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dangermousieSQUEE! SQUEE! For I have seen the first episode of 1 Pound No Fukuin and thus have been privy to the sheer funniness, cuteness, and sweetness that is Kame And The Nun. Seriously. So funny and adorable.
Also, how can you not love dramas? Where else can you watch a story where one of the strands of the story is whether a young novice Nun would choose between the lurve of Jesus or the puppy adoration of a goofy, gluttonous, sweetheart of a boxer? Seriously. (By the way, my money is on Kame, not Jesus).
Also, I am pleased to report that Kame has actually had enough to eat by now so I no longer can see ribs. Which is a good thing. Though I still want him to keep his shirt on, unlike with kdrama stars.
This is sheer perfect adorableness.
Kame:
Nun (aka Sister Angela):
Kame’s poster. Makes me think of fans with Kame’s face they were selling in Asakusa :)
Yes, Yes! You don’t look starved. Hooray!
First meeting of adorableness:
Love at first sight:
Now that’s a very wholesome nuclear family ;)
These are here because Kame is pretty:
I am not going to do a huge write-up because the awesome![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kitsune714 had written the best write-up/picspam of ep 1 ever here and the equally awesome winterspel did a gigantic picspam of ep 1 here.
Mmmm, but as adorable and awesome as Kame and the Nun is, I have to confess that my heart still belongs to Hong Gil Dong as the drama of the season. I just started on ep 3 (didn’t get very far because Mr. Mousie, who insists on watching it with me, was tired) and it gets better and better. I can’t resist the blend of:
a. hilariously slapsticky hijinks,
b. what promises to be a complex and nasty political game, not just the simple ‘let’s restore good Prince to power, with help of noble robber Gil Dong, yay!’
c. more than a dash of Robin Hoodism,
d. a hint of future romance: Yi Nok/Gil Dong. Y/Y? The OTP that steals everything that is not nailed down,
e. plus some awesome fight scenes,
f. and that rare flash of something genuinely heart-breaking fitted seamlessly between the fun-fun-fun jokes: I am really impressed because somehow this drama can put in a scene of Yi Nok giving her hair ornament to a starving urchin with a sick brother, or the mad King lolling on his throne, ‘seeing’ the ghosts of those he killed on his path to power (he is not a good person, but it’s almost as if he is willing himself to be even worse than he is), or Gil Dong off-handedly telling Yi Nok that his mother was whipped to death for the crime of trying to run off with him (they were both slaves), and really make you pause and go ‘whoa’ and dramatically hit you in the gut, while at the same time, a few minutes later, the ep will have some utterly ridiculous, hilarious gag and make it work just as well.
I know HGD is 24 eps long, and normally that would make me groan because I have yet to see a kdrama over 16 eps which did not need trimming (heck, plenty of the 16-ep ones could benefit from trimming as well). But in this case, I am actually excited about the length because they have so much to cover.
I mean, other than ‘will the Prince get the throne back, will the OTP happen, how will Gil Dong grow up’ blah blah.
It’s all so complicated.
We find out that Yi Nok is actually a very, very aristocratic noblewoman, even if she doesn’t know it, the daughter of some really high-up supporter of the former King, who was killed in order to facilitate the coup. Who had him killed? Gil Dong’s father!
Heh, so basically if the OTP does happen, it will be Aristocrat Lady/Slave? Plus, his Daddy killed her Daddy. Heh. Awesome. My favorite. Though I can’t see Gil Dong doing the beloved of kdrama ‘I am unworthy of you now’ maneuver. More like ‘Neat, we can use your ancestry to help our scams.’ Heeeeeee. And that is why I love him. Though of course, you never know. Hong Sisters are really good at making those wacky, hilarious dramas that draw you in with the goofy and then when you are all unwary rip your heart out and stab the remains. My Girl, Delightful Girl Chun-Hyang, I am looking at you (Btw, does Gil Dong make anyone else think of Mong-Ryong in DGCH? The unmotivated, goof-ball guy who is really good at fighting?) But then they give me scenes of sweetness and happiness at the end, so it’s OK.
Also, I like that the politics of this appear murky and complicated, not the simplistic ‘all those on side of good want evil King off and to put Prince on.’
Yeah.
I also don’t see the simple ‘Gil Dong helps the Prince’ scenario. Not only is his father* a prime supporter of the current regime (in which case fine, he can rebel against Daddy!) but both sides are truly nasty: Prince’s second-in-command, the former Maid, is equally as cavalier about human life and was going to get all those thieves killed to facilitate her own plans. And Gil Dong saved the thieves, foiled her plans (inadvertently) and I doubt would warm up to her.
* I have to say I love the whole thing with Gil Dong’s father. Because he is a horrible person: a traitor, a murderer, and someone who had the mother of his son whipped to death because she dared to try to run away with the kid because she thought his life would be hellish. But he is also not corrupt, and while he didn’t let Gil Dong study for civil service or military, in a rather harsh way, hey, it’s just the law anyway. And he does let him roam about and does seem a bit wistful about him. So basically, nasty, but not mustache-twirling.
And yes, I do promise my own screencaps later. The drama is too pretty not to cap.
But for now, caps from soompi.
These are gorgeous:
Stop looking so vulnerable! It makes me want to hug you, during which you will undoubtedly pick my pockets!
Two men enter! One man leaves! Two men enter! One man leaves!
I am not a Prince fangirl (yet), but everyone benefits from some h/c:
Everyone:
Teeheeee:
Swooooon. Fix his hair already, please! To this, pre-flashback hair!
Cute gifs:
Prince Dude:
Tee-hee:
Also, I am beginning to recognize secondary character actors, which is scary. Not only is the Umbrellas of Cherbourg (My Girl) guy is in this one as dad of Creepy Goth Girl, but Gil Dong’s dreadful and wimpy younger half-brother is also played by the actor who played Lee Jun Ki’s emo brother in Time Between Dog and Wolf, and So Ji Sub’s unquestionably lame brother in MISA. That poor actor, specializing in playing wimpy annoying characters in dramas with violent emo male leads.
Note to self: Make list of Top 10 kdramas/fave kdrama moments a weekend project.
Also, how can you not love dramas? Where else can you watch a story where one of the strands of the story is whether a young novice Nun would choose between the lurve of Jesus or the puppy adoration of a goofy, gluttonous, sweetheart of a boxer? Seriously. (By the way, my money is on Kame, not Jesus).
Also, I am pleased to report that Kame has actually had enough to eat by now so I no longer can see ribs. Which is a good thing. Though I still want him to keep his shirt on, unlike with kdrama stars.
This is sheer perfect adorableness.
Kame:
Nun (aka Sister Angela):
Kame’s poster. Makes me think of fans with Kame’s face they were selling in Asakusa :)
Yes, Yes! You don’t look starved. Hooray!
First meeting of adorableness:
Love at first sight:
Now that’s a very wholesome nuclear family ;)
These are here because Kame is pretty:
I am not going to do a huge write-up because the awesome
kitsune714 had written the best write-up/picspam of ep 1 ever here and the equally awesome winterspel did a gigantic picspam of ep 1 here. Mmmm, but as adorable and awesome as Kame and the Nun is, I have to confess that my heart still belongs to Hong Gil Dong as the drama of the season. I just started on ep 3 (didn’t get very far because Mr. Mousie, who insists on watching it with me, was tired) and it gets better and better. I can’t resist the blend of:
a. hilariously slapsticky hijinks,
b. what promises to be a complex and nasty political game, not just the simple ‘let’s restore good Prince to power, with help of noble robber Gil Dong, yay!’
c. more than a dash of Robin Hoodism,
d. a hint of future romance: Yi Nok/Gil Dong. Y/Y? The OTP that steals everything that is not nailed down,
e. plus some awesome fight scenes,
f. and that rare flash of something genuinely heart-breaking fitted seamlessly between the fun-fun-fun jokes: I am really impressed because somehow this drama can put in a scene of Yi Nok giving her hair ornament to a starving urchin with a sick brother, or the mad King lolling on his throne, ‘seeing’ the ghosts of those he killed on his path to power (he is not a good person, but it’s almost as if he is willing himself to be even worse than he is), or Gil Dong off-handedly telling Yi Nok that his mother was whipped to death for the crime of trying to run off with him (they were both slaves), and really make you pause and go ‘whoa’ and dramatically hit you in the gut, while at the same time, a few minutes later, the ep will have some utterly ridiculous, hilarious gag and make it work just as well.
I know HGD is 24 eps long, and normally that would make me groan because I have yet to see a kdrama over 16 eps which did not need trimming (heck, plenty of the 16-ep ones could benefit from trimming as well). But in this case, I am actually excited about the length because they have so much to cover.
I mean, other than ‘will the Prince get the throne back, will the OTP happen, how will Gil Dong grow up’ blah blah.
It’s all so complicated.
We find out that Yi Nok is actually a very, very aristocratic noblewoman, even if she doesn’t know it, the daughter of some really high-up supporter of the former King, who was killed in order to facilitate the coup. Who had him killed? Gil Dong’s father!
Heh, so basically if the OTP does happen, it will be Aristocrat Lady/Slave? Plus, his Daddy killed her Daddy. Heh. Awesome. My favorite. Though I can’t see Gil Dong doing the beloved of kdrama ‘I am unworthy of you now’ maneuver. More like ‘Neat, we can use your ancestry to help our scams.’ Heeeeeee. And that is why I love him. Though of course, you never know. Hong Sisters are really good at making those wacky, hilarious dramas that draw you in with the goofy and then when you are all unwary rip your heart out and stab the remains. My Girl, Delightful Girl Chun-Hyang, I am looking at you (Btw, does Gil Dong make anyone else think of Mong-Ryong in DGCH? The unmotivated, goof-ball guy who is really good at fighting?) But then they give me scenes of sweetness and happiness at the end, so it’s OK.
Also, I like that the politics of this appear murky and complicated, not the simplistic ‘all those on side of good want evil King off and to put Prince on.’
Yeah.
I also don’t see the simple ‘Gil Dong helps the Prince’ scenario. Not only is his father* a prime supporter of the current regime (in which case fine, he can rebel against Daddy!) but both sides are truly nasty: Prince’s second-in-command, the former Maid, is equally as cavalier about human life and was going to get all those thieves killed to facilitate her own plans. And Gil Dong saved the thieves, foiled her plans (inadvertently) and I doubt would warm up to her.
* I have to say I love the whole thing with Gil Dong’s father. Because he is a horrible person: a traitor, a murderer, and someone who had the mother of his son whipped to death because she dared to try to run away with the kid because she thought his life would be hellish. But he is also not corrupt, and while he didn’t let Gil Dong study for civil service or military, in a rather harsh way, hey, it’s just the law anyway. And he does let him roam about and does seem a bit wistful about him. So basically, nasty, but not mustache-twirling.
And yes, I do promise my own screencaps later. The drama is too pretty not to cap.
But for now, caps from soompi.
These are gorgeous:
Stop looking so vulnerable! It makes me want to hug you, during which you will undoubtedly pick my pockets!
Two men enter! One man leaves! Two men enter! One man leaves!
I am not a Prince fangirl (yet), but everyone benefits from some h/c:
Everyone:
Teeheeee:
Swooooon. Fix his hair already, please! To this, pre-flashback hair!
Cute gifs:
Prince Dude:
Tee-hee:
Also, I am beginning to recognize secondary character actors, which is scary. Not only is the Umbrellas of Cherbourg (My Girl) guy is in this one as dad of Creepy Goth Girl, but Gil Dong’s dreadful and wimpy younger half-brother is also played by the actor who played Lee Jun Ki’s emo brother in Time Between Dog and Wolf, and So Ji Sub’s unquestionably lame brother in MISA. That poor actor, specializing in playing wimpy annoying characters in dramas with violent emo male leads.
Note to self: Make list of Top 10 kdramas/fave kdrama moments a weekend project.
