#bc they've been dropping like flies since then

[hannieehaee]

Idk if this is appropriate or not (feel free if this is something you don't want to answer) but as a casual kpop stan who really only stans seventeen and listens to other kpop artists on a somewhat frequent basis I just feel as though seventeen is reaching their peak in a way that's far from satisfying. Like idk if this makes sense but to me it seems as tho the members are struggling to keep out of "scandals" with mingyu's incident last year, minghao/seoksoon being labeled as fat phobic earlier this year over out of context clips and now with Joshua (he's not even close to being my favorite member but these rumors and pregnancy stories are honestly making me so upset rn) ...as a fan who feels a genuine attachment to these people it's hard for me to be happy because while Ik the boys deserve every good thing coming their way fame comes with a price and that price is what I'm worried about. Like I get that Pledis isn't SM and seventeen definitely see themselves as family unlike NCT who view themselves more as colleagues I'm so scared that Joshua will eventually leave like Lucas or heaven forbid anything more drastic happens. It's just that I always see these "we could never save them" posts but then the same people who post them also comment the worst things forgetting that idols are humans too. I'm super sorry for the long ask but I just read that jeonghan got hurt and that made me think of the rest of the members and everything else they've been going thru. I'm not even the type of person to get attached to people I barely know but with Seventeen it's like I'm really and honestly praying for their success because they seem that THAT genuine group of people who are just trying their best. Sorry for the rambling

i get what ur saying. dont worry abt sending a long ask! ur welcome to rant abt svt in my inbox whenever! honestly i havent stanned for too long so idk how things were before this past year but i do worry for them lately :/ theyre getting injured too often and they get no rest. i dont like how pledis/hybe are managing them at all. theyve been constantly touring japan very repeatedly for seemingly no good reason at all which has obviously tired them out (theyve been dropping like flies, LITERALLY). pledis had the opportunity to promote them in ways that didnt involve constant performances but have just chosen not to for some reason. i really hope they get to rest soon (unlikely tho since theyre likely gonna have a world tour next year).

about the joshua thing. i feel sosososo bad for him. idk and idc if hes really dating that girl honestly. i do feel like it was kinda dumb of her to consistently post herself in the same places/clothes as him if they really wanted to keep it a secret BUT neither of them deserved the hate/scrutiny they got for it. not even with the pregnancy thingy on her stories. i don't think joshua and lucas' situations are comparable whatsoever since joshua has not done anything wrong unlike lucas. im hoping pledis somehow protects him better but thats unlikely. i dont think any member of svt will ever leave bc as u said, theyre family. cant rlly compare to nct tho lol bc i only stan svt so idk any other groups' dynamics like that. i do get what ur saying tho i have friends who stan nct and svt and theyve said to me that they do see a drastic difference in dynamics between the two groups but thats neither here nor there.

lastly, i have the best hopes for svt. they keep saying theyll only go up from here and i believe that. idk how that will play out with military service in consideration or with what seems to be chronic incidents that keep happening to them (gyu, cheol, and han in the past few months) but i trust and hope they'll be okay. they have a very established fanbase and a rlly good support group with one another so i only see good things for them in the future. hope they get at least a month off soon though.

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (5-11 Dec 2021)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😐 The Flowers We Gather (GuilelessAesthete) - 103K, original work - poly a/b/o

😍Winter's Orbit (Everina Maxwell, author; Raphael Corkhill, narrator) - still in love with Kiem & Jainan, in case you wondered

🥰 Chase This Light (leveragehunters (Monkeygreen)) - 58K, Stucky, magical AU, dragon!Bucky, gifted human healer!Steve - sorta-frenemies-to-lovers + 'one's a dragon, the other's what they want to hoard' vibe which I adore + bodyguard duty + there's only one bed = some delicious fucking food

🙂The Pale Horse (Agatha Christie & Michael Bakewell; BBC Radio Full-Cast dramatization)

💖 +233K of shorter fic so shorter work shout out 💖

The Means to Try (AidaRonan) - MCU: Stucky, 18.6K - this was my MTH 2021 gift and I raved about it here but I cannot overstate how much I adored this fic. 😍🥰😍🥰

If I'm Haunting You, You Must Be Haunting Me (mardia) - Knives Out: Marta/Ransom, 34.7K - I super enjoyed this, which envisions an unexpected soulbond and still gives a really satisfying murder mystery.

getting off (on a technicality) (MaddieWritesStucky (Madeleine_Ward)) - Mcu: Stucky, 4.5K - hilarious, sweet & hot little fic about both Bucky & Steve not wanting to fuck on a first date and rules lawyering their way around it. a delightful little amuse-bouche of a fic

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Station 19 - s2, e17; s3, e1-15

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Shedunnit - Teaching Sleuthing

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Lake Nyos - The Deadliest Lake

Big Gay Fiction Podcast - Holiday Movie Matinee: "Dashing in December"

You're Wrong About - Reconstruction w. Jamelle Bouie

Shedunnit - The Great Gladys

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Carousel of Happiness

This is Good for You - Ep 21: VHS Tapes Are Good For You

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Museum of Minerals and Crystals

99% Invisible #469 - The Epic of Collier Heights

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Past Beneath Our Feet with the Places Team

Shedunnit - The Pale Horse

Switched on Pop - James Bond and the Sound of Spycraft

Shedunnit - All At Sea

Switched on Pop - Why ABBA songs just hit different

Shedunnit - Happily Ever After

Switched on Pop - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise The Roof

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Presenting The Police

Classic Feel-Good Pop

Presenting Rod Stewart

Presenting Spandau Ballet

The Look Of Love - The Very Best Of ABC [ABC]

Absolutely ABC

Feel-Good Classic Rock

The Best of Branigan [Laura Branigan]

Melissa Manchester

Presenting Beethoven

Classic Tropical Hits

Salsa Classic Hits