The Devil Judge - EP 9
Added 2025-04-21 14:02:20 +0000 UTCin fred canon, they smashed this ep
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This ep is just a cornucopia of excellence - it's the perfect mix of humour (the modelling, Nanny's terrible cooking), super cool action/plot (all the black leather, fire-starting, handsy stuff mmmmmm), found family (THE FAMILY DINNER!!!!! Gaon literally withholding the cutlery til his hubby gets home! And notice how the lighting in the dinner scenes has changed since the earlier eps when Yohan was eating on his own and it was all very stark - now he's bathed in a warm light...), and emotional intimacy (Gaon gently reminding Yohan that everyone needs someone, and Yohan actually allowing himself to be vulnerable (a tear???) in front of him...I love that moment so so much). Plus we also get Sunah's gorgeous shimmery silver dress, Yohan telling her to respect his preferences, and what is, imo, Yohan's sexiest moment of the entire show - when he saunters all casual like into the basement of bribery and in less than a minute schools Gaon on how it's done...swear to god, he's never been sexier! I also love how the way the show plays it, Yohan deciding it's time to go after the fraudster is framed as his gift to Gaon in thanks for the dinner/bringing the family together. He's not good at using his words so instead he offers him Do Yeong Chun's head on a plate - it's such a sweet gesture (or at least Yohan's version of sweet which of course includes arson and emotional devastation, but hey!). And what I really really really love about that whole arc is how, unlike Soohyun, Yohan not only sees Gaon's dark side but allows him to express it AND stops him from crossing a line Yohan knows he'll regret, and he does it all in a way that leaves Gaon with the freedom to choose for himself - Yohan never flat-out tells him what to do/not to do, he just lays it all out for him, and then effectively says 'the rest is up to you'. And so Gaon gets his revenge but in a way that ultimately helps both the wider cause and the other victims and without compromising his own moral core. And it's Yohan - not Soohyun, not the Professor - that made that possible. If that's not an act of love I don't know what is!
fishinabook
2025-05-04 11:17:30 +0000 UTCby the way freddie i dont know if u know but the guy that plays yohans hot assistant was actually one of the leads in a bl 🤭 its called bon apetit
jas
2025-05-01 03:26:55 +0000 UTCOh Freddie I am ON the ao3 train with you. The way I am going to read thousands of fanfic once this is done. It's going to be bad for my health in the best way. Loving every moment of this!
Ziggy_Zade
2025-04-27 20:21:23 +0000 UTCjealous gaon is like a territorial chihuahua yapping at sunah from yohan's purse
bella
2025-04-26 15:30:29 +0000 UTCi really like gaon getting to have the opportunity for revenge, to see that that man even lied to his own family and would choose money over his own family. I think they smashed for the first time a few eps ago but made it official this ep.
Char
2025-04-21 18:53:15 +0000 UTCI get crazy every time Yohan looks at gaon
Gigi
2025-04-21 17:20:04 +0000 UTC
