Aru 🏎️🏁

Since I don't want to bring negativity to the tl but posting without views is boring, here's my private if any oomfs want to follow me. @Netoshi4

I genuinely can’t believe they had the bravery to create an account where they can speak freely about the mistreatment they faced and tell the world the truth. No other group would have dared to do this bc they just endure the injustice they face daily.

I for sure am enjoying the Puppyz agenda being spread on my tl lately 🥳

solider, poet, king — newjeans unnies ⊹ ࣪ ˖

[ENG translation] cultural critic kim sung-soo's press statement explaining the criminal complaint filed against ador, its management and employees. ------ esteemed members of the public, and members of the press who have joined us here today, we stand before you today with heavy hearts, but also with the firm resolve that we cannot and will not retreat. today, we are filing a criminal complaint against ador co., ltd. and its officers and employees on suspicion of violating the personal information protection act. there was a young person. an artist barely twenty years old who loved south korean popular culture, crossed into an unfamiliar foreign country, and touched the hearts of countless people through nothing but her sincerity onstage. for her, a "residency visa" was not merely a single piece of paperwork. it was like a lifeline sustaining her life in this country. yet that lifeline, her most private and vulnerable personal information, was mercilessly cast before the public by the very agency that should have protected her. the expiration date of a foreign national's visa and the progress of an application for its extension are pieces of information that could never be known by anyone other than the immigration authorities, the individual concerned, and the agency handling the relevant procedures on her behalf. even a journalist could not gain access to such highly confidential internal information through ordinary reporting. how, then, could it have been leaked to the public from behind the anonymous veil of "multiple music industry sources"? for a young person of barely twenty who came from another country, her agency was not supposed to be merely a company. it should have been her sole guardian in place of her parents living far away, and the strongest possible shelter protecting her from the storms of the outside world. instead, that sole shelter summoned a pack of wolves from outside and allowed them to tear at her most vulnerable point. faced with this cruel betrayal, with the agency stabbing in the back an artist who trusted it and devoted her youth to it, we cannot help but ask, as human beings: what, exactly, did they believe they had to protect that compelled them to go this far? this case was not a simple act of negligence in which information was leaked due to inadequate management. it was a deliberate and malicious act in which the most vulnerable weakness of an artist was intentionally seized and exploited in order to gain the upper hand in a private dispute. as the conflict over the exclusive contract intensified, information concerning her visa was leaked to the media in an attempt to neutralize her position and create a narrative branding her as an "illegal resident." the consequences were devastating. although her visa was unquestionably still valid, distorted reports describing her as "currently residing illegally" poured out. dozens of articles included the term "illegal resident" in their headlines, and ultimately, even complaints reporting her for illegal residency were filed. have you ever imagined the pitch-black fear that a young person of barely twenty must have felt when she woke up one morning in an unfamiliar country and found the horrifying scarlet letter "illegal resident" branded before her name? a visa is not merely an administrative document. it is like an oxygen line that allows a person to breathe so that she may stand on the stage she loves and meet the people who cherish her. and yet, the agency held that oxygen line in its grip and even sent an email to the individual and her parents suggesting that she could become an illegal resident if she did not give her consent, thereby pressuring them. what, then, must her parents have felt after sending their precious child to a distant foreign country? from across the sea, they could do nothing but helplessly watch as the dream their daughter had built through tireless work, day and night, and more importantly, the dignity of their precious child, were stripped bare and torn apart. unable to suffer in her place, and unable to run to her immediately and hold her, her parents expressed their devastating anguish through tears, stating: "speculative reports concerning the type and expiration date of her visa, which are items of personal information that there is no obligation to disclose, are pouring out and causing a serious infringement of her rights and interests." the purpose of the personal information protection act is to protect individual freedoms and rights and to uphold the dignity and value of every person. the right of a data subject to determine the use of their own personal information, the right to pursue happiness guaranteed by article 10 of the constitution, and the right to privacy and freedom in one's private life guaranteed by article 17 of the constitution are fundamental rights that no one may trample upon at will. the foundation of the entertainment industry is trust between artists and the public. nevertheless, if the personal information of an artist under an agency, which should have received the strictest possible protection, was reduced to a tool in a dispute, this goes beyond a private conflict between one agency and one artist. it seriously damages trust in the entire ecosystem of a healthy popular culture and arts industry. the person or persons who carried out the disclosure remain concealed behind the anonymous veil of "multiple music industry sources." it will be difficult to uncover the truth through a simple administrative inquiry or voluntary investigation alone. only compulsory investigative measures, including searches by investigative authorities and inquiries into communications records, can clearly establish the source and route of the personal information leak, as well as the person or persons who carried it out. we therefore earnestly request the following from the investigative authorities. first, thoroughly determine the route and source through which the personal information was delivered to the media. second, identify without fail the person or persons responsible who remain hidden behind the veil of anonymity. third, strictly hold the corporation accountable for its responsibility to manage and supervise its employees, and demonstrate the full force of the law so that personal information may never again be used as a "weapon in a dispute." esteemed members of the public, the dream that a young person carried with her to an unfamiliar land must not be trampled upon in this manner. this is by no means merely the story of a single idol standing beneath dazzling lights. it is the story of every young person of our time who devotes everything they have to their work while dreaming of a better tomorrow. it is also the story of someone's precious daughter. if a corporation wielding immense capital and power is permitted to seize upon an individual's vulnerability, use it to control and intimidate them, and trample upon their dignity, then no young person in our society will be left who can feel safely protected and pursue their dreams without fear. this complaint is not merely intended to restore the reputation of one individual. it is intended to protect the dignity and rights of everyone seeking to realize their dreams in this country. we ask for the public's and the media's profound interest and support so that the truth may be uncovered and justice may be properly upheld. thank you.

hyein’s last speech was at complexcon. during it, she directly addressed people who say, “wouldn’t it have been better to just endure and stay?” if you still believe hyein never wanted to leave ador, then you simply haven’t listened to what she has been saying.

@deernelle So I gotta grow my pecs to join y'all by then, got it 🫡

posting tties after dazzibelle hits 2M followers #TittiesOutForDanielle

enough time has past. for me, puppyz >> daerin

if you’re still following @/picsnewjeans, i’d seriously reconsider. they’re refusing to post danielle, promoting only 4jeans ADOR content during the boycott, and hiding or disabling replies when called out. don’t give accounts like this your support.

i got something better for yall boycott ador !! ib: bigturdsandwich

eng translation below. short summary: the appraisal is estimating how much revenue ador claims it would've made if all five members had stayed. some fans believe boosting ot4 numbers while that calculation is ongoing only strengthens ador's damages argument. BOYCOTT!!

Ktokkis screaming that WE HAVE TO BOYCOTT because ador is going to sue them ALL and stupid people here is still putting excuses WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING

제가 상상하는 시나리오 말해볼까요? 왜 멤버 1명만 소송을 걸었냐? 사실은 이게 끝이 아니라 우선 한 명을 건게 아닐까요? 지금 흘러가는걸 보아하니 이 소송의 목적은 멤버의 단독 활동에 대한 손해배상이 아니라 뉴진스 전체 활동에 대한 손해배상을 조금이라도 인정 받는게 목표로 느껴져요 그럼 어떤일이 발생하냐? 단독행동이 전혀 없었던 멤버들도 이걸 빌미로 소송을 걸 수 있게돼요 웃긴게 뭔지 알아요? 1명만 걸면 그 1인과의 소송이 끝나고, 피고를 달리해서 소송을 또 걸 수 있어요 이 악질적인 괴롭힘을 4번 더 연장할 수 있다는 거예요 다니 재판만 끝난다고 끝이 아니라고요 계약이 끝날때까지 소송국면에서 기다려야 할지도 모른다는 뜻이에요 다니의 재판은 그냥 일찍 끝나기만 하면 되는게 아니에요 반드시 이겨야만 하는거예요 보이콧 하지 않거나 비판을 한단 이유로 새로운 컨텐츠를 소비하시는 분들은 다니 재판이 다니에게 불리하게 작용하는데에 큰 도움 주고 있는겁니다 감정의 주요 쟁점이 ‘민희진 있을때와 없을때’ 인기를 구분할 것인가 말것인가로 향해가고있어요 지금 당장은 ‘다니는 뉴진스니까, 한 명이라도 없는 뉴진스는 뉴진스가 아니니까’ 보이콧 하는 거지만, 사실은 모든 멤버들이 소송에 휘말리지 않게 하기위해서도 보이콧 해야해요 제발 미래를 좀 내다봐요 하 판사님 이건 제 상상이고 억측입니다

@Jinator1 @thatoneguy7560 Also, the book "Historiographies of Game Studies: What it Has Been, What it Could Be" is a good place to start, if you wanted something more specific. It's open access in JSTOR iirc (JSTOR has a lot of good open access game studies books and articles, actually)

@Jinator1 @thatoneguy7560 As someone who recently did a work on videogames, you have to just REALLY look hard for them, mainly through research platforms like JSTOR. Check out the "Game Studies" journal (it's a website) and authors such as Espen J. Aarseth, Emma Vossen, Gerald Farca etc.

it'd be nice if anime & manga fans took an academic interest in anime and otaku studies instead of treating the medium purely as entertainment or arguing about surface-level fandom discourse

please take a second to read this. stop falling for ador’s dirty tricks!

no me gusta el tono con el que hablan de las chicas que se quedaron en ador, varios tokkis estan lucrando con su tristeza y lejos de empatia estan morboseando su vulnerabilidad. ellas siguen siendo minji, hanni. haerin y hyein, respetenlas.

listening to boycotted ot5 music or watching boycotted ot5 content *is not the same* as listening to boycotted hybejeans music or watching boycotted hybejeans content. why? i’m glad you asked. all ot5 content/material came from the true og ador and all the members. all the music and content was made out of love and passion and creative synergy among everyone involved. it’s newjeans in their truest form (next to njz). this is the newjeans we love this is the newjeans we always knew. newjeans created everything with love to bunnies, just the way it was always meant to be. we must always love, value, and cherish this material. all hybejeans content is made to lie and manipulate you. we must boycott and ignore all content in its entirety as it’s not newjeans. this is not how they want to create, this is never how they wanted to present themselves as newjeans. you should have no interest nor desire to be a part of it. we must continue to spread an ot5 agenda, advocate for ALL FIVE members, and shut down anyone who strays from away from that. we are the members mouthpiece, advocates, and legacy until they are free from hybe. we *must* take this responsibility seriously and do right by the girls. do not be fooled nor enchanted by the new material, it is only meant to confuse and distract you from the members true goals and intentions. and don’t feel bad for being excited about seeing the girls, we all love them very much. let’s wait to see them on their own terms. 🩵

To that point, we're wasting time if we're beefing with each other, too. Keep the focus on Ador and HYBE. Everything else is a distraction (even people ignoring the boycott).

cute graphics with very important details. pls read. boycotting helps. try it. miss newjeans? there's a google drive with all their content. #All_doors_are_closed #Always_With_Danielle #We_stand_with_NewJeans