K dramas and Dramione

I haven't posted in a while, and i figure i ought to have at least some form of regularity in posting. I got a break off of school (about two weeks).

So since then i have been bumming around to:

"IRIS"

Torrents: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php?search=iris&type=⊂=View+all&sort=

(download the ones that have "KOR" in the title there are more seeds for it as of Jan'2010)

Fan subbed at : http://withs2.com/view/iris

(they do real good soft subs at withs2 so if you want to keep em coming visit their sponsors or donate)

with a side of "Princess Hours"

I got a Tagalog dubbed DVD. Its kinda bootleg so the quality was very low, but i could keep it running while playing FB games so the poor video quality and excessive (dubbed) breathing didn't bother me too much. I stopped in the middle though. I guess i could only take so much. I'm trying to get a download of Goong (the original Korean name of the series) but i haven met any luck finding any that are decently seeded.

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and reading Dramione (Draco/Hermione) fan fic.

I just finished a particularly well written "Hermione is a pure blood betrothed to Draco" fic.

"My Brother Blaise by Charolette Black"

you can read it here

http://grangerenchanted.com/enchant/viewstory.php?sid=763

You have to make an account with Granger enchanted to view it but its free (you only need a valid email add and two min to pick a name and password.) There are alot of Hermione/other character pairings and stories there that range from G-NC17. So until Contra Veritas and Coloured Grey come up again i think il be hanging around there for a while.

For other Dramione

there is also

"Fanfiction.net" - of course, is a large database that has much of whatever you want. G-R

Fanfiction.net

"Accio D/hr" - a dramione fan fic and fan art indexing site

http://dhr.accio.nu/

"its always the quiet ones" - a fan fic story base centered on Blaise Hermione and Draco and the (relation)ships between them (last i recall its R-NC17).

http://quietones.org/

"The Restricted Section" - has some romance and NC17 stuff too.

http://www.restrictedsection.org/

There are others Of course but in my recent search for some good 'ol draco-love thats what i have run into. I can wait for CG and CV to come back up though. But for now others will do.

*i put the URLs up so you can cut paste them, i sometimes have trouble with hyper links so just in case.

Enjoy,

Hallyu

I started this blog wanting to observe different cultures, or share my musings. One of the recent things i find interesting is the Korean wave. It probably could have been any culture, but at that moment and at that time i took a step to look into another world. Dont we all have those moments though? Escape artist tendencies and a desire to live life outside of a mundane reality. A desire for getting outside yourself, your own four walls and yet in the end we are still seeing ourselves reflected in the universal humanity that is cognized.

I know it might be masa (a derogatory Tagalog term referring tomedia appealing to the masses - it can be used in other ways mind you so don't cite me on that one) to quite a few. And by quite i mean alot of people. And i get it...

In fandom there is a tendency to want to be the idol, or someone who you aren't -and that path can be very unhealthy. It must be said though that enjoying a culture and admiring beauty is a different story from fixated obsessive fanaticism. There is a myriad of "crazy"fan types, but one extreme has put much criticism on those who are in other parts of the spectrum. Not that there is anything wrong with being a highly organized fan base (re: DBSK, Shinhwa concerts) but there are other levels of being a fan.

I dont take it THAT seriously, but i can get obsessive about having a favorite. Not all fans are on the extreme side of the line. Despite whatever judgments or hecklers may say it doesnt change that fact that for me its fun, i enjoy it. It cheers me up, makes me happy, and it adds a little special to my day. Life can be drab so its not so bad to add some of that brightly colored Asian fashion to it.

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post script: though i added a bit to it the original of this is here: http://thecultureobserver.blogspot.com/2009/12/hallyu.html and I wrote it. So I cant really plagiarize myself.

I know no one really reads these yet but just in case it ever comes up..