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JIMIN & JUNGKOOK Military Discharge | 250611

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Of course, jikook are still jikooking.

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https://x.com/Jiminjams1310_/status/1909378480543842762?t=9gfaeOvg-lDrPuUZU8aCwA&s=19

oooh😏😏

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Your link.

That weasel...

The "shall we dance?" in his pretty voice with his mild lisp and... god.

It's this look that does it for me

...like, we all know why he's smirking.

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A lot of fans are upset about the 7 Fates Chako anime adaption because they completely changed Jimin’s character and turned him into a little girl (physically, I guess she’s one of those mystical never aging characters who remains a little girl forever for some reason) and they seemingly gave part of his character plot to Taehyung’s character (sorry I don't actually know the character names). From what I understand, they also turned Jhope’s character into a girl who later turns into a monster. The other characters are similar to their webtoon counterparts but the plot in general is completely changed.

A lot of fans are upset about this because it feels like Jimin and Jhope are not represented in the anime the way the others are, or some people were maybe genuinely attached to Jimin’s character and were disappointed he didn’t get adapted (I am personally disappointed we didn't get to see their anime rendition of 'Jimin' but that's just me). Solos especially think they purposefully erased and excluded Jimin since his character no longer resembles him.

The other reason why particularly PJMs and Jikookers are upset is because it is VERY BL coded (or based on some translations might be an outright BL with suggestive elements, but I can’t confirm because I do not speak Japanese) between Jungkook and Taehyung’s characters. A good chunk (or maybe even the majority) of the animation was focused on their relationship with some very heavy shippy scenes. Jikookers are especially offended by this because from what I understand Jikook's characters were the ones with a close relationship in the webtoon (though not overtly BL coded like this).

Selfishly I’m bothered by the idea of this being turned into a full adaption because I’m scared of the new generation of taekookers it would create. I also personally do feel it’s a tad disrespectful to Taekook if they didn’t sign off on it because those characters are still being officially associated with them and resemble them, but that's just me (and I would feel that way about any ship).

They had some pretty huge names in the anime industry working on this project so ARMY anime fans are really excited about it (as well as taekookers lol). I will say the animation is very beautiful but I'm also just confused on the purpose of this. I thought the webtoon was long over and didn’t have huge interest. Some ARMYs are saying they were fielding for a response before turning it into a full adaption.

This controversy (but also the return of a big anime director) definitely brought it more attention than it probably would have gotten otherwise because most people definitely do not care about Chako. The problem is that a lot of fans associate their webtoon characters with the members themselves (I think it's sort of advertised that way a bit though). If they changed all the characters to no longer resemble the BTS members there wouldn't be such an issue but then that would probably defeat the purpose because that's the only reason why most ARMYs would tune in (or why anyone would bother to adapt it because from what I remember it was a mediocre story).

The whole thing got overblown for sure, but honestly I do not want an official "taekook" AU because of the new fans it would create, but that's selfish on my part.

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Thank you for taking the time to explain that Chakho thing to me.

A few things:

Selfishly I’m bothered by the idea of this being turned into a full adaption because I’m scared of the new generation of taekookers it would create. I also personally do feel it’s a tad disrespectful to Taekook if they didn’t sign off on it because those characters are still being officially associated with them and resemble them, but that's just me (and I would feel that way about any ship).

Well, yeah. My only consolation is that this anime doesn't appear to be drawing direct connections between BTS and the anime characters. In fact the changes they've made, appear to be driving home that point even if they left enough of a connection to pull some of the BTS fandom. And yeah the BL direction is just... not it.

This is a more cynical POV, but a friend who doesn't ship opined that HYBE is simply servicing their two largest ship fandoms: jikookers got AYS and taekookers are getting this anime remake. (Never mind that AYS was created directly by the members while Chakho is a third party's third party expression of pure fantasy... but I guess the point can't be dismissed at face value.)

...but I'm also just confused on the purpose of this. I thought the webtoon was long over and didn’t have huge interest.

I reckon HYBE licensed this IP to the Cloverworks because the webtoon is over and didn't have huge interest. HYBE already invested into creating the Chakho universe and by all appearances, it was a dud. The Chakho project probably generated a loss and HYBE is looking to capitalize on that IP somehow. Recall HYBE also developed a live action tv show - Begins ≠ Youth - based on BTS's Save Me webtoon, which was itself based on BTS's HYYH era. <- This too was a massive dud.

So the way I see it, HYBE's trying to squeeze out a profit from these IPs they've invested in (to great fanfare in both cases) that have so far generated lackluster results.

It's totally valid for fans who have a problem with Cloverwork's Chakho to voice their objection to the company. Personally, I don't really see any of this as a problem or an issue worth generating a controversy over. But then again, this was how I felt when there was controversy over some of the members' dialogues especially about Jimin in that Seom game. In that case and in this one, it makes sense why people are upset, I just don't feel the same but obviously if positive changes are made then that can only be good.

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I need scooter gone and away from bts

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Ask 2:

For me it bothers me when i see people call bts zionist like it genuinely hurts for some reason which is why i sent the previous ask about scooter. Ofc i dont think hybe will just divest from his co. its just that i wish they didnt join hands

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You're not alone in feeling that way, but what is done is done I'm afraid. My opinion about their partnership is more negative than positive, but it's been four years, high time people got used to the idea of Scooter and Bang Sihyuk (and by extension BTS), being a package deal. And I think the majority of the fandom has tacitly come to the same understanding and made their peace with it.

Presuming to see things from HYBE's perspective, Scooter might not be bringing in massive bands of cold green, but he is earning his keep by greasing HYBE's path to the upper echelons of music label royalty. As of a week ago, HYBE is now the fourth largest music label in the world, behind heavyweights like UMG, Sony, and Warner Music Group. In HYBE's latest investor conference call, I'm sure some people got second-hand embarrassment seeing how Lee Jae-sang was gassing up Scooter and HYBE America's contributions (it's still HYBE's largest loss-making business unit btw, even more than their gaming unit - it's never turned a profit since it was acquired); but his comments gave some insight into how much HYBE values that white man.

There's more to show it's ARMYs still doing the heavy lifting in driving up HYBE's profitability, than anything the suits are doing. But so long as management believes Scooter is necessary for their success, the more entrenched he'll become with BTS and other HYBE groups. Regardless of how often BTS is labeled to be "Zionist" as a result.

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Yesterday hobi made history as the first asian soloist to sell out US stadium and i just feel so happy and proud of him like he absolutely deserves it and so much more. This is going to a long one cause i cant get enough of this guy and how much i love him.

1.Lets start with him being a master at planning and time management no one does it like him. He keeps plans for next 3 years prepared the way he scheduled his activities with his enlistment *chef's kiss* the amount of content this man released pre enlistment then when he was enlisted and post enlistment like wow do you ever get tired ? Sometimes i wonder how much passion he has for music and how much he loves performing which brings me to my second point

2. What a fucking insane performer he is i will never not be jealous of people who saw him live or will see him live. He's probably one of the best performers right now like im sorry to fans of other people but im afraid no one is doing it like this man they dont call him ace for no reason and it shows in the fancams you see online. People wont shut up about how stage presence and how he is the definition of born performer. The fan interactions of his tour are so wholesome and im so happy for him cause it seems like he loves these fan interactions they're so lovely. The way he treats every fan like ughhh why are you so perfect 🥹 something about him doing a full bow to older armys make my heart melt. The way he subtly flirts with younger armys make me lowkey jealous like okay me when and the way he treats kids ARGHHHH i saw so many cute interactions of him with kids it makes me love him so much more. You have other artists whose fans make fan edits of the artist and we have this guy who makes edits of his fans and post it on Instagram. Something about him proudly showing off his female dominated fanbase with the caption i like my girls make me feel so damn happy cause no one treats their female fans the way he does. He has managed to show everyone that if there's an artist who has the most diverse fanbase its bts. His ig has pics of armys from all demographics and dont get me started on his fanboys.

3. His dancers god i love how much chemistry he has with his dancers and im quite upset we wont see that in asia leg of tour. I loved all the content he released with his dancers

4. The merch !!! I'm screaming his tour merch is probably my fav merch someone has ever released. He said he wanted to design clothes that he would actually wear himself and i hope the response to his merch tells hybe that they need to leave that thing to bts themselves and specially hobi cause this man is a pro

5. We dont give him enough credit for his artistic creatively. The stage design and production is absolutely nuts. I saw the video showing how many times the stage changes its structure and wow jung hoseok is there anything you cannot do. I love his mind so much he's the definition of pretty face pretty mind and i think we as a fandom should give him his credits when it comes to his artistic vision

(Lol i did it a bit too much sorry i got carried away)

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Hav you seen the new animation of chako of BTS where they removed jm's character haru or rather made him and hobi little girls and gave haru's storyline to jooan (tae's character) and gave taekook's character a romantic twist?

What's your take on this bpp? Is this approved by members? I mean I'm assuming it's approved bts hybe given the studio is using BTS's name saying it's inspired by or wtv by webtoon of BTS so surely hybe has approved this but has the boys also approved this? Or things like these are just handled by the agency? I don't understand these things bpp hence asking.

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I'd assume this sort of thing is handled by HYBE IPX and/or HYBE IM - the HYBE subsidiaries that deal with IP merchandising and publishing. Beyond that I have no idea but I highly doubt the members have anything to do with it at this point or that they care...

But please, tell me more about this Chako webtoon business. What is the problem exactly? Rather, why is this a problem? What's the gist? Does anybody even still read Chako?

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If you like Ten’s Stunner I would recommend Omar Rudberg’s album Every night fantasy!

This song: https://youtu.be/-awlXXLD0oE

for example is so similar to Stunner, same writers/producers involved. Omar also co-wrote Ten’s Waves. Some of the other songs on his album are also very Jungkook vibe to me haha I feel like he would enjoy them

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This was an awesome rec, thanks!

And you're so right about this being Jung Kook's vibe. I'd honestly rather hear him on a track like this than... well, anyway that ship has sailed lol.

This Omar guy's got a solid groove to his sound - it makes total sense that he and Ten have collaborated on several tracks. Thanks again for spotlighting him, he's on my radar now.

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Miss you being around BP! I’m trying to make sense of some of what’s coming out but it’s really hard to find an objective source because I don’t trust HYBE, MHJ, or the Korean Government, definitely do NOT trust Pannchoa or KPOP stans including ARMYs, Tokki’s or SM stans to be objective and truthful either. I really don’t care about most of it but I don’t like seeing all of these HYBE groups getting discredited like this. It’s all just being used for fanwars right now. I think HYBE deserves to be dragged but I don’t know why SM stans are feeling high and mighty when I think everything HYBE is being exposed for they have definitely done (tried to drag other groups in the media, inflating album numbers, dungeoning groups). I’d like to understand what HYBE is being accused of and if they actually did take part in screwing over RIIZE or fake all their album numbers or whatever people are saying and what’s just kpop stans being kpop stans. It’s hard to find anyone objective on this. I don’t want to defend HYBE because I think they’re pretty dirty, but I also know that kpop stans will run with any little spec of anything to try and discredit “rival” groups. I'm starting to really wish the BTS members would leave that company though.

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Ask 2:

The mess that is hybe rn💀 would love to hear your thoughts on the report leaks and mhj’s recent interview

Also, hope you’re doing well!

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Ask 3:

BPP I wish you were here to explain these HYBE documents 🥲 ARMYs are ignoring it and only people who already hate BTS and HYBE are talking about it, either that or solos. Hope you're doing well out there!

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Ask 4:

I know you're tired of my NJZ MHJ HYBE asks bpp but I'm going crazy! I can't find anywhere on social media that is neutral about this situation. Your blog is the only place where I see another point of view so pls comment. Pls answer.

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These are all asks from 1 month ago and earlier and I believe I've already answered similar questions in more recent asks.

I'm posting this because I'm currently trying to clean out my inbox to bring some sanity to my Tumblr so it's easy for me to start posting regularly again. However a lot (something like 40 to 50%) of the asks I've gotten in the last few months are related to NewJeans/NJZ, Min Heejin, and HYBE's strategy with them.

My question for y'all is, are people still actually interested in this topic? Is it alright with y'all if I just ignore asks about it going forward? Or would you like me to continue commenting on it?

Personally, I find the whole business with NewJeans already pre-determined because power and influence is what wins out in this industry 9 times out of 10, no matter the facts of the matter. And on the off chance NewJeans' case is the 1 time exception, their situation is already quite tragic and depressing. HYBE and HYBE fandoms will not leave these girls alone until there's a truly, immutably tragic outcome. Until there's a permanent loss of at least one soul's light. That's the only future I see in this situation because I've seen this all happen before, and I'm not sure I want to be a part of it. I'm not sure I want to continue commenting on it.

Rubbernecking when you see a gruesome car crash is normal, but for a lot of people, what's happening with NewJeans is like spectators watching damnatio ad bestias in a colosseum, complete with jeers, chants, and cheers.

This isn't a situation I want to receive asks on, or continue commenting on if I can help it. But if a significant portion of my readers want more discussions on it, then... sure.

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music question for you bpp. have you heard le sserafim's new comeback, j-hope's new music, the new debuts kiikii & hearts to hearts?

what do you think? any recommendation?

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Thanks for the music ask!

Not sure what timeline we're living in when Ten from NCT has put out the most interesting music project in 2025 so far. Stunner is 7 songs, all of which are solid and consistent with his solo identity till now IMO.

And I'm not saying this to imply Ten was a weak link before, far from it. It's just that with the slate of releases you've mentioned Anon, I had high expectations, especially for Hobi and LSF's releases, and I'm mildly disappointed.

Hobi so far has dropped three singles and of the three, Mona Lisa is my favourite. He does a good job with Mona Lisa but it's a song I could easily see Jung Kook performing, which isn't surprising when you see the producers are the same Scooter Braun-sourced American producers who made Golden. Hobi's done sing-songy tracks before, but nothing this polished and mindlessly pop-forward. It's an obvious diversion in sound that he carries decently well, but for me still leaves something wanting. I've streamed it by tossing it into my chill-pop playlist and usually reach for it when I'm doing laundry or driving.

Le Sserafim's HOT comeback is good! It's nice to see the girls have been working hard and are seeing some decent results for it. But again, there's that clinically polished sound I'm starting to notice with all the HYBE groups using Scooter's American producers. It's so noticeable that even before I check the song credits, I know it's from Scooter's crew. At this point it's become a pattern that's hard for me to ignore, and every time I notice it, it takes me out of the listening experience. I've noticed the same thing in ENHYPEN's recent songs compared to their earlier albums which were made with mostly Korean and Black producers.

This isn't to say LSF's album is bad, but HOT is very different from Fearless, and that evolution is taking me some time to get used to I guess. This entire HYBE musical direction is taking some getting used to.

Kii Kii and H2H's debuts surprised me because they didn't really make any noise. Considering these are the sister groups to IVE and Aespa respectively from established companies like Kakao and SM, the most interesting thing for me is how muted the wider k-pop fandom response was to their debuts. On one hand, I get it because both groups debuted with a very NewJeans-esque sound and aesthetic and a lot of people were either expecting it or are used to it by now. That's the danger with k-pop groups following a trend - once a group tries something different and becomes successful doing it, every other group becomes a sort of clone and beats that concept/sound/aesthetic to death.

Whatever you feel about NewJeans, they are still very much the blueprint for most 5th gen groups. The most recent example from HYBE is ILLIT's song Almond Chocolate (Feb 2025) being a near replica of Hanni's cover of Blue Coral Reef. Her rendition of the classic Japanese song went viral last year at their Tokyo Dome fanmeet, and now this year HYBE has produced a song with instrumentation that's nearly identical lol.

So far, the music output this year has me feeling a bit grim. The only bright spots are (1) BTS. It's comforting to see reports from HYBE that BTS's new album will take time and will likely be released next year because that means hopefully, they'll put more care into the song selection than mindlessly picking whatever Scooter's team suggests.

The other bright spot is (2) ILLIT. HYBE is under pressure to capture NewJeans' market share while the NJ girls are bogged down with legal issues, and so I see HYBE pulling out all the stops to deliver a truly show-stopping album for ILLIT. I imagine that for people who can ignore the moral questions and are here just for the music, it will be a real treat.

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Do you think Jimin’s reputation/career is going to be negatively affected by the way some fans (mostly solos) have been supporting his music? I’ve been a little worried about it lately.

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There was a time that was true and it was prudent to be worried, but I think we can thank Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun for desensitizing some of Western media to the idea of fan-pushed chart success. Effectively shielding Jimin's chart performance from criticism for a while.

Swifties and ARMYs (including PJMs here) are easily the most aggressive when it comes to directly supporting their faves on the charts. And for a time, it seemed the West enjoyed scapegoating ARMYs while turning a blind eye to Taylor's fandom doing the same or worse. But with BTS doing their military service and less of the fandom engaged, it's been hard to ignore the only other massive fandom pushing sales and streams - Swifties. So... that's been a plus.

Scooter Braun, who represents HYBE's American arm, also provides a veneer of legitimacy to BTS's chart showings. It's hard for the media to single out BTS/Jimin now that it's clear HYBE has bought into the American music apparatus, and basically has an insider of their own.

PJMs tend to be loud and careless though, and depending on whatever goal/record they think is under threat, desperate. Desperate akgaes are reckless and often resort to using tools like VPNs to bot streams or other aggressive measures, and that's never easy to play off. But again, I think the media is more hesitant to kick up a stink about BTS or Jimin's streams or sales given Swifties' and Scooter's influence.

It's just not as big or as juicy of a story anymore.

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Idk if you’ll answer this but is RM still your bias? Other than complimenting his music you don’t have many positive things to say about him. Do you just bias his music and not the person?

It just seems so unfair that the guy can’t catch a break when even people who claim to bias him, villainize him. All of the members are in the same industry yet only RM is involved in the slimy part of it? And genuine question but how do we know that he has a close relationship to their old CEO BSH compared to all the other members? Is that just speculation because he is the leader or is this something they’ve said?

I hope this doesn’t come off harsh but after all the constant berating this guy gets everyday and with a much smaller personal fandom to even out the hate, it’s just disheartening to hear it from people who bias him too.

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I take it you didn't like my post about Namjoon being morally grey, but of course I bias and like Joon as a person and have said as much.

That post wasn't made to villainize him, but to show that I see his disposition as one where it doesn't matter if he's the villain. That I personally don't care for arbitrary categories of 'good' or 'villain' in the first place and that I doubt he does, and so I wish he'd lean more into his proclivity for some good ol fashioned roughhousing.

If it's any consolation, that post is more a reflection of my moral compass than anything to do with Joon. I don't know him personally after all, so feel free to dismiss it if you don't like my opinion.

And yes, there are video clips from their earlier years where Joon says in the group he feels closest to Bang Sihyuk to understand what he wants for Joon personally and for BTS. Again, this doesn't mean I think RM is a bad person, it's just what it is.

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https://www.tumblr.com/beautifulpersonpeach/779581697229488128/hi-bpp-im-curious-about-your-take-on-what-has?source=share

I'm a different anon but I want to follow up on this ask. I head MHJ was involved in the plot to get JK's stocks. She tried to get BTS accounts. What do you say to that?

I noticed you tend to defend MHJ but how can you defend her when she is behind attacks to BTS? JK even tried to support those girls and they threw it in his face.

Pls don't be offended but it needs asking: Do you stan jikook and BTS or do you stan MHJ and new jeans?

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Your link.

It's alright I'm not offended. Far from it in fact.

I won't be answering that question, instead I'd like you to answer mine: who told you that?

This business about Min Heejin supposedly trying to get into BTS accounts and being involved in Jung Kook's stock theft etc etc - who told you that? Where did you hear it? Was it on twitter? Tumblr? Did you use an AI translator?

I'm genuinely curious.

It would help me better figure out where this mindrot infestation in the fandom is coming from. The usual suspects are already known but don't you think it'll be interesting to map out how and where exactly you're getting the information underpinning your beliefs about BTS, HYBE, NewJeans, and Min Heejin? Or about this matter of BTS & Jung Kook's accounts?

Or at least, don't you want to find out for yourself why you thought to include Min Heejin in that ask that had nothing to do with her in the first place?

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In the last year I've watched the fandom slowly descend into a hate-filled paranoia and absent logic, the likes of which I've never seen in the 12 years I've been a BTS stan. It's gotten even into fandom spaces where people used to care about proper sources, spaces where people understood how k-pop hate campaigns work, spaces where people generally meant well.

That we ended up here as a fandom isn't surprising, but I want to understand how this paranoia motivates you to interact with someone like me who has an entire blog about liking BTS and jikook, how me answering a question that has nothing to do with Min Heejin (and there's nothing in reality that links MHJ with Jung Kook's incident), prompted you to send me the ask you did.

Not trying to be condescending or rude, like I said I'm genuinely curious. This is a slow week for me so I've got time, hit me up whenever you like.

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hi! I’m sure you’re tired of the questions on this topic, but I figured I’d ask given the PI result today. I’ve always assumed that the NJ/Ador case was really just going to be about the amount of the termination penalty, and nothings really happened that has changed my perspective. So that’s where I’m coming from on my question. I think there’s a decent chance that NJ has an outside investor that’s outside of Korea, potentially China, thats willing to pay that penalty and relaunch them in the next couple years. Part of the way that the girls spoke about the Korean media and Kpop environment in their recent interview with TIME made me think this more. Do you think there’s any chance that NJ decentralizes from Korea, or would that just be incredibly damaging for them? I know they have a strong base of fan support in Korea, but I find their positioning interesting.

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(I've been out of the loop for a bit so it took me a while to read up on the case to reply to your ask.)

Hi Anon,

Honestly I have no idea. I almost wish and hope NJ has an outside investor, but I also haven't seen anything that indicates that they do.

If you look at how this conflict has developed, it's clear that MHJ and NJ never intended to actually leave HYBE. At least not while MHJ was still bound by HYBE's non-compete clause. Then HYBE kicked out MHJ and with her NewJeans' core team, and suddenly they had to sink or swim. The impression I have of NewJeans and Min Heejin is that they're just making things up as they go.

MHJ didn't have an 'outside investor' in 2024 and I doubt she has one now. And if she does, it's likely very small seed investment not something big enough to settle a penalty in the hundreds of millions. Because again, this dispute would've gone very differently if they indeed had a solid backer.

So... you're right this case will likely come to down to negotiating the penalty because the court system generally sides with k-pop agencies over idols. We've already seen how the first judge has dismissed all the claims NJ brought forward without issuing a comprehensive judgement (i.e. without looking at the evidence collectively which favours NJ, but by evaluating the claims in isolation which favours HYBE).

The only times I've seen the courts rule in favour of the artists, is if the idol hasn't been paid for years or if the idol suffers physical harm requiring hospitalization. And even then, k-pop corporations still hold the balance of power. It really speaks to the depravity of this system where k-pop idols aren't seen as workers with rights, where the threshold of corporate neglect/breach of trust is an idol being borderline penniless or physically abused beyond recognition.

I hope people who love NewJeans aren't too hurt when I repeat that, far as I can tell, these girls are done. If HYBE gets its way, they're toast both in Korea and in the US. China isn't a market that's easy for k-pop groups to break into, much less use as the core target market as seen from SM's several failed attempts, so there's limited hope there.

This is one situation where I sincerely hope I'm wrong and NewJeans somehow manages to leave HYBE without paying a penalty and is able to release music and perform with their team as soon as this year.

That's a bit of a pipe dream though.

Options now as I see them:

NewJeans loses injunction objection but appeals to higher court - Easily 2 - 3 years of legal and political limbo while accruing legal costs and yeah potentially paying the penalty. The k-pop machine is ruthless and I honestly don't see them surviving unscathed (mentally and otherwise) even if they win eventually. And by that point, HYBE would've replaced them with ILLIT anyway. So, said another way, the only winner in this scenario is Bang Sihyuk.

NewJeans loses injunction objection and attempts to return to HYBE - This will just be a mess lmao. Their core team is gone, NJ never worked with HYBE/Bighit's in-house producers so their music will be gone too, MHJ's creative direction that set NJ apart will be gone as well. And that's aside the extreme hatred NJ will experience from HYBE fandoms and possibly their peers. Basically, there'll just be a frankenstein version of whatever NJ was supposed to be and their core support will never recover. And while that's better than 3 years of legal limbo, it's still a special kind of death.

NewJeans wins injunction objection while main case proceeds - This is where we could start to see what an NJZ re-brand really looks like. We'll get first glimpses of their label and investor too. I agree with you that it's possible the girls focus on China and SEA markets because even if they are loved in Korea, it's only a matter of time before HYBE seeks to change that. HYBE controls the largest k-pop fandom in the world, is the largest k-pop conglomerate with extensive backing in the industry. We've already seen the KMCA come forward to single out NewJeans. It's possible NJ deals with covert and overt blacklisting in Korea even if the court rules they can participate legally in independent activities. But even with all this, even if NJZ have to pay the penalty at the end, it's likely the most favourable outcome for NewJeans at this point.

At least far as I can tell.

NewJeans are loved in Korea that's true, but the k-pop apparatus is a well-oiled machine greased by the failed dreams, sweat, and blood of the idols in that system. As I've said before, even before NewJeans left HYBE their position in the company was fraught, now that they've dared to leave there's honestly no way HYBE doesn't seek its pound of flesh. The k-pop industry never looks kindly on idols who act out, and by 'industry' I mean both the companies and the fandoms / k-pop stans that support this system.

Much as it pains me to say, it's just how it is.

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married couple’s honeymoon vlog (12/?) - when you decided to take him out on a fun bike ride (to the supermarket) but he got burned and the rain ruins your street cred instead