sm_monthly July 30 theme

This really doesn't make much sense without a passing familiarity of K-drama cliches and the Korean Wave in Japan. Fortunately, you can see a summary of every K-drama ever by watching this clip.

My classmates in East Asian pop culture used to make fun of me for taking huge amounts of notes on everything the teacher said (actually half of it was fic in the margins, but what do they know and they were singing a different tune when we got grades back), particularly taking notes of our teacher's ten minute long digressions into the specific plot details of particular TV drama plots. It wasn't difficult note taking. I simply had a short-hand symbol for every major plot event that I used from show to show in whichever order, attached to a set of initials for which of the four major characters it was (ex. amnesia, being hit by a car--with a particular one for "amnesia because of being hit by a car", suicide attempt, etc.). Could get a whole show in two lines without writing small.

Rewatching PGSM this month, I'm really tempted to write academic-esque meta comparing and contrasting it with other K- and J-TV dramas and "trendy dramas" and such and male-oriented live action shows.

Title: Fuyu no Sonata
Author: purplekitte
Medium: Fanfic
Theme: PGSM--Popcorn
Genre: Romance
Version: PGSM
Rating: PG
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sm_monthly July 13 theme

Random opera geekery ahead. But anyway, serious, the music for Zoisite and the youma in episode 10 is so nice.

Title: Königin der Nacht
Author: purplekitte
Medium: Fanfic
Theme: PGSM--Speechless
Genre: General
Version: PGSM
Rating: PG
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sm_monthly July 2 theme

And that completes my last minute posting for the month. Six stories out of thirty-one... sucks, pretty much. Oh well. Class only just started last week and I've been writing a lot since then.

Title: Who Was She Then?
Author: purplekitte
Medium: Fanfic
Theme: PGSM--Idol
Genre: General
Version: mostly PGSM, slightly anime (I can't resist Oniwabandana)
Rating: PG
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