Beanie level: Wrongly accused fugitive

I missed my chance on the first to wish all beanies a happy new year, so I am saying it now, on the 5th, but with the same energy and hope behind it, Happy New Year Beanies!!

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    It’s been a couple of eventful weeks with the holidays and the new year and work, ahh. It’s the busiest time of the year at my work and with some co-workers out sick, I had to cover for them so I feel exhausted. It doesn’t help that I’ve had a flare-up and low energy for you know, just existing. I didn’t make many goals this year, but the one I had in mind for a while was to just accept my body for what it is. It’s not as fast as I want and it hurts sometimes, but it’s okay! I can still enjoy my life, and even more so when I treat it right like eating better or exercising. So my goal isn’t to exercise more, but be more tuned to what my body is feeling and just go with it. I’m not watching a drama right now so it feels weird, but just like I need a break when I tired, I felt like I needed a break from the TV. I’m still watching YouTube videos, lol, but I can easily pause them and pick them up whenever in like 10 minute increments. But I’m ready to get back into dramas, I have my list ready from the Roundup and now I just have to find a way to watch Nana’s Tour because the IG posts are cruel to watch when I can’t find it anywhere “safe” to watch right now, ahhhh.

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    Happy New Year!

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    For you too Jellybn 🎈

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    Wish you a very Happy New Year full of health, happiness and dreams fulfilled. 😊 Take care of yourself and others too. Be happy! ❤

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      Thank you so much, Cera! I appreciate all the nice sentiments and wish you the same too!

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    Happy New Year! 🎊
    And being kind to yourself is a good goal. 😘

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      It really is, isn’t it! I mean if not me, then who, right!

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    Happy new year! I hope you had a lovely first week of the year. 😊

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    HNY JellyBN! I, too, seem to have come to terms with I’ll accept and appreciate my body and mind as they are and try my best to care best for them. There were times when I wish they were different -stronger and better- but to be able to breathe everyday is a magic enough in and of itself. We should be thankful for that. 🙂

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      Yes!! I agree with your thoughts 100%. Being alive is such a blessing that because of the other worries I have, I sometime forget. I will try to be more grateful this year and in the moment so I don’t forget the many other beautiful things in my life.
      Wishing the best for both of us, we got this! Fighting!

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    Happy new year and wishing you good health and joy!

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Merry Christmas (Eve for me right now) to all that celebrate!! 🎄 ⭐️ I hope you have a great day with family and friends!!

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#2023 Roundup
Day 23 – Freestyle

This is how my To Watch list is looking like after 20+ days into the Roundup:

-Perfect Marriage Revenge
-The Kidnapping Day
-My Lovely Boxer
-Castaway Diva (50/50)
-The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract (still on air)
-Tell Me That You Love (still on air)

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#2023 Roundup
Day 22- Best cameo

Did I even witness a cameo this year? I honestly cannot remember actors who had dramas this year, so it’s a very slim chance I would remember cameos.😅

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#2023 Roundup
Day 21- The OST you are obsessed with

My Dearest OSTs! I love listening to movie soundtracks, and now Kdrama OSTs, but sometimes I forgo the sung songs and go for the instrumentals. My Dearest has good songs and instrumental OSTs that I listen to when I want to relax. The instrumentals were added to my sleepy time playlist!

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#2023 Roundup
Day 20- Favorite kiss

I am shy when it comes to PDA, but ya girl still has eyes and feelings, lol. The first kiss in Call It love had me all in my feelings!

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#2023 Roundup
Day 19- Best used trope

Enemies to Lovers in Call It Love. It was one-sided because she really had it out for him and he was clueless, but I liked how her heart softened up for him throughout the drama.

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#2023 Roundup
Day 18 – Favorite villain

Ugh, if villains get in the way of the hero, I’m not on their side and can’t stand by them. I don’t think I saw a good antihero this year either.

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#2023 Roundup
Day 17 – Oldie (non 2023) you loved the most


Dali and the Cocky Prince!!! I loved this drama so much. I have no idea why I didn’t watch it while it was on live, but I’m glad I watched it this year at my own pace and enjoyed every step of it!

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#2023 Roundup
Day 16 – Your guilty pleasure

I can’t think of a guilty pleasure drama this year. Maybe it’s rewatching dramas knowing that I was going to see something good on screen, and getting to that part and being happy that it still gave the feels!

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I just finished Twinkling Watermelon and now need to rethink my 2023 Bean allocations! TW just overtook Call It Love on my most liked drama of 2023. I haven’t teared up watching a drama in a while and haven’t felt totally satisfied with an ending in forever, but TW did it! So good!!!

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    Me too! Just finished it today. I was soo surprised by the number of times I laughed like crazy watching this.
    And…Choi Hyun Wook!!! He is making me want to check out that Weak Hero smth drama of his.

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      Yes!! I’ve heard good things about Weak Hero, I might add to watch list!

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      Watch it! And if you like Ryeoun in Twinkling Watermelon, he’s in Season 2 of Weak Hero Class 1.

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        Omg you just gave me the news of today thank you
        Can’t wait to watch it

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        I have yet to board the Ryeoun ship. He hasn’t convinced me enough. That’s why I was late to the TW party even though I knew it had Seol In Ah & Choi Hyun Wook in it.
        But I’ll def check out S1.

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        Weak Hero is now solidified in the To Watch list!

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    TW was just an absolute gem of a show – glad you enjoyed it!

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    That’s the magic of Twinkling Watermelon.
    You can change your beans yet 🙂

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#2023 Roundup
Day 15 – Special Kimchi slap edition: worst parent

They are a lot of bad parents to choose from, but the one that stood out immediately was the mom from The Glory. Spoilers: but selling off your daughter to be tortured, dang.

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    It is easier to choose good parents – because you don’t even need all fingers of one hand – than choose bad ones which apparently abound in K-dramaland. No wonder ALL our leads have childhood trauma.

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#2023 Roundup
Day 14 – Best bromance / womance

Hmm, I wasn’t really paying attention this year…Even though it was a tough watch, I still liked the pairing of Jung Hae-in and Koo Kyo-hwan in D.P. Season 2. They were the reason I returned to watch the season 2, but, yeah, it was a little tough to watch at times.

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#2023 Roundup
Day 13- Learning from my mistakes

This year I saw my dad rewatch his favorite Kdramas multiple times, completely ignore my recommendations and just go with his gut feelings to find his next drama, and enjoy the dramas that I thought he wouldn’t like. I want to learn from him! Seeing his approach to dramaland, my goal next year is to just embrace what I like and own it! If all I want to do is rewatch dramas, I’ll do just that! If a drama’s trailer or reel catches my attention, I’ll give it a try! I want my drama experience to be fun next year, it always is, but maybe it’s just pressure I put on myself to always like what i watch.

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#2023 Roundup
Day 12- Best suit wearer

Junho in King The Land! I’m sorry I didn’t like it as much I thought I was going to, but, hey, I stuck around for you, Junho, okay!

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#2023 Roundup
Day 11- Nam Da Reum prize: best child actor

I don’t think I saw any Kdramas with young children in it, or maybe I don’t remember which can also be true. Do the Crash Course In Romance teens count, lol! But I saw the cutest little actors on the Cdramas: The Love You Give Me and Unforgettable Love. They were both dramas were the children brought the ML and FL together and they were so fun and cute.

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#2023 Roundup
Day 10 – Your 2023 Crush

I wanted to focus on my 2023 Kdramas for this roundup, but my 2023 Crush is from a Cdrama and has to be the male lead of Meet Yourself, Xie Zhi Yao. He was such a thoughtful person in general to his grandma and friends and neighbors, but the way he approached his relationship with the FL made him go to the top of my list. I liked the actor before in another drama, but I don’t even remember the other character anymore, I just remember him as Zhi Yao!

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    Zhi Yao (Li Xian) was universal boyfriend goals. I think we should give him the prize of Boyfriend of the year.
    He is “Mother Bean”‘s favorite male character in Dramaland EVER for a good reason.

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    Li Xian has that quality and aura about him that makes his roles so relatable and feel like they’re ppl you could and would meet irl— Xie Zhi Yao is the most apparent of them all with this quality

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      I agree! He does have that vibe that makes you like him!

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#2023 Roundup
Day 9- Your non k-drama recommendation

My non Kdrama recommendation has to be Meet Yourself. Beanies recommended it on the fan wall and I listened and I loved it! I really liked the story, the family and friends/ community relationships, the romantic relationship, and the whole thing! I don’t really rewatch Cdramas, but I can really see myself rewatching this drama soon

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    So many of us watched because beanie were praising the drama on the fan wall!! It binged it less than two weeks, I think. Loved it to bits.

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      Same! I couldn’t stop watching because I was enjoying it so much!

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#2023 Roundup
Day 8- The character who most screams for mental health care

I think everyone in Dramaland needs to get their mental health checked out, but I really think that the main leads of Call It Love should really take some time for themselves to heal. In my head, they do because that’s the only way I see a healthy relationship functioning. 



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    They did take a break / time jump. Hopefully got some therapy sessions also squeezed in. 🤣

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      I hope they did! I think this is the only drama where I wasn’t mad that they took a break/time jump!

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        I can’t say I appreciated the time skip, after all it was noble idiocy but you’re right it was probably for the best. After being so high key they both needed to calm down and rediscover themselves before they could be together.

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          Oh, totally agree! I hate time jumps, but with this one I could see that they needed time away from each other, maybe not that much time!, but still they had some healing to do on their own.

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            I didn’t mind the time apart so much as the misunderstanding which the sister perpetuated. The family forced her to break-up and even after the mother had spoken / tacitly forgiven Dong-jin no one bother to inform her. 🤦‍♀️

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            @seeker True! I think I need to rewatch because I don’t remember well what happened. I sometimes make myself forget things I don’t agree with or like, which is maybe why I don’t remember this lol. Now that you said it, it clicked and yeah I was a little upset at the end hehe.

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            The selfishness of the FL’s family was definitely a mis-step in an otherwise perfect drama. Thankfully the brother was supportive.
            An amnesia inducing wand for oneself is very useful to continue enjoying K-dramas. 😂

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#2023 Roundup
Day 7- The drama Beanies convinced you to watch and you can’t be grateful enough

The main reason I look at the fan wall is to find out what I should watch next and sometimes that means I start live watching a drama alongside Beanies and then we both end up disappointed together on the ending. Beanies recommended My Dearest a lot in the Fan Wall and though the drama has its faults, I still enjoyed watching it a lot!

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