I have started watching An Incurable Case of Love and my squees need a place to live.
Hes so HOT. Hes so MEAN. Im so conflicted.
He totally called his sister Big Sis on purpose so that she wouldnt get the wrong idea. He totally wants her.

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    You caught the bug😍
    Get ready to feel a roller coaster of emotions but mostly frustration about the script, dialogue, and directing.
    In all, an addictive cheesy watch.
    Enjoy.
    Now I can’t get I Love… out of my head.

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    This was the first thing I was able to watch after my father passed away earlier this year. I started it on a whim and then I just could not stop. It was the first thing that I was able to watch and actually process the story, but at the same time it also reminded me of him so much, because he was a cardiologist and super passionate about his work (and also basically the opposite personality of the main guy). I know it’s cheesy and predictable, but I loved it. It’s a drama I can’t be objective about because it really helped me when I needed it.

    But also, the guy is super hot. I may have fallen into a little bit of a fangirl spiral, and I haven’t really done that with anyone in years.

    I do love the way Japanese dramas like this create these little communities of quirky characters that just work so well. There is a sort of parallel mini-series that follows some of the minor characters and gives their stories more depth.

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      These first couple of episodes remind me of what was so special about the first season of Hospital Playlist. The little communities that we build at work.

      I totally understand what you mean about not being objective. When my mom passed away I fell into some strange Ninja Assassin fascination. There was no rhyme or reason to it, but watching Rain kick butt from one side of the country brought my comfort and peace and nothing else could do that. And Fight for My Way. Thats been my go to drama for a whole host of reasons. I’ll keep an eye out for the parallel mini-series. This has been the first drama Ive actively enjoyed in ages. The slump is real.

      And also, Im awfully sorry about your dad.

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        Thanks. I have a running list of the dramas that I can’t really be objective about because I watched them at a time when my life needed them to escape from my own life. I think this is the fourth drama on that list? Each one corresponds to a very specific hard time period for me, and I can’t be mad at them even if objectively they are not “good” dramas, per se, I love them because they helped me out so much. To the point where, even though I know their flaws I avoid criticism of them because they are meaningful to me. (Well, three of them, one is a hot mess and that was part of why it kept me sane.)

        But it kind of makes sense, too. I think sometimes dramas, books, etc. provide the escape we need from our emotions when they are overwhelming. I consumed a lot of romance after my dad passed. I was already in the middle of the Bridgerton series on the day of, but having the fourth book on my kindle that day really helped me pull out of my feelings for a bit when they were overwhelming. TBH, I’m still reading a lot of romance. Dramas have helped me when my depression was bad, making me feel something even for a little while. I watched a few cheesy romance C-dramas last month when I was feeling really anxious and depressed. Thankfully those feelings are almost gone now, but I’m grateful to those silly dramas for keeping me sane and getting me out of my own, unhealthy thought spirals.

        Tl;dr: I totally get why Rain kicking ass would be comforting. Sometimes it’s just hard to be mad at something that just makes you feel warm, fluffy, squee-y feelings inside.

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          I’m so sorry about your dad Snarkyjellyfish. I binged Incurable Case of Love like I haven’t been able to binge in a long time. For whatever reason this one struck a cord and just let me not be in the real world for a bit, which was nice. Even if the ML was not always nice. But he is awfully nice to stare at.

          A romance author (I don’t remember who, Talia Hibbert, maybe? and I’m really really paraphrasing here) said we love romance novels because if even if they take us on an emotional roller coaster, we get on the ride because we know we’ll come to a happy ending. Sometimes we just need the safety of that ending.

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            Well, if y’all need some classic, escapist romance I just finished a book called Witch Please which was cheesy and fun and silly and swoony. It basically hits all the romance needs.
            Its about a pair of cousins who have been raised as sisters and best friends. They are witches and they have decided that they are never, no never, not ever going to fall in love. Ever. Their family has been cursed. If they fall for a “mundane”–someone who isnt magical–they’ll lose their powers forever. But all the magical men and women (one of the cousins is bi) that they come across have SUCKED. So, the ocassional hookup every now and again is all that they are going to do. Until this sweet, bumbly, doofy chef wanders into their store needing his oven looked at. Its basically love at first sight. Except for him–hes been hurt one time too many. He WANTS to be in love. He wants romance and marriage and kids and forever and the whole dang thing. But…every time he TRIES for forever and romance and marriage and the whole dang thing the man or woman hes attracted to (hes bi as well) runs far far away. He has serious abandonment issues and his relationships have been so awful so far that hes still a virgin at the ripe old age of 32.
            I really enjoyed this. It was sweet and fun and funny. There are sex scenes that are so graphic and abrupt that for me they really take me out of the book itself but once you get around those youre right back to sweet sweet romance.
            I also recently finished The Off Limits Rule. A woman has hit rock bottom. Shes just getting out of a really bad relationship and shes moving back home and in with her older brother. After so long moping her brother insists that she comes out of hiding and come hang out with his friends–hes just bought himself a boat after years of wanting one and dagnabit he wants his baby sister there with him to christen it. She agrees to go, but she fully intends on hiding out on deck with her book. She puts on her dumpiest swimsuit (she so does not care what her brothers friends think of her) and doesnt even shave her legs. Of course the first man she meets is her brothers best friend. Hes a volunteer fire fighter and so hot that he looks like he should star in one of those naughty firemen calendars. They flirt a little and decide they like each other ALOT but the brother doesnt want his friend to have ANYTHING to do with his little sister. The friend moved to town after a really, really bad relationship and reinvented himself from mr. monogamy to mr. one night stand. But it turns out he just needed to meet the right woman to turn him back to his old ways.
            Its really sweet. And somehow I managed to check out like 10 older brothers best friend/little sister pairing romances in the last few months and this is the only one that did it really well.

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            Thanks. And, yes, I think that’s exactly it – knowing that there’s a happy ending in sight makes all the emotions getting there more fun. I think it’s kind of the same for dramas too – I love that even though some are predictable, when they’re well done or even just made in such a way that there are lovely characters to relate to, it’s nice to know that they have some happiness in store. (Sidenote: I loved the first Brown sisters book, but haven’t yet finished the other two.)

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            @isthatacorner i totally am gonna add those to my reading list. I’m currently reading the Green Bone saga, which I love, but is just not as addictive as romances; too many bloody fights and politics. I also have The People We Meet on Vacation on my kindle, which seems like a good fluff read. I have a long list of contemproary romances that I’ve been working my way through (despite the Bridgerton thing, I don’t actually like most regency romances or whatever). Anything by Helen Hoang or Jasmine Guillroy are always on my list, though I wasn’t blown away by the latter’s latest outing.

            I also must confess to watching a lot of Hallmark movies these days. And they’ve already started rolling out their Christmas content. And while I will always maintain that Halloween movies are the best movies – this is not up for debate – Hallmark Christmas movies are my weakness. Well, cheesy Christmas movies in general, but especially the TV kind. I hate the ones where there’s some big sappy meaning of the season. But give me two somewhat attractive people with good hair falling in love over gingerbread houses while saving the town snowman competition or whatever, and I’m toast.

            I may or may not be watching one right now.

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    I think their goal is to make me cry every single episode and quite frankly i dont appreciate it drama!

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    ep 3 is annoying me, honestly. Its not Sakuras fault that Sugamo had a bad draw. When she was about to stick him he turned away, mid-stick. And now shes banned from doing her work? And honestly, I dont like Sakai. I havent liked her since she first said it would be easy for Sakura to quit being a nurse since she did it for a crush. My dislike was cemented when Sakura was giving her a compliment, “I could never make a catch like that!” and she says with all the condescension in the land, “because Im here to learn and youre here to be loved.” and then she complained about how working with Sakura is sooooooo hard. Shut up. Go away.

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    The worst part about watching something in a different language is when insane second hand embarassment things are happening you cant look away. You have to read it. Its so hard.

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