The height of perfection beyond my dreams

[dangermousie]

Initially, this was going to be a post encompassing all of episode 12 of City Hunter but I have 2500+ caps (!!!!!) to sort through and my meta keeps going up and up. So expect a proper post around the weekend, but for now, have this scene from the first ten minutes. I have never seen anything so romantic in the entirety of the kdrama existence - nothing that had that combo of acting, meaning, cinematography, raw chemistry, and catering to my kinks.



















































































































On the umpteenth rewatch what struck me the most was that gesture of her extending her hand from the gurney - because it's such a huge leap of faith and show of vulnerability and need as she doesn't know he loves her. And the way he looks up at her, adoringly but also with guilt because he feels unworthy.

And I haven't even gotten into the backhug or bandage-changing or the hairwashing (hairwashing!) or the groceries (way to get YS to eat veggies? Call him Nana's husband :P) or anything else in this episode that is pure amazingness of Yoon Sung/Nana. He shines like a new penny when she is around because that is the first time he feels secure and loved.

I'll get to all the wonderful other stuff on the weekend, hopefully you guys will still care :)

Comments

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

I loved that scene. And, now we know why there is a vet in the series - they needed someone to take care of YS and Nana after they get injured or shot. Really the only reason she's there.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup - she really doesn't qualify as a secondary girl either narratively (thankfully, zip interest in YS or his in her) or in screentime. The other lady bodyguard has more screentime.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

God this episode was just STUFFED with shippy moments. I mean, he gives her blood (and we got a proper scene out of that!!) he washed her hair, a BACKHUG!!!, they went on a mission together, they shopped for food together...I mean, the only reason I'm positive one of the writers doesn't have a portal into my brain is because if they did, this episode would have been a thousand times dirtier.

So obviously it had to have that ending. I swear that's another six years off my life. By the time this show ends I'm just gonna have a heart attack and die on the spot.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know, my mind went totally x-rated when he was changing her dressing or washing her hair. She has iron willpower (and so does he) because if I were her, this would have gone somewhere entirely else :P

And he bought her dresses! It was ridiculously adorable how much he enjoyed spoiling her.

And that backhug - he was so vulnerable (learned about his mom, yikes) and she responded so perfectly.

And the shopping! Her making him eat veggies. ADORABLE they need to be like this forever.

[iheartkleenex.livejournal.com]

jla;sdkogdfhjgdkhfg.....WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Believe when I say I can't form any coherent thoughts right now. They are 'this' close to become my all-time favourite OTP.

I mean, Nana is basically already my all time favourite heroine. She is so functional and sane, and mature and loves him so much. She doesn't freak out over small things, she didn't go all crazy on him when she found out he was the City Hunter, and she can fight, she saves him, she is his equal and she kicks ass, and she is funny and sweet and cute and sometimes like a little girl. I ADORE HER!

Sorry, I'm just to emotional and exited at this moment.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

They are this close to becoming mine too.

I love that she is competent and goofy, tough and feminine, someone to protect and someone who rescues him. She's a complete person, not a personification of some trait, a man in a skirt (so many 'tough' female characters are written badly), or a silly damsel. She is amazing. And he is so happy when he's with her, no matter what else may be going badly - she makes him into the shiny boy of the song :)

Is that really possible ?

[(Anonymous)]

Not that I don't love me some drama and gravity defying stunts, but is the pic where YS is giving blood to Nana even theoretically possible. How is the blood transfusion taking place when he is at a lower height than Nana's bed ? Not that I expect my kdramas to make scientific sense or even be logical at times...this was just too out there for the science student that I am. So, at the risk of being banned from this forum (love your CH posts Ms. Mousie :-)), I am posting this comment.

Re: Is that really possible ?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't ban even if you loathed every bit of this drama, disussion is fun. :)

While I can't speak to the equipment Lady Vet is using, the piping doesn't need to be on a downgrade. If you have an IV, you are allowed to lift your arm and move around and the liquid would still flow in anyway - it's not a pure drip, there is often a pressure mechanism for precise calibration of speed. (At least was the case when I was delivering Baby Mousie a couple of years ago). I assume blood would work the same way.

Re: Is that really possible ?

[celestialdescent]

Sorry to butt in, but I was curious about your question and did a bit of research. There's some information here on direct blood transfusions. A quote from the site says this on donor-recipient placement:

A third objection is that the transfusion cannot be done with due regard to the condition of the patient. A delicate and difficult operation has to be performed with the donor and recipient lying side by side, their arms close together. It is therefore almost imperative that both should be on operating-tables of a convenient height. Often, however, with an exsanguinated patient it is very important that he should not be moved from his bed, but as a bedside operation direct transfusion becomes difficult indeed!

Personally, I was more alarmed by the setup because if Yoon Sung and Nana didn't have compatible blood types, she could've been in serious danger. Thankfully, that wasn't the case (I seriously need to start watching CH myself and not just rely on recaps).

Either way, I think I could push all doubts aside because it's a drama. But that's just me. =D

Re: Is that really possible ?

[freyjad (from livejournal.com)]

Sorry to but in but Janett in soompi answered this question too, if I may quote her...
"The writer really knows her stuff. The vet is using a bloodrecycling machine. Since there are as many animals that needs blood during operations and thers not many bloodbanks for animals they use this machine that sucks the blood from operating wounds and clean it and put it back into the animal so there is no need for him to be higher up as in ordinary blood giving. She can also messure how much blood has passed into the machine."

And also YS told the vet his blood type is "O" so he can donate...hope this answers your question...

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

how beautiful was this episode? he can't live without her, his blood now runs through her veins, he didn’t want her to go, he washed her hair, seriously if this is not love i don't know what it is. and the wink, how adorable was that? and he should have kissed her during the headphones part!

also, i think that park min young is going to be lee min ho's best lead female, ever and vice-versa. they are just gorgeous individually and together (plus she is the first lead that is actually prettier than him) and have such a wonderful chemistry.

oh city hunter, i love you dearly.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

oh and i squealed in joy because they were mistaken as newly weds!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I agree, for once he's paired with a female lead who's age-appropriate and stunning. Plus, he's so tall and masculine and she's tiny and feminine and both are so very vivid. It's a match made in drama heaven.

I love so much so much so much that they are literally sharing blood now - that he gave a part of himself so she would live (I love how ahjusshi is all 'you are wounded and giving blood now, you'll collapse' and he just shrugs it off).

I agree, I kept waiting for a kiss there. But then, if I were writing it, they would have totally ended making out during either the bandaging or the hair-washing. I loved how incredibly tender he was doing such a menial boring task because it's for her and he gets to touch her and help her and then the soap fight and they were so giddy.

I've seen some people a bit disappointed she didn't die and I don't get it. Leaving aside my Nana love, it would just turn him into a psycho worse than Undaddy and that would mean bad guys won.

[smothered-pith.livejournal.com]

"fried chicken chicken chicken!"
Gah, I love the cute!
And not to mention the scene where she kept wanting to work next to him and he kept being stubborn as usual. Only you can't out-stubborn a stubborn woman. They're adorable.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

And he actually giggles back when she does the chicken thing :)

Yeah, I love how she told him she won't let him experience danger alone.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

i love nana's cuteness, it's so endearing and not irritating (i dislike overuse of aegyo) i even found her 'NYAH' when he let her work with him on the laptop utterly adorable.

[aentee.livejournal.com]

I felt like I had multiple personality disorder throughout this episode, alternately squeeing and grinning at the adorable shippiness that is the hairwashing & supermarket scene, while being terrified at the same time that this much shippiness could only mean more sobbing and heartbreak in the future. And of course, Undaddy has to show up at the end to confirm my fears.

But I am so in love with them, please please please turn out OK you two!

Gah why isn't City Hunter on every day of the week!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know - this drama is holding my emotions hostage. I am worried that happiness in ep 12 is all the glimpse of heaven they are going to get and they won't get their happily ever after.

[junmaolove.livejournal.com]

GAAAAAHD!!!! Can't believe that it'll just keep getting better and better each time. This ep made up for all the angst from previous ones. Kept rewinding the first 10 minutes coz it's just soooo spazzworthy. I kept on squeeeing loudly and squishing my pilliow like a demented fool. YES! I've been reduced to that! hahaha...

My love for YS overflowed when he kept rocking NN back and forth cradling her head tenderly while crying. Just showed me the depth of his love for her. SO EPIC! My poor heart just shattered how they both stared at each other during the blood transfusion, with that much love reflected in their eyes. Then there are the back hug, the shampoo scene, the "let me work with you" cuteness galore, the infamous top-of-the-line wink plus the grocery shopping thing that made my heart full. ^_^

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know. I was grinning like an idiot through the bulk of it. When YS lets go of his barriers, he really lets go. I guess it shows how hard it was for YS to keep her at arm's length when we see how happy and natural he is around her.

The scene where he was all catatonic, rocking her. Oh my God. I really believe that if she died then, he would have lost his mind.

[enagwolo.livejournal.com]

Strange, but I'm somehow loving this drama less as the episodes roll in.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hye, everyone has different tastes :)

[(Anonymous)]

I am only 20 min into episode 12 but HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!! Omg, the huuuuuuuggggggggg!!!So, so so freacking perfectttt &hearts! I am just spazzing around like an insane woman. The things this show does to me, I swear.

How am I ever gonna survive without it? We are just in the middle of the drama and I am already fearing the moment it will be finished. DramaGods, can we get al least another season??PLEASEEE?

Anyway:

((((((((H.U.G)))))))))


(I want one of those too, Lee Min Ho-ssi. Where do I have to sign?)

Ines

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Wasn't the hug so amazing and emotional and purely perfect? *sigh*

found another amazing fanvideo

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

it gave me chills! sbs should have hired this person to make the drama previews!

Re: found another amazing fanvideo

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That really is beyond amazing.

[momosan.livejournal.com]

I still think it's a riot how many of us are crossing our fingers going "please please show, stay this good!" We've all been burned by shows going into a ditch and SO want this to stay amazing.

And really, who would have guessed it would be this amazing?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hey, many times burned, still shy :)

Yeah, not me. I thought it was going to be a total trainwreck.

[linfer.livejournal.com]

I wish I had waited until it was finished and subbed. Jeez, this is such a crazy good drama and I want the next ep...now? :/

Oh how I hope they don't screw up anything, because everything is so amazing and I love Na-na and Yun-seong to death. It's so freaking cool that she already knows who he is.
Chae-ok and So Seo-no are still my No 1 and 2 heroines, but Kim Na-na is catching up very, very fast.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

But isn't the anticipation some of the fun? That's what I tell myself anyway, to keep myself sane :)

Sujini from Legend is my all-time fave kdrama heroine and SHK's character in Worlds Within is a runner up but Nana is climbing fast.