blah blah blah kdramas are my life

[lirazel]

I don’t really have much to say? But I feel the need to check in and make posts so:

+ Kdramas have taken over my brain. I remember once Emmie asked me what I liked about them, and I don't think I answered because at the time I didn't know, but now I know: they cater to my id far more than American TV does. I think that's because they're less post-modern-ly ironic? They're not afraid to be earnest, plus a lot of my kinks seem to be their kinks. I don't know that they've yet produced something that captures life the way, say, Friday Night Lights or (I hear tell) The Wire or something, but it's a younger medium over there and they have given me things like Mawang, and I will die on this hill: THAT DRAMA WAS ART. HIGH ART. The end.

+ I’ve watched the first three episodes of My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, which I love mostly because of Shin Min Ah’s absolutely unbelievably adorable performance as said gumiho. It is, however, a Hong sisters show, and I have the same complaints about it that I do about their other stuff (too slapstick and OTT at times, too much bathroom humor, etc.). But I’m definitely enjoying it. Mi Ho reminds me so much of Anya with her blunt literalism coming from not knowing modern culture, and while Dae Woong hasn't totally won me over yet (he's too selfish at this point), I can already tell he's going to grow into someone awesome. They will SO be one of my ships, I can already tell.

+ On the other hand…it might be a while till I finish it, because I have decided that this weekend I’m going to rewatch Shut Up! Flower Boy Band. I cannot get over how much I love it. I can’t get over how much I care about these kids and their lost little selves. I can’t get over how great (and nuanced) the bromances are and how functional (and adorable) the ships are. I can’t get over the pacing and HOW IT DOESN’T LAG and is exactly as long as it should be. I can’t get over how much it cares about its characters and the lives it lets them live. I’m going to be buying this on DVD, joining Goong and (probably) Mawang on my list of kdramas-I-must-own. GAH.

+ As brilliant as this drama is, I can’t find any good icons for it. So if any of you are ever bored and want to fool around with some caps, I’ve put some (read: a ridiculous amount) behind the cut. I don’t know how good they’ll be for iconning, since that’s not what I do, but they’re there if you ever want to make my day for some reason.



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And if you make one with just the boys, I’d love to have the text “lost boys” somehow incorporated, though that’s not mandatory.

+ [Sidebar: sometimes it sucks being so picky about icons. I mean, I could easily just crop any of these caps and BOOM there would be an icon. They're quality enough for that. But just a cap doesn't do it for me. I want them to be pretty and artistic and way more crafted than I am capable of doing. Ugh. I should really, really teach myself how to icon so that I'm not at the whims of other people.]

+ I’m also working on a picspam of my fave Korean actors. I think I just miss tumblr and all those pretty, pretty graphics.

+ I am behind on American TV. I haven’t watched this last week’s TVD or GOT or anything at all. That’s how much in kdrama land I am.

+ Also how in kdrama I am: my typical romance-will-happen-to-me-if-it-does-and-if-it-doesn’t-I’ve-got-the-internet-and-stories attitude has flown out the window and I’m all I WANT TO BE IN LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE. Hopefully this will pass soon. I’m reminding myself of the terrible breakups Lil Sis and the BFF have just gone through.

+ The BFF and I have plans to see Hunger Games at some point this week, so look for my thoughts on that.

+ Still plugging away at the novel. I’ll have 50,000 words by the end of the week. I’m very proud of myself!

+ Still haven't written any fic. I have like 500 words of my mpreg fic, but that is all I have accomplished in forever. I SUCK AT LIFE.

+ Blahblahblah. But if anything's going on with you, feel free to tell me about it! I'd love to hear!

Comments

[snickfic]

I have like 500 words of my mpreg fic

You know every time you mention it I'm going to cheer you on.

*\o/* *\o/* *\o/*

I watched the first ep of Goong last night, and am meh. It feels a lot more... comedic? Like you said about the other thing, slapstick and OTT. So far, the difference between this and Coffee Prince is like fic that thinks mpreg is hilarious and fic that actually, like, cares about the issues. Cracky treatment vs. crack premise. Despite the fundamental unlikelihood of a lot of the scenarios in Coffee Prince, the actual acting and writing totally sold it. Here I don't believe hardly anyone (except for the prince and his girlfriend).

I am thus far unenthused, is what I'm saying. But I'll give it more eps before I decide.

OTOH, roommate has expressed interest in watching the first ep of Coffee Prince with me, which I suspect may lead to a full rewatch on my part, because I LOVED IT SO.

Also, question: is the quality on Hulu kind of weird for you sometimes? This never happened with Coffee Prince, but occasionally on Goong there'll be these ugly black patches.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I appreciate the cheering! Perhaps someday I'll actually finish it! I want to--it's basically Rory and River having family bonding time, and it makes me happy. But I am in not-writing place right now, unfortunately.

Ummmm...when is rarewomen due?

If you think Goong is slapstick, I can't imagine how you'd react to a Hong sisters show! ;D

But yeah, it does start with a bit more silliness, though it settles down a lot later. It just hits my kinks right and left with the arranged-marriage-between-kids-who-are-really-too-young-for-this. Plus, I like that it depicts just how hard living in the Palace would be for someone like Chae Kyung (not to mention Shin, poor boy). The romance is a slow-burn, too, and I love that. I'll be honest: I am 100% in it for the main ship (and the individual characters comprising it, to a lesser extent), so if they don't win you over sooner or later, it probably won't appeal to you. If they do, it's totally worth it, imo. But I can see where you're coming from.

OTOH, roommate has expressed interest in watching the first ep of Coffee Prince with me, which I suspect may lead to a full rewatch on my part, because I LOVED IT SO.

YAY!

I don't actually use hulu very often? I watch most everything on dramafever or else download it, so I don't know what to tell you there, except perhaps that you should try dramafever instead?

[snickfic]

I want to--it's basically Rory and River having family bonding time, and it makes me happy.

I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE. Despite having only seen Rory and River in two episodes each.

rarewomen is due end of this month. I, uh, haven't started mine yet. I know what I want to do, but it involves rewatching a couple of episodes, and I just haven't. Also, every time I think of it, I then think, "Oh heavens spn_j2_bigbang" (also due at the end of this month).

Two and a half months is way long for this kind of thing, I feel. I do not need two and a half months; it just means I'll be procrastinating for most of it.

But I am in not-writing place right now, unfortunately.

Says the woman with 50k on her novel.

I will definitely give Goong more time before I give up. I can see how Chae Kyung and Shin could be worth investing in, just not yet.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay! I didn't know how much you'd seen, so I didn't know if you'd be familiar with the characters. But I wanted to do an Amy-knocks-up-Rory story, but somehow River-as-big-sis refused to go away. So the two of them it is!

Oh, whew! A whole 'nother month! Thank goodness!

What's your big bang about?

I do not need two and a half months; it just means I'll be procrastinating for most of it.

So true. No matter how much time I'm given, I'm just gonna end up writing it at the last minute. Of course.

Says the woman with 50k on her novel.

Heh. I'm barely forcing myself to write 1,000 words a day on weekdays! It's like the bare minimum I could be working consistently!

I can see how Chae Kyung and Shin could be worth investing in, just not yet.

I definitely understand. I'd say give it to their wedding night. If they don't win you over by then, they probably won't. I think that's about four episodes in? I could be wrong about that, though. If my favorite wedding night is Gen and Attolia's off-the-page (she throws ink jars, he cries!) one, Chae Kyung and Shin's is my second favorite. My kids!

[snickfic]

But I wanted to do an Amy-knocks-up-Rory story, but somehow River-as-big-sis refused to go away. So the two of them it is!

*pines*

The big bang is another in my RPF knotting verse. I don't know if you've been reading those? Hip-deep in genderbending, basically. In this one, Jared gets his first heat and suddenly has to deal with society viewing him as not quite a guy anymore.

And it's gen. The fic in which I spend more time talking about sex and sexual attraction than in all the rest of my fics together is totally non-shippy. Of course it is.

If my favorite wedding night is Gen and Attolia's off-the-page (she throws ink jars, he cries!) one, Chae Kyung and Shin's is my second favorite.

That is a ringing endorsement right there. GEN AND ATTOLIA. Such a perfect ship.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Yay genderbending!

The fic in which I spend more time talking about sex and sexual attraction than in all the rest of my fics together is totally non-shippy. Of course it is.

Hahaha that is so you! I love it!

GEN AND ATTOLIA. Such a perfect ship

They are so perfect. Nobody else is as perfect as they are.

[ceciliaj.livejournal.com]

I don't know if "lauren fails at writing" is an appropriate tag for a post in which you say you'll have 50,000 words of the novel by the weekend. That is seriously awesome.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! Good point! Though I was intending for that tag to apply to my fanfiction writing, which I definitely DO fail at!

[kwritten.livejournal.com]

TOO MANY PICTURES! I felt my brain start to explode!

I <3 you and your k!drama-infused brain... especially since I've been on a haitus while my world goes kabloom.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I started scrolling through the caps and I was like I LOVE ALL OF THIS.

I am so glad someone's enjoying these posts...I know that most of my flist doesn't get it, so I'm glad you do!

OH NO! I hope your world doesn't go kabloom too much!

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

I love you! <3

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[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

OMG. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! These's are so gorgeous! I'm going to be flailing for days over how much I love them! Thank you thank you thank you!

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

Aww, so welcome! I'm so glad you like them. <3 <3 <3

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I do have one small question. The far right one on the middle row--I think it's too big for me to upload. It keeps trying to make me crop it, but when it does that, the quality goes down. If I crop it in gimp instead, should it stay as sharp as that? Because when the lj tool cropped it, it became all fuzzy.

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

Will fix it when I get home tonight! I make icons at 2x final size and must have forgotten to resize.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

You are the best! Thank you!

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

1. 2. 3. 4.

plus a few extras that didn't fit in the first round. ;)

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

You are the absolute best. I can't tell you how happy these made me!

[redsilverchains.livejournal.com]

Oooh, can I link you to my reaction post after you've watched THG? Had so many unexpected feelings!

(Like, I don't think HOTNESSS HNNNNGH was my most appropriate reaction to Katniss invading Peeta's personal space...XD What. I don't even OTP it, and yet... *blames the actors*)

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

YES YES YES! I would definitely be interested in that!

don't think HOTNESSS HNNNNGH was my most appropriate reaction to Katniss invading Peeta's personal space

Hahaha you are probably me! I expect to react in this way if it's how you did!

BTW, if you ever get a chance, you should definitely, definitely watch Shut Up! Flower Boy Band. I cannot imagine a universe in which you wouldn't be as obsessed with it as I am. It reminds me of Skins just in the way that it gets teenagers and loves them for who they are. Anyway!

[redsilverchains.livejournal.com]

Josh Hutcherson has an I'm-a-woobie-omgplzmakeoutwithme? expression. That is the only way to describe it.

Hee at the title. And sounds super promising! :D I'll add it on my list of kdramas to look out for (I don't know why but they've become sooo hard to find here).

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Josh Hutcherson has an I'm-a-woobie-omgplzmakeoutwithme? expression. That is the only way to describe it.

HAHAHA I AM SO DELIGHTED. It may be next week before I see it, but when I do, I can't wait to talk to you about it!

Oh, the title is the worst. It's because the network is having this "brand" of "flower boy" shows (they did "Flower Boy Ramen Shop" first). But! Somehow they got stuck with a FANTASTIC writer and a WONDERFUL cast and so it ended up being way better than anyone expected it to be.

If you need help finding it, I'll see what I can do!