July 21, 2018: By Ally: We're starting a new drama, and what a good one it is! Today, Lady-in-Red, Sunny, Chi, Kimmi, and myself were in attendance. The first episodes of all these dramas are usually setting up our characters, and because this show is all about revenge, we get to see the awfulness of … Continue reading Avengers Social Club, Episode 1
Back in 2018 I wrote this fanfic about a side character whose family went bankrupt and all he had from when they were wealthy was a Lacoste brand polo shirt. It was part of a larger, multiple kdrama-fan produced fanfic about of the female lead had she ended up with the “other” guy, and so … Continue reading Nam-woo from A Poem a Day
2021 Year End Review January 1, 2022 by Ally These are the opening lyrics to my anthem this year, and I’ve linked it here. A song by vaultboy and featuring Eric Nam: just substitute the ex-girlfriend with COVID, and you’ve got it about right. I’m a medical professional, and January saw COVID surge, but also … Continue reading Everything sucks…just kidding.
Just a record of Essays on the OT, like a diary of sorts--about kdramas and life. 2017-2019 2-50: https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/02/open-thread-487/#comment-2705089 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/02/open-thread-488/#comment-2714082 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/03/open-thread-489/#comment-2724043 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/03/open-thread-490/#comment-2735969 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/03/open-thread-491/#comment-2745629 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/03/open-thread-492/#comment-2756515 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/03/open-thread-493/#comment-2768299 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/04/open-thread-494/#comment-2778449 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/04/open-thread-495/#comment-2786638 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/04/open-thread-496/#comment-2795412 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/04/open-thread-497/#comment-2804231 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/05/open-thread-498/#comment-2813461 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/05/open-thread-499/#comment-2823803 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/05/open-thread-500/#comment-2834322 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/05/open-thread-501/#comment-2845921 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/06/open-thread-502/#comment-2860566 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/06/open-thread-503/#comment-2875082 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/06/open-thread-504/#comment-2889207 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/06/open-thread-505/#comment-2901892 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/06/open-thread-506/#comment-2917808 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/07/open-thread-507/#comment-2930639 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/07/open-thread-508/#comment-2942621 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/07/open-thread-509/#comment-2954431 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/07/open-thread-510/#comment-2965749 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/08/open-thread-511/#comment-2976758 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/08/open-thread-512/#comment-2991330 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/08/open-thread-513/#comment-3011246 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/08/open-thread-514/#comment-3024445 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/09/open-thread-515/#comment-3034963 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/09/open-thread-516/#comment-3046519 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/09/open-thread-517/#comment-3061300 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/09/open-thread-518/#comment-3075946 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/09/open-thread-519/#comment-3090599 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/10/open-thread-520/#comment-3101015 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/10/open-thread-521/#comment-3107108 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/10/open-thread-522/#comment-3112537 https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/10/open-thread-523/#comment-3117680 … Continue reading My Open Thread Posts
By Ally Hi everyone. Those of you who have chosen to subscribe to my blog have no doubt seen the flurry of activity today. I needed a distraction from COVID-19 and the like. This has been a very busy season for me and between learning about COVID-19, keeping my staff and family safe from COVID-19, … Continue reading My Hobby
My Country: The New Age By Ally I love my mother, that’s undeniable. It’s no accident that in all the Themes of the Month I’ve volunteered writing for, she’s mentioned in the majority of them. She’s always had a flare for the dramatic because her tumultuous history begets the drama she bears. She’s the oldest of … Continue reading November 27, 2019 [Family drama] History repeats itself
By Ally Romance is a Bonus Book My brother is getting married at the end of this month. “So what?” You say? He's in his middle age and this is his first marriage, where marrying was something he never intended to do. For reference, I wrote an end-of-the-year piece last year (https://freethekimchi.wordpress.com/2019/01/05/when-you-cant-ignore-life-because-of-kdramas/) that mentioned … Continue reading December 2019: The Year of Romance—My year of K-dramas, 2019 edition
Life Is Beautiful By Ally I, again, was not going to write this month, but sometimes you don’t get to choose what you do. For me, writing is therapeutic, and I need a boatload of therapy right now. K-dramas are restorative too and sometimes hit more close to home than we realize, and in that proximity, … Continue reading August 29, 2019 [Hey, that’s me] And my dysfunctional family
Lookout By Ally “Some people are just evil,” as quoted by my husband–a psychiatrist and the doting, affable counterpart to my awkward aloof self. There’s no traumatic backstory, their family lives are seemingly intact, and you just look at them and wonder what made them that way. This is where he would say that some individuals … Continue reading July 24, 2019 [Villains] Pure evil and the actors who play them
Circle By Ally I read something on the Beanie wall a couple weeks ago about a friend of a Beanie being really harsh on idol-actors. The friend said something to the effect of, “They should just sing, dance, and entertain in that one capacity. They have no business acting or doing anything outside the very narrow … Continue reading November 26, 2018 [Scene stealers] Well-rounded idols
By Ally If you’ve been around Dramabeans for a while and are familiar with my posts, it will come as no surprise that food is important to my and my family’s lives. This is 100% due to my husband, maybe 110%. (But this essay is not about how food is the way to a man’s heart, … Continue reading May 26, 2019 [Dramas and food] The food-love connection
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