The Devil: ep 11 meta and picspam

[dangermousie]

Lawyer's eyes aren't dead any more, and not just with Librarian.



How does this drama manage to get better and better with each ep?

Somehow, Lawyer doesn't look brooding and chilling when he sits all alone in his stark apartment. He just looks desperately lonely and sad. It's funny, because even in the very beginning of the drama you see hints of his humanity, but now, it is there full force.





I hate tabloid journo and this scene made me love Cop SO much.







So trapped. And thinking what Librarian told him, about the dark tunnel and all. He wants to come out, but yet he is trapped and afraid. But I think just by being herself she restored some of his buried humanity to him (what I love so much about Mawang, though, is that it's not the cliche 'for love of a good woman' thing. No, it's interactions with good people (her included), and burgeoning knowledge of Cop as a good person, and realization of damage his actions are doing, and oh yes, love, that are all doing it).



Cop remembering trying to kill self :(







And Seung Ha, in the junkyard where his brother was killed, so open, so hurting, so human.













This is the scene after the restaurant scene (about which I already posted). OMG. First off, whatever the song that is playing during this scene, it is the most gorgeous thing imaginable. And oh God, how I love the way she looks through his eyes. But the thing that I notice the most? How he wants to hold her hand, so desperately, and he reaches for it, and forces himself to stop and has to ball his hands into fists.



































And he thanks her for the meal, and tells her she made him remember what it's like to have a good meal. So she smiles and tells him she will take him out again sometime. And he looks at her, just looks at her, as if in farewell. And you could see how he wants it, and how he tamps down that want, and he tells her, very gently, that he will not be eating with her again. And walks away, hands still balled into fists.















As I said, he isn't menacing or calculating when he looks out, any more, just very alone. Even the smile is sad, not smirky.









I loved this scene between him and the Cop so much. I think this is when he starts to see Cop as a person, and maybe not an evil one. When the Cop muses that he (Cop) made this unknown killer this way etc etc. Btw, this scene rocked it out of the park, acting-wise. Both UTW and JJH are absolutely amazing. I am in awe. I think Lawyer wanted to see Cop to confirm to himself the rightness of his cause, so buffeted by everything, but instead, he just got more uncertainty...

































'I thought God would grant me forgiveness just once. I guess He just faked it.' I loved that scene even as it almost mademe cry. Because that is how it must seem to him, definitely. He climbed out of the pit and became good but is being thrust back in.

















I loved this scene, and no, not for the showering.











Oh.

Comments

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Beautiful caps...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks! This drama is so beautifully shot.

[lain7.livejournal.com]

what I love so much about Mawang, though, is that it's not the cliche 'for love of a good woman' thing. No, it's interactions with good people (her included), and burgeoning knowledge of Cop as a good person, and realization of damage his actions are doing, and oh yes, love, that are all doing it

Yesyesyes, a billion times yes. The 'for love' thing is one of the major reasons why I dislike dramas such as Hana Yori Dango and Goong. I do understand that romance is their purpose; it's just not my thing. In HYD's case it bothers me that Doumyouji stops being a bully only after Makino fills some void in him, and reverts to his old ways when he thinks she's betrayed him. "It's wrong to hurt people!" is too a difficult lesson to comprehend on one's own, apparently.

I think this is when he starts to see Cop as a person, and maybe not an evil one. [...] this scene rocked it out of the park, acting-wise. Both UTW and JJH are absolutely amazing

Word. The Cop disliked the Lawyer at the beginning, and probably still does; but he opens up before the guy. I'm amazed that this scene doesn't feel contrived at all. It leads into the ending so well.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

The 'for love' thing is one of the major reasons why I dislike dramas such as Hana Yori Dango and Goong. I do understand that romance is their purpose; it's just not my thing.

I am fond of romance, bubblegum dramas (no surprise) but I do find Mawang's take on relationships not just more realistic but also more satisfying. I found HYD, Goong, etc quite entertaining. But Mawang is actually genuinely in a whole another category.

[joonni.livejournal.com]

Omg, I have to watch this drama now.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You do, you do, you do! It's dangerously close to tying with Legend as my fave drama.

[shinystory.livejournal.com]

I love that scene where he almost reaches for her hand. (But the lights-out scene is still my number one of these two).

I love how Seung-ha makes his oblique admissions, as opposed to how open Hae-in is, or how Oh-soo comes right out with everything.

Joo Ji-hoon got to my heart in "Goong." Here, he got to my head as well. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I love that scene where he almost reaches for her hand. (But the lights-out scene is still my number one of these two).

The lights-out scene is, indeed, incredible. I think my favorite really is the one where he is watching her shelve and the camera becomes his eyes. I think I swooned just a bit.

I love how Seung-ha makes his oblique admissions, as opposed to how open Hae-in is, or how Oh-soo comes right out with everything.


It's so emblematic of their characters.

I too loved him in Goong, but with The Devil, I think I became a fangirl.

[timescout.livejournal.com]

I loved this scene between him and the Cop so much.

That's one of my favourites too. Ah, so many favourite scenes...

And here's another pic from the same sequence, I just love him. ;)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That is such an awesome cap. Oh, how I love this drama!

ETA

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That is the most gorgeous icon! Did you make Mawang icons? *salivates*

Re: ETA

[timescout.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you! But then, it's hard to make an ugly icon of JJH. And you are welcome to it if it's something you'd like to have. Just lift it from my post. ;)

So yeah, I've started a set. I made way too many bases, I think there's over 50 already, ha. Not sure if I'll turn all of them into proper icons but your caps are so good that I may well end up doing just that. *g*