#and didn’t even save it as a draft

[bunmellos]

One of my friends really likes loona, tho I don’t really follow them. And the articles I just searched up after reading your posts don’t really give the full story. Do you mind summing up what happened to someone outside the community? Totally fine if you don’t btw! But I wish there was a source that doesn’t sound like they’re forced to sell a certain pov

sure, here’s a brief summary. i’ll probably get a couple things wrong because i’m doing this mostly from memory, but here we go:

- loona debuted one member each month from 2016-2018, and debuted as a group with hi high in 2018. notably, the last member to debut only trained for 1 day before being thrust into the spotlight

- after that, comebacks were slow coming, especially considering they were a popular new group with a lot of potential.

- at some point, staff reveals that they haven’t been paid since debut. this includes the girls. bbc (the management company) also claims severe financial debt, and orbits (the fans) come together and mass buy merch to pull them out of debt. it was honestly pretty amazing

- a couple of members begin to stand out from the rest of the group. this includes heejin, the first member to debut, who begins getting ad appearances and a lot of center time. the other is chuu, the tenth member to debut, who is known for her bubbly and cheerful personality. she starts doing a lot of work outside the group- guest starring in reality shows, MC-ing, etc. we learn that, despite pulling bbc out of debt, they still haven’t paid the staff or idols.

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- chuu begins to inexplicably miss a lot of group schedules. rumors say she might be planning to move to another company.

- in 2022, the kpop industry starts touring again. loona (minus chuu, of course, as she’s busy with other events) does a world tour with a very harsh schedule. members begin breaking down one by one until eventually only 7 or 8 are able to perform.

- chuu sues bbc to get out of her contract and wins, somewhat. she can now freely do solo activities but bbc still profits from her efforts. there’s silence for a few months. then, suddenly, on november 25th, bbc announces chuu’s removal from the group. they cite her abuse of the staff as their reason and make a lot of really weird statements. one of these is that “the rest of loona do not do this for personal gain”, which is very very odd considering chuu just wanted to be paid for her efforts. lol

- immediately, people start coming to chuu’s defense. one of these is hyunjin, her own group member, who expresses her frustration over chat despite risking getting in trouble for it. sunmi, a senior idol, posts a selfie of the two together in support. in addition, all kinds of staff for the different shows chuu has worked on share their stories of how kind and considerate she is. basically, the rest of the industry comes together to call bbc on their bullshit

- at this point, people have been speculating for a long time. one theory is that bbc is a money laundering scheme that’s kept loona as nugu (new group, despite being 4-6 years old depending on the member) as possible to avoid drawing attention. because like… if nobody’s being paid and they’re committing tax fraud then where is all that money going…? it’s kind of weird because bbc is the bottom of a chain of command that eventually leads to ilgwang group, which mainly sells weapons to the government and has gotten in trouble for corruption before (take that how you will)

- the rest of the group members are expected to continue with their activities like nothing happened, and are forced to do one on one video calls with fans. most of them are visibly upset. especially hyunjin, who’s always been one to express her real feelings. also we find out that the bbc ceo is suspected of evading over $37 million usd in taxes

- bbc releases another statement telling fans to stop speculating and let the members do their jobs

- almost immediately afterward, news comes out that 9 of the members (excluding vivi and hyunjin, probably because vivi is in korea on a work visa and hyunjin is busy doing some stuff for fifa) have filed injunction against bbc to terminate their contracts. chuu has now joined by4m studio

- and that’s about it, assuming nothing else has happened since i was asleep. tldr: loona was a group with a lot of potential but their company fucked it up and kicked out a member over bullshit claims, leading the rest of the group to quit too

[chilly-lily]

have to laugh when people say the finale stripped belos of his characterization bc like. if you thought his desire to save humanity was still entirely pure that’s on you my man. the fact that he tried to MURDER luz, a human child, not once but twice (three times?) makes that pretty fuckin obvious. like no he’s not evil for evil’s sake, but he’s also not genuinely trying to help anyone but himself. he’s trying to commit genocide because he thinks all of these people are abominations. fuck he even makes it clear that getting the title of witch hunter general is half the goal in kings tide. was saving humanity important to him originally? maybe. but it’s been 400 years. he’s murdering his brother regularly and trying to kill even the humans that disagree with him because he is so deep in his beliefs that he can’t let go

also i have a fever so legally you can’t be mad at me if i’m wrong about any of these facts </3 that’s how it works for sure (lying)

[lakedo]

In the middle of the night

R: *in his room, sitting on the floor, staring at the wall*

E: *casually passing in front of his room* *sees Rakidi*

E: Rakidi, what are you doing?

R: ... breathing...

E: Don't you breathe every day?

R: *doesn't respond*

E: Are you ok?

R: *nods* ... come here you too ...

E: ... ok. *comes closer to Rakidi* *standing next to him*

R: ... sit ...

E: *sits*

R: ...

E: *trying to understand what is Rakidi looking at*

R: *still staring at the wall in totally silence*

E: May I ask you what are you looking at?

R: ... nothing ...

E: *doesn't understand, but doesn't ask anything else because doesn't want to be rude*

R: ... why are you here? ...

E: I'm here because you asked me, don't you remember?

R: *nods slowly* ... but why did you accept? ...

E: Because-

R: You could just refuse *puts his head on his shoulder* but you didn't...

E: *isn't used to physical contact* Rakidi, what are you doing?

R: You didn't... *starts hugging his arm*

E: ...

R: ... Thanks ...

E: You are welcome. *waiting for Rakidi to free his arm*

R: *doesn't let his arm*

*they both fall asleep like that*

[velvetjune]

judging people who played alan wake 2 solely on if they loved the musical sequence or not

[dreamyprinx]

I bring to you, actual art but it’s me trying to replicate my friend @spaceshmuck’s art style

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[bill-ciphers-nightmare-blog]

ooc: So frustrated because my hour-spent on replies keep reloading mid type and I lose everything, but whatever. I will type them all over again from pitiful memory, codes, links and all

[wanderingchocolateeclair]

I need you all to know that while I’m clawing my way back to creating stuff all I can think about is the pro heroes hosting mini game show nights.

Like. Chill Mini Game Show Nights - where they just lounge about playing various party games, drinking and snacking and whatever

I have thought about this SO MUCH but it’s currently on the brain so-

I’d happily ramble more about this idea actually, it’s very beloved to me- especially with the UA staff when they’re stuck in the dorms together.

[polyamorouspunk]

Hug

*hug*

You think you’re doing alright and suddenly as you’re driving down the same stretch of highway you always did you notice she left you on read, and suddenly you realize that she was right: that running away never fixes anything, because at some point you’ll always have to come back home.

[feraecor]

work a long shift today so I won’t be around until late tonight. but also my queue didn’t have anything saved which is weird I know I did that last night???

[bemorekleinman]

missing the DEH tour today :( thank you, evan hansen

[oh2e]

Lou Sullivan’s diaries aren’t that interesting to me for huge chunks of it because he talks about sex and desire quite a lot, and being asexual that’s not something I am interested in nor can relate to. But then he says something so plainly and simply about his existence as a gay trans man that I feel like I got the breath knocked out of me. We’re the same! This man - living, breathing, real man - felt the same as I do. He felt insecure and doubtful and convinced he was right and he wanted more than anything to be a gay man wholly and completely. And he was. He’s remembered for that. For his words and his desire and his refusal to back down. Trans history gets me every time for the simple reason that I love being reminded we always existed. We always were part of society just living our lives as ourselves.

[seraphseye]

sorry i lied abt being productive yesterday but work drained me physically n mentally ( and the foot of snow that got dumped on me )

[skyward-floored]

I’M SO MAD I SPENT LIKE ALMOST AN HOUR TYPING UP A THING AND ITS GONE TUMBLR RRFGSFBJGJJH

[bsdtakanenohana]

……

What light novel did dachuu shippers read because it d@mn sure wasn’t Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen

[all-inmoderation]

if aang wrong choose katara,,, why universe show katara in danger to Aang 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 unless ?? universe want aang save katara 🤔🤔🤔 universe want aang die and katara save 🤔🤔🤔 universe say aang right to choose love over power😠😠😠😠🤯🤯👊🏼

[twig-gy]

Burgundy anon here - Hello again! I've been summoned by the mention of me.

tenpo ni la sina jo pilin pona anu seme? mi wile e ni tawa sina, o jan pona

HELLO i am just vibing. i should probably write something because the amount of time i spend on tumblr and tumblr taso is downright shameful but oh welll…… kicks feet…