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drama-lapa · 1 year

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Ugh.. Love is for suckers has just broken me. It's one of the most mind numbing dramas I've seen in recent memory, it has been dragging on for 12 episodes (out of 16!), the main leads were googly eyed and jealous for the most part of these 12 episodes, and at the last 2 minutes of the 12th episode the main leads 1)kissed for the first time (well, the first time both of them acknowledged that they were interested in one another) and 2)then it went straight to sex. What the actual fuck.

Don't get me wrong. I do love the yearning shows where the main attraction of the show is that "they want each other but can't have each other" and then probably just kiss at the end.

And I do love those dramas where the leads are all over each other, everything included.

But this drama, with its nonsensical plot points and unlikable leads made me want to turn the drama off when the last two minutes started. Because the payoff wasn't deserved.

The only redeming quality is the secondary couple (tertiary?), because for them it's everything - they grow with each other, have amazing chemistry and they are actually people who are capable of change. The leads have shown us that they are incapable of change.

So, for now, I'm watching this soley because of the secondary couple and in order to learn Korean.

Hopefully things will change in the next 4 episodes, though this show has somehow destroyed my expectations.

#Love is for suckers #Kdrama #Viki kdrama #Hatewatching

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gossamerorigins · 4 months

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I wish Marry My Husband was on Viki instead of Amazon Prime. Can you imagine the live comments features? I could learn how to say "the AUDACITY of this bitch" in six different languages, and Mr. Yu in the shower could probably secure world peace.

#hating sumin is the universal language #also thirst #marry my husband #viki rakuten #even if half the comments are just “how do I turn off the comments”#kdrama

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absolutebl · 9 months

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Jun & Jun

It’s happening again.

Korean BL is driving me feral!

Suits!

Pining seme.

Ex-idol cute patootie that EVERY boy wants.

That thing he does with the glasses.

Scent is their love language.

#Jun & Jun #Jun and jun #watch this show #it's so good #Kroean BL #Kbl #Kdrama #rakutan viki #it's also on gaga

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loveisactivated · 1 year

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The progression of Jaewon looking at Jihyun (ep 3+4)

#the eighth sense #kdrama #jaewon x jihyun #im jisub #oh juntaek #mine #i can't believe this drama is out there somewhere in 4k #and we have to deal with viki quality

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ctrb92 · 6 months

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The last months have felt like a little bit of a drought for kdramas and bls. And now everything is coming out all at once. I don't have enough time to watch everything.

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sunlighthroughthe-ashes · 8 days

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honestly the entire episode was complete perfection — but the highlight for me was most definitely sun-jae's face just LIGHTING UP every time he sees sol / thinks she's being adorably wacky.

byeon woo-seok does such a wonderful job expressing utter adoration through his eyes and eyes alone — it's the mark of a great actor to be able to communicate volumes with just your gaze and he's absolutely acing it: the infatuation, the tenderness, the sheer wonder in his face every time he really looks at sol — all of it is just flawless!

there's this phrase in my native language that roughly translates to "my own little piece of the moon," and that's EXACTLY how sunjae looks at sol — like she's his own little piece of the moon. 🌙🤍

everyone deserves to be looked at that way at least once in their life. 🥰

my heart gets so full every time he hides his smile from sol when she's giving him the attention he quite literally CRAVES from her. he's so helplessly in love!

(sun-jae scribbling out how many januarys it'll take to reach the one in 2023 was such a cute little touch — the rivalry between him and tae-sung was funny too.)

of course we also have the attempted murder/serial killer plot underway (would it really be a rom-com kdrama without it??) but i'm glad they only spent a few minutes on that and the focus of the episode was on our soljae couple.

something tells me since tonight's ep was so wholesome, tomorrow's will rip our hearts out ;_;

but i have high expectations for this show and really hope that they're able to keep this momentum and quality until the very end.

#lovely runner #tvn lovely runner #tvn #tvn drama #byeon woo seok #kim hye yoon #kdrama #kdrama lover #rom-com kdrama #viki #vikishow

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frances-and-the-moon · 4 months

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it won't be gwaenchana

WHC1 + Viki users' comments pt. 3

#weak hero class 1 #weak hero class #weak hero #whc #whc 1 #yeon sieun #ahn sooho #suho #sieun #kdrama #viki #made by me

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kdramemes · 4 months

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Night has come - spoilers without context

I'll be honest, I'm a little pissed about some particular things. And you ?

#night has come #kdrama #kdrama meme #korean drama #kdrama netflix #kdrama memes #viki rakuten #apple tv #night has come kdrama

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k-nonsense · 9 months

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My Lovely Liar Episode 1 Review

I came in with low expectations and was very pleasantly surprised. This drama has all the makings of a drama I will love:

1) There is a lot of intense action but the drama does not take itself too seriously (think Bad Prosecutor).

2) The Leads seem to be in two different genres of KDrama which will be fun to watch when their worlds collide (think Forbidden Marriage).

3) The storyline is just convoluted enough (think Strong Woman without the over the top side stories).

4) The female lead is an absolute girl boss (think Law Cafe).

5) I can not stress enough how important this point is to me… There are crazy, potentially lovable, townspeople/side characters (think HomeCha and 100 Days My Prince).

We are off to a great start! Let’s hope it continues to be a fun watch.

#my lovely liar #my lovely liar ep 1 #kdrama recommendations #viki recommendations #kdramas #elle watches kdramas #elle reviews kdramas #minhyun #kim sohyun

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heretherebedork · 1 year

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dramasauce · 4 months

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@userdramas 2023 secret santa: for @bareums @asiandramanet ❤꧁ღ⊱♥ 𝐻𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈! (𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓆𝓊𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎, 𝐼 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃’𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝒶𝓅𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓈!) 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒! 𝐼 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒶 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓌𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒶𝓅𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒿𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒𝒹𝓎. 𝐵𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇… 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃’𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒. ♥⊱ღ꧂❤

#userdramas #Just Between Lovers #asiandramanet #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #ubareums #Lilly teach me your waysss #I hate that viki OR netflix doesnt allow screen recording anymore its ruining my LIFE #Anyway I forgot how good this show was #These two were baby #Michelle Branch Everywhere #kdrama #udsecretsanta #udsecretsanta2023 #udevent #junho #Won Jin Ah #lee jun ho

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kdram-chjh · 1 year

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Kdrama: The Scholar Who Walks the Night (2015)

Lee Soo Hyuk - Gwi (Scholar Who Walks the Night) Savage

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2s4C6TkO5A

#The Scholar Who Walks the Night #El erudito que camina de noche #밤을 걷는 선비 #The Scholar Who Walks in the Night #Bameul Geotneun Sunbi #2015 #MBC #Viki #Netflix #kdrama #Korean drama #youtube #Lee Soo Hyuk #Lee Soo Hyeok #Lee Hyeok Soo #Gwi #vampire #vampiros

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moondramah · 4 months

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| MY DEMON [EPS01] HEADERS

• 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙜 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚/𝙪𝙨𝙚

#dorama #dramaland #destined with you #explore #kdrama #korean #netflix #kpop #my demon #song kang #headers #explodes #viki rakuten #romance #fantasia

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absolutebl · 2 years

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I loved your beautiful ode to A Beautiful Man. (Even as someone pretty new to BL and unfamiliar with Yaoi I felt the power of that show.)

In it you wrote in passing, "Semantic Error is about perfection and ignoring all ugliness." If you have further thoughts on that I'm curious to hear them.

Thanks!

Semantic Error vs Utsukushii Kare how two BL’s tell us A LOT about Korean vs Japanese approaches to cinema

"Semantic Error is about perfection and ignoring all ugliness." (from this post)

Ah I was referring to the KBL inclination to create a perfect bubble in which being queer is not just irrelevant and unspoken, but ironically untouchable.

As characters, JaeYoung and SangWoo can only exist within this bubble.

It renders their perfection unmoored and somewhat etherial feeling to viewers. As if they are the gods on pedestals that Hira is trying to turn Kiyoi into. There is no attempt to address the impossible nature of their existence. JaeYoung and SangWoo aren’t meant to be REAL in any way, they are meant to be fantastical - almost like mythical caricatures.

I say this not as criticism, Semantic Error is one of my favorite BLs of all time. But it is almost too perfect, as if we are watching the fae perform for us - ageless and immortal. It has no real grounding, no tether at all to reality. It is the ultimate escapism.

This is fine, I watch BL for the escapism. It’s why it got a 10/10 from me. But it’s also why it’s never whipped me into a verbal frenzy. It’s exactly as perfect as I always expected Korean BL to get to. It is the pinnacle of the mountain they have been climbing - but they never faltered on that path to perfection. They were always gonna make it. It’s what Hallyu does. They did it with music (Kpop). They did it with horror (Parasite, Squid Games). They’re doing it with romance.

But Semantic Error’s innately KBL nature renders it, in a strange way, almost the polar opposite to something like My Beautiful Man, for all they share some really stunning visual similarities in filming techniques, manga framing and staging, uses of color and light, etc...

The very perfect beauty of Semantic Error (both in visuals, execution, production, script, story arc, tropes and archetypes) is like the BL on the pedestal that A Beautiful Man is challenging within itself.

Ironically of course, My Beautiful Man, is about the harsh honest ugliness of really loving someone, Semantic Error not only has no thought to address this, by it’s very nature it could never do so, since it sits on that pedestal with nothing to tip it off (yet) and nothing to pull it down to ground (yet) because KBL is still (mostly) at the pedestal state of it’s BL journey.

Korea is focused on producing perfect BL. Which I might argue they did with Semantic Error. But as nothing more than a perfect BL. Classic. Typical. The opposite of challenging. Easy. Easily enthralling and riveting.

Utsukushii Kare is work. Work to watch. Work to tolerate. Work to understand. But it’s work I enjoy.

Japan has always farted around with that kind of thing. Japan doesn't have anything to prove. But Japan has also always been one to use film to examine itself, it’s that uncompromising point of view thing I talk about and the reason people get frustrated with Japanese cinema. It’s not about anyone but Japan.

Korea is a the opposite, it’s producing its pop culture these days explicitly with an expansion agenda. It’s all about how perfectly can they hit it so they can GET us. Like, capture us. Make us watch. Make us happy. Dazzle us with their brilliance and beauty. Lure us into the fae realm, under the green hill where time passes differently.

Often I think Japan wants us to be uncomfortable. Ironically, that’s why I have such faith and confidence in them.

But that’s also how they can surprise so beautifully. (Old Fashion Cupcake. Minato’s Laundromat. Gah.) They stay BL without shying away from difficult content, sometimes I think they stay BL so they can directly tackle it.

Korea is doing everything they can to keep themselves safe and idealized, or to keep up the appearance of that. It comes off as disingenuous at worse, unfixed and fantastical at best. Semantic Error was all this, but correct, almost mathematical. I admire the precision art of it and the targeted intent.

They are both master manipulators and I like watching manipulators at work.

But with Korea there’s always a part of me that’s like, “I see you doing it. I see what you did there. Very good.” I’m noticing how good they are.

And with Japan, occasionally, I forget to notice. I’m still surprised. Even knowing what they are capable of. Even living in the shadow of 15 years of BLs. They can still surprise.

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#korean film industry #hallyu #hallyu wave #japanese fil industry #Kdrama #Jdrama #Japanese BL #Korean BL #live action yaoi #adapted from a manga #adapted from a manwha #film critique #Semantic Error #Old Fashion Cupcake #Minato’s Laundromat #Utsukushii Kare #My Beautiful Man #rakutan viki #gagaoolala

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theboookwitch · 8 months

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I love product placement in k-dramas because you’re telling me everyone in this show is driving a Maserati?

#currently watching #kdramas #korean dramas #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #kdrama #netflix kdrama #viki rakuten #my lovely liar

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ctrb92 · 5 months

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Normalising watching a show through tiktok clips and tumblr posts, because you don't have enough time to start yet another show.

#kdrama #thai bl #cdrama #jdrama #netflix #viki #thai drama #korean bl #my lovely liar #the matchmakers #love is panacea #my dear gangster oppa

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