#this now. maddening. only thing refraining me from it now is that I DON'T HAVE THE TIME to follow another sport on another continent.

[cant-get-no-worse]

some habs media content for u

https://x.com/CanadiensMTL/status/1776354373074829738

K wheen I tell you the first things they said in that car completely eludes my grasp of the French language. Didn't get a single word. Did it matter though? No because their voices are deeper than barca's underground children cave and I'm a simple woman. Unbelievable, on my way to steal them from your grasp Justin TRUDEAU, shipping them to France. Manu'll know how to welcome them right. He loooooves having athlete's phone numbers.

I'm also really jealous beecause your hockey jerseys are so cool, colors and fit and everything. I can't possibly wear one here cause people will CACKLE OUT LOUD and shout aRe YoU cAnAdIaN (the French experience in 3 words). But I'm very much in love.

My favorites moments :

LA PANIQUE!!!

The guy punching the donuts box to make them all fit "eT VOILÀÀÀ"

*jams hands in jean pocket in the most nonchalent way* bonjour.

vous ne nous reconnaissez pas? NON.

them 2 guys just standing at the window smiling. don't know what they're doing. don't know why they're here. fully enjoying it. the perfect embodiment of guys being dudes. Wonderful.

Also the little brown haired one reminds me of a rapper we had here who I used to have a crush on so I may have let out some giggles at some point WHO'S TO TELL.

[pesterloglog]

Karkat Vantas, Kanaya Maryam

Act 6, page 7636-7642

KARKAT: SO YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT SHE WAS SAYING WITH THAT EARSPLITTING MALARKEY?

KANAYA: Yes

KARKAT: WOW.

KARKAT: I GUESS WE REALLY DID SEND THE RIGHT PERSON THEN.

KARKAT: PLUS ONE USELESS TAG-ALONG, I GUESS TO BEAR WITNESS OR SOMETHING?

KARKAT: AND PROBABLY RECORD THE LEGENDARY CONVERSATION LIKE A SCRIBE, WITH HIS BENCHWARMER'S PEN INTO THE HALLOWED SCROLL OF THE SECOND BANANA.

KANAYA: What

KARKAT: EXCEPT I DIDN'T BRING MY PEN OR SCROLL, AND I DON'T SPEAK MONSTER SCREAMING.

KARKAT: SO MY TRANSCRIPT WOULD READ LIKE...

KARKAT: "MORE SHRILL NOISES, LIKE GOD PLAYING THE EDGE OF A GLASS INSIDE YOUR THINK PAN"

KARKAT: "MARYAM CONTINUES TO NOD ALONG"

KANAYA: We Talked About You

KARKAT: WHAT???

KARKAT: YOU DID

KARKAT: WHAT DID SHE SAY?

KANAYA: It Was A Short Conversation

KANAYA: The Entire Exchange Was Quite Brief And Straightforward Actually

KARKAT: NO, I KINDA GOT THAT.

KARKAT: EVEN THOUGH I DON'T HAVE A KEEN EAR FOR BEAST TWADDLE, I CAN STILL DETECT WHEN A CONVERSATION DOESN'T LAST FOR MUCH TIME.

KARKAT: I MEAN, DID SHE SAY WHAT SHE WANTED WITH ME?

KARKAT: OR WHAT SHE WANTS ME TO DO??

KANAYA: You Dont Have To Do Anything

KANAYA: And She Didnt Want Anything With You In Particular

KANAYA: She Just Wanted You Here

KARKAT: OK???

KARKAT: WELL, HERE I AM, QUEEN SNAKE!!!

KARKAT: SATISFIED?!

KANAYA: Yes

KANAYA: She Is Apparently

KARKAT: THEN WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN MY NAME CAME UP!

KANAYA: Now Is Probably Not The Right Time To Get Too Deep Into The Subject

KANAYA: But It Was Nothing Bad

KANAYA: To The Contrary Really

KARKAT: OK...

KARKAT: THEN WHAT ABOUT YOU?

KARKAT: WHY DID SHE WANT TO SEE YOU, KANAYA... CAN YOU AT LEAST TELL ME *SOMETHING* ABOUT THIS MADDENING EXCHANGE?

KANAYA: The Bottom Line Is The Meeting Has Served Its Purpose And Echidna Is Satisfied

KANAYA: She Will Release The Frog When The Time Comes

KANAYA: I Think Vriska Was Basically Right

KANAYA: She Wanted To Get A Look At Us

KANAYA: To Assess Our Worthiness

KANAYA: Before She Would Agree To Authorize The Conception Of Another Universe

KANAYA: It Would Seem That We Measured Up

KANAYA: Once Her Questions Were Answered

KARKAT: WHAT QUESTIONS?

KANAYA: Those Pertaining To How Her Universe Would Be Treated Once Occupied

KANAYA: And Whether We Intended To Take That Responsibility Seriously

KANAYA: By Following Through With The Duties We Have Fundamentally Tasked Ourselves With By Our Natural Inclinations

KANAYA: I Mean Us Specifically

KANAYA: You And I

KARKAT: DUTIES?

KARKAT: NATURAL INCLINATIONS?

KARKAT: WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE TALKING ABOUT.

KANAYA: Natural Inclinations I Think Just Means

KANAYA: Some Idea That Is Important To Us That Has Threaded Its Way Through Every Moment And Decision Of Our Lives

KANAYA: Even When Not Apparent

KANAYA: The Refrain Of Our Being Maybe You Could Call It

KANAYA: A Thing That Attracts And Inspires Us And Simultaneously Weighs On Us So Heavily We Are Never Sure What To Do

KANAYA: For Me It Is Procreation I Believe

KANAYA: And So Does She

KANAYA: Fighting For The Persistence Of Our People

KANAYA: I Guess You Could Say

KANAYA: Motherhood?

KARKAT: WHAT ABOUT ME THEN?

KANAYA: I Think

KANAYA: That Is For You To Say

KARKAT: I'M NOT SURE IT IS, REALLY.

KARKAT: IF I'M HEARING YOU RIGHT, WORTHINESS OF INHERITING THIS UNIVERSE HINGES ON WHETHER I CAN LIVE UP TO WHAT MY SHIT IS ABOUT, SO TO SPEAK.

KARKAT: BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY SHIT IS ABOUT.

KARKAT: I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW, ACTUALLY!

KARKAT: CONSIDERING IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU TOUCHED ON THAT SUBJECT WITH HER, EVEN IF ONLY BRIEFLY, THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE A CONVERSATION I WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM UNDERSTANDING.

KARKAT: REALLY, IF THERE WAS ONLY *ONE* CLANGOROUS CREATURE-SCREED I'D LIKED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARSE OVER MY LIFETIME, THIS WAS PROBABLY IT!!!

KANAYA: So

KANAYA: You Really Dont Have Even The Slightest Sense Of What You Stand For

KANAYA: Some Concept That Speaks To You In Some Way

KANAYA: Or Represents Ideals Important To You

KARKAT: I DUNNO

KARKAT: UHH

KARKAT: BLOOD?

KANAYA: Blood

KARKAT: NO, NOT BLOOD.

KARKAT: I MEAN, NOT REALLY. MAYBE.

KARKAT: HONESTLY I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS OR WHY I SAID IT.

KARKAT: EXCEPT THAT IT'S THE EASY ANSWER, JUST BECAUSE IT'S MY FUCKING ASPECT.

KANAYA: Well

KANAYA: Its A Topic I Can Get Behind

KANAYA: Do You Have Any

KARKAT: WHAT

KARKAT: YOU MEAN ASIDE FROM A SHITLOAD OF THE STUFF I CARRY AROUND IN MY VEINS ALL THE TIME?

KARKAT: NO, SORRY.

KANAYA: Oh

KARKAT: PLEASE DON'T LOOK AT MY BODY LIKE THAT WHILE DROOLING.

KANAYA: Whoops

KARKAT: BUT REALLY, I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT MY ASPECT MEANS.

KARKAT: OR IF IT EVEN HAS ANY SUBSTANTIVE CORRELATION WITH "MY SHIT" PER WHATEVER ECHIDNA WAS GOING ON ABOUT.

KARKAT: HONESTLY THOUGH...

KARKAT: WHEN WE STARTED PLAYING THE GAME, AND LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE ASPECT STUFF AND WHO WAS WHAT

KARKAT: I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT MINE.

KARKAT: I WAS LIKE, WHAT? BLOOD?? FUCK YEAH!!!

KARKAT: THAT'S ME. THAT'S SO BADASS, AND I'M BADASS, SO YEAH, THAT CHECKS OUT.

KARKAT: AND EVEN THOUGH THE THING ABOUT BEING A BADASS WAS BULLSHIT, IT STILL JUST *FELT* RIGHT.

KARKAT: AND I THINK IT STILL DOES.

KANAYA: Thats Nice

KANAYA: I Think It Can Only Be Positive To Feel A Deep Affinity For Ones Aspect

KANAYA: Better Than Being At Odds With It

KANAYA: I Never Felt Like I Had Much To Do With Space

KANAYA: Until Eventually

KANAYA: I Somehow Came To Understand Space Meant More Than Just Space

KANAYA: Like Not Just

KANAYA: Physical Room And Dimension For Stars To Occupy

KANAYA: Its

KANAYA: Deeper Than That

KANAYA: A Field Related To Propagation

KANAYA: The Ones Who Create It

KANAYA: They Are Passing A Torch As It Were

KARKAT: YEAH, AT FIRST, I THOUGHT BLOOD JUST MEANT LIKE...

KARKAT: SOMETHING ABOUT BEING A WARRIOR! OR BEING COMPLETELY RUTHLESS TO ANYONE STANDING IN THE WAY OF VICTORY.

KARKAT: BUT AS MORE TIME PASSED

KARKAT: I REALIZED THERE WAS PROBABLY A LOT MORE TO IT.

KARKAT: AND I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND.

KARKAT: MAYBE I NEVER WILL.

KARKAT: BUT YOU KNOW

KARKAT: EVEN THOUGH I DON'T HAVE THOSE IMMATURE VIEWS ON BEING A BIGSHOT ANYMORE

KARKAT: I STILL WANT TO FIGHT!

KANAYA: You Do

KARKAT: YEAH!

KARKAT: I MEAN NOT ANY OLD TIME LIKE SOME BELLIGERENT ASSHOLE, BUT WHEN EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE, AND IT REALLY MATTERS.

KARKAT: LIKE NOW.

KARKAT: SO MAYBE I WASN'T TOO FAR OFF ON THAT PART OF MY ASPECT?

KARKAT: MAYBE IT DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH LIKE THE "WARRIOR SPIRIT" SHIT EVEN IF YOUR BODY AND SKILLS CAN'T QUITE BACK THAT UP.

KANAYA: Could Be

KANAYA: It Could Also Be Theres More To Being A Warrior Than Engaging In Physical Combat

KARKAT: HMM

KARKAT: BUT SERIOUSLY, I STILL DO WANT TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS BATTLE SOMEHOW!

KANAYA: I Know You Do

KARKAT: LOOK, I COMPLETELY ADMIT. I'M SHIT.

KARKAT: I'M THE SHIT THEY RESERVE FOR THE SMELLIEST TOILET WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING ABILITY.

KARKAT: ALL THAT SMACK TALK BETWEEN ME AND VRISKA ABOUT MY USELESSNESS, THAT WASN'T EVEN SOME SNAPPY LITTLE FARCE, WHERE WE ALL RIDE KARKAT'S CROTCH BANDEAU FOR A LIVELY CHUCKLE.

KARKAT: IT WAS JUST SOME BASIC BOILERPLATE INTERLOCUTION THAT WAS EXACTLY ON THE FUCKING LEVEL.

KARKAT: I'M NOT A GOD TIER, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? NEITHER ARE YOU, AND NEITHER IS TEREZI.

KARKAT: BUT YOU'RE BOTH GREAT, AND DEADLY AS SHIT. IT'S NO EXCUSE.

KARKAT: I'VE NEVER BEEN ANY GOOD, AND IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO COME TO TERMS WITH HOW DELUDED I WAS ABOUT THAT.

KARKAT: THE ONLY REASON WE ENDED UP WINNING OUR GAME WAS THAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE SLACK FOR ME.

KARKAT: PRETTY MUCH ALL I DID WAS SPEND A FEW WEEKS SHOUTING AT EVERYBODY.

KARKAT: I NEVER TOLD ANYONE THIS BUT...

KARKAT: EVEN WHEN I BEAT MY DENIZEN

KARKAT: I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE I GOT THE ONE RESERVED FOR THE WEAKEST PLAYERS.

KARKAT: LIKE A SPECIAL ONE.

KARKAT: YOU KNOW HOW THERE'S THAT SUPPOSEDLY RARE ONE THAT ONLY REALLY STRONG PLAYERS GET... IT HAS SOME WEIRD FUCKING NAME.

KARKAT: I'M PRETTY SURE MINE WAS LIKE THAT. BUT JUST THE OPPOSITE.

KARKAT: REALLY, I NEVER SAID *ANYTHING* ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING, BUT

KARKAT: WHEN I GOT TO HIM, HE WAS... WEIRDLY SMALL??

KARKAT: LIKE JUST REALLY SMALL.

KARKAT: AND HE MUMBLES HIS CHOICE SHIT WHICH OF COURSE I COMPLETELY IGNORE, AND HE SEEMS TO KNOW I WILL.

KARKAT: I CAN HEAR IT IN HIS VOICE. HE KNOWS I WON'T CARE, HE CAN SENSE MY CONTEMPT, HE CAN SENSE HOW SMALL AND PITIFUL I FEEL, AND BECAUSE HE'S LIKE ALL KNOWING AND SHIT, HE'S *FACTORED THIS IN*.

KARKAT: ON SOME LEVEL, I THINK I UNDERSTOOD ALL THIS, AND IT JUST MADE ME FURIOUS.

KARKAT: SO I KILLED HIM.

KARKAT: AND IT WAS TOO EASY. EVEN FOR ME, IT WAS EASY.

KARKAT: I REMEMBER THINKING "WHAT THE FUCK?" AFTER THE FINAL BLOW.

KARKAT: SO YEAH, I'VE BEEN PRETTY SURE I GOT THE "TRAINING DENIZEN" EVER SINCE. IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF ADMITTING IT TO MYSELF.

KARKAT: ACTUALLY, AS DUMB AS IT SOUNDS...

KARKAT: I THINK I'M *STILL* NOT COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE KNOWING THAT FACT. IT STILL FEELS HUMILIATING.

KARKAT: WOULD YOU MIND NOT TELLING ANYONE, KANAYA?

KANAYA: Ill Stay Quiet

KARKAT: BUT YEAH, MY UTTERLY TRAGIC LAMENESS ATTRIBUTE NOTWITHSTANDING, I'D STILL LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE.

KARKAT: I KNOW IT WON'T COUNT FOR MUCH.

KARKAT: I MIGHT EVEN GET IN THE WAY OF SOMEBODY COMPETENT.

KARKAT: BUT IT MATTERS TO ME, TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE LINE, FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS THIS TIME.

KARKAT: NOT TO PROVE I'M STRONG OR AWESOME OR ANYTHING.

KARKAT: THE OPPOSITE REALLY... TO PUT MYSELF OUT THERE KNOWING PERFECTLY WELL I'M NOT.

KARKAT: I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO EARN THE RIGHT TO INHERIT THIS UNIVERSE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

KARKAT: NOT JUST GET DRAGGED INTO IT ON THE LOOSE FABRIC OF EVERYONE'S FUCKING PAJAMAS.

KARKAT: IT ALSO FEELS IMPORTANT TO JUST

KARKAT: I DON'T KNOW

KARKAT: STAND THERE WITH MY FRIENDS.

KARKAT: THEY'RE RISKING THEIR LIVES, AND THEY MAY BE MORE SUPERNATURALLY RESILIENT OR WHATEVER, BUT HEY.

KARKAT: I SHOULD BE RISKING MINE TOO.

KARKAT: TO AT LEAST SHOW I'M THERE WITH THEM.

KARKAT: AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE A MOMENT WILL PRESENT ITSELF...

KARKAT: WHERE I CAN DO SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

KARKAT: LIKE NUDGE SOMEONE OUT OF THE WAY OF A RANDOM FLAMING FUCKBALL JUST IN TIME.

KARKAT: OR SOME OTHER SMALL THING ACTUALLY WITHIN MY ABILITY.

KARKAT: MAYBE I'LL DIE IN THE PROCESS OF SAVING SOMEONE MORE CRUCIAL TO VICTORY?

KARKAT: IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A PART OF THIS, SO BE IT.

KARKAT: I'M IN.

KANAYA: Thats Why Youre Our Leader Karkat

KARKAT: I'M NOT YOUR FUCKING LEADER!!!

KANAYA: Statements Like That Are Also Why Youre Our Leader

KARKAT: NO, I DON'T ACCEPT THAT.

KANAYA: You Have To

KARKAT: WHAT

KARKAT: WHY?!

KARKAT: NO I DON'T.

KARKAT: LOOK, WE *JUST* ESTABLISHED THIS BACK ON THE PAD.

KARKAT: I'M NOT A LEADER ANYMORE. END OF STORY.

KANAYA: That Isnt What Echidna Said

KARKAT: ??????

KANAYA: It Was Part Of The Deal

KARKAT: WHAT?

KARKAT: WHAT DEAL.

KANAYA: The Choice She Gave Me

KANAYA: It Was Straightforward Like I Said

KANAYA: Seeing Us Was Mostly A Formality

KANAYA: She Was Perfectly Willing To Release The Frog

KANAYA: But There Was One Small Thing I Had To Agree To First

KARKAT: WHAT??

KANAYA: To Protect You

KARKAT: .........?!

KANAYA: In Addition To Living Up To The Things I Supposedly Stand For As Well

KANAYA: The Resurrection Of Our People

KANAYA: But Once I Did That

KANAYA: She Made It Clear

KANAYA: Theyd Need Guidance

KANAYA: She Didnt Seem Happy With The Idea Of Her Universe Being Stricken With Another Race Of Lost Trolls

KANAYA: Maybe She Feels You Are The Best Chance Wed Have At Preventing That

KARKAT: ARE YOU FUCKING JOKING?

KANAYA: Not At The Moment

KARKAT: HAHAHAHAHA!

KARKAT: THESE DENIZENS ARE FULL OF SURPRISES AREN'T THEY.

KARKAT: OK, COOL! WHATEVER YOU SAY ECHIDNA!

KARKAT: IT'S PROBABLY A LOAD OF SHIT, BUT A DEAL'S A DEAL.

KARKAT: AT LEAST "PROTECTING ME" SHOULD BE A PRETTY EASY PROMISE TO LIVE UP TO, RIGHT?

KANAYA: Id Hope So

KARKAT: SURE IT IS.

KARKAT: WHEN I HEAD OUT TO BATTLE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS STICK NEAR ME, AND DO YOUR BEST TO PROVIDE ME COVER.

KARKAT: I THINK AS LONG AS YOU'RE GIVING YOUR BEST EFFORT, YOU'RE TECHNICALLY KEEPING YOUR END OF THE BARGAIN.

KANAYA: That Would Be One Way Of Handling It

KARKAT: GREAT.

KARKAT: IT'S SETTLED THEN.

KARKAT: NOW LET'S GET OUT OF THIS STUFFY CAVE AND GET PSYCHED FOR BATTLE!

KARKAT: MAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT. I CAN'T WAIT TO DUST THE OLD SICKLE OFF!

KARKAT: WHICH ONE TO USE, THOUGH... HOMES SMELL YA LATER? PROBABLY LACKING IN COMBAT STATS, BUT IT'S HARD TO SAY NO TO A CLASSIC.

KARKAT: THIS WAY KANAYA!!!

KANAYA: Dont Worry

KANAYA: Ill Meet You Out There

KANAYA: Once Its All Over

KARKAT: HUH?

KARKAT: OOF

[lioness-of-the-seas]

EPISODE FOUR OF PRIME WOT

SPOILERS; EYE OF THE WORLD BOOK AND WOT PRIME E4

That is by far my favourite episode so far. Honestly great fight scenes, great dialogue, great character work, GREAT EVERYTHING.

Lan and Nynaeve, my babies. Their tension throughout just made me gush like crazy. They just cute. I want them to be together. They need to be together.

I really love the Fade scene with Thom, because they just capture the creature so well on screen. Like the Fade is LIGHTNING fast and I love it. Also the shot with Mat with the dagger...genius. I love how unhinged and possessed he is. I also love for a moment that the audience gets the panic that he did something wrong. JUST WELL DONE.

Rand. My beloved. We finally get a dream with him. And I kinda wanted to see a lil more, but I'm content. I'm fine. But Prime, do something more with him. He has been sidelined so much in these episodes, like he's the only one without established backstory or motivation. Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Nynaeve all have something going on, but all we really know about Rand in the show is that he has a dad and a cool sword.

Logain's opening was really interesting. You almost get a moment where you're like "oh he's kinda good", before you realise he's deluded by the very thing that is giving him power. I could write an essay on the nuance of his characterisation, but I'm going to refrain.

The explanation for the way of the leaf gave me better insight in the philosophy. I felt when I was reading it in the book, it was a little odd and since it was exclusively from Perrin's perspective, we didn't really get an unbiased view. The show made me understand it rather than making me dismiss it.

Now. The Dragon Reborn. After watching the episode, I kind of realised they swapped Rand and Nynaeve's backstory, and the fact that they are not from two rivers. I mean, it has been hinted in the show that Rand is Aiel (by Thom saying how it's rare to find red coloured hair outside their people), but it has been explicitly said that Nynaeve was not born in Two Rivers. In that way, we've been already hinted that Nynaeve is the Dragon Reborn.

Now I'm not opposed to the idea of Nynaeve being dragon reborn; it would be kind of badass if she were. She is my favourite character from the books, so although it is quite a big change, I would be all for it. I am concerned how they would navigate it. I am also concerned for the characterisation of Rand. As mentioned before, he has no real ambition or established backstory. He's going to Tar Valon for Egwene and Perrin. He sounds like he has a pretty decent family at home and he doesn't know he's adopted. Other than baring the burden for other characters, Rand doesn't have much use.

See I have two theories. Either the Nynaeve thing was a ploy, and Logain is just too weak against the power of love and assumes (in his maddened state too) that Nynaeve is the Dragon Reborn. I know the other Aes Sedai are looking at her funny, but I think part of that is her power and the fact that none of them knew she could even touch the one power. The other is that Nynaeve is the Dragon Reborn, and Rand will get more character later. Maybe he'll become a warder, and that quip earlier was just irony.

OR.

Maybe they think Nynaeve is the Dragon Reborn, but then Rand turns up and can channel. AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHO IS THE DRAGON REBORN--

Look I don't mind either. I just hope they handle it well. I really wanna talk about colour symbolism right now, but...this is already pretty long.

This was my favourite episode. I can't wait for more.

[yourkdramaanalyst]

STRANGERS FROM HELL SHORT REVIEW

"People are the most frightening above anything else."

https://t.co/bPsScVEbvM

• Introduction to the Drama

GIST:

Strangers from Hell is about Jong-u (played by Im Si Wan), an aspiring writer who moved from Busan to Seoul to start an internship offered to him by his senior. Upon looking for a cheap place to live in, he found Eden Residences. He ended up staying there, where he had creepy and suspicious neighbors including Dr. Seo Mun-jo (played by Lee Dongwook).

It is based on a webtoon series by Kim Yong-ki.

• The Experience

I can't remember the last time I watched a psychological-thriller K-drama, but this one is probably the most disturbing! The first season has 10 episodes but it took me a week to finish because it was difficult for me to watch this at one go. It was also impossible for me to have a snack while watching this drama because I am afraid I will suddenly puke. It's violent, maddening, and uncanny. If you have anxiety or mental health issues, I am warning you, this drama might be triggering for you so I advice you to refrain from watching this.

https://t.co/PlFijaJ0dn

Lee Dongwook is one of my ultimate Korean actor faves but after watching Strangers From Hell, I will never dream of him calling me "babe" anymore. In fact, I don't want anyone to ever call me "babe" from now on. He's a dentist in this drama which made it even more terrifying lol. This is the first time he played a psycho villain but it seems like this role is made for him.

(And I kinda shipped him with Im Siwan in this drama jdpshdishdis I know this is weird... sorry.)

• Points that I Liked About the Drama

1. It's totally engrossing. Even if I got scared, I didn't want to drop this K-Drama because it kept me curious about what's going to happen to the main character.

2. This K-drama has the elements I am looking for in a thriller. It's not filled with sloppy jump scares and pointless scenarios. It may look like a plotless thriller but that's not the case at all. It has a brilliant story-line.

3. It has a high quality cinematography. The camera placements and movements were meticulous. The transition from one scene to another is also satisfying. The way they cut the scenes gives an extra terrifying feel.

https://t.co/y0DIw1gXqo

4. The characters and the actors are praiseworthy. All of them are well thought. Everyone gave justice to their roles so there's nothing to complain about.

https://t.co/mPxhZc4yrn

5. Eden Residences is creepy but not in a typical way. Sure, it does not have the best facilities, but would still look quite normal if not only for the story behind it. They focused on the people living there instead, which in my opinion is a good approach.

6. It messed up my mind. Not in a bad way, though. I kept on guessing about what's going to happen next, who should be trusted and who should not, and who is going to be killed.

• The Ending

It was excellent. Though I predicted a certain part of the ending, the way the story was told was good enough to satisfy me. Until the end, the intensity did not decline, not even a bit. Overall, it didn't disappoint me.

However, I just have one single thing I keep thinking about until now. Throughout the drama, I have a question I kept on asking and for every episode I watch, I hoped that it would be answered. But, the ending came and I am still confused about that one thing. I will write about it briefly below on the "ISSUES" section which you can avoid if you don't want to read spoilers.

• Final Thoughts

Would I watch it again? Yes. On Halloween, maybe. And not by myself.

Would I recommend it? Absolutely. Despite being different from my usual K-drama picks, oddly, I still ended up liking it. If you are a person who enjoys watching thrillers, this drama may be what you're looking for.

I am giving Strangers from Hell a 8.5/ 10.

• Strangers from Hell OST

There are only 4 songs but all of them are good! And of course, all of them are creepy, too.

Strangers by The Rose

Room No. 303 by The VANE

Blow Off by Yoari

Ruin by Isaac Hong

• Issues (spoiler alert!)

I don't have a lot of issues. I just want to know why they are doing it which was not explained until the end. It bothers me because they are psychopaths living in the same place and conspiring to kill some people, an act Dr. Seo Mun-jo calls "art." Yet, there was no back story aside from the four of them being in the same orphanage together. That's why I am hoping for a second season where we could see more of what happened in the past and how they became psychopaths. I also want to know what will happen to Jong-u now that he turned into somewhat like them.

Although even without a second season, I am still completely satisfied with how it ended. Maybe that's what the writers are aiming, for viewers to keep questioning the identities of the characters.

I reviewed Strangers from Hell based only on the drama itself since I can't compare it to the webtoon series that I haven't read yet. To those who were able to finish both, how was the adaptation?

I have a lot of dramas on my plate right now so I made this one short but I did my best to write a direct and thorough review without revealing too much spoilers. I hope you enjoyed reading this! 💖💖