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I’m so overworked lately. If I could I would gladly retire already. But we’re getting a new person in my small department in January, so that should help a lot. As for now I luckily have a lot of watching to distract me, and fretting over my Yuletide sign-up and letter is distracting, too. :)


One Thousand Won Lawyer episode 8

Spoilers below, of course.

I asked you, show, I asked you not to make me cry. And what did you do in the 8th episode? :(

Let me quote Dramabeans review of episodes 7-8 first, because it’s so true.

Ladies and gentlemen, the award for most aggressive tonal change within one drama has been awarded to… One Dollar Lawyer! The full backstory of our one dollar lawyer is here, and it’s as rife with tragedy as we thought it would be.

The amount of tragedy they threw at poor Ji Hun... And like I’ve said before it was obvious that Ji Hun had a tragic past almost right from the 1st episode, but still to have the whole two episodes just full of flashback drama and angst and grief was a lot. I still loved it, I love angst, and of course my beloved was wonderful and perfect here, and him and Lee Chung Ah make such a beautiful couple. But can we go back to the present time now and ease up on angst a bit, please?



Interview with the Vampire continues to be good. Funny thing is that after watching the trailer and teasers I was sure I would love this Claudia, and I had doubts about this Daniel. Right now after four episodes I like Daniel a lot, and Claudia is ok I guess, but I’m not really enamored with her.

But Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid are both so, so good as Louis and Lestat. Their chemistry is fantastic and Lestat/Louis relationship is so passionate and loving and at the same time so beautifully complicated and fucked up. I’m so glad the 2nd season is confirmed.



And I started War of Y – a Thai BL drama about inner workings of Thai BL industry. I watched the 1st episode yesterday and I’m intrigued, so I will watch a few episodes more to see if I want to watch all of it. And for Thai BL it’s quite long – 20 hour long episodes. It’s divided into four stories, each story lasts 5 episodes. Here are short summaries:

Story 1- New Ship

Before the ship, it wasn't easy. But this new era is even harder.

Story 2 - War of Managers

The story of a shipped couple who are privately a real couple. Managers and drama clash until the couple is forced to separate.

Story 3 - Y-Idol

A reality search for new actors—who can sing, dance, and act—and the chaos of the Idol Camp.

Story 4 - Wife

When one half of a shipped couple has a wife, will their future in this industry be ruined?



And of course there’s always fanfic for cheering up, too. It’s slim pickings with The Eclipse fanfic for now, but KinnPorsche fandom never disappoints in that regard.

For instance majestictortoise posted another fic in her Checkmate series, this time from Macau’s POV and it’s brilliant. The author said that they planned to write two more fics in this series – from Vegas’ POV and from Khun’s POV. I can’t wait to read them.

Middlegame (12588 words) by majestictortoise
Fandom: KinnPorsche: The Series (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Macau Theerapanyakun & Vegas Kornwit Theerapanyakun
Characters: Macau Theerapanyakun, Khun Tankhun Theerapanyakun, Pol (KinnPorsche: The Series), Arm (KinnPorsche: The Series), Korn Theerapanyakun, Vegas Kornwit Theerapanyakun
Additional Tags: Nonconsensual Cousin Bonding, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Bad Parenting
Series: Part 6 of checkmate
Summary:

Macau has always known he's only a pawn in his family's stupid games.