SHINing romance - standard JongKey, rare sighting of OnHyun...

Reader warning - this post starts off informative but somewhere along the way it dilutes itself into a shameless fantasy vision of fanfiction-esque interband love support. If that's not your thing then sit this one out, but if it is then I want you to know that I am an avid JongKey shipper but i'll basically ship Key with anyone, it just makes sense.

Following on from a recent comment discussion stemming from this post, I have noted the request for more coverage of a specific Hello Baby episode and taken it upon myself to enlighten the unenlightened and re-delight the previously delighted.

Just to get any stray readers up to speed, "SHINee Hello Baby!" was a TV show aired on KBS from Jan - Apr 2010 where the 5 members of SHINee (aged 17 - 21) had to raise a 4 year old toddler together. Hilarity, stupidity and heart warming moments galore, topped off with a healthy side helping of special SHINee bonding. All kind of troublesome parenting issues were tackled, from persuading Yoogeun (that's the kid) to have his hair cut, to family vacations, education, shopping trips, meal preparation and of course numerous rounds of competitive charm appeals, games and challenges in an attempt to be chosen by their 'son' as the best appa (father) that episode (although the results each week largely depended on the random luck of Yoogeunnie running in their direction).   The family dynamic  unfolded pretty much from episode one. Key's the doting mom, Minho's the loving dad, Taemin is the curious (but stupid) older child, Onew is the awkward uncle and Jonghyun, ahh Jonghyun, first as awkward as Onew but soon the competitive streak and longing for skinship kicked in and I suppose the best way to describe his place would be... slightly creepy stepdad (married to Key of course).

Anyway, skip forward through all of this and the last episode (I think) is also Jonghyun's birthday.  They send Jonghyun out on and errand to get some photos printed and some stationary supplies for their time capsule project but "baby dino" (my affectionate nickname for the guy ... obvious reasons) just treats himself to some snacks and buys a load of candy. Unbeknown to him the others are preparing a surprise party which he returns to with lollipop in mouth.  SHINee leader Onew is absent the first half of the episode (rehearsing the musical he was in at the time) but arrives at the party with gifts in tow, in the car on his way:

True to his word, Onew arrive's with flowers and a gift:

If he thought the flowers were a bit much then he was surely more surprised and delight with the gift box full of underwear ?!

Unsatisfied with Onew's display of gift giving, there is still something more Jonghyun is angling for, from his nearest and dearest of course...

Oh, I kind of skipped over the bit earlier in the programme where Baby Dino just went all out and proposed to Key:

(FYI. he's talking about Yoogeun being his child, unless he's got another one somewhere?!)

So in regard to the original comment thread where I said there was a GIF worthy moment of Jonghyun X Key affection, i've basically covered it (and a little more) in screencaps,  but ahh the moving image brings a greater joy of course,  so please revel in this glorious JongKey fan video set my not so secret no so guilty pleasure, Justin Bieber - Baby.   (I promise it's just that one song! although, truthfully that's the only song I have and i'm too scared of the truth to download any more).

Pay special attention from about 1minute in, for the clips from above ^^

♥

Finally,

For any JongKey shippers devastated by the recent news that Baby Dino is dating some actress chick, I know it was hard for us all to imagine the split and watch the heartbroken Almighty Key spit out a cover of Rhianna's "take a bow",  but think about it logically,  in what situation would SM suddenly come out and admit that one of their idols is happily dating at 20 years old? I sense a "Hollywood Beard" situation.  Besides, I don't think for a minute that a girlfriend could deter Key. Whether attached to Jonghyun or not, whether the guy is gay, straight, bi, asexual or beautiful nonsexual alien species beamed down from a distant planet, I don't mind, always my favourite shining SHINee boy.
That boy is so damn FABULOUS !!!

 - BUNNY

Yoon Doo Joon is not a pervert (sadly)

This was just going to be one screen shot on tumblr but I decided it needed so much more (when I reached 5 screen shots)

So, there's a new sitcom "All My Love" which features a sprinkling of K-pop idols in its cast. 2AM's Jo Kwon and Brown Eyed Girls' Gain (who fictionally inappropriately are a "married" couple on "We Got Married") play twins and whilst I do love Kwon and Gain (and their "married" life, although i'm about 20 episodes behind..) I wasn't convinced I was going to bother with this, I mean its a sitcom anyway, not a drama so that means canned laughter, slow plots, exceptionally family friendly and sets that seem to look exactly the same as the ones in the few clips of sitcoms i've watched (heechul's, taemin's, no min woo's .. always the frontage of the building/shopping mall thing, am I imagining this?) aaaanyway, the casting of BEAST's leader, romantic, football obsessed, big eyed all round dreamboat Yoon DooJoon/DooJun (whichever you prefer, I prefer the triple double "o"s)  had me excited, and then I saw this headline:

"Yoon Doojoon shows off his acting skills as a "perverted soldier," wins the title of "Acting-dol""

Well I wasn't going to need much more persuading. I knew Jessica Jane had been the early bird and already watched episodes 1 & 2, but like the fickle girl I am I just went right for what I was looking for... Doo Joon's character shows up in episode 3 as the pervert soldier, who isn't really a pervert at all, but somehow I delighted in watching DooJoon constantly berated as a pervert, especially as they made a kind / unimaginative decision to just call his character "DooJoon". Freshly discharged from the army (the best way for a Korean boy to be, that way he's not going to have to leave you for 2 years right when you start getting to the "holding hands" stage of dating...) DooJoon gets mistaken for a pervert as he tries to pick up a coin that rolls to the feet of a chubby girl in a short skirt. Protesting his innocence moment 1:

(Great use of Yoon Doo Joon Moon eyes.)

Unlucky DooJoon is mistakenly thought to be following home the girl with cute hair who unbeknown to him is subletting his bedroom. Some how he gets there first, eats food, passes out in his underwear with his food in a plate of food:

Somebody give him a key to my house, he can come over and do that anytime. Unflattering angle, scratching his belly, eyes half closed half open, PERFECT. DooJoon is like a real boy. I don't know if this is all my head, like most things are, but the biggest appeal of DooJoon for me is that he seems different to a lot of the other idols, I guess a little more down to earth, less concerned with vanity/fame/idolness, more sincere (?!) and a sweet and humble leader, I put him in my very special category with my beloved Seungho, they have their moments of absolute smoldering hotness but I find them just as attractive when they look like they just woke up from a long nap in their sweatpants, hence they largely escape my wrath of haircut and outfit spot checks. It must be love or something... (somehow this paragraph seemed embarrassing to write? is it because I swooped a little deeper than my usual haircut comments and went for logical points of attraction? who knows, god i'm blushing over DooJoon, I will probably cry the day they ruin those perfect gelfling/spock sideburns though, I warn you now...)

Back to the story, the authorities are called who removed DooJoon, and his beautiful thighs, and take him out on the street where he protests his innocence some more, gets hit by a grandpa and then his mom shows up and says "omona! why are you half naked" as if t-shirt and boxers is half naked!! Playing it safe sitcom! playing it safe! which reminds me I just remembered reading about DooJoon talking about filming this scene and "playing it safe" with some pants under boxers... lol, overly shy much?

I did actually enjoy the whole episode, even non DooJoon moments, and the acting was all (surprisingly) good! but I'm yet to decide if i'll be a regular viewing, I might have to resort to scanning through, Gain and cute haircut girl has some snappy outfits I dont want to miss out....

Also I completely forgot that Kwon and Doo Joon would be together, a Hot Blood Men reunion! and boy OH BOY what a reunion!!! After watching this looped MANY times I have decide that, this is probably how Jo Kwon would actually greet DooJoon in his bedroom in this scenario, in fact this is probably how Jo Kwon greets many of his pals in many bedrooms... and also this is definitely how I would greet and unsuspecting DooJoon distracted by towel drying his hair....

Really I just wanted to make that GIF, share it with you and tell you that I love acting success pervert leader Yoon Doo Joon! and I really like saying his name.

PS.  PEREFCT

- BUNNY

What was the name of that game?

Basically, Bunny and I had big ideas for our evenings, we honestly did, but then we got chatting, exchanging videos, and before we knew it, we were deep in a whirlpool of related videos. I'm not even going to try to claim that they were things we had never seen before - for most of them we have. But this makes them no less joyous upon viewing. And there were certainly a few I hadn't seen at least.

It all started with a viewing of the maknae line covering Orange Caramel on one of the numerous Chuseok specials out this week. Quite innocent, with some fabulous Dongho (UKISS) and Dongjun (ZE:A) action, sadly Sungjong (Infinite) may have been a little too much, but over all a bloody good show. But as we basqued in this glory, the memories came flooding back, aided but discussions of TRAX and Oh! My goodness. Memories of what I hear you ask, well, of Heechul and Jungmo...(note Heechul sticking out his tongue afterwards)
So obviously, we both wanted to reminisce about the wonderful fan video, compiled but a most dedicated netizen, of Heechul's rainbow history. A whole 4:20 worth. "I'm in heaven when you kiss me" - I'll bet it's what they all say, for sure.

Heechul gets so much stick, or at least he used to, about being a bit too keen on the boy love, but I am here to run to his defence. Seriously S. Korea, what the hell do you expect! The games you "force" (I'm sure it's not really) these boys to play. They already live together, sleep together (in the same dorm), what more do they have to give? Their dignity too? I'd say so.

So, I ask, what is the name of this game?

"Kiss me darling, kiss me tonight....stay by my side, stay here a while". Just look at it, look at it from the outset, some fab Khun X Wooyoung action. The lady dancing around in joy - it is me, it is a projection of myself. Over spilling with unfettered delight! I think it may be the Christmas jumpers that knocks it over the edge. Boys in knit, with greaseproof paper...the mind boggles.

I think in England we call this "Suck and Blow", no? I can assure you that this is no festive one off though, I'm not clinging at straws here. All the kids are doing it these days!

And, then there's this game:

Variation on a theme? Cleverly titled "Passing the card game", but this isn't fooling anyone I don't think! And, it's not even as if this is a recent thing.

So, as you may have guessed, it really has been a busy evening. I even got taught about a game that I never knew existed...

"Rip the paper" game? Well, OK then. To be honest, I've never really thought much of ZE:A, but as of tonight I will be thinking of them a lot more. I think I may even have to attempt learning their names. Same goes for F.Cuz.

Really, my absolute favourite games are when they decide to mix the groups up a little, like on Shin PD (R.I.P). You can only imagine my delight when, just as we have decided enough is enough, ZE:A and UKISS combo pop up on my screen playing yet more un-namable games. And such a fun looking game. It would almost work for Halloween, something I'm getting pretty excited about.

The more K-popped costuming I see the better. Bunny has merely wet my palate!

In all honesty this was a last attempt to 'save' an evening from lacked productivity. I know I will regret this tomorrow when the BL haze has cleared. But right now, I feel just like Kim Jae Wook, and I had to let it all out.

Sorry unnie!

"one more time, look at me now I’m crying"

It's not as if I needed another reason to love OK Taecyeon, but I got one....

At a 2PM 'guerrilla' street concert in Hongdae on Saturday, the man famous for his beastly, manly image became overcome by emotions and burst into tears whilst they thanked the fans, much to the surprise of the rest of the boys. The speculation is that he was so moved by how many fans came out to support them despite their recent bad luck / controversies / injuries and despite the efforts of their arch nemesis anti fans, add in a stressful schedule and probably some lack of sleep and that excuses his public bawling. Not that he needs an excuse, I'd find it endearing if he cried at Disney movies so really, he is more than justified in this scenario (but the fact that he doesn't really strike me as a big crier usually just makes this even more attractive...), and more than welcome to sob on my shoulder any time....

Endless thanks to whoever captured that on film. Note how at 0.13 he gives a little warning nudge to Changsung as his lip starts to tremble, Chan looks confused at first but as soon as he sees the tears falling that boy is in their with a hug, ASAP. (audible sobbing heard from 0.29 almost sets me off) and then Nickhun witnessing the hug in action gives the amazing "what the fuck?" hands with a charming smile and joins in the hugs making a beautiful Taec sandwich. The last time I saw such genuine interband cuteness and affection (to the point of my chest hurting) was that fancam of Minho and Taemin spinning round in celebration, but this tops that, no question, because there's full on man crying, and its Taec and Chan. PERFECTION.

It's not like a needed another reason to love 2PM either, but dammit these boys deliver!

This photo is both heartbreaking and dream-making at the same time.

After they had mopped up his tears and he'd straightened himself out, they went right back into the action with a full on lovefest rendition of "10 out of 10" with the usual acrobatics, ass touching and sensual dancing plus an extra side of ass touching, sensual dancing, and making fun of Junsu's leg cast. Witness the fun here (fan cam so you'll have to put up with some shaking, if you're not shaking already).

I love them so much that i'm not even going to give them a hard time about the fact that their Without U comeback image has meant I consistently wonder why they are all dressed like they're Junior Stylists at Toni&Guy circa 2003...

And I just have to include this picture of Junho:

Shame he wasn't in the hug sandwich, but he delivered in his own way.

- BUNNY 

And a Happy Thusday! from Heechul too

Obviously, I have no idea where the root of G.O.'s homophobia stemmed from...
Though, this is is not to condone his homophobic comment in the least (I in fact was very disappointed at his comments about this), but it may make Heechul's overt denials about his "life of love" a little flakey at the least. Really, I just want Heechul to not deny and of these slants, and keep on in the same vein, please.
If your reading this Heechul, pretty please.

P.S. Bunny, this is how much I like the new "bromance" tag.

Happy Thursday!

I have no particular reason to post this, I just have nothing to stop me either...

"Don't stop, can't stop" has never seemed more appropriate.

- BUNNY