#and it's not just korean media... but just all media

[unnursvanablog]

do you ever just go to a kdrama meetups and events irl (they are hard to come by) and the people there talk about that they isn’t enough strong female characters and you are just sitting there going all ????? because a). you can easily do a week worth of dedicated posts about some of the amazing female characters in kdramas and their complexity despite how often their genres and the society they are written for wants to put them in a box on your blog. But also b). you hate the term ‘strong female character’ because we never talk about male characters that way. They are just interesting or not. And that’s also what female characters should be. Interesting and complex with agency in stories. And they often get sidelined in the stories... but also from the largely female audience of those shows who don’t really care as much about them as the hot male lead. And there is such a strong need for female characters to be likeable no matter what which can hinder them from truly being too complex, while we can watch the same asshole architype in male characters but are just misunderstood and interesting.

also as a writer who has been told more than once that a female character of mine is just not likeable enough and I should fix that, this annoys me. Fuck strong female characters, that does not make them interesting and being stoic  instead of emotional isn't necessarily better, and fuck making all female characters so likeable that they can't do anything. Make them complex, flawed and unlikeable, even if it makes the audience agitated because the female character isn't likeable or sidelined for the sake of everyone's else’s stories or so the audience can insert themselves into them, as a blank slate. 

The writer can lay the groundwork for why the female character is acting the way she is, but the audience will complain that she is being mean to the cute male lead. It’s a bit more complex and complicated than just ‘kdramas don’t have enough strong characters’ that needs to be examined. Like the bias of the audience and the expectations that the wants of the audience have molded over the years. 

But you don’t say anything, because you are non-confrontational and don’t want to speak over the people who are actually speaking and this level of public speaking makes you anxious. 

#kdrama rant #but hey... that person had also been into kpop since 2016 and didn't really listen to ANY girl groups #which honestly is a red flag for me at this point #I can understand not being as into female pop or whatever #but not really enjoy any kpop girl group or just never bothering to look into any of them #I am a girl group stan... but it's not like I don't enjoy certain songs by txt or exo or winner or heaps of other kpop bgs #I am sorry but I don't think you could be into like... american popmusic and not really like any female singer #but hey maybe I am just obnoxious with my adoration and whatnot for girl groups and female characters #some of you just consume korean content for the cute men and it so very shows and honestly I sometimes get very tired of it #but of course it's more complex and varied than that as well #and it's not just korean media... but just all media

[takhayyul]

wait hiii :) takhayyul is a beautiful word! i’m super curious, what other languages can u speak?

hiii <3 i can speak english french urdu and punjabi fluently. very limited knowledge in korean and german

#im from montreal which why im fluent in french and english #but then i grew up in punjabi pakistani household so i speak urdu and punjabi too #i just understand korean since ive consumed so much korean media that dont use subs anymore but dont ask me to speak it lmao #im tryna learn german since like 2 years ago but my knowledge in it is very limited #i picked up german bc i was convinced i was gonna move to switzerland one day idk if i will but im manifesting lmfao #also i had taken mandarin classes for one semester back in cegep (quebec equivalent of college/pre university) #but all i remember from that class is how to say and write the characters for ni hao #asks

[zibah-ho]

im gonna cass cain my way into learning Farsi or die trying

#I learn languages so much easier by just listening to people talk tv is actually a good resource #I used to walk out of French class already forgetting what we’d just covered but i learnt enough Spanish and Korean from tv that I no longer #have to be reading the subtitles diligently to know what’s being said I picked up phrases I can form sentences #my French still remains shocking to this day #im determined I’ve wanted to learn Farsi for so long #taking any and all recommendations for media in Farsi but I’m also just watching stuff that’s been dubbed #zh.txt

[lloydfrontera]

i mean this in the least weird possible i promise but. i think that you get an extra layer of delight in reading tged and 약 파는 황태자 if you're used to consuming korean content. i'm not saying you're missing something important from them if you don't do this but,,,, i do think there are certain little details and humor that probably don't hit quite as much if you're not familiar with some of the culture and humor lol

it's just the little things, like lloyd calling javier "this punk" or "this guy" even while talking directly with him, because it feels sorta awkward in english, but if you're used to watching series or movies in korean you can almost hear the tone in which he's saying it.

or when javier is teasing lloyd and he hits too close at home and lloyd just goes "hey" but you can almost heart the "야" which is very close but not quite. or this little 'haah' he does when he's kind of frustrated or thinking hard about something.

or that you don't quite get why it's such a deal that julian started calling lloyd 'older brother' cause the translation doesn't use the word 'hyung'. or that the point of javier and lloyd's bet was that if lloyd lost he would call javier, someone younger than him, 'hyung' which would imply he's older and is a form of showing respect or affection. which is completely different from the 'master' they used in the translation. or how sweet and kind of sad it is that theodore still calls rakiel 'hyung' even when the whole court expects them to be against each other.

or just in general the way the dialogue flows feels much more natural when you consider that it was originally written in korean and not in english

it just,, small things that you don't quite notice unless you already have experience in dealing with a different language than the one you were raised with akjshdkja

#i talk a lot <3 #i think people who are bilingual will get what i'm saying #it's not the same to read a translation when you don't know the original language as it is when you do know it #even if you don't quite speak it #there's just a certain tone to all languages #and you enjoy media a lot more when you consume it in it's original language #or are at the very least familiar with it #my native language is spanish and when i learned english i had to learn the way humor and tone and slang is used with it #because it's so much different than the humor and tone and slang we use in spanish and if you don't learn those things you're missing a big #chunk of the language itself #now my korean is basically non-existent i can tell you a few words and phrases and can maybe get the gist of a couple sentences #i would not be able to read an entire book in korean #but i'm familiar with the sounds and intonation of it so it's fun to see the way a sentence is written in korean #and being able to kinda tell how it would sound out loud #or i dunno maybe i'm just a nerd ajskdhjka

[your--isgayrights]

hi i'm stalking your orv posts and i saw u say that orv has colorism issues? can you expound on that because when i was reading the novel i think i missed that bit

Ah, so with the novel it's actually not much of a problem, but the thing is that the webtoon adaptation and official art has a tendency to make the protags whiter than paper and the webtoon in particular, when I was posting about this more, had so far like only given villains darker skin tones. This honestly happens all the time in east asian media, but the reason I'm particularly peeved about it with ORV is that I distinctly remembered Yoo Joonghyuk being described as both the most beautiful man in the world and also a man with tan skin and black eyes, which felt really important to me personally bc I grew up Asian American and had to unlearn those things being equated w/ ugliness/plainness by both colorism and racism lmao.

#race #i have had this argument with native koreans/1st gen korean-americans before tbh bc when i say colorism they think i mean its on the level #of American racism and are like oh no we just think dark skin is ugly or oh no we just associate dark skin with poor #THATS THE COLORISM BABE. #the reason its not racism is that is a label historically created by specific opressors and those people #would be equally racist against all asian people. vs colorism which specifically describes the way that skin color #is stigmatized #which is not on the level of racial stratification but is definitely a huge influence. #'white skin is just prettier' is one of the worst trends of EA media to me bc honestly a lot of it fuels stigma against SEA immigrants #in EA countries. #its also like something that has definitely affected people in my life #particularly my mom always told me she was glad i came out with lighter skin than her #which fucked me up as a kid a bit bc it had me trying to judge my looks by the asian vs white features #bc my mom was taught her whole life to hate how she looked and when she came over here that didnt stop #ask #anonymous #personal

[clambuoyance]

I'm gonna be honest. I forget canon kon is white now because I only consume fanon content most of the time so I'm like. yeah this is kon! and then I see a comic screenshot and get whiplash cuz my brain thinks ur version is correct

before i actually read the comics literally every kon i saw was poc so my mind was just like oh okay this is definitely gonna affect my brain perception of this character 🙏

headcanoning is a very interesting concept because it can add a layer or recontextualize canon but you also have to keep in mind that canon will contradict your hcs sometimes because it doesnt have the things that make things like a sexuality or ethnicity unique, if that makes sense (well duh, it was written by primarily cishet white men who are writing from a specific lens). for example, the smallville setting is very white in my opinion and if canon kon actually wasnt white then the story might have had a new layer of storytelling to explore. but his feeling of intense out-of-placeness and the struggle with identity is something that is very relatable to me so oops if i let a lil projection slip out you know? and the fact the superfam are immigrants and kon’s journey with proving he’s worthy of being a kryptonian and worthy of being a super? it’s just sooo relatable. i definitely tend to attach myself to these type of stories. if you were to ask me to write an official dc comic of him id comply with his real canon but there’d definitely be subtext id sprinkle in for people like me to relate to if ur looking for it🤷🏻‍♀️

however it’s also good to actually read stories that were built with these lenses and intentions rather than just hcs because those stories will take that potential where it needs to go.

sorry that was very rambly 💀

#my hcs also change like…often idk #once i saw cassie be fancasted as some korean idol? so now my brains like yesss greek korean cassie with dark hair roots🤩 #tim is also one i see regularly get hced as wasian #i like it whenever i see ppl make characters filipino 🙈 #bart idk 💀kon i switch between like half afrolatino or polynesian 🧐 #ig barts just white i havent seen what other ppl think for him #also random but its interesting to think of it too with media that is definitely inspired by non eurocentric things and then giving them hcs #like ninjago. clearly eastern and asian inspired #but incredibly white💀 in my head they are all in some form Asian bc hell yeah #okay i feel so rambly today sorrrrryyyy #clam answers #dc #this is coming from someone who went to a highschool that was like. 95% white lol #wait not .95% i mean 95% #also forgot to mention IK Superman’s like kryptonian but that’s basically directly tied to being Jewish too so there’s also that whole topic #but for kon specifically I keep thinking Polynesian bc of hawaii😔

[aria0fgold]

There's just something so magical in the way that japanese media with no other translations is being enjoyed by not only english speaking people but by other people as well. We all banded together to rely on the fan translations or the others learning japanese for the sake of being able to understand the source media of something we all really like. It's so sweet in that way.

#aria rants #seeing korean fans for mhyk is so sweet actually. and then seeing some korean translation accounts for em floating #around in twitter like aww!!! this is so nice and sweet. we all just really like this media available on only one language #but that aint stopping how much we love it and the fact that there are the fans that are translating it for the others like #ig it really just shows the connection of humanity in a way and i love it

[sanstropfremir]

I might just go on a huge tangent on here so I sincerely apologize, but I think this is something you've slightly touched on before, so maybe it's interesting to you? About the fact that literally Nobody on the staff/people who work behind the scenes of everything in the kpop industry are credited, mentioned or acknowledged for their work (other than, for example, the surface level “the designer deserves a raise!!!” that i so often see in mv comments :/). What I wanted to talk about specifically though is the company’s complete lack of crediting of these people?? I wanted to look into who directed this new mv that just dropped that I really liked the artistry, editing, and general composition of, but I found absolutely nothing across the group’s yt videos or their pages of who the director is, perhaps the set designer, editor, etc. Utterly taken aback, I checked the descriptions of other kpop music videos, from the most popular to more unknown groups (Twice, Dongkiz, to name a few), and again, nothing. I thought I was going insane, so I looked at mvs for like Amercian bands, and their video details are completely filled with the information of the producer, the recording studio, mixer, master, etc. etc, my point is: so much more than just the group’s twitter or merch page??? I’m like what is going on?? I noticed the kpop mv's only list licensing info at least, but so did the american ones? Idk. It’s either me not knowing where to look, or maybe I’m late to the fact that that is just how things work with kpop group companies or the industry as whole, just giving you no details as to who the hell else worked on this mv or song. I love my biases and appreciate their contributions, but I do not buy for a second that, more often than not, they wrote or produced or mixed absolutely nothing. I think it’s a huge shame that this is done because it reinforces the false idea that the idols are the ones responsible for everything we’re seeing and listening to. Maybe that’s the point, and that’s exactly what the industry wants you to believe, which that just makes it really sad. (Wait also maybe it all gets hidden because its work for hire or the companies buy ownership copyright...)

so i want to clarify some things for you, from the perspective of someone who works in the arts industry. firstly, and most importantly: visible credits exist in western filmic media because of unions. and there are still a LOT of fields that are not unionized. for thousands of years it was fundamentally understood that no performance based art form was done singularly by an individual, so there was often not a reason for there to be 'credits' in the first place. the whole assuming the face of the project is the person who did the most work thing? that's a very new phenomenon in the history of art, and it's capitalism's fault.

secondly: um. you are definitely not looking in the right places bc people are ABSOLUTELY credited? especially music production staff? i guess if you only look at a music video then sure yea there's not always credits there, but companies literally release tracklists and highlight medleys on their main social medias AS PROMOTION that have LISTS of their arrangers and composers. hell, tan's most recent tracklist has their fucking midi programmer on it????

also..............the fucking ALBUMS HAVE CREDITS IN THEM. i can't believe i have to say this but THE ALBUMS ARE THE MAIN PRODUCT AND THEY HAVE PAGES OF CREDITS IN THEM. i...????

like???

i got addy (@hoforwonho) to send these to me, these are from a lucy album and nayeon's album, and they literally have pages of credits???

lastly, and most importantly: the only people who are being 'fooled' into thinking that idols are 'producing' most of the content are western fans. because that is the stereotype promoted BY THE WESTERN MUSIC INDUSTRY. so that is the lens through which you view the korean music industry. koreans and korean fans are well aware that idols do not produce their own artistic content, there is quite literally a stigma around idols in sk about how they are not viewed as artists SPECIFICALLY because of this. gdragon and jonghyun were HUGE deals for being some of the first idol producers + songwriters. music is a huge part of the korean entertainment industry and people who make music are very much a visible part of it. kim eana is a very famous lyricist and she has a popular radio show. kbs just did a whole competition show featuring producers as the contestants. companies are not required to put credits in music videos because music videos are only one part of a kpop cb, and they are also not obligated to put those credits in english. just because you can't find something doesn't mean that it doesn't exist and the whole industry is at fault for it.

#listen. i'm sorry to say this but it's not the industry's fault that you don't read korean and don't know how to look something up #companies do not need to constantly post every single credit for everything on social media stop expecting stuff to be fed to you #kpop questions #also: most kpop fans genuinely do not give a shit about the credits. if someone wants to know #they will go looking in the most obvious places for them #also also: not having the credits plastered everywhere on social media is partially a protection mechanism! #kpop fans are known for fucking stalking and harassment are you kidding me #and there ARE kpop mvs with credits in the actual mvs? i can think of at least three from the last year off the top of my head??? #and one of them IS a dkz mv?????????? #answers #text #bts literally got popular bc they copied the western model of pretending that the art they produce is 'authentic' and self produced #that's why they blew up. i've talked about this several times #its the western model and western fans that are perpetuating this viewpoint. #also oh my god mama has a BUNCH of creative awards are you just fucking thick???? #and i cant even believe im about to say this but. THE BIG FOUR COMPANIES ARE LITERALLY FOUNDED BY FUCKING SONGWRITERS AND PRODUCERS #YG LSM JYP BANG SIHYUK WERE ALL ARTISTS AT ONE POINT #OR STILL ACTIVELY ARE WORKING #...........i feel like i need to lay down #m8 how do you think i know who choreographers and producers are. of fucking course people are credited did you think i was guessing????

[the-marathon-continues-nip]

I was in the supercorp team… but you all are giving me fandom envy

hey buddy!!!! I haven't seen supergirl but I've always loved the gifs of super Corp, Kara seems sweet and lena seems so kickass!

and haha, the grass is always greener I think however the mdzs/wangxian fandom is pretty fun. it's so large that I can literally just lurk, read fic and Have Brain Rot.

the story is so expansive that once you realize you like it, you're in too deep. I always recommend giving it a go because there is something for everyone. there are excellent fic writers too and a lot of them a wlw who write the ship as is and also as f/f so it's like you have the most popular fic writers who also write f/f content (we are so spoiled in this fandom!)

just fyi most ppl watched the Netflix show, however its based on a novel that is the 'real' story...the series of Netflix had to be adapted to censorship so the plot line is a bit different but the overarching themes are there. there is also a donghua (chinese animation/cartoon) version and YouTube should have free episodes as well (the cartoon is great with the supernatural stuff, the cgi in the live show isn't the best but the actors in the live action sold their relationship even with censorship!)

#due disclosure i am completely burnt out of american media where the season ends on a cliffhanger #and fans have to do a blood sacrifice to get the next season #it just isnt enjoyable at all to me #chinese and korean dramas have a set amount of episodes and you get the full story and then its done #come on over to the asian dramas! #its fun!! #ok i rambled a lot sorry!!

[the-cookie-of-doom]

So I've been watching Call Me By Fire and this show is batshit but it's also so fun and wholesome??

#cookie speaks #and it's reminding me #that my childhood dream was to learn chinese #(along with like 6 other languahes) #its one of the hardest to learn tho so I chose japanese instead #failed #attempted korean bc it #is supposed to be relatively easy #STILL failed #i cannot do character-based languages apparently #i would love to learn thai just bc the characters are so pretty tho #like even if i couldn't speak it i want to learn how to write it #same for arabic #both beautiful written languages #this is why i can't get into foreign media i want to learn All The Languages but im REALLY BAD with languages #legit lived in germany for 2 years #learned nothing #except how to say i dont speak german lmfao

[simptasia]

I was actually going to send an ask about that cause i was talking with a friend recently, and we were talking about how much we love that Charlie was Made Mancunian instead of something like a Londoner as I know they were going for the Britpop/Oasis 'troubled British musician' aesthetic, but Mancunians are like some of the nicest people in the UK, its gotta be that tram. We were talking about How they never met, but if they did, how Charlotte and Charlie could have formed a really funny friendship due to that North/South Divide. Like people joke but as someone from the UK that north-south divide is nasty, like you tell someone from the North you're moving to London they look at you like you've gone insane/Bonkers if you will. I cannot overstate just how snarky that friendship would be. Especially since Charlotte is from Sussex, a manc like Charlie is going to be bullying her as soon as she walks through the door. Like the poorest part of Sussex still gets more money than the most deprived part of Manchester, which also leads me to believe due to how it is, both Naomi and Charlie's snark might have a lil venom in it due to it really is a battlefield between Northerns and Southerners. Desmond also like Desmond is half Peruvian which is probably why he isn't like this, but I'm surprised he doesn't just full ham sarcastic talking to other British characters again that north-south divide is nasty, and he's a Scotsman everyone south of him is a southerner even Charlie and Naomi who were probably like a three-hour car drive away. My final point is i really think it would have been funny as to an American audience and every non-British character (Except people like Daniel who spent time in the UK ) it must look like a really advanced form of hate like imagine seeing people with nonsense accents bully someone else who lives an hour away with a nonsense accent cause they get their drinking water from caves instead of vast lakes.

miles: whoa naomi and charlotte really hate each other huh

daniel, who knows better: they're good friends actually

miles: [confused in american] ???

alas lost was written by americans who had no idea of the nuances of british culture. like, the only reason charlie specifically has manc energy is because it comes from dom's own brick soaked soul

like without being told, i am sure than it was dom's idea for charlie to coo over baffonee pie, a beloved northern dessert

(that's banana and toffee pie, babes!)

i woulda loved to have known how they woulda written charlie interacting with my beloved science trio. sure it wouldn't have been my delightfully indulgent internal fanfics but I Want it

i think des never made any playful jabs about charlie being english because he's not the type of person to give a fuck. yes i know the rivalries run deep but des is 1. pretty non-judgemental, 2. he has more important things to care about and 3. english pussy got him acting unwise. uh basically class and money divide fucks over des' mind, not country/culture divide

the show was never equipped to handle this so this is just my imagination but it seems more like charlie would be the one who cares about things like where you're from. not in a nasty way, but he'd at least think about it. his relationship with that posh girl lucy would have, deep down, made him feel worthless. espech with charlie's fixation on Taking Care Of His Loved Ones

and charlie being a manc really does add a lot to his character in ways i doubt the writers even realised. the dream version of megan pace cooing to charlie that he's going to save them with his musical talent, like he grew up with this need to make himself better than how he started. the punk aspects of him also tie into him being a manc because the Fuck The System and I Wanna Escape attitudes are super fucking common amongst northerners. it's a running joke that northerners suffer and whine all the time. charlie is a very northern character, almost stereotypically so. this is partly cuz of dom and partly cuz they based him on aspects of the northern music scene

i'm not saying all northerners are whiny angry little punk bitches. but charlie is and him being a manc adds like, a layer to it? also also the intersection between lower class english views of masculinity + the idea that charlie is bi and trans is utterly fascinating to me

but i digress. i don't get to talk about charlie being from the north enough, partly because like, i know most lost fans are americans who would just be smiling and nodding dumbfounded as i meme'd

but i do like to be educational. long story short, guys? manchester is a highly industrial part of the north of england and is riddled with poverty and violence and basically everybody who lives there are like the most depressed people in england (dom himself has expressed that he's proud to be a mancurian but happy he escaped)

so, like, manchester is the detroit of england. i hope that helps

#lost is an american show so they can bring up nuances of american culture #like michael pointing out that where he's from black people and koreans don't get along #but at the risk of sounding condescending #a lot of americans don't know shit about UK history and dynamics #except maybe knowing that england and ireland no beuno #and thats not ur faults its a lack of education or a lack of watching british media (which is a shame) #also like i dunno everything either. i have no idea why the north and south of england hate each other #just that they do. im sure its about something stupid #maybe it was wars. maybe its a class thing. maybe its run of the mill ''You Talk Different Than Me So Fuck You'' #i've mainly heard the jokes #like that all southerners are sadists and all northerners are masochists #anyways im rambling. thanks for the messages

[canonicallyanxious]

so i've been keeping a spreadsheet to track the bls/asian dramas i've watched this year [my current goal is 50 shows on the spreadsheet by end of year, we're up to 21 completely filled out rows so we are well on our way!] and like i can't make the full thing public bc i get, uh, rude about some shows skdjfnsdkfns but thought i would share some highlights illustrating how completely extra it is bc i think it's funny and, you know, if anyone ever feels not normal about the things they are into, i am here to tell u that u should go absolutely crazy and stupid. keep a color-coded, meticulously annotated spreadsheet for ur silly gay shows. do whatever sparks joy. life is short and love is long u know what i mean

[my friend was like you have two separate overall ratings?? and my answer was yes. obviously. don't you.]

[YES i recommend 3 will be free for any and all audiences. LITERALLY WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE EVEN WAITING FOR.]

[i did watch the eclipse for the plot why do you ask]

[you thought i would make a post about my silly little asian dramas and not shamelessly plug the gay chicken show? we must laugh]

#sarah.txt #idk how to tag this. i'm so sorry. skdfjnsdfsnd. #idk how much blogging i'll actually do on main #my relationship to most of these shows is kind of analogous to my relationship to reading novels for fun #[which i am also doing! funnily enough i'm also currently reading a korean novel about the gay scene in Seoul] #[i find the portrayal of queerness through the lenses of different forms of korean media endlessly interesting] #but anyway all that to say i just wanted to make a post about it bc i've been thinking a lot about it recently #so there! pushing my 'be shamelessly unhinged on main' agenda 2023 ur welcome #my friend when presented with all this was like 'have you ever been casual about anything in your entire life' #no. absolutely not. the mere implication that i am even capable of being casual is reprehensible to me. #i watched the entirety of d20 [t7 era] in the span of a month and a half. i have not a casual bone in my entire fucking body.

[husbandhannie]

what gets me the most about the nct dream thing is that it was an edited video and not a live.....someone okay'ed these comments

#also jeno i liked you but what the fuck #seriously how many times will he say shit like this before someone whacks him on the head #and yeah the editor part really shows the fatphobia entrenched in the culture #that no one saw anything wrong with it #(doesnt take blame off jeno though....still shitty) #hope this reminds people that korean culture isnt just kpop idols and spicy ramen #it has deep flaws and a lot of remarkable aspects #......like all cultures basically #idk been seeing a lot of kpop fans paint it with a simple brush and its like. this culture is pretty fucking complez #its fatphobic and colorist and anti-feminist. and has a resilience that is genuinely awe inspiring #kindly stop trying to view it from the lens that is painted in kpop videos #its a little off-putting how many people assume what a culture is depending on heavily edited media #idk maybe its because im asian and there are similar dynamics in my culture #but the attempt of people to boil down some cultures go Easily Ingestible Bites is. off putting. #livvie rambles

[dtaegis]

guys. bt21 are all non-binary?????

#bt21 is a group of characters bts themselves created in collaboration with line #(a korean social media) #and they were answering some questions and yoongi said #''i kind of want them all to be gender neutral. i don't want them to fit in 2 genders only'' and everyone just. agreed #tho i feel tata and cooky are boys bc taehyung and jungkook didn't say anything

[bandsanitizer]

why anyone feels compelled to wish ill on any group is fucking beyond me and again again again it needs to be said that asking if “x will be the next y” is so direspectful to both artists and their work

#also yeah … planning to remove yourself from learning about korean cultural or using korean products or w/e #during the hiatus comes across as fetishizing korean culture etc more than anything else #like if it’s only relevant to you bc of a group and when that group takes a break you could give less about it… idk like #sk exists outside of said group #and i’m really tired of the view of kpop as one genre making people (mostly western media and whoever) think only one act can succeed #newsflash is that’s not true and it’s unfair to all the artist in question to presume or search for shoe filling #as for anger about it… i think ultimately if you don’t have a true understand for the sk law or culture/social sphere surrounding it all #it’s not your place to truly condemn or otherwise #wish them well on their enlistment and let it be #i think people can feel a bit of pride that they’ve decided to just go forward with enlisting than trying to wait longer #which i know people view as good or bad but i’d imagine any sort of enlistment can come with anxieties but that’s not my place #anyways…………….. stupid question to ask is why we can’t all just get along #bc i know why LMAO nothing new to fandom anywhere #but gosh #like people need to shut up about no other groups succeeding like one or another #and tbh I thought I got over the exhaustion of being collectively referred in part with people i don’t agree with just bc we share fandom #but nope this is all something else #like seriously i think there’s people overreacting and similarly i think people are being dissensitive too #but anyways #alison speaks? #to be deleted probably

[othercrossee]

Tiktok filter r insane honestly

#z rambles #ik a lot of my mutuals dont use rhis app (thank god ❤ stay safe yall) but yall do NOT understand how awful it is #ik bitches be talking SHIT about SNOW but at least that app can let u turn it off and have actual good and cute filters #but tiktok? that shit WARP your shit BAD like BAD #it warp my face so bad that idk why theae people on there r like omg i csnt be this beautiful. WHAT R U SAYINF #did this fucking app and the people on there took cunts perception of their own beauty and drag it thru the mud #i saw it look cute on this girl and i tried it and tell me why its those cat eyes filter that warp my eyes #feels lowkey racially motivated but thats just me its weird out here bro #theres worse filter its awful #idk why they keep using filters like if ur UGLY in this fikter ur UGLY irl its liek those maskfishing trend #yall r jusr findinf creative ways to call someone ugly and make people feel bad for stupid reasons #the first thought i have when i tried those faxe warping filters was not oh i wish i look like this. i was DISGUSTED and disappointed #these kids r gomna grow up feeling awful of not fitting into how tjey looked/not having any pics at all (cuz theyre warped and edited) #which i understand a lot i csnr trust my past pictures umless ir was taken by others cuz it was heavily edited and whitewashed #it wasnt that bad but it def pulled my face and eyes to the korean beauty standard (SNOW) #but u can understand its worse on there cuz its not just a camera app. its a social media with a platform for many #literally a setup for body dysphoria etc no womder these kids r turning out awful theyre being exposed to so much bullshit #yall cpuld say oh its the same as our generatiom. ABSOLUTELY NOT #they csnt compare to our childhood lets be real here we had it bettee than whatever tf they got goinf on.....not a competition its sad