seongjeong liked my comment on instagram aaaah 💕💕💕 today I made 3 more accounts to vote for him lol 😊 and I dropped jeup from that one account for inhwan. it's tough for the guys with less name recognition that didn't make it in the first ep. i wonder how many people will be eliminated in the first round... probably too many...

finished the last episode of Novoland: Eagle Flag
verdict: high quality production, low quality storytelling

The characters felt very flat to me. There was very little character growth at all - the main characters all had serious issues they needed to overcome, but just continued to flounder through the story without changing or learning anything until, like, a little bit at the very end. There were also a lot of moments throughout the drama where I felt baffled by the characters' actions - the show did not adequately explore their internal motivations and values so their decisions just didn't make sense.

Honestly the plot itself didn't really make sense either - I feel like there were moments it could have been genius but the ball was dropped again and again. The ending was unsatisfying and inconclusive.

The vibe is similar to Game of Thrones - alternate universe, gritty fantasy about multipolar power struggle. On the one hand, it was cool to watch a GoT-like show without so much crass and perverted stuff. On the other hand, I was bored/disappointed by the lack of magical elements and the weakness of the little magic that was there. I'm kind of craving some wuxia now lol

Watched Ep. 1 of Build Up live yesterday! (posting late because of migraine ㅠㅠ)

Thankfully Inseong got a good deal of screentime! He placed himself well during the intro, next to Yeo One and behind the MC. He also gave plenty of reactions that they could use rather than sitting there all shy and clammed up like some people. There is an art to succeeding on a survival show lol, hopefully it will pay off for him.

In the self-eval voting round he did pretty well. The others I'm rooting for, Seongjeong (v16) and Gwangseok (v19), both got highlighted on the show and were among the top ranks, so I was super happy 😊 Of course I really like Sunyoul's voice as well, and Mnet released an extra clip with Inseong praising Sunyoul's voice as one of his favorites, so yay! 🥳 my taste is affirmed lol

The last performance with Hyukjin / Neon / Donghun / Jeup was legendary. Neon's voice is so cool, Jeup is a total pro, Hyukjin is solid and sounds great, and Donghun's beautiful liquid clear voice 💙 It was so satisfying to see the live chat melt down in awe and admiration lol

So my votes now are still 4 - 6 - 16 - 19, then also I'm using one account for 20 - 27 - 33 - 34 (sorry Hyukjin but Seongjun was too perfect)

Next week! Inseong is teamed up with Hwanhee and I couldn't tell who the others were, I think maybe some of the trainees? I am apprehensive about it because from the teasers somebody messed up and forgot lyrics, not Inseong obviously but it could be one of them (edit: i went back and checked, I think the others are Junhyeok and Haram so actually I'm not worried). There also haven't been any teasers of his voice, so idk if he will be able to beat Hwanhee for Top Tier but I hope he can. ✨🐰🔛🔝✨

and since I'm following Mnet temporarily I saw their posts for that dating show "Couple Palace"... just saying idk about the girls on there but if they don't pick pink sweater guy they have no taste

omg! so many of the guesses for the contestants were wrong! There's no Joel, Jinkwon, Junhyeop, Hangyul, or Mingyu!! Minwook is V9 not V23! The comments seemed so sure lolll~ Well I'm happy to be voting for *checks notes* V16 Kim Seongjeong, V19 Lee Kwangseok, and V23 Yoon Inhwan 💕 And of course still voting for V4 Sunyoul and V6 Inseong 🩷🌟

Well, I took a break for a few weeks to build this site and import my stuff from Threads/Mastodon/Blogger. If you're seeing this, it means I sucessfully deployed to Neocities! I still have some things to do/fix but I'm happy to start posting again! Site is built with Astro 🧑‍🚀🪐🌠