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Looking like I’m going to drop Blossom at ~ep 24, and going back to Love Game in Eastern Fantasy instead (had paused around ep 3 or 4).

I don’t usually drop this late but the chemistry’s just not there for me. It’s just after their marriage. Should I stick it out?

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Readers, should I read Babel and Yellowface?

People seem to really like those books. I’m hesitant because I didn’t enjoy the first Poppy Wars book, but I hope these are very different in theme and reader audience?

(What I liked about Poppy Wars: fantasy premise, character base, and arc. What I didn’t like: anti-Japanese/nationalist, extremely nauseating just for the Rape of Nanking scene, and obvious motivations bc it was written for YA market.)

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Blossom Ep 3 - Relationship Chart Recap

In which we get a better picture of their personalities (he's perfect, and she's smart and feisty. surprise?)

As always, charts don’t spoil future eps. Check out #relrecap blossom for other episodes.

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Blossom ep 20ish or so: they are a very cute couple, and the male lead is doing a good job of looking charmed around his new bride. It’s sweet, and saying this right now, I’m enjoying the whole show very much.

But … I wish just a bit that she was more emotive? She mostly just looks cute and the chemistry is all coming from him. Also, she’s been married AND pregnant before! Why is the script having her be so maidenly and clueless!

Ok and one more thing — all these male idol leads in every drama I’ve seen over the last 5-10? years are way too skinny to be believable as hardened athletic military martial arts dudes when their shirts come off. His fight scenes are so good, why ruin the impression?

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Blossom Ep 2 - Relationship Chart Recap

In which the question is posed: can fate be changed if you know what's going to happen?

The 3 girls growing up together flew by so fast that their identities confused me for a good long while.

They also did a fantastic job of choosing child actors with similar facial features.

As always, charts don’t spoil future eps. Check out #relrecap blossom for other episodes.

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Blossom ep 7ish or so: I do find the nice scholarly fellow in Blossom MUCH more appealing than the one in Kunning Palace. Why is that? Is it that he has more of a personality and isn't such a stick in the mud?

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Blossom Ep 1 - Relationship Chart Recap

There were too many young ladies and families to keep track of, trying out a recap to see if I can keep it straight.

Episode 1, in which we start over again. Again.

As always, charts don’t spoil future eps. Check out #relrecap blossom for other episodes later on.

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Could use some escapist reads — any danmei novel recs, ideally all published? I very much like mxtx (svsss is my fav) and 2ha, but wasn’t a fan of yuwu (remnants of filth).

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Pikmin Bounty 🥭🍓🍉🌱

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Su Rongqing generally looks like something he just ate is disagreeing with him.

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Update: I tried both and the hands down winner is The Princess Royal.

I found The Double disjointed and rushed, and didn’t feel anything for the characters after 2 episodes, so no more of that for me.

Vs. The Princess Royal was funny and engaging, and I really want to see how this second chance life turns out — their bickering and comfort/regret with each other is appealing to watch. The palace intrigue is rather obvious, but their interactions are fun. Plus the main guy does a really good bitchy face. I’m now on ep 6.

Should I watch The Double or The Princess Royal?

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Should I watch The Double or The Princess Royal?

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Book read: Poppy War, not my thing

I picked it up because the description was Asian-inspired fantasy. It wasn’t my thing, even the though the story and world building was interesting and I wanted to see what happened.

Most of it was very much a typical modern YA tone, with a chosen one-humble beginnings-badass when trained kind of story, and that was fine since I was mostly reading to see what happened to her. But it veered into horrific detailed war crime descriptions and I had this uncomfortable feeling throughout that it was China-centric/anti-Japan in spite of its fantasy setting. Sure enough, the end notes mention that the atrocities were lifted straight from the Rape of Nanking and other China/Japan tensions.

So, FYI.

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I enjoy all the tasty-looking Asian bento and lunch videos on YouTube but … ladies! I want to see you make them for yourselves, not your lame ass husband who’d never make such a nice thing for you at the crack of dawn. I don’t even want to tap on the video anymore if I see the word “husband” in the title.

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Character: a grade A asshole. but the actor... I love Lee Yi Kyung a lot

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Marry My Husband 1-8 random thoughts

Enjoying the show and all the gif sets about the hunky allowance man. And his self care makeover inspired by her.

I miss the cute cheeks Park Min Young used to have, but she’s still very charming. I could watch her in every romance until the end of time.

I appreciate that the deadbeat boyfriend/husband is randomly funny. It keeps the show from veering into pure frustration. Also the actors just really enjoyable to watch, he goes all in.