Beanie level: Rooftop room dweller

I’m watching a compilation of actors who’ve played Fiyero in Wicked singing the riff in “As Long as You’re Mine” (yes, my being on a Wicked kick is definitely in relation to my seeing the movie this weekend) and who do I happen to see but MR. ROY KIM (aka Min Woo-hyuk) from Doctor Cha! It’s a good thing I didn’t know he did musical theatre, or his character’s fate would have devastated me even more. You can hear him at 13:15, but the whole video is a fun time IMO

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    Thanks for sharing it!
    I always enjoy listening to the Korean renditions of my favorite musicals.

    Norbert Leo Butz’s Fiyero still is my favorite, but Min Woo Hyuk sings this part very sweetly.

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    That was fascinating. There were definitely some I preferred to others ( Not MWH, though he was sweet in Dr Cha) I’m also impressed by the effort someone went to to get all those recordings!

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Also, I now wish I\’d watched Family By Choice as it was airing live instead of A Virtuous Business. Ah well.

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I started Family By Choice (thanks for the rec! Also San-ha\’s mom SUUUCKS). Since I have that as well as Trunk, When the Phone Rings, and Love Your Enemy starting, Marry You is just not gonna happen

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Ok, I adore unrequited love so this got my attention. Is it worth checking out Family by Choice just for this pairing?
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    Not having seen the original I stopped at ep 2 because I was worried about how they will make the transition from siblings to lovers 🥴 So yeah these two above are the safest option haha

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      This couple doesn’t exist in original…
      and there are no real siblings here so what transistion?

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        They are not real siblings but they grow up together sharing the same space and they tell people that they are. Didn’t she make a huge fuss about changing surnames? How do you go from there to lovers? In my opinion it is icky.

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          hmm.. not exactly.. i dropped the Korean version so not sure how they r handling it but it made sense in chinese because you can see the female maturing..

          anyway to each his own

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            Not exactly what? 😀 You and I both dropped the K version and you saw the C version and I didn’t and so I have no opinion on the C version.

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          not exactly that they never give “sibling” vibes..

          infact FL’s behavior is smitten since she met ML for the 1st time.. and while growing up also they give more of close friend vibe.. def. not bro-sis

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    they r cute… they r reallyc ute

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    To answer your actual question: yes, it’s worth checking out this show just for them. I like the main couple alright, too, but these two are terrific. The scene from which these stills are taken is in episode 12 so you’ve got a ways to go, but their interactions are adorable right from the start. And the person who made this is right: he’s still dumb. 😆

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      It feels awkward when Sanha starts dating Joo-won (they are not related by blood but i dont know why it still feels awkward) but seeing Hae-joon and Dal together is worth continuing watching this show. They are cute together. Now we havent start with the two ahjusssis; they are another characters that make this show worth checking.

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A Virtuous Business: this is how I imagine Joo-ri

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Face Me ep 2: This seems like a very sensitive and progressive portrayal of a transgender character?

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Brewing Love didn\’t hold my interest so I\’m dropping it. Really enjoying Face Me so far, though

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    I may be headed in that direction regarding Brewing Love.

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    Ditto chingus. I’m stuck 20 minutes into episode 2 and I lost count of how many times I paused and did something else during episode 1. So disappointed!

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I should have taken election day off of work.

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    It still amazes me that election day isn’t a paid holiday here in North America. My Asian soul judges it so hard 😅

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      Well they are unique.. they have mail in ballots without any id or proof of sorts..

      so why need holiday 😀

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      No, it really should be and it kind of angers me that it isn’t!

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      I feel for you!
      In Canada, it’s a bylaw that employers HAVE TO give employees entitled paid time off to go vote even if it means going into work late, leaving work early– or whatever else– up to a 3-hour timeframe

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        Ha I live in Canada so I’m familiar but most countries in the world have their elections either on the weekend or the entire day is a public holiday (like in South Korea!).

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Brewing Love ep 1: I\’m trying but i am really having trouble with the empath thing…

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Struggling to finish A Virtuous Business ep 8 because, honestly, I just really don\’t care about the male lead\’s backstory

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A Virtuous Business ep 7: I think I would just leave this freaking town

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I actually hate when authors say a character looks like a real life celebrity, but I guess they could have chosen worse
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I discovered that Family Guy had an episode about Quagmire having been in a Kdrama. I don’t like FG but I chuckled at some things in this, particularly the Bus of Doom and the freeze frames

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In the latest ep of A Virtuous Business, I actually told my husband \”her dress reminds me of Rose\’s in Titanic\” when I first saw it. Haha

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    I had the same thought but since this is set 5 years before Titanic was released clearly James Cameron stole the idea from our Young-bok 😤!

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The webcomic adaptation of When the Phone Rings has now gotten an unofficial English translation. This is probably a huge mistake, but I think I\’m gonna start reading it.

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I\’m on Master\’s Sun ep 16 and MAN am I frustrated. I had to take a break from it, lol.

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    Ah the angst is what we don’t miss from older dramas. But I think Master’s Sun went a little off rails near the end because it was extended up to ep 17 due to its popularity. I remember the very last episode being good though. I really liked GHJ with SJS , they should’ve worked more together but SJS is barely working anyway, he runs his agency now.

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I am a sucker for angst and Master\’s Sun ep 9 served it up beautifully. 😍

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Master\’s Sun has me thrilled over a face touch in ep 8. Makes me think that newer romance dramas just aren\’t mastering the art of the slow burn as well as these older ones?

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    Totally agree.
    Older dramas showed the development of feelings much better.
    I’m watching That Fool (2009) these days and it also confirms what we say.

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      But then a drama came out named Queen In Hyun, with the romance development on ultra speed and it became so popular that many shows tried to replicate that speed. That is actually one of thd reasons I never really connected to that drama.

      On another note, you are watching That Fool?? Squeeeee!!! I hope you like it!

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        Yeah! I have watched ten episodes in two days and a half. I’m hooked on such an endearing ML.

        I have not seen Queen In Hyun’s man yet, but it’s been on my list for a long time. I knew you liked it less than other beanies but I didn’t know the reason. I also prefer slow burn romances because it’s easier for me to understand them.
        With ultra speed romances I sometimes feel like I have missed the train, because I can’t understand where the love comes from.

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          Yaaay!! Gu Dong Baek-ssi has long been holding the bar for male leads at sky high for me! This drama has so many scenes in my top favorite drama scenes ever list! And the female lead is so sweet too! And the manager, the brother, oh I’m glad I rewatched it again very recently!

          About QIHM, yeah… It’s actually only one of the reasons why I don’t like it… I have a whole list of them!! 😂
          Missed the train was exactly how I felt about that romance.

          In a similar, but different vein, I came across Kate & Leopold recently and rewatched it after 20 years, and was honestly dumbstruck! The whole story takes 5! Days!🤣🤣
          The woman was quarrelling with her ex-boyfriend saying it took her 3 years to finally understand that they were not made for each other, then she immediately decided to go live in the 1800s because of a pretty boy she met 5 days ago!!! 🤣🤣 Granted, it is not just any pretty boy. Hugh Jackman does sometimes have irrational effects on me too, and that is definitely why I did not grasp the timeline on my first watch!!🤣

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            The scene where they were talking about Disney’s Aladdin and then she picks the OST CD (exactly the same CD I had as a child. I still have it) and listen to A whole new world… So lovely!

            Kate & Leopold! I must have watched it but I barely remember it. Many romances are definitely rushed in movies.

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            That’s why I’ve never liked Kate and Leopold that much, lol.

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            @isagc So so lovely! I don’t remember the episode numbers so I can’t gush about my favorite scenes for fear of spoiling anything! But I’m really happy that you’re enjoying it!

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          Dramas these past two years also keep doing the thing where the ML falls for the FL at first sight or has loved her all along in secret. I find that SO BORING. It’s the reason Lovely Runner completely lost me.

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        This. 💯 this.
        I was fine with the slower pace of the Kdramas of the early-2000s (Beautiful Days, Hotelier, Winter Sonata) and then it was like a switch went off and everything gave me whiplash for a time because everyone was now making—and craving— the faster paced romance with the 16-episode format (versus 20+ episodes), and I was so confused.
        I don’t mind the 16-episodes nowadays when it’s for the overarching plot and story of a drama, but to have it still for the romance part of it still doesn’t capture me. It just feels like one or the other person involved has to get really aggressive at some point to make it work— because we all know that the domestic Korean audience wants their OTP’s happy ending with all of the drama’s pretty plot bows 🎀 to be tied and pristine— but by then, it feels forced and not natural

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    Master’s Sun! Such a good show! I miss the leads.

    I hope you continue to enjoy the drama!

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Who knew that Master\’s Sun would emotionally shatter me like this??

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdonald/2024/10/14/shin-min-a-looks-back-on-her-role-in-the-k-drama-hit-no-gain-no-love/

It was Shin Min-a\’s idea to have HY flip off JU as she fell 😂 Mad respect

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    I keep seeing your post as I scroll through the beanies’ wall and I tried to upvote it every single time because I always forgot I upvoted it already.

    With the current load time on DB, I wait in excitement for a few seconds while the wheel of doom spins and inevitably, it announces every time that I have already thumbed it up.

    I’m now waiting for DB to change its notification to something like “Seriously girl, again? Get a life and a working memory!”

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      Oh man, I can’t count the number of times I tried to upvote a comment without realizing that I already had! I appreciate your enthusiasm regardless, lol

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