Sigh of relief

[maggie33]

RL is finally a bit easier. In short – my sister had serious health problems, and she had to have two operations. They were successful, and for now she’s ok. And after the last harrowing few weeks I finally feel like I can breathe.

I’m thinking about signing up for Bite-Sized Fandoms Exchange, because now I have mental space for exchange fic writing. Still have one more day to decide. We’ll see.

And now let’s talk about dramas and pretty men.


Wedding Impossible

I watched it to the end (with fast-forwarding a lot through the last four episodes), but damn it, did that show make me angry during the 11th episode. Not just disappointed, but genuinely angry.

Rant with minor spoilers here.

Do Han is a selfish coward if he doesn’t come out, and then he’s a selfish coward when he does want to come out. Just make up your mind, show, for fucks sake.

Forget what I said about Do Han being an interesting, complex character. All that disappeared completely in the second half of the drama. Do Han being gay was just a plot device in service of Ji Han and Ah Jeong’s boring romance. He wasn’t a person with valid feelings and worries, he was there just to be an obstacle. I mean, I know, I know – it’s a mainstream kdrama, but still I expected something just a little bit better than this disaster.

The last episode only made me yawn, instead of making me angry, so that was an improvement. At least Do Han was shown being happy and doing what he always wanted to do – being an artist in New York, far away from his stupid family.

I’ve never written a fic out of spite before, but now I’m so tempted. Now I want to write a fic about Do Han being happily in love, and give him a crossover boyfriend, but hmmm from what drama? Someone somewhere mentioned Boston from Only Friends, and you know what, I can see that. But rather like a one-time thing than a long-term boyfriend. Ohh, maybe Jason from Bump Up Business? They could be good together.


Jazz For Two

It’s a high school BL – cute and amusing at times, but in general rather mediocre. The script is weak, which is unfortunate, because the drama deals with a few heavy themes (school bullying and internalized homophobia amongst them), so a bit more nuance would be great. A bit more time, too. But since it’s a Korean BL drama it’s very short – just eight 30 minutes long episodes.

But the actors are pretty good with nice chemistry. And unusually for Korean BL it has a secondary couple (which is underdeveloped, but my favorite, despite small amount of screentime, because of course it is 😊), and even a third background sort of couple that only appears in flashbacks.

Here have a rec for two very good fanvids about my favorite secondary couple Song Joo Ha/Seo Do Yoon. A content warning: for most of the drama Joo Ha is an asshole and a bully (nothing too drastic, but still), and there wasn’t really much time in the drama to successfully show his redemption.

Only Fools

Super Psycho Love


I also posted my new fic a few days ago – for Bump Up Business fandom.

Something to give each other (3316 words)
Fandom: 범프 업 비즈니스 | Bump up Business (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gong Jihoon/Kang Eden
Characters: Kang Eden, Gong Jihoon, Choi Dajung
Additional Tags: Post-Finale, Smut And A Lot Of Feelings, Kissing, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs
Summary: Eden’s heart is pounding. He doesn’t know if it’s because of the Lion Heart performance they just finished. Or if it’s because every time he looks at Jihoon he hears Jihoon’s voice saying ‘I love you’ and he sees Jihoon’s eyes alight with feelings Eden had wanted to see in them for such a long time.


As for pretty boys I want to show you a few more pics of Higuchi Kouhei and Mashiko Atsuki, because they are still my current biggest fascination.

Eight pretty pics here.

Comments

[profiterole_reads]

I'm very glad your sister is fine.

What gorgeous pics! :D

[maggie33]

Thank you. And I'm glad you liked the mini picspam. :)

[trobadora]

I'm glad your sister is okay and that RL is letting up for you! *hugs*

[maggie33]

Thank you. It is a big relief. ♥

[sakana17]

*hugs* I'm glad your sister is doing okay now. How worrying!

Ah, thank you for the rant about Wedding Impossible. I was waiting for your final verdict because I was really curious about it. That's so frustrating. I may still watch it, but I'm glad to know the spoilers about Do Han beforehand. :(

[maggie33]

Thank you for the hugs. ♥

And yes, Wedding Impossible was really disappointing, especially since the first half was promising, for a not BL kdrama that is. Like I never expected that they would give him a current love interest, but still I was hoping for something more than Do Han being a cliched plot device and nothing more.

[corvidology]

I'm glad to read that your sister is okay and I hope you do get a chance to kick back and relax some now. ♥

There's someone requesting My Personal Weatherman in the Bite-Sized exchange.

[maggie33]

Thank you. ♥

And yes, I saw that request. I decided I was not ready for signing up after all, but who knows a treat might be happening. :)

[corvidology]

I miss signing up for exchanges because it was always nice to receive a story for one of my tiny fandoms but life is such right now *throws up hands* that I just can't have one more deadline/obligation so treating it is... maybe. ;D

[tinny]

I'm glad RL is a bit better now. <3<3<3

Oh man, I'm sorry that Wedding Impossible turned so bad in the second half. Another one off my list this week. *sigh*

[maggie33]

Oh man, I'm sorry that Wedding Impossible turned so bad in the second half.

Yeah, I expected so little from that drama, and still they failed to meet even those very low expectations. It's really not worth watching IMO.

[china_shop]

So glad to hear RL is settling down and your sister's operations were successful! *hugs*

Ugh, that sucks about Wedding Impossible (but doesn't really surprise me, alas). Do Han did not get enough screentime in the episodes I watched -- I guess they weren't willing to give him his own on-screen romance storyline (and if they had, it probably wouldn't have been great anyway). :-(((((

Are you still watching The King Loves, btw? (Just curious; no pressure! :-)

[maggie33]

Thanks for the hugs. ♥

I guess they weren't willing to give him his own on-screen romance storyline (and if they had, it probably wouldn't have been great anyway).

No, they weren't. That's definitely too much for a mainstream kdrama, and I never really expected that. But I wanted him to be a well-rounded character, and well, that was evidently too much to expect, too.

As for The King Loves - I did watched one more episode, the 5th. And I will watch the rest for sure. I do enjoy it, I just get distracted by much shorter BL dramas, and tend to take breaks to to watch those in between the episodes of The King Loves. :)

[china_shop]

Did you ever try Love in Contract? The main character's flatmate is gay (but supporting cast only, I think). I only made it through a couple of episodes because the premise didn't really appeal, but I did appreciate the representation.

I just get distracted by much shorter BL dramas, and tend to take breaks to to watch those

Ah, I totally understand!! :D

<3 <3 <3

[maggie33]

Did you ever try Love in Contract? The main character's flatmate is gay (but supporting cast only, I think). I only made it through a couple of episodes because the premise didn't really appeal, but I did appreciate the representation.

Yes, I did try it, for the same reason - I heard that one of the supporting characters was openly gay and wanted to see how it was done. He was great. But I watched only the 1st episode. Like you I didn't find the premise appealing. And I found the male lead and the female lead rather boring.

[china_shop]

And I found the male lead and the female lead rather boring.

Agreed! And I love Park Min-Young, usually. Ah well...

[nnozomi]

Very sorry to hear your sister's been sick, and especially glad that she's doing better now! All best wishes *hugs hugs*
(and I think "give this character a better deal than what canon gave them" is a time-honored and excellent reason for writing fic!).

[maggie33]

Thank you for the hugs. ♥

"give this character a better deal than what canon gave them" is a time-honored and excellent reason for writing fic!

Heh, yes, that's true. I did start to devise little snippets of a fic lately, just in my head for now, but maybe I'll try to write them down. :)