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Iam getting obsessed with corsets 💋

French Meadows Corsets.

Iam so poor for this💩

Villa Virginia by ichmiles.

hot dog, this article from Vox is like the first thing I've read that actually takes a rational, critical look at the whole Luigi thing. No pearl clutching or gaslighting, good stuff! I clipped it all because its members only (l have an extension that lets me turn javascript on and off with a click so i can read anythang i want)

this is the first thing i've read that was written by someone who "gets it" and isn't afraid to say it

mmmmm i've been stalking to your blog and I'm confused why WS deserved better lol just asking, I just want an answer no hard feelings 😀

Heya~ 

Lets see, 4th Prince Wang So deserved better because: 

His mother completely destroyed his face and as a result he lived his life being treated like a monster. 

He was abused his whole life 

He was caged up and starved on a regular basis

He was left to die on a mountain full of wolves

He was isolated by his family no matter how much he tried to make amends

He was shunned by his brothers and treated like an outsider

As soon as he had a shot at happiness he was turned into the King’s dog 

He was forced to kill his own brother

He was forced to marry Yeon Hwa

His surrogate father, advisor, best friend and his lover all left him for things that were not his fault. 

He was seen as a villain for having traitors punished whilst the actual masterminds behind the treason were seen as heroes. 

He lost the love of his life without ever really getting a chance at being with her

He suffered over and over having to protect those who were on the throne - and almost lost his life on numerous ocassions. 

He didn’t get to meet his own daughter until a good couple of years into her life and then couldn’t be with her

Essentially, Wang So deserved better because at the of the day every single crime that was committed on the show was either thrown onto him or completely absolved with them having a tragic hero’s ending. 

Wang So deserved better because people like Wook were painted as fallen heroes who redeemed themselves without actually doing anything and their victims (Baek Ah and Hae Soo) thinking highly of them. Whereas he ended up being blamed for all their crimes.  

Wang So suffered time after time since episode 1 and yet till the very end, no one could fully recognise it and he was left alone. Whilst people like Wook died with people at their side. 

obsessed w this genre of art. me n my girl

brought a poem to the gun fight

Angsty Romantic Cliches I’m a Slut For 

Holding their partner’s unconscious/dead body

Sobbing into their partner’s shoulder/chest

One of them is hurt and the other falls asleep in their hospital room

The other losing their mind when their partner is hurt/killed and charging into battle recklessly

“I thought I lost you” hugs

“Don’t go where I can’t follow!” 

One is mind controlled and forced to fight the other

The other refusing to harm them and getting seriously injured as consequence 

The person coming to and seeing what they’ve done

I could go on about this trope alone for 5 hours

A last desperate “I love you!” 

A tearful, hard kiss before battle, bonus points if its a confessional kiss

“Please, I don’t know what I’d do without you.” 

Bandaging each other’s wounds

Both of them injured, and waking up beside each other

Dropping the Mask

Wang So’s final moment in the story with him REVEALING HIS SCAR really does complete his journey in many, poignant ways - from covering his scar to revealing it, from self-loathing to acceptance. The last moment when the audience sees Wang So’s scar for the one last time is a direct parallel to the time when we and Hae Soo saw it for the first time - back then he was ashamed of it, back then he tried to cover it and to hide it - it made him immensely self-conscious and vulnerable. Back then, he was looking at Hae Soo and this time his piercing gaze once again belongs to HS even if she isn’t there. It’s as if So was able to look through the space and time separating them and find her in the future, just like he is promising her that he will one day.

This time we get the same extreme close-up of his face - but he isn’t self-conscious nor vulnerable anymore. I’ve read some comments that Wang So couldn’t love himself the way he was until the very end, but that’s not true - HE IS ABLE TO ACCEPT HIMSELF JUST THE WAY HE IS, BE IT HIS SCAR, HIS FEELINGS, HIS FAILURES, HIS ACTIONS. And even without HS by his side he’s able to become of one the greatest kings in the Korean history, even with all the terrible things that happened to him, even with all his scars.

Definitely!!

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