Beanie level: Noble idiot

I realized while watching Radio Romance that I‘m really in the mood for tropey, formulaic plots these days. I guess sometimes you really just crave the familiarity of an old school drama. 😌 Any drama recommendation here?

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    I have no recommendations but I was watching Attention, Love last week or so and there was a back hug and multiple piggy back rides. I don’t know if I’m watching the wrong dramas, if the back hug and piggy back rides in the recent dramas haven’t been super memorable….or if they just haven’t been happening as frequently. For my part, the back hug, the piggy back ride (and yes), the wrist grab were some of the earliest kdrama things that I learned to recognize. I miss them when I don’t see them (even while recognizing that some of them are problematic).

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Doc? What‘s going on you’re freaking me out!!



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    I really thought he might have been the friend who was in the accident, but now I am left wondering what his purpose in this drama is.

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      I thought his friend died?

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        Yes, I think so. At first, I was thinking that his friend might have only been seriously injured and that friend went on to become a doctor (ie. Jason). I thought that was why JSH kept Jason around even though he is so annoying. But after the last episode they made it pretty clear that the friend did actually die.

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          Oh ok.
          Yeah he died… but somehow I get the feeling that Jason and Su ho’s manager are connected to this history/mystery.
          I did not expect Jason to go all evil on us though! Is there hope that he just has a weird laughter? *please!* 😨

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    Sameee. This scene was wayyy too creepy!

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      I don‘t need me a psycho plot a la Hyde Jekill and Me *shiver*.
      Jason and PD are my two favourite characters. Please don‘t ruin him show.

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    I’m still wondering if he was actually talking to someone or just to himself…

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      I think there was someone opposite him. We just weren’t shown…

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        I was wondering who it could be, but then heard that psycho laugh and so I wondered if he’s just completely bonkers lol
        I hope not, I love him so <3
        (although who am I kidding, even if he's a psycho who wants to mess with SH, I'm still gonna love him)

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Ughhh who need enemies with friends like her
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Does anyone else miss laugh out loud rom-coms like She was pretty and Oh my Ghostess? These days I severely miss the Lulz in my dramas!

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    I think we didn’t have any laugh out loud rom com since Jealousy Incarnate and partially Weight lifting fairy. Radio Romance is teying the conventional rom com route but there is hardly any comedy there. I miss them too these days with so many serious shows on air.

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    I didn’t know how much I missed it until I watched Go Back Couple…

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I can‘t believe I am still so disappointed even though I knew what will happen with Han Yang (I spoilered myself last week) and was just counting the minutes for ‚it‘ to happen!

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UGH! No! Why?
I‘m so mad I can‘t even continue the epsiode right now!









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Someone get this OST out of my head! It‘s following me everywhere and driving me mad 😭😍

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    I have chosen to just let it live in my head 😅

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    Guile II’s account on YouTube is the best for background music!!!

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      I‘m just discovering it now. It‘s so hard to come across unreleased instrumentals so I always look for people like these eho can get me my fix 😅

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Not cool, Jun woo!
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Ouch.
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Woah I just realized dramabeans is only recapping 3 shows atm- with Jugglers being one recap away from completion. This feels so weird😄

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    me too, I feel so weird when I open DB. DB not recapping many good drama and there is some news that DB not reporting again.

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      Looks like tipsymocha and awcoconuts aren’t writing news recently. It’s all javabeans at the moment. I hope they “bounce back” soon!

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      Yep. Don‘t get me wrong I think all the new features are interesting but the recaps are what keeps me coming back.

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        That and of course the beanie wall which is tons of fun ☺️

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    I’m really hoping someone picks up Mother. Lots of shows ending soon and new ones beginning so here’s hoping more are recapped in this next batch.

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    With I’m Not A Robot ending this week, it will be 2 😭

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    I know! Seems like a lot of things on the site have slowed down—really hope they are all doing okay. <3

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Watching just enough but not too much so you don‘t run out of WPL episodes until the new ones are translated while also sneaking around the fan wall trying to avoid spoilers is such a tiring process

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    In my head I keep telling myself : ‘Step Away From The Wall’ in my best police officer imitation voice. Not working – evidently. It seems a long wait till Tuesday…

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    That’s what I tried to do when I first started watching it 3 weeks ago and here I am now…sub-less. Boo.
    I wish you all the luck dude!

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I can already tell I‘ll have such a hard time letting go of WPL.

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Man I have a bad feeling. Leave Captain yoo and this boy alone show!
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I can‘t believe I‘m already at episode 11 of Prison Playbook. Somewhere between ep. 3 and 5 my investestment shot from 1 to 1000 and now I‘m struggling to slow down until all episodes are out. 🤦🏽‍♀️

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    THIS IS SO ME. I just found myself at the end of episode 10 before 2018 ended. I binged everything in two days. I couldn’t believe myself. They just latched onto my heart!

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      They’re too precious!
      It’s taking my all not to watch the rest of the episodes. I don’t want to finish and then wait until next week!

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That‘s the cutest thing ever 💛
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Heh I never thought I‘d say this but I‘m glad baldie is back 😀



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Oh my god I‘m dying 😂😂
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Hwayugi makes me want to rewatch My Girlfriend is a Gumiho even though I have tons of new shows I haven‘t touched yet and my last rewatch was like in September 🤦🏽‍♀️

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    hahahah everytime Sohn Oh Gong goes in action, I imagine Dae Woong (LSG’s character in MGIAG) doing it xD As if Dae Woong is in the drama, not LSG hahaha, there’s this specific pose which reminds me everytime lol

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      YES! I think the same, I imagine that Son Oh Gong is Dae Woong finally making it to the big time and Mi Ho is somewhere on set eating meat hehe

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        I love it! Hahaha. Or she could be one of the stunt people (assuming everything the show still allowed her to have her powers back), so they could have a reason to be together during work hours.

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        EXACTLY! It’s that pose of his whenever he kills the demons xD then I imagine him (Dae Woong) being wimpy bts lol

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          It would be so meta if LSG did a cameo as that character ~ say DAE Woong is now contracted with Ma Wang, one of the few human entertainers because he’s used to supernatural shenanigans

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        LMAO I‘m glad I‘m not the only one looking for wimpy Woongah in Son Oh Gong. A cameo with Shin Min Ah as a „fox demon“ would be so hilarious!! I‘m already wondering where she would be on the demons hierarchy 😄

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          And Miho would be the only demon not interested in eating the Samjang xD

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      Yessss, I totally imagine the same thing all the time, haha, what with Dae-woong being an action star! That and the rooftop room looks so similar to the one from MGIAG.

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So I‘m totally the kind of person who could venture in a frustrating 2 hours google quest to find a specific drama OST and end up with nothing (let‘s say..ahem like right now). So big question: Is there this one big website that I just haven‘t come across or do all beanies go through this painstaking process? 😅

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    Wish I was as persistent as you: for me its youtube or bust lol

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      Heh when you have an earworm preventing you from forming any coherent thought you learn to succumb 😅

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    If the song or instrumental is nowhere to be found, my sister somehow converts drama scenes or trailers into mp3 (don’t ask me about the technology involved, I have no idea). This has the interesting result that sometimes it includes bits of conversations or other noises. I can’t listen to the Moon Lovers OST now without hearing Wang So go ‘don’t come near me ever again’ and Hae Soo ‘I just want to survive, is that so wrong?’

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      Lol I did this a few times too but these conversation bits in the middle would always get me out of the moment. But in this case I‘ve been replaying the scene where hyung learns of Cho Dal Po‘s real identity non-stop I might as well convert it into mp3 ^^

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    I could’ve sworn that a couple of our fellow Beanies mentioned not so long ago, that there is a site that lists all ost’s. I wish I could remember what it was!!

    I need to start writing some of this stuff down. 📝

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Wow I just watched the first episode of Padam Padam and this is definitely not what I expected. The (anti-) hero is volatile and slightly unhinged but in an engaging way and there were scenes which were decidedly shocking compared to to the tame dramas of these days. It’s so different. How come characters these days are all so cookie-cutter and predictable and nobody dares to do some risque choices in their dramas anymore?? Maybe I‘m watching the wrong dramas?
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    I think all drama-“eras” have their tropes especially regarding protagonists and antogonists, but there’s usually a few dramas every year that take a risk 🙂 Out of the ones I’ve seen this year:

    Lookout took some pretty big risks regarding its protagonists’ personalities, lots of moral ambiguity and such.
    Chief Kim had some fun, unhinged and different characters.
    TLAHL was sort of cookie cutter in some ways, but the male lead wasn’t.
    Currently airing Wise Prison Life also seems to be more out of the ordinary, but it’s only a few eps in at this point.

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    i liked this drama very much… it was different, quieter, esoteric… but to be honest, i liked it mainly because of Kim Bum’s scenes with his WINGS… O.M.G.

    worth every minute.
    ; )

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