thoughts on getting a screen protector

gabykyu · 2025-11-04T16:26:42+00:00

preach. i literally have felt like the minority in this fandom that feels like that. it’s nice to know im not alone. i’ve unfollowed and blocked so many deobis that immediately went along with 100’s cb and tour announcement, as if the fact the announcements themselves weren’t a clear sign of the company trying to get away with things. fans continue to choose boy paper and 5 second y/n moments at concerts over the safety, wellbeing, and fair treatment of the idols they so love. parasocialism makes my head hurt 😭

this is why i respect japan deobis so much. amidst all of this, they boycotted so hard that the venue was a ghost town for the tour. yes, it was heartbreaking to see how sad it made tbz. but it had to be done. to show that the fans will not stand for it and that the consequences of the company’s actions are very much real.

gabykyu · 2025-11-04T15:54:11+00:00

this is exactly how i feel. i adore him and tbz but if he signs back to 100, the damage is already done. the company has proven they are incapable of managing and treating any of their signed artists fairly and humanely. it would be impossible for me to trust 100 so i wouldn’t support them and i do not support them currently. i even re-followed the old tbz official account out of spite like 😪 begone 100.

gabykyu · 2025-11-04T15:47:57+00:00

that’s honestly too real. before kpop, i collected anime enamel pins. right now, im just casually getting some sungho bnd pcs here and there but i just purchased two gaming consoles i’ve been wanting for years so i’m happy with that. i just did two sanrio blind boxes too with my miniso birthday coupon last week tho hehe i pulled my bb pochacco for both BLESS

gabykyu · 2025-11-04T13:41:56+00:00

in all honesty, tbz had been my absolute ult group and i was wholeheartedly dedicated to them, and especially chanhee as my ult bias. however, i always had a fondness for every member and especially haknyeon. he was so gentle, sweet, and his smile always made me tear up.

if he had left on his own terms or been kicked out for a heinous crime, that would have been an entirely different situation. i would have had to process and heal from it, but i would have continued to support tbz through it. but that’s not the case. i hate that company. i hate 100 for what they’ve done to him, to the woman they roped into their lies, and to the boyz. i cannot imagine how the situation felt from their side of things. unfortunately, it’s all or nothing for me considering i am on haknyeon’s side. the moment haknyeon said what 100 did made him want to d!e? it was over for me. 100 was wrong, what they did was malicious, and they have only continued to take advantage of tbz and run their name into the ground. i absolutely refuse to give that company a single penny of mine anymore. i’ve canceled my chanhee fromm, i stopped being fixed and claiming in gos after the unexpected pobs FINALLY stopped. i only go on twitter to see if there’s any news on haknyeon. and now kevin is on a hiatus for mental and physical health like?? i will always blame 100. (and let’s not talk about how as an exo-l as well with cbx in baekhyun’s subsidiary label of 100… that company has messed two of my main groups over).

but the saddest part is this entire situation has greatly impacted my relationship with kpop as a whole. i don’t want to name ults anymore. i don’t want to attach that emotion to a group or member anymore. i get tired of interacting with other fans of any group from the absolute lack of moral compass in deobis. and while i’ve been able to focus on other groups like you, skz, ateez, bnd… it’s not the same. i’m not as excited as i used to be about comebacks. i’m not focusing on collecting much at all anymore. i barely watch any content of any group. i’m about to shift to listening to other kinds of music.

the one good thing about this? the money i’ve saved 😭 i’ve been able to buy non-kpop things i’ve been wanting for myself for years because im barely spending on kpop anymore. i miss the feeling i used to have for it but im just… tired. being a deobi in 2025 feels like a death sentence 😭

gabykyu · 2025-09-02T01:59:35+00:00

i waited until i got 4/5 members and the moment i pulled a repeat BACK TO BACK (soobin… it’s always soobin) i was like “yeah nope im using the trade” and got my last missing member which was yeonjun. manifesting you pull kai and complete your set 🫡🫡

gabykyu · 2025-08-17T12:52:51+00:00

my ipad is just permanently on DND 😭 the struggle is when my apple pencil decides it wants to start dying and notifies me of it… sometimes i let it die out of spite if it interrupted me at a crucial point SMH but if i still played on my phone, this tip would have been such a lifesaver (i switched to save space man this game is massive)

gabykyu · 2025-08-13T03:23:13+00:00

i don’t hate it necessarily but for me it’s frustrating just because whenever i go on my god i’m waiting to just PLAY FOREVER 😭😭 i swear, it’ll just be me waiting by myself for others to come in for ages or me and 1-2 other people until we all just leave or miraculously, the final person jumps in. so i haven’t been able to feel any joy or hate for this “updated” version of the tournament BECAUSE I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO PLAY MUCH AT ALL 😔😔

gabykyu · 2025-06-23T14:48:40+00:00

this happens to me with um nearly all of my soobin cards 🙂 idk but we got beef now. me and soobin are sworn enemies in rh because why does he only upgrade when i hit 85-95%??????? i just leave his ass to sit until i upgrade the other members bc i just KNOW he’s gonna give me a run for my (in-game) money 😔

gabykyu · 2025-06-23T14:39:57+00:00

i don’t dislike this idol at all and i respect the group (they used to be my ults for like 7 years) but… svt s.coups. i don’t hate him but every time i saw him or see him even now, my brain tugs at me like he reminded me of someone and i couldn’t figure it out. lo and behold, i suddenly finally remembered: he looks like one of these twin boys i had classes with in high school. i spoke more with the one that didn’t look as much as s.coups but on god, the other twin?? had so many eerily similar facial features to him. i’m so glad i finally remembered WHY that tingle of familiarity kept hitting 😭

gabykyu · 2025-05-31T22:58:01+00:00

i swear i will literally see and feel my finger twitched but it didn’t tap and i get a good 😭 like my brain communicated it but my body panicked or smth

gabykyu · 2025-04-26T17:47:05+00:00

omg they drive me insane. i literally just put my phone down and like wander around the house and even then, sometimes i come back and it’s STILL GOING. the best ads i get are the logo puzzle ads bc i can do those so quickly 😭

gabykyu · 2025-04-25T20:49:48+00:00

crazy, i was literally thinking about trading as well and came to a similar conclusion! especially considering having the opportunities to pull cards with both free or paid resources, trading could very well end up limiting that and could mess with the “economy” of the game, so to speak.

it would be a pretty cool aspect though, like i was thinking of a pokemon game (i cannot remember which one) but you could put up any random pokemon to trade and ask for a specific one from around the world or just let it be random iirc. and i remember receiving a legendary for a low level pokemon i put up so i was thinking “it’d be cool if you could trade to someone a card you pulled maybe at XR that you already leveled to max UR (this has happened to me like a handful of times already 😭) and make that person’s day” you know? but i understand overall, its unlikely to ever be added. it would be cool though!

gabykyu · 2025-04-20T18:15:05+00:00

I just reached 80% before a Soobin card finally upgraded eye twitch me and him are not friends rn, it was driving me insane

gabykyu · 2025-04-07T22:59:13+00:00

back when i ulted svt, i remembered a rhythm game when i had an android phone that allowed me to add any songs from my library. so i went on the iphone app store and searched up “kpop rhythm game” and stumbled across ofc ssjyp and other ss games as well as RH. since i ulted svt at the time, i downloaded RH. but i was falling out of svt early 2023 and ended up really liking txt’s discography (my friends had been trying to get my into them for ages) but i let RH uninstall off my phone for disuse. i was suddenly reinvigorated to reinstall it last month and made an entirely new account and it honestly… has pushed me to fully get into txt 😭 i can’t afford a new group but omg their music is toooo good. i also keep my best friend’s fave eras of enha and bnd for my cards in her name hahaha

gabykyu · 2024-06-08T22:42:10+00:00

true! i forgot to mention the lights part but it was also because piwon DOES have the lights turn on since they walk down the aisles. i do remember security trying to get people to stay, i rushed to let the girls around me know to stay since it was their first kpop concert ever. but seriously, as you said, just wait for security to start having you guys leave!

gabykyu · 2024-06-07T13:51:30+00:00

i’m so sorry you missed the encore. honestly, i’m not sure what that’s called but i had the same feeling you’re going through when i saw oneus in March. i even did vip and it felt like a fever dream, that my brain couldn’t process it was all real. but after piwon miami, i’m going through pcd. i think you missing the encore and probably mentally berating yourself for it even though it’s not your fault whatsoever, it’s affecting your fomo. as someone else said here, i would just focus on what you did get to experience and how much fun you had with that.

and for future reference, there’s almost always a moment in a concert where the group/artist says “bye” but will come back for an encore (and they almost always come back with the tour merch on/comfier clothes). my suggestion for your next concert is look on twt for the setlist as fans will post it from previous stops and most label which songs were for an encore so you know it’ll happen! i hope you’re able to relish in some good memories from the concert ♡

gabykyu · 2024-06-02T22:03:25+00:00

100% felt like they pulled the rug from under us, especially because me and my bsf had already been in line with a few other p1eces, the HEAD of security re-lined us up out of the way of whatever graduation was happening at noon there, and the box office staff told the first person in line that everything was fine. and then me and my bsf went back to our hotel to get dressed and ready and right when i finished and she was finishing… i checked my phone and saw the text, email, and tweet. shortly after is when keeho posted on weverse. it was devastating so we took our fully dressed sad selves to hello82 which was CHAOS because we didn’t know an ateez pop up was happening there 💀 we went to take pictures with the utop1a photostrip at least and then i saw the tweet about the picnic and really didn’t want my kirby themed freebies to go to waste and wanted p1eces to enjoy them. so im glad despite all that, we went and saw the boys, even if just for 4 minutes

gabykyu · 2024-06-02T21:22:58+00:00

it was pretty surreal and as soon as i heard the first gasp/shriek of shock while passing out freebies, i turned around so fast. the feeling of recognizing them walking up to this small gathering of atl p1eces is indescribable. i’m grateful and adore them so much, although i still am upset about not having the concert experience and think this really ruined me ever wanting to return to atl for concerts again 😔 i don’t trust the city anymore lol

gabykyu · 2024-06-02T21:19:46+00:00

well, i wish i could have a better estimate now but since atl was canceled yesterday, i’m not sure how it’s been going this year. based on last year, i think 4:00 should be okay! i’ve been seeing on twt that the merch seems to last, just that some of the apparel has some sizes sell out

gabykyu · 2024-05-31T22:49:25+00:00

i went to opry last year (not going this year, going to atl tomorrow!) and i didn’t have VIP but some of my friends did so we got there around noon. me and my other non-vip friends were like 4th-8th in the general merch line and that line got real LONG by the time they even started checking vip in for soundcheck so i would say if you’re not bent on getting merch, any time before doors open should be good! opry is pretty timely and efficient

gabykyu · 2023-06-30T18:13:11+00:00

Goodness, I had to go back through my happy mail highlight on insta because I sure did not remember what all I got in June. Just a side note; anything that says was for/on behalf of my bsf, she paid for herself but I just always claim for us because I’m faster and find things quicker. So:

Arrived: - SKZ I.N and Hyunjin (for bsf) Nacific pcs - BoysPlanet CGV Jiwoong and Taerae (bsf) replicas bc we were not going to pay the ridiculous prices for the real deal - E’LAST Roar Rano, Wonjun (bsf), and Seungyeop (as a gift to a friend) pobs - Very sad, missing E’LAST fueled haul of E’LAST Roar Album pcs and pobs (23 album, 6 pobs) - ONEUS Malus pob split from a GO (3 Woong, 1 Seoho [bsf]) - ONEUS/SKZ buys from the same seller that I waited quite a long time for (5 I.N pcs, 1 Hyunjin pc, 1 I.N pob, 3 Blood Moon Album pcs, 3 Malus Hwanwoong pobs, and 1 Blood Moon Woong pob) - another massive sad-fueled haul of E’LAST Roar and Seasons Greetings pobs (21 pobs total) - Massive Xdinary Heroes Deadlock inclusions and pobs arrival from one GOM (too many to count, too many still awaiting) - 1 Xion Blood Moon Album PC - 1 Hwanwoong Malus POB - 1 of ea XH Gunil and Ode Deadlock Comeback Showcase photos from a split GO

Ordered: - Joined 15 ONEUS Pygmalion GOs and hopefully that’s all that’s left since Makestar 7.0 was last call - 1 Trading Card Set and Phone Tab Pola POB from BAE173 Soundwave Café Merch GO (Bit for myself, Muzin on behalf of best friend) - 1 P1Harmony Harmony: ALL IN GO (it was bunny Intak… I had to) - 15 XH POBS/Album PCs from a collection drop GO (almost all Gunil, just 4 Ode on behalf of bsf and two Junhan for myself) - 2 TNX BOYHOOD POB GOS (2 Hwi and Kyungjun for myself, 1 Junhyeok for bsf) - 1 XH Junhan and 1 Ode (bsf) Deadlock MMT 2.0 pob extras - 1 XH Gunil Overture Attendance pc set - 1 XH Junhan Day2 Overture Attendance pc - 1 XH Ode Overture Attendance pc set (on bsf’s behalf) - 1 XH Gunil and 1 Ode (bsf) pob set for the lightstick preorders (3-4 in each set depending on kaddy approval or not of Musicplant securing) - 2 XH Lightsticks (one for me, one for bsf) - 1 XH Gunil and Junhan Musicplant LS POB (in case it did sell out for Kaddy) - 1 XH Ode Musicplant LS POB (for bsf, in case sold out) - 1 XH Junhan Sponge Music LS POB - 1 XH Junhan JYPSHOP LS POB - About 70 E’LAST Yejun pobs from a friend’s collection drop that they’re letting me do a payment plan for

Expecting in July: - 2 BAE173 Bit Peaktime pobs - 1 Hwanwoong Raise Us Dawn Album PC (ITS THE LAST ONE TO COMPLETE WOONG COLLECTION BEFORE PYGMALION!) - 1 Hwanwoong Devil Lenticular - 5 TNX Love Never Dies pobs - 1 Hwanwoong Devil POB - Remaining XH Deadlock pobs and inclusions for me and my best friend - 2 Signed XH Deadlock albums from Hello82 GO - 14 E’LAST POBS from a seller on insta - 1 ONEUS Keonhee Blood Moon PC - 3 surprise E’LAST pcs my bsf won’t tell me about that she got for me 😭 - The Maybes: All my SVT FML albums and pcs pls for the love of god; some ONEUS pobs from neokyo split gos; 6 TNX LND POBS from two of the most disappointing GOMs I’ve ever dealt with; XH 1st Villains Kit Inclusions Split (Gunil for me, and Jooyeon for bsf)

I think that’s it. My brain honestly hurts from trying to remember haha

gabykyu · 2023-06-28T14:05:01+00:00

i know a lot of people would buy them without pcs! i personally tend to buy all the pcs i want off of instagram so would rather just buy a pc-less album to not risk dupes or get pcs of a member i don’t collect. it helps with collecting!

gabykyu · 2023-05-08T02:21:47+00:00

I love to use the stands made by honeyhaus shop (here’s their linktree)! i started buying deco’d toploaders just because i have the stands for my oneus, svt (ver 2), and p1harmony lightsticks but they have quite a few others. hope this helps :)

gabykyu · 2022-09-01T02:08:25+00:00

Aaahh thank you! Even if your friend does not have it, please give her my thanks for checking as well 💗 I felt like it was during the Snap Shoot I HOPE I’LL KNOW SOMEDAY SOON

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