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Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
The seme/uke stereotype is one of the reasons why I distanced myself from the yaoi/BL scene (I used to be pretty active in it, participated in fanzines and such). I still have pretty strong shipping googles but seme/uke dynamics are like, hyper heteronormative, and I really can't with that. Just like heteronormativity, gendered anything annoys me to a large extent - because in the end it's all about misogyny. Women embracing their 'masculine' side are celebrated, but men who embrace their 'feminine' side are mocked. -
Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
HynuA's fans actually are supportive of her relationship ; she's been in the industry for more than 10 years, her fans aren't hormonal teenagers, but adults who accept that she's also one. And since HyunA and E'Dawn had been _very_ obvious during Triple H promotions, it didn't surprise many that they were dating (the most surprising part was for how long, basically they started to date before E'Dawn even debuted). The people who have been shitting on HyunA lately (who are not her fans) are mostly siding with Cube for firing her, not because she shouldn't be dating, but because she decided to make her relationship public despite the company's opposition, and the damage it would cause to her boyfriend's career. They call her selfish for prioritizing her personal life over her career, because that's not what Korean society approves of. -
Who do you think is a lesbian in kpop?
reiichi replied to Pyo Hyemi's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Chances are she's really not oblivious to it. Japan is not Korea, even if gay rights are not super advanced in Japan, society is actually pretty accepting of same-sex relationships, especially for teenagers. It's also a common topic in popular media (as in, same-sex romance is a staple of shoujo manga) so the level of awareness (and thus self-awareness) is pretty high. -
Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Fundamentalist Jews can be just as homophobic as their Christian or Muslim counterparts, however : - Jewish fundamentalists don't proselytize and try to impose their views to non-Jewish people, because you're born Jewish (because you mother is Jewish), you don't convert - Jewish fundamentalists tend to live in kinda closed communities and don't bother the rest of the world with their own views (as a result of the non-proselytizing) - While fundamentalists exist, quite a lot of Jews are secular, and thus hold liberal views on what religion can dictate to them and society (secular people aren't necessarily non-religious themselves, but they think that it's a private matter) -
Future Kings of China - Official Nine Percent Thread
reiichi replied to Velvet Queen's topic in Groups
I guess that if the date is THAT far at the very least they're sure of it ? As in, Yuehua has agreed on a schedule and will stick to it so they can finally promote as a group ?- 4,981 replies
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Who do you think is a lesbian in kpop?
reiichi replied to Pyo Hyemi's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
I think that the reason why we see many more suspicious same sex interactions, is probably due to the fact that idols restrict themselves a lot from interacting with the opposite sex in public, because of how easily it leads to dating speculations. When two idols of the same sex act suspiciously around each other it's seen as fanservice, but when they're of the opposite sex it's interpreted as flirting, and some fans may get jealous. Regarding HyunA I think it's related to her public image - she's strong, confident, dominant, which are seen as masculine traits, and thus make her more likely to be a lesbian. Personally I didn't believe it, saw her as bi at most because of the obvious chemistry with her partners in Troublemaker/Triple H (I really wouldn't be surprised if she was dating Hyunseung before E'Dawn). -
Future Kings of China - Official Nine Percent Thread
reiichi replied to Velvet Queen's topic in Groups
Nothing to do with appearance (never has been a very good indicator, especially with idols), it's about his general attitude and interactions with other people. It made me laugh because in the group he's the last one I'd imagine with a girlfriend. It's not funny by itself, but it made me go "why him ? anybody else would have been more credible."- 4,981 replies
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Future Kings of China - Official Nine Percent Thread
reiichi replied to Velvet Queen's topic in Groups
Am I the only one who just snickered reading that ? I'm like 90% sure that boy is gay, so him having a girlfriend rumor, out of all the members, is kinda hilarious.- 4,981 replies
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Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
As I said, Jeongin is good at pretending and playing his role. It makes him very hard to read, we can't know for sure whether his reactions are genuine or calculated. Does he push the other boys away because he's genuinely uncomfortable, or because it's part of the character he has decided to play for the camera ? If it's the former, is the uncomfortableness because he's straight, because he's not comfortable with this type of invasion of his personal space (regardless of orientation), or because he's gay and struggling with it ? Really, too many questions, so I seriously don't know. -
Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
I.N. is often babied by the other members, but thing is, he's not even six months younger than Han, Felix and Seungmin (who all turned 18 last month). I feel he's much more mature than he lets out - he's pretty good at pretending in general (see how he manages to keep a smile on even when struggling), so I suspect his childish side is mostly playing his maknae role. -
Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Jimin is the absolute king of fanservice in Bangtan so it wouldn't be surprising that he would do this sort of shit just to please the shippers. But of course he's too comfortable doing it to be perfectly straight. -
Future Kings of China - Official Nine Percent Thread
reiichi replied to Velvet Queen's topic in Groups
The RG mess was solved because the contract had been clear enough from the start, and had Yuehua not followed it, Tencent could have just blacklisted them and basically ruined them. I feel that iQiYi basically renounced to whole group activities because negotiating with Yuehua was too exhausting for the benefit it would have brought them. Music is not where profit is, be it in China or Korea, but at least in Korea idols have to release music to stay relevant, and groups are more marketable than solo artists. IOI could exist for a few months as a single entity thanks to that, but in the end companies prioritized their own groups, just like Yuehua in the NPC/NEX7 case.- 4,981 replies
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Who do you think is a lesbian in kpop?
reiichi replied to Pyo Hyemi's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Considering how backwards some Asian cultures are towards gays/lesbians, gaybaiting is not really a thing though ? Fanservice is a big thing in Jpop/Kpop, but it comes with the ambiguity of artists never actually coming out because most fans are straight people of the opposite sex. I mean, even a straight relationship will make a lot of fans turn their back on an idol because it ruins the boyfriend/girlfriend fantasy ; so coming out would have the same effect, just worse because of the additional prejudice. -
Future Kings of China - Official Nine Percent Thread
reiichi replied to Velvet Queen's topic in Groups
Or MAYBE, just maybe, it's because Yuehua is holding onto the NEX7 boys and doesn't give them enough time with the rest of NPC for the group to do anything significant together ? With what happened to Rocket Girls I wouldn't even be surprised it's Yuehua's fault tbh.- 4,981 replies
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reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Kinda off topic but : -
Some awards shows have separate awards for male and female rookies. Also depends on criteria, for Melon it's all about digital sales so kinda hopeless, but for others award shows there's hope.
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Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Saying a relationship is straight, doesn't imply both persons in it are. -
Why ? Because it's a BTS cover.
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Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Well Jimin has been fanservice king since debut (starting with showing off his abs in No More Dream) so I won't blame anyone who thinks he does this sort of thing just for fanservice. He's also mischievous and _very_ flirty, and probably just enjoys making people flustered just to tease them, whatever the gender. So for me what he does on stage is clearly fanservice. But he's _way_ too comfortable with it to be perfectly straight. -
Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Daewhi is the guy who got center position in Broduce by doing the girls' Pick Me, and whose most memorable stage moment in eleven episodes was blowing glitter at the audience (with Mnet's editor looping it for maximum effect). He's fabulous and sassy, has girly tastes and just... acts stereotypically gay all the time. He's very aware of the rumors, and doesn't seem to care. -
They're performing in Berlin tonight so I doubt it. (Almost got tickets for that show for a friend and me, but they weren't cheap and transport + accomodation made the option of a secondary market for BTS in Paris ticket more affordable...).
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Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Making the company look like fools was very risky and was bound to make some executives really mad at them. In a lot of jobs messing up with the company's image will make you fired, whatever the actual repercussions. -
Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
HyunA and E'Dawn are not being kicked out for their relationship, but for the fact that they made it public against the company's wishes. The dating news themselves weren't really shocking, apart from a few Pentagon fangirls taking it badly everyone was like "well, that was obvious lol". The main thing is that young idols sell a boyfriend/girlfriend fantasy and thus are more marketable as single. Once they reach a certain age it's not a problem anymore, HyunA's fans didn't bat an eyelid. Gay idols would be something else entirely. The biggest problem wouldn't be with the fans, but with the general public, because younger generations are way less homophobic then their parents. -
Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Jisung really strikes me as a Taemin clone in a lot of aspects, including an apparent lack of interest in anything not related to his craft. If he ever has suspicious interactions with someone, it'll probably be someone he bonds with over dance (just like Taemin with Kai). -
Which male idols do you think are gay?
reiichi replied to cold soba's topic in Celebrity News & Gossip
Chan doesn't have anything suspicious in his interactions with any of his friends, and he has many (he's basically friends with anyone who trained at JYP at the same time as him, which, given his long ass training period, is a lot). So yeah, we're left wondering for him as well. He's very similar to Jackson in a way, he's a social butterfly but also spends way too much time working, so he doesn't have time for relationships (I mean he's made a song about his lack of sleep so...)