Firestar

Elbow still hurts. Physiotherapy helps, but I definitely need more of it before my elbow is fine again. Just writing this post took me three days. Apart from that things are pretty good in RL. And spring is already here with a lot of sunshine and an ability to finally wear a thinner jacket. 😊


I finished:

Melody of Secrets

It wasn’t bad, but in general rather mediocre. There were a few lovely scenes, but if not for my love for ForceBook I would probably drop it somewhere in the middle. But I love them both, they’re good actors and their chemistry always delivers. I’ll gladly re-watch it in a year or two, and I think it might even benefit from not waiting a week between each episode.


Dare You to Death

I did watch all of it, but that one was so, so bad. I would still recommend Melody of Secrets to someone looking for crime + mystery + amnesia BL, but this drama, no. I absolutely wouldn’t rec it. Bad script, bad directing and very poor tone balancing. They really should have chosen if they wanted the show to be a gritty crime drama with a lot of horrific, graphic deaths, or romance with classic romcom elements, and suitable sound effects and lighting. These two parts didn’t mesh at all.

And I’m sorry, Dunk, you’re a gorgeous boy, but you’re not a good actor. And Joong couldn’t carry such a bad script all by himself. But their chemistry is still there, so you know – all the flirting and kissing was enjoyable to watch. And I liked Aou and Boom in their small supporting parts.


The Art of Sarah

That was a fascinating watch, even though IMO it fell apart a bit at the end. But Shin Hae Sun was amazing, mesmerizing and charismatic.

Dramabeans review is good (and spoilery) if you would like to know more.


The Night Manager

I watched the 2nd season last week. I enjoyed it a lot. Except one thing, which I really disliked. The reasons for both are spoilery, so they go behind then cut.

selenak wrote a good review here. I agree with all of it.

Read more.

It’s always a pleasure to see two such wonderful actors like Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie going head to head. And I didn’t read any spoilers before watching, but after that ‘previously on’ segment at the beginning of the 1st episode I instantly knew that Roper would be back. But I don’t mind because, like I’ve said, it’s a pleasure to watch Hugh Laurie be ruthless and evil and homoerotically obsessed with Tom Hiddleston.

And I liked what they did with Teddy and Jonathan’s relationship. And I don’t even mind that Teddy died at the end. Of course I wouldn’t mind reading a fix-it fic or two. But I opened I think around 10 fics, and closed the tab after a paragraph or two every time. Because in all those fics I tried, Teddy was presented as a blameless woobie, who never did anything wrong in his life. You know, the guy we see killing innocent people on screen, they guy responsible for training kids to be soldiers. That guy. *sigh*

But what I do mind is everything they did with Angela Burr. I hate that she died. And I hate that they made her less competent and looking like for six years she didn’t care that Roper was out there killing people and doing other illegal stuff.

I dropped Our Universe (so disappointing, even super adorable kid and fantastic acting by Bae In Hyuk couldn’t make up for a bad script, a bland female lead, a very annoying SML and a very unnecessary love triangle, and a few other annoying things) and My Romance Scammer (nothing’s really wrong with it, I just got bored).


I started Love Like a Bike - another Thai BL drama that is on Netflix here. It takes place in Pattaya and it’s about three adopted brothers and their three very different romances.

The 1st episode was mostly lovely and cute (there were two scenes with traumatic backstory for two characters). And sexy, too, thanks to Ta and Us. I like them as a couple a lot, and I already feel they will be my favorites in this drama. 😊

Here is the trailer:



And I have one rec – a funny and educational vid about Korean language.