Flower of Evil: Drama is at the half-way point and remains so good. I am a horrible scene skipper, and I haven't even been tempted in this show. Hope it holds up through the second half where so many dramas start falling apart. Also, love the female lead character. She manages to be smart but vulnerable. That overheard conversation in ep 8 was gutwrenching.

Forest of Secrets 2: Solid foundational episodes.

Lucifer: Via Netflix, I'm watching Season 5 and enjoying quite a bit. Thought this was the last season but they've added one more.

I was thinking that without k-dramas, I'd probably be cancelling my Netflix. I watch so little other stuff on the site as more content gets pulled to other streaming sites.

CRICKET - Rain

3rd Test and England going good.
IPL is gonna start soon too. The only good thing about it is that it provides sufficient income to players.

JAPAN -

Houskeeper Mr. Nagisa - 7.5 out of 10. That one show that makes it whole of 12 months. Best of 2020 with its cliches. Characters being child and enjoying swing. I took note of it as i don't do this enjoyable but fearsome stuff.
Episode 07 watching right now.

Busy of weekdays so only time left to be a viewer is weekend.

Hanzawa Naoki Season 2 - 7.5 out of 10 As said 2 weeks ago they are going strong with meme faces this season which makes it more a entertaining but reduces its efficiency. Still high intensity

Penshion - 6/10 - it had no story to begin with. random characters, random events, random conversations and as random was its last episode 05 and last scene. What exactly was the purpose of this one?
more like extra expenditure done to evade taxes.

Papa Ga Mo - 6/10 - Fukumoto Riko and your usual loud humour with sparkle of emotions. I don't expect from this one.

Into the Ring/Memorials: This drama was delightful from beginning to end. Ja Ryong for M.V.P. For me, it was a perfect rom-com plus it had an indie vibe which I loved. Se-ra and Gong Myung are one of my favorite OTP’s ever: Supportive, communicated well, great chemistry, great kisses, friends plus lovers.

Flower of Evil: Rip my heart out, show. First, Ji Won trying to trigger Hyun Soo with her gun within reach and then Ji Won overhearing Hyun Soo saying he doesn’t love her. Ooof. I’m enjoying the trio of Moo Jin, Hyun Soo and Hae Soo.

Forest of Secrets 2: I admit off the bat that I didn’t love Season 1. It was just okay for me. Season 2 started off slow. Season 1 did too, but I was interested in the murders at least. The drowning case was random, but I’m sure there is more to it. I’m not terribly interested though, and I’m really not interested in the police vs. prosecution. I did perk up when Seo Dong-jae entered the scene in Episode 2. I love to hate him.

The Good Detective: Kang Do-chang, his sister and Eun-hye coming together as a family was nice. While I don’t like Yoon Sang mi, I do like that she’s always been honest about her motives.

Graceful Friends: Jae Hyun has been obsessed with Jung Hae for years, but both are so cold and repressed they would have been a terrible match. Not that Goong Chul and Jung Hae - the non-communicators- are a great match.

Train: Better than average OCN drama but not fond of the ending.

Annyeong WWW peeps!! How are we?

What have I been watching lately? Let’s see…

I was in the mood for something dramatic and was hoping My Husband Might Be a Serial Killer aka Flower of Evil would do the trick. I’m not totally hooked yet, but I’m liking it so far. This is my first time seeing Lee Joon Gi; I’ve been wanting to see him in something. Up through ep 3.

I continue to take my sweet precious time watching When We Were Young 2018. It’s still lovely. Hua Biao is <3.

During the last half of It’s Okay to Not Be Okay I picked up the J-drama In Time With You/I Don’t Love You Yet as an in-between boredom/filler watch. It was okay; it served its purpose well enough. It’s your typical “best friends who are obviously perfect for each other spend the entire drama with annoying second leads until they finally come to their senses in the last hour” sort of thing. I enjoyed the dynamic of the leads, and it’s always nice to switch up the country once in a while. Japanese dramas have this distinct feel about them.
After I finished that, I watched the last episode of the original Taiwanese version because I wanted to compare the two without going through all the bs again. And why not watch more awkward transition from friends to lovers content?

I’ve also been on a bit of a mini drama kick lately. First I watched Mute which was…lame. Then I watched Everyday Loves which was also lame, but I enjoyed it slightly more.
After that it was If We Were a Season which was better written than the former two and about which I had previously heard good things, but for some reason this one didn’t do much for me either. It had all the markings of something I should like, but I just didn’t feel invested in the characters. I want to say it’s because there wasn’t enough time to develop them, but I know that’s a lie because I’ve watched shorter things in which I was much more invested. Still, it’s decent enough if you’re in the mood for a short youth drama and you’ve already watched to.Jenny and Splish Splash Love.
Next up was Wednesday 3:30 PM. Meh. The ending was funny; I’ll give it that. Just throw in that obligatory one year time skip because why not. Separations without communications cannot possibly be any shorter than one full year.
Finally, I watched Timing. All I have to say about this one is can we please, PLEASE, for the love of all things good and holy, can we maybe not confess our love in the middle of the street? Gosh. This one had something though. I can’t say it was well written, but it captured my attention and stirred my emotions more than the other ones I watched. I liked the pairing and could have watched more of them.

That is about it! I hope you all are having a good weekend!


Men are men. Five minutes into episode 13 and 2ML tells FL he loves her. Again. I stopped counting how many times he has imposed his violence on her. I need a truck of doom. What part of “No is no” does this guy find difficult to understand? He seems to get it by the end of 14 though. As for the rest, noble idiocy, funny parents, evil CEO doing evil CEO things, stupid side plots, mainly FF. See Yoon continues to be the only character that moves me. Only two episodes left. That’s the reason I haven’t quitted.

The Good Detective. Only two episodes left and still so many mysteries to be solved. We know Jong Tae killed the student, that Jung Seok killed the former policeman turned into pastor, but… who killed detective Jang? Was it Detective Nam? Well, by the images of the man burning the car, it fits better Jung Seok, but it doesn’t make sense. Is he helping Detective Nam? Why? I don’t trust Ministry Yoo but I don’t think he has the courage to kill someone all by himself. Theories, theories...

Memorials. This was a beautiful ride I would recommend any beanie who loves rom-coms, because Gong and SeRa are probably the cutest couple ever. I loved they always sorted out their problems and how deeply they care for each other, there wasn’t a bit of noble idiocy in their relation, something I really appreciate. The drama was not entirely perfect: the politics plot didn’t go anywhere really, but then… does politics in real life lead anywhere? I was glad we got Son Eun Sil back, and sad that we didn’t get a closure to Gong’s pain and his relation with his dad, but after all Chairman Jo made a choice a long time ago making politics his priority before his family, and he will pay the price forever.

Flower of Evil. I’ve only watched episode 7 (Viki’s late again with subs) and I’m totally hooked and waiting for the siblings reunion in episode 8. I also like the way JiWon is “paying back” HS by fooling him with her investigation. She’s got a little sweet psycho inside, imo.

Stranger 2. They are back! I’m so happy!!

Healer. I finished it and had so much fun, although I don’t share the enthusiasm about it as other beanies. It’s the first drama I watch in which the second part is much better than the first part. My heart belongs to Kim Mi Kyung.

I began Chief Kim / Good Manager and I wonder why I missed this one considering my devotion to both Lee Junho and Namgoong Nim. I’m having so much fun and I’m loving all the tropes and the overacting and the baddies and the goodies, the candy, the scoundrel, the office life, the chaebols and corrupted CEO’s. I’m on episode 9 now.

My one and only recommendation would be:

CROSS FIRE

It's a chinese drama, centered around e-sports called Cross Fire. Why I love thos drama so much? Because this drama has it all. E-sport, youth, friendship, romance, and even mystery element. Added together, this drama provide me with the pleasure of watching the journey of two boys conquer the CF world with their own hands. Years of hard work, teamwork, and also support from all the people around them, enable them to step into CF world and reach that glory

When I'm watching this drama, one thing that stand out more than anything else is the characters. All of the characters, even the side characters, are brilliantly written. There's no character that's unneeded. Each background story of the side characters felt so real and so close to our heart. And what surprised me the most: this drama treated their female characters properly. The 3 main female characters are strong, level-headed, and even become the driving force for the male leads to be better. They're not there only for the sake of being there, but they're alive and each have their own back story that's unique

The gaming part is also amazingly done. When you watch the drama you'll know what I mean. It makes you feel like you're inside the game, which deliver a different type of viewing pleasure

The story is also relatively fast-pacing. Each arc is resolved within 2-3 eps and it's also beautifully resolved. Like I said, there's no character that's unneeded. They all have their own needs, their own agenda, and their own part in the story

The mystery part is also so well-done. Even though we all know who did it, we were made confused several times while watching, and even shocked when the revelation happened

In the end, it's a story about growing up, understand what friendship means, and about chasing our dreams. Watching this drama you'll shed many many tears, and you'll get frustrated many many times (in a good way of course), but at the end of the journey you'll feel empty because there are no more eps to watch

I highly recommend this to everyone. Please try to watch it. If you do watch it, I hope you have a wonderful time watching it like I do

BEWARE: SO umm those beanies who think they won't enjoy a frustrated beanie's brutal ranting of A POEM A DAY, please skip the comment.

So I started "A poem a day" this week (eventhough I was supposed to start watcher😅). I am on the halfway mark and umm I cannot enjoy the show as much. I find the characters tooo frustrating and they haven't gotten better. I don't understand how Lee Joon Hyuk is the main lead here when he has barely any screen time? I did enjoy the initial episodes (and hence stuck with with the show) because I thought we would eventually get to know more about the ever mysterious Ye Jae Wook but 8 epeisodes have passed and nill. That's how much we know him. We still know only that about him which everyone else does (meaning strangers in the hospital). I cannot ship him with Bo Young because I DONT KNOW HIM!!. I don't understand why the writer is not/didnot spend time developing his character further. Right now he just comes across as an annoying, obnoxious, rude doctor who loves to hand out unsolicited advice to everyone. My problem isn't his strict moral code or his inflexible personality, my problem is that I don't know what's going on in his head! The viewers need more time with him. He's tooo opaque. If I didn't know any better I would have thought he was that second lead that the female lead develops a crush on because he's handsome, cool and well mannered (kinda like how Bok Joo in weightlifting fairy develops a crush on that doctor brother only the doctor brother's character was better developed than Ye Jae Wook's is here) but eventually falls for the main lead. Don't get me wrong I do not think Shin Min Ho is better suited to be the male lead nor do I ship him with Bo Young but his character is still better developed than Ye Jae Wook's. We spend time with him and his thoughts and we can see the depths to his personality.
Bo Young with her many weird quirks (like the random crying) also comes across as a very amiable character (the second hand embarrassment here is strong tho). A character that you root for.
Even the lady doctor's character is well developed and by "developed" I'm not just talking about her backstory. Even before the reason for her divorce was revealed, I could never truly dislike her even with her "if I do it it's romance, if you do it it's adultery" thinking. The writer worked on her to give her balance.
So I do not understand why the writer hasn't as of yet spent more time on Ye Jae Wook when he's her main lead. To feel the swoon moments, to appreciate his smiles when we get them, to be awed when he buys the cotton candy for her I NEED TO HEAR HIS THOUGHTS.

Another quip I have with the show is how everyone just assumes things and jump to conclusions!! So so many times this has happened that it gets tiresome. Furthermore, I get frustrated when Bo Young goes along with those assumptions (He's taking special care of you, he must like you, he saved you from that...

My serious drama slump continues. For some reason everything else (listening to a book on tape, reading a book or making a puzzle) seem to be more enjoyable than watching dramas at the moment. I haven't watched a single episode in July for 3 weeks before I finally made myself watch the final two episodes of Will Have Dinner with Me? a few weeks ago. Then I tackled Backstreet Rookie but I still have 5 episodes to go. And I am waaaay behind in Once Again.

Then finally last week hubby finally wanted to watch a Korean drama with me. His second after Memories of Alhambra. I have been waiting for a few years to watch Circle with him and he is a binge watcher so we finished it in less than two weeks. It kept us guessing and we didn't see many of the twists and turns coming. I was annoyed that Byul's origins were never explained and hubby thinks after 3 years it's unlikely that there would be a sequel but overall it was a great watch.

I think he has a total new appreciation of the creativity and uniqueness of Korean dramas now. If I make careful selections I have hopes of fully converting him yet. 🤣🤣🤣

The only problem is sci-fis are few and far in between and the other genre that would attract him is not one of my favorites (crime). Still, I see it as progress and a win!!!!

Has anyone tried Dating is Annoying, but I Don’t Want to be Lonely? That's the only one piquing my interest now. Does it air only once a week?

The Good Detective I'm not so interested in the story but more in the characters.

Memorials I will miss it! It was really a great drama from the beginning to the end and it's rare. I'm really happy they kept the cinematoraphy until the end because it was what it made this drama so fun to watch for me. The couple was super cute. 2020 gave me really good couple with a healthy and cute relationship like My Unfamiliar Family's Eun Hee-Chan Hyuk or Backstreet Rookie's Saet Byul-Dae Hyun.

When I Was the Most Beautiful The scenery is beautiful. The characters are so clichés for now... Poor second female lead, she's so badly written...

Forest of Secrets The Police and the Prosecution pass more time to fight against each other to fight against bad people in Kdramas.

Lovely Us It was a lovely drama 😅, kinda typical but nice to watch.

Avatar I rewatch the both seasons with Aang and Korra and it didn't age for me :)

I watched a few episodes of the 10-year-old Taiwanese rom-com Down With Love and, to my surprise, found it wildly entertaining. Jerry Yan isn’t my type (“You’re so not my type either, knewbie!” - Jerry Yan), but it’s hilarious how the show twists his beauty into goggle-eyed befuddlement. And it was nice to see the Ella Chen character being accommodating and exasperated at all the right moments, rather than getting outraged at tiny things while meekly submitting to real wrongs.

As for K-drama: SF8! FoS2! My cup runneth over.

Finished HEALER!!!! Finally!!! It’s only been like two years. It took me a long time to get into this one—don’t know if it was the fact that it looked older, not as vibrant in terms of color palate, and didn’t hold my attention, until about ep 8-10. Episodes 6-7 was a slug fest with Elder being introduced and all the politics (snooze). I also was distracted the ENTIRE time that our villain brother was supposed to be the same guy 20 years later as that baby-faced actor without wrinkles and porcelain skin that they chose to be him in his younger days. He looked like he was at least 30 years older than that kid. I did enjoy the show, but how it garnered so many comments on recaps back in the day is just mind-boggling. And I think I agree with @leetennant about the last two episodes. The FL was relegated to a potted plant status while the ML regained his masculinity and just beat everyone up, and everyone else just ran around without much purpose. The whole Russian lab tech also was unnecessary. Why introduce a whole new character for just 2 episodes that could have been dealt with off screen? Overall, it was enjoyable and entertaining and Park Min Young is just a revelation and I get her hype now after seeing her across from several lead actors and having great chemistry with all of them. I think she made Ji Chang Wook much cuter than he would have been in this. He did do well playing bong-soo (@marcusnyc20) with that stutter though.

Also was able to catch the first two episodes of FOS2/Stranger 2. It took me a bit to get into this—but by the end of the second episode, seeing Weasel and Shi-Mok together in all their anti-bromance glory made my heart sing!

Happy watching, Beanies. Covid19 has taken a foothold here with no end in sight yet. I may be around less, but kdramas still are essential!

Train: 6.5 - Noble idiocy is never a favorite, and putting it in the final day doesn't help. Not persuaded by the ending.

Stranger 2 / Forest of Secrets 2: 5 - Sorry, I can only grade the week on what they showed this week, not on season 1 or what we expect next week. So far it's a standard/boring police/prosecutor conflict with spoiled rich people and corruption. What else is new?

Queen In-Hyun's Man: 9.5 - Re-watched days 8/11. What passes for mid-show doldrums in this show is better than most other shows at their best

Memorials / Into the Ring: 8

Flower of Evil: 7.0

MEN ARE MEN: I know many jewelers and craftsmen who could never put together in a day a shattered 50 year old music box back into pristine condition without even one hairline crack in the finish. That sums up the broken story pieces of the show. How can three failed past lives dictate your current life? Besides brain washing, what does Hyun Joo see in current Ji Woo? How is being a panic disorder, anal, obsessive, self-centered, controlling idiot attractive? The past lives story line really put this show off the rails.

WAS IT LOVE? And speaking of going off the rails, one cannot stuff so many different genres into one show to make it work. It started as a rom com, but now it drives off a cliff into a dark gangster drama? Dae Oh is blasted into a coma (but not one scratch on his face) from the exploding Chinese restaurant of doom. Is that the only way the writer could bring this family together? It was a little frustrating that Pado did not actually meet Sook Hee in the hospital room. They would make the most interesting couple. In fact, Pado’s story line is a better plot than the main one. A man kills his brother and step sister for gang control, and Pado keeps a dying promise to her to protect her child as his own.

MEMORIALS (Dropped/Dropped in at the End); I kept up reading recaps and watched segments when channel surfing. The lead couple had very good chemistry. Watched the last 4 episodes. From a distance, it seems the show fizzled out at the end. Se Ra’s first relationship lasted 9 years. At the end, her relationship with Gong Myung is 4 years in but it seems like no growth or marriage. With all the spunk and personality, Se Ra's story ends basically back at the beginning of episode one. Was producer thinking of a second season?
Variety:
HOW DO YOU PLAY? The SSAK3 project ended nicely with a House on Wheels style country dinner.
HOUSE ON WHEELS. Part one with Ha Ji Won was delightful. She is a nonstop laugh machine.
FUN RESTAURANT: Starting the bar food competition which is an interesting concept of a convenience store launch.

Hi everyone~~ Here's what I'm currently watching:

My Unfamiliar Family - this show was such a gem. Geniunely loved the growth of all the characters and the development in their relationships. I have to say my favourite character was Eunhee :) She was so vibrant as a character, and although I wouldn't necessarily agree with some of her decisions at the start, I just thought she brought so much life into the drama. Of course, I was completely squealing by the end seeing her and Chanhyuk being the absolute cutest haha I'll miss this one for sure >-< <3

Stranger - I was just so curious about Stranger after seeing sooooo many beanies' excitement for the second season that I had to give it a go. And... I like it :) Definitely see the worth of its hype now that I'm pretty hooked onto the show myself ^-^ One thing I have to say is I'm truly impressed by the writing of the characters and the acting!! A main lead who is 'emotionless' can be written or acted in a way that's quite 'lifeless'. Yet since the beginning, I never saw Shi Mok as an emotionless character (props to Cho Seung Woo's great acting), in fact I was more intrigued by how he had such a calm and quiet demeanor. And then we have Yeo Jin, a badass female lead who honestly could be quite stereotypical looking from the surface. But once again good acting and writing pulled her character through, making her completely shine since we were introduced to her. Really really looking forward to the rollercoaster this drama takes me on~~

Hospital Playlist Throwback - One thing I love about this lil throwback series is getting to see how talented all the cast of HP are. Watching Jung Moon Sung (Do Jae Hak) first act out Ik Jun, then Jun Wan, and finally Do Jae Hak in his auditions, it's truly fascinating getting to see how versatile his acting was. And honestly, this week's throwback clip only made me appreciate his character even more, especially since I could see how perfectly fit he was to play Do Jae Hak. Gosh, my love for this drama is endless~~ hehe

That's all for this week~ As always, have a lovely week everybody :)

But of course Stranger / FOS2 is the one kdrama I have watched this week, and it's pretty darn good so far. I am yet to catch up with this week's Into The Ring, mainly because I can't bear the thought of it having ended! *wails*

In search of other work by Qin Hao after his solid performance in The Bad Kids, and I think on a recommendation by someone here some time ago, I watched the cdramaBurning Ice. It was decent till about ep 8 or 9 (although I could have done with a little less of the spoon-feeding), before descending into a gore-fest and total self-destruction by the end of it. I wish they'd finished the show a few eps earlier, and kept it a solid crime story, instead of something bordering on horror. :/

Go Ahead is the other cdrama I have been watching as a nightcap - pleasant story so far, terrific ensemble cast (not just the leads), though like I discussed on the fanwall sometime ago, I am not entirely sure how I feel about the impending change in the relationships between the characters. I like the found family as it is right now!

When I Was the Most Beautiful: Yes, rip my heart out and take it on an angsty road trip, I'm ready! Use your beautiful cinematography and pained performances and well-implemented tropes to MAKE ME SUFFER.

Was It Love: When was it this show forgot what it wanted to be? If it hadn't spent so much time on boring, repetitive, meandering miscommunications between these characters, the show could have done something interesting with its themes! Now because there's no time left, the only way to hastily get the characters from A to B is through a fucking KIDNAPPING. What a convenient situation to help establish trust between Ae-jung and Dae-oh, give Ha-nee some faith in him, and resolve the Pa-do Dong-chan plot at the time! It just means the characters don't have to do any WORK to sort out decades of deeply-rooted resentments! Tropes are fine when they have structure. Trope sandwiches, for instance, are delicious. But this is just lazy trope soup, and it's left a bad taste in my mouth.

Was It Love (Episode 13-14)
Despite giving us with 6 different unlikeable leads (Pa Do managed to escape that label until the moment he didn’t tell Dong Chan the truth behind his mom), one character which I never thought the show would defame was Ha Nee (she’s been pretty much the victim of all the adults’ immaturity). Yet, that somehow happened this week with Ha Nee stupidly going back into the building for her bag knowing there was a gas leak! What happened to the usually mature Ha Nee? I can only conclude it was lazy writing to get Dae Oh unconscious so that the cliffhanger would have that awkward kiss.

Memorials (Episode 15-16)
The romance in the show was tackled very delightfully with the development of the couple progressing smoothly: there wasn’t any second lead or familial interference despite the presence of the ex-boyfriend Min Jae and the father-in-law Chairman Jo. I also felt that Yang’s murder was handled nicely: the truth behind that night explains why Bong becomes so powerless in the future since he was essentially blackmailed by Jo. The ending was a tad too fairy-tale like with the eldest stooge turning over a new leaf and Jo apologising but I enjoyed all the throwbacks to the start. Will recommend!

Train (A series overview)
After the debacle that was The Snooze: Eternal Slumber, another parallel universe show was not exactly one I really wanted to pick up. Yet, I found myself doing so when the other supposedly elegant whodunit lost its marbles and the two post military comeback shows ended up sensationalising mental disorders and perpetuating racism. All in all, I found the story having several issues: 1) Little if any development was given to Seo Kyung despite her being the female lead (if you’re going to put someone on the poster that character is a major lead), 2) World B’s Do Won was erased too quickly and Jung Min’s arc disappeared (we didn’t see World B Do Won do much in World A, also, isn’t Jung Min one of the leads?), 3) Train portals weren’t explained properly beyond being metaphors of chaos theory (how did Mi Sook find out about it?), 4) Finale jumped the gun going from duoverse to multiverse theory when the entire show was about how Do Won’s younger decision caused a duoverse (they actually retconned it!). On the upside, the twists were decent, plot continuity in the duoverse was maintained and we saw ample amounts of Yoon Si Yoon’s abs. He worked hard!

Also watching: Flower of Evil (Episode 7-8) / Graceful Friends (Episode 11-12) / Men Are Men (Episode 13-14)

Completed: Train, Into the Ring (both stayed solid throughout)

Dropped: All the Guys Who Loved Me (might fast forward through the final 4 episodes once the last episode is out)

Still watching: The Good Detective, Flower of Evil (both still good)

Started: Forest of Secrets 2 (very happy with the first 2 episodes); When I Was the Prettiest (will probably drop by next week, far too trope-y and chock full of stock characters)

Was planning to binge watch some older dramas I had missed but got caught up in BTS's Dynamite comeback 😁

The Good Detective. I'm a halfhearted admirer.

Forest of Secrets 2. So far for me it lacks the appeal & energy of the original. Too talky, too info-driven, too something. But Hwang Shi-mok is still there, still his old immoveable self. Maybe he'll carry us through.

To get a breath of humorous fresh air in a crime drama, rewatching The Fiery Priest. The humor is outrageous when you consider the premise of the story, but the quirky characters in this craziness are just a hoot.

Reply 1994 (21/21): Poor Na-Jung got a messy love life because we were not allowed to know anything until the end.🙄Since romance is the key of the reply series, I can see why the majority prefers Reply 1997. The amount and length of episodes plays an important part as well. As much as I agree with these flaws, I still do prefer the boarding house family over the Busan classmates. I will miss real life maknaes Baro and Min DoHee nagging and hitting their Yoo Yeon-Seok and Kim Sung-Kyun sunbaes!😆Seeing all the boarders leave the nest felt like I was moving out with them.😭 Reply 1988 will be next, and I am looking forward to living with the other families in the neighborhood!🏡❤️

Memorials/Into The Ring (16/16): Third Bean for 2020! This show has been one of the silver linings of 2020 for me so far. Se-Ra and Gong-Myung are probably my favorite OTP and Gong-Myung my favorite male lead of all time! There are more excellent male leads out there, but Gong-Myung is among the few that would actually sweep me off my feet in real life as well.❤️ Se-Ra definitely would be a handful in real life, and I fully understand why some Beanies found her over the top in certain ways. However, she bulldozed into my life at the right time and left an impact on both Mawon-Gu and my views of my future. If she can represent a district, then I can represent my life.💪

Mori who stole the Beanie’s hearts (19/30): I thought eunuchs were always ugly, short, fat and old. What on earth is Ahn Bo-Hyun doing among them?😂Gil-Dong and Ga-Ryung are married!🎉I had not expected it to happen so soon after their first kiss, but it makes sense considering how long they have literally been together and how much story there is still left to cover. Now that I am nearly two third into the story, I find it both a lot easier to press play, and a lot harder to wait for the next episode.😆Mori is still looking *mighty* fine, but Gil Hyun stole my heart. There, I finally admitted it to myself.

Hello Beanies!!

This week I needed up going on a minor K-Variety spree amidst my drama watching, specifically Busted! and I-Land.

Busted! is so scripted it honestly hurts sometimes but I appreciate the whole murder mystery aspect and the cast is just so much fun to watch. I just started the second season and it’s all based around a serial killer named “The Flower Killer” and I’m getting Flower of Evil vibes haha

As for I-Land, no matter how much it hurts to watch because of eliminations or just bad coaching/editing/etc, I’m a sucker for those survival shows. It’s just so weird because for the first time that I’ve seen, a survival show has participants that are younger than me. And, it also makes me feel bad about what I’m doing with my life LOL

K-Drama-wise,

Flower of Evil: This continues to hit all of the right notes!! MCW and LJG are shining in their roles and I love the direction everything’s going!

Hospital Playlist: This is soooooo good. I’m on ep 3 and I love the friends so much and the whole dynamic of the show is top-notch. I have no qualms or quibbles about anything so far!