So I was reading this article on Nate since it was plastered on the front page of the entertainment section.
My first reaction was "no, there will never be a concrete plan of action that T-ara can take to rectify the situation."
As long as Korean netizens enjoy the "power" they currently have, there's nothing T-ara can do about this. Netizens clamor for "reflection periods" all of the time. Some will say they work, pointing to Daesung's case as an example. "That mother fucker ran over someone because God ran over his face at birth, but it's okay because he reflected. But wait, reflection periods are useless.
To sum up the article (because I'm not going to bother translating all of that shit since it's shit we already know):
Day in and day out, Korean netizens go onto Nate and several other sites to trash T-ara. I could understand it for a week to a month after the scandal, but it's been ten months already and this shit is still happening. Hating on a group just gives them even more attention, being counter-intuitive to what these netizens actually want. They still want T-ara to disband, as seen in the top comments in the article.
Korea's entertainment system a unique case where the entertainment companies actually pay attention to the cesspool. American companies don't, and for good reason. Every time I go to YouTube, I feel like I lose some brain cells while reading the comments. If I was an executive, I certainly wouldn't pay attention to random Internet users shitting out of their mouths. Sadly, Korean companies pay attention to this shit.
What is T-ara's true solution? It's not the overseas market, although they are better received in Japan and the rest of Asia compared to Korea. No, it's to continue trolling Korea by sticking around. They may never reach the same status as they did previously, but their continued existence will slowly shatter the "control" netizens have. Something isn't going their own way for a change, and if other companies catch onto this, it could start a revolution. A revolution in which Korean companies will stop basing their decisions on what random retards say on the Internet. A revolution that will result in Korean netizens realizing how powerless they really are. That revolution may end up making sites like Netizen Buzz, Asian Junkie and Anti Kpop-Fangirl disappear, but if the cancer is removed from the Korean entertainment systems, it actually may be worth it for sites like this to cease to exist.
But it's Korea, so I'm not counting on it.
UPDATE: I realized I had originally translated the first netizen comment incorrectly. I translated it literally, not knowing that the words basically meant +1, -1 for voting on comments.
My first reaction was "no, there will never be a concrete plan of action that T-ara can take to rectify the situation."
As long as Korean netizens enjoy the "power" they currently have, there's nothing T-ara can do about this. Netizens clamor for "reflection periods" all of the time. Some will say they work, pointing to Daesung's case as an example. "That mother fucker ran over someone because God ran over his face at birth, but it's okay because he reflected. But wait, reflection periods are useless.
To sum up the article (because I'm not going to bother translating all of that shit since it's shit we already know):
After the scandal, T-ara's fortunes changed dramatically. After being labeled as bullies, they have become a severely disliked group. With their new sub-unit, T-ara N4 wanted to show the world the Korean countryside, but they were receiving shit for it. The netizens (very fucking obviously) don't think the scandal is over. T-ara can't repair their image because they never resolved the original scandal and continuously get into new scandals. There's no hope for them in Korea, so their only shot is overseas.The only reason this is still an issue is the fact that many of these netizens suck at Starcraft and League of Legends, not being able to become pros. The scandal was over once Hwadog was kicked out of the group, and let's face it, while not an ideal way for her to go out, it was what 99% of the fans wanted in the first place.
Day in and day out, Korean netizens go onto Nate and several other sites to trash T-ara. I could understand it for a week to a month after the scandal, but it's been ten months already and this shit is still happening. Hating on a group just gives them even more attention, being counter-intuitive to what these netizens actually want. They still want T-ara to disband, as seen in the top comments in the article.
1. [+2,075; -106] 티아라 해체 추천 아님 반대. +1 for T-ara to disband, -1 if you're against them disbanding.
2. [+1,698; -71] 해체와 동시에 전원 은퇴. They should all retire right when they disband.Etc. etc. Same shit we've been seeing forever.
Korea's entertainment system a unique case where the entertainment companies actually pay attention to the cesspool. American companies don't, and for good reason. Every time I go to YouTube, I feel like I lose some brain cells while reading the comments. If I was an executive, I certainly wouldn't pay attention to random Internet users shitting out of their mouths. Sadly, Korean companies pay attention to this shit.
What is T-ara's true solution? It's not the overseas market, although they are better received in Japan and the rest of Asia compared to Korea. No, it's to continue trolling Korea by sticking around. They may never reach the same status as they did previously, but their continued existence will slowly shatter the "control" netizens have. Something isn't going their own way for a change, and if other companies catch onto this, it could start a revolution. A revolution in which Korean companies will stop basing their decisions on what random retards say on the Internet. A revolution that will result in Korean netizens realizing how powerless they really are. That revolution may end up making sites like Netizen Buzz, Asian Junkie and Anti Kpop-Fangirl disappear, but if the cancer is removed from the Korean entertainment systems, it actually may be worth it for sites like this to cease to exist.
But it's Korea, so I'm not counting on it.
UPDATE: I realized I had originally translated the first netizen comment incorrectly. I translated it literally, not knowing that the words basically meant +1, -1 for voting on comments.