Yuletide and Kdramas

[maggie33]

My Christmas holiday is almost over, tomorrow to work again, but thankfully only for four days instead of five. And in the meantime there are so many fics in Yuletide collection for me to read. I’ve already read a lot and there is still plenty left.

And the best of all the fics I’ve read so far was my gift – the perfect Not Me fic about my favorite twins Black and White.

in the moment living undercover (3883 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: เขา...ไม่ใช่ผม | Not Me (TV 2021)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Black & White (Not Me TV 2021)
Characters: Black (Not Me TV 2021), White (Not Me TV 2021), Sean (Not Me TV 2021), Tod (Not Me TV 2021)
Additional Tags: 5 Times, Minor Sean/White (Not Me TV 2021)
Summary: Five times Black and White pretended to be each other.


I wrote more than one fic for Yuletide, and I think it’s pretty easy to guess which ones are mine. I’ll brag about it on January the 1st. ;)


In Kdrama watching news - I finished Extraordinary You and it was wonderful. And I was so impressed with Lee Jae Wook as Baek Kyung that I started Alchemy of Souls for him. I watched two and a half episodes for now and I’m not very emotionally engaged, but it’s entertaining – the acting is good, the clothes are pretty, and the fighting scenes are excellent. I will watch the rest, but first I want to finish The Fabulous – a short (only 8 episodes) Kdrama about four young people (a photographer, a designer, a model and a section chief of a PR agency) working in the fashion industry. It’s not perfect, and the main romance if pretty boring, but I like it a lot. I already watched 5 episodes. And one of the four main characters is canonically and openly gay, and he’s a fantastic character and my absolute favorite. I wish they gave him a love interest, too, instead of devoting so much time to a predictable het romance, but that’s probably too much to ask of a Kdrama, even the one airing exclusively on Netflix. I mean, they still could do it, I haven’t read any spoilers so I don’t know what will happen, but I doubt it. But still I like the drama and here I am very emotionally engaged.


My Kdrama watching plans for the beginning of 2023 look like this:

Island – Kim Nam Gil’s new drama

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol – for Lee Jae Wook; I haven’t heard many good things about this drama, but I’m in love with Lee Jae Wook now, so I’m willing to try it for him

Awaken re-watch – because it will be on Netflix in January

And last but not least two Korean BL dramas – Oh! My Assistant, which just finished airing; and The New Employee, which just started airing. Both have 8 episodes and are available on VIKI.

Comments

[china_shop]

Haha, of course you fell for the semi-antagonist. *hearts you*

I first saw Lee Jae Wook in Search: WWW, where he plays an actor and is the sweetest cinnamon roll. It's just a supporting role, though: the show is about a fraught "friend"-triangle between three women (all of whom have male love interests, but it's very femslashy anyway). I enjoyed it so much, I rewatched it with a friend, even though the main male love interest is like a block of wood.

And ooh, I'll definitely check out The Fabulous. My Kdrama-watching has been pretty slow lately, but that sounds fun (despite the boring romance). :D

[maggie33]

Haha, of course you fell for the semi-antagonist. *hearts you*

I'm predictable like that, yep. :) But I have to tell you that I would hate Baek Kyung if he was the male lead, who I was supposed to think is oh so cool, and cheer for him to get the girl. But since I knew from the start that he was the second male lead in this love triangle and wouldn't be rewarded for his awful behavior, I could enjoy Lee Jae Wook's acting talent and his beauty with a clear conscience. :)

I first saw Lee Jae Wook in Search: WWW, where he plays an actor and is the sweetest cinnamon roll.

I did want to watch this drama one day and that is an additional incentive. :)

[china_shop]

Oh, good point! That does make all the difference, doesn't it? :)