#i love how many ppl are saying they're Literally Always been into whump

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1, 4, and 18 for the ask game? -@set-phasers-to-whump

oooh thank u for these!!

1. What got you into whump?

I. actually couldn't tell you lmao. I've geniunely been into whump for as long as I remember, some of my earliest memories are reading Star Wars books as a child and writing down on a little piece of paper the numbers of pages that had whump scenes on them. I was six maximum at the time. Legit cannot remember a time when I wasn't into whump lol

4. What do you wish you saw more in this community?

Hmmm, I would definitely love more environmental whump, simply because it's my jam lmao. I'd be stoked to see more whump art too, either fanart or oc. Oh and i'm always incredibly happy to see any kind of post with resources - medical info, first-hand accounts of injuries, art references, etc - so i'd love to see more of those too. Im aware though that they reauire a lot of work and research lol

18. Do you prefer visual whump or written whump? Any reason why?

I love them both, but maybe a sliiiiiight preference towards visual whump. When it's art, the freezeframe quality makes the moment so much more intense. And when it's movies there are so many layers to it: the movements, the acting, the atmosphere... and also the audio! which is very important to me 👀 love me some pain sounds 👀

#ask game #answers #i love how many ppl are saying they're Literally Always been into whump #such a universal experience lol

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2021 Kdramas I Watched, A Belated Summary

It may be March 2022 but I SAID I WOULD MAKE A POST ABOUT THE 2021 DRAMAS I WATCHED AND DAMN IT, I MUST.

SO. In brief. Here they are. In the order of how much they appealed to me personally.

INCREDIBLY GOOD, IN A TIER OF ITS OWN:

The King's Affection was fuckign wonderful. I was procrastinating watching the last couple episodes bc I didn't want to finish it, which is why this post is being posted in fuckign March 2022. It has my favorite kind of crossdressing--a combination of superbly tense identity porn and a woman being convincingly masculine both in appearance and in attitude. Lee Hwi (or Dam-i or Yeon-seon, as you prefer) was my favorite character by far. I loved the stern, cold way she presented herself, her general badassery (every time she swooped in to save the day I would just kind of squeal, and also every time she used a sword or a bow and arrow), but also her softer, more vulnerable side that she only showed around select ppl. Also loved the side characters! I had no idea from watching Beyond Evil that Nam Yoon-su could be so good, but I already loved Rowoon from Extraordinary You (which was a disaster, but Rowoon was one of the few consistently good things about it). The villains were interestingly villainous, the intrigue was popping, the pining was painful, and the pace only allowed for the smallest amount of filler. Also a lot of queer vibes--genderfuckery aside, you would have to try pretty hard to not see Jung Ji-un as bisexual.

DRAMAS THAT WERE PROBABLY WRITTEN WITH ME IN MIND:

Mine--Literally I am ALWAYS craving femslashy thrillers and Mine DELIVERED. Canon lesbians! Femslashy antagonists turned allies! Sisters-in-law who are closer to each other than to their husbands! The fashion in this show alone would have kept me watching but the characterization and plot also would have kept me watching if the aesthetics had been trashed. A guilty pleasure bc it's just so very much my thing it's a bit embarrassing. the only regret I have is that there are no whumpy men in it but I admit that this show's disinterest in men in general is part of the appeal.

Lovers of the Red Sky--Another show where I was half there for the aesthetics, though in this case it was the painting rather than the outfits. The paintings are just so lovely and so central to the plot, and I loved watching them get painted. Also a good amount of whump, and a very satisfying romance. I love an artistic yet practical career woman and her mysterious, angsty, intriguing boyfriend. Especially loved the lack of bullshit in their relationship, impressive considering the level of bullshit they have going on in their lives in general--yes they do a little star-crossed-lover-ing but in general they know they want to be together so they are together. Even when it's risking their lives or a distraction from their revenge schemes. They have Priorities, and you can debate with those priorities if you want but sometimes you just want to see two people choose each other.

MISCELLANEOUS THRILLERS:

The Devil Judge was my favorite thriller of 2021. It had a good level of whump and while I wish it had more stuck with the antagonistic homoeroticism of early episodes, you have to respect its sharp and decisive swerve into found family territory bc they really did commit (and it's still slashy, just in different ways). If I ever get around to writing a full review of this I will say its stance on justice and judicial systems is kind of fucked up, but its level of moral gray and distrust in any system is part of what drives it. Also Kim Min-jung did an amazing job as Seon-ah, many kudos to her. Of these three miscellaneous thrillers, I think the Devil Judge had the best female characters all around--the other two tried, and I think The Veil's better than Beyond Evil in that area, but they're basically very focused on their male protagonists, whereas The Devil Judge comes closer to an ensemble cast vibe depending on the episode.

Beyond Evil sometimes knocked my socks off and sometimes bored me to tears and sometimes made me grit my teeth. I wrote a couple posts on that so no need to go into detail. The acting was good, the pacing could have been faster. The view on justice was again kind of messed up and in my opinion too harsh but then that's true of many crime dramas. I have read some good fanfic and seen some nice fanart and am glad I watched it.

The Veil was a fun and easy watch but I don't think it's going to be a memorable one. The whump levels were high, the amnesia was very fun, and the fight scenes well-choreographed. In terms of message, I'd say it boils down to something like "espionage is a fucked up career and everyone who does it is some kind of morally questionable", which... seems a bit obvious. And kind of makes the conflict annoyingly gray on a level of "I don't care who wins here bc everyone kind of sucks" but oh well. At least I can root for the main character.

A WILD MOVIE APPEARS??

I also just the other day watched a Korean movie that came out in 2021, called Recalled, or Memories of Tomorrow. It's the type of thriller I really enjoy, with an unreliable POV character, amnesia, and a marriage apparently full of secrets and lies. The two main actors I knew from other shows and I love both of them--Seo Ye-ji from Save Me and It's Okay Not to Be Okay and Kim Kang-woo from Circle: Two Worlds Connected. I wouldn't have believed they would have good chemistry but they're very convincing both as people who care about each other deeply and as people who deeply distrust each other and are guarded against each other, which as ideal for a movie about a woman who can't remember if she should or shouldn't trust her husband. Would recommend :) kind of sad though.

So! that's my thoughts on 2021 dramas. I still intend to eventually catch up with some other ones, like The Silent Sea, but I figured I'd make this post now or else I'd just save it for when I'd watched every single 2021 drama I ever wanted to watch, in 2025 or something. In 2022 so far I've been watching more 2022 cdramas than kdramas... but that's a subject for another post.

#kdramas #in the end i wrote this even tho its this late #oh well! #itll be good for my own reference