Jealous of Other K-pop Groups?
Now some of you might be wondering "um...you're a Cassie, fan of DBSK, winner of everything. You're at the top of the heap so how can you be jealous?"
Ok so this isn't going to be a "lets cry about the lawsuit" post because honestly if you haven't gotten over the fact that this lawsuit is going down then you're hopeless, but reading this on Allkpop this morning made me feel something very strange...
"VIPs worldwide drew a sigh of relief when YG Entertainment announced earlier this week that Big Bang would be performing as five at the YG Family Concert this weekend. The quintet hadn’t performed together since “Love Song“ promotions in April due to Daesung‘s motorcycle accident, G-Dragon‘s marijuana scandal and both members’ subsequent hiatuses from the industry this year.
In the middle of the concert, resident rapper T.O.P expressed, “It’s incredible to have all five members of Big Bang united on one stage. I’m happy to be here to celebrate YG Entertainment’s fifteenth anniversary. This has been a busy year for YG Entertainment, but you have all stayed with and supported us and we thank you.”
Daesung opened up, saying, “It’s been a while since I’ve performed on the stage. I’m just grateful to be here. The difficulties I experienced gave me a chance to realize how important music and the stage are to me. I will always be grateful to be on stage.”
“I’m sorry for creating so much trouble due to my mistake,” G-Dragon apologized. “I’ll be careful to not have this repeat again. I think I can only express my appreciation by giving better music and performances. I’ll do my best to give my fans a big present.”
Despite the hardships that Big Bang has encountered and overcome this year, it’s safe to say that fans are thrilled and welcoming the quintet back with open arms."
Now before you all start throwing knives at me, I'm not saying that JYJ or HM should apologize at any of their concerts. They have nothing to apologize to Cassiopeia for in my opinion.
I still remember the day when JYJ's "Thanksgiving in Tokyo Dome" concert was announced....that along with other shows on that mini tour. I was convinced...just CONVINCED that at one of those concerts (especially hopeful for the one in Tokyo Dome) that the three members of JYJ would sit down on stage facing the audience, tell us what happened, why it happened, and what we should do in the meantime. What do I mean? Something like this:
"Hi guys, this lawsuit happened for reasons x, y, and z. We left for reasons x, y, and z but Changmin and Yunho did not. Despite this, the five of us still love each other and while we're waiting for this legal battle to end, please keep supporting the five members of DBSK like you always have. Thank you. Are there any questions?"
So yes, this might seem a little far fetched, but instead all they did was stand on stage and cry...and although I was perfectly fine with this option (better than doing nothing at all) still this thing at the YG concert made me feel a little... disappointed. [of course maybe JYJ thought that Cassies could handle their own shit but at this point down the road we all know that we obviously can't]
So after the first round of JYJ concerts I just assumed that none of them could talk about the lawsuit for secret legal reasons that I didn't know about it... but when the five of them started talking about it on super duper extra controversial TV shows and magazine interviews I started wondering why they couldn't say this to our faces? Why are they saying this on live TV in front of the whole world when they couldn't even talk about it in concert? Sure HoMin haven't had a solo concert yet....but Big Bang didn't say this at one of their solo concerts either.
Am I being selfish right now? I feel like I am. But since I've gotten the vibe that DB5K thinks of us a mature, older women and men by releasing ultra serious things like 3hree Voices and releasing albums with no innocent fun and all sexy, heavy, depressing stuff then you'd think that this would mean that they could talk to us at concerts openly and honestly and even though I'd like to think that they're doing this right now, the fact that this separation issues hasn't been directly and bluntly adressed obviously proves me wrong.
Just something, ANYTHING. Something more than these subtle hints that most stans dismiss as being our own imagination. Sure I'm disappointed that Cassiopeia is like this right now, but I feel like if any of the five members had been up front about talking about this from the beginning then maybe Cassiopeia wouldn't have fallen so easily.
It's just that...if you really look at it, they haven't given us a reason as to why we should still support DB5K since the lawsuit happened and all of us that still do just support all five because we're fucking CASSIES and that's our job for christs sake. Faith and ONLY FAITH is pretty much the only thing directly driving this fandom right now imo....
I just think that we all approached this situation in the wrong way: Jaejoong, Yunho, Yoochun, Junsu, Changmin, and every single person around the world that calls themselves a Cassie. That is the only reason how I can explain myself feeling this way when I read that article this morning.
And yes, I should just be happy that they're all still on stage and making music but I still feel this way. I'm not happy with just tears or the occasional "saranghae cassiopeia," "thank you cassiopeia." I can list 100 reasons why I should be but for some reason I'm not.
But hey, whatcha gonna do about it? Wait for their next concert? Yep!
Please someone tell me I'm not alone when I'm thinking like this!