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I really wish Cheong-ah and Eun-gyeol's relationship before the time travel was discussed a little bit more. Of course, they loved each other, and she was a pretty good mom, but she seemed to prioritize Yi-chan and his happiness over Eun-gyeol's and placed undue pressure on Eun-gyeol, giving him the job of fulfilling that happiness.

Eun-gyeol feeling like a trophy to his father didn't come out of nowhere, nor was it solely due to Yi-chan's actions, and I wish that had been discussed a bit more.

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twinkling watermelon dimension travel au where the ha eungyeol that grew up in the new timeline finds himself in the original timeline where our eungyeol left off, and he’s very confused about what’s going on re: his family history, his financial situation, his band, and everything else (because i refuse to believe that the original timeline is gone-gone)

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A little detail that I enjoy about Eun-gyeol is that even when he's not using sign language, he tends to gesture a lot with his hands because he's used to expressing himself with them when talking to others.

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my royal nemesis (2026) as text posts

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I can't get over how sinister Cheong-ah's stepmother's plan to get rid of Eun-gyeol was. She saw that Eun-gyeol was alone, with a family that was completely out of the picture, and a nonexistent legal identity and essentially tried to have him trafficked/killed just for teaching Cheong-ah sign language.

The whole thing was brushed aside very quickly in canon, but thinking about how terrified Eun-gyeol must've been genuinely made my heart ache. I wish we saw it being addressed because it was by far the scariest thing that happened in the story, because Eun-gyeol could've easily been killed had someone not been keeping an eye on him. He looked so scared and relieved when he was coming out of the car. I genuinely can't believe the whole thing was just brushed off and never mentioned again.

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When the original letters for the Korean alphabet AKA Hangul were invented, they apparently consisted of 28 letters.

Ha Eun-gyeol (whose name is (possibly) a pun on Hangul) travelled 28 years into the past to save his parents.

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twinkling watermelon, 2023 // unknown

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Every day I discover a new connection between the real band Coldplay and Twinkling Watermelon and I love it.

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I think a big part of the reason Eun-yu warmed up to Yi-chan and genuinely seemed to enjoy his company is that he's similar to Eun-ho. Like, Eun-ho and Yi-chan think and act very similarly as teens, and their vibe is overall the same, so I imagine that Eun-yu, subconsciously or consciously, recognized that and genuinely enjoyed spending time with Yi-chan, even if she never had feelings for him.

Which might also be connected to the reason why she got so angry at Eun-gyeol every time he insinuated she didn't care about Yi-chan and was playing with his feelings.

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Watching Twinkling Watermelon again for fanfic purposes, but I can't help but be upset at how Se-gyeong (not Eun-yu) and Cheong-ah's relationship was written. Se-gyeong was clearly hoping for friendship with Cheong-ah and likely felt they were kindred spirits because of how they were treated by the adults in their lives. While it may have been a bit of a projection on her part, she obviously wanted a friendship where the other person wasn't desperately trying to one-up her, and she felt she could get that with Cheong-ah. But it felt like Cheong-ah kept dismissing her and completely prioritizing Yi-chan despite the fact that Se-gyeong (not Eun-yu) had made it clear she wasn't interested in him.

It would've been interesting to see their relationship explored a bit more and it could've added more conflict to Eun-yu and Cheong-ah's relationship. Imagine if Se-gyeong kept writing Cheong-ah letters after Eun-yu showed up pretending to be her, and Cheong-ah being confused and conflicted, thinking Se-gyeong was playing some sort of elaborate prank on her but having no idea how to confront it. I just feel like their relationship was wasted and completely sidelined, and I'm kind of upset about it. It wasn't like Eun-yu assumed Se-gyeong and Cheong-ah were close friends for no reason. There was something there but it got wasted.

I would've loved to see more of their relationship and maybe even them meeting as adults in the new timeline.

[loisbreelxnd]

my royal nemesis as text posts

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I keep thinking about how, in the original timeline, Eun-ho must've spent his whole childhood watching Eun-gyeol be crushed under the responsibility that came with being the only hearing person in the household, forced to be mature beyond his years, always being the bigger person and the dutiful son because everything he did was reflected on their family. How he must've watched as Eun-gyeol let his childhood slip away in favour of doing everything that was expected of him, terrified that if he let himself breathe for even a second, something bad would happen, just like it did all those years ago in the fire. How badly he must've wanted to see Eun-gyeol drop that burden and live his life to the fullest, and how happy he must've been when he saw Eun-gyeol doing music and enjoying himself for the first time.

He wanted his little brother to be happy so badly, it makes me sad we didn't get to see more of them and their new dynamic in the altered timeline.

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Watching Eun-gyeol's first few days in the past is genuinely one of the funniest parts of the show. Like, I feel bad for him because he was stressed and all, but what was bro doing, constantly referring to the teenage versions of the adults in his life by their adult titles after realizing he time-travelled? Yi-chan took it way too well considering the circumstances, but like, imagine being literally anyone else around him in that situation?

I feel like Eun-gyeol cemented himself in people's minds solely because of how hilariously odd he was.

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Chapters: 1/?

Fandom: 반짝이는 워터멜론 | Twinkling Watermelon (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Ha Eungyeol & Ha Eunho (Twinkling Watermelon), Ha Eungyeol & Ha Yichan, Ha Eungyeol & Bae Sootak, SPINE9 Ensemble, Ha Eungyeol & Yoon Cheongah (Twinkling Watermelon), Ha Eungyeol/On Eunyu Characters: Ha Eungyeol (Twinkling Watermelon), Ha Eunho (Twinkling Watermelon), Ha Yichan, Yoon Cheongah (Twinkling Watermelon), Bae Sootak, Goo Junhyung (Twinkling Watermelon), Jeong Jioh (Twinkling Watermelon), On Eunyu

Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Aftermath, Ha Eungyeol Needs a Hug, Hurt Ha Eungyeol, Family Feels, Sibling Bonding, Ha Eunho is a Good Big Brother, Protective Ha Eunho, Friendship, Protective Bae Sootak, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Minor Injuries, Medical Inaccuracies, POV Multiple, POV Outsider, obligatory time travel tag

Word Count: 1.7K

Summary:

All of the weird comments and questions Eun-ho had dismissed as Eun-gyeol’s usual absent-mindedness came rushing to the surface. Why had he not recognized their parents’ friends, as if Uncle Hyun-yul hadn’t been the first to gift him a guitar when he learned of Eun-gyeol’s talent for it and Uncle Ma-joo wasn’t Dad’s closest friend as well as Eun-gyeol’s literal boss? Why had he searched up their mother of all people? Why did he stare at the family portrait in the hall as if he had no memory of how it got there?

OR

In which Eun-gyeol is struggling to adjust to his new life and move past the events of 1995, Eun-ho just wants to know what’s going on with his little brother, and everyone is worried.

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Chapter 2 is out!

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Chapters: 1/?

Fandom: 반짝이는 워터멜론 | Twinkling Watermelon (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Ha Eungyeol & Ha Eunho (Twinkling Watermelon), Ha Eungyeol & Ha Yichan, Ha Eungyeol & Bae Sootak, SPINE9 Ensemble, Ha Eungyeol & Yoon Cheongah (Twinkling Watermelon), Ha Eungyeol/On Eunyu Characters: Ha Eungyeol (Twinkling Watermelon), Ha Eunho (Twinkling Watermelon), Ha Yichan, Yoon Cheongah (Twinkling Watermelon), Bae Sootak, Goo Junhyung (Twinkling Watermelon), Jeong Jioh (Twinkling Watermelon), On Eunyu

Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Aftermath, Ha Eungyeol Needs a Hug, Hurt Ha Eungyeol, Family Feels, Sibling Bonding, Ha Eunho is a Good Big Brother, Protective Ha Eunho, Friendship, Protective Bae Sootak, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Minor Injuries, Medical Inaccuracies, POV Multiple, POV Outsider, obligatory time travel tag

Word Count: 1.7K

Summary:

All of the weird comments and questions Eun-ho had dismissed as Eun-gyeol’s usual absent-mindedness came rushing to the surface. Why had he not recognized their parents’ friends, as if Uncle Hyun-yul hadn’t been the first to gift him a guitar when he learned of Eun-gyeol’s talent for it and Uncle Ma-joo wasn’t Dad’s closest friend as well as Eun-gyeol’s literal boss? Why had he searched up their mother of all people? Why did he stare at the family portrait in the hall as if he had no memory of how it got there?

OR

In which Eun-gyeol is struggling to adjust to his new life and move past the events of 1995, Eun-ho just wants to know what’s going on with his little brother, and everyone is worried.

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The thing that makes me sad about the ending of Twinkling Watermelon is that Eun-gyeol barely had any time to breathe or process all the things that happened around him. Finding out he didn't prevent Yi-chan's accident, nearly getting kidnapped and trafficked by the men Chung-ah's stepmom hired, believing he finally saved his dad, only for Yi-chan to lose his hearing while saving him, rather than a random kid. Then after all of that, he's not even given the chance to be there for Yi-chan and is told to go to the future where he belongs. And after what was probably the worst three days of his life, he's thrust into a brand new future with no memories of his new life aside from the people in it, and all of the people he'd grown to love as friends were suddenly 28 years his senior and viewed him as their friend's youngest son.

I feel like no matter how many people tell him not to burden himself with trying to fix the lives of others and live his own life, Eun-gyeol would have a hard time moving on from everything that happened, and it would show. It should show. Having an extra episode or two where we see him adapting to all of this and maybe even talking to Yi-chan about it would've been great, especially since it seemed like Yi-chan realized he was telling the truth about being from the future. I feel like that would've really helped him in the long run, far more than just being thrust into a new and unfamiliar life would anyway.

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Happy Father's Day everyone!! I binged WONDERfools it was really good I loved it a lot. I really hope it comes out with a season 2.