#yunhi

[ateezgurl]

wait...are they wearing twin day collar? 🙂🖐🏻

[valcntinos]

maya ali in yunhi

[chashmenaaz]

Living wasn't as simple as one could imagine

Paths were divided, destinations unknown

So where has God brought you from?

Have you come across me, out of the blue?

Or have you, out of the blue, decided to come across me?

[ateezyquotez]

[over the phone]

Yunho: i put a little note in your bag to tell you that i love you

Mingi: [opens bag] Yunho, this is a 10 paged letter

[bmsa93]

After reading ch161 spoilers a lot of thoughts came to my mind. First, back when the priest was chased out of the castle. Did he told them one of the two princes will have a baby who is a Hiryuu's incarnation? That's what made Yuhon chase him away and destroy the temple + trying to destroy Hiryuu's mausoleum? Second how did they react when yona was born? Her mother new she would face a lot of danger. HOW did Yuhon & Yunhi feels at that time? ONE of them was displeased the incarnation wasn't his/HER child? Third, anybody tried to hurt Yona in her childhood? That's what made Il lock Yona in the Castle? Fourth, who killed Kashi? They said a rebellion but is that true? Fifth, If Il killed Yuhon than was it Yunhi who told Suwon and encourage him to take the throne?

I'M HAVING A HEADACH!!

[badedramay]

Sorry imma couple of days late! Breakdown of the Kim and Daood scenes for this week please?

(heylo..I hope all is well at your end!)

It was a decent episode. not a LOT of KimDawood content but enough to know where they stand in this relationship. Dawood, bless that fool, said and didn't say a lot of words just to mean that he was jealous of Kim's relationship with Zulfi xD am I wrong to interpret this as jealousy? the man saw Kim, his would be wife, ditch her own mehendi ceremony to personally go invite Zulfi for her wedding. then he had to witness Kim fully disregard his "warning" to not step out of the house without being escorted by him. THEN he had to bear Kim defending Zulfi and being a-okay about Zulfi's financial condition and thus, again dismissing Dawood's so-called valid concern that Zulfi took her out for lunch at a sub-standard place. like...Kim has done more with/for Zulfi than she has done with/for Dawood and I can't imagine a desi mard like Dawood being okay with it. i am not saying he thinks there's anything illicit going on between the two but c'mon..Dawood most definitely IS jealous/insecure of Kim's proximity with Zulfi.

I really don't think Dawood won any rounds in this episode. Kim was throwing one bomb after another in the car ride afterwards. gotta say i LOVED how Maya acted in the scene. the insult Kim felt at being treated like an object by these two men..the rage she was feeling in that moment and trying her best to not let it get the best of her..the way her eyes were sparkling with tears but she didn't let them escape..it was just all so wonderfully portrayed and captured. Kim YET AGAIN exposed Dawood's hypocrisy that he is only concerned with imposing his decisions on his wife but doesn't spare the same energies on his father or brother because he KNOWS he has no control over them. no son can overrule his father's decisions. working elder brothers don't always have the energy to deal with unruly younger brothers beyond reprimanding them occasionally (but not investing any time to make sure the reprimands bear a positive change). but with Kim he keeps bringing up the "you're my wife" reminder because that, in his head, gives him a higher "authority" over her that he has seen happen all around him all his life. the whole "mard ki aurat pe bartari" logic that gets legitimized when a man and woman get married to each other. Kim, love of my life, firmly reminds him that his superiority BS won't work on her because she doesn't depend on him for security that she'd have no choice but to give in to his whims and demands as most of the women in marriages do.

I was thinking this other day and idk if I tweeted or posted about it but..Kim in her marriage with Dawood is a very clear example of how much patriarchy as a concept works solely on the oppression of women. you give women a decent amount of power and autonomy and a LOTTTT if not all of patriarchal concepts get shattered. Kim is not like Razia or Iqbal or Suraiya. her identity is not constantly tied or and defined by the relationship she shares with any men. her "liberal" way of living has given her the chance to own her agency. which is why she can stay mad at her father. which is why she can firmly make conditions of how she wants her marriage with Dawood to be. which is why she's the only one who can question Dada's rulings. because she isn't scared that offending any of these men will have an irreparable impact on HER life. Kim never crosses the boundary of respect or decency when she questions. she doesn't have to. she's just so highly secure in her life as just being KIM that she knows that if her justified questions fall on deaf ears and this environment she's living in becomes too suffocating for her..she can easily walk out and no one will have any power or authority over her to stop her. the thing is Kim is, so far, CHOOSING to stay here because there's still something here holding here. be it her growing feelings for Dawood or the companionship she's finding in Suraiya, Iqbal, and Zulfi. that's the mark of a relationship's beauty I feel. that a person, who has the choice to leave, CHOOSES to stay. not because they HAVE to but because they WANT to. i feel Kim, ultimately, would WANT to stay back. but for that to happen Dawood still has a LONG way to go.

Dawood is getting influenced by Kim at least enough for him to take the first step of standing up to Dada. yeah it's a weak step cuz his obedience (which is a flaw of his let's be real) doesn't allow him to counter-argue with Dada. Kim kardeti argue. but Dawood was silenced when Dada gave a very weak reasoning about why Suraiya wouldn't object to the marriage and why there's not even a NEED to ask for her marzi. "main uska Wali hoon..kuch gair-sharai' kaam nahin horaha". Again..patriarchy empowered through women's oppression. cuz the religion very STRICTLY says that the consent lies SOLELY on the individual in matters related to marriage. a no IS a no and no wali has the power to veto it.

the preview for next week is a little scary ngl. Kim has her heart in the right place but she doesn't have patience to deal with things without blowing up a few buildings along the way. although i must say TWICE In this episode she shielded Suraiya from unwanted interrogation so Kim is also learning the art of navigating complex situations. she's still a beginner though so she has a long way to go to perfect it xD i am happy that Suraiya's issue is out and there's no dragging it. also, I feel it's gonna be Dawood who'll ultimately take a step for his sister and fight for her right. and maybe that will be the catalyst for Kim truly falling for him. oh she KNOWS she's attracted to him and she isn't entirely unhappy with him but Dawood's tendency to stay silent in matters that demand him to speak up make Kim not really respect him. she's always lowkey mad at him for not refusing to the marriage when he KNEW he didn't like her. she's now highkey mad that he's not fighting for her sister's right to marry the guy of her choice. if the show truly intends to show via Dawood&Kim's relationship of how these two people from two completely different worlds can come together and learn from each other to make lay foundation of a whole new world where both their previous worlds can peacefully coexist..NOW is the best time to show that.

P.S - how freakin' glorious was Kim being all "ab main itni achi bhi nahin hoon ke apki har baat manun." to Razia xD the way I laughed! i love love LOVEEE whenever Maya does these cheeky scenes. there's this innocence in her sass that's never badtameez. gaaah Kim has really become my top3 fav Maya Ali characters and the show isn't over yet! nazar na lag jaye bass!!

[badedramay]

so i’m not the one who usually asks for your weekly thoughts on yunhi but yesterday’s episode was probably the best one yet and i’m excited to hear your thoughts! i keep playing that monologue from dawood over and over in my head, and the way the drama uses characters overhearing conversations from hallways to reveal the horrible mentalities that families attempt to hide away behind closed doors is fantastic. every scene yesterday had me utterly gripped!

I..literally had to force myself to sit through the episode and had it not been for the terrace convo with Kim&Dawood I'd have noped outta the epi cuz these narrative points...disturb me? any time a drama, even as subtly as how Yunhi does, bring up the point of an entire family ganging up together to strip away the choice and agency of a woman that is her right by law and by religion..i just can not stomach any of that. I tweeted about it while watching the episode. that showing this zabardasti in the name of "farz ki adaigi" has done a LOT in me personally being so put off by the topic of marriage. idc if it sounds stupid to anyone that I take depiction of marriages and how marriages take place in our dramas as a gauge to measure the real horrors of this institution but i DO. for years and years our dramas have only shown the ugly and negative sides of marriage which i KNOW do exist but kya waqai itni andhernagri machi hui hai?? that it's just heaping pile of troubles with a rare glimmer of hope and happiness stashed somewhere within it which is then paraded as "look! Isn't marriage great?! why the hell does anyone object to it? it's great! it's beautiful! It's perfect!" ummm..thanks but no thanks.

Yunhi though BLESS ITS VERY EXISTENCE thankfully chose NOT to go down the same route despite giving us a direction that it was going to turn that way. until Kim's dejected conversation with Zulfi..things were going down that predictable way. Dawood trying to take a stand for Kim but his obedience making him unable to do so. Kim overhearing Razia and Daniyal speaking shit about her to Dawood and trying to make him turn against Kim by basically telling him to become the worst version of a desi man that Kim has always been wary of. uper se the added heartbreak and disappointment of Suraiya..SURAIYA OF ALL PEOPLE..throwing Kim under the bus like that.

(can I just say Maya Ali was just so darn terrific in portraying the tumultuous emotions Kim was experiencing in that night and how she showed them without breaking down in tears? just by a defeated slump of her shoulders..her gaze fixated on a distance point in the space..her tone losing all of its ferocity as she carefully stitched her sentences lest her offhand comment be once again misconstruted to turn her into a liar. LIES the one thing Kim absolutely abhors. her honesty and integrity are a matter of PRIDE for her. her PRIDE was shattered by Suraiya in front of the whole family. Kim's reaction of losing a grip on her own self was very appropriate. and Maya, once again, NAILED it. Bilal on the other hand keeps benefiting from an impeccably written character with no effort of his own to make it shine brighter )

what makes Kim&Dawood stand apart is how willing they are to TALK and LISTEN to each other. since the beginning they have had no qualms in being honest about their views with each other and never hesitated in sharing them. and it continues to grow and make their relationship stronger. because Dawood is the only one with whom Kim's words are safe while other family members either dismiss her words or twist them for their own benefit..Kim doesn't worry in speaking of her fears. the fact that she outright told Dawood that she knows his family wants him to be "strict" with her and are actively discouraging him from engaging with any conversation with her where she might come out as being "right" is a testament of how, despite the delicate situation, her trust in Dawood stands strong. I found legitimate fear of losing the only one person in the house who understands her in her voice and her eyes when she asks him would he not question her or demand any explanation from her. and Dawood..uff DAWOOD!!! the way he just KNOWS what to say and the art of HOW to say it..yeah one has to be completely devoid of any emotion to not feel that in the heart.

the one ABSOLUTE thing about Dawood and how he treats his relationship/marriage with Kim is just how sorted his priorities are. yes, he taunts and jokes about Kim not giving him the "right" he has over her as her husband (i.e. to have sex with her) but he is so well aware of the fact that marriage is MORE than just the physical relationship between two people. that a husband's rights are not limited to how his wife is supposed to treat him in bed and that a husband has far more responsibilities towards the wife that do not cease to exist if that one right of being sexually satisfied is not being fulfilled. we really don't see this kind of a relationship in PakDramas despite many dramas having this trope of "shadi hogayi but woh rishta nahin bana". unlike Kim, Dawood does not masqurade his actions as generosity towards his "friend" that Kim so insists Dawood is for her. no. Kim is Dawood's WIFE. a wife in the truest sense like a partner. he's her "libaas". it is his duty towards her to be loyal to her foremost. to be emotionally available to her. to lend her an ear not just be the mouth to speaks to her. to pray for her. to want to protect her. to respect her autonomy. to caution her against bad decisions. to trust her. to not dismiss her. to not control her. to change the pace of his strides to be able to walk BESIDE her, not in front of behind her. and Dawood DOES all of that. he does it as a HUSBAND. because a husband or a wife..the one person you make a decision to spend your life with..that person becomes your all in one package if you treat that relationship right. a friend, a lover, a elder to guide you, a child to indulge, a sympathetic shoulder to turn to at the end of a tough day, a stern mentor to prepare your for battle; what ISN'T that a spouse can't be??

my theory was right; Kim will fall for Dawood based on how he acts in this Suraiya mess. and we saw that. the way Kim's demeanor changed when Dawood affirmed his trust in her and the way he apologized to Kim for the behavior of his sister; making sure to give both his sister and his wife equal amount of respect. that's all Kim wants him to do right? be just in how he treats the relationships. and if there was any confusion left about when Kim falls for Dawood, all of that was cleared when she addressed him as DAWOOD. I saw this as Kim finally accepting Dawood for who he is. for finally SEEING Dawood for who he is. away from her personal prejudices and judgements that had her keeping him at an arm's length...this was her coming to a clarity that this man that she's married to? it's the real deal.

GAH THIS IS ALREADY SO LONG AND I ONLY TALKED ABOUT KIM&DAWOOD BUT DAMNIT THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS THE ONE THAT I AM THE MOST INVESTED IN I CAN'T HELP IT!! but yes yes YESS to how the trope of characters overhearing conversations is used in this drama. not to create misunderstandings but to clarify them. the point about horrible realities being shut behind closed doors is also real because we have all SEEN how people talk when no one is in the room vs while sitting in a bhari mehfil. I can't even say I am disappointed in Razia, she's acting just as her character. what i do find surprising is how Basharat is being influenced by Kim. how Kim pointing out the dysfunctionality of the relationship dynamics of this house isn't just affecting her peers but also Basharat. he too is a son who has been hurt by his father's parenting style. the realization of Basharat that he too has been abused came in a poignant manner when he confessed that there was a lot in his heart that he has always felt but he couldn't speak cuz he didn't know he could SAY it was beautiful and heartbreaking. i love how Yunhi pointed out that it's not just Dada's daughters that suffered from his bad decisions, his son too suffered. Patriarchy victimizes the men as well but that's not a discussion that's held alot. in a subtle way Yunhi reminded the viewers of that. on the surface it might look like Basharat benefited the most from being a son and that he, unlike his sisters, lives a perfect life. but no, NO! that's not true. in being his father's son, Basharat never got to be his own son's FATHER! he is being made into an outsider in the matters most concerning to him all because of this pressure that he has to uphold the patriarchial system of the household that will not give him any position of power for as long as his father is alive. like..that's messed up. that's freakin' messed up! I am so curious to see what Basharat will do with this realization. highkey glad that Kim is not made to be shown alone in this mess. Zulfi, Dawood, and Naveed are all on her side. another ally in the shape of Basharat will tip the scales in a very interesting manner.

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