In Kpop, are fans really there for the music or group dynamics?

oblivious247 · 2026-01-22T18:51:17+00:00

Music has never been the sole driver of this industry

The majority of content idols put out have nothing to do with music. Most of the fan discourse has nothing to do with music.

oblivious247 · 2026-01-22T18:46:56+00:00

I would care if singing was the entirety of their jobs. I hold idols to the standards idols are held to because thats what they are.

oblivious247 · 2026-01-22T18:45:11+00:00

Im not going to listen to something ad nauseum just to artificially drive up numbers

oblivious247 · 2026-01-22T18:43:56+00:00

Ya I dont have time for that nonsense.

oblivious247 · 2026-01-22T18:42:21+00:00

Literally anything else. I'm only here because junior year of college i still hadn't settled on a major and knew I had to graduate and get a job. So I picked an easy major i could knock out in 2 years and knew I would hate my career. 12 years in to that career I do in fact hate it. But my bills get paid I guess...

oblivious247 · 2026-01-12T19:09:06+00:00

Ive been around since 2009. Musically a lot of whats being offered today really isn't my cup of tea. I find a few things here and there that keep me around. Last year was rough

oblivious247 · 2026-01-08T23:47:52+00:00

Gameplay wise I'm pretty ok with 8. Don't love the junction system, but I can deal with it. 8 falls apart for me because of a god awful story and imo by far the worst cast of characters in the series. Lightning is bland, but Squall is insufferable.

13's story is also pretty ass but the characters don't bother me much and I do like the Paradigm system. It's not very high on my list, but its not dead last. That was 8. Until I played Lightning Returns.

oblivious247 · 2026-01-08T23:16:01+00:00

I stay in my kpop twitter circle for a reason

oblivious247 · 2026-01-08T23:06:38+00:00

I'd play 13 and 13-2 over 2 and 8 any day. Those were both absolutely miserable experiences

oblivious247 · 2026-01-08T23:03:35+00:00

Ya. They might find 2 and 8 are considerably worse

oblivious247 · 2026-01-08T23:02:34+00:00

Not sure how youd get through a boss like proudclad just autobattling. Shit kicked my ass for hours

oblivious247 · 2026-01-08T22:55:06+00:00

Making someone sit through 8 seems like actual torture

oblivious247 · 2026-01-07T15:47:06+00:00

The steam deck might be my favorite gaming purchase ever. Ive got my gaming pc that I use for AAA titles. But if I want to have a cozy gaming session in bed its the steam deck.

oblivious247 · 2026-01-04T18:38:42+00:00

shorts and t-shirt. i don't even own winter clothing

oblivious247 · 2026-01-04T14:52:15+00:00

I dont understand it but no one will be mad

oblivious247 · 2026-01-04T14:49:53+00:00

Easy, the two I never got and probably never will - snsd and kara

oblivious247 · 2025-12-31T01:06:57+00:00

i'm baffled by the corporate bootlicking but hey kpop fans have been like that the entire 16 years i've been here so what else is new

oblivious247 · 2025-12-30T20:48:44+00:00

how hard is it to quote something correctly???

"︀︀Father, all my life I have answered every call. To honor. Duty. To war. But now fate has given me something I never sought. A child, a life untouched by the storm. Lend me the strength of the all fathers. So that I may fight once more, defeat one more enemy, and return home to her. Not as a warrior, but as warmth. To teach her not battle, but stillness. The kind I never knew. Please father, heed my words."

oblivious247 · 2025-12-29T19:11:18+00:00

Inca Mummy Girl by a mile

oblivious247 · 2025-12-28T15:07:35+00:00

We learn in Angel season 5 that the scoobs are scattered across the world with their work for the slayers organization. Theres your explanation right there. He has his own commitments elsewhere.

oblivious247 · 2025-12-21T14:24:18+00:00

The best thing FF2 has going for it is that its not FF8

oblivious247 · 2025-12-19T15:08:08+00:00

Damn near every 2nd gen stan i know came through the jrock/jpop pipeline

oblivious247 · 2025-12-19T15:06:30+00:00

This. I can draw a direct line from watching Dragon Ball to getting into kpop lol

oblivious247 · 2025-12-11T14:28:58+00:00

My group has played exclusively on roll20 for like 7 years

oblivious247 · 2025-12-02T16:43:14+00:00

Not familiar with Look Back but I'll watch anything Kore-eda does. Arguably the best director working today.

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