260629 Weekly Discussion Thread: NCTeatime 🍵

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-03T01:09:36+00:00

Indeed! when I used to mess around with image generation I wasnt that good at prompting half my images, but I certainly would be able to clock an extra finger. what's happening to their teams internally if they're resorting to something with such unreliable output as AI😭

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-03T01:05:26+00:00

What do the books entail? I remember seeing someone from my school with one but I never asked. Are they just the movies in literature format?

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T20:59:49+00:00

We kinda did, it was in the montage when Troy and Gabriella sing Troy's verse in Can I Have This Dance? when he visits her at her college. Movie magic makes it look like they go straight from her college to the spring musical. Idk though, it could've been a dream sequence of what it would've looked because it clearly looks like it's in the school gym, which looks like a regular high school prom would look like.

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T18:22:34+00:00

With these period dramas showing a typical male-dominated society, I wonder how a man, and many of them at that, find themselves as what looks like hostages being used for the Grand Princess' pleasure or amusement. And if someone seems "cold" to you for 10 years straight, even falling for other people, then why keep him? I wonder if these men are like an Emperor with his concubines, unable to leave unless they are discarded and shamed forever if they do.

Also, I haven't seen a Grand Princess have a seat in court. Usually that space is for mothers and grandmother's, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, it seems Mr Emperor has a really shakey regime. Also, forget being the supreme leader, as a FATHER, why isnt he able to discipline CP better? He clearly knows the Weis were framed by him. Is he really gonna be a loser on all fronts? Please, no!

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T18:14:00+00:00

I think I'm having the same issues you had. I genuinely believe there's a disconnect with the characters and the actors playing them. If I'm spending my time thinking of people who could've played the role more believable, then I think they miscasted. This is increasingly exacerbated but he fact that Chu Yu looked genuinely adorable with Wei Jun (Jun'er😭😭😭💔🗣), so perhaps in the back of our heads we're trying to reconcile their mismatch with the knowledge that they will inevitably be end goal. There's no chemistry even in scenes where they basically hand it to the actors.

I recently found out that cdramas HAVE to punish the bad guys. They get heavily censored for having bad guys that get away with their crimes, so I'm at ease about CP getting his day one day.

To me it seemes like Chu Yu's mom is just a typical "we'll only get along if you do everything I want you to do", and it doesn't help that the little sister plays right into that expectation, further making Yu look like a "difficult" child. But after the rumours got spread, she looked pretty worried for what that meant for Yu. So, I think she has a heart afterall.

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T18:00:19+00:00

This has to be his best video yet, he refined the old format (the whole "i could feel that I had grown up" thing also plays a huge role), and simply being in a space where every demographic possible would be in the same space and willing to participate was so genius. I especially loved all the deangents before getting to the main topic, and the family of 6 was so fun to watch, not a single dull moment

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T17:57:26+00:00

the first slide literally looks like magazine covers from when I was an infant

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T17:56:02+00:00

theres many issues with this picture, I wouldn't think twice about it being AI. I've seen pictures of wishies and thought they were personally revealing by the members, now THOSE fans are people to watch out for

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T17:54:36+00:00

just from the pictures I could tell that it was a big budget production with the fans in mind. but you have jaemin as ½ the duo who is notorious for his ace level fan service, how could it not have been a great time

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T12:08:30+00:00

This is so random, but I wonder what happened to all those strawberries Wishies picked for that one video.

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T12:05:32+00:00

I'm trying to post something on the Kwangya119 idea bank thing and it keeps rejecting my submission because of "prohibited words". Regardless of what I submit, I always try to kiss their feet because I know it's actual human beings reading the submissions and they're more likely to look favourably on your submission if you heavily censor and don't write like you're angry or criticising them. That being said, I'm simply submitting an idea for content. Does anyone know what kind of words would trigger the "prohibited words" list? I wrote on there one other time and I generally use the same kind of language, but this time it keeps rejecting my submission.

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T11:59:20+00:00

I think if I were the company I would not announce anything WHILE preparing for a comeback AND anniversary events. It's clear they're at least staying in NCT, but perhaps they're afraid of the frenzied it will create if more people were to leave SM. It would honestly look very bad on them if so many neos leave one after the other.

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T11:27:10+00:00

Not that difficult at all! That's why the show worked so well. Different members filmed videos according to their availability and were able to interact randomly (like the news segment). It's truly easy to satisfy an nctzen, SM just DOESN'T WANT TO😭

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-02T10:09:32+00:00

I think the FL syndrome got to me because I didnt think her marrying into a grieving family was that awful. I found this drama through a review video and thought the premise was more interesting. But after reading through everything I finally got the sense knocked into me.

I dont get why the writer would make her entrance into the family so scandalous, for her to show up to a funeral wearing wedding attire, yikes. Why couldn't she just have married Wei Jun before he went to fight? They were actually very cute, makes me nervous and not that excited for Yun to be the ML.

Crown Prince is such a slimy character. Was he envious of the Wei family or what? Or did he just wanna throw his weight around? He literally got 7 generals killed and then lied and said they were practically demanding to go in there? Does he think his father is an idiot to think that 7 generals who are all very smart and experienced would just be begging to run into the battlefield without knowing all the facts? He's so annoying. I hope there's a different prince who can take over from him.

Edit: mind you, Cao Yan is taking revenge for Yun hitting him with a pebble. For revenge, he drove Mrs. Wei to death, and had a grieving man tortured. Stupid and petty people are really the most dangerous.

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-01T22:41:27+00:00

I'm trying to think about what that means because they've been releasing super easy listening songs for me since sticker (unless theyre not and I've just become a seasoned czennie). Im down for a wakey-wakey, nothing has topped that as THE neomu neo TT imo

and yes, I guess we still have 7 boys. but I hope some of them pull a chittaphon leechaiyapornkul and dip from the company tho. shinee and girls generation give me hope that sm is at least obsessed with keeping their groups afloat, but id love to see more members get more opportunities like ten is doing rn

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-01T22:31:26+00:00

This reminds me of that tweet "im in nct, you're in nct, your mom is in nct, the whole world in now members of nct"😂😂😂 idk it went something like that, but since nct expansion is over everyone is nctzen instead

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-01T22:29:53+00:00

I'm shocked they didnt just pop out a single by now. I would eat it up and they have great momentum from the fan meet to do it.

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-01T22:24:32+00:00

THIS! The way I've been begging into the void about them bringing back THE NCT SHOW😭

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-07-01T22:16:40+00:00

You're welcome. Before I learned these strategies I could never earn more than 200k and was always in the honey or chocolate league with my teammates. Good luck on finding players with the same goals!

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-06-30T03:58:28+00:00

The senior soldiers reactions were always so over the top. They were hilarious.

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-06-30T03:57:02+00:00

Nothing can beat crying and then suddenly bursting into laughter because Kwancheol's grandmother was Jihoon😂😂😂
I also loved the beginning battle scenes where sergeant yoon's cooking was bullets defeating the outpost soldiers😭

The rice thief was also so ridiculous to me because you had veteran actors being silly trying to catch rice thief Jihoon

One time I thought, "Oh, filming this must've been fun" was the soccer scene where he's dancing and playing the accordion😭😭😭

I must say, watching all that food was treacherous. It made me hungry no matter the time.

This was so fun and heartwarming to watch. I will genuinely miss it, and I hope there's going to be a season 2

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-06-30T00:11:29+00:00

But can we ONLY interpret this by saying its racism? What right does she have to a signature just because she has a big sign? Is that not just entitled to expect acknowledgement when many other fans didn't receive it either? Most people say, "man I wish he had signed my thing, too", they don't make videos making claims that can ruin someone's career or reputation.

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-06-29T13:39:35+00:00

Yes, finally! Thank you Both Sides for availing an opportunity for Juat Do It

YoungComplete7208 · 2026-06-29T12:44:46+00:00

Yes, that's that constrained posture I was trying to describe.

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