Flower Boy Next Door ... gif time! (Episodes 1&2)

꽃미남/Kkotminams - or Flower Boys - and I: not the best of friends. Now, before you call me a liar, let me explain. I certainly don't mind my Korean actors being incredibly pretty and all, but that has never been my main impetus for watching KDrama. No - it's the acting and the stories that drew me in and kept me there.

(Why does this sound like a lie? o_0)

Anyway. tvN's Flower Boy series and I are also not the best of friends. I've watched the Ramyun Shop version and even almost finished it, but really ... Lee Chung-ah's weirdly stiff chin/mouth/lower face kept distracting me to no end as I kept asking myself why people are stupid enough to disfigure themselves with plastic surgery. Unfortunately, Jung Il-woo also doesn't press any of my buttons. And the Pillar ... what a dull kind of man. Boo. All in all, a very lukewarm experience and not helped by the certain ickiness to the romance (a high-schooler and a teacher? that's such a turn-off for me).

The Boy Band version I skipped altogether. I am so not into teenie angst dramas. Yikes. Glad I left my teenage years behind me and not interest to relive any of it.

What, then, made me watch the latest installment? I have no clue! But ... I liked it. There are several incredigly funny scenes in there that had me laugh out loud. And so, I decided to let my gifoholic self have a go at it. Park Shin-hye does alright in her eversame role - but the men are the real scene-stealers. Kim Ji-hoon and his friend vs. Enrique/Yoon Shi-yoon: who is funnier? The jury is still out on that one!