Over the weekend, “Rooftop Prince,” “Fashion King,” and “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” fans were delighted with a video that compiled scenes from the three dramas to make a story of its own. Titled “Rooftop’s Fashion King,” the video went viral in Korea, humoring fans. Similar to “Rooftop Prince’s” plot, Park Yoo Chun and his entourage travel 300 years into the future and ends up at Yoo Ah In’s attic room. The video cleverly overlaps and edits scenes from “Rooftop Prince” and “Fashion King.”
Netizens who’ve seen the video commented, “Wow, that’s amazing,” “It’s a whole new story,” “I can’t believe how the lines fit so well,” and more.
A representative of SBS’s drama department stated, “When we first watched ‘Rooftop’s Fashion King,we thought we couldn’t believe our eyes and ears. We thought we were watching a whole new drama. We’re very thankful to the person who created this because it’s helping both dramas. Recently, ‘Rooftop Prince’ took the lead for the ratings during Wed/Thurs nights, we’re hoping ‘Fashion King’ follows in the ‘Rooftop Prince’s’ footsteps and takes the lead for Mon/Tues nights as well.”
javabeans: New mashup! It’s Rooftop Prince meets Fashion King in… wait for it…Rooftop Fashion King.
girlfriday: Hahaha. So perfect. Is it the long-awaited sequel to Sungkyunkwan Scandal? I always knew those crazy kids were meant to be.
javabeans: So when they were fighting over sleeping positions, they really WERE just trying to get close to each other?
girlfriday: Yeah, they were like, what’s this girly other guy doing here? We were good just the two of us!
javabeans: It’s the age-old story of two kiddos from the opposite side of the tracks, one Noron, the other Soron…
girlfriday: Bickering hate turns into love…
javabeans: And transcends time, apparently. So in Rooftop Fashion King, old-timey Yoochun arrives in these suspicious new times…
girlfriday: Did he follow Ah-in to the future? Because he couldn’t live without his friend?
javabeans: I believe Yoochun accuses Ah-in of using his wicked sorcery to warp him into the present, and insists he set things to rights. Ah-in’s all, Whatever, dude, get away… until we see the flashback to when Ah-in was in Joseon times with him.
girlfriday: It’s kinda amusing that they’re the same personalities from the other drama, in their new ones. Ah-in is as surly as ever and Yoochun is still a haughty stick-in-the-mud.
javabeans: That’s what makes the mashup (which was done by the same person who did the awesome Hunter over Flowers) so great. It totally works, on all fronts — Rooftop, Fashion King, AND Sungkyunkwan. So now you have Yoochun running around Seoul trying to get Ah-in to reverse his spell, and they keep bickering back and forth all the time, which you know is just a prelude to the love part.
girlfriday: I love that there’s actually a fashion show sequence in both shows that fits perfectly.
javabeans: And the omurice feeding! How Ah-in kicks him out, then feels bad and feeds him. I love how Yoochun watches Ah-in eating and comments how pretty he looks eating. How appropriate that it’s Yoochun who breaks the gender taboo in both dramas, being up-front about his feelings…
girlfriday: And the look on his face when he sees him get into bed shirtless? Followed by the declaration that he’s going to live there now. Hee.
javabeans: Cheeky punk. Then Yoochun sees Ah-in being manhandled by that punk Lee Je-hoon, and gets all hot ‘n bothered.
girlfriday: All, that’s MY bickering-hate-manlove! Step away! This is like an entire 16-episode drama on speed. Yoochun finally melts Ah-in’s cold heart…
javabeans: And they live happily ever after? Or at least until they come out with Antique Miss Ripley Who Can’t Marry?
girlfriday: That one sounds less pleasant. I think I’ll stick to more episodes of Rooftop Fashion King.
javabeans: I’ll take its racier cousin, Rooftop Scandal.
girlfriday: Rawr! For that, we need Joong-ki.
javabeans: Well, he’s got the fashion design creds now. He can be the creative diva they fight over.
girlfriday: Or they could cut in his Tree With Deep Roots footage, to have two royals fighting for the throne.
javabeans: LOL: “You will be king! Toughen up!” “But I want to do what I want to do!… design hanboks!”
girlfriday: Cut to future, where Yoochun discovers that the real reason Ah-in came to the present was to make it so that Joong-ki could follow his dreams. Love triangle!
javabeans: Heartbreak! Well, I guess the prince can’t beat the two kings.
girlfriday: Two? Oh Joseon and Fashion? Aw, poor princey. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
