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Asian dramas and movies

[captainjoongki]

we are all trying here (2026) - episode 6

[bellamyblcke]

park hae young perhaps the most romantic writer on god’s green earth bc she understands the two fundamentals: 1. love is someone to talk to and 2. love makes you envy the telephone pole

[captainjoongki]

oh, to be defended like this by hwang dong man.......

[captainjoongki]

things that are better than saying "i love you"

[captainjoongki]

we are all trying here (2026) - episode 5

[bellamyblcke]

we are all trying here (2026) // isabella desendi - someone else's hunger// jennifer michael hecht - september// ruth l. schwartz - tangerine// richard siken - field// anne carson - red doc & eros the bittersweet

[sosrantings]

Dongman saying “I’m okay” every time, and then the camera panning out to a screen full of red, will never not be funny.

[thefoamofthedays]

—I've never seen people just as people. I saw them as masses. Masses of emotion. […] It's like a person isn't made of flesh and blood. Instead, they're made from one emotion that keeps building over a lifetime.

—[…] What kind of mass do I look like? Just say the first thing that came to mind. Don't change it.

—"Anxiety."

—You got me. "Anxiety". But isn't anxiety just part of human nature? We exist as separate individuals, so how can we not feel anxious? My favorite word is "serenity". Calm and peaceful. I've never experienced it before, but I have a feeling of what it's like. It's very safe and very warm. Like eating tangerines under a blanket in winter, while reading comic books, but a million times better. I'm freaking talkative. Guess why. Whenever I feel a rush of anxiety charging in all of sudden, I get loud and talk my head off to chase it away. I'm afraid of silence. I'm afraid the truth might pop out of nowhere in the silence.

—What kind of truth?

—[…] "You are worthless."

모두가 자신의 무가치함과 싸우고 있다 (2026).

[thefoamofthedays]

I'm crazy about people who have a way with words. My brother used to write poetry. He'd always say there are two types of writers. Those who've read the entire dictionary st least once and those who haven't. My brother read it three times. That's why he eventually created his own dictionary. He was passionate about using words to find the truth.

—모두가 자신의 무가치함과 싸우고 있다 (2026).

[krushing]

We Are All Trying Here / 모두가 자신의 무가치함과 싸우고 있다 (2026)

[captainjoongki]

we are all trying here is not a kdrama for everyone truly.

it's very depressing. it's very upsetting. it's very dialogue oriented. it's very 'well the chance of you failing is pretty damn high in this world' and the world won't coddle you. the main leads are disasters. they are rude and hurt and messy and embarrassing but so so so real. there is no dream-scape or winning around here there is just hard truths and uncomfortable realizations of adulthood that you could reach 40 and not achieve things still that others deem important. that maybe you are thought of as worthless but the weather changes every day and love exists so you must keep going.

[sosrantings]

At a certain point, I, myself, transitioned from "trauma dumping" to a self-imposed silence, realizing that the few people in my inner circle might be listening out of obligation rather than genuine interest. Is Dong-man a nuisance to his friends and family? Sometimes, yes. But that stems from a desperate need to be understood. I truly believe that if he stopped talking or interrupting, he would eventually wither away; expressing himself is his final frontier. The tragedy is that while we are told to be kind because everyone is fighting a "hidden" battle, Dong-man’s friends see his struggle clearly. They know exactly what he’s up against, which makes their occasional cruelty impossible to justify.

[bellamyblcke]

byeon eun-a is out here lovingly retapeing dong-man’s ripped screenplay and calling him more humane than her asshole coworkers TO THEIR FACE and also somehow tracking all of the injustices done against him and then she sees him and is immediately like seems like you have nothing you love and thats why your screenplay sucks i love you girl you are so crazy

[while-i-procrastinate]

I just finished the first episode of We Are All Trying Here and I feel a little f-ed up. I think the portrayal of depression and helplessness is so incredibly spot on that it's messing with my head. The kind of stubbornness that is adjacent to self harm. The feeling that you can't succeed so you'll be the 'best' at being a failure instead. The active self sabotage because at least you can be good at being bad. Hating yourself so much that you make yourself deliberately unlikable so that others will hate you too.

I've recently come out of a months long deep depressive episode and these thoughts were at the top of my mind for the better part of last year.

I feel both weirdly seen and triggered by this show.

[bellamyblcke]

it’s worth saying that koo kyo hwan is kinda giving the performance of a life time like this is what full commitment to beautiful loserhood looks like he’s eating with his mouth open he’s twirling like a ballerina he’s staring off into space like his soul is dying he’s sooooo embarrassing and hard to take and also that’s my motherfucking guy

[cozylilacbear]

In Your Radiant Season (찬란한 너의 계절에) | EP. 1 | 2026 Lee Sung Kyung as Song Ha Ran

[otoeke]

Life never lets a shining blessing or an unbearable sorrow linger by our side for long. More than that unbearable sorrow, my deep rage that makes my heart pound is more important. More than that unbearable sorrow, my own small, unexpected thrill is what’s more important to us. A shining blessing, or an unbearable sorrow. Nothing is meant to stay by our side for very long.

- Love Me, 2025