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Rekall ([personal profile] rekall) wrote2008-04-10 09:12 pm

Boybands

In honor of the New Kids on the Block getting back together I dug out one of my old NKOTB pillow cases (only one, the other one is too warn out). It's crazy how into them I was as a kid. A lot of shitty merchandise and a trip to Toronto to see them in concert.

There were these novels that were about fictional adventures they went on (ah the days before the Internet and fanfiction becoming commonplace!); they were so bad, lol. I found one of my old ones a few years ago when I was cleaning and just HAD to read it again. It's no wonder that ten years after my NKOTB craze, I ended up in the popslash fandom, slashing together the pretty boys of the year 2000 boybands. XD

Speaking of boybands, the latest fandom_wank entry is about a Korean boyband with 15 members! Wow, I can't imagine being into a group with 15 members, I probably wouldn't be able to learn all their names, lol (Reading the comments, I also find out that there's a Japanese girl group with 46 members! O_o ). They're actually pretty good, but man reading the wank makes it seem like their fans are crazy (seriously, causing a girl to commit suicide simply because she got her picture taken with one member?!?! That's fucked up!).

This kid is super cute though. He's doing the moonwalk while playing the violin! And he's Canadian! He needs to come home though and get away from the crazy fans.

[identity profile] elektra-alpha.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Morning Musume? Hehehe I think there are over 50 members :D

[identity profile] rekallthegreat.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
50 MEMBERS! O_O

Yeah I'd definitely never be able to keep that many people straight!

(Anonymous) 2008-04-11 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Are you talking about Super Junior? So far, there's officially 13, the other two guys are part of the sub group, Super Junior M...

[identity profile] chrisnele.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, forgot to log in...

[identity profile] rekallthegreat.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, I didn't realize the other two weren't official members of the main group. *knows nothing about Korean music*

13 members are still a lot but I'm liking them. I've been watching videos on Youtube.

[identity profile] schizofragile.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, KPop! :D I know Suju which has 13 members but I only adore Shiwon. *cough*

The problem with a 90327529305-member group is that they'll have to divide their salary D:

[identity profile] chrisnele.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I think Han Kyung is hot... He's the leader of Super Junior M! Did you see their remake of "U"?

[identity profile] flamesword.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
wtaf XD Suju fans.... oy vey. Though Korean fans in general are apparently deranged (http://community.livejournal.com/news_jpop/2325690.html?style=mine).

A few people are trying to get me into Suju fandom... I am slowly losing my resistance. XD

[identity profile] rekallthegreat.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah someone in the wank, talked about how one fan poisoned a member of another Korean boyband! O_o

I'd be scared of the SuJu fandom unless I was an Only 13 fan. I've been poking around a bit and saw someone say she wants to burn down the houses of people who like the two new members.

[identity profile] flamesword.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't get into the fandom. I can't even possibly learn all their names, and the fans are scary and I just don't care enough. But some of the music is kind of awesome. Particularly this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=cvwbPj3OowU).

[identity profile] rekallthegreat.livejournal.com 2008-04-12 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah I'm really liking Don't Don. That one and U.