Leaderboard

I don't think it's about BTS being disliked in the thread because the reactions are mostly positive when the posts are about Jimin and Suga and they used to be positive about V too. It's more about what you pointed out in your second paragraph. Like I genuinely never saw anyone thinking Jungkook is anything but straight unless they're a hidden Jikooker or Vkooker. You can't blame people for being annoyed at the Jungkook posts when the "evidence" is random stuff like color lighting or interactions with his bandmates that are overanalyzed by delusional shippers. Meanwhile the guy is out here being the only BTS member who had a serious dating rumor with a woman before the V/Jennie leaks and the only one who chose to explicitly have a female love interest in his solo debut MV. Not necesserely. Troye Sivan's music is actually quite popular in Korea. I can only speak for the idols I follow but for me Taehyun saying that he loved the Blue Neighbourhood trilogy or Chenle and Jisung doing a cover of Youth don't mean anything more than appreciation for his songs.

I never get the hype over Emma Watson, she looks like the most generic white girl, not ugly or anything just plain

I don’t get how BTS is hated in this thread at all? It’s just a lot of the time people post about Jungkook or Jimin it’s almost always because they ship jikook and it’s really annoying. When people used to talk about Taehyung and post receipts for him everyone was all for it. When people posted receipts for Jhope not even that long ago people were agreeing. Jhope in my opinion has some of the most receipts in BTS but because he’s not shipped with a popular cute maknae line member he gets overlooked A LOT. in my opinion. I think jhope is a part of the LGBT community.

I don't think when an idol we generally percieve as gay is "exposed" to be dating a female it automatically means he is straight and we were wrong, he could be bi or again just gay. I lived my whole life in a crazy homophobic environment and as a bi person it was very hard(and still is). I have gay friends who once they started entering their twenties their families kept asking them about their so and started putting pressure on them to date, etc. One of them told me how his mom started aranging blind dates for him and every time they would meet she would ask if he has a girlfriend yet and when he is going to get one, even though he had other achievements or life updates to be congratulated about(She is very openly homophobic so coming out is not an option). Idk, i'm curious if someone else has been in this position how was your experience and what did you do?

Credit: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2023/09/netizens-say-they-can-hardly-recognize-comedian-lee-se-young-after-a-series-of-plastic-surgeries

she really does look a lot different

I think Anton from riize is a bit suspect

(T/N: for context, Dex was a contestant on Single Inferno 2 and also participated in Game of Blood 2. He's famous for his UDT background and he's one of the biggest variety stars lately. He also won the Rookie Male Entertainer Award at the Blue Dragon Award earlier this year. His image overall is very positive. He previously shared that his ideal type was TWICE Sana.) Sana: I drink if I want to be drunk but if I don't want to get drunk then why drink? What about you, oppa? Dex: (......) I drank a bit of sake yesterday ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Dex: Ah really? I also thought the same. You look way prettier in real life. The technology for cameras have evolved so much and even when you spend millions on camera lenses, it doesn't come close to your face - your image that I'm seeing right now, it doesn't even come close! I was shocked. Your face might be even smaller than an ostrich egg... I'm very... overwhelmed, really. Dex: I think I'm pretty good at (cooking) relatively, like kimchi stew, seaweed soup, meat dishes... Sana: Those are all the things that I like Dex: Ah really? (unbearable smile) I keep getting into trouble...; Dex: Should we put this on? Sana: Yes, I'd like it Sana: ??? Dex: I don't want to let her know because she looks too cute Sana: Something's stuck? Dex's whole body kept turning red Even when he was sober and still, his whole body got the Asian flushㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ But when it comes to using live ammo the military, he became focused and completed the BB gun mission. He got the tanghulus that Sana liked too (Crazy, he couldn't breathe here) Kyyyaaaahh ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Dex who met his bias..... his heart was really flutteringㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ original post: here 1. No Sana No Life, seriously 2. Sana is too pretty and beautiful. Both of their visuals are the best of the best 3. I think that it's my first time seeing Dex this nervousㅋㅋㅋㅋ He always looks pretty relaxedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ha... even girls' hearts flutter for Sana so it would be even weirder if his heart wasn't fluttering 4. Dex is too cuteㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ what to doㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 5. Sana is too lovely and pretty. Go out with me 6. Do this to unnie too...ㅠㅠ Ha... she's too cute....ㅠㅠ 7. Sana unnie, please marry me 8. I think that I would've been going crazy too after she said "Something's stuck?"ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Sana-yah 9. I thought that Dex would be a good drinkerㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Sana is seriously too pretty ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 10. It's my first time seeing Dex this shy ㅋㅋㅋㅋ CR. damnnn...i was blushing for both of them lol

I don't think veneers and braces are exactly use in place of each other. Veneers make the size of the teeth even, and the color very white, but they go over a "stump" of the original tooth. If your teeth are not aligned, veneers can't make them align.

I mean, his work has been a pretty mixed bag. From Up On Poppy Hill was pretty good, but his dad wrote it, so... The truth is that is that Hayao Miyazaki and Takahata are in their 80s, and haven't found a serious successor to take the reins, especially with Yonebayashi gone. I wonder if Nippon TV will work harder to find their replacements, and if that will impact the quality of the work we see from the studio.

I’m ngl i highly doubt this is gonna happen but I s2g if kep1er manages to get a contract extension while the other produce groups didn’t I’ll actually scream

"participating in BLACKPINK activities for six months of each year" they already don't do that much

well some of the members are really young, so it's not terrible in my eyes yg should have had them open for blackpink at some of the tour stops to drum up interest after the survival show aired

It makes sense if only Rose signs with YGE, like where else would she go and I don’t mean that in a negative way but you know

Who knew that the day when both of them would be photographed at the PRADA show would come? original post: here 1. Ah Sana is too pretty 2. Wow Sana looks like she was filteredㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ her makeup is freaking pretty 3. Sana is crazy 4. Sana princess 5. Wow crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋ I feel like worlds are colliding. Sana is freaking pretty 6. Emma Watson is winning by a landslide > ㅋㅋㅋ "winning by al landslide"... both are pretty... 7. The meeting of a goddess and another goddess 8. Omo look at how pretty Sana is 9. Sana is too lovely..ㅠㅠㅠCR.

Karina getting braces again instead of veneers thank god. I wonder if other idols were given the same options but didnt want to commit for final results and instead opted for more immediate one.

Chile not the paper bag test girl for "ethnic variation" lemme gtf..

the US and Uk...bitter exes to lovers arc... or would that be incest omg

Yeah I personally don't think either that Jungkook is anything but straight, at best some kind of bi-curious. I also very much agree that it is in fact annoying when shippers bring up their ''proof'' as a real thing. I rather meant that a few times in the past when I tried to start serious conversations, for example, the whole Namjoon boyfriend thing, then some people were visibly upset at that and even complained on the threat about it. I do understand that most conversations about BTS have been rehashed at this point, though I am also interested in what other people might think or what receipts (what I didn't know of yet) they have.

considering that there's decent amount of Korean Troye listeners who were absolutely freaked out by the Rush mv and every article about Sam Smith gets a 'hul..he's gay???' comment I don't think so. If they seem to be a really big fan maybe but just recommending a few songs seems par for the course for most k-idols.

I don’t think there’s a definitive answer. Troye Sivan was/is very popular in korea, blue neighbourhood in particular had a lot of success there and I believe there’s a lot of koreans that casually listen to his music without knowing that he is gay. There’s a lot of idols who like Troye, if they talk about his music videos or talk about him often I usually at least think they’re an ally. I do know several straight guys who enjoy Troye’s music. Of course listening/talking abt Troye could be an indicator that the idol is gay, or it could not be. The same thing goes with the whole bisexual lightning thing. Maybe they’re trying to hint at their sexuality, or they just chose a pretty colour combination (that is also very common). Listening to Troye or using bisexual lightning is usually not enough for me to draw any conclusions about an idol.

do people outside of western audiences know what visibility week it is?..

What if Wendy didn't have her accident in 2019?

IO9

️ the real ones peep it

You peeped that too...

Girl... the Koreans be drooling and gushing over anything white.. the most basic of the basicest be getting over hyped

230923 #HappyKEYday

Chile... handsome fuck-boy i mean man but he gives me the fucking ICK... Sana Girl he's just for a fun time.. f-k him with no feelings involved.

230922 WENDY at Incheon Airport

Sis probably saw the sign on contract and was like "tf is this shit? Pennies and marbles?"

It'd be funny if kep1er is the one to be permanent considering the fans probably fight with each other the most out of any survival show group fandom I've seen.

Hopefully they won't. The rumored reports of Irene were going around before they announced their comeback for November a few days ago. So at the very least, I do think they'll still release it. That said, what it means for the future of Red Velvet idk. Irene may or may not be done with idol life. But I could still see RV going on regardless. Of course, it depends on the other girls as well and SM.

i hope they don't scrap the 3rd album they announced already

They were banking on having the support from blinks, but apparently, that may not be an option anymore. Even though just based on the hype, they would probably have a strong debut but definitely not NJ strong.

I can see Jennie and Lisa signing with American agencies, Jennie in particular I think seems pretty eager to do more stuff overseas and branch out more with her career. I can’t really think of where Jisoo would go though if she leaves. She definitely seems to want to act more so would she go to an acting agency?…

Free them from the basement YG!!!!

Tweets won’t embed for me, so it’s back to good ol’ YouTube. Anyway…Taeyong lol

I still haven't checked anything on riize, not even the songs

the his man print it’s great to see more of this

Coming from the same forum that says stuff like this, then posts endless Korean and Japanese gay TV dramas and newer idols making social media overtures. Honestly I don't think half of you know which way is up anymore on this thread. Are we seriously now saying absolutely nobody outside of the West has a clue about visibility, rights, connections? Is Seoul Pride just wasted on everyone here?

Yeah, I don't want Irene and Lisa to be confined and feel trapped, they ultimately gotta do what's best for them. But I'm not ready for Red Velvet or even Blackpink to lose members, let alone disband. They, along with TWICE, have come too far and beaten too many odds for shit to end like this. YG, SM get y'all's shit the fuck together.

Usually I don't think much about idols with pride flags because they're thrown at the stage and they end up picking it up for a few secs but this... Ningning was the one to go for the flag and she seems to hesitate for a split second if she should really do it, it's very telling. She also had the right side up, could be a coincidence or luck but I used to think all Aespa members were straight but maybe not so much anymore... after the stuff with her model masc friend and now this. Didn't Ning also like the sapphic couple from that k-drama that got famous?

rn we can only be sure about seunghan not being gay

Modern KPOP is so boring, where are the club bangers? It's the 8th anniversary of this one btw: