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The Very Big End of Decade Korean Drama Poll – Round 2
It’s finally here! Ding ding! Begin Round Two. Vote for your Best and Favourite Korean drama
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A Piece of Your Mind: A Beautiful, Ethereal Study of Grief
I gather all the pieces of you I can find But they do not add up to you who is gone The equation of loss does not balance These pieces are not you But they’re all that I have left
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The Very Big End of Decade Korean Drama Poll – Round 1
Vote for your favourite drama in my brand new poll! Korean dramas only for now (sorry).
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Not a Well Intended Love
Chinese drama Well Intended Love was a massive hit in China last year, getting a rare second season pick up and being purchased by Netflix for worldwide distribution. It’s also an awful apologia for domestic violence and should be avoided.
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2019: The Year of the Antibean
Author’s Note: This piece was originally written for Dramabeans as a theme of a month but did not get selected for publishing. As every Beanie knows, we collect beans over the course of a year (one bean per drama) and then allocate those beans at the end of the year to demonstrate our love for…
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The Year the Pot Plant Died
There’s some debate on the quality of 2019 as a drama year but, from my perspective, this year was a great drama year. Why? Because with some rare exceptions, this year was almost potted plant free. The promise we saw in last year’s dramas – with its emerging set of female leads who had agency…
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2019 in Kdrama: The Poll Results
Sky Castle was 2019’s best drama, but it was Be Melodramatic’s year. That’s the conclusion from a poll of 100 drama watchers on the best and worst in Korean dramas this year.
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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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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…