The Unreality Kitchen

The Scrapbook in the Sepia Drawer Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic continues... Missed Part 1? Start here →  PART 1 Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional. Rainy Monday J: Hi Asuka, the holiday's over and it's a rainy Monday, but surprisingly my workload isn't going crazy heh. Maybe the rain clouds my brain too, haha. In between work, our deluluverse keeps creeping into my head — "ah, around now Suho must be wrapping up work, gathering his interior tools from the job site, right?" Imagining some auntie, ajumma wistfully watching from afar as this young, handsome guy who exudes a certain handsome cuteness with sexy nuances and subtle vanilla notes finishes his work hahaha. I had to laugh out loud at my desk. My boss has sensed that some part of my sanity has been on vacation for months now, but as long as I keep my face and voice ...

Why Was I Born into the Proletariat Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic continues... Missed Part 1? Start here →  PART 1 Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional. Love Really Is Asuka: It's lovely isn't it? The comments are hilarious. There is a huge thread in the comments section sustained by people trying to cope, and it can be summarized as "OF COURSE Achilles and Patroclus live happily ever after on Mount Pelion LaLaLaLa LaDiDaDiDa I can't hear you." I fully empathize. ❤️ ...the most beautiful and painful thing to bless our species. Yours, Asuka, boiling actual herbal soup for a cold. Let's all eat well and get well soon! P.S. Ah the rainbow spread of rings and rubbers... hahahaha I hope you didn't research this while at work! Remember to put on a frown and mute the volume if you do, just in case. I've actually sham...

What Good Is Godhood Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic continues... Missed Part 1? Start here →  PART 1 Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional. P.S. — Amazon Research J: Oh Asuka, sending you a quick P.S. to make you laugh. I actually searched Amazon for those rainbow rubber rings from Suho's blue bowl of toys. My curiosity knows no bounds. This goddamn curiosity showed me all these colourful varieties of toys, and I imagined Dr Yeon's delicate physician hands "filling" Suho with those rings before quietly closing my browser. Jen. Ondol and Bee Lips J: Yeah, and I imagined those two otters freezing under one blanket, shivering, then without saying who started it, pulling each other by the waist, Si-eun (shorter than Suho) burying his face in Suho's neck, and suddenly heat rising below both their waists as their lips slowly coll...

Fat Bodies of Bees Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic continues... Missed Part 1? Start here →  PART 1 Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional. Don't Even Get Me Started J: Hi Asuka, don't even get me started — when I steal a moment at work to read your emails or write back, I furrow my brow as hard as I possibly can, sending out signals like "speak to me now and I will crush you" hahahaha. I see you've been using the exact same tactic hahaha. Song of Achilles — Read in One Sitting J: I know about The Song of Achilles... wow... I borrowed it from the library on my way home from work yesterday, and after showering that night, I devoured more than half of it in two hours. You were absolutely right — I read it in one sitting. I totally fell into the turbulent waters of The Song of Achilles and it only took me two days. I read 2/3 th...

The Boogeyman Comes Back Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic continues... Missed Part 1? Start here →  PART 1 Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional. Jumping Back Into the Deluluverse J: Ah, let me jump back into the deluluverse hahaha. "Also, while Si-eun does have a soft spot for Beomseok, how soft is Beomseok's heart for Si-eun?" I asked myself this exact question when building a brick in a corner of the deluluverse. From here on, I'm just talking about one brick, so you don't have to put it in your cauldron for the dark arc if you don't want to — think of it as just one brick lying around your vast and creative dark arc, okay? During the holiday, I rewatched S2 E7 with a headache. I rewatched the scene where Si-eun lets go of Beomseok's hand and gets up on that pitch-black boxing ring. In Director Yoo's interview, ...

The Dark Arc Is Laying Its Foundation Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic continues... Missed Part 1? Start here →  PART 1 Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional. Running Commentary — Mr Ahn's Cold, final Jennie: I. What They Have Is Far Beyond a First Romance They're really like an old married couple hahaha. What they have is far beyond a "first romance, fling, or sex." (Elaine's words.) II. Bamboo Salt Toothpaste Come to think of it, their breath would smell the same from toothpaste. Is it bamboo salt toothpaste by any chance? Bamboo salt toothpaste, yeah it's famous in Korea. I use it when I want freshness but some people hate the smell. Mint scent suits Si-eun well. Si-eun and Suho would always have the same toothpaste smell in their mouths. Asuka: Ah, is that very popular in Korea? Dr Yeon is currently just using some ge...

Don't Go Before Me Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic continues... Missed Part 1? Start here →  PART 1 Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional. Running Commentary — Mr Ahn's Cold, continued Jennie: I. Fashion Sense In the Yeon Clinic deluluverse, Mr Ahn has slightly more fashion sense — Si-eun would've just worn whatever achromatic clothes his parents bought him. He's the type who doesn't want to waste energy picking out clothes. In Artist-nim's drawings I remember Suho picked out a bright yellow thing for Si-eun, who just accepted it hahaha. He could've kept that mushroom hair and Yeon Clinic would still have a line of nurses wanting to apply hahaha. Asuka: Yes. That mushroom bob is so cute to me hahahah. I've wanted so badly to reach through my screen and pat his head. That said, if I could do that, I would have also d...

High-Level Emergency Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic continues... Missed Part 1? Start here →  PART 1 Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional. Running Commentary — Mr Ahn's Cold, continued Jennie: XIX. Suho?……SUHO?! If Mr Ahn's big cough sets off his nerves this much, if Suho fell off a ladder at work... sigh. Si-eun's neurosis totally exploded here, oh no what do we do??? Asuka: I know haha. XX. "Si-eun-ah… Help me…" Come to think of it, their breath would smell the same from toothpaste. Is it bamboo salt toothpaste by any chance? XXI. Fuck! It's His Heart! I'm crying as a customer who entered a 5-star hotel Michelin kitchen without paying, seeing Dr Yeon's emergency protocol I'd always imagined unfold before me. It's heartbreaking because of the neurosis but why does Dr Yeon love Suho so desperately? I l...