#ocn kill it

[ryoun]

he turned that abyss into a paradise for me.

—do hyun-jin (kill it, 2019)

[alexstandoll]

“tell me every terrible thing you ever did, and let me love you anyway.”

[curlykytta]

“Nobody looks good in their darkest hour. But it's those hours that make us what we are. We stand strong, or we cower. We emerge victorious, tempered by our trials, or fractured by a permanent, damning fault line.”

~Karen Marie Moning

[kilignosis]

endless list of dramas: Kill It (2019)

Rule number one: never reveal a client’s identity to anyone. Rule number two: never keep a witness alive. Rule number three: stay alive.

[jjangkii]

[kimdokiisms]

After watching the drama Kill It last year I'm literally constantly going back to the OST My Everything. The song really perfectly summed up the leads' relationship with one another. Despite the show not being romance heavy the storyline was amazing and Nana and Jang Kiyong did so well when it came to playing their characters and conveying that they genuinely cared about one another despite not verbally saying it(on top of the fact that we dont actually see them romantically interact such as hugging, holding hands, etc). I can't help but go back every now and then and watch an episode or two but I cant bring myself to rewatch the entire thing because it was genuinely heartbreaking. If you're into crime dramas I really recommend this one!

[abstractoldsoul]

There were only three rules and Kim Soo Hyun had to break every. single. one. He couldn't have just let the last rule be? 😢

[thenotsosecretbits]

what were your favorite kdramas of the year? or what kdramas did you watch?

A few weeks ago I decided to make a list of all the kdramas I've ever watched.  One reason is because I was super bored at work (much like I am now) and the other is that my daughter wanted to know exactly how many kdramas I've watched and I needed an accurate list.  

I watched 11 kdramas that aired in 2019, and although one began in 2018, it ended in 2019 so it counts.  I watched 2 dramas this year that originally aired in 2017, so they do not count on my 2019 list.

They are in order of favorite to least favorite and with commentary, because knowing my fave dramas means nothing if you don't know why I liked them:

My Country: The New Age - My favorite drama of 2019.  The acting was stellar.  This drama made me feel things.  Mostly overwhelming love for Nam Seon-ho, my favorite character in a drama ever.  This drama moved me to tears.  I knew that ending was coming and I was still not prepared for how much it gutted me.  Will recommend this show to everyone.  I will not warn them about the ending.  I want them to hurt just like I did.

Leverage: Con Artists - My only complaint about Leverage is that there are only 16 episodes.  I loved this crew.  I loved the cons.  Hopefully there will be a season two and if there is I will be watching.  I miss this show a lot.

Memories of the Alhambra - The ending is the only thing I disliked about this drama.  Everything else was great.  MotA made me a fan of Hyun Bin.  This show was all about his character and he delivered.  Jin-woo deserved better than that ending, though.

Watcher - Really great drama.  Everyone should watch it.  This drama was good at showing you that sometimes good people do bad things for what they think are the right reasons and the way those things can change you, sometimes for the better, but mostly for the worse.

I liked the next four dramas equally, so 4-way tie.

Hotel Del Luna - This drama is worth watching for IU's wardrobe alone.  Was not a fan of Captain Firefly, was a fan of everyone else.  They really should not have given us that last scene if they weren’t going to deliver.

Her Private Life - Cutest couple ever.  Ryan and Deok-Mi were great.  I loved that he accepted her and all her wacky fangirl ways.  I loved that, for all her wacky fangirl ways, you knew that he was the one she loved the most.  Great kisses, which are important in kdramas.

The Tale of Nokdu - Got really heavy towards the end, but I didn't mind that, though some people did.  I like that it ended on a lighthearted note, but still maintained a bit of that seriousness, which is important. 

Romance is a Bonus Book - Good show.  I happen to like Lee Jong Suk (he was in one of my other favorite dramas W: Two Worlds) and I like that he picked this as his last show before enlistment.  I liked Dan-i, because I could identify with her a lot.  At one point I was also a single mom trying to get back into the job market (not for the same reasons) and realizing how hard that is when you see how different things are.  I loved the publishing company, they were wonderful.  And the love of books.  As an avid reader I really liked that.

Kill It - This drama made me so mad.  This drama would have been higher on the list but I hated the ending.  HATED IT!!!  Other than that, it was a good drama that tackled a pretty horrible topic.  But the ending.  *deep sigh*  The ending. (I just realised Kill It was on OCN and now I'm mad at myself for expecting a different ending. My dissatisfaction with the ending is my own fault. )

Melting Me Softly - Lots of people hated this drama.  I didn't mind it much.  The main couple were cute and that was pretty much all I cared about.  Could it have been better?  Absolutely.  Ji Chang Wook continues to deliver stellar on screen kisses. 

My Absolute Boyfriend - I will say this was very bingeable.  I finished it in a weekend.  Ending could have been a bit less ambiguous.  Yeo Jin Goo is always adorable.

I also watched Mad Dog and Save Me (both starring my new fave Woo Do Hwan) in 2019.  Of those, I liked Mad Dog the most.  Would definitely have watched a second season of that.  Save Me was a very close second, but I was not a fan of Sang Hwan, who diminished my like of the show a bit, since he was the lead and therefor never went away.  I'd watch it again though.  Dong-cheol and Sang-mi were great.  All the villains were horrible and deserved everything that happened to them.

And that is my list.  2019 wasn’t a bad year for good dramas.  2018 was definitely worse.  I started a bunch of dramas in 2018 I still haven’t finished yet.  I should probably do that.