I guess I never made an intro post for this blog, so here we go!
I’m in my early 30’s. Very outgoing and would love to chat with others about these shows! Feel free to drop me an ask or pm. Fun fact my first kdramas were My Lovely Samsoon and then The Hotelier. Both aired on the AZN network on comcast with English subtitles all the way back when I was in high school. The channel has been gone for years.
Fast forward to Covid, and being in quarantine as an immune compromised person. I got back into kdramas thanks to them showing up on Netflix, and when I couldn’t get my fill there I found Xumo, Viki, and Kocowa. I stick to the shows that are free if you don’t have membership, so I will be posting memes about those. I only have a Netflix subscription (for now, we’ll see what the future holds!). I can’t say for sure why I ended up pretty much giving up American shows these last two years, but I think it’s because I finally grew tired of shows that had been around 5-10 (or even in some cases more) seasons. I like that most k-dramas last one season and have an average of between 8-20 episodes instead, so the plot has to be wrapped up nicely in that amount of time. They have a better end in most cases bc they know the show won’t continue. Even if some (like Hotel Del Luna) have a cliff hanger clip at the end that leaves you wanting more of that world or story.
I ended up dragging my bestie @terminalsecondleadsyndrome into kdramas bc I wouldn’t shut up about the shows, and I’d send her clips that cracked me up. Our sense of humor is pretty similar. Plus we are both attracted to a lot of the leads. Eventually I roped her into it, especially when I mentioned Bride of Habaek bc she read the comics when younger. She sent me a couple of memes while we watched, and I felt that they were too funny not to be shared with the community on tumblr. She had a thing for the second lead in BoH, and I told her about the term Second Lead Syndrome, and thus her URL was born. Anyway, then I introduced her to Vincenzo and she was just pumping out the memes (over 100 in total!). 😂 So go check her blog out! Also my URL is from that show!
I am especially drawn towards paranormal and science fiction plots. I have been since my teenage years. Fun fact: I met one of the Twilight actors bc of this (technically more than one, I met three at a meet n greet, but met another ‘out in the wild’ so to speak lol). So I’ve enjoyed the likes of Sweet Home, King Eternal Monarch, All of Us Are Dead, Korean Odyssey, Mystic Pop-up Bar, Goblin: the Lonely and Great God, Bulgasal, and more.
Because I’ve been enjoying countless shows the last two years and had figured out certain phrases by hearing them so often, I ended up installing Duolingo (and a few other language apps), and started learning Korean. The alphabet was pretty easy to learn, and I can read it now (still likely have awful pronunciation since I’m not speaking it with anyone… 😅 And I know I wouldn’t be able to hold a proper conversation yet. Hopefully I get there soon!). I also decided to brush up on my Spanish since I took it in high school and college. I’m actually Puerto Rican, which was why I wanted to learn Spanish originally. I was proud of myself for remembering so much. It’s been nice having these things to distract me from my chronic pain issues. If you can’t tell, I like talking. 😅 And I’ve probably talked your ears off (or eyes in this case), so that’s it for this intro post. Hope you are having a good one!
