#(this is all lighthearted btw!!!!!! Not criticism!!!! Just commentary just my thoughts!! I know this could be read as criticism but it's not

[septimus-heap]

I tend to tag relationships even if it's like,, canon compliant? Bc if I'm searching for 2 characters together interacting like,, I'm not necessarily looking for a character study I'm just looking for. Them. Ofc it IS like. A choice and do whatever u want but those r. My thoughts <3

Why do I keep seeing fics on ao3 without any relationships tagged, even ones that r specifically abt like. A friend group or whatever. Do ppl assume it's for romantic relationships only or smth and so don't tag anything

[udaitenma]

Ahh Tenka, this is much but I was wondering if you could make a master list of Kdramas. Like I really want to know which ones you watched/recommend!

Ahh!! Okay!!  Watch::- Healer (2014) - Coffee Prince (2007) - Goblin (2016)- Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)

I’m pretty sure I have a tag system for all of the above shows so you can just go through my tags too. #healer #goblin #moon lovers (I think that’s the scarlet heart tag I use) #coffee prince #kdrama   etc. 

Those are probably my faves atm!! I’ll list more under the cut. Funny thing is I actually haven’t actually seen that many kdramas, and this is across probably 7 years since I started watching them. I’ll try list them in the order that I watched them in, best I can, and write a bit about them. I’ll try give a YES / MEH / NO  verdict, in my humble opinion. 

- Secret Garden (2010)

Yes - watch this, it’s iconic and the female mc is pretty cool, I really liked Ha Ji Won in secret garden. Also the actor for the male mc is apparently one of the main Bins...lol.. Hyun Bin... (then Won Bin, Kim Woo Bin amiright lol even though I was never super into any of those three - but get well soon KWB D: ) 

I watched this a while back so my feelings about this have probably dimmed a fair bit, but I do remember it was pretty addictive and later on Big Bang did a parody of it lmao. It’s a Chaebol drama with a body swap twist... watch this to know what a chaebol drama is like... I mean mother-of-chaebol-is-a-horrible-person-who-throws-money-at-the-girl-and-says-HOWMUCHDOIPAYYOUTOGOAWAY etc etc etc. hahaha. I s2g the chaebols fund chaebol dramas to make themselves look cool tho. I also remember this was the debut of lee jong suk... ahha.. he made sns look cool. 

- City Hunter (2011)

NO BEWARE  HoNestlY DO NOT WATCH THIS???   - this drama started off really strong and was super action packed and I think I originally watched it for Lemon Ho .. I mean Lee Min Ho but the later part of the story and the ending especially was pretty weak and unsatisfying. If you like some good action chase scenes with a ... not super good love story wedged inbetween numerous plot holes... well that’s city hunter... aight i chased this weekly back when it first came out and idk why I did that... it’s 20 hours of staring at Lee Min Ho’s face, like ... that’s not so bad I think you could almost #worth that but ... ok just beware lmao 

Also I think Park Min Young was much cooler in Healer. 

Something doesn’t add up because I must have liked LMH before this but I can’t remember why.  Also I watched this years ago too in 2011 but my salt feelings towards this remain... bamboozled by Lee Min Ho’s wink again. 

- Coffee Prince (2007)  please watch this omg

YES yes YEAASSS - coffee prince is a GOAT alright one of the greatest of all times. It’s like so pure friendship but then sorta not then slow burn painful but it’s a kind of suffering you’ll enjoy just watch it and die between episodes 9-12 and love the dying feeling . You gotta watch this aaaargh lol.

- My Girl (2005) 

Mehh - TBH I don’t remember much about this one other than being annoyed at the plot that the guy didn’t split with his ex till like the very end??? (this is meant to be one of the old classics btw but I didn’t really like it). but also this is like ... 2005 Lee Dong Wook, and Lee Joon Gi... wow... see them later in Goblin and Scarlet Heart ahhaha. 

- The Heirs (2013) 

YES LOL I enjoyed  this, the plot is kinda facetious (do high schoolers live like this????? lmao) but hey it’s a kdrama, lemon ho strikes again and I remember a scene where he kicks guy 2 into a swimming pool (props to Kim Woo Bin) and I was like wow I really want to kick someone into a swimming pool like that it was very carthartic... also featuring Kang Ha Neul, always good. Also my lil’ bro said he cried watching this drama... I don’t remember crying but apparently my lil bro cried so you’ve been warned, there’s some really sad bits. 

- Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)

Yes!! watch this, for the aesthetic lol. Also the plot, which I will have trouble describing to you but an edgelord prince (korean prince zuko) comes back to his home and his ambitious brothers start taking sides and killing each other for the throne and he tries to protect everything he loves and gets pulled apart and somewhere in this there is a time travelling girl l0l. It gets from being lighthearted to being pretty heavy... but it’s really good and you can see that the princes are really useless and it’s the girls who run this show. ;p

Lee Joon gi has a nice voice and his jawline could cut diamonds l0l anyw i post a lot about this so you can check out my tags, do it for 4th Prince Wang So. 

aLSO featuring Guppy aka. Nam Joo Hyuk with long hair and being a refined prince who certainly does not swim and yell BOK JOOOoooOO, a T.O.P lookalike ... Kang Ha Neul... haha...  also there is a chinese version of this drama that came before the korean version, you can watch that too...  (I watched the chinese version before the korean version.. I think it’s even more brutal.)

- Goblin (2016) 

YES - I just ... really really like this drama okay... have you even seen a grim reaper so cute ... it’s like the fantasy au you dream of but never imagined haha. Reimagined grim reapers and superbeings and anyway - if you want a serious analysis I’d say it’s not perfect and the villain is not that strong but - there are good plot twists and the relationship between the characters is great, also no bs love triangle. 

- Weightlifting fairy Kim Bok Joo (2016)

YESS What is best friends to lovers but still best friends? this is it guys. Cuuute af. 

- Pinocchio (2014)

Mehh - Pretty popular drama, I thought it was just okay????? Kind of critical commentary on the journalism industry, but so is Healer and I liked Healer more. 

- Healer (2014)

YES ZOMG PLEASE WATCH THIS IT’S THE BEST THING EVER. It’s like super action packed and the love story is nice... and yeah ji chang wook the cutest. Hmm. I don’t know if words could do it justice but it’s like the only thing i’ve been posting about so check out the #healer tag or #kdrama tag. 

- The K2 (2016) 

I’m watching  this rn, will give update later :p  YES?????????