Girls Swimming in the Same Sea
Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic continues...
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Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional.
"Sunsangnim, I haf toothh acik"
J: Hi Asuka, waiting for my train at the usual cafe when the quiet owner asked why I'm always grinning at my iPad. Probably thinks I'm texting some boyfriend.
I've been watching oil money trickle into my blog — shabbier than Suho's grandma's house but who cares about exteriors when love blooms inside? Traffic's surging from the US, India, China. Some Suho angel must've shared your work on Tumblr. Your Yeon Clinic saga already reads like a complete novella. The prose, sensitivity, and wit deserve a proper fiction platform beyond just our little hot-country sisterhood.
Re-reading the bit about Dr Yeon buying 101 guinea pigs for dental practice on my commute. My imagination runs wild picturing him hunched over his desk before Mr Ahn's walk-in, secretly practising with toys — his curved back and profile, those meticulous finger movements. Pure perfection haaaa.
That passage where he worries about hurting Mr Ahn with the tartar pick? Choosing a "best soup" feels pointless since all your concoctions are flawless, but I absolutely adore that section.
In your soup, Mr Ahn turned out to be a chronic hypochondriac with pearl-white teeth, rewarding the doctor with that lip collision, but if there'd been actual tartar, Si-eun would've concentrated completely — I'm obsessed with his focus — to remove it. Picture him checking for gum inflammation, thumb pressed inside, methodically examining Suho's gums with gentle pressure... tension absolutely rising. Suho wouldn't feel pain, just playfully mumble "Sunsangnim, I haf toothh acik" with that aegyo!! You captured those adorable boys so so so perfectly.
During my blog renovation, I've been re-reading your magical soup that won't cool for a year. Planning to savour each piece this holiday. Still think it's a shame that only we hot-country sisters get this feast, though Chinese readers are surprisingly numerous.
Nomikai
J: Watched Misaeng around a decade ago. Absolutely shocked how perfectly it captured Korea's rigid corporate hierarchy. Heard about Japan's drinking culture from colleagues — so that's nomikai! What amazed me most was learning that the creator never held a corporate job. Artists are incredible — depicting Jang-grae's copying machine struggles so transparently despite never experiencing that suffocating culture.
Though you've left the stage, your skills prove invaluable for daily survival. If I face another mandatory dinner, I'm definitely YouTubing diaphragmatic breathing techniques — does Suho master this breathing, too?
Rainbow Neanderthal
J: That phrase absolutely killed me. Still feels miraculous that people visit my tiny channel. Apart from a few crude comments, any engagement feels precious, really.
I remember replying: "This channel serves my thoughts, not specific audiences. You claim I say nothing in 7 minutes, but thanks for watching it all." Then another subscriber asked why every WHC character gravitates toward Si-eun, and someone commented, "Why do you keep making characters gay?" Never stressed or hurt by this — I'll never cater to particular audiences.
Really hope Director Yoo ignores demographics if S3 happens. Read he made S2 more "accessible" for international viewers. Absolutely unnecessary — overseas fans already know sea cucumbers and ginseng functions. No need to dilute anything. As you brilliantly put it, viewers interpret through their own lenses and lighting — that layered approach works beautifully.
Buddhism
J: Still can't guess which Buddhist text you bought! What led you to Buddhist agnosticism?
I took a university religion course once where the professor said that assuming God's existence saves sanity rather than infinite regression. Though religiously unaffiliated, I believe in divine intervention — those unexplainable moments like Suho's awakening.
Know actress Jeon Do-yeon? Cannes winner — Korea's Meryl Streep. Her film Mil-Yang explores God's ultimate challenge, forgiving her child's killer. She refuses. This year, forgiveness haunts my thoughts constantly. WHC discussions about "Will Suho forgive Beomseok?" feel equally persistent as romantic interpretations.
If this were real, Suho would probably tell Beomseok coldly, "Just forget it" and walk away. That's quintessentially him. Knowing he can't affect Suho anymore would devastate Beomseok further — opening those dark iron doors.
Our deluluverse fantasy — Suho and Si-eun cohabiting six years in grandma's shabby house — might not stray far from reality. Our Yeon Clinic saga's "Room of Requirement" concept springs from the cultishly revered surgeon Dr Yeon suddenly returning to Korea, pivoting to family medicine for a private clinic. Inspired by Dr Watson — from Iraqi battlefield surgery to London GP practice.
One Week
J: Collecting dark interior sand for Chuseok brickwork, and I keep imagining Beomseok's final plea: just one week with Suho.
Read about India's last king — after his dynasty fell, he lived as a London taxi driver. When the Indian government offered one wish, he asked for a week in his childhood palace. Spent seven days stroking every wall, knowing he'd never touch them again.
This overlaps with Spielberg's AI ending — aliens reviving the mother for just one precious day. Maybe Suho would grant Oh Beom's request. Seeing Si-eun's non-resistance, then kissing those humiliating feet, then learning one touch of his jelly-like lips could magically unlock 13 years of captivity... Perhaps Beomseok's final wish would be one week together — headlocks, face-to-face phone gaming, billiards, like before. Especially hearing "Oh Beom-ah" again.
(Eyes misting just thinking about it.)
Your weekend-awaiting wireless bricklayer, Jennie.
Girls Swimming in the Same Sea
J: I was absolutely stunned looking at that fan artist's work. The post-coma Suho and Si-eun I'd imagined in my head were right there sharing Melona — even this artist put Melona in Suho's hands. Definitely Korea's national ice cream, haha. She even drew Suho working construction. I swear I'd never seen this artist's work before my deluluverse, yet girls swimming in the same sea dream remarkably alike HAHAHAHA.
There's this scene where Suho's working construction with the older guys, and they find this young man so endearing they offer to buy him 'gochu-japchae' — that same dish Suho casually bet on when they went billiards, loser pays.
This artist also explores a deluluverse where Woo-young harbours serious interest in Suho. Intriguing. Watching ep 7, I totally felt Woo-young's years of an inferiority complex toward Suho.
This artist shares my taste — loving Si-eun's thorai quality and masculine side. I prefer the version who wants to please his favourite person in the world, willing to be the one who takes the initiative. Even if he's two inches shorter in certain departments.
Jen, Friday mood.
Oh Beom AAAAAAA
J: Gosh, discovered a capture that sent me spiralling into hyperfixation. One of my followers on Twitter tipped me off about Beomseok's Instagram account name... They left this comment: 'Suho probably has no idea that someone created an Instagram ID from that throwaway nickname he used and knowing he'll never find out...' How do they unearth these microscopic details? These people...
Jen, in flames with sleepy eyes.
Asuka: Oh my god!! OH BEOM AAAAAAA!! Hahahaha bless these eagle eyes, whoever they are. Seriously, just how much is there to unpack?
Who is Jennie? Bricklayer. Local correspondent for the Yeon Clinic deluluverse. A sous chef who checks whether the soup actually tastes like Seoul. A specialist who designs this kitchen to hold more than Suho's coma — philosophy, history, society, culture, stacked one recipe at a time.
Who is Asuka? Head nurse and main chef of the Yeon Clinic. A Scheherazade who sings the Song of Achilles she found shelved next to a book on Zen Buddhist masters. Fluent in several languages, conversant in single malts and the precise emotional damage of Weak Hero Class 1. Signs off as ASL. (Always starch linen.)
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This post was originally published on Jennie's blog in the autumn of 2025. The original blog has since moved to Blogger due to hosting changes — welcome to the new home.
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