It’s so weird waking up and thinking about how I was able to see my boys in the flesh last night. It doesn’t feel real. The photos and videos on my phone are just another fancam like the ones I used to watch on YouTube, just hoping to see them one day. My eyes opened at 7AM, my first thought was that they’re also somewhere within this city also in a hotel room, getting ready for the new day. Can’t deny the first image that popped up was when Hoseok brought out a rose and smiled so sweetly. It’s really weird haha!!! I can’t believe I was able to be at their concert.
You guys!!!!! Y’know what was also surreal? Hearing Yoongi, Jungkook, and Jimin speak in Korean. As someone who has helped with translations here and there, I’ve only heard them speak in Korean through videos, well in general lol, but!!!! I was expecting to hear COMPLETE English the entire concert. It got me thinking, “wow… I get to hear them explaining how they truly feel and looking extremely comfortable since we all know learning a new language is difficult and can make us uncomfortable wowowow I love them!!!” I love those moments so much.
INTP: What if the only reason we can’t walk through mirrors is that our reflection blocks us.
INFP: What if they’re protecting us though? What if they know that the other side is horrifying and painful and they are trying to keep us from crossing over.
INTP: I must be on the wrong side of the mirror then.
INFP: Maybe you’re the reflection.
INTJ, trying to sleep: I swear to fucking god if you both don’t shut the fuck up-
this is indeed a big issue and bighit does need to give feedback, people are angry with the yasushi akimoto collaboration with good reason.
i’m sure you are familiar with imperialist japan and the atrocities committed during the japanese occupation of korea…. it’s something that’s deeply sensitive and painful to korean people to this day.
nippon kaigi is an extreme, right-wing group in japan. the current prime minister, shinzo abe, is a right-wing nationalist and an adviser in the organization. this isn’t just any conservative group, he supports extreme ideologies like the erasure of japan’s violent history and war crimes. things that korea takes to heart, because it’s like erasing their own suffering and history.
there is a government initiative called “cool japan” to spread japanese influence and culture all over the world through entertainment. and the person who works with shinzo abe as the chairman of this effort is the producer, yasushi akimoto. they are known to be close friends, abe even invited akimoto to a private dinner at his home. this might not seem like a big deal, but any relation to abe’s administration is quite alarming.
on top of all this, akimoto has written lyrics that are pedophillic and degrading to women. he created the group akb48, who have been involved in controversies with the rising sun flag during a performance and imagery that highlight the glorification of war. he created music for an ultra-nationalist kindergarten that waves around rising sun flags proudly, where kids are brainwashed with anti-korean and anti-chinese sentiments. to anyone with morals, supporting a person with such views is unthinkable.
so for bang pd to say in an article that he “admires yakimoto’s worldview” is disappointing. b*s values are not aligned with this kind of mindset, but being even remotely connected to such a name is enough to have people turn against them.
other celebrities who have been entangled in these kinds of relations have gone through immeasurable hatred and resentment by the general public. they will be associated with “우익” (right-wing) and it is hard to overcome. b*ngtan’s legacy and reputation is at risk, everything they believe and achieved is at risk. hence armys are terrified by akimoto’s involvement in their japanese album, and the consequences it could have on b*s not only as korean artists, but as korean citizens.
it’s fine if you don’t see eye-to-eye with the current movement to demand feedback from bighit, but i ask that you respect it and refrain from distracting from this important discussion.
@paticle 
