#but i know by the time i go to korea it won't overlap with promos bc i'm going in winter so ehh

[cosmojjong]

i don't think it's registered yet in my brain that i'm gonna see shinee after a whole decade of stanning them

[dimpled-squirrel]

Soooo JYP confirmed that the picture of Mina and BamBam is real and not photoshopped (despite what you and several other fans vehemently claimed). I guess even Mina is willing to break the rules and "go against her personality", huh? TBH this whole "I won't date anyone" gimmick is just an act for a lot of idols

You think I don’t know that it is a gimmick to just have more sales? I know a lot of the industry is fake, and is just a push to gain money. However now rereading my words, I do see a need to apologize as it seems that my wording are seemingly like those obsessed fans who believe everything is genuine. I do not know Mina personally, and I acknowledge that I never will, so no, I do not know her actual personality. Yet, I do have faith in her that she would not do anything as risky as this when she knew the consequences, especially with Twice still being really new. Let be said again, I am in full support about Mina and Bambam dating, but I do not think they’re dating right now.        

I do not believe that it is a real image. It was first found on Instagram, on a Ahgase fan page. Fans have a tend to edit photos, this goes to any fandom. Now I am assuming that you've seen the proof as you have seen other fans also state about the picture being fake. Overall in the picture, the edit, has Mina and Bambam cuddling in bed, very adorable I may add. However, taking a deeper look into it, especially at Bambam, it is fake. Comparing the image to the Bambam and Yugyeom promo duo picture for Never Ever, you can see that Bambam has a similar expression and hand posture to the one on the bed. Now if you over lap the two pictures together, the promo and the bed photo, Bambam overlaps exactly, even down to the same hair stands. Now, it would not be physically possible for his hair to look exactly the same. Looking more into Bambam, you can see a light shading of make up around his eyes. Also why would Bambam freely snuggle with Mina while still having his hair styled and make up on? Seems uncomfortable. His hair style and make up proves that the picture was “taken” as the same day as his Never Ever photo shoot then. The Never Ever shoot was done on 02/10. Now going on to Twice’s schedule for 02/10, it was an important day because that was Dahyun’s graduation date. As you would remember Dahyun at first stated that the rest of Twice didn't come to her graduation because they were too busy preparing for Twiceland, and Dahyun gradually thought so too. However, as we know now, the girls did attend Dahyun’s graduation, as seen from their vlive. From later vlives of that day, we can see that the girls then continued on with their work as well, as they did more practice for Twiceland and also filmed the Twiceland VCR that same day. Both Bambam and Mina were jammed packed with their schedules to meet up and snuggle.  

Once again, I feel like it is needed to be stated that I am just a fan and do not know neither of them personally and I never will. But it just is not logical for them to break the rules when only just last year, another label mate and coworker, Im Junhyuk of Day6, was caught in a dating scandal and then kicked out of Day6. As you know, JYP as a three year dating ban, while Got7′s had recently been lifted in January, both Day6 and Twice have over a year until their time is up. It just isn't smart, nor safe, to even try risking to date. Now going back to the picture, the statement is that the picture was leaked from Bambam’s personal and private Instagram. Now tell me why Bambam would risk putting something as sensitive as this picture there, when there is always a chance of it being leaked, which apparently it was in this case. Posting a picture like that could very well ruin both group’s images. I would like to believe that Bambam and Mina are smart enough to not risk something like that, as it is very immature. Also, if he did, how did the picture only come from one source, and that source being a Ahgase fan account, if it was from Bambam’s private account? But I do not know them, so I cannot tell you.

Lastly, this entire mess was just made by JYP to have extra promotion and attention heading towards Got7′s Never Ever comeback. Now before anyone says I am an anti, I am not, I love Got7 and each boy, I am a Once but I have been an Ahgase since before Twice even debuted, and I am not putting the blame on Got7 or Bambam, because it is an edit. The picture had been around for about a week before the Never Ever comeback, I remember seeing Onces a little stirred but it eventually died out, because it is another edit. Then on the night of the Never Ever comeback, 20 minutes after the music video’s release is when JYP dropped the bomb. Now, it is no question that Twice is popular in Korea, even ranking and being on top with the top boy groups, which is extremely hard for a girl group. While Got7 is, well, not doing as well as JYP anticipated in terms of rankings against other boy groups. By my theory, JYP found the photo, but did not say anything before due to the comeback. Instead, JYP waited until after the video was posted to drop the news so that there would be a flood of attention being brought in mixing a Twice member in. Now why would a company purposely drag their own successful group down to support a weaker group? It was to bring the weaker one up to par and earn even more capital than before. However It was all done in vain, as Got7 did not reach JYP’s goal for them, even Mark was brought near tears due to it. At the end, this is just some twisted way to use Mina as media play.

Believe what you want, but I stand firmly that it is only an edit and that will not change until either Mina or Bambam say otherwise. I trust them enough and I believe Mina would not break the ban, her outward personality wouldn't, but then again I do not know her. I am frustrated with this situation due to the major backlash that Mina has gotten, all I want is for Mina to be happy and safe. If Mina wishes to date, by all means, she can go right ahead, it is her life, she might be an idol but she is a human first. I will support Mina and Bambam in all they do, it is just, in this situation, I highly doubt they're dating. Believe what you want.