Just gotta say, every now and then I hear a "boom-shaka-laka" (which may or may not be followed by a command to "get your cray on!") that then follows me around for another few hours.

WHAT HAVE YOU PEOPLE DONE TO ME?! Just sayin'. Pardon me while I look up some Tokyo Jihen ;)

hi fellow beanuts! gonna have to write like no one's reading i suppose.

just finished watching episode 6 of TWTWB and i have to say that almost none of the dramas with medical conditions ever make sense to me. nice guy with the impending exploding brain and the cognitve impairment with no phyiscal disability and now, this one with retinitis pigmentosa that could be surgically treated. what rubbish. just have to rol ey and let pas and continue to watch.

also, why do all second lead female characters have this character from antz look and have a love of muppet inspired coats??! why??

right now, TWTWB is all i am following. i still need to complete the last two episodes of FBND, for completion's sake. wondering which old one to marathon. joseon xfiles, 9 ends 2 out or for joAnne, sangdoo? hmmm.

Brace yourself. This is lengthy.

Good evening from the Philippines! I want to ask about something I observed while watching a Korean Drama.

[SPOILERS AHEAD T_T]
At the moment, I am watching Childless Good Fortune. I'm not sure if you guys are watching it but to wit: Seo-young, played by 엄지원, is a 37-year old prosecutor who lives away from the family. I've only seen about 7 episodes of it but from what I can gather, her parents especially her dad, and her two younger brothers are extremely proud of her. Even the rest of the family have high hopes for her becoming a judge one day. But, a Kdrama gods would have it, her ultimate secret was soon outed after her aunt saw her and her very pregnant belly. Soon, her parents found out. And here's what I got confused about, and frankly, keeping me from fully enjoying the drama because I can't fully comprehend the logic behind it. Except the part where the parents threw a hissy fit over it, THAT I can understand. A little help, pretty please?

1. Why did that create such a ruckus? The drama mentioned 'reputation' multiple times and I got a sense that she became an embarrassment to the whole clan. Is that all of it? Isn't she a 37 year old independent woman who can make informed choices on her own? I mean is her parents supposed to still have that much hold on her because she's yet to be married?

2. Why did they go to such lengths in trying to convince her to get rid of the child? Like setting it up for adoption? Isn't Korean culture big on family ties (like living with the parents even if already married, taking care of parents)? Or does this not apply to bastards? I'ts one of the drama tropes in sageuk dramas but is it still the today? Maybe those traditional ones?

3. After all the push and pull, and the multiple lies they've told their patriarch, played by 이순재, the baby gets handed down to her youngest brother who's, I'm guessing, only 25 in the drama. The drama made mention of him being male and thus, getting more leeway than his noona. But do the adults really think that a 20-something 'aspiring barista' (Pffft!) make for a better parental figure than a 37-year old woman for the baby girl?

4. And lastly, is how the seemingly smart and capable woman gave up her daughter after her months of ordeal (she was looking like death warmed over her while she was pregnant) to her brother --but I think and hope it's her parents who would actually take care of the child-- because the baby wouldn't stop crying through the night. I just think she gave up too easily. I would've believe it if it wasn't just one sleepless night. And I would've believe it was because she was in pain from her C-section but the drama didn't care to show me how she was in pain while ambulating so no, I'm going to ignore that part. She's not going to be discharged overnight if she actually got operated on, so no, she's in mild pain for me. Not enough to give up her daughter after keeping it from the whole clan and the sperm donor.

I hope you guys can help! I know it's quite lengthy but I'd love to understand some, if not all, about Korean culture on gender roles.

i just figured out who moo chul sounds like! alan rickman!!

sorry, just had to share :)