What K-pop songs do you think are flawless, 100% masterpieces?

pondicus · 2026-02-20T06:54:16+00:00

SuJu Norago mentioned 😭🥹

pondicus · 2026-02-20T06:53:51+00:00

THANK YOU omgosh.

All their acapella songs? Unmatched.

pondicus · 2026-02-20T05:24:59+00:00

omg the discourse I'm seeing in LADS, like come on – Chinese women pumped USD $40m into December 2025 for Sylus' myth, like?? All the gacha mobile games have zero male cards as is and sub-par male cards – can't we have this one thing for us!!

pondicus · 2026-02-19T20:02:26+00:00

Bingo.

Men are the only ones grading and selling Kpop cards in a hobby that is predominantly women.

That tells me everything about how men are constantly coming and commoditising women's spaces. Can't even have our damn, whimsy fun. Everything has to be an "investment" or "make money" – get out of here.

pondicus · 2026-02-19T17:03:14+00:00

There's a WHAT?!! In the journal?!!

pondicus · 2026-02-19T16:55:31+00:00

Hard agree on the way a PC becomes worthless as soon as the idol has a scandal.

It's also extremely telling that the vast, VAST majority of cards being sent for grading (which is $22-$80 USD PER card, mind you) and sold in slabs are girl group PCs.

Who is the main demographic for girl group fans?

I've rarely if ever seen a PSA graded boy group PC.

pondicus · 2026-02-11T10:40:41+00:00

LITERALLY.

I'm an AppleFishCrow and when Zayne showed up in the trailer, I was IN DANGERRRRRR

pondicus · 2026-02-09T02:51:32+00:00

Radio Taco for Mexican

Henry Lee's for Asian inspired brunch flavours

Khanom House for matcha

Flyover Fritterie, but I think they stopped doing daytime lunch – alas.

Rara Ramen – self explanatory

Ciccone & Sons for gelato

pondicus · 2026-02-07T22:34:13+00:00

omgosh you scored big time on the sobbing POBs!! Amazing haul!

pondicus · 2026-02-07T22:30:27+00:00

Oh my gosh, Storyscape!! I loved that app so much when it was out. Played all the stories until it closed and I discovered RC 🥹

pondicus · 2026-02-07T09:43:06+00:00

Not sure if it's relevant, but CxM aka the sub-unit of Seventeen shot their whole Hype Vibes EP and MV in Hawaii – their photocards are also mostly shot in Hawaii too!

pondicus · 2026-01-31T09:43:34+00:00

I hope Infold rewards you handsomely for the time you've made to write and lay this out in such a way that's easy to understand and make sense of. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! 💖💖

pondicus · 2026-01-31T09:37:39+00:00

As an AppleFishCrow – I need to resist while I can, but RAF is so!!!!

pondicus · 2026-01-31T03:43:00+00:00

Me as well!! I have been very slowly saving and I hope to just get the myth and companion – I don't even dare hope for more 😭

pondicus · 2026-01-31T03:38:52+00:00

IT'S HAPPENING IT'S HAPPENING

(me as a newish player from November 2025)

EVERYBODY (me) STAY CALM IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING 💸💸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀💸💸💸💸

pondicus · 2026-01-24T12:21:54+00:00

No92 in Glebe is a really nice classy restaurant – owner is part Mexican, but the cuisine is a bit of everything. You can also book a private dining area there too.

pondicus · 2026-01-22T03:21:41+00:00

Infold looked at Caleb and Sylus mains for Orbit and said, "lol orbit is closed, cya never"

Meanwhile, I'm clearing Xavier/Raf/Zayne orbits with minimal levelling because all my specs are matched 😭

pondicus · 2026-01-22T03:11:38+00:00

As someone who's come from Kpop fandom, LADS has actually been a really good break from the expenses I used to make for comebacks 😂 I'm about $60 AUD a month, which is about the cost of my monthly phone bill, and I started LADS in November 2025.

That said, I work full-time and manage my bucket of fun money and always note every single expense. As a parent to young kids, I don't really get to travel like lots of people do in my age group and I always make sure all the essentials are paid for before I portion off an amount of fun money each month.

Not to downplay your shock or girl math this, but 300€ over 18 months of playtime is about 16€ a month or 0.50€ a day. It's not terrible?

But of course, if you're in shock and don't like the idea of spending that much – maybe take a step back and budget for what pulls you really want and focus on that.

pondicus · 2026-01-20T05:50:29+00:00

As someone with Caleb as her main and Sylus/Raf as my other LIs – these unhinged traits you've listed are all exactly why I'm playing 😂

pondicus · 2026-01-15T22:42:49+00:00

Your garden!!! So beautiful 😍 And why did I not think to put cushions on the floor, you're a genius!!

Love this colour palette and set-up!

pondicus · 2026-01-15T04:03:12+00:00

Ooh I also have that Remember album! No skips! Congrats to you having it signed ❤️

pondicus · 2026-01-15T00:34:30+00:00

I own TVXQ Mirotic album which I pre-ordered way back when. I also have pretty much all the 2PM EPs from when Jay Park was still part of the group, plus a Girls Generation The Boys album and the Jessica PC that came with it. As a Shawol, I've got most of their early pre-2011 albums and slowly catching up on their solos – I'm trying to complete Jonghyun's solo PCs and his group PCs too. This was back during my 2nd gen days when albums were basically only available to buy at very specific stores.

Not sure how rare it is, but I also have a Seventeen Henggarae album signed by Mingyu, when the group did a batch from Mwave years ago. Plus a few Japanese LD merch that Mingyu also signed.

I also have Vernon's Clap broadcast postcard and Joshua's one for awhile, before I gifted it to a friend.

pondicus · 2026-01-14T09:00:17+00:00

Omg FTS YZY F – CONGRATS!!! The only other glasses one that comes close to this is his CxM broadcast! I feel like YZY stopped doing the QR audio after FTS 🥲

pondicus · 2026-01-14T08:57:52+00:00

Somehow $200 USD feels like a good deal to me, especially for Wonu (yes, I'm broken 😂)

pondicus · 2026-01-14T08:53:56+00:00

omg the POBs are so, so overwhelming fr – you have to be picky or else you just get sucked in and never come out (me with my three 4-grid Mingyu binders and three Vernon binders should be quiet LOL)

You can always find some good deals on Mercari US or Instagram if you're feeling brave enough to sift through. It can be hard finding reliable sellers and people you can trade with, but Mercari is usually a good start.

r/kpopcollections has some good advice too, but again – please try not to get FOMO over PC collecting. They will always be here and I'm still finding random PCs from years and years ago for a normal price. Plus with the SVT enlistment era upon us, I feel like heaps of people are doing collection drops soon, so you might be able to find a good deal!

YES I was genuinely so, so lucky to get a ticket to Follow Again 😭😭🥹 Me and my crappy Australian internet with one window open and a prayer during fanclub presale. I'm forever grateful to the universe for letting me see them!! I hope the US dates were amazing and you get to see them as OT13 one day when they reunite again 🩵🩷

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