Yes, I have totally fallen in own self esteem. But on the plus side, hot boys!!!!

[dangermousie]

You know, I always used to think boybands were the instrument of the Devil: all those pretty, talentless boys exploiting the prepubescent.

So it's with a great deal of WTF and hanging my head that I must confess I've succumbed to the Devil's Snare (and I've hit puberty a while back, too, so what's my excuse?) The culprits? F4. Yup, Taiwanese version of a boyband has got me. The funny thing is that it's not their music I like. I've heard exactly one song by them, Meteor Rain, and while nice enough sounding, it's not going to get me to throw my underwear on stage in extasy. I was actually a victim of liking the characters they played in various doramas and movies and finding them super hot, look-wise.

It all started innocuously enough. I remember watching "Magic Kitchen," a cute HK romcom and thinking that the chef assistant of the heroine was rather attractive and so why was she wasting her time pining over an ex (I am glad to say the heroine finally saw it my way :)) On reading info about this movie, they mentioned that the assistant/boyfriend was played by someone who was a member of a popular Taiwanese band, F4. I didn't think anything of it one way or another because it seems half the Asian actors are in bands and forgot all about it. See, innocuous, right? Then I saw "Mars," my first dorama, and developed a thing for the male protagonist of it. 'Wouldn't kick him out of bed for eating crackers' thought I. And looking up info, I discovered he was another member of F4. Then I also realized that I saw some movie a while back which had yet another member of it as a lead (the movie itself was kinda a schitzo mix of fighting and romance. I ffed past the fighting but loved the angst). And then the next dorama I got was "Meteor Garden" because it was a live action version of a manga/anime "Hana Yori Dango" which I loved. I knew that's where the F4 got their start actually (the band is named after the fictional gang their characters are in in MG). So I watched MG. And it was a final nail in the coffin of my self-respect. Because they were playing characters I loved before. And they were HOT. And I was done.

I am kinda hopeless. I actually have no desire to hear more of their music. I just want to ogle the boys. I guess that not only makes me a boyband fan, but one who can't even hide behind 'I like the music' excuse. Nope. I like the characters in the drama series and the looks. I think my quota of shallow for the month is done.

But hey, come on, in my defense, when there are four hot guys and they look like this it's understandable, right? Riiiight?



































































































































































































You can find more pics of two of the members in my recent post here. They are totally further exhibits for the defense. So yeah, I think ultimately I have a decent hormonal excuse. Now excuse me while I go off and hide in a corner. And bury any shreds of dignity I have left :)

Comments

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

*nudge* Could you put those under an LJ cut, please?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Sorry. I was editing and misplaced an extra "/lj-cut" Not only am I hormonal, I am apparently also an idiot. Sorry.

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

S'ok. I figured it was something like that. I was like, ohkay, I'll page down. And down. And...heh.

Pretty boys, though

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heh. I was all 'crap, better correct it before anyone notices' but it didn't work fast enough :P

[greycoupon.livejournal.com]

Psst. Your cut tag didn't work. Just letting you know. Nice pics. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Fixed it. *blush* Grrrr, brain not functioning today.

[winterspel.livejournal.com]

Dignity? What's that?

*whistles*

F4 is hot. I've been planning to check out their music for a while now, but I've fallen behind as I've thrown my own dignity to the wind in a different direction. ;) BUT! I angsted over revealing my secret craze for nearly three months (confessing only to catdecember - who of course encouraged me, the minx! and koalathebear) when the boyband bug bit - you are much more forthright than I was able to be!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heh.

you are much more forthright than I was able to be!

I kept telling myself that there was something severely wrong about going nutty about an Asian equivalent of N'Sync or similar and I kept working on this post for a while now, and part of it was getting all the pics but part was 'oh no! Dare I admit my shame in public?' :P

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I for one salute you for celebrating your shame! What else is LJ for but for admitting one's not so noble passions? Anyone can post about their taste in Proustian adaptations - that's easy; the tough ones are admitting your less elevated interests. In fact I think there should be a meme where you confess your most shameful interests...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

meme where you confess your most shameful interests...

I think I've just admitted mine. Nowhere lower to go :P

It's funny, I was a lot more serious and elitist when I was younger. It seems I am regressing.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

When I was younger I was insufferable about this sort of stuff. Now I celebrate my lack of taste publicly. I think it has something to do with working with people who don't even have TVs and talk about it like it was some great virtue never to like popular culture (which irks me because it's not like they spend their evenings reading Rousseau and/or thinking great thoughts that I can see).

[winterspel.livejournal.com]

Dare I admit my shame in public?' :P

Heee! Welcome to the club, honey. :)

Well, you're not alone - there are definitely other *cough*NOT fourteen years old anymore*cough* fans of Asian boybands out there, and I've met some of them. After all, you know me - I'm not a giggly boy-crazy silly little girl, and yet, I still find myself throwing my dignity to the wind. At least F4 isn't as young as some of mine are. Believe me, there is a whole "thing" about Asian pop boybands, and it's biiiiig.

In my own defense, it all started with Takuya Kimura who is still a member of an extremely popular bestselling boyband. Which then led to KAT-TUN. I can honestly say that I listened to KAT-TUN first and I liked most of their album, and THEN I started watching them. Which was a rapidly downhill road. Which led to all sorts of other boybands that range from the too young to the young, to the "thank gawd they're closer to my age" - and now I'm hopeless.

Btw, wait till catdecember finds out. She loves F4!

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

i was not a least bit surprise to see my name in this comment. LOL

yes, i love F4. and super lucky to have met one. ;)

i dont think age is a factor with fangirlyness over them. my mom loves jerry. so does my aunt (who lives with my family in philippines, and is old-er and single too). je12_vz09 started asianhotties101 before to promote F4 and asian actors fandom..... and she likes Vic (and her mom likes Jerry, hence we made a Mom's for Jerry club for them LOL)....

aaahhh i can go on and on.

btw, dangermousie.... i love Ken. but i love F4. in general. ;)

[winterspel.livejournal.com]

i dont think age is a factor with fangirlyness over them.

I agree with you, of course! :) There's only the slight ick factor when some of these groups are basically jailbait...heee! F4 does not fall into this category, thankfully.

You have a very cool family. :D

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

as corny as it seems, Meteor Garden/F4 made me, my mom and aunts bond more. coz we spend more time talking about it in our waking life. *lol*

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

The outfits! The things that are probably meant to be outfits but look like someone sewed them together in the dark - I am speaking particularly of the cloaks in the 'lets sit below dragons' one. And that is one hell of a lot of floppy hair...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It seems you have yet to watch jdoramas :P Trust me, anything in these pales in comparison (the fur! the fur!). As to floppy hair, I've given up. It seems like some sort of epidemic in Asia, kinda like the mullets in mid 1990s Bollywood.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Now you mention it Meteor Gardens had some terrifying clothing. Clothing scary enough to make Bollywood mesh shirts look tame.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Meteor Garden is nothing yet. Just watch the jdorama Hana Yori Dango to witness true horror (I find most of clothing in Mars surprisingly cringe free, if not wonderful).

[katranna.livejournal.com]

Haha! And weren't you telling me before you weren't into these types of Asian men? Thedy have gotten you hooked, white lady!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Pride goeth before a fall, I guess :)

[je12-vz09.livejournal.com]

i don't mind u picspamming F4 coz i totally love them from the very first time i saw a pic of them about 3 years ago. i'm actually glad that u got out of the closet by telling practically the whole world that u love these boys. not because of the song or you're just getting into the bandwagon but because u get to admire them in their acting jobs. it's totally understandable to love them in MG! how can u not when the characters were played by these hot Taiwanese boys?! i say, welcome to the F4 world. :D the very first boyband that i get to like/love. i wasn't into boybands until i saw them.

re movie with fighting/romance, i think it's Vanness Wu's Star Runner. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup, it was Star Runner. I remember that the fighting wasn't my thing, but I thought the love story was really cool (aka it had a lot of angst). Oddly enough, I found it in our local Blockbuster.

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

oooh the photos. all nice and shiny.

i love the ken with his cat pic. super cute. :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup. It was actually quite fun to look for these :)

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

i'm sure je12_vz09 can provide more, she has tons of pics! ;)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee. Yay.

[prettierdanpink.livejournal.com]

hi.. may i steal some pictures? and icons too? :)
i'll credit in my userinfo, if you don't mind..

by the way, i'm a fan too. and i am so in love with vic zhou in mars ;P hehehe XD

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course.