Quick thoughts on first half of BOF 24.

Am in the middle of watching BOF 24. You know, even if it has a horrific screenplay, I am going to miss it when it ends - it might have been bad but it was addictive.

1. It's official - the writer has a shrine to Kim Hyun Joong in her bedroom and in addition to praying to it regularly and lighting candles in front of his image, she probably sends him her underwear every other day. Seriously. It's ridiculous - it's the next to last ep, people! If he got any more amazing, I would faint (from surprise there was any amazingness left for anyone else). ( Spoiler for one scene )

2. I really really love Lee Min Ho though, however many problems I have with Jun Pyo the character (seriously, I am almost far enough with JP to think that the only reason Jandi should hook up with him is lots of cash - JP completely lost me). When they allow him to actually do something, he is so good! When he was so cold with his mother? He was scary. And once again, I could weep for the wasted potential: he would have made such an amazing manga Domyouji because he has it all - looks, acting chops, and ability to be both mushy/funny and violent/scary. But instead he got stuck in a drama written by the President of "Wanting into KHJ's pants" club.

3. Clearly, the love story of this drama is between JP and Ji Hoo - JP was willing to die for JH (and almost did) which is more than he has ever done for Jandi :D

4. I adore Ga Eul so much and wish she was the heroine. Her scene with Yi Jung was so very spot on! She is open about liking him, and she did her level best to "fix" him when he went off the rails, but she is not a clingy crazy stalker. I love it when she tells him she knows how he feels about her (i.e. not interested) so she won't come around any more (because if you think about it, she did fix him so he doesn't need her help any more and to cling around would be pathetic) and walks off while Yi Jung stares speechlessly after her? I cheered. She can like someone, like them openly and without any fake modesty about that feeling in front of them. and yet maintain her self-respect and sense of self? She won't hang out in hope of crumbs. God, Ga Eul, why are you so awesome? I have no idea if Yi Jung is going to go after her (he looked rather shocked and stricken when she walked off - I bet he always thought he'd have her around. He can't take her for granted, hah! he has to be active now if he wants her) though if he has any sense he should because she's the best thing that ever happened to him, but I almost don't care because Ga Eul is so awesome, she doesn't need Yi Jung or anyone really - if YJ is stupid and lets her go, I bet she would find someone even better.

Quick thoughts on first half of BOF 24.

Am in the middle of watching BOF 24. You know, even if it has a horrific screenplay, I am going to miss it when it ends - it might have been bad but it was addictive.

1. It's official - the writer has a shrine to Kim Hyun Joong in her bedroom and in addition to praying to it regularly and lighting candles in front of his image, she probably sends him her underwear every other day. Seriously. It's ridiculous - it's the next to last ep, people! If he got any more amazing, I would faint (from surprise there was any amazingness left for anyone else). ( Spoiler for one scene )

2. I really really love Lee Min Ho though, however many problems I have with Jun Pyo the character (seriously, I am almost far enough with JP to think that the only reason Jandi should hook up with him is lots of cash - JP completely lost me). When they allow him to actually do something, he is so good! When he was so cold with his mother? He was scary. And once again, I could weep for the wasted potential: he would have made such an amazing manga Domyouji because he has it all - looks, acting chops, and ability to be both mushy/funny and violent/scary. But instead he got stuck in a drama written by the President of "Wanting into KHJ's pants" club.

3. Clearly, the love story of this drama is between JP and Ji Hoo - JP was willing to die for JH (and almost did) which is more than he has ever done for Jandi :D

4. I adore Ga Eul so much and wish she was the heroine. Her scene with Yi Jung was so very spot on! She is open about liking him, and she did her level best to "fix" him when he went off the rails, but she is not a clingy crazy stalker. I love it when she tells him she knows how he feels about her (i.e. not interested) so she won't come around any more (because if you think about it, she did fix him so he doesn't need her help any more and to cling around would be pathetic) and walks off while Yi Jung stares speechlessly after her? I cheered. She can like someone, like them openly and without any fake modesty about that feeling in front of them. and yet maintain her self-respect and sense of self? She won't hang out in hope of crumbs. God, Ga Eul, why are you so awesome? I have no idea if Yi Jung is going to go after her (he looked rather shocked and stricken when she walked off - I bet he always thought he'd have her around. He can't take her for granted, hah! he has to be active now if he wants her) though if he has any sense he should because she's the best thing that ever happened to him, but I almost don't care because Ga Eul is so awesome, she doesn't need Yi Jung or anyone really - if YJ is stupid and lets her go, I bet she would find someone even better.

Quick thoughts on first half of BOF 24.

Am in the middle of watching BOF 24. You know, even if it has a horrific screenplay, I am going to miss it when it ends - it might have been bad but it was addictive.

1. It's official - the writer has a shrine to Kim Hyun Joong in her bedroom and in addition to praying to it regularly and lighting candles in front of his image, she probably sends him her underwear every other day. Seriously. It's ridiculous - it's the next to last ep, people! If he got any more amazing, I would faint (from surprise there was any amazingness left for anyone else). ( Spoiler for one scene )

2. I really really love Lee Min Ho though, however many problems I have with Jun Pyo the character (seriously, I am almost far enough with JP to think that the only reason Jandi should hook up with him is lots of cash - JP completely lost me). When they allow him to actually do something, he is so good! When he was so cold with his mother? He was scary. And once again, I could weep for the wasted potential: he would have made such an amazing manga Domyouji because he has it all - looks, acting chops, and ability to be both mushy/funny and violent/scary. But instead he got stuck in a drama written by the President of "Wanting into KHJ's pants" club.

3. Clearly, the love story of this drama is between JP and Ji Hoo - JP was willing to die for JH (and almost did) which is more than he has ever done for Jandi :D

4. I adore Ga Eul so much and wish she was the heroine. Her scene with Yi Jung was so very spot on! She is open about liking him, and she did her level best to "fix" him when he went off the rails, but she is not a clingy crazy stalker. I love it when she tells him she knows how he feels about her (i.e. not interested) so she won't come around any more (because if you think about it, she did fix him so he doesn't need her help any more and to cling around would be pathetic) and walks off while Yi Jung stares speechlessly after her? I cheered. She can like someone, like them openly and without any fake modesty about that feeling in front of them. and yet maintain her self-respect and sense of self? She won't hang out in hope of crumbs. God, Ga Eul, why are you so awesome? I have no idea if Yi Jung is going to go after her (he looked rather shocked and stricken when she walked off - I bet he always thought he'd have her around. He can't take her for granted, hah! he has to be active now if he wants her) though if he has any sense he should because she's the best thing that ever happened to him, but I almost don't care because Ga Eul is so awesome, she doesn't need Yi Jung or anyone really - if YJ is stupid and lets her go, I bet she would find someone even better.

BOF 24: the writer is still insane!

Writer, you are INSANE!

We are at the end of episode 24 out of a 25 episode series and what is the shippiness we get? Yes, that's right, Jandi coming to guilt-ridden Ji Hoo who sits in the dark, telling him she didn't want him to punch Jun Pyo (for insulting Jandi!) not to protect JP but because Ji Hoo would hurt more (if he hit his friend). And then she holds his hand and goes "OMG they are so cold how long did you wait outside?" and starts warming them up with her own. And then she tells him that she can stay strong because of him, because his being here gives her strength.

WTF WTF WTF WTF???? It is no secret that by now Ji Hoo is my favorite character in BOF, and if the story could end with Ji Hoo/Jandi, I'd write thank you letters to TPTB. But it won't! So WTF is the writer doing? In case she forgot, the OTP is supposed to be Jun Pyo/Jandi. She has succeeded in making me like the canon OTP as much as I like skin rashes (by now, the only rationale I see for Jandi sticking to JP is the Russian saying which translated means "love is cruel, so you can even fall in love with a goat" i.e. under crazy influence of love you can fall for someone utterly ill-suited to you and unappealing in general) and I think Ji Hoo is both better for Jandi and with her, but that is precisely the point - JH/Jandi are not the canon OTP and it's bad writing to make me, the ultimate canon nazi to think that! And whatever my opinion of her suitors' respective merits, by now there should not be alternaship scenes of utter shippiness - the JH/Jandi scene is the kind of scene only given to OTPs in kdramas! Not to mention that having Jandi be this way and do this after he proposed and she rejected him so she is in no doubt of Ji Hoo's feelings makes her seem pointlessly cruel and fond of games.

Anyway, writer, you are INSANE.

BOF 24: the writer is still insane!

Writer, you are INSANE!

We are at the end of episode 24 out of a 25 episode series and what is the shippiness we get? Yes, that's right, Jandi coming to guilt-ridden Ji Hoo who sits in the dark, telling him she didn't want him to punch Jun Pyo (for insulting Jandi!) not to protect JP but because Ji Hoo would hurt more (if he hit his friend). And then she holds his hand and goes "OMG they are so cold how long did you wait outside?" and starts warming them up with her own. And then she tells him that she can stay strong because of him, because his being here gives her strength.

WTF WTF WTF WTF???? It is no secret that by now Ji Hoo is my favorite character in BOF, and if the story could end with Ji Hoo/Jandi, I'd write thank you letters to TPTB. But it won't! So WTF is the writer doing? In case she forgot, the OTP is supposed to be Jun Pyo/Jandi. She has succeeded in making me like the canon OTP as much as I like skin rashes (by now, the only rationale I see for Jandi sticking to JP is the Russian saying which translated means "love is cruel, so you can even fall in love with a goat" i.e. under crazy influence of love you can fall for someone utterly ill-suited to you and unappealing in general) and I think Ji Hoo is both better for Jandi and with her, but that is precisely the point - JH/Jandi are not the canon OTP and it's bad writing to make me, the ultimate canon nazi to think that! And whatever my opinion of her suitors' respective merits, by now there should not be alternaship scenes of utter shippiness - the JH/Jandi scene is the kind of scene only given to OTPs in kdramas! Not to mention that having Jandi be this way and do this after he proposed and she rejected him so she is in no doubt of Ji Hoo's feelings makes her seem pointlessly cruel and fond of games.

Anyway, writer, you are INSANE.

BOF 24: the writer is still insane!

Writer, you are INSANE!

We are at the end of episode 24 out of a 25 episode series and what is the shippiness we get? Yes, that's right, Jandi coming to guilt-ridden Ji Hoo who sits in the dark, telling him she didn't want him to punch Jun Pyo (for insulting Jandi!) not to protect JP but because Ji Hoo would hurt more (if he hit his friend). And then she holds his hand and goes "OMG they are so cold how long did you wait outside?" and starts warming them up with her own. And then she tells him that she can stay strong because of him, because his being here gives her strength.

WTF WTF WTF WTF???? It is no secret that by now Ji Hoo is my favorite character in BOF, and if the story could end with Ji Hoo/Jandi, I'd write thank you letters to TPTB. But it won't! So WTF is the writer doing? In case she forgot, the OTP is supposed to be Jun Pyo/Jandi. She has succeeded in making me like the canon OTP as much as I like skin rashes (by now, the only rationale I see for Jandi sticking to JP is the Russian saying which translated means "love is cruel, so you can even fall in love with a goat" i.e. under crazy influence of love you can fall for someone utterly ill-suited to you and unappealing in general) and I think Ji Hoo is both better for Jandi and with her, but that is precisely the point - JH/Jandi are not the canon OTP and it's bad writing to make me, the ultimate canon nazi to think that! And whatever my opinion of her suitors' respective merits, by now there should not be alternaship scenes of utter shippiness - the JH/Jandi scene is the kind of scene only given to OTPs in kdramas! Not to mention that having Jandi be this way and do this after he proposed and she rejected him so she is in no doubt of Ji Hoo's feelings makes her seem pointlessly cruel and fond of games.

Anyway, writer, you are INSANE.

Smile

Apparently, Smile, Matsujun and Aragaki Yui's new drama, is going to guest-star Oguri Shun. EEEE!

I have also found a rather odd official teaser for it on youtube:

Still, the thing that excites me most about this drama is not even Matsujun but the fact that it's the screenwriter for Hanadan and Utahime, both of which I love with a mad love.

Oh, and apparently the rumor is that Matsujun's character is a former gang member or criminal (not sure which) who is trying to keep to the straight and narrow after jail? If true, even more exciting.

ETA: Because I am bizarre, the thing I mainly thought during that weird teaser was "wow, Matsujun's hair looks like it did in that movie about incestuous twins. I really hope AY doesn't play a sibling :D"

Smile

Apparently, Smile, Matsujun and Aragaki Yui's new drama, is going to guest-star Oguri Shun. EEEE!

I have also found a rather odd official teaser for it on youtube:

Still, the thing that excites me most about this drama is not even Matsujun but the fact that it's the screenwriter for Hanadan and Utahime, both of which I love with a mad love.

Oh, and apparently the rumor is that Matsujun's character is a former gang member or criminal (not sure which) who is trying to keep to the straight and narrow after jail? If true, even more exciting.

ETA: Because I am bizarre, the thing I mainly thought during that weird teaser was "wow, Matsujun's hair looks like it did in that movie about incestuous twins. I really hope AY doesn't play a sibling :D"

Smile

Apparently, Smile, Matsujun and Aragaki Yui's new drama, is going to guest-star Oguri Shun. EEEE!

I have also found a rather odd official teaser for it on youtube:

Still, the thing that excites me most about this drama is not even Matsujun but the fact that it's the screenwriter for Hanadan and Utahime, both of which I love with a mad love.

Oh, and apparently the rumor is that Matsujun's character is a former gang member or criminal (not sure which) who is trying to keep to the straight and narrow after jail? If true, even more exciting.

ETA: Because I am bizarre, the thing I mainly thought during that weird teaser was "wow, Matsujun's hair looks like it did in that movie about incestuous twins. I really hope AY doesn't play a sibling :D"