There's so much to love about Reunited Worlds. It could have been such an amazing drama but instead it meandered around going nowhere and then limped home to an ending that somehow seemed both slow AND rushed. In terms of unfulfilled potential, this is the drama I always cite as the biggest disappointment. It's the one show I would like to see remade to become the drama it could have been.

It cannot be a coincidence that so many of us went through a drama slump this year! The struggle to love dramas but inability was so real! I guess it was a mix of saturation and not-so-good shows! Barely 3-4 shows stand out for me in 2017!

Love the way how you ended it @lollypip

And so I end the year with a promise to myself—to rediscover that exuberance that dramas bring me, and to continue to spread that enthusiasm whenever and however I can.

Hear Hear!
I will follow your example and make this promise to myself as well.

(Also how much do I love that you used that last image from Missing 9- the ending sucked so much but I still liked it somehow)

You're a true treasure, LollyPip - an eloquent and empathetic writer, and a wonderful person. Lots of love and happy new year. Here's hoping 2018 brings lots of dramas we can all be excited about!

Happy new year, LollyPip! My experience in 2017 is very similar to yours. As much as I want to, I could not bring myself to finish Goblin or While You Were Sleepingeven though these are the kind of shows I would normally gobble up. I was also deeply disappointed by Hwarang and Temperature of Love which both started off with such great promise. But when Seven Day Queen and <Because This Life Is Our First were airing, I found myself doing ridiculous things like taking many mini-breaks while watching so the thrill would last just a little longer but also at each pause lamenting how little the episode is left.

Thank you for reminding us that whichever kind of slump life gives us, drama or otherwise, does not always have to affect us entirely negatively. It can lead us onto paths of self-rediscovery and give us opportunities to re-examine we cherish most in our lives. I appreciate what you do for the Dramabeans community, and I look forward to reading your thoughtful insights and funny remarks for all the wonderful shows in 2018. Oh the possibilities!

Great to read ya @LollyPip

I'm glad to know that you're getting over the slump and starting to feel the frisson of excitement again while watching kdramas. I guess I'm fortunate that I've happily dropped what bothered me and loved what I stayed to the end to watch. There was only 1 exception where I thought I'd love the show to the end, only to have to readjust my 'blinkered' view... but still, it was a good show.

Here's wishing for you and all of us in this lovely community a raring good year of kdramas, and the ability to get out of or avoid the drama slumps so that we can enjoy what we watch with full and happy hearts. Take care now!

Have a Happy, Healthy and Riveting Drama-watching New Year! 😆

Wow! I felt you were talking about me! This year I started a lot of dramas and just stopped watching them either half way or the first 2 episodes. I just didn't care to find out what happened next. What you wrote resonated with me so much. I did pick up a new hobby, but it was more of a shopping hobby. LOL. At one point, I told myself I needed to go back to watching my shows since I would be spending a lot less money! Thankfully, that wasn't so hard to do. And with me joining in on the squeeing on the beanie wall, drama watching has been so much fun the latter half of 2017. Looking forward to more of your recaps and comments in 2018! Happy New Year!!

Thank you Lolipip i am always happy to read your posts, thank you for sharing your thoughts.

Although I've watched a lot of dramas this year over 30 including binge dramas I haven't watched or rewatching. I lost interest in most of the airing dramas after few episodes the excitement to know what happened next wasn't there but I continued watching because I still like the drama but it's the urge to know what will happen next disappeared like Chicago Typewriter..., it's a different feeling than a drama i just stop liking then continue watching anyway to see how it ends like Missing 9..., or a drama that i get annoyed at everything then eventually "oh thats it I can't watch more of this, i am so dropping you like The K2 , Hwarang.." the only dramas that I haven't lost interest in them is Black, Voice, Tunnel, Defendant. (I didn't include FOS because I just finished watching it two days ago).

Missing 9 was the biggest disappointment it could've been a great drama, it's premise were something fresh in dramaland, but it was ruined, and completely crushed with its weird ending, what a waste.

One thing that I noticed with you @lollypip is that you often take the time to thank everyone in details and I appreciate that. You seem to be such a warm person. We have so different tastes but I respect you and I am always glad to see you around.

And your speed when recapping dramas is something worth mentionning. It's really impressive. 🤣 I remember once waiting impatiently for Forest Of Secrets recap and getting confused when I saw that the next recap to be posted was an ep of Fight My Way! For a second, my mind could't accept that the recap was ready so soon.🤣😅

The beanies before me have already eloquently posted what needs to be said. I would like to take this opportunity though to thank you Lollypip for your steadfast recaps, even on shows that lost its spark in the middle of its run *coughTemperatureofLovecough* .

Here's hoping that 2018 will be a better year in terms of the quality of dramas that we will be watching.

I think sometimes just watching dramas becomes one of out only hobbies or the main one, and then after a while, we get tired of it simply because that's all we're focusing on. So it's good to have other interests as well that don't consume our life like dramas do lol. They'll always be there.

I was in a slump for most of the year, only getting excited for dramas again until november/december.
However lately I feel like I might be heading back into that slump because while I watch a few shows I don't *love* any of them.

Like you, I started a lot more dramas than I finished - and also usually at about the halfway point or 40%'ish. So many that started out good just seemed to go on autopilot after the first 5-6 episodes. There were some notable exceptions, but this for me there were most losers than winners.

Aww, the last line was so sweet! ❤️ Also, I am so happy that you watched seven day queen! That and go back couple are my favourite dramas from 2017! There was a lot of fun in the suspicious partners recaps (even though the second half lost steam), so, thank you so much for consistently recapping throughout the year, LollyPip!

Also, thank you to all the recappers for sticking with the dramas till the end and continuing recapping (because watching is one thing, but recapping is like watching it a million times) even when the dramas fizzle out. We are thankful to you all for giving us this space to talk (or rant :P) about them.

I am always impressed with your fast (and many) recaps. Thank you!
Unlike many people, I didn't have drama slump this year. I watched as many as any other years, and I enjoyed lot of them. Hopefully 2018 is better year for all beanies who had drama slump^^

I've found dramaslump really interesting because if I'm analysing what I'm watching, I'm working and not procrastinating. It's all about deluding yourself.

But I've found some definite things that make me drop dramas:
1) The show is lying to me. She's dead. She's really dead. It is her blood, there's no way she's still alive. (my reaction: ooooh interesting, especially as the main guy has been dead since ep 1). Then: just kidding, she's not dead at all. Don't do it. I hate it.
2) The show introduces something some issue at the last moment, probably because they've run out of plot. This can be the ToD, amnesia, Noble Idiocy or illness. Maybe she's got breast cancer but lets not go to the hospital because he's got to go to trial. Seriously? You couldn't mention this (or have her discover a lump) at any point in the previous 40-odd episodes? (only marginally acceptable because there'd been an extension)
3) The same conflict happens all over again which means that dealing with it seems futile. Let's just all give up and go home because whatever you do now, it will become an issue again in 2 episodes time - unless it's the final 2 episodes, in which case it will be miraculously fixed.

And finally
4) The OTP shouldn't be together in my view - and the drama is going there. I don't care how old he really is and how old she really is, I don't want to watch a grown-up man get off with a girl in a school uniform.

There were too many of those in dramas this year.

Thanks for the post @lollypip! Dramaslump only makes us appreciate the ones that Did It Right all the more. I love that you mentioned a couple of my favourites of the year too.

This has been such a dry year for K-dramas, I’ve been rewatching old ones that introduced the magic of k-dramas to me. The highlight of my year was the ‘Lonely, Shining Goblin’ and it went downhill fast after that. Started most of them and only succeeded in finishing up ‘Tunnel’ and ‘Because it’s Our First Life’ and that’s not so good. Hopefully this year will pick up the pace a little!

2017 was sort of a slump drama year for me too. Sort of hard to understand. I stopped watching three times as many dramas as previous years. Just lost interest but it can be partially explained by the growth of my massive love for K-pop group BTS. I went to the BBMAs and AMAs to cheer them on and have discovered a surprising happiness and joy that literally surpassed how I used to love dramas. Change is inevitable - right?

I'll be honest: 2017 was a bad year for me personally, as have the previous four years. But Korean dramas and the Dramabeans community has always been there to put a smile on my face and make my days feel a little better than they would have been. I also didn't finish a lot of dramas either, losing interest halfway through, but the ones I did finish left a smile on my face and happiness in my heart. So thank you, everyone, for unknowingly seeing me through some of my darkest years. :)

Funny but Lollypip you sound like you are talking about me too. From being obsessed to a very obvious slump this 2017, I also had worries that my love for kdramas was something that I might lose.

Glad to see that you got your mojo back and looking forward to watching many new shows! Can I just say that Hwayugi did it for me, so maybe it will help continue your current streak. (If the behind the scenes drama doesn’t spoil it though. *fingers crossed*)

Wishing you a very happy and kdrama filled 2018! 😊

2017 marked as a drama slump year for me, because not only I fell for it, it also happened twice. Having drama slump once is bad enough to fall for it twice, it was worrisome to me. Watching drama gives me pleasure, where I can forget about anything for a moment, but I think back in 2013, I was having my first drama slump, a real bad one, not because dramas at that time were bad but because I was battling depression. I remember watching dramas but the sparks were gone, I watch for the sake of getting out of bed, to make sure I was actually still alive and felt something, but it didn't work. After some time, I managed to get back to life again, but I told myself I don't want to get into that dark times again, which is why having a drama slump scares me, because it is a beginning for a dark times for me. Luckily, I think as Lollypop said, 2017's batch of dramas are good but maybe nothing hooked me as much as I hoped it would be, and the reason is simple as that.

LollyPip, thank you for this review and your recaps. Seems like a lot of people were going through slumps last year. I didn't think I was at the time, but maybe I was. In Oct/Nov/Dec, I was trying to juggle too many live dramas and couldn't keep up. I was also exasperated with some shows, but hanged on until I reached the lackluster endings.

I thought my passion for drama watching has waned. I will need to be more focused on a select few at a time. And drop them when I really don't enjoy them anymore. Quit having lingering feelings on unfinished shows.