10 reasons to love Lee SungMin

10 Reasons to ♥ Lee Sungmin [pimp post]


Sometimes I don't even know why I love Lee Sungmin as much as I do. If you were to ask me who my ideal type is, I would answer Henry Lau. If you asked me what kind of people I usually like in my kpop groups, I'm usually a fan of leaders, magnaes, rappers and dancers. Sungmin doesn't really fall under any of those categories.

But yet, there he is.

Sungmin who is someone I love for so many reasons and yet for no reason at all. In the wise words of my friend [info]teexsaurus , "Sungmin is always the exception."

This pimp post is basically me trying to tidy up the mess in my head that are my Sungmin fangirlisms and trying to make it more coherent by limiting myself to 10 simple reasons.

Here we go.

TEN REASONS TO LOVE...
Lee Sungmin | 이성민
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BASIC INFORMATION


Birthday: January 1st 1986
Specialties: Japanese, Martial Arts, Guitar
Associated Acts: Super Junior H, Super Junior T, Super Junior
Position in Group: Aegyo Machine Pretty Boy Magician Pizza tosser Dancer Vocalist Martial Arts Boy Freaking Superman, Resident BAMF and All of the Above.

1) The boy can sing.

omg

Sure he's not a member of the ever-so-sophisticated K.R.Y, but damn it, Sungmin can sing. He can sing well. His voice sings. His words sing. He makes me want to sing (badly).

Sungmin doesn't talk often, he's actually one of the least talkative members in the group, so on television he's often the one shying away, letting the louder members take over.

But when he gets on that stage, the boy freaking shines.
sigh

I could go crazy with audiospam when it comes to Sungmin. Okay, I could go crazy with dance spam and picture spam as well, but never mind that.

sungmin + sunny - falling slowly (just freaking beautiful.)
sungmin - akilla (i envy everyone who has been to his musical.)
sungmin + kyuhyun - because of lovekyumin!♥(all otps aside, i love their voices together)
sungmin + yesung - now we go to meet truth be told, i love yesung's voice more than kyuhyun's (just by a little), so this song makes me very happy.
sungmin + ryeowook - just when i needed you most i love ryeowook's voice the most in k.r.y :D so this makes me super happy. also i adore all minwook parts in their songs
sungmin + k.r.y - what if this is my favourite song out of all super junior songs. ♥ k.r.y.s would be a dream come true for me if they became an official subgroup
sungmin + snsd - beautiful girl/honey honey i love snsd's vocals and sungmin's vocals. and sungmin's guitar. by extension, i love this.
sungmin's lines in 3jib not including the repackaged songs, but ♥ track number 11 sakjdhakj.
sungmin - knockin' on heaven's door hello, he sings bob dylan. steal my heart, much? also bonus onew :D
sungmin - creep he sings radiohead. definitely, he's trying to kill me.
sungmin - baby baby solo one of my favourite korean songs, and sungmin's voice is just ♥♥♥

okay, stopping here before i go on for too long about sungmin's amazing voice. moving on. *coughs*

2) The boy can move. (He's the leader of the goddamn Wonder Boys, afer all)

WAOW

Super Junior has four lead dancers. Although Sungmin is not listed as any one of them, he often dances in the front with the four main leads and when Donghae and Hangeng are off in China, he's often there to take their places. You're probably thinking, he's the understudy, so what? Well :D ...

UNF.

i shall let the videos speak for themselves.

super junior dance battle practice he's the one with the adorable ponytail :3
sungmin come to play dance cut sort of his signature dance during sorry, sorry promotions.
wonder boys 1 - girl's generation/so hot my mum always said only a man who is secure enough in his manliness could do something like this. props to the wonder boys :3
wonder boys 2 - kissing you / nobody :'D
beat it @ golden disk awards askdjhaksdhka. that is all.
smooth criminal @ gayo daejun dhkjsahkdjsakjhsakhdas. (so much for coherence)
billie jean @ gayo daejun dsjahkashdjdkahdkjahkadkasdkash.

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onto number three!

3) He's a god damn rock star (damn straight)

HO YEAH

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sungmin oppa band cut sungmin trying to find his inner Mick Jagger...and failing.
sungmin fancam from super show 1:3
sungmin oppa band cut 2 he's a rocker who wears bowties, blazers and khaki shorts but still.
sungmin - sukira cut okay his singing here is ♥ as well. askdjhasd
sungmin - U (guitar) cause i can't stop thinking about you girl~
sungmin - star king (guitar) i love the libertango ♥ and the guitar duet is just jsakjdhskjh. (you know when it comes to sungmin, i shouldn't even try to be coherent. i'll fail.)
sungmin - when it's at night he's so spazzy and hyper in this performance, it's good to see him loosen up :) plus he's smiling so much ;~;
sungmin - just when i needed you most the same song he sang with ryeowook, by himself. not exactly a rock perf, but kang hodong is lulzy and sungmin rocks out with kangin later on~ and the girls go nuts.
sungmin + heechul - rain and you the two rockers of suju ♥ even though the focus is on heech, i love sungmin's guitar and his voice combined and random insertion of kissing you prop.
digital generation - maria (melon awards opening act) sungmin in an actual rock band. basically my dream come true. (also hello nichkmin/jungmin/hyukmin bias? :D)
sungmin - ultimate fanservice fancam because real rockstars always kiss and tell :'D?

movingon
moving on!

4) Sungmin is as cute as a buttermilk biscuit (spot the reference! :3)

MIRACLE
if you're on my flist, you'd know how much i adore miracle!ming

POOF

HEEHEE

puff

HAMHAMMING

SUNGMIN

HUG
best gif ever

BURGER

OHMIGAWD

CUTE

CUTER

ATTACK!

CAMHOAR

ZOMG

BLUEK

videos even!
"Noona, I'm Hungry"in HD!!!
Sungmin and Chocolate Cake one of the first videos I found searching sungmin. still a favourite.
Sungmin + Kitten two cute things together = ♥
Sungmin Acting Cute - Chunji probably one of the few aspects i like about sungmin/sunny is the two of them scheming to take over the world together by exchanging aegyo notes.
Sungmin 'I Love You' ROFL. he's so crazy in chunji, it's hilarious.
Sungmin + Sooyoung - Pinching Cheeks [info]nautisch i said i wasn't going to put too much chunji minyoung :| -obviously fails at being unbiased-

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onwards to the next one!

5) He watches out for his hoobaes/dongsaengs

NOOGIENOOGIENOOGIE

RYEOMIN HUG

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Story Time~

One day, three major fanclubs in Korea decided they did not like SNSD. One of those fanclubs were E.L.F. The Soshis were displeased. The E.L.F (and Triples, and Cassies) gave the girls the silent treatment during Dream Concert 08. Sungmin and Kangin (DJ partners and close friends of Sooyoung/Sunny/Taeyeon) were both threatened by Soshis.

After the Dream Concert, a message appeared on Sungmin's Cyworld.

SUNGMIN’S MESSAGE TO E.L.F.
credit translation ak6c @ soshified
(i'll post the whole thing and highlight the relevant bits)

o the most lovable angels in the world that made SuJu shine at the Dream Concert…

Did you go back home safely?

I’m not so sure exactly what time it ended because I was too tired…

I hope you didn’t have to spend the night at a jjimjil room (steam room) or some place that’s not your home because it ended too late…

Yesterday, all I saw was our blue river everywhere~ did you know? hehehe

The top right… middle left… back of the stage… even at the side where you can’t see the stage…

It’s sad that not all the ELF fans could see the stage together
I hope we can get seats with a better view next time.. hehe

How’s ‘Cooking, Cooking’? Do you like it?
I like it.. keke the dance is fun too

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Ah… you know our SNSD girls…
I heard you didn’t cheer for them? ^^;; I see our ELF is mad?
We’re one!!! kekeke I wanted to yell that out too~

But we showed to you yesterday that we were one! ke
Super Junior KRY+T+M+HAPPY = 1

I think the SNSD girls understand now too~
that they have to listen to their SuJu sunbae’s well!
Weren’t they punished enough till yesterday~?
So please cheer for our SNSD girls from now a lot~

Because we’re SMTOWN!
SNSD is also a part of our SM Family like ELF~
It’s okay to dispute for a little…
but if you goes on without any resolvement, the family itself can be destroyed T_T
So cheer them on from now on ^^

I think it’s for SuJu as well!
If I think of it further ahead, I’d like to ask you to cheer on for all the singers…
Actually because our ELF is very very nice, I saw our ELF cheering the other artists a lot as well.
Sometimes even louder than us!! kekeke
Just joking. But cheer them on to a point where SuJu can feel a little jealous and want to work harder! ^^ ke
Let’s show them that we’re the best!! Making us feel thoughts like this as we go on the stage.. ^^

But if it goes on for too long I’ll quit!!

I wonder if I’ll get scolded? ^^;;
But still… even when I was feeling sick yesterday… it was our SNSD girls that took care of me and worried for me^^

a couple of videos
Sungmin + Heechul + Siwon + Eunhyuk + Yesung "Taking Care of Taeyeon" they covered her with their jackets to protect her from the fireworks~
Sungmin's Present/Letter to Sooyoung on her Last Day The translation of his letter can be found in the comments :)
Sungmin's Birthday Present to Sunny :D he wrote her a song~
Kyuhyun Thanking Sungmin for Helping him Study for Song Battle After Winning :DD

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moving on~

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6) He's a big dork at heart. (He's a member of Super Junior after all)

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SNIFF

Sungmin - Lipsynching Marry U he really knocks himself out.
Donghae + Sungmin headbanging to I Got It From My Mama. OMG I LOVE THIS VIDEO. it is so adorkable i swear. donghae and sungmin. just. BAHAHAH. title is self-explanatory.
Donghae + Sungmin - lipsynching Marry U these guys. seriously.
Eunhyuk + Sungmin 'I want to play at the beach!' just. so. cute.
Sungmin + Shindong + Leeteuk + Donghae + Eunhyuk 'Paparazzi!' another one of those suju videos where you never really get what's going on but you still laugh.
Sungmin + Ryeowook + Leeteuk + Eunhyuk + Shindong 'GOAL!' dork dork dork.
Sungmin + Sooyoung "Hand Attack!" Sooyoung helps him to achieve dorkiness too :D!
Sungmin + Sooyoung "Opera" basically, Sooyoung is one of his many dork partners and Sungmin has a fascination with his 'double chin'
Sungmin + Sooyoung - Last Farewell Because they're just that gangsta, yo.
Sungmin + Sunny - Cooking! Cooking! ~

Sungmin is such a dork really. He just hides it. Really well.

7) He's pretty. Like, really really pretty. (Gosh, he's pretty.)

HEEHEE

HEE

sparkle

shineshine

sigh

sighmoar

ferlawless
his flawless unblemished skin both arouses me and makes me jealous

redhair

legs

wink
huge sungmin gif is huge.

lalala

sigggggh

sighhh

sigh

HEYO

ADORABLE
his smile ;~;

PIGGYBACK

SMILE

PEACE

haha

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8) He could so beat your ass (and look adorable while doing so)

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full house sungmin cut sungmin freaking flies! :D
sungmin - idol show so hot/kungfu cut sungmin is a dork who could beat yo' ass :D
sungmin - loveletter cut*-*
sungmin - king of the ring cut bonus shinhyuk fanboying at the side :D
sungmin - king of the ring NUNCHUCKS cut more shinhyuk fanboying and cool!sungmin :D
sungmin - U days more nunchucks, this time with bonus everybody-in-suju fanboying :D

eeeadorable

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9) Sungmin is a freaking wizard.

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Sungmin Magic Chunji Sungmin playing around with a card during a song~
Sungmin Magic Cut Star King This is the clearest video for it on Youtube, but has a lot of Kyuhyun-Gaeun-Hangeng-Kanghodong in the front, the Sungmin bit starts at 2:48 :)
Sungmin Song Battle Magic Cut This trick was ever so pretty :)
Sungmin + Shindong + Eunhyuk - Super Junior Show Magic Cut They are super young here, and Sungmin is just the slightest bit greasy.


10) Sungmin isn't like anyone else (He Moves in His Own Way)

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Sungmin really isn't like any other idol I've seen. He can play guitar, he can play piano, he wants to learn how to play all instruments, he likes Radiohead.

In the wise words of an anonymous anon at kpopficwangst :D:
He can do anything he puts his mind to.

Ask him to sing a ballad with KRY and he'll show you he deserves a spot on that stage. Ask him to shred guitar with Jungmo from TRAX and he'll do his best to prove there's talent behind that pretty face and keep up with a bonafide rock star. Ask him to do girl group parodies, and he shakes it as well as Nicole.

He's so interested in doing everything, he seems like such a curious person who also happens to be really sweet at the same time. He's quiet and thoughtful most of the time and he's optimistic about it too. There's just so many things about him to love that you can discover only if you gave him a chance and looked further beyond his high-pitched noona-killing voice and ready peace signs :)

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First off, I'd like to thank [info]nautisch for informing me about the pimp post event and asking me to do one for my favourite suju boy :)

Second, I'd like to thank [info]carmendove for arranging this event :D it was a lot of fun putting together this pimp post and fangirling as I went along! :)

Finally, this is for all the Sungmin-biased stans/fans/supporters everywhere ♥

Hopefully you enjoyed this pimp post as much as I enjoyed making it ^^