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dangermousieI know that TTBY has drawn a short straw when brains or any pretense to a plot were handed out and it pretty much is designed to appeal to teen fangirls into the bargain by giving them 'my heroic idol oppa' scenes by the cartload but somehow I adore it to bits. Out of the 6 airing kdramas I am following (7, if you count just ended Gaksital), TTBY is the odd kid out if you compare my preferences and my dramas. I mean, Faith and Arang and Gaksital are fusion period dramas, my favorite genre ever (and star some of my favorite actors and actresses to boot). Five Fingers and May Queen are those sprawling, revenge and damage-driven family sagas I love (not to mention, once again, full of actors I slavishly follow). And Answer Me 1997 has the same slice of life/indie vibe as Shut Up. All true to pattern.
And then we have TTBY - it a kdrama adaptation of a shoujo manga, something I have not liked since enjoying the trainwreck that was Boys Over Flowers back in 2008/9. Not only that, but unlike BOF, it's (a) not based on one of my favorite mangas ever but on one I am indifferent to and (b) doesn't star actors but largely idols with little to no acting experience.
I don't like even the well-loved poppy teen fantasy dramas like You're Beautiful and am notoriously curmudgeonly about them. But here, this little silly fluffy darling - I am hopeless before it. I don't know what it is - perhaps it's the fact that it doesn't try to be more than it is. Perhaps it's the camerawork. Perhaps it's the leads, who are immensely likeable, have great chemistry, need each other as characters (and the idols are actually doing a good job). Perhaps it's my inner teen girl screaming free. But whatever it is, I adore TTBY. I guess we all have our 'odd one out' dramas now and then :)
Anyway, enough blabbing, some adorableness by TJ/JH.
I crack up that they treat a paintball game with the severity of a real firefight but whatever, have some shippy cuteness.
OK, why it doesn't occur to anyone they are a couple by this point (including Jae Hee) is beyond me. But then this is the drama where nobody notices that guy's crush on Eun Gyul either or the fact that Jae Hee is a girl. Girly girly mcgirly girl.
Eun Gyul's imagination...
Sadly, in reality it just goes like this. Poor TJ and his teen hormones :P
Say it with me - awwwwww!
Bring on the cuteness of next week!
And then we have TTBY - it a kdrama adaptation of a shoujo manga, something I have not liked since enjoying the trainwreck that was Boys Over Flowers back in 2008/9. Not only that, but unlike BOF, it's (a) not based on one of my favorite mangas ever but on one I am indifferent to and (b) doesn't star actors but largely idols with little to no acting experience.
I don't like even the well-loved poppy teen fantasy dramas like You're Beautiful and am notoriously curmudgeonly about them. But here, this little silly fluffy darling - I am hopeless before it. I don't know what it is - perhaps it's the fact that it doesn't try to be more than it is. Perhaps it's the camerawork. Perhaps it's the leads, who are immensely likeable, have great chemistry, need each other as characters (and the idols are actually doing a good job). Perhaps it's my inner teen girl screaming free. But whatever it is, I adore TTBY. I guess we all have our 'odd one out' dramas now and then :)
Anyway, enough blabbing, some adorableness by TJ/JH.
I crack up that they treat a paintball game with the severity of a real firefight but whatever, have some shippy cuteness.
OK, why it doesn't occur to anyone they are a couple by this point (including Jae Hee) is beyond me. But then this is the drama where nobody notices that guy's crush on Eun Gyul either or the fact that Jae Hee is a girl. Girly girly mcgirly girl.
Eun Gyul's imagination...
Sadly, in reality it just goes like this. Poor TJ and his teen hormones :P
Say it with me - awwwwww!
Bring on the cuteness of next week!
