This is my “Aha!” moment. In another thread, my good friend @hanufohane asked us, “which scene/ episode was your Dodal’s AHA moment?” Link: Start-Up: The AHA! Moments Of course the petal scene was important, too. But I was looking for something more. Something that was embedded in the first episodes that cannot be THAT obvious. 🙂 […]
Start-Up: Eps 15 & 16 Open Thread
Final episodes! Let’s savor the moment. credit: damn-salvatore’s tumblr Let’s enjoy the show!
Start-Up: The AHA! Moments
@Hafunohane asks: i personally have known it’s gonna be dodal endgame super early on, not bcoz of the posters leads etc (an inexperienced kdrama viewer here) but bcoz of that scene with the forrest gump-like cherry blossom petal trip from DM to DS. just curious: which scene/ episode was your Dodal’s AHA moment? Please share […]
Start-Up: **2nd** Parody of a Fangirl
Many of you have requested the password for my original post “Ep 13 Parody of a Fangirl.” A password, by definition, restricts the access of users. I purposely created “Ep 13 Parody of a Fangirl” to be a safe space for this blog’s posters after I observed that many of them are thoroughly confounded by […]
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Start-Up: One Long Road
This is a good episode to talk about NoonGil. If you take out all the side characters like JP and Injae, and the side stories like Grandma’s dimming vision, and Chulsan’s dating life, and simply focus on the main leads, Dosan and Dalmi, then you’ll see the whole entire journey of Dosan back to Dalmi […]
Tale of the Nine-Tailed: Eps 15 & 16 Open Thread
It’s finales week!!! For all the students lurking here, good luck on your exams! In loco parentis, I encourage you to hit the books before watching kdramas. Your oppa can wait. For the rest, good luck with the drama! I hope everything ends well. Thank you, @Growing_Beautifully, @agdr03, @phoenix, @cleopatra @anonymous, and everyone else in […]
Start-Up: A Good Script
“If I told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times.” If you’re one of my 10 followers, you know that I’m boringly repetitive. I often tell you that a good script pushes you to go deeper than the “feels” of the story. Responding to a kdrama at the “feels” level – like watching a […]
Start-Up: Ep 14 On Tarzan (Again!)
Another question. This time from @LikesKdramas: I can somewhat understand DalMi didn’t want to give DoSan explanationg about her feelings while he was nursing a grievance but I think it would have been better for her to admit her feelings for DoSan that night by the cabin. But I don’t understand why was she trying […]
Start-Up: Episode 14 Elevator Talk
I was going to delay writing about this but… Ella asked: @grace yes the first time when she came to the rooftop apartment was because of InJae pushing her but after the talk with DoSan, she apologized and she left almost immediately. Then jump to her going after DoSan in the country side but why […]
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol: @JT7’s Compilation of Classical Music
Thanks for doing this @JT7! I was planning to get all the YT clips but ran out of time. I’m glad you gathered them all in one place, and you did it on your own initiative. 🙂 Thank you, too, @Snow_Flower, for identifying the musical pieces!! I’m reposting @JT7’s link out here so it’s […]
Start-Up: Ep 13 Quick Take
If you’re Team Geek, this was a fun episode to watch. If you’re Team “Good Boy,” the best part for you was probably the two seconds in the preview for Ep 14. Team JP would be like: Here are my highlights: ******************** 1. InJae and Dalmi = Elsa and Anna of “Frozen” I like that […]
Tale of the Nine-Tailed: Have You Seen These, GB?
@Growing_Beautifully, @agdr03, @Phoenix, @Cleopatra and others, Maybe I spoke too soon. Maybe I should watch this kdrama with you after all. Maybe I would have had a blast writing a kiss analysis of this scene. 🙂 Gif credit: dingyuxi’s tumblr source: dingyuxi’s tumblr I wonder how many people were involved in filming this. […]
Start-Up: Eps 13 & 14 Open Thread
The thread is now open. As I said before, the comments on the Start-Up threads will be limited to old-time posters. They have a proven track record that they know how to interact well with others here, and I don’t need to moderate their posts. If there’s a newbie with a compelling argument, however, I’ll […]