#THE NORTH KOREANS JUST WANT IT TO END 😭😭😭😭

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how could you do this to me 😩 (Moving and my lovely liar ending in the same week)

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Sex Love Lit girlies! I watched Crash Landing On You (my first k-drama) and now I have a conundrum: A) I want to watch more k-dramas, and B) No k-drama can seem to measure up to CLOY 😭 Could you put together a playlist of entry-level k-dramas for new fans that capture the CLOY magic? Bonus points if they’re on Netflix

@sliceoflifegirl thanks for the ask!

(Corinne here) First of all, welcome to KDrama land! Crash Landing on You was my second ever KDrama, and the one that really got me hooked. I’m gonna be honest, it’s a hard one to top when you’re mid emotional hangover! That said, I love this ask and recommending KDramas to people, so I’m more than happy to recommend some. My strategy here, rather than recommend something that exactly mimics CLoY (because imo, there’s nothing exactly like it), is to recommend dramas that I think are some of the best of their genre—with some aspect that might help scratch that CLOY itch ;) So, without further ado, here is your KDrama Starter Pack: 

Goblin aka Guardian: The Lonely and Great God—This fantasy romance is a classic for a reason. The set-up: 900+ year old goblin Kim Shin is on a quest to find the goblin bride to pull the sword out of his chest and finally let him die. The catch: when he finds goblin bride Eun-tak and starts to fall in love with her, he wonders if there might be something to this whole “life” thing after all. Also featured: a glum Grim Reaper, with whom Kim Shin has a top tier bromance, who has a doomed romance of his own. Goblin gave me one of the biggest emotional hangovers post-CLOY in my early KDrama days. One caveat: Kim Shin meets Eun Tak when she’s in high school, so if huge age gaps in fantasy romances give you the ick, maybe give this one a pass (in which case the fantasy romances I recommend checking out instead are Alchemy of Souls and Doom at Your Service, both on Netflix atm). (On Viki)

Mr. Sunshine—My pick for one of the best historical (aka sageuk) KDramas out there. Set in early 1900’s Joseon, just before/in the early days of Japanese occupation, this drama follows the lives of five equally compelling characters as they navigate the political turmoil of the time. At the center are Lady Ae-sin, an aristocratic lady with a tendency for dressing up as a man and sneaking around at night on missions for the rebels, and Eugene Choi, an American Marine now stationed in Joseon who escaped enslavement there as a child and has mixed feelings about the land of his birth. This one resonates with the forbidden/doomed love of people from different classes and cultures from CLOY. (On Netflix)

Reply 1988—This slice of live drama set in Seoul in 1988 follows five families who live in the same neighborhood, and especially five of their high school aged children as they grow up during a particularly vibrant time in South Korea’s recent history. Like the other installments in the Reply series, the series uses two of the main characters in the present day (or present to when it was released, anyway) looking back—which means that viewers know the Deok-sun ends up married to one of her four besties, but which one?? Still, while the love triangle mystery is fun, at its heart, this story is about community. It’ll scratch the CLoY itch for the North Korean market lady shenanigans, and a few others as well (especially if you like intense yearning in your dramas). (On Netflix)

Business Proposal—If you’d like romance of a completely different genre than CLOY, look no further than Business Proposal! In this KDrama, Shin Ha-ri goes on a blind date in place of her friend as a favor only find out that the date is with her boss. This tightly plotted romantic comedy plays with more rom com tropes than you can shake a stick at, but never sits with one so long that it gets old. The B couple is also fire, and helps move things along whenever the A couple gets into a rut. This drama also features some chaebol (rich business family) shenanigans a la CLOY.  (On Netflix)

Extraordinary Attorney Woo–If you’re in the mood for a workplace comedy/drama, look no further than Extraordinary Attorney Woo. Featuring the incandescent Park Eun Bin as rookie attorney Woo Young Woo, this legal drama features about a case per episode as Attorney Woo finds her way in the world alongside a delightful main cast of characters. (On Netflix)

Little Women—My choice for the makjang to include on this list (a genre in which extreme storylines are treated very seriously), this drama focuses on the three Oh sisters as the oldest finds that her friend who died under mysterious circumstances has left her 70 billion that a powerful political family will stop at nothing to get their hands on. Will the story always make complete sense? No. But will the stellar performances, fast-paced, genre-mixing drama, and wild cliffhangers keep you on the edge of your seat as you binge the whole thing? Absolutely. (On Netflix)

Extraordinary You—Youth dramas may or may not be your thing, but if you have the patience for the shenanigans of high schools, Extraordinary You is my top pick. In this fantasy romance, Eun Dan-Oh discovers that she is actually a character in a comic–and she’s not even the main one! While still high school appropriate, Eun Dan-oh’s literally doomed-by-the-narrative and impossible circumstances romance with Haru, another side character, is another one from my early KDrama days to stick with me just as much as Yoon Se-ri and Ri Jeong-hyeokk’s. (On Viki)

Search: WWW—Ayanni’s particular contribution to this list, this modern romantic drama focuses on intersecting lives of three women working in the fast-paced tech industry at the top two competing web portal companies. Just as interesting as each woman’s various romantic entanglement are their entanglements with each other as they put their careers ahead of just about everything else. Ayanni says she especially appreciates this one because it focuses specifically on three women (also in this genre are Be Melodramatic and Because this is My First Life). 

Happy watching--and do let us know if you pick any of these up!

[fiercynn]

patpran fic playlist: “traffic was slow for the crash years”, a fake dating au

so my bad buddy fake dating fic, traffic was slow for the crash years, is going to be finishing up soon, and i decided i wanted to share my playlist for it! it’s my first time making a playlist specifically for a fic – usually i just have general fandom playlists that i listen to while i write – so this was a lot of fun for me. (it is not spoilery for the forthcoming last chapter, except in that the fic will have a happy ending lol)

you can listen to the playlist either on spotify or youtube, but i wanted to share some of my commentary about why i chose each song here! one caveat is that of all the languages here, i only speak english and spanish, so for the thai, hindustanti (hindi/urdu) (i am south indian lolsob), and korean songs i’m basically going off of the lyric translations into english i could find online (which i've linked to).

1. “crash years”, the new pornographers [lyrics]: the song where the title and all the chapter titles comes from! i'm going to be honest: i don’t really know what the song means, and i doubt it has anything to do with the story i'm trying to tell in the fic. i just really really like the song and its mood, and the lyric snippets that i've used for titles seemed thematic to me! lol

2. "main rahoon ya na rahoon | whether i remain or not", armaan & amaal malik [lyrics]: a little flowery for pran but i love the melancholy unrequited pining mood for his high school years

3. “keeping tabs”, niki [lyrics]: a song about wondering if the person you’re pining over (such as, yk, the rival/friend you had to leave behind when you were shipped off to boarding school for three years) even remembers you or cares about you, and also you’re trying to convince yourself that you hate them. seriously look at the lyrics for this one. extremely pran-coded

4. “เพื่อนเล่น ไม่เล่นเพื่อน | just being friendly”, tilly birds feat. milli [lyrics]: i know this is now a my school president song, but it was a patpran song for me first, so much so that my friend @scribescribe & i made a patpran fanvid/edit to it in 2022! it's just so perfect for them, and i see this as being the mood right after patpran meet again at uni, and pran wondering how he's back in this weird not-friend/crush place again

5. “รักกันจนตาย | love you until i die”, season five ft. jlis [lyrics]: this is the song that the engineering crew play at the concert in chapter 3! pat chooses it because he thinks it’s a fun song to celebrate a new “relationship”, to sell their lie to everyone better. poor pran

6. “เหตุผลที่ไม่อยากเป็นเพื่อนเธอ | the reason i don’t want to be your friend”, so cool [lyrics]: the song that architecture plays in chapter 3; pran chooses it because it’s got basically the same meaning as “just friends” and he needs an outlet. poor pran

7. “one damn good mistake”, miss benny [lyrics]: pat pov for when they start hooking up in chapter 4…i don’t think pat actually thinks what they’re doing is wrong or a mistake, but the mood of this feels much more pat than pran, like he finds the secrecy exciting

8. “lie to me”, abigail barlow & ariza [lyrics]: pran pov for chapter 4. pran's really going through it

9. “october”, alessia cara [lyrics]: pran in chapter 6 when he thinks about the inevitable “break-up”… 😭

10. “애 | mixtape: oh”, stray kids [lyrics]: pat when he realizes his feelings in chapter 7!!! now he’s really going through it

11. “stay”, onewe & oneus [lyrics]: pat after his confession in chapter 7 :( he misses pran so much :(

12. “rearview”, run river north [lyrics]: okay firstly run river north is one of my favorite bands, you should check out their other work. but yeah this duet feels very patpran post-breakup in upcoming chapter 8; they both want each other, but for a while pran convinces himself that it can’t work. (i promise i chose this song before remembering that one of the lyrics was “tapping on your window” sldkfkdj)

13. "พร้อม | ready", mints [lyrics]: more pat pining after the break-up

14. “one of us”, abba [lyrics]: if you know me you will not be surprised that i snuck an abba song in here lol. the reason for breaking up doesn’t match, but the mood of pran in chapter 8 regretting the breakup does, right? one of my top pining songs of all time tbh

15. “fin del mundo | end of the world”, jesse & joy [lyrics]: jesse & joy are also among my favorite artists, listen to their stuff too! it’s so cute and such a ride or die song, befitting of the end of chapter 8. patpran are better as a TEAM, they can be anywhere/handle anything as long as they’re together!!!!

16. “grow up together”, starmaxx [lyrics]: i'm getting repetitive but you should DEFINITELY check out starmaxx’s other stuff, it’s all awesome and most of it is actually more dance-y pop. but this is such a lovely and gentle song about lifetime love that i thought it was a good mood for the epilogue! patpran 4eva

[what-if-nct]

As a fanfic writer and also Korean (but not North Korean lol) as well as Japanese too, I could try to continue the story in my own words! Also, it kinda reminds me of this one anime where there was only 3 or 5 guys on earth and they needed to sleep with as much girls as possible to repopulate and there was this one guy who at first didn’t care about sleeping with the girls and just wanted to be with his crush. Yeah, his Jonghyun reminds me of him. I don’t remember the name so let me know if you know-

So I would assume he would be going home into his mansion where he would be greeted by multiple women offering themselves to him since he seemed very stressed out and clueless. One day, he was walking outside during a ceremony he was a part of with crowds literally cheering like fangirls when he saw Miyeon from a distance. Although there were police officers everywhere, he did try to talk to her in hopes they could try to turn into a thing. He told her to meet him at a cafe after few hours in which she came. Eventually, they went to his place where they would sleep with each other and give birth to Kibum, making him next in line when he dies. Also they got married because they can.

Also, I’d assume Jonghyun would hit the nuke button thinking that it would bring the country food that the previous leaders has been hiding from everyone.

The end. 😭

Wait we’re allowed to talk about Jonghyun now or am I just slow?

I think it's fine as long as it doesnt go too far and is sparingly like every few days. Cause its still a NCT and Stray Kids blog. (Skz is a this year addition but give NCT a year they'll absorb every kpop group)

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Reactions to Superman and Lois S02E01

OMG here we go again. I am SO LATE watching this but I’m just super glad it’s out and I can do this again.

“Lois, you have to say something”. And Lois walks off. Aaaah, am I gonna have trouble with the way they write Lois this season too

Clark knowing Lana’s favourite drink aww

And the cologne thing lol SO TEEN! And wow she's been gone a month. That's so long! (Laughs in 7 years of long-distance)

Clark trying to help, Lois once again jumping at his throat, 3 months later. WRITERS, UGH.

The Cushings aww (Where was Sarah again? Ah, camp, okay) — [speaking Spanish] wow, okay, don't hurt yourself, CW

Chrissy and Lois have not only had the money to run the paper in a small town but they want to hire too! Okay, I guess that could maybe somehow potentially work

So the campaign is not Kyle's thing but he'll wear the t-shirt for Lana, that's nice 🥺 Support your boo!

Well Sarah was a lot less enthused than I would have assumed. Is she okay??

Is this now the new school year? If Sarah was off for a month bejng a councelor at a camp. Does that mean that Jon and Jordan, plus Clark,  had football for the remainder of the previous school year? And now they're back?

...who is this Candice and when did that happen??? What happened to Tegan? And LOVE HOW REAL it is that Jon would take her advice but not his dad's lol

Jonathan broke his arm TWICE? When was the second time, I only recall Jordan breaking it 😳

Fucking hell, not even 10 minutes in and Superman once again saves people from a non-English speaking (non-White...) country. I wish the writers did actual representation instead of only sending Supes in to save them (OKAY WAIT IT WAS NORTH KOREANS JUST TO MAKE IT POLITICALLY bold ALRIGHT)

The VFX on this, holy smokes! So well done! When he was flying over the water the the sonic boom, damn.

YESSS GIVE ME ALL THE CLARK STRUGGLES

Why would Nat want to go to her old school? That's unnecessarily complicating things. I know, I know. 🌟drama 🌟

I'm sorry but Ian is so not authentic in this role 😅

Ah so Clark should be America's own superhero, gotcha.

Is this demi Clark confirmed here? Right???

Well that was a great conversation, Lois and Clark. And I still very much don't like the Lois they are writing 😌 Her coping with strong emotions is lashing at anyone who's close. Definitely not the Lois I like.

Jordan with the candles, aww. That was so cute of him.

I like that Coach went all in with the candidate. Yes, Coach, do it, talk about teachers needing appreciation.

“The couple that never argued”. Yeah because Lois lets it all out and Clark has to shut up... Could they write “strong Lois” without making Clark the doormat????

Uh-oh. Kyle feeling ignored. That's not gonna end well, knowing his track record XD

Ah fuck, poor Natalie 😭😭 Tayler is really bringing her A game, damn! 🥰

Jordan asked the owners if he could put the candles in the pond HOW SWEET IS HE. And it didn't work all that great 😬

Lana and Clark bonding over relationship issues, aww.

FEEL WHAT. W H A T 😱

“You're the alpha in this relationship” 😬 I appreciate the sentiment but the wording, nope 🙈 BUT KYLE AND SARAH BONDING, YES PLEASE, MORE

Okay where the frick did Lois’ mum's feelings come into this? Maybe I'm not as up to speed as the writers but in my head Lois, seeing a girl called Natalie calling her Mum, would immediately think about her own child named Natalie. Not how her mother felt leaving Lois and Lucy, and pretty much saying that her mum didn't love them at all. So while I know the intent here was drama, I think it wasn't the best way of doing it. Lois isn't expected to feel anything towards Nat, and Nat's situation isn't comparable to kid Lois’. That’s why this whole thing was a bit off for me; not the idea of it, but just this in this situation. But at least Lois opened up to Clark.

Earthquake. This isn't going to be natural, is it.

Anderson and his new recruits from the special school. Can we hey more info on them? On the superkids and the school itself?

I really like Natalie, okay? Protect her at all cost!

SARAH INTERRUPTING LANA AND KYLE I'M DEAD 🤣🤣 Yeah. Parents, not in the kitchen.

JORDAN'S FACE WHEN CLARK SAYS “intimate” 🤣 I love it! But yeah, it's nice we see this little moment, guys talking about emotions and relationships. Refreshing that it's not “mum's responsibility”

And the Irons once again crash at the Kents’ 😅 I need more Clark and John Henry friendship.

Oyyyyy that cliffhanger! Who is that???

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[lavenderdaisyhoney]

Hello everyone! My name is Hana and I’ve been watching kdramas for…many years lmao. Due to covid, I’ve had more time to watch some of the newer ones and wow. I was blown away. Anyways, here is the list for some of the memorable ones I’ve seen between 2020-2021. If you end up watching any of these or have already seen them, please lmk. I could discuss them all day!!!

Vincenzo - 2021

A Korean-Italian mafia lawyer heads back to Korea to serve justice in his own way.

Thoughts: Watch this. Drop everything and watch this. I’m not exaggerating when I say I was on the edge of my seat every episode. It’s so refreshing to watch a show where the protagonist isn’t afraid of getting his hands dirty to serve justice 100/10

World of the Married - 2020

A woman is given the shock of her life when she finds out her husband and friends have been deceiving her.

Thoughts: This story been overdone but it was still enjoyable to watch. So many characters made my stress level insane but that only means they did a good job portraying them, right? If you like angst, cheating etc then this is the drama for you! 7/10

Silent Sea - 2021

A 24 hour mission to an abandoned base on the moon, what could go wrong?

Thoughts: Oh. My. God. You must watch this. I ain’t even giving you the option not to. It’s insanely good and I was left shocked after each episode. The ending though 😭 you’ve been warned. 100/10

My Name - 2021

After the loss of her father, a woman is driven by revenge to find the person responsible

Thoughts: We love a badass female lead, don’t we? This satisfied my love for the revenge trope and left me wanting more. Was kinda sad though so prepare yourself. 9/10

Devil Judge - 2021

Dystopian South Korea where a live court show is aired for the citizens to watch and participate, hosted by a heartless judge

Thoughts: Okay so this judge had me questioning him from the START. I was like ain’t no way he’s a judge. Turns out every thing he did had a really good reason behind it. It’s nice to see justice ACTUALLY being served. 9/10

Squid Game - 2021

Many contestants compete in a series of children’s games to win a huge prize but they should’ve read the fine print…

Thoughts: This just made me paranoid in reading contracts ALSO it really showcased the greed of humanity and how far humans really will go for money. I enjoyed it but I definitely feel it might’ve been overhyped just a bit. 7/10

Itaewon Class - 2020

A wrongly convicted ex-con fights to make his dream of a street bar a reality

Thoughts: Ugh the way my heart broke for the main boy. He really went through it so that’s why it was so satisfying to watch, seeing him grow into a man and try to make his dream come true. 9/10

The King: Eternal Monarch - 2020

An emperor fights to close the doors to a parallel universe but he unexpectedly falls in love with a detective.

Thoughts: A fantasy romance with crime? Sign me up. I loved this. I’m a fan of Lee Min Ho so my eyeballs were happy to see him on my screen. It was kinda sad though so prepare the tissues. 8/10

Crash Landing On You - 2019

Paragliding gone wrong lands a South Korean heiress in North Korea, running into an officer that helps her back home.

Thoughts: Okay, this made me laugh and cry and then laugh and cry. No in between. Also made me angry. It was nice to see Hyun Bin in a drama again. I’ve loved him ever since Secret Garden. 8/10

It’s Okay Not To Be Okay -2020

A book author that is anti social and an employee in a psychiatric hospital fall in love during their journey of healing

Thoughts: y’all are not ready for the PLOT TWIST. I promise you’re not. It had my jaw on the FLOOR. Also the characters were refreshing. 8/10

Kairos - 2020

A fantasy thriller about time travel and crime solving. Two people connected by a phone for mere minutes a day.

Thoughts: If you haven’t figured it out by now, I really like crime dramas. It’s just so interesting to me and I always end up learning lots but also add in time travel? We stan. The way they solved crimes was so unique because the past, present, and future were tied together and it made me shake with anticipation. 7/10

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Squid Game (There’s No Squids)

I binged watched Netflix’s Original Series Squid Game because I seen so many people talking about it online and because my sister kept on telling me to watch. I’m honestly still in the high of soaking up everything about the show, so instead of doing a review like I want to, this is just all of my texts I sent to my sister, edited for spelling typos and other stuff.

Episode One: Red Light, Green Light

Me: Hey there’s cursing in the subs 👀

Me: DUDE YOUR DAUGTHER’S BIRTHDAY???

Me: Where the truck are the squids

Me: THIS IS AN HOUR LONG?

Me: What’s with Korean dad being losers

Me: What the f*ck

Me: WHAT THE F*CK

Sister: [Me: Where the truck are the squids] 😂

Me: I WASN’T PREPARE FOR A NOSE TORTURE

Me: ????

Me: PHYSICAL RIGHTS DUDE

Me: so he lost the money???

Sister: I’m (going to) eat right now but I’ll read your stuff later

Me: Dad was the kid in the opening right

Me: [What’s with Korean dad being losers] and having (a) daughter less than 13.

Me: GUN?

Me: I mean...good for defense?

Me: GOBLIN DUDE

Me: I DON’T BELIEVE IN JESUS

Me: GUN

Me: The game is rigged

Me: I just feel it

Me: Slap

Me: IN PUBLIC GUYS

Me: [The game is rigged] Ye

Me: OH (the game is not rigged)

Me: Cat!!! He dead ass gave it to cat.

Me: This isn’t creepy now.

Me: Wait what about their families!?!?!

Me: North Korean

Me: RANDOM ASS ENGLISH

Me: THAT TAKES CARE OF THE CAST 😶

Me: [Wait what about their families!?!?!] HELLO

Me: That old man wtf

Me: I don’t trust Sang-woo

Me: Goblin is head? 

Sister: [Me: Dad was the kid in the opening right] Ye

Sister: [Me: THAT TAKES CARE OF THE CAST 😶] Lol

Me: Bruh I was not expecting Fly Me to the Moon

Me: Phone dying will continued tomorrow

Sister: Okay

Me: Man I want to continue tho 😭

Me: Okay will watch episode two on tv but I won’t text you until I finished

Me: Wait are you done with show? 

Me: What episode you on?

Sister [Me: Wait are you done with show?] Ye

Episode Two: Hell

Me: That’s good.

Me: Anyway Sang-woo’s mom is so sad for her son

Me: Also loser dad’s mom!!!

Me: [Wait what about their families!?!?!] Thank you police detective for worrying over your probably dead brother.

Episode Three: The Man with the Umbrella

AND

Episode Four: Stick to the Team

Me: Third Episode No one is here

Me: Sang-woo looks better with his glasses I think it’s the haircut lol

Me: Not that he looks bad without it

Me: BATHROOM

Me: None in room weird

Me: WHAT CIGARETTE

Me: Ye so weird...

Me: 😶What the fuck players are killing each other and the game people aren’t doing shit

Me: [I don’t trust Sang-woo]  Also bitch figure out the game and didn’t tell his friend(s) lol

Me: Oh now he saves friend (Gi-hun) from getting his ass murder 🤣

Sister:  [Me: Also bitch figure out the game and didn’t tell his friend(s) lol] Ye

Me:  [Oh now he saves friend (Gi-hun) from getting his ass murder 🤣] Could be the flickering lights but he looked hot fighting

Me: Also the Pakistan guy with the metal plank lol

Me: Thank fuck for names

Me: Uh

Me: Are 212 and 101 gonna f*ck???

Me: They did the do 😶

Me: 4 ended on fucking cliffhanger need to watch that.

Sister: Lol

Me: Okay stopping at six but hopefully will finish later today or tomorrow

Sister: 😂 And to think you were putting it off lol

Me: You know somehow the fact I still haven’t gotten major spoilers is amazing

Me: I think the only one would be the first episode meme of the creepy ass doll and old man walking 

Me: [That old man wtf] This

Sister: Lol

Episode 5: A Fair World 

AND

Intermission

Me:  [Thank you police detective for worrying over your probably dead brother.] Okay so since episode 5 reveals not only his brother is alive but the sole survivor of the 2015 games...

Me: It is someone already present in show?

Sister: Lol why you’re asking?

Me: So you can laugh at my guesses 

Me: I think it’s either goblin salesman dude or the main mask man

Sister: Ah 😂

Me: Unless they’re all the same character

Me: God is this is legit I’ll lose it.

Me: This is Liar Game only deadly

Me: We never did finish the Korean Version of Liar Game

Sister: No I never finished Japanese one either lol

Me: Jkjk nice

[Some time later]

Me: I can’t wait to read the TV Tropes Page lol

Me: And ao3

Me: Who the fuck can you ship in squid game anyway

Sister: Oh you’ll see

Sister: You just finish 5?

Me: Ye

Me: [Sister: Oh you’ll see] This is ominous

Sister: Have fun with 6 🥳

Sister: Watch by yourself I suggest

Sister: And like, at least that no one to bother you so you can fully take it all in

Me: Like so far the closet I got is Gi-hun and Sang-woo due to the whole “childhood friend” aspect but even then I’m not board on it because Sang Woo is a shady MF

Me: [Sister: Have fun with 6 🥳] What is this implying this is even more ominous

Me: Actually you know the grunts remind me of the Among Us guys lol

Me: Detective dude playing Among Us

Me: Do you think you can survive the Squid Game?

Me: I don’t think I can lol

Me: I’ll chicken out at the signing and leave

Sister: [Detective dude playing Among Us] Lol that’s the meme for him

Sister: [Do you think you can survive the Squid Game?] Hell no

Sister: [I’ll chicken out at the signing and leave] I wouldn’t go back

Episode 6: Gganbu

Me: I was going to say Sang-woo is a jerk for not picking his best friend

Me: But HEY SANG-WOO IS PROBABLY GONNA SCREW ALI OVER

Me: Don’t trust the bitch

Me:  [I was going to say Sang-woo is a jerk for not picking his best friend] Gi-hun picked old man tho 😢 he so nice

Me: too bad he’s loser dad lol

Me:  [But HEY SANG-WOO IS PROBABLY GONNA SCREW ALI OVER] OH MY GOD SANG-WOO DON’T DO WHAT I THINK YOU’RE GONNA DO

Me: [Sister: Oh you’ll see] Lesbian vibes going on

Me:  [OH MY GOD SANG-WOO DON’T DO WHAT I THINK YOU’RE GONNA DO] HE DID THAT WH*RE

Me: Also I am looking respectfully at him 👀👀👀

Me: 👀👀

Me: 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Me: [Lesbian vibes going on] Holy fuck she just “killed” the one person she actually likes too

Me: 😭 AND THE OLD MAN HE KNEW AND DIDN’T CARE AT THE END

Episode Seven: VIPS

Me: I AM STILL CRYING

Me: AND FUCK SANG-WOO

Me: HE REALLY DID IT AND MORE

Me: 212 STILL ALIVE HOLY FUCK

Me: I truly hope she kills 101 lol

Sister: [Me: I AM STILL CRYING] Lol

Sister: That episode fucked up a lot of people

Me: YEAH I CAN SEE WHY

Me: That is so damn depressing

Me: Okay compose yourself

Me: So Front Man isn’t [the] host

Me: Brother is someone I swear

Sister: Lol

Sister: Might as well finish show today lol

Sister: It’s only 9 episodes

Me: Yep

Me: [Brother is someone I swear] He is the Front Man this is my final guess

Me: Holy Fudge there is a lot of English here today

Me: [He is the Front Man this is my final guess] Like he reacted...Odd to the fake police body. 

Me: Okay how fucking long is the detective’s battery lasting 

Me: My is at 15 now so after this I’ll charge and finish later lol

Sister: [Me: Okay how fucking long is the detective’s battery lasting] Lol meme too

Me: OKAY WHAT THE FUCK THIS OLD MAN ON SOMEONE SAVE THE DETECTIVE

Sister: Lol 96

Me: 69

Me: EW EW DOUBLE EW

Me: SOMEONE KILL THIS GROSS OLD WHITE MAN

Me: I hope to God that Front Man is the brother

Me: Detective nearly pulled off his dick lol

Me:  [I truly hope she kills 101 lol] Yes she did it 🥳

Me: Took herself out but she didn’t care lol

Me: So Sang-woo really pushed someone huh

Me: God it’s like the second he decides to fuck everyone over he gets hot

Me: I mean 

Me: 👀👀👀 Looking respectfully 

Me: Phone gonna charge I’m done

Sister: [Me: God it’s like the second he decides to fuck everyone over he gets hot] Lmao

Me: I mean...am I wrong???

Episode Eight: Front Man

Me: Two more to go

Me: Oh god

Me: Half an hour?!?!

Me: [Like so far the closet I got is Gi-hun and Sang-woo due to the whole “childhood friend” aspect but even then I’m not board on it because Sang Woo is a shady MF] Childhood friends to strangers to enemies Gi-hun is not tolerating Sang-woo anymore

Me: SAE-BYEOK

Me: GIRL NOOO

Me: Detective has 12% battery left???

Me: Damn he must not have fun apps

Me: Bruh these two men are just eating fighting

Me: [I hope to God that Front Man is the brother] WHAT THE FUCK HE’S THE BROTHER OH NOO THIS ISN’T GONNA END WELL

Sister: [Me: Damn he must not have fun apps] May it’s his police phone

Me: Jkjk probably

Me: [WHAT THE FUCK HE’S THE BROTHER OH NOO THIS ISN’T GONNA END WELL]  WHY

Me: WHY INDEED

Me: WHAT THE DETECTIVE DID WAS ALL FOR NOTHING???

Me: SANG-WOO MURDERED SAE-BYEOK

Me: GI-HUN WAS GOING TO KILL

Me: FLY ME TO THE MOON

Me: IN OTHER WORDS, PLEASE BE TRUE

Me: IN OTHER WORDS, I LOVE YOU 😭😭😭

Sister: [Me: SANG-WOO MURDERED SAE-BYEOK] But at least he was hot

Me: Yeah...

Me: BUT STILL WTF MAN

Episode Nine: One Lucky Day

Me: WAS HE TRYING TO GET GI-HUN INSTEAD?

Me: SHOE SAND ATTACK

Me: Gi-hun was actually cool in that moment lol

Me: THAT FUCKING DOLL

Me: 😭😭😭 Sang-woo wtf

Me: He really gave it all up in the end

Me: He still values their friendship in the end

Me: YOU ARE ALL I LONG FOR

Me: ALL I WORDSHIP AND ADORE

Me: IN OTHER WORDS, PLEASE BE TRUE

Me: IN OTHER WORDS

Me: 😭😭😭

Me: This song is just for fuck up shows huh

Sister: Which other???

Me: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Sister: Oh 😂

Me: [Childhood friends to strangers to enemies Gi-hun is not tolerating Sang-woo anymore] Childhood friends to strangers to enemies to maybe in another life

Me: MOM DIED WTF 😭😭

Me: Damn Gi-hun got depression and I don’t blame him

Me: HEY WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK JUST HAPPENED

Me: [😭 AND THE OLD MAN HE KEW AND DIDN’T CARE AT THE END] OKAY F*CK I WASN’T EXPECTING SOME EDEN OF THE EAST BULLSHIT WITH THE TAXI DRIVER

Me: SO THE OLD MAN JUST WANTED TO HAVE FUN I GUESS HE RETHINK HIS CHOICE HUH

Me: JACKASS I STILL CRIED FOR YOU BUT IT WASN’T DESERVE

Me: Okay maybe a little I think given he called Gi-hun before he died I think he did like him

Me: [That old man wtf] OH SO THAT EXPLAINS THE SHIT EATING SMILE

Me: 😭😭 Gi-hun kept his promise after a year of depression

Me: Little brother is taken care of and uh, something with Sang-woo’s Mom

Me: Also he looks bad with red hair

Sister: [Me: JACKASS I STILL CRIED FOR YOU BUT IT WASN’T DESERVE] Lol

Me: Almost doneeee

Sister: I’m going to nap for a bit, I’ll read when I wake up

Me: HEY WHAT WITH THE ENDING

Me: DID GI-HUN DECIDE TO NOT SEE HIS DAUGHTER TO TAKE DOWN THE SQUID GAME PEOPLE

Me: Also goblin cameo again

Trying to Make Sense Of It All/Fun Miscellaneous

Me: [😶What the fuck players are killing each other and the game people aren’t doing shit] 😶 Oh considering the old man I think he wasn’t expecting this at all and him wanting to stop is him legitimately wanting it to stop

Me: Him wanting fun like his childhood make sense given his age he lived through the Japanese occupation and that era was hell

Me: https://www.reddit.com/r/squidgame/comments/py705x/il_nam_player_001_grew_up_surrounded_by_dead/

Me: TV Tropes has lots to say about Sang Woo diverse character lol

Me: And the old man of course

Me: Ao3 Time!!!

Me: Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong 🥰 I totally get it

Me: Sang woo and Ali? Whatever float your boat

Me: Of course

Me: [Childhood friends to strangers to enemies to maybe in another life] .

Me: Okay so why is Gi-hun and the detective ship together? 

Me: I would personally ship Gi-hun and Front Man

Me: Trauma dudes

Me: Ah, the Salesman and Gi-hun

Me: I was not expecting the protagonist, a 40 something man, to be ship with so many different people

Sister: [Me: DID GI-HUN DECIDE TO NOT SEE HIS DAUGHTER TO TAKE DOWN THE SQUID GAME PEOPLE] Ye

Sister: [Me: 😶 Oh considering the old man I think he wasn’t expecting this at all and him wanting to stop is him legitimately wanting it to stop] I fucking called it in the first episode he was part of it lol

Me: Ooh why? This only?

Sister: [Me: I was not expecting the protagonist, a 40 something man, to be ship with so many different people] Lol

Sister: Okay so main character actor was in The Thieves

Me: BRUH

Sister: And Sang-woo’s actor was in the Mermaid K-Drama

Me: Has to be someone I don’t remember or met lol

Sister: So there’s a thing on reddit, someone said the way the characters die is foreshadowed.

Sister: Like Ali stole something in episode 2 and he dies by having something stolen (from him)

Me: Oh

Sister: Sang-woo tried to commit suicide in episode 2

Me: And he kills himself in episode 9

Sister: Sae-byeok said she was gonna cut the dude’s throat in episode 2

Sister: 101 with the bridge

Sister: Police Detective threw a squid game person off the boat to hide in the game

Me: Wow!

Me: I hope this show doesn’t get a season 2 lol

Me: I like the ending

Me: Like you could interpret it as Gi-hun taking a boat lol

Sister: [Me: I hope this show doesn’t get a season 2 lol] Right it was good for a season

Sister: I don’t really want to see more of the VIPS

Me: God I wished Front Man just went in and killed the VIP close to assaulting his brother

Me: I’M SO PISSED AT THAT TWIST LIKE WHY

Me: If we get a season two I want to see the 2015 game and the present intersplice together

Me: So Front Man and Gi-hun can have a real heart to heart chat

Me: Twitter compares Sang-woo and Gi-hun to Hannibal and Will

Me:  🌚 Taking this as a sign I need to sleep

The Next Day (Spoilers for the video game 999, movie The Cabin in the Woods, and tv show Hannibal)

Sister: I knew the old man was bad because of 999

Sister: There’s always one playing the game 😅

Sister: And that belko experiment movie

Me: ?

Me: ACE

Sister: June??

Me: Oh

Sister: 😂

Sister: https://www.reddit.com/r/ZeroEscape/comments/pva15x/anyone_seen_squid_game_new_korean_netflix_series/

Sister: [Image of Reddit User No-Asparagus-9507 saying “The only thing they have in common is that they both make you distrust old people.”] Lol

Me: They’re not wrong 😅

Sister: I really wish they made the VIPS Korean

Me: Yeah to emphasize

Sister: Like higher ups in the political world or something

Me: Ye

Sister: It ruined them being foreigners and that English 💀💀💀

Me: I never thought I would hear bad English from western actors

Sister: Like Cabin in the Woods, make it so every country has their own watchers

Me: Ye!!!

Sometime later

Sister: Oh! So did you expect Gi-hun to help the dude that was on the street in that last episode?

Me: I did at first but then I realize he’s so pissed off with the old man and at games and his depression he didn’t do it due to his state of mind

Me: So him at end going after the Salesman and stopping the poor sap who was going to risk his life is him going back to normal, sort of

Me: Doesn’t excuse not visiting his daughter but hell I can see why

Sister: There was another analysis thing that said no one really grew much compared to when we first saw them. Like he’s still the same “dad”.

Me: I mean in Gi-hun’s case his daughter did move to the US

Me: Still

Me:  https://mobile.twitter.com/02png/status/1449111995987283972?s=20

Me: Front Man Art

Me: [If we get a season two I want to see the 2015 game and the present intersplice together]  I WANT 2015 GAMES

Me: [So Front Man and Gi-hun can have a real heart to heart chat] I wished Front Man revealed he was in the games so Gi-hun could just get more pissed off

Sister: [Me:  https://mobile.twitter.com/02png/status/1449111995987283972?s=20] Ooh

Me: I WANT TO SEE HIS GAME MAN

Me: Like you think he enter for his brother

Me: WHO HE LATER KILLS WITH GUILT HAUNTING HIM FOREVER

Sister: People who watch Korean stuff said they were surprised to see the actor 

Sister: Because he’s like one of the highest paid actor

Me: Really? Damn

Sister: Someone said he looks like Korean Mads (Mikkelsen)

Me: Yeah I got that vibe

Me: [Twitter compares Sang-woo and Gi-hun to Hannibal and Will] Wrong comparison then

Me: Honestly speaking if there is a season two it should be the reversal

Me: In Hannibal, Will joined the dark side

Me: So have Gi-hun managing to get Front Man to (help) take down the games

Me: Keep it intersplice with 2015 games to show how Front Man eventually became the same bastard who put him through hell

Me: How you like my concept of season two being (the) reversal of Hannibal

Me: [Sister: Because he’s like one of the highest paid actor] BRUH HE WAS IN THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN REMAKE????

Sister: Oh yeah!

Sister: [Me: How you like my concept of season two being (the) reversal of Hannibal) Wait huh?

Me: Basically instead of protag becoming evil antagonist becomes good

Me: So Gi-hun convinces Front Man to end the Squid Game

Sister: Ohh

Me: Granted this is me wanting more content of these two the potential is strong here.

Sister: 😅

Final/Just Yesterday

Me: https://mobile.twitter.com/jajayes_/status/1452249286402580487?s=20

Me: LOL FUCK THIS IS TOO ACCURATE

Sister: 😂

(Honestly speaking, Squid Game is a very captivating show with its themes and criticism and characters but there’s no way I could ever watch it again I won’t be able to handle it a second time.)

[gateau-chocolat]

some final crash landing on you thoughts

(spoilers through the end of the series!)

-This is totally another one of those shows where I don’t really have anything substantial to say because I just really enjoyed it!  Good all around!

-I would say my biggest impression of the show is that it felt like it was written by someone who knew exactly what the viewers wanted to see and just gave it to them?  Lots of romantic and funny moments, relatively little time spent on really drawn out cliffhangers or other tiresome things. 

-Like....was it a sensitive and insightful portrayal of the lives of North Korean citizens? No!  Was it fairly ridiculous at times?  Yes!  But I enjoyed it and it made me feel some feelings. 😭

-I think I’ve only seen Son Ye-jin in Something in the Rain, and I somehow haven’t seen Hyun Bin in anything, but I thought they were both really good in this show both individually and together. 

- The last episode went out in true Crash Landing on You style: with a startlingly large amount of people getting shot to death 

-But seriously: Everything about the parting scene at the border??? The concept??? The acting???? The way it was all filmed and edited??????? 😭💓😭💓😭💓

-The scene with the messages and cutting back and forth between SK and NK was a really lovely connection to the opening credits. ❤️

-Also the final scene (the first final scene? before the kind of epilogue parts) was just *kisses fingers*

-The one false note of the finale imho was Seung-jun dying(?)?  This is kind of bad, but I almost feel like that character and his relationship with Dan like....weren’t built up enough to warrant a big tragic ending? (If that makes sense lol??) Also, in a show where basically every other plotline worked out RIDICULOUSLY well, it felt kind of weird that that one character would just...die? Especially since there wasn’t really anything about it that made it feel like karma or much-needed redemption or anything like that? 🤷‍♀️ Idk, it’s very imho and it didn’t really bother me much one way or another in the end, but I spent the entire last episode waiting for the reveal that he was alive and then was kinda confused when it never came. 

-Who in this show is the worst at their job: The “so I guess u have like 7 different serious mental health problems, try sightseeing or something idk 🤷‍♀️” therapist from the early flashback scene, or the ambulance guy in ep 16 who was sitting there just chilling as his critically wounded patient pulled off his oxygen mask, spoke for several seconds, and then passed out lol.

-This happened with Mr. Sunshine too but idk why Netflix doesn’t subtitle English dialogue!  Especially since the English dialogue often has the worst sound quality! :(