What do you suppose it means that my honest-to-goodness most prominent thought on seeing this sequence of images was, “GET YOUR HANDS OUT OF YOUR PANTS YOUNG MAN!!” ⁉
It means you haven’t noticed that he is just resting his fingertips a bit because of the bscandalous lack of pockets, and your first thought should be: “Rowoon, join us! in the fight for pockets in all pants and skirts!”
I don’t like that he has to do that at all.
I sat here, thinking a bit about some of the things I have heard about can happen to young men in the army – and I don’t mean what the official enemy does, but superiors and “colleagues”.
And I thought I felt I wanted to be there and scold anybody who was not being nice. And then got to imagine a whole corps of Mothers Kim Mi-kyung and Yeom Hye-ran and Lee Mi-sook (They are both ready and able to each play two or three mothers) who overlook the training and steps in if anyone behaves badly.
People are already talking about how he will have to cut his hair. But why? Because individuality is not welcome in the army. A large part of the training consists in making people stop asking questions and just do what they’re told.
I have heard that some of the beautiful young men who have singing and acting careers are considered less masculine and treated as less than by other recruits. And for some, that has been very tough, though I hope and believe that Rowoon can handle a great deal.
But when I see this flowering young man I feel sad that he must be taken out of context for so long and be trained to kill. Two years changes a person, and I highly doubt it’ll be for the better. So it makes me sad to think of that.
@Ceciliedk Thank you for the context. The definition of “masculinity” apparently doesn’t include a lot of “feminine” jobs. Being an idol and and actor is tough but military is indeed another kettle of fish kind of tough. Let us hope all our idols and actors are able to come out with their humanity intact.
So, I’ve never noticed on incredibly well-proportioned Rowoon is for his height. I’ve also assumed he was all legs, but I’m starting to realise that this is probably because he frequently shares the screen with co-stars who are shorter. I’m impressed that every single one of those photos manages to make him look smaller than his [insert frantic googling] about 190cm. So, actually, he does not look like an awkward giraffe.
He was in the dance line of SF9 when the debuted. Sadly, he had issues with his back and couldn’t really dance anymore. So I think it’s why he doesn’t look awkward, he has a good control of his body.
When he is by himself or with people who are not significantly short he holds himself rather well. When standing / acting with significantly shorter persons he comes across as gangly because of the comparison, not that his body language is awkward by himself. 🙄
PDs need to pay special attention to framing so that his natural poise and grace is reflected even while interacting with other people. It is to Rowoon’s credit that he never tries to overpower anyone by his sheer height. I love him for that.
For Destined with You, I don’t know really why but it was always his character who hugged the FL without hidding her, so he needed to bend a lot for that.
I agree that he doesn’t overpower with his body. For that, he did great in The King’s Affection because PEB is really small and she was playing a powerful role.
Yes, with his sheer height and natural presence he can easily overshadow half the population of Korea. But I have seen even IRL he is very mindful and caring to ensure his co-artists shine.
I have – a family friend is married to a giant that size. And it was a bit odd the first time meeting him when I was a teen, but I got used to it. So much in fact that I don’t notice the height difference anymore when we meet up.
In college, one of my friends was 193cm (she/her) and she seemed really huge the first few years because she felt so self-conscious about her height. And then one day, something clicked in her and she embraced it. She went from looking awkward to being a completely confident and super attractive presence. It’s mad the difference your own mind makes to the way other perceive you
@darkcc what an inspiration!! I thought that tall girl would just overpower and intimidated the world with her height. But I guess we all can be self-conscious about a lot of our physical attributes.
It’s tough to be so tall and a girl. So congrats to that girl for just owning it.
(In K-dramas it seems the ideal is the woman should be as small as possible, and the man as tall as possible. It’s not necessarily so out in the real world. But a lot of men (and some women) react to tall girl be desexualising her and also pretending she is some kind of freak and/or monster.
So it takes some to just straighten up and be it. Hugs for her!
He was at the fashion week for Dolce Gabana in Milano and he was wearing the outfit with flower the day and the other one for the part and looked so great!
Cecilie you need to sleep. Your prompt is pitch-perfect but you might as well have been speaking Finnish to a Greek … at least the AI offered you a “finished” product. All pics are awesome … just not what you ordered. 😀 Let’s try and teach the AI some foreign languages then. Till then, hwaiting!!
Finished … omg.
Tove Jansson made for pretty good gifs then, in the olden days, summer 2022.
I actually tried this exact same prompt right now, for scientific purposes, and it was disappointing. It went for the film versions of moomins, while this old one clearly is in Tove herself, her own style.
Kurama, do we have any picture where we can see the ring that he is wearing. We can only see a bit of it in his hand in the first picture in the header post.
You’d just need something that could take a machine washing.
ANd then the more delicate things for grown-up stuff in the weekends.
Or plastic flowers that can be taken off before washing, easily, like brooches with pieces of string with leaves on between them. … THey’d still have to sit close, I can see that, cuz of toddlers getting stuck in them otherwise.
There’s no reason to not be a fan. Of course, it doesn’t have to be like that crazy obsessed fan culture that exists – but he is a fine person in many ways.
True! And I’m sure he’s great!!
Though there are many artists I appreciate, I don’t consider myself a “fan” unless I am very invested and involved in their art ahah!! That’s all, really! ^^
(And my level of investment these days is already quite low on average 😅)
💯 yessss!! Very well expressed. Indeed one can be considered a fan only if one is immersed in their art to a deeper than mere cursory level of interest.
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๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Rowoon for Elle Korea ’24
HopefulRomantic ๐ฆ Tigermoth ๐ฆโค๏ธ๐ฆ
January 19, 2024 at 5:00 AM
whoa 😍
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 5:38 AM
2023 was really his year. I’m going to miss him when he enlists. 😢
HopefulRomantic ๐ฆ Tigermoth ๐ฆโค๏ธ๐ฆ
January 19, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Yes 2023 was the year of Rowoon!!! 😍 Hopefully he’ll come back with more fun projects after his enlistment!
Seon-ha
January 19, 2024 at 8:06 AM
What do you suppose it means that my honest-to-goodness most prominent thought on seeing this sequence of images was, “GET YOUR HANDS OUT OF YOUR PANTS YOUNG MAN!!” ⁉
mmmmm
January 19, 2024 at 8:09 AM
It means you forgot to notice all those flowery parts of the outfit..
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 8:31 AM
**shamefacedly confesses**
Same Chingu Same. I almost didn’t post it. 🙈
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 8:33 AM
@mmmmm 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
Flowers to the rescue!!
bbstl ๐งน
January 19, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Same! 🤨
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
January 19, 2024 at 12:04 PM
It means you haven’t noticed that he is just resting his fingertips a bit because of the bscandalous lack of pockets, and your first thought should be: “Rowoon, join us! in the fight for pockets in all pants and skirts!”
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 20, 2024 at 3:28 AM
@CecilieDK Trust you to have the most unique take on things. 🤣 But you’re clearly wrong coz he clearly does have pockets… and a killer ring too!!
Also @mmmmm @attiton @bbstl It is his cummerbund that he has dipped his fingers in.
Thanks @Kurama.
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 1, 2024 at 11:44 PM
I don’t like that he has to do that at all.
I sat here, thinking a bit about some of the things I have heard about can happen to young men in the army – and I don’t mean what the official enemy does, but superiors and “colleagues”.
And I thought I felt I wanted to be there and scold anybody who was not being nice. And then got to imagine a whole corps of Mothers Kim Mi-kyung and Yeom Hye-ran and Lee Mi-sook (They are both ready and able to each play two or three mothers) who overlook the training and steps in if anyone behaves badly.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 2, 2024 at 6:05 AM
You lost me. 😂 Sorry what don’t you like and what is it about the army and K-drama moms? 🤔
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 2, 2024 at 1:01 PM
People are already talking about how he will have to cut his hair. But why? Because individuality is not welcome in the army. A large part of the training consists in making people stop asking questions and just do what they’re told.
I have heard that some of the beautiful young men who have singing and acting careers are considered less masculine and treated as less than by other recruits. And for some, that has been very tough, though I hope and believe that Rowoon can handle a great deal.
But when I see this flowering young man I feel sad that he must be taken out of context for so long and be trained to kill. Two years changes a person, and I highly doubt it’ll be for the better. So it makes me sad to think of that.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 2, 2024 at 8:13 PM
@Ceciliedk Thank you for the context. The definition of “masculinity” apparently doesn’t include a lot of “feminine” jobs. Being an idol and and actor is tough but military is indeed another kettle of fish kind of tough. Let us hope all our idols and actors are able to come out with their humanity intact.
Unaspirated
January 19, 2024 at 5:08 AM
I’m going to be so sad when he cuts his hair 😍😭
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 5:39 AM
His next drama is also a historical so not yet, but when he enlists, sigh. Yes, I’ll be sad too.
Blue (@mayhemf)
January 19, 2024 at 5:56 AM
I love ❤️ the hair!! And the XL legs 😅
Cecee
January 19, 2024 at 6:26 AM
So, I’ve never noticed on incredibly well-proportioned Rowoon is for his height. I’ve also assumed he was all legs, but I’m starting to realise that this is probably because he frequently shares the screen with co-stars who are shorter. I’m impressed that every single one of those photos manages to make him look smaller than his [insert frantic googling] about 190cm. So, actually, he does not look like an awkward giraffe.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Manner legs on the sofa is a new one. 🤣
Kurama
January 19, 2024 at 6:30 AM
He was in the dance line of SF9 when the debuted. Sadly, he had issues with his back and couldn’t really dance anymore. So I think it’s why he doesn’t look awkward, he has a good control of his body.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 6:40 AM
His movements are indeed very smooth.
Kurama
January 19, 2024 at 6:43 AM
In The Matchmakers, he was pretty gracious in the scene he bowed down to the King.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 6:49 AM
When he is by himself or with people who are not significantly short he holds himself rather well. When standing / acting with significantly shorter persons he comes across as gangly because of the comparison, not that his body language is awkward by himself. 🙄
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 6:53 AM
PDs need to pay special attention to framing so that his natural poise and grace is reflected even while interacting with other people. It is to Rowoon’s credit that he never tries to overpower anyone by his sheer height. I love him for that.
Kurama
January 19, 2024 at 7:01 AM
I think it depends on the scenes.
For Destined with You, I don’t know really why but it was always his character who hugged the FL without hidding her, so he needed to bend a lot for that.
I agree that he doesn’t overpower with his body. For that, he did great in The King’s Affection because PEB is really small and she was playing a powerful role.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Yes, with his sheer height and natural presence he can easily overshadow half the population of Korea. But I have seen even IRL he is very mindful and caring to ensure his co-artists shine.
mmmmm
January 19, 2024 at 8:12 AM
@seeker He sounds like a wonderful person based on your description.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 8:35 AM
He is, he is totally absolutely wonderful person. Very kind hearted and generous. Just check out any bts or reality show. 😀
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
January 19, 2024 at 12:06 PM
But when he uses his height for awkwardness, it is like a comedy dance performance. ❤️
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 2, 2024 at 6:28 AM
My siblings are 182, 188, and 192.
I’m the little one.
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 2, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Oh, and my nephew is 205. But that is tall.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 2, 2024 at 8:21 AM
**eyes goggling** what 205 cms 😳
I don’t think I’ve ever met someone so tall! Awesome!!👌
Cecee
February 2, 2024 at 11:30 AM
I have – a family friend is married to a giant that size. And it was a bit odd the first time meeting him when I was a teen, but I got used to it. So much in fact that I don’t notice the height difference anymore when we meet up.
In college, one of my friends was 193cm (she/her) and she seemed really huge the first few years because she felt so self-conscious about her height. And then one day, something clicked in her and she embraced it. She went from looking awkward to being a completely confident and super attractive presence. It’s mad the difference your own mind makes to the way other perceive you
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 2, 2024 at 11:34 AM
@darkcc what an inspiration!! I thought that tall girl would just overpower and intimidated the world with her height. But I guess we all can be self-conscious about a lot of our physical attributes.
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 2, 2024 at 1:09 PM
It’s tough to be so tall and a girl. So congrats to that girl for just owning it.
(In K-dramas it seems the ideal is the woman should be as small as possible, and the man as tall as possible. It’s not necessarily so out in the real world. But a lot of men (and some women) react to tall girl be desexualising her and also pretending she is some kind of freak and/or monster.
So it takes some to just straighten up and be it. Hugs for her!
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 2, 2024 at 1:10 PM
* … reacts to a tall girl by desexualising her …
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 2, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Best of all: He is one of the nicest persons I know. A special boy.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 2, 2024 at 8:37 PM
My samchon is 189 cms. He used to be a gentle giant and I had to be on my tippy toes to hold his hand when he used to walk me to school.
Kurama
January 19, 2024 at 6:28 AM
He was at the fashion week for Dolce Gabana in Milano and he was wearing the outfit with flower the day and the other one for the part and looked so great!
Cecee
January 19, 2024 at 6:32 AM
this outfit specifically feels like a bucolic bullfighter
Cecee
January 19, 2024 at 6:33 AM
in a good way, if I may add (bucolic bullfighter is totally a compliment here)
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 6:42 AM
🤣😆
Cecee
January 19, 2024 at 6:48 AM
The art of digging myself into a hole
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 6:56 AM
No worries @darkcc, we will pull you right out!
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
January 19, 2024 at 8:30 AM
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 8:41 AM
I love Ferdinand. ❤
mmmmm
January 19, 2024 at 8:12 AM
😆 Now I canโt unsee this.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 6:41 AM
He does great in photoshoots and candid pictures as well. 🤩
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Even when he is posing for the cameras at events he does it very gracefully.
mmmmm
January 19, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Cera you sound like a broken record (in a good way lol). Is Rowoon your BB?
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Omo … giggle. 🤭
Well let’s just say for a good part of 2023 my display name read Cera is Roswooning. 😉
Cecee
January 19, 2024 at 8:41 AM
a very *subtle* hint
mmmmm
January 19, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Very difficult to infer indeed..
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 8:53 AM
What to say @darkcc @mmmmm I’m a shy person. ☺ 🤭
mmmmm
January 19, 2024 at 10:06 AM
You know we can’t be shy here, Cera!
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Anything for you Dear M.
^^ Check out my display name.
HopefulRomantic ๐ฆ Tigermoth ๐ฆโค๏ธ๐ฆ
January 19, 2024 at 10:30 AM
I love your new display name, @seeker! 😉❤️
mmmmm
January 19, 2024 at 10:33 AM
@seeker I know I can count on you to be expressive! 🤣 💕
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 10:42 AM
@HopefulRomantic @mmmmm
mmmmm
January 19, 2024 at 10:46 AM
🤣🤣🤣
HopefulRomantic ๐ฆ Tigermoth ๐ฆโค๏ธ๐ฆ
January 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Ack!! A perfect Fran for all occasions!! 😂 Applause @seeker!!👏👏👏 Lol that makes me a simple girl with simple tastes, too 😂
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 11:06 AM
@HopefulRomantic Most definitely yes you are!!! Fran is indeed who we all aspire to be when we “grow up”. 😉
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 2, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Seriously? Look at my prompt … Why does it turn out this way?
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 2, 2024 at 8:13 AM
And he’s also a girl. 😍
Cecilie you need to sleep. Your prompt is pitch-perfect but you might as well have been speaking Finnish to a Greek … at least the AI offered you a “finished” product. All pics are awesome … just not what you ordered. 😀 Let’s try and teach the AI some foreign languages then. Till then, hwaiting!!
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 2, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Finished … omg.
Tove Jansson made for pretty good gifs then, in the olden days, summer 2022.
I actually tried this exact same prompt right now, for scientific purposes, and it was disappointing. It went for the film versions of moomins, while this old one clearly is in Tove herself, her own style.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 2, 2024 at 8:47 PM
@Ceciliedk this strangely reminds me of that gaggle of nuns in The Sound of Music. 😂
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 2, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Kurama
January 19, 2024 at 8:39 AM
They did well by choosing a black background :p
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Thanks Kurama. It really makes the flowers pop. 🥰
He’s looking more like Groot saved in Hong-jo’s phone.
mmmmm
January 19, 2024 at 8:49 AM
It is very clever. He and his outfit pop out from the background.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Kurama, do we have any picture where we can see the ring that he is wearing. We can only see a bit of it in his hand in the first picture in the header post.
Kurama
January 19, 2024 at 9:07 AM
We don’t see it really well
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 9:19 AM
He carries the outfit really well. 😍 Hmm, at least we get a glimpse of the ring. Very intricate looking and interesting piece.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Thanks for the research! You’re the best. 🫰
mmmmm
January 19, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Wow.. the way some men can look good in flowery outfits.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM
IKR? Even I would have to think twice before wearing it in my kindergarten days.
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 2, 2024 at 6:33 AM
You’d just need something that could take a machine washing.
ANd then the more delicate things for grown-up stuff in the weekends.
Or plastic flowers that can be taken off before washing, easily, like brooches with pieces of string with leaves on between them. … THey’d still have to sit close, I can see that, cuz of toddlers getting stuck in them otherwise.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 2, 2024 at 8:23 AM
All very practical suggestions 😊 of course.
Lelly19
January 19, 2024 at 9:48 AM
I’m not even his fan, but every time I see him I can’t help but think that he’s the prettiest Korean actor around!! 😍😍
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
January 19, 2024 at 9:52 AM
🫶
DK-Drama ๐ซ๐Image of drama FL Character Deterioration๐บ๐๐ฑ
February 2, 2024 at 6:34 AM
There’s no reason to not be a fan. Of course, it doesn’t have to be like that crazy obsessed fan culture that exists – but he is a fine person in many ways.
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 2, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Who’s to say I won’t turn around and run away screaming if I actually bumped into Rowoon IRL.
Lelly19
February 3, 2024 at 3:21 AM
True! And I’m sure he’s great!!
Though there are many artists I appreciate, I don’t consider myself a “fan” unless I am very invested and involved in their art ahah!! That’s all, really! ^^
(And my level of investment these days is already quite low on average 😅)
๐ธ Cera (@Seeker) ๐ธ
February 3, 2024 at 3:31 AM
💯 yessss!! Very well expressed. Indeed one can be considered a fan only if one is immersed in their art to a deeper than mere cursory level of interest.