You're Beautiful: Episodes 1 - 3

hello, park shin-hye-cries-alot. we meet again.

i said i needed a break from the leaky tear ducts that is park shin-hye, but this drama came highly recommended by a few friends, so i gave in.

right off the bat, i was really surprised at the tone of this series -- much different from Heirs. THANKFULLY. not so morose and sullen, PSH seems to play a cuter, funnier, slapstick-type character.

after the initial backstory, i definitely got a Coffee-Prince-inspired feel to the plot with PSH dressing up as her twin brother. the funny thing is that male kpop stars are so beautiful and sometimes feminine that someone as soft-looking as PSH (who needs more botox, plastic surgery, and fillers to fix that natural beauty, obvi.) could––with the right swooping bangs and minimal nude lipstick and shimmer––pass as a guy in the kpop world.

it's a shame that the 3 male leads aren't that attractive (to me)––they're a bit too thin and young looking for my taste (typing that sentence out makes me feel like an ajhumma…). this drama is indeed for a younger crowd, though it is cute so far.

i don't know what's happening here, but it involves fluffy animals and i like it.

also, i believe the storyline was influenced by Boys Over Flowers (no complaints here) too, because from the get-go, i got vibes from the not-angry-goth band member with black hair (not the beach blonde barbie band member) that were very much like ji-hoo from BOF. the weird, quiet, but protective friend/lover-ish to jandi. this band member is totes going to be PSH's firefighter. of the 3, he's the cutest so i hope their storyline really develops into a sweet one.

yeah, see the angry one.

of course given all the animosity between the gothic-looking, angry-elf band member and PSH's character, perhaps they will be the main pairing (doesn't this storyline of two guys who both want to protect her---one of whom hated her from the beginning and the other who's watched out for her from the start---sound familiar….).

can't say i really like them as the main couple though, because between the two of them, there's way too much eyeliner.

boom boom time with those two would be such a mess––black streaks everywhere.

onto episodes 4 and beyond! check back for what i think about the rest of the series!

hana, dul, set! press play.