you have no idea how much *facepalm* exists in my life

[meitachi]

The TL;DR backstory...

I had one of the most bipolar experiences in JE fandom in late 2005, early 2006, before most of my flist was swept away by love for KAT-TUN & Arashi & Yamapi and, you know, those endless Johnny's boys. I fell hard and fast after life_of_eden & wakkawoo brought KAT-TUN into my life, and Gokusen introduced a certain MatsuJun... I could not stop talking about KAT-TUN's tinfoil outfits, or their hot purple leather pants, among other things. I dragged my first-year roommate among_the_lost and innocent bystander thyme_hawthorne into the fray with me. Oh boy.

In those months, dozens upon dozens of GBs worth of videos and clips and music were downloaded. Pictures too. God, the folders I had sorted out for KAT-TUN. jin_daily and kame_daily were created, and kamepi, with some ensuing wank. These were some of the best and worst times of my life. (I exaggerate.)

I like Pi now. I like Kame still. I love Ohno and Nino silly. I still listen to KAT-TUN's music all the time, and I couldn't stop flailing at everyone at work when Arashi's "We Can Make It" PV came out.

But JE and its fandom also leaves a bitter taste in my mouth because it's so closely tied to one of my...unsuccessful friendships. Drama and melodramatics aside, suffice to say I have a love/hate relationship (okay, truthfully, more like an "easily entertained/bitterly resentful" relationship) with it. It's "the one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it" from the Fandom as Lovers Meme.

The last thing I want to do (especially right now, on top of my RL business) is fall into another similarly huge and shiny-filled music fandom. (I'm content with my Big Bang love with occasional peeps of w-inds. fangirling, really!)

But. Guys. This Korean phenomenon. I--I can't seem to escape it.

Super Junior. Rain. Se7en. Big Bang. SS501. DBSK.

SEND HELP. Seriously.

My first real exposure to Korean boybandery was DBSK. I thought they were pretty (girly) and shrugged them off, content to ignore them until I watched Banjun Reverse Drama Theatre- Dangerous Love.

Um, that's kind of responsible for my endless Yunho love. UKNOW. I love him even though he looked like a hobo in the Choosey Lover MV. The boy can dance, okay?!

And Hero--I'd have to be blind not to admit how pretty he is. I refuse to like him with blond hair though. >:|

Max is just adorable and I am happy he got a haircut! Xiah won me over after the thing with mini-DBSK, the adorable little children alkdjflsk. Oh Xiah. ♥ I have no real opinion on Max but, um, I like his hair now more than the dreadlocks? Yeah.

SO I SORT OF GOT INTO DBSK.

Then I proceeded to ignore Korean boybands for months on end, happy with my 2D boys, until Big Bang came and smacked me in the face with Dirty Cash and Goodbye Baby. alkdjskl ::cries:: I was a lost cause. They're my #1 right now. How far they've come in just a year. How hot their hair is now! Watching early performances actually throws me because all of their hair was so different.

I LOVE YOU GD. But I can't pick a second favorite among the rest of them. They are all tied, I LOVE THEM ALL. And I am still not tired of hearing "Lie" or seeing it performed. Crazy, maybe, but babies~♥

But, yeah, I thought I was okay with just Big Bang. You know. Sort of totally not learning Korean while I listened to their songs and admired their better-than-JE fashion taste...

Then a few weeks ago I watched Attack on the Pin-Up Boys.

...

DAMN THIS MOVIE TO HELL.

It was pretty and funny and plot-driven and had a fabulous song at the end and had me totally shipping Donghae/Kibum and adoring on them in general and--

Learning all 13 Super Junior names.

Watch this: Donghae, Kibum, Heechul, Hankyung, ShinDong, Siwon, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, Leetuek, Yesung, Kang-in.

Oh my god, someone kill me now. I can only recognize about half or 2/3 of them upon first glance or in moving clips, but--this is more than I ever thought I'd be able to. ;___; And until tonight I thought I wasn't really into SuJu, just the movie AU (which I still really, really want to write fic for, oh Donghae/Kibum ftmfw), but then Youtube and X-Man happened.

So now I'm a little in love with Heechul (don't hate, y'all) and Sungmin and Siwon, and a lot in love with Donghae and Kibum (really don't hate, you know who you are!). And Hankyung. Well. The boy's Chinese. I'm inherently biased.

DAMN YOU MUSIC FANDOMS. Now, I only have two SS501 songs and we're going to keep it that way. I have too much of Rain's music and still need to watch his dramas. But, you guys, I don't have nearly enough Se7en. And I am kind of entranced by his dancing. ::facedesk:: Help?

★★ alksdfjldk I would love you forever if you sent me Se7en music or Neorul Saranghae by SES (girl band Big Bang parodies) or, um, your favorite pretty-Asian boy band song.

In conclusion: I TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY BLAME thyme_hawthorne & loveblackcoffee. ~___~

I hope the Chinese/Taiwanese phase never starts. Sadly, I already think Danson Tang (also known as 梁思南 or Nanba in the Taiwanese HanaKimi) is adorable and want to watch more dramas (like I have time!!) with him in it.


Um. On a totally unrelated note, I was rereading Komatta Toki ni wa Hoshi ni Kike today and RLY, RLY WANTED TO FIC FOR IT. Fuck.


So, uh, I'm going to go...study People & Environment in SE Asia now...

Comments

[fuminshou-neko.livejournal.com]

Daaaaanson. Omg. Danson is so much love. *O* ♥ I actually wrote a Danson/Jiro (from Fahrenheit) drabble over at silvered_tongue XD

But... give it up. XD You do realize that you're going to just keep on falling deeper and deeper into this rut of TEH SHINY, yes? XD I tried to hard to resist and.... it didn't work. At all.

And I understand completely about JE. I hate most of the fans, but the boys are so much sparkly-love-fail how could I not love them? ;o; And should you be missing any more of their music... :D? (http://community.livejournal.com/drugtrax/13462.html) Yes, I am a bad influence. XD

And because I am very evil... SS501 singles! :D 01 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I88CUI36) and 02 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6UOLCDB2). :x ♥

And then you also have Super Junior's second album (http://community.livejournal.com/drugtrax/13956.html)... (And the MV and a live performance~ \:D/)

Buuuuuut...!! I can help you with Se7en. XD Just give me a bit and I shall go forth and dig through my 170 GB music folder. XD What songs of his do you already have?

And plz to be telling me that you've seen the Xman with the JaeHo moments up the wazoo because IT IS MADE OF WIN. :x ♥

[meiface.livejournal.com]

ALSKJFKD I HATE YOU SO MUCH. By which I mean, THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC. ;___;

Andand--Se7en! I have Girlfriend, The One, YuhlJung (Tipsy Remix) and his 747 Digital Single...

Oh god JaeHo moments. I totally ship JaeHo because of that dumb and totally fanservice-y drama episode. ♥ I NEED TO BE STUDYING NOW, YOU REALIZE THIS?

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Omggg you did write Danson/Jiro. SO CUTE. I kind of ship Jiro/Wuzun too. Or Wuzun/Ella. IDK. I don't really think about the Taiwanese pop stars! It was only a fleeting thought. @_@

[xelloss-poo.livejournal.com]

... You know, one good thing about thing about all these groups... I would totally fangirl them, but I have no music! Ha! I can survive through this sea of Shiny without getting sucked it!

*resists the Shiny* Though omg... *paws* ... resist...

[meiface.livejournal.com]

::cough:: See the above comment. And don't you dare start tempting me into uploading music! I already have some Big Bang (http://meitachi.livejournal.com/117303.html) stuff up... ;D

[fuminshou-neko.livejournal.com]

....................... *eyes potential victim*

[sapphynashi.livejournal.com]

*dies*

*dies a lot*

IF MY LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH KOREA STARTS TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS 'LOVE' AGAIN, I AM BLAMING YOU SO HARD.

Ahahaha, and so my introducing you and fuminshou_neko starts to really pay off. First it was just talking to Bry about BL and porn and the HP craze and twincest, so I was like "Man, you should be friends with Mei." So uh, yay?

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I WILL TAKE THE BLAME, IT'S ALL OKAY. I just need company with me down here in hell. ;__;

OMG. ::clings to Sapphy:: You are so awesome in introducing us and also fabulous in your own right. I was rearranging my Viewfinder folder this morning and thought of you. XD Do you have Love Prize III and/or Naked Truth Zero?

[fuminshou-neko.livejournal.com]

.....

HI, SAPPHY. :D

Potential Victim #2? :o?

Seriously. Watch the Super Junior movie. For me? XD

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Sapphy, I will...write you fic. If you watch the SuJu movie. >_____>

::bribes shamelessly BUT WILL IT WORK?::

[meritjubet.livejournal.com]

...this is so not what I need right now. *is brave and stays away*

Of course, the crossdressing and prettiness and boy touching will some day lure me in. They know my weaknesses...

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I clearly pimp stuff out too much. :D;; I recommend taking some of the music even if you avoid the videos! I like the music. It is easy to listen to and like brain-candy. Mmmm, no thoughts required, haha.

[loveblackcoffee.livejournal.com]

how could you not know who taebin is...he looks like glasses boy here --;

and uhhh i have everything you need of se7en and ss501...just im me one day and i'll find you links

you are talking to the number 1 fangirl...minus the screaming...and psychotic tendencies

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Korean fans are the Scariest. Things. Ever. :|

WHO IS TAEBIN. TELL ME ABOUT HIM.

I have plenty (too much!) of SS501 & Se7en now, thanks. I'm going to go into hiding for awhile. ::clings to Big Bang::

[meiface.livejournal.com]

...so I don't have the song "Miracle" so you like it and maybe want to send it to me, y/n? :D;;

I hate it when things infiltrate my brain without my permission!

you don't know me...

[phasera.livejournal.com]

Bry linked to this post! Oh man, I feel you. *sympathy pat... turns to grabbing your arm and dragging you further into the deep end*

i save links for these special, special occasions. and by links i mean my trusty bww2 forum (my favorite place in the world interweb) bookmark. ^-^

se7en discography (http://z9.invisionfree.com/bww2/index.php?showtopic=42556) : there's a lot so it's a little overwhelming. start with the 24/7 and First Seven albums, those two are my favorites.

an SS501 pimp post?? (not mine) (http://shipless.livejournal.com/14934.html) :3 just for fun. The "Waking Up with SS501" episodes are some of the most hilarious stuff i've seen, ever.

but yeah, just explore bww2 (http://z9.invisionfree.com/bww2/index.php?act=idx) a bit, they have everything for everyone-- albums, MVs, perfs. :DD and not just kpop-- jpop, cpop, etc.

oh oh and my best friend missatralissa has an uploading comm with an assload of SuJu music (http://community.livejournal.com/dekirudake/1739.html#cutid1) and MVs and Perfs (http://community.livejournal.com/dekirudake/1885.html#cutid1) and good stuff like that available. :) (just have to join.)

hmmm, i guess i've butted-in for long enough. sorry! i just get really enthused about... converting people. X3

p.s. i love dramas, too! ask me, i can pimp kdramas till the cows come home. :D (and a few jdramas too, of course.)

Re: you don't know me...

[phasera.livejournal.com]

ahhh i feel so nosy and intrusive! i can't help myself, though. but i thought you might also appreciate:

a couple SuJu pimp-posts (to help you get to know the members): here (http://missatralissa.livejournal.com/750888.html) annnd here (http://fivil.livejournal.com/352037.html). :D awesome.

also do you like fanfic? you seem like the type... tongzhiai writes amazing stuff. especially her kangteuk. ^-^ (it's all tagged in her journal).

and since you understand the splendiferousness that is Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, you might also like this kibum/donghae fic from the movie!verse (http://puppycadet.livejournal.com/1360.html?)~ by puppycadet.

ok i'm really going now. XD promise.

[absenceofmind.livejournal.com]

ARE WE LOSING YOU. SAY IT AIN'T SO. ;_; i will post up the eito movie if it will prevent your love from erosion...

[meiface.livejournal.com]

WHAT IS THIS EITO MOVIE YOU SPEAK OF?

[thyme-hawthorne.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA KOREAN WAVE FOREVER. So continues the onslaught of the surgery enhanced, years-of-training-before-debut hardcore culture that is Korean boy bands. And and and Eru has a pretty voice.

I can send you the One OK Rock single Yume Yume if you don't have that...

I like Yamapi. Kame is kind of ... an arrogant bastard now. You can see his slow corruption into his self ego. I think the part where he yelled, YOU NEED ME I SUPPORT THE ENTIRE GROUP NEEEEEEEEED ME was indication. So I have stopped... paying attention to them...

[thyme-hawthorne.livejournal.com]

Suju was slow inevitability.

[emeraldcrystal.livejournal.com]

I'm pimping DBSK to you. DONG BANG SHIN KI FTW.

I dunno if you've only watched Dangerous Love, but Saturday King Banjun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT15Gcs3SdA) is hilarious, as is the girlfriend one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XYEtcGnGo). A taste of DBSK and Super Junior (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akJfmfeHcDE) (some parts may be boring, so wait till you have some time). DBSK History in Japan II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMo1ElqiiAE) (very long). OH! and PROUD live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvVQ4PGFyv4).

And if you haven't watched it, Super Junior on Sukira (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vltxgCGx6Pk). Full House is a pretty good way to memorize their names and faces too.

sorry for the pimp post? XD

[emeraldcrystal.livejournal.com]

I SAW LOVE FOR JAEHO. This is like the vid everyone has hear about: BARKS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asquf17E_tY&feature=PlayList&p=4C5C9086B236B0BA&index=28). They talk about who they'd date if the members were a girl. And FANCAM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXWY0sAHeNE&feature=PlayList&p=4C5C9086B236B0BA&index=40) at their concert in Seoul earlier this year. It's Yunho feeding Jae cake at first (it's a little repetitive but watch until the end). Hug lipsync (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J3P6tcor7g) at a radio station with the infamous kiss. =D

*ROFLING HYSTERICALLY AT YOU*

[forochel.livejournal.com]

NOT LOGGING IN.


Also, I WILL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LAUGH UNHELPFULLY AT YOU. VERY LOUDLY. WITH SPASMODIC TWITCHING ON THE FLOOR AND FALLING OFF MY CHAIR.


REMIND ME TO PIMP THE HEECHUL LOVE AT YOU WHEN I COME BACK!! ALSO REMIND ME TO SEND YOU THE CLIP OF YUNHO DANCING TO SEXYBACK. AND THE WONDERFUL LOVE BETWEEN DBSK AND SUJU.


IF YOU STUDY POPULAR CULTURE IN THAT CLASS, YOU WILL DEFINITELY COME ACROSS THE KOREAN WAVE. HEH.

Re: *ROFLING HYSTERICALLY AT YOU*

[meiface.livejournal.com]

STOP LAUGHING AT ME, YOU. WHO EVIDENTLY WAS LOGGED IN ANYWAY.

Seriously, part of me is rebelling against getting into SuJu/SM just because I see the parallels to JE...and another part of me is rebelling against getting into SuJu because my flist loves them crazy amounts but refuses to give my Big Bang boys a fair change. ::sulks::

Sadly, my SE Asia class is horrendously boring (seriously, NO WORDS). I wish we could study popular culture of SE Asia or East Asia. I would have so much fun. ;___;

Please pimp Heechul at me when you come back. I've already picked my favorites though, heh. No turning back now!

[onew.livejournal.com]

DBSK~♥ return to the dark side. we have cookies. xD
and suju... dear lord, it took me a week to memorize all of their names and their faces. xD

and thank you so much for loving heechul.&eharts; :D

gah, i haven't got enough se7en, too... and rain. but oh well, dbsj's my main fandom right now. yup, that's dbsj, not dbsk. ^^v

[meiface.livejournal.com]

...Clarify DBSJ for me...I have suspicions as to what it means, but to save myself embarrassment, I'll just ask. :D

Se7en is shiny and a wonderful dancer, as is Rain. I have such a soft spot for Rain's dancing and for Se7en's music. Download, download! It's all upthread in the first comment thread, I believe.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

This laughing at me has got to stop. D:

Honestly, I like the music & I'm entertained by the boys. I just need this not to devolve into drama/wank or an Obsession That Consumes My Time & Life. If I can avoid those two things, I'm game!

[kasugai-gummie.livejournal.com]

Ah... Mishy and Lilly's korean love that I Refuse To Understand.

Different fandoms aside, we're so screeeeeeeewed aren't we? D8

[meiface.livejournal.com]

It's okay, I need to have friends who are sane and Not In The Fandom to help drag me out of it when I need to be. ;o; Remind me what it's like again?



We are so screwed, indeed.

[celerywench.livejournal.com]

Haaaaaallo. So I dont actually know you, but you know my wifey suxing and she went all flaily about you being into SuJu now so I thought I'd pop by and say hi and welcome to the sheer insanity and YAY FOR KIHAE LOVE =D ♥ because there needs to be a million and more of it and yaaaaay =)

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Hiii! How nice of you to come and say hi and flail at me! :D I'm so happy to find another KiHae fan, yes! I feel so alone, haha, and thus must convince more people to get into SuJu fandom through the Pin-Up Boys movie so they will ship KiHae hard like me. I am even writing fic!

[suxing.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahaha, oh man. Okay. So. What can I say. "I told you so" seems a bit mean, but it's pretty inevitable with the crazily polished [I hesitate to say perfect] pop idols of the Korean music industry. Especially SM, oh my god, can we say INTENSE?

Soooooooo, welcome to the world of SuJu. xD; I was on the verge of leaving it myself [Oh, the language barrier D: I can't seem to break it D: D:], but with your rambunctious entry, I'm having second thoughts. Oh man. I can't get over how hilarious this is.

PLEASE DO FIC FOR SUJU! I'm probably being really picky, but good fic seems to be a rarity in this fandom. Donghae/Kibum isn't a particular OTP of mine, but I love Kibum [BUMMIE ♥] enough that I'll happily read fics with him in it.

And... other things. WHAT ABOUT MICKY? HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE MICKY?? HE'S LIKE SEX ON A STICK!

ANDDDDDD, DID YOU KNOW THAT SE7EN DOES SPRITE COMMERCIALS WITH JJ LIN IN CHINA?? It makes me really happy for some reason 'cause I looooooove JJ Lin to bits and pieces.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, DANSON TANG! Oh, Taiwanese HanaKimi. Hilarity. If you ever have time on your hands [... probably not any time soon, considering you're being engulfed by the Korean wave], I will happily drag you into the Chinese/Taiwanese phase, though it'll probably be more... music-oriented and less prettyboy-oriented. Unless you count 快男. \:D/

aldjldk babbling

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I am still holding out YG love over SM, as shiny as SM is. ;D Big Bang & Se7en are just too shiny (plus I get to feel better about myself that BB is not your typical boy band...well. Sort of). Anyway! I am so ashamed, so ashamed! I never thought I'd get to the point where I could name and recognize all 13 members...why is my soul so attracted to boy bands?

The shiny does make up for it though. ;) I'm a little terrified of the fandom (Korean fans are the fucking scariest thing ever and god there are a lot of JE fans here too, aren't there? akdjlk) but I will be okay if I focus on the boys and writing fic. ::cough:: (Movieverse KiHae fic!)

Se7en & JJ Lin? I MUST SEE THIS.


::makes warding signs at you:: NO I REFUSE TO GET INTO CHINESE/TAIWANESE FANDOM. NOT FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS AT LEAST. I need time to recover!

[gossymer.livejournal.com]

Fic for Komatta Toki ni wa Hoshi ni Kike? Do it! I'm mean, DO IT. Why isn't that manga an anime series yet? It would PWN almost everything airing at the moment.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

KomaHoshi is probably the best PG BL series ever. ;__; I wish Peccatore Sanctuary would scanlate more & faster!

I've recently (read: yesterday) got into "The Summit" by Lee Young Hee, but it's licensed so I only have volume 1 scanlated. The rest are raw and that make me SAD. Boo.

[buta-chan.livejournal.com]

Because I am such a late bloomer, that's why I make this comment a year and a half later! :|b I just got into the Korean wave - because Boys Over Flowers, which is how I knew of SS501.

_{also! why hallo thar! I honestly don't know if you still remember me, because it has been a while since I last commented to any of your posts. so here I am greeting you with a very awkward, How do you do...?} FAIL.

I've only just started to learn about SuJu and their 12387665 members. T-Their names... I cannot seem to catch all of them o.O Which is why, I ask for your wisdom guidance into this whirlwind of a fandom.

...

prz?

[meiface.livejournal.com]

alksld so I've been staring at this comment in dismay, trying to figure out how I could possibly introduce you to SJ. XD

So first: have you seen their movie? Attack on the Pin-up Boys? Because that is what got me into fandom and is a pretty hilarious intro (since they all play themselves). I can provide links!

Also: absolute must. You must MUST watch Exploration of the Human Body. Again, I can provide links (kasdfsk they used to be subbed on YT I don't know if this is true anymore but there are dl links!). It is utterly hysterical and makes you learn to like all the members! :D

In that vein, SJ Full House was hilarious too, though that's from 2006 and only really featured about 6 of the members. But it's so classic and so many good scenes and one-liners/in-jokes come from then! (See my icon. :D)

Um...also fic. Do you want fic? I read a lot of fic for fandoms I don't know yet and build impressiosn that way. I have 5 gazillion SJ fic recs if you want.

Let me know which direction you want to go in and I will help! :D