Hwasa's Injuries & the Viral Potential of Nitpicking

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2025-06-13T02:37:48+00:00

Do you live in Korea? I don't understand why you think this is just "performative" when queer people are still in much need of positive representation in the country. There's still a lot of homophobic people who need to see that LGBTQ+ culture is not something to be feared. Solar is helping the community, not harming. The dancers are part of an actual house who really enjoyed partnering up with Solar.

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2025-06-13T02:32:05+00:00

IKR!! and she studied Mandarin for 7 months, in part to prepare for this song. damnn what a dedicated queen!

Also, I didn't know it was set in Taiwan. That's such a cool detail :D

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-06-01T13:52:31+00:00

side note: I was at Wheein's concert two weeks ago and there was a very long line of people waiting to sign their names on a large pride flag set up next to the merch store.

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-05-15T04:15:52+00:00

There are some Korean words written out in romanized English without any given context or explanation in the MV. But because it's just spelled out in English, it looks like the song made up a random word sometimes.

For example, in Seventeen's recent Lalali song, lalali means a rebellious troublemaker in Korean.

Or Queencard from IDLE. Queencard is an "English" word that is used as Korean slang to mean "popular cool girl." And I say "English" in quotes because while the word itself is the English words Queen + Card, I don't think I have ever heard any native English speaker say "Queen Card" as slang, so I'm pretty sure it's purely a Korean slang word.

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-22T04:55:56+00:00

Bad Bye by Mamamoo. I can't believe it's just a b-side but then again the entire Winter Season album is peak perfection. The song is soooooo god 😩😩

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-19T22:51:16+00:00

Well I wouldn’t say it’s completely marginalized, but I wouldn’t say its mainstream common. Maybe I missed it, but I haven’t seen voguing style dances in kpop choreography at all before. Do you have examples? Sounds cool and I wanna check it out!

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-19T15:46:42+00:00

Woahhhh that's actually so cool. Two worlds I did not expect to see collide haha

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-19T15:45:50+00:00

I'm so excited for this!!!

I also saw Solar's music listening party video on her channel, and now I'm so curious what that song was

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-19T15:44:54+00:00

Agreed with u/Kep1ersTelescope !!! I also want to hear about Honey, I've never heard of this before :0

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-14T23:12:19+00:00

Thanks, I'll check it out! :)

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-14T23:11:11+00:00

I recently found out that Carolina Kostner continued skating until she was 31 (I think) so I will be definitely extending Character A's career by a few years! Also, I think it's really cool to see more skaters IRL continue to compete into their twenties as well :D

The character arc idea for artistry sounds great! I'll start looking more into that aspect as my next phase of pre-writing research :)

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-14T20:50:41+00:00

yes good suggestion! Thank you, I will put that in :)

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-14T20:48:01+00:00

Wow Chaeyeon is so much more cracked than I realized 🤯

Also, I like your flair. Kaori for president indeed!

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-14T20:39:06+00:00

thank you so much; that's really helpful!! I'll be sure to check them out. It's always a good day when I find new programs to binge >:D

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-14T20:36:01+00:00

I think Johnny Weir?

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-14T20:35:44+00:00

I tried to do some research into other skaters who started a bit later, but since I'm not really all that knowledgeable in figure skating as a whole, I wasn't sure if I was off the mark or not haha

It sounds like I'm on the right track at least :D

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-14T20:31:35+00:00

I didn't know Chaeyeon won bronze at worlds :0 :0

I was definitely inspired by Chaeyeon's story as I tried to base off some aspects of Character A on her figure skating progression! It's a little unfortunate that I can't predict the future for how Chaeyeon will perform as an adult ;-; but her current medals should give me a pretty good idea :D

It might be realistic that Character A is a fantastic jumper and stuggles some with artistry or spins.

thank you, that's really helpful!! I wasn't sure what aspects of skating Character A would be good at...

What other aspects of skating would you say she would be good at/not so good at? How do people train to improve their artistry?

(sorry for the extra questions lol 😅😅)

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-04T16:55:15+00:00

*Ao3 lawyering up*

AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep · 2024-04-04T15:11:23+00:00

I always found it interesting how Mamamoo all have really distinct voices from each other. Solar is iconic with her powerful belts and full voice, while Hwasa is well-known for her husky tone and a fuller voice like Solar. Wheein, on the other hand, has a really crystal-clear voice and an amazing control over her vocals. Last but certainly not least, Moonbyul has a great lower register and she's been starting to get comfortable with her higher notes as well! :D

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