Beanie level: Noble idiot

LEVEL UP! I am now a water maid. -hairflip-

I know these levels are basically meaningless, but it’s still so exciting. Hehehe.

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    Congratulations ô fair maiden of the liquid element!!

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    Yaaaas, congrats hun

    This gif is one of my all time faves, he reminds of a frog (but a really hot one?!)

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I saw this cute guy from university at the bookstore today and did the saddest most awkward wave
-Just kill me now-

If only those kdrama meet-cutes could happen in real life. *prays to drama gods*

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This speaks to me so much right now.

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I have some time off work soon, any drama suggestions? Something completed I can binge. I often watch rom-coms+youth dramas (see my shows list). But I’m open to other genres! Please & thank you! 😀 😀

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    Based on what you like, maybe:
    Ma boy
    Heartstrings
    Sweet 18
    The king 2 Hearts
    My Girlfriend is a Gumiho

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      Thanks for your suggestions! I’ll add those to my to-watch list! 😀 I’ve heard good things about King 2 Hearts and Gumiho, so I’ll definitely try to start on of those!

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    How about Jealousy Incarnate?? Let’s Fight Ghost, My Wife Is Having an Affair, Coffee Prince!!!!! I noticed you were missing My Name is Kim Sam-soon, I consider that show a quintessential kdrama watch.

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      Ohhh yes, I had been meaning to watch Jealousy Incarnate but I totally forgot! Thanks for the reminder! Need to write this stuff down. Lol. #priorities

      There’s a lot of older dramas like Kim Sam-soon and Coffee Prince, or Delightful Girl Choon Hyang as Jig (@crysta) mentioned below, that I really should go watch. Need to get through some of them classics! 😛

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        I find some of the older ones can be harder to watch because they can be a little more makjang-y, or the romances super stiff – the cringy kisses!! Are you a dead fish?!? But, both Coffee Prince and My Name is Kim Sam Soon feel relatively contemporary and are quite excellent. For example, I tried watching My Girl, since Javabeans and Girlfriday rated it so high, and only made it through 3 or 4 episodes. Too campy and old fashion for my tastes.

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    What’s Up (really good with good musical numbers)
    Delightful Girl Choon Hyang (a classic)
    The Three Musketeers (maybe not quite youth, but fun and entertaining)
    Page Turner (short and sweet)

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      I’ve actually seen What’s Up and Page Turner (Ji-soo!)–I loved both. What’s Up is where I got my love for Kim Ji-won and Im Joo-eun! lol

      Don’t know much about The Three Musketeers, but I’ll take a look! Thanks for the suggestions 😀

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    To the beautiful you…

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    Marriage not dating which is possibly one of my favourite romcoms💞

    There’s also healer which you might have heard about lol, it’s so gooood.

    I also loved oh hae young again, it had a lot of laugh out loud scenes

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      LOL yes, I can’t believe I still haven’t got around to watching Healer! Time always seems to escape me.

      So many dramas to watch, so little time.

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    Arang and the Magistrate
    Tamra the Island

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I just read a very bias article on US vs Korean TV, making out kdramas to be superior due to portrayal of relationships (sex), release dates (ep/week), and values/morals. Thoughts? (I watch both, btw)

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    I was thinking about this the other day. To me they are fundamentally like apples and oranges because of the sociocultural differences between the two. So they end up being different genres of television which they pretty much are. Putting this here as a “bookmark” to write more on in a bit.

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    Where was that article from?

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      Some sort of personal kdrama blog? I’ll try to find it again and I’ll post a link here if I do. Though biased, I thought it was interesting to see how this blogger saw American TV in comparison to Korean.

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        Yeah, it does sound very interesting. Let me know if you find it, I’d love to read it 🙂

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    As @hades said, it is like comparing apples to oranges. For example, Korean work place dramas are miles from anything you would see in the US. The interpersonal work dynamics alone are a foreign concept to Americans. Now that I think of it, the US doesn’t even really have any serious work place dramas, the shows they do have are sitcoms eg. Parks and Rec. I think it goes to show how much value is placed on work in Korea. It seems they spend countless hours either working or doing workplace activities (drinking being the #1 thing I see). So, the storylines alone reflect Korean culture, which differs vastly from ours.

    I find the quality of shows equal, but content in terms of socioeconomic/cultural expressions is very different. I would not say they are morally superior or better at depicting romance, they just display these aspects in a different way.

    Plus, they have strict censorship laws that also play into what is depicted on screen. American tv can show hot and heavy sex scenes, be more violent etc. just because they can.

    I will say, the 2 episodes a week deal is pretty freaking sweet. Plus, I like that shows only last one “season”. There is a distinct conclusion and no dragging out of storyline – looking at you ER and countless other shows that lasted 10 plus seasons.

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      SAME. I like that dramas are made to end. It leads to more complete, thought-out, well-paced dramas. Most dramas don’t do this perfectly, but it’s nice. I still watch Grey’s Anatomy, which has 13 seasons now, but it’s like a never ending series of arcs–which I hate and love.

      I do notice how the idea of hard work is so ingrained in Korean culture. It speaks to how fast the country has grown, but I do appreciate how some workplace dramas show how that idea can lead to hardships—it can be quite thankless, I imagine. My Korean friend told me this: It sometimes feels like you have to work so hard but you don’t necessarily go anywhere (especially since many big conglomerates are family run and can be prone to nepotism). She also said that she’s heard things like if you aren’t successful yet, it means you aren’t working hard enough. In that regard it would be a very different dynamic to work/school life.

      Oh and thanks for replying!! 😀

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        I would not want to work in Korea after having seen kdramas. Their labor laws are definitely not as protective as ours and it does seem that nepotism goes far there. Plus, I always see workers getting yelled at and physically abused in shows. What the hell is that about? I am reminded of the sad news article Dramabeans shared about that rookie PD that killed himself. Now I just depressed myself 😑

        Until this post, I never really compared the two except for comparing length and air times. Thanks for the discussion topic!

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After a long week at work, my weekend plans, ladies and gentlemen:

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This is me, right now. Just got off work, it’s sunny in the usually rainy Vancouver, Canada, and it’s Friday…life is good. 😀

Happy Friday, beanies!

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YAY! LEVELED-UP! Made it to Jang Geu-rae. Thank you to all the beanies who have been so nice and inclusive during my years here. Hope to be more active from now on. 😀

Started from the bottom…

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Unfortunately, I must have used a different email for some of my comments, as they didn’t all link up to this account. Oh well. C’est la vie!

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Hello! This is my first post! To introduce myself: I’ve been reading DB for ~6 yrs & watching kdramas for 8 yrs (after starting w/ Jdramas, Anime, & KPOP the year before). First one: You’re Beautiful.

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