#personal taste

🇰🇷 🇯🇵 DRAMAS WATCHED IN 2026 APRIL Romantics Anonymous (Japan/South Korea, 2025), Boyfriend on demand (2026), The Beauty Inside (2018), When the phone rings (2024), Lovestruck in the city (2020), Itaewon Class (2020), Personale Taste (2010), No gain no love (2024), Lawless Lawyer (2018).

BONUS: Spice up your love, 2024. (No Gain No Love´s spin off, 2 episodes.)

The female lead pretending to be a boy and nobody but the male lead noticed no matter how glaringly obvious it was (and it always fucking was. like dude she's three heads shorter and sings soprano, what is wrong with you.)

Lead: Lee Min Ho (sorry not sorry I luv the man), or Park Shin Hye or Both. (I'll accept Lee Hong Ki, Jang Geun Suk, Yoon Shi Joon and Jung Yong Hwa, too. Even Gong Yoo.)*

a collection of idols playing normal people in an extremely cringey show about becoming an idol

Featuring a cover of 'A flying butterfly' for some reason

had 'Flower Boy' in the title

came in both a korean and a japanese adaptation

And don't get me wrong: Most of those shows? Defo not the best. The main emotion was 'cringe'. Not that we used that word back then, we just said awkward. (And no, this is not counting the Lee Min Ho ones . Yes I've seen all of them - even 'Personal Preference' - and no I'll not accept other opinions at this point in time or ever.)

But man I loved those damn shows. They were crazy but the kind of crazy that was good and tickled the cold dead part of my soul. Seriously convinced I wouldn't have survived my teens without those shows.

upcycled vintage charms & thrifted shells

No hate — this is just a personal list based on my taste and/or politics while reading :)

Honestly, life is too short. I already have so many fascinating books on my TBR, and since I’m not a professional reviewer, I don’t need to read everything just to stay “in the loop.” Time is limited, and I prefer to be picky. I follow some amazing reviewers on BookTok and YouTube who share my reading tastes, so I tend to trust their insights. Or just find underground books that really interest me.

This is simply my own “anti TBR list” to clarify what I likely won’t pick up.

⬇️ These authors have made problematic political statements, or their work includes harmful content that I’m not willing to overlook.

⬇️These are just not my style of stories, from what I know

⬇️These romance books are apparently quite toxic and just not up my alley.

⬇️ Not my style of series — or maybe I’m just already invested in other stories that interest me more.

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Often mischaracterizes the condition. Also used as a cop out. You get the visual impact of character A doing something horrible but then oh no it wasn't really A it was another personality. A is really not that person etc etc.

—>Desi Harry

Literally the best thing to ever come out of HP fanfictions, like yesss give that boy some culture!!! And when the fic goes into detail abt him exploring his origins and getting closer to the Patil sisters? Delicious. I read one years ago where he wears traditional clothing to the Yule Ball and it will forever be canon in my mind.

—>Married Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zabini

Their entire dynamic is taken out of thin air and I love it. Cunty Pansy and Flirty Blaise are my children, actually.

—>Grant Chapman

Not that common in drarry fics, I know, but fuck if that isn't my favorite OC to ever exist.

—>Any type of World Building, wizards traditions, magical laws, etc

J.K. did such a poor job with it that it was one of the reasons why I never cared much for the series and started sicking out fanfiction before even finishing the 3rd book.

—>Sapphic Ginny Weasley

Especially if she ends up with Luna. As another lesbian redhead, this holds a special place in my heart ok?

—>Distant Cousins Draco Malfoy and Luna Lovegood

Admittedly not that common, but it just makes sense to me.

—>Draco Speaking French