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Cuteness behind the scenes of Gu Family Book

This drama has plenty of cute onscreen, but sometimes — like say, when your gumiho father comes back from the dead a thousand-year demon hellbent on destroying the world, for instance — a little pick-me-up is in order. Here’s a collection of stills from the set of current MBC fantasy sageuk Gu Family Book, with the cast goofing off and erupting into laughter behind the scenes. Wait till you get a load of our villains hanging out and being personable like normal folk. It’ll blow your mind.

All the stills are adorable, but I do always get a kick out of the scary villains (in this case Lee Sung-jae as Jo Gwan-woong and Choi Jin-hyuk back from the not-so-dead as Evil Wol-ryung) smiling in ways that don’t send a chill down my spine, and looking — dare I say — nice. I still wouldn’t voluntarily go near Lee Sung-jae, at least until the drama is over, but a guy who takes cute pictures of his minions can’t be all bad, right?

Enjoy. And save up those happy thoughts in case things get worse before they get better. They always do in dramaland.

Gu Family Book airs Mondays and Tuesdays on MBC.

Via iMBC

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Why is everyone so adorable?!

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But Suzy still cannot act.

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Thank you for posting this. This is such a treat!!!!

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AWWWW for a moment, happiness! Love it! (Before I go and cry my eyeballs out again because of you show.)

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ahhhh the dimples.... they are all cute together!

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Goofy Family Book :)

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That would be a great title for this post.

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Yea I wish I could like that.

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Soo cute!!

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damn CJH...u cant smile like that...i lose my breath and.... *faints*

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okies back....damn CJH is one hella fine smexy man!!!!

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Must be the plan: Those who didn't die because of the hotness will pass away because of the cute. It's useless to resist. ;)

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So true!!!

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True words. True Words. I actually saved the pictures as GuFamilysmexy1 and GuFamilysmexy2.

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Ditto! True that omg guy sure knows how to work it! SQUEE

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Lol Amen.

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he is one sexy man

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Why do I think he looks feminine and not sexy? Hmm.....

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Feminine and not sexy? Let's see if I can change your mind: http://twitpic.com/csg566

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Sorry, no . It's the facial features I find feminine despite the hot bod.

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Oh. My. God. Where has he been all my life? To think I just started paying attention lately. I feel like I should be writing a letter of apology.

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Oh my god. Hilarious. I burst out laughing.

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Maybe it's the long hair? Very few men can pull it off.

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Damn... it's just not nice to my heart to see CJH all smiley with the evil gumiho outfit on. I died a little inside from the sheer force of the squee.

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Damnnn, I can't even decide whether Seunggi's or Jinhyuk's dimples are even more adorableee. My heart stops a beat when I see CJH smile like that. I think we have a winner here. SO MUCH ADORABLENESS.

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Ah!!!!! Dying of the cute!!!!!!!

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First picture = power rangers.

Oh and Choi Jin-hyuk is gorgeoussss~

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"First picture = power rangers."
My thought exactly!

Ans he really is isn't he? Hope he'll get a lead role soon!

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I thought he was the lead in "My daughter is flower" or something like that ? But I guess not many people took notice of him then.

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Oh I haven't seen that drama so I wouldn't know. I've only seen him in "Panda and Hedgehog" and "I Need Romance" where he was second lead.

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OH MY GOD!!!!! when I was watching the last episode where the four kids where brought in to talk with Yeo-wool's dad, I total said they look like the power rangers!!!

I love dramabeans just for the plain simple fact that there are others on the same brain wave as me.

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I know right! Not to mention the fact that they also each have their "own" colour! It just adds to the effect.

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Manin, you are quickly becoming my new best friend.

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Haha, I can roll with this ;)

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Quick what is LSJ showing LSG/conversation!!!!

LSJ: "And this is a picture of my cat with my hat on his head."
LSG:"Aww"

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Pic ten. Is that LSJ btw?

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lol

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If u take a look at LSJ in Rascal Sons, even for 1 ep, I believe you'll appreciate his performance here a lot more. Polar opposites, n he carries both roles so very well. He ups my respect for supporting actors a thousand times!

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Funny, I was thinking the same thing. He is so incredibly sweet, decent, and clumsy in Rascal Sons. This evil performance messes with my mind. Even if you don't have time to watch Rascal Sons (very long weekend drama) just pick out an episode and watch out for LSJ. You'll appreciate his acting more then.

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Minion on the side thinking: why are you showing him and not me?!

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My favorite pic is the first one, it make me smile for a day! <3<3

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So addicted to GFB :D Thanks for the cute, perfect pick-me-up from all the drama!!!

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Omgomg hahaha jo gwan woong taking a picture of his minion XD

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Is it me or everybody looks really happy?! Good for them!!! :)

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my favorite still has to be the one where kangchi is looking over gwanwoong's shoulder while he's on his phone... :D

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lol. I love that one too.

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Yeah me too. That, or the one of him taking a picture of his minion... Though Seung Ki looking asif he's about to throw up because of that Chicken comes quite close.... Gah, they're all awesome.

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Loving the bro picture at the end!

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Aaawwww made my day! :-) thanks!

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Yeo wool and Gon dancing :) Suzy that adorable girl hehehe They really have a lively set. When I first saw the power ranger photo(First photo) It crack me up LOL The caption is "We are the apostles of justice protecting 100 Years Inn!!! Five Siblings of Gu Family Book!!! In the name of justice, Jo Gwan Woong, you will never be forgiven!!!"

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<3 choi jin hyuk!

Btw I've been revisiting some of the ost of this drama.

I don't really get the song about stones ("my eden") in the first two episodes. Does anyone know what those lyrics mean?

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I was curious about the exact same thing.

To start, true confessions, this answer will clearly fall under the category of the mixed blessing of someone having waaaaaay too much time on their hands. But here's the info I came up with from merrily following this rabbit trail of curiosity....

The song was released under the title "Another Heaven" in 2011, so making assumptions about its meaning may be a stretch. (It'd be much easier to make some assumptions if the lyrics were written specifically for the OST.) However, that said, I still wonder if there may be some embedded meaning.

To digress just a tad, I was searching the gumiho lore to see if there were any "rules" that would let us have a happy ending for WR. I liked the character and felt the drama's 'rules' put him in a catch-22 of becoming a demon no matter what choices he made. On Wikipedia, I found that there have been some significant recent edits to the section on Kumihos. First, they added the lore being established in the Gu Family Book drama. Second, (I'm pretty sure about this) someone added a section on the lore of how a kumiho can become human. In that section, it speaks of obtaining a cintamani stone and exposing the stone to a certain number of full moons while the kumiho undergoes a testing process. On another site, I found that if a Kumiho takes a person to their secret lair, it is in essence a declaration of an intent to marry.

Another web search provided info that a cintamani stone is a precious jewel that falls from heaven which has the potential for changing destinies. These are the orbs you commonly see being held by dragons in Asian mythology. In the typical mythology, if a dragon is able to hold on to the orb for a certain period of time, then it will obtain the power to determine destinies/circumstances/outcomes.

Back to the drama. The first time they played the song, SH just made the decision to become a gisaeng in order to spare her brother's life. CSR then instructs the head madam to "dress her up". The song plays as she's being transformed physically into a beautiful gisaeng. (Does this scene of preparation symbolize that she's being polished, like a jewel?)

The next time the song plays, the soldiers are closing in on SH and her brother as they are escaping through the forest. She tells him to run separately as she's injured. As the soldiers are closing in, she is about to kill herself with a hairpin. Suddenly floatey blue lights (foxbeads?) appear and reality seems to shift. The song starts to play as she faints and falls into someone's arms. As the camera pulls back we see WR holding her in an embrace as the line "there's a home in the heart, another heaven" is sung. (Does this mean the polished jewel falls from heaven (aka delivered by fate) into his arms? Is she the cintamani stone?)

And the floatey foxbeads seem to create some sort of alternate dimension wherein the pursuing soldiers can't see them. The ability to create of an alternate dimension is also an obscure part of the Kumiho/Kitsune lore I found online. (Is this the heaven the song is referring to?)

Next WR takes SH to his home, the Moonlight Garden. He keeps her there as he undergoes the ordeal to become human. (Is this exposing the cintamani stone to a certain number of full moons during the time of testing?)

Soooo what might we make of all that?
The drama has a clearly established rule that certain relationships are destined to be and cannot be stopped by human interference. At least to me, it seemed pretty clear that SH actually DID accept WR for what he was just as he was dying. This should have guaranteed him his happily-ever-after. Is his current state just an interlude? And given that the rules WR was put under essentially forced him into becoming a demon, will there be some heavenly mercy? If SH is WR's cintamani stone, can she redeem him from his fate as a demon now that she's returned? Can WR regain some divine foxbeads if KC is put in a situation wherein he chooses heal/save WR by using his blood?

I hope the writer has left a set of backdoor rules in the opening episodes whereby something good could happen. A WR/SH reunion may have to happen in some sort of alternate foxbead infused dimension, but it would be nice to see it.

Sorry this reply is so, so long and I hope it doesn't come across as my trying to hijack your question. It just completes the thought process on why I was curious about the song.

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Thanks for your thoughts. That's quite interesting to think that Seo Hwa may be the stone for Wol Ryung. I do love hidden meanings to lyrics.

This song had me thinking so hard for some reason, so I ended up posting here. I was just thinking...what could those lyrics mean? What you said about the stone makes sense. But there were certain lines in the lyrics that doesn't fit.

The line that's really confusing is "count the stones don’t think about him". What could that possibly mean?

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Unless the lyrics were specifically written for the drama, they may be more akin to a metaphor than a simile (not all the details will have significance). So, all the lyrics may not fit exactly. But if they're supposed to fit, maybe this:

Lyrics:
Count the stones, don’t think about him
Let the stones, become your mountain
Let them go the nights you doubted
All those thousand cares

Meaning:
Consider your reasons and don't think (back) about him.
Let your reasons be your strength and sanctuary.
Set aside ruminating about what you did.
Remembering your great sadness deprives you of peace.

(And, although this stanza is in the song, where was it used in the drama?)

If there's any validity to that interpretation, perhaps it's a metaphor for SH's life while she lived in Japan? To survive emotionally and psychologically, she would need to overcome her self-loathing about what she did to WR...and her child.

But still...all speculation at this point. :-)

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The song is no doubt beautiful but I don't get why the lyrics was in English and not Korean. Yisabel is definitely Korean but she spent most of her life in the US. She left Korea while in middle school so I'm pretty sure can still remember how to speak/sing in her native language.

I really like the song but I didn't like that it was in English especially in a fusion historical drama.

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I completely agree that the song was pretty jarring in the way that it was presented. But considering the discontinuity between it and the rest of the soundtrack, in hindsight I've wondered if they did if for a purpose.

If the song does have symbolic meaning:
Maybe they wanted it to call attention to itself?
Or, conversely, if most of the audience wouldn't bother looking up the translation, maybe they wanted to hide clues in plain sight?

Maybe they planned to use the song all along - including releasing it while the drama was in pre-production - but realized that the audience really didn't like it paired with the drama.
I dunno.

Personally, it wasn't so much the english that bothered me as much as that the song didn't have the softness that the rest of the soundtrack has. As a comparison, a theme song used in The Princess Man (Destino) was sung in Italian. But the language wasn't jarring as stylistically it blended in seamlessly.

I'm guessing that we'll only figure it out the answer to your question by seeing if they use the song again now that the OTP v1.0 are back.

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Awww! Cute! Love this show, and the actors/actresses! Can't wait for Monday!

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LOL @ the thought of GW using twitter. ROFL.

"Seo Hwa...I still miss you. ㅠㅠ"

and then

SH: "@GW Don't worry #Ishallreturn"

xD

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lol. Haha.

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lololol

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You killed it XD

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So cute....I love it!

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Ah! So cute! Thanks for sharing!

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I see lots of smiles. It makes my day. Suzy is adorable. Love the first and last pictures. Thanks for sharing.

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For those of you who want to see more of these, you can go here:

http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/gufamilybook/photo/

I also thought this recent set was absolutely adorable. :)

http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/gufamilybook/photo/

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Beast Kang Chi is laughing and I'm dying because he's sexy and cute at the same time. Love the Power Rangers pose. <3

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Agreed ! Love LSG portral of KC, can't think of anyone else for this role !

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Totally in agreement!!!!

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Not watching this show (for various and sundry reasons), but how is Lee Yoo Bi doing? I get the sense that she's headed for stardom (having Kyun Mi Ri as your mom must open some doors) so I really hope she has some acting chops.

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She definitely blows suzy out of the water, thats for sure.
For someone who has a famous actress as a mother, she doesnt put that title to shame.

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She's good, but gets 1/10th of the attention that Suzy gets even if she's out acting her. I can see her in 2nd lead roles for awhile. Not a bad way to go though.

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I knew she was a decent enough actress based on Nice Guy, but didn't expect her to be this good, especially in a second lead role- if she's headed for stardom, she definitely has the chops.

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I came back for Wol-ryung but Chung Jo is winning me over thanks to Lee Yoo Bi. This girl will make it big one day.

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...Choco/Vampire Rabbit/Cheong-jo's mother is THE Kyeon Mi-ri?!

O~o

Woah...didn't expect that...

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Interesting, they are both currently acting in a sageuk. Mi-ri in Heo Joon and Yoo Bi in GFB.

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Cute..

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LSG and Suzy, why are both of you so adorable ? Love all your pictures.

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Top pic: they look like power rangers! LOLz
Love them! They're soo CUTE!! <3
CJH and LSG are so adorable like puppies! They do look a like though, which makes it more endearing :)

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hah - what really got me was when i scrolled past Lee Seung jae (the first villian) chilling out on set looking at his phone w Lee Seung Gi, and then taking pictures of his lil minions..
alfjgrogbwowbnab it feels/looks/is so weird!
*goosebumps* - *shivers* - *can't believe that he isn't actually an evil lord from sageuk times*
i love behind the scene photos!

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I watched 'Princess's Man' recently and it totally threw me for a loop to see him as one of the good guys. It is weird seeing him smiling and acting like a decent person. Does not compute!

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Awwww so cute seeing wol ryung smile was so good

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yeah,,, that father more adorable.. really sweet ep 1 and 2... i hope they continue as a couple in the end...

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Is it a problem when people pay more attention to dad than son????

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But they don't really. Unless you are talking about people fangirling WR hotness this week. See actual discussion about characters and plot and you'll see a difference.

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Excuse me, I am all for the son, adorable and sexy !!

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I am totally all for the son though~
Can't resist his smiles and his voice~

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I'm all for the son. As I said above, he's cute and sexy at the same time.

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me 3..

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Me 4.

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Me 5 & 6 & 7......& one billion
All for the son
All for LSG
All for Kang chi!!!!!

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Sorry YFYKID, I've gotta beat to it!
Me to infinity!

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Correction" "I've gotta beat you to it."

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Fangirls only see eyeliners, hair-on-face and 'sexiness'. I think they're harmless but adds nil to actual episode discussions - wherein, papa gumiho is like the least talked about.

Plus, like everyone said here - I'm all for the son; I have no hots whatsoever for the dad =)

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Awww LSG and Suzy are too much adorbzzz! ^^
Lee seung jae is refreshing to see smiling behind the set, dude is damn scary in the drama haha!

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Awww they are all so freakin adorable! Everyone looks so adorable and the first picture along with the caption makes made me laugh. So so CUTE!

P.s. even if KC fans aren't as vocal as WR fans, he obviously a lot of people's favourite - he's LSG(!!!). The high ratings for the last 11-12 episodes is evidence :)

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I am a total fan of LSG but I just don't have the urge to shout out his greatness like other's fans... I think because it is because he is great and has always been so great that I don't see the need to shout out always...
And sometimes I don't feel like sharing my love~ haha~

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wise words, and yes, LSG all the way, hehe..

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kept on scrolling and looking for any cute pictures of Gon, but there's only 2 and 1 is even covering his face. I think this guy doesn't no any aegyo face. But still I find him cute especially when he is pouting =)

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Can't even remember Seong Joon doing any aegyo at all in "Romance Town"...or at "SUFBB"...XP

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so.much.cute. Love the pics, thanks for posting.

The cutest to me was the minion was sitting next to him even when they are off camera.

LSG and CJH are definately in a dimple-off or something!

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Scrolling photos then i saw KC gumiho laughing? I'm gone. Dead. ~~~ ( Mian haeyo Soo-hyun oppa, i still love you )

That power ranger pose would be a million times more awesome if Gon was in front instead of funny Bong-chul :P

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I love the actor who plays the thug MBC, especially after his winking last episode. He's so funny in the BTS too.

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it never starts feeling normal when a guy in sageuk clothes toys with a cell phone. (that would only be allowed to Bong Do). but it is just so wierd. "Oh I have time inbetween killings and plottings, let´s take a look at the celebrity gossip *click click click*"

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LOL! Definitely one of those things that makes your brain twitch. Several years ago, I was at a Ren Faire not far from me and I overheard two male performers who were 'off stage' discussing the relative merits of a vehicle I can't remember the make and model of. If they'd been having the conversation in Middle English, that would've totally made my day. ;D

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ditto.... and his accent....LOL

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hotness and cuteness all over! suzy is sooo pretty :) and papa gumiho's smile makes me all giddy and smiling too.

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LSG 's smile is just so irresistible . Suzy too is so pretty. Both have great chemistry together. What a cute couple !!

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I love love love the 2nd last photo~~~
Dazzling smile from LSG~~~ :D

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Yes :-) the dimples alone made my heart racing.

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Lee Seung Gi's smile is super infectious, can't help but grin like a fool. And Choi Jin Hyuk? What can I say? Might as well surrender my heart on top of the liver, if my breath has not been sucked out yet.

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Agreed. There are certain guys out there who just have that infectious smile, and Lee Seung Gi is one of them. Really can't help it but to smile big when you see, even just a picture of him, smiling like that. :D

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gon resemble wolryung more....they could have bn easily idntifd as father son

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daddy gumiho is the cutest :)

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totally agree...
both with his mom to,...
so sweet saw them at ep 1 and 2,,,

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Totally. I totally prefer him to Kang Chi.

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Seunggi is extra brighter here is he inlove? Thats a look of a happy inlove guy u can see all over his face he looks like his in cloud 10 hehehe

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It's highly possible cuz Seung gi was probably dating Yoona or already getting to talk alot with her during those times.

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Daddy gumiho reminds me of Lee Minho too bad he is just had a break now but still better late than never....

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do u think like LMH
me too...
especially when he smile.. same

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nice to see i read someplace that suzy broke down in tears at some event with reporters when they keep on about her being the 6 billion won girl ie in relation to how many CV she been getting. it must have been a Gu Family related event as it went on to say Lee Sung-jae spoke for her saying he can personally say that the amounts mention for CV are way over what is really paid, as he himself of course dose a lot of CV's. So nice to see her smiling in these behind the scene photos, it clear though she being way over exposed and worked to feel so stressed she burst into tears in puplic.

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Hello, you make few mistakes dear. It's CF not CV, and it's Lee Seung Gi, not Lee Sung Jae who spoke for Suzy.^^
Here you go. It's in the comment section.
http://tryp96.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/lee-seung-gi-innocent-suzys-charm-is-simple-honesty/

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lol yes sorry I was going it from memory and I getting old so it not very good.

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Did you mean Seunggi spoke up for her? Since he did, not Lee Sung-Jae. :)

Poor girl is so overworked. It's also not like CFs are doing anything but making her company money. I remember LSG worked a two variety shows, maybe music? and a drama (plus Cfs) at the same time back during MGIAG, but at least that was professional work. Suzy is just shilling any product JYP can find for her to endorse.

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I get the cv from 'commercial video' I am always saying cv rather than CF. And yes it pretty common cashing in on the star of the moment, but I feel it hurts rather than helps that person in the long run to be so over exposed in this manner, it has to make for anti feeling againt them. It is really short term thinking on her companies part to my mind not to mention the stress and overwork side of things, and its not as if she a solo act so she can escape as so many others have for a year or so working outside of Korea to get away from it all

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Is there also a possibility that she's really into character right now...and that her character doesn't have a happy ending?

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Doubtful. They writing scripts weekly. They had to redo some of ep. 16 just this week. Only person who probably knows the end is the writer and PD...maybe.

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Kang Chi is really the cutest of them all ! Love the first picture the most!!

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I love BTS images from sageuk dramas, something about the modern things (Adidas jackets and mobile phones and V signs) mixed with the hanboks and topknots makes the pics really interesting to look at even when they're unposed.

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