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Only a few german terms.
I was also raised as a Lutheran and went to parochial school for eight years, so there's that. But my church and school were not ones that emphasized any level of German language instruction.

Just off the top of my head:
Gooten Morgen
Gott
Ach de leiber
Schwein
Gooten nacht
Hundt
Stilige(?) Nacht
Heilege Nacht
Heil you-know-who
Blitzkreig
Unter
Mutter
Fatter
Autobahn
Sauer Kraut
Schlong
Frier
Linden
Frau
Fraulein
Herr
Brutta
Burg
Schwanze
Brudder
Krystal
Volk
I'm sure I could come up with many more if I thought long enough. I know a lot of German Christmas Carols by rote without knowing the specific meaning of individual words. We listened to the Vienna Boys Choir and other German albums at Christmas time.

My dad was a radio operator on the crew of a B-17 bomber which flew many missions over Germany late in WW2. His plane was shot down and he parachuted to the ground where he was taken captive and spent 18 months in a Nazi POW camp. He was 19. Being German by heritage and American by birth, both sides of my extended family had an interesting love/hate relationship with Germany.

We grew up learning a lot about the European theatre of WW2, and watching a LOT of WW2 movies and documentaries. I would love to visit Germany before I croak. Also Italy for the art/architecture/Roman history.

Not my problem you're too dense to catch that a ridiculous story about Thai writers taking over and completely replacing the Taiwanese writing team of a Taiwanese BL might just be...a joke. lol Dumb**s.

Wow, you're full of it stubborn.

"For those looking for a romance..." if this hasn't been "promoted as a romance" why would anyone come here looking for one?

I haven't seen it "promoted" as anything, anywhere, nor have a LOT of the people who will come here knowing nothing other than what they've seen on the screen in the first episode, or nothing at all. Most people who see this will NOT have read the Manga. It was recommended to me by an MDL friend, and that is the extent of what I knew. Unlike you, he didn't think it kind to tell me ahead of time what was going to happen; you know, SPOIL it for me.

Is it a surprise to you that many people view series and films WITHOUT first seeing/hearing about/reading about anything at all having to do with the source material? Is that a new concept for you? Did you know many adaptations make huge changes from the source material?

What is it with you MDLers who assume everyone has read the Manga or the Manhwa or whatever the source material, or worse, don't care whether they have or not, and insist on braying your spoilers from the source all over threads like this? Does doing so make you feel knowledgeable and ahead of the curve; a kind of showing off?

How is this not a spoiler?

It's a massive spoiler. At the end of episode 1, that's exactly where I thought the leads were headed. Now you've ruined that perception for me. I'd rather have had that come as a result of watching the show, not from someone in comments eager to spill the beans.

Would it kill you to use the spoiler button?

My favorite character so far is the deceased dad with the 1980s gang-style-big-hairdo in the shrine photo. :D

going to try to hold off until this has finished airing.
Waiting ten weeks for ten 25-minute episodes is exhausting. Plus, this seems to be pretty engrossing, so that 25 minutes flew by like 10 minutes. That's obviously a good sign, but not when I now have to wait seven days for the next 10 minutes.

One complaint, even though this wig is more convincing than most, I have seen wigs that look 100% real in shows, and they should have spent the few hundred $$$ extra for wig/talented makeup person to make it look authentic.

I found the bullies to be extremely over-the-top; insane, maniacal caricatures, not actual bullies, to the point I didn't feel bad for Futoshi because i couldn't take them seriously. However, as the episode progressed I realized the aesthetic of the entire show will be over-the-top, a kind of magical realism, so maybe it will all work together for me in the end.

In what world do you wear a female-gendered top below your female-coded hairdo, put on lipstick in front of a traffic mirror on a public street, and then act surprised when two freaky dudes try to accost you? lol

Exactly why would you spoil the entire plot with this comment?
Use the spoiler button please.

I just added these to my PTW list. I'm extra-stoked because in checking out their MDL pages I saw a lot of fave Korean actors of mine, along with solid ratings. I put a LOT more stock in MDL ratings for movies than for BL, which I watch a great deal of. The BL crowd is full of up-and-down-voting fangirls who do their utmost to influence the perception of their pet shows, as well as the ones they hate for some perceived political incorrectness or an actor's "scandal," whatever; anything will do.

I'm betting I'll run into people like that in these movies.

In BL World, the lower the MDL rating the better the show. :)

Thanks! I haven't see any of those. :) Much appreciated.

Would you mind sharing with me the titles of some of the films you mentioned? Thanks!

Sure. I'll get back to you later.

I love that you stalked my profile and noticed Seungri.
Even more so, I'm glad his image annoyed you. I put him there to annoy people like you.
Even MORE so, I'm happy you just revealed yourself to be a typical netizen-type who knows little about the true facts of the "scandals" used to destroy Korean entertainers. Did you know rumors and accusations are not FACTS?
Did you know Seungri was never even CHARGED with many of the things he is still accused of having done, even now, years later? Or is it that you know, but your thirst for celebrity blood causes you to not care?
Did you know he denied the most serious crimes to the end, and only agreed to pretend he was guilty as part of a plea deal that cut his prison sentence in half?

Did you know he has been out of prison and back to living a full life for a while now, and doesn't give a s**t what you think about it? I don't either.

I'll continue to use my time as I choose. Thanks.

Thanks so much for this beautifully-written and well-thought-out reply. You gave me things to think about. Benjamin is a remarkable actor.

Germany! Yay! I am American by birth, but German by blood and heritage from both sides of the family. I wondered if you might be German, given your screen name. :)

Yes, JT is definitely "about to burst." :D

I already responded to this line of questioning. I won't repeat myself.

Oh, I just made that up. To anyone with a sense of humor, my remark was pretty clearly written tongue-in-cheek. I don't care how it sits with you.

"I am afraid that it is better to shorten the description of suicide, as this may be perceived as expanding information about methods of suicide. "

I don't know if you're Korean, but this statement could have been written by one. It reflects the very Korean attitude that the less we talk openly about a problem, the better. Of course, the opposite is true.

For nine months, the method by which LSK took his life has been all over the news and social media. Google "suicide methods in Korea" and you will get hundreds of hits mentioning the burning of charcoal briquets to release carbon monoxide. My comment on MDL won't be one of them.

No one in Korea is going to learn of that method of suicide from my comment. They already know. If by some miracle, they don't, they too will google and find what they're looking for. Telling me to STFU about the facts of suicide in Korea is not going to prevent one, single death. Again, the opposite is true.

For years, many Korean media outlets have referred to suicide by the euphemism "an extreme choice." lol Guess what? The suicide rate continues to rise.

I agree with every other word of your comment. I'm glad you researched LSK's death. Not only was there no evidence of the alleged drug use, he had passed THREE different tests of hair samples conclusively proving he had ingested NO drugs for at least THREE MONTHS. Didn't make a lick of difference. The mob just turned to new and different methods of destruction. It is all quite ghastly.

His accuser and blackmailer was a bar hostess with a record of similar behavior a mile long. Nevertheless, the police pursued LSK as though HE was the one who had a credibility problem.

One of the most insane aspects of the Korean drug hysteria, which includes the harmless recreational drug Marijuana, is that Korea has the highest rate of alcoholism in the world. Booze costs Korea's economy/society tens of billions of $$$ every years. Yet every night the alleyways of Gangnam are filled with vomiting booze-bingers and it's not seen as a problem. Nutso City.

Google the ordeal of young Korean actor Yoo Ah In, who has been undergoing slow public crucifixion in Korea for the last 18 months over drug use. It was the same sort of shit show as took LSK from us, and I am amazed we have not lost Yoo to suicide also. He was recently sentenced to A YEAR in prison for Propofol use ADMINISTERED IN A HOSPITAL SETTING BY LICENSED PHYSICIANS.

I hope when he gets out he flees to America as soon as possible. Yoo is well-known and popular here, mainly through his movies and series on Netflix. Lots of cancel culture here too, but generally not over addiction, and not to the vehemently insane levels it has reached in Korea. Addicts get sentenced to treatment, probation, and community service here, not prison, unless as is the case with Robert Downey Jr., his second, third, and fourth chances got used up and prison was the only remaining course.

And of course, RDJ has been clean for many years and has two Oscars now. :)

Not at all, until after Lee Sun Kyun killed himself late last December.

He was such a huge star, a great talent, and beloved by many. A couple weeks after his suicide the director of the Academy Award-winning film Parasite, in which LSK was so stellar, brought together some fellow powerful people in the Korean entertainment industry, held a news conference and demanded accountability from the police, who had illegally leaked details of the investigation to the press; the yellow tabloid press, who reprint accusations and rumors as if they are facts, and who illegally pay cops to leak information; and the legal system which allows such things as questioning subjects of investigations for as long as 19 uninterrupted hours.

LSK left just such an overnight grilling, went home long enough to leave a suicide note for his wife, drove to a park and lit up some charcoal in his car. Within minutes he was dead.

Suicide by carbon monoxide via charcoal briquets in an enclosed space is a very popular means of suicide in Korea, which has the highest suicide rate in the developed world. That, and hanging.

Most of my favorite actors are korean. Most of my favorite films are Korean. But that society is so sick with the concepts of shame, "saving face," anti-drug hysteria (never mind Korea has the highest rate of alcoholism in the world too), stigma surrounding mental health, and an overall unwillingness to speak openly about anything less than happy talk, that celebrities and influencers are afraid to say anything for fear they will be next.

The director of Parasite was able to pull off what he did only because he has been so wildly successful and is world-famous that he is somewhat immune to attacks from the psycho netizens.

" the few sad brain cells that I have..."

Precisely.

omg, it called me a TROLL.
However shall I survive the agony?
Now, thank me for giving you a reason to bray your fangirl hysteria all over this thread again, and run along...