This time last year I'd been puttering around the drama world for barely two months, watching any old thing I could get my hands on, and generally thrilling in this brave new world I'd suddenly found myself in. I maybe had a tally of 10 dramas when I started noticing bloggers across the board beginning their Year In Review series. That people could watch that many dramas in a year? Incredible. And be able to review them all? Superb. How would I ever manage to catch up on all the good dramas, let alone all the ones from this year? That's just impossible. Me one year later, and I'm having roughly the same thoughts...
I actually feel pretty good about that number 12 too. When you think of the benefits of watching dramas as they air, my main argument is that you get to be apart of the drama-community as it happens. Spazzing out with other fangirls and bloggers all over the net. It makes me feel like I'm in touch with the world around me. Ex: "I was totally apart of that trend! I watched it just like you!" Unfortunately, I kind of killed the mood when I tallied up another sad stat.
Basically, this means that I live in my own little drama world. I'm kind of sad about that. It's true though that my K-Drama world is lived either marginally to or vicariously with the rest of the online K-Drama community. Maybe that's why instead of writing up my Year In Review list for the 9 Korean dramas I actually completed this year, I'm kind of more amused at the number of dramas I didn't watch, for one reason or another.
Read more below for a partial list of (by other accounts) popular or at least notorious dramas of 2012 that I missed, why I may have missed them, and if they should be added to the great 'You missed this in 2012, so watch in 2013' list. I'll be taking suggestions too, so help out a girl in need!
Total Dramas Watched (or sampled): 65
Dramas Watched (or sampled) from 2012: 12
I actually feel pretty good about that number 12 too. When you think of the benefits of watching dramas as they air, my main argument is that you get to be apart of the drama-community as it happens. Spazzing out with other fangirls and bloggers all over the net. It makes me feel like I'm in touch with the world around me. Ex: "I was totally apart of that trend! I watched it just like you!" Unfortunately, I kind of killed the mood when I tallied up another sad stat.
Dramas Watched in 2012 AS THEY AIRED that Weren't Dropped: 6
Basically, this means that I live in my own little drama world. I'm kind of sad about that. It's true though that my K-Drama world is lived either marginally to or vicariously with the rest of the online K-Drama community. Maybe that's why instead of writing up my Year In Review list for the 9 Korean dramas I actually completed this year, I'm kind of more amused at the number of dramas I didn't watch, for one reason or another.
Read more below for a partial list of (by other accounts) popular or at least notorious dramas of 2012 that I missed, why I may have missed them, and if they should be added to the great 'You missed this in 2012, so watch in 2013' list. I'll be taking suggestions too, so help out a girl in need!