May 9th marks the one-year anniversary of a little K-drama bounding out of nowhere and ended up becoming one of the most divisive pieces of entertainment I’ve ever lived through. Those who loved it….LOVED IT, and those who hated it…..LOATHED IT, and then threw hate bombs everywhere proclaiming its sheer idiocy. I not only lived through Lie to Me, I’ve yet to encounter the same level of attention and fascination with any drama to that degree. I was getting upwards of 100K hits a day and the site was crashing towards the end of the drama’s run, and I survived purely on adrenaline alone and a few hours of sleep every night for 4 weeks straight.
That’s a testament to the potent chemical magic Yoon Eun Hye and Kang Ji Hwan created onscreen, and the HwanHye shippers went on high alert this week with some super duper juicy new reveals that continue to fan the flames of that possible relationship (for the record – I sincerely believe they are dating in RL, but I’m not asking anyone else to agree with me). To celebrate the one year anniversary of LTM, the little drama that failed at being a drama and succeed at making people experience the heady sensation of falling in love, let’s take a walk down memory lane with a screencap recap of the drama. Because so many active and lurking LTM viewers have told me over the past year – I Went Down With This Ship. Be loud and be proud, it was so much fun while it lasted.
When Kang Ji Hwan met Yoon Eun Hye the small screen almost combusted even though nothing made much sense. Did I care? No. Did I love it? Every single moment of it.
A walk down memory lane with Ki Joon and Ah Jung:
The latest HwanHye rumors have ratcheted back up to Defcon one when Kang Ji Hwan was spotted twice wearing what appears to be the Yoon Eun Hye designed braided cross bracelet which is sold at Eun Hye’s friend’s boutique E&E in Seoul. He wore it to the Runway Cop movie press conference, and also was pictured with it on his wrist while he was reading a script later the same week. To double the pleasure, Ji Hwan wore a thick black braclet with silver metal studs on one side at his Jeju birthday party this past March, and Eun Hye was spotted wearing what looks like the exact same bracelet last month in China. The tale of two bracelets, what more can I say?
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I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
Not that I'm proud...I'm singing it form the top of my lungs ;)
It seems like yesterday, I swear I still have butterflys in my stomach when I see those two ;)
I hope they are dating for my sanity.
Thank you Koala, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you . . .
Me too... I'm fully on board.
Till now, haven't had an OTP that SIZZLES as much to me.
Waiting for their marriage announcement!
I wasn't part of the crazy, predates my introduction to kdrama. I'm actually not a lover or a hater. (or a little of both)
I love, love, love all their cute datey scenes. And it possibly could be my favorite drama, except for the last episode... I just was not on board with her whole lost self mission.
Their chemistry is pretty phenomenal though. Like...set you on fire amazing, and this is several time zones away and a year later.
I totally rewatch lots of the episodes, because they are so great together. I'd happily watch them in something else. She deserves another really well written drama.
I am still onboard ship LTM. I can only hope they're dating in real life. I mean...if I can't date him then it might as well be YEH, right? LOL! :-)
totally agreed! After a long and tiring day .. those screencaps made me giddy .. thankyou Koala! xoxo
Oh chingu, are you a mind-reader? Yesterday I actually thought about LTM and how I should rewatch it cos I do miss our OTP. A lot!
I only read my chingu Sere's mind. :-D
I actually rewatched LTM this past weekend. I knew the anniversary was coming up, hence my rabid need for Ki Joon-Ah Jung cuteness was triggered. It was oh so satisfying~
*g* Keep it up, my friend. It's a welcome...er, perk. :)
You did? Awesome! I will do that as soon as I'm done catching up with the new dramas on my to-watch list. Speaking of which, I'm marathoning K2H and OMG! *flails* Yesterday I watched ep 6 and asldkjklfh akdshakdhklsdhfdlhgk♥♥♥♥♥ Must watch ep 7 now.
Oh, Lie to Me! Has it really been a year? I wasn't crazy about your plotline, but I adored the chemistry between your two leads. And all the yummy kissing. ^^ I sure hope they're dating for real, then proceed to get married and make beautiful babies.
Hwan-Hye babies. @__@
I went down and hard for this ship and still is....
Now, I feel like rewatching the drama on Netflix..... Good thing I have summer vacation starting like tomorrow, which is May 9 here, the US..
Did they fix the sub and stuff?
Great, now I want to watch it again. Man I loved this show. Goes to show sometimes it can be something as simple as chemistry that makes for an enjoyable drama.
Fellow shippers...... count me in!!! I just finished the whole episode last week.... And even though it's been a year ago and rewatched it over and over again, I'm still insanely and head over heals in love in every scene of LTM..... And to Ms. Koala..... Thank you for the tale of the two bracelets.... it made my heart jump into great happiness!!! And I will join you fellow shippers to continuous shipping..... Ms. K..... you are the best!!!