#SDC5

[snoopyibos]

more yibo icons because he looks adorable in this ep!! 😸

[yibo-best]

[accio-victuuri]

sdc 5 finale wang yibo fancam by 临时出道丨0805x1005

[rapha-reads]

Wang Yibo always be like

"If Bouboo has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Bouboo has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Bouboo has one fan, then that is me. If Bouboo has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Bouboo, then I am against the world."

[jowi8597]

New Yibo's photos from the final of Street Dance of China 5 (2022) 🔥

Ctto

[peterpumpkinhead]

I can't, for the life of me, pay for that terrible Y*uku app and now I just have to live with the fact that I can't watch SDC 5 because there are no subtitles anywhere.

[ranfused4ever]

Street Dance of China s5, episode 5. Yibo knows all the songs.

Source: 小红书

[persnickettes]

One of my favorite moments is from SDC5 when he finishes dancing and even though he doesn't want to talk about himself, when does he ever, he insists on grabbing the mic. Why, do you ask? To make sure he singles out one of his dancers to wish him a happy birthday. Look at his smile when the audience applauds for his dancer.

I always think the reason Yibo is so, so good at what he does is that he truly has zero ego about it. He's there for the art and for the spirit of collaboration and to respect the work, never for personal glory. To him, competition is all about the challenge. he loves winning, but it's never about winning, it's about the journey and (yes, really) the friends he makes along the way.

He refused the opportunity to speak at the SDC6 finals when they offered him the mic because he wanted to redirect the focus back onto the finalists, not himself. He made a face when they played the One and Only dance theme because if he'd been consulted on that decision, he'd have rejected it. And then he quietly snuck offstage after Poppin C won, because it wasn't about him.

And all of that is why it's always about him. ♥

What Wang Yibo is everyone watching today? Of course it's SDC captain Yibo! What a rewarding pleasure to get to see WYB dancing again. But this performance is just also an excellent depiction of who I imagine he is. He's obviously the focus here, people came to see him, and the dance is his, but he continuously steps back to make sure all the dancers get their minute in the spotlight. It just has a vibe of "look at all these amazing people I get to dance/play with!" like yes, sure it's about him, but he's making it about everyone, because it's only this good when they are all doing it together.

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[stoopid-turtle]

made-up thoughts about dd's thoughts

Hi there! I warned y'all that I might post more and I've been watching SDC so I wanted to compile my massive load of DD thoughts. Apparently, I think about dd a lot.

I've struggle with how to organize these thoughts because they're so scattered and there are just a whole bunch of them. So I decided to center them around moments I think about a lot. Not necessarily fun dd moments, though some of them are fun. But just...moments that I feel tell me a lot about dd.

As a disclaimer, I'm making up a bunch of nonsense about dd as a person, but I don't actually know him and you shouldn't take anything I say seriously. I'm very likely to be wrong about most of it. In fact, if dd somehow managed to read this humble post, he would probably roll his eyes. And you know what? It would be an honor for him to have done so.

There'll be a few posts. There are three others in drafts right now, though I may combine two of them. We'll see. But I'm starting out with this one just because it was done first.

I'm at around ep 8 of SDC4, and I think the only way to watch subtitled versions of SDC5 are by downloading an app that Google won't let me download because of region restrictions (and then paying a subscription fee). Needless to say, I probably won't be able to watch SDC5 anytime soon. :(

(those episodes are sooooo looonnngggg)

There's an episode in SDC4 when the captains have picked 4 leaders to start off their teams. They put together a rehearsal battle to show the other contestants the captain's style and help make decisions during the next recruitment segment.

DD picks 4 top dancers as his leaders. These are fantastic dancers, specifically battle dancers. And they do horribly in the rehearsal battle because they're not used to dancing routine, there are no choreographers so while their performance was highly technical, it wasn't really entertaining or meaningful, and the team itself just didn't cohere because these are all people who specialize in battling alone.

DD has a little meltdown while his team loses, and it's kinda uncomfortable to watch. He says in a debrief with his team afterward that he's one of those people that likes winning (which, yeah, duh, DD).

I think a lot about DD's initial strategy. It seems straightforward. Get the best dancers. Have the best team. Work hard. Win.

DD's not a deep thinker. I don't mean he's stupid, because he's actually pretty smart and quick to pick up on things. But he just doesn't see the need to introspect or dwell on things. He strikes me as the type of person who might go through some difficult event and come out the other side wanting to just move on because, "It's in the past. Why bother thinking about it?"

(I think he is getting more introspective as he gets older, as evidenced with his performance of Like the Sunshine. I think that's typical as one ages though)

I'm also struck by the feedback he gives as a captain. He usually makes pretty detailed comments about the technical aspects of the dance, and sometimes, with the more thematic pieces, he'll just outline the story of it. He's pretty literal and straightforward in his thinking.

In any case, dd stands out among the captains for his emphasis on winning. The captains of the other teams cultivate a family atmosphere and often make an effort to emphasize having fun over winning (dd emphasizes fun...as long as his team is winning). The other captains will break down in tears when they have to eliminate dancers, and they'll give nothing but praise to the dancers.

DD is the prototypical "not here to make friends" competitor (though he does actually make friends). One of the most common comments dd gets from dancers or judges is that he works really hard and is a perfectionist with his technical performance. (As a fangirl, I love hearing other people remark on how impressive dd is. I'm all like, "Damn right, that's my bb!"). Dd has high expectations of himself and of the dancers in his team, and he'll criticize the dancers if he feels they fell short.

It's not mean-spirited but it is blunt and is something that the other captains don't do. DD will point out mistakes and be outspoken when he's disappointed with a performance. He also doesn't cry when he has to eliminate someone. He obviously doesn't like doing it, and I do think his style of doing it quickly without the anxiety of drawing it out is kinder. But it also fits in with his decisive, direct way of doing things.

I think about this all in connection with the bts of gg saying he prefers men without makeup. DD gets incredibly defensive, misconstruing what gg's saying as a slight against idols. It's a funny bts, because gg's clearly trying to pay dd a compliment, but dd doesn't even realize this because he's so caught up in defensiveness.

But the defensiveness tells us that dd's felt belittled and looked down on for his idol background, I think especially in some of his hobbies and other activities. Professional dancing, motorcycling racing, skateboarding. His being an idol has made people not take him seriously (I think that's what happened at the beginning of SDC3 when dd got the fewest towels of all the captains from the start).

I think that can be frustrating because dd's initial interest as a teen boy was dancing. I don't know all the decision-making that went into him going off to get trained by Yuehua as an idol, but doing so ironically made it harder for him to get respect from the professional dancers that he admires.

That's why dd works so damn hard, often to the point of overwork. He's demanding of his team just as he's demanding of himself. This is a guy who puts himself into the hospital with how much he works (and then forgets about it afterward). He's wearing himself out in trying to prove himself, and I'm glad that he recently actually took a day off when he was sick. GG's a good influence.

This all takes us to another DD moment, one that is more fun to watch, and that is dd's whole thing with the waacker, Xiao Bao. During a battle, Xiao Bao touches the back of dd's head, and dd immediately stands up and grabs Xiao Bao, keeping a hold of him even as he tries to dance away. Then there's some minor waacking and, um, lip-licking from dd.

When asked at hotpot, dd explains that he was trying to get Xiao Bao to run out his time by keeping a hold of him so he couldn't dance. By touching him, Xiao Bao had challenged dd and dd responded according to street dance rules. DD seems confused by others' confusion because it's self-explanatory to him.

It is just...so very dd to be so single-minded about a thing that he doesn't even realize how incredibly gay it looked. Just, immensely fantastically gay. (I'll get back to this in another post, but I'm focusing elsewhere here)

Honestly, he's sometimes come across as being on the spectrum, though that may well be me overidentifying with some traits. But he has his special interests and while he may be generally quiet, he will start happily rambling if asked about motorbikes or legos or skateboarding (or if plopped down next to gg). He's incredibly fidgety and has a weird thing with stroking tassels.

I know people on the spectrum are more often associated with sensitivity to lights and noise, but there is variation in that. Some folks tend towards the opposite and end up being thrill-seekers.

Some of his mannerisms and social interactions ping me as spectrum-y. During the "JC's fake butt" bts conversation with the rest of the cast, gg characterizes dd as the type to bluntly go up to JC and ask him about the fake butt. He's probably not wrong.

In the bts, dd also has several moments of not being properly romantic by gg's standards or of being a little mean to gg and then apologizing later. This may be more of a young man thing than a spectrum thing, though. IME, guys that age are more prone to that sort of thoughtless behavior than guys who are older.

In any case, dd's reputation as aloof is surface-deep, as seen when he's comfortable with people. He's able to joke and play around with others once he warms up to them. I know gg is often seen as uniquely able to soften dd up, and I do think dd is distinctly more affectionate/playful with gg. But it's a difference in degrees. DD also seems comfortable with the other DDU hosts, with his UNIQ brothers, sometimes with the other SDC captains (though not as often), with certain dancers (like Bouboo and Yang Kai).

Heck, Yang Kai even lampshades this in SDC S4. The captains are recruiting their team members and they send gifts to the dancers to woo them. Even though Yang Kai is a definite joiner on dd's team, dd sends him a framed photo of the two of them from Yang Kai's win the previous season. He also gifts Yang Kai a charm for his newborn son. Yang Kai is touched and he comments that he wouldn't expect these gifts from dd because dd just doesn't express his emotions like this usually. (I wonder if dd had some help in choosing the gifts, because all his gifts are incredibly thoughtful in a very uncharacteristic way (sorry, dd))

So, yeah, I have so many thoughts about how dd shows him feelings. I'm not super-attached to the autism spectrum thing, so don't take it too seriously. Hell, don't take any of this seriously. I've never met the guy. I'm just wildly extrapolating from translated glimpses of him.

[emrinalex]

Wang Yi Bo's reaction when see 2 men kiss #wangyibo #shorts #sdc5 #bjyx

Oh yeh, so that happened.

[snoopyibos]

hello i made some sdc yibo icons because this is my favorite outfit ever and he looks very cute and very baobao here and i want to squish his face !

[yibo-best]

[jowi8597]

SDC6 security targetting bjyx led banners

It's true that LED banners are not allowed on this type of events like SDC or NYE. But they are taken by fans at the venue anyway and security generally ignores them. There are always a lot of banners in the audience, at SDC6 there were banners from many fandoms (mtjjs, Vaness' fandom, Ding's fandom, Hang Geng's fandom etc.).

But surprisingly, only bjyx banners were targeted by security because of their content.

Here we have two very clear clips when the security of SDC6 targeted bjyx's banners:

(English subtitles provided)

Please mind that the security staff said clearly "we have direct complaints from the people in the show" - you think this is about mtjjs? Please, we are powerful but not THAT much 😂 The only people who could have had such power to give instructions to the staff are those directly associated with the show.

So who could want the bjyx banners removed? The simplest answer is - Yibo and team. It wouldn't be even the first time.

Also, please notice that another explanation from security is "bringing unrelated people's banners to the show and affecting the show". It clearly indicates it's not about the position of these banners, but their content.

As I said, this action of targeting bjyx has repeated on almost every Yibo's outdoor activities, from SDC to brand meetings.

Here we can see the security confiscating bjyx banner at SDC5 final last year (and I can tell you it's not only one evidence clip we got.)

No, it's not edited or mistranslated. Bjyx that are accusing mtjjs of editing and mistranslating are truly shameless, when the entire bjyx fandom is primarily based on these two things.

No, it's not just a mere fanwar.

Because if:

security at large events has clear instructions to target bjyx banners

Yibo's brands constantly reject bjyx

Yibo's team shields some of bjyx's attributes and xz's name

at Yuehua 2023 concert where bjyx's presence could no longer be controlled, Yibo himself with his attitude made it clear that he doesn't approve of bjyx,

it's not just a mere fanwar anymore. It's not just us mtjjs who dislike bjyx, it's Yibo too .

In my opinion, Yibo's anti-bjyx stance during the Yuehua concert in 2023 is the most important because it came from himself, not from his team or fans. It's a pity that not everyone can respect his decision, his will and himself.

Finally, I wanted to advise you one thing.

Never believe people who tell you that you should close yourself off to other versions of events, block others, not read, not find out. This is exactly what cults do. Trying to stop individual thinking and at the same time brainwashing with their "truth". Only in a cult people are not allowed to ask questions and are attacked when they ask them.

I'll tell you something completely different.

Read the reports from both sides. Ask questions and look for answers. Analyse everything you find. Be critical and never blindly believe in everything they tell you, always check for yourself.

Question everything.

[anotherdescentintomadness]

Wang YiBo and that cute crouching thing he does

The fingers too… in fact, he does it so much that it’s on the new poster for One And Only.

See the fingers?

[yibowang]

protect captain yibo!! 

[yibocheeks]

street dance of china 5 | finale episode Denim Prince Yibo pt. 1