WhooshMay 11, 2024

Since I went on vacation, I feel like my watching has been crazy, but it's getting back to normal.

Here's what up with my shows:

** Just recently finished **
- Longing Heart (My First Love)
- Good Job
- Queen of Divorce

** On Hold **
- The Impossible Heir
- Jealousy Incarnate (Dare to Dream)

** Watch Parties **
Korean Odyssey
Captivating the King

** Watching **
Lovely Runner (currently airing)
Vagabond
My Dearest
The Producers
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What are you watching?

#kDrama

Show threadumienne

@whoosh currently uninspired to start anything (maybe the obsession is finally withering?)

Recently finished Queen of Tears and Wedding impossible
Looking for a feel-good, yet not too predictable story.

May 15, 2024 at 5:47pmWeb
Show threadWhooshMay 15, 2024

@umienne

Scanning through my completed list, here are some that I remember being feel good without being too predictable:

- Abyss (body switching confusion is possible)
- Branding in Seongsu
- Fight for My Way (main romance might be a little predictable, but other storylines are different)
- Healer
- Her Private Life (some common tropes, but some unexpected actions make it fun)
- Hit the Spot (a little racy fun & very different)
- Love to Hate You (very fun with a strong woman lead)
- Lovestruck in the City (unexpected actions from leads, very different format)
- Witch's Romance (an older woman love interest makes for a bit of crazy)

#kDrama

Show threadumienneMay 15, 2024
@whoosh uuuuuh, some of them are new to me, thanks!!
Show threads1m0n4May 16, 2024

@umienne @whoosh I'd like to add:
May I help you?
Reply 1988
Reply 1997
High Society
Yumi's Cells

To the list of feel-good #kdramas with an not-so-predictable romance

#kdrama

Show threadumienneMay 16, 2024
@s1m0n4 너무 감사합니다!
Show threadEllenInEdmonton May 15, 2024
@whoosh @umienne Healer and Lovestruck were both great shows for me. #CurrentlyAiring fun includes #LovelyRunner and #AtypicalFamily. I loved QOT but a lot of folks found it heavy and the episodes were especially long and action-packed.
Show threadumienneMay 15, 2024
@EllenInEdmonton @whoosh I have seen clips of Atypical Family and likely will watch it at some point.
Lovestruck is one of my all time favourites.
I found QoT a bit... cumbersome at times, but the extremely good looking cast saved it.
Show threadumienneMay 30, 2024
@whoosh working through your list I have just finished Witch's Romance, what a truly delightful 16hours I spent watching this drama!! Thank you so much for the recommendation, it hit the spot (sic!) so well!!
Show threadWhooshMay 30, 2024

@umienne

So glad you liked it! I thought it was a fun one.

#kDrama #WitchsRomance

Show threadRonsboy67May 30, 2024
@whoosh @umienne Have you seen the original TW, My Queen? Vastly superior in my opinion, in part because they didn't turn the FL into a giggling squeamishly virginal 40 year old when things got serious, as the K remake did.
Show threadWhooshMay 30, 2024

@ronsboy67 @umienne

Aside from 1 J-drama & 2 C-dramas, I have only watched Korean. I'm am working on learning Korean so it's much more "profitable" for me to spend my time hearing Korean.

Maybe someday I'll move on from my Korea obsession.

I'll add this to my Plan to Watch (eventually) list.

#kDrama

Show threadumienneMay 30, 2024
@whoosh @ronsboy67 same
Show threadRonsboy67May 30, 2024
@whoosh @umienne That's commendable commitment I have a backlog of Italian movies and TV that I should be watching for the same reason, thanks for the motivation 🙏👍
Show threadumienneMay 30, 2024
@ronsboy67 not yet but it goes onto my list asap. honestly, I was as bit disappointed in how prude they portrayed the FL in later episodes given that steamy scene on equal footing in ep 2. (Wandering hands SHOWN on Korean television, my eyes!!!)
Show threadRonsboy67May 30, 2024
@umienne Yes, it was precisely the promising start to Witch's Romance that made its final few episodes such a disappointment to me 😢
Show threadRonsboy67May 31, 2024

@umienne @whoosh

If you can access them, here are a few you might want to try, if you haven't already
Miss Korea (Lee Seon Kyun was ML)
Queen In-Hyun's Man
Run On
City Hall
My Only Love Song
Splash Splash Love
Coffee Prince
I Hear Your Voice
Fanletter, Please (a nice bit of meta,Choi Sooyoung as FL)
Fated to Love You (K remake)

As for the "withering obsession", fret not! It took me 6 months to complete 100 #KDramas when I started in May 2013, 10.5 YEARS to complete the next 200 😀

Show threadWhooshMay 31, 2024

@ronsboy67 @umienne

On that list, I've only seen "Fated to Love You" and enjoyed it. I'll have to add the others to my PlanToWatch! Thanks.

#kDrama

Show threadWhooshMay 31, 2024

@ronsboy67 @umienne

Oh, and "Run On" which I also liked, but I liked the 2nd couple more.

#kDrama

Show threadWhooshMay 31, 2024

@ronsboy67 @umienne

Added all those to my Plan-To-Watch list. Now I have an even 100 shows that I plan to watch!!

#kDrama

Show threadRonsboy67May 31, 2024

@whoosh @umienne That happens a lot for me, too. I rewatched Miss Korea fot the 2nd pair and there's a fun second pair in My Only Love Song too. 😀

City Hall was one of my "first 100" and I still absolutely LOVE it's theme song. I remember thinking "I know Korean's an agglutinative language, so I'm guessing the "면" affix I'm hearing A LOT affix conveys the idea of "if" 😂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdspUOinl1c

불안한 사 랑(不安的愛)-호란(Ho Ran)-CityHall OST

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