My Lovely liar: It ended, I got my bean. I think everything important has been said beautifully by other beanies, so we can forget about this drama.

Destined with You: SIGH, I don’t really care for this drama. The things I do like are the 2ML, not because I want him with FL, but because I find him endearing. I also like the red hand and I am glad it is back. Finally, I love the beanie engagement and rationales. You guys are awesome.

The Killing Vote: So they have lost me a little bit. Why did Seok Joo kill the clearly mentally disabled child. There is no way he could have done it alone. This isn’t Of Mice and Men where we don’t understand mental disabilities, so why did he kill that boy who clearly had no sense of what he did. We now know who actually did it. How does Ji Hoon fit into this? How is he related to Seok Joo, this is what I am interested in, I don’t really care about the killing vote anymore.

Moving: AWWWWWWWW. That was a delightfully, violent, and sweet show. Family is important. My only sadness is they didn’t show Bongseok and Huisoo together at the end.

Song of Bandits: I was bored, which sucks because I was looking forward to it.

Arthdal Chronicles: The horse is gone, SIGH. The show is fine, but it is missing the joyful nonsense from the first one.

WATCHING
Behind Your Touch Ep 12/16: My fave for 2023 nuff said.

My Happy Marriage (Jdrama) Ep 12: Another favorite. 1 20-min episode per week is torture.

A Time Called You Ep 8/12: Am I the only one not feeling the slightest flutter from the leads? I think I should already be squeeing (especially I’m a sucker for 90’s/early 2000 young love) but I am not and I wonder why.😩 I am not sold with the love angle of the leads, but I realized I really like it when the three leads are just being platonic.
By ep6, I was still not enjoying my watch but I am curious about the plot so I decided to stay and just utilize the 1.25 speed. Good thing things were becoming interesting by ep7, with the murder and ML’s time travel. And heck, just a few minutes into Rowoon and AHS’s scenes (and with just them casually talking), why was I lowkey squeeing? I was rooting for them. They have more chemistry together than AHS and JYB imo.

The Light In Your Eyes Ep 3/12: Han Ji-min and PD Kim Sok-yun just officially became my favorites because of BYT, so it was an easy decision for me to start this. And what a bonus to see Son Ho-jun here. I’m loving it from episode 1.

Familiar Wife Ep 4/16: Not that I’m obsessed with HJM lol, it’s just that Netflix put this up on my feed with the big LEAVING SOON so I lowkey panicked and started it. It’s very interesting and I’m enjoying it a lot. It’s a nice rom-com with a heart. I also like their approach to time travel.

DROPPED
Beautiful Gong-shim Ep 10/20: I loved the first few episodes but around ep5, it lost its spark for me when the focus shifted from the OTP’s cute interactions to the ML’s soap operaish story as the long lost grandson of a conglomerate. *sigh* I only managed to watch until ep10 because I’ve been watching it with my boyfriend, and I have considered pushing myself further to finish it. I thought just 6 more episodes, so that the 10 eps I’ve seen won’t be in vain. But then I realized spending 6 more hours for a drama I don’t enjoy will be more of a waste than the 10 hours I already spent. And that’s it, I told my bf “You can watch it without me”. lol

(I thought I should check, and I found out just now that it’s a 20-episode drama, not 16. WTFFF!!! I cannot! Good call that I dropped already.)

ON-HOLD
Hi! Bye! Mama! Ep 6/16: This drama is lovely. Just not in the mood to continue for now but will surely pick this up again.

Unlock My Boss Ep 1: It’s good! Putting on hold to watch with bf.

Moving Ep 1: Very promising. On hold - must watch with bf.
(Nope, not clingy. Just saving the dramas I know will be right up his alley for our drama watch bonding. lol)

My Lovely Liar: I really enjoyed this drama. Sure, it could have been written better and more evenly, and they really didn’t have to do that to the lone LGBTQIA+ character, but there were still so many things that I thought were great. I’m glad I watched it, and it has earned its bean back from me.

The Uncanny Counter 2: In the end, this was better than I was expecting it to be. It certainly doesn’t compare to the first season, and the emotional beats don’t always hit the way they wanted them to, but I thought it was an interesting direction for them to go, and I like the idea of them constantly having to innovate and adapt as the evil spirits get more powerful also. I was happy to get to hang out with the characters again, and I am so glad Han-ul made it to his wedding!

The Killing Vote: It’s become a pattern for me to watch this on Saturday morning, but I’ll be in the hangout later!

The Song of the Bandits: Kim Nam-gil in his *Aragorn Era*. I only had time to watch the first episode so far but I’m sold hahaha! They were veering pretty serious until Lee Yoon went wild on those bandits in their hideout, and then the character intros at the end of the episode were so fun! Excited to watch more.

Moving: This is definitely the most addicted my partner has ever been to a kdrama. I don’t have to do any convincing that we should watch it, he doesn’t mind the weird sounds I make when someone’s story is adorable, and he’s now willing to watch almost anything else with Ryu Seung-ryeong. I’m calling it a win. Only a few more episodes left! (And I proooomise I’m trying to find time to go back and read the weecaps and comment. I’m barely keeping up with everything as it is, but I’m working on it!)

Liar
I was bored (or annoyed) and sometimes nearly fell asleep during the last episodes. So many lost opportunities. Sigh. At least there were some cute moments (Oppa :-) ), some lovely football TV-watching... and they didn't forget Jazz bar Ajusshi. ❤️

Destined
I don't know if it was just my tiredness this week, but the show felt scattered and I got often confused about how and why we were where we were (and why were Shinyu and Nayeon STILL together? Wae??). The Joseon shots were beautiful though. And then the shocking reappearance of Red happened! 😱
I did enjoy all the funny we got (I want mooore!) and thank you, Secretary, for your existence, your comments and entrances are the highlights. 🙂

Live Your Own Life
The second episode kept me engaged and now I want to know what will happen to Grandma! Also, Second Male Lead entered the scene and will likely start threatening Ha Joon and his curly fringe. 😁
UEE is really shining and I'm so happy for her. ❤️

No time for Parallel World... or anything else.

Ongoing:
Han River Police: DROP! Lol I'm a dropping machine lately 😂

Previously-Aired:
Showtime Begins: (through ep 10) I'm enjoying this very much! The humor is so funny to me - the General discovering tiramisu and dancing to girl group choreography, the ghost trio's behind-the-scenes magic, the really bad dating advice presentations, the bowling competition - so funny! Cha Woong relaxing from his disgruntled stork persona as he warms up to the exuberant and straightforward FL and falls for her, is delightful. Their magic show together when she had to fill in was unexpectedly lovely, as was the "stakeout." I really like how their relationship has been progressing. This drama is warm, has a nice heart, and has gotten progressively sweeter AND funnier.👍

Mad Dog: (halfway through ep 5) Woo Do Hwan has eclipsed everything else in this drama to hold my whole focus. When he's not in a scene, my focus isn't either. And have I mentioned his lovely, lovely voice? This drama goes hard with the maudlin, which actually seems to short-circuit my pathos response, so I'm watching with more emotional detachment than I'm usually able to achieve. Nice!

C-dramas:
I started and got caught up with Parallel World over the past week. Y'all, I love it. I think I'm obsessed. The ML is a good man with a kind heart, the FL is cool and ruthless, and they're like the parents of their little band of adventurers. IT'S SO COOL. The OTP's relationship is lovely so far, and they communicate and tell each other things!! Love it.

After seeing (and loving) Sword Snow Stride earlier this year, I'm now slowly watching Joy of Life (through ep 15). I don't love it quite as much as Sword Snow Stride yet, but it's pretty darn awesome. That's largely due to the ML, played by Zhang Ruo Yun. I really, really like him - do Beanies have any other recommendations for dramas he's starred in? Anything else worth seeking out? And alternately, any other C-dramas similar to the three I mentioned here? Thank you! 😊

CRICKET - World cup song is naaah.

This time the game of broadcast is being all around streaming. All players are into it. This is the market where max. profit can be made - and direct comparison with Fifa football world cup views will be made.

Festivals are competing with the event security troubles are in but and Pak team still has to get visa approval.

Let's see how they handle all this mismanagement.

COMPLETED
My Lovely Liar - Longer than it needed to be. Just sort of petered out at the end.

Moving - I was fully prepared to write 'Perfect. No Notes' but I do have some notes. The final episode was just a tad underwhelming because there was too much focus on wrapping up everyone's stories. Plus I wanted a more brutal comeuppance for our two main villains 😠. Also happy the Kim family got to reunite but I wanted moreeee. I think my favourite part of the last 3 episodes was the focus on the North Koreans.

ONGOING
Behind Your Touch - I'm in love with the writing for this show. The mystery is still mystery-ing. Been so long since I watched a drama where the criminal wasn't obvious. I'm beginning to lean just a bit into the "there's no 3rd psychic, Gwang-sik is the killer" theory now but I'm prepared to be proven wrong 😅.

My Lovely Boxer - Ah you'd think Hee-won's wife would have been more careful after what happened. It's nice to see Kwon-sook have more positive experiences with boxing and grow accordingly. I don't think Tae-young will show up at the garden.

Destined With You - Only got a few minutes into Ep. 9 before I realised the show was ruining all the good vibes from Moving and so I didn't continue …

Watchlist - The Kidnapping Day and Song of the Bandits.

C-DRAMAS
No time 😤.

Behind your butt : I am getting restless with the investigation. But I find it hard to believe it’s the Shaman. Hopefully we get more answers this week. But our leads and Ok Hui continue to be awesome and the show still got its humor!

Moving : Ep 13. 💔💔💔
All the happiness was short lived. Look forward to the last parent story and I will be back in the present.

Kidnapping Day: This drama turned out to be a hidden gem. I love the main duo and their interactions are absolutely wonderful, both hilarious and heartfelt at the same time. Ro-Hee continues to be a blast. I can’t wait for the next week. I need our leads to meet the good cop!
The investigation is interesting too with so many motives. I am just worried out little girl is somehow involved in the murder.

Parallel World : At Ep 20. They throw a whole bunch of things at me and I am LOST! Past life, bone of liuxi, scorpion eye revolt, beast revolt etc etc. It was too much information for me to handle. Dropped.

Stand by Me: A good coming of age drama with a lot of feels. Set in the 90’s it’s beautifully shot. The main leads are awesome. But, I am not in a right mood for this. So dropped.

My Lovely Liar (Series review) - Mood progression: D+ / D+ / D+ / D+ / D / D / D / D
After a 2 years plus break, Kim So Hyun graces our screens again in a story that should in theory focus on her as it involves a fantasy element exclusive to her. Little did she know, she would get upstaged by the male lead’s trauma and that murder mystery which finishes with an offensive plot twist for shock value. I hope her next show has better material for her! On a side note, I’m thrilled that she’s working with Yoon Ji On again even if he’s still a 2ML: he’s a fantastic actor in all shows I’ve watched him in. And now I continue praying for Seo Ji Hoon who’s landed himself in yet another dud.

Moving (Series review) - Mood progression: C / C / C- / C- / C- / D+ / D+
You know how old k-dramas used to have a long setup where child actors would play the main characters for a good chunk of the show’s run? Well, this show took that to the extreme and was practically in setup mode for the entire run. And though there are merits to character-based narratives as many of its acclaimers would espouse, the inclusion of the governmental grooming as well as external outsider threats from the US and subsequently NK pretty much invalidates that. If you wanted an actual story about a parent’s love for their child within a theme of superpowers, you wouldn’t pile on all the plot devices.

The Kidnapping Day (Episode 3-4) - Mood: C
Sigh, I had already expected some shenanigans regarding the brain research stuff, but the inheritance nonsense hit me like a truck. And then they threw in the terminal illness and a noble idiot for good measure. Or is the ex-wife half-lying and AIDS was a result of her being the mistress of Ro Hee’s dad? Regardless, it’s still fun to watch Ro Hee and Myeong Jun bickering.

CEO-dol Mart (Episode 1-4) - Mood: C / C
Yes, it may never be more than something we just watch on the side, but surprisingly it’s been an easy breezy watch so far. The acting needs a lot of polish, sure, but this isn’t a primetime show and I can’t be too upset at people trying to get all the experience instead of using their popularity to land leading roles. Let’s hope that the show doesn’t overcomplicate its story.

The Killing Vote (Episode 7) - Mood: D+
Well, that was a lot of backstory for things that any drama veteran have seen in other rich family corruption arcs. Still, it’s a confirmation more or less that Min Soo being Gaetal is a red herring, since our protagonists think so. Meta logic for the win!

Destined With You (Episode 9-10) - Mood: D-
Huh, just how low are they going with this 2FL? Her association with the gardener seems to suggest that she might actually remember her past life, given that she isn’t fazed by the black magic and perhaps even bullied FL in the past because of it.

CEO-dol Mart
Still a watchable show. The reveal of the ‘dead’ members face in the pictures and another sighting of the masked man lurking in the store unseen by the others is still making me wonder whether there is more to that story.
I loved the calculating idol shows his true colours by sharing a picture because he is shining next to his rival because he caught the ex idol with his eyes shut! The squid description of people looking ugly next to idols made me think of all of the fans thinking getting a selfie with their idol is the ultimate badge of honour. Note to self avoid being in the picture at all costs when I meet my Bogummy😆.

The date of marriage - J drama
I can’t believe it ends next week I have enjoyed this one, the complications of overthinking keeps coming up.

Marriage with me? Seriously? J drama
I get the impression they are trying for quirky with this one with her random thoughts and assumptions but it’s not hitting the mark for me. I am only watching because I want to know his real reason for choosing her to be his contract wife.

Completed

Go brother! - Chinese film
Drama recommendation from a Beanie, couldn’t find the drama so watched the film instead. Nice example of the true bond in sibling relationships in the teenage years.

Fake it till you make it -Chinese
Wow what a drama; so pretty, it has a really sweet OST and a cute friends to lovers story. We spend a decent amount of time with the couple once they get together and it is a realistic adult relationship without being graphic so it is a satisfying romance with a slice of life. Office politics and city life for both main leads and the female lead has a cousin who is battling the world of relationships. This is my second short drama (14 episodes is the sweet spot for me) that has a female side character who has an immature approach to relationships that is still annoying to watch but is understandable in a teenage romance. They bring very little to the relationship but their soon to be faded looks and expect the man to be pandering to their every need and meet their high expectations re status. The last time I met this type of character was in Remembrance of things past and it felt the character was out of place in that friendship group.

My lovely liar
It was a nice fantasy romance with a thriller element. It worked best when the fantasy and romance were the focus; the side characters and murder elements were less interesting to me.

My first first love
I enjoyed this coming of age friends to lovers story.

Cinderellas of midsummer - J drama
It was an enjoyable watch, unfortunately noble idiocy and interfering second leads took up too much time. It was great to see all the characters develop over the long summer.

Webtoon corner
Second Lead Syndrome is back after the summer break, yay.

BUTT TOUCH (Ep 11-12) This week puts more emphasis on suspects (prime ones are Hyoen-Ok’s ex-husband, Mr. Kang, Cha’s right hand man, Seon-Woo for his snarky behavior toward police and blocking of any touches, and the Shaman who already admitted he tried to kill Cha.) The Grandfather story arc has been the weakest part of the town folk stories. Jang-Yeol and Ye-bun’s working relationship seems to improve, but it could change with Grandfather’s murder. The Captain’s approach to investigation seems to be refreshing change to standard k-drama incompetent police work. The serial murder story line may have lasted too long to give a conclusion to Jang-Yeol’s Seoul story: justice against the Baek gang and resolution of Seung-Gil’s life and death.

LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE (Episode 1-2) Too many character introductions in Episode 1. We get that Uee’s family is terrible leaches; that ML’s family has been destroyed by a greedy aunt; and that all the standard weekender tropes will be put into a blender without a top to spray us with a mess for the next 25 weeks. It has all the script making of another sub-par series since ALL of the families are overloaded with bad people. Hyo-Sim as Atlas with the weight of her world solely on her shoulders seems like a grind watch.

COLD BLOODED INTERN (Ep.11-12) The takedown of Manager Ju was par for the course, but it lead to Ji Won leaving the company, having worse health issues in the midst of a jumpy three month time jump. Hae-Ra finishes her apology tour and remains with the company while it begins its employee welfare reforms. But the show suddenly ends with a new CEO, the villain from Hae-Ra and Ji Won’s first company who ruthlessly got no pregnancy policy first established to the detriment of women workers. Clearly, this final set up was a cue for a second season since so many loose ends were not tied up, but I don’t think there will be one. It was not as ground breaking as it could have been. I like the cast of Team 2, and that the fact that women were featured as having decision making control in their own lives (not waiting for men to make moves, professionally or personally). This was a vertical in-house pre-production by CJ (it produced the series and main leads are agency artists). It is probably most cost-efficient way to do a series.

LIVE WATCHES
Destined with You
This show speaks to my mess. I love it. I don’t trust the production team as far as I can spit a rat, but I’ve got their backs in my mind, um, so to, um, speak. Wait, where was I? Oh!! I simply KNOW how this drama should turn out, and if it doesn’t turn out that way, then my delusional fantasies will take over and I’ll be fine and runaway with Jae-kyung and his lightbulbsmilehorriblejokesandangrysexyANGRYvoice…i’llbefinefine. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT???

Moving
I did it! I did it! I did it! I finished! It was like a gauntlet. I didn’t want to finish, but I made myself. There will be a k-drama price. But I finished.

My Lovely Liar
It’s over.

FROM THE RESERVES
Mad Dog
Now that I don’t have Moving hovering like the Sword of Damocles over my head…I will have time to be ready on Sunday for my Beanie-Community Fan Wall Post! @hopefulromantic and I are ready to chat, as (I hope) are @elinor, @seeker, and every other person who wants to join in up to episode 6 of Mad Dog. Come and join us on the Fan Wall! Older dramas can have current conversations!! Also, Woo Do-hwan. I mean srsly. The tiny, tiny mole on his nose.

ON DECK
My Liberation Notes
I now have this actual holiday dream that all I’ll devote ALL my time between U.S. Thanksgiving and Christmas to watch this show without any distractions, like from life at all, as if I have any chance of doing anything close to that! You don’t have to be Sigmund Freud (or an actual competent psychotherapist) to understand that this dream is about my desire to have something that holds my attention, utterly and completely, taking away all my worries.

Parallel Worlds
I’m ready to start this next week!! I am so excited to see what it has in store. I love the idea of the show, and the enthusiasm of my Internet Friends!! Let’s see how it works out in practice. I hold this drama lightly, which is something I can’t usually say these days for k-dramas. I’m excited to see if I can regain the magic of caring, but not too terribly much. Fun!

Behind Your Touch: 8.0 Who would have thought the high points of the show this week would be a mother-in-law and some baseball bats?

A Time Called You: 3.0 (for ep 8 / ) I'm stalled out part way thru ep 8, and 77.396% likely to drop it.

My Lovely Liar: 8.0 Passable, by-the-numbers conclusion. At least it was better than the previous week. And Kim So-hyun had a lot of screen time looking sweet and happy, which automatically made it better than the conclusions of many other shows.

My Lovely Boxer: 7.5

Monday: Sigh. When you encounter technical difficulties when trying to read the post about technical difficulties.

Wednesday: When you need to watch 7 episodes from 4 shows -- like the dread Friday Night of Doom only without any TGIF consolation.

Moving: 9.0 Check out the Easter Egg at the end of 20. And never just skip the end credits on Netflex / Disney shows with long credits. Seriously. FF is your friend.

Destined With You: 7.0

Han River Police: 3.0 🉐bean⌚ (that's "bargain beanwatch")

The Day: 9.0 I keep wanting to rename this "Father". If the excellent 2018 kdrama "Mother" had a mutant child with any random chaebol/crime/conspiracy show...
Backscratcher = mutant child of the Hand from Destined + the rulers kdrama teachers hit their students with?

Killing Vote: 5.5

Song of the Friday Night of Doom Bandits: 7.5 (ep 1/4)

BEHIND YOUR TOUCH: Ok-Hee is the best friend! I laughed out loud when Yoeng-Hui presented her Mother-in-law as the best weapon. The fact that the two were best friends was the icing. I felt so sorry for Haraboji. What a missed opportunity! He could have had a good relationship with his granddaughter. Instead, he hid his love for her and ignored her very existence because of a silly grudge against her father.

MY HAPPY MARRIAGE: A happy ending!

LEGEND OF FUYAO: At episode 46. Really, I wish Fuyao and Wuji had communicated their intention to Yalan Zhu. She did not need to lose her eyes to save Zhan Beiye if only she knew that the two had gone to retrieve the Earth Absorbing Bell. I just hope her eyesight is restored. At least Xioqui told him the Zhan Beiye the truth: Yalan Zhu saved him. Wuji being jealous was the cutest thing.

MY LOVELY BOXER: Will watch episode 9 and 10 together next week.

THE KIDNAPPING DAY: I like it as there are so many layers to peel off. Ro-Hee is such a brat! And whiplash smart. I love how she is calling the shots after figuring out that she was kidnapped by Myeong-Jun.

My Lovely Boxer Only one episode and our leads didn't spend time together... But the FL is on her way to get better, so it wasn't so bad.

My Lovely Liar I have a bean for another drama :p

Destined With You I just adore the leads together. They're so fun to watch. I'm still curious about the past and the curse, but I could just see our couple share time together.

Behind Your Touch Lee Min-Ki and Ha Ji-Min are the only reason I watch it.

Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun I don't recognize Saya and Eunsom now. Their personality changed as much than their face. It was weird to see Tanya and Eunsom being romantic like that...

Moving At the opposite of a lot people, I didn't find this drama incredible. The pace and story telling lost me a lot of times. There were too many characters with their past stories.

Han River Police I'm behind.

Song of the Bandits It reminded me IRIS when I was shipping the ML with the badass assassin rather than the nice spy... I was just as disappointed. 😅

CEO-dol Mart I like LSY in this role. I don't really care about the rest :p

Dramabeans doesnt fail to love all the dramas I don´t.

MOVING (Ep.18-20)
Overall I enjoyed it, the critique of men in charge who care nothing for the soldiers fighting at the forefront. The super powered who would prefer not to fight but have no choice. We see this with Frank who was trained as a child solider and also the camaraderie among the North Korean soldiers. The love between parents and children and how that power can be stronger than anything else. I would’ve preferred Do-shik to have been dead, it was a little too neat at the end with their reunion imo. Bong-seok and Hee-soo were cute and if they do get a second season I hope we get more of them. Han Hyo-joo, Ryu Seung-ryong and Kim Sung-kyun were fantastic!

SURPLUS PRINCESS (Rewatch 3-10)
Sadly the show was cut down from 14 episodes to 10. The ending felt rushed but on the plus side the angst lasted only 10minutes which like never happens in kdramaland lol. This was a zany wacky romp, with plenty of slapstick and parody. I would actually say this was the blueprint for WELCOME TO WAIKIKI, there is a lot of similarities between the shows.

Anyway I played a game to try and spot all the references SURPLUS PRINCESS included and parodied:

Attack On Titan
Terminator
Frozen
Suzy, Suzy, Suzy, Suzy…so much Suzy that I don’t doubt Nam Joo-hyuk manifested being co-stars with Suzy
My Love From Another Star
G-dragon Crooked MV
Avengers with Wonder Woman and Snow White??
Steve Jobs
500 Days Of Summer

LISTEN TO LOVE (My Wife's Having an Affair this Week) Rewatch Ep 1:
I like torturing myself don’t I? Lee Sang-Yeob’s character and BoA’s character is the sole reason I’m rewatching this drama! Since I already know everything, I can ship to my hearts content without feeling guilty. This is definitely a year where I’m enamoured with side couples who will be the death of me I swear! I know I’m inflicting this on myself but the chemistry between them…the CHEMISTRY!!! Also I’m a bit of a masochist okay?!

Coming to finally say that I have given up on Destined with You and that Moving wasn't that great. There were too many unnecessary flashbacks and the fights became too excessive that it lost its impact.

Destined With You: *side eyes Shin-yu’s shenanigans* team SML has basically sunk but here I am jumping ship anyways half-heartedly, mainly because he’s mess free and in the world of DWY that’s a super attractive feature 😆. In a complete contradiction to that statement however, I’m very excited to see more about the OTP’s past lives next week 👀

Live Your Own Life: is great!! Set up was a lot to take in as expected, but I like that I can see the plot pieces being moved into predictable positions in a way that enhances my enjoyment rather than decreasing it. In it primarily for Uee and Ha Joon’s characters at the moment but I’m sure others will grow on me as we progress. I really wish this was an actual weekend drama for me instead of being Sun-Mon, because it would be so fun to watch in the mornings on weekends!

Tale of the Nine Tailed is giving Twilight but better and I’m here for it! It called out to me and I dropped other dramas I was watching and ran to this like I was hypnotised hahaha. I think what I’m liking the most is the speed and ground that we’re covering plot-wise so far, feels quite snappy without feeling too rushed or underdeveloped, and the serious fantasy/horror mixed in with a bit of self-aware satirical vibes, is a match that I didn’t know I needed more of.

Under The Queen’s Umbrella rewatching this one with my mum who’s watching it for the first time (and really liking it!) - still stands as one of the best sageuks ever made in my eyes (tbh one of the best dramas I’ve ever watched in general). Please make more dramas like this one!!

Dropped: Arthdal 2 because couldn’t really engage with this as much as I wanted to, maybe will pick up sometime in the future :(

Paused Dramas/Collaterals of Me Deciding to Pick Up ToNT On A Whim: Moving , Someday or One Day and Fake it Till You Make It because I’m not in the right mood to properly enjoy or pay attention to any of these three, so on the back burner for now!

Waiting for Sparkling Watermelon to become my new Tues-Wed drama and I don’t think it’s too long before The Worst of Evil graces our screens. Looks like it’s lining up to be a good spread across genres on my ‘currently watching’ list.