The Outsiders continues to be the best. Ep 6 ramblings

Ohhhhh.

OHHHHHHHHH.

The Outsiders episode 6 is killing me. In a good way. How come this drama just gets better and better? There is hurt/comfort and amazing OTP stuff and imaginary pianos, and hints of future damnation for the best of motives and oh MY.



( Meta/pictures of ep 6 here )

The Outsiders continues to be the best. Ep 6 ramblings

Ohhhhh.

OHHHHHHHHH.

The Outsiders episode 6 is killing me. In a good way. How come this drama just gets better and better? There is hurt/comfort and amazing OTP stuff and imaginary pianos, and hints of future damnation for the best of motives and oh MY.



( Meta/pictures of ep 6 here )

The Outsiders continues to be the best. Ep 6 ramblings

Ohhhhh.

OHHHHHHHHH.

The Outsiders episode 6 is killing me. In a good way. How come this drama just gets better and better? There is hurt/comfort and amazing OTP stuff and imaginary pianos, and hints of future damnation for the best of motives and oh MY.



( Meta/pictures of ep 6 here )

The Outsiders: episode 7

Oh.

OH.

Yes, I know I start most of my posts about this with that, but I can't help it.



This is amazing. Pitch-perfect and so on it hurts. If it wasn't for Mars, this would be my favorite drama, and the way it shapes up, Mars just might come off the pedestal *gasp* (I know, I know).

kitsune714 once said that in some ways the story reminds her of 'Paradise Lost' (not Milton's work but the concept) and I am beginning to see what she means. carviangeli, I agree that this story is, in some ways, Mars-like (though Yu Yen is sheltered and happy at the start, the opposite of Qi Luo) but in a very important way, it's its polar opposite. Where love heals and helps Ling and Qi Luo and enables them to start living normally, to hope, in The Outsiders, love is going to be Ah Hao and Yu Yen's downfall.

( Longish meta and pics on ep 7 )

The Outsiders: episode 7

Oh.

OH.

Yes, I know I start most of my posts about this with that, but I can't help it.



This is amazing. Pitch-perfect and so on it hurts. If it wasn't for Mars, this would be my favorite drama, and the way it shapes up, Mars just might come off the pedestal *gasp* (I know, I know).

kitsune714 once said that in some ways the story reminds her of 'Paradise Lost' (not Milton's work but the concept) and I am beginning to see what she means. carviangeli, I agree that this story is, in some ways, Mars-like (though Yu Yen is sheltered and happy at the start, the opposite of Qi Luo) but in a very important way, it's its polar opposite. Where love heals and helps Ling and Qi Luo and enables them to start living normally, to hope, in The Outsiders, love is going to be Ah Hao and Yu Yen's downfall.

( Longish meta and pics on ep 7 )

The Outsiders: episode 7

Oh.

OH.

Yes, I know I start most of my posts about this with that, but I can't help it.



This is amazing. Pitch-perfect and so on it hurts. If it wasn't for Mars, this would be my favorite drama, and the way it shapes up, Mars just might come off the pedestal *gasp* (I know, I know).

kitsune714 once said that in some ways the story reminds her of 'Paradise Lost' (not Milton's work but the concept) and I am beginning to see what she means. carviangeli, I agree that this story is, in some ways, Mars-like (though Yu Yen is sheltered and happy at the start, the opposite of Qi Luo) but in a very important way, it's its polar opposite. Where love heals and helps Ling and Qi Luo and enables them to start living normally, to hope, in The Outsiders, love is going to be Ah Hao and Yu Yen's downfall.

( Longish meta and pics on ep 7 )

Reading Mania...

I am continuing with Skip-Beat and am currently in the middle of volume 7. I really like it, though no rabid love. I adore Kyoko to bits. Am a bit more on the fence about Ren. I like him but don’t love him yet. He is a bit too in control of himself and too much of a workaholic. I need some vulnerability, there. But we’ll see. Kyoko is a super-darling though.

I have also discovered a super-fun new manhwa (new to me, at any event): Chocolat. Six of eight volumes are currently out. The story follows Kum-Ji, who is a fangirl. Heee. See, it got me from that moment on.



KJ is a rabid fangirl for a really popular boy band, DDL (just imagine some fangirls on soompi and you are set ;)) Unfortunately, she cannot join the fanclub as she only discovered them recently and membership is closed. No prime tickets for her, or special gigs. What’s a dedicated fan to do? KJ decides to join a fanclub of a much smaller, very new band which performs at a lot of the same venues as her favorites. So small is the club that KJ actually gets to be an officer. Problem? Her first managerial act is to get into a fight with the band singer, who pulls the celebrity thing and tells her to take the next elevator. She, having no idea who he is, lays into him. The guy is understandably bemused how his club officer has no idea who he is and curious about the weirdo. And even though KJ is saved from immediate expulsion, she is now very very stuck.

So, will KJ ever get a chance to see her beloved DDL up close? How will various entanglements of hers with band members progress? Is there love? Maybe. Is there wackiness? Definitely. It would make an awesome drama.

I have also started Salman Rushdie’s The Ground Beneath Her Feet, a very loose interpretation of Orpheus and Euridyche. It’s the first of his books I’ve read and wow. It’s beautiful and amazing and I think I might have found another author I like as much as Jorge Amado.

ETA: OMG. So cute:



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Reading Mania...

I am continuing with Skip-Beat and am currently in the middle of volume 7. I really like it, though no rabid love. I adore Kyoko to bits. Am a bit more on the fence about Ren. I like him but don’t love him yet. He is a bit too in control of himself and too much of a workaholic. I need some vulnerability, there. But we’ll see. Kyoko is a super-darling though.

I have also discovered a super-fun new manhwa (new to me, at any event): Chocolat. Six of eight volumes are currently out. The story follows Kum-Ji, who is a fangirl. Heee. See, it got me from that moment on.



KJ is a rabid fangirl for a really popular boy band, DDL (just imagine some fangirls on soompi and you are set ;)) Unfortunately, she cannot join the fanclub as she only discovered them recently and membership is closed. No prime tickets for her, or special gigs. What’s a dedicated fan to do? KJ decides to join a fanclub of a much smaller, very new band which performs at a lot of the same venues as her favorites. So small is the club that KJ actually gets to be an officer. Problem? Her first managerial act is to get into a fight with the band singer, who pulls the celebrity thing and tells her to take the next elevator. She, having no idea who he is, lays into him. The guy is understandably bemused how his club officer has no idea who he is and curious about the weirdo. And even though KJ is saved from immediate expulsion, she is now very very stuck.

So, will KJ ever get a chance to see her beloved DDL up close? How will various entanglements of hers with band members progress? Is there love? Maybe. Is there wackiness? Definitely. It would make an awesome drama.

I have also started Salman Rushdie’s The Ground Beneath Her Feet, a very loose interpretation of Orpheus and Euridyche. It’s the first of his books I’ve read and wow. It’s beautiful and amazing and I think I might have found another author I like as much as Jorge Amado.

ETA: OMG. So cute:



( Much larger version )

Reading Mania...

I am continuing with Skip-Beat and am currently in the middle of volume 7. I really like it, though no rabid love. I adore Kyoko to bits. Am a bit more on the fence about Ren. I like him but don’t love him yet. He is a bit too in control of himself and too much of a workaholic. I need some vulnerability, there. But we’ll see. Kyoko is a super-darling though.

I have also discovered a super-fun new manhwa (new to me, at any event): Chocolat. Six of eight volumes are currently out. The story follows Kum-Ji, who is a fangirl. Heee. See, it got me from that moment on.



KJ is a rabid fangirl for a really popular boy band, DDL (just imagine some fangirls on soompi and you are set ;)) Unfortunately, she cannot join the fanclub as she only discovered them recently and membership is closed. No prime tickets for her, or special gigs. What’s a dedicated fan to do? KJ decides to join a fanclub of a much smaller, very new band which performs at a lot of the same venues as her favorites. So small is the club that KJ actually gets to be an officer. Problem? Her first managerial act is to get into a fight with the band singer, who pulls the celebrity thing and tells her to take the next elevator. She, having no idea who he is, lays into him. The guy is understandably bemused how his club officer has no idea who he is and curious about the weirdo. And even though KJ is saved from immediate expulsion, she is now very very stuck.

So, will KJ ever get a chance to see her beloved DDL up close? How will various entanglements of hers with band members progress? Is there love? Maybe. Is there wackiness? Definitely. It would make an awesome drama.

I have also started Salman Rushdie’s The Ground Beneath Her Feet, a very loose interpretation of Orpheus and Euridyche. It’s the first of his books I’ve read and wow. It’s beautiful and amazing and I think I might have found another author I like as much as Jorge Amado.

ETA: OMG. So cute:



( Much larger version )

Oh No.

Episode 8 of The Outsiders is the point of no return and it's breaking me.

God.

OTOH, Dylan Kuo is so bloody gorgeous I literally space out staring at him.

ETA: And then there are things like this:



ETA2: OMG. Ep 9 is almost making me switch ships. Danzi is the most awesome thing imaginable. Since Yu Yen doesn't want him, he is available, too. OMG. Seriously.

ETA3: Yu Yen, I know you love him and he is gorgeous and mad about you but seriously. He is Mob. That is totally bad. It's a dead end. Just come home. Please.

Oh No.

Episode 8 of The Outsiders is the point of no return and it's breaking me.

God.

OTOH, Dylan Kuo is so bloody gorgeous I literally space out staring at him.

ETA: And then there are things like this:



ETA2: OMG. Ep 9 is almost making me switch ships. Danzi is the most awesome thing imaginable. Since Yu Yen doesn't want him, he is available, too. OMG. Seriously.

ETA3: Yu Yen, I know you love him and he is gorgeous and mad about you but seriously. He is Mob. That is totally bad. It's a dead end. Just come home. Please.

Oh No.

Episode 8 of The Outsiders is the point of no return and it's breaking me.

God.

OTOH, Dylan Kuo is so bloody gorgeous I literally space out staring at him.

ETA: And then there are things like this:



ETA2: OMG. Ep 9 is almost making me switch ships. Danzi is the most awesome thing imaginable. Since Yu Yen doesn't want him, he is available, too. OMG. Seriously.

ETA3: Yu Yen, I know you love him and he is gorgeous and mad about you but seriously. He is Mob. That is totally bad. It's a dead end. Just come home. Please.

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OMG.

I just read spoilers for The Outsiders.

EEEEEEEEK.

No.

Curses.

It makes perfect sense, though.

( spoilery question )

(no subject)

OMG.

I just read spoilers for The Outsiders.

EEEEEEEEK.

No.

Curses.

It makes perfect sense, though.

( spoilery question )

(no subject)

OMG.

I just read spoilers for The Outsiders.

EEEEEEEEK.

No.

Curses.

It makes perfect sense, though.

( spoilery question )