Heck yes!!! It’s an excellent banger for sure 😎🔥 Lol I stayed up until 11pm my time to listen to their new EP IMMEDIATELY when it was released – it was worth it!! I’m biased since they’re my favorite group, but this is a great release… I love that ATEEZ’s music is just FUN, and I feel like this has the most dance tracks of any of their recent releases!
HOW GOOD RIGHT!! It released while I was at work (lol) so I wish I could’ve waited and listened to it immediately like you got to! I also love how fun it is, this song in particular is screaming song of the summer for me & honestly the EP just isn’t long enough, I want MORE 😍
I know!!!! Aww I’m sorry you couldn’t listen to it right away… lol the only reason I could stay up that late just for this is because I’m currently on vacation and didn’t have work in the morning 😂 It’s such a summery EP!! And so many dance tracks!!! I love the new sound for this new era!!!
Omg vacation, I’m excited for you!!! I hope you’re having a grand time – are you travelling or just taking time off and chilling at home?!
And me too – I was a bit surprised at how laid back this sounded because I think the last few releases were all like head bangers hahahah even the choreo for Work looks relaxed compared to normal ATEEZ choreo , and it’s a nice summery change!!
Thank you!!!🤗❤️ We took a bit of a road trip and are enjoying a mix of relaxing and exploring 😊 Lol one of my projects for the trip is to get my dad to watch some K-content with me 😄 Alienoid was a success, so we’re going to watch Alienoid 2 next! I hope work is going well for you and that you’re doing well!!🤗
I agree about their sound – I enjoyed their previous releases, but I like this sound even more! Lol you’re right about the choreo – it’s so chill!! And lol at Jongho and the flute 😂 😂 😂
Hi,
Sorry for a random unrelated comment. I am just checking did I miss the post with the questions for the book club read on 14th July? The site has been glitchy for me so I keep discovery posts I missed weeks later and I wanted to make sure I was ready for the discussion post.
Ahh the ending!! That’s got to be one of my favourite proposals ever 😍 Sorry future partners, my expectations are through the stratosphere now 😂
What an absolutely perfect final episode, I couldn’t have asked for anything more. I laughed, I cried, I swooned, I smiled like a love sick idiot through most of it and although I’m sad to say goodbye now, my heart feels ever so fuzzy and warm. I’ve enjoyed every minute of this drama so much and it’ll definitely be one I’ll rewatch many times over in the future.
I’m sending my sincere gratitude for the cast and crew into the universe, hopefully they feel all the love! 💕
It was right! They gave the fans what they – we – wanted!! so happy we got a Happily Ever After ending that took its time to savour the sweetness, instead of shoehorning it into the last ten minutes or something
The moment they off-ed the cabbie I screamed but then also got little scared (like Sun-Jae) what if he comes back. After all his plot armor was pretty much impenetrable till now. Tae Sung’s comment to his father seemed little meta. Like forget about him and just enjoy the fluff.
I was so scared during that scene that they’d make Taesung be the sacrificial goat, so I had the biggest sigh of relief when they off-ed the cabbie. I was also like you though being a bit 👀 paranoid as to whether he’d suddenly come back (like he somehow got the watch and now was also time travelling lol that’d be a hoot).
It really was, so understated (in the best way possible) and sweet! I’m genuinely in love with how that scene played out, no fanfare or like fireworks, just sincere love 💕 !
I’m glad the really extravagant one ended up being a fake-out/he realised the timing wasn’t right!
Ikr!! And omg I didn’t even notice the little dips in the soft serve that do look like it could be something – would’ve been hilarious had they crafted a face!
Not mine, found it on an FB page so all credit to whoever made it! Sharing because it made me laugh out loud – and then even more so because someone posted an edited version of this meme to have the villain also be at the end of any road taken 😆
Sol getting off the train:
“I just don’t belong here, I hope you understand. We might find out place in this world someday, but at least for now… I gotta go my own way” 🎶
Sol: “what about trust? you know I never wanted to hurt you”
Sunjae: “and what about me? what am I supposed to do?”
Sol: “gotta leave but I’ll miss you”
WHY does it actually work so well though omg hahahahah like perfect lyrics 👌
Too good a find to not share, this has been my entire personality this week 😂 especially bc I’m not watching many on air Kdramas and am twiddling my thumbs waiting for new Cdramas to drop, so on the Bridgerton S1-2 binge it is!
I didn’t like the choice of narrating Queen Charlotte, it’s my least favorite for that. I think they changed too much the FL in the season 2 compared with the book. So I guess the first one is still my favorite.
I mean I had never been interested in Bridgerton, thinking they somewhat look too over-the-top with their wardrobe, I somehow ended up watching ep 1 some days ago and thought it was quite fun! I don’t know why I wasn’t interested in SS1, but I agree that Queen Charlotte was really good.
Glad you found it fun!! The over the top costumes get quite fun – the most recent season has fashion that looks like it was taken straight from The Hunger Games 😂
#LovelyRunner Honestly ep 13 was a ‘reaLLY??’ and then 14 was basically try not to cry challenge (impossible). Literally I’m sure my eyes were just permanently on the verge of tears the entire way through. I kind of get why we introduced this arc, but it was twice the amount of angst and I was just TIRED you guys😭
And at one point I found myself wondering, I love SunSol with all my heart BUT would life maybe be easier and still just as sweet with Taesung?? In a different way maybe but if I had to choose between heartbreaking true love or just stable love that’s not life defining but sweet nonetheless, I think I’d choose the latter….the heart wants what it wants though I suppose.
Just barely holding on for whatever the final week is going to throw at us – I’d say they can’t top this week’s heartbreak but honestly it’s a K-drama so sky’s the limit 🤷♀️ 😭
Haha I cried a goodish amount these eps 😅 I still loved them, though! For whatever reason, the angst hasn’t been making me anxious yet – I think because sadness has been balanced with sweetness. It’s funny because after finishing ep 14 last night, I was thinking the SAME THING about choices and Tae-sung… IRL (Lol), Tae-sung would be a great choice. The only problem, as LaurenSophie said, is that he’s not Sun-jae 🥲
We continue to be on the same wavelength Hopeful! But yes, I’m not anxious per se but you know when you love something so much (and also cry/feel sad/sympathise with on screen characters so much) that you’re like GOSH I feel like I ran an emotional marathon just then? That was me this week 😅
Oh my gosh yes!!! I understand what you mean. Kdrsmas are so good at creating empathy with their characters that it feels like you’re feeling everything right along with them… an “emotional marathon” is such a good descriptor!! I really hope our hope and patience is rewarded next week 🥲
me tooooo – I was even contemplating just playing it and listening to the audio while I work but that’s probably just going to make it worse because my limited knowledge of Korean will just fan my curiosity even more hahahahha
I did my book reading trick. I *knew* they were going to pull some shtick. So I saw the ending first. That was the only way I could “survive” watching the episode. 😅
But there are some really really good moment sprinkled in.
They just had to wrap up properly. We are already hooked. Why are they alienating us like this. Next for all you know we could have mermaids, aliens and zombies take over – à la Sol’s script.
I’ve been avoiding the fanwall in between episodes (heck, I’m even avoiding YouTube to skip accidental spoilers in video screencaps!), but after watching 13… I liked it! All was to be expected, honestly. We had to have an angst climax first – it is the penultimate week, after all – and I liked how the reveals and emotional beats were paced. Certainly there will be at least one more reset to go. Shades of Hong-jo certainly crossed my mind, too, but most of the main cast here are SO SMART compared to dramaland standards – look at them involving the police right away and keeping their phones charged! Also Tae-sung is my favorite SML of all time and his grownup version is 🔥🔥🔥
I feel like all the comments have inoculated me and I can now resist the stupidity infection! 😆 I never expect a show to not have some breakdown near the end and making the FL act like an idiot is every writer’s favorite trick, alas.
Huh. So after all the warnings and complaints (completely justified, I admit), I’m … kind of okay with this episode. Sure, I had to ignore the tired amusement park trope as well as Sol running alone through the woods in homage to her unnie Hong-jo, but I didn’t have any trouble following the time-travel throughline and I’m not upset about SJ’s watch popping up with another three chances to go back, because there were always two watches – or one watch existing in two timelines – and that had to come into play eventually. Truly I think the comments here lowered my expectations enough that I could just focus on the plot progression, sloppy as it was. Thanks! 😂
Also, 34-year-old Tae-sung is effin’ 🔥🔥🔥. When it started to snow while he was kneeling in front of Sol, I thought “girl, just grab onto what’s in front of you and don’t look back.”
my eyes just about bugged out when I realised this is a Pitbull song, how did they make it sound SO romantic (the OG song is a club banger of course but this is a complete 180 in tone hahaha)
With all the songs the production seems to be re-mixing, I’m just imagining the budget they have for music alone 🫣 Because music copyrights are expensive
The “Jimmy Fallon” show is always saying how they don’t use much music outside of their own little jingles because the copyright fees would basically blow their entire production budget for an episode
Ay that’s so true! They must have a huge budget though, bc the OST is limited but it’s big name covers and also the costumes only get grander each season. I suppose this show is Netflix’s money maker after all though!
For the whole, I was wondering what song was playing because I knew. I would have never thought Pitbull! I was surprised when I searched for it. But the lyrics kinda matched the scene :p
right!! and this isn’t even all of them, because it was made 2 weeks ago it doesn’t include the recent episodes – the second video I shared has even more blunders and funny ‘loser’ moments 😆
Another K-pop interlude!! ENHYPEN’s Niki is Studio Choom’s Artist of the Month and gosh his performance is just🔥 I especially LOVE, love, LOVE the choreography, delivery and camera work for ‘Humble’ (also surely this is a statement if anything, given the current Kendrick and Drake diss track beef hahaha 😂). Always knew Niki was a great dancer but gosh he’s also born to be a star wowza
Me too! They’re great performers for sure and Studio Choom is soo good at highlight choreo in a crisp way too – even more than the choreo ver. MV’s that groups put out. Every time I want to really appreciate the choreo, I’m hoping Studio Choom has got a performance of it.
Same!!! I love how crisp their 4K performances are – such a great way to highlight the skill and artistry of the performers! I definitely look forward to their videos.
Absolutely!! And especially the Artist of the Month and Mix & Max videos, since they really let the artist(s) shine and showcase their skill in a non comeback promo lens
They’re so good! Would totally recommend you check out their debut album ‘Dimension: Dilemma’ – I think it’s their best full release yet (amongst many, many great releases in general).
omg I love that – I was struggling to find the words to accurately describe what I was feeling (wowza was the result) and you just packaged it up into the perfect sentenece!
Those words just came to me spontaneously, which was really the result of being completely captivated by his dancing. I can’t even imagine being able to move my body that fluidly and yet so controlled — at any age!
I say this knowing I’m about to risk the ire of many a Beanie, but I really am such a sucker for a good past life lovers/fated lovers story line. I know I’m getting side eyed right now considering the state of the last few dramas that had this plot point/trope AND how it’s often shoved in as a lazy technique in lieu of actually building the romance properly, BUT honestly no matter how messy the drama is, the minute they have those flashback scenes or mentions of ‘fate’ and ‘past lives’ I’m like AWW THEY FOUND EACH OTHER 😍 😍 😍 😍 and it never gets old. I could’ve (and have tbh) watched countless Korean and Chinese dramas with this trop and I get heart flutters and goosebumps like it’s the first time I’ve ever witnessed the trope in action lol
Currently being inspired by the YouTube edit that someone made of the past lives storyline in Destined With You and I’ve turned into a puddle that completely forgot what a fiasco that drama was overall 🤷♀️
I love the way you phrased that! There were many good bits for sure throughout (coat-bok, the hand, ‘GET A GRIP’) and whilst it left me a little wanting because of the potential it had, I don’t regret watching it at all – go figure 😂 🤷♀️
All we have our favorite tropes or kind of situations.
Mine are “found families”, “fish out of the water” and “one or two of the main characters are alone in the world, no family, no house…”.
The past life or fated lovers is interesting too, when it’s well made.
I love a good fish out of the water story too!! I love that K-dramas have something in there for everyone – I think there was a discussion about this in a thread sometime ago about how there were just so many different types of plot in K-dramas, sometimes with plots that you feel like were taken straight from your own imagination and fantasies.
🫂 🥰 glad you can see right through me and also agree!!
also yes of course, this person has my eternal thanks because they did a sublime job mirroring the present and past life scenes and also the choice of dialogue to overlay on top is ahh perfection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P6YcfdOoFA&t=81s
Thank you for sharing. I got goosebumps watching this. Hat’s off to the editor who surely spent hours and hours to edit this to perfection. It has all the crazy good bits and the dialogues are cherry on top. I’m amazed and fascinated and inspired. I definitely want to rewatch it again peaceably. Someday … 🤞
^^ I meant the drama. It definitely deserves a rewatch eith fresh eyes and outlook. I do think it was a better drama than we were able to process it during the live watch.
I wonder if the YT editor has commented on her experience in watching Destined With You.
I know exactly what you mean! It’s crazy how editing changes the way we perceive things (I know it seems like a ‘duh of course it would’ but idk I’m still amazed how much of a big change can be achieved by small edits) – kind of reminds me of that video that was making the rounds a few years ago of how simply changing the music to a Harry Potter movie trailer drastically changed the tone of the whole story.
I know there’s completed dramas that I’ve watched or have been watching now where I’m like, I’m so glad I’m watching it post it being ‘finished’ because I can definitely see me having a totally different experience if I’d live watched it while it was airing. I think Doom At Your Service is one of those, I watched it after the whole thing finished airing and enjoyed it (recognising the major flaws and all) but I can defs see myself hating it/not enjoying it at all had I watched it while it aired. Maybe has something to do with knowing the ending and subconsciously changing expectations accordingly vs being clueless as to trajectory when live watching?
That makes a lot of sense. I remember @IsaGC watching Heartbeat towards the end of last year and quite liked it. She also said exactly this that going in when you know where it is headed you watch it accordingly.
Incidentally I too watched Doom At Your Service post airing and quite liked it.
I have more and more respect for the directors and editors as they really make the stars shine. This Destined is the drama I want to watch … and it is all there but yes it was a bit of a mess. My strong objection while live watching was – Why is Shin-yu with Hong-jo without breaking up with the ex-gf for what seemed like the longest of time. I know he did break up but she continued to cling till he set her up with the guy she was cheating with and casually exposed them both. I mean the very title says Destined but the drama that I live watched didn’t convince me that it was so … but this little video did. 🤣 So I feel a rewatch with a fresh view may actually improve the drama. Just like our ongoing Our Blooming Youth Community Watch. I swear with this supportive audience I really feel I’m watching a brand new drama. Of course the Crown Prince being played by Park Hyung-sik helps. 😉
That’s true! I was in the camp of ‘hey I actually liked how we ended this’ because it made sense considering everything. I suppose the ‘fiasco’ element for me – or maybe the better term to use is ‘messy’ – was in all the plot points and characterisations that dragged or were just absolute question marks
I can relate! I feel like after years and years and years of watching dramas— Kdramas and Cdramas alike— I will tend to eye-roll or be completely turned off and made uninterested about a premise and a trope when on paper and in words, but I agree that when it’s done right and done well, I get all warm and fuzzy inside, too!!
Absolutely!!! When it’s well delivered especially, no matter how many times I’ve seen this exact plot or trope play out before, I too will get warm and fuzzy inside. And the ones that make you change your mind like you said, where you have an opposite reaction to seeing it on paper vs seeing it play out in the film/show, those are so special!
As soon as he started talking about making choices even knowing the outcome I started crying 😭😭😭 This drama has four more episodes to use to figure out how to give us a happy ending… please please please!! 🙏
you and @seeker are smart omg I was bamboozled completely when she got off the train and her expression changed 🤡
SURELY happy ending, both True Beauty and Flower of Evil had HEA’s so I’m going by some kind of delusional believe that this PD/writer duo are in favour of a HEA.
I was bamboozled too!!! I gasped 🥲 Yes surely??? I am really hoping on a happy ending too – surely that’s the plan??? Oh well I’ll try to remain calm 😅
So I’m watching Love You Seven Times where the premise is that a fairy and the God of War, tied together by the red string of fate by accident, end up having to through 6 love ‘trials’ through 6 different lifetimes. In their second life, the ML doesn’t know who he is because he drank the amnesia water like he was supposed to but the FL retains full memories of her identity because she tampered with her amnesia water. So she fully knows who she is and that she’s just currently living out a mortal life as part of the trials, but despite this she eventually gets wholly consumed by her current ‘life’ as it goes on.
Me watching this: *scoffs* smh how’d she get so entangled when she KNOWS this isn’t who she really is/this isn’t her real life – it’ll just be a dream for her in the end. Why is she so invested and getting caught up in feels???
Also me like 4 episodes later: crying and blubbering along with the leads as they go through their doomed lovers lifetime, repeatedly forgetting that this is just a mini arc and so the ‘tragic ending’ in this lifetime, is not the end of the actual story. Why does my heart hurt so much though omg.
Yeah it’s a vibe so far!! It did take a while for me to warm up to the FL and also for the story to really get going (like it picks up around ep 8) but the set design/CGI and costuming has been STUNNING since the start, a visual feast 😍 Keen to hear your thoughts when you get around to it!
I’ve been waiting for this for WEEKS!!! Lol I think one of these OST tracks is going to be on that end-of-year Spotify thing that says “On May 14 you listened to Spring Snow 32457 times” 😂
Me tooooo!!! They knew what they were doing by having this song introduced like ep 2 but making us wait till ep 11 to release it 🤡 And yes that’s exactly what I was thinking too hahahah – can already see this getting a feature in spotify wrapped at the end of the year 😂 😂 😂
@HopefulRomantic I thought of you the moment I watched this performance so had to share! I remember when we were fangirling over the most recent ATEEZ comeback we were saying how much we loved Silver Lights and so badly wanted to see choreo/a live performance. It exists!!
Bless ATEEZ for never failing to give us performances of most of their B-sides. It’s actually so sad how many groups have banger B-sides that never see the stage lights or get any sort of immortalisation in chores 😭
Oh My Gosh I love it!!! That’s so sweet of you to find that and tag me!!! Thank you Lapis!!!🥰 it’s fun to fangirl together! ❤️ I appreciate all the music you share – I’m now a fan of Taeyong, too, after you shared SHALALA!
I’m so excited about the new comeback ATEEZ will be releasing on the 31st!!! Do you listen to Enhypen? I also really like them, and they released a new EP yesterday. I hope you have a great evening!!! Also, I know you had mentioned some recent changes at work for you, and I hope everything is going well ❤️
Aww heheh I’m so glad to hear you’re a Taeyong fan too (on your way to become a czennie 😉) and of course, I love our little fangirl moments v much 💕 I’m so, so, so psyched for the new comeback – not one has missed so far for me so fingers crossed for this one too.
I LOVE ENHYPEN!! YAY you’re a fan too!! I have been ‘rediscovering’ them lately too because some of their ‘older’ songs have been remerging on my playlist shuffles recently and I’m like wow I forgot about this one and this one and this one 😆 I have been hooked on their EP too, especially Scream! Do you have a fav song or album of theirs?
And thank you for the lovely work and life wishes (and good memory :O) – likewise, I hope you’re having a good day (I think!) and both life and work are going well ❤️
Taeyong is so cool!! Really enjoyed his most recent album, too. Yes so far all the ATEEZ comebacks have been AWESOME and I’m so excited for the next one!!! Haha I even pre-ordered the album 😅
YAYYYY fangirls for Enhypen!!! They’re probably my second favorite group after ATEEZ! Oooh Scream is really good… I also really love Fatal Trouble. It’s a really cool sounding EP! I’ve been avoiding YouTube to not see Lovely Runner spoilers, so I haven’t seen if they’ve released MVs yet, but I’m sure they’ll be cool!
I’m really glad to hear that things are going well for you!!!❤️ Thank you – in getting ready for my day, and things have been going well! 😊
Fatal Trouble is v good – there is an MV on the Dark Moon channel, in the same style of One in A Billion’s MV but a little less dynamic because it’s basically just their Webtoon avatars on a moving train and things like the background or what they’re doing in their seats change etc. Still really aesthetic and cool though.
Pre-ordering is so fun, it’s like past you is gifting future you 😆 I’ve also done the same for a few albums (rip bank account) but it’ll be worth the serotonin when they land in the mailbox heheh
Ooh cool I’ll have to check it out!! “Past you gifting future you” YES!! 🤗👍 It is so fun to finally receive it in the mail!! And to add to my small collection – a hobby!! 😉🥰
Ngl I totally didn’t realise I’d redacted the murderous cabbie from my memory of the episode till your comment, so that tells you something….
I love the friendship, even the small bits here and there with the other college boys were really cute, and some with Taesung and his buddy ✨ I wish we had more of Sol and her bff/other friends too tbh!
OKay no like I was like ahahah yeah me too with this whole trend, but this one genuinely made me like double take – no TRIPLE take – because I’ve watched Waikiki S2 at least three times and I NEVER noticed Byeon Woo-seok??????? 🤯 What on earth?? It’s not even like a, ‘ohh yeah I remember him! Now I know his name!’, it’s more like I genuinely completely missed seeing him there in the first place???????
I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT. I looked at his list of cameos, and was baffled that I couldn’t remember “him” in those dramas, even if I could remember the roles. How could I not recognize across dramas anyone so tall and handsome?? 😂
FOR REAL the man is so tall like surely that would’ve made a dent in my optical memory – like at the very least, ah yes this person who I’ve seen before!
i watched it when it released.. i freaking remember everything about that movie…even the ML and his entire journey and last video and all… but still just could not remember him as BW or associate his face with that… only now when it came up, i still had to go back and check.. still blank in my memories..
or romance youth drama with bo gum…
the only thing i conclusively remember him in is that weird s2 of strong girl
I don’t know what kind of directors he has been working with 😀
Yessss this feeling exactly!!! How trippy and freaky is that!! It’s even more 🤯 when you can really recall just about everything BUT someone or something – even wilder when he’s the ML and your brain just cropped him out of your memories 😂
I know objectively that human brains aren’t exactly 100% reliable but these sorts of things really hammer that point home and now I’m wondering what and who else I’ve missed hahahah 😆
lapislazulii
May 31, 2024 at 3:32 AM
crazy fun MV and the song is a banger 🔥 – my new 9-5 anthem during the week 😂
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 31, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Heck yes!!! It’s an excellent banger for sure 😎🔥 Lol I stayed up until 11pm my time to listen to their new EP IMMEDIATELY when it was released – it was worth it!! I’m biased since they’re my favorite group, but this is a great release… I love that ATEEZ’s music is just FUN, and I feel like this has the most dance tracks of any of their recent releases!
Seon-ha
May 31, 2024 at 5:39 AM
I can’t help but remember the chicken in Parallel World… 😁🐤
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 31, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Oooh yes!! The best chicken character of any media!!! 😎✨️ I don’t know if you listen to much Kpop, Seon-ha, but this EP is GREAT FUN!
Seon-ha
May 31, 2024 at 5:48 AM
I do on the treadmill…I can certainly check it out today!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 31, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Yayyyy!!! 🤗❤️
lapislazulii
May 31, 2024 at 5:41 AM
HOW GOOD RIGHT!! It released while I was at work (lol) so I wish I could’ve waited and listened to it immediately like you got to! I also love how fun it is, this song in particular is screaming song of the summer for me & honestly the EP just isn’t long enough, I want MORE 😍
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 31, 2024 at 5:48 AM
I know!!!! Aww I’m sorry you couldn’t listen to it right away… lol the only reason I could stay up that late just for this is because I’m currently on vacation and didn’t have work in the morning 😂 It’s such a summery EP!! And so many dance tracks!!! I love the new sound for this new era!!!
lapislazulii
May 31, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Omg vacation, I’m excited for you!!! I hope you’re having a grand time – are you travelling or just taking time off and chilling at home?!
And me too – I was a bit surprised at how laid back this sounded because I think the last few releases were all like head bangers hahahah even the choreo for Work looks relaxed compared to normal ATEEZ choreo , and it’s a nice summery change!!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 31, 2024 at 6:08 AM
Thank you!!!🤗❤️ We took a bit of a road trip and are enjoying a mix of relaxing and exploring 😊 Lol one of my projects for the trip is to get my dad to watch some K-content with me 😄 Alienoid was a success, so we’re going to watch Alienoid 2 next! I hope work is going well for you and that you’re doing well!!🤗
I agree about their sound – I enjoyed their previous releases, but I like this sound even more! Lol you’re right about the choreo – it’s so chill!! And lol at Jongho and the flute 😂 😂 😂
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
May 31, 2024 at 10:47 AM
SO GOOD. I love all of this!
I lived in Southern California for a long time and it always makes me smile to see all those familiar locations.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 31, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Yayy Elinor!!! 😄 Oh that’s cool – I thought it looked like the American west, but wasn’t sure if they’d actually filmed “on site” – awesome!!!
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
June 3, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Hi,
Sorry for a random unrelated comment. I am just checking did I miss the post with the questions for the book club read on 14th July? The site has been glitchy for me so I keep discovery posts I missed weeks later and I wanted to make sure I was ready for the discussion post.
lapislazulii
May 28, 2024 at 5:23 PM
#LRep16
Ahh the ending!! That’s got to be one of my favourite proposals ever 😍 Sorry future partners, my expectations are through the stratosphere now 😂
What an absolutely perfect final episode, I couldn’t have asked for anything more. I laughed, I cried, I swooned, I smiled like a love sick idiot through most of it and although I’m sad to say goodbye now, my heart feels ever so fuzzy and warm. I’ve enjoyed every minute of this drama so much and it’ll definitely be one I’ll rewatch many times over in the future.
I’m sending my sincere gratitude for the cast and crew into the universe, hopefully they feel all the love! 💕
Siona ⭐️ (@DramaticFoodie)
May 28, 2024 at 5:50 PM
YES, everything was perfect❤️
lapislazulii
May 28, 2024 at 6:01 PM
It was right! They gave the fans what they – we – wanted!! so happy we got a Happily Ever After ending that took its time to savour the sweetness, instead of shoehorning it into the last ten minutes or something
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 29, 2024 at 2:06 AM
The moment they off-ed the cabbie I screamed but then also got little scared (like Sun-Jae) what if he comes back. After all his plot armor was pretty much impenetrable till now. Tae Sung’s comment to his father seemed little meta. Like forget about him and just enjoy the fluff.
lapislazulii
May 29, 2024 at 4:27 AM
I was so scared during that scene that they’d make Taesung be the sacrificial goat, so I had the biggest sigh of relief when they off-ed the cabbie. I was also like you though being a bit 👀 paranoid as to whether he’d suddenly come back (like he somehow got the watch and now was also time travelling lol that’d be a hoot).
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 29, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Luckily the writer took pity on us after 15 episodes … otherwise the Fanwall would not be what it is now!! 🌸
RenOIshi
May 29, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Such a gorgeous proposal 🤍
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 29, 2024 at 5:03 AM
I think an enterprising Beanie will soon post ALL the parallels in the drama.
lapislazulii
May 29, 2024 at 6:40 AM
It really was, so understated (in the best way possible) and sweet! I’m genuinely in love with how that scene played out, no fanfare or like fireworks, just sincere love 💕 !
I’m glad the really extravagant one ended up being a fake-out/he realised the timing wasn’t right!
lapislazulii
May 28, 2024 at 4:09 PM
#LRe16
“Maybe my head forgot but my heart remembered”
“My grandma said memories don’t disappear, they just seep into your soul”
Me trying to keep it together because I’m on the way to work:
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 29, 2024 at 2:09 AM
♥️🌈 What a perfectly apt description. 😘
RenOIshi
May 29, 2024 at 4:49 AM
That scene with the grandma where she wishes him to live long and be happy made me sob like an idiot 😭
lapislazulii
May 29, 2024 at 6:38 AM
SAMEEEE urgh the soft and really genuine “thank you” from him set me off and then he started crying and it made me proper cry too 😭
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 29, 2024 at 12:24 PM
As per bts he was not supposed to cry in the scene, but BWS started crying and the director decided to retain it.
lapislazulii
May 29, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I didn’t know that!! That’s so cuteee, thank you for sharing Cera – it makes the scene even sweeter now!!
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 29, 2024 at 7:11 PM
TBH when he cried I cried too!! 😭
When emotions are real they hit you all the way harder.
lapislazulii
May 26, 2024 at 6:51 PM
😂 😂 😂
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 26, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Lol that’s hilarious!!! 😂
lapislazulii
May 28, 2024 at 4:10 PM
right!! I thought it was some fan edit at first 😂
indyfan
May 26, 2024 at 7:14 PM
I saw that! So funny. They couldn’t get many PPLs but have done so well that brands want to ride their coattails.
PS I was trying to see if they crafted a face in the soft serve but didn’t really see it.
lapislazulii
May 28, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Ikr!! And omg I didn’t even notice the little dips in the soft serve that do look like it could be something – would’ve been hilarious had they crafted a face!
lapislazulii
May 24, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Not mine, found it on an FB page so all credit to whoever made it! Sharing because it made me laugh out loud – and then even more so because someone posted an edited version of this meme to have the villain also be at the end of any road taken 😆
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 24, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Thanks for sharing the lols.
All Beanie roads are indeed leading to Sun Sol.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 24, 2024 at 1:20 PM
GPS set to: Sun-jae-ya!~~~❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍✨️
lapislazulii
May 24, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Well said Cera! 😍 😍 😍
tabong is ironing the crosswalk
May 24, 2024 at 6:44 PM
This just made me realize the perfect song for LR is “gotta go my own way” from High School Musical 2. 😂😂
lapislazulii
May 24, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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lapislazulii
May 24, 2024 at 7:12 PM
but what about us?? what about everything we’ve been through?? 🎶
good call tabong, it so is the right song!! 😂 I can’t unsee it now
tabong is ironing the crosswalk
May 24, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Sol getting off the train:
“I just don’t belong here, I hope you understand. We might find out place in this world someday, but at least for now… I gotta go my own way” 🎶
Then Sun Jae: WHAT ABOUT ME!? 😂🤣
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 24, 2024 at 9:44 PM
😂 👏👌
Tabong is not only good at Cast Away but also in OST. New secret level unlocked!!
tabong is ironing the crosswalk
May 25, 2024 at 4:36 PM
😉😆
lapislazulii
May 24, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Sol: “what about trust? you know I never wanted to hurt you”
Sunjae: “and what about me? what am I supposed to do?”
Sol: “gotta leave but I’ll miss you”
WHY does it actually work so well though omg hahahahah like perfect lyrics 👌
tabong is ironing the crosswalk
May 25, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Perfect. 👌
lapislazulii
May 23, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Too good a find to not share, this has been my entire personality this week 😂 especially bc I’m not watching many on air Kdramas and am twiddling my thumbs waiting for new Cdramas to drop, so on the Bridgerton S1-2 binge it is!
Kurama
May 23, 2024 at 4:37 AM
The Duke 😍
lapislazulii
May 24, 2024 at 4:13 AM
😍 although, ngl S1 is my least favourite of the lot – S2 and the Queen Charlotte spinoff have my entire heart
Kurama
May 24, 2024 at 6:07 AM
I didn’t like the choice of narrating Queen Charlotte, it’s my least favorite for that. I think they changed too much the FL in the season 2 compared with the book. So I guess the first one is still my favorite.
parkchuna 🍉
May 23, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Bring on the posh accent!
lapislazulii
May 24, 2024 at 4:13 AM
and the tea and biscuits!!
mmmmm
May 24, 2024 at 5:31 AM
I mean I had never been interested in Bridgerton, thinking they somewhat look too over-the-top with their wardrobe, I somehow ended up watching ep 1 some days ago and thought it was quite fun! I don’t know why I wasn’t interested in SS1, but I agree that Queen Charlotte was really good.
And I LOVE your meme. Too true.
lapislazulii
May 24, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Glad you found it fun!! The over the top costumes get quite fun – the most recent season has fashion that looks like it was taken straight from The Hunger Games 😂
lapislazulii
May 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
#LovelyRunner Honestly ep 13 was a ‘reaLLY??’ and then 14 was basically try not to cry challenge (impossible). Literally I’m sure my eyes were just permanently on the verge of tears the entire way through. I kind of get why we introduced this arc, but it was twice the amount of angst and I was just TIRED you guys😭
And at one point I found myself wondering, I love SunSol with all my heart BUT would life maybe be easier and still just as sweet with Taesung?? In a different way maybe but if I had to choose between heartbreaking true love or just stable love that’s not life defining but sweet nonetheless, I think I’d choose the latter….the heart wants what it wants though I suppose.
Nothingmuch
May 21, 2024 at 5:26 PM
I can relate to your gif.
lapislazulii
May 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Just barely holding on for whatever the final week is going to throw at us – I’d say they can’t top this week’s heartbreak but honestly it’s a K-drama so sky’s the limit 🤷♀️ 😭
Nothingmuch
May 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM
And that’s what we’re here for.
LaurenSophie
May 21, 2024 at 6:34 PM
There’s really nothing wrong with Tae-sung. Except that he’s just not Sun Jae 🙁
lapislazulii
May 22, 2024 at 2:33 AM
hahahaha very aptly said – few SMLs land in this category!!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 22, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Yes exactly!!! 🥺
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
May 21, 2024 at 11:59 PM
🫘Beansprout Award🌱 for the best gif for your comment🤣 thank you for starting my day with a laugh out loud moment
lapislazulii
May 22, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Aww thank you Mother Bean, I’m honoured to accept this award ✨ I’m glad to hear it made you laugh – it made me laugh too 😆
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 22, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Haha I cried a goodish amount these eps 😅 I still loved them, though! For whatever reason, the angst hasn’t been making me anxious yet – I think because sadness has been balanced with sweetness. It’s funny because after finishing ep 14 last night, I was thinking the SAME THING about choices and Tae-sung… IRL (Lol), Tae-sung would be a great choice. The only problem, as LaurenSophie said, is that he’s not Sun-jae 🥲
lapislazulii
May 22, 2024 at 7:31 PM
We continue to be on the same wavelength Hopeful! But yes, I’m not anxious per se but you know when you love something so much (and also cry/feel sad/sympathise with on screen characters so much) that you’re like GOSH I feel like I ran an emotional marathon just then? That was me this week 😅
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 23, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Oh my gosh yes!!! I understand what you mean. Kdrsmas are so good at creating empathy with their characters that it feels like you’re feeling everything right along with them… an “emotional marathon” is such a good descriptor!! I really hope our hope and patience is rewarded next week 🥲
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 4:19 PM
this is probably most of us, definitely is me right now at work
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
May 20, 2024 at 4:37 PM
It’s 💯 me. I can’t watch until late tonight and I’m dying of curiosity, especially after the comments here.
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 5:22 PM
me tooooo – I was even contemplating just playing it and listening to the audio while I work but that’s probably just going to make it worse because my limited knowledge of Korean will just fan my curiosity even more hahahahha
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
I did my book reading trick. I *knew* they were going to pull some shtick. So I saw the ending first. That was the only way I could “survive” watching the episode. 😅
But there are some really really good moment sprinkled in.
DancingEmma
May 20, 2024 at 6:45 PM
And thank the Goddess for those few really good moments otherwise iy would have been beyond redemption.
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 7:45 PM
that’s smart!! honestly is it that much to ask of shows that are doing well for like almost 80% of the way to just not blow it up at the end 😆 😭
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 9:26 PM
It is not what I usually do with dramas. It is a journey to get to the end after all. 😂 But I was so full of trepidation that I just couldn’t wait.
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 9:28 PM
They just had to wrap up properly. We are already hooked. Why are they alienating us like this. Next for all you know we could have mermaids, aliens and zombies take over – à la Sol’s script.
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 11:44 PM
I love your new display name. I think it suits you rather well. 😂 Also goes along with timeslipping.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 21, 2024 at 3:40 AM
I’ve been avoiding the fanwall in between episodes (heck, I’m even avoiding YouTube to skip accidental spoilers in video screencaps!), but after watching 13… I liked it! All was to be expected, honestly. We had to have an angst climax first – it is the penultimate week, after all – and I liked how the reveals and emotional beats were paced. Certainly there will be at least one more reset to go. Shades of Hong-jo certainly crossed my mind, too, but most of the main cast here are SO SMART compared to dramaland standards – look at them involving the police right away and keeping their phones charged! Also Tae-sung is my favorite SML of all time and his grownup version is 🔥🔥🔥
DancingEmma
May 20, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Yep. It suddenly felt like a gaggle of particularly dumb monkeys had written this ep.
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 5:22 PM
ooooh gosh lol…..wondering now if I’m better off saving ep 13 to watch with 14 tomorrow
Blue (@mayhemf)
May 20, 2024 at 5:33 PM
It might not be a bad idea.
♡Peach_Mochi♡
May 20, 2024 at 6:29 PM
I think that’s what I’ll do. (And catch up on Frankly Speaking tonight.)
bbstl 🧹
May 20, 2024 at 9:13 PM
13 went pretty quickly for me as I FF through a lot of it 🤦🏼♀️
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 9:32 PM
I’ve to catch up ep 6 of FS too. *sigh* I really want to shake up the Lovely team and as them to get a grip of themselves.
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 9:32 PM
* grip on
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Your comment is just too perfect. 🙈 I could hardly recognize uri beloved Sun Sol in this episode. Thank God for Tae Sung the savior.
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
May 20, 2024 at 7:30 PM
I feel like all the comments have inoculated me and I can now resist the stupidity infection! 😆 I never expect a show to not have some breakdown near the end and making the FL act like an idiot is every writer’s favorite trick, alas.
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 7:46 PM
‘things are going a little too well!! time to mess it up!’ – most kdrama writers probably (WAE?! 😭)
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 9:54 PM
@enriquequierecagar says it best!
https://www.dramabeans.com/members/enriquequierecagar/activity/1583085/
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
May 20, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Huh. So after all the warnings and complaints (completely justified, I admit), I’m … kind of okay with this episode. Sure, I had to ignore the tired amusement park trope as well as Sol running alone through the woods in homage to her unnie Hong-jo, but I didn’t have any trouble following the time-travel throughline and I’m not upset about SJ’s watch popping up with another three chances to go back, because there were always two watches – or one watch existing in two timelines – and that had to come into play eventually. Truly I think the comments here lowered my expectations enough that I could just focus on the plot progression, sloppy as it was. Thanks! 😂
Also, 34-year-old Tae-sung is effin’ 🔥🔥🔥. When it started to snow while he was kneeling in front of Sol, I thought “girl, just grab onto what’s in front of you and don’t look back.”
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 11:18 PM
not hong-jo unnie 💀 @elinor
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 11:47 PM
@Elinor Good our collective moaning helped lower your expectations. 😁
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Words to live by Elinor. Just like the first episodes over-exaggeration I learned from you.
DancingEmma
May 20, 2024 at 11:28 PM
In response to your comment further down: DB’s thug noonim, am glad for you. If only it had worked for me too.
DancingEmma
May 20, 2024 at 4:53 PM
I hate to say it but with the exception of a few scenes, you are better off not having watched it.
RenOIshi
May 20, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Oh dear 🙁
RenOIshi
May 20, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I so try not to get spoilers before I get to watch it at night! I still end up seeking spoilers throughout the day!
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 5:24 PM
This is me too!!! I’ve got 0 will power hahaha
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
May 20, 2024 at 8:14 PM
↑↑↑ Entire Lovely Runner Nation. I’ve seldom experienced such a lack of self-control. 😂
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 9:48 PM
I was never so headlong and instantly in love as with Sun Sol and now 🙈
*Sigh* Like a wise Beanie said of QoT – we will always have episode 10.
For Sun Sol we will always have episode 11 of Ryu-omeo and Sol-iet. 😭
Isa is always time travelling
May 21, 2024 at 1:12 AM
I’m not a fan of this drama overall, but episode 11 was great.
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
my eyes just about bugged out when I realised this is a Pitbull song, how did they make it sound SO romantic (the OG song is a club banger of course but this is a complete 180 in tone hahaha)
LaurenSophie
May 20, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I kindof love this. Right up there with the “Girl Like You” string cover in episode 1.
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Yes! Loved that cover & also Wildest Dreams from S1 too 😀 S3’s OST as a whole though might be my favourite of the lot
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
May 20, 2024 at 6:06 PM
With all the songs the production seems to be re-mixing, I’m just imagining the budget they have for music alone 🫣 Because music copyrights are expensive
The “Jimmy Fallon” show is always saying how they don’t use much music outside of their own little jingles because the copyright fees would basically blow their entire production budget for an episode
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
May 20, 2024 at 6:06 PM
*copyright fees of using music of other artists would blow their budget
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Ay that’s so true! They must have a huge budget though, bc the OST is limited but it’s big name covers and also the costumes only get grander each season. I suppose this show is Netflix’s money maker after all though!
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
May 20, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Very true 😅 Netflix must be dumping a lot of change into “Bridgerton” for sure, and I assume the ROI they get is just as much if not more 🤔
bbstl 🧹
May 20, 2024 at 9:17 PM
The sets and props in 3 are just beyoooond as well, even for scenes that someone’s just walking past. The detail! It’s way too much to even see.
Kurama
May 20, 2024 at 9:16 PM
For the whole, I was wondering what song was playing because I knew. I would have never thought Pitbull! I was surprised when I searched for it. But the lyrics kinda matched the scene :p
Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
May 21, 2024 at 6:51 AM
I am dying to see this but it will have to wait for a bit more. I have always always loved Give me everything, but this adaptation is mind blowing.
lapislazulii
May 16, 2024 at 8:24 PM
ok one more bc the song choice is 👌 😂
Neolttwigi
May 16, 2024 at 8:39 PM
that was lovely, I had a big grin. The video was well done
lapislazulii
May 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Right! I’m glad you enjoyed it as well 😀
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 19, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Just can’t stop laughing!!
Why is he so cute. Ottoke.
lapislazulii
May 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Ottoke is so right hahahah me every time I also finish an LR episode 😆
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 20, 2024 at 7:15 PM
At least we have some “very good” memories. Just hope they can *carry* the drama to a *lovely* end. 😂
lapislazulii
May 16, 2024 at 8:19 PM
I can’t stop laughing, bless the people that put in the time and effort to make edit videos on YT
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
May 16, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Thanks so much for sharing before it gets taken down!
lapislazulii
May 17, 2024 at 11:15 PM
🥰 🥰 🥰
spazmo
May 16, 2024 at 10:23 PM
funny to see all his blunders! i didn’t know there were so many…
lapislazulii
May 17, 2024 at 11:16 PM
right!! and this isn’t even all of them, because it was made 2 weeks ago it doesn’t include the recent episodes – the second video I shared has even more blunders and funny ‘loser’ moments 😆
Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
May 17, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Oh my heart!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
lapislazulii
May 17, 2024 at 11:21 PM
literally so adorable hahaha
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 19, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Totally “lovely”.
Gosh what a cutie!! 😍
lapislazulii
May 16, 2024 at 1:40 AM
“A film adaptation of the hit novel that moved social media to tears”
Well at least they’re upfront! Heart says ‘don’t do it’ but the story and cinematography are saying just do it anyway, the pretty is worth it all.
Has anyone read the novel/is familiar with the source material?
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Another K-pop interlude!! ENHYPEN’s Niki is Studio Choom’s Artist of the Month and gosh his performance is just🔥 I especially LOVE, love, LOVE the choreography, delivery and camera work for ‘Humble’ (also surely this is a statement if anything, given the current Kendrick and Drake diss track beef hahaha 😂). Always knew Niki was a great dancer but gosh he’s also born to be a star wowza
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 16, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Oooh I have this saved in my Watch Later!! ENHYPEN is so good… I love these Studio Choom videos that give individual members the chance to perform.
lapislazulii
May 16, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Me too! They’re great performers for sure and Studio Choom is soo good at highlight choreo in a crisp way too – even more than the choreo ver. MV’s that groups put out. Every time I want to really appreciate the choreo, I’m hoping Studio Choom has got a performance of it.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 16, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Same!!! I love how crisp their 4K performances are – such a great way to highlight the skill and artistry of the performers! I definitely look forward to their videos.
lapislazulii
May 16, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Absolutely!! And especially the Artist of the Month and Mix & Max videos, since they really let the artist(s) shine and showcase their skill in a non comeback promo lens
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 16, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Also, I love how their “sets” are just light and color – nothing to distract from the performers! Such a fun performance video ✨️👌
lapislazulii
May 16, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Yes!!! The colours are so simple but also elevate the performance so much too!
Isa is always time travelling
May 16, 2024 at 7:20 AM
I LOVE one of the last songs (and the animated video) of Enhypen, Fatal Trouble.
lapislazulii
May 16, 2024 at 7:34 PM
They’re so good! Would totally recommend you check out their debut album ‘Dimension: Dilemma’ – I think it’s their best full release yet (amongst many, many great releases in general).
zindigo
May 17, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Wowza is right. It feels like he’s moving the music rather than vice versa.
lapislazulii
May 17, 2024 at 11:13 PM
omg I love that – I was struggling to find the words to accurately describe what I was feeling (wowza was the result) and you just packaged it up into the perfect sentenece!
zindigo
May 18, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Those words just came to me spontaneously, which was really the result of being completely captivated by his dancing. I can’t even imagine being able to move my body that fluidly and yet so controlled — at any age!
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 5:11 AM
I say this knowing I’m about to risk the ire of many a Beanie, but I really am such a sucker for a good past life lovers/fated lovers story line. I know I’m getting side eyed right now considering the state of the last few dramas that had this plot point/trope AND how it’s often shoved in as a lazy technique in lieu of actually building the romance properly, BUT honestly no matter how messy the drama is, the minute they have those flashback scenes or mentions of ‘fate’ and ‘past lives’ I’m like AWW THEY FOUND EACH OTHER 😍 😍 😍 😍 and it never gets old. I could’ve (and have tbh) watched countless Korean and Chinese dramas with this trop and I get heart flutters and goosebumps like it’s the first time I’ve ever witnessed the trope in action lol
Currently being inspired by the YouTube edit that someone made of the past lives storyline in Destined With You and I’ve turned into a puddle that completely forgot what a fiasco that drama was overall 🤷♀️
Cecee is done DramaQueening
May 15, 2024 at 5:15 AM
happy puddling away! 🙂
Seon-ha
May 15, 2024 at 5:26 AM
I’m happy to remember the set-up and forget the resolution for DWY, frankly. There was a coat-bok for heavens’ sake and also tons of Ha Joon ;)!!!
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I love the way you phrased that! There were many good bits for sure throughout (coat-bok, the hand, ‘GET A GRIP’) and whilst it left me a little wanting because of the potential it had, I don’t regret watching it at all – go figure 😂 🤷♀️
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM
💕 hehehe ty Cecee! It’s nice to have turning into puddle validation sometimes!
Isa is always time travelling
May 15, 2024 at 5:17 AM
All we have our favorite tropes or kind of situations.
Mine are “found families”, “fish out of the water” and “one or two of the main characters are alone in the world, no family, no house…”.
The past life or fated lovers is interesting too, when it’s well made.
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 6:03 PM
I love a good fish out of the water story too!! I love that K-dramas have something in there for everyone – I think there was a discussion about this in a thread sometime ago about how there were just so many different types of plot in K-dramas, sometimes with plots that you feel like were taken straight from your own imagination and fantasies.
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 15, 2024 at 5:29 AM
You’re not alone chingu. We ALL (secretly) want that to happen to us IRL. And if he looks like Rowoon … I’m ded.
Will you please share the video link.
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 6:05 PM
🫂 🥰 glad you can see right through me and also agree!!
also yes of course, this person has my eternal thanks because they did a sublime job mirroring the present and past life scenes and also the choice of dialogue to overlay on top is ahh perfection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P6YcfdOoFA&t=81s
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 15, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Thank you for sharing. I got goosebumps watching this. Hat’s off to the editor who surely spent hours and hours to edit this to perfection. It has all the crazy good bits and the dialogues are cherry on top. I’m amazed and fascinated and inspired. I definitely want to rewatch it again peaceably. Someday … 🤞
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 15, 2024 at 11:57 PM
^^ I meant the drama. It definitely deserves a rewatch eith fresh eyes and outlook. I do think it was a better drama than we were able to process it during the live watch.
I wonder if the YT editor has commented on her experience in watching Destined With You.
lapislazulii
May 16, 2024 at 1:31 AM
I know exactly what you mean! It’s crazy how editing changes the way we perceive things (I know it seems like a ‘duh of course it would’ but idk I’m still amazed how much of a big change can be achieved by small edits) – kind of reminds me of that video that was making the rounds a few years ago of how simply changing the music to a Harry Potter movie trailer drastically changed the tone of the whole story.
I know there’s completed dramas that I’ve watched or have been watching now where I’m like, I’m so glad I’m watching it post it being ‘finished’ because I can definitely see me having a totally different experience if I’d live watched it while it was airing. I think Doom At Your Service is one of those, I watched it after the whole thing finished airing and enjoyed it (recognising the major flaws and all) but I can defs see myself hating it/not enjoying it at all had I watched it while it aired. Maybe has something to do with knowing the ending and subconsciously changing expectations accordingly vs being clueless as to trajectory when live watching?
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 16, 2024 at 2:57 AM
That makes a lot of sense. I remember @IsaGC watching Heartbeat towards the end of last year and quite liked it. She also said exactly this that going in when you know where it is headed you watch it accordingly.
Incidentally I too watched Doom At Your Service post airing and quite liked it.
I have more and more respect for the directors and editors as they really make the stars shine. This Destined is the drama I want to watch … and it is all there but yes it was a bit of a mess. My strong objection while live watching was – Why is Shin-yu with Hong-jo without breaking up with the ex-gf for what seemed like the longest of time. I know he did break up but she continued to cling till he set her up with the guy she was cheating with and casually exposed them both. I mean the very title says Destined but the drama that I live watched didn’t convince me that it was so … but this little video did. 🤣 So I feel a rewatch with a fresh view may actually improve the drama. Just like our ongoing Our Blooming Youth Community Watch. I swear with this supportive audience I really feel I’m watching a brand new drama. Of course the Crown Prince being played by Park Hyung-sik helps. 😉
Unaspirated
May 15, 2024 at 5:33 AM
I agree that I generally like this trope too, but nothing could make me forget what a fiasco DWY was 😂
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 6:06 PM
😆 😂 it was a wild time for sure hahahaha
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 15, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Ok you know I’m right there with you, Lapis!!❤️
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 6:06 PM
🥰 🙌
Kurama
May 15, 2024 at 6:52 AM
It wasn’t a fiasco! A fiasco is when they promise something and give something else like 49Days or Heartbeat (bitter ends).
DwY was clearly not a tight story but the end was in alignment with the story and it’s characters.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 15, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Truth!!!👍
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 6:08 PM
That’s true! I was in the camp of ‘hey I actually liked how we ended this’ because it made sense considering everything. I suppose the ‘fiasco’ element for me – or maybe the better term to use is ‘messy’ – was in all the plot points and characterisations that dragged or were just absolute question marks
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 15, 2024 at 8:12 PM
💯 ❤ 👏
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
May 15, 2024 at 7:36 AM
I can relate! I feel like after years and years and years of watching dramas— Kdramas and Cdramas alike— I will tend to eye-roll or be completely turned off and made uninterested about a premise and a trope when on paper and in words, but I agree that when it’s done right and done well, I get all warm and fuzzy inside, too!!
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Absolutely!!! When it’s well delivered especially, no matter how many times I’ve seen this exact plot or trope play out before, I too will get warm and fuzzy inside. And the ones that make you change your mind like you said, where you have an opposite reaction to seeing it on paper vs seeing it play out in the film/show, those are so special!
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
May 15, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Yessss! ❤️
lapislazulii
May 14, 2024 at 6:32 PM
not byeon woo-seok crying on another train 😭 #LRep12
Siona ⭐️ (@DramaticFoodie)
May 14, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Lets hope and pray that at least this writernim will give us a HEA😭
lapislazulii
May 14, 2024 at 8:47 PM
fingers crossed!! 😭 we’re in the final stretch so it’s time to really light up that manifestation circle now!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 15, 2024 at 4:04 AM
As soon as he started talking about making choices even knowing the outcome I started crying 😭😭😭 This drama has four more episodes to use to figure out how to give us a happy ending… please please please!! 🙏
lapislazulii
May 15, 2024 at 4:43 AM
you and @seeker are smart omg I was bamboozled completely when she got off the train and her expression changed 🤡
SURELY happy ending, both True Beauty and Flower of Evil had HEA’s so I’m going by some kind of delusional believe that this PD/writer duo are in favour of a HEA.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 15, 2024 at 4:52 AM
I was bamboozled too!!! I gasped 🥲 Yes surely??? I am really hoping on a happy ending too – surely that’s the plan??? Oh well I’ll try to remain calm 😅
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 15, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Yes Hopeful – never more relevant. KEEP CALM and get HEA.
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 15, 2024 at 4:14 AM
🙏
The moment Sol pulled that stunt I knew what was coming. 😭
lapislazulii
May 14, 2024 at 5:26 AM
Ahh the irony….
So I’m watching Love You Seven Times where the premise is that a fairy and the God of War, tied together by the red string of fate by accident, end up having to through 6 love ‘trials’ through 6 different lifetimes. In their second life, the ML doesn’t know who he is because he drank the amnesia water like he was supposed to but the FL retains full memories of her identity because she tampered with her amnesia water. So she fully knows who she is and that she’s just currently living out a mortal life as part of the trials, but despite this she eventually gets wholly consumed by her current ‘life’ as it goes on.
Me watching this: *scoffs* smh how’d she get so entangled when she KNOWS this isn’t who she really is/this isn’t her real life – it’ll just be a dream for her in the end. Why is she so invested and getting caught up in feels???
Also me like 4 episodes later: crying and blubbering along with the leads as they go through their doomed lovers lifetime, repeatedly forgetting that this is just a mini arc and so the ‘tragic ending’ in this lifetime, is not the end of the actual story. Why does my heart hurt so much though omg.
zindigo
May 14, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Ooh, good to hear you’re liking this. It’s on my watch list and it’s nice to get the beanie stamp of approval 👍
lapislazulii
May 14, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Yeah it’s a vibe so far!! It did take a while for me to warm up to the FL and also for the story to really get going (like it picks up around ep 8) but the set design/CGI and costuming has been STUNNING since the start, a visual feast 😍 Keen to hear your thoughts when you get around to it!
zindigo
May 14, 2024 at 5:08 PM
I’ll let you know! I like Ding Yu Xi and the premise really appeals to me.
zindigo
May 14, 2024 at 5:11 PM
And I really loved the FL in Blossoms in Adversity 🤗
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 14, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Shall I lend you my amnesia inducing wand!? 😂
lapislazulii
May 14, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Please! 😂 Knowledge and memory are a curse right now 😂
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 14, 2024 at 8:45 PM
😂🙃
lapislazulii
May 14, 2024 at 3:36 AM
it’s finally on spotify so this’ll be me for the foreseeable future with the song on loop
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 14, 2024 at 3:46 AM
I’ve been waiting for this for WEEKS!!! Lol I think one of these OST tracks is going to be on that end-of-year Spotify thing that says “On May 14 you listened to Spring Snow 32457 times” 😂
lapislazulii
May 14, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Me tooooo!!! They knew what they were doing by having this song introduced like ep 2 but making us wait till ep 11 to release it 🤡 And yes that’s exactly what I was thinking too hahahah – can already see this getting a feature in spotify wrapped at the end of the year 😂 😂 😂
DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
May 14, 2024 at 4:40 AM
https://youtu.be/Nd_EUe8jaa0?si=mtSDW7OQ8_cJel2U
Apropos your recent post and comment, @claire2009 and @Midnight
Healer’s
May 14, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Thank you, Cecilie!!
zindigo
May 14, 2024 at 8:00 AM
I’m so happy they finally released this. I’ve been listening on repeat since last night!
lapislazulii
May 13, 2024 at 7:06 PM
@HopefulRomantic I thought of you the moment I watched this performance so had to share! I remember when we were fangirling over the most recent ATEEZ comeback we were saying how much we loved Silver Lights and so badly wanted to see choreo/a live performance. It exists!!
Bless ATEEZ for never failing to give us performances of most of their B-sides. It’s actually so sad how many groups have banger B-sides that never see the stage lights or get any sort of immortalisation in chores 😭
lapislazulii
May 13, 2024 at 7:07 PM
*in choreo
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 14, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Oh My Gosh I love it!!! That’s so sweet of you to find that and tag me!!! Thank you Lapis!!!🥰 it’s fun to fangirl together! ❤️ I appreciate all the music you share – I’m now a fan of Taeyong, too, after you shared SHALALA!
I’m so excited about the new comeback ATEEZ will be releasing on the 31st!!! Do you listen to Enhypen? I also really like them, and they released a new EP yesterday. I hope you have a great evening!!! Also, I know you had mentioned some recent changes at work for you, and I hope everything is going well ❤️
lapislazulii
May 14, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Aww heheh I’m so glad to hear you’re a Taeyong fan too (on your way to become a czennie 😉) and of course, I love our little fangirl moments v much 💕 I’m so, so, so psyched for the new comeback – not one has missed so far for me so fingers crossed for this one too.
I LOVE ENHYPEN!! YAY you’re a fan too!! I have been ‘rediscovering’ them lately too because some of their ‘older’ songs have been remerging on my playlist shuffles recently and I’m like wow I forgot about this one and this one and this one 😆 I have been hooked on their EP too, especially Scream! Do you have a fav song or album of theirs?
And thank you for the lovely work and life wishes (and good memory :O) – likewise, I hope you’re having a good day (I think!) and both life and work are going well ❤️
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 14, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Taeyong is so cool!! Really enjoyed his most recent album, too. Yes so far all the ATEEZ comebacks have been AWESOME and I’m so excited for the next one!!! Haha I even pre-ordered the album 😅
YAYYYY fangirls for Enhypen!!! They’re probably my second favorite group after ATEEZ! Oooh Scream is really good… I also really love Fatal Trouble. It’s a really cool sounding EP! I’ve been avoiding YouTube to not see Lovely Runner spoilers, so I haven’t seen if they’ve released MVs yet, but I’m sure they’ll be cool!
I’m really glad to hear that things are going well for you!!!❤️ Thank you – in getting ready for my day, and things have been going well! 😊
lapislazulii
May 14, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Fatal Trouble is v good – there is an MV on the Dark Moon channel, in the same style of One in A Billion’s MV but a little less dynamic because it’s basically just their Webtoon avatars on a moving train and things like the background or what they’re doing in their seats change etc. Still really aesthetic and cool though.
Pre-ordering is so fun, it’s like past you is gifting future you 😆 I’ve also done the same for a few albums (rip bank account) but it’ll be worth the serotonin when they land in the mailbox heheh
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 14, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Ooh cool I’ll have to check it out!! “Past you gifting future you” YES!! 🤗👍 It is so fun to finally receive it in the mail!! And to add to my small collection – a hobby!! 😉🥰
lapislazulii
May 13, 2024 at 4:59 PM
If there’s some magic that can bottle that scene of drunk Sunjae and Taesung being losers in love over Sol, I’d pay anything for it #LRep11
SO ADORABLE this episode was 😍
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 13, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I LIVED for each and every second
other than murderous cabbieof episode 11. Sun-Jae and Tae Sung and In-hyuk were always destined to be friends.lapislazulii
May 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Ngl I totally didn’t realise I’d redacted the murderous cabbie from my memory of the episode till your comment, so that tells you something….
I love the friendship, even the small bits here and there with the other college boys were really cute, and some with Taesung and his buddy ✨ I wish we had more of Sol and her bff/other friends too tbh!
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 13, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Yes … where is the gal gang!? Also those two other “eclipsed” members of the band. 😉
lapislazulii
May 8, 2024 at 7:36 PM
OKay no like I was like ahahah yeah me too with this whole trend, but this one genuinely made me like double take – no TRIPLE take – because I’ve watched Waikiki S2 at least three times and I NEVER noticed Byeon Woo-seok??????? 🤯 What on earth?? It’s not even like a, ‘ohh yeah I remember him! Now I know his name!’, it’s more like I genuinely completely missed seeing him there in the first place???????
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 8, 2024 at 8:11 PM
I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT. I looked at his list of cameos, and was baffled that I couldn’t remember “him” in those dramas, even if I could remember the roles. How could I not recognize across dramas anyone so tall and handsome?? 😂
alasecond
May 8, 2024 at 9:59 PM
exactly
Isa is always time travelling
May 9, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Because there are too many tall and handsome Korean actors to remember all of them 😅
lapislazulii
May 9, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Must clear memory space before uploading some new faces and names! 😆
lapislazulii
May 9, 2024 at 5:56 AM
FOR REAL the man is so tall like surely that would’ve made a dent in my optical memory – like at the very least, ah yes this person who I’ve seen before!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
May 9, 2024 at 3:02 PM
I’m still baffled at past-me’s inability to recognize and appreciate him!!
alasecond
May 8, 2024 at 9:58 PM
i had this thought about 20th century girl..
i watched it when it released.. i freaking remember everything about that movie…even the ML and his entire journey and last video and all… but still just could not remember him as BW or associate his face with that… only now when it came up, i still had to go back and check.. still blank in my memories..
or romance youth drama with bo gum…
the only thing i conclusively remember him in is that weird s2 of strong girl
I don’t know what kind of directors he has been working with 😀
lapislazulii
May 9, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Yessss this feeling exactly!!! How trippy and freaky is that!! It’s even more 🤯 when you can really recall just about everything BUT someone or something – even wilder when he’s the ML and your brain just cropped him out of your memories 😂
I know objectively that human brains aren’t exactly 100% reliable but these sorts of things really hammer that point home and now I’m wondering what and who else I’ve missed hahahah 😆
alasecond
May 9, 2024 at 7:38 AM
but based on comments seems this happened to a lot of folks across majority of his work portfolio.. that is not normal
Ally
May 9, 2024 at 12:12 PM
His cameos were “blink and you’ll miss them” cameos. He never detracted from the maim leads or even tried to—his job was to blend in and he did.