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This could be good depending on how they handle school violence. I'm hoping they stay away from graphic examples and steer straight into how they will administer justice in a creative, fun way and I'm all for it.

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News bites: May 18, 2024
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News bites: May 18, 2024

by tccolb

Man, I'm up for all of them.
1. Love Jo Boa
2. Big sigh and sad eyes
3.Sounds so fun!
4. Ji Sung Need I say more? (ok Kwon Yul).
5. Kim Hee-sun. Have not liked everyone of her dramas, but she is worth watching it for.
6. We all need some laughs for relief so bring it on. (and please be good)

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Open Thread #865
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by DB Staff

Hmm, interesting. Perhaps I simply consumed too much of period fiction during my formative years to be bothered much by the fact that it's rarely princesses who slay dragons and bandits while their knights have to outscheme and cat fight jealous rivals in isolated harem-like setting. As long as both parts of OTP do their best at working towards mutual romantic HE goal, I'm fine with pretty much whatever distribution of said work. For me problem starts when I get the feeling that one of them - esp FL - is just not as much into it as the other is. Having their hands literally tied by objective circumstances is one thing - lacking the drive to overcome any possible obstacle is another.

Once again, we circled back to the very beginning - me hating modern romcoms for their bad habit of presenting annoyingly manufactured conflicts/obstacles instead of giving OTPs real deal stuff to overcome together. I'm afraid, it's too late already for me to change my preferences here... Dramas can still change and improve their plots tho. And FLs. Now THAT would've been nice!

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Aww this looks cute!

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How come no one told me that the ML in QIHM/Q&I was 우리 Pil-seung-i from Beauty and Mr. Romantic???

HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT MYSELF?

I think I need to hang up my Beanie Badge.

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Leave it to Netflix and that is standard fare, even in Kdramas.

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Open Thread #865
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by DB Staff

@hacja if we're not talking about MLs with "drama traumas" centered around intimacy of any kind, then such behavior usually is presented as just having good manners. As in restraining yourself from those urges and thus being extra considerate to FL who OF COURSE needs all time and mental preparation in the world before she can let her boyfriend as much as hold her hand. Ofc, sometimes it gets further than that, reaching a truly ridiculous point when grown man (teens/inexperienced barely adults shrieking in embarrassed horror over being caught undressed by their crush do not phase me much) acts like a Victorian maiden surrounded by drunk sailors. Even this can be somewhat funny in the hands of a good actor tho - when not overdone.

In conclusion, there is a difference - while MLs also can be jumpy regarding skinship, they are rarely shown 100% disinterested/repulsed by prospect. At worst they are presented shy about it OR scared they'll scare FL if they try to act on their desire without proper rituals OR they are simply ashamed of even having dirty thoughts altogether. Among those 3 reasons, only shyness is usually presented in FL's behavior, but not the fear of going too fast/strong nor the shame of harboring indecent urges.

What FLs DO have more often than not is raging prudishness over any such matters (man you like dares to want you back PHYSICALLY? that pervert, how dare he!) and/or complete lack of working hormones. I recall catching my jaw near the floor when in DR SLUMP leads got stuck in hotel room together at night and it was FL getting all hot and bothered over the fact while ML remained (un)happily clueless, having too many things on his mind atm to be horny... That's how we girls can multitask in a way boys could never

I think that's what annoys me the most - I can deal with repressed desire as long as you give me a valid reason for OTP in love to... uhm... be abstinent, but at least said desire should exist from BOTH sides! And be somewhat acknowledged! Everything else is secondary. Yep, the bar low.

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I'd like to reiterate here something I've recently found out--y'all might already know this, but...

The Kocowa app has episodes of BMR up hours and hours before Viki. Episode 18 has been available to me for quite some time today but probably won't be posted to Viki for 10-or-so more hours...

Also the Kokowa app/site allows for 1.25+ speeds for when MOM-ZILLA starts shriek-crying over how she deserves the world for having done NOTHINGZILCHBUPKISNIENTENADARIEN.

There's a level you can watch for free but you can pay to get rid of the ads, but right now I'm just dealing with them...

The more you know!

@dncingemma @oldawyer @al118 @marysadanaga @Nefret @michelleb @Gremlich @stove @Mjcsfla1 @dorotka

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We got emotional scenes in episode 17 though. Pil Seung was clearly devastated there.

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Shame over out of wedlock children is even more prevalent in non-Western societies, where the actual attitude has varied over time: Leonardo Da Vinci's father actually held a big party for Leonardo's baptism and Benjamin Franklin's illegitimate son William was his most successful child and actually accompanied him to London where he was appointed (the last as it turned out) Royal Governor of New Jersey.

The use of illegitimacy by K-drama writers is an almost conscious effort to fight back against the traditional discrimination against out of wedlock children and it seems to have had an effect there as not only are there government programs to support single mothers, but the ROK has the distinction of being the only Asian country with a Child Support agency.

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