Ngl as much as i’m sad e’dawn will no longer be in Pentagon, seeing him post on ig after the news broke with a huge smile and Hyuna tagged on his heart put my own heart at ease. I’m glad he seems happy, us Universe’s will make it through this 💙
hearing tiger jk say that namjoon broke his prejudice against idol rappers and that he has his own color and is sincere, passionate, and most of all, talented, goes to show how powerful namjoon really is. his power to change people’s perspective of him and his music is beyond amazing. namjoon deserves all the praise and recognition he is getting.
the kris wu situation is so simple yet so complicated… his full album isn’t available in china (only 5/14 songs) so chinese fans used vpns to download the album through itunes US. the significant amount of sales made him chart at #1 in the US (mind you he has a VERY big fanbase in china). ariana then released her single “thank u, next” but was blocked by kris and couldn’t reach #1. a website glitch saying he sold a very big (impossible) amount started the rumour that he was using bots so of course her fans demanding justice was fine except that he is NOT using bots… the fans that bought his album are REAL they EXIST and they dedicated their time and money to support kris so scooter braun tweeting shady tweets and her liking shady tweets is horrible. all that ON HIS BIRTHDAY when he is not responsible one bit
People are so damn racist and sinophobic. The whole situation snowballed from them not only accusing Kris, but other Chinese artists who have topped charts this year including Jackson Wang, Cai Xukun, and Zhang Yixing. The only thing these artists have in common are being Chinese, and so many people jumped out to accuse them of being “dirty” and using illegal tactics to chart because Chinese music is apparently not good enough for US audiences. A lot of the people who came out to attack Kris were also BTS fans, and of course they dragged in “receipts” of how Chinese artists block Bts and American artists from the top charts. However, those same people are so quick to pull our Billboard and iTunes whenever they want to rave about their own faves. They ignore that China has a large population, and even outside of the mainland there are SO many people who listen to this kind of music!
Why is it that Kris and even artists like Yixing get boggled wish accusations of using bots and purchasing fake numbers when they literally promote to the US audience and sell their albums through American companies, as well as having charted multiple times on charts like Billboard who are accounted for by reputable data companies such as Nielsen? It’s simple racism. Fans of kpop can’t say that they want representation and lift their favs up for “paving the way for asian talent” if all they do is rip down artists who “compete” with their favs for being the wrong type of asian. Miss me with that shit. It’s the same type of racism their own favs received for being Korean when they first gained traction with Billboard, yet they don’t seem to care. Furthermore, music fans can’t claim to want diversity in the industry if they find it unacceptable for non-American people to get on the charts.
Ariana’s manager should be ashamed of himself for facilitating such bullshit, then deleting his tweets and acting like Kris fans were spreading rumors. He is the epitome of unprofessionalism.
i just read a washington post article on romcoms aging poorly due to the pushiness (and oft-stalkery conduct) of the male characters therein, and it got me thinking about pride and prejudice, and specifically darcy saying, “one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.”
because, like, that’s the seldom-portrayed romantic dream in the patriarchal hellscape that is our world, isn’t it?
a dude being willing to say, “i understand if you don’t feel the same way about me, and i’ll leave you alone forever about this if my attention is unwanted.”
so simple, yet so wonderful in its basic human decency
and dudes to this day wonder why women still swoon over darcy
Note also: Elizabeth turns down Darcy’s first proposal, and in the process, accuses him of doing some stuff he did not do (and also some stuff he totally did).
The next day, he surprises her on her walk. He hands her a letter, asks that she read it, and then takes off.
When this happened to me after I had turned someone down IN REAL LIFE, the letter contained a passionate argument to the tune of “actually you’re wrong and you do like me and you should go out with me” and it was creepy af.
Darcy’s letter to Elizabeth starts with: “Be not alarmed, Madam, on receiving this letter, by the apprehension of its containing any repetition of those sentiments, or renewal of those offers, which were last night so disgusting to you”. He goes on to set the record straight about the stuff he didn’t do (as well as the stuff he did) which is *actually relevant* to Elizabeth. And he, as promised, doesn’t romance her further.
It’s totally bizarre that even now, this can be considered unusually great dude behaviour.
Darcy’s first proposal: “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
Darcy’s second proposal: “One word from you will silence me on this subject forever.”
His whole arc in the book is about learning to consider other people’s feelings and not just his own, but the fact that it’s expressed via who gets to talk and who is told to shut up is so, so telling. The first time around, he imposes his voice on her whether she wants it or not. The second time, he asks how she feels, and in exchange, offers her the gift of his silence.
And yeah, the fact that dudes still! have! not! learned! this! lesson! is exhausting.
trends in writing that existed in the mid 1700s and have come back into style
– randomly capitalizing words without regard to Importance – saying ‘tho’ instead of ‘though’ – excessive metaphors, analogies, and personification for/of/whatever inanimate objects and incorporeal concepts
@paticle 