Beanies, orenmanida. Everyone’s watching MQ or RO here and I’m fangirling True Beauty. Start up should take lessons from TB on how to do a love triangle, bromance, romance & character development.
Start-Up left me with a gaping hole in my chest and I wondered if anything could ever fill it, and then three days later the healing began with this embarrassingly funny, over the top, heartwarming, delightfully giddy show that is True Beauty. 13 episodes in and the growth in these high school characters has brought me to tears, wondering if loving Start-Up so much was my biggest mistake. If you gave up on this show because of the first few episodes I urge you to reconsider. It’s got so much heart that yours will feel full after watching it.
“Why am I seeing two beautiful men? Am I dead? Am I in paradise?” Heegyung reading my thoughts on True Beauty. PS: the webtoon is great, the drama so far is even better.
It’s one thing to get the perfect looking cast for True Beauty, but it’s a total delight to the webtoon fans to see Jugyeong, Suho and Seojoon acted to perfection. PS: Heegyung you’re such a rockstar!
I ought to stay the hell away from love triangles after Start-Up, but UGH, True Beauty is so cute! I love the webtoon, so please show, don’t disappoint me!
From Dosan/Yongsan/Injae growing to Jipeyong staying constant – I love this episode. Writer-nim, thank you for this rollercoaster ride. I see what you’re doing and I love you three!
Binge watching season 4 of 2D1N and I realise there is a glue IF start-up breaks my heart. It’s KSH being his goofiest self ever. It befuddles my mind how the same man is suave HJP.
According to the show brief, HJP is the “Gordon Ramsay of investments.” He’s so tame in comparison. He’s like the Mother Teresa version of Gordon Ramsay. 😂
I feel like Girdon is mean only on Masterchef US. All the other ( non-American) shows that I have seen him on, he seems pretty decent. Also maybe it’s just me but the guy seems like the kind of person who will give you tough love but you will learn ro respect him in the end
Some scenes are SO worth the wait. Like HJP finding out about Haelmoni. I believe Dalmi asking about the letters and Dosan finding out about HJP’s background will also be worth the wait. It’ll be HUGE
I’ve noticed this trend. When one episode is Dosan heavy, the next is almost always Jipeyong heavy. Hopefully tomorrow is his day 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 I’ve come to realise, I just like seeing KSH on screen. He can just be sleeping, eating, driving, talking to Yongsil, Haelmoni, NDS, Dalmi et al. As long as he’s breathing on screen, I’m happy.
One love triangle ends, only for another to take its place! If not for the webtoon I’d be tearing my hair out. Have to say though, both Suho and Seojun are lovely and Jugyeong is a lucky girl.
Love him to pieces. That is one of the loveliest HJP’s smile scenes I ever saw in the show up until now: The scene he was smiling/laughing to himself watching Dalmi laughing hysterically at the bus stop.
I’m not even sure I’m allowed to post this, and I’ll delete it immediately if I’m not allowed to. But this person right here deserves a standing ovation for her analysis on JiDal.
I dont really care whether JP ends up with DM or not, but this thread is making me excited at the prospect of having kdrama norms being thrown off course..
Is there a vaccine for the fatal HJP syndrome?? This man has taken over so much heart and headspace I can’t concentrate on my bias Choi Minho’s return. How do I undo this takeover?
First you have to watch 1N2D, then perhaps Waikiki 2, and then perhaps 100 Days My Prince, and then perhaps Strongest Delivery Man, and then perhaps You Drive Me Crazy, and then perhaps a number of videos featuring him on Youtube…
Since everybody and their grandma thinks HJP will not be the man SDM picks (I still believe my ending MIGHT come to pass), how do you think they’ll end his story on Start-up? Any theories???
The only family and friend he has is Yong Shil, (not even going to mention Haelmoni anymore because she’s always been team SDM) so you think they’ll give him a family and friends in the time jump?
Adventures in Venture Capital … surely there are enough odd/funny/crazy/whatever stories to make a nice drama? Sort of like a hospital procedural but with ideas and true believers and their problems…
with a token partner for that happily ever after ending?
maybe injae suddenly get a character development and jipyeong and injae finally talk and boom! a power couple at 50mins mark of final ep
😏😏
jk jk
honestly, I just hope he is happy and they wont do him dirty after giving his character so much depth and pain
I believe he’ll get a happy ending. They won’t give him a sad one after putting him through so much. But I’m still not sure how. Neither Injae nor a token partner sit right with me.
If it was up to me, DM does not have to pick anyone. She will have her own story and not just a “prize” for the MLs, a kick-ass CEO on her own, and DS will continue on to invent amd create new apps, and become a billionaire and JP will continue to be a successful VC and maybe even run Sandbox. But this is a love story, sadly, so most likely JP will be sent to a different country. or wherever. I am emotionally prepared already for that ending, I have no expectatiobs anymore after this episode.
Mad_Missile
January 28, 2021 at 1:32 AM
Beanies, orenmanida. Everyone’s watching MQ or RO here and I’m fangirling True Beauty. Start up should take lessons from TB on how to do a love triangle, bromance, romance & character development.
Mad_Missile
January 28, 2021 at 1:39 AM
Start-Up left me with a gaping hole in my chest and I wondered if anything could ever fill it, and then three days later the healing began with this embarrassingly funny, over the top, heartwarming, delightfully giddy show that is True Beauty. 13 episodes in and the growth in these high school characters has brought me to tears, wondering if loving Start-Up so much was my biggest mistake. If you gave up on this show because of the first few episodes I urge you to reconsider. It’s got so much heart that yours will feel full after watching it.
Mad_Missile
December 17, 2020 at 12:36 PM
“Why am I seeing two beautiful men? Am I dead? Am I in paradise?” Heegyung reading my thoughts on True Beauty. PS: the webtoon is great, the drama so far is even better.
Mad_Missile
December 16, 2020 at 12:56 PM
It’s one thing to get the perfect looking cast for True Beauty, but it’s a total delight to the webtoon fans to see Jugyeong, Suho and Seojoon acted to perfection. PS: Heegyung you’re such a rockstar!
Mad_Missile
December 10, 2020 at 12:58 AM
I ought to stay the hell away from love triangles after Start-Up, but UGH, True Beauty is so cute! I love the webtoon, so please show, don’t disappoint me!
Mad_Missile
December 6, 2020 at 11:16 AM
Goodbye Start-up. And thank you Han Jipeyong. You’re unforgettable. I’ll miss you, like an idiot misses the point.
Mad_Missile
November 29, 2020 at 10:20 AM
From Dosan/Yongsan/Injae growing to Jipeyong staying constant – I love this episode. Writer-nim, thank you for this rollercoaster ride. I see what you’re doing and I love you three!
mmmmm
November 29, 2020 at 6:32 PM
I think it’s a very satisfying episode.
Mad_Missile
November 28, 2020 at 9:13 AM
AAA – Best Emotive award goes to Prince Dimples 😍 Super happy for him.
alasecond
November 28, 2020 at 11:42 AM
n i wait for the 1n2d ep that will be filmed in coming weeks
Mad_Missile
November 28, 2020 at 7:25 AM
I’m on this clown train and I can see the mountain we’re going to crash into and it hurts SO bad!
Mad_Missile
November 28, 2020 at 1:22 AM
Binge watching season 4 of 2D1N and I realise there is a glue IF start-up breaks my heart. It’s KSH being his goofiest self ever. It befuddles my mind how the same man is suave HJP.
SW unnie
November 28, 2020 at 4:47 AM
I started 2D1N a few weeks ago, since I totally went down the Kim Seon-Ho rabbit hole. It’s my happy pill right now 💕
Mad_Missile
November 28, 2020 at 8:19 AM
BRB. Getting a glass of water to down that happy pill with you.
silkwave
November 28, 2020 at 10:37 AM
Whee! It’s so much fun! 🙂
dee23
November 28, 2020 at 4:51 AM
He’s not the Daehangno idol for nothing. Even his HJP character befuddles Dindin.
Mad_Missile
November 28, 2020 at 8:20 AM
Him smiling today is SO precious, I want to wrap him in cotton wool and protect him from the world!
dee23
November 28, 2020 at 9:00 AM
Aren’t we all? 😊
Mad_Missile
November 28, 2020 at 9:17 AM
Seems like the writers have sent him into the battlefield without any armour or even artillery! Ugh.
silkwave
November 28, 2020 at 10:37 AM
Yay! Isn’t 2D1N the best?
Mad_Missile
November 28, 2020 at 10:47 AM
It’s the therapy I desperately need!
Mad_Missile
November 27, 2020 at 12:21 AM
Anybody else miss this Shinnamon roll?
mindy
November 27, 2020 at 2:54 AM
I miss Weather! Wonder when he’ll be in talks for another drama
Mad_Missile
November 27, 2020 at 3:04 AM
That’s what I’m wondering as well. Most actors of his caliber get inundated with scripts. 🙁
mindy
November 27, 2020 at 3:15 AM
I know he and some of the other 5urprise guys left their agency and made their own. Wonder if that has something to do with it.
Mad_Missile
November 27, 2020 at 8:01 AM
You make a good point. I really hope that’s not a setback.
Fly Colours
November 27, 2020 at 6:04 AM
Its been too long! Hope he comes back as a Baddy, though
Mad_Missile
November 27, 2020 at 8:02 AM
I’ll take anything at this point. Even a variety show appearance..
mindy
November 27, 2020 at 9:43 AM
Omg, Seo Kang-joon as a villain. I want this now.
Fly Colours
November 27, 2020 at 9:48 AM
We should start campaigning! #comebackSKJ
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
November 27, 2020 at 7:05 AM
Yesssssss 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Eazal
November 27, 2020 at 8:26 AM
I miss him.
I miss weather.
It’s taking so, so long.
Mad_Missile
November 24, 2020 at 8:04 AM
Kim Bum is so stinking cute in the TONT spinoff.
Also, can these two beautiful and talented people get a show of their own! JEBAL!!!!
alasecond
November 24, 2020 at 8:07 AM
which spinoff
Mad_Missile
November 24, 2020 at 8:09 AM
Tail of the nine tailed. It’s Lee Rang’s untold story.
Eazal
November 24, 2020 at 11:58 AM
Where can you watch it? It’s not on Viki…
Mad_Missile
November 24, 2020 at 12:22 PM
It’s just 8 minutes long, and I found it on YouTube.
Mad_Missile
November 23, 2020 at 10:53 PM
According to the show brief, HJP is the “Gordon Ramsay of investments.” He’s so tame in comparison. He’s like the Mother Teresa version of Gordon Ramsay. 😂
dee23
November 24, 2020 at 1:50 AM
That was one weird character description. I was scratching my head when I first read it.
Mani-chan
November 24, 2020 at 4:11 AM
I feel like Girdon is mean only on Masterchef US. All the other ( non-American) shows that I have seen him on, he seems pretty decent. Also maybe it’s just me but the guy seems like the kind of person who will give you tough love but you will learn ro respect him in the end
ElKwesi
November 24, 2020 at 7:10 AM
Yeah it’s only the US shows he acts like that. He’s pretty chill in other countries. Its the Simon Cowell effect.
Mad_Missile
November 22, 2020 at 10:42 PM
Some scenes are SO worth the wait. Like HJP finding out about Haelmoni. I believe Dalmi asking about the letters and Dosan finding out about HJP’s background will also be worth the wait. It’ll be HUGE
Mad_Missile
November 22, 2020 at 7:33 AM
Talk about a freaking turn-around! Thank you Start-up! PS: that preview, WHOA!!
Mani-chan
November 22, 2020 at 8:02 AM
Did you like it or did you not like it? I’m yet to watch it so I’m curious
Mad_Missile
November 22, 2020 at 8:17 AM
There were a few parts that I absolutely loved and they outweighed the bad, so it’s a win in my books..
mmmmm
November 22, 2020 at 8:21 AM
I like what I see in the preview; but I don’t think I can talk about it here right as it will be considered a spoiler.
Mani-chan
November 22, 2020 at 8:22 AM
Me too. Gonna wait until tomorrow
Mad_Missile
November 22, 2020 at 8:46 AM
So how much did you cry today?
mmmmm
November 22, 2020 at 9:17 AM
I think 3-4 pieces of tissue paper.
Mad_Missile
November 22, 2020 at 9:57 AM
Ugly cried today. I couldn’t take it when he kept saying “I’m sorry.”
mmmmm
November 22, 2020 at 9:58 AM
*handing you 3 pieces of tissue paper* 😅 It’s all right. HJP will get everything he is entitled to in the end.
Mad_Missile
November 21, 2020 at 8:00 AM
Two things became crystal clear on Start-Up today. Who really has Samsan tech’s best interest at heart and whose interest has claimed Dalmi’s heart.
mmmmm
November 21, 2020 at 9:56 AM
😭😭😭😭😭
Mad_Missile
November 21, 2020 at 11:43 AM
I’ve noticed this trend. When one episode is Dosan heavy, the next is almost always Jipeyong heavy. Hopefully tomorrow is his day 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 I’ve come to realise, I just like seeing KSH on screen. He can just be sleeping, eating, driving, talking to Yongsil, Haelmoni, NDS, Dalmi et al. As long as he’s breathing on screen, I’m happy.
mmmmm
November 21, 2020 at 11:53 AM
Omo now you have given me hope.
*planning things to be done tomorrow so I have ep.12 all to myself afterwards.*
Mad_Missile
November 21, 2020 at 11:56 AM
Hope is a dangerous thing to hold on to in the KDrama world. But what the heck, I’ll hope with you!
mmmmm
November 21, 2020 at 11:54 AM
BUT what if he’s gonna be crying non-stop tomorrow? Oh my heartu 😭💔
Mad_Missile
November 21, 2020 at 12:11 PM
I’ve braced myself for the debilitating heartache.
parkchuna 🍉
November 22, 2020 at 4:36 AM
I agree about him being on-screen but i’m not sure if i can handle that beaten up look he had in previews.
Mad_Missile
November 22, 2020 at 4:45 AM
Beaten up physically and emotionally. We’re in for a gut wrenching episode.
parkchuna 🍉
November 22, 2020 at 4:49 AM
Sobsss 😭
Good thing Im watching him in Waikiki right now.
Mad_Missile
November 21, 2020 at 4:16 AM
One love triangle ends, only for another to take its place! If not for the webtoon I’d be tearing my hair out. Have to say though, both Suho and Seojun are lovely and Jugyeong is a lucky girl.
Mad_Missile
November 20, 2020 at 10:48 PM
That moment I said to myself “Oh shoot, not again!!!!!”
mmmmm
November 21, 2020 at 4:07 AM
Love him to pieces. That is one of the loveliest HJP’s smile scenes I ever saw in the show up until now: The scene he was smiling/laughing to himself watching Dalmi laughing hysterically at the bus stop.
Mad_Missile
November 18, 2020 at 3:11 AM
I’m not even sure I’m allowed to post this, and I’ll delete it immediately if I’m not allowed to. But this person right here deserves a standing ovation for her analysis on JiDal.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Jeonggal_/status/1328583037769101315
mmmmm
November 18, 2020 at 3:34 AM
OMG Every Team Ji-pyeong members/ KSH’s fans must read this!!! I almost teared up!
Let’s play ‘Fate’ gives this show a twist and turn from the usual expectations. Let it give us something we can talk about for a very LONG time.
mmmmm
November 18, 2020 at 3:34 AM
Let’s hope*
Mad_Missile
November 18, 2020 at 3:51 AM
It’s so much more than the crumbs I’ve been eating. I feel like I ate a whole meal and didn’t realise it!
parkchuna 🍉
November 18, 2020 at 5:51 AM
I dont really care whether JP ends up with DM or not, but this thread is making me excited at the prospect of having kdrama norms being thrown off course..
Mad_Missile
November 18, 2020 at 6:16 AM
It’s about damn time if you ask me..
sirena
November 18, 2020 at 6:59 AM
@Mad_Missile Thank you for sharing this.
Mad_Missile
November 16, 2020 at 10:20 PM
Is there a vaccine for the fatal HJP syndrome?? This man has taken over so much heart and headspace I can’t concentrate on my bias Choi Minho’s return. How do I undo this takeover?
mmmmm
November 17, 2020 at 10:09 AM
First you have to watch 1N2D, then perhaps Waikiki 2, and then perhaps 100 Days My Prince, and then perhaps Strongest Delivery Man, and then perhaps You Drive Me Crazy, and then perhaps a number of videos featuring him on Youtube…
Ah.. my life is definitely ruined.
yongsital 🐧 ❄️
November 17, 2020 at 2:50 PM
Annddd Catch the Ghost. I mean KSH as a lead for 16 episodes is a huge plus in my book.
Mad_Missile
November 15, 2020 at 11:21 PM
Since everybody and their grandma thinks HJP will not be the man SDM picks (I still believe my ending MIGHT come to pass), how do you think they’ll end his story on Start-up? Any theories???
Mani-chan
November 15, 2020 at 11:42 PM
I’m guessing he is gonna be the one who gains a family friends and learns to open up to people he cares about
Mad_Missile
November 16, 2020 at 2:31 AM
The only family and friend he has is Yong Shil, (not even going to mention Haelmoni anymore because she’s always been team SDM) so you think they’ll give him a family and friends in the time jump?
Mani-chan
November 16, 2020 at 4:16 AM
That’s my guess
Maq
November 15, 2020 at 11:48 PM
They’ll give him some dumb ending where he’ll learn to be nicer/more emotionally open.
I wouldn’t mind a spin-off without Dal-mi and the 3Sans, in which it’s Ji-pyeong as lead with halmeoni as nagging surrogate parent.
Mad_Missile
November 16, 2020 at 2:33 AM
You know I’d fully have supported this spinoff if she hadn’t thoroughly dismissed his feelings. She really broke his heart and mine.
FlyingTool
November 16, 2020 at 7:25 AM
Adventures in Venture Capital … surely there are enough odd/funny/crazy/whatever stories to make a nice drama? Sort of like a hospital procedural but with ideas and true believers and their problems…
I’d watch
Mad_Missile
November 16, 2020 at 9:39 AM
I’d definitely watch this! I’d take snarky VC HPJ any day of the week and twice on Sunday’s.
HANI
November 16, 2020 at 12:14 AM
with a token partner for that happily ever after ending?
maybe injae suddenly get a character development and jipyeong and injae finally talk and boom! a power couple at 50mins mark of final ep
😏😏
jk jk
honestly, I just hope he is happy and they wont do him dirty after giving his character so much depth and pain
Mad_Missile
November 16, 2020 at 2:41 AM
I believe he’ll get a happy ending. They won’t give him a sad one after putting him through so much. But I’m still not sure how. Neither Injae nor a token partner sit right with me.
Jingbee
November 16, 2020 at 3:24 AM
If it was up to me, DM does not have to pick anyone. She will have her own story and not just a “prize” for the MLs, a kick-ass CEO on her own, and DS will continue on to invent amd create new apps, and become a billionaire and JP will continue to be a successful VC and maybe even run Sandbox. But this is a love story, sadly, so most likely JP will be sent to a different country. or wherever. I am emotionally prepared already for that ending, I have no expectatiobs anymore after this episode.
Mad_Missile
November 16, 2020 at 4:17 AM
This is one drama where I’m hoping for an open ending. Everyone successful, doing their own thing.
dee23
November 16, 2020 at 7:11 AM
This!
One of those scenarios where we see our characters still looking for happiness and success outside of our view. It’ll be bittersweet though.
dee23
November 16, 2020 at 5:07 AM
He’ll replace Director Yoon as Sandbox head and he’ll regularly eat/help at Grandma’s stall. 😁
Mad_Missile
November 16, 2020 at 5:41 AM
I could get behind this, provided he’s not lonely 😁