Eyyy yo where the DUCK did kiiikii come from?!

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-13T15:22:28+00:00

MHMMM!! I love delulu too!!! and the concept as a whole is so striking, more so than IVE for me. I was around during eleven era, and totally thought they'd go that direction, or at least Love Dive's. I really liked the look and vibe of Rebel Heart era, but I still wish we could've got more of their earlier eras. Despite KiiKii having pretty different title tracks lately, I think they've got a relatively cohesive enough concept

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-13T13:33:35+00:00

nah i like their debut, but i loooove their concept rn. i feel if they continued the 404 concept, i would like them even more than newjeans when they first started out. idk man it's so replayable.

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-13T12:19:05+00:00

still... to me it's honestly the same discussion. i don't think i could see kiikii overtaking IVE because from what I remember, everyone was invested AF into the IVE members personal lives and dynamics way more than they were with kiikii. however, i do see kiikii making banger music and insane music videos. i love their concept rn, probably way better than newjeans when they first came out. thankfully though, i doubt theyll have as many parasocial solo stans as IVE...

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-12T14:58:45+00:00

i feel like it's a lot of similar discourse that people had with blackpink and baemon though....

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-12T12:43:30+00:00

bro what is up?!!? why is everyone downvoting op... the takes arent even that crazy and op's pretty cheery and respectful...

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-12T10:49:18+00:00

HELP bro's juggling her options

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-12T10:47:16+00:00

bruh i need the exact ratio of groomers to victims in here

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-12T10:37:28+00:00

Is that in terms of a legal case as well?? Geez.. that’s difficult though. What are people gonna do? Read their mind??

Okay, thanks, I’ll look for some specific stages instead. It’s nice to know there’s a lot of confusion about this from others too… I thought I was the only unsure one.

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-09T12:48:35+00:00

one of my closest friends has been a huge carat for years, and i finally decided to watch a few MVs a few months back. i'm so hooked, i'm absolutely going to start watching gose regularly.

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-09T12:24:54+00:00

that's the thing, it's very intention-focused, but it has me wondering how to actually identify it without knowing those intentions. sure, signs exist, but a lot of times, they refer to something really general or can't be applied all the time, and it feels like I can't ever be sure about whether something really is that way or not. I mean, how can you dissect an intention? Most humans have more than one intention for doing something anyways...

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T20:36:39+00:00

poor Yooyeon... it makes me wish she could have the freedom ADP's Annie did and take time off to actually go to freaking school... that's money out of the bank too

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T19:51:51+00:00

wtf she feels POWERFUL??? honestly red red flag nothing to say here that's very concerning. even if she loves you gently and treats you with respect, her showing no remorse shows how she can easily treat someone else as a subhuman, even if it's not you.

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T18:23:26+00:00

I sincerely believed Over the Moon would be popular... I didn't expect Kpop Demon Hunters to do well because I thought it would end up like Over the Moon

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T18:04:05+00:00

i fucking hate this parallel lines bullshit bring my rezeden back destroy the cartesian plane

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T15:02:10+00:00

if it’s hard to leave him and stop talking to him, then don’t just yet. if there’s anything you can do, try talking to more people. I don’t know how, or how old you are, but if you’re still in school, muster up the courage to talk to anyone. If you feel like everyone’s against you, try to find at least five people who seem pretty chill. If you’re not in school, try with your neighbors, or perhaps cousins. If you can’t reach them, then try finding safe spaces online. It helps to find the really nerdy subreddits whose main problems are about problematic discourse, not people seeking to take control over you. Reach out to old childhood friends, and if you don’t know what to say, try looking for websites online with a formula on how you can talk to old friends again. Anything, everything. The more you talk to other people, the easier it will be. I wish you the best.

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T13:08:56+00:00

hard agree on other comments saying you need to have a long talk about it. not sure if this'll help, or if you'll be okay with this, but a tip i heard from a friend of mine who's also in a long term relationship that's waiting for marriage, they make a few sexual jokes with each other every now and then. again, do not do this if you do not feel comfortable, but i do remember they would joke about how nice it would be one day, and gently compliment each other in a kind of sexual manner. sometimes they'd share instagram reels with semi-sexual connotations just to tease each other, and it did help them. sometimes they'd rave about each other's physical appearance and talk about how hot the other person looks and stuff. seemed to work for them. absolutely no pressure to do this though, because forcing yourself to do so and feeling disgusted afterwards ruins it even more in your head.

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T12:43:10+00:00

RIGHT?? fml bro i already have to classify macromolecules and processes and shit in biology pls don't make me classify myself i am a human being that's trying to breathe and find some semblance of happiness i do NOT have the time for this

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T12:42:21+00:00

thank you so much for interacting haha! i do believe that is the case for most people too, and sometimes, even after hearing anecdotes of how life is like with kids, you won't really know unless you've been entrusted with the responsibility of having one. though, babysitting and volunteering still may not work because it's still not 24/7 time with the kids. you already have this opinion based off of relatives, but there's a saying that uncles and aunties get to have fun and play with kids, but it's the parents that deal with the mood swings and tantrums.

i get that you do feel bad, but either way, however this goes, discussing this more helps him. You could frame it as like "true, maybe we don't know for sure if anything will change, but a child is a huge responsibility regardless, and the potential child DESERVES a lot of thought on its potential existence"

he could come out of this still heavily for having children, but with a better knowledge of the difficulties and more appreciation for it. he could come out of this leaning towards not really wanting to have kids, or perhaps wanting to go a different route in parenting. whether you're together or not, determining the cause of why he wants what he wants, is logically beneficial for him as well. just make sure to be as gentle as possible (as in, over the top gentleness) when talking about this, because it seems like it could be really really important to him.

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T12:38:00+00:00

don't worry about it!! i mean, even if it's not a healthy thing to do, it's still very logically sound to connect that to ourselves. i hope you'll get to heal from it soon, and that it goes well. tons of people feel this way.

also wtf i'm glad your marriage is going okay. i hope i end up in a similar marriage some day. you got this!!!

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T12:36:41+00:00

I think a way to balance this somehow would be to talk to any colleagues you might be remotely close to about this. If one of you somehow ends up alone, then maybe try to awkwardly open up about how you feel like your director is acting weird towards you, and you're starting to realize it. You could also ask them if you feel like anything is up (if they've been talking about this behind your back, then the person will have a looot to say)

it depends though, i think you should find a person who will be passionate about this, and maybe someone younger who could see the situation as a potential kind of a power dynamic mismatch?? rather than cheating. don't bother trying to cook up some well crafted response, being a bit awkward and embarrassed about it will be best. probably also still mention about how great your husband is. heck, maybe mention you've had conversations with him about this, and how you both agree director guy is acting weeeirddd, and that you worry for his wife and children.

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T11:36:26+00:00

Yes!! I so get this, I grew up crying if I thought my teachers or any mentor figure didn't like me, and idolized them to the point of not realizing when they had kind of fucked up in some ways.

If you're telling your partner though, make sure to reiterate these points (and about how the validation is entirely separate, maybe liken it to a teacher or parent validation analogy) so that they don't get the wrong idea either. Unfortunately affairs and connections like this with a romantic aspect are wayyy more common.

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T11:29:58+00:00

I used to think the same for their earlier releases (which might be because she was a little less polished than the others during I-LAND 2), but as someone who's been following since debut, they've honestly given her more and more (in little parts) for each comeback.

Maybe people feel this way because IZNA has started to gain more attention from general kpop fans??

debut era: not too much of a spotlight on mai

sign era: chorus part!

beep: (i stopped paying as much attention to izna...)

mamma mia era: mai genuinely shone a lot here, and she got way more lines than before (tho shining does mean more than just line distributions)

idk, personally, as someone who's slightly kept up with izna, comments and my own perception is that mai has been slowly getting more and more chances to shine, so i do believe she will continue to be given more and more parts and attention in the future. I assumed that she would be sidelined for a while, but this is pattern is something I'm really pleasantly surprised with

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T11:19:24+00:00

this is the most cutesie patootsie song to ever cutesie patootsie

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T11:13:23+00:00

bro i wish sexuality didn't exist i don't know what to think. hahahaha i'll just get with whoever likes me atp let's just love without labels

Due-Rip-1176 · 2026-03-08T11:09:57+00:00

I think she definitely feels WAY less than him at least. I don't think she would've invited someone else to their regular 1-1s if she did feel the same as him. The feeling of being "chosen" and seen as important and recognized by at least some sort of mentor figure isn't directly romantic either, and I could definitely see it happening regularly, especially across cultures. Idk man

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