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RL sucks health-wise. Menopause is a bitch, and there are a few other annoying health problems I have to deal with at the same time. Ugh...

But fannish life is good. I wrote my second Klao/Warich fic and sent it for beta-reading. And I started a third fic. And of course I can always count on fluffy dramas to cheer me up and on not so fluffy dramas to make me think about something else than RL problems.

Call Me By No-Name

That was so good, but so dark. These last two episodes... Damn... They were very dark and depressing. I had to take a break for a few days after watching episode 7. But the ending healed me, it was such a touching and beautiful happy end.

Detailed content warning.

A mother sexually abuses her daughter.

There is one vague flashback scene when Kotoha looks like she’s maybe 12-13 years old. And that scene, despite vagueness, was still very hard to watch. And Kotoha tells Megumi that her mother abused both her and her older brother, and that she was convicted only for sexually abusing Kotoha’s brother because he was a boy, and the law didn’t recognize Kotoha’s abuse, because her mother and her were the same gender.

More with spoilers here.

Kotoha thinks she doesn’t deserve love, that she’s dirty, that she’s fundamentally unlovable. She went through hell in childhood, but she isn’t a perfect victim. She’s cold and abrasive, she’s often rude and nasty, she tramples all over Megumi’s feelings. And her trauma is absolutely no excuse for her behavior, and the drama knows it.

I love Kotoha so much with all her sharp edges and her bad behavior, and her lashing out to make people hate her, because she doesn’t believe that she’s worthy of being loved.

And Megumi is not perfect, too. She’s not some selfless angel saving Kotoha from herself. She has her own sharp edges, too, and complicated feelings about being selfless and saving someone due to events from her past.

And in the end they both choose to be together and work on their relationship. Even though it might hurt, even though it might be uncomfortable sometimes. But they also know that they love each other and that they make each other happy, and they want to have that happiness, even with potential hurt and terrible things they might face in the future. But they will face them together and that what matters to them.

Perfect 10 Liners episode 20

This is always my perfect comfort drama. I love it so much.

Spoilers here.

Faifa and Wine are adorable. And Arm found his calling as a matchmaker. And Gun is his eager apprentice. They are the cutest when they are scheming to get Faifa and Wine together. 😊

Klao and Warich had just one short scene again, but it was wonderful. And wait, are they living together now? Because it sure looked like that. And it was so sweetly domestic with Warich admonishing Klao to behave on his first day of work. And aww, Klao talking about getting rich and asking for Warich’s hand in marriage. Now I really want to see that wedding. And if not in canon then at least in fanfic. 😊

Ossan’s Love Thailand episode 10

Really, show, did you have to? I’m a bit disappointed in you.

Spoilers, of course.

So we had an obligatory 11 episode breakup at the end of episode 10. Also, wow, it was so unnecessary, so stupid, and it made Mo looked like a colossal jerk for lying to Heng’s mother despite Heng wanting to tell her the truth, and for dragging Chicha into this ridiculous charade.

But also – it gave us these funny scenes at the host club... I started smiling when Sadistic started playing while the hosts appeared. And then the hosts’ names made me laugh out loud. Also hi, Drake, nice to see you looking so fine. Also also - ThorDrake? Yes, please, I like it. 😊

My Golden Blood episode 1

It’s ridiculous and cheesy, but so entertaining. I will have so much fun watching it each Wednesday.

Spoilers here, too.

The special effects are pretty bad. But who cares about that where there were so many amusing and wonderful things in that episode. Sexy blood drinking. Vampires with mind controlling powers and vampires with healing powers. Joss looking so gorgeous and sexy, and thank you for that swimming pool scene, show, really.

And I don’t care much for Gawin, and IMO he’s a bit too old to be playing a sweet and naïve 19 years old, but I don’t mind him here. He’s okay, even though I don’t really care for his character yet. But he does one thing very well, and it is looking at half-naked Joss with visible thirst in his eyes. Yep, Tong wanted Mark hard when he saw him coming out from that pool – all muscular and wet and hot as hell. 😊

And wow, Mark almost had an orgasm after just one drop of Tong’s blood. I can already imagine fun fanfic writers will have with that piece of canon’s vampire lore. 😊

And Mond is absolutely gorgeous and properly menacing as a villain. I love Nakan already so much. I wonder if there will be a pretty boy to ship him with.