A viikii question

I am just curious how many of you still watch kdramas on viikii? The reason I am curious is because I realized that since their licensing spree, I completely stopped watching kdramas there. I still watch twdramas or mainland ones but I never bother with kdramas there. For older dramas, I can get them elsewhere, and for current ones (which is the one thing I was using viikii for) the licensings restrictions made viikii useless. Half of them are 'license pending' so you can't watch them but, more importantly, there is little point starting even seemingly open ones because you never know if they will go into restriction in the middle and leave you frustrated. What's the point? And the restriction periods are either indefinite or months-long - I can get faster subs elsewhere and they won't be streaming either.

I went to my patterns pre-viikii actually - waiting for proper sub-groups and usually only starting an airing drama when there is a large amount of eps already out.

But what's your experience?

I don't like coming empty-handed, so have a couple of new Athena pics:





So very Bondish.

I know I owe replies - I promise to get back.

A viikii question

I am just curious how many of you still watch kdramas on viikii? The reason I am curious is because I realized that since their licensing spree, I completely stopped watching kdramas there. I still watch twdramas or mainland ones but I never bother with kdramas there. For older dramas, I can get them elsewhere, and for current ones (which is the one thing I was using viikii for) the licensings restrictions made viikii useless. Half of them are 'license pending' so you can't watch them but, more importantly, there is little point starting even seemingly open ones because you never know if they will go into restriction in the middle and leave you frustrated. What's the point? And the restriction periods are either indefinite or months-long - I can get faster subs elsewhere and they won't be streaming either.

I went to my patterns pre-viikii actually - waiting for proper sub-groups and usually only starting an airing drama when there is a large amount of eps already out.

But what's your experience?

I don't like coming empty-handed, so have a couple of new Athena pics:





So very Bondish.

I know I owe replies - I promise to get back.

A viikii question

I am just curious how many of you still watch kdramas on viikii? The reason I am curious is because I realized that since their licensing spree, I completely stopped watching kdramas there. I still watch twdramas or mainland ones but I never bother with kdramas there. For older dramas, I can get them elsewhere, and for current ones (which is the one thing I was using viikii for) the licensings restrictions made viikii useless. Half of them are 'license pending' so you can't watch them but, more importantly, there is little point starting even seemingly open ones because you never know if they will go into restriction in the middle and leave you frustrated. What's the point? And the restriction periods are either indefinite or months-long - I can get faster subs elsewhere and they won't be streaming either.

I went to my patterns pre-viikii actually - waiting for proper sub-groups and usually only starting an airing drama when there is a large amount of eps already out.

But what's your experience?

I don't like coming empty-handed, so have a couple of new Athena pics:





So very Bondish.

I know I owe replies - I promise to get back.

If you didn't intend me to ship them, then don't give them scenes like this

This was sheer perfection.












It's gotten to the point where I am actively irritated it's Gun Wook and not Tae Sung who is the main character. Not really because of shipping (though they have many more shippy scenes than the ostensibly main couple of Gun Wook/Jae In and the chemistry between Kim Jae Wook and Han Ga In is ridiculous, compared to lack of such between Kim Nam Gil and Han Ga In) but because there is a much bigger problem - a problem with the entire drama in fact - it's that the character of Gun Wook, the protagonist, is the least interesting of the bunch. We are supposed to root for Gun Wook to get what he wants - whether it's the girl or his vengeance but I cannot. I don't find him likeable but, more importantly, I don't find him interesting or relatable at all. A big reason for it is that he is so static - he has not changed or grown one bit (nor has there ben some revelation to put his character in a new light). Jae In of ep 11 is not Jae In of ep 1, the same is true for Taera, Tae Sung, Mone, etc. But Gun Wook - he remains exactly the same. And that is BORING. When you add in the fact that right there, next to him on screen, is Tae Sung - who is dynamic and unpredictable and sympathetic, Gun Wook just becomes even more boring by comparison. I find Gun Wook the weak link of the story and it's a problem - he is the protagonist!

Anyway, I am not watching more BG until I know how it ends but I couldn't help myself and watched a bit of ep 11 :)

If you didn't intend me to ship them, then don't give them scenes like this

This was sheer perfection.












It's gotten to the point where I am actively irritated it's Gun Wook and not Tae Sung who is the main character. Not really because of shipping (though they have many more shippy scenes than the ostensibly main couple of Gun Wook/Jae In and the chemistry between Kim Jae Wook and Han Ga In is ridiculous, compared to lack of such between Kim Nam Gil and Han Ga In) but because there is a much bigger problem - a problem with the entire drama in fact - it's that the character of Gun Wook, the protagonist, is the least interesting of the bunch. We are supposed to root for Gun Wook to get what he wants - whether it's the girl or his vengeance but I cannot. I don't find him likeable but, more importantly, I don't find him interesting or relatable at all. A big reason for it is that he is so static - he has not changed or grown one bit (nor has there ben some revelation to put his character in a new light). Jae In of ep 11 is not Jae In of ep 1, the same is true for Taera, Tae Sung, Mone, etc. But Gun Wook - he remains exactly the same. And that is BORING. When you add in the fact that right there, next to him on screen, is Tae Sung - who is dynamic and unpredictable and sympathetic, Gun Wook just becomes even more boring by comparison. I find Gun Wook the weak link of the story and it's a problem - he is the protagonist!

Anyway, I am not watching more BG until I know how it ends but I couldn't help myself and watched a bit of ep 11 :)

If you didn't intend me to ship them, then don't give them scenes like this

This was sheer perfection.












It's gotten to the point where I am actively irritated it's Gun Wook and not Tae Sung who is the main character. Not really because of shipping (though they have many more shippy scenes than the ostensibly main couple of Gun Wook/Jae In and the chemistry between Kim Jae Wook and Han Ga In is ridiculous, compared to lack of such between Kim Nam Gil and Han Ga In) but because there is a much bigger problem - a problem with the entire drama in fact - it's that the character of Gun Wook, the protagonist, is the least interesting of the bunch. We are supposed to root for Gun Wook to get what he wants - whether it's the girl or his vengeance but I cannot. I don't find him likeable but, more importantly, I don't find him interesting or relatable at all. A big reason for it is that he is so static - he has not changed or grown one bit (nor has there ben some revelation to put his character in a new light). Jae In of ep 11 is not Jae In of ep 1, the same is true for Taera, Tae Sung, Mone, etc. But Gun Wook - he remains exactly the same. And that is BORING. When you add in the fact that right there, next to him on screen, is Tae Sung - who is dynamic and unpredictable and sympathetic, Gun Wook just becomes even more boring by comparison. I find Gun Wook the weak link of the story and it's a problem - he is the protagonist!

Anyway, I am not watching more BG until I know how it ends but I couldn't help myself and watched a bit of ep 11 :)

I Really Really Like You - indeed

I just started the utterly adorable I Really Really Like You, a 34-ep kdrama about a spunky hillbilly (Eugene) who becomes a cook at the Blue House (i.e. the President's residence) who ends up in a love triangle with President's unhappily married son (Ryu Jin) and the presidential bodyguard (Lee Min Ki).

So far, one ep in, it's really really cute! Btw, the bodyguard is her OTP.

I Really Really Like You - indeed

I just started the utterly adorable I Really Really Like You, a 34-ep kdrama about a spunky hillbilly (Eugene) who becomes a cook at the Blue House (i.e. the President's residence) who ends up in a love triangle with President's unhappily married son (Ryu Jin) and the presidential bodyguard (Lee Min Ki).

So far, one ep in, it's really really cute! Btw, the bodyguard is her OTP.

I Really Really Like You - indeed

I just started the utterly adorable I Really Really Like You, a 34-ep kdrama about a spunky hillbilly (Eugene) who becomes a cook at the Blue House (i.e. the President's residence) who ends up in a love triangle with President's unhappily married son (Ryu Jin) and the presidential bodyguard (Lee Min Ki).

So far, one ep in, it's really really cute! Btw, the bodyguard is her OTP.