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Puff's New Drama "Love Myself of You" Premieres Soon

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If you're a huge fan of Puff (and why wouldn't you be) and need to see more of her, great news as her new drama starts airing on the 23rd!








This is great, as I usually need something to watch while relaxing every day. I can't study/work 18 hours a day yet, so I always need time to decompress and having Puff on my screen for 90 minutes an episode is great for me. And yes, since I'm still studying Mandarin, I am only watching for "listeningcomprehension" exercise. Yes, that's the excuse I have for watching so many Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese dramas over the years. It's not the hot women, enjoyable stories and bizarre stories, it's just for listening comprehension. Yeah, if I repeat that lie to myself over and over, I'll eventually believe it.

Question of the Week 80

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This week's question comes from an anonymous person:

If you were in-charge of creating a K-pop (be it male, female, or mix) group together, would you:
(a) go for more visual with less talent
(b) 50/50 visual+talent
(c) more talent but less on the visual
(d) Pure visual/talent ie; visual with crappy talent and vice-versa
(e) none of the above

To clarify: 
visual = nice pair of rack, smokin' hot ass, long lags, slim & slander body figure, rock solid abs(for the guys) and it goes without saying, not to shabby looking face. Usually decent to none in the talent department.
talent = decent to magnificent vocal/rap/dance talent, involve in the creative process of their own musics/songs be it writing lyrics, composing, musics arrangement or even making their own dance choreography.



Thank you for your submission!


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KrisGate Rocks EXO Fandom

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EXO's Kris has decided to file a lawsuit to end his contract with SM Entertainment, pulling a Hangeng and getting the hell outta Korea. Of course, AKF's investigative team has the scoop for you.


SM Entertainment has confirmed through TVDaily that EXO-M’s Kris has recently filed a lawsuit against the company to terminate his contract.
According to Seoul Central District Court, on May 15th, Kris filed court papers to request that his exclusive contract with SM Entertainment be terminated.
Law firm Hankyul has confirmed that they will be handling the case on behalf of Kris, with their lawyer Cho Bum Suk representing Kris personally. The same law firm represented Hangeng in his lawsuit against SM Entertainment.
In a telephone conversation with eNews, Cho Bum Suk said “It’s true that Kris has filed a lawsuit today against SM Entertainment for termination of his contract.”
They continued on to say that the case will not be made public to or media in order to ensure discreetness. 
SM Entertainment released a statement saying, “We were very caught off guard by this. We will do our best to ensure that this does not effect EXO and the groups promotions as much as possible.”
Fans collectively lost their shit, not understanding that the poor boy wants OUT. I don't know about you, but if I filed a lawsuit to get out of EXO, the last thing I would want is for people to be unleashing their angst on social media to try to get me to change my mind or some shit.

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Trust me, it only gets worse from here. The entire #WeBeliveInYouKris makes no sense as a concept. What are these fans beliving in?? That this is all a dream, they'll wake up and everything will be right in the KPop world? That Kris is going to change his mind and stay with EXO?

From all accounts, this isn't the first time Kris has "acted out" so to speak. Reports allege that he disappeared  to Canada at least twice now, once before debut and once before the Growl Wolf promotions. That indicates at least SOMETHING being amiss in the EXO group, but of course people will ignore it in favor of the simpler "He just wants a vacation despite being a undebuted/rookie in a hyperpopular group with hundreds of events scheduled and getting outstandingly preferential treatment even veteran acts wouldn't receive" excuse that makes no sense if you think about it.

His fellow EXO members are so fed up with his shit, they allegedly all unfollowed him on Instagram/Twitter/Weibo/whateverthefucktheyuse. To quote someone in my Twitter feed, "NOT EVEN BEYONCE UNFOLLOWED SOLANGE FOR THAT SHIT." 

But fangirls gonna fangirl, so I've gone ahead and curated some of the funniest/delusional posts about this mess for your enjoyment.

Clearly not forever, cause he wants to GTFO.
I guess Kris is... Filing for divorce.
AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
At least he won't want custody of the kids.
I'd be more inclined to believe you if he hadn't pulled similar disappearing
acts in the past.
Kris is probably like "LET GO OF MY HAND, YOU CRAZY BITCHES."

PLEASE BE REAL WAHAHAHAHA
If this is what International fans think, surely the Korean fans must be in full panic/shield-oppa mode...?
1. [+191, -12] I'm not an EXO fan but I think this shows a bigger problem with Chinese kids. How can he do this to his members in the middle of promotions?

2. [+159, -7] Seems like a Chinese company is willing to pay the lawsuit fees to get him to join their company, exactly like what happened with Hangeng. He doesn't need to promote in Korea anyway so obviously he's throwing away the rest of his members...

3. [+120, -18] Gotta give it to the lack of work ethic with the Chinese.
1. [+718, -108] I don't like SM but this proves why you shouldn't train Chinese stars. He's backstabbing the company exactly like Hangeng did. The Chinese do not know who it was that made them whot hey are right now. Soo Man-ah, just kick him out of the country! 
2. [+632, -45] Like Hangeng, don't they make more money in China anyway? He probably wants to live getting top star treatment in Korea. If this is true. 
3. [+453, -61] So he requested this to the same lawyer Hangeng used. This is why I don't like Chinese members being added to groups. I already knew Kris would do this when I saw him on varieties. Aigoo, SM are you stupid? You already got backstabbed by Hangeng, and now this again? 
Clearly Kris is lacking determination, that's why he doesn't want to stick around. Freakin' Chinese people and their shitty work ethic right? With all my experience with these kinds of things, I should be desensitized to how readily the Korean netizens pull out the race card, but I can't help but be baffled every time.

I do realize a large part of this backlash has to do with Korean expectations of respecting your elders or even simply knowing not to bite the hand that feeds, but I think it's all a load of shit. Especially considering how we don't, or ever will get a complete picture of what's going on since Kris and SM are understandably keeping this hush-hush. Did we ever get Hangeng's full story either??

At the end of the day, Kris gets to live with his decision and pray for success. Can you imagine how fucked he is if he loses the lawsuit? If he thought he was being enslaved by The SM Slave Contract before, he will soon learn the true meaning of it.


RIP in peace.

IU is a Dirty Whore for Selling Out to the Chinese

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I'm sure that's the reaction on Naver/Nate after Koreans saw the video. That Chinese UCAAD Kris speaks Chinese, so speaking this ching chang chong language makes IU a dirty whore!!!!111




Well, if that makes IU a dirty whore, she's the cutest dirty whore out there!

EXO bullied Kris out of the group: the ironclad evidence*

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Like everybody else who follows k-pop, I've been reading about Kris leaving EXO, after all it's been pretty fucking impossible to avoid.  In fact it's even interrupted my blogging schedule - I had a completely different blog about 80% completed and then this fucking shit turned up and crashed the blogging party, demanding that I write about it, simply because I know people will not stop asking me about this stuff if I don't write about it.

While I honestly have no major emotions about EXO in any particular direction (other than at least "Overdose" is better than "Growl"), it's been vaguely interesting to watch the reaction to their line-up situation in Korea.   Many people are calling Kris lazy and sticking up for the rest of the group... but a thought occurred to me: if it were a female group, this would never happen.  Whether it's T-ara,Girl's Day5Dolls, miss A, Sistar, Jennie Kim, SNSD, Crayon Pop... it doesn't matter which group it is, when a member is having trouble, that member is an angel and the rest must therefore be evil bullies.  Because anonymous people on the Internet said so.

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I thought it would be interesting (to me, maybe not to you or anyone else but oh well) to turn the tables.  How would the EXO/Kris situation be received by the hive-mind if they were judged by the same standards that netizens use to judge female groups?  Read on in the following hypothetical scenario (I have to bold this part or some dumb motherfuckers won't understand the point of this blog) and find out.


EXO bullied Kris out of the group: the ironclad evidence*


1. SOLID VIDEO EVIDENCE OF BULLYING OMG SAY IT AIN'T SO

Observe from 8:33.  Other members beating up Kris.  Tsk tsk.


Sure, it's part of a roleplay for a TV show and they're just pretending... but we're using the same standards that netizens use to judge girl groups and inconvenient facts didn't matter to netizens when judging "rice cake Eunjung" so they don't matter here either.

2.  Check these EXO bully GIFs.

Look at this other EXO jerkoff (I don't know which one he is but it doesn't matter because they are all not Kris and therefore equally bullies) using Kris as a leg-rest.  If you want objectification, forget that tits-out Hyosung video because it's right here.  Total dehumanisation, he is nothing more than furniture to the other members.

 

"My leg is on you.  What are you gonna do about it?"

Kris responds: "What's the deal bro?  I thought we were pals?"

"Fuck you cunt - here, have the other leg."

3.  Look at this fucking hat. 

Clearly his costume designer is bullying him.

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Yes some of you have noticed that I wear a hat like this on my stream - to show SOLIDARITY WITH KRIS AGAINST BULLYING that's right.  Someone has to stick up for him.  It's me, Cypress Hill's Sen Dog and Kris against the world.

4.  Kris fucked off to Canada because he couldn't stand the bullying.

The two great bastions of truth agree: a rumour mill article, and a random netizen.  It must be true.

5.  He sure fucking cries a lot, fuck.


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exocr

He must be sad about something to be doing all this crying.  It couldn't be the wonderful working conditions and ultra-low pressure lifestyle of k-pop, surely not - so it must be bullying.  What else is there to be sad about in the wonderful cushy world of Korean pop idols?

6.  Kris draws angsty art.

Check this out.

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Kris has reimagined EXO as a frightening dragon, a wild beast with sharp teeth, terrifying paddle-feet (or maybe wheels?) and no mercy, destroying everything in its path.  Do you see him smile in this picture?  No, you do not.  Do you see anything in the dragon's path in this picture?  No you do not.  That's because the dragon already destroyed everything else in the world.  Like Kris's dreams.

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Another picture, that Kris drew of EXO.  His self-portrait is on the far left.  Notice how he is on the outer edge, and the distance between his figure and the rest is greater than any other EXO member in the picture.  He has surely been ostracised and is relaying this subconsciously through his artistic endeavour - it must be true because I'm referencing an academic article that I didn't actually take the time to read properly but sounded about right just from the heading to back up my point.  Meanwhile the group is imagined as a wild beast with a Ku Klux Klan hat, which might not have anything directly to do with bullying but is just weird so we know something strange is going on.

7.  Kris is bullied by staff.

Check out these totally reliable rumours from some anonymous person.
Kris is a private person. When he first joined SM as a trainee, he was very motivated and wanted to learn everything, like a child. But he was told before directly by staff that he wasn’t good at anything, even up to this year.
Incredible.  It sounds so true, especially because it fits the argument that I'm already making.  That's important, because if it didn't, I'd have to disregard it and that would be a shame.

SM staff won't even let him display his harmless tattoo:



How mean, how dare they cover up his brave, unique sign of individuality in a genre known for free thought and individual freedom of expression.  Surely they are just picking on him.

8.  Kris is embracing the way of the Cao Ni Ma as a psychological defence mechanism.

We all know about Sulli's love of the Grass Mud Horse and what's really at stake.  Kris knows, too.

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Wearing a crown and holding a Grass Mud Horse is a double fuck-you.
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He's saying "I'm the king, and you're a dirty cao ni ma" (with a pirate hat, no less - no doubt a sly reference to getting stiffed on profits from group activities).  The rest of EXO are playing dumb but they should have seen his contract lawsuit coming as soon as they saw these pictures, but they didn't because they are bullying bullies who only care about bullying.

9.  Before he debuted, Kris was an emo.

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We all know how much emos get picked on.  Entire chunks of the globe are attempting to bully them out of existence as you read this.  From strife-torn countries to comedy TV shows, emos are safe from bullying nowhere.  It's safe to say that if you are or ever were an emo, you're probably getting bullied by somebody, somewhere, even if you don't know it yet.  So of course Kris is getting bullied for this.  You're probably bullying him right now.



I realise that all these pieces of evidence are absolute crap and prove nothing individually, but in what I like to call the "Netizenbuzz hate-train effect", several pieces of shitty evidence that prove nothing all put together equals one piece of solid evidence that people will believe without question!  So now we know using this logic that Kris was bullied out of EXO!  Yay Kris for standing up for your rights!  Bad, bad EXO and SM CEOs, tsk tsk!  Let's all go and throw eggs at SM Entertainment's headquarters and miss and hit the gutter and cry a bit!


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At least you'll have a clear shot.

deter

 * lol cunt

Fanfic Fridays: I Heard You Called Me Pretty

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The Goddess Sulli. 

She saved me.


I was far into the depths of unconsciousness by the last assassination attempt on my cerebral cortex, when I heard a voice talking to me.

“Duchess,” she said. “Do not surrender. The war is not over.”

“But Goddess, even with my eyes closed I can still see her face charging towards me. She's so... ugly.” I pleaded with her to be understanding but her brilliant glow overwhelmed me.

“Hush. Rewards will be given to those who fight for the course of justice.” Sulli's voice, deep and soft, soothed me. Her radiant beauty slowly replaced all instances of butter-faced rappers in my mind. “Now review the fanfiction you've chosen for this week.”

“Yes, My Goddess,” I whispered as she faded away and I regained consciousness. My next girlxgirl fiction lined up was set to feature Sulli herself as well as Taeyeon. It was worth a shot.


The story started with a direct quote from the real interview with Taeyeon and Seohyun.

A fanfic based on events that happened in reality? What is this clever trend of thought? And why don't fanauthors do it more often? I started feeling something I have never experienced before reading a fanfiction. I felt...

Intrigued.

Taeyeon was written as a perverted little girl who got turned on during an interview after hearing about Sulli calling her pretty. My anticipation heightened. Why did I care so much? Was it because this author is actually writing competently with punctuation and correct tenses? Was I that desperate?

My mind cluttered with so many questions as to why I was enjoying this whilst Taeyeon found Sulli in the hallway to their dorm rooms. What followed was some of the most beautifully written lesbian teasing banter I have ever had the pleasure of reading.


I wanted to cry.

The back and forth between the two girls while they were only inches away from each other painted an amazing picture inside my imagination. I closed my eyes. I could see the Goddess Sulli smiling and nodding at me. I understood it then. That this is what she wanted me to see: The hope in fanfiction.



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I am going to do something that I never do.
I am going to link to the fanfiction.


I am not sure how often I'll be giving out recommendations at all but this one is short and not a terrible waste time. It might not be your taste and it's certainly not perfect, but it accomplishes a lot of things that other fanfics do not. That's enough to get a passing grade from me. 

Thank you Goddess.

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Son Dam Bi, Mandy Wei and Jenna Wang in Bikinis

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PRAISE THE LORD!

In my post that came out last Saturday about Mandy Wei's pictorials, I lamented that she wasn't in a bikini. However, the day after I wrote the article, she uploaded pics onto Facebook of her in a bikini. Son Dam Bi and Jenna Wang also contributed!










Jiyeon Releases New Teasers For "1 Minute 1 Second"

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There were two new Netizen Buzz articles released about Jiyeon (here and here), but since Korean netizens want to recycle their comments, I'll recycle a meme picture I just used the other day. I'm putting in as much effort as they are!


I don't know why Korean netizens are trying to resist the Cyclops Overlord. They'll worship her after they fap to her MV anyway.




WYMBFOS: Ways You Might Be Full Of Shit - Vol1

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One day, some time ago, I was assaulted with the stupidity and hypocrisy of fangirls from all angles. Many thoughts came to me and I considered making a bitch-out-to-end-all-bitch-outs... but I got the flu the worst in 12 years so I was too fucking tired to write it all. Afterwards, I was too lazy, and saw that our new authors were making people read too much as it is, so I didn't write it.

HOWEVER, I just had an idea to turn it into a series. Perhaps some portions will be longer, and perhaps some will be shorter, but they will focus on people who think they are better than others and how full of shit they are. So without further ado...



Hey, guess what? Idols aren't your BFFs. They don't have to be real with you, especially if being real with you means being real with everyone at once, which means getting shit from everyone at once, including their bosses, with whom they have contractual obligations about public demeanor.

To people who think like this: Are you always your 100% genuine self at work? Do you tell every customer just what you think and show just how you feel every day? No, you fucking do not, or if you do, you won't keep any job for very long. And if you're a little shit who hasn't had to work a day in their life yet, I bet you do pretty well to shut the fuck up and fall in line at school.

The fact is, we mostly only share the deeper part of ourselves with our friends. Even people who seem to "keep it real" like cynical rockers or Jennifer Lawrence are really just sharing their social critiques most of the time. There is plenty to them that you'll never know. And with what we do get, we admire those traits not because they are expected, but because they are rare to see.

For most people, it's hard to carve out an identity as someone who tells it like it is and not become overly resented for it, with even malicious resentment that ends up harming our relationships and opportunities. And even if one were to do so, not everyone has interesting insights to make it worth it. A lot of the shit we might want to be honest about is probably petty garbage, or even our own personal malicious resentment that would hurt someone else.

So in order to keep some kind of social order, we play nice. We put on a face. And you know the funny thing? A whole hell of a lot of people find that fake face sinking in and changing who they are, and not to being fake, but to being a genuinely more gracious person. You young little shits out there may not get it now, but you will in time. Most of the shit you want to "keep it real" about is stuff you can let slide, or not even think about at all while you focus on stuff that is beneficial.

For most idols, they probably live in nonstop shitty circumstances. Not just from being exploited and overworked by their agencies, but from unending criticism and negativity from all sides. Even fan support can be overwhelming, holding them in such a high view, even worshiping them as deity, which is only true of a select few such as Our Blessed Cyclops. So if they wanted to "be real" with their circumstances and all the things thrown at them, it could be a truly excessive weight, more than would be useful to grow as a person.

I mean, think about it. For you, keepin it real means being true with what is thrown at you, doesn't it? And it is a hard thing to do, with plenty of ups and downs and a lot to think hard about and emotionally work through. But most of the people in your life either don't give enough of a shit about you to throw anything at you, or care about you too much and hold back what would hurt you. Well what if everyone even remotely aware of you all had to toss in their 2 cents? You'd be buried alive, and that is how it is for idols, and they don't even have a spare hour in their schedule to devote to dealing with it.

So idols have to sift through all the shit by NOT sifting through it. Instead they need a filter for what even reaches the real them, to make their world smaller and manageable, to listen and think and share and grow at a singe-human pace. In light of that selectivity, who do you think is going to witness it? Whose words will be received, and who will receive the truest words? Not you. Maybe not even members of their own group, depending on the particular relational/business dynamics.

So if you are so against being two-faced and fake, spend a little time thinking about how you REALLY keep it real with the balance of our demanding society, your responsibilities, your fleeting emotions, your personal growth, and your given amount of free time. You keep it real when and where you can handle keepin it real, and it's a lot fucking easier to do that as an anon on the internet than at your job, and you probably aren't under international scrutiny and contracted for 5+ years.

Quest for Shindong

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Yes that's right, it's KPOPALYPSE FANFICTION TIME once again!

Some readers have been saying that I don't focus on the guys enough in my writing.  I hear you!  So, for all those readers out there craving some man love, here's a fanfiction featuring the hunkiest, chunkiest man in k-pop, Super Junior's Shindong, because I'm always willing to listen and take on board constructive criticism.  The fan feels from this post to those craving some sexy male romance should be so intense that once you've read it all, you'll be begging for me to get back to writing about k-pop girls instead just to give you the opportunity to cool your hormones down a bit.

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You're female, Korean, 20 years old, a University student, heterosexual and you've also been a k-pop fan for a while.  You've got a passing interest in quite a few groups, but most of all, you like Super Junior.  They're the group that has stayed with you right from the start of your interest in k-pop until the present day, and it's impossible to listen to old hits like "Sorry Sorry" or "Bonamana" and not feel nostalgic.  You admit that their newer material isn't all that great in comparison, but you still avidly follow their every move anyway, and there's one big reason why:

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Shindong.  Who can resist his raw, animalistic, barely suppressed sexuality?  Not you, that's for sure.  You've done your best to cover every square inch of your bedroom with Shindong posters, and they're starting to cover the ceiling as well.  You make sure to catch all of his appearances on stages and variety shows.  Lately, you've even been writing him letters professing your undying love at the rate of about one per week (you'd write more if University wasn't so busy), but he never replies.  Surely it couldn't be mere rudeness, could it be that your true confessions just get buried under the sheer avalanche of fan mail that he receives daily?  There's no way of knowing for sure, but as your studies at University progress, the harsh reality of a life without ever touching the flesh of Shindong draws closer and closer.  Each new day is like a slow rejection of your ultimate goal delivered in bite-size chunks, but you'd rather be biting into Shindong's chunks.   Is there any hope for your dreams?

One day you're at the computer doing your daily Shindong fap image search, when you stumble across something that makes your jaw drop right to the floor.

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Your knee-jerk reaction: that bitch.  You're fuming.  How dare she touch that which is rightfully yours!  Did she write him a letter every week for the last two years like you did?  Does she even listen to any of Super Junior's songs?  Who the fuck is this bitch, anyway?  You bet she just nodded and pretended to care when he cried on her shoulder about being refused the extra sweet potato at the SM cantina.  Only you understand Shindong's needs.  Only you are truly made for him.

The days wear on, and the initial feeling of "how can I kill that slut?" subsides, gradually becoming supplanted by a new, more considered, more thoughtful question: "how can I take that slut's place?".  You sit and think about it for a while.  How does one do more than dream about getting into bed with their idol, how does one actually get to be with them, for real?  You go on the Internet and take a look at some other past and present idol relationships for clues:

Super Junior's Shindong - model Kang Shin
SHINee's Jonghyun - actress Shin Se Kyung
B2ST's Junhyun - KARA's Goo Hara
2PM's Nichkhun - SNSD's Tiffany
Se7en - actress Park Han Byul

After looking at these examples and dozens of others just like them, both real and speculated, a harsh reality dawns on you: people in showbusiness only ever date other people in showbusiness.  That settles it.  If you want Shindong - and you do - then you need to get into showbusiness.  You must get into showbusiness.  You will get into showbusiness somehow, and Shindong will be yours.

There's only one problem: you're completely fucking untalented and useless in every way imaginable.  You can't sing, you can't act, you can't entertain at all, you shit yourself even whenever you have to do anything like speaking in public, you're basically a shy mousey creature with no presence or self-confidence whatsoever.  Sure, you're okay with being told what to do and following instructions like the Korean school system has taught you oh-so-well, but you have no creativity to speak of, and thinking for yourself is way outside of your comfort zone... you've been raised as a consumer, not a creative artist.  How on earth does someone as bland and wallpapery as YOU get a foothold in the big scary world of entertainment?

SMetais

Oh.  Of course.



Three months later, you're a trainee at SM Entertainment.  You did well at the auditions: you read the guides, you followed the instructions, you did what you were told.  Now you're bunking in a crowded dorm room with six other girls, with a plan to debut at some far-flung date in the future... maybe.  It's not an easy life, with every day consisting of a full schedule of exercise, dance practice, PR coaching, language coaching, voice coaching, and eating bland salad and brown rice.  You have no contact with the outside world, no contact with family and friends, no computers, no TV or mobile phones, no income, and no time off.  To make matters worse, the girls you dorm with are intolerable - you find them impossible to relate to or have a normal conversation with, as everything has an undercurrent of competitive bitchiness.  They've clearly all got their eyes on the lights of super-stardom, whereas you try not to think about the bigger picture of k-pop, just about surviving one day at a time, and that each day is edging you closer to Shindong.

By far the majority of your time is spent in the gym, working on dance routines, increasing your modest flexibility and honing your physique in increasingly smaller increments to the idealised, sculpted, super-skinny k-pop body archetype.  Your dancing and movement skills are very sub-par so you receive intense coaching in gymnastics and it's evident that SM takes this side of things super-seriously.  You're rarely alone while exercising - the gym is crowded and people drift in and out all time time, occasionally even including people from other groups that you recognise (no Shindong though, although it doesn't surprise you that a gym might not be the most likely place to run into him).  The first time Amber from f(x) turned up to give some dance tips there was a fair bit of fangirling from the other girls in your group, but everyone's over that type of shit now and just gets on with it.  You've seen all the f(x) girls except Sulli and about half of SNSD but you don't see the guys as much, you're not sure why.  Maybe they keep them separated on purpose?

One day, while practicing your stretches, your group's young male gym coach walks in and stops you.
"Listen up.  Your flexibility is still rubbish.  There's no way you're going to be ready for a debut with the slow rate you're progressing.  Management decided that you could use a little extra help."

You notice that there's a girl standing next to him.  Dressed casual and wearing big sunglasses, it takes your brain a little while to register that it's Sunny from SNSD - you're not used to seeing her with the normal hair that she has nowadays, plus without her signature makeup.

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The gym coach continues.  "Sunny here used to be crap too, just like you.  Every week from now on, Sunny is going to spend half an hour with you, helping you to gain more flexibility.  She's going to show you what she did to become a fully functioning member of the world's biggest female k-pop group.  Aren't you, Sunny?"

Sunny doesn't react, you notice that she's completely oblivious - she still has her phone earbuds in, and you can hear the music from them from where you're standing - some trot song.  The coach reaches over and pulls the left earbud out of her ear by tugging the cord harshly.

"Hey, fucking watch it!"  Sunny looks at your coach, annoyed.  "My ears are a precious asset, you know!  No ears, no original lineup SNSD you fucking asshole!"

The coach repeats himself to her: "....aren't you, Sunny?"

"Aren't I what?"  Sunny takes off her sunglasses and removes the other earbud.  Damn, she looks like a completely different person with no makeup at all.  You could walk right by her in the street and not even know who she was.

The coach sighs.  "Fuck, you weren't even listening."

"WHAT?"

"Look... this is the girl.  Teach her stretches and shit, like we discussed.  Can you do that?"

Sunny looks you up and down briefly.  "Yeah sure, whatever."  She stares back at him for a few seconds, and there's a brief awkward silence.  "Okay, so can you please fuck off now?"

"I don't get to watch?"

"Fuck.  Off."  Sunny stares the coach down and waves him away.

"You'd better not jerk me around on this", the coach says under his breath while walking to the exit.

Sunny yells after him.  "You wish, fuckhead!"

After he leaves, Sunny turns back to you and her demeanour changes, she instantly settles down and becomes more relaxed.  "I'm sorry about that, but I fucking hate that cunt.  Such a tits pervert.  Come with me, I need a fucking cigarette."

Sunny grabs you by the wrist, and starts walking towards the gym's fire exit.  "But what about the exercises?" you ask.

"Fuck the fucking exercises.  Do you enjoy being a gym slave?  Plenty of time for that bullshit later."

Sunny reaches the fire exit, and pushes the door.  It rattles but doesn't open.

"FUCK!  They fucking locked it again.  Give me a minute."  Sunny takes her phone out of her tracksuit pants and speed-dials a number.  You hear only Sunny's half of the phone conversation:

"Hey, cunt."

"Open the door you piece of shit."

"Yeah well what are we supposed to do if there's a fucking fire?"

"I can see who I want to see."

"No shit.  So fucking what.  Open it."

"Open it, faggot."

"Do you care about SM Entertainment's investment in our talent, you fucking cunt?  What about our fire safety, cockhead?"

"You're such a piece of shit.  I heard SM is in the market for a new gym coach.  Could just be rumours... but you never know."

"Here's a joke:  What's ugly, a stupid bitch, and should fuck off?  YOU.  Now open the door."

"I fucking hate you.  I hope you trip and die, asshole.  I might start eating bananas and leaving the peels around the gym so you better watch out."

Sunny hangs up, and gives you that famous broad smile.  "He'll be here in a minute to open it."



Every week, you meet with Sunny at the gym for "exercise", which routinely consists of 20 minutes of Sunny smoking in the fire exit, 5 minutes of Sunny abusing the gym coach, and 5 minutes of her  doing a few stretches with you at the end of each session before the gym coach returns so it looks like she's been working you out the whole time.  Once during a particularly slack session where she did nothing but smoke and talk about the bitchy personal politics within SNSD ("we dorm separately so we don't murder each other in our sleep") she even sprayed you in the face with a water bottle and when the coach returned said "look how hard she's been sweating".  You start to look forward to the Sunny "gym sessions".  It's a break from the grinding routine, and you start to feel yourself bonding with Sunny, as much as it's possible to bond with someone who speaks random profanity as a second language.

One day you're both outside the building by the fire exit.  Sunny is sitting in her favourite spot on the small stairway leading up to the entrance, smoking as per usual.

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You are sitting next to her.  She looks at you with a thoughtful expression.

"I've been wondering about you.  You're not like the other girls here."

"What do you mean?"

"You're not here for the same reason that they are.  You're not interested in being a k-pop star.  There's something else going on with you, isn't there."

You feel nervous.  She's onto you, might as well come clean, you suppose.  "Well... okay, well... there's this guy..."

Sunny immediately cuts you off, laughing and clapping.  "HA!  I knew it!  Same reason as me!  I can pick them a mile away!"  Sunny puts a hand on your shoulder and reassures you "Don't worry, nothing to feel ashamed of!  How else are we going to get laid by these popstars, right?"

You stop and feel embarrassment and confusion.  It can't be true - Sunny is just in k-pop for the D?  You feel like you have a million questions, yet you're speechless.

Sunny laughs and continues.  "What the fuck else do you think I'm in this for?  You know I'm Lee Soo Man's niece, right?  It's not like I need the money.  So... who is it?"

"Who is what?"  You knew what she meant, but you're playing dumb in the hope she says "never mind, forget I asked" or something similar.  You really don't want your Shindong love to be outed.

No such luck.  "This guy, the one that you're putting yourself through this bullshit for.  Who is he?  It IS, a guy, right?"

You feel very awkward, you're worried that Sunny is going to laugh at you.  After ten seconds delay you mutter "..... Shindong."

Your worries were well-founded.  Sunny seems to think this is hilarious, she spends the next half a minute rolling around on the stairwell in paroxysms of laughter.  You sigh deeply - you knew this would happen.

Sunny puts her hand up to your shoulder again.  "Hey, it's just funny, that's all!  Sorry for laughing, I can't help it.  It's sweet... really."

You grudgingly forgive her.  She's not being mean about it.  "So who are you after, then?"

"I can't tell you."

"Why not?  I told you mine!  Fair's fair!"

Sunny shakes her head.  "Yeah, but it's different for me - I'm a celeb.  If it leaks..." Sunny puts her fingers up to her throat to indicate a knife slicing it.  "Revealing who we're dating has to be done with exact timing.  It's the rules.  Anyway, you should be happy."

"Why?"

"Because..." Sunny takes a long drag on her cigarette before continuing, "...I can probably get you a date with him."

You can't believe it.  "Really?  You would do that, for me?"

Sunny shrugs.  "Sure.  Why not?  When do you want to see him?"

You stare at Sunny in complete disbelief.  You're trying really hard not to completely spazz out like the crazy fangirl you are... people inside the gym might hear, this is not something you want them to know about.

Sunny smiles.  "Ha, forget I asked.  Let me ring the Ram up."  Sunny takes her phone out of her handbag.

"Who's Ram?"

"Boram, you know, T-ara.  She's part of the D-hunter club too, hell, her sister's group is even called 'D-Unit', if only people knew how true that was.  Those two are stinking rich, they're even more loaded than I am, they don't give one solitary fuck about any of this idol shit.  You've seen how useless they are on TV.  They don't practice, they don't do shit, they just scheme to get their pussy lips around popstar cock, all day, all night.  She's determined too.  If you're a male idol and Boram wants you, look out - she's unstoppable!  But anyway, Ram knows Shinsadong Tiger, and Tiger knows Shindong.  So we're gonna get Ram on the case and she's gonna get you some of that Shinsadong Shindong dong."

You nod.  You're very appreciative, but it tears you up a little inside to hear Sunny being so crass about sex and especially about your true idol love.  He's more than just a piece of meat to you, it's offensive.  Still, she's doing you a massive favour, so you stay quiet.  Sunny makes a call, and rolls her eyes when the phone goes to an answering service.

"Hey Ram you fucking slut.  Call me back.  Got a job for you, top priority.  Do it, whore."

Sunny hangs up.  "She'll ring back fast.  She's good like that.  Bitch does fuck all else with her day when she doesn't have schedules.  I'll give her one minute."

30 seconds later, Sunny's phone rings.  The ringtone is Super Junior's "Sexy, Free and Single", hearing the song at this time seems appropriate and cheers you up.  Sunny picks up the call without stopping to look at who it is.  You hear her half of the phone conversation:

"Hey slut."

"Yeah, um... there's someone I want you to meet."

"Yeah, I think you might want to help her out."

"Oh, you will.  So, can you do it?"

"How's tomorrow sound, at this time?"  Sunny looks at you and asks  "Tomorrow's okay, isn't it?"  You nod quickly.

"Yeah yeah, it's cool.  Come around to the usual spot.  Oh, and do you have some smokes?  I'm running low."

"Yeah of course, I'm always good for it."

"See you then, whore."

Sunny hangs up.  "It's on."  She smiles at you.  You think - if only her fans knew what was really behind that smile.  The idol world is so different to anything you ever imagined.



The next day, you're with Sunny outside the fire exit.  Sunny isn't smoking, she tells you that she ran out of cigarettes earlier that day.  She's in an antsy mood - "I'm so hanging out for a fucking smoke, holy fuck... but Ram's like clockwork, it'll be cool soon" she says.  You're still a long way off meeting Shindong yet, but you can't help but be a little nervous about this preliminary meeting, not because it's Boram (you never really cared about T-ara, you've always seen them as one of those groups that are more for the guys, you honestly couldn't even tell someone what their last few singles were called) but because it's one important step closer to Shindong.

Sunny is just about to check her phone when you hear a loud "what's up, bitch?" coming from the street.

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Boram is here.

"Hey, you fucking slut!" says Sunny.  You've never heard the word "slut" said in such a friendly manner before.  Boram and Sunny walk up to each other and give a quick greeting embrace.  You notice that they're both exactly the same height, it's kind of amusing.  Boram then looks over Sunny's shoulder, at you.  "This is the girl?"

Sunny doesn't turn around, but has a big smile.  "Yeah, that's her.  And guess who you're going to be teeing her up with?"

Boram looks back at Sunny.  "Who?"

Sunny tries not to laugh.  "Shindong!"  You feel a sense of dread.  What if she laughs?

Boram looks at Sunny blankly, for about ten seconds, while Sunny continues to try not to laugh.  Then Boram and Sunny both suddenly start laughing, uncontrollably.  Oh great.  You feel a tear well up in your eye.  Fuck this getting picked on shit, this is like back at the dorm with the other girls.

Or so you thought.  Boram notices that you're starting to get upset, and comes over to you.  "Hey... hey... don't be sad.  We're just joking around.  Hey cheer up.  Look, you're going to meet Shindong, okay?  I'll tee it up.  I can tee up anything, I'm Boram."  Boram flashes you a big smile.  She's charmismatic, it's impossible not to like her.  You start to dry up.

Sunny interjects.  "Do you have my smokes?"

"Yes, bitch.  In the bag!"  You notice Boram has a brown paper shopping bag with her.  She hands it to Sunny, who opens it hastily, revealing two large cigarette cartons.

"Oh my god, you got Camel Crush!  You can't even get these in Korea!  How?"

"Hyomin."

"Fuck.  She's a miracle worker, how does she do it."  Sunny starts tearing open a carton, while Boram pinches her own cheek and moves it back and forth quickly against the side of her face, making a squishy, wet noise.  Boram and Sunny both start giggling as Sunny lights up, then they both turn their attentions back to you.

Sunny speaks first after taking a drag.  "So... how do you want to do this?"

"Well, I already spoke to Tiger, he hasn't got anything on right now.  So it can happen tonight.... um, as long as Shindong's free... I guess.  I mean, yeah, he probably is, but we'll check."  Boram clears her throat and looks at you.  "Is tonight cool?"

You resist the temptation to scream OH YES MOTHER OF GOD YES YES YES PRAISE JESUS.  You nod quickly and say "yes" as quietly and politely as possible.  You even manage a little bow.  You could kiss her feet.

"Great.  So listen up."  Boram stares directly at you with a very serious face.  "Sunny will contact you later today, and if she gives you the all-clear, you're gonna sneak out of the dorm tonight, then Tiger will pick you up and you'll go for a drive to pick up Shindong.  Then, if all goes well, Tiger will park the car somewhere secluded and leave you both in privacy to get to know each other a little better.  Sunny will go with you at first as a passenger though so you're comfortable, and it'll make things less awkward if you don't have to deal with Tiger directly.  Don't worry, Tiger is harmless... but he's a bit of a weirdo.  Not like us sensible people.  So go do your thing, wait till you hear from Sunny.  You got it?"

You nod.  "Yes, thank you!"

Boram and Sunny both smile at you.  You smile back.  You couldn't be happier.  Well, actually, you could... Shindong could be whispering sweet nothings in your ear, but you're confident that this will come.



That night you're having a shower while the other girls practice their routines in the gym.  You've gotten into the habit of long showers, it's the only time you ever get some privacy.  When you emerge, you go to your bed where your newly-washed gym clothes are waiting, and put them on.  If there's one thing you can't complain about at SM, it's the laundry staff, who are like clockwork.  As you put on your trackpants, you feel something scratchy stuffed inside the pants leg.  You take it out - it's a small folded piece of paper:
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You smile to yourself, and hide the note in your trackpants pocket.  You allow yourself to spazz internally for a while before joining the others in the gym.



At 3:29 AM, you head to the gym fire escape.  You're still in your gym gear, and the other girls are still practising.  They're used to you heading out to the fire escape by now so they all ignore you - they all assume you've taken up smoking because you always reek of Sunny's second-hand smoke but in fact you haven't touched a cigarette yourself since you entered SM as a trainee - you figure that Shindong wouldn't approve.  You open the door (thankfully it's not locked) and Sunny is there waiting for you.

"Ready to go?" she says.

"Yes."

"Got the note?"

You hold up the note.  Sunny grabs it and puts it in her handbag.  "Can't be too careful.  If the others found that, you'd be up shit creek.  Follow me, quickly."  Sunny starts walking briskly to a black sedan that's waiting, with its engine running.  You follow her and both get in the back seat.

"Hey Tiger, we got the cargo.  Let's go!" Sunny yells at the driver.

"Buckle up!" replies Tiger, not looking back.  You look around the vehicle.  You notice that you're in an unmarked taxi - there is a CB radio and a charging meter.

Sunny puts her seatbelt on and motions for you to do the same.  "Do what he says.  Before you get to meet anybody, we've got to lose anyone trailing us, and that usually requires some snappy driving."  You fasten your seatbelt, but not before Tiger lurches the car into an acceleration that makes you nearly lose your balance on the carseat.  Sunny helps steady you as you adjust.

After a minute of driving, Sunny asks "so Tiger... how are we doing?"

"Look behind you.  Do you see the blue car?"

Sunny looks behind her.  You also turn to look but Sunny stops you, pushing your head down instead.  She whispers at you harsly "keep down... if anyone sees you and notices you're an SM trainee, it's over!"  Sunny then speaks louder, addressing Tiger over the engine noise.  "Yeah, I see it.  Sasaeng?"

"Paparazzi!"

"Shit!  Did they see us get in?"

"I don't think so.  But we're gonna have to change cars.  It'll be no problem."

"Okay."

Tiger starts talking into the car's CB radio.  You can't quite make out what he's saying as he's talking quiet and the engine noise drowns him out.  You can also hear the scratchy replies from the CB system but you can't make out the exact words.  Tiger continues to drive quickly.

"Is everything going to be okay?" you ask Sunny.

"Yeah, sure."  Sunny seems a bit more on-edge than her response suggests.  "Here's what's going to happen.  We're going to drive into a parking garage that we usually use to lose these fucks.  In there, we're going to change cars.  We'll get in another car, another driver will take this car, and the paps will follow the other car.  They'll eventually get wise and start hunting for us again so we can't fuck around, we have to do this fast, so be ready to move as soon as we park.  You got all that?"

"Yes."

"Good.  We do this all the time so don't worry.  It's pretty routine SNSD procedure."

A few minutes of fast and more than slightly scary driving go by, and then the car starts slowing down and pulling into an underground parking garage.  When the car stops Sunny yells "Go!" and you, her and Tiger all get out, and rush to another waiting car, a black people-mover minivan with tinted windows.

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You all buckle up and the van moves off quickly through a different exit.

"Did we lose them?" asks Sunny.

Tiger waits a full minute before responding.  "Yes.  They have no idea.  We lost them for sure.  Now we go to the meetup."

Sunny breathes a sigh of relief, and reaches for a cigarette.  You suddenly become aware of a burning smell... but she hasn't lit up yet.

"What's that smell?" you ask.

Sunny sniffs the air, she seems to notice it too.  "Yes Tiger, what is that fucking smell?"

Tiger chuckles.  "Oh!  Yes, this van used to belong to Son Ho Young from g.o.d - he tried to kill himself, by setting it on fire!  It was a wreck after he burned it, so I bought it off him, real cheap price!  Then had it refurbished, new upholstery, new covers, new everything!  It's quite safe.  However, I still can't get that fucking smell out!  I don't know where it is hiding!"

You start to feel creeped out.  "When I meet Shindong... is it going to be in this vehicle?"

Tiger replies from the front seat.  "Yes, but don't worry!  The smell goes away, soon you will be looking right into Shindong's eyes - and you won't even notice it!"

Yuck.  The combined odour of charcoal and melted plastic seem to be getting stronger rather than weaker, now that you know what it is.  Still, it's a small price to pay.



What seems like at least an hour of driving goes by and you notice you are now on the semi-rural outskirts of Seoul.  Sunny has been chain-smoking her new cigarettes the whole time, but the van's smell is still stronger.  You're starting to get tired and impatient when the van leaves the bitumen road and starts moving along a bumpy dirt track.  Another few minutes of driving and the van comes to a halt.

Tiger turns around to face you.  "Shindong is not here yet, I think he got held up with his vehicle change, but he will be here soon!  I will get out now."

Sunny unbuckles her seatbelt and gets out of the car.  "See you later.  He'll be here soon."

"But wait...  you're not going to introduce me?"

"Come on.  You don't want me cramping your style now, do you?"  Sunny winks at you.  She has a point.  You smile and wave from inside the van as she leaves with Tiger, both of them walking down the dirt track together, into the darkness.

You sit and wait.  You become aware that you are involuntarily shaking.  You're not cold at all, or at least you don't think you're cold, so it must be nerves - and you know you sure are nervous about this!  That car smell is still bothering you though, but you don't want to get out because it's dark and there's no street lighting.  You wait patiently, and you don't have to wait too long.  After a few minutes, you hear another car approaching, and you look out the window to see approaching headlights get bigger, and then come to a halt.

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Approaching footsteps.  A male voice, recognisable instantly to you as Shindong (thanks to your extensive video "research" collection of all his variety and MC appearances) calls out.

"Hi, are you in there?  Wind down the window so I can see your pretty face."

Your heart skips a beat.  You wind down the tinted window of the car and poke your head out.  What happens next is a bit confusing.  You find yourself suddenly looking not outside, but at the ceiling of the van.  That's odd, you could swear that your head was just outside before - how did that happen?  You also become aware of a throbbing sensation in the side of your head growing stronger.  Wow, it really hurts!  You put your hand up to your face... it feels wet and sticky.  Pulling your hand away, you notice that it's covered in blood.

The door of the van opens.  A figure stands before you, illuminated by the car headlamp.  It's.... Boram?

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It's definitely Boram.  She's carrying a baseball bat.  There's another figure next to her, in the shadows, you guess that's Shindong but you're not really at the right angle to focus.  You try to adjust your position but a stabbing pain shoots through your skull, stopping you.

"Hey there," says Boram, flatly.  No emotion of any kind from her voice.  She raises the bat above your head.  Everything goes black.



You regain consciousness and become aware of elements of your predicament in the following order:  You're alive.  You're sitting in a chair.  The pain in your head is astounding.  You can't move your arms.  Your arms are in fact tied behind your back.  Your mouth is gagged.  You're in a dark room.  Your legs are tied to the chair.  Boram is standing in front of you.  The dark room isn't actually a room but is some kind of sewerage tunnel.  Boram is playing with her smartphone, she swings her baseball bat idly in the other hand.  Boram isn't much taller than you when she stands than what you are when you're sitting down, which would be amusing under any other circumstance apart from this one.  Strange how you never noticed that before with Sunny.

Boram speaks to you, but doesn't break eye contact with her smartphone.  "I was going to just beat you to death with this bat, but... well, I got bored.  Then Shindong thought of something much more appropriate for you."

You're horrified.  This is Shindong's idea?  You wince in disbelief and hurt.  Boram then looks at you, and continues.

"Don't look so shocked.  Don't you think he gets sick of you pathetic stinking fangirls signing up to agencies just to get close to him?  Why would he bother when he has me and Sunny?  We've all been fucking each other for years, you know.  Our little secret.  Please don't tell anyone... not that it's likely in the next few minutes."  Boram smiles at you - she's rubbing it in.  You're furious.  You could kill her!  Your eyes widen with rage, but this just seems to make Boram smile at you even more.

"So, you're probably wondering what's going to happen next.  Well, as it happens, Jiyeon's new song... have you heard her new song?  I have, it's so great!  Anyway, it's going to be released in..." Boram pauses to check her phone for the time, "...about five minutes.  You might wonder what that has to do with your situation.  You are wondering about that, aren't you?"  Boram pockets her phone, picks up the bat, and lines it up with the side of your head.  You nod an affirmative response - no need to be in any more pain than necessary.

"Well, Jiyeon's a hot sexy bitch, so when that video comes out, all the male Jiyeon fans who are eagerly sitting at their computers waiting for it to go live... and maybe some of the female ones too... they are all going to be getting very excited, of course."  Boram puts the bat down on the ground.  Thank fuck for that.  "A good proportion of them are probably going to masturbate, and that's going to take them about one minute and one second.  We timed it - that's what the song's about, don't you know.  Then a lot of those fappers will want to clean up, so they will need to use either the toilet, the bathroom basin or the shower straight afterward to dispose of all the spunk.  Can you imagine every desperate and horny Jiyeon fapper in Seoul cleansing themselves of jizz all at exactly the same time, and what that does to a city's sewerage system?  Now, look up."

Enduring considerable pain, you move your head to the required angle.  You see that a large concrete sewer pipe extending down from the ceiling is dangling a few feet directly above your head.  You are directly below the large opening, which is big enough to fit a person inside, and any sewerage coming from it has only one place to go - right on top of you.

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"Seeing as how being saturated in cum seems to be your main mission in life, Shindong thought that it would be appropriate if you were to experience all the spunk you were ever going to receive in your lifetime - that is, if you were actually going to live for any decent length of time - in one hit.  Isn't that right, Shindong?"

Shindong's form comes into view.  He looks at you, you can't tell if he's fascinated or horrified - maybe both - but it's clear that he doesn't like what he sees.  You're not sure how you feel, either.  Boram walks over to him and gives him a kiss on the cheek, then on the lips, then with the tongue.  You look down - this is impossible for you to watch.  They talk softly:

"Come on baby, let's get out of here." says Shindong.

"No shit.  This place will be a biological hazard zone in about 10 minutes."

Boram and Shindong walk off, arm in arm.  You struggle for a while to try and free yourself but there's no point, you're securely tied down and going nowhere.  You think about how you've wasted your life, about how it came to this.  Eventually you hear the distant rushing of fluid through pipes, gradually drawing closer, like a building storm, like a swarm of fangirls chasing their unfathomable dreams straight to hell.



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This post is dedicated to this anonymous asker.

Let's Talk - Companies

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After a week's delay, I'm finally back with the next edition of the 'Let's Talk' series. This week, the main subject is 'Companies', as most of the questions asked corresponded to said topic. A little disclaimer, most of the information displayed in this article is from my own personal observations and experiences, and other people may have experienced different things that impact their view on said topics, but I will go solely off of what I think/have seen.

The first question coming from the blog itself comes from MagicalMystery who asks:


Personally, for me it depends on the song. Some songs pull it off well, while others don't. However, we can all agree that the companies simply do this to avoid paying more money for lyrics to fill the time used for the dance breaks. If the company puts the break to good use and has a dance that's actually choreographed well and performed by a good dancer, that's when I don't mind it. However, when the dance shots are crappy and hard to see, an example being the Mr.Mr. video, that's when it gets on my nerves. Sure, the background music may be great and all, but I'd much rather see what the hell is going on in the video then have a crappily-lit room with awful cuts.

Because I needed more questions, I went to the trusty forms of OneHallyu and decided to ask people what they wanted to see being covered, and I got a few good questions.

Firstly...

I (personally) don't believe that Korean consumers themselves prefer larger groups, but more of the idols in those groups themselves as individuals rather than the group as a whole. You see, the thing about large groups is is that there is variety among the members. Some idol groups have distinct personalities and if there is a larger variety of people in a group, the more types of people that group can appeal to.

As I said, it's not the consumers who prefer these groups, it's the companies. Many companies take advantage of this, and seeing as groups like these offer more variety and appeal to a larger number of people, they can make more money. Be it from selling merchandise of the group as a whole or selling specialized individual-member items. Because of this, groups like EXO or Girls' Generation, who have many members, are popular among the Korean crowd. A quick example of this is of my friend, who even though she doesn't like EXO-M, still stans EXO because she likes EXO-K so much. She couldn't care less for the whole 'Kris' thing going on, but she still supports them and sees them as one of her bias groups.

Though if you want another example from the actual Kpop world, you could take into account what's going on with Kara. After Jiyoung and Nicole left, there were only three members in the group, and they weren't the most favorited members per-se. Sure Hara is among the most popular, but amongst non-fans she's often regarded as a bitch because of the 'water-bottle incident', and some people fail to realize that Gyuri's personality of being a 'goddess' is all just an act. With Nicole, possibly the most popular Kara member among both Korean and international fans leaving the group, DSP, much to the fan's displeasure, decided to add new members to the group. Now, even if the general public hates the other members, there may be one that they like now.

Next question...





I love this subject because it never fails to amuse me. Though some groups have pretty good names (ex: Nine Muses, T-Ara is pretty good as well), there will always be those groups who have absolutely awful names.

The main reason for this is because the companies probably either have people with a second-grade level of English working for them (which explains all the awful English lyrics) or because they find it 'cool' or 'edgy' to have their name be in English. Another reason for this is because since English is spoken by many of the international Kpop crowd, the group names can be more easily recognizable or remembered by the viewers. 

Another person brought up the fact that 'Well, if they have English speaking members, why do they still have bad names?'. I'm utterly sorry to burst your bubble, but idols have little to no say in what their stage names and group names will be. The members of TVXQ admitted that they all cried upon hearing the name, but because they couldn't do anything about it, they went along with it anyways. I don't blame them, after training endlessly for years and getting a shitty name in return would probably piss off just about anyone.

And the last question is...

It's cheap. That's it. It's simply cheap to make, maintain, and shoot in. They don't have to buy props, and if they do, very minimally. Along the same line is the reason that SM shove their groups into box rooms and make them dance for the MVs. They don't have to pay much for the set and the fans will go batshit over it anyways and won't really care as long as they can fangirl over their idols.

And my question for you is:

  1. Which company do you feel manages their idols the best and why?

As always, if you want a subject to be covered, either leave it in the comments sections below or leave it at my ask.fm. Talk to you again next week!

Stupid Things Fangirls Utter 55

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This week's photo comes from our very own Krakenoid:


Thank you for your submission!

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I like how you say "If my oppa can't marry me" as though there was some extenuating circumstance not allowing your forbidden love. I think it should be edited to: "If my oppa DOESN'T FUCKING WANT TO marry me". Be realistic, girl.

That's the spirit though. You shove your gay agenda on these idols since the world is unfair and won't let you two be together. Because you can choose to be gay, right?



If anyone has submissions for future Stupid Things Fangirls Utter, please send them to zomg.oppa.sareanghae@gmail.com, tweet them to @akf_shinbi, ask them at ask.fm/akfshinbi, or leave them in the comment section below. Remember your rights on this site: anything you say or do here can and probably will be used against you. Thank you, FISHies!

Our Blessed Cyclops performs a miracle for the heathens

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See her miraculous works, believe and repent, bitches!

As with all miracles, the exact meaning is up to interpretation. Some believers think it is a sign that she divinely blessed the world with the wisdom of Yin & Yang thousands of years ago. Others think her Holy Window of Alteration shows that she exists on all planes of existence, beyond colors, beyond black and white, so all ethnicities are welcome and united unto her.

Kara's Goo Hara Makes You Wonder if You're a Pedo in Cosmopolitan Pictorial

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Kara's Goo Hara recently did a photoshoot for Cosmopolitan, and just wow.






Normally I find Hara cute with zero sex appeal, and while she doesn't have the typical 36-24-36 body, she rocks what she does have.




Episode 1 of Puff's New Drama "Love Myself or You"

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Not satisfied with only seeing Puff once a week on WGM Global? Fear not, her new drama has just premiered in Taiwan and you can watch episode one here.


Hyosung releases best practice video ever

Kara apologizes for having a dumbass agency

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KARA held a fan meeting as a 3 member group for the first time on the 24th of May at Blue Square Samsung Card Hall. This provided an opportunity for KARA to prove they are perfectly good with only three members by performing a few songs, and to tell fans that they are just as pissed as the fans are.

On the 12th of May, DSP Media announced that they were going to add a new member to KARA through an audition program titled “KARA Project”. Yet fans weren't gonna have none of that shit, and they even hung a large banner telling DSP to fuck off with that noise, which read “We will never accept a new KARA member” near the office of DSP Media.

However, despite the complaints, opposition, and widespread public mockery, DSP Media wanted to prove they are completely fucking retarded and don't listen to anyone. So they went ahead with their dumb asses and released teasers of 7 trainees, or “Baby KARA” members, who all had zero potential to ever live up to the standards or legacy of a KARA member.

According to a fan who attended the meeting, Gyuri apologized to the one thousand fans in attendance for DSP continuously hurting them with disappointing news, and that she did not want people whom she considered special to get hurt, or for herself to look like a damn fool who just rolls over and takes whatever shit her agency dishes out without a fight.

She also explained that she cannot reveal certain things that will be broadcast, so she feels frustrated, however she emphasized the most important thing was for the fans to trust the three current members. She further added that the KARA members are trying their best to stick it to the man, and that they are currently fucking, blackmailing, and extorting anyone they need to stop this madness, so she asked for their trust and patience.

Member Seungyeon agreed with Gyuri, and added that it was heartbreaking for everyone to see people who were so close to them leave, and that she was sad that she was forced to bring disappointing news almost every year. She also said that she knew a good portion of them were also Rainbow fans, and apologized for the shitty cutesy concepts and songs they were given last year.

Hara also added that the emotions the members are feeling are all equally painful, and that she trusted the fans understood how the members of KARA were currently feeling, however during her speech, Hara choked up on tears and could not finish her sentence. She explained that she originally promised herself that she would not cry at the fan meeting, but she could not help crying because the stress of trying to hold back crying hurt her face, which was still sore from a recent surgery.

Although fans unanimously said "NO. FUCKING NO. OH GOD, PLEASE, NO." regarding DSP Media’s move to add a new member to KARA, there was no word on the cancellation of this move, suggesting that they hate money and haven't paid attention to how well Girl's Day has done without replacing that girl who had a nice ass.

Meanwhile, all fan meeting ticket profits were donated to charities and organizations to help teens cope with the continual psychological trauma of being a KARA fan, as with their previous annual fan meetings.

Rare response: Colorism in Kpop and social challenge in general

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I don't usually respond to emails we get, but today I'm bored so I thought I would answer this one.

What do you guys think of colorist remarks made by some Kpop idols? For example all the members talk shit or make fun of Kai and Tao from exo for thier "dark skin"? Or the issue where they associate dark skin with "promiscuous" and "sexual" ex yoobin, hyorin, Hyuna ( bubble pop promotion) ? Because  some of this idols say some REALLY jacked up shit, and then there are the fans that defend them like crazy, even though their comments literally insulted like a good chunk of people, especially those with naturally darker skin.

Regards, 
Ruth
Some social issues are going to take a lot of work to correct, and may never be corrected. If it's something incredibly awful/evil like violence against or slavery of people with dark skin, or getting the shit end of a straight-up caste system, you can really point out the injustice and make a stand against it. However, when your society is "for the most part" getting justice, it is hard to convince people how the colorist beauty standards in tandem with beauty-favoritism in job opportunities are still functioning as a soft caste system, and even more so something as subtle as characterization of a certain look. (BTW you seem to have a moral problem with sexual expressiveness, which may be a problem.)

It's a difficult thing, because from one angle you could say media creates and enforces arbitrary beauty standards, but from another angle you can say it is a slave to them because it just goes for what makes the most money, or that all beauty standards are arbitrary (and many of them are), but that doesn't change the phenomenon in humanity. To really get leverage, you have to be able to prove it is media causing it, and you simply won't. That is because it isn't just media. Colorism, particularly favoritism for lighter skin, is a worldwide phenomenon just like many other beauty standards. It's really hard to overcome when you are in such a small minority, but while we can become educated and more respectful, can we overcome our natural inclinations?

I know that question seems provocative because colorism is socially instilled, not genetically inherent, but the simple fact is that having things socially instilled into us is our human nature. If you can rationally see that skin tone makes no difference about a person, yet your attractions or admiration remain the same due to whatever bullshit that has rooted itself in your subconscious, that is your real-life feelings, not fake feelings. And if those are shared by almost everyone in your culture, then guess what: Lighter skin is more attractive, because it attracts more people. The same is true of guys who are taller, but fuck if you'll ever find a woman who objects to perpetuating that beauty standard. (Which does appear to be a genetic favoritism. "FML" -Short guys)

That doesn't mean it's like a law of physics, as it can and does indeed change over time, just as society larger has come to favor ripped abs and less body hair and such. However, while it may not be a hard fact of reality, it is a fact of present life. It's kind of like how money is just a power system, and people are born into different amounts of it and different opportunities to get more or not. It's all an unfair shit mess that humanity created, but it's one we subconsciously accept as a fact because we were born into it and most don't question it, and if you do, it is incredibly hard to figure out how to get something better working through the larger public.

I suppose that doesn't mean we shouldn't continue trying for a perfect world, and perhaps colorism and other forms of pointless inequality can really be overcome someday, but just because you realize something is fucked up doesn't mean it's a horrible person who perpetuates it, or at least not anymore horrible than most anyone else. Do you think about how we're 50 years or so away from collapsing the oceanic food chain when you eat fish? Do you think about slaves of human trafficking or victims of genocide when you buy that shirt from Sri Lanka? Do you think about the Chinese workers getting cancer when you text on your iPhone? Do you think about the grandkids of our generation having scarce energy sources later on when you throw away something plastic?

Left to ourselves, away from progressive higher education, we're smallminded and hypocritical. We like to only fight small battles that we think we can easily win. Sometimes that's a fight over a statement someone made, and sometimes it's a bit bigger and we try to form a labor union to protect ourselves from the uglier sides of capitalism. Yet full integrity is something you need to be ready to die for, because you probably will. If you aren't willing to die or at least lose everything you have attained to fix this fucked up world, you shouldn't get mad at other people for not doing it. It is better to respond with the grace a teacher and the care of a doctor. Those idol guys probably have no idea colorism is even a thing or who it affects or how.

But aside from this empathetic view of it, consider this:



It's kind of hard to read precisely, but that is about 2.5 billion people when World War II happened. World War II! You know, that war where in our ignorance of genetics, the entire world killed each other because of widespread belief in the superiority of certain ethnicities? So recent that your grampa might be able to tell you about it! But do you think we were ready for that growth? Not just our impact, and not just the sheer logistics of getting everyone food and shelter, but to do something that really takes patience over an extended amount of time that a person for the most part can't do for themselves, like invest wisdom into them to make them fully considerate, and for each and every one? This is a big project, and a whole hell of a lot of people are falling through the cracks, and everyone who can help needs to help.

So as cheesy as it sounds, less anger and more love is going to be the solution. When you get aggressive, people get defensive, and then it's really hard to educate them, but a little friendship can go a long way, and from it the most profound changes in a person seem to just sort of happen. I know this is a weird thing to be promoting on a blog like this, but for the most part here this is a mind-dump and stress-release kind of place. We're trolling, and letting go of the frustration that comes from the higher expectations of our fortunate educated-and-aware circumstances of consciousness so that we can live productive lives, and as a camaraderie that boosts our mood and continues the friendship we enjoyed as our lives change from the time we met.

In the big picture, we need that. The world has been around for billions of years, it took hundreds of millions to bring us into our kind, and we only graduated to formal language about 6000 years ago. We're still shaking off our old ape-like selves and learning how to do more than fight, fuck (or in the case of kpop fans, fap), and eat. As natural as our higher consciousness and empathy might seem when we have attained it, it is actually something cultivated in the creative works of humanity outside of our genetics, and each new person must be raised up from the mire of our natural beast. So remember your childhood, see that your maturing was one half caring investment from others and one half happy accident among a culture designed to grow it in you. It will give you patience and guidance in guiding others who lack in some areas.

How To Salvage Kara According to the Desires of Korean Netizens

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As most people know by now, DSP will have a reality show to add two new members and everyone is against it, even the Kara members themselves. While I (and many others) had hoped Kara would continue as three members, DSP thought that made too much sense, so they're trying to fuck with Kara.


How would Korean netizens want Kara to continue? Ruling out the option of disbanding, which is the number one choice for Korean keyboard warriors, the second most popular opinion seems to be adding a Japanese member. That is actually a very logical move, as Kara is more viable in Japan than Korea.

Now we have to find a Japanese woman that A) doesn't have yaeba b) can speak a foreign language and most importantly c) can satiate the thirst of Korean netizens.

My nomination is Marica Hase (NSFW, be warned).

Aaron Yan - That's Not Me

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Aaron Yan has come out with his millionth MV in the past year, and for those of you (i.e. RealJW) who are always lamenting that AKF barely has any male fanservice posts (for a good reason, go to the other 99% of Kpop sites for that shit), here's Aaron Yan.



I like Aaron Yan, but that's mainly because of the drama "Just You,", in which he was Puff's co-star, so that always helps. He reminds me of a more attractive and less alien-looking version of Jang Geun Suk. For people who don't know Aaron Yan, it's probably best to compare him to Yamapi and Kim Hyun Joong in that all three are popular within their respective countries for acting and singing, except that Aaron Yan isn't totally devoid of any meritable skills like the aforementioned Yamapi and Kim Hyun Joong.

I like the song and the buildup is good throughout the whole song. I find that C-pop/Mandopop really excels in ballads compared to Korea and Japan, and this is another song to reaffirms my opinion. The music video is also bizarre, but compelling enough to watch all the way through. His co-star from the drama "Fall In Love Me", Tia, is in the music video. Too bad she doesn't show off any cleavage, as I have documented a couple of times on here how nice her rack is.

And for those of you who really want the fanservice, Aaron has a shower scene and a shirtless scene that showcases his abs. I hope you're satisfied, because this is the last male fanservice post from me for a while.
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