#that's so sad asdfghjkl guess it's my fault for putting too much expectations on them but still...

[roombagreyjoy]

I fucking hate it when a person turns out to have, in fact, zero understanding of a piece of media I initially assumed they were sensible enough to comprehend. Now my respect for your media literacy and capacity for critical thinking is gone. In less than five minutes. Poof! Just like that. Even more disappointing because it's supposed to be a colleague... like... come on man, you had one job. How do you fuck up so badly...

[mellonjin]

The mistreatment of Jin - a BigHit callout post

A lot of people seem to think that BigHit could never do wrong and know what’s best for BTS. They think BigHit and BTS are a “family”. Well it’s time to wake up..! BigHit isn’t any better when compared to big companies like SM or YG for example. They’re just as problematic like K-Pop companies often tend to be. The perfect example of this is how they’ve been treating Jin these past 4 years.

!! - a few of these facts are just borderline emotional abuse..

okay, let’s get started:

- Apparently Bang-PD walked around calling Jin fat???? wtf (this was 2013, before their debut and around the same time Jin went on a diet no one talks about where he only ate chicken breast for A YEAR.)

- And guess what? Bang-PD isn’t the only one who has called Jin fat: even his manager did. Fortunately they fired him because he was mistreating Jungkook.

- Jin majored in acting but in the House of ARMY, he got all the insignificant roles with basically zero dialogue. Yoongi even said Seokjin had texted him, shocked that he didn’t have any dialogue in the script. In the Making of-video he was clearly pissed: when the camera man said they’ll be filming Jin next he said “Oh, wow. Do I get to appear alone?” asdfghjkl. Jin was salty, but tried so hard to be positive. (he even avoided looking straight into the camera while they were interviewing him.. on the inside he was definitely feeling wronged.)

- Let’s be honest. BigHit could easily push him in the OST direction or debut him as an actor if they wanted, but no.

- Jin was once forced to perform even though he had hurt his neck in Kcon Paris. BigHit never made an official report about his condition... (it’s funny how they made a report about namjoon’s toe and suga’s ear but not this.)

- Now let’s talk about his LINES. Remember Blood, Sweat and Tears where he had to share his few lines with Jimin? That was the most unnecessary thing ever. (later in the japanese ver. they made jin’s voice stand out more than jimin’s. lol I guess even BigShit felt a bit guilty??) I’ve seen people trying to defend this by saying that it’s okay because Jin was the ~Main Character~ in the MV. But honestly, where is the logic in that? BTS are a K-pop group! Their voices are the most important thing about them!

- Jin is the only one who didn't get a single line in any of the year end 2016 special stages (rainism: jungkook, as i told you: jimin, v, jungkook & class idea: namjoon, hoseok, jungkook... suga wasn’t there because of his ear injury.) He was just a backup dancer and nothing else.

- Remember when people were hyping up Spring Day because apparently this was supposed to be the song where Jin would shine... even V said Jin would surprise us all and umm.. well he didn’t.

- BigHit removed Jin from the thumbnail of Not Today MV because ????

- Speaking of Not Today. Let’s talk about this fuck up...

- *coughs* This was his only solo shot and it lasted about 2 seconds. Really. BTS filmed for almost 24 hours in cold weather and you’re telling me this is the only shot of Jin that was “good enough”. I don’t think so, because we saw the Behind the scenes-video and they were filming Jin quite a lot. They just didn’t use the clips.

- They keep telling Jin his voice is suited for ballads, but Butterfly was a ballad and he was once again the vocal who had the least amount of lines. (and some of them were not even lines like repeating “untrue” is.. not really a line)

- ... so basically the ballad comment was just some bs excuse, let’s be real no one fits only 1 type of music. Plus here are some Bangtan’s slower/not hiphop songs I think Jin's voice could easily be fitted in but he still got the least amount of lines: Spring Day Studio Version, Miss Right, YNWA, Just One Day, Outro: Propose, House of Cards, Coffee...

- Now the most recent fuck up is BTS’ cover of Seo Taiji’s song ‘Come Back Home’ and people are still debating whether Jin has ANY lines at all. The MV for the song was uploaded to CJENMMUSIC’s official youtube and their header was changed to a... group photo... of BTS... except Jin was nowhere to be seen. The fact that they forgot Jin is unbelievable and just plain disrespectful. No product should ever be released without approval and double check. None. And while we don’t know if BigHit had anything to do with the header, whose fault it is that even these other companies tend to forget Jin because they aren’t promoting him enough? This was not a simple mistake. It means that design and marketing teams from HUGE companies like CJEN don't see him.

- Awake: Jin’s first solo song he wrote and produced. He is talking about his own experience in this song. It’s a sad song. He's saying that maybe he can't fly as high as those petals (=other BTS members) but he's still going to accept it and keep struggling. He wants to hold those 6 petals close and keep them safe so he's going to make sacrifices. If this isn’t the most heartbreaking thing I don’t know what is... 

- Jin had actually wrote a few songs and lyrics for their songs before ‘Awake’ but they were all turned down by the producers. (the fact that he didn’t give up on writing music still amazes me..)

- Despite all this there are some Antis who believe Jin is okay with his lack of lines and spotlight, because they think BTS handle the line distribution which is not the case. For example, Namjoon once even said that he was originally supposed to do Suga’s part in 21st Century Girls but Bighit changed it. It’s always the company who gets to decide things like this.

He wants to sing. Jin has said multiple times he wants ARMY to hear more of his voice. Doesn’t this prove he wants more attention and isn’t happy with how things are right now? This is from the new concept book interview:

Q: For the next album or promotions do you have any personal greed for bigger importance? Jin: Of course I do have those thoughts... but each member have their own color. If the song suits it, there’ll be more parts and if not, there’ll unavoidably be lesser.

Q: Aren’t you anxious? Jin: Being anxious doesn’t solve anything. If I do my best at where I am, some day there’ll be a song that suits me.

“Some day”, he said. But when is that day going to be? It’s been 4 years. Fire was a step in the right direction but then BST, Spring Day and Not Today came out.

Like I said before, BigHit has convinced Jin that his “voice color” doesn’t fit BTS and has put the blame on him. Shouldn’t it be the company’s fault that they can’t make a song that fits all 7 members? There are K-pop groups with more than 7 members and they still have better line distribution? BigHit’s line distribution is obviously shit and they’re favoring only certain members.

“Of course they are favoring members like Jungkook, he has a better and more stable voice than Jin.” - maknae line solo stan

While I do agree that Jungkook has a super stable, golden voice, so does Jin. It’s unfair when they give Jungkook 80% of the vocals in every song. 

Almost every song the vocal line from most lines to least lines looks like this:

Jungkook - Jimin - V - Jin

Why does it have to be like this every time? Why does BigHit hate variety and trying out new things? Would it be the end of the world if Jin and V got the most and the second most lines?

It’s not Jungkook’s fault. Even he suffers when he has to sing all of these songs live.. BigHit puts so much pressure on him. Have you ever thought about how tiring it must be for him? When you have the most lines in every song and everyone expects you to always sing flawlessly? I’m sure even Jungkook has noticed that BigHit depends too much on him. In Spring Day they gave some of Jungkook’s lines to Jin in the live version which was one of their best decisions, but.. I still can’t stop wondering why Jin can’t have these lines in the studio version too? The version people are going to buy and listen?

So.. why the heck is Jin still part of BTS? They don’t let him sing or dance in the front lines. He is supposed to be ~the visual~ but in their latest comeback he didn’t even get a lot of solo shots in their MVs. I’m scared that it’ll just keep getting worse. We all know there are some fake ARMYs who would definitely hype up a song even if Jin didn’t have any lines, even if the line distribution was the most unfair thing ever.

BigHit is completely wasting Jin’s potential. He could be so much more. His looks are so powerful SM tried to scout him, BigHit scouted him because of them.. Strangers wanted pictures with him predebut. He even trended on twitter because he looked so stunning when he stepped out of a car. Jin had no previous dance or singing experience before BTS and had to learn everything and try his best to keep up with the other members. Now Jin’s voice is super stable and beautiful. He can do high notes, his voice doesn’t only suit ballads, but other genres as well. Jin is extremely hardworking and a kind person. He can be the oldest hyung and the secret maknae. He loves BTS and ARMY. He blows kisses, makes lame jokes and never misses an opportunity to show his love. Remember his Heart Events? Let's not forget that the clothes Jin wears to airports are usually fan gifts. A lot of them don’t match with each other, but he doesn’t seem to care because he just wants to show them off.

Over the years he has come up with his own ways to make a name for himself (eatjin, dad jokes, worldwide handsome, hand kisses) even though it’s BigHit’s job to do so..

Jin is just too nice.. He’s been patient with BigHit for 4 years and hardly ever complains. He has told us that he tends to hold all the emotions inside. That’s why ARMY needs to have his back. We need appreciate him and his efforts and make him feel happy to be part of BTS. In Bon Voyage 2, he calmly said: “The most important thing in my life is convincing myself that I'm happy. Being happy is making others smile.” Now... you know when you have to CONVINCE yourself to be happy there's obviously something wrong.

We don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes but we do know that Jin is the type of person to not show his negative emotions. Jin is mentally very strong, but has difficulties standing up for himself so we need to help him. If the next comeback he doesn’t have any lines again, PLEASE DON’T STAY QUIET ABOUT IT. Let BigHit know we are sick and disgusted of how they’re treating the oldest member. It’s OT7, right? 

A reminder that Jin doesn't need to be your bias for you to acknowledge the fact that he deserves a bigger role in BTS!

While we wait for a comeback, there are things you can do for Jin. You can make tweets (people have been trying to trend #WeWantSeokjin for a while now), gifs and posts about him, listen to Jin’s solo and covers x / x, comment on his twitter posts (we all know they read them) and if he does a vlive you can support him by watching it and by showering him with hearts.

Please make him a more popular member, so that BigHit can’t ignore him anymore. After all we are here to stan the 7 boys of BTS, not Bang-PD, Pdogg or BigHit.

Thank you for reading!