I am really not one for watching torture and murder, but there are a lot of things in sageuk that I like.
And the women are oftener allowed to stay interesting till the very end, I think?
In METS and also in A Hundred Days My Prince there are "happy endings" where the FL just looks like she's been through more than enough.

Ahem... It is starting to get cold here...😁

While I appreciate well-done angst, I like my happy endings. And yes, set the tone right, no unpleasant surprises please!

In my mind, it was like when you dream "I saw it from the outside, but I knew I was one of them".
I think this drama sounds plenty fun, but I am hesitant; Until now, everything I have seen has been on Netflix.
How does Viki work? Is it legal and safe?
If you watch with adds, how much will you be interrupted, then? Like, how many times in one episode?

To be honest I'm a Netflix girl. Then Prime, then Disney.

Not a fan of the Dark Lord so ... there's that!

@CecilieDK - Viki is completely legal and safe. It's a major streaming service that licences shows from the original broadcasters and producers, just as Netflix does. It's available online and as an app on many smart TVs and phones. The major differences in the experience are: (1) Viki uses teams of volunteers to translate subtitles into multiple languages; this means the subs are usually more complete and nuanced than on Netflix or Prime, and (2) Viki has fewer user controls - no watching at 1.5x speed, for example.

There are no ads if you pay for a monthly subscription. Some shows or episodes are available free with ads if you don't subscribe - my vague recollection is that there were about 6 ad breaks in a one-hour episode.

Not all of their licensed shows are available in every region, but it's safe to say most shows are available in most regions most of the time.

@elinor Thank you!

Dunno if continuous live-ish watches are possible @seeker, it is during my work hours that these episodes drop. I had to juggle a LOT for the DWY finale. But yes, I will take the risk and watch on the day and will be chatting with you folks!

The beauty of calling it Live(ish) is that it need not necessarily be "live". Logistically it would be highly improbable for all of us to be able to actually live watch every episode. I am just suggesting something like a fanwall chat after we watch and before the recap drops... or we can just chat on the recaps as usual, heh!

I saw mentions of “live watching” Destined With You and was curious what you all meant by it. I was wondering if you were watching a real-time JTBC stream, which I remember lots of Beanies doing back during the BTIMFL era! It’s become less common of a practice now that so many dramas drop with subs on streaming services right after airing in Korea. Oh, the memories of waiting sometimes all day for Viki subs to reach 95%!

Hey @Mindy

As you read in the recaps and fanwalls @attiton got us all Ro-swooning.

Just chatting on threads @insyfan and @semmavetti decided to watch Episode 15 of Destined With You as soon as it dropped on Netflix and chat. A bunch of us joined in before we knew it this tumbleweeded into a whole lot of fun (no credit to the drama for that). Some people joined in later in the day and left comments. We decided to do this again for the drama finale (Episode 16).

In case you're interested you can see these freewheeling and 100% spoilery chats at following links:

https://www.dramabeans.com/members/indyfan/activity/1467711/

https://www.dramabeans.com/members/Seeker/activity/1468322/

This was just a fun experiment and helped us laugh instead of tearing our hair out in frustration watching alone. 😀

** @indyfan

@seeker Sounds lovely, but I have the same logistical obstacles when trying to make a real live watch work 😅 I’ll happily join for special occasions like final week of a well loved show though. And I’ll surely join in the fan wall discussions, as soon as I’ve watched. 👀💬

It will be more difficult, it will be on Viki not on Netflix.

It will depend on the subtitles team.

@sonai

Recap discussion are by default little more structured and perhaps (for lack of a better word) more formal.

What I loved about the Live(ish) chats was their freewheeling nature. Despite work and network/ accessibility issues we did make it work somehow.

So it is not as if we have to watch the episodes as soon as they drop - just floating the idea of dropping by identified fanwalls (on rotation basis if few of us are watching) and sharing unfiltered thoughts after watching the episodes at your convenience.

Just floating the idea out there to see if it works or if people would be interested to chat casually about their live(ish) reactions rather than discussing plot points or critical analysis of the drama which are best suited for recap threads.

So let me know what you all think about it and should we semi-organise some sort of fanwall activity/ chat for a particular drama.

@Kurama

You are right of course. Castaway Diva will be on Netflix. 😀

THe ones to open the chat ... by actually chatting and watching when it dropped ... could time-code their chat, (not every comment, but when something new was discussed, e.g.) so that if you joined later, you could "live" comment with the same level of knowledge though you had joined the chat later.

Cool @seeker I am up for Castaway Diva and The Matchmakers live-ish watching.

Cecilie what do you mean by "time-code their chat".

I like the idea of live(ish) watching during finale week. They feel like an event. It would be hard every week as @sonai @semmavetti say. But if someone else did it on their fan wall, I'd join in when I could.

Good point re the nature of the drama. For example, I don't think My Dearest would be suited for it as I want to be fully immersed in that and sob to my heart's content. Cast Away and MatchMakers are good candidates.

Awesoooomeeee… Well I’ll make sure to start with The Matchmakers then, too, and join the discussions later. And who knows: maybe with all of your help it’ll actually be the very first sageuk I’ll ever finish watching…?!?! (Yes. Phew, glad that’s finally off my chest. Even The King’s Affection is still in limbo for me, somewhere at ep 17 I think… 🫣 I guess AoS doesn’t count.)

@seeker @semmavetti @indyfan @ceciliedk

By time coding (and maybe that's the wrong word) I meant that the first ones to watch and chat could drop a "@15:40" once in a while, so you could "time" your own reading and commenting approximately with what happened onscreen, even if you joined the comments the day after. And as to combine the live feeling with the "no spoilers" feeling, a bit, at least.

@CecilieDK

That is what I thought you meant, great to have it  confirmed. As usual it is an awesome idea.

@ceciliedk @indyfan @sonai @SemmaVetti

Okay gals ... let me summarize and hopefully we agree on this:

- The Live(ish) part only refers to our "live" comments either during or after watching the episode at our convenience.

- The only purpose for such a Live(ish) Chat is to share our unfiltered, unstructured thoughts, feelings and reactions to the episode we have watched.

- By default this can only happen in cases where we are actually watching the episodes / drama.

- These comments need not be "live tweets" for the entire episode, and may perhaps just be a few lines or a single comment.

- As suggested by Cecilie these comments can be "time coded" to refer to approximate time in the episode.

So does that sound good? 

Whenever I'm in doubt for my drama watching I ask myself only one thing - is it FUN!! 😃

I don't mean time code *every* comment, just occasionally, so that it moves along with what happens on the screen, per incident. Something like this, where A, B,C represent people who saw it right away when it dropped and D represent people who saw and commented the next day:
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Supposing I can put a picture in this chat. Otherwise, the link is:
https://imgur.com/6kHvLqZ