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[ladyzayismultifandom]

Sweet Treat

Kitty Gang!Jimin x black!femreader Genre: Smut/Semi-public sex

Warning Tags: Cunnilingus, fingering, switch!jimin, etc.

Description: During the intermission of their concert Jimin couldn't resist a taste of you even if it meant everybody else could hear you.

He was breathtakingly beautiful, feeding off the energy of his fans and his musical brothers on stage. An unstoppable force to be reckoned with.

Your boyfriend Park Jimin.

You've been together for some years but only became a public item two years ago when Dispatch revealed you as the New Year's couple.

You're a famous model at YG KPlus better known for your quirky YouTube channel where you do silent vlogs and fashion show reviews. You and Jimin met at a Dior party, exchanged numbers, and been inseparable ever since. It's a miracle you weren't caught sooner.

Backstage you watch him in awe singing and dancing with nothing but raw talent. Their manager stood close by making sure you were okay.

"Okay, guys reel it in," the stage producer said into the headset connected to their ear pierces.

The boys stood together and bowed for the intermission before running backstage. You gave all the boys a high five as they passed you. Jimin approached you slowly sweating he ran his hands through his pink hair smiling at you. "Jagiya~"

"Hi baby" You take his face in your hands squishing his cheeks a little and making him blush. He takes your hands in his quickly dragging you to the nearest semi-quiet place. A small dressing room that barely has enough room for the two of you standing up. He looked at you licking his lips. You couldn't help but kiss him. Your arms wrapped around his neck hands gently tugging on his hair making him groan against your lips.

"Jagi, please ~"

"Please what?"

"VCR playing. 10 minutes guys" the stage producer says into the headset. Jimin needed to change and get in position to get back on stage soon but he couldn't resist. He needed you. He backed away from your lips and descended to his knees. From your position, it looked like he was about to worship you.

"Please let me taste you

"Jimin I don't think we have time fo-"

"Just for a little while, please jagi just a taste of you will get me through tonight." He begged with that beautiful whine tone he uses when he wants something, and he always gets what he wants. Luckily, you were wearing a skirt, so you simply lifted it a little while slowly slipping off your panties. Jimin watched in awe. Staring at your pretty gloss-covered essence. He took hold of your thighs without hesitation diving in with no warning.

"Ah! Jimin!" You moaned out as he licked you. You leaned against the wall. He gently taps your left leg, and you lift it to rest on his shoulder, giving him more access. You grab his hair and bite your lips trying to hold it in but he keeps doing that thing with his tongue on your clit before sucking it hard. It's driving you crazy. Any minute now, someone could rip open that door and see Jimins face buried in your pussy. That image of your head, the mere thought of getting caught for some reason, only made you want it more. That sweet feeling of relief as you scream his name louder than the crowd outside. Soaking, you start to feel that tight feeling in your gut. This might be a personal record he won't let you live down. Hold back hold back hold ba-

"I know your close y/n"

"Fuck please Jimin don't do this right now" You beg

"4 minutes, boys!" the stage producer says.

"I'll give you a choice. Do you want to finish now or later?"

"Jiminie ~" You moaned as you clenched around nothing. His lips so close to your heat." Any longer and he would've been pussy drunk.

"Now it is then." He wrapped his lips around your clit sucking hard and inserted two fingers inside you at the same time pushing down on that spot that makes you unleash the most unholy sound that graces Jimin's ears. He drank every last bit of you until you were an overstimulated needy mess before gently putting your leg back down. He took your panties as his trophy stuffed them in his back pocket. You're never gonna get those back.

Still on a high, you grabbed his face and kissed him, tasting yourself on his lips. When you pulled back, he had this speechless look on his face. The moment was soon interrupted by the stage manager, who thankfully found the two of you dressed, but Jimin was in the wrong clothes. Covering your mouth, you quickly wiped away anything that could have gotten him in trouble, but it was too late.

"You are in so much trouble!" The stage manager nagged him as he walked behind him with less than 2 minutes to change and get back on stage. You giggled, watching the two of them squabble.

It was worth it.

Later That Night ~

As the crowd of army's went home, the post concert depression kicking in many could've swore for a moment back stage that they could hear panting and moaning. Naturally, someone recorded it and posted it on Twitter.

"Is it me or was the tannies fucking during the vcr break?" tweeted by @jibooty1013.

"OMG, YES IT KINDA SOUNDED LIKE JIMIN AND Y/N" @y/nprettybestie replied.

"Who would've thought those two were so kinky... I want what they have," @perfectmanjimin97

Looks like another big article on your relationship was in the works.

[intoloopin-archive]

💎 for the headcanons!!

LOOPiN NEVER HAPPENED! DEBUT IF YOU CAN!

TREASURE's J.J.

I don't remember how fresh this information is because I don't know if I've mentioned it enough and in detail in this blog, but Jiahang was actually an YG trainee from age 14 to 16. He spend most of that time under KPlus, their model division, learning absolutely nothing because he's really hard to teach anything music related, God bless his heart. He got transferred last minute to active trainee because his millionaire dad paid the Hell out of everyone in charge to get him into the possible lineup for the at the time rumored YG Treasure Box. As a response to that, this man got BULLIED TO SHREDS by EVERYONE AROUND, and I'm talking SOUTH KOREAN ACCURATE BULLYING. Like, there's a reason why when he joined Boy Of The Week, a whole year after quitting YG, mind you!, that he had the shortest hair he ever had in his life and was desperate to not stand out.

But! Let's imagine a world in which he endured all that or some sort of interference happened so things didn't escalate to the point they had. If he never quitted YG, he would be put on Treasure Box, receive the most majestic and appealing cut in the history of reality television, and make it at the 11th to 13th cut, max. Debuting would make him the first chinese Idol under YG Entertainment, and although that would possibly skyrocket his fanbase in mainland China and a lot of SEA countries - specially because he lived in the Philippines! His tagalog is atrocious but hey! - it would also put an immense target on his back over How That Happened, despite the involvement of his father being very minimal in this canon compared to how tangled he had to get with New Wave Music to give Jiahang a spot in LOOPiN.

Really, I don't think he would stay long as a Treasure member by an infinity of reasons, in fact, I see him exiting the group alongside Mashiho and Yedam in late 2022, or maybe even earlier. I think he could make himself into an Idol archetype that worked for him in Treasure, but without anyone putting on the Produce Line pants and actually training him and making him drop the non ambitious act, as happened here, Idol life would get very boring and unfulfilling to Jiahang very fast.

After quitting Treasure, he would definely go back to the mainland, or maybe Taiwan or Hong Kong if he felt more like depending on his dad's influence, and stablish himself there. Do a ton of CFs, act a bit, model a little, regret back to ulzzang mostly, release one song once in a blue moon... And that's that!

ATEEZ's MINWOO.

Oh boy... So, Minwoo was the second ever trainee under KQ Entertainment, arriving at the company right after Hongjoong, and was immediately cut into the debut team. That ended up not lasting because of his constant fights with superiors and trainers, his push to be made the head of a fully self producing group - sounds familiar? Lmao -, as well as the fact that he couldn't get along with the forming trainee team in any way. Like, the Ateez members in LOOPiN canon hate him, just absolutely hate him, and they only had to deal with him for 8 months. Yet they have great reasons for that because MINWOO USED TO SUCK ASS!

That hatred would not digress all that much if he ended up debuting in Ateez, because he would debut extremely unsatisfied. There's also no reality in which he stays in the group longer than 2 years before getting the boot. Minwoo is not an Idol that can function anywhere outside of LOOPiN with all its particularities and the power that he was granted inside New Wave Music, that is like, almost unheard of for a trainee - the one thing I can compare it to, if I'm not mistaken, would be Bang Chan with Stray Kids, kind of, or Kahi with Afterschool, but even they didn't get that producer-ish status until they were already a) under the company for ages or b) already debuted and successful.

After being excused from Ateez, I don't think he would go down quietly; he would probably Say Too Much and tarnish his reputation in the process, making coming back in a group or even a soloist very hard, close to impossible, I would even say. That wouldn't discourage him from making music, and he would stay in the industry as a music producer, and maybe find career redemption there. And he would be extremely unhappy in a lifetime like that, by the way! Forever bitter his Idol dream didn't work! When I say Minwoo without LOOPiN would have turned out a miserable person, I mean it.

OOO's HANJAE.

Enough with the failures! Let's talk something that would work! Before being added to LOOPiN next minute to fill in Dongwook getting the chop, Hanjae was already under BBC and he was training with the guys that ended up becoming OnlyOneOf. If he hadn't made it as a replacement, he would get integrated into the lineup with ease, and get transferred to 8D with everyone and eventually debut in OOO.

I honestly think there's a lot of room for success for Hanjae in this version of canon, and much like will happen to him in LOOPiN eventually duo to both group's acting heavy concept - a concept that I find it so hard for Hanjae to execute without combusting, but I digress! - I see him getting a Rowoon/Eunwoo sort of deal and reaching popular actor status, as he's always intended to reach, and excel at it. Maybe because of OOO's nuguness, if you will, it would take him longer to get the sort of roles he's gotten up until now, but that would not frustrate Hanjae. He's definely someone that can be happy with moderate success, and that wouldn't fully succumb to the actor disease and ever leave the group - which might limited him more, too... But he isn't in it for glory and recognition, and honestly? That's a good mentality to have.

The only big loss I see in this version is his producing talents going by undiscovered, but he can live without them.

CRAVITY's HAEGON.

Okay, hear me out, I always had a clear vision of Cravity's Haegon. Just picture this: Kim Haegon, who spent most of his formative years as a Pledis trainee up until his favorite hyung Beomseok was dismissed from the company for 'being too old', which Haegon didn't take well back when he was 16, given their growing codependent sibling-ish deal. Now, if Beomseok had been firmer with him at that point in time and abandoned him for good - LIKE HE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO, ANYWAYS! BUT ANYWAYS! - instead of going along with his plan to hunt a place for them to debut and landing in Boy Of The Week, everything would be so different for him.

Would Haegon go apeshit then? Yes. In the same way he's gone apeshit at 22 when Beomseok left the group without discussing it with him? No. It would be so much healthier for them to have gone their separate ways when Haegon was still a teenager. Like, his way of getting 'revenge' at Beomseok would be to get into his former company, Starship Entertainment - the one that really fucked him up - and grind his way to debut there no matter what, literally, no matter what, because he still had a bigger goal. LOOPiN Haegon in 2022 had all his dreams 'fulfilled', in his perspective, and had nothing else to focus his energy on except for the fact that Beomseok was missing - and that Gyujin was taking his place.

A lot of things would happen to him as consequence of him going to Starship, like A LOT, too many to get into here, but most of them would be good development things. I also think his bound with the Cravity members would be way less chaotic than with LOOPiN, that was fucked by Beomseok being his ultimate priority - unless Cravity has members creating vicious circles of codependency between each other and I'm not familiar with that!

Anyways, he would SHINE in Cravity after debut, but I honestly think a Haegon that got separated from Beomseok much earlier and had responsible enough people around him would shine anywhere. Suck that's not his canon, though! It actually really sucks that's not who he is or will ever be, now! It hurts me! It really does!

AND THE OTHERS...?

Without LOOPiN on their way, Taesong, Seungsoo, Haruki, Dylan, O.z and Gyujin would all end up as regular citizens, or at the very least non Idol celebrities! But that would be a whole other post...

[catch-me-hello]

Let’s talk about Shining SOLO.

Let’s get the main story out of the way first. This show was a huge rating success, despite the K-pop fans being REALLY upset when the previews started.

According to Koreaboo’s article, “Netizens Criticize YG Entertainment for TREASURE’s Alleged New Dating Reality Show (Fans are not happy),”  the vague promos and quotes from insiders framed this show as a dating show in which final couples would win at the end. Meaning the idols would actually be dating the girls and becoming coupled up, at least for the show. Here are some of the social media posts from fans when the promos first came out:

I hope that the ratings bomb and it doesn’t become buzz-worthy. I’m scared that the other companies will copy them. F*ck YG should just go out and KTS for doing this. How can they market it to fans by filming a reality dating program with influencers? Crazy ba*tards. (Note from me: Just so you know how toxic netizens can be, KTS stands for “kill themselves.” As horrifying a thing that is to say, it’s a pretty common insult online.)

This is so shocking. I’m someone who truly is not delulu, but isn’t this still what we’d hate to see our favs doing the most?

I think the members would hate it too, so why are they filming such things? Just now when fans asked Doyoung to give a spoiler on their upcoming contents, he said that his head hurts just by thinking about it f*ck… (Note from me: Doyoung very likely was under orders not to give out spoilers for the show, so I think he gave an evasive answer.)

YG earned too much off of BLACKPINK that they’re delusional about their standing. They don’t seem like they’re in the right mind. They need to tank to get a grip.

Netizens also felt this show was a desperate act on behalf of YG Entertainment because TREASURE was in a state of “nugudom,” and this show was “nugu behavior” on their part. “Nugu” means “who” in Korean, and it basically means a state of being nobodies. This feels like a desperate insult from the fans, the way we would call someone a total nobody in English, even if that person were famous. TREASURE may not be famous on the level of BTS, but they have a huge following, albums that sell in the millions, and sold-out concerts.

This kind of insult does make sense in a juvenile way. Imagine being an adolescent girl with a crush on a guy, and that guy goes on a dating show and breaks your heart. The natural defensive reaction is to call him a total nobody and say you never liked him anyway. That’s how a lot of K-pop fans reacted to the news that their TREASURE idols would be dating on a reality show. Which made doing this show a genuine risk for the group.

Fortunately for them, the risk paid off. According to Wikipedia, it received positive responses from both critics and fans, especially in Japan, where several of the group members are from. The ratings were high, and it was popular on streaming services not only in South Korea and Japan, but also in Taiwan and Thailand.

I find that reassuring. I know this is too much to hope for, but maybe Shining SOLO will lead a change in thinking for K-pop fans, maybe that letting their idols date is not so awful after all, and their entertainment company should absolutely not under any circumstances KTS.

Something else I found interesting (and really should not have been surprised by) is that several of the women on this show were actresses trying to make a name for themselves in show business, and this was a great opportunity for them. It was a somewhat risky opportunity, because they were initially facing the wrath of the fans, but given how popular the show wound up being, I’m sure it will be great for their careers.

Here's what I was able to find out from another article on Koreaboo:

Kim Ye Won, our fashionable model and sculpture artist from Part 1, was found through her entertainment managers at KPLUS. She had already been on one dating show in Japan called Romance Before Debut. She’s still currently modeling, and I assume still making sculptures.

Yoo Mi Ho, our cat-owner and queen of diplomacy from Part 1, went on to have a supporting role in the SBS K-Drama The Killing Vote.

Lee So Won, our Part 1 Canadian who told people what they wanted to hear, was actually in a Netflix K-drama called A Killer Paradox. She’s signed to Blossom Entertainment.

Lee Ji Yeon, the one who connected with Asahi in Part 1, graduated from Dongduk Women’s University. When she came to Shining SOLO, she had played the lead role in a 2022 web drama Is there Equation in Love? However, she seems to have left show business.

Lee Ha Yul, our multi-talented artist from Part 2, is a new actress under a HYP subsidiary acting company. According to a post I found on Twitter, she was actually training to be a K-pop idol but changed her mind to focus on acting.

I couldn’t find much else. It looks like Ji Soo is still dancing, so I don’t know if she ever tried a different career.

And finally, at the time of writing this, YG Entertainment is playing it safe, insisting that none of the members of TREASURE are dating. The show may have been a success, but now it’s back to business as usual.

[cityofruinrp]

Welcome to Port Leiry's Annual Summer Music Festival held at the Tidal Pavilion!

This year, The Tidal Pavilion is teaming up with KPLU - The Plunge and several local breweries to bring the best music and experiences right on the lawn. Lasting from Friday, May 24th to Sunday, May 26th (in character), and sprawling out into the surrounding streets, you can enjoy great music with great drinks, fabulous food, and lovely vendors.

During the day, you can wander around the vendors and booths to sample some of the best the city has to offer, and at night you can claim your spot right on the grass to experience renowned artists and their hit songs!

Performers during the day will be local bands, artists, and performers while our headliners will be performing beginning at 7 PM, two a night.

Headliners:

Dominic Fike

MUNA

Del Water Gap

ROLE MODEL

The Japanese House

Roosevelt

OOC NOTE: You do not need to pause other threads to participate in this, however please try and prioritize summer festival threads.

Tag all summer fest threads with cor.summerfest for ease of use!

Characters may notice people who look a little more shifty, avoiding conversation, cameras, and generally looking a bit more out of place. No one will know what's happening or what they're doing until towards the end of the event, so watch this space!

[satzumosupremacy]

How willingly are you to publish a fic that’s not from kpop or an actress. (Example: singles inferno contestant & transit love)

I don’t watch transit love so I wouldn’t know the answer to that. Buttttttttttt I’m waiting for the new ep of singles inferno.

The possibility of writing one for singles inferno one is more likely. Which I’d say it fits better for my ongoing series. I can’t remember her name in the top of my head but the model that’s signed with yg’s kplus was my favorite a season or two ago. The latest series would be the girl that looks a bit like Sana and also Lee si-an. Dex pointed out about that girl looking like Sana and now I can’t unsee it. 🤦🏻‍♂️

But yeah, maybe I’ll try making a draft about a contestant and see if I’ll commit to it. No promises though.

[iamthespineofmybook]

Lately, I've been playing Sea of Stars by Sabotage Studios, and in the Headmaster's Office (which you can't enter for quite a while), there's a stone tablet that looks like this:

I proceeded to spend around three hours translating the cypher. I started with M O N S and U thanks to the theme of the game making it pretty clear that the big words here were MOON and SUN.

This is what my results were:

0 MOON 1 A GUY THAT LIKES PUNS . AASTRATEGOS . ADAMM . AGENTPAPYROOS . ALEXOXO . 2 ARKORDRYL . ARMOND . BABUSHKA . BABY ERROR . BILLCIPHER . BRAVE . BROKEMIA . 3 BURGS . CRYSTAL . DARKFIRE . EPOCH . FRANKYDESS . FRAPGP . GIGI . GINGROID . 4 HAYDEN THE EUKARYOTE . LONK . JUNGLEFETT . JUSTDENYS . JUSTKOSTYA . 5 KUNINGASEST . LANGOSTA . LEX . LOJICAL . MALIK . MAPMAKERLICH . MARVIN . 6 MEATHOOKS . MERLO . MOKA . NINETALES . OSHYU . PHILIP . PHOMEGA . PROTOK . 7 PYRIGNOS . RAMUTERASU . RESIDENT ACE . RETRONAUT . RJNAVARRO . SALTWOLF . 8 SERGE . SHARDAN . SHARINGAN . SOLARITY . SOLEIL . SOLTERIS . SOMEGUY . STACHE 9 O WAR . STAMWAY . STEPHANIE . STORME THE CAT . THADJ . THATS SO MEANA . 10 THEBIGK . THECOMETKID . THEEGGHEAD . TK . ZELUS . ZEUSBRINE

0 SUN 1 APPLENT . BOO . BOWLEEN . CHASAYA . CHEMOSHA . CLAPPJ . DAGEM . DEUS . DORANGO 2 . DOUBLEA . DREAMHAZARD . ECNIUS . GOOBERBARBARIAN . HAMSTER . HECKACENTIPEDE 3 . HUDBUS . KAMMESENNIN . KPLUS . KREUZKOENIGIN . KYLEBERRY . LUCKYDIGIT . 4 MALMEDIAN . MATEHIQU . MATS DE KAT . NAPPY . NOTORIOUSPIG . NWWOLF . PASSION . 5 PEACEFULPANDA . REUBEN . ROZEN . RYTH MCALE . SABOMATH . SAINT . SCLOUT . 6 SEIBERT . SHINJI HIRYU . SPARUS . STARHAWY . STRA?BE . TAYUME . THE MASTER OF 7 THE BANANA . THEZMAN . THIERRY . TRINKET . USUALMIKE . VEGGIEDELPHINE . 8 VIPERISHLIVE . VULPINECAPTAIN

[thoughtportal]

John Kessler served as BirdNote’s senior producer for over 18 years. But before BirdNote existed, he was recording the sounds of Seattle for public radio station KPLU, now called KNKX. After capturing many of Seattle’s well-known spots on tape, he broadened his scope by connecting with local birders to find the best places to hear birds around town. Shortly after, BirdNote's founder, Chris Petersen, sought out John's musical ear to help create a sound-rich show highlighting the joy of birds.

[underrated-ggs]

Happy Flashback Friday, brought to you once again by an underrated disbanded girl group. Underrated bop of the day is "Drip" by HINAPIA, who debuted on November 3, 2019 with this single. They were supposed to have their first comeback in March 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their comeback was delayed and eventually cancelled. This was their only release. They disbanded in August 2020.

Since their disbandment, Minkyeung has focused on her modeling career and also signed with KPLUS as an actress. Gyeongwon has been focusing on modeling as well.

[boysplanetrecaps]

The Great Produce 48 Rewatch: Ep 2, Signal Song [Part 2]

Hey there, National Producer! (That's you, you cutey-pie!)

When we left off with this ridiculous(ly important) project, we were watching the trainees rehearse for the "signal song," Nekko-ya. In this post, we'll finish off talking about their rehearsal period. It's a comparatively shorter post. Woot woot!

We pick up with the girls in F class, who have noticed that the letter F, in the mirror, looks like a Korean double K (ㅋ) . Used alone, ㅋ can mean “LOL” or “ha ha”, so they jump up and down and laugh seeing the equivalent of “LOLOLOLOL” on their backs. 

They’re in the middle of joking around when Dance Bae comes in. Immediately, they quiet down. They’re all scared of her, but here’s the thing about Dance Bae -- she’s not a total psychopath. She just has no patience for untalented girls using the show as a springboard for their acting career. If you try hard, and listen to her, she’ll treat you with basic kindness. 

She notes that most of the girls are Japanese and tells them they’ll have to work hard. They try the chorus, working on their synchronized dance, and she says that they’re doing better than the C class, which makes them feel great. She congratulates them on how hard they’re working, saying “I thought you’d be a mess since you’re F-class. But you’re doing a lot better than expected, so, fighting!!”

I love how Ahn Ye Won, the YG KPlus model, looks like an actual giant in this photo. She’s only 5’7! 

A lot of this segment focuses on Chiba Erii, aka Sailor Mercury, second from the left in the photo above, shown in what is apparently some kind of glitch mode. She does not know how to sing, and she doesn’t seem to enjoy learning to dance. A lot of these girls find this process difficult but still seem… I don’t know, interested? But Erii is barely there. I’m not accusing her of laziness. I’m saying that she’s so miserable that she’s checking out. It’s kind of uncomfortable to watch. One really wonders why she came on the show. 

She doesn’t normally have such a full upper lip, so maybe she was having some sort of allergic reaction or something here. That might explain why she was so out-of-it. 

They dance in a group, and Dance Bae notices how disconnected Erii is. She asks Erii to dance alone, and Erii, fully enmeshed in this nightmare from which awakening isn’t possible, complies. It gives off vibes like someone should have edited in really loud sneaker noises. It only takes a few moments for Dance Bae to stop her, saying that Erii is just as bad as Sohye (from Produce101 -- a girl who obviously just went on the show to launch her acting career and accidentally won). Dance Bae tells her to work harder if she ever wants to get out of F class, and Erii begins to cry, hiding her face in her shirt. 

The other girls don’t seem to have much sympathy for Erii. 

Left to right: Yabuki Nako; Bibian; and Tanaka Miku. We haven’t really met Nako or Miku before, because they sang the Banana song together that was just too hot for MNET!

Here’s another shot of them from earlier in the scene so you can see what they look like from another angle. Left to right, this is Bibian, Nako, Natsume, and Miku.

Anyway, to go back to what I was saying about the girls not seeming to have much sympathy for Erii as she’s crying. The look on especially Bibian’s face is very much… not… sympathetic. I am not saying anything bad about any of these girls. I have no idea if Bibian and Erii hate each other. I have no idea if Bibian even had this expression on her face at that moment, in reaction to Erii crying. What I do know is that if there is animosity among AKB48 girls -- and there definitely, objectively, factually is -- it is caused by the AKB48 system itself, which is (or at least was) designed in such a way that animosity runs through the whole project like fudge ripples through a fudge ripple. They’re always competing in the General Elections (or at least, they were doing so at the time this aired), and always competing for who will sing on the A side or even a B side of a single. I’ll talk more about this later on with regards to gravely-voiced Noe and some rumors about her, but there are lots of stories about AKB girls physically attacking each other, or hiring other people to do so, and/or starting malicious rumors, really nasty stuff like that. I just have to be glad that the worst of that seems to be in the past, and that for whatever reason, you don’t tend to hear about stuff like that in Kpop these days. I also think it’s sweet that when put in an environment where people tend to help each other and cooperate, the AKB girls very quickly adjust and begin to adapt that perspective. It shows that at heart, most people really want to be friends. At least, I’d like to believe that that’s true. 

Ok, back to it. Erii crying kicks off a montage of other F-class girls crying. They know that if they don’t move up from F-class, they won’t even be allowed to stand on stage during the big performance of Naekkoya. Honestly, they get to me, because most of them, I know, are working hard and it has to be so stressful to be so young, so far from home, working so hard on so little sleep. Bibian’s comments might be the saddest: “I can’t even be in Class F. I’m so much worse than that.” As if she’s heard what they said in their interviews, Dance Bae tells them, with unexpected softness, “Let’s all go up to the higher classes. I really want to see you all perform on stage…. Let’s pull the A graders down! Let’s go. Fighting!” See, I told you from the start that she’s not the psychopath around here. 

Then there’s a really cute montage of the F-class girls working together and trying to encourage each other. A Japanese girl offers Hyewon a sweatshirt, pantomiming “being cold”, and Hyewon understands and accepts it.  Matsuoka Natsumi interviews that the Korean trainees came over to talk to her when she was crying. 

I'm pretty sure that that's Ahn Ye Won, the YGK+ model, comforting her.

As the Love Theme from Produce 48 plays, they all say that they’re working the hardest because they know they have the furthest to go. Even Erii is working hard! I’m here sitting on my cat paw cushion shouting at the computer screen. FIGHTING, girls!! FIGHTING!!! Also please get some sleep!!!

Heading Into the Final Eval - 1:36:53

It’s the night before they will record their individual performances of Naekkoya for their final evaluation. Some of the girls are lying in bed, practicing the lyrics and hand movements. Others, like Takeuchi Miyu’s Korean roommates, are still practicing, leading her to wonder out loud, in slow Korean, “Don’t the Korean trainees sleep?” Sakura notes the same thing, that they seem to just keep practicing instead of sleeping, so she’s doing the same. She’s embarrassed that seven years after her own debut, she’s not nearly as good as the other girls. But it’s obvious that part of the problem is that she’s completely exhausted. Girls! Listen to your unnie! You need to sleep or you’re going to have a complete brain collapse tomorrow! 

Choi Yeonsoo, one of the YGK+ models, tries to help Minami, aka Sailor Mars/Lemon-chan’s mom, who looks like she’s about to drop. She’s only 14, for heaven’s sake.

Yeonsoo uses little drawings to try to communicate.

Side note: to any of my lovies who are studying for something, remember that your brain is part of your body and if you don’t take care of your body with enough sleep and stuff, your brain also won’t work well and it’ll be hard to learn. Please try to get some sleep! Your health is important.

They are all working together and trying to help each other. Most of them want to make it to A class (or stay in A class) so that they could be in the center. As if it isn’t obviously going to be Sakura. 

Ok, that’s it for this post! In the next one, we’ll begin talking about the grade reassignments. See you then!

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