It’s been a year+ since I was here, and maybe everyone has moved or changed or forgotten me…but hi again? Finished Vincenzo and was missing having this community to rave/rant/gush/groan/swoon with
I finished VINCENZO but felt pretty meh about it at the end. I’m watching BOSSAM and enjoyed the premiere a lot. I’m also about to finish the Cdrama THE LONG BALLAD and love it.
Just logged on for the first time in forever (FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREEEEEVVVVVER la la la) and had a bazmillion notifications, so I made them all disappear without checking. I think its all March music stuff, but if it wasn\’t please don\’t be offended if I didn\’t see/reply to the @. xoxo beanies. hope everyone is staying safe, well, and six feet apart 😉 <3 love
\”What does your heart say?\” I ask my 1 year old as I put his pajamas on.
He knows the answer; he\’s been saying it for days, and I think it\’s the funniest thing. He\’ll pat his chest, right where his heart is, and say, \”Boom, boom\” super triumphantly.
So I ask him, \”What does your heart say?\”
He grins, taps his chest, and his eyes light up: \”Boom, boom!\” he shouts.
And then, he adds something extra, something new:
\”Boom, boom– ROAR!\”
Out of the mouth of babes.
❤️❤️❤️
\”May it happen for you.\”
Yes, you.
Today I thought I would pay tribute to the one thing one of the things that unites us: kdramas. And since today is February 13, I offer thirteen of my favorite shows/moments/characters/elements/things/whatever hehe from korean dramas.
(I got a message saying I was posting too many links, so I am splitting this into two parts <3).
13. Just Between Lovers episode 12. One of my favorite episodes of anything of all time.
12. The second leads in Descendants of the Sun. I\’m not ready to talk about the leads yet, but I would watch this whole drama again and again just for the scenes with Jin Goo and Kim Ji-won.
11. Ahn Min-hyuk drawing that heart in the sand (SWDBS).
10. Yoo Jae-myung as Lee Chang-joon in Forest of Secrets. My favorite villain anywhere in anything.
9. The redemption of Woo Do-ha (Special Labor Inspector, Mr. Jo). My absolute favorite character arc.
8. The OST for Heartstrings. *flips hair*
7. The chemistry between the leadsthe second leadsthe soldiersthe North Korean women everyone in Crash Landing on You.
6. Seol Ji-hwan (Lee Jae-wook) rehearsing his lines with Cha Hyeon (Lee Da-hee) in Search: WWW. Also just Cha Hyeon. And this show. (I couldn’t find a gif of the actual moment I wanted…it’s when he is being fierce as he reads his lines and he realizes he’s shocked her…and his face does this instant transformation and he hugs her. And it’s perfection.)
5. The moment in any drama when the mood and the music and the acting and the writing all align perfectly and you feel a literal punch in your gut.
4. Fiery Priest. If this had had a romantic thread, I would hands down call it the perfect drama. Without it, it’s the almost-perfect drama, and everything about it and everyone in it absolutely shines.
3. Literally every moment of My Love from Another Star. These two hold my heart forever.
2. The moment in Healer when JCW smiles while escaping with PMY. Also that moment in Healer when anyone does anything.
1. Faith. But you already knew that’s what would be here 😉
Yesssss.
#1- The only drama I loved LMH (sorry if I offend someone).
#2- Yesss. How can they be soooooooo perrrrrrfect???
#6- Such a nice surprise to discover these two together.
#7- This weekend it’s going to be so hard, with the final eps and no more ducklings, and ajummas, and OTP and second leads, and mums and…
#10- My favourite kdrama EVER. So no more words needed.
#12- Yessssss.
#13 – I watched JBL after Life and discovering Won Jin Ah (she’s also the reason I suffered Melty…). I thought I couldn’t like it more than Life, and I was wrong. Also among my top ten dramas.
It was just the perfect look. When he duped her into thinking he was helpless, only to look at her impressed that she actually saved him. I don;t think I could feel any better about this drama than that moment. I’m saving it for a rainy day.
does anyone else get EXTREME ANXIETY due to the paper-thin walls in the palaces in sageuks? Like, every time a secret is told inside, I panic. PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU THROUGH THE WALLS. GO UP TO THE MOUNTAINS TO REVEAL THIS KIND OF THING.
JIGALINE HERMIONE JIG. I did not need to start realizing this!!!!!!! but you are absolutely right. it is one of the laws of dramas (see also: no one is actually asleep when you touch their face. the only way to get there is by making a u-turn. and no secret is safe in a stairwell.)
Haha yes never trust a person who looks like they are asleep (personal experience cause I’m great at resting my eyea in public and the things I hear cause they assume I’m asleep…)
For u-turns, also the fact that Korea just neeever has any traffic unless someone needs to be hit by a car of course.
There was an older sageuk… I don’t rememver which one… Maybe Dong Yi? It was mentioned in the show that the ladies-in-waiting knew every word ever said in the palace. And the amount of secrets that got out depended on each one of the ladies’ loyalty, fear, or greed. This made so much sense to me and made me feel much better while watching sageuks. Although I still do get extreme anxiety when people are plotting treason!
#5 (or #6, if you count the Murray Clark article, which is now my favorite genre)
I can\’t imagine doing Love, February without at least one post for beanies. I am so appreciative of this community. One beanie said once that db is kind of like a bar where some people are regulars, and some people just pop in once or twice, and some people visit for a while then leave and come back later etc. I\’m obviously in the last category, but I\’m so happy every time I make it back to find you all here and see so many familiar faces and meet so many new beanies who are as supportive and enthusiastic as the familiar ones.
I was planning to post this poem today–it\’s my \”election year poem\”–my reminder to hope every election year despite, well, everything that comes with an election year. But as I read through the other LF posts and comments, I realized I wanted to post it for you all, instead. I got a sense of longing as I read the posts and comments this year, and this poem is one of my go-to\’s when I am feeling that.
Sometimes – by Sheenagh Pugh
Sometimes things don\’t go, after all,
from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel
faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don\’t fail,
sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well.
A people sometimes will step back from war;
elect an honest man, decide they care
enough, that they can\’t leave some stranger poor.
Some men become what they were born for.
Sometimes our best efforts do not go
amiss, sometimes we do as we meant to.
The sun will sometimes melt a field of sorrow
that seemed hard frozen: may it happen for you.
May it happen for you. Yes, you <3
Good things are out there, and I am convinced they are making their way to us (even if they are taking the slowest way possible. ergh, *hurry up* good things!).
Man, this hits hard. I think my good things are being held by customs somewhere out there and there aren’t enough people on staff so there’s a backlog and my name on the “Good things” package was misspelled, so they have to sort that out first. I am however with waiting, as long as they do arrive in the end.
Hee hee! Korean hair is a special thing—it absolutely contains the actor’s life force.
This Esquire author, Murray Clark, wrote a lot about Oscar Night male hair. He fawns over Timothée Chalamet’s greasy slickback. He approved Leo DeCaprio’s classic Carey Grant look. He slow-claps Adam Driver’s timeless long locks. And he genuflects before Brad Pitt’s glorious mane. I don’t understand how he overlooked Taika Waititi’s salt-n-peppa curly locks but thankfully <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/3155791/taika-waititi-oscars-carpet-2020/"MTV News was there to commemorate this “living cologne commercial” known as Taika Waititi.
An overly-specific list of things I
Love,
February
calendars with pretty pictures in august, my birth month, the month with no holidays or glorious season, the month always always always where the ugliest picture gets relegated.
irish breakfast tea. the cheap kind that i can afford. strong. with lots of cream so then not very strong anymore. a lost potential i don\’t need to mourn.
leap years. leap day. february\’s chance to wear heels, to catch up. and yet…still, even then, she\’s shorter than all the others. (i sympathize.) the way february sashays around anyway. (i take note.)
lemon ricotta cookies. i bake barely, rarely, and badly, but these i love.
the click click click of my mechanical pencil. less frenetic than the keyboard, but still so satisfying.
the lines in the carpet after vacuuming.
the instrumentals from the OST to Rookie Historian, playing in the background.
day-dreaming. not (ever) being too old for day-dreaming.
the space we call the segue. too wide to be a hallway, but somewhat useless as anything else. lined with bookshelves and a couple of chairs. wood floors we all slide across in socks, as we move from one part of the house to the other.
fake pretend bad poetry. i mean it. send it to me even when it stops being february. i love it.
sunshine, rain, wind, heat. anything but the cold.
the grand adventure that my other blue-and-grey mitten must have gone on with my other black-and-white sock in these past few (coldest.) days. it better be the grandest adventure ever.
August is my birth month too. But down here it is the last month of winter and the month that beckons spring. The snow drops come up, the hill starts to be less grey and usually by my birthday you can get daffodils. And since spring is my favourite season and daffodils my favourite flower and August my birth month… We all get to herald spring together ^-^
It’s just the opposite of the Northern Hemisphere!
Give or take half a month:
Dec-Feb = Summer
March- May = Autumn
June- August= Winter
Sept-Nov= Spring.
Oh my bad you want OUR calenders? Ahahaha I should do that. Honestly I haven’t looked at pictures intently on ours in while. August is somehow hit or miss? I’m not sure if there is a definite trend to certain months getting better pictures? Hmmm Lemme go check…
I had to go find last years calendars because this years we just have a Voice of the Martyrs one, and a cat one- the only one that was the right size for our “Events” calendar.
Last years, of the 3 that were scenic- 2/3 had good pictures for August. One had a boring one. The cat one this year is fine too but you can hardly go wrong with kittens… lol
Dec, Jan, June, July, March had some of my favourite ones… I feel like December here tradtionally has good pictures if I had to ponder it?
Hmmm would you like one for next year??? haha
@sicarius hahahaha we’re so deep into this thread that i have to reply to myself and tag you (meaningful convo, this is) 😉 this is v interesting—thanks for checking for me!!! i guess the last month of winter isn’t all that pretty either (Feb here, which only gets nice pictures on our calendars because of valentines day, i suspect). no no, no need to actually send me a calendar, although i appreciate v much the sentiment <3 <3 <3 a friend sent me one called "Women Reading" and it actually does have a nice august picture so i am all set <3
You don’t have to tag me I get a notifcation; whenever and however you reply to a comment of mine, even if it is a in a sub thread like this!!!!
Ahahaha aww I was totally all set to send you one lol~! I shall think of you now whenever I see an August calendar pic hehehe
sicarius queen of melonia if you send me a calendar or a letter or a post-it or an anything in the mail, it would literally be the best day of my life.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. send me your email address so i can email you my real address and include your real address so i can send you real mail too if you want
To the people running in public:
You got this. I hope you win that race, hit that mark, lose that pound, catch that purse-snatcher–whatever it is, I am rooting for you. (Oh, unless you *are* the purse-snatcher… Then I can only wish you a road full of banana peels.)
To the tween girl trying on clothes at Target:
You look great. You really do.
To the clearly-terrified person driving on the freeway for (I suspect) the first time:
You\’re going to be fine. And you\’re doing fine. We\’ve all been there. Signal, accelerate, brake if needed, and breathe. It gets easier.
To the young men trying to find farfalle in the pasta aisle at the grocery store:
Here it is.
Thanks for this! So you saw me on my drive home the other night in the pounding rain so hard I could hardly see? Yep that was me in the slow lane – both hands tight on the wheel and trying to keep calm.
Thanks for reminding me to breathe!!!
One of my least favorite conditions for driving. Add in wind for more anxiety. Not enough? Add ToD on your left driving too fast for the conditions and throwing a spray that builds to a tidal wave of water to cover your windows thoroughly.
That really happened to me one morning last week. The sun wasn’t up yet and it was RAINING! A big semi came onto the highway on the right and so I thought I’d pass in the left lane.
But because it was raining so hard and the median wall was on my left I literally could hardly see trying pass the truck in my little Honda.
But I was so freaked out that I could barely even go faster- once I did and got in front of the truck I felt like I was going to vomit.
Yooowza was that scary….. but I made it. Note to self – do not pass a semi on a dark rainy morning again….
The purse snatcher reminds me of the scene in Can You Hear My Song when the lady caught & sat on the snatcher’s face. and the driving reminds Yi Na in Age of Youth, terrified of driving on the highway and the girls had to use hand signals to help her change lanes.
Watch Crash Landing Ep1 last night, and it made me think—I\’m remembering all the pitiable Candys and their part-time jobs that seemed to be in every drama when I first started watching, and I\’m loving that now we don\’t even think twice about a female lead who runs her own company, etc. I love that that Se-ri is caricatured a little bit, just like a male chaebol character would have been, but that she\’s charming and skilled and successful all the same. Anyway, just thinking aloud.
Ok, so a LONG time ago, I started watching My Name is Kim Sam-soon. I remember it clearly, but it didn\’t really click with me, so I only watched some of the first episode. That was years ago. Then a few days ago, I decided to give it a try again. So I settled in, started watching it, and…it\’s not the drama I remember. Like, not at all. The scenes I so clearly remember are not in this drama at all.
Whatever drama I was watching (and I really thought it was MNKSS…it was old…of that generation) has an airplane ride near the very beginning: the female lead is on an airplane and encounters handsome man and they argue a lot. Then, later FL goes to a hotel and for whatever reason needs to get into a certain room–which turns out to be occupied by the same man from the airplane. There is a lot begging and yelling. It\’s sort of a predictable meet-cute setup.
I also remember this, which may or may not be from the same drama: female lead is a loud, charming tour bus guide. Maybe the bus is blue.
Does any of this sound familiar to anyone? What drama could this be? Or are these a bunch of dramas mashed together in my head?
P.S. Loving the actual drama My Name is Kim Sam-soon right now.
Report: Started Joseon Flower Agency (or whatever it’s called. I cannot keep that show’s name straight in my head for whatever reason). It has all the right elements–great cast, fun chemistry, all the tropes all the time, costuming and set design on point–but it’s falling short in a way I can only attribute to poor direction. I’m enjoying it, but I’m also ffwding a lot. The direction is just off in so many ways. Slow scenes that should be fast. Fast scenes that could be drawn out. Anyway I think I’m going to save it up, binge when I have lots of episodes and can ffwd as much as I need to. It’s a pity–this cast is SUPER. I’m looking forward to seeing all these guys in more shows in the future! (Sidebar: does anyone else feel like we’re watching Joo Won, Kim Soo-hyun, and Lee Hong-ki’s little brothers, though?)
not odd at all! i’m definitely enjoying it, too — it has literally everything i love in a drama tbh — and i’m hoping that the things i *do* find difficult will get ironed out as the show continues!
Special Labor Inspector Mr. Jo is a GEM. Sliding right into my Favorites of All-time drama list. There aren\’t enough gifs of this show, either, which is a crying shame.
Had to authenticate my Amazon account this morning, and they told me they were sending me an OTP! Sadly, that was just an email with a One Time Password, not a box of Park Min-young and Kim Jae-wook. (I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll get back to work now. :P)
I’m still waiting for the day that I can get Mo Tae Gu out of my head and to realize that it’s okay to see Kim Jae Wook as a character where he’s happy and smiling and not brooding (a la his character in “Mary Stayed Out All Night”) and to also realize that Kim Jae Wook is just this chill and silly dude who loves his cat and loves to display said love for said cat via his Instagram irl
So I have assuaged my Seven Day Queen grief with Special Inspector Mr. Jo, and, beanies, IT IS AMAZING. You already know, I know, but now you know that I know too. It is AMAZING. I’m not done with it yet, but I love everyone in it so very much.
Melt Me had a few impressive moments, but I ended up fast-forwarding most of it. I wasn’t as drawn in as I hoped to be, but I did find WJA compelling a few times, so I’m not dropping it yet. I’m also generally a big fan of Yoon Se-ah, Won-hae Kim, and Jeon Soo-kyeong, so I’ll stick around and see them a bit. But still, disappointed. Like, I expected to be disappointed, but I’m disappointed that that expectation came true.
I also have this new theory that I enjoy shows more when I binge them. And because I expect Tale of Nokdu to be one of the best shows this round, I’m going to test that theory on it. Which means no Nokdu for me yet. Waaaah. I thought I couldn’t wait until 30 September, and now I’ll have to wait weeks and weeks. Please send me good thoughts as I cope in this difficult time.
Joseon Marriage Agency: Subs are up, and I’m going to give it a try. I know a lot of people were disappointed, but I often end up liking really lame shows, so heh maybe that will come in handy again.
Only one episode in, and Nokdu is very promising. I think it will be worth the wait. Such self discipline!
Only a quick FF through last week’s episodes of Melt Me, and it totally met my expectations for disappointment. It’s over for me. I hope all those good actors and actresses will show up again soon in a better drama. They deserve it.
Special Labour Inspector Jo IS AMAZING! I LOVED it. I watched it a few days ago. Why do these POWER actors always get unhyped or secondary roles??? Or did show do very well inside of Korea? I hope it did.
“I also have this new theory that I enjoy shows more when I binge them.”
I have had this theory for the past decade and I stick by it firmly.
Oh I forgot to comment on the last one!
I don’t say I end up liking the lame ones. Just that I most often like shows that beanies haven’t liked much. And vice versa. The vice versa unfortunately occurs much more
Ratings started out low, around 4%, and increased, finishing at approximately 8%. Overall it did slightly better than its competition MY FELLOW CITIZEN in the Monday-Tuesday slot.
I usually live watch but binged Special Inspector Mr. Jo to catch up to the finale episodes. I felt like it dragged in the latter part but it’s still a really good comedy and it felt like watching a superhero drama with a cute Ahjussi (KDW was adorable!).
Thanks for correcting me. He IS adorable haha. You can watch Coffees Prince (10+ years younger and adorable again), The Guest (less adorable and more nerve wrecking for him) and Along With The Gods movies (entertaining and heartwarming, he has a short part in the 1st one but then has more screen time later).
oh sorry—i was totally not correcting you!! i was just emphatically agreeing heheh. “KDW *was* adorable” works just as well. He is and was and i hope will be 😉 i never really got into Coffee Prince, but lately I’ve been wondering if I should try it again. I was really new to dramas when I first saw it and it didn’t click with me. but im acclimated now and may just love it <3 <3
Oooh keep me posted on Joseon Marriage Agency ~ i was going to try it but the negative reactions had me trying Nok du instead… (I did enjoy Nok Du, but I like your binge theory. I’ve been struggling with slump land so I’m working on getting back into steady schedules of couple episodes a week of shows)
i’ll keep you posted! i watch some cheesy stuff, though, so grain of salt 😀 i use to binge alll the time, then was mostly only live-watching…i feel like i need a sort of balance… and i think there are some show i want the binge-feeling for…so im trying that with Nokdu… we shall see!
First, I need to watch Special Inspector, because, Kim Kyung Nam.
Second, I used to binge a lot, then I stopped bingey, and this year I’ve binged several shows, and … I feel like it just makes me more aware of their flaws because I watch them all in one go. Lol.
Ok so hear me out: A drama called Second Lead, where the main character is in love with a feisty-but-slightly-dim girl (called, say, Candy?) who spurns his love and begins a relationship with her chaebol-in-disguise new next door tsundere neighbor who loves her despite grabbing her wrist all the time. The drama shows our main character\’s heartbreak and subsequent personal growth, and then his adorable relationship with a witty, genius-astronaut-in-training (who is also the heiress to a large corporation, if you want; I do love a good fancy-dress scene.)
Male lead: I think it needs to be someone who is a believable second lead. That was part of the genius of the casting in My First First Love to me—that Ji-soo could actually be the second lead, so you weren’t 100% sure (or i wasn’t) how things would go. And it needs to be someone with enough range to pull off heartbroken and also evolve with a dynamic arc. Jang Dong-yoon? (I know, I know. I always cast him in my imaginary dramas!) Park Bo-gum…Park Ki-woong? (I’m ignoring the age factor, I know.)
Second Female Lead and Chaebol Neighbor: In an ideal world, where I am a casting director and have lots of funds at my disposal, this is where I’d cast the a-listers…Like, I want the show to look like it’s passing over the typical main leads and following our sad second lead. So Kim yoo-jung…Kim So-hyun…Park Shin-hye? Hyun Bin…Yeo Jin-goo…Yoo Ah-in? Someone who can execute the role but with levity to parody it, too.
Female lead (the genius astronaut in training): Jin Ki-joo! Or Park Se-wan…Lee Si-young and Lee Yuri come to mind, too.
The more I think about it, the more I like Kim Yoojung + Yeo Jingoo. Agree about the age-appropriate factor, but I also like the sort of meta-message their casting could send: not getting the “drama-ish” romantic partner, but getting someone more real etc. I also LOVE the idea now of KYJ playing a Candy 😉
I can’t quite imagine the chemistry between JDY and Chae Soo-bin…I do love her…but is she *too* cute for this? I think a genius astronaut might need a little more gravitas? I’m torn on this one, I admit.
AND YES. *scribbles frantically on my script to add an older brother so we can have all the Park Kiwoong that is humanly possible* I already need his spinoff 🙂
Can someone remind me how the bean-count works? I get one bean for every drama I finish in the year, right? Is it only for 2019 dramas, though? Like, the drama has to have aired this year for me to count it, right? (\”Aired this year\” meaning finished this year, not necessarily started…some start in the months before the new year)
Yes, like in the case of SKY CASTLE. I think it was only a few weeks into its run last year so it wasn’t included in the 2018 bean count. Which means it should count for 2019.
If it finished in 2019 and wasn’t counted in last year’s bean count then it’s counted for sure. I only make that last bit explicit because in 2018 they included the Memories of the Alhambra despite it ending in 2019. They’ve never done that before and it shouldn’t have been.
If we only included dramas that finished and ended in a calendar year then we’d constantly miss all the awesome experimental dramas they drop in December.
I’m definitely counting beans for Sky Castle, Children of Nobody, and My Strange Hero because they were three exceptional dramas who each deserve many beans.
Honestly, it’s supposeD to be only dramas that air this year that you’ve watched. But we make our own rules in Melonia and I often make my own Bean Count, according to various requirements, like how many dramas in TOTAL I watched this year.
after i finish Seven Day Queen i’m going to need the happiest, romantic-est, most satisfying-est drama ever to rebound with. please send me whatever you’ve got. kdramas, cdramas, old ones i’ve seen, whatever. it doesn’t have to be fluff; it can be intense in its way—but solidly happy and lovey. please save me from this grief.
I hope you enjoy it! It’s one of my favorites. The first half hour is a bit depressing but you could skip that if you want. Basically, they’re both very unhappy in their marriage and then they somehow go back in time to their college days.
If you haven’t seen it: HEALER. My favourite Park Min Young drama.
I also enjoyed these: FLOWER BOY NEXT DOOR, GO BACK SPOUSES, A POEM A DAY (board the correct ship and you’ll be fine). I also liked RADIANT OFFICE, which has a low-key romance in a light office drama.
For a fun option with a bit of romance try SPECIAL LABOR INSPECTOR JO 🙂
Ok, rephrasing my advice to @anothernicole: Just board the Bo Young Happiness ship and you’ll be fine. But I am willing to bet that you will choose the wrong correct ship. You’ll have to watch it to solve that riddle. 😉
I just finished Le Coup de Foudre (cdrama) and it is so adorable and sweet and lovely and happy. There’s very little real angst, and what little there is is tempered by other things. I wouldn’t call it fluff so much as an ode to love and family.
Also, my go-to feel good drama is Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, because how can anyone not love those characters.
WFKBJ how could i forget this!!! such a great feel-good drama! I havent seen Le Coup de Foudre, but you are the second or third person to have mentioned it to me, so my interest is piqued now! thank you <3 <3
I don’t if you would like it but i’m watchin the cdrama ‘my girlfriend is an alien’ and the heroine is funny and outworldly and the main leads have great chemistry. don’t know if this will help because I don’t know about the ending.
i’m watching Seven Day Queen these days, and i’m so lost. i know it ends tragically, but it feels like it’s all sad in the middle too!! i can’t tell if Yeok really loves CK or if it’s a trick; the king sometimes seems more relatable than anyone else; and i’m not sure always what to make of CK herself. it’s a beautiful show but my feelings are a mess!!
This drama messed with our feelings just as it messed with CKs!
Everything about that drama is sad, from the start to the end, the post trauma this drama gave me😪😪😪 but it really was worth it!
Even though i love the cast, costumes, scenery etc i’m avoiding this show because of the tragic end. I’m afraid i will feel like riding an inevitable train wreck the whole time i watch it..since you have started it and probably finished it by now, think of that as a another aspect of love, letting go when necessary..
that is exactly how it feels, so ominous all the time….but then also so so SO well-done, so beautiful in every way. i like this idea of thinking of it as another aspect of love <3 thank you <3
another woodalchi nicole recruit
May 5, 2021 at 8:12 AM
It’s been a year+ since I was here, and maybe everyone has moved or changed or forgotten me…but hi again? Finished Vincenzo and was missing having this community to rave/rant/gush/groan/swoon with
mmmmm
May 5, 2021 at 8:33 AM
🥳 Welcome back!
pickleddragon
May 5, 2021 at 9:07 AM
welcome back! You can backread the Vincenzo posts to get over it. What are you planning to start next?
Ally
May 5, 2021 at 10:30 AM
Hi!!! We missed you!
WishfulToki
May 5, 2021 at 11:06 AM
Woodalchis unite! Welcome back 🤗
I finished VINCENZO but felt pretty meh about it at the end. I’m watching BOSSAM and enjoyed the premiere a lot. I’m also about to finish the Cdrama THE LONG BALLAD and love it.
purplesheesh
May 5, 2021 at 6:35 PM
Welcome back!
Eazal
May 6, 2021 at 10:56 AM
Welcome back!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
May 7, 2021 at 6:19 PM
@mmmmm @pickleddragon @ally-le @wishfultoki @purplesheesh @eazal thanks everyone <3 <3 <3
another woodalchi nicole recruit
March 30, 2020 at 10:37 AM
Just logged on for the first time in forever (FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREEEEEVVVVVER la la la) and had a bazmillion notifications, so I made them all disappear without checking. I think its all March music stuff, but if it wasn\’t please don\’t be offended if I didn\’t see/reply to the @. xoxo beanies. hope everyone is staying safe, well, and six feet apart 😉 <3 love
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 14, 2020 at 6:58 AM
#8-ish
\”What does your heart say?\” I ask my 1 year old as I put his pajamas on.
He knows the answer; he\’s been saying it for days, and I think it\’s the funniest thing. He\’ll pat his chest, right where his heart is, and say, \”Boom, boom\” super triumphantly.
So I ask him, \”What does your heart say?\”
He grins, taps his chest, and his eyes light up: \”Boom, boom!\” he shouts.
And then, he adds something extra, something new:
\”Boom, boom–
ROAR!\”
Out of the mouth of babes.
❤️❤️❤️
\”May it happen for you.\”
Yes, you.
Love,
February
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 14, 2020 at 6:58 AM
@13infamyss @acacia @ally-le @anothernicole @ayaan @azzo1 @babybeast @bammsie @bbstl @bebeswtz @coffeprince4eva @eazal @egads @fatcat007 @gadis @greenfields @hebang @hotcocoagirl @isthatacorner @justme @katakwasabi @khalessymd @kimbapnoona @leetennant @lugirl131415 @maybemaknae @mayhemf @mindy @moana @moomoomoondog @msrabbit @natzillagorilla @ndlessjoie @oppafangirl @outofthisworld @pineapplegongzhu @pinklolipop @raonah @rukia @sicarius @snarkyjellyfish @stpauligurl @sweetiepie54 @thetinyl @tsutsuloo @waterhyacinth @wishfultoki @yuyuu @yyishere
isa: I'm not a serial killer I'm just really passionate about things
February 14, 2020 at 7:00 AM
Oh, how very sweet!
Have y’all read “How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?”
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 14, 2020 at 7:17 AM
Ooo no, we haven’t, but I’ll add it to my list! Thank you!
Eazal
February 14, 2020 at 7:33 AM
Oh, this is soooo sweet!!!
*roars with love*
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 14, 2020 at 7:47 AM
hehe ❤️❤️❤️
stpauligurl
February 14, 2020 at 7:56 AM
oh this is too sweet – now I have huge grin on my face!!! Thank you!!!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 14, 2020 at 7:58 AM
😀 😀 😀
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
February 14, 2020 at 9:51 AM
THIS IS TOO SWEET YOU’RE GIVING ME DIABETES WAY TOO EARLY IN THE DAY @anothernicole ❣️❣️❣️
It’s so true what they say about childlike faith and childlike innocence and how we as adults need to go back to that from time to time ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 14, 2020 at 10:03 AM
❣️❣️❣️
Cori
February 14, 2020 at 11:29 AM
Oh my gosh that is too cute ❤️❤️🦖
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 14, 2020 at 11:32 AM
yesss hehe ❤️🦖❤️🦖
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
February 14, 2020 at 4:39 PM
Gahhhhhhhh too cute ~ 😘🥰🥰
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 17, 2020 at 6:17 AM
❤️❤️❤️
Ayan
February 15, 2020 at 2:10 AM
This is adorable!! Roar🦖🦕
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 17, 2020 at 6:17 AM
hehe ❤️🦖❤️
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 7:58 AM
#7 or so
Today I thought I would pay tribute to
the one thingone of the things that unites us: kdramas. And since today is February 13, I offer thirteen of my favorite shows/moments/characters/elements/things/whatever hehe from korean dramas.(I got a message saying I was posting too many links, so I am splitting this into two parts <3).
13. Just Between Lovers episode 12. One of my favorite episodes of anything of all time.
12. The second leads in Descendants of the Sun. I\’m not ready to talk about the leads yet, but I would watch this whole drama again and again just for the scenes with Jin Goo and Kim Ji-won.
11. Ahn Min-hyuk drawing that heart in the sand (SWDBS).
10. Yoo Jae-myung as Lee Chang-joon in Forest of Secrets. My favorite villain anywhere in anything.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 8:00 AM
9. The redemption of Woo Do-ha (Special Labor Inspector, Mr. Jo). My absolute favorite character arc.
8. The OST for Heartstrings. *flips hair*
7. The chemistry between
the leadsthe second leadsthe soldiersthe North Korean womeneveryone in Crash Landing on You.6. Seol Ji-hwan (Lee Jae-wook) rehearsing his lines with Cha Hyeon (Lee Da-hee) in Search: WWW. Also just Cha Hyeon. And this show. (I couldn’t find a gif of the actual moment I wanted…it’s when he is being fierce as he reads his lines and he realizes he’s shocked her…and his face does this instant transformation and he hugs her. And it’s perfection.)
5. The moment in any drama when the mood and the music and the acting and the writing all align perfectly and you feel a literal punch in your gut.
4. Fiery Priest. If this had had a romantic thread, I would hands down call it the perfect drama. Without it, it’s the almost-perfect drama, and everything about it and everyone in it absolutely shines.
3. Literally every moment of My Love from Another Star. These two hold my heart forever.
2. The moment in Healer when JCW smiles while escaping with PMY. Also that moment in Healer when anyone does anything.
1. Faith. But you already knew that’s what would be here 😉
Love,
February
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 8:00 AM
@13infamyss @acacia @ally-le @anothernicole @ayaan @azzo1 @babybeast @bammsie @bbstl @bebeswtz @coffeprince4eva @eazal @egads @fatcat007 @gadis @greenfields @hebang @hotcocoagirl @isthatacorner @justme @katakwasabi @khalessymd @kimbapnoona @leetennant @lugirl131415 @maybemaknae @mayhemf @mindy @moana @moomoomoondog @msrabbit @natzillagorilla @ndlessjoie @oppafangirl @outofthisworld @pineapplegongzhu @pinklolipop @raonah @rukia @sicarius @snarkyjellyfish @stpauligurl @sweetiepie54 @thetinyl @tsutsuloo @waterhyacinth @wishfultoki @yuyuu @yyishere
rue
February 13, 2020 at 8:20 AM
#7, #5, #3 and #2 ❤❤
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 9:20 AM
yaaay ❤️
Edgar Pordwed
February 13, 2020 at 8:43 AM
This is really nice! 🙂
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 9:20 AM
thank you ❤️
Midnight
February 13, 2020 at 8:57 AM
#10, #9, and #1!!!! PERFECT!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 9:20 AM
❤️❤️❤️
Eazal
February 13, 2020 at 9:56 AM
Yesssss.
#1- The only drama I loved LMH (sorry if I offend someone).
#2- Yesss. How can they be soooooooo perrrrrrfect???
#6- Such a nice surprise to discover these two together.
#7- This weekend it’s going to be so hard, with the final eps and no more ducklings, and ajummas, and OTP and second leads, and mums and…
Eazal
February 13, 2020 at 10:00 AM
#10- My favourite kdrama EVER. So no more words needed.
#12- Yessssss.
#13 – I watched JBL after Life and discovering Won Jin Ah (she’s also the reason I suffered Melty…). I thought I couldn’t like it more than Life, and I was wrong. Also among my top ten dramas.
gadis
February 13, 2020 at 3:30 PM
I hope Won Jin-ah come back with a great drama to erase Melty from our collective minds.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 10:03 AM
#1 — hehehe yes to this!! (and i think that’s the prominent feeling around here) ❤️
Beverly
February 13, 2020 at 10:18 AM
13 and 2 are just love.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 10:43 AM
❤️❤️❤️
Ally
February 13, 2020 at 11:07 AM
Wow, so good! That healer moment is where I knew I liked this drama—and I haven’t watched it past this scene.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 11:25 AM
hehehe!
wapz
February 13, 2020 at 11:53 AM
Oh please watch it. This is exactly the scene where I started liking it too, the first 3 ep were rather boring but the rest was great.
rue
February 13, 2020 at 3:49 PM
Lol, what happened? You should watch the rest(but only if you want to). I’m biased though because this is one of my all-time-favorite dramas.
Ally
February 13, 2020 at 4:44 PM
It was just the perfect look. When he duped her into thinking he was helpless, only to look at her impressed that she actually saved him. I don;t think I could feel any better about this drama than that moment. I’m saving it for a rainy day.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 14, 2020 at 6:25 AM
ally’s healer is my goblin (and my healer is ally’s goblin) ;D
gadis
February 13, 2020 at 3:29 PM
#13, #11, #10, #5, #2
Now you reminded me how much I love that crooked heart from SWDBS.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 14, 2020 at 6:25 AM
such a great moment!
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
February 13, 2020 at 8:17 PM
🥰🥰🥰
Yuyuu, The Drama Queen
February 14, 2020 at 4:29 PM
3, 5, 7, 10 😭😭💖💖
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 7:45 AM
does anyone else get EXTREME ANXIETY due to the paper-thin walls in the palaces in sageuks? Like, every time a secret is told inside, I panic. PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU THROUGH THE WALLS. GO UP TO THE MOUNTAINS TO REVEAL THIS KIND OF THING.
rue
February 12, 2020 at 8:06 AM
Hahaha, this used to bother me a lot but now I just accept that they are only paper-thin if it serves to move the plot along.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 8:07 AM
^^^ THIS.
larelle79
February 12, 2020 at 8:27 AM
Everytime.
It feels like a horror movie, no matter what.
rue
February 12, 2020 at 8:33 AM
It really does!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 9:13 AM
YESSSSSSSS
Jig
February 12, 2020 at 9:00 AM
That and stairways in modern kdramas. Like dude, your secrets are just echoing all up and down this stairway.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 9:15 AM
JIGALINE HERMIONE JIG. I did not need to start realizing this!!!!!!! but you are absolutely right. it is one of the laws of dramas (see also: no one is actually asleep when you touch their face. the only way to get there is by making a u-turn. and no secret is safe in a stairwell.)
larelle79
February 12, 2020 at 9:24 AM
And these dramas…..never…..LEARN !!!!
Jig
February 12, 2020 at 10:37 AM
Haha yes never trust a person who looks like they are asleep (personal experience cause I’m great at resting my eyea in public and the things I hear cause they assume I’m asleep…)
For u-turns, also the fact that Korea just neeever has any traffic unless someone needs to be hit by a car of course.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 10:44 AM
“Korea just neeever has any traffic unless someone needs to be hit by a car of course.” 😂😂😂😂 yesssss.
Midnight
February 12, 2020 at 11:56 AM
There was an older sageuk… I don’t rememver which one… Maybe Dong Yi? It was mentioned in the show that the ladies-in-waiting knew every word ever said in the palace. And the amount of secrets that got out depended on each one of the ladies’ loyalty, fear, or greed. This made so much sense to me and made me feel much better while watching sageuks. Although I still do get extreme anxiety when people are plotting treason!
Madkdr
February 12, 2020 at 4:40 PM
Not to mention discussing their plan to thwart baddies right out in the open in a crowd of people and shouting to the world at large to boot!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 7:31 AM
#5 (or #6, if you count the Murray Clark article, which is now my favorite genre)
I can\’t imagine doing Love, February without at least one post for beanies. I am so appreciative of this community. One beanie said once that db is kind of like a bar where some people are regulars, and some people just pop in once or twice, and some people visit for a while then leave and come back later etc. I\’m obviously in the last category, but I\’m so happy every time I make it back to find you all here and see so many familiar faces and meet so many new beanies who are as supportive and enthusiastic as the familiar ones.
I was planning to post this poem today–it\’s my \”election year poem\”–my reminder to hope every election year despite, well, everything that comes with an election year. But as I read through the other LF posts and comments, I realized I wanted to post it for you all, instead. I got a sense of longing as I read the posts and comments this year, and this poem is one of my go-to\’s when I am feeling that.
Sometimes – by Sheenagh Pugh
Sometimes things don\’t go, after all,
from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel
faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don\’t fail,
sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well.
A people sometimes will step back from war;
elect an honest man, decide they care
enough, that they can\’t leave some stranger poor.
Some men become what they were born for.
Sometimes our best efforts do not go
amiss, sometimes we do as we meant to.
The sun will sometimes melt a field of sorrow
that seemed hard frozen: may it happen for you.
May it happen for you. Yes, you <3
Good things are out there, and I am convinced they are making their way to us (even if they are taking the slowest way possible. ergh, *hurry up* good things!).
Whatever you are seeking (love, tribe, calling, career, space, time, whatever it is), today I am imagining us all sitting at circle time, holding our hands up, wiggling our fingers and shouting:
\”Weeeeeeeeeeeeee *WISH* that for you!\”
Thank you for being a community that I can imagine such a thing about. Thank you for sharing your LF posts. Thank you for being you.
I\’ll leave you with my single most favorite line of any poem. It\’s by Richard Wilbur:
\”I wish what I wished you before, but harder.\”
Love,
February
and me
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 7:53 AM
@13infamyss @acacia @ally-le @anothernicole @ayaan @azzo1 @babybeast @bammsie @bbstl @bebeswtz @coffeprince4eva @eazal @egads @fatcat007 @gadis @greenfields @hebang @hotcocoagirl @isthatacorner @justme @katakwasabi @khalessymd @kimbapnoona @leetennant @lugirl131415 @maybemaknae @mayhemf @mindy @moana @moomoomoondog @msrabbit @natzillagorilla @ndlessjoie @oppafangirl @outofthisworld @pineapplegongzhu @pinklolipop @raonah @rukia @sicarius @snarkyjellyfish @stpauligurl @sweetiepie54 @thetinyl @tsutsuloo @waterhyacinth @wishfultoki @yuyuu @yyishere
Rukia wants melona
February 12, 2020 at 8:07 AM
A heartfelt thank you. 💕
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 9:18 AM
💕💕💕
Eazal
February 12, 2020 at 8:11 AM
So beautiful!!
As a new beanie, thanks so much!!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 9:18 AM
love love love
FlyingTool
February 12, 2020 at 8:16 AM
Wonderful!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 9:18 AM
<3 <3 <3
rue
February 12, 2020 at 8:32 AM
Man, this hits hard. I think my good things are being held by customs somewhere out there and there aren’t enough people on staff so there’s a backlog and my name on the “Good things” package was misspelled, so they have to sort that out first. I am however with waiting, as long as they do arrive in the end.
Rukia wants melona
February 12, 2020 at 8:51 AM
I’ll just sit here and wait with you. The 2 Ru s have to stick together, after all. 💕
rue
February 12, 2020 at 9:35 AM
We may die of old age before it happens(knock on wood), but I’ll gladly sit with you👵👵
Ms. Rabbit 🐇
February 12, 2020 at 9:45 AM
Die of old age, that’s your good thing right there, Ru. 😉
rue
February 12, 2020 at 9:48 AM
Lol, I love you. That didn’t even occur to me.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 9:21 AM
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another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 9:26 AM
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Ms. Rabbit 🐇
February 12, 2020 at 9:46 AM
Thanks for the poem! It’s really hopeful.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 9:52 AM
<3 <3 <3
Cori
February 12, 2020 at 10:47 AM
Thank you for the poem and wishes😊 Good things may be taking their time sometimes, but waiting on them with beanies becomes it’s own good thing ❤
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 10:49 AM
😊😊😊 yes to this!!
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
February 12, 2020 at 12:58 PM
Ahhh
I needed these words today.
Thanks so much @anothernicole !
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 1:04 PM
big hugs!
gadis
February 12, 2020 at 2:57 PM
Thank you for this sweet, sweet post. May it happen for us all. 💕
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 6:26 AM
yes 💕💕💕
Ally
February 12, 2020 at 8:11 PM
I know I’ve said this before, but everything you write speaks to me, like you’re writing to me and only me. Thank you for the lovely words.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 13, 2020 at 6:26 AM
big hugs ally <3 <3 always so glad to see you on here <3 here's to good things on their way.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 11, 2020 at 10:09 AM
Would like to formally invite Esquire to join Love, February and submit this (basically) love letter to Choi Woo-Shik’s hair as an entry: https://www.esquire.com/uk/style/a30809946/choi-woo-shi
I’m dying but also I love it
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 11, 2020 at 10:13 AM
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Ms. Rabbit 🐇
February 11, 2020 at 10:16 AM
Heh. 😄
larelle79
February 11, 2020 at 10:18 AM
That opening sentence, it was not unexpected win. The most critically acclaimed film of the past decade won what was rightfully theirs.
tsutsuloo
February 11, 2020 at 11:32 AM
Hee hee! Korean hair is a special thing—it absolutely contains the actor’s life force.
This Esquire author, Murray Clark, wrote a lot about Oscar Night male hair. He fawns over Timothée Chalamet’s greasy slickback. He approved Leo DeCaprio’s classic Carey Grant look. He slow-claps Adam Driver’s timeless long locks. And he genuflects before Brad Pitt’s glorious mane. I don’t understand how he overlooked Taika Waititi’s salt-n-peppa curly locks but thankfully <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/3155791/taika-waititi-oscars-carpet-2020/"MTV News was there to commemorate this “living cologne commercial” known as Taika Waititi.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 11, 2020 at 11:40 AM
waaaaaat! this is incredible! thanks for this (and if anyone’s looking for me, i am stalking murray clark articles now 😉 )
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 6:38 AM
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Fly Colours
February 11, 2020 at 11:52 AM
My kids call this haircut “korean hair” 😂
JustMe
February 11, 2020 at 5:43 PM
How does he look 12 and 30 at the same time? Dont get me wrong, I’m just jealous
isa: I'm not a serial killer I'm just really passionate about things
February 11, 2020 at 11:26 PM
He called his hair a “head of soft power”. Like…I dont even know what that means but I want someone to pat my hair and say it about me.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 6:24 AM
RIGHT?
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 10, 2020 at 8:00 AM
An overly-specific list of things I
Love,
February
calendars with pretty pictures in august, my birth month, the month with no holidays or glorious season, the month always always always where the ugliest picture gets relegated.
irish breakfast tea. the cheap kind that i can afford. strong. with lots of cream so then not very strong anymore. a lost potential i don\’t need to mourn.
leap years. leap day. february\’s chance to wear heels, to catch up. and yet…still, even then, she\’s shorter than all the others. (i sympathize.) the way february sashays around anyway. (i take note.)
lemon ricotta cookies. i bake barely, rarely, and badly, but these i love.
the click click click of my mechanical pencil. less frenetic than the keyboard, but still so satisfying.
the lines in the carpet after vacuuming.
the instrumentals from the OST to Rookie Historian, playing in the background.
day-dreaming. not (ever) being too old for day-dreaming.
the space we call the segue. too wide to be a hallway, but somewhat useless as anything else. lined with bookshelves and a couple of chairs. wood floors we all slide across in socks, as we move from one part of the house to the other.
fake pretend bad poetry. i mean it. send it to me even when it stops being february. i love it.
sunshine, rain, wind, heat. anything but the cold.
the grand adventure that my other blue-and-grey mitten must have gone on with my other black-and-white sock in these past few (coldest.) days. it better be the grandest adventure ever.
Love, February
@13infamyss @acacia @ally-le @anothernicole @ayaan @azzo1 @babybeast @bammsie @bbstl @bebeswtz @coffeprince4eva @eazal @egads @fatcat007 @flyingtool @gadis @greenfields @hebang @hotcocoagirl @isthatacorner @justme @katakwasabi @khalessymd @kimbapnoona @leetennant @lugirl131415 @maybemaknae @mayhemf @mindy @moana @moomoomoondog @msrabbit @natzillagorilla @ndlessjoie @oppafangirl @outofthisworld @pineapplegongzhu @pinklolipop @raonah @rukia @sicarius @snarkyjellyfish @stpauligurl @sweetiepie54 @thetinyl @tsutsuloo @waterhyacinth @wishfultoki @yuyuu @yyishere
Rumi~
February 10, 2020 at 11:05 AM
@hebang
Dunno why but db keeps putting your name in black despite the right tag. Thought you might like this in case you’ve been missing out.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 10, 2020 at 1:06 PM
Because flyingtool is not the right tag? 😅
Rumi~
February 10, 2020 at 2:09 PM
Lol i realized that after I tagged them 😅
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 11, 2020 at 6:52 AM
hahahaha will revise. thanks guys 😀
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 10, 2020 at 1:07 PM
August is my birth month too. But down here it is the last month of winter and the month that beckons spring. The snow drops come up, the hill starts to be less grey and usually by my birthday you can get daffodils. And since spring is my favourite season and daffodils my favourite flower and August my birth month… We all get to herald spring together ^-^
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 11, 2020 at 6:52 AM
send me your calendars!!! 😉 AND YAY for august bday buddies! <3.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 11, 2020 at 1:28 PM
It’s just the opposite of the Northern Hemisphere!
Give or take half a month:
Dec-Feb = Summer
March- May = Autumn
June- August= Winter
Sept-Nov= Spring.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 11, 2020 at 1:31 PM
ahhh so you have the potential for prettier pictures in your august calendars, then, right?? ;P
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 11, 2020 at 1:47 PM
Oh my bad you want OUR calenders? Ahahaha I should do that. Honestly I haven’t looked at pictures intently on ours in while. August is somehow hit or miss? I’m not sure if there is a definite trend to certain months getting better pictures? Hmmm Lemme go check…
I had to go find last years calendars because this years we just have a Voice of the Martyrs one, and a cat one- the only one that was the right size for our “Events” calendar.
Last years, of the 3 that were scenic- 2/3 had good pictures for August. One had a boring one. The cat one this year is fine too but you can hardly go wrong with kittens… lol
Dec, Jan, June, July, March had some of my favourite ones… I feel like December here tradtionally has good pictures if I had to ponder it?
Hmmm would you like one for next year??? haha
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 11, 2020 at 1:52 PM
@sicarius hahahaha we’re so deep into this thread that i have to reply to myself and tag you (meaningful convo, this is) 😉 this is v interesting—thanks for checking for me!!! i guess the last month of winter isn’t all that pretty either (Feb here, which only gets nice pictures on our calendars because of valentines day, i suspect). no no, no need to actually send me a calendar, although i appreciate v much the sentiment <3 <3 <3 a friend sent me one called "Women Reading" and it actually does have a nice august picture so i am all set <3
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 11, 2020 at 2:40 PM
You don’t have to tag me I get a notifcation; whenever and however you reply to a comment of mine, even if it is a in a sub thread like this!!!!
Ahahaha aww I was totally all set to send you one lol~! I shall think of you now whenever I see an August calendar pic hehehe
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 6:47 AM
sicarius queen of melonia if you send me a calendar or a letter or a post-it or an anything in the mail, it would literally be the best day of my life.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 12, 2020 at 1:40 PM
*claps* omo omo omo can I then???? You’d have to email me your address though!!! (I can send you an email address if you want)
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 1:44 PM
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. send me your email address so i can email you my real address and include your real address so i can send you real mail too if you want
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 1:49 PM
wait i got so excited i forgot logic. are you ok posting your email address on here for me?
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 12, 2020 at 1:50 PM
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 12, 2020 at 1:51 PM
tell me when you’ve got it so I can delete the comment too just in case
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 12, 2020 at 1:52 PM
got it!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 1, 2020 at 8:21 PM
DAY 1
Notes to Strangers (Things I Wanted to Say)
To the people running in public:
You got this. I hope you win that race, hit that mark, lose that pound, catch that purse-snatcher–whatever it is, I am rooting for you. (Oh, unless you *are* the purse-snatcher… Then I can only wish you a road full of banana peels.)
To the tween girl trying on clothes at Target:
You look great. You really do.
To the clearly-terrified person driving on the freeway for (I suspect) the first time:
You\’re going to be fine. And you\’re doing fine. We\’ve all been there. Signal, accelerate, brake if needed, and breathe. It gets easier.
To the young men trying to find farfalle in the pasta aisle at the grocery store:
Here it is.
Love,
February
@kimbapnoona @justme @greenfields @leetennant @sicarius @wishfultoki @raonah @ally-le @moana @anothernicole @khalessymd @hotcocoagirl @katakwasabi @oppafangirl @bammsie @natzillagorilla @mindy @acacia @sweetiepie54 @yuyuu @waterhyacinth @isthatacorner @fatcat007 @ndlessjoie @lugirl131415 @msrabbit @tsutsuloo @kat23 @maybemaknae @egads
Ally
February 1, 2020 at 8:52 PM
I love your love, February pieces. They always hit me right *points to the middle my chest* here.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 3, 2020 at 7:03 AM
thanks ally <3 <3 <3
Yuyuu, The Drama Queen
February 2, 2020 at 3:35 AM
I love this! It’s creative, witty and cheerful
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 3, 2020 at 7:04 AM
thank you! some of my love, feb posts are likely to be more dreary, but i’m glad i could start out on a lighter note <3
stpauligurl
February 2, 2020 at 5:54 AM
Thanks for this! So you saw me on my drive home the other night in the pounding rain so hard I could hardly see? Yep that was me in the slow lane – both hands tight on the wheel and trying to keep calm.
Thanks for reminding me to breathe!!!
mugyuljoie is preciousss
February 2, 2020 at 7:32 AM
One of my least favorite conditions for driving. Add in wind for more anxiety. Not enough? Add ToD on your left driving too fast for the conditions and throwing a spray that builds to a tidal wave of water to cover your windows thoroughly.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 3, 2020 at 7:05 AM
right?!?!?! ugh yes. my next note will be to the ToD:
SLOW DOWN AND STOP THAT 😉
stpauligurl
February 3, 2020 at 10:08 AM
That really happened to me one morning last week. The sun wasn’t up yet and it was RAINING! A big semi came onto the highway on the right and so I thought I’d pass in the left lane.
But because it was raining so hard and the median wall was on my left I literally could hardly see trying pass the truck in my little Honda.
But I was so freaked out that I could barely even go faster- once I did and got in front of the truck I felt like I was going to vomit.
Yooowza was that scary….. but I made it.
Note to self – do not pass a semi on a dark rainy morning again….
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 3, 2020 at 7:05 AM
you did great! 😀 hehehe. i love that this resounded with someone specific <3
parkchuna 🍉
February 2, 2020 at 8:16 AM
The purse snatcher reminds me of the scene in Can You Hear My Song when the lady caught & sat on the snatcher’s face. and the driving reminds Yi Na in Age of Youth, terrified of driving on the highway and the girls had to use hand signals to help her change lanes.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
February 3, 2020 at 7:06 AM
i haven’t seen AoY, but i love that image you just described. so cute!
gadis
February 3, 2020 at 3:20 PM
Aww… this is unexpectedly lovely. I’ll remember this post while I go through my day. Thanks, nicole.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
December 17, 2019 at 7:26 AM
Watch Crash Landing Ep1 last night, and it made me think—I\’m remembering all the pitiable Candys and their part-time jobs that seemed to be in every drama when I first started watching, and I\’m loving that now we don\’t even think twice about a female lead who runs her own company, etc. I love that that Se-ri is caricatured a little bit, just like a male chaebol character would have been, but that she\’s charming and skilled and successful all the same. Anyway, just thinking aloud.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
December 5, 2019 at 12:56 PM
Ok, so a LONG time ago, I started watching My Name is Kim Sam-soon. I remember it clearly, but it didn\’t really click with me, so I only watched some of the first episode. That was years ago. Then a few days ago, I decided to give it a try again. So I settled in, started watching it, and…it\’s not the drama I remember. Like, not at all. The scenes I so clearly remember are not in this drama at all.
Whatever drama I was watching (and I really thought it was MNKSS…it was old…of that generation) has an airplane ride near the very beginning: the female lead is on an airplane and encounters handsome man and they argue a lot. Then, later FL goes to a hotel and for whatever reason needs to get into a certain room–which turns out to be occupied by the same man from the airplane. There is a lot begging and yelling. It\’s sort of a predictable meet-cute setup.
I also remember this, which may or may not be from the same drama: female lead is a loud, charming tour bus guide. Maybe the bus is blue.
Does any of this sound familiar to anyone? What drama could this be? Or are these a bunch of dramas mashed together in my head?
P.S. Loving the actual drama My Name is Kim Sam-soon right now.
beantown
December 5, 2019 at 1:02 PM
Could it be My Girl? (With a slight mashup from MNIKSS?)
egads aka Dame Maggie
December 5, 2019 at 1:03 PM
I believe that is Full House you’re describing.
egads aka Dame Maggie
December 5, 2019 at 1:04 PM
But she isn’t a tour guide.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
December 5, 2019 at 1:16 PM
If I remember, she thinks she’s on a tour though but can’t find anyone waiting for her.
bbstl 🧹
December 5, 2019 at 3:07 PM
It sure sounds like Full House, I LOLd remembering that show.
I’m so glad you’re liking MNIKSS, it’s my all time favorite 🥰
Madkdr
December 5, 2019 at 6:18 PM
It’s like a mash up of My Girl and Full House.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
December 6, 2019 at 6:44 AM
AH MY GIRL! ok ok it is all making sense in my head now. thanks beanies <3 <3
another woodalchi nicole recruit
December 6, 2019 at 6:44 AM
yes! you’re right! the tour bus thing was from something else–thank you <3
Ms. Rabbit 🐇
December 5, 2019 at 3:50 PM
I love MNIKSS! Or rather Kim Sun Ah in that role. 🥰
another woodalchi nicole recruit
December 6, 2019 at 6:46 AM
yes! KSA is amazing!!
alasecond
December 6, 2019 at 5:27 AM
full house – rain and song hye kyo
alasecond
December 6, 2019 at 5:28 AM
if old drama – tourist guide – my girl
if new – jtbc drama – the package
alasecond
December 6, 2019 at 5:29 AM
full house is the airplane drama
another woodalchi nicole recruit
December 6, 2019 at 6:45 AM
beanies are the best – it is my girl + full house. thank you thank you!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 7, 2019 at 9:58 AM
Report: Started Joseon Flower Agency (or whatever it’s called. I cannot keep that show’s name straight in my head for whatever reason). It has all the right elements–great cast, fun chemistry, all the tropes all the time, costuming and set design on point–but it’s falling short in a way I can only attribute to poor direction. I’m enjoying it, but I’m also ffwding a lot. The direction is just off in so many ways. Slow scenes that should be fast. Fast scenes that could be drawn out. Anyway I think I’m going to save it up, binge when I have lots of episodes and can ffwd as much as I need to. It’s a pity–this cast is SUPER. I’m looking forward to seeing all these guys in more shows in the future! (Sidebar: does anyone else feel like we’re watching Joo Won, Kim Soo-hyun, and Lee Hong-ki’s little brothers, though?)
mugyuljoie is preciousss
October 7, 2019 at 10:00 AM
Oddly, it’s my favorite drama right now (shhh, don’t tell JCW).
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 7, 2019 at 10:03 AM
not odd at all! i’m definitely enjoying it, too — it has literally everything i love in a drama tbh — and i’m hoping that the things i *do* find difficult will get ironed out as the show continues!
zoeraindasherbenji
October 9, 2019 at 11:17 PM
Maybe it’ll get better in future eps
zoeraindasherbenji
October 10, 2019 at 8:51 PM
@anothernicole Do you have Twitter by the way?
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 7, 2019 at 9:50 AM
Special Labor Inspector Mr. Jo is a GEM. Sliding right into my Favorites of All-time drama list. There aren\’t enough gifs of this show, either, which is a crying shame.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 7, 2019 at 10:06 AM
The Redemption of Woo Do-ha may very well be my favorite character arc ever.
Midnight
October 7, 2019 at 12:16 PM
I’m liking this comment one hundred times.
KSKalways
October 7, 2019 at 10:06 AM
I started watching that this weekend!!! I’m enjoying it a lot too!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 7, 2019 at 10:08 AM
yaaaaaaaay!
Midnight
October 7, 2019 at 12:16 PM
Absolute GEM!
miss h
October 7, 2019 at 4:06 PM
I watched it live and enjoyed it. I’m glad others are finding this gem.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 2, 2019 at 6:26 AM
Had to authenticate my Amazon account this morning, and they told me they were sending me an OTP! Sadly, that was just an email with a One Time Password, not a box of Park Min-young and Kim Jae-wook. (I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll get back to work now. :P)
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
October 2, 2019 at 8:02 AM
I’m still waiting for the day that I can get Mo Tae Gu out of my head and to realize that it’s okay to see Kim Jae Wook as a character where he’s happy and smiling and not brooding (a la his character in “Mary Stayed Out All Night”) and to also realize that Kim Jae Wook is just this chill and silly dude who loves his cat and loves to display said love for said cat via his Instagram irl
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 2, 2019 at 8:56 AM
thankfully HPL was my first introduction to KJW. i transition very slowly with baddies.
(and yes re him and his cat on ig😹)
mango
October 2, 2019 at 11:29 AM
But… What would you do with KJW and PMY if they were sent to you? Be their third wheel? 😅
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 1, 2019 at 8:21 AM
So I have assuaged my Seven Day Queen grief with Special Inspector Mr. Jo, and, beanies, IT IS AMAZING. You already know, I know, but now you know that I know too. It is AMAZING. I’m not done with it yet, but I love everyone in it so very much.
Melt Me had a few impressive moments, but I ended up fast-forwarding most of it. I wasn’t as drawn in as I hoped to be, but I did find WJA compelling a few times, so I’m not dropping it yet. I’m also generally a big fan of Yoon Se-ah, Won-hae Kim, and Jeon Soo-kyeong, so I’ll stick around and see them a bit. But still, disappointed. Like, I expected to be disappointed, but I’m disappointed that that expectation came true.
I also have this new theory that I enjoy shows more when I binge them. And because I expect Tale of Nokdu to be one of the best shows this round, I’m going to test that theory on it. Which means no Nokdu for me yet. Waaaah. I thought I couldn’t wait until 30 September, and now I’ll have to wait weeks and weeks. Please send me good thoughts as I cope in this difficult time.
Joseon Marriage Agency: Subs are up, and I’m going to give it a try. I know a lot of people were disappointed, but I often end up liking really lame shows, so heh maybe that will come in handy again.
latebloomer
October 1, 2019 at 8:39 AM
Only one episode in, and Nokdu is very promising. I think it will be worth the wait. Such self discipline!
Only a quick FF through last week’s episodes of Melt Me, and it totally met my expectations for disappointment. It’s over for me. I hope all those good actors and actresses will show up again soon in a better drama. They deserve it.
Midnight
October 1, 2019 at 11:40 AM
Special Labour Inspector Jo IS AMAZING! I LOVED it. I watched it a few days ago. Why do these POWER actors always get unhyped or secondary roles??? Or did show do very well inside of Korea? I hope it did.
“I also have this new theory that I enjoy shows more when I binge them.”
I have had this theory for the past decade and I stick by it firmly.
Midnight
October 1, 2019 at 11:46 AM
Oh I forgot to comment on the last one!
I don’t say I end up liking the lame ones. Just that I most often like shows that beanies haven’t liked much. And vice versa. The vice versa unfortunately occurs much more
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 1, 2019 at 12:03 PM
hehe i feel this. <3
WishfulToki
October 1, 2019 at 2:58 PM
Ratings started out low, around 4%, and increased, finishing at approximately 8%. Overall it did slightly better than its competition MY FELLOW CITIZEN in the Monday-Tuesday slot.
Midnight
October 1, 2019 at 7:28 PM
I’m glad to hear this. Although I liked both of them.
mango
October 1, 2019 at 12:45 PM
I usually live watch but binged Special Inspector Mr. Jo to catch up to the finale episodes. I felt like it dragged in the latter part but it’s still a really good comedy and it felt like watching a superhero drama with a cute Ahjussi (KDW was adorable!).
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 1, 2019 at 2:27 PM
KDW *is* adorable in this!! i haven’t seen him in anything, but im a big fan now!
mango
October 2, 2019 at 10:57 AM
Thanks for correcting me. He IS adorable haha. You can watch Coffees Prince (10+ years younger and adorable again), The Guest (less adorable and more nerve wrecking for him) and Along With The Gods movies (entertaining and heartwarming, he has a short part in the 1st one but then has more screen time later).
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 2, 2019 at 11:11 AM
oh sorry—i was totally not correcting you!! i was just emphatically agreeing heheh. “KDW *was* adorable” works just as well. He is and was and i hope will be 😉 i never really got into Coffee Prince, but lately I’ve been wondering if I should try it again. I was really new to dramas when I first saw it and it didn’t click with me. but im acclimated now and may just love it <3 <3
mango
October 2, 2019 at 11:17 AM
Oh I’m sorry for misunderstanding 😅 Coffee Prince is one of the rare gender-bender drama I like, give it a shot you never know 😊
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 2, 2019 at 11:18 AM
@mango the fault is mine–but thanks for being so sweet about it. and yes i think I will add CP to my (ever-growing) list!
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
October 1, 2019 at 2:17 PM
Oooh keep me posted on Joseon Marriage Agency ~ i was going to try it but the negative reactions had me trying Nok du instead… (I did enjoy Nok Du, but I like your binge theory. I’ve been struggling with slump land so I’m working on getting back into steady schedules of couple episodes a week of shows)
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 1, 2019 at 2:28 PM
i’ll keep you posted! i watch some cheesy stuff, though, so grain of salt 😀 i use to binge alll the time, then was mostly only live-watching…i feel like i need a sort of balance… and i think there are some show i want the binge-feeling for…so im trying that with Nokdu… we shall see!
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 1, 2019 at 2:44 PM
First, I need to watch Special Inspector, because, Kim Kyung Nam.
Second, I used to binge a lot, then I stopped bingey, and this year I’ve binged several shows, and … I feel like it just makes me more aware of their flaws because I watch them all in one go. Lol.
WishfulToki
October 1, 2019 at 2:51 PM
I’m the opposite. I notice flaws more when I live watch and have time to analyse episodes while waiting for new ones.
And yes you must watch Inspector Jo!
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 1, 2019 at 3:23 PM
Not that live watching or binge watching has ever stopped me tearing apart a show anyway *ahem*…
I meant to when it aired but I don’t think I had time!!
Midnight
October 1, 2019 at 7:29 PM
Exactly
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 1, 2019 at 7:11 PM
you 👏 need 👏 to 👏 watch 👏 inspector jo!!!!!!
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 1, 2019 at 8:39 PM
YES.👏 OK 👏 I 👏 HEAR 👏 YOU
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 1, 2019 at 8:43 PM
hehehehe
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 2, 2019 at 11:12 AM
Kim Kyung Nam is killing it in this show, btw. just sayin.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 2, 2019 at 2:40 PM
KKN ALWAYS kills it! He’s amazing! I want him in a lead.
amara
October 2, 2019 at 6:10 PM
some things are better binged! some are TERRIBLE binged. but shows are being made with that in mind more and more too
inspector jo never gets old and kim kyung nam is TOO cute
WishfulToki
October 1, 2019 at 2:48 PM
Yay, so glad you are enjoying Jo Jang Poong! 😊
WishfulToki
October 1, 2019 at 7:19 PM
Also did you notice the FAITH royal couple is in this drama? 😍
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 1, 2019 at 7:22 PM
did i notice?!?! 🤣🤣 oh you know i did!! i am so happy about it. and so happy you mentioned it 😉😝 sigh they grew up so well. 🥰
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 2, 2019 at 11:16 AM
@wishfultoki did you see this interview? i cant find subs for it, but they are still super cute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo1EphBwTtQ
WishfulToki
October 2, 2019 at 1:16 PM
I don’t understand a word but they are sooo cute!! I need them together in a drama again. Thanks for the link!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 2, 2019 at 2:10 PM
<3 <3
amara
October 2, 2019 at 6:09 PM
inspector jo is one of my fav dramas of all fuckin time
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 2, 2019 at 6:26 PM
i’m continually impressed with it!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 30, 2019 at 10:02 AM
Ok so hear me out: A drama called Second Lead, where the main character is in love with a feisty-but-slightly-dim girl (called, say, Candy?) who spurns his love and begins a relationship with her chaebol-in-disguise new next door tsundere neighbor who loves her despite grabbing her wrist all the time. The drama shows our main character\’s heartbreak and subsequent personal growth, and then his adorable relationship with a witty, genius-astronaut-in-training (who is also the heiress to a large corporation, if you want; I do love a good fancy-dress scene.)
protect junwoo
October 1, 2019 at 9:12 AM
Important question: Who would you cast?
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 1, 2019 at 9:41 AM
Ok, don’t judge me for overthinking, this ok?
Male lead: I think it needs to be someone who is a believable second lead. That was part of the genius of the casting in My First First Love to me—that Ji-soo could actually be the second lead, so you weren’t 100% sure (or i wasn’t) how things would go. And it needs to be someone with enough range to pull off heartbroken and also evolve with a dynamic arc. Jang Dong-yoon? (I know, I know. I always cast him in my imaginary dramas!) Park Bo-gum…Park Ki-woong? (I’m ignoring the age factor, I know.)
Second Female Lead and Chaebol Neighbor: In an ideal world, where I am a casting director and have lots of funds at my disposal, this is where I’d cast the a-listers…Like, I want the show to look like it’s passing over the typical main leads and following our sad second lead. So Kim yoo-jung…Kim So-hyun…Park Shin-hye? Hyun Bin…Yeo Jin-goo…Yoo Ah-in? Someone who can execute the role but with levity to parody it, too.
Female lead (the genius astronaut in training): Jin Ki-joo! Or Park Se-wan…Lee Si-young and Lee Yuri come to mind, too.
protect junwoo
October 1, 2019 at 10:03 AM
No judgement, this is totally an important inquiry 🤝
omg how awesome would it be for Jang Dongyoon to star in this (I was just thinking this morning that he would’ve made a great Prince Dowon :P)??
Seconded for Kim Yoojung + Yeo Jingoo for that Moon Embracing the Sun reunion—Yoojung really needs to act alongside an age-appropriate co-star!!!
Astronaut: If we’re talking Jang Dongyoon I think I’d pick maybe Chae Soobin?
Also, I would casually shove Park Kiwoong in as the main character’s older brother for pure fan service purposes. (I’m the fan.)
another woodalchi nicole recruit
October 1, 2019 at 10:21 AM
The more I think about it, the more I like Kim Yoojung + Yeo Jingoo. Agree about the age-appropriate factor, but I also like the sort of meta-message their casting could send: not getting the “drama-ish” romantic partner, but getting someone more real etc. I also LOVE the idea now of KYJ playing a Candy 😉
I can’t quite imagine the chemistry between JDY and Chae Soo-bin…I do love her…but is she *too* cute for this? I think a genius astronaut might need a little more gravitas? I’m torn on this one, I admit.
AND YES. *scribbles frantically on my script to add an older brother so we can have all the Park Kiwoong that is humanly possible* I already need his spinoff 🙂
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 27, 2019 at 6:07 AM
Can someone remind me how the bean-count works? I get one bean for every drama I finish in the year, right? Is it only for 2019 dramas, though? Like, the drama has to have aired this year for me to count it, right? (\”Aired this year\” meaning finished this year, not necessarily started…some start in the months before the new year)
mugyuljoie is preciousss
September 27, 2019 at 6:12 AM
2019 dramas
mugyuljoie is preciousss
September 27, 2019 at 6:14 AM
I think it depends on what the overlords say. It’s always confusing when a drama overlaps the end of the year/beginning of the year.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 27, 2019 at 6:16 AM
ok yeah maybe that’s why i can’t ever get my head around it. thank you 💕
WishfulToki
September 27, 2019 at 7:21 AM
Yes, like in the case of SKY CASTLE. I think it was only a few weeks into its run last year so it wasn’t included in the 2018 bean count. Which means it should count for 2019.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
September 27, 2019 at 6:33 PM
If it finished in 2019 and wasn’t counted in last year’s bean count then it’s counted for sure. I only make that last bit explicit because in 2018 they included the Memories of the Alhambra despite it ending in 2019. They’ve never done that before and it shouldn’t have been.
If we only included dramas that finished and ended in a calendar year then we’d constantly miss all the awesome experimental dramas they drop in December.
I’m definitely counting beans for Sky Castle, Children of Nobody, and My Strange Hero because they were three exceptional dramas who each deserve many beans.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
September 27, 2019 at 3:48 PM
Honestly, it’s supposeD to be only dramas that air this year that you’ve watched. But we make our own rules in Melonia and I often make my own Bean Count, according to various requirements, like how many dramas in TOTAL I watched this year.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 27, 2019 at 6:20 PM
👏👏👏👏
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 26, 2019 at 4:17 PM
after i finish Seven Day Queen i’m going to need the happiest, romantic-est, most satisfying-est drama ever to rebound with. please send me whatever you’ve got. kdramas, cdramas, old ones i’ve seen, whatever. it doesn’t have to be fluff; it can be intense in its way—but solidly happy and lovey. please save me from this grief.
RaOnAh loves Jay B 💚
September 26, 2019 at 4:22 PM
Have you seen Go Back Couple?
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 26, 2019 at 6:03 PM
Oh! I have not! But i love the cast—this might be exactly what i need! 💕💕
RaOnAh loves Jay B 💚
September 26, 2019 at 6:21 PM
I hope you enjoy it! It’s one of my favorites. The first half hour is a bit depressing but you could skip that if you want. Basically, they’re both very unhappy in their marriage and then they somehow go back in time to their college days.
WishfulToki
September 26, 2019 at 4:33 PM
If you haven’t seen it: HEALER. My favourite Park Min Young drama.
I also enjoyed these: FLOWER BOY NEXT DOOR, GO BACK SPOUSES, A POEM A DAY (board the correct ship and you’ll be fine). I also liked RADIANT OFFICE, which has a low-key romance in a light office drama.
For a fun option with a bit of romance try SPECIAL LABOR INSPECTOR JO 🙂
RaOnAh loves Jay B 💚
September 26, 2019 at 5:19 PM
If she boards the CORRECT ship, things won’t be fine 😉😭💔
mugyuljoie is preciousss
September 26, 2019 at 5:37 PM
Still bitter.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 26, 2019 at 6:06 PM
i haven’t even seen it and i’m bitter lolol
WishfulToki
September 26, 2019 at 6:14 PM
I somehow knew you’d turn up hehe.
Ok, rephrasing my advice to @anothernicole: Just board the Bo Young Happiness ship and you’ll be fine. But I am willing to bet that you will choose the wrong correct ship. You’ll have to watch it to solve that riddle. 😉
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 26, 2019 at 6:05 PM
ahhh healer is my all time favorite after faith. *blissful sigh* i love it.
i haven’t seen FBND or GBS but both sound perfect (i know enough about APAD to know i’d be on the right ship—which is of course the wrong ship 😉)
SLIJ has been in my queue a while actually! bumping that right up!!
RaOnAh loves Jay B 💚
September 26, 2019 at 6:22 PM
You have good taste in ships *high five*
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 26, 2019 at 6:32 PM
*high five* 😁
SnarkyJellyfish
September 26, 2019 at 6:54 PM
I just finished Le Coup de Foudre (cdrama) and it is so adorable and sweet and lovely and happy. There’s very little real angst, and what little there is is tempered by other things. I wouldn’t call it fluff so much as an ode to love and family.
Also, my go-to feel good drama is Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, because how can anyone not love those characters.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 27, 2019 at 5:48 AM
WFKBJ how could i forget this!!! such a great feel-good drama! I havent seen Le Coup de Foudre, but you are the second or third person to have mentioned it to me, so my interest is piqued now! thank you <3 <3
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
September 26, 2019 at 8:42 PM
Watch, and do 10 billion rewatches of “I’m Not A Robot” 🤖
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 27, 2019 at 5:49 AM
hehehehe YES <3 <3 <3
earthna
September 26, 2019 at 10:11 PM
Strange Daughter-in-law is fun to watch.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 27, 2019 at 5:50 AM
haven’t heard of this, but will go check it out!! thanks e!! <3
Hasi®
September 26, 2019 at 10:42 PM
I don’t if you would like it but i’m watchin the cdrama ‘my girlfriend is an alien’ and the heroine is funny and outworldly and the main leads have great chemistry. don’t know if this will help because I don’t know about the ending.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 27, 2019 at 5:49 AM
oooo keep me posted about the ending!! everything else you’ve said sounds right up my alley <3
Hasi®
September 28, 2019 at 5:58 AM
I will..it gives off vibes of a happy, fluffy ending..it finishes airing this week..let’s see then.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 26, 2019 at 6:00 AM
Thursday, be kind to me.
Hasi®
September 26, 2019 at 10:43 PM
It was.. oh soo kind to me😊
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 27, 2019 at 5:46 AM
yes a huge sigh of relief from me 😊😊😊
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 25, 2019 at 6:16 PM
i’m watching Seven Day Queen these days, and i’m so lost. i know it ends tragically, but it feels like it’s all sad in the middle too!! i can’t tell if Yeok really loves CK or if it’s a trick; the king sometimes seems more relatable than anyone else; and i’m not sure always what to make of CK herself. it’s a beautiful show but my feelings are a mess!!
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
September 25, 2019 at 7:01 PM
This drama will do this to you 😅😅 It hurts, but it hurts SO GOOD
Esther
September 25, 2019 at 9:50 PM
This drama messed with our feelings just as it messed with CKs!
Everything about that drama is sad, from the start to the end, the post trauma this drama gave me😪😪😪 but it really was worth it!
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 26, 2019 at 5:50 AM
yes! this is how i feel completely! i keep having to remind myself that a happy resolution isn’t coming. but it’s so beautiful and so well done.
i feel like i need to watch a bunch of other dramas afterwards, with the different main actors, where they get happy endings.
Hasi®
September 26, 2019 at 10:38 PM
Even though i love the cast, costumes, scenery etc i’m avoiding this show because of the tragic end. I’m afraid i will feel like riding an inevitable train wreck the whole time i watch it..since you have started it and probably finished it by now, think of that as a another aspect of love, letting go when necessary..
another woodalchi nicole recruit
September 27, 2019 at 5:47 AM
that is exactly how it feels, so ominous all the time….but then also so so SO well-done, so beautiful in every way. i like this idea of thinking of it as another aspect of love <3 thank you <3