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News of my death have been greatly valid.

I haven’t posted in so long that I’m sure some of you have assumed I’ve died. Indeed this is about what has happened. Death by final papers. Ah, academia. But in happier news I am on the homestretch, ergo post.

i. Eleonore and I are making way on an evil plot to induct Lizzie into the SHINee world. Thus, we have carefully compiled an evil intro playlist* designed to wreak havoc and appease the dark lord &c. &c. (Note to certain flisters: Don’t even think about arguing over song choices yo, y’all know “Dazzling Girl” is secretly their best song.) fyi I've used music videos where applicable on account of the fact that SHINee has some truly terriblemazing MVs that frankly must be seen for oneself. The "best" is probably the one for "Lucifer" (the first one). The more you see it the less sense it makes. Why does it play like a musical car commercial. WTH are those wispy patronus things about? Are they supposed to represent the devil possessing them (to dance complicatedly in front of a bunch of shiny cars)? We may never know. But everyone looks bangin' so who cares?

I'd also advise watching their lives because melodramatic yet technically sound belting + choreo porn ("how do they breathe" -- that too we may never know). Please follow the links and cry.

*not including the latest album as that has already been linked accordingly and produced excellent results mainly thanks to Lee Taemin’s propensity to whore around shirtless in a tacky black fur coat, Satan bless that disturbed child

ii. I have been watching The Heirs.

+ This show is half terriblemazing, half scarily on-point and cynical about power dynamics. Needless to say, I'm obsessed. (For the longest time I have had a hole inside me where good teen trash should be, friends. Pity my life.)

+ KRYSTAL IS EVERYTHING. E V E R Y T H I N G. tbh I'm a bad stan and had no idea she even had an acting career but in fact she is absolutely hilarious and charming and inhabits the role flawlessly. I just want to puke all over her face!!

+ Bo Na/Young Do is the OTP. (CANON IS FOR THE WEAK TBH.) If it happens you need convincing of this fact, I'm just gonna leave this here.

+ lbr Bo Na/everyone is the true OTP of the universe. Y'all know how I feel about happy people in love but Bo Na/Chan Young are literally the greatest thing. LAUGHING TO MY GRAVE OVER THE ENTIRE PAINTBALL SEQUENCE. Hell, I even have shippy feelings about Bo Na/Tan despite her being too good for his ass, because Bo Na's presence makes literally everything better. And lbr this show will not be complete without Bo Na and Eun Sang driving off into the sunset together.

+ Sad to see Eun Sang doesn't seem to be getting the love from fandom. I can understand why, though. (Besides the fact that haters gonna hate, especially when there's a love triangle concerned.) Eun Sang has had to be a primarily reactive person, which isn't her fault at all, but I can see how this could be perceived as passivity.

THAT SAID, opaque women are where I live, so obviously I love her. And I have absolutely zero problems with her characterisation. She makes all of the sense to me. Firstly, the "be quiet and do nothing" approach is explicitly a survival strategy. Secondly, it's also been established that Eun Sang DOES want to "do things" -- she wants to get out of her situation and go to a good school and get opportunities and achieve things //for herself//. She's just never allowed to. She is having to play the Madonna role despite being very very ill-suited for it. Life has made her bitter and numb. What's more, she has trouble expressing positive emotions because she basically never gets what she wants -- and since she can never have nice things she also has trouble differentiating what she really wants from what she feels obliged about (SEE: TAN, SMH). Park Shin Hye remains queen because she communicates all of that very clearly IMO. Basically, this is a Eun Sang appreciation blog now, deal or eat a tree.

+ lbr I am easy about women, so Rachel is also my girl. Though I won't disagree with the call for more fleshing out, I'm not that mad about what we've had so far? Particularly loved the shit out of her threatening to break up the engagement just to make Tan's life hell. Grab for power where you can, bb.

+ Tan is the worst. I am pretty sure the show agrees. Possibly I'm being optimistic about authorial intention. I had my doubts at first, but the episode in which Tan straight up told Eun Sang to forget compassion and stay out of it (while pointedly ignoring himself Woo Bin's abuse of Joon Young) soothed my soul somewhat.

And then he premeditatedly set up a situation in which his childhood friend would be physically abused by a family member and I O__________O -ed but was also \o/ because the gloves are apparently off concerning Tan being motherfucking evil?

Or maybe not. But fwiw I do think Tan is a pretty consistently drawn character: He's illegitimate, yet he's still grown up with all of the privilege ever, ergo he has manly angst about his alienation but no actual insight into people who have it harder than him (see: Eun Sang). His situation has taught him that power is superficial, ergo he has perfected the emotional manipulation and controlling of his image (see: with Young Do's father) to stay at the top of the hierarchy. At the same time he's bored and yearning to make/get something "of his own", ergo his fixation with Eun Sang, whom he met in a different country and who is "different" from everyone else he knows, someone with whom he can reinvent himself. And who really cares if she doesn't want to play along. I don't like him, but I buy him.

+ Ditto Eun Sang/Tan. There's not much I can add to Eleonore's epic wrong!ship manifesto of doom + headcanon, so I will probably not attempt to. Except to say that I AM KEEPING MY EYE ON THEM. I've been convinced that it makes sense for Eun Sang to be vulnerable to Tan's guilt-tripping (seriously, such a good emotional manipulator, that pos) considering the aforementioned desire v.s. obligation issues, but it remains to be seen whether the show will keep portraying their relationship as problematic or whether it will all be unironic LOVE IS THE MOMENT montages. Prayer circle.

+ Actually, forget Tan being the worst, WON IS THE TRUE WORST. WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE AND THE WORLD, DUDE? I basically tune out during his scenes now.

+ I must say, Lee Min Ho is getting his ass kicked by Woo Bin. I think both of them are fantastic actors but hilariously, Min Ho had about ten times more presence on Boys Over Flowers (a show that on the whole was beneath him tbh!).

+ Speaking of, I love how the one thing my flist can all agree with about this show (besides Krystal Jung's objective perfection) is our collective boner for Kim Woo Bin. Ha. Ha. Ha.

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ngl I fear next episode because of the, er, state he is apparently in in the preview. DO NOT TALK TO ME ABOUT IT.

Ahem.

+ It's hilarious that Young Do is prob my fave dude considering how much I loathed him in ep one. (Seriously, I have the biggest squick that ever triggered about school bullying.) I can actually pinpoint the moment I came around and it is a laughable one, guys: It's when he insisted on playing emo thrash metal in the car while Rachel side-eyed everything. This is the way I roll.

And then later he inadvertently made some little kids cry and I was like, "how can u h8, self." So now I have stopped hating him and instead starting hating myself. Ah, life's twists and turns. :|

+ Also, ngl I totally wrong!ship Eun Sang/Young Do. Actually, it makes me less uncomfortable than her and Eun Sang in some ways, mainly because both Young Do and the show are unambiguously upfront about him being the worst. Plus, there is zero visceral obligation on Eun Sang's part to return his attention (unlike with Tan, ugh). I can understand the confusion about Young Do's interest in Eun Sang, but I think it's interesting because it exposes his true existential dilemma, i.e. wanting authenticity v.s. wanting to keep the upper hand with everyone and so never lose his coping mechanism. The show may fuck it up later, but rn I buy everything.

+ Hold up. Forget the Kim brothers being the worst. YOUNG DO'S DAD IS THE TRUE WORST. END.

+ AND THAT IS ENOUGH ABOUT THIS SHOW SMH.

+ Oh no, wait, Hyo Shin and Hyun Joo should bang.

+ THAT IS REALLY THE END.

iii. I want to belatedly do that Halloween Trick or Treat meme but I worry about time/responsibilities. So, I guess, comment on this post with "TRICK OR TREAT" and I will probably link you something cool ~~but maybe with a bit of delay because the real life~~? Alternately, depending on who you are, I may give you a trick instead. :D

P.S. Dear Kelsey: I can't believe you sent me a Namu-shaped fridge magnet. (Btw, lol that these even exist.) I will never be able to put it up for fear of other people in the house asking if it's "one of those Korean dudes that I like who look like girls". We will not talk about the contents of your letter. NOPE.

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lmao your reaction posts are always the greatest, even though i don't know the canon.

That playlist looks fun though. Especially since it's titled "Lucifer" and my soul was bought by Lucifer a long time ago.

Trick or treat. Take your time. I am curious about whether I will get a treat or a devastatingly heartbreaking trick tbh.

Good luck with the rest of your papers.

SCREAMING ABOUT EVERYTHING I HAVEN'T READ YET BUT BLESS THE LORD, THE POST FINALLY LOADED AND ALSO :

TRICK OR TREAT.

Also, trick or treat!

androgynous plaid robots yes. good choices all around. lucifer is the weirdest mv ever lbr.

i have come around on the new album. i think my crippling sickness the first time i listened made me incapable of hearing things properly. i'm sure you're overjoyed to know this.

i look forward to your woohyun magnet meeting up with my sungjong magnet for some smokin magnetic woojong action. get it while it's hot.

trick or treat, friend.

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SO HAPPY THAT THIS POST EXISTS. AT LAST.

(Note to certain flisters: Don’t even think about arguing over song choices yo, y’all know “Dazzling Girl” is secretly their best song.)
You are my everything, never leave me, etc etc.

The "best" is probably the one for "Lucifer" (the first one). The more you see it the less sense it makes. Why does it play like a musical car commercial. WTH are those wispy patronus things about? Are they supposed to represent the devil possessing them (to dance complicatedly in front of a bunch of shiny cars)? We may never know.
Truer words, broski, truer words.

+ This show is half terriblemazing, half scarily on-point and cynical about power dynamics. Needless to say, I'm obsessed. (For the longest time I have had a hole inside me where good teen trash should be, friends. Pity my life.)
LMAO. But you know I feel datz. (Especially the parentheticals.)

And lbr this show will not be complete without Bo Na and Eun Sang driving off into the sunset together.
TEARS IN MY EYES. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

THE ENTIRE EUN SANG PARAGRAPH IS PERFECTION I DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. YOU UNDERSTAND ME LIKE NO OTHER TBH.
She's just never allowed to. She is having to play the Madonna role despite being very very ill-suited for it. Life has made her bitter and numb. What's more, she has trouble expressing positive emotions because she basically never gets what she wants -- and since she can never have nice things she also has trouble differentiating what she really wants from what she feels obliged about (SEE: TAN, SMH).
AND I CRY AND MY TEARS ARE BLOOD. YOU KNOW MY FEELS ON HER EMOTION EXPRESSION AND HER OWN FEELS PERCEPTION AND JUST ;____;

Particularly loved the shit out of her threatening to break up the engagement just to make Tan's life hell. Grab for power where you can, bb.
YES.

His situation has taught him that power is superficial, ergo he has perfected the emotional manipulation and controlling of his image (see: with Young Do's father) to stay at the top of the hierarchy. At the same time he's bored and yearning to make/get something "of his own", ergo his fixation with Eun Sang, whom he met in a different country and who is "different" from everyone else he knows, someone with whom he can reinvent himself. And who really cares if she doesn't want to play along. I don't like him, but I buy him.
I can add nothing, but I'm nodding compulsively.

I've been convinced that it makes sense for Eun Sang to be vulnerable to Tan's guilt-tripping (seriously, such a good emotional manipulator, that pos) considering the aforementioned desire v.s. obligation issues, but it remains to be seen whether the show will keep portraying their relationship as problematic or whether it will all be unironic LOVE IS THE MOMENT montages. Prayer circle.
Tbh, when the show stabs me in the back (which it inevitably will), I don't know how I will be able to handle myself. Worried about y'all having to deal with my future breakdown to end all breakdowns :|.

I can actually pinpoint the moment I came around and it is a laughable one, guys: It's when he insisted on playing emo thrash metal in the car while Rachel side-eyed everything. This is the way I roll.
TROLOLOLOL. No surprise there, so predictable.

Plus, there is zero visceral obligation on Eun Sang's part to return his attention (unlike with Tan, ugh). I can understand the confusion about Young Do's interest in Eun Sang, but I think it's interesting because it exposes his true existential dilemma, i.e. wanting authenticity v.s. wanting to keep the upper hand with everyone and so never lose his coping mechanism.
Why do I ship this so damn hard. WHY.

HYO SHIN SHOULD BANG THE UNIVERSE TBH.

PS - I said I'd use this icon should you ever post again, so there, obligatory objectified!Changmin icon.

P.S. Dear Kelsey: I can't believe you sent me a Namu-shaped fridge magnet. (Btw, lol that these even exist.) I will never be able to put it up for fear of other people in the house asking if it's "one of those Korean dudes that I like who look like girls". We will not talk about the contents of your letter. NOPE.

hee!! But of course I sent you a Namu-shaped fridge magnet! Now the entire kpop alphabet has one of the boys ((except me apparently))

(in a suit no less)

Ya'll need to compare notes on the letter contents... because I think yours was the worst actually. Blame Eleonore <3

ps - I love you

How dare you post a SHINee playlist when I have kid duty most of the day and can't play it. My life is one giant cesspool of failure. Not watching The Heirs, you can't make me, see above re: cesspool. Trick or treat; good luck with the remains of your papers.

Trick or treat!

omg how was the grave from which you have returned?

1) MUCH OBLIGED TO BOTH YOU AND ELEONORE. SHINEE IS DEFINITELY THE GROUP WHO'S FACES PLEASE ME THE MOST AND THEREFORE HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF MAKING ME A FAN BECAUSE I'M INCREDIBLY DEEP. Also I'm already an Onew and Key fan so that's like 2/5 right.

produced excellent results mainly thanks to Lee Taemin’s propensity to whore around shirtless in a tacky black fur coat

make that 3/5. Stunning demon-child baby.

ps - Super Junior is at my University today giving a talk, I aint even a stan but I'm kinda gutted I'm missing it.

2) JUST FINISHED EPISODE 10 AND I'M GENUINELY BAFFLED AS TO WHY THIS SHOW ISN'T ONE LONG CAMPING TRIP BECAUSE I AM CHARRMMMEEDDD. Apart from the main love triangle obv which grows more gross by the episode.

PLUS EVERY BO-NA SHIP (which is like every character she interacts with anyway) GOT A SHINING MOMENT. I can't even talk about the Chan-young ship because it's so shiny I'm blinded by it's radiance. HAVE ANY CANON COUPLE EVER BEEN SO SHIPPABLE THO? Even though Tan is steadily becoming more problematic and gross by the episode, I still can't resist his fake!flirting scenes with her. SO CUTE.

But yes my original and main OTP Bo-na/Young-do. Just. WHEN HE APPLAUDED HER OVER SHOOTING RACHEL? AND WHEN THEY WERE BOTH SNICKERING OVER TAN BEING 100th ON THE TEST SCORES. And "Lee Bo-na" *supah Valley Girl accent* "WHAT?!". They would be such a fab troll couple BUT ALSO REALLY HAPPY AND LOVING AND SHIT. Goddamn it show. She needs a spin off tbh.

WON IS THE TRUE WORST. WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE AND THE WORLD, DUDE?

But I legit don't understand at all what the point of him is? This isn't like angry rage hatred speaking, but genuine confusion. What is the purpose of him? On this show? He needs to be soooooo far away from the tutor tbh, like, I thought nothing could make him worse than his plot with Tan, but his plot with Hyun-joo is soooooo creep I cannot even.

+ Oh no, wait, Hyo Shin and Hyun Joo should bang.

Hyo-shin and Rachel should bang tbh.

but hilariously, Min Ho had about ten times more presence on Boys Over Flowers (a show that on the whole was beneath him tbh!).

I SAID THE EXACT SAME THING TO ZOE, IT'S WEIRD ISN'T IT? I also find him considerably less attractive then when he was in BOF but that's neither here nor there (it is.)

LMAO I'M SO WITH YOU ON YOUNG-DO MAKING THOSE KIDS CRY. TRULY A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART ;___;

3) Trick or Treat pls thank you and I know I know the SHINee goodness was a marvelous gift, but am greedy.

OMG, I FINALLY HAVE A NEW POST TO VOMIT OVER, SO I CAN LET THE OTHER ONE RIP, WHAT.

SO. I SHALL BE BACK. (And as you know, I shall probably be back forever a.k.a till you make a newer post bcz what is 'on topic' even.) But YES?. To everything. AS USUAL. (I AM GLAD WE ARE SIMPATICO AGAIN, NEGL \o/)

Alternately, depending on who you are, I may give you a trick instead.

This is for me, isn't it. Go ahead. Trick or treat.

I am, as always, pleased that you have not died. And that your papers are almost vanquished. You are Damon and they are your bourbon; decimate them.

Trick or treat! :D

I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU STILL LIVE. BOOOOOOO for final papers. Superb that you're nearly done. I hope that all has gone swimmingly. I have no idea about kpop and I FOR SURE do not need another thing to obsess over. And so. WELCOME BACK TO LIFE DUDE IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

TRICK OR TREAT

Trick or treat!

I'm the worst friend who doesn't show up for TVD anymore. This is because my computer is broken, and I'm stealing my mom's while I wait for the repairs to be complete. I can't install AIM here. I'll continue showing up as soon as the computer is fixed, and if this doesn't happen this week, I'm gonna eat someone.

Eleonore and I are making way on an evil plot to induct Lizzie into the SHINee world.

i wish you good evil plotting!!! you've got lucifer on your side so i believe you will be successful. which brings me to

The "best" is probably the one for "Lucifer"

OF COURSE. it is deep, it is cracktastic, it is all i'm looking for in a shinee video.

WAIT, NO, ALSO, TRICK OR TREAT. I need to be loved tbh, I am much too dying IRL.

Trick or treat?

Academia is a bitch that will eat you alive. It's good to know you've not been devoured completely.

ALEX.

You're alive. And you're back AND YOU HAVE A FUCKING YELLOW LAYOUT. YELLOW IS MY FAVOURITE COLOUR. I know that's why you chose it, obviously. Thinking of me ect. ect. Good.

I seem to have found my next k drama.

TRICK OR TREAT!!!

Edit: ugh okay. I have tried fixing the html and it's just not working. So... Yeah. You get me.

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I am mightily glad you are still of the living.

TRICK OR TREAT.

The more you see it the less sense it makes. Why does it play like a musical car commercial. WTH are those wispy patronus things about? Are they supposed to represent the devil possessing them (to dance complicatedly in front of a bunch of shiny cars)? We may never know. But everyone looks bangin' so who cares?

INDEED.

Hey, I now have a Dongwoo-shaped fridge magnet! I ship our magnets!

Trick or treat or something?

Can I just tell you, I love your everything? Like your posts are so fabulous I would give them gold stars or something and then usually there is laughter and screeching and dying and you are good job.

Ahem...in general SME videos are rather short on anything like making sense, production values are usually low (for about 3 years now at least, Super Junior has done the variation on the theme of "dancing complicatedly in big rooms crossed with moody close ups* the English lyrics hardly ever make sense in terms of the rest of the song and so yeah... SHINee has actually had a few videos with a mild suggestion of a plot so that's better than most SME videos. Ring Ding Dong, which actually is one of my favorite songs and videos, though it has really silly lyrics at parts, at least can claim some kind of story line on the idea of them all being angels - they all sprout wings at the end, yo. Lucifer honestly makes no sense whatsoever, I think they totally went with, okay here's what we do... we have complicated choreography, lots of guyliner, and shiny outfits. This will work. Oh and can you add some cheap special effects yes/yes? And don't forget the brooding close ups. Wash, rinse, repeat. I actually loved parts of the video for "I'm so Curious" But Dazzling Girl was like, bzuh and after that I just was like... someone in production be on crack over there. Did you know Jinki injured his neck doing that stupid choreography for Everybody? On the upside, SHINee did win - best artist of the year at the mma's this year.
And er, it seems I ramble alot but hai.

TRICK R TREAT :D

Also hi I am pleased to see you have come back from the dead. I am sorry about final papers! (though I'm curious what your school year is like since it seems vastly different from mine? I don't have final papers for another month)

I am not sure what The Heirs but I feel like I want to know so I can understand what you're talking about. Also because you seem to like a lot of the women on the show and you tend to like fascinating women. Also I think I liked something on tumblr the other day to do with The Heirs.

This comment is super late but hiiiiiiiii I missed you

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