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danahmbisyosangdoktora · 5 years

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Here it is! My first ever blog post under my Asian Drama Blog Series. The following are the dramas I watched during the month of January 2019.

// Okay, I kinda felt the need to explain. Most of the dramas I watched this month are those of EXO Members’. As I’ve said in my 2018 Highlights, I only decided to officially spazz kpop recently and this is sorta part of it. I really wanted to watch most of the members (if not all) to somehow catch up to whatever I’ve missed when I still haven’t “stanning” as much as I can so I watched and am continually watching their dramas. //

SERIES

1) EXO NEXT DOOR Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Light plot No. of Episodes: 16 Running time: 15 minutes Genre: Web Series, Comedy, Romance Plot: 23-year-old Ji Yeon-hee is extremely shy and introverted with zero dating experience tends to blush like a tomato when talking to someone she likes. One day, four young men move into the house right next door to hers. Much to her surprise, they turn out to be Chanyeol, D.O., Baekhyun and Sehun from EXO, her favorite boy band who are trying to lay low for a while. Thoughts: It’s like your typical boy band fanfiction that has been adapted to become a tv series. I don’t know if it’s because I watched so many dramas already or the fact that I grew up reading fanfictions or because I watched it few years after it’s hype that’s why I said this??? Had I watched this during its release, I would have been really stoked! (Probs because I’m much younger back then) But of course, I am not any less glad even though I watched it years late because it’s still like a dream come true of some sort to have seen your idols actually act as the characters in a plot that you have only been imagining or you have just read in a fan fiction. We’re talking about audio-visuals here lol.

This is actually the first drama where I saw Chanyeol, Baekhyun and Sehun act. I have watched Kyungsoo before in Pure Love and 100 Days My Prince (he’s also the main reason why I decided to finally look up and stan EXO lol) and it irks me a bit to see him do the second lead this time. Sehun was really funny here. Total maknae! I can never forget you, brotha. The series is actually short. I finished it in two nights alongside with another drama I was watching. You can totally finish this in one sitting! Finished Watching On: January 09, 2019

2) THE UNIVERSE’S STAR Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Moderate plot No. of Episodes: 6 (MBC) Running time: 30 minutes (MBC) Genre: Fantasy, Romance Plot: Byul is a 19-year-old student who has been struggling to keep up with her job to guide dead souls to the afterworld as a Grim Reaper, learned that her favorite singer Woo Joo, is expected to die soon. She decided to save him as he is the only memory that she had in her previous life before she got into the accident which caused her life. Thoughts: It’s a little refreshing for me because I haven’t came across a fantasy plot between an idol and a fan, more so a mystic entity in this case, for quite a while. Although it’s a bit predictable (perhaps for me since I’ve read a lot of fan fics/ teen fics and watched so many dramas already or it really is predictable), I still liked how it ended and also a bit sad over its bitter-sweet ending. Finished Watching On: January 11, 2019

3) BE POSITIVE Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Very Light plot No. of Episodes: 6 Running time: 10 minutes Genre: Web Series, Romantic comedy Plot: Film major student Hwan-dong prepares for his graduation project as a movie director. He is facing a difficulty in finilizing the film due to lack of funding. Left with no choice, he asked Hye-jung, an actress of present time and alumna of his university who happened to be his ex-girlfriend to play the main role in his production. Thoughts: It’s really light but it’s understandable since it’s only a web series/ promotional series. To be honest, I only watched it since Kyungsoo is the lead role. I think it’s the perfect drama which portrayed relationships that ended without proper closure. Can relate. I like to commend this because true to its mission to “send a message of support to the younger generation”, it actually showed how we must really own up our mistakes and be mature enough to talk any misunderstandings out. Kyungsoo was really cute here huhuhu. It’s super duper short! I mean it’s only an hour!!! I seriously finished this in one sitting. Finished Watching On: January 12, 2019

4) STRONG GIRL BONG-SOON Rating: ★★★ ★ ☆ | Moderate plot No. of Episodes: 16 + 1 (Special) Running time: 70 minutes Genre: Fantasy, Thriller, Action, Romantic comedy Plot: Born with superhuman strength, Do Bong-soon dreams of creating a video game with the main heroine as herself. Her strength is hereditary and passed along only to the women in her family. She is desperately trying her best to become a willowy and elegant woman to meet the ideal type of her long-term crush, In Guk-doo, a police officer. Due to her strength, she was scouted to be the bodyguard of Ahn Min-hyuk, a rich heir and the CEO of a gaming company who recently received anonymous threats, blackmails and a series of stalking.

One day, a series of kidnapping cases break in Dobong-dong, the district Bong-soon lives in. After her friend was targeted, she became determined to catch the culprit. As they try to find the suspect, the three found themselves in a love triangle. Thoughts: What’s there to say aside from it being super good? It’s a mixture of suspense, romance and cuteness. The romance isn’t annoying at all. I really liked how the kidnapping case added so much spice to the plot and how after all the ruckus it all went down to family being your major strength. Finished Watching On: January 18, 2019

5) TERIUS BEHIND ME Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Moderate plot No. of Episodes: 32 Running time: 35 minutes each / 2 episodes per day Genre: Romantic-Comedy, Mystery Plot: Go Ae-Rin suddenly loses her husband. A mysterious man, Kim Bon, lives next door. Kim Bon is a legendary NIS agent. He was involved in a failed secret operation wherein the woman he loved died three years ago. He has since become disconnected with the world and decided to live alone quietly. He helps his neighbor Go Ae-Rin uncover a conspiracy which her husband got involved with. Thoughts: Watched this because of a trailer I came across on Facebook and So Ji-sub!!! This has been on my list since last year and I only got the chance to watch it this month. It’s a breather from my usual teen fictions so I was hooked. Super Ioved the twins, they were super cute. I especially enjoyed the part where they had to deal with the bioterrorism coz I can 10/10 relate, my Microbiolog(ist)y heart was very happy and was very amazed to at least see it be executed/ planned even if it’s just on screen. It’s not the most perfect spy series but it’s enough for me (or because I never really watch spy shows). The traitor in the ending (a supposedly plot twist) wasn’t very surprising to me... not sure if it’s predictable or because I have watched so many dramas already that I did predict who’s who already. Finished Watching On: January 24, 2019

6) SEVEN FIRST KISSES Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Light plot No. of Episodes: 8 Running time: 9-12 mins Genre: Romance, Comedy Plot: Lotte Duty Free store employee Min Soo-jin has never been in a relationship before. One day, she meets with the goddess of date who grants her an attempt to pick the perfect partner for her first kiss among seven men. Her options are firstly, a religious tech billionaire (Lee Joon-gi), a serious yet romantic boss (Park Hae-jin), a sexy secret agent (Ji Chang-wook), an adorable younger male friend (Kai), an innocent chaebol heir (Ok Taec-yeon), a beloved k-idol (Lee Jong-suk) and finally a free-spirited travel writer (Lee Min-ho). Thoughts: Bukod pala sa babaeng lahat. Charot! I have watched this during its release but I failed to catch up with every episodes. It’s only now that I decided to watch it as a whole again. Watched this after finishing Memories of the Alhambra as a rebound/ to ease my broken heart. It’s super light, tamang kilig and fantasize sa oppas. Literally watched in one sitting. Finished Watching On: January 28, 2019

7) SECRET QUEEN MAKERS Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Light plot No. of Episodes: 7 Running time: 15 mins Genre: Romance, Comedy Plot: A travel agent who lacks confidence in her appearance finds her hidden beauty with the help of six men she met at Lotte Duty Free stores. Thoughts: Watched this because of Chanyeol and Sehun!!! I only knew it was also a short series the moment I decided to watch it so I also ended it in one sitting. Dunno what to say other than it was cute and fun and short. I suck at reviews but this is another usual fan fiction I have read huhu but ofc, I love that I have seen it with my eyes than just imagining it. Finished Watching On: January 28, 2019

8) MEMORIES OF THE ALHAMBRA Rating: ★★★★☆ | Heavy plot No. of Episodes: 16 Running time: 65 minutes Genre: Fantasy, Suspense, Sci-fi, Romance, Melodrama Plot: After receiving an email regarding a groundbreaking AR game about medieval battles in Alhambra, Yoo Jin-woo, CEO of an investment company that specializes in optical devices, travels to Granada, Spain to meet the creator of the game, Jung Se-joo. However, Se-joo is missing and there, he meets his sister Jung Hee-joo, owner of the hostel he stays in and a former guitarist. Both get entangled in a mysterious incident and the border between the real world and the AR world built by Se-joo begins to blur. © Thoughts: Watched this while it’s on-going. 11/10 would recommend!!!! At first, I felt like it has the same vibe as W and got super amazed then I only learned mid-drama that both drama were written by one writer that’s why they have the same vibes. Super crazy plot! I honestly couldn't quite catch what’s going on in the first few episodes, I thought I was going stupid and going crazy myself but got a hang of it din later on. Super genius! Everything is astounding... except the ending. LOL I’M SO MAD!!!!

I decided to delay watching the finale for a week to “emotionally prepare” myself but I never thought I would be betrayed like this??? Had I known, I would have prepared for a month. Have already watched tons and been watching kdramas for several years already, I shouldn't be surprised and disappointed to open-ended stories anymore BUT I AM!!!???!!! So proud of Chanyeol here and my girl, PSH, still never disappoints! Finished Watching On: January 28, 2019

MOVIES Never a fan of watching movies but for EXO, I watched them loooool

1) SO I MARRIED AN ANTI-FAN Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Light plot Genre: Comedy, Romance Plot: Top star Hoo Joon ended up living together with his anti-fan reporter Lee Geun-young. Thoughts: Literally a fan fiction ripped straight off of Wattpad... charot! Not sure which came first but that’s what it was for me. Not that I don’t like it... again, it’s a dream come true to have seen my favorite idol actually act as the character I have only imagined before but I read a fanfic with the same plot before I watched this. Watched on: January 05, 2019

2) HYEONG/ MY ANNOYING BROTHER Rating: ★★★★★ | Light plot Genre: Comedy, Drama Plot: All thanks to Doo-Young, his younger brother, Doo-Sik was granted a parole from prison. Doo-Young is a then promising judo athlete but got involved in an accident before the selection for the national team which made him lose not only his break but his eyesight as well. After 15 years, Doo-Sik (Jo Jung-suk) suddenly appears in front of Doo-Young and they begin to live together. Thoughts: Of course, watched this because of my bias Kyungsoooooooo. Seriously this guy knows how to tickle your lacrimal glands and make you cry. Almost all of his movies were tear-jerker!!!! I felt super proud of him here. He literally pulled it off #nobias. It’s super relatable especially because it tackles about sibling-hood. Watched on: January 26, 2019

3) SO YOUNG 2: NEVER GONE Rating: ★★☆☆☆ | Light plot Genre: Drama, Romance Plot: A wealthy young man pursues a young woman of modest means, but circumstances often separate them as the years pass. © Thoughts: The movie was said to be an adaptation of a novel. Honestly, I didn't clearly get the plot in whole? I was confused what happened in the end. Not sure if it’s because it’s poorly shown or the fact that maybe the Chinese characters that were flashed (which I can’t transcribe) held a significant role that’s why I didn't understand the ending. I saw a clip on Facebook and it seemed interesting + it’s Yi Fan’s movie which lead me to watch it. I had to search for reviews and summaries in hopes of finding enlightenment about the ending but I haven’t found any which clearly explains what happened. About the characters, I had to say that the relationship was kind of toxic and they were really immature, I’m so mad! (says the mature one lol) Watched on: January 27, 2019 Soooo that’s it. Please understand that these are all based on my personal opinion. I am in no way a professional in making reviews. I’m just a plain nobody who loves watching asian dramas. The way I see a plot (as a light or as a heavy one) may be different from others and the ratings I gave could be different from anyone else as well. Most importantly, your thoughts might differ to mine so you do you. I hope I was able to help you find what to binge next!

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jacquelineshyde · 7 years

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15 things you love about jackie?(p.s. i loveeee your blog so much )

Hello! Thank you SO much for your question! I’m actually happy someone wants to talk about Jackie with me (lol). And for your kind words, thank you so much too

Now, I love plenty about Jackie but made this Top15 was kind of hard. I dind’t want it to get too long, but I guess that’s never posible with me lol. Everything must be long with me, lol. This is in no particular order.

1. Her enormous heart

This woman loves like no one ever. Even when she is mean and selective, she is capable of loving with all in her and beyond. When it comes to love, her selectiveness is gone, she just gives and gives. That’s why she ends up hurt so easily, and yet she still gives everything… and most times, she gets nothing back but a bunch of lies, jokes and hard words.

Honestly, this show hates its female characters, but Jackie was always their favorite target to make crap out of her.

Jackie has the super power of loving with the force and the long of thousand lifetimes, which also leans to…

2. That incredible capacity of forgiveness

OH BOY. Actually, I think this should be number one, but at the end of the day this exist because of that amazing heart. Jackie is capable of forgiveness in a way most people doesn’t even understand. She even forgivess when the person honest to god doesn’t deserve to be forigven (cofcofcofKelsocofcofcof).

She listens, she cries and yells, and gets angry, but then walks away and wait for things to cool down, be sad for a while if necessary, but never mad. This is also a bad thing, to be honest. Because she always gets hurt thanks to this. Always.

Yet, I admire her. I crave to have a heart like hers, because hate and anger only consumes you at the end, but she lets it go. She holds onto hope and happiness, and tries to see the good in other people, to think they are capable of change. It’s amazing.

3. The fact that she is such a good friend

Because, honestly, she is. Hyde, Eric and Jackie are the ones who are the better friends on the gang, Jackie being the one who doesn’t get anything in return most of the times. I’m sorry, but Jackie is always there for all of them, all. Even for Eric, even when he obviously doesn’t like her and doesn’t appreciate her.

Jackie has been trying to be Donna’s friends since day one. It may be her desire of approval, but Jackie has an incredible ability to understand and care for the people around her. She tries to help, even when she may not get the situation or be the most imparcial or needed teller in the story.

Honestly, i’ll die for a friend like Jackie. I mean, she paid for Donna’s engagement ring. SHE DID THAT. The man she loves doesn’t want to marry her, her best friend doesn’t even know what to say when asked why they are friends, her ex is always trying to get something from her, her other friend is always sexualizing her on her face, and the man she paid that fucking ring for is always talking shit about her, trying to get ride of her like if she was some kind of virus.

And yet, she is always there for all of them.

4. And an amazing girlfriend

Listen, she may not be the most reasonable person when it comes to loving someone. She blinds love, she tries to make her relationships work and fix the problems they find in their way. It’s not her fault her boyfriends end up being such fucking assholes (Hey, I’m talking about s8!Hye and you all know that).

She gives everything when she loves, she has an insane need of feel loved and not be alone, but when truly in love (aka with Hyde), we saw an actual human being who makes mistakes and works out those mistakes. Like I said before, she listens, she understands, she gets over herself, forgives and keeps going.

And she is so damn sweet, so damn cute, I want a girlfriend like Jackie.

5. That she never gives up

LOOK AT HER, SHE GOT THAT ONE STEVEN HYDE WHO DIDN’T DO RELATIONSHIPS TO NOT ONLY BE WITH HER BUT ALSO LOVE HER.

The show actually lets us know Jackie has a will fo steel. She sets herself into getting something done her way or at her side, and she gets it at the end. It’s also amazing to see how she grows from her previous mistakes and gets to make her technique even better.

Once she understands she has to be nice, polite and understanding to ask for something, she does nicely and gets what she wants. And yes, I’m talking again about Hyde; but also about how even when her father takes away her money, she gets a job so she can still see Kelso, she puts everything in her to show Hyde she isn’t who she thinks she is, to get him to know her and lmao, at the end of the day he falls for her.

Honestly, Jackie, give me your secrets.

6. And is also hard-working (when she wants)

DUDE. Like I said, she doesn’t give up, so it’s kind of obvious she would turn out to be a hard-working person. And it’s so funny because fandom always puts her like this useless girl who can do crap for herself, when in reality we are always seeing Jackie doing something.

We know she is a straight As student, who also is a cheerleader (don’t get me started on this. Because this show and media always makes cheerleaders look like they are stupid or something, but in most teams, you have to be an excellent student and be strong as fuck to get in), who even if she doesn’t like it, can get a job and do that damn job even wearing a ridiculous costume.

Man, do I keep this? Okay: she doesn’t know how to cook, she can’t touch an egg, but still tries to learn and does her best to get good at it; she gets her own tv show, gets over her nervouness and works it out perfectly and immediately gets a bigger job offer because she is talented, and smart, and fucking pretty too (even when the show is always saying that Donna is prettier and sexier than her); even in the hell of season 8, she gets a job and leaves her house to share an apartment, and you know, fucking sexist fandom: lives without Hyde.

7. How much she loves being femenine (and doesn’t let anyone ruin it for her)

THIS IS AMAZING.

Most times, we women get dragged for loving being femenine. We can’t be because then it means we are sexist, because people think that feminism doesn’t allowes being femenine. But that’s bullshit, people should be able to be ‘femenine’ if they want and that’s exactly what Jackie thaugh me.

She loves fashion and style, and yet she is still smart and gives no fucks to anyone, she can wear a dress a literally kick people who are being idiots ot her. And by the Lord, she is so taken for granted by everyone, so It’s always nice to see everyone’s reaction when she turns out to be not your typical femenine cutie pie.

8. She’s an excellent advicer (even when nobody asked for it)

Which is funny because they put something out of reality: she never listens to herself (at first).

Like I said before, Jackie is a person who is always there for the people she loves. I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out that she also gives advice to the other cheerleaders or other people in school, maybe the people on her class rooms and so, more friends besides the basement gang.

I always love how there are plenty of times when she actually gives Donna excellent advice, but her friend, for no other reaosn but the fact that she literally considers Jackie dumb and always wrong (and that she is always right in return), never listens to her.

9. Who is also always there for whoever needs her

This girl is my everything and the big of her heart will always amaze me. I cheerish the scenes when she gets to keep someone, especially Donna, company. Not only because her punch lines are mostly good, but because we see her in action, another thing Iove of her gets to shine in those scenes, too.

Jackie is full of love, so being there for whoever needs her, even Eric and Kelso, she will be there.

10. And is capable of puting everyone else’s happiness before her own

She was having the crappiest of the times when Donna had to be told to ask her is she wanted to stay at her home after Jackie’s mom abandoned her, yet Jackie thinks of Donna first and how happy she would be to keep her engagement ring, so she pays for it.

I’m gonna say it in another way: Jackie didn’t have too much money in that moment. Her father was in jail and her mother had abandoned her, she didn’t have a job, but she decided to pay for a fucking engagement ring that wasn’t for her.

That’s just an example.

11. Her compassion

THIS IS IT. Also something she shares with Hyde.

I love this aspect of her because we are told all the time that she is mean, shallow and selective, but Jackie’s heart is so big and so warm, she can’t stop feeling for people. She understands situations better than anyone lse very often, she can read a room and spot who needs some space or to talk.

Sometimes that compassion makes her connect with people, like every time she listens to Donna’s ups and downs with Eric, and when she feels sorry for people who has hurt her so much, even when she is in her right to be mad at them and make fun of them for their very silly problem.

This girl is a beautiful sea.

12. Actual strong female lead

See all that crap that has been happening to Jackie since season one? A dreaming girl who wants true love, to have her on family, be happy?

Her first love turned out to be an egomaniac cheater, her best friend doesn’t want her to be her best friend, her other friends are constantly wanting her out of their lives, her parents are never at home nor near her, her cheerleader squad hates her, she got crap for loving Hyde, even called names for it by her own friends, her father went to prision, her mother abandoned her, then came back and her idiot boyfriend flirted with her.

She got cheated on by the man she loved the most, then he didn’t want to spend time with her, let alone think they had a future, and let’s not talk about marrying her. Season 8 even went so far to phisically hurt her and have Hyde laugh about it, and she ended with a guy who sexualized her and saw her as no more than a prize to win during the entire show.

And yet, she is still standing. She still gets to be herself, to be brilliant, to be amazing. I love her.

13. Her relationship with Kitty and Red

Out of all the gang, I think she and Hyde are the ones who respect the Formans the most and who spend more time with them, aside from their actual kids.

Jackie is seen not only as Red’s favorite, but also Kitty’s helped in the kitchen and somoene she can talk to. I like Kitty and Donna’s relationship, but to be honest it doesn’t look as close and intimate like Jackie and Kitty’s. Even in the earlier seasons, we see Jackie trying to get close to the marriage.

Maybe is because she recognizes in them her dream come true: a strong couple who love each other so much, their relationship has survived for many years, keeping their marriage holy and great. They formed their own family, working together and loving each other, all Jackie wants the most.

In my mind, I know Jackie admires the hell out of Kitty. She’s a femenine girl who was like Jackie: naive in the love matter, popular, even a cheerleader. And she became a femenine woman who has a job she loves, who is great at said job and is also great at being a mother, a wife and be happy.

Besides her desire of having parental figures in her life, I think Jackie see in them what she wants in life and I love how she is always around them, even before being Hyde’s girlfriend.

14. She is not perfect

Something that gives her humanity.

The show tried so hard to always put Donna on a good light, they gave Jackie the chance to be imperfect and work in her shit while growing up. It gave her character interesting turns and changes that we were able to see and understand.

Even in the little things, she is great at school but not so good at cooking, yet she is an incredible femenine girl but that doesn’t make her weak, she is literally strong enough to make Hyde bend over when she kicks him, or to take away a bigger guy out of her home.

Really, the writers wanted to make Donna the coolest, but instead they gave Jackie characterization and reality.

15. And of course, her relationship with Hyde

Coulnd’t not put this one, let’s be honest.

Jackie is a character that didn’t get too much recognition and characterization until she started to be around Hyde, literally. Both characters start being seen in a different light after the first episode that also puts them together, season 1′s Prom Night.

This is a relationship based on trust, on the fact that they were in the good and the bad together, went from friendship to lovers in a slow but right way. They love each other so much, they grow up and start changing together, finding out in their way together that they fit, they had something between them, and there’s no better home for both, these lonely people, than each other’s arms.

#that 70s show #jackie burkhart #queenjackieburkhart #jackie x hyde #last-exit-to-nowhere #about me #sorry for the meta #show #meta #the queen #mine

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