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Living in a Leeteuk World

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Written by On October 8, 2011

While I may have expressed my doubts last week, unless Park Jung-Su and Kang So-Ra are hanging out in Kimhae Airport with cameras for shits and giggles, their inevitable appearance on the hit show We Got Married is but an episode away from confirmation.

Yes, he is saturating the Korean media, yes, he is tiring himself out before his enlistment into the military, and yes, most of us would rather see another member of Super Junior on We Got Married but let’s take this opportunity to look at the man in question and get to the heart of what exactly gets this man so much action.

Leeteuk may not be the most handsome , the most beautiful, or the most sexy, but in a sea of angular faces and long, layered hair, Leeteuk is different. I cannot single out a particular feature but he stands out in a crowd of his peers. And part of being an attractive person is being recognizable. Whether it is with Super Junior, SM Town, or every single Korean idol known to man concert, I can always pick him out. And that’s important because let’s be honest, there is no such thing as an ugly idol, right? The only thing that is going to elevate you above the rest is your ability to stand out and regardless of my personal preferences, Leeteuk definitely does that.

While I cannot say the same about his presence in Super Junior, at the very least, Leeteuk tries and can get the job done. But perhaps more importantly, he is an excellent leader. Super Junior has gone through a lot in the past few years since their debut, more so than your run of the mill idol group, and through it all, he has managed to keep a functioning group together. From the various scandals to sub unit activities, Leeteuk has always made sure that for the most part, him and his group have got their shit together. And when things haven’t worked out well, he’s admitted to it.

Leeteuk first got his chance to shine on Mnet’s M! Countdown. As an MC for the show, he demonstrated his abilities to commit to his role in an efficient, charismatic manner. While he debuted as a far cry from the man he is today, we saw the beginning of someone who was able to laugh and smile genuinely into the camera and tug at our heartstrings with a gentleman’s grace. And as time passed, he grew. From SUKIRA to Star King to Strong Heart, Leeteuk has maintained his signature gentlemanly grace but has managed to be a little bit of everything else along the way. He is funny, sweet, endearing, bold and while he may not be any single, one of these characters alone, that is his appeal. He is able to give us a taste of everything while not lingering on any extreme. But above all, he is genuine. Every laugh, every smile, every tear is honest with us.

And that’s why we love him. He’s a special dude and while I, and the rest of fandom, wish you would give yourself a break before embarking on an important part of your life, if this is something you want to do, then do it. You’ve always been charmingly honest with us and there’s no reason to stop now.

(Naver)

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  • http://twitter.com/PhanTheHotness Jenny

    too much overexposure. ughhhh its so tiring to see him everywhere

  • kc

    I know he’s going to be entertaining, I don’t think he’s ever been on a show where he hasn’t gotten the camera on him… I just wish the guy would put his feet up a bit more-.- 
    it’s not like he’s retiring to a comfy little couch, the guy is going to military where he’ll be expected to run drills and over all be active when ever he’s told to… if it were me I’d wanna take these last few months a bit easier…
    that I think he should try to ease out of the spot light a bit, not really for the fans but for him self, his camera addiction is pretty heavy and just stopping is probably going to effect his psyche in more ways then one.
    good luck to him though I know he’ll do well on the show no matter how much he’s stretching himself

  • http://twitter.com/polinchka polinchka

    That’s how I feel about him, too. I can ALWAYS spot him. I’m not even a fan but I watch the music shows.  I liked their songs and I could always find him during the performances. I wish him luck in his endeavours.

  • Anonymous

    When did Seoulbeats become a fangirl site? Just saying because this article sounds a bit fangirly which is a disappointment considering the really good articles that have been posted recently , but to be honest I have expected that from Subi’s posts, so I am not surprised.  Not trying to hate, but if you read the articles often you can tell what kind of posts each writer tends to write and I find Subi’s posts a bit biased  with a bit of either anti-ism or fangirlyness.  Anyways personally I find the guy over-exposed and I am not going to lie, ever since he had the tendency to put his foot in his mouth for not thinking before speaking similar to Shindong, I haven’t really had the best impression of him.  But I do respect his leadership for Suju even though I am also not the biggest fan of that group either. I do wish they put another Suju member since their are quite a few members that have awhile before service and will have little to do and the members drop off one by one. 

    Well at least we know this couple will be short lived since Teuk has to go to the military and hopefully when Teuk leaves they replace him with someone who isn’t from SM ( a girl can dream, can’t I ).  I do feel bad for Sora though since her stint on WGM will not be long, but considering she is primarily an actress and her movie “Sunny” did really well, she is probably only doing this reality show as an in-between her projects.

    • Krigilage

      Just out of curiosity, how many writers are on the SB team? And how many writers are actually good. 

      Though, I don’t think Subi particularly likes Leeteuk- at least not to the point of bias. She gave him a thrashing in that ‘Dear Super Junior’ article of hers.Hm, I don’t know. I don’t mind him. I think he’s just stupid, not exactly a bad guy. Which is why I tolerate him. And to his defence, I actually watched the show and he is rather entertaining- I might go as far to say his segment was the funniest. Even with the little amount of talking going on. But I remember seeing the other SuJu boys peeking in on them, and yeah- I wouldn’t mind if any of them went on it either. 

    • lets get the party

      There’s about 15 writers on the writing team (I think) and of course they all have different tastes and biases- but they’re all good writers. I don’t mind it when the writers write positive things about their biases, but it irks me when they tend to lean towards anti-ism. I’d rather they fangirl than provoke fans y’know?

      But as for Subi, I think you’re being unfair. There’s nothing wrong with her writing, and I think people are being judgemental on her. I remember when everyone used to complain about her being ‘misinformed’ and ‘anti-biased’. And now when she’s trying to be fair with her judgements and focus on the positives people are going ‘oh what a fangirl.’ ‘don’t you have any opinions’ ‘so fangirly’. If she had posted negative views on Leeteuk I bet you there’d be ELFs calling her out for being an ‘anti’. It seems like no matter what she does people have a prejudice against her. I mean, just on the SNSD article posted before, someone commented calling her an ‘anti-fan’, just because she didn’t praise SNSD to the high evens. And then others commented calling her out for ‘praising’ them too much.

      SB is an OP-ED site, and it irks me when people go and comment on about how ‘why do you take things seriously’ or ‘try being objective and fair. no one asked for your opinion’. Because hello? SB is supposed to be that way- it says itself on the ‘About’ page:

      “Founded in 2008, Seoulbeats has been a platform for reflections on Korean entertainment. We’re interested in not only the news, but what the news implicates about the culture. We love our pop, and we also love analyzing it. The Seoulbeats team is a dedicated group of writers who are interested in the larger picture in pop.”

      This isn’t a news sight. It has ALWAYS focused on OP-EDs.

      Of course that last bit of the rant wasn’t directed at you, but its been on my nerves for a while. 

    • http://twitter.com/jmaytan J-MayTan©

      urmmm…. besides Subi, how about other SB writers? they r anti-SUJU… don’t that count as bias too? gees…take a chill pill… i know u don’t like SUJU but u don’t have to rub it into ppl faces and blame Subi for being bias…cos u sounded like a big hypocrite!

      • Showmepositivity

        No one in SB is anti-Super Junior. They’re either indifferent or don’t care about them. And if they don’t care/indifferent, they hardly bring up Super Junior in their articles. The only ones who’ve criticised/even write about Super Junior in their articles are Patricia, Amy, Subi, and recently, Ree. And in Patricia, Amy, and Ree’s cases, they are (or were) fans of them. They’ve all said so themselves. They just criticised Super Junior because they didn’t like the material being put out by them- which is fair enough you know. 

  • blahblahblah

    to me all this work just shows how much he doesn’t want to be forgotten yes it’s annoying as hell seeing him all the damn time and most of wish he would just sit his butt down and take a chill pill until it’s time for him to go BUT it’s all good (im only saying this cause he was my long time bias but was soon replaced by heechul who was replaced by donghae) well as long as he’s happy…

  • Xenia

    The best of luck to him. The guy works like crazy and he deserves the chance to be remembered by general public when he comes back in two years. He’s not my favourite in SuJu and yet I’m a bit in love with his dimples and mad laughter.

  • Anonymous

    *touch wood* I just hope he won’t get hospitalized before his enlistment. I am not Suju diehard fan so you can hate me for saying this, but this whole thing just feels like SM (and him) is trying to milk/ earn as much as possible right now when most ELF are still emo and will stop at nothing to do as much as they could as a farewell gift for him. I wanna see how many ELF will tune in this channel just for him. 

  • http://twitter.com/ovenfreshhhhh ovenfreshhhhh ☆

    Just out of curiosity, is Leeteuk the person in SuJu that pulls in the most amount of money? I mean, he does a lot of variety show stuff, but so does Shindong. And then Siwon’s into doing dramas lately, etc. etc.

    • Anonymous

       i think leeteuk and shindong are the ones who make more money in suju

  • lulz

    “He is funny, sweet, endearing”

    idk, telling Suzy to lose weight on radio while the other members of Miss A were there was not funny or sweet or endearing. but maybe that’s just me.

    • http://twitter.com/_jaune Jaune

      omg go search on what Heechul had to say about that incident. Don’t make mistake of bashing people due to your lack of knowledge.

      • Guest

        Not saying that Heechul was lying, but if it was true, why did he apologize afterwards ? If he really did mean to say that, he should’ve said that it was what he meant to say, instead of simply apologizing.

  • http://twitter.com/ErikinaDaisy Erika Ward

    OMO~! Leeteuk you really are the most AMAZING kpop leader ever~! Your group will miss you when you leave next year, but they will take you as an example and hold things together so that in 2014 when you return SuJu can comeback with the 6th album – AND SM BETTER MAKE IT A GOOD ONE~!!!! Plus, you shouldn’t be worried. You have a spy on the inside. If anything does happen when your gone, Heechul will be sure to whip the boys back into shape – literally. :P SUPER JUNIOR FIGHTING~!