in shadow, yoongi was overwhelmed by the masses and his fame alter ego. in agust d2, he rises above the crowd and shoots his own emperor self dead. the normal yoongi from the streets prevails, the haughty and cruel king and master beheader falls. justice is installed at last. yoongi has cleaned out his larger-than-life aspect’s closet. that. is. one. fucking. message.
I know Sand is into rock bands. But I thought at least during the Halloween party he would wear eyeliner like every great rockstar. I was really looking forward to seeing him with black eyeliner and shadow in true rocker fashion.
Unfortunately I was disappointed. I was so hoping for it too. He would look so damn good.
My favorite thing about hobbits is how no other race has any idea how they work so they can just… bullshit their way through literally anything? Bilbo turns invisible and the dwarves just go “Yeah sounds about right, Gandalf did say they’re very sneaky” and don’t guess about the Ring. Frodo gets stabbed by a troll spear and survives unharmed and Aragorn goes “Oh right, hobbits are supposed to be resilient, that checks out. Very impressive!” and nobody thinks to ask if he’s got perhaps some kind of armor. I need to know what the line is. How weird does a hobbit need to get before they get called out??
Flash backing to the time I used a clip from Kinnporsche in an editing assignment during second year.
A graded assignment.
And when my lecturer asked what clip it was, I answered “oh, a mafia drama from Thailand”. All while my friend (who knew exactly what KP was) was trying not to die behind me.
I got a good grade on that assignment though.
Try Sweet Home.
So, I watch Strangers from hell and Alice in Borderland and now I got a little obsession, do you guys know more series like this?
Wei Ying scaring the dog (and the dog scaring Wei Ying)
Light on me. On Viki and it is the best love triangle drama. Boy wants to have friends and falls in with the school council and their problems. Adorable and you can’t hate any of the protagonists.
Devil judge. Dystopian universe where a judge takes down powerful people through the media. I ship the male leads because they have great chemistry but it’s not canon. Great drama and amazing acting, rather dark themes.
Colour rush. A soulmate bond between two boys and how it develops. A boy lives in a black and white world and meets the boy who brings his colour. Dark themes of suicide and murder but happy ending.
Strong girl bong soon. Girl has super strength and her journey as a hero and finding romance. Amazing male leads. Has funny parts but explores ideas of femininity. On Viki and Netflix.
Sweet home. A apartment complex fights monsters as they deal with the end of the world. Horror filled, gory and has amazing action. The characters are well written and the drama is brilliantly filmed. High key recommend. On Netflix.
Strangers from hell. Slow thriller with gay undertones. Subtle creeping horror with murder and amazing acting. The build up is good. On Netflix.
The uncanny counter. Puppy dog protagonist and found family vibes. Boy searches for the person who killed his parents whilst banishing evil spirits. Supernatural. Really well done, the mc is so adorable. On Netflix.
Mr heart. Adorable tale of what love is and what it can mean to a person. Gay drama, there is a movie version too. Could be filmed better, but they had a small budget. On Viki.
The tasty Florida. Another short gay drama. Adorable and fluffy about a restaurant and romance between a chef and a new boy to the city. On Viki.
My sweet dear. Enemies to lovers. Rivalry between two chefs for a restaurant position. Short bl drama. The actors are beautiful. On Viki.
True beauty. Girl tries to find her idea of beauty through makeup and environment. Explores how girls can view their self worth. On Viki.
Btw, I love it when my ship is clinically insane for each other
The Mega Fandom Update
Honestly, you guys, I didn't like Beyond Evil, but I forced myself through 3 episodes of mehness because my fellow TDJ bishes told me it was good and I trusted you guys.
However, I am extremely glad that I kept going because once we hit episode 4?????? Oh men, I'm ready for this show now. I'm in episode 6 and I trying to slow down. I will really hate it when I get to the end and there's nothing left to watch. I love this show.
Anyhooooos, I said I'd comment on the similarities between all 4 of them as I go so I'm here with a longer list.
Spoilers for the following movie/shows:
The Merciless
Beyond Evil
The Devil Judge
Strangers from Hell
I was drawn to them all because of the queercoding of the characters. I'm not going to lie about that so let's just get that out of the way. All 4 of these stories are badass, bl dramas hiding in plain sight in my opinion.
They all feature a pair of men that have a sizable age-gap between them. We don't know the characters' ages, but if we go by the actors', the closest is a 7-year gap from SfH.
They all centre around crime. (M: crime syndicate, BE: murder investigation, TDJ: criminal prosecution, SfH: serial murder)
They all have a bad ass woman in law enforcement who takes a special interest in the case.
They all have possessive sidekicks who kind of worship the ground the DILF walks on. I would like to point out that that TDJ is the only one where the sidekick is much younger than the DILF (K). Also, I'm not so sure about Jeongju yet, but he hasn't shown any signs of possessiveness yet. Let's see in the future.
*the side kicks in M and SfH died. We don't have confirmation about K being dead yet and I haven't finished BE, so we'll see next time.
They all have a "community" that surrounds the DILf with unerring loyalty. Whether it's a gang of mobsters, the police precinct, the ragtag revolutionists or building tenants.
The younger guy in the pairing has accused the DILF of murder, at least once.
Like, I'm happy about these shows. It's been a while since I was immersed in kdramas and I'm not even surprised that these are the shows and movie that have dragged me back in.
If you have watched one or two of these shows, I advise that you check out the rest. They're all so engaging.
Zhou Zishu really was like. Mt. Changming immortal, that's my emotional support demonic leader
I aspire to have the energy to be a bouncy ball.
Normal until some barsteward picks me up and throws me then you have no idea where I’ll go and what I’ll break as I ricochet off the walls.