Korean Dramas Pulling At My Heartstrings

When I was in middle and high school there was nothing I loved more than burying my nose in a love story. Not those awkward ones with Fabio on the cover, but the ones in the Young Adult section. First love, coming of age, opposites attract. I loved it. I was that girl walking and reading at the same time down the hallways, using my perepherals to navigate.

WELL. Let me tell you, Korean dramas take me back to that innocent time when I couldn't possibly think about going to bed when the two main characters were just THIS close to having their first kiss, and when it finally happened I was there on my bed giggling and kicking my legs about like...well...a sixteen year old girl. Where has that innocence gone in America? Are our girls so jaded that they don't get excited by the awkward first brush of hands on the street or the first kiss? Tell me, where are the butterflies! It's as if we don't get the giddy feeling until the characters have sex in America. That shouldn't be the case. And this is why Korea drama's have stolen my heart.

They remind me of a time years ago when all I needed to feel the giddy excitement of love was a first kiss.

I've only watched 3 Korean Dramas so far: Faith, City Hunter, and Heartstrings, but already I can see that there are some common themes.

1.  There is almost always some kind of thematic symbol of the main characters feelings. (ex. coffee, flower)
2. In two of the shows there was a "you have to be my slave" element. (Not like that, dirty mind!) For instance, one will lose a bet and the other has to do chores for the other. (or fetch them coffee as is the case in City Hunter and Heartstrings)
3. The main characters keep their feelings extremely close to their chest until
4. The confession (which is the most giggly, leg kickingly, adorable part)
5. The guys are all EXTREMELY protective. (Feminists beware)
6. The first: touch (skinship), handhold, hug, and kiss are a BIG DEAL
7. The kiss is as. far. as. it. goes. (as far as I can tell at this point)
8. Little notes are often left to let the other know how they feel (subtly)
9. Guys arent afraid to be lovey dovey
10. ^ but they're still manly!
    EXAMPLE A:

It's all very, very young adult novel. And I LOVE IT.

I'm currently watching Heartstrings which is seriously just adorable, and it's so innocent! (so far)

I wish that there were some American shows that held up the same traditional ideals. Even Disney and Nick are going down the tube.

Here are some cute Korean Drama pictures :D

XOXO
Kim(chi)!