Finished #AlwaysHome last night and it has such a lovely ending. It’s a wonderful youth cdrama through and through, but the end has each of the friends meeting again and watching a video of their past selves saying what they hope their future self is like, and their replies make it clear that

I’m at my most elitist when I go to the lounge at airports, I swear, and I’m never going back. The plebs can fight for space at the gate while I chill with my free snacks and drinks. 😎🍷 (its a cc perk)

I’m weaning myself off of my phone for the next few weeks, btw, so I’ll be dipping in and out. Hopefully I’ll catch some of y’all’s good convos but feel free to tag me if anything is going extra off the rails just so I can catch up on the fun nonsense

Day 13: Soldier Most of the iconic military kdramas have been name-checked, so I will instead share a light-hearted but atmospheric Republican era drama, #ArsenalMilitaryAcademy, where Xu Kai & Bai Lu play amusing but courageous amateur soldiers who train together #cdrama #dramajobchallenge

Apparently I’m 100 years old because I think Jello might be my favorite dessert 🤷‍♀️ I had a stomach bug a few months ago and was eating super easy to digest food for a few weeks and now I eat Jello just cuz i kind of love it

Detective? I was going to pick #SonSukku as a gum-chewing detective in #AKillerParadox, but I can’t pass up the opportunity to pick #SonSukku as Detective Mun in #Sense8 instead #Dramajobchallenge

Dancer? The FL in #TwentyAgain dreamed of becoming a dancer before she got trapped in a marriage with a worthless pos. She goes back to school, rediscovers herself and her love for dancing, and finds people who lover her for HER and it’s beautiful. #dramajobchallenge

Personal assistant/secretary? 1000% my favorite is the FLs attendant in #RomanceOfTigerAndRose. I would watch a full drama of the two of them in character just being bros and watching his antics #dramajobchallenge

Lmao I guess im not surprised they’re still on about this

I've done it again 👀 #kdramas #youandeverythingelse

Scientist? How about the food scientist fl in #ABusinessProposal! Is it also ppl? Why yes, but that doesn’t take away from the fun of watching her and her lab mates create some tasty looking Bibigo dumplings

I am not a free speech absolutist. I actually think the US govt needs to focus on robust libel and slander laws, and that the governmental lack of action to curb hate speech/outright lies is a major part of what has fostered our current environment.

I’ve kept this image in my phone since I watched the episode of #ADreamWithinADream where the dad says it to his daughter And I keep thinking back on it. It cuts through to the truth so succinctly Particularly relevant today: it’s why you can’t “debate” someone who is coming in bad faith

Day 8: Cafe or Restaurant Owner I’ll pick Liu Yifei as Zhao Pan’er in the Song era historical drama #ADreamofSplendor She’s not only a shrewd business woman & artisan, but a courageous defender of other women in need #cdrama #dramajobchallenge

Cafe owner? This #dreamjobchallenge has been difficult for me since it’s supposed to be “favorite” but mostly I just have “comes to mind” answers. But today I have a favorite! #ADreamOfSplendor’s Zhao Pan’er!

If you yall don’t know, Legend of the Condor Heroes has great audiobooks you can probably find on Libby! Highly recommend. Guo Jing is a perfect himbo, Lotus Huang is the best smarty pants FL, and the entire cast of characters is a genuine hoot

This has been well known for a while in my circles, but worth spreading far and wide. Just another reminder at how rigged the system is

CEO? Early in my drama watching (before I even started on Kdramas) I saw #AaronYan as a CEO in #JustYou #FallInLoveWithMe and #RefreshMan in pretty quick succession so when I think of CEOs I truly can’t help but think of him. (sadly, Aaron Yan has not made it through the zeitgeist 😔)

Yeah this was huge in 2020 FYI you can make a pretty decent facsimile by shaking a 3-in-1 packet in a water bottle with some ice. It whips it right up!

Sadly no streaming platform has the 2004 mini series Salem’s Lot starring Rob Lowe, Rutger Hauer, Donald Sutherland, James Cromwell, Dan Byrd and Andre Braugher In my memory it was near-perfect, but I haven’t seen it since I ditched my recorded-from-TV vhs tapes and I don’t know if it holds up

Hmmm I love #ChengYi enough to give this a shot, but his new drama #TheJourneyOfLegend (airs Tomorrow!!) seems a bit like Immortal Ascension’s “cultivate, take down foe, cultivate, take down bigger foe” story telling. Anyone have insight?

Chef? He was a sous chef, but Cordon from #OhMyGhost really caught my eye and made me wish he was in the drama more. I rarely rarely get second lead syndrome, but the first time around I kind of did. #dramajobchallenge

I was so worried that #ShadowLove would waste its premise and tamp down the potential for s-tier angst and I’m here to tell you that I was worried for nothing. This adaptation had gone leaps and bounds beyond its source material and I AM SO GLAD. Pausing on ep35 to sleep

Athlete? I dunno I love so many 🤗 The athlete that came to mind first is the soccer playing 2ML #LeeHyunWoo in #ToTheBeautifulYou. He’s always been a fave so he springs to mind often #dramajobchallenge

Dang i logged into Facebook for the first time in forever and I’m super sad that I absolutely hate everything about it, because I genuinely miss curating photo albums and easily keeping in touch with acquaintances and friends 😔 alas, not worth it

My current phone is my first ever doing a trade in. Previously, I always just bought an unlocked phone outright I’ll be traveling through all of Oct and apparently my unpaid-locked phone can’t take eSIM lol of course I guess I’ll pretend it 2013 again and I‘ll load up the preview for maps on WiFi

Dang I really wish he’d pick something that looks up my alley lol. It’s been many an xz drama that I feel like someone on the street looking through the window at other people having a good time

One of my favorite WTW arcs is when he has a stalker fan (his only fan lol) who ends up as HIS stalking victim when he starts to find her other fandom items. This show remains an absolute crack up! I<3JunGi

So I’ve noticed that #kdrama watchers will always clarify when they’re watching a weekender, but vertical drama watchers* just seem to casually call them #cdramas, no qualifier. Why is that? Is it because more ppl are exposed to vertical dramas having never seen other cdramas? *Ps, not my mutuals

Musician? There are so many! But I’ll go with #LeeHongKi in both #AKoreanOdyssey and #YoureBeautiful. I love #FTIsland and love him in goofy, sweetheart roles like these

I guess I’ll quote instead of commenting directly and “hijacking someone else’s space” lol. Personally, I don’t see any barriers between j,c,k,th,tw posts on my feeds, so I don’t get what the OP is referring to. Any of yall feel the way they seem to?

lolol LYK as a green-suited trot singer reminds me of this Chex ad from 2020 The gist iirc is that there was a poll for the “next flavor” a decade+ ago (the kid watching tv) but they decided on the losing choice at the time and are now apologizing for taking so long 😂 youtu.be/3IM_yd8eLPs?...

Actor? Our transmigrated FL in #RomanceOfTigerAndRose I also love the transmigrated actor FLs in #MyOnlyLoveSong and #ADreamWithinADream but #ZhouLusi takes the crown for me. Its still my favorite of her roles and I love it for a fun rewatch whenever I want a zany good time

Our not-so-scholar general practicing the four scholarly arts with Jin’an is utter perfection. No notes. #ShadowLove ep 14

Oooh #ShadowLove is overtaking #RomanceOfTigerAndRose for heart-in-his-eyes, overflowing-with-love-and-devotion ML. #Chenglei is killing his role as Jin’an #Cdrama

Angst at 1000%??? Can anyone confirm? I’ve been waiting to jump back in till I knew there’d be PAIIIIIIN

Is it 1 ep a week for #LearningToLove? I can find up to ep 7 online, is this right? I think I’ll wait one more week before I start it.

Um hi Zachary Quinto, I didn’t know you were on TV again!! 🤗 🤗

Medical professionals? I pick school nurse #TheSchoolNurseFiles is such hidden gem and unique in kdramaland. It wears its heart(s) on its sleeve (and plucked out of the skin, and raining down from the sky..) and I am a huge sucker for such earnest metaphor. #dramajobchallenge

Last night, yet another person died on Rikers Island — the fifth New Yorker to lose their life in City custody within the last two weeks and the 13th this year. These deaths are a result of Eric Adams' failure to reckon with the crisis of violence and neglect in our jails.

Here’s one to keep your eyes out for! I did nothing yesterday but devour the book, and it has the potential to be absolute 🔥 after adaptation Also, they picked a great English title for the #cdrama, so hope they keep it! mydramalist.com/750887-bu-xing

Lawyers? Probably #IHearYourVoice. The FL’s turn from “I’m just here for the paycheck” to full-throated defender of justice is a delight. I’m also a sucker for noona romance.

I like sunflower seeds but I’m always self conscious when I eat them, since I think it always sounds like someone is biting their nails when the seeds crack open

📝 planning on it! 👍

My super scientific study is concluded and the findings are clear: Ask your friend their spice tolerance before recommending them dramas! Mild: send them #KingTheLand #LoveScout #StudyGroup Medium: #RebornRich #TwentyFiveTwentyOne High: #Secret #KillToLove #GoodbyeMyPrincess #WeakHero

So I have a step-nephew who is a year older than me. I met his teenage daughter yesterday and it blew her mind when I told her I was her grand-aunt 😂

I’m curious! Where do you stand on level of spice in your food, and level of angst in your drama? High tolerance for both? One but not the other? Mild is still too much? #Kdrama #cdrama #jdrama

My brain doesn’t agree with this take but my heart kinda does lol. I love miscommunication (when done well) and misunderstandings in my dramas. I want my dramas to put the characters through the wringer, and me by proxy (OP has comments locked so I’m just snagging a pic of their post)

Drop some MARTIAL ARTS

Loved #HeadOverHeels! Such a fun school-shaman story that took a unique approach .. the FL doesn’t struggle with her shamanism, the 2ML is in love the FL but that doesn’t stop him from making all the right decisions (save one that he does for good reason), the antagonist is redeemed but not forgiven