Star King rec post (+ 10 suju fic recs)
Happy birthday, Sungmin~! ♥
This is my STAR KING REC POST:
Star King is a Korean television show kind of like America's Got Talent--it showcases random people with random talents, often kids or groups. It's ten times funnier than the US version because the Korean audiences react and Korean television has a tendency of bringing celebrities onto the show to serve as audience and to interact with competitors. Super Junior, for example. It makes for some hilarious moments, if only to watch the celebrities' reactions to these talents. Oh, there's another way it differs from America's Got Talent--most of the people on the show? Have talent. They don't make the audition cut otherwise, unlike in the US where you get weird old men doing yoga or weird ladies trying to talk to birds. Star King is one of the best shows in Korea because I can watch it without having to understand much Korean at all, wahaha. Also, it's hosted by Kang Ho Dong, whom I love, because he is incredibly funny and also host to Yashimmanman, another of my favorite shows.
This show is pretty much Made of Awesome. Korean audiences have the best reactions. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO WATCH THIS.
Note: Most of these are NOT SUBBED; those that are subbed are marked. But you really don't need subs to understand most of these clips--just stare in wonder!
Star King feat. Super Junior - Part 1/7
title: 071222 Star King feat. Super Junior
features: all of SuJu
rating: ★★★★★
reaction: This is gold. Star King is amazing in its own right, but add SuJu in and I'm extra happy. Oh god, I love watching them interact with the performers and Siwon's facial expressions ahaha. And Kangin, who keeps talking and talking, and Leeteuk's laugh. Oh Teukie. ♥ It made Part 3/7 my favorite (the girl in black is the same girl from Super Junior Adonis Camp; if you trawl back through the comments, there are explanations of what's going on). This episode features the most amazing sandpainter ever and some...weird kids. I don't love the kids, but SuJu makes up for everything. Cute Sungmin playing guitar! Donghae doing magic tricks! Heechul's sand painting story alksfjldkjls (see comments for translation). Oh God, I love these boys like crazy.
Part 1/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e-H2bp1Jvo
Part 2/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWtNxP2hrnM
Part 3/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfTPtLCrv1w
Part 4/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFe-axdZsUQ
Part 5/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VGWvhpHFvc
Part 6/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe2dUiYdFE8
Part 7/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxTAX5r0YM
title: heechul crying cut from star king super junior t
features: Heechul, Kangin
rating: ★★★★☆
reaction: This is the infamous crying!Rella clip. He cries because the little girl (who's maybe 3, I think), is blind but she can reproduce any song she hears on the piano. It's so, so touching, and I cried the first time I watched it too. Also look out for the Kangchul hug. Omg. ;^;
title: Star King #38 - Battle of the Ulzzang Kids (eng subbed)
features: all of SuJu
rating: ★★★★☆
reaction: This is SUPER SUPER CUTE. Both girls are totally adorable and I love that they know how to play the audience. Siwon was also super, super cute when he hugged the girl and said, "Aww, oppa likes you too~" SO CUTE I'M DYING ASDJFLS. And Soo Jung picking Ha-Ha? ::much laughter::
title: Star King #44 - Boy dancing Tell Me, Girls Generation (eng subbed)
features: none of SuJu
rating: ★★★★☆
reaction: MORE CUTE. SO MUCH CUTE. He is totally, totally adorable and cocky and wearing tiny cowboy boots while he dances to "Tell Me" omfg. He's so adorable.
title: Star King #40 - Big Bang + guests does Tell Me dance (eng subbed)
features: Big Bang
rating: ★★★★★
reaction: Hellloooo bias. Big Bang doing the Tell Me dance almost better than Wonder Girls do it makes me happy. They learned the dance for their performance with WG and continue to master it with awesomeness. I love especially that they're in their ghetto casual clothes. XD OH GD, YOU ARE SO GIRLY AND YET SO HOT. And the guests who do it after? LOL. I love Star King.
title: girl dance like boy (Star King)
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★☆☆
reaction: Dude. I want this song. And I want to learn how to dance like that. HOLY FUCK SHE'S SO HOT, dancing like those Korean guys. alskfjlsk. Although it seems to prove my theory that girls can't actually pop and lock; she does other stuff, yeah, but the popping and locking seems to be a natural-guys-only thing. But this girl and her band of girls dancing like Kpop stars? Freaking awesome.
title: Guy imitating Bi/Rain, Se7en, DBSG voices @ Star King
features: none of SuJu
rating: ★★★☆☆
reaction: Holy crap! This guy is amazing! This is all live so it's his voice imitating these six people. He's got Rain perfect, HOLY SHIT. His other voices aren't bad either--you can definitely tell the difference between them and they sound similar to the original, for sure--but his Rain voice. SPOT ON. Er, it helps if you've heard these other singers, otherwise you may be slightly less amazed. XD
title: Star King - 7 year old baby B-boy
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★☆☆
reaction: Ahhhh, I'm weirded out by kids with strange talents! If they were amazing at the piano, for instance, I'd be like, "Wow, so talented!" But when they're awesome at breakdancing, I'm just a little "...D: omg." And then I'm a little, "Christ, go to school." XD I'm so bad, I know. But this kid is awesome and spinning on a helmet, haha. Also he's a total ass to Kangin. Aww, Kangin, ilu!
title: DBSG vs. 40 year old DBSG on Star King
features: all of DBSK
rating: ★★★★★
reaction: I AM BLOWN AWAY BY THESE 40 YEAR OLD MEN. HOLY CRAP. THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HURTS. OMFG. Ow and also wow. Oh, and DBSK. Very, very hot. YUNHO LET ME DO YOU. ♥ Oh, from the same episode, bendy boy vs. Yunho. It doesn't get its own rec because the bendy boy was not so impressive, but I'm linking it because, guh, Yunho. Stop being so damned attractive!
title: DBSG with Mini DBSG on Star King
features: all of DBSK
rating: ★★★★★
reaction: CHO KAWAII. Ridiculous, ridiculous amounts of cute. This was one of the few things I saw of DBSK before I got into Kpop fandom and it made me alksdjflskdj a lot. The kids are sooo cute. I love Junsu's the best.
title: Sexy wave dance #1 and Sexy wave dance #2
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★★☆
reaction: This...actually weirds me the fuck out. Guys shouldn't be able to move like that! alksfjldsl MY BRAIN. It leaks from my ears! But it's so funny to see the guests' reactions. XD I love their expressions. Ahahahaha and Kangin, oh poor Kangin. He looks pretty much constantly like he's thinking, "I never knew I could be attracted to guys..." The best part is this clip which features Kangin's own brand of sexy dancing, and Brian's too. I love it.
title: Star King - AMAZING clothing changing show
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★★★
reaction: You think at first you know how they're doing it--but as you keep watching, it keeps surprising you, and at the end you're like ALSKJFDLS HOLY SHIT WTF JUST HAPPENED. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? And pretty much I still think that. I think it must be magic, for real.
title: Star King - Girls spin sideways with rope on neck
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★☆☆
reaction: Does the title make you wince? Wait 'til you actually see it for yourself. This features Chinese acrobats/contortionists (because they are always Chinese; we breed this kind of thing as a national pastime, I think) and...wow. And a lot of ow. Yeah, that sums it up. It's amazing in a cover-your-eyes-and-hoping-fervently-that-no-one-dies kind of way. :D
title: Star King #21 - Little kids who can really kick butt
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★☆☆
reaction: Ahahahaha. I had to include this clip of three small boys who do martial arts. They're pretty amazing, yes, but nothing phenomenal. I had to include them just becaue they beat up on Kang Ho Dong and it is the funniest shit ever. XD
title: 071230 Star King Special - King of Kings
features: none of SuJu
rating: ★★★★☆
reaction: This was the "season finale" where all the best acts in the past year were called back to the show to compete. Charice Pempengco is here and continues to be utterly awe-inspiring with her voice. Man, she is freaking famous for a reason. (I didn't rec the clip with her singing and dueting with Kyuhyun because I think everyone's watched it. If not, uh, here is her wowing the crowd [this is also the clip that got her famous and onto E! and the Ellen DeGeneres show], and here is her singing "A Whole New World" with Kyuhyun.) Tell Me!boy is back with an Ivy song and a cute SNSD bit that the SNSD girls dance along to. Performers are paired off in this show so they do collaborations or "battles" and it's pretty awesome all around. Then, at the end, they crown the King of Kings--the winner of it all!
Part 1/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz8H36w-fQM
Part 2/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMR4sK5KsE
Part 3/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD9yG7OpCRQ
Part 4/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNMbg1yRL1U
Part 5/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O3FDLwjl4c
Part 6/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZyKgw_EwmY
Part 7/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSoXGgMBQHk
There are, of course, many more clips. I didn't like everything though (and I haven't had a chance to watch everything either), so go look for yourself! Star King is amazing.
Now for the obligatory fic recs:
title: Band Umma by tryingtosay_
stats: KangTeuk, PG-13, crack
summary: “Sungmin, put that away for breakfast; Hyukjae, stop bothering Ryeowook; Yesung, don’t put that in Shindong’s coffee; Kangin, I’m pregnant.”
reaction: Mpreg is acceptable only when it's crack. XD And this is such well-done crack too. Moody!pregnant!Teuk is cute and hilarious.
title: Arts and Crafts by chuchama
stats: KangTeuk, NC-17, humor
summary: Involves a group activity, glitter, and Heechul being himself.
reaction: This is silly and fun and I adore it. Lighthearted? Check. Sexy? Check. Humorous? Check. KangTeuk? Check! Awesome, awesome fic. There should be more like this, ahaha.
title: Camping by chuchama
stats: Siwon/Heechul, NC-17, humor
summary: Super Junior has some time off for the summer. And Eeteuk thinks that a little camping trip together is just what the doctor ordered. Unfortunately, their resident Cinderella does NOT approve, and rebels by falling in love. SiChul. (Because I'm in love with this pairing but never see it.)
reaction: Her Heechul is a total princess and a total bitch and I love it. It is, again, super cute and enjoyable. I will never tire of Heechul IRL or in fics. He is just too good of a character.
title: the revelations ofbeing bet on by chuchama
stats: Siwon/Ryeowook, NC-17, humor/fluff, movie!verse
summary: Everyone but the President could see, could tell, just knew that the Vice President was his bitch had a crush on him. One of these days he’d figure it out.
reaction: A really cute movieverse Siwon/Ryeowook that made me happy because I love movieverse fics. I don't know what else to say about it other than the fact that I like it lots and lots. :D
title: Sand Through a Sieve by parthenope_sing
stats: Eunhyuk/Donghae, PG, angst/drama/angst ANGST dammit
summary: He loses them, a little bit at a time.
reaction: Hi, this broke my heart. I cried buckets at this fic. Omfg, Donghae. Just. Oh my God. She took a terrible concept and made it a wonderful, wonderful writing. I've recced her other EunHae fics before and this one continues in the same vein of being exquisitely written and completely heartrending. I'm broken all over this fic, but it is amazing and you all need to read it. It is so fucking tragic, oh God. (And yet it doesn't ping any Pretentious Angst vibes for me, I wonder why?)
title: A Typical Day by hoyah
stats: Leeteuk-centric (some KangTeuk), PG-13, introspection
summary: Your typical days are wrapped in work, trying to make it from one appointment to the next.
reaction: Subtle, clean writing of a very typical day, as the title suggests. It's short but it captures a lot, I think, but I could just be totally biased for Teuk, who knows at this point? The ending was perfect and sweet and I know my bias is coming through there but, hey, it's still a wonderful piece of writing. *G*
title: Struggle by hoyah
stats: Donghae, Leeteuk, PG, totally gen
summary: "You can call them tomorrow, you know. I'm sure they'll be proud."
reaction: ...I teared up a lot during this fic because this shows the bonds of friendship that I envy and love so much in SuJu, but especially between my two favorite members. I get a lot of the hyung/dongsaeng relationship in this and even umma/son, because Teukie takes care of his babies. He can't help it. And it's established fact that Donghae is homesick a lot and loves and misses his family a lot, so this fic really--hit me where it hurt. (Hi, I'm Mei, I have family-baggage.) This is painful but in a very good way. Oh SuJu, be together forever for each other and be happy, okay? ♥
title: Breaking Point by hoyah
stats: Kangin, Donghae, PG, totally gen
summary: With the harsh training and various activities, the Super Junior apartments were more of a pressure cooker than an actual home.
reaction: Everything I said above, only replace Teukie with Kangin. He's a bully, yeah, and sometimes a total asshole. But none of that detracts from the fact that he cares. Just. I love Kangin so much and this fic shows some of how totally amazing I find him. There are also some really good lines about the Super Junior family and dynamic, which I think really pin down reality. Plus, more Hae. Everyone loves Hae. This is not nearly as heartbreaking as the previous because it has a really cute and sweet (and Hae-appropriate) ending, hee. But it's still just as touching.
title: decension in the ranks by puppycadet
stats: KangTeuk, PG, humor/fluff
summary: So maybe Kangin didn't actually know what he was doing and maybe that was potentially even more worrisome than if he did.
reaction: alksjflds funny cute sweet perfect KangTeuk. With plotting!Kangin and beleaugered!Teuk and their silly bunch of kids. It's wonderful and makes me burst with :D all over and oh the ending. :D :D :D I love KangTeuk. I love this fic. Things are good with the world!
title: What You Want by aswindblows
stats: Heechul/Hankyung, PG, humor
summary: Hankyung has a wardrobe crisis. (summary mine)
reaction: This is totally silly but really cute anyway. Plus there is never enough Hanchul in the world, so just read this and be amused. :D Hannie is absolutely adorable (AS USUAL) and Heechul is...a perfect princess. God ILUSOHARD Heechul.
I also wrote 10 new drabbles here. Covering the following fandoms: Super Junior, Death Note, PoT, Ouran, Hikago, Legal Drug, Naruto, and Good Omens.
Whew! What a round-up. Good start to 2008, I think. :D Also, I'm kind of thinking of making a "Director's Cut" of my huge KangTeuk fic, just so I can talk about it and meta and random stuff. Is anyone interested? Does it matter? I will probably do it for my own entertainment, hah.
This is my STAR KING REC POST:
Star King is a Korean television show kind of like America's Got Talent--it showcases random people with random talents, often kids or groups. It's ten times funnier than the US version because the Korean audiences react and Korean television has a tendency of bringing celebrities onto the show to serve as audience and to interact with competitors. Super Junior, for example. It makes for some hilarious moments, if only to watch the celebrities' reactions to these talents. Oh, there's another way it differs from America's Got Talent--most of the people on the show? Have talent. They don't make the audition cut otherwise, unlike in the US where you get weird old men doing yoga or weird ladies trying to talk to birds. Star King is one of the best shows in Korea because I can watch it without having to understand much Korean at all, wahaha. Also, it's hosted by Kang Ho Dong, whom I love, because he is incredibly funny and also host to Yashimmanman, another of my favorite shows.
This show is pretty much Made of Awesome. Korean audiences have the best reactions. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO WATCH THIS.
Note: Most of these are NOT SUBBED; those that are subbed are marked. But you really don't need subs to understand most of these clips--just stare in wonder!
Click to viewStar King feat. Super Junior - Part 1/7
title: 071222 Star King feat. Super Junior
features: all of SuJu
rating: ★★★★★
reaction: This is gold. Star King is amazing in its own right, but add SuJu in and I'm extra happy. Oh god, I love watching them interact with the performers and Siwon's facial expressions ahaha. And Kangin, who keeps talking and talking, and Leeteuk's laugh. Oh Teukie. ♥ It made Part 3/7 my favorite (the girl in black is the same girl from Super Junior Adonis Camp; if you trawl back through the comments, there are explanations of what's going on). This episode features the most amazing sandpainter ever and some...weird kids. I don't love the kids, but SuJu makes up for everything. Cute Sungmin playing guitar! Donghae doing magic tricks! Heechul's sand painting story alksfjldkjls (see comments for translation). Oh God, I love these boys like crazy.
Part 1/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e-H2bp1Jvo
Part 2/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWtNxP2hrnM
Part 3/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfTPtLCrv1w
Part 4/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFe-axdZsUQ
Part 5/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VGWvhpHFvc
Part 6/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe2dUiYdFE8
Part 7/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxTAX5r0YM
title: heechul crying cut from star king super junior t
features: Heechul, Kangin
rating: ★★★★☆
reaction: This is the infamous crying!Rella clip. He cries because the little girl (who's maybe 3, I think), is blind but she can reproduce any song she hears on the piano. It's so, so touching, and I cried the first time I watched it too. Also look out for the Kangchul hug. Omg. ;^;
title: Star King #38 - Battle of the Ulzzang Kids (eng subbed)
features: all of SuJu
rating: ★★★★☆
reaction: This is SUPER SUPER CUTE. Both girls are totally adorable and I love that they know how to play the audience. Siwon was also super, super cute when he hugged the girl and said, "Aww, oppa likes you too~" SO CUTE I'M DYING ASDJFLS. And Soo Jung picking Ha-Ha? ::much laughter::
title: Star King #44 - Boy dancing Tell Me, Girls Generation (eng subbed)
features: none of SuJu
rating: ★★★★☆
reaction: MORE CUTE. SO MUCH CUTE. He is totally, totally adorable and cocky and wearing tiny cowboy boots while he dances to "Tell Me" omfg. He's so adorable.
title: Star King #40 - Big Bang + guests does Tell Me dance (eng subbed)
features: Big Bang
rating: ★★★★★
reaction: Hellloooo bias. Big Bang doing the Tell Me dance almost better than Wonder Girls do it makes me happy. They learned the dance for their performance with WG and continue to master it with awesomeness. I love especially that they're in their ghetto casual clothes. XD OH GD, YOU ARE SO GIRLY AND YET SO HOT. And the guests who do it after? LOL. I love Star King.
title: girl dance like boy (Star King)
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★☆☆
reaction: Dude. I want this song. And I want to learn how to dance like that. HOLY FUCK SHE'S SO HOT, dancing like those Korean guys. alskfjlsk. Although it seems to prove my theory that girls can't actually pop and lock; she does other stuff, yeah, but the popping and locking seems to be a natural-guys-only thing. But this girl and her band of girls dancing like Kpop stars? Freaking awesome.
title: Guy imitating Bi/Rain, Se7en, DBSG voices @ Star King
features: none of SuJu
rating: ★★★☆☆
reaction: Holy crap! This guy is amazing! This is all live so it's his voice imitating these six people. He's got Rain perfect, HOLY SHIT. His other voices aren't bad either--you can definitely tell the difference between them and they sound similar to the original, for sure--but his Rain voice. SPOT ON. Er, it helps if you've heard these other singers, otherwise you may be slightly less amazed. XD
title: Star King - 7 year old baby B-boy
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★☆☆
reaction: Ahhhh, I'm weirded out by kids with strange talents! If they were amazing at the piano, for instance, I'd be like, "Wow, so talented!" But when they're awesome at breakdancing, I'm just a little "...D: omg." And then I'm a little, "Christ, go to school." XD I'm so bad, I know. But this kid is awesome and spinning on a helmet, haha. Also he's a total ass to Kangin. Aww, Kangin, ilu!
title: DBSG vs. 40 year old DBSG on Star King
features: all of DBSK
rating: ★★★★★
reaction: I AM BLOWN AWAY BY THESE 40 YEAR OLD MEN. HOLY CRAP. THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HURTS. OMFG. Ow and also wow. Oh, and DBSK. Very, very hot. YUNHO LET ME DO YOU. ♥ Oh, from the same episode, bendy boy vs. Yunho. It doesn't get its own rec because the bendy boy was not so impressive, but I'm linking it because, guh, Yunho. Stop being so damned attractive!
title: DBSG with Mini DBSG on Star King
features: all of DBSK
rating: ★★★★★
reaction: CHO KAWAII. Ridiculous, ridiculous amounts of cute. This was one of the few things I saw of DBSK before I got into Kpop fandom and it made me alksdjflskdj a lot. The kids are sooo cute. I love Junsu's the best.
title: Sexy wave dance #1 and Sexy wave dance #2
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★★☆
reaction: This...actually weirds me the fuck out. Guys shouldn't be able to move like that! alksfjldsl MY BRAIN. It leaks from my ears! But it's so funny to see the guests' reactions. XD I love their expressions. Ahahahaha and Kangin, oh poor Kangin. He looks pretty much constantly like he's thinking, "I never knew I could be attracted to guys..." The best part is this clip which features Kangin's own brand of sexy dancing, and Brian's too. I love it.
title: Star King - AMAZING clothing changing show
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★★★
reaction: You think at first you know how they're doing it--but as you keep watching, it keeps surprising you, and at the end you're like ALSKJFDLS HOLY SHIT WTF JUST HAPPENED. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? And pretty much I still think that. I think it must be magic, for real.
title: Star King - Girls spin sideways with rope on neck
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★☆☆
reaction: Does the title make you wince? Wait 'til you actually see it for yourself. This features Chinese acrobats/contortionists (because they are always Chinese; we breed this kind of thing as a national pastime, I think) and...wow. And a lot of ow. Yeah, that sums it up. It's amazing in a cover-your-eyes-and-hoping-fervently-that-no-one-dies kind of way. :D
title: Star King #21 - Little kids who can really kick butt
features: Kangin
rating: ★★★☆☆
reaction: Ahahahaha. I had to include this clip of three small boys who do martial arts. They're pretty amazing, yes, but nothing phenomenal. I had to include them just becaue they beat up on Kang Ho Dong and it is the funniest shit ever. XD
title: 071230 Star King Special - King of Kings
features: none of SuJu
rating: ★★★★☆
reaction: This was the "season finale" where all the best acts in the past year were called back to the show to compete. Charice Pempengco is here and continues to be utterly awe-inspiring with her voice. Man, she is freaking famous for a reason. (I didn't rec the clip with her singing and dueting with Kyuhyun because I think everyone's watched it. If not, uh, here is her wowing the crowd [this is also the clip that got her famous and onto E! and the Ellen DeGeneres show], and here is her singing "A Whole New World" with Kyuhyun.) Tell Me!boy is back with an Ivy song and a cute SNSD bit that the SNSD girls dance along to. Performers are paired off in this show so they do collaborations or "battles" and it's pretty awesome all around. Then, at the end, they crown the King of Kings--the winner of it all!
Part 1/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz8H36w-fQM
Part 2/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMR4sK5KsE
Part 3/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD9yG7OpCRQ
Part 4/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNMbg1yRL1U
Part 5/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O3FDLwjl4c
Part 6/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZyKgw_EwmY
Part 7/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSoXGgMBQHk
There are, of course, many more clips. I didn't like everything though (and I haven't had a chance to watch everything either), so go look for yourself! Star King is amazing.
Now for the obligatory fic recs:
title: Band Umma by tryingtosay_
stats: KangTeuk, PG-13, crack
summary: “Sungmin, put that away for breakfast; Hyukjae, stop bothering Ryeowook; Yesung, don’t put that in Shindong’s coffee; Kangin, I’m pregnant.”
reaction: Mpreg is acceptable only when it's crack. XD And this is such well-done crack too. Moody!pregnant!Teuk is cute and hilarious.
title: Arts and Crafts by chuchama
stats: KangTeuk, NC-17, humor
summary: Involves a group activity, glitter, and Heechul being himself.
reaction: This is silly and fun and I adore it. Lighthearted? Check. Sexy? Check. Humorous? Check. KangTeuk? Check! Awesome, awesome fic. There should be more like this, ahaha.
title: Camping by chuchama
stats: Siwon/Heechul, NC-17, humor
summary: Super Junior has some time off for the summer. And Eeteuk thinks that a little camping trip together is just what the doctor ordered. Unfortunately, their resident Cinderella does NOT approve, and rebels by falling in love. SiChul. (Because I'm in love with this pairing but never see it.)
reaction: Her Heechul is a total princess and a total bitch and I love it. It is, again, super cute and enjoyable. I will never tire of Heechul IRL or in fics. He is just too good of a character.
title: the revelations ofbeing bet on by chuchama
stats: Siwon/Ryeowook, NC-17, humor/fluff, movie!verse
summary: Everyone but the President could see, could tell, just knew that the Vice President was his bitch had a crush on him. One of these days he’d figure it out.
reaction: A really cute movieverse Siwon/Ryeowook that made me happy because I love movieverse fics. I don't know what else to say about it other than the fact that I like it lots and lots. :D
title: Sand Through a Sieve by parthenope_sing
stats: Eunhyuk/Donghae, PG, angst/drama/angst ANGST dammit
summary: He loses them, a little bit at a time.
reaction: Hi, this broke my heart. I cried buckets at this fic. Omfg, Donghae. Just. Oh my God. She took a terrible concept and made it a wonderful, wonderful writing. I've recced her other EunHae fics before and this one continues in the same vein of being exquisitely written and completely heartrending. I'm broken all over this fic, but it is amazing and you all need to read it. It is so fucking tragic, oh God. (And yet it doesn't ping any Pretentious Angst vibes for me, I wonder why?)
title: A Typical Day by hoyah
stats: Leeteuk-centric (some KangTeuk), PG-13, introspection
summary: Your typical days are wrapped in work, trying to make it from one appointment to the next.
reaction: Subtle, clean writing of a very typical day, as the title suggests. It's short but it captures a lot, I think, but I could just be totally biased for Teuk, who knows at this point? The ending was perfect and sweet and I know my bias is coming through there but, hey, it's still a wonderful piece of writing. *G*
title: Struggle by hoyah
stats: Donghae, Leeteuk, PG, totally gen
summary: "You can call them tomorrow, you know. I'm sure they'll be proud."
reaction: ...I teared up a lot during this fic because this shows the bonds of friendship that I envy and love so much in SuJu, but especially between my two favorite members. I get a lot of the hyung/dongsaeng relationship in this and even umma/son, because Teukie takes care of his babies. He can't help it. And it's established fact that Donghae is homesick a lot and loves and misses his family a lot, so this fic really--hit me where it hurt. (Hi, I'm Mei, I have family-baggage.) This is painful but in a very good way. Oh SuJu, be together forever for each other and be happy, okay? ♥
title: Breaking Point by hoyah
stats: Kangin, Donghae, PG, totally gen
summary: With the harsh training and various activities, the Super Junior apartments were more of a pressure cooker than an actual home.
reaction: Everything I said above, only replace Teukie with Kangin. He's a bully, yeah, and sometimes a total asshole. But none of that detracts from the fact that he cares. Just. I love Kangin so much and this fic shows some of how totally amazing I find him. There are also some really good lines about the Super Junior family and dynamic, which I think really pin down reality. Plus, more Hae. Everyone loves Hae. This is not nearly as heartbreaking as the previous because it has a really cute and sweet (and Hae-appropriate) ending, hee. But it's still just as touching.
title: decension in the ranks by puppycadet
stats: KangTeuk, PG, humor/fluff
summary: So maybe Kangin didn't actually know what he was doing and maybe that was potentially even more worrisome than if he did.
reaction: alksjflds funny cute sweet perfect KangTeuk. With plotting!Kangin and beleaugered!Teuk and their silly bunch of kids. It's wonderful and makes me burst with :D all over and oh the ending. :D :D :D I love KangTeuk. I love this fic. Things are good with the world!
title: What You Want by aswindblows
stats: Heechul/Hankyung, PG, humor
summary: Hankyung has a wardrobe crisis. (summary mine)
reaction: This is totally silly but really cute anyway. Plus there is never enough Hanchul in the world, so just read this and be amused. :D Hannie is absolutely adorable (AS USUAL) and Heechul is...a perfect princess. God ILUSOHARD Heechul.
I also wrote 10 new drabbles here. Covering the following fandoms: Super Junior, Death Note, PoT, Ouran, Hikago, Legal Drug, Naruto, and Good Omens.
Whew! What a round-up. Good start to 2008, I think. :D Also, I'm kind of thinking of making a "Director's Cut" of my huge KangTeuk fic, just so I can talk about it and meta and random stuff. Is anyone interested? Does it matter? I will probably do it for my own entertainment, hah.