Thoughts on GDA
I posted this on Tumblr a few weeks before SNSD's comeback. Disregard grammar fails. Personal thoughts are personal thoughts. And my feelings were like overflowing while I made this. Haha.
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I just browsed over sj-secrets and saw a lot of posts about SJ winning the GDA and disappointments on how SM treats SJ recently.
As to SJ winning the GDA again. I’m just being honest and realistic, not pessimistic and not overly optimistic. I really want SJ to win the award-again. They had so much effort especially with their recent comeback. Their talents are more than enough to get such award. But with the way I look at it, it’s gonna be hard. First DBSK returned this year. And whether we accept it or not, Cassies really made a really big big step for the success of their idols, despite them being HoMin only. And now we have SNSD. I can’t deny how successful they are right now. A very large fandom as supportive as ELFs and Cassies and other fandoms out there. With their still yet to determine comeback, I’m pretty sure SONEs will play a big role in making another huge pink wave over the KPop industry. And SNSD themselves will get a reign. I am a Cassie and a SONE before I am an ELF. And a part of me is really proud of them.
Now SJ. I am an ELF. And I really want SJ to win. I was hurt with the results of the GDA last year but I DID NOT HATE SNSD for winning. I was happy for the girls, I like them as well, but I was more of sad for my fandom and for my idols. However, it’s not that i’m losing hope but, well, let’s say it, there’s a very tough competition. Admit it or not, this is like a “competition”. And we have big “rivals” (just at lost for the proper word but not rivals in its fullest sense, don’t get me wrong) out there. The thought of SJ not winning brings back the hurt feeling I had last year. Yes I was hurt. But you really should know I really really want them to win. And I won’t give up until our last effort for them to possibly win will be exhausted.
Then here comes the alleged lack of support (or at least, interest) of SM on SJ. This is just disappointing, really. And saddening. I can’t believe SM treats SJ like this. I can see the disappointment not only among ELFs but among SJ members as well. SJ’s been and is still going through lots of pain with Hangeng leaving, Kibum’s yet to know return, Kangin’s early military training and Heechul’s sudden one and there are still to come. Yet they held on together strongly. The fact that they won’t be thirteen for a very long time (saying this in the most optimistic way of saying it-with the fact that I am still hoping they will be thirteen, who knows when, but I believe) hurts me. And now we have their “home” like leaving them. Yes, I don’t want to be a hypocrite. I envy the way SM handles SNSD and DBSK, yet I do not hate them. Well, maybe it’s still their time but at least can SM give what SJ has to get? They are your artists, too. You are also their home.
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A personal rant. Again, these are just my PERSONAL thoughts on two issues. If you hate me because of this, then go hate me I don’t care. If ELFs really want to be ELFs, then what we need is to support each other and SJ as well. No bashing. If other fandoms hate us, then they are so free to bash us, but not SJ. I just remind myself that in every fandom (and I am NOT excluding ELFs to this) there will always be at least one immature fan who’d go bashing. They don’t know they’re not even bringing their idols favor nor help nor additional fame nor fans. Not even worth to be called a member of their respective fandom. #
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I just browsed over sj-secrets and saw a lot of posts about SJ winning the GDA and disappointments on how SM treats SJ recently.
As to SJ winning the GDA again. I’m just being honest and realistic, not pessimistic and not overly optimistic. I really want SJ to win the award-again. They had so much effort especially with their recent comeback. Their talents are more than enough to get such award. But with the way I look at it, it’s gonna be hard. First DBSK returned this year. And whether we accept it or not, Cassies really made a really big big step for the success of their idols, despite them being HoMin only. And now we have SNSD. I can’t deny how successful they are right now. A very large fandom as supportive as ELFs and Cassies and other fandoms out there. With their still yet to determine comeback, I’m pretty sure SONEs will play a big role in making another huge pink wave over the KPop industry. And SNSD themselves will get a reign. I am a Cassie and a SONE before I am an ELF. And a part of me is really proud of them.
Now SJ. I am an ELF. And I really want SJ to win. I was hurt with the results of the GDA last year but I DID NOT HATE SNSD for winning. I was happy for the girls, I like them as well, but I was more of sad for my fandom and for my idols. However, it’s not that i’m losing hope but, well, let’s say it, there’s a very tough competition. Admit it or not, this is like a “competition”. And we have big “rivals” (just at lost for the proper word but not rivals in its fullest sense, don’t get me wrong) out there. The thought of SJ not winning brings back the hurt feeling I had last year. Yes I was hurt. But you really should know I really really want them to win. And I won’t give up until our last effort for them to possibly win will be exhausted.
Then here comes the alleged lack of support (or at least, interest) of SM on SJ. This is just disappointing, really. And saddening. I can’t believe SM treats SJ like this. I can see the disappointment not only among ELFs but among SJ members as well. SJ’s been and is still going through lots of pain with Hangeng leaving, Kibum’s yet to know return, Kangin’s early military training and Heechul’s sudden one and there are still to come. Yet they held on together strongly. The fact that they won’t be thirteen for a very long time (saying this in the most optimistic way of saying it-with the fact that I am still hoping they will be thirteen, who knows when, but I believe) hurts me. And now we have their “home” like leaving them. Yes, I don’t want to be a hypocrite. I envy the way SM handles SNSD and DBSK, yet I do not hate them. Well, maybe it’s still their time but at least can SM give what SJ has to get? They are your artists, too. You are also their home.
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A personal rant. Again, these are just my PERSONAL thoughts on two issues. If you hate me because of this, then go hate me I don’t care. If ELFs really want to be ELFs, then what we need is to support each other and SJ as well. No bashing. If other fandoms hate us, then they are so free to bash us, but not SJ. I just remind myself that in every fandom (and I am NOT excluding ELFs to this) there will always be at least one immature fan who’d go bashing. They don’t know they’re not even bringing their idols favor nor help nor additional fame nor fans. Not even worth to be called a member of their respective fandom. #