Too Deep in the Fandom (rambling)

[expiredxmilk]

This post will not be analyzing or informing you about anything, I'm just talking about myself.

If you know me at all you'd know that I am no stranger to fandoms and am very experienced in the art of being a fan. Embracing Star Wars at the age of 12 and finding comfort in online communities by age 13 I am no stranger to the nature of the anti fan as

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[myndless_88]

A very intriguing post. :o To be perfectly honest with you, when the whole lawsuit began, I was really happy that JYJ were suing SM because I had heard some bad rumors about SM prior (water diets, beatings, etc.) But when HoMin sided with SM on this, I was unsettled. I did think that there may have been a strain on their friendship or something. I became a fan of TVXQ in late 2007, and like you I looked up alot about TVXQ's prior activities. I was also looking up things about other singers under SM too (like H.O.T. and Shinhwa and how their relationship with SM). It was fun being a fan at that time

[expiredxmilk]

Yea, I get what you mean. I wasn't angry at JYJ when the lawsuit started, in fact I was cheering them on and at the time I was kind of waiting for...idk...a followup lawsuit to be started by HoMin because the concept of one half of the group wanting to leave didn't want to register in my brain. I had also heard bad things about SM so this is why from the beginning I've been rooting for JYJ to win and get themselves out of there. I hate SM just as much as the next person, Changmin biased or not. :P

[myndless_88]

I can see why you would initially get upset about JYJ forming another group. I must have treated it like how Super Junior would break into subgroups. Also, at that time I was keeping up more with Changmin and all his photo shoots for ELLE Magazine and whatnot. I also feel uneasy when calling HoMin "TVXQ" for the same reason you stated. And when you speak to a new Cassie (or even an old one) they can be talking about either TVXQ as 5 or as 2. So it can be a bit confusing. When I say it though, I am talking about all 5. :D

[realchange1987]

Why homin should leave sm? leave to where?They can't get along with c-jes,this company is just a joke. and changmin didn't like jyj's music concept at all,he had found his own way in the music style. Even if homin leave sm,the five won't together.

[myndless_88]

Well, it doesn't have to be with C-Jes necessarily. They could all move to another company. And even then, it doesn't have to be a big name company. I just really want them out of SM. The only thing I'll give them credit for is forming TVXQ, but that's really it.

[expiredxmilk]

i really hope that someday they'll have own record label together!