i'm going to post my opinion on this because i can!
ALL MY SUBMISSIONS ARE DONE. I FEEL SO DELICIOUSLY FREE.
16,000 words of criticism in under three weeks, my brain feels like Spongebob out of water orz.
Let's ignore the fact that I have exams in like, oh, twenty days. And that there's a ton of other stuff I want/need to update about.
I got up to a lot of drama today, since my timezone is behind-sorts in this fandom. I don't really have a reaction to most of it, because honestly, who didn't see that coming? I was much more pessimistic, I thought they would disband, lol. But, like, I guess I do agree like a lot of people said, it would've been much, much better if Jin had been a part of the tour. From what JE said, however, the timing was (in one way) just unfortunate and it's true, who knows when a chance would've come again. So, I guess it's ok. I feel bad though that all the fans outside Japan probably would've wanted to see KT as a whole and they won't get to (at least not this time). And obviously, he's one of the two main singers, so changes, people. If you're actually a true KT fan, tho, you'd support the other five at this time fully, they probably need it a lot.
I'm not a rabid Jin fan, I never was, but I'm surprised at the lack of empathy for him. I mean, he's not like some glass-eyed doll, y'know. Like, I would be depressed 24x7 if I was in his position. He wants to go solo like no one before, but he loves KT too, so what should he do, what should he do?! kind of thing. That's a shit decision to have to make anyhow. He probably knows how popular he is and the kind of crowd he draws. Five other careers hinge on him. If he leaves KT, so many people who get work through KT/are KT staff get affected. Obviously the fans get affected, and imagine people you've worked with for 10 years; like it or not, they've been through everything with you. How would they feel? People around you would judge you endlessly, and yet you want to make yourself happy too, obviously. You can't keep lying to yourself about what you want for too long, it's like suppressing yourself. You can't keep living for others, but when those others are so, so important it's like angst. That's a REALLY shit decision, ok?! D:
So, cutting him some slack would be good.
But, like I said, I'm no fan of epic proportions. We'll see how it goes. I hope to God he makes the best of it, and is responsible about it. Maybe I have very orthodox notions of responsibility, but if it's my judgement, it's pretty obvious it'll be by my standards (in other words, it's ok if you disagree). If he doesn't give it his all, I will be pissed. Probably a lot of JE boys are envious of his opportunity, who doesn't want the 'American dream' etc etc? For KAT-TUN, and for fans, and esp for himself, he should do this right and in a slightly less hedonistic and disrespectful way, dear God.
And because I need to get this out: the fact that fans actually have to rejoice saying "OH, WOW JIN SMILED IN A PICTURE"? Personally, I find that annoying as hell. I'm not giving my opinion on anything else because I'm never quite sure what to think of Jin anyhow, and he's just one of those people I tend to be overtly critical about, lol.
Um, yeah, basically, I think it's fine either way. That he's not going to be part of the tour is sad, but he will come back, and he should come back as the letter 'A' that is just the same size as all the other five letters. As long as that happens, I'm good. Because I like KAT-TUN as 6 best.♥
Also: I AM SO GOING TO TRY MAKING BANGKOK HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'D BE OK BUDGET WISE, AND LIKE LKDAL;KDLSKSDL;KGSGLSDG;LSDKHG;FDLKLD;HK;LKD;HK;LGK;LKH KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME. :D
(Kame who is probably wangsting about this whole thing somewhere very very very much atm. poor turtle. *squishes*)