I'm also an absolute fan of The Lord of the Rings and count the trilogy as one super long movie. I even enjoy watching the extended version (and yes, all 11-or-so hours of it).

Also love Firefly, Coffee Prince and You've Got Mail. *highfive

Yay! Another firefly fan!!! Did you happen to see Nathan Fillion's pic with him and Alan Tudyk in Canada this week with Alan in the drivers seat of a motor boat and Nathan standing behind him reminding us of the series? Nice to know more about you!

That mutant drama actually sounds like a real drama, although I have NO CLUE what dramas they are a mix of. Only High Society comes to mind.

Would the mutant baby of Misaeng and High Society named An Incomplete Society?

If so, the hardest part by far would be who to cast to play the second lead: Kang Ha-neul or Park Hyung-sik? This is an impossible task!!

Lovely to know more about you, Laica!

Misaeng and not sure. There's still time for a second series of Firefly. I'm sure of it, Laica. I've loved The Lord of the Rings since I read it as a teenager and thought the films captured that world so well that I love them too. I'll have to take you word for it on Mystery Queen though as I only made to about episode 8 or 9. Thanks for all you re-capping.

I like the open (with a chance of happy) ending of your mutant drama! Mystery Queen is an enjoyable ride, made more so through your recap and comments. So, if the ramyun's done, let's eat? ^^

Firefly!!!!

If they did another season they'd have to resurrect Wash. Sometimes when I'm bored I just think up scenarios how they could do it.

Yay! Coffee Prince, Tamra, and Lord of the Rings. Thanks for letting us know a bit about you!

As a fellow glutton, have you set your own ramyun doctrine? Are you a firm believer of noodle breakage? Are you an egg scrambler? Do you dress your ramyun with fresh veggies and/or garnish with chopped scallion? Do you savior the usage of pot lid while eating ramyun?

It's nice to know more about you Laica! Like you, I love Lord of the Rings and was addicted to the movies and books for a long time LOL I basically got into k-dramas the same way as you! My friends "forced" me to listen to k-pop and after that I loved it so they also "forced" more to watch a drama. Like you, I don't know if I should thank them or blame them for the addiction that soon followed.

And here i was, thinking that your username is from "Underworld". Whenever i see the name, the movie always comes to mind.

Hi @Laica? So nice to meet you. I can't imagine what you went through but thank God you came out of it in one piece.
And your deadly sin, i think it's something i'd never want to repent for.

Your mutant drama has confused me.

You're the DB staff that I can relate to the most, because :
Anime fan - check
poor health - check (although yours is serious, I just have weak immunity so i get sick pretty easily & something like a common cold can escalate into a terrible fever,me fainting & a week long stay at the hospital)
favorite drama is mystery queen & 1% of anything - check
dislike of hospitals - check
Nice to know you Laica :-)

You sound like a lovely soul! ❤️ Nice getting to know you Laica ?

Laica! ❤️

Sending love always :)

Nice to meet you Laica! Likes LOTR, kdramas and kitties?? Bam. Instant friend.

And Misaeng is the greatest drama ever made. Hands. Down.

There was a terrible fan war during my high school days when LOTR and HP movies came out. I still maintain that HP is a great book for starting people on reading, but in the movie adaptation department, LOTR wins.

I feel bad knowing you like rom-coms but always get thrillers to recap! But it was fun watching Mystery Queen with you and the other beanies. :D

Oh, this is hella interesting!
Coffee Prince was also my first drama...it kind of cured me of my extremely unhealthy anime addiction (I also got addicted to kdramas later, but that's a whole other story haha) and Gong Yoo oppa has basically been my only oppa ever since (this was an issue with a Korean friend of mine who wanted me to stop calling him by his name and start using oppa instead...he didn't succeed).
I'm also battling a sucky, serious illness (I'm currently "on vacation" before re-starting treatment) so I'm sending you all my good vibes and love!!
I studied English Literature and also think Cha is one of the most badass women I've ever seen! Seriously, my love for that woman...
Oh, also, I thought your avatar was a cat brushing her teeth heh.

Great to know a bit more about you, Laica! Thank you for sharing.

It was certainly fun watching Wan-seung and Seol-ok in Mystery Queen and your recaps made it more enjoyable. Now let's see if that second season actually happens. *crossing fingers also*

@laica Hope you are all well now and remain healthy in future!
It was nice getting to know a little more about you! :)

Woot! Fellow Browncoat!!!!
And thank you for disliking medical dramas!! My mum loves them so much and tried to make me watch Romantic Teacher Dr Kim with her! She only let me off after I persistently corrected the unrealistic hospital/medical scenarios episode after episode...

Laila, your mention of Mysoju brings back a lot of memories! I also used to marathon dramas from that site (Jdrama "Pride" was my crack). Thankfully due to Mysoju, I was able to watch a lot of older J and K dramas that are very hard to find now. ?

Oh... Mysoju! My go to site way way back. Feel a little nostalgic.

Love Hollywood romcom movies. I re-watch Sandra Bullock's While You were Sleeping so often if the weather here gets too hot (way to chill with its background in Chicago winter hahahahaha)...
Agree with you, Kim Hye soo is my ultimate girl crush!
Above all things, I wish you a very good health, Leica, so we can fangirl TLLOTR together! Ahem, particularly, Legolas.

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Hi Laica! I've been a fan of your thoughtful comments for years, and I remember when you debuted as a guest-blogger on Thundie's Prattle. It's not always the case, but your comments often mirror my own thoughts/responses. I'm so happy to hear that things are better on the health front and that you were able to join the band of merry minions.

P.S. Your avatar is adorable and that's so cool that you drew it!

Your drama addiction story sounds almost identical to mine! You're a very interesting person, Laica.

Wow! First Lord of the Rings and then Coffee Prince aaand then old-school Hollywood rom-com?! Soul sister? hehe! NIce to meet you, Laica. Confession: Whenever I read your name I think of Leica lens. hehe!

Phuahaha mysoju! How I miss it! That was my go to site for what felt like foreverrrr

Chingu! I sympathize with the "LotR fangirl username from the 'glory' days of middle school", ha! *points to username*

All my favorite scenes in the movies are from the extended edition. I only wish there were extended-extended editions. I've watch every second of the BTS and Making of video on those DVDs, too, and I wish there were more! (And I can't believe that was almost TWENTY years ago!)

I'm a little bit late to this, but: eeee how did I never know you were an LotR nerd hoowwwww? And now that you've said it, duh, your name is TOTALLY an elf-name!

Love! ❤️❤️❤️

Nice to meet you Laica
Another coffee Prince lover and medical drama hater
I like you
Let's be friends *grin

Nice to know you better, Laica. I enjoyed your recaps a lot. Is there a drama in progress you would like to recap next?

Another Firefly fan :)

@Laica,

Pleased to meet you. I've often wondered about your handle, and am relieved to learn that it is an abbreviated elvish name. I thought it was maybe a variant on Laika, the name of the Russian space dog.

Having grown up in the days before CGI, I'm more a fan of JRR Tolkien's writings than the movies. That's what happens when you have to imagine everything in your mind's eye. On the other hand, you can cast whomever you want in the roles -- and just now I suddenly had the wacky idea that I could populate Middle Earth exclusively with my faves from Kdramaland. *Oooo, shiny*

COFFEE PRINCE has a special place in my Kdrama heart, too. I started out watching sageuks (er, more precisely, a "fusion" sageuk, as in "meltdown" -- DR. JIN!). I'm pretty sure that CP was my gateway Kdrama rom-com. Between the show's incredible use of background music, tomboyish Everywoman Eun-chan, the crew of handsome barista, and Gong Yoo's immortal turn as Han Gyul with his devastatingly touching "alien" monologue, I was a goner.

Thanks for your contributions to DramaBeans! Be well. ;-)

me tooooo.. "non-korean"thing that i like are LOTR and HP

Thank you all for your kind words. As expected, Beanies are the best! ❤️❤️❤️

Hi Laica! Don't feel embarrassed of your love for LOTR. I have a friend who taught himself Elvish. Beat that!