Amongst Stars

“While lingering in the universe We got to know each other” X.

[nctaezen]

bonus: pic proof of grandma getting bribed with money to stop nagging about marriage (kidding) he just loves her a lot ~

[nctaezen]

hityong! ♡

[cuteoppas]

March 14, 2k21 |  📷                                                           ★★★★★ 5/5

Bitter sweet ending? A definite bitter sweet ending...

Before I delve any deeper into this brief review of “Love Alarm 2” let me preface this by saying that this one, is one for the books -see what I did there? Why... you may ask. Well, has there ever been a time in where you knew the outcome of a choice you were about to make, an outcome you knew you would hesitate to accept, and nonetheless you chose to carry it out and see the course play out because you jus had to? This is exactly Love Alarm 2 exemplified. I knew the outcome, I knew how I would feel about it and yet I succumbed to the temptation as binge watched it.

At the end of season 1 (before even having read the comic and knowing the final choice JoJo made) my head rooted for Hye Yeongie. He was patient, caring, mature, consistent and progressively becomes a genuine source of strength for JoJo. Hye Yeong without a doubt did/had everything to deserve the girl.

But... my heart screamed for Hwang Sun Oh -it was always pointed in his direction and never strayed. Sun Ho was oh so vulnerable (let’s not forget that iconic scene in season one in where he literally begs her to love him again) and so open about his feelings. How could one not fall for him?! And just.. in a very personal opinion, he seemed to need of JoJo so much more than Hye Yeongie might/ would ever. JoJo was his source of strength, happiness, light amongst his own dark world and this in my eyes made him as equally deserving of the girl. This of course does not exempt him from any reproach for enacting what I consider to be a completely against-the-bro-code move -approach the girl he clearly new this best friend liked. But that is exactly why this drama is/was so enticing because you went in rooting for the “bad guy” knowing full well that the natural order of things always pointed in the direction of Lee Hye Yeong.

Now if you were a viewer who didn’t immediately go looking for answers as soon as Season 1 ended and were completely blindsided by JoJo’s election in Season 2 let me reiterate how much I sympathize and can only console you with the thought that maybe someday in a different imagined universe both Kim So Hyun (JoJo) and Song Kang (Sun Oh) will meet and play out the happy ending you are owed. For those of you however that can only approve of her choice to remain by Hye Yeong’s side know that I completely see the reasoning(s), even rooting for their victory at one point, and yet I can’t help but be left with a twinge of sadness at the reality of this outcome.

But alas, may we all soon find that next piece that will help us leave behind this world that brought us twinges of bitterness and sweetness. 

[johnnysuhs]

[cuteoppas]

November 2k20 | 📷                                                       ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5


Long time no view, but alas here I am and for no other reason(s) than to share with you my two-cents on the existential-crisis-inducing-because-that’s-how-good-it-is series that is Taiwanese drama Lost Romance, featuring Marcus Chang and Vivian Sung. If you must know anything about Marcus (if you don’t already) is that he sure is a charmer and I mean charmer! He’s just so visually pleasing, his persona as a whole has this magnetism to it (especially when he sprinkles in that English when speaking) and he’s just so good at his craft. For her part, Vivian is just so natural and effortless -beauty wise and craft wise. And so their pairing is one for the books -ugh so much chemistry between them someone give them their own (class) room.


Ohkay, let’s move on to plot. As a point of reference, if you have seen “The Romance of Tiger and Rose” the premise of “Lost Romance” is similar. Heroine travels to a fictional story world in where instead of being the heroine of that story she is a secondary (scheming) character. Something to underscore and establish as a noticeable difference to TROTAR, is that “Lost Romance” actively works to satirically exploit a lot of the overused tropes (cliches) so, so, so common to rom-coms. And thus in great part it’s the why behind this drama being such a great laugh. Additionally, as our fictional-world storyline progresses, a real-world storyline also simultaneously progresses. Hence viewers are moved between both worlds. I must say that a lot of the “whys” for the real-world storyline are not addressed until near the end and so you end up enacting a Cardi B., what was the reason! 


Now, let’s be honest with you, episodes one through two are definitely ones that you’ll (might) struggle getting past but do. not. let that keep you from viewing. Once you get to the story world you are in for unforgettable: hilarity, eye-candy, secondhand embarrassment, “feels,” off the charts SLS, romance, and even *cough* you’ll-need-a-cold-shower content (thank you Mr. Director, Mr./Ms. Screenwriter and who ever else was involved in giving us what we never ever considered possible).

This drama is such an: interesting, fun, emotional and all encompassing ride that you’ll definitely be left yearning for more.

[minhyunglee]

chenle model

[cuteoppas]

[doyoung-kim]

pov: you’re trying to use the bathroom but some weird dude in the library asks you to study with him

[cuteoppas]

I like to be kind to myself y’all so I always tend to be two+ episodes behind when I’m watching a drama that is airing at the moment. My brain likes knowing that there is always an episode to watch if the waiting gets tough. Then before the last two episodes -or in this case last episode- are aired I tend to catch up just so I can finish the show with everyone else. That is what I had been doing with The King; Eternal Monorch.

And then I read, “Understsnding there’s only one thing he can do to right wrongs, Gon comes to a heart-wrenching decision.” My brain stared at heart-wrenching and said No! Long story short in order to not exasperate myself waiting for next Friday I will be watching episode 15 until next Thursday.

[doyoung-kim]

dobunny in glasses

[jeongjaehyuns]

marketing team leader: jeong jaehyun 

[jeongjaehyuns]

boss era — jaehyun [insp.]

[johnnysuhs]

[cuteoppas]

Arsenal Academy | ★★★★☆ 4/5

Let me preface this by saying that I had decided to skip this series, but as it occurred “rona” came about and well you already know the rest. The main reason I decided to forgo the series was my knowledge of the fact that do to censorship many scenes were cut -you can now find some of these scenes online. Given that these deleted scenes were of “intimacy” between the main leading pair (Xie Liang Chen / Gu Yan Zhan) I believed that this would affect my viewing experience. I was wrong!

Arsenal Academy has a few things going for it and that thus make it a must and a great option to jump into if you’re looking for something to watch. The first being it’s depiction of our female ensamble. These ladies -from our female lead depicted by Bai Lu to the infuriatingly evil character that is Gao Yu Er- are strong (physically and mentally), confident, proactive, smart, ambitious... more than just “beautiful” and “pretty.” Its second point of praise lies in the performance(s) provided by all the cast. Whether a main character or secondary character all portrayals were vivid, graceful, and even endearing. But let’s be real the main point of attraction this drama has going for it is the chemistry between Bai Lu and Xu Kai (Xie Liang Chen / Gu Yan Zhan respectively). In other words, even though there was no physical demonstration of the love (e.g. kisses) between our main pairing other small interactions and/or displays of affection between them made up for it. Additionally, Xu Kai’s portrayal of the flirty, immature, jaw-dropping male lead and very importantly the demeanor he had his character enact towards our leading lady excellently contributed -at least for me- in not feeling the “absence” of said deleted scenes. Would they have been the cherry on top? Yes! Would they have made me squeal even more? You bet! But did their absence detract from the viewing experience? I believe not!  And thus why “I was wrong!” Fourth, but not least everyone part of this cast is beyond pleasing to look at -especially our male cast- but of course this is just a bonus. 

Now to the things that we really didn’t really appreciate from Arsenal Academy. One, let’s just pretend that the last two episodes of this series weren’t ever recorder and therefore they aren’t part of the episode count. As far as we are concerned this series only has 46 episodes! Second, though the plot of this series’ is both intriguing and attention-holding there are some writing decisions that were “huh??” inducing. At times I was unsure of what exactly was the connection between some of our plot points. Once again all of this constitutes minimal distaste compared to the overall value sustained. 

PS: A final gem this drama gifted viewers with was the musical collaboration between Bai Lu and Xu Kai! “Enter a Dream” is such a beautiful piece, give it a listen and let me know what you think.  

[cuteoppas]

“Crash Landing On You”

|reactions as I watched the finale|

- GSJ Noooo WHYY???!?!

- Nice parallels between GSJ & YSR

- At least GSJ died knowing she loved/liked him

- HB cries so beautifully/lovely

- I never really understood where/why that reporter (subordinate) of YSR held so much care/affection for her... but it was cute.

- We all knew he had to go back; there was no way he would desert

- Why do I stand the fact that SR won’t see him off? Like she loves him that much that she doesn’t want to see/make him suffer with her mere presence?

- No why? Let her see you there LJH!! Let her see you care so so much!!

- Love the affection that all the comrades had for SR it’s so genuine

- Yessss!!!! mama coming through for her girl (SR)

- Pretty nice symbolism of the birds (migrating) crossing borders without all the fanfare (?)

- Seri gurl you’re not gonna make it omg no

- The aerial take of the exchange nice shot

- Omg she made it... but oh no! more chaos

- Oh no even the babies (comrades) are crying

- Killing me slowly when SR is asking LJH if they won’t see each other again... forever never again.

- No why are trying to make me flood my floors?? now even the comrades are saying there goodbyes... and to add salt to wound we have IU’s precious voice to make the scene even sadder

- Like a light switch angry emotions swell in because I swear they better not make my boys go through hell because I will throw hands!!!

- Oh hell NO!!

- Oh yeahhh papa to the rescue

- Papa didn’t even hesitate to pull that trigger

- Aww papa has a heart... he even asked about SR

- Lol. Papa asking if he’s crying??

- Aww. All these reunions... cue the endless rounds of waterworks

- Aww uncle GSJ died of a gun shot why would you say that?

- Love how Mum is willing to help daughter... even taking revenge

- Ugh I just need older brother and wife to go away and get what they deserve

- Going to jail and getting cut off we’ll then

- On a not serious note... shouldn’t those veggies be rotten by now (if we think about this logically) lol it seems like it’s been a few days maybe weeks.

- Omg he can send text msgs?!!!! What?!

- What??? you can pre schedule text msgs?!!!

- Awww I love this OST (10cm)

- Why do the text msgs remind me of PS I Love You

- The parallels I can’t... they’re “together” but not really

- Lol. He’s so annoyed his role as translator has been taken

- Awww Seri didn’t forget the ajummas

- We miss you GSJ!!!!!

- I need GSJ and SD in another drama where they have a happy ending

- I love that SD’s mum is sooooo nice/understanding/righteous

- Watch SR be in everyone of his pictures

- Lol. Those 10 words coming back to haunt her

- Lol. He’s having her grow tomatoes 🍅

- Imagine how sad she’ll be when these msgs stop coming

- I was wrong he didn’t have her grow tomatoes

- Lol they’re dolling themselves up for LJH

- Is the new captain a cameo?? Nope it’s PCS

- Aww he’s (LJH) going to miss them but he misses SR more

- I see you YSR using reverse psychology on your oppa

- Ugh SYJ is such a goddess what even

- Ugh why is HB soo attractive and even more so playing the piano?

- Oh no the look of disappointment in SR eyes

- Loving the sunglasses YSR

- Everybody needs a real life romance between HB & SYJ they are just perfect together... come on just let us in on the truth already

- Aww SD

- Aww he’s listening to nature now!!

- Oooo fancy car I like it!!!

- Two weeks of the year??! They’re seeing e/o only two weeks out of the yr? Well better than nothing I guess... *imaging what it’d be like if they had a kid*

The End.

[dingyuxi]

— the 5 stages of loving you; abby s

[cuteoppas]

Ok tumblr darlings just be forewarned that I will be producing -because my soul needs it- an end of drama review for “Crash Landing On You” because my notifications have been popping and it’s been a struggle not clicking on them in order to not catch any spoilers before I watch it when I get home.