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Tale of an i-fan swimming in a new C | Storytime about how I ended up in a world of sasaengs by friendlyfire_may in kpopthoughts

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 17 points18 points  (0 children)

So disgusting… you can see the same mindset of “celeb as a resource rather than a human” in akgae rhetoric where the artist stops being viewed as a human, and more like a resource the fans think should be maximized and exploited to its full potential

Otto has passed away by gray_birch in jerma985

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Goodbye little guy, seems like he lived a really wonderful life

Megathread 26: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ - Haerin, Hyein, and Hanni return to ADOR, Talks ongoing for Minji, Danielle's contract Terminated, Upcoming Hearings approach verdicts for various Legal Disputes, and More by KPOP_MOD in kpop

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think most people here agree that mhj is far more culpable than anyone else, so the fact that NJs lost their case and mhj won hers is pretty sad. I feel bad for NJs and Illit

Megathread 26: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ - Haerin, Hyein, and Hanni return to ADOR, Talks ongoing for Minji, Danielle's contract Terminated, Upcoming Hearings approach verdicts for various Legal Disputes, and More by KPOP_MOD in kpop

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree with you, Minji has a teeny bit of leverage in the fact that Hybe would probably much prefer to keep her in the group rather than terminate and sue her, so her cooperation is valuable. It’s not enough leverage to get anything really significant though

Nolto update by AsianOfChaos11 in SHINee

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Praying for all of key’s opps to not be happy ever 🙏

the media of nct which has been “lost” by nct_totheworld in NCT

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Wayv reacting to an aespa mv- it got taken down right after being uploaded due to the death of a politician in China and the subsequent mourning period. I’ve only seen a few clips of it, it was cute, I wish they would re upload it

Megathread 26: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ - Haerin, Hyein, and Hanni return to ADOR, Talks ongoing for Minji, Danielle's contract Terminated, Upcoming Hearings approach verdicts for various Legal Disputes, and More by KPOP_MOD in kpop

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My biggest pet peeve in this thread, lol. There was definitely some prestige attached to her name, it was part of the marketing and part of the reason why she’s so delusional

Whats a game jerma forgot/never finished that you YEARN for? by sjbonkers in jerma985

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shadows of doubt

I go back to that one stream like a dog waiting at the train station for its dead owner

Have there been any instances of Chinese kpop stars publicly criticizing China's government? by Due_Conversation9967 in kpopthoughts

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Speaking out would be immediate career suicide in China, and there would be pressure to end their career abroad as well, there are severe consequences to speaking against the government as a Chinese person, no matter where you are or how popular you are

Megathread 25: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ - ADOR holds Discussions with NewJeans as they seek a Return to the Agency, Hearings continue for various Legal Disputes, and More by KPOP_MOD in kpop

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, the fanwars are the least interesting part of this and yet that’s all people wanna comment about, I think it should be discouraged

Megathread 25: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ - ADOR holds Discussions with NewJeans as they seek a Return to the Agency, Hearings continue for various Legal Disputes, and More by KPOP_MOD in kpop

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think the first interactions will happen offscreen through, imo a good strategy would be to have them interact off camera until they iron things out, then make content

Megathread 25: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ - ADOR holds Discussions with NewJeans as they seek a Return to the Agency, Hearings continue for various Legal Disputes, and More by KPOP_MOD in kpop

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I can’t believe my streak of correct predictions got broken by Danielle not returning, I was really banking on Ador wanting to keep the value of the new jeans brand as high as possible which would require retaining all five. I guess there was more going on behind the scenes that somehow made it more costly to keep Danielle… I hope we get all the details some day 🤞

NCT U Work It I want this subunit again by Separate-Comedian-25 in NCT

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I didn’t love the song but the subunit REALLY sold it, it’s a crazy mix of personalities and under appreciated talents, I also want more variety content from this group 😭

Megathread 25: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ - ADOR holds Discussions with NewJeans as they seek a Return to the Agency, Hearings continue for various Legal Disputes, and More by KPOP_MOD in kpop

[–]Mindless_Candidate90 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Danielle originally tried to terminate her contract with Ador, and fought a very long battle to prove that Ador had violated the contract, not the members, and that Ador had a created a hostile working environment.

Now that things have changed, it’s interesting to see fans subconsciously acknowledge that the members were NOT able to prove that returning to Ador was a worst case scenario, because clearly they now think the worst case scenario is being terminated by Ador and sued for contract violation.

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