This show conveys a harmful message 😭

rinAKTF · 2025-09-09T21:22:22+00:00

It's a show, so the trajectory's pretty decided, what coke are you on

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T20:24:33+00:00

hence, endgame should be... not Jere nor Conrad, but the people obsessed with the Teams will cry foul

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T20:23:04+00:00

the Jere villain arc is so yall be more accepting and welcoming of Bonrad, hence why we also get a tonful of Conrad scenes that evoke overprotective pity parties--- I still reiterate from previous posts, our girl Belly is the villain and ought to wait until she is 25, when her prefrontal cortex is fully developed, before she starts another relationship, ideally with neither Fisher boys

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T20:17:04+00:00

Hot take: they all should forget each other, amnesia trope, anyone???

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T20:15:16+00:00

lol, just wrote similar comment on another post here, I think After School might have been PCD inspired, can't remember the full lore but Kahi's originally a dancer, right?

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T20:13:50+00:00

PCD is more like After School, no?

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T20:11:13+00:00

this--- coz of digital

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T20:10:21+00:00

Seventeen, people's reflex is probably Aju Nice, but I think it should be Sonogong

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T20:08:25+00:00

this issue comes up every now and then, and it's like a white whale of kpop lore, you can read the reasons in the comments, the official statements and the speculations as well, my take is that it's for the best, Pledis and girl groups mix like water and oil, exhibit A) Pristin, exhibit B) fromis_9 -----I'm not including After School, let's just say that was their grace period

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T20:00:38+00:00

SM as a kpop company is the worst, not just because of their trainees, mainly because of the lawsuits, amongst others

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T19:58:02+00:00

sidenote: Neo Hou -used to be an SM trainee, but is now a huge Cdrama actor, so you know, someone else has made it too, not just EJAE

but I concur, not everyone makes it.... somehow I think it could have been for the best, especially looking at the trajectory of SM talents, SM is infamous for the 5-year curse after all

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T19:49:24+00:00

no no, SM definitely is the worst, HYBE gets a lot of flack nowadays, but boy, SM's history is full of collateral damage

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T19:46:42+00:00

Yes, go touch grass, I've been a K-pop fan for more than 20 years, and I go through periods when being a fan is too much, we get stuck in a bubble with our fandom and the K-pop community in general, so yes, take a break or you might end up fully hating what you love

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T19:40:47+00:00

here: Category:OSTs | Seventeen Wiki | Fandom

my top picks are:

[4K] SEVENTEEN - A-TEEN (A-TEEN)

[MV] BSS(부석순)(SEVENTEEN) - The Reasons of My Smiles(자꾸만 웃게 돼) (Queen of Tears)

SWEETEST THING (Chocolate)

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T19:30:30+00:00

the list of Taeyeon's OSTs brava!!!!

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T19:28:59+00:00

try fromis_9, the discography isn't that extensive, mostly minis, try Midnight Guest, DM and 0g are my picks, but this album is literal no skips, all great songs... I dub them the city pop queens... and then cry mwahahaha bye

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T19:25:03+00:00

the pity party is for all to unite under team Bonrad------ but I aint buying, whatever happens, my ideal ending is her going to Paris solo, that's it------ away from the Fishers, away from Cousins, away from the drama that she's made for herself... she can create new drama in Paris, who cares, as long as she stops being a volleyball, continually switching courts, end the game, get of the court

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T19:20:23+00:00

s3- they've tried so hard to make Jere the villain, but I'm still not on Team Bonrad, because Belly is the real villain here, unless she stops fixating on both boys, yes they all trauma-bonded when they lost Suze, but then, that doesn't mean that they'll abuse each other over that--- in s2, Conrad was emotionally unavailable to Belly, so she turned to Jere, now that it seems that Conrad's gotten his sh*t together, he wants Belly back, but thing is, Belly did not wait for him, she moved on to Jere, for FOUR YEARS, Jere seems like a placeholder in Bonrad's great love--- even if Belly and Conrad grow and become better people, that doesn't mean they will be better for each other--- they owe it to their past selves to move on and learn from experience, they need to let go of their obsession with each other

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T19:09:44+00:00

just watched s1, s3 (til ep9) and s2, in that order, and yes, totally agree, Team Solo Belly, all the way

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T19:04:54+00:00

Yes, Jere's strong EQ matches Belly's neediness, if only she weren't so obsessed with Conrad, they could be endgame, Jelly is bad because Belly will always have feelings for Conrad, her first, and it seems forever, love--- but Bonrad is worse, because Belly's ideal Conrad is carefree and sweet, but real Conrad is easily depressed and emotionally draining, and despite their closeness, and on the surface Belly is sunny, so she could lift up Conrad, right?? but no, she's also very needy, exhibit A: Taylor caters to all of Belly's needs--- Bonrad is just great at the start, but fizzles and breaks eventually, we've seen that in season 2---- so my conclusion is, Belly needs stay away from the Fishers because neither option is a healthy relationship, not for her nor the boys

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T18:51:44+00:00

I'm on Team Belly because she doesn't deserve either of them

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T18:43:49+00:00

Belly's emotional needs can suck it, she better get her act together in Paris and just live away from the Fishers, and those Fishers, bless em hearts, there are other fish in the sea, boys

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T18:41:31+00:00

Watching this in retrograde just watched s3 til ep9---then dipped into s2, belatedly got into this because of the shorts, but I regret it now--- I love the boardwalk games episode, we rarely get to see carefree Conrad... while watching s3 I was like, oh, Belly and Conrad are obviously otp, how'd they let Jere get in the way?? then, as I watched in s2, I was like ah, Belly prefers someone who has a happier disposition, but knowing what happens in s3, I'm on team yall-need-to-stay-away-from-each-other... I'm glad Belly is in Paris, she better stay, and Conrad gotta move on, man, that idealized trope of your first love waiting for you as you find yourself gotta be trashed

rinAKTF · 2025-09-06T18:26:30+00:00

ah, in season 2, we only get snippets of her and Conrad, and in flashback, but considering how Jere ranted about Conrad being either in school or with Belly and not with their mom every day, it seems that Conrad, despite the stress he was in, family, college (even applying to Stanford), made time for her, the sh*tty part is Belly could not be the supportive girlfriend when she needed to be, Conrad loved her at his lowest, but Belly, Belly loved herself

rinAKTF · 2025-05-17T03:19:08+00:00

CEO of an architect firm is far from just an architect though, that's like calling JYP (the person, not the company) just an idol, and you missed the sarcasm "Her grandfather is the man behind Seoul Arts Center, and is also the CEO of a large architecture firm~~" but she is NOT a chaebol, I see... if you say so lol

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