[Drama 2016] Moonlight Drawn by Clouds / Love in the Moonlight ☪ 구르미 그린 달빛

[Earth2KatyD]

Park Bogum: "Hey girl, wanna go out on a date with me? First, you have to look deeply into my eyes unblinking for 2 minutes .. Sound good? Yea? Okay, go!" 

*Melts to the floor like a pile of goo in a matter of seconds*  

This is what happens when you're bored out of your mind, and you're waiting for the next episode to come out! 

[Jemara]

 

 

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YooJung's Gumiho castmates also sent her a food support today..Seo Shinae even visited her at the film site...

 

[darafangirl29]

credit to youjungkim99 insta

 

[chocolatewaffle]

6 hours ago, fanofr said:

I'm going to say something very unpopular!  I kinda like the future wife.  And I feel sorry for her - what a sad future she's going to have.

 

No, it isn't unpopular opinion tbh because I feel the same too because as to date, I really do love her character. Keke. I just hope PD-nim would be kind to her character, and not be treated badly by CP even if he doesn't love her when they are married. 

[Phuong Dinh]

Fate by Lee Sun Hee is forever my No.1 OST in all sageuk dramas/movies

So I  had to make this FMV with the sad scenes in Moonlight using Fate as background music. It actually fits amazingly

 

 

[Guest]

They say everyone has two sides and there is always two side of a story. Actually I often think there is 3.  His side, her side and the truth.  I wasn't going to write about this but a part of me won't let it go maybe it really is because I am woman.  The ending of this episode isn't something we didn't know or even expect.  The news of the CP's marriage and coming right after some of the most romantic scenes and moments which I already shared about and loved.  How quickly happiness can be turned into hurt and & even pain for them both. It felt as if an on and off switch had been hit and RO was left sitting in the dark...

I know the pain is not hers alone but why is it my heart even prepared for it still felt as if I too went from sunshine and the feeling of warmth like a spring day to darkness and the chill of winter.  As she told the Mermaid story that most of us know, it didn't stop my thinking how not just now but even in the coming episodes seeing the CP getting married and RO having to face that and another woman being his first wife.  A part of me was hoping she would hear it from him first but it wasn't meant to be and so she suffers in silence which was a little hard to watch.  And I have to say she dug deep within herself to keep smiling.  I know myself well enough to say, you would have found me not only hurt but angry at everything and everyone laid out under that tree...

I know the CP had a plan of his own and is doing everything he can but it can't take away her fears after being left alone as a child.  Years of loneliness and living in hiding she finally allows herself to believe it's possible to be loved for herself. Even more she took the courage to step out in faith against her own Mothers wishes and totally become a woman showing her faith in the CP and their love that she believes in...

I know arranged marriages for political reasons were more than common back then and nothing new in fact it would be odd if it didn't happen.  But why can't I wrap my mind around the fact that my feeling bad or upset about it won't change a thing.  Maybe thats why I decided on this second post the rebel inside of me just couldn't let it go...

Maybe it's a good thing I wasn't born back then not into sharing and it just seems like it would be miserable even if you did have his heart.  Almost like a slow torture in RO never having the CP all to herself not to mention RO's heart never feeling completely at ease...

What ever the CP's plan is or maybe was I hope it's a good one.  Pretty sure there is a lot of stress coming our way but at least the writer gave us some beautiful sweet & warm memories to get us through the cold winter that I am afraid is ahead. No worries for true love can endure all things at least that's what my romantic heart wants to believe... 

[Jemara]

c as labeled

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EDDY KIM, MOONLIGHT DRAWN BY CLOUDS OST

EDDY KIM – LOVE IS A STAR (별처럼 빛나는 사랑) MOONLIGHT DRAWN BY CLOUDS OST

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 POPGASA

I’ve never hoped for anything
But I only hope for and want one thing

I’ve never been greedy about anything
But please listen to my prayer

Love is a star
It shines brightly on me
My love is a star
A person who shines like the stars
I promise you
It’ll be my last
You’re that kind of person for me

No matter what I do, I can’t hide it
My footsteps toward you
Even my gestures

My days used to be nothing special
Now every little thing becomes clear

Love is a star
It shines brightly on me
My love is a star
A person who shines like the stars
I promise you
It’ll be my last
You’re that kind of person for me

The day a long darkness fell
The person who embraced me
The person who quietly held me
I love you
I love you
Love is you

Love is a star
It shines brightly on me
My love is a star
A person who shines like the stars
I promise you
It’ll be my last
You’re that kind of person for me

 

[sara2908]

cr:ins_sonagi1001

g e r i m i s o r e ‏@soregerimis 

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[xoxgossipgirl]

Crew yoo jung  make a surprise party for her

 

 

 

 

[sara2908]

Yeong with teacher Dasan

또바기(언제나 한결같이 꼭 그렇게) ‏@hyeyuni0208  

[anya77]

"He is so handsome that I sometimes space out staring at him during filming". KYJ says exactly what we all feel. He is just luminous on the screen. Actually he's beyond handsome, he's actually radiant and I say this quite objectively. He wasn't like this on Reply 1988. However, only an actress as young and innocent as KYJ could say something like this. Coming from many other actresses it would be weird, even creepy. I am so glad they picked her.

[m4dd13]

@USAFarmgirl

My sentiment exactly.

When I saw the title of episode 10 'Like a fairy tale' I couldn't help thinking that this happiness was going to be just a fairy tale for our two sweethearts. My heart goes out to RO for being a woman in those times. I don't see how CP gonna be able to get out of the arranged marriage. I will be so sad if he's going to marry someone else even if he manages to marry RO too.

However I do have a good feeling that the story is going to give us what we want seeing how positive it's progressing so far. Who knows? Our two cuties may have a fairy tale ending after all, a good one.

[dramafansg]

Morning chingus! I love your analysis of why mdbc is perfect. I have the exact same thoughts and the team is definitely doing something right for so many of us to feel the same way. I saw there is No preview yet .kbs is such a tease. Perhaps no preview can mean a higher rating ? Or the preview may just come on monday. Whatever it is, I only

hope the show gets better and the team has enough rest while filming. 

[Mepuppy]

@Jillia @__jesse

Still NO preview???!!!  

If MDBC is a subject at school, I am going to fail miserably. Some of you have such great CSI skills! I would never have noticed minute details like the lock, length of Eunuch Jang's robe on CP, hair accessory etc, let alone able to analyse their significance.

"What is the significance of the lock in the drama? Discuss its roles."

Ans: The lock tells us something unusual is happening. The lock is used to lock the door and trap the person inside. 

That's all I can think of....

[lovehbhjw2013]

Just to understand if Jin Young has a pair of melancholic eyes or if it is due to his acting skills I went to watch "she is wow"(rating 19).  

I am fully convinced that he has good acting talent now because the character he played in "I am wow" was a playful and delinquent teen who fell in love with his teacher who was diagnosed with last stage of cancer. So there was no trace of melancholy but only mischief and typical teen nonsense from him. A very different role from Yoon Sung.  No wonder the Web novelist said Jin young knew the Yoon Sung character very well..he really portrays the character and I keep sensing sadness in him because he has so many conflicts to deal with and only can protect his love but cannot win her heart.  Respect and also read that he is a hardworking actor who memorises his lines well. 

Also watched ep 4 again and at the dance scene, he was initially standing near the queen and he observed that something strange was ongoing because he saw the wicked smile on the queen's face. So he went to investigate and found the dancer AiXin was missing and he knew the severity of the situation and offered to help find the dancer, knowing well that CP was being set up.  So I feel that he supports CP quietly in his own way without CP knowing...officially he allows CP to look at him as if he is on his grandpa side. The civil exam was another case. He told his grandpa that what CP did was correct...sending the grandpa into a rage.

So it is good to know that we are not falling only for his ahjumma-killer looks.... LOL....

[nataliakay]

@parmma thank you for the translation for Eddy Kim's OST. I'm loving that song a lot now. It has this sweet and youtful feeling to it

[dramafansg]

Rewatched episode 9 amd 10 and I still feel touched at the sign language scene. I still squeal at the lovey dovey scenes. I think I gona rewatch 1-10 again till monday comes. This show is like a a bowl of good soup to me.The more I "rewatch"/"cook"it, the more flavorful it gets. 

[underthemoon0616]

[be99lle]

7 hours ago, bonuibonui said:

Got nothing to do and while watching random clips in youtube (ehem MDBC cut scenes, bts scenes, and everything MDBC) I came across sandeul's immortal song performance and was surprised to see him and Yoojung on one stage performing a cute christmas themed song. 

And men it come down to me how talented Yoojung is, she can't just only act, she can sing and dance too. Gahhhhn and she's gorgeously becoming a lady (again, happy bday), I'm just so awed with this young gifted girl, she must have been all awake when God had a great time showering all good talents while I was sleeping and even snoring(hihu) in the comfort of my bed.

Come to think of it, RN once said she could easily remember a dance and a song right? Well we have seen her dance and gosh it was just pure perfection, I wonder if the writer will make use of Yoojung's good voice too in singing because I can imagine the crazy squee of everyone here in MDBC if RN sings for our CP oh not to forget a duet because we're all aware that Park Bo Gum can sing too. 

I'm aware of the news that PBG might get to sing his first OST in his drama and I hope it will be confirmed soon while for Yoojung, there isn't any news yet so if she can't sing for an ost I'll be happy even a snippet from the drama itself. 

RAISE THOSE HANDS WHO WANTS TO SEE A DUET FROM CP AND RN. (ME RAISING BOTH HANDS AND FEET, I EVEN ASKED MY DAD TO RAISE HIS TOO.) 

 

Count me in......I'm raising all of my limbs...lol...they both sing well, it would be nice to hear them. 

8 hours ago, Jillia said:

WARNING: LONG POST

Why Moonlight Drawn By Clouds Is So Perfect

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I wondered if I should write a post on this when I already did a tiny post and @Bambiina did a wonderful post on it. But I need to get this out of my system so I can go back to write about my favourite drama right now. So here I go:

Over 10 years of watching Korean drama taught me that of course with many different types of genres come different types of viewers who see certain dramas in a different way. Dramas I adore and even love are sometimes equally loved by others OR hated. Or the other way around: I hate or at least dislike drama which are very popular.

Many dramas in the past maybe 2 or 3 years couldn't catch my interest. Dramas like Nice Guy, Flower Boy Next Door or Cruel City were the last dramas which made me actually participate in the drama threads. After that occasionally a drama or two popped up which I watched and enjoyed but didn't necessarily love.

Until Moonlight Drawn By Clouds...

So maybe that why I feel the need to defend MDBC – even though there is no reason to defend it because the love from the Korean viewers is legitimization enough and the love from us the foreign viewers is the cherry on top of the cake.

Of course I was very critically... I didn't know Park Bo Gum but of course knew about his fans and the love he gets. I only knew Kim Yoo Jung (and of course the veteran actors) and I was happy to see her back in a genre that is pretty much HER genre: a sageuk.

Due to real life I couldn't follow the whole process until the drama released the teaser with Park Bo Gum and his Bombastic dance. And I admit I was already falling for this charming man. Who knew a fan would be born with this drama, right?

I won't mention any other drama right now because I don't have the time to compare MDBC to other dramas because our drama is SO GOOD and there is enough to talk about I barely have time to even think about any other drama right now.

The Plot and Pacing:

I think we have to keep in mind that we're watching a fusion sageuk – a sageuk with non-historical elements in it (Ra On for example is a character that doesn't exist in Korean history) – and in addition to that as PD-nim pointed out it's a rom-com.

I knew there was no need to expect an expectational political plot but I wasn't sad about that because sometimes fluff is all I need to be happy.

So I was very surprised that we actually get a decent sub(?) plot surrounding the power structures in the palace and the riots outside the palace.

It's not by any means done how a „real“ sageuk would do it but again we only have 18 episodes and not 30+ episodes like a normal sageuk.

And this drama is mainly a love story and I'm okay with that. And again the good storyline aside from the love story is engaging and done in a way I'm not annoyed when for once I'm not seeing the OTP on screen.

This drama doesn't have scenes which are wasted. There are no scenes which make me want to skip them. Not even the scenes with the evil queen in it because those scenes carry important and interesting informations in it as well. And the „comic relief“ scenes with the Princess or Master Jung don't feel forced.

No scene is wasted by the writer. No characters are wasted. No problem remains unresolved until 2 episodes before the drama ends just to rush the conclusion. Like other dramas do.

The writer doesn't treat the viewer like dumb people. The writer trusts us to understand certain scenes, certain gestures, certain interactions, certain dialogues or stories told by other characters.

Overall the writer took the webnovel and apparently changed some aspects of it. It's called adaptation. Things which work in the webnovel won't necessarily work in the drama. So PD-nim and writer-nim decided to make changes and judging from the reactions of the people who read the novel those changes are good.

They also took a trope which is over-done in Korean drama and did a fresh take on it. And that's what I love about it. To me this drama doesn't feel like a girl disguised as a boy drama. It feels like a story about love and that when it comes to love it doesn't matter who are, which gender or social status: love is love.

How anyone can think this is a boring story to tell is beyond me to be honest. Since when is it boring to watch a drama with a beautiful message in it?

How can it be boring to watch characters getting exposition when it's needed? And not for the sake to make things more interesting for the viewer and by the way that's what they're doing in MDBC. They give us information when it's needed. Like I said I love how we only got to know now about Byung Yeon's past because it made sense within the episode. Same goes for Yoon Sung in the episode prior to episode 10.

I may agree on the pacing. I get that for some the pacing must feel slow but to me in the end every episode left me satisfied because 1) problems were resolved right away and 2) things for the sub(?) plot fell into place nicely.

That's something other dramas are rarely able to do. In other dramas we would get Ra On throwing a tantrum in episode 10 after finding out about Lee Yeong upcoming marriage but GOOD thing we're watching MDBC in which both Ra On and Lee Yeong keep talking to eachother and act very mature.

So I don't know but to me a drama which is so smart and treating its viewers well is far from being boring and overhyped.

The Cast:

Superb! I can't say nothing more. No words needed for the two actors who carry the majority of the show: Kim Yoo Jung and Park Bo Gum.

I was a bit wary when it comes to Jinyoung – don't slap me, fans! - , simply because I'm always worried when a drama casts idols. But he surprised me in a very pleasant way. First of all his acting is wonderful and for his first sageuk I think he is doing an awesome job. Of course I can't judge his intonation when it comes to speaking in yangban/Joseon speech but to me he is doing a fine and believable job.

Kwak Dong Yun is a discovery for me and I hope we'll be able to see many more dramas with him. Hopefully also as the leading man. I can't get over the fact he is 19 years old but in his Gat Byung Yeon attire he is so mature.

Chae Soo Bin didn't have enough scenes to impress me yet but she is doing a fine job and I'm looking forward to see more scenes with her in the 2^nd half of the drama.

The Production:

This drama is PRETTY! For a drama which isn't pre-produced it shows how much quality can be put into it.

The cinematography..... UGH! I can't even! I was already fangirling very hard when I realized that same cinematographer is involved as in Nice Guy. I knew this drama looks pretty for a reason. But SIR why are you still not listed!?!

Every scene is filmed from different angles. We have wide angles, close angles, face close-ups (effectively used!) and so on. It takes much effort to film a drama like this.

The editing is good – I like that sometimes we get scenes with more informations in it. Like the confession scene between Ra On and Lee Yeong when he gives her the bracelet.

The costumes are to die for and it still makes me giggle that Lee Yeong probably has like 15 costumes in his wardrobe while Ra On maybe has 6. It's hilarious and a fresh take as well! A drama where the guy has more costumes than the girl.

The music is on point - from the BGM to the songs and how the music department is using it. Sometimes we have scenes without any music and other scenes start off without music but then when the moment is right either a BGM or songs starts playing. And not always from the start... sometimes a song starts playing with a line so it fits the actual scene. It's very lovely and high-quality!

Overall the production feels as assured as the writing and I'm sure even with the tight schedule the quality will remain as good as in the beginning. I trust writer-nim and PD-nim as much as they trust us!

This drama isn't playing games! This drama is good for a reason! This drama deserves the high ratings it gets! Period!

 

 

Thank you soo much for all the insightful posts, they're all on point. It's always nice to read and agree with them...

[selenette]

@fanofr @chocolatewaffle  You guys are not alone. I love Jo Ha-yeon, too (up to this point in the story). I always think it is interesting that in some sageuks (at least the ones I'm aware of) legal wives or first wives are positioned as usurpers in love matters, whereas mistresses or childhood crushes are seen as steadfast and loving people.  Perhaps because some powerful women were known as notoriously cold hearted and sly.