it’s not easy watching a kdrama while it’s still airing because you’re really opening yourself up to potential pain and suffering and a whole lot of waiting in between but honestly there is so much joy in it too-
like you’ll start it off all sweet and innocent not knowing what you’re signing up for, oh this will be casual you tell yourself, then a couple of episodes in, you find yourself waiting for the next week, like really waiting and looking up content and interviews,
then there’s that moment when you know you’ve entered a point of no return, it’s too good, the chemistry between the actors, the cinematography, the writing, the music- something and you start getting that hyperfixation high. you’re just all emotion and drama at this point and you happily flail together with the internet ppl.
then comes crisis. the story isn’t going in a direction you want it to. someone dies or it looks like the two you love won’t end up together. you feel betrayed. it’s painful and the fandom is ready to riot, pitchforks in hand.
then the ending. sometimes it’s just bad and you regret ever watching the whole thing. sometimes it’s glorious and you deem it one of the best kdramas ever watched. but whatever comes you’ve experienced the excitement, the anticipation, the collective meltdown, all the lmaos and wtfs, that only comes when all of us are watching a show while it’s still airing and no one knows what’s going to happen. it’s the risk we take that makes the process so memorable.
so here’s to you, my fellow kdrama-ers. you make bad endings bearable and good endings even more brilliant.
*raises champagne glass*
i’m feeling very hollow and i’m trying to do things that make me feel more me but like. still feeling empty and unsatisfied
