main characters with scars, particularly those that are significant to the plot or the romance.

 characters with mental or physical disabilities, mental illness, chronic illnesses, and more. 

 the leads live together before being in a relationship or live in the same apartment building next door to each other.  Excludes contract…

main characters who are doctors, nurses, paramedics, or firefighters.

LGBTQ+ characters, including main, supporting, and guest

Chinese and Taiwanese dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.

 the leads are friends long before they become lovers.

My favorite sort of happy ending stories - the leads are together and parents (adopted/biological child/children and/or pregnancy). Also included…

The delightful or not so delightful trope! At least one of the leads loses their memory at least once.

MLs with that supernatural white, bright, or unusual hair colors at some point, just because it's pretty. ;)

Romances between step family, in-laws or adopted (not blood related) siblings, and the occasional related one.

A very subjective and self indulgent list of pretty people with very beautiful eyes.

main characters have a pet. 

characters appear to be someone other than who they truly are due to body/face swaps, power swaps, identity swaps, false identities, hidden…

Childhood connections, childhood and earlier meetings, separations during and toward the end, basically any stories that ultimately feature…

school settings & student or teacher leads

interracial and intercultural  romantic relationships, either the leads or supporting characters.

Couples with large height differences, guaranteed to make the heart flutter!

Dramas I loved and would very much recommend!(if there's more than one season, only the first is listed)

ML or FL is believed to be the fulfillment of a prophecy that says they will end the country/world or a powerful person.

Romances between an employer and their employee or master and their servant (excluding bodyguards).

Romances between a supernatural non-human lead and a human lead.

dragons

For when you're in the mood for screaming at your screen after it goes black. Cliffhangers for second seasons that never happened, endings up…

Movies and dramas centered arounds sports.

plots driven by FL's/ML's quest for revenge for something that happened to them or their family.

MLs and FLs wear glasses in at least one scene.

Unconventional MLs on the gray side - villains, antiheros, playboys, red flags, and bad boys with a heart of gold.

Arranged marriages, forced marriages, fake relationships, and contract relationships of all sorts that ultimately lead to love.

a rich lead and a poor(er) lead in a romantic relationship.

time travel or time loops.

the leads are in an established romantic relationship and then break up, divorce, or plan to divorce only to fall in love all over again.

plost centered around or leads whose careers are in the arts - painting, music, writing, dance, theatre, entertainment, etc..

Korean dramas that are short length (15 mins. or less an episode) or full length dramas with 15 or fewer episodes.

more than one lifetime.

When childhood connections and true love are not enough for peak romance - these couples are true soulmates, connected in a magical way by either…

Age gap romances of all sorts and varying sizes - main and secondary couples. Immortal characters are included only if he/she was  older/younger…

angels, demons, gods, grim reapers, goblins, or plant fairies. AKA a lot of xianxia here.

the same actor plays more than one role/person.

endgame pairing isn't the usual "met as children and loved forever" -  the leads have romantic relationships and even marriage with…

Dramas that have two or more different endings, either alternate (one tragic, one happy), bonus epilogues/extra episodes set after the drama,…

FL physically and/or emotionally saves the ML at least once.

robots, human clones, futuristic and/or dystopian settings.

settings in the country and small towns, for when you want to get away from it all.

Nostalgic dramas and movies partially or entirely set in the 1980s or 1990s.

a storyline or all of the plot revolves around life inside a palace.

Plots centered around food, restaurants, cafes, bars, and cooking and/or characters who are chefs/cooks.

One or both of the leads are a parent and don't know it. Includes the FL concealing her pregnancy intentionally or unintentionally from the…

characters who are humans with some magical power or who gain power from a magical object they possess.

people entering or coming from video games, VR, books, tv shows, manga, or dreams, or set within those worlds with self aware characters.