I saw this POLL on YouTube for the TOP MALE ACES in kpop. There were your usual ones. I couldn’t help noticing that Jhope was not included. Is NEVER included.
It’s strange bc he has so many attributes that makes an ACE. He Raps, has amazing Vocals, Dances, Choreographs, Writes, Produces, and is a Visual.
I guess bc he doesn’t fit in the box of what people think of as the “Perfect Idol” he doesn’t count.
That’s fine. He’ll always be considered MY ACE of KPOP.
ppl are too quick to point to laios' disability as the reason his friends think he's a freak sometimes. so many instances of laios getting yelled at are, in my eyes, a case of "this guy had to emotionally mature very early in order to be there for his little sister" combined with "much older friends who never had to learn to manage their own emotions to the same degree"
a lot of the time he's right about needing to be more direct/deal with things in a way that may seem scary/needing to put your gut reaction aside. he tries not to make his friends uncomfortable and he puts up with a lot because he's trying to keep the peace, but he also pushes the others out of their comfort zones purposefully to try to get them to think more constructively. everyone else in the party is prone to acting on their gut instincts and avoiding uncomfortable situations even when facing them head-on is very much necessary. part of what makes laios such a great leader is the fact that he knows from experience how to put his own feelings aside to help someone else grow.
yes, he does make a lot of social blunders by accident and he does struggle to connect with others, but not all of his positive influence on others is accidental or "despite" making people uncomfortable. a lot of the time, I think it's clear he knows exactly what he's doing and he's trying to help the people around him process emotions in a healthy way as they all go through some truly harrowing shit. all the main characters support each other as well as they can with their unique emotional skillsets. laios' skillset just happens to be "gently talk child into eating her vegetables"
Beyond The Grid // Chasing Championships in Ferrari Red
[TC] "You've been with Carlos now for four years. What will you miss about him?"
[CL] "I think just Carlos, the person. I think we get on very, very well. Unfortunately, with the world as it is now, everything is over-analyzed, over-criticized. But the reality of things is that we always had a really good relationship. Yes, there's been many moments where, inside the helmet, I hated him and he hated me because we didn't view the situation in the same way. But everything was fixed after a discussion between us two... We had a lot of memorable moments that I will...yeah, remember forever."
thinking about undertale again and the fact that we can see 1000 arts of genocide route sans sweating and bleeding sexily with a simple google search, yet only 1 or 2 arts of undyne the undying sweating and bleeding sexily across all the internet ever... shows that the artist sphere holds massive gender inequality. +sans doesnt even canonically have a bad ass glowing streaming eye. it like, flashes once or twice. genocide route sans lovers literally stole the bad ass glowing streaming eye from UNDYNE THE UNDYING. plus she has an original theme. megalovania was already used in homestuck. misogyny.