laurynlouuuu
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Definitely agree that the storylines are a lot better than dramas over here! The only thing I’m not keen on is there alway seems to be a dramatic medical emergency eg brain tumour or cancer, it triggers my anxiety slightly haha I started watching Dare to Dream butthe breast cancer storyline just triggered me too much☹
what I find most interesting is the portrayal of relationships...there’s no PDAs and the romances are always very modest, Im no prude but I actually find that really refreshing! Like the male lead always falls in love with her character first, not her looks, I really like thatI mean some of the kisses are just pressing lips together and doesn’t look very real haha but I can get past that
does anyone else google certain words that stick out/repeated? I now know a few words of Korean haha
Omg I’ve just got into K Pop and I am OBSESSEDI don’t even understand the words haha but it doesn’t matter, it’s always so upbeat and fun!
honestly once you get into the rabbit hole of kpop it’s very hard to get out
you simply listen to the music and the next thing you’re doing is buying the albums which are so pretty and finding yourself watching all of the variety shows they’re on i agree the medical side of things is sometimes too much , i really want to watch doom at your service but the premise is she has a brain tumour and that’s honestly my worst fear so going to skip that for a bit!!
the only medical drama that i recommend that isn’t that bad is hospital playlist , it’s amazing and about a group of five friends that all work together at a hospital. the medical stuff isn’t that dramatic and it’s a nice balance between the friendship and work.
while they stand there like 
) as a slick contract killer (honestly he's the coolest in fight scenes) and "psycho", serial killer Park Hae Jin, who doesn't remember any of the murders he's supposedly committed). Aside from the annoying and somewhat useless female detective (who seems to whisper her way through the entire series), the characters are well played and casted. You'll likely fall in love with all 3 "killers" and I enjoyed their banter and teamwork, despite their insistence on not working together! Note: Bad Guys 2: Vile City is a completely different cast, though vaguely references the first series (but you could easily watch without watching the 1st). I also like this (not as much as the first, it did take me a while to get over my upset that none of the originals were in it, but the 2nd time I watched it, I enjoyed it much more), again a team of misfits are put together, though not from prison this time. It's much, much more violent than the first (there were times I pleaded with the screen to stop them fighting because I was knackered just watching it) and there's a massive twist quite early on, which you just don't see coming. The prosecutor in charge is much more likable than series 1 "mad dog", Joo Jin-Mo is great as the muscle that doesn't say very much and I really enjoy a brooding Ji Soo. There's also a third BG, a film, with Ma Dong Seok...I've only watched it once, it felt a bit...indulgent, it's not my favourite. They really need a series with a team-up of series 1 & 2 characters (the very, very end of series 2 hints at that, is it wrong to say that's my favourite bit of the whole series? Once you watch, you'll see why). 
Park Shin Hye is my queen (I know some people aren't keen, but I love her). The story begins with her starting a new school after moving in with her Granny, their lodger happens to be the school teacher and there's chemistry there (not of the school classroom variety 
). She's the school "bad girl" but you can tell, she's really not (she just doesn't have the family connections and money to get out of trouble). A big event happens (won't spoil) and then it moves forward to her being a doctor alongside a girl she went to school with and lo and behold, hot teacher (Kim Rae Won) also starts working there. PSH is well known for her lack of passion in kissing scenes (she literally takes a step back and pulls a disgusted face 
), but I remember the tension building to THE KISS and wanting them to do it sooooo badly! The patient storylines were good and pulled you in (quickly), but I could do without the politics and power struggle at the hospital (that's actually what stops me watching this on repeat). I just wanted more of the main couple. Ji Soo is cool, but goofy as the local bad boy and Kim Min-Seok plays a doctor, aka l'il cutie and part time fanboy of PSH's character (he also has a storyline that had me bawling my eyes out). To begin with it's hard to know who is who, especially in operations when the doctors are all gowned and masked up, there's quite a lot of characters. The constant bowing to each other will also make you dizzy! I love her school friend and how they remained together. Btw, only in Korean dramas can the same actors play 16 year olds one minute, then 36 year olds, the next (and look authentic as both). Oh, also toy grab machine in a house, NEED!
). Watch out for the older Joseph Gordon Levitt lookalike, he is creepy AF. 
