#kdrama commentary

[dramadramallama]

some visual tropes tire me, but i always appreciate a well timed, well shot "silence cutting through all the noise" moment, working like a turning point in a story.

everything quieting down at the very beginning of episode 11, as hae-in and hyun-woo cling on to each other for support (not physically just yet, but emotionally, finally! the signal was down to one bar, threatening to cut out completely, but the service provider PULLED THROUGH AND THE CONNECTION'S BACK ON GUYS)

hae-in in all white, like a new bride, to show the relationship healing over... slowly...

and that scene immediately being followed by her collapse and a feeling of loss washing over her (wave/water symbolism hell yEAH)—and that momentum/epiphany carrying over to when she woke up later on, with her immediately voicing everything she felt she could not say before—hmmmmmmm DELICIOUS

#queen of tears #ooooh some of the directing choices are MUAH MUAH MUAH kissing my fingers one by one #we're not there yet but they're now moving forward #and in the SAME DIRECTION #there's gonna be some last few bumps on the road but we'll get there we'll get there #kdrama commentary

[kdramas-by-ray]

Who is Mudeok?

Why didn't she switch souls with Naksu?

How are they going to separate them since they are in the same body?

If she (Mudeok) is from the Jin family, why didn't her mother and sister recognize her?

Is Wook's father alive?

If Wook likes Naksu, what will happen to Mudeok?

Jin-mu swapped souls with Naksu's father to do something bad and then they killed Naksu's family?

#i need answers #alchemy of souls #kdrama commentary #kdrama meme #dramatalk #about kdrama #kdrama comment #kdrama #asian drama #korean drama

[komunyoung]

every new episode of why her has me caring less about the romantic side of things, and I think it’s because they keep framing the relationship development in a way that counteracts the tension of the plot. we’re on episode five and they’re having these tender moments but there’s been no build up to them, no tension in the relationship to break with emotional development, and very little time has passed so that emotional development feels very shallow. idk, maybe I should pause on this one for a bit because the engagement I felt with the first episode isn’t happening anymore.

#kdrama commentary

[dramagenes]

i want a rich man who holds my hand at any opportunity, actually listens to me when i tell him how to do things, longingly stares my way bc im the only person he sees and looks like lee junho, is that too much to ask?

#gu won skyrocketing up my list of kdrama bfs #king the land #show commentary

[astarlightmonbebe]

will the critics finally understand what this show is about now that it and been spelled out for them 🤩🤩

#star stumbles #kdrama #the impossible heir #royal leader #full sarcasm offense! dramanice user joanna is literally the only sane one…shout out joanna #not going to do a full commentary yet #but hmm idk if taeoh really will help hyewon or what that was about because his fist was trembling #anger at inha? the situation? her manipulating him? #ep 8

[stuffnonsenseandotherthings]

Not Others made me incredibly happy so I'm going to shout about it.

It's not every day you get a k-drama so willing to challenge widely accepted social norms all while keeping things light and fun. It's an incredibly heartwarming watch that challenges views on, among other things, women's sexuality (especially that of older women), teen pregnancy, single parenthood, and (most importantly) biological and non-biological families and mother-daughter relationships.

Heck there's even a brief exploration of queer love which definitely challenged the viewers' (and the translators') assumptions in a way that was so so satisfying to see.

Genuinely recommend it to anyone looking for a new kdrama to watch and who hasn't seen it yet.

Tagging @lurkingshan I don't know its this is entirely your taste but if you haven't seen it yet it might be worth checking out!

#not others #kdrama #I have so much to say on the shows commentary on biological vs non-biological family #especially with regards to how it relates to SK's views of the importance of biological family #found family

[certified-ajumma]

이규형: 이때 두나 누나 눈빛이. 서동원: 진짜 우주 같애.

#비밀의숲 #배두나 #이규형 #secret forest #bae doona #lee kyu hyung #kdrama #dvd commentary #making/bts #video #*

[whatisgodtoanonbeliever]

okay if everyone could, maybe, perhaps, let this man have a fucking life that in no way impacts any of you without burning him (literally) for it, that'd be chill

#crash course in romance #hey so maybe don't get weirdly attached to your teacher and their love life #we love the commentary on celebrity culture though what is UP #choi chi yeol #ccir #kdrama

[prncssguya]

started watching celebrity and it’s renewing my hate for instagram

#i deleted that app (and facebook) ages ago and i’m so glad i did #it did nothing but make me depressed #kdrama #celebrity netflix #celebrity #but i love the commentary on how conformity will be the death of society #how people only show others what they want to see and hear and never the truth #social media truly the worst invention

[dramadramallama]

ngl i couldn't properly enjoy the cuteness of today's episode because i kept waiting for the other shoe to drop

also, the lack of eun-seong acting creepy got me on edge, it's like he's winding up for the grand finale. i'm unreasonably worried he'll do something extremely weird, like pretend he's been hae-in's husband/lover all along, not hyun-woo. he already lied once about being the one saving her when she almost drowned as a child... the camera lingered a little too long on the sonogram, when they were clearing out hyun-woo and hae-in's things from the house...

idk idk

also also, since we're cramming every trope known to man in this drama: place your bets on hae-in being pregnant before the end of the show

#queen of tears #kdrama commentary #amnesia is my number one enemy i think

[kdramas-by-ray]

why did it take me so long to watch this kdrama? they’re so beautiful together aaaaa♡♡♡

#touch your heart #they're so precious #in love with them #♡♡♡♡♡ #kdrama #dramatalk #about kdrama #kdrama comment #kdrama commentary #kdrama confessions

[dramagenes]

castaway diva episode 7 changed me as a person

#castaway diva #kdramas #show commentary #(haven’t used that tag in a while oops) #thank you for being alive???? ADGHHJHB #KIHO MOKHA YOU ARE SO DEAR TO ME!!!

[alexiethymia]

wtf Mr. Ji? I mean I think almost everyone could tell by the first time someone got murdered, but it only solidified when Seung Jae’s hyung got introduced as a red herring. ‘Consort Ji’ and all. It was just a matter of finding out why. Although I think it’s a twisted mix of obsessive affection, and also the want to torment Chi Yeol to make sure he remembers his sister because perhaps Chi Yeol was the only meaningful person left to remember his sister along with him so if Chi Yeol was at peace, what did he have left? Perhaps it’s also a sort of twisted duty towards his sister, to make sure the most important person to his sister wouldn’t replace her.

Despite that Chi Yeol’s love for Haeng Seon was obvious from the get go, he was still nice to Haeng Seon at first because they both thought she was married, so even if Chi Yeol would pine for her, Mr. Ji rightly thought that Chi Yeol would never want to trouble Haeng Seon so they’d never end up together. It even works for him because Chi Yeol in that sad and vulnerable state would only end up relying on him more. But the moment that Haeng Seon was revealed to be single, and Chi Yeol is now at peace with her, Mr. Ji turns about face so fast, becoming so double-faced and gaslighting Haeng Seon to that point that it’s really scary. I mean kudos to the actor, he played the subtle shifts of yandere Mr. Ji so well.

#crash course in romance #kdramas #ramblings about kdramas #and it’s sad far too sad #because Mr. Ji could have lived a good life #even with that fake name #if not for that first murder he could have lived a good live in truth as chi yeol’s assistant and as part of his family #which leads credence and makes me think #he really did end up murdering his mom #which is a social commentary in itself #about how badly parents can screw up their kids #I am so not here for the parallels between Mr. Ji and Seung Jae #ouch that would be too sad #Mr. Ji just seems to me like he fell down that slippery slope long ago #like I don’t think it was intentional #they may have had an altercation and he accidentally pushed her #but accidentally killing your own mom?? #would screw anyone up #and he just got worse from there

[alderaans]

Jinxed at First (2022) - episode 7

#Jinxed at First #jinxedatfirstedit #The Jinx's Lover #kdramaedit #kdramagifs #seohyun #Na In Woo #gif: mine #MAKE NO MISTAKE i made this bc i think seohyun is extremely cute in this drama #(i don't even think they have that much chemistry btw but the drama is fast paced enough for me to enjoy it) #(and the cast in general is really good too like everyone that they interact with at the market is so fun) #imagine me posting a gifset of a drama i really enjoy and not leaving commentary in the tags i am a sagittarius after all #tv: kdrama

[underwaterbanshee]

I fucking love the commentary of what higher power perceives Mother Goose through the permeance of the ink enshrined in the Canonade. 

Characters don’t have agency--it’s the best authors that give that illusion but anyone who has done any sort of media critical commentary will remind viewers and readers over and over that characters don’t make choices. The closest story-telling can get is through the communal act of actual play.

But from a meta perspective, to take this natural 20 fear even deeper, the content of the NeverAfter isn’t only written by the original authors. Fanwork is also being created. 

The perspective of their stories is constantly changing and more versions are being written and more asterixis are volleyed about all willynilly by uncaring content creators who only care about a good story, then after the GrimDark fairytale retelling resurgence of the early 2000s, no wonder the archetypal Step-Mother is swallowing every mother she can get her hands on.

#neverafter #neverafter spoilers #dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #fun fact about me #for two years in college #i put on a scifi fantasy writing symposium #because of where i lived #we had access to a lot of well known names in the biz #it was a three day conference #on writing and fantasy sci fi things #i am living a dream with this season #i fucking love it so much #also one of my other blogs i did commentary on kdrama for funsies