How a Subscriber’s Words Lit Up My Day Off
π Spending my day off re-reading precious subscriber comments just makes me happy. I’ve been going through everything from my recent video, and honestly, the depth of discussion that sparked has been the highlight of my week.
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One comment in particular felt like rain falling on my dry heart, moistening it beautifully. This subscriber, who’s become such a treasured voice in my comment section, watched my 17-minute video twice, calling it “long but featuring such a cutie.”
They mentioned having major projects this month and next, badly missing the freedom to rewatch Weak Hero, their “fevered dream.” At work, I’m basically a working machine, so my head and heart keep getting drier, but this show and now these deep-layered discussions with subscribers, sharing our inner thoughts – the channel is getting this way, and I want to maintain it as long as possible.
When Natural Talent Meets Industry Reality
What really struck me was their perspective as someone working in the arts. They wrote about how Hyun-wook has “realized and unlocked a deep talent for acting,” acknowledging that good looks, height and charisma play a part, but pointing out how they’ve seen idol ‘actors’ whose…
Charm and confidence evaporate the moment they start acting; all that finely honed stage experience flies out of the window while they do their best impression of mahogany wardrobes.
They’d been forced by seniors to act before, describing how while it didn’t go horribly, “it was absolutely nowhere at the level of what Hyunwook displays. The things I feel just won’t broadcast from my face.”
Then they talked about watching the micro-expressions of Ji-hoon and Hong Kyung, not to mention international titans like Meryl Streep, feeling relief they never pursued acting seriously. There was this brutal honesty:
Talent is a very real thing. I have (very quietly) chuckled backstage at studied actors who simply can’t match Hyunwook’s raw abilities.
Reading their words, I suddenly thought there must’ve been a lot of noise from people envying his natural talent. Reading Hyun-wook’s interviews, I learned that when he switched to acting due to his injury, he transferred to an arts high school and got cast in a web drama after just three months. Like they said, he has good looks and those compelling eyes that directors mentioned – calling it charisma fits perfectly.
While going through interviews, I thought about how many people around him must’ve envied his smooth transition to acting, becoming a rising star. Nobody can really know how much worry and struggle he had inside. Without knowing much about him, he might look like an Instagram star with trendy style, but that iconic fighting scene from episode 7 that had me hugging my pillow, eating ice cream and crying – behind the camera, it was shot over ten hours while he was getting dehydrated.
People only see what’s visible.
The Hidden Stories Behind the Scenes
Through my college connections, I have people working in the Korean entertainment industry, and through them I’ve heard many times that talent is absolutely essential to rise as a star. That would be the “real thing” they mentioned. Countless flash-in-the-pan stars were gifted with such talent but just consumed it and disappeared like smoke. So I’m excited to see what path this young man with natural talent and charisma will take.
Though when I see the public being so envious of his talent that they nitpick even his smallest mistakes, I wonder if he gets hurt inside despite having that “gut.” The jealousy of crowds manifests as countless mean comments, which is miserable.
Reading your comment, I suddenly thought there must’ve been a lot of noise from people envying his natural talent… Anyway, others won’t see the effort of a rookie who collapsed spread-eagled on the ring from dehydration during filming. So I could relate more to his story about being moved when Kyung noticed and appreciated that his ad-libs were actually planned at home and shown after lots of practice…
That would be the “real thing” you mentioned. And countless flash-in-the-pan stars were gifted with such talent but just consumed it and disappeared like smoke… So I’m excited to see what path this young man with natural talent and charisma that draws people’s attention will take.
Though when I see the public being so envious of his talent that they nitpick even this young man’s smallest mistakes, I wonder if he gets hurt inside despite having that “gut” I think the jealousy of crowds envious of such rising stars’ talent manifests as countless mean comments… which is miserable…
They painted this vivid picture of Hyun-wook wondering “am I doing this right?” while filming, responding with “Baby, if not you, then who?” π
The comment captured something I’d been trying to articulate – how a nineteen-year-old with braces could nervously munch fried chicken among adults in a business setting, yet have the nerve to suggest script changes. I couldn’t help but put that image in the video because it was too cute. That photo of him smiling with braces and pink blush on his face is my favorite.
When Different Acting Methods Collide
They imagined that Ji-hoon and Hyun-wook probably had professional arguments about the artistic process, “as is expected when you put perfectionists together, but all tension dissolves with their healthy amount of hugging.”
They noticed how Hyun-wook’s iconic improvisations breathed Su-ho to life, elevating him beyond the script, making Su-ho his own. But Park Ji-hoon would jokingly complain that these improvs often left him flummoxed, unable to continue his lines, having to resort to glowering or doing a classic Si-eun blank-face to power through scenes.
I also expect Ji-hoon and Hyun-wook had healthy arguments on set. How could there be no such arguments in real life at work? If they always held hands and agreed on everything, that would be even more unbelievable.
But we know the intense emotions of these young actors that pierce through the actual show, and through various interviews, how much this trio matured through this work.
They wrote about Ji-hoon saying the two really bonded over drinks while talking about acting:
Lord knows I’d have given half my life savings to sit at that table, though I would have just watched their moving lips and Adam’s apples, and missed all the insights they offered.
The Deeper Art of Connection
Of course, through their comments, I could naturally feel their exceptional artistic sensibility. We might be breathing on opposite sides of the earth, our bridge just this text, but reading their thoughtful letters, I can literally feel what kind of artistic lake they carry inside them. Even if their acting experience didn’t make them shine right away, as they live on, there will definitely come a moment when it makes them brilliantly shine at an unexpected point, as if it had been waiting.
I can’t talk deeply either – my colleagues wouldn’t believe that when I’m alone at home, I watch teen shows, eat ice cream while crying and laughing, and even started a YouTube channel from that π
Before I accidentally stumbled upon Weak Hero Class 1, I was completely burnt out at work. A friend who works as a teen psychology counselor recommended it, but I forgot about it until it popped up on Netflix. If it weren’t for fan creation promo videos on YouTube when season 2 was coming out, I probably never would’ve encountered it.
Their message ended with supporting all these actors’ projects because “they’ve really brought me so much happiness.” Sometimes that’s what good art does – creates connections between strangers, sparks discussions that make both people think deeper. I just want season 3 to come out so we can glimpse these youths’ passion one more time.
I’m just grateful for moments like these – when a day off becomes something special because someone took the time to share their thoughts with such care and poetry.
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