Winter’s Invincible Garden- Chapter 14:
Jeong-won and Gyeo-ul are back from their holiday in Sokcho and Gyeo-ul starts off as the newest and, currently, the youngest Fellow of the GS department.
Now that he knows Gyeoul’s story, here is Jeongwon, simply chilling in the GS room instead of sitting in his office like he generally does, just to be close to her whenever he can.
He truly meant it when he said, “Just being able to see you at the hospital makes me happy enough.”
All Asian cultures have the stereotypical annoying aunties who keep making flippant remarks. So glad that in Hospital Playlist, that role has been filled in by these two men.
Such a wholesome shot! Gyeoul is framed within the window which looks like she’s trapped in a cage. And then you have Jeongwon reaching out from the outside, if nothing else, just to comfort her. It just shows that he’ll always be there whenever she wants to reach out.
Just thinking of Lee Ikjun who slyly ensured that his best friends got partners he approved of. His tteokbokki BFF for Gomdori, his favourite resident for his priestly friend, his sister for his childhood friend and for his bestest friend, nothing other than the best- HIMSELF!
Two people who understood the weight of the burden she shouldered alone. Two people who standby as they wait for her to open up. Two people she cannot love more. Two people who literally want to share her pain. For all her misfortunes, she found them to love her unconditionally.
So YYS must really be like AJW. What’s with the same gesture every time he feels like his relationship is facing a potential distance between him and his woman?
Before this season ends, I want one scene- JUST ONE SCENE- of Songhwa, Junwan and Gyeoul pigging out together while the rest watch on. Is that too much to ask for?!
I GET IT NOW! They came together for the live intending it to be ‘their’ soft launch. They knew that once people saw the Blu-ray bts, there’d be no space for doubt that they’re together. They didn’t want anyone to be surprised. Dear SeokBeen, we aren’t! Just say it already 😏
Aha, so you show us the closer shots of ALL the other pairs, happy and smiling, while leaving us with an almost-silhouette like distant shot of WinterGarden?! Nicely done, showmakers! You did a good job of making us a thirstier fandom 😭🥵🤯
#HospitalPlaylist
Actual subtext of this conversation-
Been: What’s so great about first love anyway? It’s the current love that matters.
Dindin: I guess it’s important when the current love is the first love of the role you play every time you work.
Been: You go too far. We are not public.
These days my wish for Season 3 has been growing claws that press painfully into my heart. And I see glimpses of subtle promises that I fervently hope will be kept.
The urge to scream and shout out gibberish in joy because of the crumbs, no, the whole mega gigantic banana cream pie that was dropped today! How do we recover from this, fam?! 😱😱😭😭😭
After today, I only have ONE question. How can one possibly write fanfiction on this pair when what’s happening between them in real life is SO MUCH better?
The way she continued to look at him, wondering if she had disappointed him, wondering when she’d be able to tell him the truth, wondering how he’d take it and wondering what she did to find a man like him, not knowing that she deserves him in every way possible. And more. 🥺🥺🥺
This is what gives me hope. Shin-Lee is literally telling us that this is the last cross Gyeoul will have to bear. Stay strong, girl! Haengbog is just around the corner. Fighting!
I’m going to imagine that she’s looking at JW here and if that’s the case, this is the second time she’s crying in front of him. Last time, it lead to a big WG moment. Fingers crossed that this time it leads to another one.
Gyeoul kissed AJW in broad daylight outside the entrance. It’s clear that she was finally ready to let the world know about them. But SeokBeen said that they’d prefer for WinterGarden to not make their relationship public. Me thinks they were just talking about the real them. 🤔
What a beautiful character development for Gyeoul. Here, she is the one encouraging him to focus on the issue at hand and not pay attention to anything else. What a reversal from the last time we saw them hug. He’s leaning on her now and she, patting his back and comforting him.
An evening with the Ahn twins
Gyeoul: Eommoni, look at Byeol! Whom does she take after?!
Rosa: Gyeoulah, Byeol’s all Jeongwon. He was aggressively affectionate as a child.
Gyeoul: Dear Lord!
Jeongwon: Thankfully Bada takes after her eomma. They’ll balance each other out.
Things that simply cannot be counted-
1. The number of stars in the sky
2. The number of fish in the sea
3. The number of kisses between Shin Hyunbeen and Yoo Yeonseok in the Blu-ray DVDs
If Gyeoul’s mother is in Seoul now, she’ll be going to Yulje for her follow-up consultations, right? If that’s the case, there is no way AJW is going to avoid looking at the details of her injuries. Maybe this is how the much-needed WG conversation would begin?
I loved, absolutely loved this episode. But to my WG heart, it just felt incomplete because there wasn’t a SINGLE frame where Jeongwon and Gyeoul were together. My bias for WG is too strong for my own good 😭😭😭
It’s GW’s third day at work after returning from maternity leave. Working mom guilt claws at her every second. “I miss her. I can’t work,” she cries to JW, who is at home with the baby.
An hour later- JW: Gyeoulah, come to the 2nd floor cafe. Someone wants to meet you.
JUNE IS HERE!!!!
No prizes for guessing that it is my favourite time of the year.
To celebrate, I wrote my first ficlet for
#WinterGardenJuneversary
. Hope you like it!
#HospitalPlaylist
What I love about this part of the kiss is that Jeongwon is a much more conscious participant- manoeuvring, testing angles, taking charge. But Gyeoul is sooo in the moment that she’s not mindful of where it’s headed. She’s just melted into it, eyes closed, having lost herself.
Hyunbeen-sshi,
First, why did you smile like that when the RJ mentioned YYS’s name?
Second, if someone asks if YYS is more than a sunbae to you, either say yes or no, PLEASE! Laughing is not an acceptable answer and it makes the fandom go crazy.
#SeokBeen
I like how everyone is talking about
#WinterGarden
babies today. I love this fandom. We keep recycling theories with newfound excitement each time. Gosh, I love you guys!
But think about it. If there’s no season 3 (maybe there really won’t be one) there’s nothing to gain by teasing so much of
#SeokBeen
. It benefits no one. So why then are they giving us so much of Seokbeen in
#WMVL
unless there really is something there between the two?
Seeing AJW comfort his mother, I can’t stop thinking about how beautifully he’ll comfort his Gyeoul when he comes to know the truth.
P.S. FF in progress.
Let's give our elderly parents the assurance that they dont have to live their twilight years alone and lonely. They who give us roots and wings also need to be reminded that they have those too and they can still use them to chase after their own dreams. Even at that age. 💛
In the trailers of Wise Mountain Life, the producers have kept SHB hidden and just revealed enough of her to show that she’s part of it. This is like Season 1 all over again. How much they make us thirst for the woman!
@wg2019_on_ao3
Another kiss in this part that I cannot get over is this one. Her hair covers her face and even his, probably why it wasn’t picked. But look at his jaw. That’s a real kiss 🥹🥹🥹 his hair also gets messy! It gave me goosebumps and I felt like I was peeking into something private.
My WG brain wonders if AJW made this itinerary extra meticulously because Gyeoul wasn’t spending enough time with him and not giving him a proper reason why. The poor soul might have been frustrated, hence, resorted to doing something that gives him comfort, i.e., PLANNING!
S1E11 is when Rosa meets Gyeoul and accelerates WG relationship into taking off. How about a parallel in S2E11 where Gyeoul’s mother meets AJW and gives it a nudge in the right direction? Pretty please 🙏🏽
So… Yeonseok orchestrated the whole surprise. And that’s why Shin Hyunbeen was there for dinner. He sent her there to represent him. What kind of
#SeokBeen
domesticity is this?! Is this real or a page out of an RPF fic?!
Every Shin-Lee series has ended with a bang. Either it’s a wedding or a getting-released-from-prison scene which is cathartic.
#HospitalPlaylist2
finale felt neither like an end nor the beginning of a new chapter. So I want to believe that there will be a S3. Someday. 🤞🏽
AJW: Are you sure about this?
GW: I couldn’t be surer
AJW: Thank you. I’m…I don’t know what to say. I’m so grateful.
GW: I’d have been heartbroken if you’d gone away for a year without me.
AJW: I wouldn’t have gone if you hadn’t agreed to come along. Thank you.
Reports say that at the end of their last shoot, the
#SeokBeen
pair was caught engaging in a joint prayer session in the hope that they would get to do more projects together. We are rooting for you and your future together! Fighting!!
And now HP’s insta page posts this?! Give us a break! We’re only used to the rare crumbs. The last 4 days have been one whirlwind of a ride in
#SeokBeen
Town and we’re all dying from it. See you in heaven, fellow SeokBeeners.
Gonna be shameless and leave this FF here that I wrote a while back.
This is my take on how a
#SeokBeen
interview would go if it were to happen in the year 2023.
Hope you enjoy it 😉
Picture courtesy- gyeoljeongs on Insta
Everytime I watch the Ahn Jeongwon sashim video, I pause at this part because I can’t help looking at Jo Jungsook’s reflection in the glass pane. His expression is the same as Ikjun’s when Jeongwon tries to deny his feelings for Gyeoulie.
I don’t want to be wrong about this. Next episode is going to be cathartic.
#Bidulgi
couple finally has the talk.
#WinterGarden
faces Gyeoul’s trauma heads on. The performance in the end will be one to remember. Maybe this is the episode they said made them cry.
My favourite tropes-
🔅Friends to lovers
🔅Mentor-Mentee to lovers
🔅Childhood acquaintances to lovers
🔅Complete Opposites to lovers
🔅BFF’s sibling turned lover
Show that has it all-
🏥
#HospitalPlaylist
JW:Stop smiling!
G:Wae?
JW:You expect me to do nothing when you look like that?
G:😈 the girls are here 😈
JW:😒
JW:Girls, do you want to watch Encanto again?
Kids:YES!!!
JW:Okay! And behave yourself while watching, ya? Appa and omma have to have a meeting (pulls G inside)
@gyeoulah
@superspace407
Thy wish is my command 😉 FYI, in all my Parent WinterGarden fics, the couple has twin girls called Bada (sea) and Byeol (star).
With Valentine’s Day round the corner, the only way I can express my love for the fandom is by updating my fic. Hope you guys like the penultimate chapter.
P.S. This image is not a click bait. The chapter is as romantic as romance is in my dictionary 🙊
#SeokBeen
endgame because if it was any other actor, he would have been focused on the acting while looking around, looking like he’s worried about who might see. But YYS just had his natural (smugish?) smile on because maybe this was too close to reality for the two of them?
In light of Song Joongki’s news, I just want to say this-
Hi, Shin Hyunbeen!
Hi, Yoo Yeonseok!
I’m ready for you two to go public. Please lay it on me. Jigeum, right now, jaebal 🙏🏽
Look, all I’m saying is, it looks like this photo was clicked by someone who loves her. To me, it just feels like the kind of picture Jeongwon would have in his gallery.
AJW in a striped T-shirt and denim shirt already screams Gyeoul. On top of that his rosary is missing?! Mr Shin-PD, hello!!! Stop toying with us. We’re a vulnerable lot.