Originally I intended to give up blogging for Lent but after … let me calculate… about 40 hours of abstaining from visiting this blog, I had to reconsider my plans out of respect for my five loyal followers.  (Thank you, followers!!)

In lieu of blogging, I’ll give up wine for Lent.  OhGong will have a non-drinking companion these next few weeks.  Heeyyyy! I would have given up coffee but my husband wanted to survive these 40 days of Lent with me.

 

From Oppa Goddess:
Hmmmm… I never find LSG attractive, but he’s charming though.. (run before his fans angry with me 😅).

My response:

Same here! I don’t find him LSG handsome. But there is something exciting and vibrant about him that I find appealing. From what I remember of his appearance in variety shows, he seemed to be the life of the party wherever he went. He easily created a buzz about him, and moved people into action with his enthusiasm. He wasn’t a dull company.

I couldn’t care less about his looks in Hwayugi but I do admire his acting.

I like that I can see traces of a monkey’s characteristics in his movements. Cha Seung Won is funny in his portrayal of Mawang, the bull demon, but I don’t see any traits of a bull in his various facial contortions or exaggerated body movements. Instead, I see him as a parody of Simon Cowell of “American’s Got Talent” fame.

This is different from LSG’s acting. In his stance and his movements, I can readily visualize him as a monkey. He pantomimes the monkey’s behavior very well.

Take for instance, in Episode 3, when his character OhGong ran away in embarrassment from SunMi.

From the back, he did look like a monkey scampering away.

Then, in Episode 13, he hunched over the God Representative and threatened to run amok in the heavens.

To me, he looked as intimidating like this gorilla.

Then, remember when he was hurt in Episode 12? I thought he did look like a monkey that time – with they was he was crouching and extending a hand to ward her off.

He looked defenseless like this monkey.

credit: Tampa Bay Times

So, yes, I think LSG is portraying his monkey character well.

 

Speaking of Episode 12, this moment when OG started vomiting blood when he failed to listen to SunMi’s orders to stop,

is proof enough for me that OG is indeed in love with SunMi. You see, when back in Episode 3, SunMi had also commanded him to stop but he didn’t listen to her right away. That time, he didn’t feel pain at all. I wonder if he’s better of “hating” SunMi then…. He can do a better job of protecting her while she carries on with her heavenly task of saving the world. 

 

Thank goodness, I have some free time tomorrow. I can finally finish watching Episodes 13 and 14 and “carry on” with my earthly task of blogging. I was going to write something about “contracts” earlier but I saw your comments first and I didn’t want you to wait. I also owe Oli a post… something about stars and time.  See you in a bit.