Saturday 22 May 2010

So this is what 'Coming of age' means, is it?


It means making out with your fellow band members, or those in other bands. Well, OK, that's just fine with me. The funny thing was that I already wanted to do a post, congratulating all those loves of mine who just recently became 'men' (I am grateful for them growing up fast, and wish they would all hurry up and come of age), but I just hadn't gotten around to writing it yet. After seeing this, however, I could hardly delay another moment.

I think my favourite aspects of this photo and the ensuing moments thereafter are their caressing arms. Cheondong really does go in for the kill, firmly pressing Seungho's face and head in towards him - powerful moves indeed. And even more endearing than this is Junhyung's arm wrap around Eunhyuk's waist, so tender. Not such the hard rapper now.


I also like the clamp of neck and jaw by Eunhyuk - I would probably adopt the same technique for Junhyung. Also, I don't think either of these two 'came of age', I'm pretty sure they were just joining in for the fun of it.




To be honest, maybe just watching it is best. From around 0:35 is where it gets good. If only it were better quality, but oh well, this will do for me (and please excuse Cheondong's clothes - I'm not sure what he was thinking). Cheondong's forceful and persistent arm gesture is wonderful to watch in action. I thought it would have been the other way around, with Seungho leading, but no. This must have been his proof of Cheondong's becoming a man to his hyung. This is what men who are of age do, obviously. As for Seob and Leeheuk, I feel a little let down by them and their lack of enthusiasm, but oh well, I'm not too fussed by either of them...

I guess there's not that much I ever really wanted to say on the 'Coming of age' topic. Mostly I just wanted to post this, so I never lose it:

As if I thought Chansung could ever become more darling!



Other boy idols who have also finally become adult in the eyes of Korea (in my eyes it happens a lot earlier..)

Big Bang's Seungri (December 12th, 1990)


2PM
's Junho (January 25, 1990)


SHINee’s JongHyun (April 8, 1990)


BEAST
’s Lee KiKwang (March 30, 1990)


F.T. Island’s Lee HongKi (March 2, 1990)


F. T. Island's Choi JongHoon (March 7, 1990)


C.N. Blue’s Lee JongHyun (May 15, 1990)


U-KISSKiBum (December 29, 1990)


F.Cuz’s LeeU (March 20, 1990)


ZE:A
’s Ha MinWoo (September 6, 2010)



Congratulations, boys!
I now have not the slightest feelings of guilt - this was the all clear I so longed for. Well not for Kibum, but I guess for most of the others.

12 comments:

Bunny said...

Its probably a mistake to write this comment past 3am, but what the hey..

GOD BLESS KOREA, and these boys.
and whoever made it obligatory for them to receive kisses (from men) to become men. what a beautiful sentiment.

I'm confused, why didn't Junhyung kiss his own band mate Yoseob and then Eunhyuk and Leeteuk could just have applauded from the sides , or made out with each other as usual..., after all its their radio show. I want to know whose lust for another made the pairings end up this way,, option 1 - MBLAQ are so in love with each other they refuse to separate and partake in "interband" liasons. option 2 - EunHyuk and JunHyung and their matching couple shirts are so desperate to make out that they disregard their own band members. option 3 - Junhyung will do anything to avoid getting intimate with Yoseob.... I could go on..

I'm also so confused by Cheondongs outfit, is it even him???, hes so zipped up in there it could be anyone, and don't hate me Thunder fans but he's a whole lot more attractive to me in an all black pointy toes ensemble with minimal amount of face showing. And someone please stop Saint Seungho from wearing his cap sideways, or at all. stick to hoods honey.

still further confused by Leeteuk's summer holiday outfit choice? it looks like it was own clothes day down at the radio station, and he really chose to wear that???

Chansung you beauty, topped off with a bow, you're more a man than most will ever be. if I only had a hard copy of Men's Health to hand I'd be caressing the pages. ps. shame one of your hyungs (specifically I request Taec, obvs) wasnt there to help with the kissing. Aigo...

Jessica I commend your coming of age photo selection, what a dazzling group. Seungri and Kibum will have to find another Nuna i'm afraid, but the rest are all invited to a coming of age party, chez moi, tonight, or any other night, (although, MinWoo and LeeU might have to complete some kind of charm appeal to gain entry, but I have a feeling they'll do well).

Finally, i'm sure you haven't forgotten but I want to remind you of Jonghyun's birthday party in Hello Baby, when Onew brings him roses and underwear and then Jonghyun makes a slightly lewd reference to Key along the lines of, you can give me your present later honey... if it wasnt 3.30AM i'd be rewatching it and making a GIF of his facial expression faster than Lee Joon can rip his shirt open...

Jessica Jane said...

Korea evidently gets so many things right. And the East Asian tradition for close boy on boy contact is possibly one of my most favoured aspects of this correctness.

I really enjoy your attempt to make sense of the partnering. Sadly I feel that we will never be sure, at least not until the decide to avoid army conscription duty by letting it all out anyways. Options two and three of yours are probably my most favoured.

I was waiting for you to comment on Thunders ridonkulous get up. What a lolcat indeed. It's kind of en par with Seob's neglige in the Bad Girl video - the hooded bee keeper number. Really, these boys' stylists.
As for Seungho's hat, I don't mind it. I kind of adore his childish little boy playing side. I don't think I could ever say no to I side turned cep, even if they do look better sporting another head gear, aka hood.

Leeteuk's Mufty day emsemble is indeed gross. Sadly, I expect that this is hot a lot of the SuJu boys dress on those coverted days off. I don't know why I have this assumption, but I do. Obviously "listen ghur, baby ghur" is not included.

I did actually what to question why there was no Chansung kissing. I personally would have liked to have seen some images of this, of Junho helping him to come of age. This would have been nice. Really any of his band members helping out, even Khun. But nevermind. I'm sure there'll be another occasion viable for this.

As for the party, can I be co-host, pretty please? I second everything you aay entirely about who is in attendance, and who is on the maybe list. Seungri should bring his hyungs to ensure his passage way in, and Kibum will hopefully be washing his hair.
Minwoo and LeeU will have to have a party trick up their sleeve to ensure their dessert.
Really, I was just trying to be fair in writing this post, for once, and didn't think I should exercise too stringent a favouritism in my well wishes to those hard working boys. But who am I kidding, we all know who's on the A list and who's not.

Jonghyun and Key, ah yes. I will indeed be rewatching this, and hoping you get the desire to make this GIF at a later date.

Bunny said...

indeed!
we may never know, but that means we can just continue to come up with our own limitless possibilities.
Oh god yes the beekeeper, I feel like the stylist is perhaps on our team with regard to Thomas the Tank and they instantly reached for that outfit as soon as they saw him.
I'll take your SuJu comment with a pinch of salt, I have been spending so much time on these boys (i typed "with these boys" but it was upsettingly misleading..) that honestly i'm running out of members whom I not over protective of, honestly, i'm rapidly falling for each and every one of them (with exceptions, but i dont want to name names yet or it would just seem like i'm shallow...ha.)

I feel Chansung will deliver in some other way soon.

Of course you can come to the party! you don't even need to be on the list co-host. we're totally on the same page here.
I cant even pretend to be fair with K-pop boys, its a life of favouritism, ever changing favourites...

Jessica Jane said...

When you say that you think the stylist was on our side, do you mean the cover up? Lol.

As for SuJu, don't get me wrong, i like them. And I now have the bonamana video on my ipod to accompany MBLAQ's - slowly but surely.
I still look forward to your SuJu post. I too am slowly learning, but you always have so much to teach me on matters of k.

I look forward to Chansung's delivery.

Thanks for saying I can come to the party. Great news. Looking forward to this too! Can 2NE1 come too?

Bunny said...

yes the cover up! I think she saw him coming, rolled her eyes at the bleach terror animated featured and reached for the beekeeper. I'm convinced that the unappealing "novelty" outfits that randomly crop up on unlucky members are often the result of a snubbed stylist noona reaping her revenge for something or other, or just exorcising her own favouritism. I mean there was obviously a genius behind the decision that Kwang should be showing just a slight hint of hip bone and lower torso throughout the whole of the Shock promotions, theres no way any girl in her right min would have wasted that on Seob.

Im thrilled to hear that Bonamana is on the ipod, im as addicted to it as ever. SuJu posts still on the to do list, but soon my dear, soon you will be as helpless as me to their charms.

2NE1 can come I suppose, but if Seungri manages to bring GD and it turns out the rumours are true about him and Sandra Park and/or CL then I am not going to be best pleased. I suppose though there would be oh SO MANY beautiful shoulders for me to cry on... i'm willing to risk it.

Jessica Jane said...

That said about wasting the hip bone on Seob, I take it you have been the lastest pictures of him? Flaunting his new found brawn for all to see? I don't know but I see the next round of promotions surely embracing his partially nude body a little more, much like the do Kwangs. You know which I'd rather see, but we must prepare ourselves.
Not that I want this to be linked in anyway to the above sentence, but I do like him a lot of late. Not AT ALL in a sexual way. But I think he's funny, and I enjoy his variety show screen presence.

Point taken about 2NE1. But maybe if we all got ready together and we told them of our favourites they'd hand them over? If not, we could shotgun our boys? Luckily I think they're not so on the T.O.P wagon I don't think. But i guess it is a little risky. Sorry for not thinking this through better.

InfiniteKM said...

Oh where to start....

Firstly, thank you so much for this post. Again, I reiterate, I really thought my best friend and I were alone in this... arena. I see we are not, and I'm am reveling in the gloriousness of how you ladies put it so succinctly.

Second. "GOD BLESS KOREA, and these boys. and whoever made it obligatory for them to receive kisses (from men) to become men. what a beautiful sentiment."

Amen to that. It is indeed very glorious. I'm not sure, but there may be god-light shining down upon these boys at this (or that, rather) very moment.

Thirdly. *ahem* What episode is this of Hello Baby where aforementioned sexual misconduct, I mean, friendly interaction occurs between Jonghyun and Key? Serious investigation will definitely follow this post. I wait with great anticipation this suggested gif.

Lastly, ok, well... I could have many comments, but I will end with, thank you ladies for the info and laughs. I will definitely be following your exploits.

Jessica Jane said...

I feel as though you had found some of my most incriminating posts, and I can't believe that you have commented and continued to read. All I can say is thank you, to you and your friend, for understanding. I often oscilate between being convinced that everyone must feel the same as Bunny and I,and then that no one has any idea! I am so glad to hear that you are the former. I thank you, fellow sympathiser.

I often see consider them cherubs, godly light and all.

I will have to get back to you about the Hello Baby episode as it has been a while. But I will. And I will also try to go one better and actually make the GIF for you, especially as Bunny has now taught me how.

Thank you again, really, for commenting. What a great start to two thousand and heaven. I will try my best to do you proud in the future.

JJ
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Bunny said...

Welcome Loverholic! thank you for reading and commenting,

Jessica pretty much said it all, but as I know shes a busy girl these days with so many other GIFs to make, i took it upon myself to cover the previously mentioned Hello Baby episode:

http://shineeshawols.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/shin-se-kyung-shinee%E2%80%99s-jonghyun-confirmed-to-be-dating/

ENJOY!

x

Jessica Jane said...

Sorry Bunny beat me to it - but she definitely did a better job than I would have.

I think this may be the url she meant though:
http://nunasknowbest.blogspot.com/2011/01/shining-romance-standard-jongkey-rare.html

Enjoy!
x

InfiniteKM said...

I often feel as though my knowledge is completely useless and no one will ever understand why I keep these things in my head. Barring the fact that so much of the music is so damn catchy I physically (mentally?) can't get it out even if I try, it's just something I truly love. I'm relatively new to the KPop scene, having spent much of the last 10+ years in JRock. So I could write a discourse on the ways and hows of how JRock has evolved. That being said, KPop just makes me feel happier and I love it. Sometimes I feel like it's my closely-guarded secret and very selfishly, I enjoy that most people don't know what I'm talking about, simply because it's something I can keep to myself (well, or try, anyway). On the other hand, when I DO try to share, most people just don't get it. :( So when GD/TOP and 2NE1 make it in the states, I suppose I can just say I was there first. And on behalf of my country, I do apologize for what Kanye did to DBSK. I'm making the angry face that Jan Di makes in Boys Before Flowers, just so you can imagine my distaste.

Sadly, I often think of that SHINee macro that says "You Must Be THIS Young To Ride"... and while that does make me a little sad, I still see god light shining upon these glorious boys, for surely, they are sent from heaven.

Thanks for the welcome.

L

Jessica Jane said...

Oh no, it's never useless. There is always someone who is dying to have you share your facts and opinions with them - like Bunny or I.
I think Bunny can sympathise with you on the J-scene, whereas I am only just embarking down that route, a little.
As for keeping K a secret/sharing, yes, I know these woes only too well.
So few of the larger friend circles ever understand. But, you know what, their loss!
Oh gosh, Kanye and JYJ. I had kind of tried to block this thought from ever re-entering my mind. God knows what any of them were thinking!!
Keep allowing Taemin to make you as happy as he does!!

J
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