So when Heartstopper dropped on Netflix last week, I didn't think I was going to watch it. But I did. And it's been playing on loop in my house ever since. I can't think about anything else. I haven't experienced an obsession quite like this in... years? So naturally, I've been thinking hard about what …
Month: April 2022
Second Male Lead Archetypes in K-dramas
I've talked before about the Subversive Love Triangle (in which a boy-boy-girl love triangle gets messy because both of the suitors are interesting in their own right) and how it has become more and more pervasive recently. This is a new trend - you'll find that in a lot of classic romcoms, the second male …
F4 Thailand (Review)
I've written about my relationship with Boys Over Flowers half a dozen times now. Essentially my stance on the story boils down to this: In the wrong hands, this story is gratuitously violent, tasteless, and centred around a toxic relationship that no one should support. In the right hands, however, it's lightning in a bottle …