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kerpingtack) wrote2011-12-23 08:43 pm
kerpingtack) wrote2011-12-23 08:43 pm
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HOW DO I JOIN SHAKIZI ;A;
I feel like I'm going to burst if I don't say this somewhere, lol. That recent Candy Magazine SHINee ~interview~, the one where they all praise Onew and Key calls Minho is best friend, has no real source. NONE!
HERE IS MY MANIFESTO ON WHY THE INTERVIEW IS BULLSHIT
- there are no scans or news of the full interview.
- the only results for it ("shinee candy magazine") on Google are from tumblr or places that seem to have directly copy+pasted it, as in the same exact excerpt with the same exact translation (ex: asianfanfics); none of the links date further back than two days ago
- there's this mention here but uh the official site for Candy Magazine has no mention of such an interview
- and logistically, I don't know when they would've had an opportunity to have an interview with a Philippino magazine lately?
- or why some random fan board would have gotten access to a preview like that, when the official magazine itself has no promotions for the interview.
content wise:
SHINee themselves sound really open and cohesive in it. The interview is really really smooth. lol I just think it's pretty darn suspect. It sounds like such wishful fic thinking -- all their answers are very neat, and Key's answer is just SO ODD -- like, I think it's unlikely that he would've met Minho first out of SHINee when Key entered SM in 2005, the same year as Taemin and Jonghyun, and Minho came a year later in 2006. And jongkey were definitely friends predebut. (It's not like I don't think minkey can be close, because they've really come a long way this year; I just don't think Key would be so openly dismissive of the others for any one of them, not even for Jonghyun, and particularly not for Minho. Also, personally, I don't think Key is the type of person who associates knowing someone for a long time with being close to them.)
The Onew stuff is also really wish fulfillment-y to me. It sounds like straight rehashes of what Jonghyun said in the kindest member radio clip and the things 2min have said about Onew, ~enhanced~ with more details. I mean, I guess that's why it was "believeable"; everyone's basically heard these things before and everyone WANTS to hear these things too. (Conspiracy theory: Especially since Onew has not been uhhh the most... visibly... good leader all throughout their time in Japan. There was a solid two months (I'd say mid-June to mid-August) where he was completely out of sync with them and made zero effort in any interview or interaction. He's been better now that they're coming back to Korea more, and that's made people more hopeful, but then he didn't have a birthday fan meet where fans could read about SHINee giving him attention for his special day. idk, you could read this fake interview as an attempt to remind/reassure fandom that Onew is still an important and valuable part of the group. And since SHINee aren't saying it on their own, fans have taken the initiative to say it for them!!! They probably mean it anyway, right?!!? ugh.*)
There's a chance it could be legit ofc & if anyone has a scan or something I'd love to see it so I can squirrel it away in my obsessive database~. But uhhhmmm otherwise, it annoys me when false information is spread, even if it's a (relatively) harmless fantasy like this "interview" is.
THUS SPAKE ME. whewww okay lol tyfyt~
*I am annoyed because of the last few comments here that say IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S FAKE!!11. omg stopppp, this fandom is confusing enough without people deliberately pretending that fake quotes are just as valid as things people have actually said.
HERE IS MY MANIFESTO ON WHY THE INTERVIEW IS BULLSHIT
- there are no scans or news of the full interview.
- the only results for it ("shinee candy magazine") on Google are from tumblr or places that seem to have directly copy+pasted it, as in the same exact excerpt with the same exact translation (ex: asianfanfics); none of the links date further back than two days ago
- there's this mention here but uh the official site for Candy Magazine has no mention of such an interview
- and logistically, I don't know when they would've had an opportunity to have an interview with a Philippino magazine lately?
- or why some random fan board would have gotten access to a preview like that, when the official magazine itself has no promotions for the interview.
content wise:
SHINee themselves sound really open and cohesive in it. The interview is really really smooth. lol I just think it's pretty darn suspect. It sounds like such wishful fic thinking -- all their answers are very neat, and Key's answer is just SO ODD -- like, I think it's unlikely that he would've met Minho first out of SHINee when Key entered SM in 2005, the same year as Taemin and Jonghyun, and Minho came a year later in 2006. And jongkey were definitely friends predebut. (It's not like I don't think minkey can be close, because they've really come a long way this year; I just don't think Key would be so openly dismissive of the others for any one of them, not even for Jonghyun, and particularly not for Minho. Also, personally, I don't think Key is the type of person who associates knowing someone for a long time with being close to them.)
The Onew stuff is also really wish fulfillment-y to me. It sounds like straight rehashes of what Jonghyun said in the kindest member radio clip and the things 2min have said about Onew, ~enhanced~ with more details. I mean, I guess that's why it was "believeable"; everyone's basically heard these things before and everyone WANTS to hear these things too. (Conspiracy theory: Especially since Onew has not been uhhh the most... visibly... good leader all throughout their time in Japan. There was a solid two months (I'd say mid-June to mid-August) where he was completely out of sync with them and made zero effort in any interview or interaction. He's been better now that they're coming back to Korea more, and that's made people more hopeful, but then he didn't have a birthday fan meet where fans could read about SHINee giving him attention for his special day. idk, you could read this fake interview as an attempt to remind/reassure fandom that Onew is still an important and valuable part of the group. And since SHINee aren't saying it on their own, fans have taken the initiative to say it for them!!! They probably mean it anyway, right?!!? ugh.*)
There's a chance it could be legit ofc & if anyone has a scan or something I'd love to see it so I can squirrel it away in my obsessive database~. But uhhhmmm otherwise, it annoys me when false information is spread, even if it's a (relatively) harmless fantasy like this "interview" is.
THUS SPAKE ME. whewww okay lol tyfyt~
*I am annoyed because of the last few comments here that say IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S FAKE!!11. omg stopppp, this fandom is confusing enough without people deliberately pretending that fake quotes are just as valid as things people have actually said.
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well! i'll be on the same squad as you going around reminding people that there's no source for that interview at least lolol
for me the most shocking thing is the minkey part. i was too shocked to think coherent /excuses, excuses
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Yeah seriously, Key's answer is just TOO FUCKING WEIRD. there was a bunch more I wanted to say about the minkey but it sounded like overkill so I tamped it down. (I'll complain to you though!! lol. I think what Key said about Jonghyun in the photobook DVD, about how he's a comfortable friend who listens to all his complaints and gives good advice, still holds true. I know people and relationships change but I don't think jongkey have given indication that they've changed/grown apart in that way, so like... the minkey part just contradicted ALL of that lol. idk)
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