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Drama Blogs That Deserve The Praise

I am a small blog, only about 120 followers, who for some reason stick around to hear me geek out about all the dramas and films I love. I am thankful for all those who are willing to engage with me in a meaningful way about our common interests. In real life, there are so few people in my circle of influence that watch Asian dramas and movies and willing to appreciate and talk about them with me, near me, or in any meaningful way. So I was inspired to take a moment to shout out 5 blogs that I follow consistently who I just think are fantastic. If you follow them already, that’s great, and if you don’t you really should. This is such a small community that deserves to engage in meaningful and fun content.

1. @kdramastuff

If you are looking for awesome screencaps on currently airing dramas (particularly some maybe lesser popular Korean dramas) this is an EXCELLENT blog and one of the first I followed when starting to engage with a Tumblr community. Consider it a must if you want to find out what’s good out there. 

2. @lavenderbyun

Consistent produces or has content to discuss and some really great opinions on dramas. I absolutely love the posts on this blog and find myself in heaps of agreement with the commentary and selection that is focused on. I appreciate you and am so glad you’re on Tumblr!

3. @dramatroll

The most fun and entertaining drama memes you’re likely to see. The content is clever and sometimes laugh out loud funny --- always a nice change of pace from traditional gif sets and caps.

4. @sseureki

Secondly only to @kdramastuff, this is a blog that I regularly follow and look out for the posts. Great icons for all sorts of shows, and I love @sseureki‘s non-asian drama related posts --- very refreshing!

5. @irrational-obsessions-gottcha78

I really appreciate the commentary and tags to the posts --- So much fun to follow and super entertaining.

Honorable Mentions:

These blogs are equally good and deserve a follow as well. If I’m leaving any of your favorites out, please mention them in the comments. :-)

@nabongsun

@jkdramaniac

@dramajib

@banghae

@kdramafeed

@iwishmylifewereadrama

@notanotherasiandrama

@xueshanshan (really great if you’re interested in stuff outside Korea!)

@obsessivedilettante

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11 questions tag

@xueshanshan tagged everyone from cdramanet, I’m going to do this! :) Thank you for the tag!! (and you’re a great admin, don’t worry!!)

So this one’s going to be dramas of any regions in general - I learnt from my previous mistake.

I’m going to tag any drama fans who are seeing this and wanna do it! Since I’ve already specifically tagged people the previous time. My questions this time round are probably less boring. Haha

my questions

favourite brotp/group or any platonic relationship in a drama

favourite non-romance drama

the most obscure drama you think you’ve watched

a drama you have mixed feelings about

the most precious male lead you’ve come across

an actor/actress who you have a soft spot for even though you know they aren’t that good

a popular actor/actress who you don’t fancy

a drama you think have the best female representation

a scriptwriter you like

do you prefer watching ongoing dramas or only strictly after they’re completed? why?

a favourite drama trope

top 5 dramas

itazura na kiss ~love in tokyo~ (the whole series)

when a snail falls in love

tawipob

battle of changsha

kazoku game

...if i could only pick 5 ;_;

your ultimate favorite drama otp

so hard to pick ;____;

but if i have to, possibly itakiss’s kotoko/naoki. i’ve been a trash for them for the longest time.

have you ever had second lead syndrome? 

never.

the closest was probably pretty li hui zhen’s lin yi mu. but i only loved him as a character on his own, rather than in the sense of wanting him to be with the female lead.

second leads are usually either likable or irritating to me. if the leads are so terrible that would make me have second lead syndrome (in the sense of rooting for second lead to be with the lead), then there’s not much point in watching the drama imo.

a drama that was so terrible, you wished you never watched it

i guess i’m still pretty good at shunning dramas which will really make me cringe that bad - altogether or after watching its first few minutes. and i’m too intolerant to put up with any.

but surely, i’ve seen some bad ones which were a waste of time for me eg. marry me or not, when i see you again, goong, totsuzen desu ga kekkonshimasu (purely my opinions - i’m so sorry if anyone of y’all love these dramas...)

what was your very first drama?

since i grew up watching dramas, so it’s a question i can’t answer T^T

what is your favorite genre of drama to watch?

romance! it’s staple for me. my main motivation.

what is your feel good drama? (like if you were feeling sad, which drama would you watch to cheer yourself up?)

don’t really have one. i hardly rewatch dramas unless i’m in the mood to reminisce. i would probably be actively searching for new dramas to fulfill my emotional needs.

if you could rewrite and fix a drama to your liking, which drama and how would you change it?

i saw this question, and i instantly knew i only have one answer in mind!!! of course it’s eternal love!!!! i’ve been hurt so deeply by the writer’s treatment of dong hua/feng jiu to an unimaginable extent. i dream of confronting the writer and threatening them to confess their mistake...jk. :)

I WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE MY BABIES A HAPPY ENDING !!! make dong hua and feng jiu happily married, and their bai gun gun will be born, and they will live an eternal life of bliss with each other. :)

they’ve been so terribly wronged by the narrative thanks to the writer’s unwise writing decisions. ok just leave me to scream for a moment.

is there an actor/actress pairing that you would love to see team up?

not quite sure what fresh pairing i would want to see. i’ll prefer the production teams to surprise and convince me.

but pairings i do want to see reunite again includes dilraba/vengo gao, jing bo ran/zheng shuang.

and i wanna see jing bo ran and yang yang act alongside each other because i was a huge jingyang girl.

favorite kind of otp dynamic?

oh oh oh

bubbly and devoted girl + seemingly aloof but warm on the inside guy... this one almost never goes wrong !!

but i’m also in love with strong snarky girl + warm charimastic guy dynamic. eg. across the ocean to see you’s su mang and zheng chu

a drama you desperately want a sequel to

ideally and unrealistically, a dong hua/feng jiu centric sequel to the eternal love drama. very desperate - but i have better sense of reality. no, i don’t want the 枕上书 adaptation - i want specifically the sequel to the drama ver of dong feng.

more realistically, when a snail falls in love. need to see xu xu and ji bai’s son, ji shu. :)