UncleRobin
@unclerobin.bsky.social
ये दुनिया है या आलम-ए-बदहवासी? ہم دیکھیں گے۔
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Victoria Concordia Crescit
manaakitanga
#Arsenal #linguistics #Aotearoa #Mysteries
https://robinwalter31.blogspot.com/
10 FAVOURITES: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qZL1zKgFuaZzEreX9
ne sais rien, non sono qui.
Victoria Concordia Crescit
manaakitanga
#Arsenal #linguistics #Aotearoa #Mysteries
https://robinwalter31.blogspot.com/
10 FAVOURITES: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qZL1zKgFuaZzEreX9
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UncleRobin
@unclerobin.bsky.social
· Jan 22
My Dramas, So Far
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I'm still VERY MUCH a Mastodon first social media kinda guy, but since I'm "here" a bit more often, and mostly for #KDrama #CDrama #JDrama stuff, here's my current list, having recently (Jan 2025) completed my 500th East Asian Drama.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I'm taking the fact that I watched the entire opening credits sequence(I normally FF) for #cDrama #SixSisters episode 1 and really enjoyed the song as a good omen. Fingers crossed CCTV keeps delivering for me, and looking forward to seeing Shen Yue in a role outside her usual idol Drama leads.
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I'm taking the fact that I watched the entire opening credits sequence(I normally FF) for #cDrama #SixSisters episode 1 and really enjoyed the song as a good omen. Fingers crossed CCTV keeps delivering for me, and looking forward to seeing Shen Yue in a role outside her usual idol Drama leads.
Mention of open endings in #cDrama reminded me of one outstanding example. #LaterILaughed missed the mark for me in some ways but the last 2-3 eps were outstanding and its very open ending was quite literally the best possible way to wrap it in a manner consistent with the theme of the story.
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Mention of open endings in #cDrama reminded me of one outstanding example. #LaterILaughed missed the mark for me in some ways but the last 2-3 eps were outstanding and its very open ending was quite literally the best possible way to wrap it in a manner consistent with the theme of the story.
1 reason I keep my own personal Drama database is being able to check very specific stats. The last #cDrama on my current PTW is a CCTV show. CCTV has the lowest drop rate for me of any Chinese network (the only one <50%) & the highest average score for completed Dramas: 9.4/10 So I'm sanguine
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
1 reason I keep my own personal Drama database is being able to check very specific stats. The last #cDrama on my current PTW is a CCTV show. CCTV has the lowest drop rate for me of any Chinese network (the only one <50%) & the highest average score for completed Dramas: 9.4/10 So I'm sanguine
From the "fool me once shame on you, ..." files - I had 2 #cDrama time travel stories on my PTW. Then I thought "hang on, #cDrama time travel always means AWFUL ending" - check MDL & bingo! EVERY critical review of both was about the ending. One had many "stop before the finale" reviews. So I did😀
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Wading through ep2 of #cDrama #OurGeneration still unsure if I'll stick it out as so far it's another cookie-cutter college cliché but this line from an MDL review DID make me smile. Complaining about its "such a low rating (7.9)"
"When you do a review, it's not about your taste of drama"🤔😆
"When you do a review, it's not about your taste of drama"🤔😆
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Wading through ep2 of #cDrama #OurGeneration still unsure if I'll stick it out as so far it's another cookie-cutter college cliché but this line from an MDL review DID make me smile. Complaining about its "such a low rating (7.9)"
"When you do a review, it's not about your taste of drama"🤔😆
"When you do a review, it's not about your taste of drama"🤔😆
Now THAT was something I didn't expect in #cDrama #OurGeneration - kids in a classroom singing to the tune of "frere Jacques" - thanks to Wikipedia for info on '2Tigers' Also got me thinking how even as a kid in far off #Aoteroa in the 70s, the French words were the ones I learned
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Now THAT was something I didn't expect in #cDrama #OurGeneration - kids in a classroom singing to the tune of "frere Jacques" - thanks to Wikipedia for info on '2Tigers' Also got me thinking how even as a kid in far off #Aoteroa in the 70s, the French words were the ones I learned
An utterly redundant word in this #OurGeneration subtitle - "boy genius" needless repetition, since no other type is permitted or indeed conceivable in #cDrama youth Dramas
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
An utterly redundant word in this #OurGeneration subtitle - "boy genius" needless repetition, since no other type is permitted or indeed conceivable in #cDrama youth Dramas
Starting #cDrama #OurGeneration and 2 minutes into ep 1 already a weary "here we go again" moment.
"My Dad says a real top student's moving in"
How I wish that, sight unseen, I didn't automatically know that top student would be a boy. "top student" and "girl" impossible/verboten in #cDrama STILL
"My Dad says a real top student's moving in"
How I wish that, sight unseen, I didn't automatically know that top student would be a boy. "top student" and "girl" impossible/verboten in #cDrama STILL
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Starting #cDrama #OurGeneration and 2 minutes into ep 1 already a weary "here we go again" moment.
"My Dad says a real top student's moving in"
How I wish that, sight unseen, I didn't automatically know that top student would be a boy. "top student" and "girl" impossible/verboten in #cDrama STILL
"My Dad says a real top student's moving in"
How I wish that, sight unseen, I didn't automatically know that top student would be a boy. "top student" and "girl" impossible/verboten in #cDrama STILL
Quoting because I never expected to see TWO of my faves shared together. #kDrama #AgeOfYouth STILL my favourite PEB role and #GirlsGeneration1979 a 10+ for me thanks to its AWESOME soundtrack (almost entirely one non-Korean duo😍)
Day 6- Coming of Age Story: Age of Youth (Hello, My Twenties); Girls' Generation 1979
#dramajoychallenge
#dramajoychallenge
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Quoting because I never expected to see TWO of my faves shared together. #kDrama #AgeOfYouth STILL my favourite PEB role and #GirlsGeneration1979 a 10+ for me thanks to its AWESOME soundtrack (almost entirely one non-Korean duo😍)
Reposted by UncleRobin
Let's all make "perbe" happen! #linguistics #perbe
@arrantpedantry.com I curated this from Tumblr for you.
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Let's all make "perbe" happen! #linguistics #perbe
Reposted by UncleRobin
#TheFullTimeWifeEscapist (2016) – dir. kaneko fuminori
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
#TheFullTimeWifeEscapist (2016) – dir. kaneko fuminori
One more pan-Punjab song, this one 'stars' my first celebrity crush, the awesome Nandita Das. It also features Naseeruddin Shah, and I love that he starred in her full length directorial debut (a collaboration with a NZ desi) Firaaq. It's a small world🌏🙂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxO5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxO5...
Ghoom Taana
YouTube video by junoonofficial
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
One more pan-Punjab song, this one 'stars' my first celebrity crush, the awesome Nandita Das. It also features Naseeruddin Shah, and I love that he starred in her full length directorial debut (a collaboration with a NZ desi) Firaaq. It's a small world🌏🙂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxO5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxO5...
Reposting this LOVELY song because I hate nationalism: My grandfather was born in Punjab (Lahore) , my father lived 10 years of his childhood at school in Punjab (Murree), ALL my bosses and half my neighbours are from Punjab, but a stupid line on a map makes them different?
Coincidentally, this just showed up as a rec on YT youtu.be/9kJJusWnw74
LAIYAN LAIYAN MAIN TERE NAAL.flv
YouTube video by Everything is for you
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Reposting this LOVELY song because I hate nationalism: My grandfather was born in Punjab (Lahore) , my father lived 10 years of his childhood at school in Punjab (Murree), ALL my bosses and half my neighbours are from Punjab, but a stupid line on a map makes them different?
Having received yet another reminder that I need to get serious about learning to read Urdu, the question is - will I? To which there can be only one answer. 😆
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxtg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxtg...
Hum dekhenge by Iqbal bano
YouTube video by Reality does bite
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Having received yet another reminder that I need to get serious about learning to read Urdu, the question is - will I? To which there can be only one answer. 😆
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxtg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxtg...
For #DramaJoyChallenge Day 5: Cooking Scene, I can't go past #jDrama #NagatanToAoto - a gentle, unhurried noona-dongsaeng contract marriage gem that is approximately 97.5831264% cooking scenes, including this one. THANK YOU , @daebakpodcast.bsky.social (iirc) for the heads up. Can't wait for S2
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
For #DramaJoyChallenge Day 5: Cooking Scene, I can't go past #jDrama #NagatanToAoto - a gentle, unhurried noona-dongsaeng contract marriage gem that is approximately 97.5831264% cooking scenes, including this one. THANK YOU , @daebakpodcast.bsky.social (iirc) for the heads up. Can't wait for S2
Recent controversy about yet another #kDrama "best EVAH" listicle has moved me to do my civic duty and share the only REAL "best EVAH" #kDrama list - MINE. 😆
It is JUST possible that this cranky contrarian's carefully curated collection may not be everyone's 🍵 But it should generate engagement🤣😈
It is JUST possible that this cranky contrarian's carefully curated collection may not be everyone's 🍵 But it should generate engagement🤣😈
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
For #DramaJoyChallenge Day 4 , someone said "historicals don't have bicycles" - to which #kDrama #QueenInHyunsMan replies "HOLD MY SOMAEK"
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
For #DramaJoyChallenge Day 4 , someone said "historicals don't have bicycles" - to which #kDrama #QueenInHyunsMan replies "HOLD MY SOMAEK"
Reposted by UncleRobin
Day 5: Cooking scene
🍳 All the cooking scenes from a lovely kdrama called Chocolate, food as a way to heal and give solace is always 💕
#dramajoychallenge #kdrama #jdrama #cdrama
🍳 All the cooking scenes from a lovely kdrama called Chocolate, food as a way to heal and give solace is always 💕
#dramajoychallenge #kdrama #jdrama #cdrama
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Day 5: Cooking scene
🍳 All the cooking scenes from a lovely kdrama called Chocolate, food as a way to heal and give solace is always 💕
#dramajoychallenge #kdrama #jdrama #cdrama
🍳 All the cooking scenes from a lovely kdrama called Chocolate, food as a way to heal and give solace is always 💕
#dramajoychallenge #kdrama #jdrama #cdrama
Reposted by UncleRobin
Day 4: Bicycle ride- this scene from My Perfect Stranger when the female lead learns how to ride a bike with the younger versions of her parents
#dramajoychallenge
#dramajoychallenge
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Day 4: Bicycle ride- this scene from My Perfect Stranger when the female lead learns how to ride a bike with the younger versions of her parents
#dramajoychallenge
#dramajoychallenge
The costumes are beautiful, the #jDrama itself is the proud(?) winner of the coveted Award for "Least Bluesky-character-count friendly Drama name ever"🙂
Some more beautiful costumes from the delightful Japanese drama #ACalmSeaandBeautifulDayswithYou
#jdrama
#jdrama
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The costumes are beautiful, the #jDrama itself is the proud(?) winner of the coveted Award for "Least Bluesky-character-count friendly Drama name ever"🙂
In my only previous asadora #jDrama - the OUTSTANDING #OkaeriMone, the OTP shared a brief, barely-there kiss in the 120th and final episode iirc. so seeing a breakfast TV appropriate kiss between the OTP in #Anpan in episode 90/130 makes it positively racy - in more ways than one 😀
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
In my only previous asadora #jDrama - the OUTSTANDING #OkaeriMone, the OTP shared a brief, barely-there kiss in the 120th and final episode iirc. so seeing a breakfast TV appropriate kiss between the OTP in #Anpan in episode 90/130 makes it positively racy - in more ways than one 😀
#DramaJoyChallenge is about scenes that brought ME joy, so my Day 1 "stunning costume" is from the opening credits of #jDrama #aCalmSeaAndBeautifulDays both look gorgeous, & the bridal outfit confirms that for me, ranking wedding outfits from these 3 - Japan, China & Korea, Korea comes in 9th
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#DramaJoyChallenge is about scenes that brought ME joy, so my Day 1 "stunning costume" is from the opening credits of #jDrama #aCalmSeaAndBeautifulDays both look gorgeous, & the bridal outfit confirms that for me, ranking wedding outfits from these 3 - Japan, China & Korea, Korea comes in 9th
This week's #MurderEveryMonday theme was VERY definite. So much so that my attempt to play almost didn't get off the ground. #Mystery #Booksky
crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverym...
crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverym...
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This week's #MurderEveryMonday theme was VERY definite. So much so that my attempt to play almost didn't get off the ground. #Mystery #Booksky
crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverym...
crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverym...
The #jDrama asadora #Anpan literally opens with the OTP together, so it's a credit to the writer that after keeping them apart for around 85 episodes, the episodes when 'the penny finally dropped' for both of them were genuinely moving - teary and sweet and worth the wait. Only 45 or so left to go
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
7.8/10 for #OnshaNoMidareTadashimasu 'old school #jDrama - despite being post-COVID. An interesting concept, executed quickly and a pleasant timepass. The reveal at the end about the central character's own situation made sense and set it up nicely for S2, which is airing now.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
7.8/10 for #OnshaNoMidareTadashimasu 'old school #jDrama - despite being post-COVID. An interesting concept, executed quickly and a pleasant timepass. The reveal at the end about the central character's own situation made sense and set it up nicely for S2, which is airing now.