#I LOVE THIS SO SOO MUCH!!!! S2 I LOVE HIM!!! :D

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WOOOW WOWOWOWOWOWOWO WWOWOWOWOWOW AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Oh My, OH MY, MY GOODNESS!!!! S2 This is SO SOOOOOO MARVELOUS!!!! Oh, I LOOOOOVE THIS SO SOO MUCH!!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!! HAPPINESS!!!!! Seriously, LOOK AT HIM!!!! :D SOO SOOO HANDSOME, SOOOO GORGEOUS!!! BAMF!CAIN !!! ;) Thank YOU!!! THANK YOU SO SOO MUCH for this!!!! You are WONDERFUL!!!!! :) <3

Beeeeesssss….and Cain, just cause ^_^

[sketchthetofu]

Charcter thing with Dakota? :3

DONT WORRY!!! I DID FORGET BUT IM HERE AND GONNA YAP ON AND ON ABOUT DAKOTA!!! Also GIGGLES u activated my trap card and now I get to yap about how much I like Dakota >:)!

Everything, he’s the best boy. I’m SUCH a sucker for the loud roughy character in media and he fit all of the requirements, scars, red head, loud, heart-wrenching-sob-worthy backstory, the whole nine-yards. He’s so bad at talking about emotions and not being so fricking self destructive, but is so loyal to his friends…. He’s guard-dog or just dog coded, he’s goes feral when he’s overwhelmed and stimulated, just… 💥 HES SUCH A GOOD CHARACTER….

I can’t do that to my boy :(……….. tho it’s probably his canonical design- everyone has such AMAZIN designs for him and the other PD it’s just… uagh….. the canon designs :/…..

I’m gonna be honest I still haven’t gotten through all of s2 but I’m working on it- I’m on ep21 rn and it’s…. SOBS…. For this I’m gonna pull one of my favorite silly quotes from him, “What am I a fucking dog, huh? Damn I gonna go fetch some bones for you?” … “BARKING” GIGGLES!!! Don’t ask why I like it so much, I don’t have an answer- I wishhhh I had more of his angsty quotes saved but I don’t have as many as I want :/ it’s been a bit harder for me to write all of them down while listening…

I love all of the PD together and their friendship and how codependent they are with each other soooo much but I gotta say fav brOTP has gotta be William bc of how often Dakota will seek him out for answers and trusts him with his life…. Just uuaagghhhh…… they are so codependent and it’s so unhealthy but so fricking yummy…..

I’m gonna be honest!!! I’m not really a big fan of any romantic relationships with Dakota :], Ghostkicks and Demonkicks are tempting but I honestly can only see him in a secret-third-thing type of relationship! He’s very under the Asexual umbrella to me (don’t ask why I can’t figure out my own sexuality let alone a characters-) and I love seeing poly PD with his relationships being pretty much platonic <3. But still, Ghostkicks and Demonkicks are…… <3….. (sorry Vyncent D:)

I don’t think I got a nOTP for Dakota? I already explained my thoughts on him being in a romantic relationship but I don’t think I have anyone I’ve seen him shipped with that I’ve said “absolutely not.” about!

His mechanical heart uses more energy than is shown in the campaign, so when he really pushes his limits past his max he has major repercussions for doing so, which is seen with him passing out for days instead of his normal short naps after really draining battles like their base burning down & going straight into the spirit realm, the meatball, Atlas, etc.

Hmmm!!! Another hard one bc I consume soo many other peoples thoughts and head-canons for him lol, also I don’t really know what’s unpopular opinions in the fandom- idk why tho :O. Ig the closest I got is that his ass would not be fashionable whatsoever outside of his hero outfit, when he’s not out doing hero work he’s the type of guy to wear basketball shorts and loose tank tops almost all year around LMAO.

I have so many of them…… but one is “The Fall” by half•alive, I’ve daydreamed about making an animatic to this song with Dakota soooo many times…..

Fav picture of him……….. I’m gonna do fav drawing I’ve done of him for this one :]!

I’m so so amused with this drawing GIGGLES

OKAY THATS IT!!! Sorry this is SUCH a ramble and I have no idea if any of it makes sense- I just love Dakota so fricking much but can’t put it into words…..

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Incoherent GO Rambles for prosperity

It's been two weeks and three days since Good Omens 2 dropped, and I'm still not over it.

CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR GOOD OMENS S2!!

For not even having WANTED the show, back when they announced it, I haven't been this in love with anything since S1!

I mean, I love the book and I was all for it when they said they're going to make a show out of it. (Do NOT get me started on the awesomeness of the cast; those who had been around, KNOW - the rest doesn't need to know the extents of my unhingedness back then!!!) I mean, I have a GO banner in my kitchen, for crying out loud!

Anyhow, when they announced a second season, I was more or less meh! Yes, I didn't really want it, it felt like overstaying its welcome and making the best of something that was too damn epic to be replicated again!!! (Which is still true for many sequels these days - some things just do NOT need a continuation! Some things just are allowed to END permanently!!!)

Boy, was I wrong!!! On second thought, I should've known. Neil (and Rob) know what they're doing. If anyone could make a second season of something that only existed in Neil's and Terry's heads, it was them.

Of course I was happy to get DT and MS back - they're just fucking epic together! Of course I followed the filming of it - it's DT, I always do (casually). But I didn't really care as much for it as I did for S1. I did see the promos and everything, I watched the trailer but my heart wasn't really in it.

But of course I watched it when it dropped (I'm not nothing but loyal to something I love(d), and I will always give it the benefit of a doubt). Well, I watched the first episode at work (calm day, and boss doesn't really care much anymore) and then the second one and since a dear friend had a head-start on me, she made sure I watched the 3rd one as well - I have never ever laughed this much about a stupid zoom-out onto a CAR in fucking EVER!!!!

I mean, that was one of the few reasons I was actually excited about it - John freaking Finnemore - I've been watching and listening to him for over a decade now (Thanks BC) so I KNEW it would be good on the writing front (Yes, I know, Neil's also very good at it, I never questioned the writing or anything!! I love him dearly; just didn't feel we needed more, that's all!)

Anyhow, I had to stop watching and could only finish after work on Saturday. I'm still utterly amazed that I wasn't spoilered on it - and GOOD LORD, am I glad for that!!!! Even The Leak didn't make it on any of my sm's - well, it did but I had that much self control to NOT click any links... which I will never not be grateful for!!!!!

Because it surprised me, shocked me, blew my fucking mind!!!!! In the best possible way, mind you!!!

I've NEVER really seen those two as lovers.

There, I said it. For me they had been best friends, platonic soulmates, whatever you wanna call two beings who hung around each other for over 6000 years and still wanna be around one another.

Of course I saw it all before: the art, the fics, the meta's and hey, good on you. Just wasn't how I saw it but hey, that's totally fine.

So The Kiss really caught me off guard. Like, staring at my screen with my mouth open and my heart pounding kind off guard.

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I couldn't believe Neil went and did that. It was just too damn good to be true!!! (I mean, I've watched OFMD, I KNOW it's possible to do that but its soooo fucking rare these days, it's always better to expect disappointment than something some people have been waiting and wanting for over 30 years!!!!)

The rewind button got a workout, I was soo glad I wasn't at work watching that, so I could freak out properly, and I will be forever grateful that I had my friend who had watched it so I could scream and wail at her all I wanted and she was there for me, holding me virtually, screaming with me and just in general keeping me from losing my mind entirely.

It took me a while to wrap my head around it (still trying to catch up with all of Neil's asks (as I had been ignoring a lot beforehand as I didn't want to be spoilered too much)) and Im still sooo very much in love with it.

Yes, I am. It's maybe not the show I wanted but BY GOD, it's the show I needed. I loved S1, and I fucking ADORE S2 just as much. The whole damn thing is just perfect (as I should've known with Neil!) and I swear, Amazon better be renewing it, unless they want to deal with an angry mob of GO fans descending on their headquarters...

I ignore all the bigots and homophobes and in general people complaining about it because they're just wrong. If they still don't get it, yeah well... they never will.

I love how my very own perception of these two has shifted now. I mean, I knew they loved each other, just never really in THAT way (still understood why and how others may saw that differently, that's the beauty of fandom!). I still don't see it very sexual (right now at least), more like the kind of deep and endless love that comes after having spend sooo much time together, having avoided Armageddon and scheming against their bosses. It comes with trust and a feeling of 'he knows me better than I know myself'. It's a love humans probably never will have, and it's so fucking beautiful I wanna weep!!!

It made me write my first GO fic (after having tried and failed back in the days), and I hope there will be more because I am fucking inspired right now!!!

It made me fall back in love with DT which I never say no to *hehe* I mean, he's always been there for the past decade or so, at the back of my fandom life, popping up every now and then when there's new things he's done but boy, did he stoke that simmering flame into a roaring fire with his beautifully nuanced and incredibly heartbreaking Crowley! It does help that he ages like the finest wine and has never looked better! (although im still sad that demons apparently don't have freckles... god, I love those freckles so much!)

I'm still a little taken aback at the INTENSITY of my own feelings for this season! Right now, there's nothing more pressing than having the confirmation for a third season and then getting that on its way. (Its DOES help to know that Neil would be writing a novel in the VERY UNLIKELY case of S3 NOT happening!) But hey, that's take time, so I'll do the one thing I am really really good at - waiting. Trusting that the strike will resolved in favour of the artists, knowing that as soon as that happens, Neil will get on it. Hoping DT and MS still wanna do a third act with those two idiots, and knowing I will be a lot more invested in everything again going forward!!!

Until then, I will be rewatching it over and over, look at all the beautiful art and read all the wonderful fics, maybe write some more myself and just revel in the unapologetic love Neil (and the fandom) has for these two (That man's a fucking SAINT - I've never seen anyone have this much patience with our fandom, yet he's not afraid to call people out on their assholery if needed and I will love him deeply and wholly for the rest of my life!)

So yeah, basically just wanna say how very much I love Good Omens S1 AND S2!!! And that I was wrong!

NEVER doubt Neil Gaiman!

[salvatoreren]

guess who's back about to destroy her life once again for the sake of letting a few loose thoughts hereee

ANYWAYS SO MANY HAS HAPPENED IN THESE LAST FEW MONTHS AND HONESTLY IDK IF IT SHAPED ME OR ONLY TRAUMATIZED ME KJDFHGJ

apparently i like taylor swift now and me coming back for speak now tv to rant is proof of tha, I JS WANNA SAY IM SO SORRY FOR THAT I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT PHASE, she's literally my top artist now, im so sorry taylor, never again, i dont deserve you

oh and apparently i like game of thrones too, along with hot d which is actually good because my writing actually got better watching them do these deep ass dialogue, it was fun, im either team green or team black bcus imo they both suck, im team strong boys

OH AND I LIKE JJK NOW MOST SURPRISING THING IN 2023, LIKE IT WAS NEVER FOR ME YK? BUT IG IT'S BECAUSE I FORCED IT ON MYSELF WATCHING IT, anyways a megumi edit got me through it, which is rlly cool because he was the only reason i ever watched the series omg so yeah and even when the yk what happened in the manga happened I WAS SO SHOCKED, tbh it was only a matter of time OH AND I READ THE MANGA AND IM IN PAIN OKAY

JJK S2 IS OUT TOO! I APPARENTLY WATCHED THE LEAKED VERSION IDGHJKLJF, THE SUBS WERE WELL SOO UNHINGED MY GOD BUT OMG THE OP AND THE ENDING WAS SOO COOL, THE ENDING PARTICULARLY SOSO CHILL, also i used to think gojo was overrated which is imo true but seeing his thought processes in the manga in his past arc and so on made me change my perspective, what im saying is i actually love his CHARACTER

like hellooo no one is allowed to take youth's youth??? WHAT HAPPENED TO U BB WHO HURT U, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN HIS TIME IN HIS CLAN OR SMTH

i still love eren ofc that never changed, still in tokrev ig im working myself tirelessly on this fic and yeah totally not wanting to kms bcus of it, the ending was a double-edged sword and i liked it tbh but i do acknowledge it has its flaws and doesnt have the best ending, tokrev has so many loose ends, i wish wakui had an assistant to keep him on track like yo i think u forgot to mention this or resolved it and i wish he had more time to work on it but im very grateful for this series bcus it quite literally saved my life.

and yeah i havent gotten into much either i keep visiting my old fandoms bcus im safe with them and then i get burnt out bcus im bitching how it's not the same kjdhbsgj but i am watching shadow and bone it doesnt appeal to me much but hoping i will anways

YEAH IM BACK, cant exactly say ive changed lots either ig, i still dont see it, my character development is nonexistent, i do think my old self here needed to chil kjdshgkjhg, she hated everything and yeah that sucks but ik i lowk i have a changed perspective after actually seeing my friends after the quarrantine and all that, able to feel what human interaction is and it was fun and i touched grass and stared at the sun lots so yeah,

but im actually going to distance myself lotsss in tumblr now, like not interacting much with ppl so i dont get burn out and go batshit crazy, not that i did in the beginning but i always looked for smth to hate so it's all on me, im the problem, but yeah doing it so i dont get burn out and leave again and totally going to have lots of breaks with it

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Look at HIM!!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!! I LOVE HIM!!! S2 AWWWWWWWW LOVE LOVE LOVE I LOVE THIS SOOO VERY MUCH!!!! :D SOOO CUUUUTE, SOOO ADORABLE!!!! HAPPINESS!!! Thank YOU SO SOOOOO MUCH for this!!! You are AMAZING!!!! :) <3

i loveeee how you draw cas soooo much. you draw him like a little creature

Thank youu 💕 he’s just a lil creature doing little creature things

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sense8 for the blorbo ask game? <3

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) 

D A N I  thirsty asf adhd aroace finding a place where she is comfortable and has healthy boundaries and is loved for who she is, somehow the most me character ever <333

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

Sun 🥺🥺🥺 i KNOW she can kill me with her bare hands but also she is baby and deserves LOVE 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

capheusss god the sheer joy and hope and goodness he represents and god what a dork and #1 sun bak fanboy mun get in line he is so important <333

one of my favourite him quotes is the title of this blog and that’s not about to change :’)

ALSO speaking of detective mun my fucking beloved idk how underrated he is bc im not really around there much but i would DIE for him he is there for one purpose and that is to love sun bak even and often especially when she is beating the shit out of him and i love him for that

also he’s so 😳😳🥺🥺😍😍

that scene in the finale when he’s telling diego how sun brought him to meet her family then it just goes to this scene absolute peak of cinema <333

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week) 

*kicks down door* MR HOY

*punches desk* there’s no GIFS

n e way sense8 went what is the one thing that could improve this - sylvester mccoy and they were RIGHT

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

will i don’t want to like him he’s a cop so he sucks but in s2 when he’s just ill and traumatised and crying and being Held by his gf i gotta be like 🥺🥺 they let him do that huh good for him

ALSO jonas man is literally kilgharrah he’s such a cryptic and flaky bitch for NO reason godbless when will’s in the final dramatic car chase and jonas just plops down nexct to him bc he’s about to die and will’s jsut like NOT NOW JONAS yeah i felt that <33

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

...kala

LEMME EXPLAIN OK i only want good things for her and her to be happy but when she’s having a crisis it is soo fucking funny and relatable this girl is grappling with being demi and poly and cheating on her husband and falling in love with her husband and a TON of excessive moral ruminations and convictions that she’s a terrible person i am so projecting my ocd onto her godbless and being so salty and dramatic like deadpan saying she has something deeply wrong with her while she’s wearing cute blouses and cat patterned shorts its a little hilarious and i love her and ofc it all comes right in the end :’))

also lito in much the same vein as kala they both learn and grow so much over the course of the series often together all while being as salty and dramatic as possible about it good for them <33

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

LILA i hate her sm she’s the worst character of them all why is she here why is she like that writers you had one job

also whispers obvs but he’s not even worth getting mad at he is LITERALLY only there to provide stakes he’s not a person xx

ty littt 💕💕💕💕

[daily-dipcifica-doodles]

If your Tangled AU includes TTS- I NEED to know who fills the role of sweet angsty baby Varian

great question HJDFKJDS I don't think I'll be able to make everyone fit into each role very neatly though :O because of many, many technicalities such as: pacifica is closer to, say, cassandra and dipper is a bit more believable as varian but they're current roles are as rapunzel and eugene, the overall existence of the stan brothers, pacifica's actual parents being more believable as gothel than as the king and queen etc. etc. etc.

BUT the nice thing about aus is the improvization and adaptation!! i don't know how much i'll be able to actually ponder on it drawing-wise before my next break but i can tell you i'm not gonna be following canon religiously cause that would not fit with the characters we have inserted into this universe

ah also, i might be disregarding part of the series canon from the finale of s2 til the end of the series oops - i've been in the fandom since 2018 before s2 was even out so i have. a lot of opinions on some things lol esp since i saw them happen in real time and have been active in discussions about them

with all that being said,

>:D

here's a bit of my current ideas for who's who in this and what they're doing sdfdsjkds

note: these are very much a work-in-progress hah

gonna put it under a [keep reading] cause it's a lot - never ask me about my opinions or ideas i have too many always forever and i will talk your ears off about them if given the opportunity

so i already established that pacifica fills rapunzel's general role and dipper fills eugene's, but i never specified if i was gonna follow canon much or not ;) well i'm gonna be moving some stuff around

remember lance strongbow? and how he's very much not there in the movie cause him and eugene separated and only reunited in season 1 of the series?

well that's mabel's overall role, minus some of the separation and obv her own personality dsfhjds

i'm not gonna poke the series much yet in this post but movie-wise, my plan is for mabel and dipper to both be thieves, running away from the royal guards cause they stole the crown

no maximus involved unfortunately

they split up and make the guards think mabel has the crown so that they follow her, but in reality the crown's with dipper who ends up at the tower where pacifica convinces him to take her to the lanterns

and they meet again when they've almost reached the kingdom - around where rapunzel and eugene met maximus again

so yeah mabel's gonna be more prominent than lance or max ended up being canonically JFSFKL (even though i'm so sad lance in particular didn't end up doing that much... lance my beloved why would they do that to you)

also mabel will end up filling most of cassandra's role as rapunzel's best friend cause i love mabel and pacifica as best friends they're very good sue me

bill is zhan tiri. who else could he be.

wendy's gonna be more or less filling cassandra's role as the daughter of the royal guard, b u t

one, i already established that mabel's gonna be the best friend so wendy will still be a friend! just not as close to pacifica as cassandra was to rapunzel

and two, I'm definitely not keeping Moonsandra's motivations in mind and none of the whole moonsandra drama

could wendy take the moonstone? yeah but she's not gonna become a villain from it unless i involve actual corruption in there which. is an idea but i haven't thought far enough to consider it properly yet lol so

(i love moonsandra but i just can't view her as the same character cassandra was, and in relation to wendy i feel like that just would Not work)

soos is gonna be a member of the royal guard (think - stan and pete), but his overall presence in the story is gonna be closer to shorty, not in his contributions but in how often he appears DJDSLK

shorty is in like every episode it's insane, he's everywhere

candy and grenda might be ladies in waiting too but i think they could also be from the snuggly duckling since they can't NOT be mabel's best friends

aaand that's everyone i'm p much certain on

i don't know who mother gothel could be - pacifica's parents in canon are closer to gothel than to fred and arianna but making them the latter would mean there would be a lot of drama and angst which would be interesting to explore :O however mother gothel could also be the witch lady that stole hands, yknow the one - but that might be confusing so hhh?

and i also don't know who the stans might be - i could make quirin stanley and king edmund stanford, but in that case i would have to figure out if dipper and mabel ran away from home, if they are orphans, or if stanley will become an accidental father figure in their lives dsifjdsndsd

and what would gideon be doing? could he be related to saporia? how would he get involved with bill? could he be a disciple? or should he fill varian's initial role of season 1 villain

there's a lot to consider : O and i haven't had a lot of time to REALLY think about it all lol

and that's uh all my thoughts so far lmao if you got this far i am impressed sdjfkjl i rambled a lot

if you have any ideas please let me know? i wouldn't mind more opinions on this since it's just me thinking about a Lot of things sdjfdskjdsk

that's all, mwah, see ya later when i post for the day

[drivingsideways]

k-drama rec list

Prior to 2020 I’d maybe watched 2 k-dramas in my entire life, but this year I got sucked in, thanks to some great recs, and y’know, *gestures * everything.  

I think I’d held off watching kdramas because my impression of them was limited to romances that I didn’t enjoy at all. But this was the year I discovered the equivalent of “gen fic” kdrama- dramas that had wonderful ensemble casts, strong story lines that weren’t entirely romance focused and also a variety in terms of themes and styles. A big plus was that I found so many of these dramas had women leading the writers’ room, and seeing the effect of that in the story telling. (Notable exceptions: a certain “star” writer who should please stop inflicting her badly written, formulaic crap on the world, yes Kim Eun-Sook, I mean you, and whoever wrote that trashfire Flower of Evil)

So here I am with my own rec list! Caveat- these are mostly not the dramas released in 2020, I’m still playing catch up! :)

Under the cut for length

My Mister/ My Ahjussi  (2018, Written by Park Hae-Young, Directed by Kim Won-Seok, starring Lee Sun-kyun and Lee Ji-eun aka IU) 

This was definitely my absolute favourite of the shows I watched this year across western/ asian media. It’s a story about the thread that binds us all and the ineffability of human connection. It’s also a story that deconstructs ideas of masculinity and honour and shame in a non-western context, but with an extremely compassionate touch.  It’s a story that doesn’t shy away from showing the consequences of material and spiritual poverty; and how one can so easily feed into the other. It’s a love story that isn’t a romance, except that it’s a Romance. It’s about finding salvation in one another and in the kindness of strangers.  It’s about choosing life, and picking yourself up off the floor to take that one last step and then the next and then the next. The one quibble I have with the series is that it could have been better paced, it does get extremely slow after the half way mark. But god, do they land the ending. Both Lee Sun-kyun and IU turn in absolutely heartbreaking performances, and fair warning, be prepared to go through an entire box of tissues watching this series. 

Life  (2018,  written by Lee Soo-yeon  and directed by Hong Jong-chan, starring Lee Dong-wook, Cho Seung-woo, Won Jin-ah, Lee Kyu-hyung, Yoo Jae-myung and Moon So-ri.)

Medical dramas are very much not my thing, and I wouldn’t have taken a chance on it except that @michyeosseo said I should, and she was right! It’s a medical drama in the sense that it’s set in a hospital, but rather than a “case-fic” format, this is actually a sharp commentary on the corporatization of health care, and the business of mixing, well, money and what should be a fundamental human right. Writer Lee Soo-yeon was coming off the global success of Stranger/Secret Forest S1 when this aired, so I understand that expectations were probably sky-high, and people were disappointed when this show didn’t give them the adrenaline rush that they wanted. On the other hand, I thought that this outing was really much more nuanced in terms of the politics and also how the ending doesn’t allow you the luxury of easy-fixes. This show has a great ensemble cast, and while it took me a while to get used to Lee Dong-wook’s woodenness (i ended up calling him mr.cadaver after watching this and was surprised to learn that he’s very popular?), in the end I was quite sold on his version of angry angst-bucket elder-sibling Dr.Ye Jin-woo. His best scenes were with Lee Kyu-hyung who turns in a lovely, achy performance as the paraplegic Dr. Ye Seon-woo who just wants to live a normal life. The love story between the two brothers is actually the emotional backbone of the story, and I think they landed that perfectly. 

My one quibble with writer-nim is that she ended up writing in a forgettable and somewhat (for me at least) uncomfortable romance between the characters played by Won Jin-ah and Cho Seung-Woo. I think part of my uncomfortable-feeling was that I got the strong sense that the writer herself didn’t want to write this romance, it was as if she was being made to shoe-horn it in for Studio Reasons, and she basically grit her teeth and did the worst possible job of it.  I do wish we could have absolutely had the OT3 of my dreams: Moon So-ri/Cho Seung-woo/Yoo Jae-myung like, c’mon TV gods MAKE IT HAPPEN, just...look at them!!!! 

Anyway, that apart, I think this was a very engaging series, and by engaging, I also mean thirst-enabling, see below. 

 Stranger (aka Secret Forest  or Forest of Secrets) S1 & 2 : (2017-, Written by Lee Soo-yeon, directed by 

2017′s smash hit aired a much anticipated second season in 2020, and I managed to catch up just in time to watch that live, so that was thrilling :D . Writer Lee Soo-yeon  mixes up thriller/office comedy/political commentary in an ambitious series. I think S1 is more “exciting” than S2 in terms of the mystery and pacing,  but S2 is far more dense and interesting in terms of political commentary because it takes a long hard look at institutional corruption and in true writer-nim fashion doesn’t prescribe any easy solutions. Anyway, please enjoy public prosecutor Cho Seung-woo and police officer Bae Doona as partners/soulmates kicking ass and taking names in pursuit of Truth, Justice and just a goddamn peaceful meal, along with a stunningly competent ensemble cast. Also yes, Han Yeo Jin is a lesbian, sorry, I don’t make the rules. 

Search: WWW  (2019, Written by Kwon Do-Eun, directed by Jung Ji-hyun & Kwon Young-il, starring  Im Soo-jung, Lee Da-hee, Jeon Hye-jin)

GOD. Where do I start? +1000 for writer Kwon Do-Eun saying “fuck the patriarchy” in the most grandiose way possible, i.e. absolutely refusing to acknowledge that it exists. Yes, this is that power fantasy, and it’s also a fun, slice-of-life  tale about three women navigating their way through work, romance, national politics and everything in between. It’s true that I wasn’t entirely sold on the amount of time spent on the romance, and I really wish they’d actually had a textual wlw romance, though the subtext through the entire series is PRACTICALLY TEXT. But still, it maintains that veneer of plausible deniability and I think queer fans who are sick of that kind of treatment in media have a very valid grouse against the show. On the other hand, personally I felt that the queer-platonic vibe of the show is very wonderful and true to real life, and it was only reinforced by the ending. This is a show written by a woman for women (like me), and it shows. 

Hyena  (2020, Written by Kim Roo-Ri, directed by Jang Tae-yoo & Lee Chang Woo, starring  Kim Hye-soo and Ju Ji-hoon )

Those of you who’ve been watching hit zombie epic Kingdom are probably familiar with Ju Ji-hoon’s brand of sexiness already. I had not watched Kingdom and got hit in the face by Mr.Sexy McSexyPants’ turn as a brash, privileged-by-birth, up and coming lawyer who gets completely runover by the smoking hot and incredibly dangerous fellow lawyer/competitor from the other side of the tracks in the person of Kim Hye-Soo. When I say they set the room on fire, I mean it, ok. Every single scene between these two is an actual bonfire of sexual attraction and emotional hand grenades, and they’re both absolutely riveting to watch. “Flower of Evil” wishes they had what this show has- an actual grown up romance as opposed to a thirteen year old twilight fan’s idea of an adult romance. 

The “lawyer” shenanigans and the “cases” are hit or miss, and I think the occasional comedy fell flat for me. But that’s not why I mainlined like 6 episodes of this series overnight like a coke addict, and that’s not why you’re going to do it either. It’s so RARE, even in these enlightened days to find a female character like Jung Geum-ja: hard as nails, unapologetic about it, and not punished by the narrative for it. The best part for me is that she feels like a woman’s woman, not a man’s idea of what a Strong Female Character should be. Anyways, when I grow up I want to have what Kim Hye-soo has ok?

Other dramas that I watched this year, quickly rated:

The King: Eternal Monarch (3/10 and those 3 points are only for the combined goodness of second leads who deserved better- Jung Eun Chae, Woo Do Hwan and Kim Kyung Nam. Please head over to my AO3 and read my attempts to fix this garbage fire and rescue their characters from canon)

Flower of Evil (-10/100, dont @ me)

Tale of the Nine Tailed (5/10, I think it succeeds at what it set out to do, which is a light hearted, sweet fantasy-romance-melodrama, plus “second lead” Kim Beom will make you cry as the hot mess of a half human/ half fox spirit ALL TEARS character. I think if you’re into kdrama romances as a genre, this is probably a good bet?)

Signal  (7/10,  This was the first full kdrama I watched this year and would definitely recommend. It’s a police procedural with time travel shenanigans and has an engaging plot, good pacing, texture and compelling performances. My one disappointment with it was the way they wrote Kim Hye-soo’s character. As literally the only female character to survive in any way, she was given short shrift, and toward the end it really began to grate on me.)

Six Flying Dragons - (7/10, also would recommend if you’re interested in Korean historicals. It definitely already feels a bit dated in terms of styling and production values, and even scripting and acting choices. But it has a good balance of fantasy and history and political commentary. I was not a fan of Yoo In-Ah’s performance in this series, but it’s not anything that would make you want to nope out of the series. It’s GoT , if GoT was thoughtful about politics and characters and not the misogynist, racist trashfire that it became.)

My Country: The New Age - (3.5/10, and that’s 3 points to Jang Hyuk’s fan and 0.5.points to Woo Do Hwan’s heaving bosom. If you like your historical drama/fantasy with very pretty men, very gay subtext -seriously RIP to show makers who thought they could hetero it but didn’t account for Woo Do Hwan’s Tragic Face- lots of blood and tears and very nonsense plot, this is right up your alley. I probably would have enjoyed it more in other circumstances, I think? But this one just annoyed me too much at the time! 

I have a couple of more dramas to watch on my list, that’ll probably carry me over into 2021, so see ya on the other side! :D

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LOVE LOVE LOVE Oh Cas, and the fact that this is Season 4!!!! Like, CASTIEL the CHARACTER that you ARE!!!! S2 AWWWWWWWWW I LOVE HIM SO SOOOO F* MUCH!!!!! :D Thank YOU SO SOOOO MUCH for this!!! You are AMAZING!!!! :) <3

[thedancefloorsilly]

ooo okay for the anime crushes game, pls judge my taste from feitan portor, giyu tomioka, ririka momobami, ymir, and suna rintarou :) all from different shows for flavor hehe

ahh yes we love a good variety of characters ;)) things are looking very good for you joo 👀

putting everything under the cut again

FIRST OF ALL YES how can we not love feitan? hes just the cutest

I remember the first time I saw him it was from some YouTube video that popped up in my recs. It was the scene where he said “girly girl”, but since I was only on s2 at the time I had no idea who any of the characters were (but I remember being drawn to phinks first HAHA).

 my heart was literally RACING when I actually saw him in the show !! like wooooo cute emo boy make heart go brrr

OOH yesss I just started watching demon slayer !!! I defff took a liking to Miyu haha he has the NICEST eyes!! just look at that glare ;D

I love these kinds of characters so much ahhhh

AHHH I never finished kakakegurui but is this the mask girl (aka the president) ?? I never knew she looked like this but WOWW she's soo soo pretty !!! I can see why u like her omgg

I feel like she would make good sugar cookies, and I wanna hug her

I feel like she’d also give warm hugs :) maybe a little shy about it at first but’ll eventually ease into it haha

ok but who DOESNT like Ymir ??? shes just so WOWW,,, I heard she’s 💀 so im sad bout that tho :( why Isayama why

ok and fun fact, four ppl say that I kind of look like Ymir ayooo >:)) I felt honored. I always wanted to do a cosplay of Ymir tooo

IM ONLY ON EPISODE 2 ON HAIKYUU BUT YESS SUNA IS SO CUTE OMGGG

Ive seen him a lot and OMGG HES SO CUTE !!! I love him already. you ever kinda wanted to get into an anime/ manga bc of his one character, well thats me with him 😳

Ok so now the conclusion: Your taste? 10/10. No maybe even more. Just great job we have the same taste here. if I continued on with haikyuu and kakegurui I’d def have a crush on those two, too! I also notice that the majority of the characters here all have this certain glare in their eyes hehe 

[ofieugogyshz]

💌💌💌? :D

send me a 💌 and ill pick a random song off my ship playlist and tell you why i associate it with my ship

Unforgettable - Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole

GOD THIS ONE WAS ALMOST A CONTENDER FOR A FIC TITLE ON OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY (which is on its second oldies title; there was like, five contenders). 

I like this version specifically because, it’s a duet song that features the line “That someone so unforgettable / Thinks that I am unforgettable too.” You don’t really get it that well by itself, it loses that nuance I think, when it’s just one of them singing it. Also they have really great harmony and balance??? But them just singing that set of lines, together, really, REALLY emphasizes the togetherness and, just, idk, mirror-ness of the song? Just. The duet version is soooooo soo sososososo much better than the original. 

OKAY, LET’S TRY TO BREAK THE REST OF THIS ONE DOWN

Unforgettable, that's what you are Unforgettable, though near or far

since we’ve spent a lot of our time up until, like, early twenties kind of in a partially ldr, like.... we couldn’t forget the other! we were on each other’s minds a lot!! Esp before we, actually got together as a couple, I suppose.... But we always remembered each other. Even nowadays, if we’re still like, somewhere together, we’re always kind of, thinking of the other when there’s time for our minds to wander, maybe i guess. 

How the thought of you does things to me

ok look ignoring the idea that maybe out of context (or in context, I don’t know but the other songs these two sing don’t seem to be in any way explicit for their originating time period) this line probably is covert... uhhhh.... well anyways, like. hello i think of my husband and all of a sudden i am overcome with fluster. my lips do this thing where they like, curl up and suddenly my face is hot and i feel like, the adrenaline rush of needing to flee and hide but it also like, feels kinda good because, like, APPARENTLY that’s what liking someone feels like, I GUESS???? yeah. that’s a thing that a thought of him does to me. 

Never before has someone been more Unforgettable in every way

[...]

No, never before has someone been more Ooh unforgettable (unforgettable) In every way (in every way)

honestly I haven’t asked recently and I don’t remember the answer from whenever I probably did ask out of curiosity, but I’m sure that the feelings we get from thinking about the other, be it protection or a desire to just. be around the other and love them unconditionally and give them good things??? like, idk, but MAYBE we haven’t had that happen with a lot of other people in our lives. maybe there wasn’t a chance for someone else to step in, given how young we were, but. he’s always been there for me and I’ve never once forgotten that I like him? or that he was there? like.... he’s always been taking up some part of my mind, even when there’ve been dormant years due to lack of content. I’ve just. always found some way to love him.

That's why darling, it's incredible That someone so unforgettable Thinks that I am unforgettable too

HELLO?????!!!??!!??!?! I’ve always thought he was so amazing and awesome and cool and okay maybe it took awhile to think he was handsome i’ll admit i did not find his key art attractive in any way, but him in the anime...... uh, like... i’ve always thought him incredible and stuff!!! and he thinks the same of me too??? lil me who’s spend so much of their life thinking they’re boring and bland and LITERALLY BEING TAUGHT negative things about themselves that we won’t go into right here, like..... he thinks??? I’m unforgettable too??? ;a; he thinks I’m amazing??? That i’m incredible?? I dunno about cool but he’s always thought I’m adorable and a sweetheart and very kind and caring and it’s just like AAAAAAAAAAA babe where did you find these things because I think you just looked in the mirror. And maybe he doesn’t have the low self-esteem like I do, but it gets to him when he hears me go off about him, or I tell him all that, and it does fluster him deep down but he tries very well to hide it, more than I do. And like??? we both think the world of each other???? ISN’T THAT JUST INCREDIBLE?????????????? and maybe unforgettable doesn’t come to mind, but you could literally swap out any sentiment that we go off about when it comes to the other, and we literally think the same of the other, too. 

Chances Are - Johnny Mathis & Ray Conniff

okay look this is basically a flirt song lbr you look at the lyrics and that’s kinda flirty fdkmkfmd but you know what, it’s true and he should say it. i should say it. we should say it??? anyways you know what this can be our flirt song from when we were young kids i say kids even though we prob woulda been older teens/YA bc i work with that age group and Y’ALL ARE A BUNCHA KIDS

Chances are 'cause I wear a silly grin The moment you come into view

Chances are you think that I'm in love with you

me. that’s just me. i always got get so silly at the sight of him. Because I love him 

Just because my composure sort of slips The moment that your lips meet mine Chances are you think my heart's your Valentine

you know what, he gets this one. because as much suave and coolness he can play as he very easily lbr romances me, i’m sure even he gets a little happy, a little lovestruck, when we kiss. 

Chances are you believe the stars that fill the skies are in my eyes  Guess you feel you'll always be the one and only one for me  Well, chances are your chances are awfully good 

insert flirting/romancing each other scene here. that’s it that’s just it

okay spotify let’s shuffle and get something MORE MODERN, LIKE FROM MY ERA PLZ? no? okay fine well I saw this one while I was turning stuff on so I guess I’ll just have to do it myself.

We Are Magic - Lolirock 

this is just another me song and if i had it when i was a kid this would have instantly become another babby sarah classic. (it was only a few years ago that I watched Lolirock, shortly after s2 was on netflix I suppose? But I remember hearing about it back when it was still in greenlight) regardless, it is instantly a classic even though the french sounds better

You tell me I'm out of sight You give me butterflies I'm hanging on every word you say You always make my day

My heart is like a bass drum When I see you, I skip a beat The way I feel's so awesome 'Cause you keep smiling back at me

You tell me I'm really cute You got me hooked on you

hello yes?? who let you into my head? regardless if he’s complimented me or not, just. A Lance a day keeps the depression at bay. Okay maybe it’s a bit more complicated than that, but seeing him sure does make the day better! ♥ He, just... ugh. I love him so much and seeing him feel that way towards me, thinking of him. He’s so ready to compliment me, regardless if I need it but because he wants to, he feels a need to, because he loves me??? I am hook line and sinker his. I might not have always felt the same at the beginning, and maybe he might have had to fight me on unlearning saying negative things about myself, but... it’s so hard nowadays to think those thoughts because he’s so right, and it’s so rude to say that his words aren’t true. okay that’s a little off-track of where I shoulda went but it kind of goes in line with “hanging on every word” and “you got me hooked on you”, because, like, how can you not listen to the person you love tell you that you’re amazing and awesome? That you mean something and that you have value and worth?

of course i’m listening to everything he says, even if I don’t agree with it, because he’s just. there. listening. smiling at me, loving me, kissing me, giving me all of the love and support and self-confidence that I had lacked in my life. He’s.... just so supportive and ugh I love him.

[rennerator]

LOVE LOVE LOVE HOOOT HOOOOT HOOOOOOT Seriously, he is SOOOOO F* SEEEEEEEXY!!!!! S2 I LOVE HIM!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!! :D Thank YOU SO SOO MUCH for this!!!! You are AMAZING!!!! :) <3

Endless beauty Cas series

[rennerator]

WOOOW WOOOOOW WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW OH MY GOODNESS!!!! S2 HAPPINESS!!!!! Seriously, LOOK AT HIM!!!! LOOK AT THIS!!!! :D SOOO GOOD, SOOO GORGEOUS, SOOOO MARVELOUS!!! BAMF!CAS ALL THE WAY!!!!! Oh, I LOOOOOVE this SO SOOOO VERY MUCH!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE Thank YOU!!! THANK YOU SO SOO MUCH for this!!! You are AMAZING!!! :) <3

Castiel, angel of the lord

[rennerator]

I LOVE HIM!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!! S2 Seriously, THIS MAN!!!!!! AWWWWWWWWWWWW How does he do it!!!! To be SOOO F* CUUUUUUUTE but ALSO SOOOO F* HOOOOOOT!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE SOOO GORGEOUS, SOOO ADORABLE!!!! SOOO HANDSOME, SOOO MAGNIFICENT!!!! :D HAPPINESS!!!! Thank YOU!!! THANK YOU SO SOO MUCH for all of this!!! You are AMAZING!!! :) <3

Misha Collins - Confused

He makes me want to smoosh his face.

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[rennerator]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SOO SOOOOO MARVELOUS!!!!! S2 LOVE LOVE LOVE I LOVE THIS SOOO MUCH!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!! :D HAPPINESS!!!!! This is SO SOOO COOL!!!! Seriously, THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for sharing this with us!!! You are AMAZING!!!! :) <3

2/17/2025 Misha is stunning with gray hair and blue eyes

[rennerator]

LOVE LOVE LOVE Indeed, GUARDIAN ANGEL INDEED!!! Always THERE and ALWAYS READY to protect Dean!!!! S2 I LOVE HIM SO SOO F* MUCH!!!! I LOVE THIS SOOO VERY MUCH!!!! :D Look at him there, watching over Dean!!! ;) BAMF!CAS ALL THE WAY!!!! SOOO GORGEOUS, SOOO POWERFUL, SOOOMARVELOUS!!! Thank YOU!!! THANK YOU SO SOO MUCH for this!!! You are INCREDIBLE!!! :) <3

guardian angel