I'm not quite sure why I'm making this list. I guess so that I don't forget that I've already watched something and start watching it again? (which I have already done several times now)

( Good lord I've watched a lot of dramas )

Just finished Office Girls, and it was so damn good for all 25 eps. My only real complaint is that I hated Kai Ehr with a passion and she never got her comeuppance. In fact, the show tried to justify her wrongdoings through her sob story childhood. And, okay, yeah, I feel bad for the kid that she was, but not the woman that she turned out to be, therefore the show failed in making me sympathetic to her. So, I hated the focus that she got, especially in the last couple eps. Just... blegh. But other than that, the show was pretty fantastic. Everyone besides Kai Ehr was super lovable and each and every character grew from their experiences with Xing Ren and Zi Qi, and the romance was fun and heartbreaking and adorable and beautiful and we actually got to see them function as a couple for many eps, and the angst never got too out of hand, and really, with such a conniving "other woman" character I applaud the show for never really letting her break the main couple up. All of their angst came from actual problems in their relationship. And the show itself was completely hilarious while also getting the emotions flowing (I cried. A lot. But it usually makes you laugh right after it makes you cry). Mostly though? I adored the secondary couple with every fiber of my being. Le Le and Manager Shi Te Long. They were extremely kooky and such a delightful surprise, and I will admit that I was shipping them before there were even inklings of a romance blooming between them. They were both just so lovably obnoxious, if that even makes sense, and somehow together they really humanized each other. I love how he got off on Le Le yelling at him constantly, and I love how she brought out his vulnerability, and even when she's proclaiming how much she hates him you can a feel a weird affection for him forming, and then he pulls these weird antics that just draw her in (like whining like a two year old over a cut) and you're like, "Really? THAT is what she fell for?" and just... I love how freaky they are. And how giddy-making they are. And how sweet they are despite their kinkiness. It was one-sided through most of the show, but she just had this soft spot for him that she couldn't explain, and they were basically made for each other. I freaking LOVED them. So much so that they ended up eclipsing the main couple for me even though they only had about 30 seconds of screentime every few episodes. But seriously, they were wonderful. I want all the fic in the world. Except... barely anybody watches TWdramas, and even K and J dramas rarely get fic. Blerg.

But yeah, I will probably end up picspamming the hell out of my kooky couple tomorrow after work if I'm not too tired.

I just want to note that tonight's episode of The Office made mention of Korean soap operas. I knew that there was a reason why I am still watching this show.

Speaking of The Office, I feel like the show has taken a drastic decline in quality since it came back from the hiatus. Actually, ever since the Florida storyline I just have not been digging The Office anymore. I don't know why they made Andy the boss and actually let him get his life together if they were just going to rip everything away from him in the end. And all for Erin, who he has absolutely no chemistry with. Because of this very lackluster relationship, his motivation made no sense, and it just made him look like a giant dick for blowing off work and cheating on an awesome girlfriend who genuinely liked him. So, how can I even be rooting for this character that I once adored with every fiber of my being if I can't find the strength to even care about his story? The show has done the impossible and made me apathetic towards Andy, and just... THAT'S AWFUL. Catherine Tate is such a scene gobbler that she's taking away from the ensemble feel, and sometimes that makes me bitter, but then she has a talking head where she kind of breaks into tears over making a work friend and I just want to hug her. But I miss the rest of the office. In the beginning of the season the rest of the office had so much more screen time, and it was glorious. I miss that so much. James Spader is even starting to bother me for similar reasons. He's eating up screentime that could go to the characters that I actually love, and I hate that the show has become all about its big name stars when a long, long time ago it had promised to never do that.

I enjoyed Community tonight, but it seems like a lot of people didn't? I adored the riot scene. Actually, I pretty much adored everything and thought it was pretty cleverly done. But it did kind of feel like it was all setup for what's to come, which makes it one of the less memorable eps of the season, but definitely not one of the worst.

30 Rock also made me laugh a lot, as did Parks and Rec. P&R was funnier tonight than it has been in a long freaking time. And, because I still have latent Ron/Leslie feelings, I must mention the bit where he offered to pay $10,000 just to rent some vans to make Leslie happy. It's moments like those that truly reveal the depth of his caring for Leslie. She matters to him so much, and he never really asks for anything in return (in fact, it would pain him to get anything in return, because Leslie's extreme expression of emotions would probably smother him to death. In fact, most of their fights in past episodes have come from her trying to care about him). Anyway, Ron loves Leslie. They all love Leslie, but for some reason it is Ron's love that always gets me right in the gut.

I am in love with Office Girls. So, so in love. I couldn't even wait for Drama Fever to load the rest of the eps and had to search elsewhere for them. Am currently on ep 10. LOVE. I forgot how much I genuinely enjoy the relationship development in Taiwanese dramas. I tend to stay away from them for the most part because of the production quality (and the series length, and the aaaaaaaaangst), but this one? The production quality is almost as good as a k-drama. I had no idea that TWdramas had advanced so much. Or is it just this one? I remember Mars being of decent production quality, but not this good. Anyway, I am highly enjoying Office Girls, and I love that so far it's stayed pretty light. I mean, it's still got the angst, but it's fun angst as opposed to the soul-crushing angst (so far. There are still 15 more eps to go, so I'm sure the story will get ridiculous somewhere along the way).

AS;JDFHDJ;SKFSHDSAJF;KNVGVBDIUGAS;DFHAS;KLDJ!!!!!!!!!! NICK/JESS OTP 4EVA!!!1!!11!!!! How how HOW can Jess be so blind? For serious. She knows what she wants. It's right in front of her, and yet she just can't see it. And it's such a glorious torture. OMG, that scene was intense and hilarious and so freaking perfect. And, okay, I loved that Russel was so sweet and all, but yeah, they were definitely missing the passion. THE PASSION! Oh, Jess. Oh, Nick. Damn you, Nick. Damn you and your inability to Anyway, er... this ep kind of showcased why Nick/Jess appeals to me on such a fundamental level. They are both silly and immature and clueless and they just get each other. But they are also blind to what they really want. They are both always on the precipice of discovering it, but they never quite make it. They just... AUUUUUUGH, I LOVE THEM. SO MUCH. I WANT KISSING FIC REWRITES OF THAT SCENE. GIVE IT TO ME, WORLD.

Also, Schmidt/Cece is just perfection. The show just gets them so right in every way. They are somehow emotionally moving while also being perfectly hilarious, and they can have serious moments without being serious, if that makes any sense. I love how well-adjusted they are together despite both of their personalities being dysfunctional.

And Winston is just adorable. I love that dude.

Basically, Jess/Nick owns my heart for always and I want them to makeout in the near future. Or keep torturing me with their intense fights where I'm positive that they're about to makeout. I doubt that they'll get any real development by the season's end, but I think this ep just reassured us that they are the endgame OTP. There's no contest. They're just having fun shenanigans with other people before they discover that they are perfect together. And clearly they need to have these other relationships in order to work out their issues before they can truly find each other. I think that's why their love interests don't bother me. The love interests (so far) genuinely contribute to both Nick and Jess's development as characters, and the love interests themselves have been fully formed characters as opposed to being shallow roadblocks for the Nick/Jess relationship. The show is keeping Nick/Jess subtle. Well, sort of. I guess what I mean is that they are treating the characters as separate entities even though they are hinted as being the OTP to root for. So, I am enjoying the ship's development immensely.

All this to say that tonight's ep of New Girl was super fantastic.

You win, Community. I finally have feelings for Troy/Britta. I still don't actively ship them, but, you know, they gave me the warm fuzzies tonight and I can now totally see the plausibility of the ship, and this is the first time where I've felt like Troy has a crush on Britta for more than shallow reasons, and this was also the first time where I've felt like Britta can reciprocate his feelings in the future. After a few bumbling attempts here and there throughout the last two seasons, it finally feels right. So, if they insist on going in that direction, I feel like this ep finally set up a foundation for them, as long as it's a slow burn that stays fairly subtle (of course, that's what I said about Jeff/Annie way back when, and look what the show has done with them). As for the Jeff/Annie... yeah, it made me giddy. Not as giddy as last week, but those looks were so super adorable. I originally thought the ep was using the Jeff/Annie relationship as a parallel to Blade/Britta in that Jeff is the guy that Annie just can't shake no matter how much she knows that he's bad for her, but then that ending happened and it pointed out that Annie's feelings for Jeff are based on his sweet moments, the moments when he does or says the right thing, and that he's not actually all that bad for her (he is when he pushes her away/is emotionally distant, but that's when Annie stops putting up with him, as opposed to Britta/Blade where Britta was only into Blade when he was treating her badly). Jeff/Annie actually ended up being a parallel to Troy/Britta in the end, where Annie is what would make Jeff happy if he'd just learn to love himself (just as Troy could make Britta happy if she'd just learn to love herself). And Pierce/Chang, OMG, MY HEART! MY POOR, POOR HEART. Their friendship was brief, but so epically adorable that it totally broke me. POOR PIERCE.

Speaking of Pierce, can I just say that if Chevy leaves Community, many of the most poignant moments of the show will be gone? Just... he brings so much emotion to the show without even really trying, and it kills me that Chevy doesn't like that aspect of his character. "It isn't funny." Well... great comedy comes from tragedy. Pierce is a sad, pathetic, tragic character, and the comedy comes from those traits. But what makes him redeemable is his heart. He's easily hurt because he's so desperate to fit in, so desperate to find somebody who will love him no matter how awful he is. As we saw in season 2, he tests people. He wants to see how far he can go before somebody leaves him, because that's all anyone has done to him his entire life. He just... he's an awesome character, and Chevy has done wonders with him, and I hate that Chevy doesn't see that. He's so set on the material not being funny and Dan being an egotistical jerk and yada yada yada, but... humor is subjective and Chevy is just as much of an egotistical jerk as Dan (probably moreso since most people don't complain about Dan, but everyone complains about Chevy. Everyone. From every job he's ever had). The whole point of Pierce is that he's behind the times and his humor and ideals alienate the current generation, which is basically a commentary on Chevy. He keeps saying that the show isn't funny, and yet he manages to crack me up as Pierce, so I don't even know what he's going on about. I don't know, man, I don't know, I just don't want Pierce to disappear.

30 Rock was good. I always love it when Jack's mother makes an appearance.

As for The Office, it is basically ruining Andy for me. Thanks a lot, show! I begged you to stop with the stupid Erin/Andy crap, and now it's just gotten worse. Ugh. UGH. I miss Andy being a hapless doof. So much. I mean, I don't mind him being happy at all, it's just that he and Erin have terrible chemistry. The characters just don't mesh well together, and it's awkward to watch, and I HAAAAAATE IT! Hate it hate it hate it. Bleh. James Spader was looking super hot though, wasn't he? Has he lost weight or something? Or did they just give him a better hairstyle? I don't know, but he looked more like his lusty self of yore.

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So, I finally caught up with King 2 Hearts, and my only real thought is that the show's use of English is super awkward. At least, it was when the prince told the reporter, "I'm sorry, am I your bosom friend?" WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? And the show has been very aggressive towards all Americans as a symbolic "Fuck you," to the country, which kind of makes it hard to enjoy the show sometimes. Of course, they did it to China, too, but there are more scenes with Americans than Chinese (of course, when I say "American," I mean white people with very strong French accents who don't sound American at all). Other than that, I'm still loving the show. Especially the false seductions.

I am also still enjoying Rooftop Prince, but I find that I have to fast forward through everything that doesn't contain the female lead or the Joseon 4. Ridiculously boring second leads that are completely irredeemable along with the boring office scenes really bring the show down. But the Joseon 4 are super adorable and hilarious and I love them like crazy.

Community was mind-blowingly awesome tonight. Just... all the little details. No show does homages as well as this one. And on top of all that wonderfulness we had some quality Jeff/Annie exchanges that were reminiscent of season 1. And the Troy/Abed story was just so beautifully done. And the ending! Oh, the ending. So adorable. Basically, this ep had me laughing like a lunatic, but it also had so many emotional moments that almost made me cry. It is crazy how much Abed and Troy fighting can hurt my heart.

Question. WHY has The Office been nothing but repeats for weeks on end? Like, what was the point of putting Parks and Rec on hiatus if The Office was just going to show an endless stream of repeats? IT MAKES NO SENSE. And it's getting on my nerves. But, to be honest, ever since Community came back I have felt complete, so I guess I don't even really care.

In other news, I find this video highly disturbing, and yet I can't stop watching it:



Not much else to update on. I've basically done nothing media-wise but rewatch Yo Soy Betty, La Fea. It is weird how the show still makes me cry after seeing it umpteen times. And I still get giddy during the romantic scenes, and I still feel my heart breaking during every Betty/Armando scene after she finds the letter, and I still feel this mix of utter delight and complete devastation during Armando's realization that he's madly in love with Betty, and oooooooooh how I love this show. Forever and always. I've just gotten to the part where she's about to crush him during the board meeting, but I keep putting it off because OMG, THE ANGST. THE AAAAAAAANGST that comes after that. I move a lot slower through the last third of the series than I do the rest (I pretty much devoured their dating scenes/happy times in one day, and that covers, oh... about 40 episodes? Give or take a few. But, that's with a whole lot of fast forwarding through the non-Betty/Armando scenes. I do watch most of the Armando/Mario scenes, though, because that's where we really hear what's going on in Armando's head). Anyway, I live for Betty and Armando. They are my favorite romance for always.

Was it just me, or was Community super weird last night? I missed the first few minutes because I was just getting home from work, and my parents were watching it because basketball was on on CBS, and they were just completely lost. Like, they didn't get a single joke. They haven't watched the show since season 1 (because Big Bang Theory got moved to Thursdays), and the show was just so completely different to them, and it made me realize why Community is a hard show to pick up if you just randomly watch an episode since there are so many jokes that build on past episodes or inside jokes within the fandom, especially in this episode (Brown Jamie Lee Curtis, Britta resembling Michael Jackson, the Dean having a mad crush on Jeff, the Dreamatorium, etc). It was just a really confusing episode for someone who hasn't been religiously following the show, so I think it was smart on the part of NBC to switch the episode order (even though the references to their long break ended up not making sense in this ep). Anyway, I am definitely not a fan of all these cutaway CGI gags. It throws me off, makes the show more cartoonish, and one thing that I've always loved about Community was that no matter how weird a concept was, the show was always somehow grounded in reality. There was some kind of logical explanation for everything. They even had an explanation for making the entire Greendale population into zombies. So, these cutaway gags are just disorienting. The story itself was super dark, and I guess I just don't enjoy this show very much when it goes dark, though I do enjoy the character development that comes from it, so... I appreciate the dark eps, I guess. But, yeah, they are not my favorite, especially when it leaves Troy and Abed in a bad, angsty place (but again, I am enjoying the character development that will come from this). I guess I have mixed feelings on this ep. I wouldn't call it a bad ep, just... a weird one. Stylistically jarring and kind of a downer. Perhaps I'll enjoy it more upon rewatch.

Both eps of 30 Rock were pretty flawless. It is crazy how pleased with this season I am. I think I am finally over Jack/Liz. Maybe? I mean, I would still jump for joy if they ever made out, but... I don't think that's going to happen, and I've finally gotten to a place where I'm perfectly fine with that, especially since Liz is so happy with Criss (and Criss is super easy on the eyes). I did get all giddy over Liz being turned on by Jack's tie, though...

Also, I watched the leaked first ep of The Legend of Korra, and I have to say, I really enjoyed it. It's not as nuanced or engrossing as The Last Airbender as of yet, but I think it has great potential. I think I liked The Last Airbender world better, but that's mostly because I enjoy stories based around that time period more than I do the more modernized ones, but Korra's world is basically 1920s China, so it'll be interesting to see what they do with that. Especially since that was a time of revolution and corruption and gangsters ruling the cities. I was sad that Katara seems to be the only one still alive from Aang's era. I especially felt a pang in my heart when she mentioned that her brother was gone. *sniff* And I'm highly interested in Toph's daughter's story. She seems gruff at first, but then we kind of see Toph's influence shining through at the end of her scene. WHO IS HER FATHER? PLEASE TELL ME IT'S SOKKA. If it is Sokka, then all of my Avatar shipping dreams will have come true. (seriously, I did not understand fandom. From my perspective, the ship wars should have been between Aang/Toph and Sokka/Toph, because that was where the good stuff was) Anyway, I enjoyed the show, and I look forward to more. I just hate waiting for new eps. I got to watch The Last Airbender all at once.

As for k-dramas, Dream High 2 ended, and I was sad. I don't know why I loved that crummy show so much. Seriously, there was little to no logical character development, they spent far too much screentime on very unimpressive dance performances, and just about all of the songs were awful. The lead characters weren't even all that likable. WHY DID I LOVE IT SO MUCH? I don't know. For some reason I was a complete sucker for Hye Sung and JB. Don't ask me why. And even though Rian did a complete turnaround, I still couldn't find the strength to care about her, and she mostly just made me wrinkle my nose. Yoo Jin's story with his mother was fantastic and that was basically the only thing that really moved me emotionally. I pretty much bawled during his song to her. I freaking loved the Si Woo/Nana/Hong Joo love triangle, and I love that it was still going strong eight years later and that they are basically a reluctant threesome forever because Nana will never stop stringing them along (though part of me believes that in the future she falls hard for another man and leaves the two boys heartbroken, and they just give in to their bromance and live happily ever after with each other). It was lame that the ending gave us no real closure on the relationship front (besides the rebel couple, as Hye Sung called them), but then again, neither did the first Dream High, so I kind of expected that. It's interesting how both Dream Highs seemed to say that it's not very likely that you'll end up with your epic first (or second) love from high school. Not a lot of teen dramas (Korean or otherwise) will admit to that.

As for the new dramas, the only one I've watched is King 2Hearts, and it is freaking amazing. So, so good. Not only are the characters well written and perfectly cast, but the plot is interesting and the drama revolves between being a rom-com and an action thriller, and it's just... SO GOOD. What really gets me though is that the villain is so deliciously evil. For once we get an unapologetically evil villain who doesn't really have a justifiable reason for doing what he does. He just... likes hurting people. We still don't really have his backstory, so I suppose that could change, but I doubt it. They've already made him so maniacal that I can't see the show trying to justify his actions even a little bit. I mean, he's torturing a dude just because the dude's son ruined his magic trick. That look he gave the little kid was really chilling, because you know he actually wanted to kill the kid, but I guess he was satisfied with the next best thing. Anyway, I'm happy that the show has a fascinating villain, because it's amazing how much a great villain can elevate a story. The romance is developing pretty well so far, and I adore the second lead (Kim Byung Gun from What's Up!!!). I have a feeling that this drama may become my new obsession. Haven't watched Rooftop Prince yet, though, and you know I love my cracky rom-coms, so, we'll see which one wins.

Okay, I know that when it comes to New Girl that I am a slightly insane Jess/Nick shipper, but uh... I'm pretty sure that I am going to fall hopelessly in love with Jess/Older Dude tonight. I suspected it before I even saw the preview clips, but now? Oh, I'm sure of it. Not only is it young perky girl/gruff older guy, but they start out fighting and it's AWESOME and then Jess has to humiliate herself but refuses to and then humiliates herself in a totally unintentional way and it's adorable and you know he's going to fall for her and OMG, I ALREADY LOVE THEM SO VERY MUCH. I'm sorry, Nick. You know that I will forever love you, but, well, Older Hot Dude wins every time. IDK, IDK, we'll see if this ship manages to unconvince me of Jess and Nick's true love even though I know it'll only last for a couple of episodes. But it is already epic, so...

Anyway, I have reached a new level of fangirl in that I am desperately yearning for fic of certain kpop music videos. Is this normal? Who the heck wishes for music video fanfic??? But seriously, watch this vid and tell me that you don't want to explore every facet of that story:



The cold husband, the miserable sister, the young/naive blind sister falling hopelessly in love with her sister's husband, the blind sister wanting so desperately to be just like her older sister, the miserable sister seeing herself mirrored on the blind sister, the miserable sister being jealous of the blind sister's innocent happiness, the cold husband ignoring both sisters and yet the young one is happy with the little things while the miserable sister resents everything. Just... SO MUCH TO EXPLORE. I want fic. So much fic. Preferably ones where the cold husband's heart starts to thaw as he spends more time with the blind sister, and he starts to realize his faults in his marriage and starts to open his heart to his wife, but the wife is scared to be vulnerable towards him again, so it's slow going but eventually it all works out and Blind Sister is happy because her sister and the man she loves is happy.

I also kind of want fic for this one:



This one is less nuanced than Cleansing Cream, so there's not as much to explore, but I still want to know how their love became so epic that she is so intensely clinging to him and does what she does in the end. The vid does give us backstory as to how they met, but I want all the stuff in between. Was he a gangster that pulled her into his life and made her his partner in crime? Were they like a Korean version of Bonnie and Clyde? Why did he decide to leave her, and in such a cold fashion? What the heck was the beginning about? Was that him leaving her with a bag full of money to start a new life? Had he planned to leave her all along? (in the flashback at the end he mentions that she can only find happiness on her own and not with someone else, and she says that's silly when she has someone that she can stay with forever)

I also want fic for the Cry, Cry/Lovey Dovey saga, mostly because those vids star Cha Seung Won in a love story with the mighty young girls from T-ARA. Apparently k-pop vids are full of ahjussi romances. WHY DID NO ONE EVER TELL ME THIS? Now, you could argue that in the Cry, Cry vid he is just a father figure for Ji Yeon, but... that is so not the case when we see the continuation in Lovey Dovey. She loved him and only him, and while he may have been a makeshift father figure for her, he was also everything else to her. And she was basically his entire life. I want all the fic of him angsting and being lost after Ji Yeon was kidnapped (at the end of Cry, Cry), and him looking all over for her and getting mega depressed when he couldn't find her, so he opens up a soju stand and creates a new identity and tries to forget about his old life.

Oh, k-pop! Why must you torment me like this?

Also, I am contemplating yet another rewatch of Yo Soy Betty, La Fea. HOW MANY TIMES CAN I WATCH THAT DAMN SOAP OPERA? It consumes my life whenever I start watching it. But it's so magnificently good that I can't not watch it a billion times. And now I have subtitles for every single episode!!! So... Yeah, I'm probably going to rewatch it again, and ramble about all my favorite scenes again, and the posts will probably be identical to the ones that I wrote a couple years ago (and then wrote again last year). I think it's just become an annual thing to rewatch this wonderful telenovela when I am hankering for some epically dysfunctional yet totally adorable love stories.