56 & 59!

56: Recommend 1 mini-drama (any # of episodes, each last <30 minutes)

I Order You. Yunho is actually pretty good in it.

59: Tell a random story involving K-Dramas

I still can’t believe the hill I died on with DF’s questionable subbing team was about a condom.That’s a fun and awkward (yet hilarious) tale to regale people with at dinner parties.

Asian drama asks ~ 6, 8, 28, 40, and 59? (:

6: K-Drama NOTP(s)?

I already answered this but I’m sure I can come up with another one. Ummm… Soo Young and Min Suk from High School King of Savvy.

8: First drama you considered your favorite?

Coffee Prince, probably

28: Favorite K-Drama friendship?

Only one? Hmmm, lately my definition of friendship would be the trio of amazing women from Fantastic.

40: Kim Seul Gi or Kim Go Eun?

Uhhhh, do you see my user icon?

59: Tell a random story involving K-Dramas

LollyPip (aka LP as I refer to her here) and I met when she emailed me her phone number before we started working on Witch’s Romance, and I was like, “hey, that area code is awfully familiar…” (Not that you can put much faith in area codes since people move so much.) It turned out, however, she only lived about a half-hour from me at the time. What are the odds of that? LP’s since moved further away but it’s kind of neat that dramas helped me make an IRL friend.

Kdrama trope game

Whether you liked, loved or hated them, pick 5 dramas with these tropes. Tagged by @yahhajima

Forced Cohabitation

  1. Full House
  2. Attic Cat
  3. Ms. Temper and Nam Jung-gi
  4. Flower Boy Ramen Shop
  5. Bottom of the 9th, 2 Outs

Second Lead Syndrome

  1. She Was Pretty
  2. The Greatest Love
  3. You’re Beautiful
  4. Mary Stayed Out All Night
  5. The Musical

Awful/worst/ evil kdrama parents

  1. Fantastic
  2. Whisper
  3. President
  4. Heirs
  5. Bride of the Century

Best/most lovable kdrama parents

  1. Reply 1997
  2. Witch’s Romance
  3. Hogu’s Love
  4. I Hear Your Voice
  5. Solomon’s Perjury

Accidental kisses

  1. The Big Hit
  2. You’re Beautiful
  3. Flower Boy Next Door
  4. Bride of the Century
  5. My Girl

Selective Amnesia/bad use of amnesia

  1. Trope Trot Lovers
  2. Nice Guy
  3. Haeundae Lovers
  4. Operation Proposal
  5. Fated to Love You

Getting severely sick after being in the rain

  1. Big
  2. Personal Taste
  3. Sweet Stranger and Me
  4. Sungkyunkwan Scandal
  5. Full House

Crossdressing

  1. Sungkyunkwan Scandal
  2. I Do, I Do
  3. You’re Beautiful
  4. KPOP Extreme Survival
  5. Coffee Prince

K-Drama Recommendations

tagged by @yahhajima

School Dramas:

  • Reply 1997 – !!!!
  • What’s Up? – !!!!
  • Shut Up Flower Boy Band – !!!!
  • The Queen’s Classroom – !!!
  • Solomon’s Perjury – !!
  • Seonam Girls High School Investigators – !!
  • School 2013 – !!!
  • Monstar – !!
  • Dream High – !!
  • Mackerel Run – !

Sageuks/Historical Dramas:

  • Tree With Deep Roots – !!!!
  • Gaksital – !!!!
  • Empress Ki – !!!
  • Giant – !
  • The Princess’ Man – !
  • Arang and the Magistrate – !!!


Action Dramas:

  • Heartless City – !!!!
  • My Beautiful Bride – !!!!
  • City Hunter – !!!
  • Killer Girl K – !!
  • Gu Family Book – !
  • Vampire Prosecutor 1 & 2 – !!

Psychological Dramas:

  • Beautiful Mind – !!!
  • Nine: Time Travel Nine Times – !!!
  • The Good Wife – !!!
  • Padam Padam – !
  • Gapdong – !!
  • Nice Guy – !
  • Ghost – !!

Romantic Comedy Dramas:


  • Dal-ja’s Spring – !!!!
  • Flower Boy Next Door – !!!
  • Surplus Princess – !!!
  • What’s Up Fox? – !!!
  • Protect the Boss – !
  • All About My Romance – !!
  • Ex-Girlfriend Club – !!
  • Witch’s Romance – !!
  • My Girl – !

Romance Dramas:

  • Bottom of the 9th, 2 Outs – !!!
  • City Hall – !!!
  • Bubblegum – !
  • Coffee House – !!
  • Coffee Prince – !!!

Mystery/Suspense

  • White Christmas – !!!
  • Signal – !!!
  • Voice – !!
  • Vampire Prosecutor 1 & 2 – !!
  • Story of a Man – !!!
  • Sign – !

Slice-of Life

  • Dear My Friends – !!!!
  • Misaeng – !!!!
  • Miss Korea – !!!
  • Ms. Temper and Nam Jung Gi – !!
  • Midnight Diner – !!
  • Let’s Eat – !!

Undefinable Genres

  • Incarnation of Money – !!!
  • Harvest Villa – !!!
  • Valid Love – !!!!

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!: Enjoyed the whole show and watched from beginning to end
!!: Enjoyed the whole show, watched from beginning to end, couldn’t wait a whole week and never skipped
!!!: Enjoyed the whole show, watched from beginning to end, couldn’t wait a whole week, never skipped, had been ultimate faves for years, will become a ‘classic’ from a decade from now (in my opinion)
!!!!: That’s it, bam, #imdone when watching every second of the show, ultimate all time fave, tear jerker to the max, WARNING: don’t watch if you are a heart-patient, perfect cast, perfect OST, perfect costumes, perfect acting, perfect set, the ending is the ending of your life, leelee-couple for the fucking win.

Unpopular Drama Opinions

Got tagged by @soymilkmocha

tbh I’m pretty sure most of my opinions on dramas are unpopular but here goes nuthin’

A popular drama that you didn’t like.
The low-hanging fruit that is Heirs

A popular drama that every one else seems to hate but you love.
Mmmm… I generally like what I like and ignore the haters which means I don’t typically keep a bead on the popular reaction to the show, but I remember feeling fighty in the Valid Love tag

A love triangle where the main character ended up with the person you did NOT want them to end up with (spoiler alert) or a couple that you don’t like.
Ahhhh, I don’t watch dramas for the main love story and generally am not that emotionally invested in the main character romance even though I’m allllllll about the second characters (because I want the second lead to date me). I dunno. I’ll default to the easy answer: Heirs, because Eun Sang should’ve ended up with Bona.

A popular drama genre that you hardly reach for.
Heart-tugging tear-fest old-school melos

A popular or beloved character that you do not like.
Quick someone name me a popular character and I’ll figure out if I like them or not

A popular actor that you can’t seem to get into.
I feel like I always answer Kim Soo Hyun so just to change things up… Lee Jong Suk

A popular actress that you can’t seem to get into.
Moon Chae Won – I want to like her, but it just doesn’t seem to click

A popular drama trope that you’re tired of seeing. (examples: love triangles, evil mom, rich guy, etc.)
Is “wrist grab” a trope? Because it can die in a fire

A popular drama that you have no interest in watching.
DotS

A popular drama adaptation that you prefer more than the original version.
The Good Wife just because [SPOILER REDACTED]