For many viewers, to have closure at the end of the kdrama means to have a good wrap-up for all the characters. Since many/some/few of us are feeling dissatisfied with the Episode 16, here’s a chance for us to have our own version of the ending. Go ahead and post your brief fanfic, your snippets […]
Crash Landing on You: Ep 16 Open Thread
The final episode is here! Whether the finale matches our expectations or not, the ending is always tough to watch. It’s our human condition: both in our kdrama lives and our real life, it’s always hard to leave behind the ones we’ve devoted much time and energy to love. That’s why we all root for […]
Crash Landing on You: Ep 15 Open Thread
I’m separating the open threads for Ep 15 and 16 because some of you might not be emotionally ready for closure. Go ahead and post your comments, insights, theories, observations, rants, and raves for Episode 15 here. I don’t mind spoilers. And since it’s the finals week, I would like to thank all the regulars […]
Crash Landing on You: Pyo Chi Soo as Boyfriend Material
One thing I like about my blog is that we don’t have to be fangirls. In other forums…cough cough…if you suggest something out of the mainstream, the moderators will be sicced on you for disturbing the peace or for insulting the actors. Now, here’s @Mae’s interesting perspective on Pyo Chi Su. I thought she raised […]
Crash Landing on You: On “He Can Do Better Than Her” and Other Things
Some comments on Episodes 14 and 15. 1. Aren’t you glad you’re not married to Hyun Bin? It must be emotionally draining for Hyun Bin to film these scenes. Playing JungHyuk, he has to access deep emotions from personal experience and memories, and express these emotions onscreen, on cue. When he comes home at night […]
Crash Landing on You: List of OSTs, part 2
The first five songs are found here here: Crash Landing on You: List of OSTs The next six songs are here. Hurray! Crush’s song is out!! I still remember him from “Goblin” because he sang “Beautiful.” He’s not much to look at. But his looks don’t matter because I’ll know his voice anywhere. 6. […]
Crash Landing on You: On Lee Shin Young
Because their private lives are none of my business, I don’t blog about their media controversies and love affairs. However, I’m bringing up the recent “scandal” of Lee Shin Young, the actor who played the Handsome Soldier, because I was bothered about one thing. Briefly, on February 2, an article appeared on Nate accusing him […]
Crash Landing on You: On Destiny, Not Fate
Every so often, I pull out my seven-year old “Fate vs Destiny” sermon, lol, and rewrite it to fit the situation. @k-drama newbie’s post reminded me that I haven’t done so in a while. She said: After watching the episodes, I’m starting to learn to accept that they might not going to be together even […]
Crash Landing on You: On North Korean Aesthetics
I haven’t viewed Ep 13. I’m going to wait till Ep 14 is out so I can watch them in one sitting. But I read an interesting piece on netizenbuzz about one NK defector’s opinions on the similitude between CLoY and the real life in NK. I’m quoting netizenbuzz’s translation here,in full: Article: North Korean […]
Crash Landing on You: Eps 13 & 14 Open Thread
This thread is now open. You can post your comments, insights, theories, observations, rants, and raves here. I don’t mind spoilers. EDIT TO ADD THIS: For our convenience, I made a page (look at the top banner) for all the CLoY posts. You can use that to back-read my old posts (although why would you, […]
Crash Landing on You: On Mothers and Sun
This post is not a tearjerker. 🙂 After I read that my post last night left some of you reaching for tissues, I feel obligated to give my write-ups a warning label now. I guess I don’t need to mention the plain band on his ring finger since you all noticed the it by now. […]
Crash Landing on You: Ep 12 The Underrated Scenes
I’m reposting @chowchow’s comment here and adding mine. Thanks, @chowchow. 🙂 Underrated scenes that I loved in episode 12: Hurray for the underrated scenes! Like you, I love how these side stories add context to the North and South divide without being in-your-face about it. I really wish I could write more about these little […]
Crash Landing on You: On Han, Not Love
I’m not Korean so if I get things wrong, feel free to do to me what people in the Old World used to do to women of my ilk: burn them at the stake. Thank you. You all shared your beautiful views on love. I can’t add more so I’ll write a different interpretation of […]
Crash Landing on You: Ep 12, The Tomato Cultivator
Ha! We all know why he called himself the Tomato Cultivator, right? It’s because of this. But to fans of “Memories of the Alhambra” (MotA), there were many references to Hyun Bin’s 2019 kdrama. I’ll go over some of them. When EunDong’s avatar, Desperate Effort, encountered JungHyuk’s Tomato Cultivator, EunDong promptly asked to form an […]