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[talistheintrovert]

I notice a pretty significant subset of korean dramas have the protagonists be lawyers and/or prosectors. Have you seen a lot of these kinds of dramas? And if so, which ones have been your favourites?

As a lifelong legal drama fan on top of a kdrama afficionado, you have come to the RIGHT PLACE.

If we're counting the fantasy ones, then The Judge From Hell is obviously pretty high on the list: A literal judge from hell gets banished to earth to punish people in order to earn her way back down, and she's also the hottest woman alive and accidentally seduces a pathetic self-loathing cop with a strong sense of justice, and gathers a band of ne'er-do-wells along the way.

But if we're sticking to the more rigid definition of legal drama, then I've got plenty of options:

The Devil Judge

Set in a world where things are only slightly worse than they currently are, and our protagonist is the ultimate "why can't we all do the right thing" guy who gets pulled into the web of the ultimate "i will do anything to serve justice, including crimes" guy. They're also in love, but that's mainly subtext, but also it's BARELY subtext.

2. Law School

This is my personal favourite of the k-law dramas, because it's essentially How to Get Away with Murder but better because it only ran for one season and therefore stuck the landing successfully. A bunch of law students are mixed up in a murder mystery when it seems like their professor killed someone and they try to figure out the truth while also passing law school. The cast is STACKED and the writing is fantastic.

3. May It Please the Court

An ambitious attorney is suspended for spurious reasons and ends up working for the public defenders office, where she meets somebody who has no desire to climb the ranks and simply wants to do his job. They clash, but work surprisingly well together, and end up taking on an ongoing case together. Their chemistry is great and I adored this show and how much of a stone-cold bitch she pretended to be.

4. Witch at Court

Same actress, slightly different vibes. A cutthroat lawyer who is willing to lie and do illegal things to win cases ends up working for the sex crimes division alongside a man who is new to the profession with a steadfast moral compass which is about to be thoroughly shaken.

5. Miss Hammurabi

An overly empathetic newly appointed judge clashes with the rigid rules and customs of the establishment, and along the way meets a cold-seeming man who dislikes her for her emotional approach to judging, but who ends up coming around.

6. Lawless Lawyer

A former gangster becomes a lawyer who works JUST on the edge of the law, taking advantage of his previous life and knowledge to take on corruption from within and outside of the system. He meets a lawyer whose license is suspended because she punched a judge (deservedly) and together they form a crack team - along with a gang of delinquents - to defeat the evils that threaten to corrupt the entire system.

7. Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Attorney Woo is an autistic baddie who I am in love with, and while she does face discrimination from her fellow lawyers who look down on her "odd" behaviour she is loved and appreciate by those who matter. This whole cast is also absolutely banging btw, but Woo Young Woo is the most ray of sunshine character to have ever shone her light on us.

8. Suspicious Partner

This was the first legal kdrama I ever watched and it slaps SO hard and still absolutely holds up. A rookie prosecutor is framed for murder and the brilliant prosecutor she works with (who already got off on the wrong foot with her) is dragged in. The case is complicated by politics and false evidence and plenty of twists and turns, and the whole time you're watching these two go from antagonists to lovers and it's great. The chemistry is CHEMISTRYING and this is the hottest that Ji Chang Wook has ever looked, which is an extremely high bar.

and y'know what, yeah, let's throw in Vincenzo, just for fun:

Vincenzo Cassano works for the Italian mafia and when he returns to South Korea he ends up fighting for the little guy (an apartment complex of working class people) against the huge corporations, roping in a corporate lawyer to help, and it absolutely rips. Half mob show, half legal drama, with a brilliant host of supporting characters, some truly despisable villains, some hot and compelling villains, complex motivations, pigeons, and a carrie-style bucket scene, this show has everything!

While I have seen a bunch more, those are all the really good ones that I'd recommend to pretty much everyone, because they're phenomenal. I hope this gave you some good options!

[tiredmarketeer]

My favourite thing about K-dramas is how this adorable cutiepie keeps showing up in the most random scenes.

Like Stan Lee of K drama.

[dasloddl]

op disabled reblogs but I think the point still stands

[eepyenbyfox]

reminder that the books themselves also suck ass actually. there's an entire plotline endorsing slavery. the one character who advocates to end slavery is bullied and made fun of. the one slave who doesnt like being enslaved is bullied and treated as an outcast. the bankers are the picture of racist stereotypes of jewish people. the one asian character is named fckn Cho Chang. the worldbuilding SUCKS. fuck harry potter and fuck rowling. stop giving her your money.

[ergoargo]

Pre-confession hualian is so funny, because for like, two books straight, their go-to solution for literally all of their problems was to just make out. Platonically. As bros do. Someone gets decapitated, and not even five seconds later, they’re rolling around, pinning each other down, making out on the floor, SO LOUDLY that Qi Rong thinks they’re being robbed. And they have the AUDACITY to assume both of their feelings are unrequited. Like dude- you’ve put your tongues in each other’s mouths MULTIPLE TIMES, WDYM YOU AREN’T GAY??? THAT’S NOT YOUR HOMIE, THAT’S YOUR HUSBAND.

[aretheyqueer]

Is he a trans man?

disclaimer: this is a hc, not speculating on what the writers intentions were.

Loid Forger (Spy x Family)

Yes, they are a trans man

No, but they're not cis

Sure, why not

I like this headcanon, but I also like seeing them depicted as cis

No, I view them as cis

I don't know this character but they have trans vibes

I don't know this character

Voting ended onJul 2

reason: In a show about secret/hidden identities and Loid being a stealth trans man just adds another layer to that......(also. t4t yor/loid anyone?)

[tiredmarketeer]

#I see him as a cis man because I want to believe cis men can be decent

[the-hiragilings]

If Anya Forger isekai'd to the world of Death Note, then she could read Light's mind and figure out he is Kira. Then she would do sumth stupid(or smart) to "protect world peace" by announcing it to the whole country. Or casually stroll up to L and tell him about it. Funny bit is, Light can't kill her cuz Anya Forger isnt even her real name

[cosmicdraghon]

Do some fans of SXF know how fucked up a war is?

If a child comes to you, begging to train to be able to protect the only family she has, because war stole her parents, her identity, her childhood. Because war doesn't discriminate. It goes for fathers, mothers, grandparents, kids, nature.

There are barely any jobs, food , or medications. The crime sky rocket, you can barely go outside due to the insecurity. People can break in her house knowing they were alone, no adult in sight. Every day I can imagine how scared Yor must have been for Yuri, and for herself. We don't know if she was mugged in an alley at 13 years old, a child, or worse. I can't even imagine the human traffic.

And then she finds Shopkeeper, sees a golden opportunity to keep Yuri alive, to stay alive until the war end, and asks him to train her to protect her little brother, because it's the only thing she has left in the world.

Should the Shopkeeper have said "I'm sorry, I can train you for ethics and because I will be accused of grooming".

[swagophile]

I had a dream that Joe Biden kept trying to sneak back into the white house to become the president again and he had a variety of silly disguises like in one he was wearing a big moustache and top hat and introduced himself as Job Iden and tried to sell trump snake oil and trump was super interested until his moustache fell off and then JD vance was like "wait a minute.. that's joe biden!!" amd he was like "welp, gotta run, see ya later jack!" and then all the evil white house staff were shaking their heads cus joe biden almost sneaked into the white house and the newest aid was there and she was like "That was a close call, Mr President" and his new aide was actually kamala harris wearing a big cartoon wig and they were all too distracted by joe biden to notice

[tiredmarketeer]

I only ship Lan Zhan and Wei Ying with each other.

No, hear me out.

The idea of these freaks being inflicted on any of the other characters is terrifying. They're made for each other.

Let the rest of them have some peace.

(Except Wen Chao. Fuck Wen Chao. The best stories for me are when Wangxian get together and destroy Wen Chao and Jin Zixun's scum lives)

Look at that swooning. Look at the way he is being held. It's embarrassing. I'm embarrassed for them. I would also die for them.

LOOK AT THEM??

I just-

The way they look at each other.

No ship has gotten me so hooked my entire damn life. Probably because there's no sub text with them. There's just text. They're fucking unhinged for eachother. And isn't that what everyone wants? Someone who will not just accept you for who you are but also crave you?

[angelsndragons]

ya know i am genuinely curious how spider-noir is being so slept on.

ben reilly is a tumblr tailor made genuine wet cat sad hound dog eyes trash fire of a human being blorbo AND YET

cat hardy is a slinky, complex beautifully rendered gaslight gatekeep girlboss with a tragic backstory AND YET

robbie robertson is a take no shit know your worth let me help ray of sunshine AND YET

janet ruiz is a fast talking competent to hell and back investigator with a heart of gold who WILL cut a bitch for her friends and family AND YET

you disappoint me, tumblr.

[caaatsushi]

watching teach you a lesson and it's making me, once again, think of students in india who have been having to deal with medical entrance paper leaks for several years now as well as one of the central board of education messing up their school grades with pathetic and inadequate systems — students really pour their all into these exams and then to be treated so carelessly...the world does not care for its young

[tiredmarketeer]

Geun-dae pushed up his glasses to stare at the monitor more clearly. The words still weren't making sense.

ERBP had received a rather bizarre case out of nowhere from some pre-school (??) about a teacher who was fired (sad but it happens?) because her MOTHER was accused of taking bribes from parents (????).

Geun-dae would have pushed it away as a closed case but the surrounding data around this case made him pause.

The teacher who got fired had disappeared and then the bodies started showing up.

He quietly starting making a presentation. Turns out, there was 20 years worth of historical data to compile. The bodies started much, much earlier than the current case.

Im Han-rim had ran around the compound shrieking at the top of her lungs after the presentation was over. She did not come back for a very very long time. Geun-dae found a bunch of ruptured punching bags behind the building later and took a moment to send a heartfelt thanks to every god that he didn't step out of his office today. He likes Han-rim but he's NOT paid enough for this. They don't even reimburse medical bills???

Na Hwa-jin had mostly grinned at the case file while reading but that smile had thoroughly disappeared when he reached the section on some weirdo called Jeon Jae-Jun (Geun-dae was no styling expert but he was entirely sure there was something wrong with that guy's hair).

After brooding and staring at Han-rim running around, he asked Geun-dae for information on some CEO of a real estate group (what the fuck?) before chuckling and muttering something about getting in touch with a soccer coach based out of fucking Bibury. When Geun-dae VERY reluctantly asked why, Na Hwa-jin cackled loud enough for the next building to hear before saying he just wants to check up on that psycho lady's kid to make sure everything is kosher, before he proceeded to swagger away with a wave and an order to have these information ready under 30 mins. Geun-dae would like to reiterate that he is not paid enough for this bullshit.

None of them, however, creeped him out as much as Choi Gang-seok.

The minister had taken one glance at the Hwa-jin's retreating back before saying "It's Miss Dong-eun. Don't worry, you can close the case".

Geun-dae miserably stared at his beautiful, perfect reports and a map for Bibury for atleast 20 minutes before he could find the energy to ask "This entire case is fishy, sir. We can't just dismiss this. The teacher is not even working as a teacher anymore -"

"I can assure you that Miss Dong-eun does not need our assistance" his demon boss said without even looking up from adjusting his cuff links.

"Besides" he continued, glancing briefly towards the photo of Moon Dong-eun's impassive face on the case sheet "we still play Go together".

[tiredmarketeer]

It'll be so funny if Melinda turns out to be the real villain and Donovan was just her puppet

[meganooooooooooooooo]

Watching Spider-Noir and quite frankly obsessed with Her.

[featdinoir]

best part of the glory is hyeonnam’s daughter singing along to thrill ride by the boyz right after her mom told her they’re on the run

[memorycycle]

i hope a ceiling fan falls on the empty spot in the bed next to you and it starts understanding your needs

[rosetower]

this post always makes me so emo... here's me next to my ceiling fan that i turned off for the first time in months to draw

[memorycycle]

stop reblogging this post without the art this is the only version that exists now

[pimpomme]

Jesus was the best part of s3 I think