Author: Artsgirl15
Rating:PG-PG13-ish. Not really sure.
Distribution: Contact me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls.
Authors Note: I have no idea where this came from. I was watching A tisket, a tasket, and I got to thinking about Mrs. Kim's motives, so this is me, basically trying to humanize Mrs. Kim. Although this pretty much goes without saying, the views that I write here, I don't necessarily believe in or don't believe in. And this is not Mrs. Kim's point of view, just some of her thoughts put in different terms.
America is water, Korea is wine.
Antiques--- that's a big business. Especially in America---they love old stuff over here. Of course, most of the people want antiques for their resale value, or a chance to go on that stupid Antiques Roadshow, but it's still big. Especially when you had the expertise that Mrs. Kim had.
That's why they came here.
Turmoil in Korea? Psh. They came here because of the idiotic old-furniture-loving Americans. America is pretty bad- with belly-shirt wearing girls (and some guys), drugs, sex, crime, alcohol, and corrupt government (although, what government isn't corrupt, in some way?). See, Korea is good. Sure, they have drugs, sex, crime, alcohol, and corrupt government, but they keep it hidden (just like their bellies).
In America there is homosexuality. There is also homosexual cigarettes. In Korea? There might be--- you can't see it. And Korea doesn't have the cigarettes to flaunt it.
Oh, the boys in America. My, Mrs. Kim had certainly heard about them. The players' who convince girls to sleep with them, give em an STD or two, maybe some sperm to make a baby, and dump em in the morning. Korean boys don't do that. They just don't. You could call them angels, but that's so cliché.
And the music! Oh, the rock' and heavy metal'- she knew all about it. Songs full of disdain for society, property damage, homicide, and the battering of women. Concerts with crude behavior that she didn't even want to talk about. CD covers with nude men and women, or worse! Music videos with large behinds in the air, rubbing on things, with other crude imagery. No, she'd take a nice spiritual combo any day, thanks. Hymns are cleaner.
Oh, for the good old days.
American boys break hearts. They grow up to be truckers or rappers or lawyers--- she wasn't sure which was worse. Korean boys keep their promises. They're respectful, and trustworthy. They grow up to be doctors with plenty of money to support a family.
Mrs. Kim isn't intolerant- mostly. She just likes things a certain, Korean, way. She misses the way things used to be done. What good does it do to change a society, anyway? See, things got blown up---that's all that happened. She's human after all. Think about it--- how would Bach feel if he came to the future and saw the kind of music of today? Rappers, boy bands, rarely using their real voice or real instruments? It's a culture shock.
Mrs. Kim doesn't want Lane to get hurt. America hurts.
If she was a drinking woman, Mrs. Kim would say this:
America is water.
Korea is wine.
But since she's not, she won't.
Second Disclaimer, 5/15/04: I feel like such and idiot. The part about cigarettes and gum is kind of stolen from Kimlockt. Well, I was reading her fic, Being Right is Overrated, (A very good fic, by the way, I reccomend it), and she had a part in it about Juicy Fruit being a homosexual gum, and it sounded so realistic and funny I had forgotten she had written it. I thought it was important that I credit that to her so I can't get my account frozen or anything. As for the cigarettes, I once had a teacher that said that Newport cigarettes had advertising to appeal to homosexuals, and I kinda took it from there. So, sorry about any confusion, and I took out the gum part. I'm not sure if it would be okay even though I have a disclaimer. So, sorry!
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