devil judge, the red sleeve, my name, doom at your service, hellbound, yumis cells, happiness, the kings affection, lovers of the red sky and more

to set the stage for all of this in 2020 we got crash landing on you, hospital playlist, itaewon class, mr queen, its okay not to be okay, record of youth, start-up, sweet home, uncanny counter and smash hits like world of the married alongside weird stuff like school nurse files and dark edgy stories like extracurricular

all those diverse dramas in a three year span.. what a time to be alive. some of these have yet to be topped, many still live on ppls list of their fave dramas of all time

dont get me wrong there have been good shows since but that rly was a golden three year stretch

[kdramaspace]

POTW #118: Healing dramas vs. Revenge dramas

Mercy for None 광장 (2025) - dir. Choi Sung Eun Avengers Social Club 부암동 복수자들 (2017) - dir. Kwon Seok Jang, Kim Sang Ho Doctor Prisoner 닥터 프리즈너 (2019) - dir. Song Min Yeop, Hwang In Hyeok Dear X 친애하는 X (2025) - dir. Lee Eung Bok, Park So Hyun Doctor Lawyer 닥터 로이어 (2022) - dir. Lee Yong Seok, Lee Dong Hyeon The Glory 더 글로리 (2022-2023) - dir. Ahn Gil Ho The King of Pigs 돼지의 왕 (2022) - dir. Kim Dae Jin My Name 마이 네임 (2021) - dir. Kim Jin Min Vincenzo 빈센조 (2021) - dir. Kim Hee Won The Penthouse: War in Life 펜트하우스 (2020-2021) - dir. Joo Dong Min