touch your heart | your favorite love language
doing work at the same table; based on this text post
#RUNONWEEK | Day Two: Harold…
I feel like part of what Run On tries to say by referencing both Carol and The Handmaiden is “Queer people have histories, language, stories, communities, and culture.” Queer people exist in Run On—Yejun, May—but they aren’t wholly singular, even as Yejun is only one gay man surrounded by (assumedly) straight people and even as May is only one ace woman. Run On places Carol and The Handmaiden alongside E.T. and John Wick and Winnie the Pooh. It says they are a part of the art and medium Mijoo loves and has dedicated herself to, and a part of how she understands and navigates the world. And so if you haven’t seen The Handmaiden, you won’t understand some of what Mijoo says and means—The Handmaiden, then, is essential viewing. But referencing them also means that Run On gets to be in conversation with them, and allows them to be in conversation with each other within the world of the show—and so it’s not just Yejun and May by themselves surrounded by straight people (which in many stories is a heteronormative gaze on queer life—queer people unconnected to each other or to a past because the straight creators are ignorant of the communities and history or simply don’t have the ability to imagine the spaces for them), but also The Price of Salt (which Carol is based on) and Fingersmith (which The Handmaiden is based on), and Sookhee and Hideko, and Carol and Therese, and Todd Haynes, and Patricia Highsmith, and Sarah Waters—culture, communities, stories, language, histories.
run on week, day 2: harold…
↳ danah apologizing to yejun
#RUNONWEEK | day two: harold…
Park Mae Yi
Seongyeom probably thought Mae Yi being asexual meant that she wouldn’t want to be in a romantic relationship. She identifies as asexual but she’s not aromantic. She is comfortable with romance and dating someone. She represents a wide range of the spectrum. Asexuality doesn’t mean just one thing. Sexuality is complex and personal and is different for everyone.
It stuck out to me that when they first met Ji Hyun asked Mae Yi if she was okay with dating men. Even though he fell in love with her at first sight he didn’t automatically assume that she would be straight or that she’d date him. He was considerate of her feelings and made her feel safe before he even knew her.
KDRAMAS OVER FLOWERS (DAY 1): warm & cozy 🥰
the romance that makes you feel the happiest — Ki Seon Gyeom + Oh Mi Joo (Run On)We’ll probably never fully understand each other, right? Yes. We’re different after all. You have your world, and I have mine. But we could align our worlds next to each other, couldn’t we? So let’s not be disappointed even if we can’t understand each other. That’s impossible to do. Instead, we’ll stick to whatever’s possible. Have I… ever told you that I love you? I think this is the right time. The time to say “I love you”? I love you.
I can read you like a book now because you love me.
We’ll probably never fully understand each other, right? Yes. We’re different after all. You have your world, and I have mine. But we could align our worlds next to each other, couldn’t we? So let’s not be disappointed even if we can’t understand each other. That’s impossible to do. Instead, we’ll stick to whatever’s possible.
Standing at the end of a meaningless day, I used to hope tomorrow wouldn’t come. In that moment, in my world, your dream shined a light. Right now, run to you.
RUN ON (런온) | 2020 - 2021
Break time’s over. What’s this? I thought you loved me?
Didn’t you say it was yours until you handed it over? You’ve put your heart in it. You’ve already taken it away from me. So, would you like it back? Keep it. Until it fades away from within you. Keep it with you, then throw it out with the recyclables. You said that was important.
— Since you can’t be here, you’ll take a selfie and send it. But- Send it right away.
— What does he look like? The guy. The 100 reasons guy.Someone asked me to send a picture of me. Who asked you for a selfie? A selfie…
Ki Seon-gyeom 🤝 Moon Ha-won(inspired by @gangtaes post)
🎬 Mi Joo’s Imagination: Starring Ki Seon Gyeom 🎬
touch your heart | your favorite love language
doing work at the same table; based on this text post
#RUNONWEEK | Day Two: Harold…
I feel like part of what Run On tries to say by referencing both Carol and The Handmaiden is “Queer people have histories, language, stories, communities, and culture.” Queer people exist in Run On—Yejun, May—but they aren’t wholly singular, even as Yejun is only one gay man surrounded by (assumedly) straight people and even as May is only one ace woman. Run On places Carol and The Handmaiden alongside E.T. and John Wick and Winnie the Pooh. It says they are a part of the art and medium Mijoo loves and has dedicated herself to, and a part of how she understands and navigates the world. And so if you haven’t seen The Handmaiden, you won’t understand some of what Mijoo says and means—The Handmaiden, then, is essential viewing. But referencing them also means that Run On gets to be in conversation with them, and allows them to be in conversation with each other within the world of the show—and so it’s not just Yejun and May by themselves surrounded by straight people (which in many stories is a heteronormative gaze on queer life—queer people unconnected to each other or to a past because the straight creators are ignorant of the communities and history or simply don’t have the ability to imagine the spaces for them), but also The Price of Salt (which Carol is based on) and Fingersmith (which The Handmaiden is based on), and Sookhee and Hideko, and Carol and Therese, and Todd Haynes, and Patricia Highsmith, and Sarah Waters—culture, communities, stories, language, histories.
run on week, day 2: harold…
↳ danah apologizing to yejun
#RUNONWEEK | day two: harold…
Park Mae Yi
Seongyeom probably thought Mae Yi being asexual meant that she wouldn’t want to be in a romantic relationship. She identifies as asexual but she’s not aromantic. She is comfortable with romance and dating someone. She represents a wide range of the spectrum. Asexuality doesn’t mean just one thing. Sexuality is complex and personal and is different for everyone.
It stuck out to me that when they first met Ji Hyun asked Mae Yi if she was okay with dating men. Even though he fell in love with her at first sight he didn’t automatically assume that she would be straight or that she’d date him. He was considerate of her feelings and made her feel safe before he even knew her.
KDRAMAS OVER FLOWERS (DAY 1): warm & cozy 🥰
the romance that makes you feel the happiest — Ki Seon Gyeom + Oh Mi Joo (Run On)We’ll probably never fully understand each other, right? Yes. We’re different after all. You have your world, and I have mine. But we could align our worlds next to each other, couldn’t we? So let’s not be disappointed even if we can’t understand each other. That’s impossible to do. Instead, we’ll stick to whatever’s possible. Have I… ever told you that I love you? I think this is the right time. The time to say “I love you”? I love you.
I can read you like a book now because you love me.
We’ll probably never fully understand each other, right? Yes. We’re different after all. You have your world, and I have mine. But we could align our worlds next to each other, couldn’t we? So let’s not be disappointed even if we can’t understand each other. That’s impossible to do. Instead, we’ll stick to whatever’s possible.
Standing at the end of a meaningless day, I used to hope tomorrow wouldn’t come. In that moment, in my world, your dream shined a light. Right now, run to you.
RUN ON (런온) | 2020 - 2021
Break time’s over. What’s this? I thought you loved me?
Didn’t you say it was yours until you handed it over? You’ve put your heart in it. You’ve already taken it away from me. So, would you like it back? Keep it. Until it fades away from within you. Keep it with you, then throw it out with the recyclables. You said that was important.
— Since you can’t be here, you’ll take a selfie and send it. But- Send it right away.
— What does he look like? The guy. The 100 reasons guy.Someone asked me to send a picture of me. Who asked you for a selfie? A selfie…
Ki Seon-gyeom 🤝 Moon Ha-won(inspired by @gangtaes post)
🎬 Mi Joo’s Imagination: Starring Ki Seon Gyeom 🎬