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[English is not my first language. Please ignore any strange sentences.]

... please talk to me before you send a friend request. Strangers are not friends.

Changed my handle again, hopefully for the last time. So "i watch too many dramas" >> "Saeng", Thai แสง /saĕng/,  derived from the name I've used everywhere else for the last twenty years. 

• Top/Bottom dynamics and all the tropes that go with it is just heteronormativity in disguise. 
  There's already enough heteronormativity in het romance, I don't need it in BLs.
• If something is called "cringe" I'll take it as a recommendation. In most cases, the "cringe" is either really funny or a "cringe" character is just weird and different.
• I'm always looking for good dramas without romance. Please recommend me some! I hate it when a (het) romance is forced into otherwise good stories.

About my ratings / reviews:

• A lot of dramas I watch (or try to watch) don't get put on my Watchlist. Usually I wait at least two episodes to decide if a drama is "for me". 
• If there's no rating for a completed title, then that's mostly a reminder that I still need to write a review.
• You might notice that the average rating is pretty consistently higher that the suggested average. That is because I find both "music" and "rewatch value" not that important. 
  • "Music" gets points between 4 and 6.5, if I didn't really notice it, which means it did what it was supposed to do, i.e. support / enhance the experience. If I notice someting that annoyed me, the rating will be lower; if I noticed something good, it will be higher.
  • "Rewatch value" is not really something that factors into my overall rating. A title might have been excellent, but it does not mean I want to watch it again. "Black Coal, Thin Ice" is one such movie.
• I rate titles within their genres -- e.g. Thai BLs will not be held to the same standard as Korean crime/mystery dramas; short films cannot be compared to 50-episode-long C-Dramas.
• Obviously, everything is just my point of view. Things I find grating might be loved by you -- and vice versa.
• I try to be clear in my reviews. While my opinion is my opinion, and therefore not up for debate, if you find that there is something unclear or if you think I should say something about an aspect I did not mention, do leave a comment or send a PM. Feedback that helps me improve future reviews is welcome as long as you can be civil and it is actually helpful.

Fannish bio:

• Started out with Japanese manga, BL and not, ages ago.
• Read my way through slash fanfiction of too many fandoms. from ca. 2005 mainly western fandoms, because I got tired of the same old top/bottom dynamics.
• Rediscovered Asian content through a throwaway comment in a Marvel fanfic.
• In summer 2021, was astonished to find that there are now live-action BL dramas, was sad to find that the top/bottom-trope is still a huge thing.
• Started writing reviews on Viki in Summer 2022.
• Created an account on MDL, to have a back-up for my reviews and a place to put reviews of those titles that are not on Viki in December 2023. I'm still in the process of editing and cross-posting these.
• Was very glad about that in March 2024 -- one of my reviews (the one with the most upvotes -- 213 after 13 months) was flagged as "advertisement" by other users. I tried to appeal; after I got no answer after three months, I made a bit of a ruckus in their discussion forum. Six hours later, the forum post was gone, and my (non-public) request to reinstate the review was deleted without comment. The review remains hidden. So, that's how Viki values their customers. (Actually, I don't think they even have a moderation system in place for reviews and just trust that users flag responsibly or that nobody notices/complains.)
  Never trust companies that try to make money!
• Started a second back-up on Pillowfort in April 2024. 

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to comment or send a PM.

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