Odds and Ends: Uncontrollably delayed
by javabeans
javabeans: Howdy beanfolk! Mostly we’re writing this Odds and Ends as a heads-up that our posting schedule will be a little wonky later this week, particularly in regards to Uncontrollably Fond — we’ll have recaps for sure, but they’ll be on a tiny delay.
girlfriday: Do you wanna tell them why?
javabeans: Not really, but I suppose when I show up to KCON LA in a wheelchair, it’ll be obvious enough. (No worries, I’ll be fine! Just a bit ambulatorily compromised. I’ll be totally lucid and making lots of sense, I promise.)
girlfriday: That’s assuming you make sense on a normal day.
javabeans: Badum-ching.
girlfriday: We were hoping it wouldn’t come to this, but javabeans is due to get surgery this week and it coincides with the drama airdates. Fate can be so cruel.
javabeans: I won’t lie, my recapping schedule was my main concern when I scheduled the surgery, and I alllllmost delayed it so I wouldn’t have to miss any episodes of Fond. But common sense won out in a rare come-from-behind victory.
girlfriday: That would be a first. Rimshot!
javabeans: Speaking of KCON…
girlfriday: We weren’t, but go ahead.
javabeans: WE HAD BEEN, AT ONE POINT, THE SEGUE IS VALID.
girlfriday: Are you already on drugs? Your operation hasn’t happened yet!
javabeans: I’m preparing to be grumpy and demanding. AS I WAS SAYING. We will be at KCON LA next weekend, and are doing two panels this year — they’ll be the same topics that we did at KCON NY, but we’ll have guests for one of them so it won’t be the same exact material.
girlfriday: Our panels are called “Meta Dramaland: How dramas shape fandoms, and fandoms shape dramas” and “Boy Meets Girl Meets Fate: Romance in K-Dramas,” and they’ll both be on Saturday, July 30. Meta Dramaland is at 11:30am, and Boy Meets Girl Meets Fate is at 2:30pm.
javabeans: We’re excited to have Sean Dulake on our Meta Dramaland panel, along with producer Sebastian Lee, talking about drama production and where fandom fits into the drama experience. Our very first KCON panel was with Sean, so it’ll be like old times. And Sebastian Lee has worked on some of our favorite titles (City Hunter!) as well as developing the American remake projects for Good Doctor and You From Another Star.
girlfriday: They’ll have lots of insights on the industry, so prepare to ask them lots of questions!
javabeans: KCON was nice enough to schedule both our panels for the same day (see: ambulatory concerns)… although… *gasp!* Does that mean we won’t get to hear the Signal and Misaeng director speak?! Aie! I feel like it’s a sacrilege for us to talk about dramas while he’s talking about dramas in the next room.
girlfriday: I’ll just be in our panel room, holding a glass up to the wall.
javabeans: Honestly, if you all skip our panel to hear him instead of us, we can’t hold it against you. Come talk to us afterward and tell us what he said!
girlfriday: Let’s not give up! Just because we’re the underdogs doesn’t mean we can’t have an awesome panel! Heck, maybe we’ll just skip the talking and do lightning rounds and fun drinking games (sans drinking) the whole time!
javabeans: Ooh, let’s do interactive variety show games and Q&A’s and fantasy drama-making time!
girlfriday: OOH, OOH! We could create our own fantasy cast, invent our own premise, and throw in our own twists of fate! THIS WILL BE FUN.
javabeans: One of our games should be Invent a Drama Kiss for Every Occasion, where you can only make up creative excuses to kiss.
girlfriday: Do we have time to make a spinny wheel of fate, with Truck of Doom, Faux Sibling Birth Secret, Bad Daddy Revenge, and Mother-in-Law From Hell on it?
javabeans: K-drama Mad Libs! K-drama Bingo! K-drama Laser Tag!
girlfriday: Okay, let’s not get crazy here. We’re not made of money!
javabeans: You know what, we should really just do all this. Who needs to hear us jabber about dramaland romance when you can jabber with us? I bet you PD Kim won’t pin a tail on a dramaland donkey!
girlfriday: We won’t either. But you should still come to our panel! We’re really going to have fun with this idea and incorporate games and get fun and interactive!
javabeans: Ooh now I’m excited. Just no running games, said the girl in the wheelchair.
girlfriday: You’re really milking the sympathy here.
javabeans: It’s all I have.
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26 yayabean
July 18, 2016 at 9:29 PM
Woo-hoo! Yes! Yes!
I have been waiting on you to announce your date & panel times for weeks. I got my Kcon tickets just to see you guys. The Flower Boy Cafe is just an added bonus?.
Javabeans, you are a trooper. I'm very much looking forward to seeing you and listen to your discussions.
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27 Lena S.
July 18, 2016 at 9:41 PM
Get well Javabeans, i hope everything goes well in your surgery!
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28 boomboompow
July 18, 2016 at 9:47 PM
May your recovery be speedy and your hospital room neighbor be as cute as Ji Soo!
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29 kanz
July 18, 2016 at 9:55 PM
JB, wish you a speedy recovery!!
Hope you'll recover in no time and please put your health first before dramas! We can wait for your awesome recaps :))
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30 akoreanfan
July 18, 2016 at 9:57 PM
Oh, dear, javabeans!! I do hope you will be feeling better soon.
Back problems are no joke (not that any other pain is, but ya know what I mean...)
Sending lots of happy thoughts and well wishes your way!
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31 Snowy
July 18, 2016 at 10:05 PM
Get well soon, Javabeans! I hope your doctor isn't Seo Woo's dad!
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Itenoria
July 18, 2016 at 10:11 PM
Or Soon Ho, or the team from Doctor Strange. We hope your anesthesiologist isn't Yoon Kyung and that Bo Nui shows up in time to write her lucky letters on your leg. Maybe even slide it under your pillow for protection. Don't worry, this is her own belief system, not the evil shaman and seeing that it's always worked for Soo Ho, we figure that it will work for you as well :).
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Iris
July 19, 2016 at 1:39 AM
Who knows, she might even drag Je Soo Ho along for visual....er 'moral' support! *fingers-crossed* ^.^
And Dal rim and hubby might tag along too and distract you enough with their alternating-cute-cringe-inducing talk that you'd magically heal just to get out of there sooner!
While Lee Young Ho sits in a corner watching the crazy show and musing how right it was to contact neuro even though ortho was the main concern.
Really you'll be well again in no time JB! ;)
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32 Stella
July 18, 2016 at 10:19 PM
Hope you get better soon, Javabeans! Good luck with your surgery!! I love reading all of your recaps but be sure to keep up your health first :)
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33 Yuki
July 18, 2016 at 10:24 PM
Please don't feel bad for having late recaps. Your health must the foremost prioritiy. If you're not, then we will all feel bad and feel like a burden to you. Please get well soon, Javabean.
JBU
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34 ck1Oz
July 18, 2016 at 10:31 PM
Omg why are you even at KCON the week after? I know patients can ambulate post surgery but still...
Is there no way you can switch off your Kdrama brain?
Hope you have a swift and uneventful surgery. And a successful outcome and good painkillers. Go PCA all the way. Drugs is the way post op. Well that and physiotherapy.
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35 pigsnout
July 18, 2016 at 10:31 PM
Get well soon, jb! Please take care of your health!
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36 candyminho
July 18, 2016 at 10:53 PM
get well soon javabeans. praying for your speedy recovery:)
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37 PakalanaPikake
July 18, 2016 at 10:56 PM
Dear javabeans,
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your successful surgery and complete recovery... and hoping you have at least one doc as cute as Mr. Sparkly Eyes Heo Jun. ;-)
Have a blast at KCON LA -- and break a leg!
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38 bbstl 🧹
July 18, 2016 at 11:01 PM
My get well wish is that you will be kept safe at KCON by a phalanx of tall handsome K-men in dark suits and sunglasses ?
If that happens, we want pictures!
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39 kdramafan
July 18, 2016 at 11:04 PM
JB, wishing you a speedy recovery!
To all the KCN DB crew, have fun!
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40 zappy
July 18, 2016 at 11:14 PM
get well soon Javabeans <3 <3
I hope everything goes well on your surgery and speedy recovery.
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41 Garrdan C
July 18, 2016 at 11:15 PM
Wishing you a speedy recovery, javabeans...aka ...
Wonder Woman! ☺️
Sending positive healing vibes your way...
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42 KanpekiLove
July 18, 2016 at 11:21 PM
Wishing you a smooth surgery and healthy recovery! Hope you get to rest well and have fun at KCON (it sounds like it'll be a blast already!)!
Sending prayers your way!
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43 Needaname
July 18, 2016 at 11:36 PM
Oh no! Delayed recaps?! What has this site come to?!
J/k! Hope you feel better soon JB! Good luck with the surgery! Man, with two awesome medical dramas, did you catch a virus?! (As in, surgery virus... I feel like that's all I've been watching lately--it's not contagious is it??!) Well, maybe you can imagine Dr Hong or Dr LYO or Dr YD or Dr HyeJung in the operating room with you! Not Dr SW! Oh wait, it's your back not your brain! Good luck! I've suffered back pains these last two years--yes, getting old--and the pain is so unbearable I never knew it could hurt this much. Get plenty of rest, have a great time at Kcon and stay healthy! Someone should totally photoshop you being pushed by JSH! Too cute!
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44 SwoosieDerkins
July 18, 2016 at 11:40 PM
Just wanted to echo everyone else's sentiments for a smooth surgery, quick recovery, hot neighbors & doctors, and all the rest you need to get better, JB (with humor still intact, of course)! It is super kind of you guys to even warn us readers of any delay - not that you owe us anything. You guys rock, and hope you have a blast at KCON.
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45 samantha1
July 18, 2016 at 11:59 PM
Aawww :(
Thanks for letting us know
I don't care how long we'll have to wait..Just come back whenever you're okay coz your readers will just always be here. Even if somebody complains, don’t think too much of it, and we are here to defend you… ?
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46 anugp61
July 19, 2016 at 12:27 AM
Good luck for your surgery JB. Hope your recovery will be smooth and quick :)
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47 merry
July 19, 2016 at 12:30 AM
We are honoured by your dedication. Just glad reason did a come-from-behind. Take care of yourself now. kdrama will still be there when you come back. Praying for your speedy recovery.
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48 korfan
July 19, 2016 at 12:43 AM
Oh my goodness, javabeans! ..... Sending you wishes for a successful surgery and recovery!
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49 limechilli
July 19, 2016 at 12:44 AM
Get well soon Javabeans! Sadly I am outside of the US so I don't get to go to KCON but I'm sure it will be a blast!
I have other k-drama game ideas for you :
- kdrama spin the bottle - perform an awkward drama kiss if it lands on you
- kdrama wack-a-mole - whacking evil second leads in the head whilst avoiding all the adorable second lead syndrome worthy candidates. Yes I'm looking at RJY in Reply, YSJ in School and even you KWB in Heirs.
- kdrama twister - left foot on terminal illness right hand on reuniting first loves you have UNCONTROLABLY FOND! Right foot on rich douchey chaebol left hand on mean opposing mother in law you have SECRET GARDEN! Left foot on cross dressing girl right foot on cohabitation hijinks you have YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL (or MOONLIGHT DRAWN BY CLOUDS in sageuk I guess?)
OMG this is too much fun!
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50 blueribbon
July 19, 2016 at 1:23 AM
I am kind of sad but somewhat relieved that I won't be able to go to this years kcon, again XD. I will be sincere, it would be extremely difficult to choose between you guys and the director of Signal and Misaeng. Both those dramas are on top of my drama list and to miss the opportunity to see him and probably get an autograph... but then it would be the same reasons for you guys to miss the chance to meet you in person. Hope you get well soon Javabeans fighting!!! :)
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