Posts by centen

Quote from BlackpinkHouse

Someone on TW said this and maybe it's accurate - GOT is more of a BOA vanity project than something cooked up by SM or LSM. Maybe she convinced the execs at SM to give her a chance to regain her former glory by being put in the center of an Avengers GG of SM.

Problem is that she doesnt understand that throwing random members into random groups doesn't guarantee success.

If she wanted to comeback, she shoulda done it all on her own. Look at the MMM members, look at Jessie, Sunmi, and Hyolynn, all veteran idols pushing 30 or more and still busting ass working furiously to make music and remain relevant. They put themselves out there to succeed or fail on their own.

I don't know anything about the rest of this, but BoA has had multiple comebacks. Last year, she came back with "Better" in Korean and "The Greatest" in Japanese. She was also a host for two different shows last year. She really has not had dead space since she debuted in 2000.

Just straight up facts here.

Btw NeverlandTaglist - if you need any help getting these, I'll see what I can do. I want to help any Nevies be able to celebrate this great release, and really (G)I-DLE's amazing 2022. Their best selling album ever.

the101 - You outdid yourself! They look so good.

Quote from MissBehave

Yeah, honestly the akorn transfer fee wasn't a terrible idea as much as it pains me to say. People really should be posting more instead of getting akorns from others. It's one thing to transfer to a guild for guild expenses, but users who want badges should post to earn them

It was just too severe. 50 akorns for a 5 akorn transfer for when people host their own games to encourage activity and getting to know the community is very different than if I were to transfer you 1000 akorns to help you get a badge. It should be a % of the akorns being transfered, with maybe a max of 50 or something. That's still 50 posts, which is a lot if you aren't spamming.

Quote from StelloMomoDay

Could you add me to the list please?

Got'chu!

Outlaw = Alter Ego

Stamp on It = Rose

Goddess Level

MALA

It's an okay mini. I won't listen to MALA again, but the rest are at least listenable.

Quote from nana18

That's what they deserve honestly, it really is a shit show

I give zero fucks for the company leaving out their biggest act, but I don't think the other groups deserved this. They don't have anything to do with Momoland's mismanagement.

Quote from bo-thebear

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

That one's good. I'm currently doing a reread of The Graveyard Book followed by The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

TASTE! This is the song that solidified my interest with woo!ah! I came to it after Catch the Stars, which is also great. I hope they continue to grow their fanbase.

Also first WOW taglist use? Let's enjoy this song~

Quote from dryheat

people saying all don't know how to read...

I said MOST disastrous

That's how it always goes, lol. I've been around in kpop long enough that the "the group could not function without ALL of them" is funny to me. I've heard that about SNSD, Big Bang, Super Junior, EXO, Wonder Girls, 2PM, etc. And we see how that went.

It's just a fact that most groups get their sound from either an outside producer or a core member or two who drives the direction and/or sound of the group.

Like, FT Island is my first group I stanned, but being 100% honest, Hongki is the core of the group; his vocals are so unique that FTI would not be FTI without him. He's not my favorite member, but FTI can (and did) weather Seunghyun leaving. Hell, Bol4 was a duo and still weathered one of the members leaving.

For (G)I-DLE, it's definitely Soyeon. She's so heavily involved in the creation of their music that (G)I-DLE would not sound the same without her.

The other girls can and do make awesome songs (like Minnie's involvement on Change), but Soyeon touches every song these days. Her absence would change the entire group.

Quote from Yinye

I used to love Murakami and enjoyed several of his novels (A Wild Sheep Chase is his best in my opinion). Norwegian Woods traumatized me and 1Q84 was probably the last novel by him I will ever read.

Yes, I've since seen some contradictory comments on the subreddit for books, so now I'm not sure. My stack of books is so large right now that I don't plan to prioritize his.

Quote from Yinye

Lastly, a book from last year that made me feel all the emotions and had me crying as I read was: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu. I recommend it but won’t say anymore to spoil.

Ooh, I have that on my list of books to suggest to my IRL book club. (We pick the next read by people making suggestions and then voting on them.) Glad to hear it's good!

Quote from doesitneedsaying

centen forgot to link the mv

I googled and looked it up, and went "ah yes, that one!!" so I got'chu!

Quote from penepol

Also, I know that it is considered totally against the trend to have a song over three minutes long nowadays but I really felt this song was too brief.

It's so annoying. I'm not sure if I dislike it more than the alternate trend which is just repeating the chorus an extra time instead of doing a proper third verse (though that drives me crazy especially when the second verse is nearly identical to the first), but I feel like a lot of songs get downgraded to listen to on their own when they're treated like background shorts music rather than a proper song.

Luna's Madonna still makes me bitter; it'd be so much better if it was another verse longer.

I love them so much. Total bop. See their stages and knowing I was in the audience at one of them made me so happy. Our girls.

Done!

Edit: I actually don't see the original pings in my notification list, so in case they didn't go through for you either: bunnyviolet  @Sweet-Spice

Obvious bop! Spent the work day repeating the mini.

Quote from Eldeweiss

Seulgi is the best and her album is great. ❤️

for real, one of my favorite minis from last year

Not a group, but Yena comes back the same day as GoT.