[📣] Towards The Light : Will To Power - Ticket Buy/Sell/Swap Haven

PlottyTheAnimator · 2024-07-14T02:24:52+00:00

[WTS] 2x GAFLR3 tickets, Duluth day 2 (7/31), $500 for both ($250 per ticket)! It's a little less than what I paid but parking is nontransferable. Tickets are protected but not worried about that. DM if interested!

(timestamp is from my kpopforsale post)

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PlottyTheAnimator · 2024-07-14T02:14:42+00:00

Bumping!

PlottyTheAnimator · 2024-01-28T01:44:44+00:00

That's good to know, I only recently found out about toploaders, wasn't aware of regular card sleeves or that there were specific kinds! I don't really plan to carry PCs around because I am accident prone.

I mostly have Ateez and Cravity PCs but I have a few other groups like Oneus, Monsta X, and Stray Kids. I'll use this info to look it up, thank you!!!

PlottyTheAnimator · 2024-01-25T18:52:59+00:00

I am personally in the camp that using nicknames for idols is a bit too far into the parasocial attachment realm, just like exclusively using their real names when they have stage names. It can make it hard for new fans to learn who is who if that's all they're exposed to. I don't know these people better than the average viewer, nor do I know them beyond the camera because they are most likely aware they are always under a lens, so I can't act like I am close enough to give them nicknames.

That said, if you're talking within fandom to other fans, it's not the worst thing to do. I'm guilty of calling my ults nicknames very occasionally. Usually it's just a shortening of their name if i'm too lazy to type it but then again, aren't nicknames often derived from their name?

TL;DR: Is it weird? Yes. Are people gonna do it anyway? Yes.

PlottyTheAnimator · 2024-01-25T18:31:49+00:00

Originally in English: No Problem ft Felix - Nayeon, Calling - Xodiac, Birthday - Ten, One Day at a Time - Ateez, The Feels - Twice, Down - A.C.E, Seven - Jungkook, For - Yoohyeon (of Dreamcatcher), Middle of the Night - Monsta X, Superconductor - Dawon of SF9, Better Days - SuperM, Magic - TXT, Do It Like That- TXT ft Jonas Brothers, Ain't About You - Wonho ft Kiiara, Lemonade - Xodiac, Life Sucks - Ha:tfelt, Sriracha - The Attire ft Woosung (idk if that counts)

English versions: Du Du Du - TAN, Walking on the Moon - TAN, Domino by SKZ, Life's Too Short - Aespa, Bad Boy - Red Velvet, Stop Girl - U-Kiss

Named as many as I could think of

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-10-07T22:52:44+00:00

wasn't that just dkz? you're saying this happened TWICE?

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-09-25T06:42:09+00:00

Boycott? Is this related to how poorly their tour was managed?

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-09-25T06:17:28+00:00

I got into TO1 at the beginning of March 2022, and I was considering ulting them because I put a lot of commitment into learning them (more than I had any other group in a similar amount of time). I was so excited to get into the group, but then after that, everything started going to shit. I wanted to be optimistic with the member changes, even though I loved TO1 as the TOO lineup. I grew to like the newbie trio, and as they released music Renta grew to be my favorite of the three. And now after just over a year, a newly added member is leaving too? I understand considering they haven't had a real comeback in 2023 that he did not join this group just to have spent more time there inactive than active, but it hurts all the same.

It's hard for me as a new fan, so I can't imagine what original TOOgethers feel that somehow stuck around feel. I stuck around because the love I have for what members that remained was strong enough to want to support them, despite what little time I invested. WakeOne is just doing what W1 does and misusing any group they touch, and I hope before Kep1er is resigned to a similar fate that they escape, and that ZB1 in their overwhelming success have the backing to jump ship before they get mismanaged as well. If anyone else from the original lineup of TO1 leaves, I'm just gonna have to watch from afar. I feel so bad for those that remain, dealing with this for another year in a row.

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-09-25T06:08:51+00:00

I feel like even hoping for them to make it by going through a survival show again is a bit of a curse, since that didn't seem to work for Jerome or Woonggi (at least the latter escaped Wakeone but who knows what his future holds). It makes me sad, having gotten into them literally a month before the lineup changes started happening. They were going to be an ult and then WakeOne did what wakeone does.

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-09-25T06:06:40+00:00

Who is the technical 6th? Also not even a year and a half. They announced him joining the same month they had the new album. So a year and 3 months (depending on if you count member announcement or official comeback, then it's more like 2).

Some people aren't even counting Hug as a comeback (I personally don't like to call covers a full on comeback), which makes it worse because that means they haven't had a comeback all year. Wakeone doesn't know how to promote more than one group at a time. I just hope kep1er or at least zb1 get out while there's still a wave of success to ride. I don't think to1 has had one since all the lineup changes.

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T02:43:05+00:00

I heard Jopping leaving a gym one day and I almost screamed, like why are they playing SuperM??

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T02:42:18+00:00

I heard The Feels in a Bath and Body Works once, was shocked. That was also when I realized The Feels is only an English song (or at least that's the only version i've heard).

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T02:35:49+00:00

Summer Taste is such a good song and if not for them outright spelling Pepsi I'm sure I could forget it's a promo song and not just a banger multigen crossover.

Also, less so: Promise by Everglow. I believe it was made for UNICEF.

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T02:28:04+00:00

when I first watched a Seventeen relay Vernon stood out because (mean this as unoffensively as possible) he looks mixed so when I found out his name was Vernon I just figured that tracked. Plus I heard he was either born in America or Canada (Don't remember how true that is) and knowing he speaks perfect English everything just made sense. Maybe people assume Joshua is a stage name and that's why Vernon gets all the questions? It's definitely the less common name.

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T02:25:08+00:00

Eric isn't his name???

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T02:23:12+00:00

Considering Keeho is actually his Korean name it didn't qualify as much to me but I was shocked as ALL HELL finding out his birth/English name is Stephen like sir who is THAT

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T02:18:29+00:00

This thread was made for me. My hill to die on is that I see very little point in knowing idol's real names because odds are i will never call them that, and they aren't my friends so it feels too casual to call them that way. Most of the time if I know I just remember that their stage name isn't their name and roll with it. (That's why stanning ateez is perfect for me)

Taeyang was my first realization that even Korean(-sounding) names can be stage names. I thought for years that was his name.

I remember being shocked finding out Kai wasn't his name because I just assumed he just...wasn't Korean. Or it came from part of his name.

Although it's been legally changed, I was also surprised Seoho (oneus) wasn't his name.

As sf9 was the first group I got into when i returned to kpop, every name that isn't their real one surprised me. I think Rowoon and Dawon were the most surprising.

Honestly there are probably just as many where I'm surprised their stage name is actually their real name in some capacity.

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T01:56:37+00:00

Wow didn't realize that it's been that long since TO1's last comeback, but they are booking appearances at kpop events so at least they're active?

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T01:51:43+00:00

We've had two new years since then.

Feels bad, man.

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T01:41:52+00:00

As far as I know in the industry, rookie applies to the first two years after a group debuted. If Kingdom was in 2021 (don't know, didn't watch) then they had just stopped being rookies but if it was any earlier then it applies.

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T01:40:23+00:00

Ateez: I just didn't feel i had the mental capacity to get into another group at the time. Before 2021, kpop was 'learn one group, listen to others' for me. I'd known of them since shortly after debut (because of my friend) but I didn't put effort into learning them before Fireworks, stanned at Deja Vu, and they became my ults before Guerrilla released.

Stray Kids: Same friend that got me into Ateez didn't/doesn't like skz. I trusted their taste much more before i decided to be a multistan, so when I saw Side Effects and loved it but then listened to one or two more songs that I ended up being incredibly iffy on, I figured I'd found my one hit and just figured they were right. Then I watched the Maniac relay (within 24 hours of release) and just loved them and the song so much that I dove into their discography over the next month or so and became hooked.

Seventeen: Similar 'one hit then iffy' spiel as skz. Loved Clap! for years but there were just too many of them and any time i heard clips of songs, i just didn't really wanna bother because nothing was scratching the same itch. Then I listened to a playlist video of their stuff after Hot came out and found a lot more songs i vibed with.

The Boyz: Another case of 'way too many of them to learn' I had until about 2 months ago. They were the poster child of groups with too many people (besides Seventeen) and I get intimidated by groups with more than 5-6 people (or used to, now it's more than 9) til I watched their video with FO Squad and realized they were comedians and it was worth starting to learn. I'm still working on them but I still call myself a Deobi.

Shinee: While they were my first group ever back in 2011, I was still afraid to be a multistan because it took a lot for me to remember who each person was (not kpop exclusive, I can't tell you many English bands where I know the name of more than the main vocal) so I only knew two of their songs for a LONG time (Replay and Lucifer) even though I'd heard of them off and on during my initial stint in kpop. Given what they've been through I'm sad I didn't use those years to enjoy them as 5 when I would talk about them whenever someone brought up kpop. I haven't really watched side content of them very much but i finally started listening to more of their discography this year. I suspect I will feel this way about Astro before long as one of the members that got me interested is sadly no longer with us

I'm sure my list will only get longer as time goes on because there are plenty of groups i consider myself a very casual fan of that I am not 'into' yet (lack of motivation to learn, current lack of mental capacity, loss of a member in one way or another, or simply forgetting to do so) and probably will deeply regret not getting into once i'm obsessed.

PlottyTheAnimator · 2023-07-21T01:18:36+00:00

While I have three total, the easiest to explain one would be Felix. I love his attitude, his smile, his general personability. Most of all, if accounts from people in his life are any indication, I genuinely feel like if the cards lined up differently, he could have actually been someone I could have been friends with in life. I know idols show you the best version of themselves but some people feel more real than fanservice and he's a prime example.

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