I’ve been to Naples three times and enjoyed every single time!
Last time was last year. I went to a weekend of reenactment and we stayed in Naples for four days. I love how chaotic and crazy the city is.
I fell in love with it the first time I visited in 2005, when I visited the Costiera Amalfitana.
I am a reenactor, I mainly reenact 19th century. It means I attend events where other crazy people like me gather, dance and spend the weekend in period costumes (yes, very Jane Austen).
If you have Facebook you can check this album of photos. This is the ball that took place at Palazzo Reale in Naples last year: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1226325297540745&type=3
Thank you, @carmen
We are from many countries, mainly Italy and UK (among all those people we were only 7 Spanish people), there were also reenactors from US, Malta, Canada, France, Netherlands, Russia, Poland, Ucraine, Germany…
I think a drama has a great cast when not only the first and second leads, but even the secondary characters have enough space and are well characterized.
Last year my choice was VIP, this year Crash landing on you. Probably everyone has learned to love the ducklings, the village ajummas and the found family among the leads and the soldiers. And, as other beanies have pointed out, even Dan and her mother weren’t stereotyped evil characters, but very human and relatable.
This year I haven’t watched many dramas that seemed interesting and that I’d like to watch, but on top of the list there is Kairos.
I am always scared to start a drama with time travels because I fear the story will derail, but I read only good things about Kairos (and was able to stay away from spoilers!), and I really want to watch again SSR and LSY.
Actually I haven’t finished this yet, but so far it fits perfectly in this category.
It’s true, it starts with a man cheating on his wife and the woman planning her revenge, and it has strong “Gone girl” vibe, but it’s not a heavy show like The world of the married.
It doesn’t take itself seriously, and every time I watch an episode, I find myself thinking that it’s really crazy… but fun.
The first episode – and not only – of this drama perplexed me: it was labeled as a rom-com, but I felt like crying.
It had an interesting theme, though, and Jang Na-ra, and some wise observations about the children/parents relationship, and I continued watching.
But sadly it got boring. It seemed that all the secondary characters didn’t work, but above all the girls in Ha-ri’s office were boring, and Jae-young’s attempts to win her over.
The last two episodes felt really long, and for once I am not sure I liked the “whole” happy ending: I don’t know if women in the same situation as Ha-ri would be comforted by it or discouraged.
You perfectly defined the drama.
I loved it until episode 10 and then, it simply got boring.
And JaeYoung character was also so annoying. He got on my nerves, being so selfish and arrogant… I would have killed him a thousand times.
As for the main couple, though I loved both Jang Nara an Goo Joon together, at the end I was not invested in their relation and the obsession over having the baby was too much. I also wondered why no other options (as adoption or assuming you can be happy without being a parent) were explored, and not that I liked the miracle baby ending, either.
I liked when Jae-young and Ha-ru were like brother and sister, it was fun, then… only annoying and boring.
Agree about the main couple… no sparkle, sadly.
I would like and ending with “only” the couple: it would be beautiful if they gave the message that having someone to love and to be loved by is enough a miracle for everyone.
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Day23: Drama I regret I didn’t watch live
Do you like Brahms?
I prefer watching dramas live. I like having a couple days in a week to look forward to, I enjoy the story and twists more, and I am sure I will finish the show, while it takes me lots of time to finish a drama – even more than one year – when I don’t watch live. But, above all, I love opening the fan wall and finding Beanies’ gifs, opinions or rantings.
I would have loved spazzing with you on the fan wall about this drama. It seemed so much fun!
I started watching it just before the – now dreaded – ep.12, and I’m still stuck at ep.9…
Tops one of the most enjoyable dramas of the year for me mainly because of the beanie fun here. Still a rather solid drama imo so hope you enjoy it to the end.
I must say a thing about Born again: it was a sincere drama. In fact it has been bad since the first episode.
But it aired when I was having a very busy period and one of its nonsense, 30 minutes episode was the only thing my tired brain could bear.
The writing was just awful (even if the actors did their best with what they had) and the story more and more absurd, but somehow it was fun to watch that mess.
So, I don’t regret watching it, but I DON’T recommend it!
Sometimes entertainment of the terrible kind is exactly what you need, lol! I used to shame-watch this Hallmark show called When Calls the Heart – absolute rubbish of the first order, but I could not help myself. I devoured that like Lee Yeon in front of mint-choco ice cream, I tell you.
Didn’t watch this one, but I’m a fan of an occasional trash-watch too! I grew up on soap operas, so I’ve got it ingrained in my brain. Sometimes I just need a bit of stereotypical characters, over the top dramatics and random twists to chill out…
Love it that you define it as sincere. It’s not tricking viewers, it’s just plain bad 🤣🤣
I grew up on soap operas, too! Thanks to my grandmother.
I run away from them every time I could… and now I’m watching Homemade love story! She would be proud 😅
Soap operas – glueing generations together for over 60 years now 🤣🤣
Nowadays, I only watch when I visit my Mom and she puts me up to speed with whatever she’s watching at the moment, but I have great soap-memories from growing up: remember the whole family sitting in front of the TV to watch some of the good ones
Yes! I was curious about the way they would make the ML get the girl (the worst way possible, of course). I rooted for the SML, but I knew it was impossible that he would end up with the FL.
I know some beanies love Chocolate (sorry, beanies), but to me it has been the first drama disappointment of the year.
I expected a healing drama with an epic love story, was enthralled by trailers and posters, but… here’s my rant:
(warning: some spoilers):
– too many tragedies. Cha-young losing her sense of smell and taste was really too much.
– Kang and his family were too old-style (a little makjang-ish).
– I couldn’t buy Cha-young’s love for Kang. Their brief encounter when they were children wasn’t enough to me. I would prefer Cha-young had this precious, dear memory of Kang, and would fall in love with him as an adult. Plus, I didn’t like the way Kang treated her for most of the story. If I were her, I would run away from him once and for all.
– The thing that disappointed me the most was the fact that the show betrayed itself. I had really liked its message: live your life to the fullest, don’t lose an instant, because you’re alive now.
So, the way the FL runs away felt so anticlimatic. I don’t know if the writer needed to fill some episodes, if they wanted the usual separation befor the ending, or the scene with the hero searching for his love in a foreign, beautiful country, but I didn’t like it. At all.
OST, cinematography and Joon were beautiful, though.
I am so on the fence about this one. It idles on my watchlist, and yet I always choose something over it. It is worth watching with my friend FF? Or should I just let it melt gently back into ganache?
Honestly, I wouldn’t rewatch and wouldn’t recommend it.
As a story set in a hospice, the drama has its moments, but it can be depressing and boring (I had never fallen asleep while watching a drama!).
About the love story, almost nothing happens till the 11th episode, if I remember well, and even after, I didn’t like some things like the lack of communication between the leads.
I’m always sorry when I wrote something bad about a drama, because I know someone else love it, or watched it when they needed it, so the story is special for them.
I wanted to like this, but we weren’t meant to be.
Haha, I’m one of those Beanies who loved it but I guess I understand why many don’t.
I love it for the cinematography, music, the melancholy it offers, and I love the leads. ^^ but I should stop watching these kinda dramas to protect my mental health
“Just live your life like you always have. Be sweet and sincere.
And don’t let go of the ones you love. All right?
That’s more than enough. You will then live your life to the fullest.”
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Day15: Secondary characters you will never forget
(for worse)
Dr Sul from The world of the married
She is all a friend shouldn’t be: envious, scheming, mean.
She knew that Sun-woo’s husband was cheating on her and did nothing, planned to take over from Sun-woo at the hospital, was ready to steal her potential date.
I don’t know why Sun-woo considered her a friend till the end of the story.
I didn’t watch this drama, but she sounds EXACTLY like the kind of character that makes me unreasonably start frothing at the mouth when I get too into a drama, haha!
Amen. At one point, I was beside myself with fury that they were wasting so much screen time on the exes when there was so much more they could have been showing us with our wonderful OTP! Such a shame they botched screen time.
If only we had had some more bickering and loving scenes between our perfect and sassy OTP. I KNOW I will rewatch their scenes soon (avoiding the exes and Keanu). If only…
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 31, 2020 at 8:59 AM
Happy 2021, Beanies!!
Thanks for this year together!
Eazal
December 31, 2020 at 9:50 AM
Happy New Year!
Oh! What a lovely photo of Naples Bay! I have so many fond memories of that place!
Felice 2021 a te ed a tutti i tuoi cari!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
January 5, 2021 at 2:06 PM
Oh, have you been in Naples??
Grazie mille 😊
Eazal
January 5, 2021 at 3:03 PM
I’ve been to Naples three times and enjoyed every single time!
Last time was last year. I went to a weekend of reenactment and we stayed in Naples for four days. I love how chaotic and crazy the city is.
I fell in love with it the first time I visited in 2005, when I visited the Costiera Amalfitana.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
January 6, 2021 at 5:27 AM
I’m glad you liked it! It’s my heart ❤️
(May I ask what is a weekend of reenactment?)
Eazal
January 6, 2021 at 7:01 AM
I am a reenactor, I mainly reenact 19th century. It means I attend events where other crazy people like me gather, dance and spend the weekend in period costumes (yes, very Jane Austen).
If you have Facebook you can check this album of photos. This is the ball that took place at Palazzo Reale in Naples last year: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1226325297540745&type=3
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
January 20, 2021 at 1:39 PM
Wow, @eazal, it’s beautiful!!!! The costumes are wonderful!!!
Were you all from Spain or from other parts of the world, too?
Eazal
January 20, 2021 at 1:57 PM
Thank you, @carmen
We are from many countries, mainly Italy and UK (among all those people we were only 7 Spanish people), there were also reenactors from US, Malta, Canada, France, Netherlands, Russia, Poland, Ucraine, Germany…
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
January 21, 2021 at 12:08 PM
It seemes fun, and a great way to meet interesting people! @eazal
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 31, 2020 at 8:54 AM
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Day31: best PD (stolen idea from Jezz)
Park Shin-woo (IOTNBO)
Here is the end of our roundoup! Thank you to all the beanies that had this idea, that wrote posts, that commented and read.
Eazal
December 31, 2020 at 8:58 AM
Thank you for sharing with us your year in dramas ☺️
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 31, 2020 at 9:01 AM
😊
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 30, 2020 at 12:45 PM
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Day30: Drama with the cutest children
Tale of the nine-taled
These children were not only cute, but talented, too.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 29, 2020 at 1:11 PM
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Day29: Best cast
Crash landing on you
I think a drama has a great cast when not only the first and second leads, but even the secondary characters have enough space and are well characterized.
Last year my choice was VIP, this year Crash landing on you. Probably everyone has learned to love the ducklings, the village ajummas and the found family among the leads and the soldiers. And, as other beanies have pointed out, even Dan and her mother weren’t stereotyped evil characters, but very human and relatable.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 28, 2020 at 1:27 PM
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Day28: Drama I’d like to watch asap
Kairos
This year I haven’t watched many dramas that seemed interesting and that I’d like to watch, but on top of the list there is Kairos.
I am always scared to start a drama with time travels because I fear the story will derail, but I read only good things about Kairos (and was able to stay away from spoilers!), and I really want to watch again SSR and LSY.
Eazal
December 28, 2020 at 2:09 PM
You will love it!!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 29, 2020 at 1:16 PM
I hope so 😊. Is it available on Viki in Spain? Here it isn’t 😤 I’ve sent a request, but I don’t think it will be of help.
Eazal
December 29, 2020 at 10:15 PM
I know! I admit I didn’t watch it legally…
bong-soo
December 28, 2020 at 3:35 PM
Go for it! Excellent from beginning to end.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 29, 2020 at 1:17 PM
Can’t wait 😊
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 27, 2020 at 7:00 AM
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Day27: Crazy but fun
My dangerous wife
Actually I haven’t finished this yet, but so far it fits perfectly in this category.
It’s true, it starts with a man cheating on his wife and the woman planning her revenge, and it has strong “Gone girl” vibe, but it’s not a heavy show like The world of the married.
It doesn’t take itself seriously, and every time I watch an episode, I find myself thinking that it’s really crazy… but fun.
Oh, and the OST is great.
miss h
December 27, 2020 at 9:59 AM
That was a fun drama with some dark humor that I liked.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 28, 2020 at 1:34 PM
Oh, did you finish it? So is it crazy and fun til the end?
miss h
December 28, 2020 at 3:43 PM
Lost a little steam, maybe, but it still was crazy and fun. What episode are you on?
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 29, 2020 at 1:14 PM
Oh, thank you. I have to watch ep. 10, the one after the amnesia.
miss h
December 29, 2020 at 3:42 PM
You have some crazy stuff coming up then. Episode 12 was my favorite episode.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 26, 2020 at 7:03 AM
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Day26: Drama that was part of your Christmas
It’s okay to not be okay
My sister sent me the OST of IOTNBO from Scotland as Christmas gift.
Being from Korea, it has already travelled more than I have my whole life!
The package is really beautiful, and the book is full of photos!
I didn’t expect such a gift due to the situation, and I’m very happy!
Eazal
December 26, 2020 at 7:21 AM
You’ve been a good beanie!!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 27, 2020 at 6:42 AM
So it seems! 😆
Jellybn
December 26, 2020 at 9:23 AM
How sweet of your sister! Enjoy😊
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 27, 2020 at 6:43 AM
Thank you! 😊
CBme
December 26, 2020 at 10:00 AM
How sweet! You definitely must have been on the Nice List this year!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 27, 2020 at 6:43 AM
😊😊
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 25, 2020 at 8:23 AM
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Day25: Drama that had a Christmas episode
Crash landing on you (ep.8)
Generally I don’t like Christmas episodes, they seem forced and too sugary, but this was beautiful.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 24, 2020 at 5:56 AM
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Day24: Drama that got boring
Oh, my baby
The first episode – and not only – of this drama perplexed me: it was labeled as a rom-com, but I felt like crying.
It had an interesting theme, though, and Jang Na-ra, and some wise observations about the children/parents relationship, and I continued watching.
But sadly it got boring. It seemed that all the secondary characters didn’t work, but above all the girls in Ha-ri’s office were boring, and Jae-young’s attempts to win her over.
The last two episodes felt really long, and for once I am not sure I liked the “whole” happy ending: I don’t know if women in the same situation as Ha-ri would be comforted by it or discouraged.
Eazal
December 25, 2020 at 2:43 AM
You perfectly defined the drama.
I loved it until episode 10 and then, it simply got boring.
And JaeYoung character was also so annoying. He got on my nerves, being so selfish and arrogant… I would have killed him a thousand times.
As for the main couple, though I loved both Jang Nara an Goo Joon together, at the end I was not invested in their relation and the obsession over having the baby was too much. I also wondered why no other options (as adoption or assuming you can be happy without being a parent) were explored, and not that I liked the miracle baby ending, either.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 25, 2020 at 7:39 AM
I liked when Jae-young and Ha-ru were like brother and sister, it was fun, then… only annoying and boring.
Agree about the main couple… no sparkle, sadly.
I would like and ending with “only” the couple: it would be beautiful if they gave the message that having someone to love and to be loved by is enough a miracle for everyone.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 24, 2020 at 4:00 AM
Happy holidays, dear Beanies!
sirena
December 24, 2020 at 6:39 AM
Happy Holidays!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 25, 2020 at 7:32 AM
Thank you! ⛄
CBme
December 24, 2020 at 10:10 AM
My favorite Christmas song. Happy holidays!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 25, 2020 at 7:33 AM
I’m glad! Thank you! 🎄
isa: I'm not a serial killer I'm just really passionate about things
December 24, 2020 at 10:57 AM
Happy Holidays Karmen!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 25, 2020 at 7:34 AM
Thank you, Isa! 🎅
Eazal
December 25, 2020 at 2:45 AM
Buon Natale!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 25, 2020 at 7:34 AM
Gracias! 🌟
korfan
December 25, 2020 at 2:26 PM
Happy Holidays!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 26, 2020 at 7:18 AM
Thank you! ❄️
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 23, 2020 at 11:09 AM
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Day23: Drama I regret I didn’t watch live
Do you like Brahms?
I prefer watching dramas live. I like having a couple days in a week to look forward to, I enjoy the story and twists more, and I am sure I will finish the show, while it takes me lots of time to finish a drama – even more than one year – when I don’t watch live. But, above all, I love opening the fan wall and finding Beanies’ gifs, opinions or rantings.
I would have loved spazzing with you on the fan wall about this drama. It seemed so much fun!
I started watching it just before the – now dreaded – ep.12, and I’m still stuck at ep.9…
yongsital 🌱 dimples 🌱
December 23, 2020 at 4:16 PM
Tops one of the most enjoyable dramas of the year for me mainly because of the beanie fun here. Still a rather solid drama imo so hope you enjoy it to the end.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 24, 2020 at 5:10 AM
Thank you! 😊
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 22, 2020 at 12:57 PM
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Day22: Bad but (somehow) fun
Born again
I must say a thing about Born again: it was a sincere drama. In fact it has been bad since the first episode.
But it aired when I was having a very busy period and one of its nonsense, 30 minutes episode was the only thing my tired brain could bear.
The writing was just awful (even if the actors did their best with what they had) and the story more and more absurd, but somehow it was fun to watch that mess.
So, I don’t regret watching it, but I DON’T recommend it!
CBme
December 22, 2020 at 1:03 PM
Sometimes entertainment of the terrible kind is exactly what you need, lol! I used to shame-watch this Hallmark show called When Calls the Heart – absolute rubbish of the first order, but I could not help myself. I devoured that like Lee Yeon in front of mint-choco ice cream, I tell you.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 22, 2020 at 1:09 PM
Hahaha, I love the simile 🤣🤣
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent, Dame Judi
December 22, 2020 at 4:24 PM
You make me want to watch it…
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 23, 2020 at 10:36 AM
Oh, no! Don’t! What did I do?! 😱🤣
Fly Colours
December 23, 2020 at 1:26 AM
Didn’t watch this one, but I’m a fan of an occasional trash-watch too! I grew up on soap operas, so I’ve got it ingrained in my brain. Sometimes I just need a bit of stereotypical characters, over the top dramatics and random twists to chill out…
Love it that you define it as sincere. It’s not tricking viewers, it’s just plain bad 🤣🤣
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 23, 2020 at 10:38 AM
I grew up on soap operas, too! Thanks to my grandmother.
I run away from them every time I could… and now I’m watching Homemade love story! She would be proud 😅
Fly Colours
December 23, 2020 at 10:52 AM
Soap operas – glueing generations together for over 60 years now 🤣🤣
Nowadays, I only watch when I visit my Mom and she puts me up to speed with whatever she’s watching at the moment, but I have great soap-memories from growing up: remember the whole family sitting in front of the TV to watch some of the good ones
sirena
December 23, 2020 at 6:40 AM
Honestly, my sister and I watched this drama because it was so bad that we had to see how it would end!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 23, 2020 at 10:41 AM
Yes! I was curious about the way they would make the ML get the girl (the worst way possible, of course). I rooted for the SML, but I knew it was impossible that he would end up with the FL.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 21, 2020 at 5:30 AM
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Day21: Best poster (based on other Beanies’ idea)
It’s okay to not be okay
The main poster is beautiful! So ethereal!
But the other two with the leads (in both human and animated form) sitting on a book cover are pretty, too.
CBme
December 21, 2020 at 6:53 AM
Oh, yes! I really love the top one – it’s so beautiful and totally conveys the “once upon a time” feeling for me.
sirena
December 21, 2020 at 6:57 AM
Everything about this show is amazing.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 20, 2020 at 11:54 AM
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Day20: Cameo that blew up your mind
This year I haven’t watched many dramas and there are lots of actors I don’t know yet, so I have missed all the interesting cameos, it seems.
But I liked the mini Encounter-reunion in Mystic Pop-up bar. It was fun to see Jin-Hyeok’s mum and Soo-hyeon’s secretary as mother and daughter.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 20, 2020 at 8:20 AM
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Day19: Most memorable scene
Actually I have a list of memorable scenes (even from The game), but this is the first that came to my mind.
It was a great way to end the episode!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 18, 2020 at 7:37 AM
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Day18: One you want to rant about
Chocolate
I know some beanies love Chocolate (sorry, beanies), but to me it has been the first drama disappointment of the year.
I expected a healing drama with an epic love story, was enthralled by trailers and posters, but… here’s my rant:
(warning: some spoilers):
– too many tragedies. Cha-young losing her sense of smell and taste was really too much.
– Kang and his family were too old-style (a little makjang-ish).
– I couldn’t buy Cha-young’s love for Kang. Their brief encounter when they were children wasn’t enough to me. I would prefer Cha-young had this precious, dear memory of Kang, and would fall in love with him as an adult. Plus, I didn’t like the way Kang treated her for most of the story. If I were her, I would run away from him once and for all.
– The thing that disappointed me the most was the fact that the show betrayed itself. I had really liked its message: live your life to the fullest, don’t lose an instant, because you’re alive now.
So, the way the FL runs away felt so anticlimatic. I don’t know if the writer needed to fill some episodes, if they wanted the usual separation befor the ending, or the scene with the hero searching for his love in a foreign, beautiful country, but I didn’t like it. At all.
OST, cinematography and Joon were beautiful, though.
CBme
December 18, 2020 at 8:03 AM
I am so on the fence about this one. It idles on my watchlist, and yet I always choose something over it. It is worth watching with my friend FF? Or should I just let it melt gently back into ganache?
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 18, 2020 at 8:37 AM
Honestly, I wouldn’t rewatch and wouldn’t recommend it.
As a story set in a hospice, the drama has its moments, but it can be depressing and boring (I had never fallen asleep while watching a drama!).
About the love story, almost nothing happens till the 11th episode, if I remember well, and even after, I didn’t like some things like the lack of communication between the leads.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
December 19, 2020 at 12:53 AM
It’s beautifully filmed, but be prepared for a ridiculous amount of tragedy. If you can handle melo (so not my thing) you might really like it.
CBme
December 21, 2020 at 6:23 AM
I think DYLB has made me a bit gun-shy of melo at the moment. But maybe I’ll feel a little stronger in 2021 – who knows!
mugyuljoie is preciousss
December 21, 2020 at 6:30 AM
In contrast to DYLB many of the side characters are charming.
CBme
December 21, 2020 at 6:32 AM
That is a HUGE plus and potential game-changer.
mmmmm
December 18, 2020 at 8:10 AM
It’s okay 😊. I, myself, really like Chocolate, but I understand that it might not be everyone’s cup of tea.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 18, 2020 at 8:43 AM
I’m always sorry when I wrote something bad about a drama, because I know someone else love it, or watched it when they needed it, so the story is special for them.
I wanted to like this, but we weren’t meant to be.
frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
December 18, 2020 at 12:53 PM
Cha-young lost her sense of taste and smell?? Okay, I was considering watching this and now I’m definitely not.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
December 19, 2020 at 12:55 AM
It made sense in the context of the drama (head injury).
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 20, 2020 at 8:24 AM
Yes, the umpteenth tragedy…
mugyuljoie is preciousss
December 21, 2020 at 9:38 AM
😂 They did go out of their way to pile them on.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 22, 2020 at 1:02 PM
🤣
marina
December 18, 2020 at 10:58 PM
Haha, I’m one of those Beanies who loved it but I guess I understand why many don’t.
I love it for the cinematography, music, the melancholy it offers, and I love the leads. ^^ but I should stop watching these kinda dramas to protect my mental health
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 20, 2020 at 8:26 AM
😅
mugyuljoie is preciousss
December 21, 2020 at 9:38 AM
It was beautifully filmed.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 17, 2020 at 2:04 PM
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Day17: One that made you emotional
Missing: the other side
This drama was about death, loss, mourning, friendship, hope and (found) family.
It left me with a lump in my throat almost every episode, and when it was on air, it was the show I was more eager to watch.
Eazal
December 17, 2020 at 2:09 PM
Yes! It was so heartbreaking. As I wrote on my post Thomas story made me specially emotional!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 17, 2020 at 3:04 PM
Even the girl (I don’t remember her name) that wished to stay in the village because there she was happy for the first time :'(
lackingfive
December 17, 2020 at 6:27 PM
ocn did so great with this!!!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 18, 2020 at 8:56 AM
Yes!
sirena
December 18, 2020 at 9:18 AM
I agree. This was such a great drama with a wonderful cast.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 17, 2020 at 12:59 PM
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Day16: best quote / oneliner
“Just live your life like you always have. Be sweet and sincere.
And don’t let go of the ones you love. All right?
That’s more than enough. You will then live your life to the fullest.”
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 15, 2020 at 1:13 PM
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Day15: Secondary characters you will never forget
(for worse)
Dr Sul from The world of the married
She is all a friend shouldn’t be: envious, scheming, mean.
She knew that Sun-woo’s husband was cheating on her and did nothing, planned to take over from Sun-woo at the hospital, was ready to steal her potential date.
I don’t know why Sun-woo considered her a friend till the end of the story.
CBme
December 15, 2020 at 2:25 PM
I didn’t watch this drama, but she sounds EXACTLY like the kind of character that makes me unreasonably start frothing at the mouth when I get too into a drama, haha!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 17, 2020 at 1:15 PM
Yes 😤
korfan
December 16, 2020 at 4:59 AM
Totally agree with what you posted here regarding this character.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 17, 2020 at 1:16 PM
No one in that drama was likeable, but I disliked her the most! 😠
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 14, 2020 at 1:30 PM
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Day14: The drama that could have been but wasn’t… (if only they listened to Beanies!)
Dinne mate
This drama was so lovely! There were these two people that met, dined together, were comfortable with each other, started to fall in love.
And then the exes happened.
They were really annoyed, had too much screentime and the stalker arc lasted for too long.
What a pity!
CBme
December 14, 2020 at 2:01 PM
Amen. At one point, I was beside myself with fury that they were wasting so much screen time on the exes when there was so much more they could have been showing us with our wonderful OTP! Such a shame they botched screen time.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 15, 2020 at 1:17 PM
This. It’s not the leads had nothing more to tell or to do 😤 And at a point food was almost non-existent…
Eazal
December 14, 2020 at 2:20 PM
If only we had had some more bickering and loving scenes between our perfect and sassy OTP. I KNOW I will rewatch their scenes soon (avoiding the exes and Keanu). If only…
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 15, 2020 at 1:18 PM
Right, Kianu was boring, too.
I’ll rewatch OTP’s scenes, too, they were so cute!
Mani-chan
December 14, 2020 at 9:09 PM
I still loved the drama but AMEN about the exes. So completely frustrating and childish and I say this as a teenager, so imagine
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ 🦊⚔️🎥 ~
December 15, 2020 at 1:20 PM
Frustrating and childish are perfect words to describe them!