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Best 1 Ton Window AC in India
Even though split air conditioners lead the market, window ACs have not lost their importance. Cheaper pricing, convenient installation and lower maintenance cost are prime factors that make it the preferred choice among those who seek a budget friendly cooling solution.
If you have a small room of about 100 Sq. Ft, and if you don't want to spend a huge amount on an AC, a 1 ton window AC will more than suffice your requirements. So, we review here some of the best 1 ton window air conditioners from India's leading brand for you to consider to beat the summer heat.
Which are the Best 1 Ton Window Air Conditioners In India?
|BEE Rating
|ISEER Value
|Blue Star 5W13GA
|5 Star
|Hitachi RAW511KUD Kaze Plus
|5 Star
|Whirlpool Magicool 5s
|5 Star
|Voltas 125 DY/125 DZA
|5 Star
|Godrej AC IT GWC 12DTC3-WSA 3S
|3 Star
If budget is not a concern or if you are looking for an AC with higher tonnage, check out our article on
5 Best Window ACs in India
Best 1 Ton Window AC in India
Blue Star 1.1 Ton 5 Star Window AC (Copper, 5W13GA, White)
With Blue Star, you can always be assured of quality and performance. This model is no different and holds true to all its promises.
It is one of the best no-frill cooling solution available for a small room size of up to 110 sq. feet.
With 5 star energy rating, the AC consumes just about 878 units of electricity annually, making it an appliance with low cost of owning in the long run.
The overall built decor of the machine is minimalist but attractive enough. Its sturdy design and the standard white color give it an elegant vibe. Moreover, the powder coated outside body keeps it well protected against external shocks and other dangerous elements. In addition, the removable front panel makes cleaning the AC easy, thereby ensuring maximum efficiency.
In order to enhance the durability, the Blue Star 5W13GA AC uses highly durable copper condensor. Further, the antifreeze thermostat feature blocks any freezing of the cooling coil to ensure longer life.
Another factor that defines this brand's AC is their exceptional rotary compressors with the latest technologies, available to you at affordable pricing.
The air conditioner boasts of standard features like auto restart feature with memory function which is a must-have in areas where power cuts are a norm. With its on and off timer feature, you can easily schedule the turning on and off of the machine. The AC also ensures clean and hygienic air flow with its anti-bacterial dust filter.
It also comes with three fan-speed settings, turbo mode for instant cooling and swing mode for even distribution of cool air throughout the room. The panel is lit with LED light which makes controlling it easier.
The appliance comes with a standard one-year warranty along with a five-year warranty on its compressor. The after-sales service is fairly good in most cities, making the purchase worthwhile.
All in all, there is almost nothing for you to complain as it is quite affordable as well. The machine is a winner.
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Hitachi 1 Ton 5 Star Window AC (RAW511KUD Kaze Plus, White)
If you are looking for an air conditioner with slightly more fanfare than the BlueStar and are ready to pay a little extra, then this Hitachi AC is the one to go for. With 5 star energy rating, it is again an appliance with lost cost of owning in the long run.
The AC has almost all the features of the Blue Star AC along with a few more.
First of all, the Hitachi-patented Kaimin function automatically adjusts the AC temperature by one degree every hour maintaining comfort level and optimizing electricity consumption. Hitachi claims that this function reduces your electricity bill 25% less than other similar ACs.
Also, as the AC works always at less than its rated maximum capability( lower de-rating), you can expect the appliance to have a longer lifespan, whilst optimally performing in terms of cooling and energy efficiency.
Another standout feature of this AC is the Auto Climate Technology. The AC auto adjusts its temperature and fan speed according to the temperature and humidity of the environment. This definitely takes your comfort a notch higher. The fan speed also has an auto-adjust feature to enhance comfort as well as increase the safety of the gadget. In order to enhance air quality, its deploys Koukin filter which arrests both dust and bacterial growth.
Copper condenser and pre-coated aluminum fins makes the appliance anti-corrosive, durable and improves the longevity. Rest of its features are the similar to that of Blue Star with the Auto mode, remote control feature, On/Off timer, etc.
The regular maintenance of the AC is also fairly easy. Thanks to the filter cleaning indicator you don't have to second guess whether the AC is performing optimally due to clogged filter.
The only negative is the not-so-professional after sales service. Nevertheless, with loads of extra features, costing just a couple of thousands of extra bucks and coming with the same warranty as Blue Star, this AC definitely is a keeper.
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You may also like our article on Best ACs in India Under Rs. 25000
Whirlpool 1 Ton 5 Star Window AC (Copper, 1.0T Magicool 5s COPR, White)
This is another terrific AC which is not only economically priced but is also feature-rich to give you a highly satisfactory experience.
Foremost, its sturdy build and elegant looks are bound to leave you impressed. With a 5-star energy rating, and lowest annual electricity consumption of just 680 units, you know you are assured of low electricity bills.
The standout feature of this air conditioner is the brand's sixth sense energy saver intuitive technology. Due to this, the machine adjusts its cooling power according to the room's climatic conditions and thus ensures optimal power consumption. The efficiency is further refined by its EcoMode to maximize your energy savings. The air quality is maintained with the anti-dust filter, but it does lack anti-bacterial properties.
A shining example of Japanese technology, its compressor is the super high EER rotary version which not only gives faster cooling with low electricity consumption but also ensures a longer lifespan of the air conditioner. The entire circuit is further enhanced by the advanced Multi Port Fluid Technology. This technology expedites the heat exchange process to cool your room much faster.
Another unique feature of the machine is the foam covering on the compressor. This not only insulates it but cuts its noise as well thereby making it a noticeably silent machine while in operation. Apart from it, it does have the standard features as well like the turbo cool function, sleep mode, auto restart function, remote control, etc. However, its remote control lacks the LED light making night-time operations a tad difficult.
A noteworthy advantage is that unlike most ACs, you can easily operate this 1 ton Whirlpool Magic Cool AC through a generator. Overall, it is a good value for money with the standard warranty and excellent service, making it a preferred choice for small Indian families.
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Voltas 1 Ton 5 Star Window AC (Copper, 125 DY/125 DZA, White)
This is another solid choice which gives you a great bang for the bucks. Again, with a 5-star energy rating, and consuming 828 units of electricity annually, its energy efficiency is at the maximum while its cooling capacity is not at all compromised.
It has all the high-quality standard features we have been discussing so far like the rotary compressor, copper condenser, sleek and compact design in white etc. The compressor and the coils are robustly built and are of high quality to last you effortlessly for years.
Its swing mode ensures that the cool air is spread evenly throughout the room. Quick cooling can be achieved with its Turbo Mode while its high ambient cooling feature cools your room easily even if the outside temperature soars to about fifty degrees.
The device ensures better air quality with its 2 stage filtration system. However, just like most ACs in the segment, it doesn't have anti-bacterial filter.
Features like the sleep mode, EcoMode, a user-friendly remote control is present but you can feel the lack of timer on/off mode. Even the keypads are not backlit. But its dehumidifier is one of the best in the market. With an operational noise of just 38 decibels ( compared to 58 decibels in other ACs in the segment), the noiseless operation is also something that is an added pleasure.
Another standout feature of the machine is its self-diagnosis feature which can detect and resolve common and basic problems automatically– a feature that is usually seen only in LG's expensive split ACs.
The main drawbacks of this appliance is the unprofessional installation and after sales service. Also, some users complain that the AC came without a remote. So, do inspect at the time of delivery and promptly return the appliance if you find remote missing or any other fault.
Overall with the reliable features, industry standard warranty and economical pricing, this is a good and reliable option to choose for your cooling needs.
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Godrej 1 Ton 3 Star Window AC (Copper, AC IT GWC 12DTC3-WSA 3S, White)
Godrej is a brand that has a formidable reputation in the Indian market and all its electronics are known for quality and cost-efficiency. This AC is no different.
Unlike all the other ACs discussed so far, this AC has just 3-star energy rating. Even so, the annual electricity consumption is just about 871 units, which wouldn't really have a drastic impact on your energy bill.
The AC looks sleek and attractive enough. Like others, it has a rotary compressor and copper condenser. The machine has been given extra durability through the anti-corrosive blue fin coating on the condenser and the evaporator. It uses ambient cooling technology, thereby cooling your room in minimum time and consuming less energy.
Most of the machines we have discussed so far use the R22 refrigerant gas which is known to cause ozone depletion. However, this machine uses the eco-friendly R32 refrigerant much safer for your health as well.
Its compressor is covered with a multi-layer acoustic jacket that not only protects it but cuts the noise as well, leading to a silent room when your AC is working at top speed. Its filter is both anti-dust and deodorizing which ensures a clean and fresh breeze of cool air inside the room. However, the filters are not anti-bacterial.
Apart from it, the AC is packed with plenty of features like the dehumidifier, turbo mode for instant cooling, auto-restart, sleep mode, on/off timer, the self-diagnosis feature, indoor temperature indicator and a user-friendly remote control. It is also the least expensive of all the models discussed so far.
Being a new model, it boasts of some exciting features and comes with the standard warranty. It is a highly recommended air conditioner to consider in your to-buy list.
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Wrapping up
For those looking for an economical purchase, nothing beats a 1 ton window AC. We hope to have given you quite a few economical choices when considering to invest in a cooling system. Regardless of which one you pick; you are bound to have above-satisfactory experience. With them, summers would no longer be claustrophobic!


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Lazy Days....Crazy Nights
Stephanie is a talented young singer frustrated by the lack of success she is experiencing with her Lo-Fi band and the mundane nature of everyday life. However, after a chance meeting with a publicist, Stephanie is given the opportunity to reinvent herself as a conventional solo pop star.
Initially Stephanie resists,however, when two members of her own band leave in order to join another, more successful group, Stephanie agrees to undergo the gruelling physical and musical transformation that her new record company believe will result in pop success.
Having allowed herself to be recreated in the image her record company believes will make her both physically and commercially attractive, Stephanie finds she is rapidly rewarded with a level of success she had once thought impossible. However, in doing so Stephanie is also forced to give up her free will, having effectively handed control of her life over to the record company who dictate every aspect of her world, from where she lives to whom she is seen out with. Confronted by her complete lack of control over the life she thought she wanted, Stephanie is forced to try and reconcile her new found success with her true persona.
- Year
- 2002
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 104 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
- Samuel Dale
- Producer
- Richard Paine, Ivor Ponting, David Stapleton
- Editor
- Alexander Weeks
- Screenwriter
- Samuel Dale
- Director of Photography
- John Bennetts
- Sound
- Samuel Dale
- Music
- Paul Dale, Sarah Davies
- Principal Cast
- Sarah Davies, Joseph Leeder, Andrew Rowan, Kevin Lehane
Production status
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Last updated 26th November 2005

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Holy Spirit, Pour into those murky corners where we hide shabby things, dark memories, and unsavoury desires which we do not wish to see, yet withhold from your grace. Bring into your light the buried grudge, the venom in us, the bitterness we nurse, those secret fears which sap our energy, and the pessimism which is an insult to your…
Category: Holy Spirit & Pentecost
Prayer To The Holy Spirit – John Milton
Holy Spirit, I know you prefer before any other temple or building, To live in an upright heart. Teach and instruct me, For you were there in the beginning, Over the abyss before the earth was formed. Holy Spirit of Christ, Live in me, your wisdom in me, do your work in me. Amen. – Adapted from a poem…
Orthodox Prayer Of The Spirit
Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, present in all places and filling all things, Treasury of Goodness and Giver of life: come and make your home in us. Cleanse us from every stain of sin and save our souls, O Gracious Lord. Amen.
Holy Spirit Of Life – Hildegard of Bingen
Holy Spirit, giver of life to life, moving in All. You are the source of all things living, washing away all impurity, scouring guilt, and anointing wounds. You are luminous and praiseworthy, Spirit of Life, awakening and re-awakening all that is. Amen. – Hildegard of Bingen 1098–1179AD


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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Use the Muse Contest...
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Andrew, thank you SO MUCH for helping me spread the word about my USE THE MUSE Contest. You are awesome! Can't wait to meet you in Tucson!
- Andrew Thornton said...
Hey Scarlett,
It was so nice to meet you in Tucson. I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to talk more. Busy, busy, busy!
I'll make sure to get one of your packets to enter the contest.
I'm so glad you have time to participate! I wish I had had it all together at the show to be able to give you a kit there, I was just all over the place and didn't get it coordinated quite how I would have liked.
That whole week in Tucson flies by so quick it's difficult to truly connect with anyone. I am hoping that next year I will have even more time to go to the shows and just relax...
By the way, your kit is already in the mail! I had had one set aside for you and am really happy you ended up joining in. I hope you enjoy it and can draw inspiration from the "MUSE".
~Beads, Bliss, and Blessings~
- Andrew Thornton said...
Hey Scarlett,
I was worried that I wouldn't get back in time to order the packet. Luckily I got back with enough time to hopefully work on your contest before I head out for Hawaii for a trade show and begin a new freelance job tech editing my sister's book.
I'm sorry that we didn't get a chance to chat more in Tucson as well. But yes, there totally isn't enough time to do that and see everything. I also apologize if I was a bit out of it when you dropped by the show. I was really tired and pretty much wore out. Not to mention we had a bit of drama at the show earlier that day. Oh well.
Well, I do hope that we are able to touch bases later on and in a more relaxed fashion. It'd be interesting to walk a show with you and get your perspective on what's going on. It's always interesting to see what people gravitate towards or think is cool or what trends they spot.
I'm looking forward to getting the kit and working with the materials. It seems like a fun project.
Thanks again. I hope you're doing well and recovering nicely after such an exhausting trip. OH! Say hello to your mom. She's really a beauty and so nice!


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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Hearts and Hands
These little circles are 13cm in diameter (or just over 5"). There are 18 points. 49 more of these blocks are required.
The sunburst blocks are alternated with these pretty little applique blocks, also 13cm in diameter. Only 41 more of these to go. I was distracted by these 4" blocks in the meantime.
Cute, but they'll probably end up in the orphan box.
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Oh I love the pieced ones, I haven't done any of those yet.
- December 18, 2010 at 7:40 PM
- Little Welsh Quilts and other traditions said...
I love making 13cm blocks and have an ongoing project at the moment - I have to do 56 but all blocks have to be drafted first as they are based on the V&A Sundial coverlet. It is a slow process but so enjoyable. Yours are lovely and I look forward to seeing more!
- December 18, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- Crispy said...
WOW Liz the blocks are amazing!! I'll be really interested in seeing this quilt as you put the top together. Will you applique the circles onto the background fabric?
- December 18, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- Betsy said...
Liz, are you paperpiecing the circles with the spikes? I started this project years ago but I gave up on it. I may pick it up again
- December 19, 2010 at 12:18 AM
- Sujata Shah said...
It is such a beautiful pattern! now I remember why I never started the quilt. The applique I can handle it is the piecing of those sunburst motif that scares me! You have done a wonderful job! It inspires me to give it another look.
- December 19, 2010 at 2:02 AM
- Mimi said...
Looking good. I guess I had better get back to mine.
- December 19, 2010 at 6:26 AM
- Julia said...
Wow, Liz they look great!
It's going to be a gorgeous quilt..looking forward to seeing it come together..
Julia ♥
- December 19, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- sunporchquilts said...
I am so excited to see someone else working on this quilt! I have been working on it for over a year, and hope to have it done by June to get it into my guild's show. I have about 40 or so of the spiky blocks done and a good many of the applique as well. I have been doing them mostly in order and am up to row G. Are you still working on it? I really need to update my website and will post pictures of it there soon.
- January 17, 2011 at 8:58 AM


text: Learn how to make these rockin' rock candy cone trees HERE at the Hostess with the Mostess blog. They were created by Maddie of Somewhere Splendid and Shauna of Sweet Tooth: Dessert Meets Design. Strolling through both of their yummy, craft-filled blogs is a requirement, I declare. And I do realize the adhesive makes these inedible, but I couldn't resist. And I couldn't resist the "rockin'."


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Mainly during 2012 the tiny research was made. I was searching for a way to engage mathematical thinking into the dance creating process. I wished to combine math and dance in one work, to bring the intelligence in dance, to utilize mathematical tools for making a dance material, to connect in some curious, not obvious way dance and mathematics.
I received academic higher education in mathematics and have professional experience in contemporary dance. The idea of connecting dance and mathematics sprung to my mind after participating at AND_Lab, which is an artistic research and scientific creativity laboratory, produced by RE.AL and directed by João Fiadeiro and Fernanda Eugénio.
Olga Sevostianova, my colleague, a professional contemporary dancer from Yekaterinburg as well, strongly supported the research. We were experimenting a lot together, and eventually co-created dance performance "Algorithms. Anamorphoses. Anomalies."
Some links
In the beginning, I would like to mention some of materials that I found on the theme "Dance and Mathematics" on the Net: How do dance and math relate, Math Dance, INTEGRATION WITH DANCE/MATHEMATICS, Quick-sort with Hungarian (Küküllőmenti legényes) folk dance, Handlebars Math Dance.
Sets of movements
Now I will describe my own discoveries. The research was narrowed to the set theory, very basic in mathematics. In my particular situation, I considered sets of movements.
Set theory is the branch of mathematics that studies general properties of sets. Set theory lies in the basis of the majority of mathematical disciplines; it had a profound influence on understanding of the subject of mathematics itself.
Set is a collection of well defined and distinct objects.
The created set of movements is a sequence. Power of the set is N+1.
Sequence is an ordered list of objects. The same elements can appear multiple times at different positions in the sequence.
Power of set (or cardinal number) for a finite set is a natural number which is the number of elements in the set.
Dance and Math Laboratory at BIDE 2012
I participated at the Barcelona International Dance Exchange in April 2012 and facilitated a laboratory there. The lab was devoted to the theme "Dance and Mathematics." I worked with the group of professional dancers from different countries, introduced to them the above described way of creating sets of movements and making simple transformations of the set and how this can be described in set theory/math terminology. We created one set of movements using accumulation and did transformations (inversion and symmetrical right-left transformation) of the set, then performed different combinations of the transformations in groups like we did above in duet, we extended this to quartet.
That was a whole day laboratory, therefore after lunch we could develop in some way the material that we learned in the morning. Below I'll describe what we presented at our showing in the evening.
A set A is a subset of a set B if A is "contained" inside B. A and B may coincide.
We used "igrek" instead of "gamma", and named loudly all the movements using our terminology to have better understanding of what we are doing and to use a common special language that we know and understand in the group. We started in the circle and then gradually could move through space. Using the occasion, I wish to mention and thank the participants of the workshop: Laura Jantunen, Danai Pappa, Yung Huai Huang, Ya Chun Yang, and Pipaluk Supernova. The link on video from our showing is here.
Some of hypotheses
I have described some of the material which was tested in practice, now I would like to share some of my hypotheses.
First, I would mention about a possible algorithm of creating a more complicated math-based dance material. You have to follow three steps:
(1) Using an iterative algorithm create a dance sequence.
Preferably invent Your formula here. Be precise and accurate while You create Your dance sequence using the formula.
(2) Add or subtract any movement inside the sequence, between the movements. It would be an easy change: Addition and subtraction ±
(3) Now apply any transformation to any part of the sequence, any function is possible here. It would be great to make the dance phrase more colorful at this step: add some details inside, to the already existing movements; some nuances, may be traveling in space. Everything is possible, so use your creativity and artistic approach here.
Second, I have one more hypothesis. While we get several sets of movements, we can operate with the sets: unite them, intersect and subtract. Thus, set operations may be possible to consider.


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CAO Italia Cigars
CAO Italia gets its name from the Habano seed, Italian grown filler tobacco that can be found in each cigar. Prior to the production of this cigar, Italian tobacco was primarily used in machine made cigars because the climate and soil only allowed for a very limited number of premium leaves. This Italian filler is complimented by other Nicaraguan and Peruvian fillers that make this cigar very complex. In staying with the Italian theme, each box features the Italian colors on the outside, paying homage to its origin. If you are tired of "run of the mill" cigars, then this is a must try. CAO Italia has a medium-body and has a very damp texture that brings out its natural aromas.


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Create this fast and easy Redneck Wine Glass just in time for Father's Day! It is guaranteed to be his favorite new glass and get a few good laughs in between too!
Mason Jar
Glass candle stick
E6000 adhesive
Vinyl of your choice (optional and not shown above)
How to:
1. Use sand paper to rough up the top of the candle stick and the bottom of the mason jar. This will give each a little texture or 'tooth' for the adhesive to stick better.
2. Adhere the candle stick to the bottom of the mason jar using E6000 glue.
3. Apply the vinyl of your choice to the mason jar.


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Sometimes we see it coming and we just can't look away. When a star implodes -- like many celebs do -- we're eager to soak up every detail about his or her downward spiral. Public breakups, the constant pressure of stardom, weird personalities, and other factors cause celebrities to behave badly, racking up DUIs, drug arrests, and, even sometimes, a rebel streak of rambling on incoherently about things no one else can understand (we're talking to you, Kanye).
Watching Hollywood darlings, TV stars, and the mighty of music come unglued reminds us they're people just like us, trapped in a world where the cameras are always rolling, capturing the good, the bad, and the ugly. Check out these 14 misbehaving celebrities whom we can't seem to stop watching.
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Lindsay Lohan1
She was America's girl-next-door in The Parent Trap and Mean Girls until two DUI arrests in 2007. Three rehab visits, a relationship with girlfriend Samantha Ronson, a 2012 reckless driving arrest, jail time and probation violations keep LiLo in the tabloid headlines. She was recently photographed stumbling onto her yacht in St. Tropez. Will it ever end?
Kanye West2
The rapper showed his you-know-what long before be became a Kardashian. Since infamously snatching the mic from a then 19-year-old Taylor Swift during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, whenever KW shows up on live TV we wait with baited breath for his latest rant. He never disappoints, declaring his candidacy for president during the recent 2015 VMAs.
Amanda Bynes3
From claiming she invented LOL, throwing a bong from the window of her apartment, shaving her head and arrests for driving under the influence of drugs, the former Nickelodeon star just can't seem to get her act together -- even after last year's involuntary commitment by her parents.
Paris Hilton4
It seems just yesterday we watched as the poor little sobbing hotel heiress was ordered back to jail in June 2007 after serving just five days of a 45-day sentence for violating her probation in an earlier reckless driving case. A compassionate sheriff had released Hilton early citing medical concerns, but the judge didn't buy it and Paris returned to jail.
More from The Stir: 17 Hollywood Celebrities Who Were Once Drug Addicts (PHOTOS)
The Kardashians5
The family is famous for baby daddy drama, ex-boyfriends and husbands, including Kim's 72-day marriage to the NBA's Kris Humphries; stepdad Bruce Jenner's recent gender transformation to Caitlyn Jenner; brother Rob's weight control issues and disappearing acts; former Khloe hubby Lamar Odom's drug addiction; big sis Kourtney's public battles with baby daddy Scott Disick; lil' sis Kylie's overly sexed social media posts; and more. We just can't keep up.
Charlie Sheen6
Rumors of alcohol and drug abuse and domestic violence were but a build-up to Sheen's epic 2011 meltdown following his firing from Two and a Half Men. The actor took to rooftops and talk shows declaring himself a "warlock" with "tiger blood" and forever associating himself with "winning." (Whatever all that means.)
Justin Bieber7
Look out when the Bieb gets behind the wheel. The Canadian teen idol has racked up a DUI and reckless and dangerous driving charges -- the latter resulting in a physical altercation. And how can we forget him egging his neighbor's home in California? Classic Biebs.
Alec Baldwin8
The bitter divorce battle between Baldwin and ex Kim Basinger is the stuff of Hollywood marriages gone extremely bad, but the former 30 Rock star amped up his temper tantrum when he left a voice message for then-tween daughter Ireland calling her a "rude, ruthless pic." He also went ballistic with reporters in November 2013 after MSNBC pulled the plug on Up Late with Alec Baldwin after less than a month on air. Finally, he's been in more fights with paparazzi than just about any celebrity.
More from The Stir: 17 Celebrities Who You Won't Believe Used to Live In Their Cars (PHOTOS)
Naomi Campbell9
From threatening to kill a group of fellow catwalkers and hurling a cellphone at a maid to assaulting her driver from the backseat and kicking and spitting at police, Campbell has proven herself the Queen of Mean with a very short fuse.
Paula Abdul10
Let's put it this way: It's news when the former American Idol judge doesn't have an emotional breakdown. As one headline so succintly put it: "Another Day, Another Paula Abdul Meltdown."
Bill Cosby11
Who'd have ever thunk loveable Cliff Huxtable was anything but the father of the year? More women continue to step forward with allegations of sexual assault against Cosby, some incidents dating back 45 years.
Ben Affleck12
Since Jen Garner walked out on him amid rumors he was diddling the nanny, Ben Affleck seems to be spiraling downward -- fast. Or is he? Some reports say Affleck's inability to control his vices -- women, alcohol and gambling -- returned with a vengence during the last few years of the couple's 10-year marriage.
More from The Stir: 19 Celebrities Who Died Of Alcohol & Drug Overdoses (PHOTOS)
Chris Brown13
Brown's woes with women continue: Former girlfriend Karrueche Tran called the cops after a very public screaming match in June 2015 that included Brown trying to beat down her door. Cue the social media battle. Brown is also involved in an extended custody battle with ex Nia Guzman, and there's rumors he only has eyes for Rhianna. They split in 2009 after Brown assualted Ri-Ri, was ordered to stay away and performed 1,400 hours of community service.
Miley Cyrus14
The former Disney star continues to shuck her wholesome Hannah Montana alter ego. From bringing twerking to the mainstream during her eye-opening and racy performance at the 2013 MTV VMAs, social media pics that show her smoking pot, and more, Miley constantly keeps us guessing. Her weird behavior as she hosted the 2015 VMAs did not help matters. Let's just say the barely there clothes and constant cursing were not very ladylike.


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For my LDS Friends – Cherish your doubts
Upon hearing that two faithful Mormons are being threatened with excommunication from the LDS church for daring to question the heirarchy's policies on GLBT people and women, I thought immediately of the reading below:
Read NY Times news article (here)
Cherish your Doubts, by Robert T. Weston
Cherish your doubts, for doubt is the handmaiden of truth.
Doubt is the key to the door of knowledge; it is the servant of discovery.
A belief which may not be questioned binds us to error,
for there is incompleteness and imperfection in every belief.
Doubt is the touchstone of truth; it is an acid which eats away the false.
Let no man fear for the truth, that doubt may consume it;
for doubt is a testing of belief.
The truth stands boldly and unafraid; it is not shaken by the testing;
For truth, if it be truth, arises from each testing stronger, more secure.
He that would silence doubt is filled with fear;
the house of his spirit is built on shifting sands.
But he that fears no doubt, and knows its use, is founded on a rock.
He shall walk in the light of growing knowledge;
the work of his hands shall endure.
Therefore let us not fear doubt, but let us rejoice in its help:
It is to the wise as a staff to the blind; doubt is the handmaiden of truth.


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You're Beautiful: Episode 14
by javabeans
Once again, we run the gamut of emotions from light to heavy, which I always find to be a welcome thing when a drama heads to its more serious moments. Yes, some of the conflicts amp up in this episode, but it also has more of its trademark goofy parody sequences to lighten the in-between moments. The threesome parody in this episode is possibly my favorite Hong sisters parody ever.
Jang Geun-seok – "Good Bye." This song plays late in the episode. [ Download ]
Tae-kyung is about to tell Mi-nyo something, starting, "Go Mi-nam, I… you…" But then, he's interrupted by excited fans, who wave excitedly as they arrive in buses.
Tae-kyung is annoyed with the interruption, particularly since Mi-nyeo takes it as her cute to excuse herself. Explaining that she'll act as though he's just sending her off, she starts to leave.
He holds her back, saying, "Hear me out first." Leaning in close, he says, "I like you."
Having gotten that out in the open, he lets her go, but now she's so shocked that she stands in a daze. As the fangirls swarm around him, Mi-nyeo wonders if she heard right. She thinks, "I wish the world would quiet down so I can hear the soft words in my memory."
She thinks back, confirming that he had indeed said those words, and suddenly the world around her is all roses and butterflies. LITERALLY.
As this finally sinks in, Mi-nyeo starts giggling out loud in glee, exultant. She doesn't see Tae-kyung sitting in his car a short distance away, who smiles and says, "So she did hear me properly."
On the plane, Shin-woo looks at the empty seat next to him and tells himself, "I knew she wouldn't come. But since I told her that I've already begun [to have feelings], that's enough."
Almost immediately, photos pop up online of Tae-kyung and Mi-nam at the airport. Heyi is annoyed — why would Tae-kyung go to the airport to see Mi-nam? — and displeased. Meanwhile, may I take the moment to point out the HILARITY of the top 3 online star searches, as seen in Heyi's web browser??
- Dong Bang Single
- So Nyeo Junior
- Super Shidae
Tae-kyung gives Mi-nyeo a ride home. Mi-nyeo wonders how to handle herself around him, given his declaration: "Should I tell him that I heard him and give him permission too?" However, she imagines him issuing a gruff response, and considers trying the opposite instead — she could say she didn't hear what he said and ask him to repeat it. But she imagines him sneering at that, "You didn't hear? Then cancel it!"
Mi-nyeo decides to accept his statement gratefully, and figures that she doesn't need to hear him say it anyway, because "if I hear him say that he likes me again, my heart may burst."
Tae-kyung breaks the silence by suggesting they grab something to eat, and asks if she likes spaghetti. Mi-nyeo hiccups. Puzzled, he repeats the question, and she hiccups again. Testing out a theory, Tae-kyung enunciates clearly, "Do you LIKE charcoal-grilled kalbi? Do you LIKE naengmyun? What about sushi, do you LIKE it? I LIKE sushi." She hiccups every time he says the word LIKE.
He prods her to answer (which is his way of getting her to say she likes him back). Mi-nyeo answers, "I really, really like [it] very, very much."
Sushi lunch. Mi-nyeo takes all the shrimp and crab off his plate because of his allergies, happy to eat them. When Tae-kyung tells her to give him two pieces in exchange for the ones she took, her face falls — she was counting on eating them. So Tae-kyung relents and tells her to eat them all, so as not to lose points. ("Why is it so tough to preserve my score?")
When Mi-nyeo brings up the issue of photos from the airport being made public, Tae-kyung answers that he's not very worried. There's nothing scandalous about him seeing her off, although he is aware that fans often create stories out of nothing. He adds (with a perfectly straight face), "There are a lot of love stories that don't even feature women."
He's talking, yup, about fanfic. (I love it!) In what is my favorite giggly sequence this episode (possible this drama?), he explains, "Most of them are a love triangle between me, Shin-woo, and Jeremy."
LULZ! Imaginations run wild in his exaggerated examples: two hands cover Fanfic Tae-kyung's eyes and he asks hopefully, "Shin-woo?" The hands move aside to reveal a hurt Jeremy, who says, "You're always looking for Shin-woo." Holding Tae-kyung's hand to his chest, Fanfic Jeremy says, "You're inside my heart."
At that moment, a glass shatters — Fanfic Shin-woo has walked in and seen this intimate moment. Angry at being thus replaced by Jeremy, he vows, "I'm going to destroy you both!"
(OMG. I love that the writers work in details incorporating some of the more ridiculous aspects of idol life. First Sung-chan's ridiculous English, and now yaoi fanfiction.)
Jeremy logs on to read the latest stories online, getting a kick out of them. He's waiting at the broadcast station where he is going to make a surprise cameo appearance at the end. He plans to use this as his platform for telling Mi-nam how he feels in the form of a song.
However, his web browsing leads him to the airport photos of Mi-nam and Tae-kyung, which makes him wonder what's going on. With the question dangling in the air, he can't concentrate until he confirms the truth with Tae-kyung, and heads out. He only has an hour before he has to make his appearance, and if he doesn't make it there will be trouble.
Hoon-yi sees Tae-kyung and Mi-nyeo arriving at the agency together, and gapes. Why did Tae-kyung interfere and go to the airport? A little triumphantly, Tae-kyung tells Hoon-yi, "Take a good look." He whirls Mi-nyeo around and hugs her, prompting her to press her nose. Having proved his point to the manager, he heads off to work.
Hoon-yi can't believe it — so her pig-nose was because of Tae-kyung? She asks anxiously, "Does he know what that means?" Hoon-yi can't understand why, of all the people in the world, she'd fall for mean ol' Tae-kyung. She answers, "At some point, I started to feel electric shocks."
Jeremy arrives in time to catch the end of this conversation. Staring at Mi-nyeo intently, he asks, "Do you like Tae-kyung hyung?" She's a little surprised by the blunt question, but nods. Jeremy's face twists to hear it, and he runs off.
When they learn that Jeremy is still missing from the studio, Hoon-yi and Mi-nyeo try to track him down. They have no luck, but Mi-nyeo remembers the bus and follows her hunch to the bus stop.
She sees Jeremy sitting alone in an empty bus and races after it. She climbs onboard and starts to approach Jeremy, who looks up and glares: "This is my bus. Get off." Seeing how upset Jeremy is, Mi-nyeo feels horrible as he continues, with wounded confusion:
Jeremy: "When I thought you were a guy, I was okay with it. When I found out you were a girl, I was okay with it. But if you like Tae-kyung hyung, I can't be okay with it. Why? Why wasn't it me? I told you about my treasure bus, and I let you close to Jolie, and I was going to sing a song only for you. Why don't you like me?"
They sit in silence on opposite sides of the bus for a while. Jeremy answers a call from the studio, and agrees to sing his song over the phone instead. He's chosen a cheerful children's tune called "Such Good Words."
As Jeremy introduces his selection, he looks over at Mi-nyeo, directing his words to her: "These good words were so precious to me that I saved them up. If I keep them inside too much, they turn into words I can't say again. But I hope they're not disagreeable words, useless words, or words that make you sad." Knowing he's talking to her, Mi-nyeo gestures that no, she doesn't think that.
He starts to sing: "I love you, these words are such good words. When our family goes to bed, they give and receive these words. I love you, these words are such good words. These are words Jeremy wants to give to her."
Lee Hong-ki – "참 좋은말" (Such Good Words). Again, ripped from the episode. [ Download ]
When he finishes, she tells him, "They're very good words." He answers, "But you can't accept them. Right, Go Mi-nam?" That's true, and Mi-nyeo apologizes.
Jeremy tells her frankly, "I can't say it's okay right now. When this bus returns to its place, then it'll become okay." When the bus rolls to a stop, he tells her, "When I get off this bus, I'm going to return to being the happy Jeremy. Forget everything I said here. If you don't forget them, I can't return. Got it, Go Mi-nam?"
True to his word, when he steps off the bus, he puts on a cheery face and talks in his usual energetic way. They head off to eat ice cream together, with only the fleetingest of looks betraying that Jeremy isn't as happy as he's acting.
Tae-kyung and his producer meet with a former singer who once knew Go Jae-hyun. The singer explains that Go Jae-hyun was a nice, ordinary guy who had dated Hwa-ran. The relationship fell apart when she went to another man, and afterward he got together with another woman, who was preparing to be a singer herself. Not knowing of Tae-kyung's personal connection to this story, he insinuates that Hwa-ran had quite a lot of men in her day.
Tae-kyung mutters to himself, "That grand love sounds quite messy when discussed in other people's words."
Hwa-ran hates the idea of "that woman's daughter" and her son being cozy, and decides to do something about it. She presents Mi-nyeo with a gift — a dress — and says meaningfully, "I picked right, didn't I?"
Hwa-ran assures M-nyeo not to worry — she doesn't want to mess with her. Mi-nyeo asks Hwa-ran to pretend not to know until her brother returns soon, and that her bandmates are not to blame. Hwa-ran concludes, "They knew and covered for you, and were your friends. You did something very dangerous. It's complicated to explain to you, but Hwang Tae-kyung and I have a special personal relationship. Be careful not to get involved and make things complicated."
Mi-nyeo promises, "No matter what happens, I will make sure not to cause trouble for Hwang Tae-kyung. I cannot let him be hurt." Hwa-ran replies, "From his perspective, it would have been better not getting involved with you."
Mi-nyeo chalks Hwa-ran's statements up to being a protective mother, but still, this whole situation makes her uneasy. She can't let Tae-kyung know that she knows about his relationship with his mother — he was so sad on his birthday that she couldn't bring herself to say it — but feigning ignorance means she's caught in the middle: "It feels like I'm lying to him, and it doesn't feel good."
I appreciate the way the writers turn the situation from serious to funny in a natural way: After everything that's happened, Mi-nyeo has had quite a tiring day. However, Tae-kyung doesn't know this and wonders why she hasn't called him all day. He concedes, "Well, I did tell her not to inconvenience me, so she must have spent all day waiting."
To his surprise, she answers the phone in a sleepy voice. Disappointed (and offended), Tae-kyung retorts, "Forget it! Keep sleeping, you sleepyheaded Pig-Rabbit!"
Not satisfied to end things on that note, he calls her out and takes her to the movie theater. When she warns him that she may fall asleep, he insists that he didn't call her out to watch the movie (i.e., as a date) — he just needs a guide in the dark. He didn't need HER, he needed her EYES. He orders her onward: "Go Mi-nam's Eyes, guide me."
He takes her hand as she leads him inside the darkened theater, but balks at her seating choice and orders her to move. He complains at her next choice, too — but it's clear to us that he just likes holding her hand and is prolonging the moment.
We can be sure of that because he doesn't strictly need her hand-holding — at one moment he forgets himself and starts to lead her instead. Surprised, Mi-nyeo asks whether he can see. He clears his throat and says, "Go Mi-nam's Eyes, eyes can't talk."
Afterward, they step out on a deck overlooking the city, and the lights are so bright that she can't see the stars. Noting that he can't ever see the stars, she breathes on the glass and draws a star in the mist. Seeing another star — a lamp — she comments, "Even when it's not a dark night, there are a lot of stars around us. After I stop acting as Go Mi-nam and go far away, I'll search for stars and think of you." After her brother returns, it would be better for her to be at a distance.
Tae-kyung answers lightly, "Go looking for those stars. I'll check up on you to ask how many you've found. I'll be expecting you to see a lot." She thinks to herself, "But the star I like the best is one I can't take with me, so I'll miss it a lot."
Tae-kyung promises to show her more stars and motions her closer — then holds up his knuckle. If he were to give her a noogie, she should see five more stars.
Mi-nyeo wonders worriedly if he would really do it, and braces herself as he pulls back, winding up for a big one…
…but instead, he swoops in for a kiss.
(I don't know if there were spoilers for this kiss but if there were I AM SO GLAD I didn't know about them. Full squealing effect preserved!)
Shin-woo returns from his trip to Busan, and Mi-nyeo feels sorry and uncomfortable around him. He has brought back a gift for her from his mother, because he couldn't bring himself to tell her the full story. He doesn't expect Mi-nyeo to accept it, but wanted to show her his mother's gesture.
The time away seems to have been good for Shin-woo, because he talks with more assertion now. He tells her that he'd been a good hyung to her, but their relationship lacked tension. Now, he intends to add a sense of pressure to her, which sounds bad but means merely that he's going to take a new direction: "I've stepped back until now because I've been comforting you. Now I'm going to step forward and comfort myself."
Planning progresses for Mi-nam's solo album, and Hoon-yi announces with great excitement that the real Mi-nam is returning the day before the showcase. Jeremy wonders what the real Mi-nam is like, and gets back the answer that Mi-nam may look like his sister but his personality is different: "He has Tae-kyung's charisma, Shin-woo's softness, and Jeremy's brightness."
Although this should be good news, each member has his own subdued reaction to it.
Hoon-yi is so psyched to have his Mi-nam troubles nearing their end that he lets slip to the stylist that Mi-nyeo and Tae-kyung like each other. The stylist had believed that Heyi and Tae-kyung were dating, so now she tells Heyi that she knows the truth.
Heyi's reaction to news is sheer shock: "They're for real?" This pushes her over the edge, and she bursts out, "How can that he set me aside and go for her? I really hate Go Mi-nam!" Shoving items off the counter, she sobs angrily.
Per their half-joking "agreement," Mi-nyeo shows Tae-kyung pictures of all the stars she found today: a star-shaped shirt pin and a tomato stem, for example.
He teases her for only finding three, so she responds bashfully, "Right now, the star I like the most is with me every day." Then, afraid she said too much, she points up to the sun as though saying she meant the star in the sky. Not him, of course!
He plays along, "Ahh, that star you said is the coolest. Where is that?" Mi-nyeo doesn't want to admit the truth, so she says, "You can't see stars anyway. You don't have to know."
Tae-kyung offers to watch her favorite star with her tonight, and they set a date. He wonders if they'll be able to see any in this weather, but decides, "I don't need those stars anyway. I'm the star she likes best."
Sung-chan takes Mi-nyeo to meet the producer, who has finished work on Hwa-ran's remake song. As she listens to the song playing in the background, knowing this was her father's work, she decides to tell Tae-kyung about her father tonight.
Spying a star-shaped ashtray, she picks it up as the two men gossip about the songwriter and Hwa-ran having been lovers. Shocked, Mi-nyeo lets the ashtray fall from her grasp, and it shatters on the ground. (Ah, the familiar destruction of a symbolic trinket to foreshadow impending troubles! This has been used in more than one Hong sisters drama before, and is frankly a tactic I could do without.)
Not knowing that Mi-nyeo has broken her star (in a symbolic gesture), Tae-kyung takes out a star-shaped necklace wherein the star is meant to represent him. He plans to give it to her later, and (very adorably) taunts Pig-Rabbit with it, saying, "This isn't yours."
Mi-nyeo asks her aunt whether her father was really involved with Hwa-ran. Aunt Mi-ja hadn't told her "because I thought it would upset you to know your father left your mother for Mo Hwa-ran. You were looking so hard for your mother. If you knew that she'd been abandoned and died alone, you might hate your father."
Mi-nyeo is devastated and still half-disbelieving, so she decides to confirm the truth. She heads to the hotel, where Hwa-ran's assistant informs her of Mi-nyeo's arrival. Deciding to get the truth all out at once, Hwa-ran calls Tae-kyung to summon him too, saying, "It's someone you know. I want to confirm it before it causes trouble for you. It's a girl named Go Mi-nyeo."
Hoping that the information is false, Mi-nyeo asks Hwa-ran to confirm that she and Go Jae-hyun were just friends. Hwa-ran answers, "We weren't just friends. We loved each so much that we can't forget each other for the rest of our lives."
Shocked at his mother's revelation, Tae-kyung bursts into Mi-nyeo's room looking for some proof. Spying the photo of the young twins with their father, his eye then falls on the autographed photo of Hwa-ran. Mi-nyeo's handwritten note wishes him a happy birthday — and although that's not exactly incriminating, it makes him wonder why she wouldn't have given it to him on his birthday.
Mi-nyeo isn't very impressed to hear of Hwa-ran's grand love, and says, "You abandoned and hurt the person you should have treated as the most precious in the world. I can't believe when a person like that speaks of love. That's not love."
Hwa-ran laughs: "You say the same thing as your mother did. She ignored me and didn't believe your father would return to me." Mi-nyeo insists, "My father had no reason to love a person like you." Hwa-ran holds up the CD as proof — he wrote the song for her, and even her mother acknowledged it.
Hwa-ran: "Do you want to insist it's not true? My son Tae-kyung may not have understood, but he acknowledged it. That's why he remade this song. I told you I saw you once as children. If your father hadn't died early, I could have become your mother. Tae-kyung knows that, too. …But you didn't tell him you're Jae-hyun's daughter, did you? Does he know that you know he's my son? If you didn't say that, you must not have told him that I know you're a girl."
Mi-nyeo: "I didn't mean to deceive him."
Hwa-ran: "Tell him that. See if he believes you."
Tae-kyung bursts in, half-incredulous and half-reproachful to see Mi-nyeo standing with his mother. Hwa-ran makes things worse by turning Mi-nyeo around to face Tae-kyung, and announcing, "This girl is the daughter of the man I loved. She says she didn't intend to deceive you."
Tae-kyung walks out without a word. Seeing Mi-nyeo's reaction, Hwa-ran asks, "Is the reason you wanted to deny it because of my son?" She tells Mi-nyeo to recognize the truth and give up.
Reporter Kim works on his story about Mi-nyeo and Shin-woo's relationship, but something is niggling at the back of his mind. Every time Mi-nyeo made an appearance, Mi-nam was absent. It's the Clark Kent principle, and he puts two and two together.
He tries to confirm this with Heyi, but she no longer wants to be involved with A.N.JELL. To which he responds, "Go Mi-nam and Go Mi-nyeo are the same person, right? Is he a guy, or a girl?"
Working off this assumption, the reporter tells Sung-chan that he wants to delay printing the story until he can interview Mi-nam and Mi-nyeo at the same time. Sung-chan asks Shin-woo to handle this with the twins.
As Shin-woo steps out of his meeting with Sung-chan, he sees Tae-kyung stomping upstairs, with Mi-nyeo following close behind and pleading for him to listen.
Tae-kyung asks when she found out about his mother. Hearing her answer, he says, "So there was a reason that whenever I felt upset about my mother, you showed up." Has she also been meeting with his mother for a while? He adds, "My mother loved your father so much she abandoned me and wanted to be your mother. Did you hear that?"
Mi-nyeo starts to talk, but he cuts off her explanation: "She said you were close enough that she used to bring you cookies. Do you remember? Try getting along well with her from now on. But don't involve me."
She holds his arm and pleads for him to listen. He throws her arm aside, snapping, "Don't be where I can see you. I don't want to see you."
He storms off, leaving Mi-nyeo to crumple to the ground in sobs. But he doesn't get far, and wipes at his own tears as he listens to Mi-nyeo crying a level below — as Shin-woo watches from across the lobby.
Half the time, I find Hwa-ran to be such an excessively hateful person that it's hard to find the truth of her character — is she TOO awful to be a credible villain? The best villains show complexity, and don't explain their reasons in one-dimensional, simplistic terms like "I loved him that much."
The other half of the time, I think that there must be more behind her actions and find her fascinating. If you see her as a supremely selfish and weak woman, she's more intriguing than if you were to write her off as a stock villainness. For instance, take her desire to separate the couple. Initially, she sees Mi-nam as an extension of his/her father and looks upon him approvingly. But then, Hwa-ran sees flashes of Mi-nyeo's mother in her, and therefore finds the idea of that girl with her son to be abhorrent.
It's not that she loves Tae-kyung so much to want him to be with a good woman — Tae-kyung is just an extension of herself. She looks at the world through a twisted perspective, like looking through a fisheye lens: she and her love are at the center, and everything else is skewed around to fit the frame, shoved off to the side.
We can't leave out mention of Lee Hong-ki's fabulous bus scene, can we? GREAT SCENE. Like with Jung Yong-hwa yesterday, the beauty of the acting wasn't in the big, dramatic emotions, but the way both guys found the quiet little beats to twist your heart into a painful knot. He didn't rage at Mi-nyeo, but asked plaintively why she didn't like him back when he liked her so much. We know it doesn't work that way, but Jeremy's heart has its own straightforward way of working.
The way he sings his song is just killer, because you can't fake that, folks. You can fake crying to some extent, but cry-singing isn't something you can reproduce authentically without actually going there, and Lee Hong-ki goes there. Ow.
I have to give mad props to Park Shin-hye for rounding out the bus scene so well even though she hardly said a thing. I love that she respects his pain to give him his space when they sit in silence, and I love the look she gives him to assure him that his song isn't worthless. I wondered if it was out of character for Mi-nyeo to understand so readily that Jeremy liked her — when she was so dense with Shin-woo and Tae-kyung — but I suppose Jeremy was the most straightforward in saying, straight-out, that he liked her.
The Hong sisters do comedy and angst very well, and manage to mix the two so that most of the time the drama doesn't get too sunk down in the melodrama. However, I think in every one of their dramas except (surprisingly?) Fantasy Couple, their Big Misunderstanding has been just a wee bit too much for my tastes. Hong Gil Dong wasn't so bad, but I recall that at the time, the Big Misunderstanding in My Girl closely echoed the setup of Delightful Girl Chun-hyang, and that was a complaint for some fans of My Girl. Instead of feeling like a natural development in the couple's romance, it felt like it was forced conflict, and it didn't quite ring true. But I'm sure the Hong sisters took complaints to heart, because when people assumed they'd use a similar structure in Fantasy Couple, they announced that they wouldn't. Thankfully, that drama avoided a time leap, and I hope this one does too.
To take a look at this episode in a critical light, I'd say we're dealing more with forced conflict than natural development. Tae-kyung's response at the end is probably understandable given the context, and I think he's right in feeling hurt. But he's overreacting, and his negative opinion of Mi-nyeo is one that would take five minutes of explanation to dispel. All he has to do is calm down and hear how she came to find out the truth, and I think we'd be good. She was wrong in hiding the truth from him, but even so, honestly this is hardly a big enough offense to rend asunder a Love That Is Meant To BeKDRAMA.
To play devil's advocate, we can also take an apologist standpoint. Tae-kyung has put Mi-nyeo on something of a pedestal, since she has been so good and so forgiving this whole series long. Hearing that Mi-nyeo actively deceived him must shake his entire faith in her. It doesn't help that it was his hated mother who uttered a defense of Mi-nyeo ("She didn't mean to deceive you"). Coming from those lips, it sounds like an excuse rather than the truth. And worst of all, his mother issues are his blind spot, so he reacts to the emotion rather than sorting out the facts. It may be that Mi-nyeo meant well, but he sees her standing with the mother who abandoned him, who all but declared she'd rather have raised Mi-nyeo than Tae-kyung. To know that Mi-nyeo knew the truth and was still able to treat his mother civilly, well, that feels like a betrayal. Almost like she chose his mother over him.
It's not expressly logical, but such is the heat of the moment. (Honestly, I don't entirely buy the apologist argument, but I thought I'd put it out there.)
- You're Beautiful: Episode 13
- Chinese fans show support for You're Beautiful
- You're Beautiful: Episode 12
- You're Beautiful: Episode 11
- Pig-Rabbit for sale (calling You're Beautiful fans)
- You're Beautiful: Episode 10
- You're Beautiful: Episode 9
- Cast of You're Beautiful buoyed by fan support
- You're Beautiful's passionate cult following
- Small dramas stay afloat amongst blockbusters
- You're Beautiful: Episode 8
- You're Beautiful: Episode 7
- Jang Geun-seok flooded with CF offers
- Park Shin-hye is tired but happy
- A.N.JELL's music is a hit
- You're Beautiful: Episode 6
- You're Beautiful: Episode 5
- You're Beautiful: Episode 4
- You're Beautiful: Episode 3
- Behind the scenes with You're Beautiful's cast
- You're Beautiful: Episode 2
- You're Beautiful: Episode 1
- FT Island's Hong-ki ready to return to acting
Tags: Jang Geun-seok, Jung Yong-hwa, Lee Hong-ki, Park Shin-hye, You're Beautiful
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YES!! HEARTBREAK, here it comes!! Thanks JB!!
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Thanks Javabeans!!
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finally !!! YAY thanks
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omg...this episode is heartbreaking!!
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Thanks a lot.
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Thanks! :)
Wednesdays and Thursdays are my new weekends, and Javabeans is my pre-Christmas Santa.
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I've been waiting for this episode recap..Thanks so much JV...
I like this episode so much that it made me laugh, giggle, smile, cry, angry...all emotions in to one episode.
What a great writers Hong sisters are...i couldnt imagine how they will end up this drama. Im too eager to wait for the final one.
I love the parody they did...lovers in paris, eeewww...jeremy and TK..lol!
They even made me recall devil besides you kissing seen and the necklace...BOF!!! hahaha...
YAB is still very awesome...from start to the coming end...
I LUV YAB and I LUV JV!!!
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thanks jb! ^^,
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I haven't got to seen Ep 14 fully with subs yet, but now I can watch it raw with your recaps!
Thank you! I'm definitely hoping for a happy ending!
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Thank you for the recap! My week is not complete without it :)
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such a sad episode..
i was happy to see mi nams strength when she was talking to wha ran..
and it was so sad to see wha ran failing to rise to the occasion and for once sacrifice herself to allow her son to find true love and happiness..by letting go of her own past infatuation. but maybe she'll get another chance to make up for it..hopefully in the next two episodes..im inspired to make another " you are beautiful " banner now.. : )
can't belive this is almost over..so sad..
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TWO more episodes left, i can't wait for the last two but at the same time, i am dreading the end!! ah, conundrum. :(
i love the kissing scene, especially when TK suddenly stops, says "don't do the pig-nose thing." then promptly continues the smooch. CUTE MUCH??
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In those few minutes on the bus, Jeremy broke my heart way more than Shin Woo ever did in his one millions rejections from MN. I'm curious as to how far his acting range is. For FT Island fans, his singing was no surprise because he sings always sings heartbreaking and tear inducing ballads.
The fanfic? Total win. It must have been a hoot to film.
Only two more episodes left? NOOOOOOO. Hope the last two episodes are great and can we not have a time skip?
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Wow. Wow. Wow. Omo. .Yes. Jeremy's scene... breaking my heart in tiny pieces. Oh my goodness he was fabulous.
It will be interesting to see where everything ends up next week... but my heart and stomach are in knots even if TK is being a friggen idiot and has suddenly developed an overabundance of earwax in his ears to not hear a perfectly logical explanation. Aigooooooo....
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Yay! Just knowing this is waiting for me makes going to work that much more tolerable!
Haven't read/watched it yet, I'll be anticipating this all afternoon!
Thanks for your hard work and diligence, JB. ^^
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that was.
i love how he pretends to hit her and kisses her!!!!!!!!!
thanks for an awesome recap!!!
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deathly good. thank you dramabeans!
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Once again, I can't believe Hongki can act so well. He sings and he cries as you said. It was not easy. I was watching it alone with my headset on. I said out loud "poor kid". I cant help but notice Hongki's beautiful voice though he's crying and semisobbing.
Love the kiss scene of TK and MN. and I want more date scenes in the 2 last episodes (sob sob)
Love the new wardrobe of TK - manly blazers, sweater and button-down white shirt underneath.
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Thanks JB for a great recap. I noticed that Shinwoo and Jeremy acting were much better in these 2 recent episode. They did a great job when given more time to develop their character. Jeremy is very lively, as usual. Frankly speaking I love his face expression when he fools around more, but he's amazingly good in those sad scene too.
The show does not fill up with laughters like in the beginning but it's still surprisingly good
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As an active watcher of this drama, I guess they decided to make this episode the "truth" part, and the next two will make everything else fall back into place. I have this twisted feeling that the real Mi Nam isn't as nice as he looks...
I heard there was going to be a season two. Rumor?
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Great Recap! Also, I agree with your comparison of the previous Hong sisters' dramas. That was the one aspect that I really liked about Fantasy Couple was the lack of the time jump and the conclusion of the series felt very natural. And since I was skeptical about how this episode would pan out, I didn't watch yet. I'm going to save it for next week so I can go from angst to hopefully TK realizing what MN means to him. Though MN is going to his lines "Don't be where I can see you," very literally. And as much as I dislike dramatic scenes over misinterpreted actions/words, I kind of want TK to chase after MN. Because like the Mother Superior said in the previous episode, MN is a star as well and TK needs to realize that soon.
Mo Hwa-ran I don't know if she'll be redeemable. But in this episode I absolutely hated her. Did MN's father really love a woman like her? Seriously? I almost don't want TK or MN to forgive her, but if they don't they won't be able to move on. Also I hope, I really hope there isn't a time jump. Also, I'm looking forward to seeing Go Mi-nam come back in the next episode (hopefully).
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The way this is set up, in the beginning of the next episode I could imagine Tae-kyung go back downstairs and say he is sorry. However, we are reaching the end so I'm not sure if this little misunderstanding would be resolved that quickly.
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I refresh the page every five seconds so i can read your blogs.
I loved this episode! I squealed like a fangirl everytime there's a fluff between TaeKyung and MiNyeo.
I didn't know Lee HongKi could act like that! I love it!
I can't wait for the last couple of episodes! Thanks Javabeans!!! ^_^
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Thanks for the recap. :) ;)
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JB thanks for the recaps!!!
This is the episode that made my heart hurt really bad for Jeremy, Tae Kyung and Minam!! I cried with them as they pour their heart out.
Final Curtain call is coming next week. I hope it gives us all satisfaction fans wanted for this drama and for YAB to bow out gracefully with their ending!
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Thankssss a lot for the recap.....I still cant beleive how the YAB drama is gonna end next week..... :(
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I'm so sad now. I hope the finale is a happy one for those two. I just love them so much. My heart is breaking.
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NICE. when jeremy cries, I cry. Not even tae kyung crying can make me cry... TT.TT I like this ep not because i'm sadistic, but because of the good performance by jeremy this time round.... I can't wait for next week!!
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thanks for the recap... now i fully understand the conflict at the last part of the episode... ^^ .. i hope the season 2 'rumor' is true...
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i knew it - once i refreshed and nothing came up, i knew that the recap was up!
expecting an angsty episode!
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If you have a chance, or if someone else knows: what does TK say to MN in between the two kisses? He says "dwaejitokki something something". In the context, given her once again frozen bewilderment, it seemed like he would be saying "relax" or "kiss me back already, will you?". OK, maybe not the latter.
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2 more episodes T.T
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Hong ki was at his best...I teared a lot...he didn't disappoint me...The punch- kiss tactic that HTK did to Minam,was also done a few years ago,with the drama Devil Beside You from Taiwan (mike He and Rainie Yang)..What's up with the mother having "dual personality",likes to a mother to the twins but at the same time doesn't want Min Nyo for her son...weird woman (maybe from all those alcohol she consumed)...It's good that Ye Hi will be out of the picture (even for a moment),because of the new plot coming (the mom and the real Min Nam)...it's really tiring to watch a drama with a lot of conflicts going on at the same time...thanks for the recap....UR the best...
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Thanks so much JB! Jeremy's bus scene really killed me! I also loved that they used the LIP theme for the fan-fiction scene. lol.
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Thank you for the recap. I watched the raw one and then I've read your summary, Now things make sense...
I don't think twins dad loved Mo Hwa Ran. I think he wrote that song to twins mom because he made a mistake meeting MHR and after she left, begs her to come back.
MHR is the only person thinks he loved her, because she is alcoholic, lonely and crazy woman, who still thinks her self like a important person to TK and twins dad. Now she is even butting in to couples (TK and MN) happiness because she can't stand it. Because she thinks MN and her mom is taking away her men. Which is interesting because I guess she forgot that she is the one who left them from the beginning because of her selfishness.
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"I don't need those stars anyway. I'm the star she likes best."
I really agree with you on your rejection of the apologist perspective. Given that Taekyung already realizes how naive Minyeo is, I would've expected him to be upset that his mother was actively trying to manipulate her. He correctly sensed Heyi's actions; how did he not correctly sense his own mother's?
Here was my imagined scene: He comes in at that pivotal moment and his eyes are wide from the realization of Minyeo there with his mother. Without a word to his mother, he immediately takes Minyeo's hand and storms off with her, leaving his mother absolutely baffled. Minyeo pleads with him while they head back to the studio and when they finally reach the studio, he lets her go and starts yelling at her for talking with his mother. Hadn't she learned her lesson with Heyi? Then something else that's pivotal happens and then the episode ends there.
I know my imagined scene is VERY flawed and perhaps unrealistic but I would've expected that cliched direction from Taekyung.
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Oh my goodness, I couldn't hate Mo HwaRan more even if I tried. How can one person be so incredibly self-absorbed? She and HeYi are a match made in heaven. She has no idea what true love is, and is fooling herself that she ever had it because if she knew what it really was, she would never be able to treat TaeKyung the way she does. People say that a mother's love for her child is one of the purest, most sincere loves you'll ever find in life, but her puny heart is so filled with Go JaeHyun (and herself) that she can't even TRY to care about anything else. That's why I found it laughable that she told MiNyeo to forget about a relationship with TaeKyung because MiNyeo was the first person that ever got TaeKyung to break out of his shell and in telling MN to stay away from him, she's essentially ruining his life even more than she already has. It takes a lot for me to feel animosity this strong towards a character, and I can't remember a time I hated a character as much as I hate Mo HwaRan.
I agree with you, Javabeans. Jeremy's bus scene really tugged at my heartstrings and made my insides ache. (Is it incredibly shallow of me that I was kinda wishing I was in her place? I mean, three idol boys head over heels in love with me? Can we say sa-woon?) I've thought that Jeremy was cute all drama long, but this was the first time that I really liked Lee HongKi and saw Jeremy as a layered character. He was always just so fun-loving and cheerful all the time, and so that made it even harder to watch the scene where he broke down crying during his song.
I'm not sure what's caused it, but all the drama and angst that they've packed in the last few episodes have nudged me off the bandwagon. Not completely, but the thought of another episode coming next week doesn't excite me as much as it did before, and I'm not as sad as I thought I would be that the drama's over next week. I'm actually a little worried about how the Hong sisters are going to finish off the story. One problem I've had with the drama is how long it took for them to bring the real MiNam back and I can't believe we're only going to have one (maybe two) episodes with him in it. I'm reallyyyy hoping they don't mess up the ending because that'll ruin the drama for me. :(
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And I'm sitting here with tears.....it's like feeling the pain for both TK and MN....everything so darn messed up! I'm just glad this episode wasn't as horrendous as I had thought it might turn out......with both TK and MN feeling the pain and crying....I think about what Mother Superior mentioned...that in dark times their light will continue to shine for them. They are meant to work together as a team....it took TK a very long time in opening up...but then, I don't think he's ever met a female like MN before.
Sigghhhhhh.....another week of anxiety!!!!
Thanks for the great recap/criticism.....you're the best!!!!
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Thank you for the recap!
Jeremy's crying-singing on the bus was one of the best acting moments in this drama. I really cried with Jeremy even though I didn't understand a word he was singing.
Taekyung's reaction is a bit more fierce than what I would have expected from his character but I agree that it was the heat of the moment reaction. At least, I hope it was. He's generally a very forgiving guy as evidenced by his continual tolerance of his mother's selfishness and his helping of Heyi when she was shoeless and harassed by her "fans."
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ARGH!! A cliff hanger T_T
OMG - iwanttoknowiwanttoknowiwanttoknow!! How can Taekyoung do thaaat?
I hate it when guys go u aren't the person i thought you were!
But, at least Mi-Nam is showing up.....
ARGHHHH!! I don't think I can wait another week...):
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lol Hong sisters are definitely SM artists fans. thanks for the recap
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As always, super thanks, JB!!
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My favorite scenes of this episode are the bus and the kiss. Jeremy did amazing. He's so simple minded and adorable.
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wow.. this episode fills up everything.. there's all the expectation tat draws u in to conclude everything.. love love this episode.... anticipated for next day episode.. so sad tat it'll end soon.. huhu.. im terribly sad.... it grows so much on me.. its treatment from the bad days that i have..
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YAY! thanks for you recap, again!
Was feeling a bit down after reading the bad news posts earlier on...
Agree - The Jeremy bus scene was a killer...it was really well set up ...seriously I'm now seeing Hong Ki with new eyes... he did such a great job I almost cried...his situation was totally different with SW...He was honest, there were no missed chances.. the girl he liked simply liked another guy. Which happens... and life goes on and he had to be strong. Portrayed beautifully.
The Lovers in Paris parody was priceless...reminded me a bit of an ep of DBSK banju dramas..
H Sisters throughout this whole drama have been doing this repeated cycle of cushioning us with lovey dovy scenes, funny and then dropping a bomb at the end of leaving us hanging... well at least this is the last time... a bit sad that it will be ending next week but I don't know how much more of this my heart can handle.
And after my rant yesterday here about MHR, I am really speechless about her... she definitely makes UHee look like saint. Ugh...she makes me so angry...
I hope TK's anger at MNy is only temporary and he will come to his senses and resume his "logical" way of thinking... I really don't want it to go down the typical K drama road taking up at least 1 ep for them to deal with something like this.
He should know MN better ... or he might think that he was right and she is really a "rabbit" that looks sweet but bit him when he got close.
Can't wait till Go Mi NAM comes back and set things straight (at least I hope he will)
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thanksssss so much, i've been refreshing your blog for hours :D i'm sure hundreds of others were doing the same :p
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i really liked this episode!! i love lee hongki more than ever. thank you ^_^
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javabeans, you made my day....been waiting for your recaps....i had to refresh the recap's page several times because it just won't load....is it because there are so many people out there also opening it?
love this episode....tae-kyung is so adorable.....so sad he has to suffer because of his mom again....she's a psycho...really
and also i really look forward to seeing the real go mi-nam....hope he can make hwa-ran suffer for what she did to mi-nyeo
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I write about this in part because I have recently been reading and listening to a wide variety of perspectives on conservation and nature, and in part due to the influence that a book by the name of Landmarks, written by Robert Macfarlane, has had on me. The book I will return to later, but for now I will focus on these differing perspectives. It is awfully easy to surround yourself in an echo chamber, an environment in which only agreeing opinions are heard, and in which arrogance and negligence often blossoms. I am, as readers of this blog will probably know, a big advocate of rewilding, and the radical forms of it at that. I follow the movement attentively, and generally have much less interest in traditional conservation, as I see it, to put it bluntly, as a failed attempt, in many cases not worth continuing. This is not of course a commonly held opinion, and even rewilding as a whole is still a relatively niche part of conservation, albeit one which is rapidly expanding. When reading about subjects such as rewilding, about reintroductions and habitat restoration, it is easy only to see the sources you agree with, and become distant to all dissenting voices. It is not that you do not know that they're there, that you don't realize there are people who disagree - of course you do, they're the obstacle that must be overcome for conservation to take place. And that's just it. These dissenting voices, these people who disagree, or at the very least take issue with some parts of conservation and rewilding, they are quickly reduced from real, flesh and blood individuals, with their own motives, worries and passions, to nothing but "obstacles", problems that must be overcome for real, true progress to be achieved.
A natural area, part of a reserve in fact, nonetheless clearly influenced and surrounded by human activities. Image from http://www.samlesbury.org.uk
When the beavers were first reintroduced in Denmark 17 years ago, there was relatively little protest. To this day, most people, even landowners, are generally fine with their presence in the country. Still, there were some who were against their return, and who continue to be, and there are many who are bothered by them, who want them culled and managed, even if they don't want them wiped out. It is important to remember the effects that these activities have on people. While some conservation endeavors, such as designating marine reserves, help pretty much everyone, including the fishermen, this is not always true, far from it. The beavers were a great benefit to this country's nature when they returned, as they have been so many other places, but to the farmers and foresters who had their fields flooded and their trees felled, these benefits were less clear, and relevant. The benefits were to the country as a whole, to its ecology and culture, but to some individuals, the main changes witnessed were, undeniably, negative.
This is not to say that I agree with them, that I want the beavers eradicated or even in any way culled. I don't. The point is that while their return was undoubtedly and overwhelmingly a good thing, all actions have consequences, and we must never forget that. The return of wolves across Europe has resulted in the loss of farmer's livestock, not nearly as many as reported - most of those were caused by stray dogs- but some nonetheless. The resurgence of seals in the North Sea has lead to declines in some fish stocks, and though these are mostly minuscule compared to the effects of overfishing, this has been problematic for some fishermen. These conflicts are typically heavily overstated, and many of the issues could be avoided or alleviated, but the very fact that there is this conflict, that there are problems which now need to be alleviated, which people must spend time and money to sort out, is a consequence of conservation, of rewilding.
"Damage" inflicted to a plantation by beavers, though in this case the area was state owned.
It is so very, very easy to demonize and antagonize those who stand in our way, who serve as roadblocks to our efforts. What we must always remember is that, with the exception of a few people who are simply misguided - such as the biologists who rejected reintroductions on the basis of comparisons with invasive species - most of those who oppose concepts such as rewilding do so out of personal and often very justified concern. For those who treasure the uplands of Britain as they are today, reforestation projects and the introduction of predators to prevent the extensive overgrazing that is taking place would be a genuine threat to this landscape that they love. To those who are concerned for the safety of their livestock and crops, the return of wolves and large wild herbivores is a wholly valid concern, even if it often is overblown. This does not mean that what these people want is right - I think the benefits of reintroductions and other forms of rewilding far out way the downsides - but it does mean that we must at least realize the consequences of our actions, and temper our gloating when we succeed with the knowledge that, while our work has been predominantly positive, we have hurt some people.
Returning now to that book, Landmarks, I should probably start out by saying what exactly it's all about. The book centers on the language that we use to describe nature and the landscapes around us, and how so much of the intricate and complex vocabulary that we once used to detail the natural world is now increasingly going lost. What that book really drove home to me, as it recounted the author's travels to remote rural regions across Britain to gather vanishing terms and sayings from those who still remembered them, is how deeply connected many of the shepherds and other people living off the land really are to their environment. Their effects are hugely damaging, yes, and in my opinion fully justify the actions currently being taken to remedy them, but those people have something that so many of us today have lost, even of those who work in conservation - a deep, genuine connection to their environment, built not just of passion but also very much out of need. This may sound odd - surely a connection to nature built from a love of it is better than a more utilitarian one, right? Well, to try and explain my point, allow me to list a few words from the book describing wetlands.
A Slack is term for a soft or boggy hollow, used in northern England and Scotland.
To Stoach is an Essex and Sussex word for churning up waterlogged land, the book citing what cattle do in the winter as an example.
A Fideach is a Gaelic word for a stretch of green salt marsh which is flooded at high tide.
A Gwern is a Welsh word for an alder marsh.
A Breunloch is a Gaelic term for a dangerous sinking bog that may appear green and grassy.
Now, let me contrast this with the sort of terms we in conservation typically use when describing nature. The sum of an areas species is its Biodiversity, the ways in which it happens to benefit humans is its Ecosystem Services, its level of wetness is its Hydration. These are all useful terms, practical when discussing conservation, but they are also, for lack of a better word, hollow, devoid of life and culture. They are the kind of words used by people who are describing nature, rather than people living in it. When we see a branch covered in moss or lichen, we say "it's covered in moss or lichen". When some rural Scots see a branch covered in moss or lichen, they say it's Foggit. What noise does a covey of partridges make when they break from cover? Do they flap or flutter? No, they Zwer. Tons of languages have the word "Biodiversity". In Danish you say Biodiversitet, in Bosnian you say Biodiverziteta. It's all the same word with minor variations, a general term that crosses nations and cultures but has no deeper meaning in any of them, lacking all forms of uniqueness. Everyone says Biodiversity, but nobody else says Stoach.
A Gwern. Copyright Zoonar/Joerg Hemmer.
Tying all of this together, the point that I am trying to make is that while we may detest the damage being inflicted upon our landscapes by the people living there, such as the shepherds in the British highlands, we always need to remember that the people inflicting said damage are not the villains, and more than that, they actually often have an even deeper appreciation for the land than those seeking to improve and protect it. Many of the inhabitants of the highlands, with their sheep and their cutting and their burning, may be destroying the habitats of countless species and inflicting incredible damage to the soil, but they are doing it for the best reason possible - namely that they think they're protecting a landscape that they love, to which their lives are deeply connected and which has supported their way of life for centuries if not millennia. The dreadfully sad part of the whole situation is that, up until relatively recently, their activities were actively preserving the landscape. It was a barren, denuded landscape, but a mostly stable one, whose (limited) species richness persisted across the ages. Then came industrialization and globalization, and it all ramped up - more deer, more sheep, more burning and more grazing. The world simply doesn't accomodate the landscape they are trying to protect - the sort that results from centuries of persistent levels of burning and grazing. Even if we wanted to preserve this landscape, which admittedly those who support rewilding don't, we wouldn't be able to in this age of "more, more, more".
How does this relate to the consequences of conservation, more specifically rewilding? The fact of the matter is that we are changing these landscapes, and in a way that has never happened before. The pattern in nearly all parts of Europe up until now has always been one of ecological degradation or stagnation, where biodiversity is either actively falling or remaining the same. This revival of the landscapes, where previously extinct species and habitats return, is something new, and will require that the old ways and cultures either change or die out. The latter will sadly most likely happen on its own anyway, but an assisted murder is murder nonetheless. The best we can hope to do is to ensure that the old cultures adapt to the new conditions that we are implementing, but this will require them to abandon traditions and ways of life that have persisted for many generations, not to mention coping with the annoyance and potential danger of the surging populations of large herbivores and predators. These are the consequences of our actions - the destruction or alteration of things that have lasted for ages. While rewilding may be the beginning of a new era, it is also very much the end of an older one, and that fact must not be lost on us.