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Weekly Squee #2

Welcome to your weekly chat space for all things that bring out the squee. With plenty of spaces to vent and share about dramas — good, bad, or ugly — this thread is dedicated to that uniquely positive punch of excitement brought on by unexpected cameos, the Episode-8 first kiss, and all other too-close encounters by an OTP.

Consider it a cozy place to sit back, take a breather, and open up about the latest drama moment that sent you into a foot-stomping, mouth-covering fit of squeals.

And if you’re squeeing about non-drama-related stuff, hey, throw it in there. We could all use a happy story and rush of feels to keep us smirking throughout the day.

So, what are you squeeing about this week?

 
Beware of spoilers below!

 
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This OTP was wildly unpopular on DB, so I squeed by myself -- My Dearest Nemesis' Black Dragon ❤️ Strawberry. I'm admittedly biased when it comes to Choi Hyun-wook, but I thought they had chemistry.

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I squeed for this OTP too!! 🫰

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My absolute favorite this week was when uri Strawberry 🍓 was trying to find a hobby for herself and uri Black Dragon muttered - "This isn't just a hobby. It's a lifestyle."**

I think that is the best description of Beanies and their drama watching. It is not just our hobby - it is our lifestyle. 😊❤🥰

** PS - The screenshot for this would 💯 have been up on my Fanwall, if I still had one. 😢

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I thought it was overall very cute! I'm anxiously waiting for the last recap to come up. (Thank you @unit.)
I was very disappointed that we didn't get to see the dragon tattoo (real or henna!) again! 😊

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Also disappointed by not having more in-game character scenes. But I was happy that at least we got a few callbacks to the same.

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I squeed for them, too - Choi Hun-wook enjoying his lifestyle with the biggest smile ever will always be sunshine and puppies to me.
I'm also quite alone in the corner of "I didn't like the SML much", the guy was so clingy and completely deaf to "no" and "I need space" it made me want to change jobs and leave town.

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I'm in your corner in that I didn't see what everyone else saw in the second leads; however, I did think her reaction in the car was too harsh. He just wanted to impress her mom, which was the same as Joo-yeon wanting to impress Soo-jung's dad. But yeah, he was definitely more in love with her than she with him. Her character's take it or leave it attitude to relationships was cool.

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You are not alone, @panshel!! 🥰

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I am squeeing because I am happy for Bogummy, he deserves spotlight.

and because it is spring so I can let out frustration by some gardening

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@db-staff Well apparently Fan Space has been dropped. So just wondering if we have any chance of getting a Snarquee Thread as so brilliantly named by uri @parkchuna to rave and rant / squee and snark and to let us enjoy both sugar and spice in our Beanie life.

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Or an SSS Thread for Snark, Squee, Spoilers 😋

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I was going to ask you how you could color the bold texts then realised it is a hyperlink 😂

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Perfecto!!💪🏻👏🏻 A spoiler thread is much needed. But, correct me if I'm wrong, apart from recaps all other threads can actually have spoilers, no!?

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You’re right, only except recaps. But I think beanies often keep spoilers to the minimum in WWW. So an open space for any amount of spoilers would be nice.

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Well both Open Thread and this Weekly Squee do have an explicitly "Beware of spoilers below!" warning. So I guess it means any / all spoilers are welcome. 😊❤

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Or Fan Wall 2: The Weekly Post Edition.

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*Cough* So I have a thing for Dexter Morgan. *Cough* Would it be weird to say that I am totally squee-ing for Park Eun-bin as she is *ahem* making even the (in)famous Mr. Morgan seem tame.

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Went away for the weekend and came back home to this, ALL OF THIS 🥰🥰😍😍 I’m set for the week (as always, click CC for subs):

Essentially:

drink your milk
https://youtu.be/Y9ZGI9nYlZM?si=1xcAJn39qcvj-m-u

Get your exercise in
https://youtu.be/J2XZqjpuXDo?si=cX-LQqqSPh3B02O3

Remember to keep up with your hygiene
https://youtu.be/kEo-rX6_RaY?si=G0q4XgM-Zrb_Xysh

And oral care
https://youtu.be/1jLloN6aXYQ?si=wTzeeE5wM0Scir6Z

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Much needed PSAs because who ever wants to listen to these homilies from Mum. 🙈🤥

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Yes, we always tend to listen to other people outside of family 😅😅😅

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And if that’s the case, it might as well be someone who’s easy on the eyes, who has good diction, and a more-than-pleasing aural voice that is just 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 🥰🥰🥰

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Yes 💯 what you said. 🫰🏻🥰

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TGIF honestly 😮‍💨😮‍💨 I guess I’m still not as recovered as I’d like to be at this point in the week from my trip from last weekend 😅

Anyhow, as far as my squeeing goes—

My heart is here (click CC for subs)— he just keeps giving and showing pieces of himself and how much of himself he’s really put into producing this album 🥹 And how much he truly wishes to present it as a gift to his fans (as per the album art)
https://youtu.be/cF8-8XxPXbw?si=nlgjFLnTtW-jz3aF

With that said, it truly has been the thing I’ve been listening to for a lot of my time
https://open.spotify.com/album/60ftwINZbfAMnstjbYM3JO?si=L6n89fGXRuWPyL8MgMFkfg

And also this— a truly talented sibling duo and I love my oldies 😊
https://open.spotify.com/album/5YzO1Bdj4B6KxHbPNpqwuh?si=lWpkPy79QLSU02_joxRySw

My drama-loving heart is still here:
https://mydramalist.com/755789-xian-tai-you-shu

Whilst I started this and am making my way through it, slowly but surely:
https://mydramalist.com/714123-long-life-long-street

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My recent squee is for the women of k-drama land, the well-written and mature FL's we watch. This post is inspired by When Life Gives you Tangerines and how beautiful they wrote and fleshed out the female characters.
It emphasized a mother's love, her instincts, a woman's life and the challenges she face while living in a misogynistic society. It is so beautiful that I could go on and on.
I started k-drama as a teenager, a young naive girl who is now seeing the world in a more fleshed view but the way these women are so marvelously wonderful makes me squee and makes me adore being a woman.

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Loving the thoughtfulness behind the female characters and their roles as child, mother, grandmother .

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Yea, yea, 💯 squee-worthy. Thank you for your hard work in making the gifs and kindly sharing them.🫰

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Re: "to him getting all worked up over accounting"

They should plant him in the sequel to Numbers or The Auditors. Then for next few years S. Korea may witness a surge in college intakes for Dept of Accountancy

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I am finally allowing myself to watch When Life Gives You Tangerines. I was afraid I would just binge it, but I'm actually going through it pretty slowly. Here's what I want to squee about: poetry. The poem that Park Bo-gum's character memorizes and declaims in a shout to IU's character in episode two is finally shown in a bonfire in episode 3. I paused the video and grabbed the poem--It is "Flag" by Yu Chi-hwan. I'm pretty sure that Koreans watching not only knew the poem but were transported back to the historical moment in the 1960s when they learned it in school. "The handkerchief of eternal nostalgia" is the Korean flag.
It might be too geeky to be called squee, but I am excited by this kind of thing and wanted to share.

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Thank you for sharing, these kinds of insights are always appreciated.

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Korean dramas frequently sneak in some high culture stuff, Korean or international, and I love that. I usually watch on my laptop, but even if I watch on the television, i stop and look things up, or jot them down to look up later.

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interesting! yes, they always sneak in these things, like famous quotes of inventions or references to history.

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This scene from Love in the Big City was funny, but this reel with the song is funnier.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1A71ArFSQE/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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Agree!!
I LOVED her comment here- and the movie. Although I loved the drama so much I had to talk myself into watching the movie. Glad I did. The wedding song at the end was pretty squeee too!

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I like this thread a lot. The world is so ugly lately, it's nice to spend time thinking about things that delighted me this week. I'm in a bit of a drama slump though. Started watching When Life Gives you Tangerines. It's beautiful, but it's kinda a low slow squee.

I also started watching Weightlifting Fairy. It's weirdly the 3rd sports-focused show I've watched in a row, entirely by accident. I'm actually kinda disturbed by a lot of the weight gain/weight loss material. However, I like the two leads a lot.

I think my biggest squee so far is when the big brother asks the little brother if he has a crush. His smile. Heh.

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Agreed! I'm just hanging out in the comments on these threads soaking up all the delightfulness. Even if it only puts a dent in the ugly we have to contend with elsewhere, I'll take it ;)

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Thanks for spotlighting how much joy there is in our little corner of the web. So glad that the camp fire is still burning bright.

I am barely getting time to read the recaps of the dramas I am watching but I am jumping into the comments in the small pockets of time I do have just so I keep up with the beanies. It’s so much harder now that there is no easy way to see the most recent comments😬

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Firing an S.O.S flare here to Beanies:

Ya know, our beloved UCHS will be ending this weekend (*sob*)
En-masse withdrawal symptoms are forecasted next week

SO, if you have any squee-worthy shows (even old ones) to recommend to stave off the cold turkey NOW is the time to bring out the emergency stash and name names!

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This is such a great idea to try to head things off by front loading the watch list for a smooth transition. It is hard to match the tone of some dramas that bring joy because they really do have that extra something that makes them stand out in the current crop. I hope you find what you need.

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I'm just saying Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo is on v i k i now-for me a rewatch and I am loving it. On ep 8, one a night, so it's a slow binge. IU in 2 dramas at the same time is a treat, she is very talented as an actress, songwriter, and singer.

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If you like your Moon Lovers, pls try the OG C-drama Scarlet Heart. I think you would love it too

The whole series is available and free on YouTube (just download the Language Reactor extension plug-in and it translates all shows into your preferred language subs)

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Really? I haven't watched many Cdramas (Nirvana in Fire though, 😉) , but I will check it out, thanks empressgirl!

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You've probably seen it, but Healer is a perfect follow up to UCHS. Man on a mission distracted by strong quirky woman.

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If you’re into C-dramas— and don’t mind the fantasy ones with all the dieties, demons, and supernatural cultivation elements— I HIGHLY recommend Love of the Divine Tree. I just finished it 2-ish weeks ago and realized that my heart is still with the drama as I’m finding myself not pressing play very much on my current watch (Cdrama, Rise of Ning)

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I have been lurking on this website for a while but finally joined because I wanted to share my squee about Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo. I am watching it for the first time, am about halfway through and wow. I did not expect to be team Eighth Prince. He is kind, thoughtful, and seems to really love our heroine. She also returns his love which surprised me since that normally doesn’t seem to happen with the 2ML.
BUT then, the Fourth Prince says “I am yours.“ just before Hae Su starts applying makeup. I about fell off my chair. Maybe it was mistranslated but the chemistry says otherwise.
I know this series is supposed to end tragically, but my mind refuses to accept that.

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👋🏾Welcome to the comments😊 I hope you will find beanies to join you in the Moon lovers fan club.

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Welcome! I can't wait to watch this for the first time also!!

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Welcome to the comments!!
What episode was this? I do remember him saying something along the lines of “I am yours” or “I am your person”— the latter sounding more period appropriate, so it may actually be that one, but can’t remember exactly.

I’m here if and whenever you wanna squee about this! I don’t remember much of the finer details in how the Korean adapted the plot from the original Chinese, but I remember the characters well, and loved (most) of them very much 🥰

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This is my 2nd watch and I am noting SO many new things. Firts of all, keeping track of the princes (and the princess) is way easier this round and tbeir complicated relationships make sense. I am so happy to hear that you added Moon Lovers and are loving it. I won't give any spoilers (although I am dying to). If you have questions ask and perhaps i can help sort things out. What a cast, though, right?

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Yes! The cast is great. Thanks too.

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Court Lady Oh, I forgot how powerful her role is! 💔

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Re: team Eighth Prince
🤣🤣 Ok, this can only end in tears. Get ready for some serious SLS then!

Yes, donch ya just hate it when a show sends in their SML FIRST, marked you with the indelible imprint that this MUST be the OTP, THEN 3 episodes later they send in the real ML and run your heart over with a truck?

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Scarlet Ryeo was my first kdrama trauma. My friend and I live watched it. Nothing else has come close, it inured me to all other tragic endings. Do with this what you will, until the last second I had hope. I still get upset thinking about it.

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I know it is going to end badly. 😭 my sister told me it was based on a C-drama, and those tend to take all happiness and crush it.

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I will say when it was good it was so good, but that ending still breaks my heart.

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Been giffing The Potato Lab as much as I can. Still haven't made it to EP 8 (last week). Gotta pick and choose which scenes to do first. XD I might go back and forth with the different episodes, I don't know! 🥰

Alluring Kang Tae Oh:
https://brewinglove.tumblr.com/post/779151222409166848/the-potato-lab-ep-7

Silly Kang Tae Oh:
https://brewinglove.tumblr.com/post/779244012840402944/play-it-cool-the-potato-lab-ep-7

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😆😆😆😆

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Thank you so much! They're lovely!

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Well So Baek-ho sure knows how to (al)lure them fangirls. 😂🥰  🪭
   
Thank you for the lovely gifs.🫰🏻

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*spoiler alert* UCHS
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It ended on a very meh note for me... Literally ZERO squees... I am *very* pissed off with Kdrama right now.

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My squees these days are the background musics of The art of negociation (with unusual sounds) and Hyper knife (contrabass or alto ?).

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I have been doing the count in for The art of negotiation which comes in quietly sometimes and other times extra loud but is always there to foreshadow the evil doings of Mr Ha😬

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I just became an Errand Boy!!!!!!

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@edgarpordwed, Huzzah! Congratulations on achieving Errand Boy status!

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Yay 🥳 congrats on your level climb

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The potato Lab is getting all my squees, I hope they stick the landing.

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