The BumbleRabbit Archives

Good morning, Erin. I love storytelling tropes. Cliches. Literary conventions. They don’t even have to be done particularly well or employed cleverly for me to love them. Which is not a secret. And, I think, safe to say you are already very much aware.  It’s not a blanket love, of course: simply being a cliche or trope doesn’t automatically endear me to whatever storytelling element we’re dealing with. I’m sure I’ve mentioned some of them, here and there, in terms of specific moments from specific shows, if not outright the trope itself. Though I tend not to harp on them, since my distaste for most of them never quite reaches a level equivalent for those that excite me—and you know I like to point out when those show up. (I mean, how many times have I mentioned the “oh no we have to pretend we’re dating” cliche? Enough that you recommended Be My Boyfriend to me, at least.) Even so, there’s one I’ve particularly never much liked, because I find it…insipid, in the same way adolescen...

Good morning, Erin. I started this series because it’s Sunny, and we like Sunny. But, as I alluded to in my previous letter, I burned through this series in about two days because Netflix is a garbage company that hates its customers, which means I couldn’t immediately continue with what I had originally planned to watch next and so had to get to what I had at hand. Which was Sunny. And, like, 25 other things I could have started, sure, but I’d already watched an episode or two, previously, so I figured what the heck. Plus: Sunny. And we like Sunny.  …whom I will continue to call “Sunny,” even though I know the actress’s name is Yoo In-na and her character’s name in this series is literally the title of the show . (Old habits die hard.) So…was Sunny the only sunny side to this? Or did something new that I was actually looking forward to pan out for one? Only one way to find out: let’s (non-spoiler) talk about Bo Ra! Deborah . 1. Cutting to the chase: I really liked this show. And I...

Good morning, Erin.  If you want to destroy my sweater… There’s a little something for you to look up and enjoy, if you don’t already know it. And it’s not just what I’ve been singing to myself all morning before starting this letter—it’s also a great segue into today’s letter, because the show we’re discussing has a pretty solid soundtrack…which it employs maybe too much, but also an understandable amount, if they paid for the rights to it in any fashion.  So, are you ready? Of course you’re ready. As if you’re ever not ready.  Let’s talk about It’s Okay, That’s Love , the older show you picked for me without even knowing that was going to be my Phase III theme. Because you’re just that good.  1. Since I’ve already mentioned the soundtrack, there are two English-language popular rock songs that are used to pretty good effect: first, of course, is the cover of Queen’s “My Best Friend,” which is delightful (even preferable to the original, in my opinion), if used per...