Random Hanadan thoughts...
Jan. 21st, 2009 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieFirst off, if I see another comment asking whether K-Hanadan will combine both seasons of the Japanese drama, or praising/blaming K-Hanadan for finally going into a unique direction, I will kill someone. Seriously. Are they dense? K-Hanadan (just like the jdrama) is based on a manga. They will not be combining two seasons of jdrama, because they are not adopting the jdrama, but the freaking manga! Also, it's not a unique direction. The whole plot in eps 5-6 is directly from the damn manga. Just because it wasn't in the jdrama, doesn't make it unique or a kdrama creation! Seriously. I never thought I'd turn into a manga purist in my old age, but the whole "jdrama is the definitive source and we don't even realize it's a manga adaptation and jdrama took a very liberal interpretation of the source" is driving me insane. Seriously. You don't have to read the manga or what not, but you at least have to realize that! UGH. Jdrama version is not some sort of holy grail sprung out of nowhere. All this is just making me dislike the jdrama which I liked OK before. UGH.
On a cheerier note, I am finding the shipping non-wars over Korean Hana Yori Dango (should I just give in and call it "BOF" the way others do? It's shorter) quite interesting. People at soompi keep commenting on their ship or character preferences but it's not this crazied frenzy you get with shippers. I think knowing the ending/canon ship takes a lot of the sting of ship wars despite one's preferences, i.e. since everyone knows it's going to be Jandi/Jun Pyo at the end, even if you prefer Jandi/Ji Hoo or whatever, you are unlikely to get riled up about shipping (compare it with the insanity of East of Eden, where nobody knows the final OTP outcome and the ship wars are INSANE).
Anyway, my take on the Love Triangle of Shiny Lipgloss stuff in ep 6. Short version: they are all immature and at fault!
1. Jandi: Leaving aside everything else (and it's a lot of everything else to leave aside, what with memories of bullying which he instigated and the guy's arrogance and what not): now, I clearly don't think you should have to date someone or love them back just because they love you and do extravagant things to win you over. You have no obligation to reciprocate in any way even if the other party died for you or similar (not that it got to anywhere near this stage :D) HOWEVER, if you don't want to date them, you are supposed to tell the other party that you are not interested, don't see them this way, blahblahblah. Otherwise, it's just leading the guy on. Also, I can't help but think that going on a trip with Guy A, a trip that is entirely paid for by Guy A, and as Guy A's date (seriously, if you didn't want to go, you could have protested) only to make out with Guy B is rather...tacky. At least wait till you get back from the trip! This said, you are 17, confused, and the guy you crushed on for ages is making a move on you - I can see the temptation.
2. Ji Hoo: OK, I know you are hurting because the girl you loved for a long time ditched and and will marry another. Sucks to be you. But trying to make yourself feel better by putting the moves on the girl who you know your best friend is crazy about and is doing his best to woo? Not good. Especially when it's not as if you have strong romantic feelings towards her yourself - it's not "love over friendship" or anything. You are just looking for a consolation prize to make you feel better. Not nice, not nice at all.
3. Jun Pyo: there is a reason you are not winning "Mr. Personable" award any time soon. Next time when you date, perhaps you make sure the girl wants to date you, first? Declaring in a unilateral fashion "she is my girlfriend" is not only high-handed, it's asking for trouble. Did she ever agree? Did she ever say she likes you or will date you? No, so you have no right to blow up just because you decided she is yours in your head. Fine, she conceled her seeing Ji Hoo and didn't tell you she didn't want to date you - that's bad. So it's perfectly reasonable not to want to see her or your back-stabbing friend again. But getting them both expelled from school? What? Why? I repeat, she never agreed to be your girlfriend, and even if she did and then cheated on you, that still would have been overkill!
So, in other words they are behaving like clueless 17-yr-olds. I can live with that.
Side note: I loved the little explanation about JP's water phobia. Now we both know why he has it (almost drowned as a kid) and the whole story surrounding it helps shed a lot of light on his personality: even the guy who was a quasi-parental figure and supposed to protect him, tried to kidnap him for money. No wonder he is pretty stand-offish about other people: they always want something from him.
On a cheerier note, I am finding the shipping non-wars over Korean Hana Yori Dango (should I just give in and call it "BOF" the way others do? It's shorter) quite interesting. People at soompi keep commenting on their ship or character preferences but it's not this crazied frenzy you get with shippers. I think knowing the ending/canon ship takes a lot of the sting of ship wars despite one's preferences, i.e. since everyone knows it's going to be Jandi/Jun Pyo at the end, even if you prefer Jandi/Ji Hoo or whatever, you are unlikely to get riled up about shipping (compare it with the insanity of East of Eden, where nobody knows the final OTP outcome and the ship wars are INSANE).
Anyway, my take on the Love Triangle of Shiny Lipgloss stuff in ep 6. Short version: they are all immature and at fault!
1. Jandi: Leaving aside everything else (and it's a lot of everything else to leave aside, what with memories of bullying which he instigated and the guy's arrogance and what not): now, I clearly don't think you should have to date someone or love them back just because they love you and do extravagant things to win you over. You have no obligation to reciprocate in any way even if the other party died for you or similar (not that it got to anywhere near this stage :D) HOWEVER, if you don't want to date them, you are supposed to tell the other party that you are not interested, don't see them this way, blahblahblah. Otherwise, it's just leading the guy on. Also, I can't help but think that going on a trip with Guy A, a trip that is entirely paid for by Guy A, and as Guy A's date (seriously, if you didn't want to go, you could have protested) only to make out with Guy B is rather...tacky. At least wait till you get back from the trip! This said, you are 17, confused, and the guy you crushed on for ages is making a move on you - I can see the temptation.
2. Ji Hoo: OK, I know you are hurting because the girl you loved for a long time ditched and and will marry another. Sucks to be you. But trying to make yourself feel better by putting the moves on the girl who you know your best friend is crazy about and is doing his best to woo? Not good. Especially when it's not as if you have strong romantic feelings towards her yourself - it's not "love over friendship" or anything. You are just looking for a consolation prize to make you feel better. Not nice, not nice at all.
3. Jun Pyo: there is a reason you are not winning "Mr. Personable" award any time soon. Next time when you date, perhaps you make sure the girl wants to date you, first? Declaring in a unilateral fashion "she is my girlfriend" is not only high-handed, it's asking for trouble. Did she ever agree? Did she ever say she likes you or will date you? No, so you have no right to blow up just because you decided she is yours in your head. Fine, she conceled her seeing Ji Hoo and didn't tell you she didn't want to date you - that's bad. So it's perfectly reasonable not to want to see her or your back-stabbing friend again. But getting them both expelled from school? What? Why? I repeat, she never agreed to be your girlfriend, and even if she did and then cheated on you, that still would have been overkill!
So, in other words they are behaving like clueless 17-yr-olds. I can live with that.
Side note: I loved the little explanation about JP's water phobia. Now we both know why he has it (almost drowned as a kid) and the whole story surrounding it helps shed a lot of light on his personality: even the guy who was a quasi-parental figure and supposed to protect him, tried to kidnap him for money. No wonder he is pretty stand-offish about other people: they always want something from him.
