The Problematic of the Unproblematic

Enter the DragonMom! Nothing like bringing in more crap thirty minutes from the end of the show. becca: *sneaks in for final squeecap* Warning: It's been months since I've watched this drama, and I think I've forgotten most of it. All you need to remember is than Kang Swoon has a lot going on in his pants. Blessed be the pants. All glory and honor to the pants. Calls those pants Ms. Jackson, if you're nasty. She was not what I expected.

Shuk:  Yay! We get Cute Cuddly times. Boo! We get Stupid Annoying Underfoot Relatives too. Did we have to do this? Chincha? JoAnne:  Yes, we did.  It's a RULE, Shuk. Jaehyus: Actually, it's a rule in real life too.  Very few people exist on their own. Note: Our dear Quirkstine is swamped by RL, and unfortunately will miss the final #NobleMyAss recaps.

Shuk: So close to the end!! We have hopefully seen the last of Dr Biatch 1, who got some second degree burns with that last encounter with our hot CEO. And B2 is never far from B1. And Jailbait has been gone since the rooftop kiss. All that's left is Dancer Boy, and the way is clear for our couple to have some alone time! Together! Alone! In that big house! Did I mention alone? JoAnne: Alone in that house. With bedrooms. But mostly alone in any room, together. Jaeyhus: B1 is playing a psycho serial killer over in Mrs Cop 2 . She's finally found a hobby.

Shuk: Hi there! We are still plugging along with this one, much like the plot is still meandering its way to where we REALLY want it to be: lots of one-on-one time for our couple. Which can't happen until all the pesky outside influences (with maybe the exception of our Exceptional PA Kang-- practicing doing the wave all by myself for this man. Go, Kang, Go! ) finally disappear, locked outside the doors of their place. If we can only get her moved in! Jaehyus: But where she's willing to move in, not be forced to move in. JoAnne:  Tomato, tomahto. Just get her in close proximity (and PJs) to Kang Hoon. Quirkstine: Are we there (cohabitation) yet? *impatiently stomps one foot*

Shuk: Halfway through the show! Are we halfway through the romance? I'd prefer to already have the cohabiting out of the way, thank you very much. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? JoAnne:  But the cohabiting is the BEST PART. I get a dreamy look on my face when I think about it... Quirkstine: I do enjoy the rated SPG “accidents” that happen in kdramas.

Shuk: [dancing] "Signed Sealed Delivered, I'm Yours". Stevie Wonder is a genius! And I am soo ready for some up-close-and-personal interaction. Just in case, I bought a cooling stand for my laptop. Trotwood: I actually turned the fan on before watching this episode. Jaehyus: I wasn't that into these two eps, actually.  But anyway, on y va! JoAnne: I'm fairly distracted lately, so...I have no idea what's coming. So yes, on y va! Quirkstine: I had to google that but ditto.

Shuk:  The beginning of the episode is a short review of the previous one. But what the heck.There can't be too much Professor Plum(Gorgeous) nonchalantly keeping tabs on his woman, neh? Trotwood: Why do I find the tracing of the glass here erotic? JoAnne:  Do you really want me to answer that question, Trot?  Jaehyus: I found it so. Quirkstine: The tracing is very suggestive, yes. It's a big gif. Bigger is better.

So there's an offer on the table. If you were Dr Cha, would you automatically agree? Trotwood: (*pulling up in my moving van*) Did you ask a question? Oh yeah, right. You were asking if I were Dr. Cha, not me. Okay (driving the truck away) maybe not. Jaehyus: no, I wouldn't agree, because the whole thing is psycho. Quirkstine: I wouldn’t agree either. Sung Hoon is a major hottie but his methods are batshit crazy. JoAnne:  WHY do you insist on introducing reality?  We all know that such beautiful men do not exist in real life, ergo, this behavior cannot, either.  Gooooooooo with it.  Gooooooo with it. Urgh, now I'm sad such beautiful men don't exist in reality.

Shuk: In the first 30 minutes, we have established our tropes our leads. Now we can get down to the business of having them tangled in each other's lives.   Trotwood: Dear Santa, please let me have a secretary that pops up like this whenever I need him/her.

Shuk: [cracking knuckles] Okay, it's been a long time since I've SqueeCapped anything, although I still sometimes wake up sobbing when I think about the time I spent on Blood . But recently my Twitterbean chingus have been all a-flutter regarding this short webdrama. I managed to marathon it over several days and found myself smiling through most of that weekend, despite the (usual) dismal DramaFlu subtitles. Given that each episode is only 15 minutes long, I thought  that the easiest way to recap would be in multi-episode increments, to allow maximum squee-age. Quirkstine: Hello! I’m usually only lurking on PotUp but for this squeecap project, I’ll be squeeing and snarking along with the PotUp crew. Thanks for letting me join in the fun! Episode One "A Doomed Fate, Fated Doom" Our Voiceover Guy explains the beginnings of our intrepid hero, Lee Kang Hoon ( Sung Hoon ), in glowing terms reminiscent of the Emperor's New Groove: cute, smart baby, growing u...

Next up in the epic battle between Faith and Arang : the villains. This post wasn't easy to write. First of all, both dramas are veritable villain fests and some of the baddies are complicated characters (well, in one of the two shows at least ... ). Second, and related, it's not very easy to compare them. Actually, it's nigh impossible... Why the heck did I ever start comparing the two shows anyway?? ---*sigh*--- Be aware, there's [*spoilers*] ahead! Faith: 신의 Faith's villains are pretty 'standard'. Their main and almost sole dramatic purpose is to put obstacles in the path of our heroes on their way to overall happiness. Basically, you could exchange them for any other standard villain character and the story would develop essentially along the same lines: They are important to bring conflict to the story but they are, in essence, unimportant (unlike, i.e., Lord Voldemort, Sir Hugo Drax or the tribal band of murderous children in Children of the Cor...