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New love: Goong
Jun. 11th, 2007 01:37 pmI haven't updated in ages. I have been a) busy with school and work, and b) annoyed with the incredible stupidity of Strikethrough 2007.
Anyway, I'll be staying with Live Journal for the foreseeable future. You don't have to go to Greatest Journal, Insane Journal, Myspace or my house to read my posts.
The reason I'm posting now is my latest love: Korean drama Goong. Someone uploaded it to a community I belong to with this picture:
And my brain went: ooh! How insanely cute!
Then I started researching and discovered it was about an arranged marriage between a common-born girl, Chae-Kyeong, and the crown prince of Korea, Shin (in an AU world where South Korea has a monarchy). Chae-Kyeong agrees to it to save her family from bankruptcy and Shin agrees after his proposal to his girlfriend, ballerina Hyo-Rin, is rejected. Though Chae-Kyeong attempts to connect with Shin, Shin is still in love with Hyo-Rin and is quite the jerk to Chae-Kyeong. Conflict also arises when the former crown prince, Yool, returns to Korea after 14 years of living in exile with his scheming mother, and falls for Chae-Kyeong.
I hadn't watched any Asian television dramas prior to this so my expectations were all over the place but I really enjoyed it. It's very melodramatic, with equal parts romance, comedy and angst, and won't appeal to everyone, but if you don't mind subtitles and you do like contained stories where plot points don't drag on forever, this could be for you.
( More thoughts )
Anyway, I loved this, am looking forward to reading the manhwa it was based on and hope they do create a second season. In any case, I have a delightful new source of excellent TV.
Anyway, I'll be staying with Live Journal for the foreseeable future. You don't have to go to Greatest Journal, Insane Journal, Myspace or my house to read my posts.
The reason I'm posting now is my latest love: Korean drama Goong. Someone uploaded it to a community I belong to with this picture:
And my brain went: ooh! How insanely cute!
Then I started researching and discovered it was about an arranged marriage between a common-born girl, Chae-Kyeong, and the crown prince of Korea, Shin (in an AU world where South Korea has a monarchy). Chae-Kyeong agrees to it to save her family from bankruptcy and Shin agrees after his proposal to his girlfriend, ballerina Hyo-Rin, is rejected. Though Chae-Kyeong attempts to connect with Shin, Shin is still in love with Hyo-Rin and is quite the jerk to Chae-Kyeong. Conflict also arises when the former crown prince, Yool, returns to Korea after 14 years of living in exile with his scheming mother, and falls for Chae-Kyeong.
I hadn't watched any Asian television dramas prior to this so my expectations were all over the place but I really enjoyed it. It's very melodramatic, with equal parts romance, comedy and angst, and won't appeal to everyone, but if you don't mind subtitles and you do like contained stories where plot points don't drag on forever, this could be for you.
( More thoughts )
Anyway, I loved this, am looking forward to reading the manhwa it was based on and hope they do create a second season. In any case, I have a delightful new source of excellent TV.
