leahaven
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Xennial enby
Here for kpop and dramas (k/c/j)
Here for kpop and dramas (k/c/j)
I have been watching the best bits of Secret Life of my Secretary and being at 😍 at Jin Ki Joo and Kim Young Kwang. I adore them.
As a result I have decided that it's finally time to watch the #kdrama Walking on Thin Ice for more KYK - complete vibe shift but I'm enjoying it.
As a result I have decided that it's finally time to watch the #kdrama Walking on Thin Ice for more KYK - complete vibe shift but I'm enjoying it.
December 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I have been watching the best bits of Secret Life of my Secretary and being at 😍 at Jin Ki Joo and Kim Young Kwang. I adore them.
As a result I have decided that it's finally time to watch the #kdrama Walking on Thin Ice for more KYK - complete vibe shift but I'm enjoying it.
As a result I have decided that it's finally time to watch the #kdrama Walking on Thin Ice for more KYK - complete vibe shift but I'm enjoying it.
I encourage voting for Filter because it was fun and surprisingly thoughtful for a show with a talking alpaca.
Do it for the LLAMA drama!
#cdramacup
Do it for the LLAMA drama!
#cdramacup
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I encourage voting for Filter because it was fun and surprisingly thoughtful for a show with a talking alpaca.
Do it for the LLAMA drama!
#cdramacup
Do it for the LLAMA drama!
#cdramacup
#EYDC2025 - Day 6: A Drama You Dropped
I abandoned several shows this year (and there's one that's been on pause for four months 🙃) but I firmly and unequivocally DROPPED Only For Love at ep 9 because wow was I not having fun.
I abandoned several shows this year (and there's one that's been on pause for four months 🙃) but I firmly and unequivocally DROPPED Only For Love at ep 9 because wow was I not having fun.
a young man wearing a black shirt that says d. desir on it
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December 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#EYDC2025 - Day 6: A Drama You Dropped
I abandoned several shows this year (and there's one that's been on pause for four months 🙃) but I firmly and unequivocally DROPPED Only For Love at ep 9 because wow was I not having fun.
I abandoned several shows this year (and there's one that's been on pause for four months 🙃) but I firmly and unequivocally DROPPED Only For Love at ep 9 because wow was I not having fun.
#EYDC2025 - Favourite OST
I'm going back to the first kdrama I watched in 2025, Love Your Enemy, and the cheerfully twee Be In Love by 10CM.
It's not even the kind of music I listen to (dude and a guitar isn't normally my vibe) but this earworm got me the feels somehow.
youtu.be/44BYsVMZU1c?...
I'm going back to the first kdrama I watched in 2025, Love Your Enemy, and the cheerfully twee Be In Love by 10CM.
It's not even the kind of music I listen to (dude and a guitar isn't normally my vibe) but this earworm got me the feels somehow.
youtu.be/44BYsVMZU1c?...
[MV] 10CM - Be in love / Official Music Video
YouTube video by SEOUL MUSIC / 서울뮤직
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December 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
#EYDC2025 - Favourite OST
I'm going back to the first kdrama I watched in 2025, Love Your Enemy, and the cheerfully twee Be In Love by 10CM.
It's not even the kind of music I listen to (dude and a guitar isn't normally my vibe) but this earworm got me the feels somehow.
youtu.be/44BYsVMZU1c?...
I'm going back to the first kdrama I watched in 2025, Love Your Enemy, and the cheerfully twee Be In Love by 10CM.
It's not even the kind of music I listen to (dude and a guitar isn't normally my vibe) but this earworm got me the feels somehow.
youtu.be/44BYsVMZU1c?...
#EYDC2025 Day 3 - Favourite New to Me Actor.
I went through my watchlist and identified several contenders, but let's be honest, Liu Yu Ning has no competition in this category.
I had never seen him before because I'm not a big costume #cdrama watcher but A Dream Within A Dream was a revelation.
I went through my watchlist and identified several contenders, but let's be honest, Liu Yu Ning has no competition in this category.
I had never seen him before because I'm not a big costume #cdrama watcher but A Dream Within A Dream was a revelation.
a young man wearing a crown and a fur coat is looking at the camera .
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December 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#EYDC2025 Day 2 - Favourite New to Me Actress.
Several stood out this year, but Koshiba Fuka is definitely a standout because of her wonderful performances in Kanojo wa Kirei Datta (which I finally watched) and Watashi no Otto to Kekkon Shite (Marry My Husband JP 2025).
Several stood out this year, but Koshiba Fuka is definitely a standout because of her wonderful performances in Kanojo wa Kirei Datta (which I finally watched) and Watashi no Otto to Kekkon Shite (Marry My Husband JP 2025).
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
#EYDC2025 Day 2 - Favourite New to Me Actress.
Several stood out this year, but Koshiba Fuka is definitely a standout because of her wonderful performances in Kanojo wa Kirei Datta (which I finally watched) and Watashi no Otto to Kekkon Shite (Marry My Husband JP 2025).
Several stood out this year, but Koshiba Fuka is definitely a standout because of her wonderful performances in Kanojo wa Kirei Datta (which I finally watched) and Watashi no Otto to Kekkon Shite (Marry My Husband JP 2025).
Not including drops, rewatches, and the four I'm working through right now, I've watched more #cdrama (38) than #kdrama (35) or #jdrama (27).
However, I watch a lot of 12-18 minutes per episode cdramas so I'm sure that in terms of hours, I spent a lot more time with kdrama characters.
#EYDC2025
However, I watch a lot of 12-18 minutes per episode cdramas so I'm sure that in terms of hours, I spent a lot more time with kdrama characters.
#EYDC2025
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I binged through Would You Marry Me over the weekend and I have thoughts.
First thought: it was fine. A simple romance #kdrama with no grasp of linear time (as if that all happened in three months 🤣🤣) and tropes layered on top of tropes. Hardly groundbreaking but I smiled a lot. 1/3
First thought: it was fine. A simple romance #kdrama with no grasp of linear time (as if that all happened in three months 🤣🤣) and tropes layered on top of tropes. Hardly groundbreaking but I smiled a lot. 1/3
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I binged through Would You Marry Me over the weekend and I have thoughts.
First thought: it was fine. A simple romance #kdrama with no grasp of linear time (as if that all happened in three months 🤣🤣) and tropes layered on top of tropes. Hardly groundbreaking but I smiled a lot. 1/3
First thought: it was fine. A simple romance #kdrama with no grasp of linear time (as if that all happened in three months 🤣🤣) and tropes layered on top of tropes. Hardly groundbreaking but I smiled a lot. 1/3
Need to take a break from #ShadowLove because my brain is all jangled and that doesn't work with the story pacing.
I think this is why I struggle with #cdramas - I get scatterbrained and need fast paced media for a bit, but then I've lost momentum and have a hard time getting back into shows. Sigh.
I think this is why I struggle with #cdramas - I get scatterbrained and need fast paced media for a bit, but then I've lost momentum and have a hard time getting back into shows. Sigh.
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Need to take a break from #ShadowLove because my brain is all jangled and that doesn't work with the story pacing.
I think this is why I struggle with #cdramas - I get scatterbrained and need fast paced media for a bit, but then I've lost momentum and have a hard time getting back into shows. Sigh.
I think this is why I struggle with #cdramas - I get scatterbrained and need fast paced media for a bit, but then I've lost momentum and have a hard time getting back into shows. Sigh.
After a week of #cdrama palace intrigue, I'm moving on to #ShadowLove starring Cheng Lei's magical disappearing-reappearing shirt. Very fun so far!
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November 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
After a week of #cdrama palace intrigue, I'm moving on to #ShadowLove starring Cheng Lei's magical disappearing-reappearing shirt. Very fun so far!
I'm finally getting around to watching The Princess Royal and I'm constantly surprised at how much I'm enjoying it given my history of hating palace intrigue #cdramas.
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I'm finally getting around to watching The Princess Royal and I'm constantly surprised at how much I'm enjoying it given my history of hating palace intrigue #cdramas.
It was great to the final frame!
I may not have slept enough this week, but it was worth it for this show!
These two and everyone else in this world! They all made me so happy 😍
I may not have slept enough this week, but it was worth it for this show!
These two and everyone else in this world! They all made me so happy 😍
October 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It was great to the final frame!
I may not have slept enough this week, but it was worth it for this show!
These two and everyone else in this world! They all made me so happy 😍
I may not have slept enough this week, but it was worth it for this show!
These two and everyone else in this world! They all made me so happy 😍
I'm 31 episodes into the #cdrama A Dream Within A Dream and I have to force myself to stop watching every night so that I actually sleep. I can't cope with how much I love this show.
I am praying to the drama-deities that this isekai sticks the landing because I will be heartbroken if it doesn't.
I am praying to the drama-deities that this isekai sticks the landing because I will be heartbroken if it doesn't.
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I'm 31 episodes into the #cdrama A Dream Within A Dream and I have to force myself to stop watching every night so that I actually sleep. I can't cope with how much I love this show.
I am praying to the drama-deities that this isekai sticks the landing because I will be heartbroken if it doesn't.
I am praying to the drama-deities that this isekai sticks the landing because I will be heartbroken if it doesn't.
On a mini #cdrama tear this long weekend and just hit gold with the incredibly soapy Sinful Marriage. It had every plot and trope under the sun but also fun performances and a surprisingly endearing hate to love story. I may have swooned just a little.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
On a mini #cdrama tear this long weekend and just hit gold with the incredibly soapy Sinful Marriage. It had every plot and trope under the sun but also fun performances and a surprisingly endearing hate to love story. I may have swooned just a little.
I'm over on threads promoting the joys of jdramas to my kdrama-watching mutuals, even though I'm spending the weekend binge-watching cdramas. Chaotic!
October 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'm over on threads promoting the joys of jdramas to my kdrama-watching mutuals, even though I'm spending the weekend binge-watching cdramas. Chaotic!
Yay, I won't need to sail the high seas for kdrama body-swap tomfoolery!
I wonder if I should ask my therapist why I love this trope so much... it gets me (almost) every time.
I wonder if I should ask my therapist why I love this trope so much... it gets me (almost) every time.
Upcoming #kdrama #MoonRiver has been added to VIKI’s coming soon section
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Yay, I won't need to sail the high seas for kdrama body-swap tomfoolery!
I wonder if I should ask my therapist why I love this trope so much... it gets me (almost) every time.
I wonder if I should ask my therapist why I love this trope so much... it gets me (almost) every time.
The jdrama Cinderella Closet was a cute, sweet little shojo adaptation, as promised.
It offered a very gentle and optimistic, but occasionally insightful, exploration of a genderfluid person's experience, which made my non-binary heart melt.
In summary: sparkly butterfly vibes for everyone!
It offered a very gentle and optimistic, but occasionally insightful, exploration of a genderfluid person's experience, which made my non-binary heart melt.
In summary: sparkly butterfly vibes for everyone!
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October 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The jdrama Cinderella Closet was a cute, sweet little shojo adaptation, as promised.
It offered a very gentle and optimistic, but occasionally insightful, exploration of a genderfluid person's experience, which made my non-binary heart melt.
In summary: sparkly butterfly vibes for everyone!
It offered a very gentle and optimistic, but occasionally insightful, exploration of a genderfluid person's experience, which made my non-binary heart melt.
In summary: sparkly butterfly vibes for everyone!
Ah, Learning to Love was a beautiful journey!
Some story arcs were frustrating but the core was strong and so good. Marvelous performances from the leads.
The hardest part for me was having to stop watching during episode 8 to make dinner. Couldn't have timed that worse!
Some story arcs were frustrating but the core was strong and so good. Marvelous performances from the leads.
The hardest part for me was having to stop watching during episode 8 to make dinner. Couldn't have timed that worse!
October 6, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Ah, Learning to Love was a beautiful journey!
Some story arcs were frustrating but the core was strong and so good. Marvelous performances from the leads.
The hardest part for me was having to stop watching during episode 8 to make dinner. Couldn't have timed that worse!
Some story arcs were frustrating but the core was strong and so good. Marvelous performances from the leads.
The hardest part for me was having to stop watching during episode 8 to make dinner. Couldn't have timed that worse!
Just finished the Genie kdrama, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
I assume most people will hate it because it is unashamedly bizarre and unserious. This one belongs on the "only for the weirdos" list with many of my favourites.
The dog storyline was amazing, it's so ridiculous. Bravo to all involved.
I assume most people will hate it because it is unashamedly bizarre and unserious. This one belongs on the "only for the weirdos" list with many of my favourites.
The dog storyline was amazing, it's so ridiculous. Bravo to all involved.
October 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Just finished the Genie kdrama, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
I assume most people will hate it because it is unashamedly bizarre and unserious. This one belongs on the "only for the weirdos" list with many of my favourites.
The dog storyline was amazing, it's so ridiculous. Bravo to all involved.
I assume most people will hate it because it is unashamedly bizarre and unserious. This one belongs on the "only for the weirdos" list with many of my favourites.
The dog storyline was amazing, it's so ridiculous. Bravo to all involved.
The time loop cdrama #Mobius was just kind of okay. I think it could have been a lot tighter in the second half, like shorter by a couple episodes.
Also, the background music was truly unfortunate. It pulled me right out of the scene way too often by being over the top or ill-fitting.
Also, the background music was truly unfortunate. It pulled me right out of the scene way too often by being over the top or ill-fitting.
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The time loop cdrama #Mobius was just kind of okay. I think it could have been a lot tighter in the second half, like shorter by a couple episodes.
Also, the background music was truly unfortunate. It pulled me right out of the scene way too often by being over the top or ill-fitting.
Also, the background music was truly unfortunate. It pulled me right out of the scene way too often by being over the top or ill-fitting.
The stills from the kdrama Shin's Project crack me up. Every single picture of Bae Hyeon Seong has him looking so confuzzled by whatever is happening around him. It's like the set photographer is trying to win a dare.
I mean, it's a good look. He can stay confused forever as far as I'm concerned.
I mean, it's a good look. He can stay confused forever as far as I'm concerned.
September 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The stills from the kdrama Shin's Project crack me up. Every single picture of Bae Hyeon Seong has him looking so confuzzled by whatever is happening around him. It's like the set photographer is trying to win a dare.
I mean, it's a good look. He can stay confused forever as far as I'm concerned.
I mean, it's a good look. He can stay confused forever as far as I'm concerned.
Whelp, #AliceinBorderland Season 3 was pretty much a protracted case for finding healthier (or any) ways to process traumatic events.
Production-wise, a well made show with (mostly) decent acting, but the decisions made... I was deeply irritated with every character multiple times. Sigh.
Production-wise, a well made show with (mostly) decent acting, but the decisions made... I was deeply irritated with every character multiple times. Sigh.
September 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Whelp, #AliceinBorderland Season 3 was pretty much a protracted case for finding healthier (or any) ways to process traumatic events.
Production-wise, a well made show with (mostly) decent acting, but the decisions made... I was deeply irritated with every character multiple times. Sigh.
Production-wise, a well made show with (mostly) decent acting, but the decisions made... I was deeply irritated with every character multiple times. Sigh.
Day 25:
Wrapping up the #dramajobchallenge with one of the best scheming Dowager Empresses, Dae Bi (Nam Gi Ae) from First Night with the Duke. She was the epitome of the politics-playing, leads-thwarting, interfering Empress roles that I love to hate in historical kdramas and cdramas!
Wrapping up the #dramajobchallenge with one of the best scheming Dowager Empresses, Dae Bi (Nam Gi Ae) from First Night with the Duke. She was the epitome of the politics-playing, leads-thwarting, interfering Empress roles that I love to hate in historical kdramas and cdramas!
Day 24: Emperor
Most dramas I watch have emperors and kings as the baddies, but in the cute minidrama Emperor or Boss, Yang Ze absolutely charms as time-travelling emperor Lin Ming Shi. He takes to modern life with a wonder and joy that made me smile the whole time.
#dramajobchallenge
Most dramas I watch have emperors and kings as the baddies, but in the cute minidrama Emperor or Boss, Yang Ze absolutely charms as time-travelling emperor Lin Ming Shi. He takes to modern life with a wonder and joy that made me smile the whole time.
#dramajobchallenge
September 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Day 25:
Wrapping up the #dramajobchallenge with one of the best scheming Dowager Empresses, Dae Bi (Nam Gi Ae) from First Night with the Duke. She was the epitome of the politics-playing, leads-thwarting, interfering Empress roles that I love to hate in historical kdramas and cdramas!
Wrapping up the #dramajobchallenge with one of the best scheming Dowager Empresses, Dae Bi (Nam Gi Ae) from First Night with the Duke. She was the epitome of the politics-playing, leads-thwarting, interfering Empress roles that I love to hate in historical kdramas and cdramas!
Day 24: Emperor
Most dramas I watch have emperors and kings as the baddies, but in the cute minidrama Emperor or Boss, Yang Ze absolutely charms as time-travelling emperor Lin Ming Shi. He takes to modern life with a wonder and joy that made me smile the whole time.
#dramajobchallenge
Most dramas I watch have emperors and kings as the baddies, but in the cute minidrama Emperor or Boss, Yang Ze absolutely charms as time-travelling emperor Lin Ming Shi. He takes to modern life with a wonder and joy that made me smile the whole time.
#dramajobchallenge
September 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Day 24: Emperor
Most dramas I watch have emperors and kings as the baddies, but in the cute minidrama Emperor or Boss, Yang Ze absolutely charms as time-travelling emperor Lin Ming Shi. He takes to modern life with a wonder and joy that made me smile the whole time.
#dramajobchallenge
Most dramas I watch have emperors and kings as the baddies, but in the cute minidrama Emperor or Boss, Yang Ze absolutely charms as time-travelling emperor Lin Ming Shi. He takes to modern life with a wonder and joy that made me smile the whole time.
#dramajobchallenge
Day 23: Idol
The first drama I saw Zhang Ling He in was the uneven Love Crossed. He brought so much depth and heart to the role of virtual idol Xu Nian that I watched only his scenes until his story and the thriller plot eclipsed the mains and the drama became quite good.
#dramajobchallenge
The first drama I saw Zhang Ling He in was the uneven Love Crossed. He brought so much depth and heart to the role of virtual idol Xu Nian that I watched only his scenes until his story and the thriller plot eclipsed the mains and the drama became quite good.
#dramajobchallenge
September 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Day 23: Idol
The first drama I saw Zhang Ling He in was the uneven Love Crossed. He brought so much depth and heart to the role of virtual idol Xu Nian that I watched only his scenes until his story and the thriller plot eclipsed the mains and the drama became quite good.
#dramajobchallenge
The first drama I saw Zhang Ling He in was the uneven Love Crossed. He brought so much depth and heart to the role of virtual idol Xu Nian that I watched only his scenes until his story and the thriller plot eclipsed the mains and the drama became quite good.
#dramajobchallenge