Author: LT
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A HIStory of problematic relationships
As HIStory3: Make Our Days Count comes to an end this week, fans of BL have started to cast their eye across the series as a whole and realise that the problematic and unhealthy relationships depicted in this year’s instalments is not a new phenomena but in fact a pattern.
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TharnType a welcome addition to Thai BL
TharnType explores sexual violence in an intelligent way while struggling with the dictates of a genre created for titillation instead of complex storytelling.
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Hot Guys Getting It On: HIStory3 Make Our Days Count
History3 delivers regressive fan service in lieu of a new storyline and it’s as horrible as it sounds
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Sir Galahad with a camellia in his hand
Sweet Sir Galahad Came in through the window In the night when The moon was in the yard. He took her hand in his And shook the long hair From his neck and he told her She’d been working much too hard. – Sir Galahad, Joan Baez As hard as it is seems to be…
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The First Kdrama: Jane Eyre
It’s an old joke that the novel Jane Eyre is a kdrama. Well, turns out it definitely is. And here’s why.
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I just like you, I don’t know why
Why did you fall in love with your partner? Do you have specific reasons? If somebody asked you that question, could you answer? One thing I noticed soon after I started watching Korean television was a strange cultural phenomenon when talking about relationships. When a character (usually a man) is asked why they like somebody…
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Living with Skinship Deprivation Syndrome (SDS)
What is Skinship Deprivation Syndrome (SDS)? Know the signs of SDS Experimental treatments for SDS Skinship Deprivation Syndrome (SDS) is a series of symptoms associated with heavy drama watching, especially of those that originate in Korea. Sufferers of SDS cannot trace their symptoms back to a single cause but find they are exacerbated by excessive…
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Midnight on the Firing Line: A Babylon 5 rewatch, S01E01
There are moments in your life when you remember the classics of science fiction and how they predicted all the ways in which humanity could go horribly wrong. B5 was one of those extraordinary shows.
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Rabb.it less great
It was 2018 when we discovered Rabb.it. Yes, that was only a year ago but what a year! By ‘we’ I mean a small but dedicated group of Korean drama watchers on Dramabeans (DB). The website had given us the chance to connect, chat about our favourite dramas, get excited about upcoming ones, and squee over…
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Korea’s Terra Nullius: Why You Shouldn’t Watch Arthdal Chronicles
From its first scene, the Arthdal Chronicles is rife with colonising symbolism and narratives that, unfortunately, are somewhat too close to home.