On the morning walk, spouse tried to shake cherry blossoms off a tree to take a #kdrama style video selfie of us. Reaching up to wiggle the branch with one hand and holding the phone with the other while attempting to keep my much shorter self in frame unfortunately changed the genre from romance to comedy. 😆🌸
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Jenni S
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mastodon 4.7.2Back in pdx. Hanging on, watching kdramas.
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Decided it was Jang Hyuk time again, so I watched A Beautiful Mind #Kdrama
The story was a kind of clunky amalgam of Dr. House, Lie to Me and a sentimental hospital show, but I really enjoyed it. Even though it didn’t hold together that well, the bits & pieces were great. I liked that Park So-dam’s character was cute & sparkly without being childish, I liked the hospital crew, and JH was funny and heart-wrenching as usual.
Next Jang Hyuk watch? Maybe Shine or Be Mad? The Client?
I started #PrincessAurora #Kdrama without knowing anything about it but I have now learned that the writer was notorious for randomly writing characters out of the show. So I guess all those folks I thought would reappear at some point … won’t be doing that 😂
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@commonst@social.vivaldi.net @EllenInEdmonton@yeg.bike
We have a number of standard things we always yell at the TV… JUST JUMP! whenever someone is near a cliff, DON’T CROSS! when they’re near an intersection, WHERE ARE THE ARCHERS?! (bc they always jump straight to swordfighting too quickly), and JUST KISS ALREADY.
I also love kapjagi wae 😛
Watching #Kdrama Falling for Innocence (순정에 반하다) and it’s pretty good so far (though predictable) but this haircut… why?
#PrincessAurora #Kdrama is full of toxic attitudes but then there’s amazing stuff like the three sisters getting so upset that they ALL have to be put on IV drips so I can’t stop watching.
His theories are not improving
#PrincessAurora #Kdrama
More life advice from #PrincessAurora #Kdrama
Wrongest sentence in #Kdrama ?
Was looking through Kocowa for things to add to my watch list and … how is this a category? 😂 #Kdrama
New favorite #Kdrama aphorism
Went to a tulip farm today. Thought of you @hanktank61@NerdJoy.social because they had a lot of fake Netherlands stuff decorating the place 😛 #pdx
Sigh. I have seen Choi Soo-Jong in two #kdrama roles - the general in Korea Khitan War and Jang Bogo in Emperor of the Sea (still watching) and absolutely loved him in both, but his other sageuks don’t seem to be available anywhere ☹️
Venerable adage from #BridalMask #Kdrama ? Or is he making up agricultural metaphors on the fly?
Some typical #PrincessAurora #Kdrama philosophy
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Thank you @mel @whoosh I enjoyed this even though I didn’t participate in all of them. Happy to see AON and Lady Ok among the winners! #adramalunies2026
Emperor of the Sea. #Kdrama
51 eps - Choi Soo Jong as the righteous Jang Bogo and Song Il Guk as his lifelong enemy/soulmate are fabulous & I loved the scope and pace of the story. Some good side characters. Madame Jami's hair styles.
Negatives: The comic-relief characters were even more OTT and annoying than they usually are in these old sageuks, there was a lottttt of sword fighting, and I couldn't stand the FL, who spent half of her scenes staring in dumbfounded surprise.
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@drnya91 @ronsboy67 Oh I loved Midnight Diner! I don’t usually watch j-dramas or shows without plots, but I saw that one with family and it completely charmed me.
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@Fanua @bougiewonderland Well he’s definitely complex, but he does some terrible things.
BUT HE’S GOOD INSIDE I CAN SAVE HIM 😂
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@bougiewonderland I’ve seen the movie. No relation except that they’re both about geniuses with mental problems (presumably why the show stole the name). I’ll put Shine or Go Crazy at the top of my JH list! 🙂
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Hair update. Also look at the cool snake ornament. Would you trust this merchant?
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Medical advice from Princess Aurora. Doctor is telling her she can prevent migraines by drinking less liquid 🤔
(He’s not talking about alcohol)
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@CharlieMcHenry@connectop.us I saw Vasen in Portland Oregon a couple (few?) months ago. Knew nothing about the music & had never heard of a nyckelharpa. Loved them!
@mel So funny
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@KDramaQn Nobody makes me laugh and pulls my heart strings like Jang Hyuk 💜 I loved Fated to Love You and also liked the Swordsman. Shine or Go Crazy is at the top of my list!
I will definitely rewatch Fated to Love You and Money Flower at some point. Also My Country, which I didn’t like that much as a show, but I’ll rewatch it someday to watch JH play with his fan 😝
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@EllenInEdmonton@mstdn.ca @s1m0n4@ohai.social @whoosh@techhub.social Will the discord changes affect us? It sounds like they’re only for people who want to access “adult” or “sensitive” content? (Admittedly I don’t know what that covers…)
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@bougiewonderland It’s wild. People constantly spouting horrible worldviews. Makes for great screenshots. 😂 Looking forward to hearing your theories of how they will bring the mysterious doctor into the story 😬 (I’m on ep 17, I think)
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And then there’s this character, who we know nothing about except that he’s a doctor and he’s gay or bi bc every once in a while they cut to a short scene (no dialog) of him with his boyfriend. Like we’ll be in the middle of some long conversation between main characters and then suddenly it’s like 10 seconds of “Remember there’s this gay guy!” and then back to the main scene. 😂
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@bougiewonderland@freeradical.zone @notthatkaren@mstdn.social But the mystery is half the fun! (of course sending the listener on research expeditions probably isn’t a translator’s goal 😂)
OK @bougiewonderland@freeradical.zone I wanted something silly so I started watching #BridalMask #Kdrama
First episode was quite entertaining 😛
EVERYBODY DIES 😭
(except the incredibly annoying FL sigh)