SooYona And The Hairpin

SooYona and the Hairpin

I was reading chapter 62 of Akayona and…

We, of course, run into Yona’s hairpin. And we are given a small flashback of when Soo-won gave it to her. I just want to reflect on this hairpin and Yona’s feelings and the development through this manga.

First off, I want to acknowledge how much of a CORE and significant element this hairpin is. Lets start from when Soo-won gives it to her.

This hairpin was given to Yona on her sixteenth birthday and there are lots of things the reader may not acknowledge. Firstly, this hairpin is EXPENSIVE and HIGH QUALITY. So many people realize that, therefore it is seen as a beautiful gift and beautiful item, something a princess would totally own.

What I think is important is Soo-won took the time to search for an item for Yona’s birthday and came across this hairpin (while plotting his murder in Il). (If he only cared about murdering Il, why buy her a gift? Why buy her an EXPENSIVE gift?) He spent money on its quality, having thought she would like it and it would fit her. It shows how much he KNOWS yona. Like literally, Aro, a kai empire woman mentions it goes with Yona’s hair perfectly.

Now there’s two things I’ve considered with him purchasing this hairpin.

1. He did it to keep her from suspecting he would kill her father and keep this idea that soo-won is her perfect, beloved cousin and not a murderer. 2. He genuinely wanted to give something to Yona that she would like and appreciate. A gift that’s tangible and able to be shown off to others. Small enough to not be over the top but big enough to mean something.

I’ve concluded there’s a little bit of both of these in his actions. Soo-won DOES care for Yona, despite killing her father.

In soo-wins mind, king Il is evil. He’s a heinous leader and he can’t stand him. Yona, however, is someone soo-won deeply cares for, but his love for the kingdom seems to overpower his care for her.

I also want to acknowledge the fact that Soo-won had many chances to kill Yona: - Literally right after he killed Il - In the courtyard - When he met her in the earth tribe after kumji’s death (CRUCIAL PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP because 1) he didn’t kill Yona 2) he was shocked and relieved she was alive and so was hak 3) he hid her from judo and the guards 4) he LOWKEY said she can kill him after he finishes his duties as king 5) he tells her a very heartfelt goodbye) - When they met with lilli - When they met during the Nadai arc

Many more. BUT HE DOESNT. He does not hate Yona and he does not despise her. There is LOVE there. Certainly. Whether it be romantic or platonic, he has love for his cousin.

Back to this chapter, I’ve realized that a lot of people hate how Yona has held onto this hairpin.

But let’s reflect on why.

I’m sure many of you can relate to having a first love. Try putting yourselves in yona’s expensive customized royal shoes, okay?

Soo-won in Yona’s eyes is the definition of perfect. He’s intelligent, good looking, friendly, accepting, considerate, and incredibly optimistic.

Really, there’s no point for anyone to question his personality, especially Yona. So for years, yona’s love for him built up and up and up with every good thing he did for her and others. Who, ever in their right minds, would think that he would do any wrong, let alone murder her father? It’s such an irrational thing that it probably shocked her more than frightened her when she saw soo-won kill her father.

And JUST DAYS BEFORE, soo-won gave her something that halted her hate for her hair. He’s been in Yona’s life forever and he’s been her best friend, her crush, hell he was her mother at one point.

Soo-won literally is everything she’s always wanted. Now imagine your first love giving you something that is so thoughtful and beautiful, and then SAYS YOURE BEATIFUL ALONG WITH IT. Can you imagine?! If my first love said that, I’d cry in happiness. Seriously. Like, Yona has been in love with this guy who she deemed beyond perfect for YEARS. YEARS, she has been dancing for him, practicing the harp for him, preparing sweets and wanting to engage in dangerous activities because she was that in love with him. I mean cmon guys, Yona had it so unbelievably bad for him. Probably way worse than we did for our first loves.

He is such a crucial part of Yona’s life. She wanted to MARRY this kid and hand him the throne. Okay?

Now just imagine, IMAGINE your first love betraying you just once. And really all it took was once for him to shatter her image of him. But even though it was incredibly painful and so wrong on so many levels, she can’t forget what he was to her before and how he treated her for sixteen freaking years.

Let’s also acknowledge that 99% of the time, first loves never leave. That’s what sucks about first loves. They stay. You may move on, you may develop feelings for someone else, but first loves will always have that hold on you.

In Yona’s life, there was no other guy except for hak and he was SO much more different from soo-won. Seriously, in Yona’s head, as much as it sucks for Hak, there was NO WAY at the time that Yona would ever consider hak. Ever. No way.

And could you really blame her?

Sure, they’re both incredibly hot and great guys, but I would personally choose the guy who wasn’t an asshole to me, who didn’t tease me, and who protected me when someone important to me died as a child. (Hak probably awkwardly would’ve done the same thing, but he got OFFENDED when soo-won and Yona held hands).

Soo-won is literally Yona’s and our Prince Charming. Without even realizing it, he’s incredibly romantic and kind and loving. Like seriously guys, Soo-won is so freaking important to Yona.

That hairpin isn’t just a hairpin. It’s the precious memory of the Soo-won Yona fell in love with. It’s the precious memory of being his best friend since childhood. It’s so much more than a hairpiece.

Losing that hairpin would be accepting reality and letting go of the boy who meant the absolute world to her.

And that’s why this hairpin is so freaking important AND WHY IT WAS SO SHOCKING SHE FINALLY LET IT GO AND LET SOOWON GO.

Give Yona credit. That must’ve hurt like hell. And she did it for her dragons. Sure, from the outside, she gave away a hairpin that she liked but she literally let go of the past. She accepted that the Soo-won she knew and loved is not who he is now.

Even though that girl was a spoiled princess, she hit ROCK BOTTOM and look at the way she’s grown and developed and become a SOLID WOMAN. A WARRIOR.

No wonder Soo-won can’t move when she confronts him. No wonder Hak can’t help but brag about her. No wonder kija has a crush on her. No wonder shin-ah and yoon cry at the thought of Yona hating them or getting hurt. No wonder Zeno wants to shield her from danger. No wonder Jaeha wants to tease her.

The girl is a piece of art.

Manga Mostly Recommended 50

He’s Dedicated To Roses (MANHWA) COMPLETE by HWANG MI RI

My First to write about a Most Recommended Manhwa though I’m not really fond of Manhwa because of the same stories, plots and ending but some manhwa are a good stories but anyways my reason that i post this is because this is my first time to complete a manhwa from Hwang Mi ri then read some of his works and just got bored they’re like almost the same (please don’t hate me for my opinion :>)

Mostly recommended in Action/Gender Bender/Romance/Comedy/School Life and Shoujo

“If you were a girl, we would never have met.” “Well- to…to be honest with you- I AM a girl-” Plain as a girl, but HOT as a guy. Choi Ida wants no more then to relieve her stress and anger when she is off work as her alternate male identity Choi Yodah. Her job? A slave to the popular rich girl, Mimi, at both school and home. One day in the park, free from Mimi, she meets Kang Naru, who kisses her as Ida, not as Yodah). Then, one day, Kang Naru meets and falls in love with Ida’s alter ego, even though he thought ‘he’ was a boy! But can Ida keep up both of her lives without getting caught? -from Mangafox (bored to summarize this)

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daisyschangedhermind

7 years ago

Happiness Will Come To You.

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i hope so reblog for luck in late march repost not mine random stuff i seen

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daisyschangedhermind

8 years ago

Ohh I love this! I wonder what mine would be ?? Hmm..

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo: Character As Emojis

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo: Character as emojis

(insp.)

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daisyschangedhermind

7 years ago

Timeless 1x06 Episode Recap

Keep reading

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daisyschangedhermind

6 years ago

101 Great Captain Swan Scenes

“Have you ever been in love?” Emma and Hook climb the beanstalk (2x06)

“I don’t mean to upset you, Emma, but I think we make quite the team” Hook and Emma knock out the giant (2x06)

“I can’t take a chance I’m wrong about you” Emma leaves Hook on the beanstalk (2x06)

Emma and Hook fight beside the portal (2x09)

“If I had to pick dead guy of the year, I’d pick you” Emma visits Hook in the hospital (2x12)

“You and I, we understand each other” Emma tries to convince Hook to stay (2x22)

“Maybe I just needed reminding that I could” Hook returns to help (2x22)

Hook gives Emma Neal’s cutlass (3x01)

Emma and Hook share a coconut (3x03)

“Perhaps you’re the one who couldn’t handle it?” The first kiss (3x05)

“It was what the kiss revealed” Hook’s secret in Echo cave (3x06)

“When I win your heart…” (3x07)

Saving Hook from the Shadow (3x07)

“There’s not a day will go by I won’t think of you” “Good” Hook and Emma’s goodbye (3x11)

Hook shows up on Emma’s doorstep (3x11)

Hook crashes Emma’s date (3x12)

“Did you miss me?” Emma drinks the potion (3x12)

“You mean the monkey you were gonna marry?” (3x13)

“If it can be broken, it means it still works” (3x14)

Hook talks with Emma about Neal’s death and offers to help Henry (3x16)

Emma asks Hook to watch Henry and they flirt (3X17)

Emma uses magic to steal his hook (3x18)

“You can see a future here” Killian tries to convince Emma to stay (3x20)

“Killian, come back to me” Emma save’s Killian’s from drowning (3x20)

“Never thought I’d see one of those… a smile” Killian thanks Emma for saving him (3x20)

“One of these day’s I’ll stop chasing after that woman” Killian follows Emma through the portal (3x21)

“We both know I’m his type” Emma flirts with past Hook (3x21)

“Pick a partner who knows what he’s doing” Emma and Killian’s first dance (3x21)

“You’re depriving me of a dashing rescue” Killian finds Emma escaping the dungeon (3x22)

Killian comforts Emma after Snow’s “death” (3x22)

Emma and Hook in Gold’s vault (3x22)

“You traded your ship for me?” Killian and Emma get together (3x22)

“You want to go home and see what’s on Netflix?” Killian tries to get Emma to talk (4x01)

Emma and Killian cuddle after she escapes the ice cave (4x02)

“Everyone I’ve ever been with is dead” Emma opens up (4x03)

Emma asks Killian out (4x04)

Killian picks Emma up for their first date (4x04)

“I’d love to know more about your beginnings” Looking through Emma’s childhood things (4x05)

“Wounds that are made when we’re young tend to linger” Emma and Killian talk about their childhoods(4x06)

“I just wanted to be a better man for you” Killian calls Emma to save her from Gold’s plan (4x08)

“I’m a fan of every part of you” Killian realizes Emma is safe (4x09)

“I’m not a tearful goodbye kiss kinda person” Killian and Emma say goodbye before the curse of shattered sight (4x10)

Killian breaks through Gold’s control to warn Emma (4x12)

Emma puts Killian’s heart back in his chest (4x12)

Opening daily routine montage (4x13)

“I’m gonna choose to see the best in you” (4x14)

“Don’t you know Emma? It’s you.” Killian reveals his happy ending (4x16)

“You have your parents, Henry–” “You.” What Emma has to live for (4x20)

“I like when people find their good hearts along the way” Killian and Emma talk on the shore (4x21)

Emma teaches Deckhand Hook to fight (4x23)

Deckhand Hook dies in the alternate Storybook (4x23)

Killian’s alive when they return to the real world (4x23)

Emma tells Killian she loves him for the first time (4x23)

“This has to be her choice” Killian keeps Emma from killing Merida (5x01)

“Just because I’m the Dark One doesn’t mean we can’t still be together” Dark Swan shows Killian their house (5x02)

Camelot dance like ethereal king and queen of the fairies (5x02)

Kissing Hook to make the demons go away (5x02)

“Come on love, let’s sail away” Hook comforts Emma as she’s seeing Rumpelstiltskin (5x04)

Killian and Emma spy on Henry flirting with Violet (5x04)

Killian takes Emma on a horseback ride to a field of Middlemist flowers (5x04)

“Bring her home to me” Killian gives Emma Liam’s ring (5x07)

“You’re more than the Dark One” Dark Swan saves Killian from Arthur (5x08)

“All sins can be forgiven when someone loves you” Killian tells Emma about his rings (5x08)

Emma heals Killian’s wound after he save’s them from Arthur (5x08)

“The future’s nothing to be afraid of” Killian asks Emma to move in with him (5x08)

“That’s not enough for me” Emma save Killian by turning him into a Dark One (5x08)

“We can do this” Dark Hook and Dark Swan send each other’s demons away (5x10)

Dark Swan gives Excalibur to Dark Hook (5x10)

“That’s the man I want you to remember” *Sword through the heart and you’re to blame* Emma kills Killian (5x11)

“I will find you” Emma heads to the Underworld (5x11)

Emma tries to communicate with Killian at his gravestone (5x12)

“When you love someone, you know.” Killian sends Emma a message by saving Megara (5x13)

“I told you to let me go” Emma saves Hook from the river of lost souls (5x14)

“Knocked the handsome out of me” “No one’s that powerful” Emma heals Killian (5x15)

“Perhaps I do deserve saving after all” Killian agrees to come home (5x15)

“Love is worth it” Snow tells Emma saving Killian was worth the risk (5x17)

Emma tries to give Killian her heart (5x20)

“That’s true love” Emma and Killian pass the True Love test with True Love’s Tackle (5x20)

“We’ve already had more time than we were ever meant to” Killian and Emma’s elevator goodbye (5x20)

Emma reads the story of her and Hook, Hook uses the book to help her (5x21)

“I miss you” Emma’s goodbye at Killian’s grave (5x21)

Killian’s resurrection (5x21)

Lift kiss and the first peaceful “I love you” (5x23)

The couch scene (6x01)

Emma watches Killian play with Ashley’s daughter (6x03)

Hook and Henry sword fight with sticks (6x03)

“I have a closet full of red leather jackets I feel like I can make some space for black leather” Emma asks Killian to move in (6x03)

“I would have done the exact same thing” Killian confesses he kept the shears (6x06)

“Now remember who you are” Story time with Killian (6x07)

“I just really desperately need to kiss you” Killian distracts Emma (6x12)

“It’s just you and me” Proposal number 1 (6x13)

“I’m trying to get home to you” Seashell call (6x15)

“There’s one thing I want you to be certain of: that I will always, always be by your side” Proposal number 2 (6x17)

“I’m just… happy” The pancakes scene (6x18)

“After tomorrow, there’ll be no getting rid of me” Operation Best Man (6x19)

A Happy Beginning- The Wedding (6x20)

“We fought for our love and we won” Killian and David talk by the beanstalk (6x21)

The final shot in the bug (6x23)

Emma watches Hook teach Henry to fight (7x02)

Emma and Killian say goodbye to Henry (7x02)

The final shot of Emma and Killian and Hope (7x23)

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daisyschangedhermind

8 years ago

605 feels up ahead scroll down to avoid spoilet

Episode 605 is a real tear jerker. I want believe he's not dead that maybe he'll get like a super sayin boost and beat up those white walkers but..sigh I don't think it's happening 💔 I will literally cry every time I hear some one say "hold the door" for the rest of my fucking life!!😫

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game of thrones icant 😂 bran stark hodor got6 spoilers havent read the books didnt know this was coming the tears are real icantfeelmyface

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daisyschangedhermind

9 years ago

Oh the nostalgia 💕

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV, The 90’s.

The Golden Age of Children’s TV, the 90’s.

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cartoons 90s 90s kid did i just give away my age? ;) i miss cartoons they dont make em like they used to

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daisyschangedhermind

8 years ago

Agreed, like no one kisses like that not even awkward preteens lol Do they not trust us? We're all "adults" we know this stuff happens!

why are kisses in korean tv shows so weird like??? they always only touch their lips like thats not how to kiss guys? im really into kdrama but american tv shows can do the kisses way better, with all the feelings and lip sucking and all that.. the kisses in kdramas always seem so platonic and awkward

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kdrama kisses!! moon lovers scarlet heart ryeo wang so hae soo can we get a real kiss please i wanna see passion youre humans not robots show emotion dammit!!!

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daisyschangedhermind

8 years ago

Doesn't seem to think twice about killing Kings( Joffery anyone), yeesh! Oh boy has she gotten herself in a pickle 😬

I think that look on Sansa’s face when she sees Littlefinger is the look of someone who just realised he will not rest until she is by his side again and that Jon is in great danger and she is partly responsible

I think she just remembered that Littlefinger plotted heavily against her father because of her mother, and they are both dead because of it.

It was only a second, but she knew…

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got sansa stark got7 jon snow petyr baelish

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