That was the old slogan of my local newspaper The Washington Post, and it was a play on words. It meant that if you didn’t subscribe to their newspapers, you wouldn’t understand the news. Same here. If you don’t follow this blog, then you won’t get the romance of Fluttering Alert and appreciate the finer […]
Fluttering Alert: Memo on Episode 16
To: All Fluttering Alert posters and lurkers From: Packmule3, uber-bitch Date: Two days before Christmas Subject: Episode 16 Wedding I haven’t watch the last two episodes in their entirety. I didn’t know they were 100% subbed till I came home from Handel’s Messiah and it was impossible to switch from the sublime masterpiece of Handel […]
Fluttering Alert: On Kdrama Endings
One of my theories, let’s call this Packmule3-ism #8, is that there’s a correlation between writing kdramas finales and achieving orgasms in bed. Korean drama writers who write bad finales have either never experienced the big “O” or really terrible at giving/getting one. Why? They don’t finish well. 😱😂🤷♀️ That’s my theory but I’m NOT going […]
Fluttering Alert: While Waiting for Eps 15 and 16 Subs
I prowled around the internet and looked for trivia on Chun Myung Yung. (I’m sure I just mangled his name but oh well… I’ll edit later.) I was surprised when @curiousyeh wrote that his baptized name is Constantino. I don’t consider Constantino (or Constantine the Great) a saint but he is credited for doing two […]
Throwback Thursday: Explaining the Reaper in “Goblin”
I’m still waiting for Viki subs. Meanwhile, I’m transferring my posts from soompi over here because one of these days, I’ll go nuclear and delete all my posts in soompi. (lol) Another one of my good friend, @fikachuuu asked me these questions: Ok here comes the questions: 1. What was the point of PJW asking […]
Fluttering Alert: Ep 16 The Kiss 😈
The Expectation: The Kiss by Gustav Klimt, credits: Klimt, of course, and europosters The Reality: 😂😈🤪 Seriously now. I’ve to admit that I started this episode expecting lip-action because I’ve been conditioned by Hollywood, Klimt and Rodin to equate love to an amorous and physical display of FEELINGS between a couple. But I stayed for […]
Fluttering Alert: Ep 15 Highlights
This isn’t a recap because my Korean language proficiency in a scale of 1 to 10 is 0.00019. Highlights: 1. Getting him to say yes to her proposal lol. Look at her sad eyes! Who could resist these sad eyes? Of course, he couldn’t resist those eyes, so he answered, “Hae-yo!” which probably means “Heck […]
Fluttering Alert: Ep 14 Heart-Fluttering Moments
Two more episodes to go! I’m going to miss this. Just a reminder. I’m not doing my madcaps tomorrow Wednesday. I’ve a brunch office party. It’s mandatory. lol Let’s get started with my heart-fluttering moments of Ep 14. ********** 1. Their connection explained For almost all viewers Episodes 11 and 12 (or week 6 ) […]
Fluttering Alert: Honor Among Thieves
@Anna_Tan wrote this: Will you be analyzing the conversations Hye Joo had with HJM and WH in episode 14? HJM said there is a line which bad people do not cross. What is that line, is it Hitting people below the belt, keep threatening the other party or don’t know when to stop? I found […]
Fluttering Alert: Question on YEH?
Is she Catholic? Or maybe the set/prop director is Catholic? Because that’s the Mary statue on the table. I’ve never seen that used as a prop before. This scene is from Episod 10 at 40:23 Edited to add this: Thanks, @tsutsuloo! From Episode 8, at 34:35.
Fluttering Alert: On Understanding HyeJoo
A poster at soompi asked why Wannabe Wife would want to hurt WooHyun if she actually wanted him. Her behavior can be viewed as retaliatory as in “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Or it can be viewed as a “sour grapes” like a child would break a toy so nobody else could […]
Fluttering Alert: On Chun Jung Myung’s Dream Disaster
Did you notice my recurring theme here? lol I keep on finding these excerpts from the same Knowing Brothers episode. I wish I knew what episode this was on so I could watch the whole show. He tells unexpected stories of the ordinary things and he delivers them with a smiling face. Right away, you […]
Fluttering Alert: Ep 13 Heart-Fluttering Moments
Sniff. Sniff. I missed – and I’ll miss — writing these heart-fluttering moments. ************ 1. Longing looks It’s a trope universally accepted in kdramas that when a man is in possession of fine healthy eyes, he must gaze longingly at his woman across a crowded room. They have got to stop meeting in hospitals like […]
Fluttering Alert: Bridal Questions
While waiting for the subs, why don’t you answer the questions here? @tsutsuloo already posted hers and I’m copying them here. These are her answers. Mine are in italics. Where’s your post, @agdr03? And @oli? And yours, @lmangla, if you’re lurking here? Who made the first move?Interesting because this relationship has had a lot of […]