Mr. Sunshine: Dong Mae's Story

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Dong Mae, the only son of a butcher in Joseon, is regarded as the lowest of the low in Joseon. After his parents are brutally murdered, the boy flees, and returns years later as a Samurai-clad gangster, intent on revenge on the cruel world that destroyed his family, hating everyone, but one - the girl who saved him years ago, the girl who has grown into a beautiful woman, a noblewoman, a woman he could never have...

Foreword

 

 

This story takes place in the early 1900's. Joseon is on the brink of change. It is a period of turbulence and turmoil, where cultures clash and fragile social norms are precariously stretched and tested.

Against this backdrop of change, people struggle to understand who they are, and what they want, in a strange, new, unfamiliar world. Identities emerge, each shaped by the past, forged from the ashes of pain and grief, each hurtling toward an unknown future, yet inexplicably bound together, each to the other, by the whimsical feathery manouvrerings of Fate. Their lives will intertwine, collide and clash, drawn to one another by the invisible threads of Destiny...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WonHakWoon
#1
Okay, so I really need to find a moment to read this because this story has to fill in a gap now that the Drama came to an end
WonHakWoon
#2
I really gotta find a moment to read this story
Hurinturin #3
Chapter 1: The way you have shaped up this chapter makes me wish that you were the scriptwriter and this was Dong mae's story...but wishing will get me nowhere especially after that heartbreaking finale....So, i shall just sit back and read this one
KarliCM #4
Chapter 28: I cant even begin like I’m so depressed and I dunno just plain sad this finale was to much I wanted Hina and Ding Mae at least to enjoy a lil bit but nooo both death like a horrible death thank you for updating
KarliCM #5
Chapter 25: I love you so much for writing this! It’s amazing how you portrayed dong Mae I adored it and I hope love for him and Hina at the end of the drama even if it can’t be
sallybrown #6
Chapter 16: Thank you so much for writing this fic! It's amazing *___*
CantabileCross
#7
Chapter 18: I’m sobbing can I say I love you

This is beautiful. This is exactly what I needed, Dongmae characterized by the rawest epithets, exotic and deeply sheathed in all his magnificent tragedy. I love how you’ve captured the finer details (e.g. Dongmae’s “strong aversion” to meats, Dongmae intimately tracing out the characters in Aeshin’s glorified shopping list, Dongmae’s self-consciousness about how Aeshin’s “I hope you live these moments” is just hopelessly clutching at straws, removing half the guards as a favor to Hina) of his character. A poor, poor fool indeed.

Your Hina is so lovely! She’s eccentrically vulnerable and pure, which imo is actually how she genuinely is, beneath her etiquette and clever tongue and feigned elegances and dignity—a cute squishy mochi—and this side of her is exclusive to Dongmae! Just like how Dongmae’s soft & sweet side is exclusive to um...every major character except Aeshin

“It is better to have loved than never to have loved at all.”

That’s the most fitting aphorism you can give to Dongmae and I have to say this again in the creepiest way possible: I ing love you. Really, though, this is such a pleasant (in the most uncomfortable, heart-rending way) read.

(Also your Eugene is amusingly cute and endearing, which is a little hard for me to digest from the drama as I keep conflating the character with the actor whom I’m pretty much an anti-fan of)

lastly, shoutout to best bros ever Yujo and Heeseong

P.S. - I’m a little behind on the show (I’m around ep 16, I don’t dare watch ahead bc I’m viewing with a friend) but one day Hotarúwù will get more screentime and I will be satisfied
WonHakWoon
#8
Aigoooo, I never knew there were stories of Mr. Sunshine on AFF. I will subscribe to this <3 <3
dizzylizzy21 #9
Chapter 3: love the way u so poignantly captured DM's emotions
dizzylizzy21 #10
Chapter 2: Tx for connecting the dots. I didnt understan