Mr Queen: Eps 9 & 10 Open Thread

The thread is now open for SPOILERS, discussions, analyses, rants, and…lists. lol. My favorite flop ever. credit: kdramadaily’s tumblr She reminds me of a whale breaching.   I’ll also start compiling a short list of quips about marriage from BongHwan. 1. Lady Choi says, “We’re not performing an ancestral.” BongHwan answers, “A wedding is basically […]

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True Beauty: Ep 7 @GB’s List of Lousy Adults

When we bitches rant, we rant. And we also bring out the laundry list. 🙂 Here’s @GrowingBeautifully’s list of charges against the adults in this kdrama. She wasn’t just looking at Cha Woo Eun’s handsome face, ya know? @GB, I’m reposting it here in full. It was too good to be lost in the comment […]

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Mr Queen Ep 8 Dangerous Relationships

I have to finish explaining the title before the new episodes roll in this weekend. I mentioned three dangerous relationships in my last post. This post: Mr Queen: Ep 8 The “Fake” SoYong 1. The love triangle of the BongHwan/Queen Soyong, the King and the concubine HwaJin I suggested that HwaJin is under false pretenses. The […]

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Mr Queen: Ep 8 The “Fake” SoYong

What did BongHwan mean when he called HwaJIn a fake Soyong? Do you have any theories? I promise I won’t kick anybody out for theories. I’m known for my wild theories, too. Here are the scenes I consider relevant to understanding the characters. From Ep 1 Jo HwaJin was writing when her maid accidentally splashed […]

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True Beauty: Eps 7 & 8 Open Thread

The thread is now open for guilty pleasures and fun analyses. BTW, I read from the Viki comments that the drama deviated from the webtoon in that Episode 6 scene when Suho took JK’s wallet from the bullies. It was supposedly SJ who found the wallet. lol. PPT? Doesn’t PPT mean Power Point presentation? credit: […]

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Bitch Talk: Drama Recommendations

People have asked for my drama recommendations. My recommendation however is to follow a writer and see his/her development over time. That’s what I did. I binge-watched not the actors but the screenwriters because I wanted to understand their vision of the world, their moral philosophy, and their creative process. Here’s a “starter pack.” I’ll […]

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True Beauty: Meta-References to Other Dramas

@BethB wrote: Finally, it’s fun to see TB making meta-references to other k-dramas. It would be fun if @packmule3 could start a separate post about this and we could add our comments. As others have pointed out, they have parodied scenes from TKEM, CLOY (while one of the characters from CLOY was sitting on the […]

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Start-Up: Gif Gifts and More Challenges

Since it’s the Feast of the Epiphany (of Three Kings’ Day) , here are some gifs for y’all from the creative “Start-Up” fans at Tumblr. Please give THEM credit (not me!!) if you’re copy-pasting them elsewhere. Thanks. 1. The world according to Dosan… From Jaehwany’s tumblr credit: Jaehwany’s tumblr We’re missing Dosan’s explanations on data, […]

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Mr Queen: Ep 6 On Being “ThisClose”

In math, these are just inequality symbols. This means greater than: > This means less than: < However, when you put them together, with a period in between, like this: >.< it becomes an emoticon (emotion + icon) for annoyed or irritated. And when you put them together, with an empty space in between, like […]

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Mr Queen: Eps 7 & 8 Open Thread

The thread is now open for spoilers and discussion. I’m finishing my Ep 6 analysis. In the meantime, it’ll be a work-in-progress with password-protection. I’ll remove the password when I’m done. You can read it while waiting for the subs. 🙂 Let’s enjoy the show!

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