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  1. On 4/22/2020 at 3:13 AM, CamelKnight said:

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    Ah yes, but that would mean spoilers :P

    I know @packmule3 and I know her breakdowns. They're very thorough! But she's also inclined to give away spoilers as she assumes that everyone reading her post/blog has seen the episode she's breaking apart :D 

    I haven't seen it on Netflix yet so I'm hoping it might be added later. Otherwise I'm going to have to watch it somewhere else :) 

     

     

    You're here, old friend! lol. After everything is done, you, @phikyl and I can do one of our famous "he says/she says" commentaries. 

     

    Sayonara, chupacabra! 

    Later, tater.

     

    Hello everybody! Hi @angelangie, @Lmangla missing our TaecGui ship!

     

    Hope all's good with y'all. 

     

     

     

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  2. 48 minutes ago, imels said:

    https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2020/02/07/crash-landing-on-you-on-mothers-and-sun/

     

    @packmule3, thanks for your deep thinking about YSR relationship with her mom. I never think she is not her mother’s biological child. But, what made me do not understand why the mother not show up eventhough we knew that she had been at the beach and watched SR counting numbers.

    I hope ep 14 will be the revelation what is SR true relationship to both parents?

     


    I could be wrong too, you know. Maybe she IS a vile stepmom.

     

    All I know is the women in this kdrama are portrayed as long-suffering (except for sisters-in-law) and her mom, with her-rimmed eyes and seething anger, is one of them. 
     

    See you later. :)

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  3. 2 hours ago, Sarang21 said:

    Hi it´s been a long time since I heard from you. I don´t know if you still remember me but we were together in the Goblin thread ^_^.

    I love your interpretation of the movie.

     

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    of course I remember you. 
     

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  4. 21 minutes ago, nrllee said:

    @packmule3 haven’t watched the much touted film.  Will when I get the chance to.  Am wondering if it will snag an Academy Award or if it will be pipped by 1917.  I was going to watch JoJo Rabbit on the plane but didn’t because it looked a bit dark (Holocaust...) and I wasn’t in the mood for it.

     

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    Whoops. I forgot to mention that the folding of the pizza boxes was kinda like a decalcomanie, too. 

     

    The poor family HAD to fold the box in an EXACT and NEAT way so the top and bottom corresponded. :)

     

    I don't know which one will win. I suck at predicting these things. I'd say "1917" but you know Korean directors...they're really good at making each inch (or mm) of film count, and this one was hugely publicized.  

     

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  5. 18 hours ago, Sarang21 said:

    Has anyone of you watched the movie "Parasite"? What´s your opinion on it?

     

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    I canNOT drop by soompi without dropping by this thread.  Call this one of my drive-by-shootings...or drive-by-postings. 

     

    I thought the movie did what the director wanted it to do. He said that he wanted to make a story about “décalcomanie.”  

     

    lol. That’s a fancy root word of “decal.” You know what a decal is, right? It’s the sticker that you transfer onto your car window or your tshirt or notebook. 

     

    In décalcomanie, you fold the paper in half and paint one side of the paper. Then, you fold the paper again so now, the paint transfers onto the clean half.

     

    When you open the folded paper, you’ll have produced a picture with two halves mirroring the other.  

     

    One half copies the other half.  

     

    Related imagecredit: blickart

     

    Now, in this movie, the colorful, painted half represents the poor family. They’re “transferred” their colorful and problematic lives onto the rich family’s pristine, unsoiled white lives. Once the poor family began working for the rich people, the messiness of their poverty-stricken lives was affixed to the rich family, without the rich family’s knowledge.   

     

    Metaphorically speaking, the poor family is like a parasite, sucking on to the rich family.    

     

    But!!!

     

    It can also be argued that the colorful, painted half represents the rich. The rich family transferred their colorful and extravagant lifestyle onto the poor family, making the poor family covet the same luxury, the same luck, the same affluence.  

     

    Metaphorically speaking, the rich family is like a parasite, too. They’ve attached their materialistic values, like leeches, onto the poor family, and they’re draining the poor family’s sense of worth and sense of identity.  

     

    So now, when you open the folded paper you used for your décalcomanie project – or when you study the picture created by this movie – you’ll have to wonder which one was the original art and which was the copy. 

     

    Or which one was the real parasite, and which one was host. 

     

    It’s hard to tell because they’ve become mirror-images of each other. 

     

    See that?  To me, that’s the message of the movie, “Parasite.” :)

     

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  6. On 1/31/2020 at 3:12 PM, Sejabin said:

     

    If I go for having meal with my friends we always split the bill too. Not the receipt of course. It is very normal to do. 

    Even when I went to date with a guy I always split the bill lol. 

    If go with hubby it is depend. If he is the one who asked he pay the bill. If me I pay the bill. 

    If go to the restaurant with my mom I pay the bill same if I go with my parents in law I pay the bill. 

    if go with elders in my family gathering, the richest one will pay the bill HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA mmmm it is depend. The one who asked to having meal together will pay the bill.

     

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    this is so complicated, @Sejabin It's like that order of operations used in math: parentheses first, then exponents, then multiply and divide before adding and subtracting. Otherwise, work from left to right. lol. 

     

    On 1/31/2020 at 8:37 PM, thanie said:

    Haha ... what's with the Bill???

     

    My friends and I have this unwritten agreement when we're having lunch or dinner at a resto: Whoever is more liquid (someone who's loaded with Cash and/or hefty CC Credit Limit) pays the whole bill :joy:. Usually there is only 1 bill for the whole meal. It's not like we get it for FREE. After the meal, we would DM Ms. Liquid and ask, "Okay, so how much?" and Ms. Liquid would answer, "It's 1000-peso for each of you, BBithchh!" Lol! Ahhhhh ... the beauty of Friendship ad Trust. We pay either through bank transfer or we personally hand in the cash :lol:

     

    I also have this BFF named, Karen. We were so close that we almost look alike, hahaha! Once a month, we go out for a date (only the two of us). Unwritten Agreement: NO TAGGING OF HUSBANDS and IF "T" PAYS THE WHOLE BILL NOW, "K" HAS TO PAY FOR THE NEXT DD. With our date last month, she went overboard with food, when I ask for the bill, I almost choked! This month of February, I will take revenge :tounge_wink:

     

    3RD Case: DATE WITH HUBBY

    He got this annoying habit that when it's Bill time, he would excuse himself with a Phone call that seems to take forever! Upon his return, he would then ask me, "Okay, where's the bill? How much are we going to pay?" Grrrrr!

    For our chinggus out there who are still single and or Dating, THIS is a red flag :grimace:

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    Do you share a credit card with your husband? :) 

     

    I think it's good to have your own credit card. Look for one with generous cash back for restaurant dining. This way, every time you pay for dinner, you get a bit of money back which you can accumulate and spend on something you like. His annoying habit works out to your advantage. 

     

    I do notice however when the server hands the bill to my husband (or to my sons, when I’m dining with them). No, I don’t give the server a hard time because I’m not a nazi-feminist, and I understand that many women still expect the men to pay for the meal.  

     

    But I don’t mind paying the check and calculating the tip. I like to treat my men to dinner...because what’s the point of earning money, if we can’t spend it on the people we love? 

     

    As for dining out with friends, we either ask for separate checks or we split the bill evenly. We tell the server upfront when we’re doing separate checks. But splitting the bill evenly is the most convenient. It’s rather unseemly quibbling over dollars and cents with friends of long standing. 

     

    And yes, I’ve witnessed that Asian tug-of-war over the check. I always assumed that there was some sort “power play” going on (i.e., dominance, status, gratitude, wealth) so I just sit back, relax, and observe who ends up with what.  You can learn so much about about family/social dynamics.  

     

    @Sejabin, yes, splitting with your date is commendable. But you can also let him pay for dinner and then offer to pay for coffee and dessert afterwards (if it's been a good date and you want to extend the company longer).

     

    Now, if he's a handsome dude and you reeeeally want to see him again, you can always invite him to a breakfast place the following morning and say that it'll be your treat. hahaha. We need to know these tricks, you know. 

     

    @angelangie, I'm watching and reviewing this new Chinese drama, "Dr. Cutie," on my blog. Do we have a thread for it on your Chinese entertainment forum? Thanks.  :)

     

    Hi @mouse007 @kokodus @Lmangla

     

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  7. 3 hours ago, kokodus said:

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    When the Camelia blooms. Does the female lead die or something? The first scene doesn't look good. :(

     

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    Spoiler

    No. It's another girl. You'll quickly know who...

     

    It's a solid kdrama. Fleshed out characters; refreshing script; no chaebols and dumb secretaries required; good acting all around; even minor characters were relevant. 

     

    It's a feel-good-in-humanity type of drama. There was some virtue-signalling going on but I just ignored what was inconsistent with my worldview. 

     

    However, the male lead's the fried pork chop/homestyle kind of guy, as opposed to filet mignon, cosmopolitan type of guy. I was fine with his folksy character so I stuck with it and blogged about it.  

     

    Just dropping by to wish everyone Happy New Year! Stay healthy, happy and lucky, y'all. 

     

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    Tagging @angelangie @phikyl @Lmangla and @TRaNz 

     

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  8. My take on the final scene and the butterfly effect:

     

    http://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/11/25/extra-ordinary-you-on-the-butterfly-effect/

     

    The post has lot of pictures so uploading it might be slow and eat up data. Sorry. 

     

    Excerpt:

     

    C. It was a breathless moment for him, too.

     

    But unlike DanOh who consistently wore her emotions on her face, he was holding his emotions in. He was looking at her and watching all the emotions pass through her face like when someone who’s having an out-of-body experience and watching a scene play in front of his eyes.

     

    Memories were flooding in. He was struck dumb thinking how much she had (or hadn’t) changed from the last time they met.

     

    When she handed him the sketch, he must have briefly remembered the time he drew it. Did she discover his sketchbook in the previous lifetime or was she just randomly handing this sketch to him? It didn’t matter, really. He wouldn’t be eager to take back that framed sketch. It was a sad reminder of their separation.

     

    But when she left the picture on the bench, and turned her back to walk away, he snapped out of his introspection (or paralysis-by-analysis), and chased her.

     

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    In “Flower,” he couldn’t hug her.  He had developed feelings for her but she was the Prince’s fiancee and he was King’s guard.

     

    In “Secret,” he couldn’t acknowledge her, much less hug her. To him, she was somebody familiar and important to him, but he couldn’t remember who she was and why she was important.  Also, before he could do anything, her Stage began and she was zapped out of his company.

     

    This time around, he remembered her instantly. He was overwhelmed to meet her again and could only stand and stare at her. Her departure galvanized him to action, and this time, he was the one to cling to her and hang on.

     

    Finally.

     

    To sum, the flutter of DanOh’s butterfly wings spanned three manhwas. In their first time, nothing made sense to them, and she paid the price with her own life. The second time around, Haru brought meaning to their secret connection, and he willingly paid the price with his own life. This last time together, there’s hope that they’ve finally found the separate peace and happiness they’re looking for.
     

    source: http://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/11/25/extra-ordinary-you-on-the-butterfly-effect/

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  9. Explaining the tennis balls and Heidegger here. I'm sorry, I'm pressed for time so I can only copy an excerpt here. Too many pictures for me to paste. 

     

    https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/11/23/extra-ordinary-you-ep-32-on-tennis-balls-and-heidegger-again

     

    On tennis balls. 

     

    lol. Even tennis balls have meaning, don’t you know?

     

    Tennis is a two-player game. Kyung has always been always looking for a partner. The manhwa writer gave him Haru as a tennis partner after Haru came back from the “dead” and lost his memories, just like the writer gave him Haru as his guard in the first manhwa, “The Flower.”

     

    But his real partner should have been his younger brother. From the start, the younger brother had been there. In the Flower manhwa, the younger brother was concerned when Kyung’s minister/father began scheming Kyung’s power-grab. But he stayed in the sidelines, afraid to change his stage.

     

    In “Secret,” the younger brother also didn’t want anything changed. He thought if he let things be, Kyung would eventually find happiness with DanOh and end his loneliness. He wasn’t concerned that DanOh was unhappy with that setup as long as Kyung would have somebody finally at his side.

     

    Because he knew that his brother had always been lonely. Lonely BY CHOICE, mind you. He rejected the opportunities which people threw at him to become close to him....

     

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    On Heidegger.

     

    You do realize that the final moment of DanOh and Haru at the stairs refers to Heidegger’s “Being and Time,” too, right?

     

    They were escaping the void or blackout of the manhwa. Heidegger would call this “Das Nichts” or the “nothing” that eats up our existence, our being. In the drama, it was a literal “nothingness.”

     

    Lights out in the library!

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    And then, in the hallway. This was a visual “Das Nichts.” lol.

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    Haru: DanOh. I wasn’t able to protect you then, but it’s a relief that I was able to change your destiny. I’m sorry for not being able to be with you until the very last scene.

    He smiled at her tearfully. The “Das Nichts” approached them, extinguishing the lights one by one.

    Haru: DanOh. Don’t cry. Today’s been the happiest day for me. Since my beginning and ending was you.

    Haru: Call my name. (she shook head). DanOh. My name.

    DanOh: Haru. Haru-ya.
    Haru: DanOh.

     

    I like that she called him “Haru” first. She gave him this name because she CHOSE him to be the one to change her fate, step by step, little by little, day by day.

     

    But I also like that she called him by the more affectionate term, “Haru-ya.” This was her name for him, too.

     

    Remember that poem, “Flower” by Kim Chunsu that I explained earlier? I said that to call each other’s name is a personal and intimate act, in the sense that they EXIST in that world for each other. They’re not nameless, unfamiliar, unknown strangers. Look: whenever DanOh called him by name (as opposed to “Hey, you!” or “Yah!”), he couldn't help but to turn around and look back at her.

     

    To me, Haru wanted to hear her calling his name, at this moment when he disappeared, because he wanted HER to be the last thing on his mind. He wanted their names to be final words when he ceased to exist. That way, when he woke up again in another time and world, he would hopefully, remember them at first instance.  He would like that the first thought in his consciousness was a) his name is Haru, and b) he’s looking for DanOh.

     

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    https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/11/23/extra-ordinary-you-ep-32-on-tennis-balls-and-heidegger-again

     

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  10. On 11/19/2019 at 5:10 PM, nrllee said:

     


    When I reference HR as otherworldly, this is what I mean.  He’s like the Little Prince.  Naive, childlike, untainted by the world.  So he behaves like someone who is unconventional.  He loves DO just as purely.  Which is why he comes across as an ideal.  He’s totally a person of DO’s imaginings.  Probably why he came to existence in Secret when she named him.  Entirely connected to her now and forever...fated to meet and fall in love.  It’s their story.  BK was always a minor detour.

     

    I’m sorry that this response is rather late,  @nrllee You didn't tag me and I only found it by accident.

     

    But yes, I do think you’re right. You already mentioned your ambivalence regarding Haru on my blog, and I know where you're coming from. But let me clarify some points, okay?

     

    I'll just post an excerpt here because it's too long. The rest will be on my blog, under Rilke's angels. 

     

    https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/11/22/extra-ordinary-you-on-rilkes-angels

     

    First, re. being otherworldly and the "Little Prince" reference

     

    I understood perfectly what you meant by “otherworldly.” And you’re right, Haru’s similar to the Little Prince, that famous character from that eponymous book by Antoine St-Exupery. His story is an allegory on the dangers of narrow-minded adults and the importance of a pure childlike love.

     

    People who read that book would easily get what you’re alluding to. It’s this:

     

    Just like how the Little Prince unconditionally loved his capricious, whimsical, demanding and vain rose, Haru loves his bubbly, a bit self-centered, whimsical and cut DanOh with the same pure, untainted, I’m-here-wholly-for-you love.

     

    That’s why he didn’t care if he lost his life jumping in that pool.
    That’s why he didn’t care that his scar was hurting him everything he changed the scene.
    That’s why he didn’t care if he was Kyung’s sidekick.
    That’s why he didn’t care if Kyung came at him as he didn’t hurt DanOh.
    That’s why he didn’t care what his final scene would be as long as he was there for her.

     

    Moreover, just like the Little Prince was a transient visitor from another planet, Haru too seems to have been transplanted in “Secret.” He travelled to “Secret” in search of DanOh. He wasn’t meant to be an important figure in the story. He was just a nameless #13, somebody who was even lower than an “extra” like DanOh.

     

    But he was there looking for answers, just like the Little Prince was wandering in the desert, looking for answers to a lot of things, when the Narrator/Pilot chanced upon him in the desert.

     

    However, you’ve also pointed out that you found him *too* perfect. I think there’s a reason for that. Let me get to that later....


    Second, on the manhwa's structure and reincarnation

     

    I was the one who suggested that the manhwas be interpreted as a reincarnation because, essentially, that’s how reincarnation is: a recycled story. For believers of reincarnation, they’re stuck in this cursed (well, to me, it’s a curse) circular life. They're doomed to repeat the same thing over and over again ad infinitum. People are continually being born into this world (like in the manhwas) without knowledge of having been born before, so they have flashbacks of their hidden pasts.

     

    For this kdrama, the manhwa world is the reincarnation theory in effect. None of the characters can escape the perpetual cycle of birth and rebirth. For instance, Kyung may have a moment of insight and consequent change of heart at the last minute. But when the next manhwa comes, his memory of this moment will have disappeared again, and he’s bound to repeat the same mistake…unless he awakens to the reality of Stage early in the new manhwa or senses a déjà vu (or a memory recall) in the Shadows.

     

    For real world “application,” viewers are right to feel dismayed by this kdrama.

     

    The viewers would have to be extraordinarily vacuous NOT to see the futility of such life that offers no escape for characters, be they major or minor players. And they would have to extraordinarily spineless NOT to feel that the setup is ridiculously cruel, and to wish for something better.

     

    The viewers have a right to feel frustration, exasperation or anger that Haru and DanOh are doomed to this kind of cycle where the lose, find and lose each other again and again…ad nauseum. If the “best situation” for the couple’s happily-ever-after existence is to live a life of anonymity, a life “under the radar” or hidden from the prying eyes of the manhwa writer, then what’s the central message there?

     

    On one hand, the central message can be to live for the moment, to live day by day, to enjoy life as it is. :) In this context, Haru’s answer to DanOh’s question is perfect then. Remember this? From Ep 10.

     

    DanOh: Is this how the writer feels when the writer is looking at us? The writer watches us from above, and we move how we’re drawn and stop when they want to erase.
    Haru: We can move even when we’re not drawn in the scenes.
    DanOh: Ah. That’s true. What’s your dream?
    Haru: Dream?
    DanOh: Like your dream job.
    Haru: I’m not quite sure. What’s yours?
    DanOh: I want to be an ordinary person who can spend an ordinary day like today. I want to do whatever I want. What’s the story ending the writer is drawing right now? I wonder if I’ll be alive until I’m 19.
    Haru: You’ll be by my side when you’re 19 and 20, since we’re creating our own story.

     

    lol. I know you must have been dismayed by his answer as I was…because we were expecting him to give a real-world answer like go to college, have a successful career, be a father, travel around the world, win the Nobel Peace prize, and so on. But our real-world answers don’t work in this world of manhwa.

     

    You see, there’s absolutely no point in having ambitions or big dreams when the characters don’t even control their destiny. As Haru pointed out, the focus should just be on taking each day as it comes, and focusing on living well each day with the one person he loves.

     

    On the other hand, the *real-world* message can also be don’t stand out. Whatever you do, don’t stand out and be noticed by “the” writer, or by God, by your boss, by your professor, by your parents, or whoever it is that you consider your Supreme Being. Be content being an ordinary person because you can add on your own “extra” meaning to your life in secret.

     

    Is this kind of life satisfying? Is this the kind of reality you want? The answer depends on each viewer. I know what my answer will be. 

     

    Third, on being perfect and angels

     

    I agree with you when you said that Haru appeared to be an ideal and too perfect. I told you, didn’t I? that I found it odd that Haru didn’t rail against the writer like DanOh did in the beginning and Kyung did in Episode 18.

     

    When DanOh said that the writer must be stupid, he only answered (something like) “so do you think we’re created by stupid writers”? Meaning, if the creator is stupid, then obviously and logically, his creation MUST be stupid because there’s no way an idiot cannot give birth to a genius. (There! I summed up the whole “Intelligent Design” theory of creation.)

     

    Here's the reason why Haru seems to be ideal. It’s the “Duino Elegies” by Rainer Maria Rilke.

     

    Who, if I cried, would hear me among the angelic
    Orders? And even if one of them suddenly
    pressed me against his heart, I should fade in the strength of his
    stronger existence. For Beauty’s nothing
    but beginning of Terror we’re still just able to bear,
    and why we adore it so is because it serenely
    disdains to destroy us. Each single angel is terrible.

     

    Haru is an angel. :)

     

    Throughout the kdrama, there were many forms of angel. You and @Barbrey discussed Squid thoroughly (and I’m sorry I couldn’t join you then because I was marathoning to catch up with you, ladies). I agree with you. He’s the fallen angel, Lucifer.

     

    The other angels were DoHwa. That was so obvious. Jooda kept on calling him her “guardian angel.”

     

    Then, there’s the --

     

    The rest will be here: https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/11/22/extra-ordinary-you-on-rilkes-angels

     

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  11. De-lurking again. 

     

    I know the finale disappointed many viewers of the kdrama. Here’s my interpretation of the ending and why I think reincarnation, or a reunion, in Chansung’s lifetime isn’t far-fetched. 

     

    Also included is an explanation of Heidegger’s Being and Time as it relates to Manwol's and Chansung’s re-encounter.  Since this isn’t a philosophy class, I only tried to make some of his more salient concepts accessible.   

     

    http://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/11/15/hotel-del-luna-manwols-reincarnation/

     

    Hope this works for y’all. 
     

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  12. 4 hours ago, larrysouth said:

    Is it just me or is everyone else becoming just a little bit tired of Ha-Ru's perfection?  He sets nigh impossible standards of appearance, kindness and consideration.  How can us mortal men compete with that when it comes to our women.  I think in the next manhwa, Ha-Ru should be a 40+ year old balding man with a beer belly.

     

    Team Haru here.

     

    Fair comment, @larrysouth.

     

    I think you must understand that majority of the viewers of this genre of kdrama are women.  As I’ve written on my blog, for me, a big part of the romance in these kdramas is the belief a) that a woman is worth it, b) that her journey to self-discovery is relevant to the plot, and c) that her desires and wishes are important to the male lead.  DanOh is the plot here, not the side-story to Kyung's character rehabilitation. That’s why we’ll never get tired of Haru’s perfection.  

     

    I'm sorry but mortal men with a beer gut, halitosis, and less-that-6-figure-salary job, need not apply in these women-centric romance fantasy. B)

     

    source: https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/11/13/extra-ordinary-you-on-kyung-and-the-philomel

     

    BTW, Kyung fanatics shouldn't read my blog without antacid at hand. Sorry ahead of time. I wrote this PRIOR to Episodes 13 and 14. 

     

    As for more interpretation of the major difference between Kyung and Haru’s attitudes toward DanOh, here’s my POV. 

     

    Essentially, 
    Haru = keep her safe
    Kyung = keep her

     

    Now, if Kyung’s change of heart allows him to let go of DanOh so she can be with Haru, then we’re heading towards the right direction. 
     
    link: https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/11/14/extra-ordinary-you-on-keeping-her-vs-keeping-her-safe

     

    Again if you’re Kyung-DanOh shipper, please take care of your heart. Don’t read this. I wrote it before Episodes 13 and 14 were shown. 

     

    Hi @deandraluv, long time no see. :)

     

    Good luck with the finale!

     

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  13. Just dropping by to say that, for what it's worth, I don't think they got the right Joker.  Hyungsik is the Joker. 

     

    source: https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/11/18/when-the-camellia-blooms-ep-18-jokers-identity

     

    Excerpt: 

     

    I don't think Hyungsik's dad is the Joker. It's Hyungsik. I know the police captured the dad but the profile is all wrong.

     

    1. You see, the murderer of the beautician turned up the volume of the radio while he did his killing.

     

    From Ep 16 at 51:07. The dad of Hyungsik was hyper-sensitive to sound. The clocks inside the house had no batteries because they made noise. He probably hated cats because they meowed. And the dad regarded Hyemi a "noisy richard simmons" but he didn't kill Hyemi.

     

    2. The murderer is ambidextrous.

     

    From Ep 16 at 24:40. Yongsik consulted a profiler who said that that the murderer favors his left but can use both hands.

    From Ep 4 at 1:00:03 While Yongsik was painting the wall of Dongbaek's bar, Hyungsik was in the bar with him. I told y'all this in a previous post. :)  It was his (left) hand rubbing the lighter under the table. It couldn't have been Hyungsik's dad in the bar. Hyungsik was the one who brought the can of paints for re-painting the wall.

     

    3. The murderer is triggered by either unwanted attention or jealousy.

     

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    Enjoy! 
     

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  14. 1 hour ago, angelangie said:

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    so this drama.....the sister willing become someone else mistress and loving him.....she said he use to be very tender and loving towards her....however all i seen so far is scorn.....

     

    now that she is preg....the guy told him to clean it up.....hmmmmmm....what kind of drama am i forcing myself to watch lols

     

    Are you okay, @angelangie? Who hurt you? Why are you watching this drama? Don't watch if it's too makjang. :) 

     

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    Me... I'm all about fluff for now. "Go Go Squid" is my kdrama version of a security blanket. 

     

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    Weird fact: I tried doing this once, you know, lean out the car window and kiss my boyfriend goodbye. But my Hermès scarf, which was tied around my neck, somehow got entangled with door handle and I nearly killed myself by choking.

     

    So, in theory, this scene is romantic. But in practice, it can be hazardous to your health. lol. 

     

    I'm waiting for The Tale of Nokdu, but I'm blogging about "When the Camellia Blooms" and  "Vagabond." 

     

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  15. I’m blogging about this. I post with a lot of pictures and it’s a bother to transfer them here. 

     

    I believe that Suzy’s character Haeri is a double agent.
    My explanation here: https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/09/26/vagabond-on-suzys-character

     

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    Per Eps 1 and 2, there were three reasons for the plane crash:

     

    1. The engine malfunction caused by a design flaw in Dynamic Systems aircrafts.
    2. Terrorism, according to Lee Seunggi’s DalGun 
    3. Corruption

     

    Judging from her work at the embassy, Haeri is a NIS agent investigating either narcotics or corruption but I doubt that she's one of the bad guys because the bad guys don't know her. The terrorist group "Axis" has two known members: the plane passenger named Raymon Jacque and the embassy colleague of Haeri. Their “paroles” or their passwords to identify fellow members of their group, go like this:

     

    Signal: Wheels turn on their axis.
    Response: The earth revolves on its axis.

     

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    Read about it here: https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/09/24/vagabond-ep-1-2-first-impressions

     

    Let's enjoy the show! 


     

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  16. On 8/2/2019 at 7:32 PM, USAFarmgirl 2 said:

    @packmule3  Great to see you too!!  Just as a reminder LOL :w00t:There were days when you had me so worried too!!  Thankful you're safely back from traveling the world hoping you will be on more often miss your posts!!!  By the way that wasn't my instagram so I didn't get a friend request and I would have accepted.  But still sorry I made you and others worry about me....:tears: -2

     

    I was so sure it was you because of the Holstein cow on her avatar.  That, plus the account said she was super-religious, and everybody here knows that you're a saint. hahaha.  

     

    You'd be proud to know that I was the one who sounded the alarm. 

     

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    Me.

     

    I had one of my fly-by shootings...errr....fly-by postings here on this thread and immediately noticed that your avatar was gone. See? So even when I seem to ignore you, I do keep a (stink) eye of y'all. 

     

    Like, where's @TRaNz?  Ah. There you are. 

     

    On 8/2/2019 at 7:34 PM, angelangie said:

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    @packmule3 lols hi

     

    @USAFarmgirl 2 that wasn’t u? Hmmm I tried beeping u there too

     

     

    @angelangie any more Cdramas to recommend?  What about this Deng Lun/Sandra Ma romcom?  Lucky you! You don't need to wait for subs. 

     

    On 8/2/2019 at 7:40 PM, mouse007 said:

    @USAFarmgirl 2 I've been watching mostly C dramas lately too. I also loved Put Your Head On My Shoulders and Well-Intended Love. I wasn't such a fan of Unrequited Love but I still finished the entire drama. I plan on watching Go Go Squid soon.

     

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    Put Your Head on My Shoulders was fun to watch. In that final episode -- that scene with the German girl -- do you remember when the German girl looked down at Si TuMo's feet right?  STM wasn't wearing shoes and she didn't have pedicure, if I remember correctly. That glance was meant to be insulting and condescending. 

     

    You see, we don't walk barefoot in the house; we wear shoes. And having well-pedicured toes and manicured nails is just the civilized thing to do. So when STM walked downstairs to break up that tete-a-tete between the German girl and Gu WeiYi, the German girl looked at her feet to show disdain for STM. She was thinking, "Who are YOU?  Are you really Gu WeiYi's girlfriend from China? Why, you're just a country bumpkin! He can do sooooo much better than you." 

     

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  17. On 7/14/2019 at 11:44 AM, kokodus said:

    I know. I don't believe in all this, but it's fun to read. Haha. 

     

    @Table122000 No I havent seen @packmule3 in a while here. But she doesn't visit here as often as she used to. I believe she is veryyyy busy at work that she couldn't log in and update her blog. Let's hope that she comes back sooner. This page wouldn't have become this popular without her, she was the one who made this into this cool chatty place where everyone drops by when they want to have fun. Haha. 

     

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    I'm back in town. I was in Asia for a couple of weeks, then Latin America on official business. I'm all about world domination, you know, not just making this forum a "cool, chatty place where everyone drops by when they want to have fun."  :joy:

     

    Are you watching anything special?  I'm watching Go Go Squid and Hotel del Luna. I was triggered by Rookie Historian's virtue-signalling, so I had to take yoga classes to calm me down. 

     

    Where's my favorite guy @TRaNz ?  

     

    And hi @angelangie

     

    @USAFarmgirl 2 is back?? Hurray! You, girl, caused me a lot of grief. I even made an instagram just for you and tried to "friend" you. Why didn't you "friend" me back??!!! Grrrr.  But now that you're back I can delete that instagram account now. My account looks so shady anyway. 0 friends and 0 followers and 0 posts. 

     

     

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  18. On 7/31/2019 at 2:05 AM, vangsweetie637 said:

     

     

    Talking about theories, a friend of mine and i were discussing and she happened to stumble across an interesting theory somewhere. Theory goes that perhaps the real traitor is warrior guy. He tricked them to get close to MWs gang and earn their trust then led them to their demise. MW and YW survives but YW ends up being killed by warrior guy. For warrior guy, he gets the princess hand in marriage which may explain the bridal scene of MW. She is seeking revenge. By the look of her eyes, she is enraged and the bridal gown does look royalty. I thought this was very interesting. 

     

     

    On 7/31/2019 at 9:58 AM, kaxx said:

    Not sure if anyone has posted this but if you are up for more HDL episode by episode dissection/analysis/reviews,  https://bitchesoverdramas.com really goes into the details!

     

    @vangsweetie637

     

    Long time no see. How are you? :)

     

    I agree that the Captain/Warrior could have released Yeonwoo from captivity with the intention of winning over Manwol's confidence. She was after all the bandits' leader and there was a price for her head.  (lol. Please ask your friend if she watched Love O2O.  This was used as a story line in Love O2O. Xiao Nai rewrote Weiwei's game story so that Captain of the Guard ended up exiling himself, instead of killing himself, after he betrayed Weiwei.) 

     

    However, the problem with your friend's theory is that it overlooks the fact that:  

     

    a) Manwol survives and

    b) the Captain/Warrior guy as well as Yeonwoo are dead.

     

    Sure, that Captain could have killed Yeonwoo but that would still leave two people alive, Manwol and the Captain.   

     

    Since Manwol is the Last Woman Standing, then we have to consider that she was the one who killed the Captain.  

     

    Ma Go asked her, "Who else did you kill for the sake of the dead?" when they first met in Episode 1?

     

    In essence, Ma Go was asking her who did she sacrifice in retaliation or revenge for those people who died for her. Manwol got angry and drew her sword to cut Ma Go's neck. Thus, Ma Go's question is significant to understanding her crime and punishment. 

     

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    It's also possible that the shadow creeping up behind her was the Captain's ghost.

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    Thanks, @kaxx.

     

    I was wondering how come my blog was getting hits from soompi and I saw it was you. If you drop by and comment, just introduce yourself as a soompi poster. 

     

    See y'all later. 

     

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  19. 56 minutes ago, Lawyerh said:

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    May I know your blog link? Hehehe....

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    I like the angel & demon backstory and of course the ballet performance too....

     

    When she danced with KW, I'm quite shuddered with the actress performance.

     

    She's like different person, and her ballet very fluent there. She can differentiate Mathil with YS character whose just come back from ballet again. 

     

     

     

    It's bitchesoverdramas.com. Yes. I know the name is a doozy but I'm a bad Bee so I might as well own it and flaunt it. 

     

    Here's the link to my interpretation of Giselle.  

     

    https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/06/07/angels-last-mission-love-on-giselle

     

    I just told @nearsea that when YeonSeo dances, it's a given that her dance will be so sublime that it will move an angel to tears. For a performance artist that's the best praise ever: being sublime. It goes beyond regular compliments like,  cute, pretty, beautiful, awesome, technically perfect, flawless, etc.  

     

    When you move someone to tears, it means you've touched somebody's soul. You've left an indelible mark on that person. And that's what pure art is supposed to be. 

     

    :)

     

    BTW, that's how it's connected to the rain. To the gentle rain that comes with Angel Dan. That gentle rain = heaven's tears

     

    lol. I've forgotten to write about the tears in my other posts. Will have to do it now. 

     

    Later! 

     

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  20. 55 minutes ago, ktcjdrama said:

    I would never stir my instant whatever with its packaging... eew... :mask:

     

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    Shudders. It's like dipping your index finger in the cup and stirring the coffee with your finger. Uncivilized.

     

    If real teaspoons aren't available, then disposable coffee stirrers, either the wooden and plastic, are cheap. A green/environment-friendly coffee shop near me have started to use gluten-free, dried pasta noodle as an alternative but I'm not yet mentally conditioned to dip angel-hair/linguini/fettucine/spaghetti pasta in my coffee early in the morning. 

     

    My order of preference: 

     

    real teaspoon > plastic knife > plastic spoon > wooden coffee stirrer > plastic coffee stirrer (the one that looks like a straw for elves)  > pasta noodle > index finger > packaging

     

    Sorry. I'm OCD this morning. :blink:

     

    Have a good weekend, y'all. 

     

    Edited to add: @Lawyerh, I'm enjoying that Angel's Last Mission, too and blogging about it. I like the ballet themes but the religious aspect, not so much.  

     

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  21. 1 hour ago, angelangie said:

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    lets see...

     

    Yes it is Le Coup de Foudre, it adorable ....and cute however i get kinda bored with the non-passive way of how the guy was towards the girl.....i understand that is his way.....however i miss some of the warmth that a guy suppose to have toward a girl that had managed to worm her way into his heart lols ....well that me :P another thing that i didnt really like about it....was that they spend too much times remembering and back in times during their student day even though i like the questions they posted "What happen to the person who you were in love with quietly during your youth" that how i interpret that sentence :) 

     

    Was that a spoiler?? What episode did he post his answer on his phone?


    It was mentioned in the book but I figured he missed answering it. 

     

    Yes, the question asked in the beginning of the show was "What happen to the person who you were in love with quietly during your youth"?  I thought her answer was “I don’t know” or rather, “I don’t want to know what happened to that person.” She was working through her self-esteem issues and emotional baggage.  

     

    I’m still trying to figure out why the title is “Love at First Sight”. 

     

    1 hour ago, angelangie said:

     

     

    "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" i love this one though :) it is purely university times....and how GuWeiYi and MoMo move towards each other....and it is clear that it was WeiYi who was the one to started to fall for MoMo first as back then MoMo was still hung up and hook onto the guy who was too dense to appreciate the one person who was next to him till it was too late.....

     

     

    Yes, this is an easy watch. I like watching him FAIL at romancing her because she's so oblivious. 

     

    Like when she turned on the kitchen lights while he was lighting the heart candles. My guess is he intentionally timed the "event".  He was going to light the candles one by one, as soon as she got out of the bathroom.  But she didn't wait for him to finish lighting the candles and turned on the lights.  

     

    hahaha. 

     

    1 hour ago, angelangie said:

     

     

    if you ask me whether do i like 'In Times With You' with Ariel and Chen BoLin, i like it better than the version they came up with in Korean :) maybe because i always love Ariel and find her really animated :) and she is also one of the person that tends to be able to create chemistry with her lead easily.....remember our GuiGui? GuiGui was liken to Ariel when she was around 15 or 16 if im not wrong.....by then Ariel was already famous :)  in Taiwan

     

    i didnt watch 'Nice to Meet You' so i cant tell you what i think as the story didnt really pull me in :x the visual catch my attention but i dunno ....nothing that shout out to me and say 'HEY WATCH ME!' lols :P 

     

    i havent really pick up much Kdrama though....so Angel Last Mission isnt on my list either hahahahah....

     

     

    In Times with You is looking good. I disliked Ariel's character in that "It Started with a Kiss."  I've relegated that show, and its many adaptations, to my graveyard of dramas. lol. 

     

    This isn’t on viki in my region so I  had to look for it elsewhere.  I just now started watching the first 15 minutes. The opening is thought-provoking. I never expected time to be depicted as a monkey.  

     

    But it makes sense. With the passage of time, you realize that it's wiser to see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. :D

     

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    The older monkey is her recent past while the younger monkey is her old, former self. She smiled at the younger monkey which represents who she used to be in the olden days, while she ignored the older monkey or her present self. Interesting.... 

     

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    Maybe I’ll continue watching this tonight.  :) G'night!  Thanks for clarifying my priorities. I was stuck earlier. 


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  22. 25 minutes ago, angelangie said:

     

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    currently i stop watching drama.....i havent really seen alot though i did finish off Le Coup :D 

     

    Le Coup de Foudre?? I'm still working on it. I'm working on Episode 4's review. How did you like it?

     

    I'm liking it so far. It makes sense even though the drama writer(s) extended the original story/novella. I think the drama piggyback on the original work...which is fine.

     

    I'm working on Put Your Head on My Shoulders, Le Coup de Foudre and Angel's Last Mission. 

     

    I've been requested to review In Time with Love (the Taiwanese version) and Nice to Meet You --> This one is a shocker, at least the first few minutes. I didn't know what to make of it. So I'll let it stew for a bit before writing my candid impressions of it. Have you seen it? 

     

    This one:

     

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    I seem to be binge-ing on Cdramas to purge all the bad kdramas I've watched. lol. And I'm getting the hang of the Chinese double names, like Weiwei, MiaoMiao, Dingding, Wanwan, Caocao, Yiyi, Yuan Yuan, etc. Haha. 

     

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  23. 13 minutes ago, angelangie said:

     

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    i like Park Bo  Young however not sure why i dont have the urge to watch Abyss :x

     

    I like Park Bo Young, too. I reviewed the first two episodes of Abyss then I stopped. It's an okay show (i.e., there's nothing wrong with the logic) but I still can't get over the fact that the lead characters are falling in love with the "wrong" bodies. I'm skimming the episodes just to see if the Park Bo Young's character would still want to bed the guy if he reverted back to his ugly face. 

     

    Too many dramas now and I can't keep track.  

     

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