jane

i write, i watch things, i sometimes write about what i watch. she/her. | pfp: holly warburton

[Anton Hur @AntonHur]

"Analysts attribute this sustained success to the international growth of Korean literature, coupled with organized support from both government and private sectors for translation."

IT'S THE TRANSLATORS, YA BRAINDEADS!!!!!!!
THE TRANSLATORS!!!!!!!!

https://t.co/Zgop4vFxVQ

[jane @beingjanee_]

My IRL self is being outed but for the best cause! I had the privilege of writing for the 1st issue of MENT, a new and tremendously exciting mag feat critical/creative work on Kpop/Kdrama
Thank you @yinyuanx for being the best editor I could have asked for — please check it out!

[MENT Magazine @ment_magazine]

Yegene Lee (@yegenelee @beingjanee_ ) explores how K-dramas like My Name is Kim Sam-soon and Another Oh Hae-young embrace and challenge traditional Korean femininity, highlighting the role of female empowerment amid rising anti feminism in South Korea.
#mentmagazine #kdramas

[jane @beingjanee_]

i know i yeeted out of existence because of Real Life but i just wanna come back to say that yes i too am in love with korean sharpshooter kim yeji
i promise to be back soon with my really thrilling takes on things that matter

[jane @beingjanee_]

watching sejak (captivating the king) is reminding me that these cross-dressing dramas would mostly have the exact same plot (nay, be better) if the cross-dresser in question was not a woman and was a little gay man all along

[jane @beingjanee_]

Is it because if you didn’t look closely they could pass as really butch lesbians??

[jane @beingjanee_]

Like namgoong min? Jung kyung ho? Joo ji hoon? Cillian Murphy? Waif like Victorian men with stealth builds and a surprisingly deep voice? I know I’m embarrassed too

[jane @beingjanee_]

Also I really dig a show that keeps its characters dressed in the same outfit for multiple scenes across multiple days, esp in sageuk — a commitment to historical accuracy over aesthetic!

[jane @beingjanee_]

Also declaring love directly to your love interest is overrated — angrily telling your love rival that while you were greedy and wanted her whole heart, now you’d settle for half or even a quarter, all after threatening to break his white reedy neck — so fun!!!!

[jane @beingjanee_]

I get why this show was at the top of everyone’s 2023 lists — I have some bones to pick about length and plot padding and timelines and plot armor and how this show thinks about nationalism/ethnocentrism but also we’re here to have fun!

[jane @beingjanee_]

Ahn Eun Jin is a shining shining star who manages to release the perfect tear drops in all her scenes (her expression when she’s about to be sold and she thinks she imagined Jang Hyun and she smiles but then her brow creases in absolute grief and weariness HEART BROKE)

[jane @beingjanee_]

Speaking of Mr Min he always has so much fun and I love that his weirdly inexpressive face gets called out multiple times, I also wonder if he times the pauses he makes between words in his lines — I think the drama would cut at least 2 episodes if he spoke at a normal pace

[jane @beingjanee_]

Ep 10 is just an hour long love declaration by Namgoong min — when he says “Husband? Absolutely not. I will be your servant” I felt the need to leave the room

[jane @beingjanee_]

I’m in the Midwest and spent the past week at home cause apparently Midwest = arctic but long story short I ended up watching all of #MyDearest in 2 days and made the stunning revelation that I like men with thin faces

[jane @beingjanee_]

Also while watching this show I kept thinking about how ppl lost their minds over the love declarations in Bridgerton (I burn for you?) and could you imagine the reaction if that same group watched this show

[jane @beingjanee_]

I can’t believe it’s been over TEN YEARS since I watched The Princess’s Man (also in 2 days) while procrastinating from studying and this is the only other sageuk romance I’ve seen that matches it in scale and sheer drama

[jane @beingjanee_]

Like namgoong min? Jung kyung ho? Joo ji hoon? Cillian Murphy? Waif like Victorian men with stealth builds and a surprisingly deep voice? I know I’m embarrassed too

[jane @beingjanee_]

@haraxvati omg honored !!! also we can only dream 😭

[jane @beingjanee_]

i disappeared these past few months bc of IRL things (nothing bad! but busy!) but i want to wish yall merry christmas + happy holiday. it's been a terrible year for so many; too many are mourning instead of celebrating. but here's to continuing on, in memory & hope for liberation