#the legend of nokdu

[dangermousie]

I just started watching Legend of Ruyi with my mom and she enjoys it. She REALLY prefers shows with lots of historically accurate details, including historical attitudes. That means no pining after the Emperor like a modern woman and expecting monogamy, essentially, which is the reason we had to stop Empress of China. Her favorites are Story of Yanxi Palace, Longest Day in Chang'an, and Goryeo-Khitan War, and Legend of Ruyi might also end up up there - she's enjoying it so far. Any other recommendations? I'm thinking Luoyang after we finish Ruyi but idk.

That depends how not modern she wants - Luoyang has a female policewoman (or equivalent) as one of the mains and I am pretty sure it was not a thing. If that's not an issue, then it's great!

CDRAMAS

Three Kingdoms 2010 is great at feeling period appropriate though there are very few female characters if that is an issue for your mother.

The Advisors Alliance is wonderful, does not have anachronistic attitudes towards either morality or polygamy but more prominent roles for women than Three Kingdoms.

The Story of Han Dynasty (2005) and The Legend of Chu and Han (also known as The King's War) from 2012 also feel period appropriate - the former is old so looks it but vvv solid and the latter is wonderful and that cast!

Any of the Qin Empire series (there are three) would fit the bill.

I've heard amazing things about Legend of Zhen Huan and I peeked at it and it looked very good, but I don't really do most harem dramas so I haven't watched it in full.

In general, because I am not a harem drama person, the recs I gave are more battle/politics/dude heavy so I am gonna throw this ask open to my mutuals who do watch harem dramas for more recs.

KDRAMAS

Most of these are gonna be somewhat older because clearly what your mom likes are traditional sageuks and those are sadly not made much any more.

If your mom liked GK War, then may I recommend King of Tears Lee Bang Won. It's by the same screenwriter, and has the same "adult people doing adult things in period appropriate manner" vibe. Not a pretty boy in sight.

Six Flying Dragons also deals with Lee Bang Won and is one of my favorite period dramas of all time. It's quite epic, has a huge cast of characters, more prominent female roles than King of Tears and to me feels period appropriate enough (no royals yearn for monogamy.)

Tree with Deep Roots - same people who did SFD, this one centers sort of on creation of written Korean alphabet and is not at all boring, surprisingly enough. It's actually intense and heartbreaking and very adult.

The Nokdu Flower - I am in the middle of it but from what I've heard it does not go off the rails. It's set during the Peasant Revolution in 1894-95 and centers around three main characters - a female trader, an illegitimate son of a noble family who's an enforcer, and a legitimate noble heir who goes down a dark path. It's grim and not at all court adjacent so may not be your mom's bag but it would quailfy otherwise.

Empress Ki - this is the closest I've seen a kdrama do a harem cdrama and it's glorious. There is harem and murders and what not and it's definitely female centric and does not feel modern to me (the emperor may be obsessed with the eventual Empress Ki - and historically he appeared to be so as well - but he has plenty of other wives.)

All the good older traditional sageuks about monarchs or their families - Jumong, Lee San Wind of the Palace, Queen Seon Duk, Dong Yi.

Slave Hunters - once again, not royalty centric at all, more dealing with dregs of society, but it's smart and adult and doesn't feel particularly anachronistic to me (the attitudes to slavery feel so tragically realistic.)

Bossam: Steal the Fate - it deals with the custom of kidnapping widows so they could remarry and is surprisingly gritty and real feeling with a lovely romance in it.

Haechi - it follows Yeongjo when he was still a prince. It's a bit of a mystery/investigative thing.

Damo - a police captain, a tea lady and a rebel leader all get entangled in a conspiracy. It's so grim and amazing and heartbreaking.

Conspiracy in the Court - a grownup mystery during Jeongjo's reign.

Eight Days - also set during Jeongjo's reign and centering around assassination attempts on the king. So smart.

My Dearest - it's set during the Qing invasion of Korea and not at all royalty adjacent in terms of the mains though the king and his heir are prominent supporting characters but the attitudes felt so period appropriate - class attitudes, attitudes towards women losing their honor etc. It was my favorite drama last year.

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Wound Reveal - Whump Lists

A list of whump lists I've made where there's a wound reveal. (Will also include scars, emotional wounds like traumatic backstories, loved ones finding out they're sick or dying, etc.)

DRAMAS

🇰🇷Korea

Duel >>> {x}

Just Between Lovers >>> {x}

Confession >>> {x}

The Golden Eyes >>> {x}

W: Two Worlds >>> {x}

I Hear Your Voice/I Can Hear Your Voice >>> {x}

Sweet Home >>> {x}

Sweet Home Season 2 >>> {x}

Two Weeks >>> {x}

Radiant >>> {x}

Healer >>> {x}

The Uncanny Counter >>> {x}

Love In The Moonlight >>> {x}

Lawless Lawyer >>> {x}

Flower of Evil >>> {x}

Royal Secret Agent >>> {x}

Memories of the Alhambra >>> {x}

Where Stars Land >>> {x}

Move to Heaven >>> {x}

Kill Me, Heal Me >>> {x}

Please Feel At Ease Mr. Ling >>> {x}

Doctor John >>> {x}

At A Distance, Spring Is Green >>> {x}

Happiness >>> {x}

Love & Wish >>> {x}

One Ordinary Day >>> {x}

The King’s Affection >>> {x}

The Red Sleeve >>> {x}

Lovers of the Red Sky >>> {x}

Descendants of the Sun >>> {x}

Come and Hug Me >>> {x}

Angel’s Last Mission: Love >>> {x}

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes >>> {x}

Children of Nobody >>> {x}

Uncontrollably Fond >>> {x}

Mirror of the Witch >>> {x}

Snowdrop >>> {x}

Money Heist: Korea: Joint Economic Area >>> {x}

Alice, The Final Weapon >>> {x}

Bad Guys >>> {x}

Big Mouth >>> {x}

If You Wish Upon Me >>> {x}

Blind >>> {x}

The Sweet Blood >>> {x}

The Tale of Nokdu >>> {x}

Iljimae >>> {x}

Island >>> {x}

Black Knight >>> {x}

A Shoulder to Cry On >>> {x}

Joseon Attorney: A Morality >>> {x}

Bloodhounds >>> {x}

The Good Bad Mother >>> {x}

Numbers >>> {x}

A Time Called You >>> {x}

🇨🇳China

The Untamed >> {x}

Ultimate Note >>> {x}

The Lost Tomb 2: Explore The Note >>> {x}

Love Me If You Dare >>> {x}

Sand Sea >>> {x}

Love and Redemption >>> {x}

Broker >>> {x}

My Amazing Boyfriend >>> {x}

My Strange Friend >>> {x}

Legend of Fei >>> {x}

Hello Dear Ancestors >>> {x}

Back From the Brink >>> {x}

🇯🇵Japan

Ouroboros >>> {x}

Fuujinshi >>> {x}

Under The Skin >>> {x}

Smoking >>> {x}

Avalanche >>> {x}

Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu>>> {x}

🇹🇭Thailand

Not Me >>> {x}

Bad Guys >>> {x}

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MOVIES

🇰🇷Korea

Secretly, Greatly >>> {x}

Werewolf Boy >>> {x}

Fabricated City >>> {x}

Christmas Carol >>> {x}00

🇨🇳China

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🇯🇵Japan

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🇹🇭Thailand

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🇺🇸USA

A Mother’s Nightmare >>> {x}

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

🇰🇷Korea

Why Her? >>> {x}

🇨🇳China

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🇯🇵Japan

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🇹🇭Thailand

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[zhoufeis]

What are your favorite dramas and tv shows? ^^ Are there any you’re currently watching or interested in watching??

Hi there :)

I didn't expect to get such an ask to be honest. The first question is kind of really difficult to answer. Let me start with asian dramas since most things are just them, I'll list the main genre/vibe since I don't know if you're looking for recs.

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My best kdrama experiences: - W TWO WORLDS (2016) - rather serious tone, sci-fi/romance - I'M NOT A ROBOT (2017) - romcom tone with some serious elements, more of a slice-of-life vibe than a sci-fi drama - HOTEL DEL LUNA (2019) - rather serious tone, fantasy - EXTRAORDINARY YOU (2019) - goes back and forth between utter comedy, romance and utter tragedy, most people put it into the high school kdrama section, i personally think it is much more into the fantasy aspect) - THE TALE OF NOKDU (2019) - serious tone, historical/political with a wonderful romantic ship. The only Korean ancient drama with rights. - FLOWER OF EVIL (2020) - serious tone, crime/romance. - TRUE BEAUTY (2020) - light tone, it's the parallel line directingwise to Extraordinary You without all the severe tragedy and fantasy, high school drama with pure romance - A LOVE SO BEAUTIFUL (2020) - light romantic/comedy. Mostly high school, but they grow into adults. - DOOM AT YOUR SERVICE (2021) - serious tone, fantasy/romance. But beware, the secondary couple is absolutely useless.

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My best cdrama experiences: - THE LEGENDS (2019) - serious tone, ancient fantasy. The show would have been better if they stuck with their 30 intended eps and didn't end drama for secondary characters for 25 episodes, but overall, good show with awesome messages. - THE UNTAMED (2019) - serious tone, ancient fantasy with politics, the plot is as addictive as it is complex. You must pay lots of attention to understand things. - THE LOVE BY HYPNOTIC (2019) - juggling between comedy and tragedy, a wonderful historical and political drama with a beautiful romance. - I'VE FALLEN FOR YOU (2020) - mostly a romantic comedy with memorable characters and actors. It started off in the most ridiculous ways and gradually became better every episode. - THE ROMANCE OF TIGER AND ROSE (2020) - a time travel / world travel show with romantic comedy elements. If you hated what Goodbye My Princess did, you will love how this show here drags all the bad tropes through the mud. A very entertaining show. - LEGEND OF FEI (2020) - serious tone, ancient fantasy. Badass female lead and warm, soft boy who is in love with her. Funny secondary characters and a nice character journey. - A GIRL LIKE ME (2021) - hidden gem. Barely anyone seems to know it but it perfectly balances romance, politics and tragedy. Absolutely worth a watch because it really has something for everyone who likes ancient dramas. - LOVE BETWEEN FAIRY AND DEVIL (2022) - a tumblr favorite. Very good directing, alongside Ancient Love Poetry the best use of CGI I have seen on a Chinese drama. Cinematopgraphy my beloved. - WHO RULES THE WORLD (2022) - ancient drama. Basically, in the same league as Legend of Fei and The Untamed, but the CGI is better. - LOVE LIKE THE GALAXY (2020) - historical-political drama. Very, very, very slow-moving and utterly serious tone throughout the show. Very intriguing once you get into it. - LOVE UNDER THE FULL MOON (2021) - another hidden gem. Modern fantasy, very well done overall. 1/2 modern day dramas on my cdrama list. - LIGHTER & PRINCESS (2022) - the only modern slice-of-life drama I've sincerely become obsessed with. Serious tone, very good directing, outstanding acting and plot development.

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My best Thai drama experiences: - NOT ME (2021) - sociopolitical BL with a serious tone and very memorable messages. Directing is spot-on and, honestly, a gem in the maze of Thai BLs. - BAD BUDDY (2021) - romcom BL with all the right messages and the fun you want to have when you wanna watch a romcom.

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My best experiences with Japanese productions: - MY BEAUTIFUL MAN (2021) - high school BL (later university) that absolutely gives off an independent movie vibe. Very good camerawork and dialogue. Somewhere between very slow moving and sudden time jumps. First season is enough; the second season rather drags the issue the first season had already established. - THE DISASTROUS LIFE OF SAIKI K. (2016) - anime/comedy.

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Now, western world things that I genuinely enjoyed: - WESTWORLD (2016, U.S.) - THE show. The best goddamn thing I've watched in my life, but sooooo complex and difficult to understand. Serious tone, sci-fi. - SANKT MAIK (2018, Germany) - Comedic tone, romcom/crime. - AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (2005, U.S.) - Light tone, animated fantasy. - THE SOCIETY (2019, U.S.) - Serious tone, fantasy/sci-fi/dystopia. - SIEMPRE FUI YO (2022, Colombia) - Serious tone, drama/mystery. - SIMONA (2018, Argentina) - Light tone, telenovela/romcom. - JULIE AND THE PHANTOMS (2020, U.S.) - a disney show that isn't disney, but is supposed to be fun and entertaining, but somehow utterly destroys you emotionally, idk. - MIRACLE WORKERS (2019, U.S.) - Anthology, satire/comedy, fantasy. - FLORICIENTA (2004, Argentina) - Light tone, telenovela/romcom.

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Currently watching: - THE STARRY LOVE (2023) - livewatching. went into this show wanting to root for the secondary ship, love them, but the main ship is destroying me. - THE JOURNEY OF CHONG ZI (2023) - livewatching. I do not recommend to watch this, the ML is a disgrace. - MY DEEPEST DREAM (2022) - i should really finish this one it's so good. Modern fantasy. - SEASONS OF BLOSSOM (2022) - a tragic drama. i should finish it, it's so good, but i do not want. - OH! MY SWEET LIAR (2020) - i should also finish this one, it's cute and I'm almost done with it. - HIS DARK MATERIALS (2019) - should finally watch s2&3.

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do i need to replace the gif on my watch list page?

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[wqnxs]

cw in 2024

• three kingdoms 2010 (10/95)

• love game in eastern fantasy (2/32)

• fangs of fortune (2/36)

completed:

CDRAMA

my uncanny destiny (2023) | the blood of youth (2022) | reset (2022) | joy of life (2019) | a murderous affair in horizon tower (2020) | i belonged to your world (2023) | the long ballad (2021) | i am nobody (2023) | war of faith (2024) | lost in the shadows (2024) | joy of life 2 | lost you forever (season 2) | legend of zhen huan (2012)

TWDRAMA

oh no! here comes trouble (2023)

KDRAMA

the nokdu flower (2019) | sweet home (2020) | welcome to waikiki (2019) | it’s okay to not be okay (2020) | queen of tears (2024)

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INTEREST

Movies/Series: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Wall-E, Free Guy, Maleficent, Locke & Key, The Good Doctor, Kungfu Panda, Bridgerton, The Umbrella Academy, Coco, Moana, The Maze Runner, To All the Boys, Emily in Paris, Pirates of Caribbean, Mary Poppins Returns, Christopher Robin, Ralph Breaks The Internet, Percy Jackson, Mission: Impossible, Nanny McPhee, The Adam Project, Divergent, Kiki’s Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, The A Team, Prince of Persia, Indiana Jones, Wednesday, Ghibli movies, Disney movies

Chinese Dramas: Please Feel at Ease Mr. Ling, Lie To Love, Love is Sweet, Go Go Squid!, My Calorie Boy, Mr. Bad, Love The Way You Are (2019), Love the Way You Are (2022), Our Secret, New Life Begins, Sweet Teeth, Plot Love, Once We Get Married, Who Rules The World, Double Love, My Life As A Villain Character, Unforgettable Love, Love Me Like I Do, Moonlight, Decreed by Fate, Be My Princess, The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion, Legend of Yunxi, Dating in the Kitchen, Love Between Fairy and Evil, Time to Fall in Love, The Sweetest Secret, The Autumn Ballad, Love Under the Full Moon, I've Fallen for You, Sassy Beauty, No Boundary, Our Secret, Shining for One Thing, Don't Disturb My Study, A Little Thing Called First Love

Korean Dramas: One Dollar Lawyer, Doctor Prisoner, Hospital Playlist, Hotel Del Luna, Mystic Pop-up Bar, Bulgasal, Our Beloved Summer, Tomorrow, Let’s Fight Ghost, Sell Your Haunted House, Alchemy of Souls, Business Proposal, Vincenzo, Ghost Doctor, Beauty Inside, Kill Me Heal Me, Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, The Tale of Nokdu, Missing: The Other Side, Dr. Romantic

Animanga: Kakegurui, Spy x Family, Rurouni Kenshin, Eyeshield 21, Haikyuu, Your Name, Weathering With You, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Inuyasha, Detective Conan, Oshi No Ko, Blue Lock, Blue Periode

Food: Cookies & Cream, Mint Choco, Caramel, Cheesecake, Eclairs, Croissants, Quiche, Indomie

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Interest.

Currently eyeing for movies/series; tv shows, anime, music, games, youtube, and sports.

Movies & Series.

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), DC Extended Universe (DCEU), BumiLangit Cinematic Universe (BCU), The Conjuring Universe, Insidious, The Hunger Games, Jumanji, Enola Holmes, Jurassic Park, Dark, Stranger Things, The Crown, Fate: The Wings Saga, All of Us Are Dead, Lost in Space, Alice in Borderland, Wednesday, The Umbrella Academy, The Last of Us, Queen Charlotte, Cleopatra, RWRB (Red, White, and Royal Blue), Game of Thrones, and so on.

K-Drama.

The Heirs, Pinnochio, 49 Days, Missing You, The Legend of the Blue Sea, School 2013, School 2015, Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth, Descendants of the Sun, Reply 1988, Cheer Up, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, I'm Not a Robot, Hotel Del Luna, The Eternal Monarch, The Tale of Nokdu, The World of the Married, The Penthouse, My ID is Gangnam Beauty, Extraordinary You, True Beauty, 18 again, and so on.

TV Shows.

F.R.I.E.D.S, Brothers & Sisters, Modern Family, The Vampire Diaries, Days of Our Lives.

Anime.

Clannad, Love Live! School Idol Project, Bakuman, Sword Art Online, SpyxFamily, Chainsaw Man, etc.

Music .

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2000s Indonesian songs: the one that is now currently on music festivals. NIKI, JKT48, V1RST, Vierratale, Yovie and Nuno, Juicy Luicy, and many more;

Japan: Yoasobi, Vaundy, and Back Number.

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Doctor Stranger - Ep. 18

HIStory 4: Close To You - Ep. 7

Kill Me, Heal Me - Ep. 19

Legend Of The Blue Sea - Ep. 13

Mask - Ep. 11

Project S: Side By Side - Ep. 1

Sweet Home - Ep. 10

The Night Beyond The Tricornered Window

The Tale Of Nokdu - Ep. 16

Where Your Eyes Linger - Ep. 5

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Unpopular K-Drama Opinions

Thank you so much for the tag @yasmini24! (Also, I agree with a lot of your opinions, so sorry about the repeats 😂)

I tag: @mel-loves-kdramas

Feel free to add your own opinions below, I love to see what people think 👀

In no particular order:

Characters like Kim Tan (The Heirs), Heo Joon-jae (Legend of the Blue Sea), Emperor Lee Gon (The King: Eternal Monarch)... I am so sorry Lee Minho, they've done you dirty... and Nokdu (The Tale of Nokdu) all gotta go. They're all whiny, selfish people with zero character growth, and they have no business being the main romantic leads. Nothing about them is worth giving them the girl in the end. I hate it, and they should not be put on the pedestals they are in the dramas.

We need more healthy couples in the dramas. Her Private Life, Vincenzo, Crash Landing On You - they are all great examples of the greatest drama couples out there. They actually respect each other and communicate to solve their problems. These women all have successful and happy lives and don't need a man to come swooping in to save them with some ~romance. I love to see it!

Love triangles GOTTA GO. They are a cheap and easy way out to create drama when either a) the drama doesn't even need it, or b) the drama could have done it literally any other way and been much better. (See Start-Up, The Heirs, and literally almost any romance drama out there). It's even worse when the drama takes the second male lead, who is usually a pretty decent guy, and turns him into a whiny, possessive person the second he is turned down. This is not romantic, never has been, and never will be.

Start-Up was a decent drama at best, but the romance was terrible! Neither male lead should have ended up with Dal-mi (who wasn't such a great character either). But if I had to choose, Do-san is the better choice. He isn't the best person out there, but neither are Dal-mi or Ji-pyeong. He didn't do anything worse than other characters in this drama and doesn't deserve all the hate. Do-san and Dal-mi were in a similar place in their lives and could easily relate their experiences to each other, whereas Ji-pyeong was already light-years ahead of both of them. It would most likely create sort of a power imbalance between him and Dal-mi at some point.

Goblin is overrated and should not be romanticized as much as it is. It is literally about a centuries-old immortal falling in love with a HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENT! I couldn't get past the first half of the first episode after I learned that. How is that in any way okay? He is a grown-ass man?!

The King: Eternal Monarch was a MESS, and I do not understand why people seem to like it so much. Yes, it was decently entertaining, and the whole premise as a whole was actually pretty good. I had very high hopes for this drama. But they dropped it all on the floor. Every rule they made, they ended up breaking. They started storylines and never really followed up. A whole lot of potential that ended up a whole mess.

[dangermousie]

All the dramas I am watching this month and next

(Not counting the ones that haven’t aired yet or the fact that I want to do a 6 Flying Dragons and Come and Hug Me rewatches.)

This is loooong, so enter at your own peril.

Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency (watched 11/12 aired) - I honestly don’t know why I am keeping up with this one as I tend to watch with one eye and do something else with another. And if it hasn’t grabbed me by ep 11 and it’s not exactly Jumong length, it’s not gonna ever grab me. But it’s so pretty and relaxing even though I wish the story was about the evil ambitious girl and the traumatized womanizer. 

Rebel: The Thief Who Stole the People (watched 11/28 complete) - it’s a very very solid drama (though ironically in light of the cap I chose, the romance does nothing for me; luckily it’s secondary.) It’s not going to go on my favorite list but it’s very very well made and I am always down for a period rebel trying to bring down a corrupt government. My favorite take on that trope is likely always going to be 2008 Hong Gil Dong followed closely by the criminally underrated Return of Iljimae, but this is very good.

Just Between Lovers (watched 4/16 complete) - this is so gorgeous and tender and lived in. I am watching it very slowly mainly because I ff so very little. I love the two above with unholy degree of investment and want them to heal each other.

Goodbye My Princess (watched 13/55 complete). Well, these two are not gonna be healing each other any time soon. If you trick your wife in order to kill her grandfather and wipe out his clan, she is unlikely to OK with staying married, just saying. I am looking forward to these two self-destruct and destroy a small galaxy in the process of dealing with their doomed love.

The Tale of Nokdu (12 watched/14 out) - it continues to be funny (though seeing he is the son of the mad king, those are not the genetics our heroine should mix hers with) but I like it, not love it, since comedies are not normally my forte. 

Extraordinary You (12 watched/12 out) - I am obsessed - it’s clever and metaish and moving and romantic and funny and I wish to get all the eps and binge like an insane person. Also, Dan Oh x Haru better have a happy ending or I will riot.

One Spring Night (watched 2/16 out) - I am watching it really slowly but it’s a total delight. I slept on the Jung Hae In mania because I wasn’t watching kdramas (we were on a break :P) when he first became a thing, but he is so good and Han Ji Min is always awesome and I root for them so hard. Plus, noona romance is always a plus. 

The Great Graftsman (sorry, haven’t seen English subs for this one, watched 6 out of ?) I am a sucker for Wallace Huo and Yang Mi and period stuff. It’s very early days yet so I don’t have a strong impression. 

Love and Destiny (watched 10 out of 60) - I was obsessed with this star-crossed supernatural love story when it was aired but it had the most inconsistent sub release I’ve seen in a long time. Now all the subs are on schedule and my interest has moved on but it’s slowly reawakening mainly because the OTP is so slowburn and epic and I want the God of War to be miiiiine! Ahem.

Angel’s Last Mission - Love (watched 4 out of 16). Blame Nalini Singh for giving me a thing for angel fetish. Or something. It’s romantic and lovely and I didn’t watch when it aired because it had tragic ending written all over it (blind bitter ballerina and an angel? Yeah) but now I know the ending and can watch in peace.

Legend of the Phoenix (watched 12 out of 41) - only in a cdrama would you start with goofy physical comedy and transition to terrifying angst and torture. Just how I like it! Also, happy ending, thank God!

Haechi (watched 1 out of 24) - don’t cry, Jung Il Woo! You finally picked a good project! This one is binge territory and he makes the sexiest tortured royal arguably ever. 

Her Private Life (watched 0 so far) - I really want to watch it but it’s too close to me watching Secretary Kim and this would be waaaaay too weird to watch two romcoms in a row with the same leading lady. 

Search WWW (1 out of 16) - older ladies, younger men; lady friendship, and all the color being leached out. I kid but fondly - this one is fun so far.

My Country: The New Age (6 out of 6 that aired so far) - for God’s sake, someone feed Hwi and give him a comfy bed and a therapist. Physical and shrink. This one is my obsession. 

Fates and Furies (4 out of  20) - aka Joo Sang Wook does a complete 180 from his monster character in the Grand Prince. I mean, he gets a gold-digger hired to wreck him to fall in love for real. Smart woman.

The Secret Life of my Secretary (about to start) - heroines of this and Secretary Kim should form a club for secretaries who hook up with their weird hot bosses. 

While You Were Sleeping (about to start) - I miss Lee Jong Suk! Not enough to watch Romance is a Bonus Book wince LJS not being tortured in a drama is against the laws of nature. 

Still 17/30 But 17 (about to start) - My Country has given me a fixation with Yang Se Jong. Plus the potential for a girl waking up from a coma as a 30 year old woman tingles my spidey angst potential senses. 

Deserving of the Name (about to start) - she is a modern doctor, he is an ancient doctor, time travel! It’s like a Faith AU where the heroine hooks up with Lee Philip’s character. Or Bidam lives and studies medicine. Why is Kim Nam Gil not in more things, anyway?

Devilish Joy (1 out 0f 16) - the soft filter annoys the hell out of me, but it’s so sweet and kooky and lovely.

[love-me-a-lotta-whump]

Kidnapped/Captive Whumpees

This list contains dramas and movies that have whumpees that are kidnapped, captive, or held hostage at some point. (This list is also on my MDL but it will not contain any non Asian titles) -- This will also count prison/jail at times.

Also if you’re looking for more kidnapped/hostage/captive whumpees, head over to @whumpetywhump ‘s blog! There’s a good bit of content there for those tropes that I frequently look through. I highly recommend!

MDL link

🇰🇷KOREA

Duel >> {x}

W: Two Worlds >>> {x}

Radiant >>> {x}

Healer >>> {x}

The Uncanny Counter >>> {x}

Flower of Evil >>> {x}

The Arthdal Chronicles >>> {x}

Kill Me, Heal Me >>> {x}

The K2 >>> {x}

One Ordinary Day >>> {x}

The Fair >>> {x}

Psychometry >>> {x}

Werewolf Boy >>> {x}

Bulgasal: Immortal Souls >>> {x}

Snowdrop >>> {x}

Bad Guys >>> {x}

Big Mouth >>> {x}

Connect >>> {x}

Revenge of Others >>> {x}

The Tale of Nokdu >>> {x}

Project Wolf Hunting >>> {x}

Christmas Carol >>> {x}

Youth of May >>> {x}

The Great Seducer >>> {x}

Joseon Attorney: A Morality >>> {x}

Sweet Home Season 2 >>> {x}

Escape of the Seven: Resurrection >>> {x}

🇨🇳CHINA

The Lost Tomb >> {x}

The Lost Tomb 2 >> {x}

Reunion: The Sound of The Providence >> {x}

Reunion: Sound of The Providence Season 2 >> {x}

The Untamed >> {x}

The Golden Eyes >>> {x}

Psych Hunter >>> {x}

Prodigy Healer >>> {x}

Love Me If You Dare >>> {x}

Sand Sea >>> {x}

The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note >>> {x}

My Strange Friend >>> {x}

Legend of Fei >>> {x}

Under The Skin >>> {x}

The Blue Whisper >>> {x}

Back From the Brink >>> {x}

🇯🇵JAPAN

Bloody Monday Season 1 >> {x}

Bloody Monday Season 2 >>> {x}

Ajin: Demi Human >>> {x}

The Killer Inside >>> {x}

King’s Game >>> {anime}

Hakubo no Chronicle >>> {x}

🇹🇭THAILAND

Not Me >>> {x}

🇺🇸USA

Shattered >>> {x}

[zhoufeis]

3 & 14 for the drama asks 🫶🏼

(3) if you had to watch one drama forever what would it be?

I guess that's a tie between Hotel del Luna and Legend of Fei. Both have characters and ships I adore, a story I don't get tired of, and enough screentime that I can always find details I haven't noticed before. (14) a drama you dropped within the first 2 episodes (we’ve all been there)

The truth about my watching habits is that I check out a lot of dramas. And by a lot, I basically mean every kdrama and cdrama I will encounter on kisskh's fresh updates. I drop MANY very fast. Slice of life more easily than fantasy/scifi/ancient dramas because I'm not good with slice of life, I must admit. But if we talk about actually actively watching a drama because I genuinely have been waiting for it or was into the outline at first but got disappointed... Meteor Garden and the original Korean F4. I watched them because I enjoyed the Thai version (at first, that changed later lol), but I was quite put off by the quality in the other versions... Or the lack of quality, better to say. Also, I checked out Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol because I looooooove Lee Jae-wook. Unfortunately, that is a terrible drama. Same goes for Romance is a Bonus Book, which I checked out because I love Lee Jong-suk. A nightmare of a drama. Also checked out Love Alarm for Kim So-hyun - an actress with a lot of dramas I adore such as Radio Romance, Let's Fight Ghost or The Tale of Nokdu - and I absolutely was disgusted by that drama because I felt like I was watching some American high school show. As I said though, you can tell I'm not good with slice of life. It's just not my thing and slice of life kdramas are either hit or miss for me (mostly misses), there is no in-between.

Thanks for asking <3 Ask me about dramas.

[baifengxis]

Top 5 ships?

Thanks anon!

Do you mean top 5 ships ever in general? THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE lmao

Allow me to respond with top 5 ships from western shows and top 5 ships from...cdramas, kdramas and thai dramas because it's literally impossible to do it otherwise lmaooo

Top 5 Ships From Western Shows:

Stefan & Caroline - The Vampire Diaries

Simón & Ámbar - Soy Luna

Bray & Amber - The Tribe

Pacey & Joey - Dawson's Creek

Pablo & Marizza - Rebelde Way

Top 5 Ships From C-Dramas:

Yun & Fei - Legend of Fei

Li Xun & Zhu Yun - Lighter & Princess

Youqin & Yetan - The Starry Love

Bai Fengxi & Hei Fengxi - Who Rules The World

Tianqi & Yuemi - Ancient Love Poetry

Top 5 Ships From K-Dramas:

Haru & Dan Oh - Extraordinary You

Chul & Yeon Joo - W: Two Worlds

Chan Sung & Man Wol - Hotel Del Luna

Nokdu & Dong Ju - The Tale of Nokdu

Myul Mang & Dong Kyung - Doom At Your Service

Top 5 Ships From Thai Dramas:

Ink & Pa - Bad Buddy

Sean & White - Not Me

Pat & Pran - Bad Buddy

Ren & Gorya - F4: Thailand

Team & Win - Until We Meet Again/Between Us

Thanks again for the question and sorry for the long answer...I can't choose! lmao

[okeydrama]

currently watching dramas:

tale of nokdu

11/32 ep

i really like it, the concept, the cinematography, the cast, the romance it’s all great

my one complaint so far is that it feels like it’s going to run too long

i’m getting to a point where i’m not as engaged as i was at the start so i’m concerned but so far it’s really good

legend of the blue sea

17/22

i LOVE this drama

it’s such a unique concept and i love the leads

i only have one issue really, it’s five episodes too long

i haven’t even watched the next five episodes and i already know they are unnecessary and drag the story out

i feel like i have already reached the story’s conclusion but the show isn’t over yet so it’s frustrating

i’m having to force myself through it so it’s ruining the story a bit

tale of the nine-tailed

1/16 ep

i’m only one episode in and i’m in LOVE

the first episode was engaging as hell

the cast is great and the premise is very promising

i’m excited to keep watching

do do sol sol la la sol

6/16 ep

i’m in LOVE

i can’t recall a drama sucking me in this much

it’s so unique to me because i genuinely care and love the side characters

the show has a light-heartedness that is so underrated

i was excited for this because i have loved jae-wook since extra-ordinary you and joo-hun since it’s okay to not be okay

the side characters, side plots and side themes are just a engaging as the main which is rare and i really love that about it

i can’t express how much i like it so far

[ninappon]

Hi Nina!! A while back, I promised you a list of the Kdramas I'd seen and I finally got around to writing them all down lol. My favorites so far have been Crash Landing on You and Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, but I mostly enjoyed all the ones on my Finished list. Sorry this took so long! 🙃

Finished:

Crash Landing on You

The King Eternal Monarch

Descendants of the Sun

Inheritors

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

Cinderella and the Four Knights

Legend of the Blue Sea

My Holo Love

100 Days My Prince

Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryan

The King's Affection

Unfinished:

Boys Over Flowers

Start Up

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

The K2

Memories of Alhambra

Currently Watching:

The Crowned Clown

Bulgasal Immortal Souls

I've been really into the historical dramas lately haha. Anyways I hope you are having a wonderful day, dear! 🤗

Hello dear Kim! 👋🏼 Ooooh, thank you for this great list! I look forward to checking out the titles that I haven't watched yet :) Honestly, this couldn't have come at a better time as I'm kind of obsessively watching a lot of Korean shows at the moment. I love historical dramas as well, and I actually just finished 100 Days My Prince a few days ago, haha. Right now I'm stuck at the end of The Tale of Nokdu (also historical) and I'm a little frustrated because there's an episode missing so I can't finish the show. Hmpf!

And thank you, I had a good day today! Feels like I got a lot done, which is always a nice feeling. I hope you had a lovely weekend as well 🧡🤗

[kdramawatcher]

Masterlist

So here on this blog I type out my thoughts while I watch K-dramas. Feel free to recommend dramas or chat about dramas I'm currently watching or already have watched! No one around me has watched these except me, so I'd love to have some people to talk about these with!

Kdramas I've watched and liked

(A 💜 next to it indicates an absolute favorite)

18 Again 💜

Hwarang: Poet Warrior Youth 💜

Extraordinary You 💜

King: Eternal Monarch 💜

Goblin 💜

Healer 💜

The Last Empress 💜

True Beauty 💜

Queen: Love and War 💜

Flower of Evil 💜

Hotel Del Luna 💜

W: Two Worlds

Boys Over Flowers

Cinderella and the Four Knights

Moon Embracing the Sun

The Liar and His Lover

Dongyi

Legend of the Blue Sea

The Crowned Clown

Love in the Moonlight

Mirror of the Witch

Empress Ki

He is Psychometric

The Flower in Prison

While You Were Sleeping

Bring it on Ghost

Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency

Kill Me Heal Me

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

Tale of Nokdu

Melting Me Softly

Strong Woman Do Bongsoon 💜

Tale of the Nine Tailed

Bride of the Water God/Bride of Habaek

Lawless Lawyer

My ID is Gangnam Beauty

My Love From the Star

Best Mistake

Mr. Queen 💜

I Remember You

Pinocchio

Suspucious Partner

The K2

Sungkyunkwan Scandal

Vagabond

Perfume

Time/The Time

Rooftop Prince 💜

Descendants of the Sun

100 Days My Prince

Black

Abyss

A Korean Odessy

Rookie Historian Goo Haeryung

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

The Uncanny Counter

She Would Never Know/ Sunbae Don't Wear that Lipstick

Royal Secret Agent

Vincenzo 💜

Mystic Pop Up Bar

Rugal

Live On

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bokjoo

Please Don't Date Him

Mouse 💜

You're All Surrounded

I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street

Lookout/The Guardian

Psychopath Diary 💜

Absolute Boyfriend

Voice

Doom at Your Service 💜

So I Married the Anti-Fan

Tunnel

The King's Face 💜

Sell Your Haunted House

Love Alarm

At A Distance, Spring is Green 💜

The Witch's Diner

Ruler: Master of the Mask

Squid Game 💜

K-Dramas I've started watching but couldn't get into

Private Lives

Cheese in the Trap

Graceful Family

My Roommate is a Gumiho

K-Dramas I have complicated feelings about

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

K-Dramas I plan to watch

Itaewon Class

Sweet Home

Save Me

Her Private Life

Iris

K-Dramas I'm currently watching

Beyond Evil

Strangers From Hell

The Devil Judge 💜

Gu Family Book

The King's Affection 💜

Secret Inspector and Joy

Others

Alice in Borderland- J-drama 💜

The Blooms at Ruyi Pavillion- C-drama

Professional Single- C-Drama

Love 020- C-Drama

Dance of the Phoenix- C-Drama

Unforgettable Love- C-Drama