Suho's album was indeed really good. Way better than his first one. Liked every song a lot, except I think Moment was a bit boring lol but yeah. My new philosophy wrt EXO is to stan the solos of all non-traitor members. That's the only way I can avoid the traitors without completely trashing EXO. Though, if they release another album and Chen is in it, I'll probably listen. He's honestly the only member i LEGIT care about anymore.
In other news, I finished King In Love finally. I won't really go back on my dislike of the CP bc i thought he was honestly a selfish asshole and just bc he did some ok things at the end doesn't really change that. At least Rin and San got to be together, i think that's all i cared about lol. Speaking of that kind of investment, I had this weird realization the other night when I was watching Sword Snow Stride that part of why I really like it, other than it's unusually funny for a wuxia/xianxia, is that I /don't/ have any investment in any certain character, narrative, or couple. So it's like oddly UN stressful to watch.
Now, you'd probably generally equate investment with engrossing, but it doesn't seem like that's the case bc i've been totally engrossed in watching SSS, i'm just not invested in any specific aspect of the show. It makes sense in my head lol. I mean, just compare it to King In Love that I just finished. I was VERY invested in 1. Rin and San being together as a couple and 2. Rin and San not dying. Both of those things were very in doubt at different times, which = more stressful to watch.
My question is kinda whether investment is just a personal thing that depends on the person and the show, or if there is some kind of secret manipulation these shows engage in to create that level of stressful investment lol. Not sure, but i really like SSS for not having that. To a certain extent, ToTC had that too bc i felt sure that Su Mo would complete his mission and more or less live. I wasn't invested in him and the girl though or even the kingdom coming back.
ANYWAY lol. I also finished Lotus Palace, the first full length i read from Jeannie LIn. The ending was kinda funny, but it worked. Now that i know the plot of the second book, i like how she kinda set it up with a few hints in this one. The feeling of reading a romance Cdrama with the addition of sexytimes, i like it. Speaking of that, rating her sex scenes, she mostly does a good job i'd say. Sex scenes in romance novels are so controversial bc sometimes they're incredibly absurd in tihe language used is massively cringe. But other than the unforgivable use of the term "organ" she did a good job. Tbh, it's more offensive when authors use ridiculous language for the girl's parts lol and she didn't do that.
That's about it. I feel like I'm really juggling my dramas lately lol. AND I want to start Tomorrow, which is ongoing so i will be prevented from binging but i have to start it soon bc they release 2 eps per week but it goes into May 20th or smth.
In other news, I finished King In Love finally. I won't really go back on my dislike of the CP bc i thought he was honestly a selfish asshole and just bc he did some ok things at the end doesn't really change that. At least Rin and San got to be together, i think that's all i cared about lol. Speaking of that kind of investment, I had this weird realization the other night when I was watching Sword Snow Stride that part of why I really like it, other than it's unusually funny for a wuxia/xianxia, is that I /don't/ have any investment in any certain character, narrative, or couple. So it's like oddly UN stressful to watch.
Now, you'd probably generally equate investment with engrossing, but it doesn't seem like that's the case bc i've been totally engrossed in watching SSS, i'm just not invested in any specific aspect of the show. It makes sense in my head lol. I mean, just compare it to King In Love that I just finished. I was VERY invested in 1. Rin and San being together as a couple and 2. Rin and San not dying. Both of those things were very in doubt at different times, which = more stressful to watch.
My question is kinda whether investment is just a personal thing that depends on the person and the show, or if there is some kind of secret manipulation these shows engage in to create that level of stressful investment lol. Not sure, but i really like SSS for not having that. To a certain extent, ToTC had that too bc i felt sure that Su Mo would complete his mission and more or less live. I wasn't invested in him and the girl though or even the kingdom coming back.
ANYWAY lol. I also finished Lotus Palace, the first full length i read from Jeannie LIn. The ending was kinda funny, but it worked. Now that i know the plot of the second book, i like how she kinda set it up with a few hints in this one. The feeling of reading a romance Cdrama with the addition of sexytimes, i like it. Speaking of that, rating her sex scenes, she mostly does a good job i'd say. Sex scenes in romance novels are so controversial bc sometimes they're incredibly absurd in tihe language used is massively cringe. But other than the unforgivable use of the term "organ" she did a good job. Tbh, it's more offensive when authors use ridiculous language for the girl's parts lol and she didn't do that.
That's about it. I feel like I'm really juggling my dramas lately lol. AND I want to start Tomorrow, which is ongoing so i will be prevented from binging but i have to start it soon bc they release 2 eps per week but it goes into May 20th or smth.