I hope you recover soon! Have a good weekend also.

I get the feeling we are in the same part of the world? 😊 went to the cemetary too, bought overpriced flowers and candles (although knowing my Dad, he would have preferred if I offered beer and chicharon).

Just 1-2 weeksa go i talked about how a non-vote is a protest in own right and for past few months we all are witnessing protests all around the world. Interesting time now and near future. At the centre of its still are cronies and capitalism. Few 1000s having resources at hand compered to several millions.

Once i read in commercial law - Corruption corrodes the society and whole system morally and ethically and leads to broken system of law. That's where all these nations at.
Stark inequality and rampant corruption leading to lose of moral character of executive.

Few politicians go and few other take their place and story remains the same. Unless you go for the reforms needed aka the strong bitter pills, things won't change. And human societies at large are pretty lousy in nature and feel secure or comfortable in mediocrity aka no change whatsoever.

Facemasks and more facemasks.

Disclaimer - for few who have thick skin - views presented all personal of a virtual identity.

My first fanwall post on The Untamed was dated 27th August. I said I was still on the fence about it. Must have been a few episodes in. Now, it's November and I am still posting about The Untamed. What sorcery is this?

Sorry, I can't be of help. I need heeeeeeelpppppp!!!

Starting new addictive Chinese drama and watching all the Untamed BTS and gifs sets on Tumblr ;)

LOL. I have not watched Untamed yet. There is a lot more interesting drama to watch first. I might one day to get world of Untamed but not yet. For now, I am ready to watch Love Hypnotic later on today.

Come out of this? I don't know what you are referring to? Right now I'm on my second watch and re-reading the novel at the same time.
Have NO idea when it will end, and right now I don't care.
Welcome to the club!

Maybe let's look at it this way, @mayhemf, @outofthisworld, @shach, @growingbeautifully, @stpauligurl:

Why should we even consider moving on to other objects of affection when we have been shown what love and devotion can be in the purest form? I have found bliss in the worlds of MXTX and I have little time and patience for the next round of drama speed dating.

What is couple months of grand demonic obsession compare to 16 years of unanswered inquiries? <i<The Untamed, I am happily engaging in the drama monogamy.....at least for the foreseeable future! (I am no Lan Zhan after all 😅)

Do you come out of it? Is that possible? I finished the drama about the end of August and I am still stuck in The Untamed.

Spamming the fanwall, watching BTS and looking up images has helped. I also have already rewatched the drama and read the novel, and then went and read the authors other novel and just started another of her novels! You can also watch the anime and listen to the audio drama.

Welcome to the Beanies Untameables!

I’m going to say, as long as you don’t start a rewatch, or start listening to the audio book, or start reading the novel, the longing for the continuation of these character’s stories will eventually end *fingers crossed* (I’m doing all three at the same time so.... for me it’ll still be a few months I guess)

Wow, beautiful words

Like many dramas, it will probably lure us in with fun and silly antics before getting all angsty. I mean, you cannot have Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin in a drama and not make them cry.

Plus it’s a romance across the DMZ, so it’s bound to hurt. *adds tissues to supermarket list*

Is it gonna be on Netflix? Idk I actually liked both teasers even if they don't correlate at all. Maybe I'm really curious of the two leads chemistry which are "rumored" to be dating for so long already.

I'm not going to worry about it! God knows I've sat through messes before and they were shows that didn't even have Hyun Bin! 😉

From the official Netflix press release:
SEOUL, October 21, 2019 - Netflix Inc., the world’s leading Internet entertainment service, announced that a Korean romantic comedy series Crash Landing on You (Korean title: 사랑의 불시착) will launch globally later this year.

Starring two of the most popular Korean actors Hyun Bin (Memories of the Alhambra, Secret Garden) and Son Ye-jin (Something in the Rain, A Moment to Remember) as the main cast, Crash Landing on You is a love story of an oddly-matched couple. Yoon Se-ri, played by Son Ye-jin, is a beautiful heiress and a leading fashion businesswoman in South Korea, and she meets North Korean military officer Lee Jung-hyeok, played by Hyun Bin, when she is swept up by a wind storm and accidentally crashes in North Korean territory while paragliding.

Jung-hyeok’s life has been nothing but great so far and he has a bright future ahead of him. His self confidence, which stems from his elite and prestigious background, makes him a man of principle and no-compromise. For Se-ri, her life in the South is even better, almost as good as that of a royal family. She has her family’s wealth and successful business of her own. But the unexpected accident happens, turning her life completely upside down. No one in North Korea obviously gets her.

Although Jung-hyeok and Se-ri find the situation equally absurd, they begin to have feelings for each other in spite of themselves, given that Jung-hyeok is the only one to hide and protect Se-ri from authorities in the North.

Like Dorothy who meets the Wizard of Oz by accident, or like the pilot who meets the little prince by crash landing in a desert, Crash Landing on You depicts how an endless cycle of luck, destiny and beautiful stories can begin from unlikely and unexpected misfortunes, bad luck, and crash landings.

Hi @michykdrama, 😊
I was saying in the post (on your blog) that got eaten up that I hoped you'd slowly recuperate your strength and endurance before heading back to work. It's hard to get back to be standing for a long stretch or walking great lengths (hospitals are big buildings) after being off your feet for weeks.

I've been so sedentary now for a long time, so that I can no longer stand for long or even squat comfortably, although I hear that's a great posture for one's back.

Take it slow and take care now!

@michykdrama So sorry to hear you're experiencing pain. I do hope you feel better soon!

Take care!

Not watching TALE OF NOKDU, but Injo was a bad king so I’m not surprised they’ve turned his younger self into a villain.

You might want to wait a bit before starting EXTRAORDINARY YOU. I absolutely loved the first 6 episodes, but the story has raised so many questions and answered so few of them that I’m getting frustrated.

They don't have to take it all the way to King Injo.
Gwanghae's only son became the crown prince and was also married.
The end?

I feel the same way about Yul Mu's smirk. That's why watching Nokdu punch (and kick) him felt extremely satisfying.

That's so disappointing when you feel good enough to go out and expend some more energy and then you end up on your butt! I'm still recovering from surgery 6 months ago and it's soooo boring. Please take care!

Hope you feel better soon!

I am hoping they will pull a Dae Jang Geum ending for Tale of Nokdu. Nokdu and Dong Joo will go live happily in another make-shift village, while Injo and his craziness reigns. They will come back to the palace/normal life when the next king reigns. :)

Flower Crew is another youth sageuk. I'll know in a week if it ends happily or not.

A part of me wishes that they would just ignore history a la Moonlight Drawn by Clouds and just kill the smirk of his face...
As for EY, I wasn totally interested in watching because I don't find high-school sugar appealing anymore - but than I had nothing to watch while waiting for next week's Nokdu and I binge-watched the first 8 episodes of Ex. You and I was left completely MESMERIZED by it - and NOT because of the "pretty" in it. I would say - try and watch it... ;)

@growingbeautifully Ugh!! I know what you mean about wishing you could recover from an illness and feel well. As I type this, I know I'm coming down with a cold (I'm sniffling and I have the sudden chills) and I'm already fearing how long it's going to take to feel better!

Pegasus! I'm still laughing about the dance! And the outfit, just hilarious! The actor has truly gone all in with this portrayal.

Have a great weekend also!

I know the rabbit hole of videos all too well. I start and then suddenly I look up and *poof* 2 hours have gone by 🤣

Take care GB! Hope you feel better soon!!!

Here.. here... to better health! Take care and feel better soon!

Hope you feel better.
I too was not the kind to try anything other that watching the dramas and reading recaps/reviews cause I never felt like it. But once I started watching the BTS and interviews I realized it's actually quite fun. I also like watching humour vids people make of dramas I watch If I can find them.
I know very well how emotionally draining some shows can be so for every melo or serious stuff I watch, I watch at least 3 or more comedies or rom-coms before I start watching something serious again. Though ever since I started live watching i have been watching both kinds at the same time now. So now I always rewatch funny parts of shows I have already watched.

Ha, GB. We're in the same boat. Congested nose. Coughing and loud sniffles. Been at it for less time than you i think. But yea, not too sick nor to energize to do anything much. meanwhile, feeling guilty for the work that needs to be done. The writing ones are gawdwful. nothing much catching attention on dramafront. aw started www:search. Hope i can finish this one, but not in the way of some deadlines. Happy all saints and souls. Couldn't get to a cemetery, so just offered mass and prayers to departed souls. Hope we all recover soon, beanies on sick bay. May our fangirling bones be stirred once more.

Also sick, also got busy with All Saints/Souls Day rituals. My mom's solution to any flu is to forcefeed you with ginger tea and bland congee, and I hate both LOL. Hope you get well soon.

I'm so not watching Melt Me ... I'm supposed to watch it, but I can't bring myself to press the play button. Sigh. I really wanted to like it, especially for the leads, whom I like as actors, but watching it feels like such a waste of time, that I feel resentful if I continue 😒 🤔 😑 LOL.

Yeah, Pegasus Market is still so good! So totally in a world of it's own and goofy, but good.

Have a great Friday and weekend too!

The only thing I am glad is that there is no more Santa Ana wind. That is worse for those who have really bad allergies like me, hubby and my oldest son. Luckily, mine is not bad compare to my hubby and son.

Right there with ya on Secret Boutique, Pegasus Market and My Country! Satu!

All the best in the diligence arena. I'd like to call it job-hunting slump. Heh!

I guess the only way to get past it is to just do a couple of job applications and slowly build up steam. The time of the year might be favourable too ... in my part of the world, many people wait for the year-end bonus and then quit. So job opportunities may open up as the new year approaches. I'm not sure if it's at all similar at your end.

All the best and have fun not working yet!! 😁

@turtuallysarcastic Just take things a step at a time. Wishing you all the best! :)

What is Nanowrimo? Is that a new year's resolution?

Hwaiting with the writing! (omo that rhymes! 🤣)
If you ever need a beta I’m happy to offer my services 😊 (my CV is pitiful as I only did it once before. Haha. But if you need someone to look through grammar and spelling, I’ll be more than glad to help!)

I am also telling myself to read more and while it took some time I also started on a few new books. Let’s encourage one another. 😊

Good luck with the job search and don’t be too hard on yourself. Next week is a brand new week! Hwaiting!!! 💪

Props to you to get out of reading slump. I have been in reading slump for two years now. There is not one good book that I want to read at all. =(

Reading Jane Austen is always a good idea! I hope it will bring you some more motivation whether for more reading, writing and/or job hunting.

I feel ya. Job Hunting is not nearly as fun as watching Bang Won (My Country) on real hunting. ;)

Take is slow, chingu. You know, there's always December, January, February... ;)

*groans* why did you have to remind me of NanoWriMo... I had resolved to do it this year, but now it’s November and I’m not sure anymore...

I do hope November will bring me more diligence and structure

Same hopes. Today is another day. Not tomorrow. I will keep at what needs to be done (talking to myself). Reading, yes. but more writing (technical, sadly; so nothing to giggle about). So yes, we just need to keep at it.

Do it. Try several episodes and see if it's suits your taste. The drama starts heavy and sad but as it moves forward it becomes more and more action blockbuster, explosions, gunfights with so many outrageous surviving skills etc that it becomes funny. I keep coming back. Lol 🤣

It depends. I'm enjoying it as a comedy (it's not really intended to be one) and fast forwarding through the villain dialogues.

Hwaiting to you @redfox
Wishing you the best and for you to have strength.
I too have been feeling the lack of control in my life lately but for all the moments I’ve been in tears, I’ve also had moments where I’ve been laughing out loud, so they balance out and I feel better when I don’t dwell.

Take care!

Take care of yourself. I am also have been busy especially with my daughter. It seems her schedule is more packed this year.

Hi redfox, I miss seeing your posts here. I hope things will grow more stable for you soon!

redfox, hi! Wishing for you stability in a sometimes unstable world. Glad to see you here on db once again. Be strong, fighting! \o/

My favourite on your list :
The package All the story happens in France and not only in Paris. As a person who really like the France, I think they really did good to show this country. There is a lot of humor but the people stories are pretty touching.

Girls gen 1979 I think the area is pretty interesting and those girls trying to find hapiness was pretty lovely to watch :) The OST is great !

One spring night It's a slow story about people but I really liked it. The PD is really great to picture intimacy but without using too much zoom. The actors were great.

Live It made me discover Bae Sung Woo. He was so good in this role.

Children of nobody Not an easy story with children as victim. But for once I really like the police and the ways they investigated. Lee Yi Kyung was great in a serious role. Kim Sun Ah was great as usual.

Adding to what @kurama suggests ... I can recommend:
Strongest Delievery Man for a great feel good, warm story and likable leads and 2nd leads.

Secret Life of My Secretary for ridiculous and hilarious scenes, and a romance one can really get behind.

Terrius for the sweet kids and So Ji Sub being so great with them. Also for the opportunity to slime the spy industry in this show LOL. It was fun.

The Guest for intense and scary evil spirit possession but really more for the exorcism scenes and the team that came together to defeat that particular evil. You need to be able to watch blood letting though.

I loved Children of Nobody as well. The other shows, I either didn't watch, can't recall much to say about them, or feel some negativity towards, which I find hard to put a finger on ... so I'm not saying anything about them. 😏

Girls Gen 1979 Really good. Also short so you don't have to invest much time.
MFC Kim Min-Jung !
Mr. Sunshine good history lesson and warning about how countries can lose their independence

Honorable mention to:
Strongest Deliveryman
Terius

I loved the acting and cinematography of Bad Papa but it had very cruel fight scenes. I couldn't go past a few episodes.

My Fellow Citizens and Two Cops are 2 of my favorites. I rewatch them a lot and love them every time.

20th Century and Jugglers bored me to no end. I ff'ed the last few episodes just to finish them off.

Disliked and dropped Happy to Die midway. Same with One Spring Night.

Strongest Deliveryman and Terrius were both very sweet and lovely.

Witch's court was nothing special. Watched, finished and forgot about it.

Deserving of the Name is one of my most favorite shows ever.

I finished Fiery Priest but didn't like it.

I live-watched the last few episodes of Children of Nobody, that is probably why I didn't like the ending. The waiting and guessing and theorizing is not for me.

I LOVED welcome to life. It was such a lovely classic kdrama.

Whatever you do, don’t watch ARTHDAL CHRONICLES, unless you’re willing to ruin your eyesight by watching dark murky images, tear out your hair at the frustrating slow pace, and throw your laptop when it actually “ends”.

Out of your list I recommend:

ARE YOU HUMAN TOO?: I’m not into robot dramas but this one had heart and lots of twists and turns that kept me invested until the end. And a great OST.

GIRLS GENERATION 1979: Short, only 8 episodes, so it’s not a bit investment of time. I liked to see a story set outside Seoul for a change.

My favourite on your list is: Perfume! Imo, it told a beautiful story in an entertaining and unique way and never lost it laughter until the end. It was layered and the writer managed to include so many literature/song references that reflects the characters thoughts. Many2 kudos to the writer, director, cast, crew and everyone else involved in this very underated gem, a 10/10 for the message it had, the acting, cinematography, books, poems, songs, classical music, blues music, art and many more.

Heads up if you have plans to watch it, ep 1-2 was off-kilter and weirdish but is with reason and everything that happens is addressed throughout the series. It's not a perfect drama, it does have minor loopholes, ups and downs...but overall it was an awesome ride and the ending was splendid.