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winterspel

The World of JE from the n00b POV [INDEX]

Jun 20, 2006 06:51

A.K.A. My 'Coming out of the JE Closet' post

Hee, I've been scribbling this off and on for a few days, primarily for my own amusement, because I AM amused. Both at myself and by this whole new world of entertainment I've fallen into. :D

Yes, this post is probably ONLY of interest to about ONE person on my flist...catdecember...but perhaps some of the SMAP ( Read more... )

je coming out of the closet post, je, j-boys, kat-tun, j-pop

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catdecember June 21 2006, 08:53:37 UTC

OMG i have bookmarked this. i need more time to read. life's been craaazzzy!

winterspel June 21 2006, 13:35:31 UTC

Hee! Enjoy it whenever you get a chance. I was thinking of you the whole time I was writing/capping. ;) Heh, I finally came out of the closet about this, and you know, my friends ALL think I have TOTALLY LOST MY MIND! ;D

Now that I'm finally "out" regarding my dark, secret passion for KAT-TUN, I'm afraid I envision future picspams...hehehehe

Oh, and btw, stay tuned for ICONS - Anego, Nobuta wo Produce, Gokusen 2 & KAT-TUN icons are all in the pipeline. I just have to finish the batches and actually POST them. I've been so lazy about this lately. I have all these unfinished icon batches lying around.

Be well, dear, and I hope life calms down for you soon. :)

ina June 25 2006, 06:04:19 UTC

Hi, I came here through kattunlove and I really enjoyed reading your post. Especially about your feeling of "how did I arrive here?", which even after one and a half year of JE fandom I still have and can't answer. ;)
Hope that you don't mind that I friended you.

winterspel June 26 2006, 02:32:46 UTC

:) Eeee, I'm so glad you enjoyed the post. I've been feeling very "WTF?" about my whole current fascination with KAT-TUN and JE, so it's nice to know that I'm not the only one. *Grin* I'm having so much fun with it though!

Of course I don't mind that you friended me - Welcome to the Random!

By the way, I absolutely LOVE that icon. It's "GOLD" indeed.

emi_akachan June 27 2006, 09:25:25 UTC

My knowledge of JE is also only a few months old... but I can't believe just how deeply I've fallen into it O__O. Before this year, I had watched the odd dorama here and there.. but that was it. I loved Japan for its technology, fashion, food etc. etc. but no way could I have predicted that half a year later I would be in the midst of all these fandoms and extreme fangirling XDDD

Surprisingly I was also drawn in by Kimura Takuya! It all started when I watched one of his doramas... and then another... and another... and another... yes, you get my point ^^. I loved them so much, and grew to adore Kimura as well <333 Then, long story cut short, I watched other doramas with some JE boys and.. yes... here I am now XD It never fails to amaze me how sudden it's all been... and I can't remember/imagine what I used to do with all my time that's now spent searching, downloading and fangirling ^^" But no complaints coz I'm loving it all for now ( ... )

sorry...somehow that posted before I was done, so here it is again... winterspel June 27 2006, 17:55:41 UTC

Heya, I'm thrilled you came back here to leave a comment because you could be describing my experience in coming to JE. I was introduced to Takuya Kimura through 2046 (which I adore) and his doramas Good Luck! and Long Vacation (also adore both) - this was late January/early February of this year. It was all downhill from there. I devoured his doramas, started listening to SMAP and watching the odd SMAPXSMAP episodes, and I branched out into KAT-TUN which led to Anego, Gokusen 2 and Nobuta wo Produce. Blah blah blah. I keep branching out (other JE groups and other doramas) - I have such a slate of doramas to watch this summer, starting with 1 Litre of Tears. I've given up watching about 60% of the U.S. television I was watching before to make room for all the doramas ( ... )

Re: sorry...somehow that posted before I was done, so here it is again... ina June 27 2006, 21:11:52 UTC

If you are still looking for Shounen Club episodes, this is a good website http://destined.to/himitsu

And I gave up watching a lot of US TV shows either, much to the chargrin of some of my friends, who can't understand my fascination with the doramas. But I found it refreshing to only having to follow 9-12 episodes, and then seeing the actors in another role. And no fear of cancelletions either.

Re: sorry...somehow that posted before I was done, so here it is again... winterspel June 27 2006, 21:37:37 UTC

Oh, yes, that is a good site! I came across it only a couple weeks ago, and I'm thrilled that someone has taken up that kind of project! It's rather daunting, though.

I have a love/hate relationship with the short format of doramas. I love knowing that the story has a beginning, middle, and end, and that there is often a consistent voice in terms of a single writer as well as a consistent visual style. The short format means there is a pay-off for the viewer(usually, anyway) and story-fulfillment. It also means that (as you say) we can see these actors in different roles, and in the case of Kimura, there's some decent variety.

The bad part about the short format means that when you fall in love with characters, you have to say goodbye to them. And I hate saying goodbye. :(

My friends are amusedly tolerant for the most part, but I think they secretly think I'm out of my mind. I'm half a season behind on Lost and everyone's annoyed that they can't talk about it with me yet! And yet, I'm just not in the mood to catch up...I want to ( ... )

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