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NEW SETS: Weak Hero Character Name Meanings (Korean) ~ LITERAL & METAPHORICAL ~ Part 1
I was in a bit of a somber mood after the ending so I made yet another set of character name meanings (Korean). If you notice the differences from my previous edits it's because I had since learned a little bit more about naming culture in China, Japan, and Korea. Enjoy!
Weak Hero Musings (10): On the Wasted Potentials of That Death
SPOILER ALERT
(Parts 1-8 were posted on my other blog @weakherodiaries)
Seeing as Changhui demanded a favour from an owner of a transportation company to overlook that man trying to run off with money (before Sieun fough Doyoon), the people I talked to about it are all kinda assuming that Cheongang set the accident up somehow.
(There were also two Cheongang mooks at the river fight, at least two people with their design.)
So I am kinda wondering what could still happen there once the shock starts wearing off and Cheongang starts pushing.
May even help Sieun to overcome his trauma and reassure him that it was not his fault.
@na-baekjin-love
You gave me hope, honestly. The series of real estate-related incidents that took place at and around Yeongdeungpo, especially the Dorim-ro area, is a real phenomenon, although the corruption under the name of a union etc took place elsewhere (at least from the news that I could access). Seopass seemed to pay close attention to these problems so for the sake of the story I hope they closed it properly
Bonus Real pictures of Dorim area btw
Cr: Korean Dramaland and Placesjournal.org (Can't link because I might get banned again)
Weak Hero Musings (10): On the Wasted Potentials of That Death
SPOILER ALERT
(Parts 1-8 were posted on my other blog @weakherodiaries)
@aulupus
I don't know whether you've read it or not but in the interview with Seopass (I think I read the translation on Reddit,but I forgot to bookmark it) they mentioned that they were preparing for another project. That and Idk whether the readership in Naver has been steadily declining. After all, many readers mistook the webtoon to be a full-on action webtoon when in fact even Suho (Stephen)'s accident in the first season was based on a real, controversial bullying case that took place in Korea in 2019.
So when the new season started, and as it progressed, people were disappointed in several things (I might be mistaken, this is just my personal observation on the state of things from Reddit and Webtoon and might not reflect the Korean readership pov AT ALL)
That there were real estate corruption inserted into the plot
That Sieun (Gray)'s action scenes were less than the previous seasons
That a group like Cheongang was inserted without real importance
That Baekjin (Donald)'s backstory and real personality made him less than the scary fighter king some readers were hyping him to be
I will combine the review for this week's episode with the one after that because plotwise nothing much happened...but fgs I hope Sieun (Gray) made this face because he saw Suho's pic in Jihwan's text (Stephen) and not Beomseok (Bryce).
do you guys get it if i say donald na is taylor swift coded
LIKEEEE
(spoilers under the cut)
I love this analysis! Taylor Swift was a kid who was so ahead of the curve (excuse me for quoting "This Is Me Trying") and so was Baekjin, and the curve for both kids became a sphere (still from the same song), meaning that they felt trapped and didn't know how to get out. And for that reason they simultaneously stood out yet were so alienated, knowing full well that people talked behind their backs and realizing that what they showed to people wasn't always authentic to their own perceptions about themselves.
Great job.
Sieun Yeon Fanart :)) (Gray Yeon) 🩷🫶
Weak Hero Musings (10): On the Wasted Potentials of That Death
SPOILER ALERT
(Parts 1-9 were posted on my other blog @weakherodiaries)
Weak Hero Print Edition Vol 6 (Out in Korea since September 2023)
Front and back covers
Look at these pretty babies.
Belated Happy Birthday, Gayool (Gerard)!
His birthday was on Sep 30 (per the Korean original text). Fun fact: in literal sense the name "Gayool" means "excellent pen brush" but metaphorically means:
"to become someone whose artistry is praiseworthy".
Which is true. He's a very good singer and guitarist!
Weak Hero Musings (9): On Jihoon's and Pilyoung's Human Decency
SPOILER ALERT
@aulupus
Thanks for reminding me to be kinder and wiser in the tags. But yes it was easier for me to see them simply as bullies and sometimes I got carried away while forgetting that they were just kids. And for people their age (and older), they'd been through a lot.
Weak Hero Musings (9): On Jihoon's and Pilyoung's Human Decency
SPOILER ALERT
WeakTober Day 1
Donald Na remembered the nose bleeds he had as a kid. He remembered the blood trickling down his philtrum into his lips, down his chin and to whatever surface awaited each drop of blood below. More times then not, a significant amount of the blood always went to his shirt, it would go into the loose, tattered threads of his plain, oversized shirts and the blood would find itself a home there. The stores and the vending machines always had bottled water which he could use to clean out the blood, but he always lacked the money to buy it. And his stepfather never had the capacity to care. Out in the streets, a few drops would always be unlucky enough to fall to the cold, hard concrete of the sidewalks or the asphalt of the road, where the blood would build up into a small little puddle. It always left a mark when it dried, Donald could've always noticed the stains on the asphalt, even when it rained and the water droplets swept the bloodstains away, he remembered where they were. It was always later in the nights, after Donald Na got into whatever flat was abandoned in his building would he be able to use running water from those homes to clean himself up, he slept in damp clothes those nights. He hated his nosebleeds, he grew up resenting the memories of rubbing the blood off his shirt.
Donald Na didn't see the rays of light come from the semi-truck's headlights, he didn't feel warmth or sense it's presence. His desperation led to his high, his high led to his low and now he bled into the asphalt. Life left with his blood out of his body, his clothes, now luxurious, feel heavier on him. Even when slowly losing consciousness, sounds around him blurring into one, loud noise and his eyes heavy with death weighing them down, he feels the cloth stick to his clothes, using drying blood as glue.
In his dying moments, Donald Na is left to remember, his childhood, the Union, his mother and bloodstains from many. He has one final dream, one of all his life's memories. It's nothing near a good one. Donald Na is a dog bleeding in a field, his blood stains the soil and its nutrients nurture the plants around it. He's too tired to bark, but like the bloodstains on the asphalt of abandoned roads he ventured as a child, he'll remember this spot. The rain will wash his mark, but he'll remember, and he frowns in death knowing he won't be along in remembrance.
Weak-Tober 2023: 02 Graveyard
Sometimes Beakjin wondered about death and how people dealt with dead bodies. In Seoul bodies got cremated because space was precious and graveyards needed space, with way less slots for bodies to be put in, which would also increase the price for a slot.
On the internet were many pictures of different graveyards, orderly lines of crosses or small tombstones, terraces on hillsides or the big western ones next to churches with big trees reaching into the skies, branches shadowing the graves and the decorations put on them, be it plants or statues or anything the people caring for the person buried had thought off.
His mother was in an urn on a shelf among rows of other urns, all in similar shapes and only differentiated by the images and letters on them.
When memories came back to haunt him during quiet hours, the teen wondered if there were any places she would have preferred to be.
Somewhere outside, somewhere high, somewhere sunny…
But graves needed people to care for them and the charnel house was better at keeping records.
Some people pictured the dead as chained to their remains. If the urn was in a graveyard, buried in a grave, would she be stuck underground? Not seeing anything other than darkness? Or would she sleep as seasons passed and the body decayed in a coffin.
What would even be more bearable? Seeing the urn and knowing it contained all that was left of her or standing in front of a tombstone, the remains buried underground, a fancy sentence carved into the stone?
It was definitely easier to visit the urn than driving to some graveyard though. Also safer for the urn as the building could be locked and easier patrolled by the security. For some reason people sometimes did things to graves.
And there wasn't a nice one nearby anyway. It was all just tight rows of the same tombstone, just differing in the words carved in.
It was very different from what he could imagine from the pictures of the old, western ones, where wind rustled through leaves and branches, and flowers were blooming on other graves and maybe his mom's. With birds flickering around and there being generally a more… peaceful atmosphere.
Baekjin knew it was an illusion, a wishful dream, a place that didn't exist in real life and that no real place could surpass.
When he opened his eyes, he was back in the spot where his thoughts had started to wander.
In the end it didn't really matter anymore if his mother would have preferred a graveyard or the charnel house. It was all already done and over after all.
And he was left behind with these thoughts.
Weak Hero TMI /Trivia:
Chief Mourners: Why did Seokhyeon, Hakho, and Jihoon wear yellow armbands during the funeral service?
SPOILER ALERT
TW: grief, depression, death
DISCLAIMER: I'm not Korean, just learning about their culture.
The yellow armbands around Jihoon (Jimmy), Hakho (Jake) and Seokhyeon (Kingsley)'s arms were the sign that they were the chief mourners of Baekjin (Donald)'s funeral. It means that these three were the substitutes for Baekjin's family in preparing the funeral from start to finish. Theirs was the role that his absent stepfather and/or kin were supposed to carry out.
I'll try to explain to you about their responsibilities. After reading this, hopefully you'll understand why they crumbled and seemingly grew up so fast.
Additional info:
The one striped yellow armband means that Seokhyeon, Hakho, and Jihoon are BROTHERS of the deceased (Baekjin). There are several types of armbands for a Korean funeral and theirs means that.
Weak Hero TMI /Trivia:
Chief Mourners: Why did Seokhyeon, Hakho, and Jihoon wear yellow armbands during the funeral service?
SPOILER ALERT
TW: grief, depression, death
DISCLAIMER: I'm not Korean, just learning about their culture.
The yellow armbands around Jihoon (Jimmy), Hakho (Jake) and Seokhyeon (Kingsley)'s arms were the sign that they were the chief mourners of Baekjin (Donald)'s funeral. It means that these three were the substitutes for Baekjin's family in preparing the funeral from start to finish. Theirs was the role that his absent stepfather and/or kin were supposed to carry out.
I'll try to explain to you about their responsibilities. After reading this, hopefully you'll understand why they crumbled and seemingly grew up so fast.
Weak Hero: Eps 264-265 Reaction
SPOILER ALERT
TW: Depression, Trauma, Grief
"Sometimes I count up to ten just to see when... when will I see the sun? In my mind I've just begun... " - 'GONE', Thirteen Senses