Coffee Prince!!!!!!!!

[alexandral]

Life is wonderful, post-holiday house cleaning is done and our house looks quite habitable again. Now I can relax and talk about fannish things absolutely without any guilt whatsoever. And what could be better to talk about then the best dorama of this year:

Coffee Prince!

It is so very wonderful! Cross-dressing! "Twelfth night"set in Korea of our days! Coffee!!!

It is really great to see how Korean drama developed recently, picked up quality writing and fast pace previously associated with Japanese dramas. "Coffe Prince" is everything a good dorama should be and more in spades. Excellent actors, loveable characters. The main leads, Yoon Eun Hye as Eun Chan and Gong Yoo as Han Kyul, are particular good but secondary pairing, Lee Sun Gyun as Han Sung and Chae Jung Ahn Yoo Joo, is really affecting me too. Usually I find secondary characters either annoying or evil (or both at the same time). But in "Coffee prince" I am really rooting for Han Sung and Yoo Joo to overcome their difficulties, their fear of commitment and their jelaousy.
And how can I forget "The Boys" working it Han Kyul's coffee shop! Coffee Princes! They are so amusing, every one of them.

Also it seems that it is heading for a good ending. I am getting more and more fond of good endings.. :D Goon Yoo would not have smiled like this if there was a bad ending, right? And I hope there will be a good ending for my secondary OTP too????



Pictures. (Mainly of Gong Yoo ). Credit: Soompi forums

Goon Yoo has an absolutely winning smile. And dimples (And he is not afraid to show them!) And most of the time he is dressed attractively (so very unusual to dramas! ):







Admittedly, Goon Yoo wears a polka-dot shirt here, but HEY! He can carry a polka-dot shirt, especially when he is having that halo-like sunflower thingy behind.





But what looks the best in are VESTS! He should be wearing vests more often (may be at least one "vest day" a week? Pleeese??)





And here are THE BOYS. I love them!






I made some icons. They are free to share:
Preview:

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The rest of the icons

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Comments

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

These are great icons. I am stealing 6, 7 , 9 and 10! :)

[carviangli.livejournal.com]

I love all these icons and the pics are beyond adorable...thank you^_^

*adds to my miniscule coffee prince icon collection*

[kitsune714.livejournal.com]

I'm only now just thinking about starting this series, but I had to stop by and let you know how gorgeous these icons are!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_adarkershade/]

i'm watching coffee prince too! but i'm still on ep 5.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

THank you for sharing :)

I can't wait till my download for ep12 has finished. This series drives me nuts. Now I can understand allthe others who have been watching Hana Yori Dango etc. RAW.

[quabazaa.livejournal.com]

YAY!! XD I just started watching this a week ago. Isn't it amazing?? Especially the crossdressing, I am so digging that! I'm only up to ep 3, can't wait to see more.. :)

[partypaprika.livejournal.com]

I really like your icons! I'm loving coffee prince as well! Kdrama quality has become so much better, in my opinion, lately. And I love this one so much. SO MUCH. I think it might be out full house for top kdrama in my heart.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I am currently dling this series. I couldn't resist the cute any longer!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you like them! Have you started watching "Coffee Prince" already??

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you like them! And adorability of Gong Yoo is amazing! I must watch "Hello, My teacher" soon!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I can rec this drama with a clear heart - I haven't met a Korean drama that is so free of dragging angst before.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Do you like it? I can't wait to see episodes 11 and 12. I can't stop myself from checking subbing update.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I am keeping myself from watching RAW by the last sheds of my willpower. :D In the meantime - I know you recommended "Hello My teacher". Is it possible for you to lead me to any of your posts about it? I will be very thankful!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Yoon Eun Hye looks amazingly cute as a boy and very believable too. Such a good work from this actress whose persona was totally different in "Goong"!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

And ** nods ** Korean drama-makers seem to be moving away from "we will drag our angst as a cat" concept. I love "Full House". It was one of my first dramas and such a good one! Overall my most favourite is "A love to kill" (I know!Even though it is full of angst but I can't resist Rain there!). And may be "Goong" so far was the best-made Korean drama.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

EEEEEE! I can't wait for your posts about it!

[amandioka.livejournal.com]

Yes! This drama is going right up on my list of favorites. Maybe it'll share the #1 spot with My Name is Kim Sam Soon. The story is wonderful, there are no hateful characters (I like ALL of them. I'm specially fond of the main pairing, or course, and all the princes ^^) and the romance pulls my heart strings like nothing I can describe. Anyways, much much much love for this drama!

Which episode are you on?

Lovely pics and icons! ^_^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

I wrote a review about the series (pls beware of spoilers) http://scottishlass.livejournal.com/173175.html
I watched the 16 eps in about 2 days because the drama got me hooked so bad (or was it Gong Yoo, dunno?! :))

[pourtant.livejournal.com]

Aah, Gong Yoo. ♥

Taking a couple of your icons; you should post them at coffee_prince!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, just finished ep 2. So funny and cute.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEE Thank you so much! It seems that you liked it!

** spoilers **

And the ending is good!!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

** nods ** I think this is going to be among top of my favourite dramas too. I am on episode 10 and can't wait for subbing. :D BTW, My Name is Kim Sam SOon - SO MUCH LOVE!!!!!!!!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your rec! I have already joined the comm (and thank you because I didn't know of it's existence)!!!!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

YAY! I can't wait until you get to the love story part!!!!!!!

[shipless.livejournal.com]

those last two pictures of the "princes" are ridiculously cute--they have great on-screen chemistry and it's nice to see them so friendly in real life. :)

and the icons are really, really lovely. I'm snagging #1, #4, #7, and #8, thank you!!