Goodbye Beast Men, hello Candy Men?
2010-09-06 02:22 am
Are choco abs a thing of the past? Probably not, but there does seem to be a new wave of heroes making a comeback, and sweeping the ‘Beast Men’ under the rug.
For a while now, the so-called Beast Men have cropped up and taken center stage, as a reaction against the ‘Flower Pretty Boy’ trend that piqued with dramas like Coffee Prince and made metrosexual pretty boys a pan-Asian phenomenon.
But it looks like the pretty boys are making a comeback, this time in the guise of ‘Candy Men’, as in the cartoon, Candy. To be more specific, they’re being described as ‘Terius Men,’ named for Candy‘s leading male character, the ever-so-pretty boy of flowing locks and perfect complexion.

The poster boys for the return of Candy Men? Micky Yoochun, Song Joong-ki, and Kim Hyun-joong, of course. Headliners of soon-to-be cult classics Sungkyunkwan Scandal and Playful Kiss, these guys are leading the pack for the return of boys who are prettier than girls. Not that their heroines aren’t stunning. Maybe we’ll go with, “As pretty as.”
Micky Yoochun is being touted as the new Terius Man about town, but personally, I think Song Joong-ki blows both these guys out of the water. He’s got that perfect mix of angelic androgyny and boyish mischief that makes him the quintessential pretty boy. His bored, hedonistic playboy character in Sungkyunkwan is PERFECT for him. I certainly hope there’s a chance to see him in drag. He would kill it as a gisaeng.
Kim Hyun-joong got a head start in the Pretty Boy Pantheon, as the willowy white knight in Boys Over Flowers, and continues to tread that very fine line of pretty vs. girly in that trademark manner of his in Playful Kiss. So far, his main character traits consist of genius IQ, and very very pretty.
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Source: Osen, Dramabeans
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Date: 2010-09-06 06:43 am (UTC)then read. and okay now :]
-cheers- for Song Joong Ki
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Date: 2010-09-06 06:44 am (UTC)duh.
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Date: 2010-09-06 06:47 am (UTC)hopefully... I'm so tired of that! even with Jay...
I don't want an idol/actor to look prettier than girls, nor an idol/actor who takes his clothes off every time, I mean why can't they find another kind of trend. Something new!
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From:Mmmm pretty boys <3
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Date: 2010-09-06 06:49 am (UTC)ask and you shall receive? (at least one?) :O
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Date: 2010-09-06 06:51 am (UTC)NO LONG FLOWING HAIR GTFO
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Date: 2010-09-06 06:53 am (UTC)HyunJoong however is so fucking perfect ide, perfect mix of androgyny and yet still maintaining that sense of masculinity like a;lfjlfj ♥
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Date: 2010-09-06 07:14 am (UTC)Why they have to state it like that?
Call them beast or candy.. Whatever..
For me, they're men.. That's it..
I love them all~ XDDD
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Date: 2010-09-06 07:15 am (UTC)Anywaaaaaaaaays, we all need more SJK in our lives.
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Date: 2010-09-06 07:16 am (UTC)so much love <3
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Date: 2010-09-06 07:35 am (UTC)I think this is mere a reason that yoochun fans says to justify his 'super slim body'...
Bias always right..
/and I love my candy, beasty, and girly boys.. I just love them.
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Date: 2010-09-06 07:37 am (UTC)haha keep dreaming...
anyways, i like yoochun and various other pretty boys, but i've never understood how people find hyunjoong attractive.
1. he can't act
2. he has huge nostrils
3. his face is kind of looks like it's melting to me :/
i dunno not a favorite.
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Date: 2010-09-06 07:45 am (UTC)\:D/
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