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Sun & Moon Fic Recs
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Current number of fics: 43
Last updated October 24th, 2023
To be updated (with announcement and by my own personal choice, please don't request fics to be added to the list. Recommending me fics to check out is allowed however!)
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Table of Contents - 1. Animatronic Daycare Attendant Fics, 2. Other Roles or Species AU Fics, 2a. Other Roles, 2b. Other Species, 2c. Other Species (Mer), 3. Updates
Animatronic Daycare Attendant Fics
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Solar Lunacy by BamSara | @bamsara
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader, Glamrock Freddy & Reader, Glamrock Chica & Reader, Montgomery Gator & Reader, Roxanne Wolf & Reader
You weren't a technician, you weren't a security guard, you weren't a daycare assistant. You're just an employee. Staff. The ‘jack-of-all-trades’ employee with mediocre at best skills and specialty in none, tasked with doing miscellaneous jobs that robots couldn't do and human staff couldn't care to. The job is unpredictable, but it pays good and it's relatively easy.
Except for the part where all the animatronics are more sentient than you thought, and you're roped into a mystery surrounding the Daycare Attendants, who are bit too curious about you for your liking.
You don't think this was in your employee contact.
M | Words: 225,814 | Chapters: 16/?
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Saturday Insomnia by BamSara | @bamsara
No Archive Warnings Apply, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader
The animatronic tuts at you. “No, silly, not for us. For you.”
You raise an eyebrow.
Sun places one hand on his chest. “The Sun and the Moon, and…” He points to the shirt’s design, and then to you. “-and the Earth!”
It takes you a moment to process, but when it dawns on you, you fight back a snort unless you want to make an ungodly noise in the middle of the quiet thrift store. “Oh god. That’s corny. Like, REALLY corny. That should be a crime.”
Sun just hums and nods as you revel in his ‘genius’, arms reaching out to take the bundle of clothing you’ve been holding and carrying it for you. “There’s nothing wrong with the clichés. You’re just jealous because we’re as clever as ever.”
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A comfort fic showing domestic life with the Daycare Attendants. Set somewhere in the future timeline for Solar Lunacy, but can be read stand-alone.
M | Words: 9,061 | Chapters: 1/1
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copper cogs rusted through by Borashore | @paper-lilypie
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon & Reader, Sun & Reader
A year after the fire, Fazbear Entertainment graciously announces its plans to reopen the grand Pizzaplex installment bigger and better than ever, causing a stir amongst everyone nation-wide, including your small, mundane town, set in the outskirts of anything modern, luxurious or relevant. As a mundane civilian of said town with other things to worry about, you barely wink an eye. Rent is a constant nuisance to meet, one of your jobs might get terminated, raising three siblings zaps both time and energy, and coming to terms with the fact you never grew up to be somebody in life becomes an impossibility every other day.
Nonsense like Fazbear Entertainment has never been something to think about.
That is… well, until you mistakenly bring one– sorry, two– of its titular characters home and add more problems to your list.
Can’t catch a break, can you?
M | Words: 37,458 | Chapters: 3/11
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Twin Animatronics With Too Much Time on Their Hands by aug325, CephalonGhost | @dana-chan-the-control-brain @twinanimatronics
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon & Sun, Moon & Reader, Moon/Reader, Sun & Reader, Sun/Reader, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Daycare Attendant & Reader
Takes place after the three-star princess quest ending where Sun and Moon are the only intact animatronic left.
Fazbear Entertainment decides to capitalize on that and try to make money off the daycare again by making the dual animatronic into two. Clearly no problems arise from this because robots can’t suffer mental or emotional trauma, right?
Sequel to: Lofi Beats to Capture Children to.
M | Words: 226,447 | Chapters: 26/?
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Lofi Beats to Capture Children to by aug325 | @dana-chan-the-control-brain
No Archive Warnings Apply, Daycare Attendant/DJ Music Man, Moon & Sun, DJ Music Man & Moon, DJ Music Man/Moon, DJ Music Man & Music Man, Vanessa A. | Ness & Daycare Attendant, Vanessa A. | Ness & Moon, Vanessa A. | Ness & Sun, Vanny & Moon
The Daycare Animatronic was different from the Glamrocks. They didn't match the 80's austenitic, and their drastic shift in personalities.
Sun seems to be a nervous trainwreck who sobs to pieces if left alone for five minutes.
Moon seems intent on punishing anyone they deem a "rulebreaker"
And with Moon's inherent violent tendencies, it almost seems they were made with the intention of capturing intruders of the Pizzzaplex first, and being a Daycare Attendant second.
Who made these things? What kind of messed-up person was the guy who made them...
Why make the Daycare Attendant and the NightTime Security for the building the same animatronic?
It just doesn't make sense.
Moon was the head of security of the entire Pizzaplex at night. It was only natural they had to meet the 'bouncer' of the Dance Floor eventually.
(Or: A small stupid fic about Moon and DJMM becoming frens and goes into details of Sun/Moon's origin. The Glamrocks also appear and be frens. Eventual child death to come)
This is a Direct Prequel to "Twin Animatronics with too much time on their hands" So I recommend giving it a read <3
T | Words: 151,036 | Chapters: 16/?
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Visions (Or Lack Thereof) by DeeplyJuniper, Glitched_and_Unnamed | @sleepyjuniper @azure-aura321
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon & Sun, Daycare Attendant & Gregory, Glamrock Freddy & Gregory
This place is not like he remembered it. Neither is Sun; his brother seems panicked and shaky- and relieved to hear him.
To Moon, this all seems like some elaborate prank. One minute he was doing his job, watching over the children, and listening to Sun from their shared consciousness. The next, he opens his eyes to find the place he loved and cherished has fallen into disrepair. Abandoned. Rundown. His brother says it's been months.
He doesn't remember what happened in-between.
G | Words: 100,459 | Chapters: 14/?
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Permission Slip by thedemonsurfer | @thedemonscrawler
No Archive Warnings Apply, Daycare Attendant & Gregory, Glamrock Freddy & Gregory, Gregory & Sun, Gregory & Moon, Moon & Sun
Gregory gets dumped off in the Daycare as a 'lost child'. When he shows back up after closing, convinced that the security guard wants to hurt him, Sun decides to do whatever is needed to help him escape the Pizzaplex. This turns out to be a much bigger ordeal than anticipated.
Freddy is on lockdown. Chica is eating garbage. Roxy is talking to herself. Monty is tearing apart anything that moves.
There is a rabbit in the Pizzaplex.
Something is wrong tonight.
T | Words: 165,760 | Chapters: 13/?
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I see you, Sundrop! by ShiraCheshire | @shirajellyfish
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Moon & Sun & Original Character(s), Sun & Original Character(s), Moon & Original Character(s), Daycare Attendant & Original Character(s)
With nowhere else to go, Riley returns to the place they spent their childhood- Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. When they discover that something is very wrong with the animatronics, they're forced to take shelter in the Superstar Daycare.
Considering that their favorite hobby is analyzing and understand how animatronics work and think, Riley is thrilled at the chance to get to know the Daycare Attendant. Too bad everything had to go wrong first for them to get here. At least they're safe in the daycare, right? No health and safety hazards here in the Superstar Daycare absolutely none no siree.
AKA mostly a whole lot of playing with and getting to know Sun- As long as the lights stay on, anyway.
(Not a fan of longfics? Looking for something shorter but still satisfying? Chapter 11 and chapter 32 both work as early stopping points if you wish)
M | Words: 462,502 | Chapters: 103/?
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404: Personal Space Not Found by CrazedAuthor | @crazedauthor
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon/Sun/Reader, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Glamrock Freddy & Reader, Glamrock Chica & Reader, Roxanne Wolf & Reader, Montgomery Gator & Reader
Being an anxious mess one bright light from a breakdown wasn't easy, nor did it grant you many friends. Still, you were getting by as a hermit only leaving your apartment to go to class. That all changes when you start working at the Pizzaplex as a staff member. Working in close proximity to such advanced robotics? It was every future engineer's dream. Working for such high pay in this economy? It was enough to make a poor college student cry. Despite the change in routine, you're content to go through with it, thinking you'll blend into the background and disappear, never to be noticed by human or animatronic alike...
You thought wrong. The Daycare Attendants and the trouble that surrounds them will RUIN YOU.
T | Words: 81,109 | Chapters: 7/?
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(it was, in reality, not fine.) by bones_of_a_rabbit | @bones-of-a-rabbit
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon & Sun, Sun & Reader, Moon & Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader, Daycare Attendant/Reader
You're the new tech/repairman at the Fazbear Mega Pizzaplex, unfortunately. Your first task? To make the Daycare Attendant into two separate animatronics. It's an amazing opportunity, really, and there is nothing you love more than getting a chance to really work with such tech! The only bad part is that you don't know how to tell anyone that you just might be in over your head. (You are extremely in over your head.)
(Just a silly feel-good fic, AU where there is no Security Breach, no William, no murders, etc. Sun and Moon fall in love with you, a well-meaning but honestly naïve and easily-overwhelmed little dummy)
(BTW THE TITLE IS MEANT TO BE A RUNNING JOKE FROM THE FIC there isn't gonna b some big angsty plot twist. most likely)
G | Words: 99,238 | Chapters: 10/?
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Ventura Highway by MadameMiz | @madamemiz
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon/Sun/Reader, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Moon & Sun
You are an idiot who, in the eyes of the law, just stole a multi-million dollar piece of AI animatronic technology from a highly controversial company.
Now a fugitive, you weigh your options, and with few choices available you decide going on the run is your best bet.
Time for a road trip.
T | Words: 28,356 | Chapters: 6/?
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The Night Shift by Certified_Handler | @certified-handler
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon & Sun & Reader
You expected there would be plenty of changes when Fazbear Entertainment purchased the childcare facility where you work. What you didn't expect was everything that came after...
M | Words: 214,610 | Chapters: 44/44
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(and when you speak) angels sing from above by ranchdiip
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon & Sun & Reader, Glamrock Animatronics & Reader, Glamrock Freddy & Sun
“Fine,” you spit. You’re still shaking, but the fear is mixed with anger now, a bitterness that follows all of life’s unfair balances. “Fine. Whatever. I won’t tell anyone that Fazbear is letting a criminal run free and paying for his treatments to boot. But what the fuck do you want me to do about this thing?”
“Work on it,” Margaret says. She doesn’t acknowledge your barb, probably for the better. It still burns you. “Figure out how you can decommission the Naptime Attendant without damaging the Daycare Attendant. It’s the Naptime’s that turned violent, and we can’t return the animatronic to the public until it’s gone.”
“You want me to get rid of the half that saved a little girl,” you scowl.
“I want you to get rid of the half that put a man in the hospital.”
“I’m not a software engineer, Mag.”
“You are, now. If anything happens to you, tell me. You know I’ve got your back here.”
You’re starting to wonder if that’s true.
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Last week, the recently debuted Daycare Attendant put a man in the hospital. Corporate has decided it's your problem, now.
M | Words: 30,251 | Chapters: 6/?
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First They're Sour, Then They're Sweet! by lunargalaxies | @smallergalaxies
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Moon & Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader, Sun & Reader, Moon/Reader
You’re one of a handful of night time security guards at the pizzaplex, and a certain animatronic has taken a…liking? to you. At least you think so, it's hard to tell when he almost never talks to you and just follows you around on your shifts. If it wasn't so creepy, you think it could actually be a little cute.
T | Words: 16,030 | Chapters: 10/?
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Our Orbit is Elliptical by Sycopomp | @sycopomp | in association with @madame-mongoose
No Archive Warnings Apply Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Moon & Sun, Moon & Sun & Reader
The Daycare Attendant is very protective of his role in the Superstar Daycare; he was made for this job, after all, and he finds it insulting that management seems to think he needs help. They insist on saddling him with human assistants, over and over, no matter how many quit. Not that he does it intentionally, of course... but if they can't handle the stress, then perhaps they aren't fit to be working with children. Hmph.
You are the new Daycare Assistant at the Superstar Daycare! Despite some reservations, you're determined to do your best and prove-- mostly to yourself-- that you deserve to be here. You're inspired by Sun and the ease with which he gets along with the children, and you hope to impress him with your go-getter attitude and unflappable confidence! (Even if both of those things are about as flimsy as construction paper...)
aka: Sun is passive-aggressive to his new assistant, whom is so determined to do a good job that they're too oblivious to notice.
T | Words: 15,337 | Chapters: 1/?
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Holding the World by StarvingMe | @anangelcalledinquisitor
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon/Sun/Reader
You were new, dressed in your little uniform, jacket, slacks, collared shirt peeking out, plastic little nametag with your name scrawled in large, friendly letters.
(Pregnant Reader AU with Automatons)
M | Words: 99,699 | Chapters: 27/27
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rises the moon by paris_23 | @paris-23
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon/Reader
You hear a door creaking, but it isn’t enough to pull you from your spiraling panic, hardly even grasps your attention. It isn’t until you hear a bell jingle that you force your head up and your eyes open. And it’s… Moon. He’s standing in front of you, watching as you quiver and stare up at him, tears staining trails down your face.
He sits down next to you, criss-cross, not touching you but still close. His voice is raspy, just like always, but softer, quieter, as he says, “Poor thing, out here on their own. Should know not to wander in the dark alone, little lamb.”
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Moon helps you through a panic attack
G | Words: 2,451 | Chapters: 1/1
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Stare at the Abyss; It Might Look Back by characcoon | @characcoon
No Archive Warnings Apply, DJ Music Man & Sun, Moon & Sun, Sun & Reader, DJ Music Man & Reader, Glamrock Freddy & Gregory, Sun/Reader, Moon & Reader
You blink at the offended new light source aimed at the far wall of the pit, flickering constantly and making your eyes hurt. You smack it in your palm until the batteries move back in place and the light stops flickering. You point it up and down the well again, considering your options of going forward or going home, putting all the cards at the table so you can make a decision.
Turning around, wanting to pace for a bit since it helps you think better, you're greeted with a whole thing standing right behind you.
The color quickly drains off your face and you get cold, holding your breath for dear life as the light from your torch illuminates a face. Round like a dinner plate, singed and cracked, with a Cheshire smile stretched from one side to the other, black eyes that seem to suck the light out of the torch, framed by a shredded, poorly patched up blue hood. You don't feel like moving the light or your eyes away from the animatronic, so you can’t see the state of the rest of its body yet.
The thing isn’t moving. Neither are you.
T | Words: 27,900 | Chapters: 11/?
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Don’t spare your gaze by acrylicArtsy | @inazumaneko
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon & Sun
With a huff, the daycare attendant sat up fluidly, and began heading to the sink to wash off what glue he could.
He was halfway there when the smell had hit him.
At first, he was confused. His systems halting, trying to place what this new thing was. He was getting multiple results at once, and it was almost dizzying how quick the sensory notifications came:
Barbecue, fireplace, fireworks, chimney,
Smoke.
What was happening? Why did he sense smoke? What could be causing this?
Fire. below. MOVE.
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Or: Sundrop realizes the building is on fire, escapes, and tries to figure out his purpose in the big scary world.
(Active updates)
T | Words: 45,671 | Chapters: 14/?
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To Err Is Human by TheNerdyBirdy14 | @birdy-boogaloo
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Moon & Sun, Moon/Sun/Original Character(s), Moon/Sun/Original Male Character(s), Moon/Sun/Reader, Daycare Attendant/Original Character(s), Daycare Attendant/Reader, Glamrock Animatronics & Original Character(s), Glamrock Chica & Original Character(s), Montgomery Gator & Original Character(s), Glamrock Freddy & Original Male Character(s), Roxanne Wolf & Original Character(s)
Jack Harley just wanted a nice, simple job that paid well. He was sick of working two other jobs to make ends meet. So when Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex began looking for someone to manage the Daycare area, he leapt on it. It was just a little mechanical work and playing with kids, right? Shouldn't be too hard.
But there's something going on under the surface: animatronics with way more intelligence than they should have; secrets that come out when the lights go down; and to top it off, a virus with a vengeance infecting it all.
Is there a way to fix it all? Or will he be another victim broken by the company's dark past?
//OC-centric, slow burn romance, giving the animatronics the happy ending they deserve, plot fixes, short chapters\\
M | Words: 87,171 | Chapters: 16/?
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Celestial Syzygy by Pterolem | @echoingkarma
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon/Reader, Sun/Reader, Moon & Sun, Glamrock Freddy & Reader, Montgomery Gator & Reader, Glamrock Chica & Reader, Roxanne Wolf & Reader, Vanessa & Reader
You're the human staff of Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex, and one of the only two you ever seem to see, there to be a comforting and familiar face for the guests... and just to do what you're told. At your side are several very tall animatronics who mostly want to help you settle in.
Mostly.
Good luck, reader, and please enjoy your time working for Fazbear Entertainment. Don't forget all those waivers you signed when you started working for us! And forget what you hear or see in the night; its not relevant to your job :)
M | Words: 70,541 | Chapters: 18/18
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you move to dayshift but aren't paid any more, go figure by tuzesdays | @tuzesdays
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Moon & Sun & Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader
You never, never wanted to be on dayshift. All those children running around, being loud and messy and eugh... but that's what corporate scheduled you for, and they're the ones that write your checks, so. You weren't expecting to get along with the daycare attendant, but that doesn't mean you want to stay on dayshift just to hang out with them.
Too bad you can't back out now.
T | Words: 121,367 | Chapters: 21/?
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So(u)l by Strawbubbysugar | @strawbubbysugar
No Archive Warnings Apply, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Moon & Sun, sun and moon/reader, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Montgomery Gator & Reader, Eclipse/Reader
It will take every single sign the universe can throw at you to realize that you are capable of being loved. Specifically, by an animatronic daycare attendant.
Check out @strawbubbysugar on Tumblr for art related to the AU, and to participate in polls to decide what happens next!
NR | Words: 134,362 | Chapters: 70/70
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What's It Called When Light Hits a Prism? by TooManyPsuedonyms
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon & Sun
The PizzaPlex has been running--and the Management needs a new operator for one of their salvaged animatronics.
You are just trying to live independently, so of course, you'll take the job.
You have no idea what you're in for. Granted, you never really know what you're in for, but this can't be much different than working with regular human people... right?
M | Words: 161,198 | Chapters: 39/?
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Other Roles or Species AU Fics
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--- Other Roles (machines in total alternate circumstances. This may include former daycare attendants if the primary role has changed. Former daycare attendants who have more so only lost their role do not go here, they still go in Animatronic Daycare Attendant Fics)
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Sleuth Jesters by NaffEclipse | @naffeclipse
Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon & Reader, Sun & Reader, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Eclipse/Reader, Eclipse & Reader
M | Words: 174,134 | Works: 15 | Complete: No
- Due to being a whole series rec, here's the first work details:
Share the Cuffs by NaffEclipse | @naffeclipse
No Archive Warnings Apply, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon & Reader, Sun & Reader
“If I may, Detectives, I believe that the score is set at a tie on how many times you’ve both let me slip away under your watch.” You grin at the sun and moon like faces of your opponents in this game of cat and mouse. The narrow slice of Detective Moon’s gaze becomes threatening, where Detective Sun curls and uncurls his fingers in anticipation of whatever scheme you’re concocting.
Detective!Sun & Detective!Moon x Vigilante!Reader (SFW)
T | Words: 4,084 | Chapters: 1/1
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Bethroned by Strawbubbysugar | @strawbubbysugar
No Archive Warnings Apply, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Moon & Sun, Sun & Reader, Moon & Sun & Reader, Moon & Reader, Moon/Reader, Sun/Reader
The Human Kingdom of Porphyal has long been at war with The Kingdom of Atomata, a strange land filled with sentient automatons. The cause for the start of the bloodshed has been lost to time, but it will soon be drawing to a close with the arranged marriage of the Heir of Porphyal and the Heir of Atomata, set to be wed when they reach of age, uniting the Kingdoms in peace at last.
Though it is uncertain if the temporary truce will last long enough to see this come to pass.
NR | Words: 58,168 | Chapters: 34/?
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Ghost in the Machine by Qwille | @venomous-qwille
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Moon/Sun/Reader, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Moon/Reader, Sun/Reader, Eclipse/Reader
You are not strong in the Sight. To you, the supernatural has become the background noise of a mundane and lonely life. You have no interest in becoming involved with ghosts.
But they have every interest in you.
When your eccentric great uncle offers you a job fixing the ‘jewel’ of his collection—the original Fazco Daycare Attendant—you expect a challenge, sure. This was undoubtedly going to be the biggest project of your life. You expect pain, mistakes, and late nights aplenty, and you expect an excruciating learning curve.
You do not expect the other Daycare Attendants.
*
This is a story about love and memories, about secret things and ghosts.
How can you know what to live for when the world you were built for is gone?
M | Words: 69,063 | Chapters: 7/?
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Apology Flowers & Blooming Hours by daunsun | @daunsun
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader
Google Maps knew some of the most niche places, really. Oh, you need a very specific kind of food? Here’s a location five minutes from you! You’re looking for a pot of a particular kind of flower and have never explored the area around your apartment complex outside of work? Great! There’s a flower shop two blocks down! Of course, that exact question is what led you to the looming brick shop in front of you. It was a rather quaint place, sure, but it was on one of the busiest streets in town, meaning you only received stares for standing in front of the flower shop and getting in the way. According to your phone, the place was called Daylight-Goodnight Blooms. You figured it was called that because of its night time delivery service, which apparently isn’t a common thing for stores, especially flower shops.
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It's not everyday you see a grinning and smiling talking sunflower. Neither is it everyday a grumbling moonflower shows up to your doorstep with... a bouquet? Things were already stressful enough, so surely you were losing your mind, yeah?
(An AU I made that apparently people liked, so I'm writing a tiny fic on it I guess. I have a bunch of ideas. >:D )
T | Words: 9,868 | Chapters: 2/?
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Bug Love by TheOHNOCorral | @theohnocorral
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Moon & Sun, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon & Sun & Reader
Sun and Moon are what remains of a vast pantheon of gods. Only able to save themselves by making a pact with each other and binding their bodies together and the moon and sun themselves. They watch over what is left of the vast forests they once protected. They know that one day they will waste away, unable even to hold on to each other.
Now here you are. Things haven't gone exactly the way you'd hoped but you've got another field position and it's looking up from there. Now if you can manage to keep catching bumble bees, not eat anything poisonous, and make the mortgage, you'll be fine.
Curious that you always catch more bees than anyone else on the study. Curious that you never get ticks, or chiggers, your bag never rips open, you've never been stung, never fallen in the woodland brush. You think you're just lucky for a while. Then you step on that hornet nest. Well. You'd always had a thing for local cryptid lore.
G | Words: 43,561 | Chapters: 17/?
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Cryptid Sightings by NaffEclipse | @naffeclipse
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Sun/Reader, Eclipse/Reader, Daycare Attendant/Reader
Perhaps this would scare a person, being all alone in the woods in the dark, but not you. You’re too intertwined with the paranormal and inexplicable. It’s in your blood. That doesn’t mean your heart won’t pound with terror when you face something with fangs and hungry eyes for flesh, but you don’t run away, and that’s what matters most.
You will face the monsters.
Cryptid!Sun/Moon x Cryptid Hunter!Y/N (SFW)
M | Words: 253,823 | Chapters: 21/21
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Celestial Sundown by clutterspace | @pillowspace
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Sun/Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Eventual Moon/Reader, Eclipse & Reader, Eclipse/Reader
There was something slumped beneath a tree, and you had no idea what it was.
The sunlight shone brighter where it laid, despite the leaves above not differing from any of the other foliage.
It was such a small thing to notice in comparison to everything else, but it brought a small hysterical giggle out past the lump in your throat as it finally clicked in place what you were seeing.
It was a god.
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You are a peasant living in the middle of the woods, Sun is the god of day you brought back home with you, and Moon is the god of night tucked away in the Celestial Realm.
T | Words: 83,805 | Chapters: 7/?
- hey! Celestial Sundown is my fic! My followers recommended that I add it to the list
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For in Safe Horizons by Anonymous | @horizonandstar
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Moon & Sun & Reader, Moon & Reader, Sun & Reader, Moon/Reader, Sun/Reader
It was supposed to be a normal expedition like any other, but something goes wrong and the ship crash-lands. Now you’re stranded on an ocean planet with no way of going home. How long can you survive until you can call for help and leave this planet?
For the first time in your life, you’re alone.
As alone as one can be when two alien creatures follow you around, anyways.
T | Words: 28,630 | Chapters: 8/?
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The Sea Jesters are Real Science by MatosaurusRex, sixty_nine13 | @frizzybearprteam
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Sun & Reader, Moon & Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon & Sun & Reader, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Moon & Sun
You stare into the glass. At first you see nothing, just a greenish-blue landscape, peaceful and ordinary. There is nothing special about it... Or so you think. As the seconds pass, two figures become more and more visible, slowly growing from two distant dots to two large figures, easily two metres tall. The two creatures stare at you, and you raise your hand, slapping it against the cold glass that holds the creatures trapped. These two beings, which until now had been considered to be legends, raise their hands to clasp yours as well. The most wonderful living beings in the world stand before you, separated by thick glass, suffering every day at the hands of greedy people.
How long will they resist this?
((This fic was inspired by Tumblr shenanigans and merMAY! Thank you all for inspiring us to create this <3))
T | Words: 121,792 | Chapters: 27/?
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Celestial Omens (that really like Fishsticks) by BamSara | @bamsara
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Moon & Sun & Reader, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader
When you are ten years old, you find two creatures, bloodied and injured, trapped a net on the beach near your home. You save them, make friends with them, and return them to the sea, leaving you to wonder later if your friends with the Sun colored scales and fins that shone like the full Moon were real or imagined up by a childhood of loneliess.
Time passes. You hear stories of monsters, Sirens in the water, one that is a good omen if spotted, promising your safe voyage as long as you respect the rules of the ocean, and one that sinks ships and eats people for fun. Just folktales meant to scare children.
A decade later, they return the favor, though they don't plan on leaving you so easily this time.
(A 3-part Sun & Moon x Reader fic for Mermay.) (Title subject to change)
T | Words: 23,822 | Chapters: 2/3
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Song for a Siren by SolarRush | @solarrush
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Sun & Reader, Moon & Reader
As a kid, ever since you attended your first show at the Faz Aquarium and Research Center you were determined to become like the mer handlers you admired. Now fresh out of college, you've made it to your first day at the ARC!
It's not quite as....glamorous...as you expected.
An abandoned exhibit and its inhabitants stir up questions about Faz Corp's true intentions, and you find yourself caught in the middle. Can one person change a bleak future, or will you be sleeping with the fishes?
T | Words: 23,162 | Chapters: 4/4
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I Watched You Become a Stranger by IcedMetalTea | @icedmetaltea
No Archive Warnings Apply, Moon & Sun & Reader
You work at one of the few aquariums cleared to house merfolk as a handler for twin mers who live in a sort of petting pool targeted at kids, as they've proven to be harmless to humans through the years. You spend your days taking care of them and supervising their interactions with the public.
You arrive at the exhibit for your early morning shift and, as you prepare for the day's visitors, the automatic door to the room malfunctions and slams shut while you're inside. You find yourself trapped with no sources of food, and the two creatures who have a very big appetite.
T | Words: 6,748 | Chapters: 1/1
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Scars and Scales by intistone | @intistone
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, just platonic stuff ye, Family Fluff - Relationship, Sun & Reader, Moon & Sun, Moon & Sun & Reader, Moon & Reader
You were doing fine as a diver, despite the nosy neighbor/best friend and dog that was certainly going to be the end of you. All was well, in a weird way
Then the storm came.
And the tides rose.
And you met a monster
.
Two of them actually, and they were anything but.
You have no idea what to do, no idea how to help, and clearly no idea now broken they are.
But you can't keep them safe forever.
Your past is catching up to you faster than you think.
NR | Words: 163,547 | Chapters: 14/?
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Fish Out of Water by Imagine_Darksiders | @imagine-darksiders
No Archive Warnings Apply, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Sun/Reader, Daycare Attendant & Reader, Moon/Reader, Moon & Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader
'What you're looking at is...
Well, quite frankly, it's impossible.
There's a face hanging above you, Lovecraftian in proportion – taller and wider than you are long, with features about as adjacent to a human's as one could possibly get.
For the first few seconds, you remain frozen to your spot, unblinking, half expecting the grinning visage to fade away as sobriety takes you back into its safe, sense-making embrace.
A pair of milky, white eyes peer down at you, hanging in the expanse of yellowing skin, like twin pools of alabaster paint. You'd hesitate to even call them eyes, but then, the damn things b l i n k.'
M | Words: 26,589 | Chapters: 4/?
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Within a Sun and Moonlit Cove by shadow_oblivion
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Moon & Sun & Reader, Moon/Sun/Reader
You witness two mer hatch, and spend the entire summer with them. But at the end of that time, you get the mer to the sea before your family moves away. 20 years later, you are in desperate need of a break from your busy life. Taking a vacation to where you lived when younger, you fondly remember the two tiny mer, and hope they are doing all right wherever they are.
When you wander the shore near your hotel, during the day or at night, you start to find little trinkets here and there, along with an occasional dead sea creature. You might dismiss the odd sight as coincidence, until the items start to line the shore in the direction of a secluded cove in the distance.
T | Words: 40,981 | Chapters: 12/?
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Pisces Caelestis by S_V | @sortvaniliekrans
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Moon/Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader, Sun/Reader, Glamrock Freddy & Reader, Roxanne Wolf & Reader, Glamrock Chica & Reader, Montgomery Gator & Reader
Underneath the glowing eyes, a great maw opened to hiss at you, baring several rows of needle-like fangs, wicked looking and sharp and also glowing in the blacklight. As the thing hissed, the cries started up again, more frantic this time, and accompanied by- it almost sounded like scratching?
And it was coming from behind you.
The bleeding creature had never been the one wailing.
NR | Words: 76,588 | Chapters: 13/?
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In Deep Dreams Between the Waves by NaffEclipse | @naffeclipse
No Archive Warnings Apply, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Daycare Attendant & Reader, Eclipse/Reader
You see a fish, but the fish isn’t really a fish, because he looks up at you with big yellow eyes, wide with fright. Large black pupils dart around frantically. He’s small, less than half your size, which surprises you. You know mers are supposed to be big sea monsters that sink boats or cause storms, but you don’t see a monster. You think of a baby while staring at his chubby round face, creased with fear, and his small tail.
Mermaid!Eclipse x Reader (SFW)
T | Words: 55,644 | Chapters: 5/5
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Song Fish Amid the Stars by NaffEclipse | @naffeclipse
No Archive Warnings Apply, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader
A pang hits your heart, going out to the little fish struggling to escape the cruel and entrapping lagoon.
But they look like mers. Sea monsters.
Mermaid!Sun & Mermaid!Moon x Reader (SFW)
T | Words: 69,362 | Chapters: 6/6
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Crush Depth by NaffEclipse | @naffeclipse
No Archive Warnings Apply, Daycare Attendant/Reader, Eclipse/Reader, Sun/Reader, Moon/Reader
You stare out the forward viewport—the window. The sub’s only window. Blood splashes against the thick glass. It is human blood. It fills an ocean on Moon FZ-87. The atmosphere is dark and barren, speckled with the ghostly light of stars that have been gone for decades.
This is the last view you have of anything above the blood ocean surface. Futility sinks roots into your ribs.
DCA x Reader (SFW)
M | Words: 25,182 | Chapters: 10/10
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𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝘅 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿
𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁
𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 𝟲,𝟴𝟰𝟵
𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱: ✔
𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 - 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘆
being an intern at SM entertainment was a dream come true in itself. you never would have thought that you, as a foreigner, would even have the opportunity to be employed at such an organization. thankfully, you struck the jackpot, and landed a year-long internship position that would be eligible for renewal.
SM operated like a colony of ants. different people had different roles, and even though some roles may be seen as more important, everyone was needed to help the company operate smoothly. without the idols, there was no SM entertainment. without the employees, there would be no SM entertainment. it was a mutual understanding that came with mutual respect as well.
you learned to respect the idols and their space. you made sure to bow every time, and sometimes even twice just because you couldn’t remember if you had the first time. your work mainly dealt with the production team, so naturally you came into contact with almost every idol signed under the company.
however, with aespa having a comeback soon, you were told that you would have to work with them more often and more closely. you didn’t know much about the group other than their names and concept. you actually only met aeri once, and that was because she was the one who helped you find your way to the recording room on your first day.
today you would be having your first meeting with the girls to discuss logistics and other things regarding the title track that you were tasked with producing. it was a big job, but the fact that SM trusted you enough to handle it just gave you the motivation to do your absolute best.
your fingers flipped through the pages of previously scrapped songs, doing your best to analyze the lyrics and what they were trying to portray that didn’t end up showing. you wanted the best for the girls, and you wanted to do your best because your job did depend on it.
the door to the recording room suddenly opened, and you smiled at the sight of the 4 girls making their way inside.
“hi y/n,” aeri flashed you a smile to which you mirrored. she stepped sideways before motioning towards her other members. “this is ningning,” she pointed at the brunette who waved. “and that’s karina and winter.” she finally pointed at the two girls whose hands were interlocked with each other.
you had heard about karina and winter being close, so it wasn’t a surprise once your co-worker spilled the beans and mentioned that they were dating. just from the first introduction, you could tell that the two had a very loving relationship.
minjeong and jimin’s relationship was the envy of many. even when they were just merely being shipped together, everyone wanted someone to look at them the way the two women looked at each other. their chemistry on and off the stage proved how much they loved each other. they were perfect for each other.
“it’s nice to meet you all, im excited to work with you and i hope we can create something amazing together.”
the meeting went on without any issues, and each of the girls had mentioned what they wanted in the upcoming title track. eventually, you managed to map out a set schedule for recording and writing. it was a highly productive meeting in your eyes. however, the entire time you could only focus on someone else’s pair.
for some reason, karina couldn’t keep her eyes off of you. the idol felt drawn to you, even though she had just met you. periodically, winter would often graze her thumb over her hand. she didn’t notice it, really. her attention was entirely set on you.
from the way your eyebrows furrowed, to the way your wrist twitched when you wrote, karina was analyzing every micro and macro detail about you. the meeting was about their group’s title track, but she would have much rather spent the time talking about you.
you had to be really good for SM to entrust the title track to you. she knew that you were new, but she didn’t think much of it until she walked into the room with you. she wanted to know everything about you. jimin wanted to know just how special you were.
by the time the next meeting had rolled around, the aespa members had all decided on their parts for a song you all decided to try experimenting with first. the order of recording went from youngest to oldest, with karina being the last to record.
the other three had done just fine, not struggling much except for a few spots. surprisingly, the leader of the group seemed to really struggle with her parts.
“you three can head back if you want, ill head home once im finished here.” jimin called out with her head poking out from the door. giselle and ning nodded and got their things to leave, but you could clearly see that winter was pouting and not wanting to leave without her girlfriend.
jimin, being ever so attentive, made her way out of the booth and planted a soft kiss on the blonde’s head. “i’ll be home soon, i promise.” she whispered, watching the pout on minjeong’s lips disappear into a smile.
once winter left with her other members, you were left alone with the aespa leader.
“i think you need to use more air in this part here,” you pointed to the lyric sheet in front of her while you gently tried to explain what she could do to improve. jimin’s eyes were trained on you the entire time, not on the paper. karina was an excellent vocalist, of course she knew what she needed to fix.
as a matter of fact, she knew exactly how to read her lines. she just wanted–no, needed an excuse to be alone with you.
“y/n,”
your ears perked up at her voice, and you turned to face her fully with your head tilted slightly. the sight of your attentiveness to her made heat rush to her face. she prayed you wouldn’t be able to tell in the lighting of the booth.
“yes?” you asked, a small smile on your face. “do you want me to show you how to do it?” you added, wanting to do anything to help the idol so she could do her best.
before she could respond, you began singing the lines with ease. jimin swore she felt her entire nervous system stop working once her ears heard the sound of your voice.
if winter’s voice was like air, yours was like water.
your voice alone could easily pass for one of an idol, and she didn’t notice it, but her jaw had dropped. you took note though, and simply flashed her your signature smile.
“you look like you’ve seen a ghost, karina.”
a smile mirrored the idol’s lips as she felt the blush on her face heat up again. you were so adorable, and she couldn’t help but feel weak in the knees at the sound of her name rolling off your tongue.
“jimin,” she said slowly, earning a look of confusion from you. she licked her lips before she continued speaking. “you can just call me jimin.”
the two of you finished wrapping up her lines after what seemed like forever. it was dark outside, and jimin was starving. she could only imagine how hungry you had been, especially since you mentioned how you had been in the studio all day.
“hey y/n, lets go grab something to eat. it’s on me, consider it a thank you.” karina offered, earning a hesitant smile from you. you had heard that jimin was a kind woman, and practically the epitome of a disney princess, but to feel her kindness directed towards you made you feel shy all of a sudden.
“no need to thank me, jimin. i’m just doing my job.”
a scoff left the raven haired girl’s lips as she wrapped her arm around your shoulder. “come on, i’m not letting you leave just like that. you and i both need to eat, so let’s go.” she smiled down at you, and you couldn’t help but smile back and agree.
besides, who couldn’t say no to her? after all, she was yu jimin.
the two of you chatted away, getting to know each other better while you sat on the sidewalk in front of the dorms, eating takeout in the middle of the night. jimin was so caught up in her conversation with you that she didn’t realize how late it had been until you checked your phone and started apologizing.
“thank you for tonight, jimin. i’m so sorry i didn’t see the time, i didn’t mean to keep you up.” you rambled, immediately scrambling to get your things to leave as soon as possible.
the older girl stuck her hand out to hold your wrist, giving you the most genuine smile she had probably ever given.
“i could talk to you for hours, y/n.”
your words got caught in your throat as you stared into her midnight eyes. jimin’s hair was down and undone, blowing softly in the night’s breeze. you would be lying if you said she still didn’t look gorgeous. she was a beautiful woman. you envied winter at that small moment for dating such a woman.
your recording sessions with aespa got more frequent, but your midnight dinners with karina seemed to be happening more often as well. you and jimin had gotten much, much closer. you considered her a good friend, but you two had yet to share any emotional moments.
however, that all changed after one specific night.
it was technically not your day to record anything, but you found yourself in the studio playing around with a few new tracks. you wanted to potentially change something in the chorus of the title track, but you didn’t decide on anything yet. it was close to 1 in the morning, and you were just about to head home when the door to the room flung open.
you nearly fell out of your chair because it caught you so off guard, but what caught you even more off guard was the person who was standing in the doorway.
“jimin? are you okay?”
the idol closed the door behind her before she sat down on the couch with her head in her hands. she sniffled, and you didn’t bother pushing her to respond. instead, you simply moved over to sit on the couch with her and rub her back comfortingly.
“i didn’t know where else to go, im sorry.” she whispered softly, but from the hoarseness of her voice, you could tell she had definitely been crying.
“you’re always welcome here, don't worry.” you hesitantly wrapped your arms around her shoulders, but you felt better once she visibly relaxed in your arms.
the two of you sat that way for a while, but the silence was comforting to jimin given the screaming match she just had mere hours ago.
“minjeong and i got into an argument,” she said in a voice barely above a whisper.
your head turned to face her, noticing her tear stained cheeks and the way her eyelashes were wet from crying. “do you want to talk about it?”
jimin’s head hung and she shook her head, trying her best to keep herself composed somewhat. you nodded in understanding, respecting her decision and the underlying reasons for it.
“is there anything else i can do for you?” you asked gently, removing your arms from her shoulders and letting them fall in your lap.
jimin turned to look at you, and for the first time that night, she managed to smile. “do you have any soju?”
around an hour had passed and you two were pretty tipsy to say the least. since the recording room was naturally soundproof, you two were able to laugh and talk freely as loud as you wanted. you were pretty sure you were on your second bottle at this point because you were starting to feel a bit more fuzzy than before.
you don’t remember how it happened or whose idea it was, but somehow you and jimin agreed to mess around on the vocal tracks. you just kept pressing the record button while she started singing “black mamba” but the “drunk version” as you two called it.
karina insisted on you being apart of the song too, which was how you were hugging each other while screaming into the microphone. you couldn’t take her seriously though, and not even halfway through, you couldn’t stop laughing.
“yah! y/n,” jimin laughed and rolled her eyes playfully. “you’re messing up the song! it has to be good.” she whined while shaking your shoulders.
“sorry, but i can’t take you seriously when you’re yelling.” you reasoned, doing your best to not start laughing again.
the aespa member groaned before leaning her head on your shoulder. “you’re lucky you’re cute.”
even in your drunken state, you knew you weren’t hearing things when her voice reached your ears. she had to mean it platonically, right? after all, she was with minjeong. she had a girlfriend.
“you heard me, y/n.” karina whispered, leaning her head on your shoulder. it was as if she had read your own mind. “i think you’re cute.”
maybe it was the mix of the alcohol and emotions she was on, but jimin couldn’t help but say how she felt about you. relationship be damned, she couldn’t deny the way she felt about you. it was never her intention to fall for you, but she wasn’t going to stop.
you don’t remember the rest of the conversation that followed, but what you do remember were bits and pieces of jimin kissing you against the wall, as well as some very vague images of her on top of you on the couch.
still, you didn’t need the full recap to know what had happened between you two. it only made it worse once you had to see the girls again a few days after it had happened.
you couldn’t face minjeong properly, or even stare at her for longer than a few sentences. you felt immense regret, and even though it wasn’t just your fault, you couldn’t help but feel terrible for basically helping jimin cheat on her girlfriend.
thankfully, it seemed like karina and winter made up. however, you had a feeling that the younger girl didn’t know what happened between the two of you. and in all honesty, was it even your place to say anything either?
recording ended early, and you bid the members goodbye before turning to save everything you guys had worked on before hearing the door shut behind you. you nearly jumped out of your skin when you felt a pair of arms snake around your body.
“hi,” jimin whispered, feeling her body relax against yours naturally. your head turned to face her, jaw agape and eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. was she still intoxicated somehow?
the black haired girl couldn’t help but laugh at your visible confusion. “what’s wrong?”
“what are you doing?” you hissed quietly, eyes quickly snapping towards the door as if minjeong or any other one of the members would walk in at any moment and witness the current situation.
“i missed you.” she whispered, pressing a gentle kiss to your temple. you would be lying to yourself if you said it didn’t give you tiny butterflies in your stomach. however, they were most definitely the bad kind of butterflies.
“jimin,” you swallowed the lump in your throat. “we can’t do this, you have a girlfriend.”
karina’s dark eyes remained locked with yours, making you seem a bit uneasy at the way she started smiling after. “you’re so adorable, y/n/n.”
she cupped your face in between her hands, running her thumbs gently across your cheeks. she simply admired your confusion laced features, committing them to memory in case you would disappear right there on the spot.
“do you know why minjeong and i got into an argument?”
you shook your head, recalling that jimin didn’t want to speak about what exactly went down between the two of them.
jimin’s lip twitched into a wider smile before she leaned in closer to your face, your noses touching lightly.
she spoke in a voice barely above a whisper, “because i moaned your name and not hers.”
ice ran through your veins as you froze on the spot. jimin’s drunk actions were indeed sober thoughts. yu jimin, aespa’s karina, was infatuated with you, despite having her girlfriend. jimin wasn’t lying either. she and minjeong had been in the middle of a makeout session, but all the black haired girl could think about the entire time was how your lips would feel instead. as a result, she accidentally said your name, and the argument that followed was the reason for her running to your studio later that evening.
your silence caused the raven haired girl to grin even more. you didn’t know it yet, but you had been the object of her desires since the moment she met you. somehow, you had managed to make jimin fall so hard to the point where she could care less about her and minjeong.
their years of history meant nothing to her anymore. sure, she cared about minjeong’s well being, but not in a romantic way anymore. she hadn’t cared about anything regarding her own relationship from the moment you introduced yourself to the group. the way you spoke, the way you sang, the way you wrote, the way you walked. every single detail that made you up, made her more impossibly infatuated.
your sophistication was enough to make jimin want to leave winter, and as a matter of fact, she had already tried to.
after the night she ran to the studio with you, she told her managers that she was going to break things off with minjeong. however, they refused to let her. she told them that she was in love with someone else, but despite her pleas and protests, they told her she had to stay with winter. it would be bad for publicity if they broke up, so she had to deal with loving you in secret for now.
your eyes met hers once more, and before you could process everything happening, she pressed her lips against yours. this time, a sober kiss, but she wanted to make sure you knew without a doubt that what she felt for you was real.
her scent was intoxicating, and the way her chapstick tasted sent shivers down your spine. you knew you felt something towards the other girl as well, but unlike her, you had a guilty conscience about it. minjeong was someone you still admired too, and even though you weren’t too close, you still respected her as a person.
you pulled away and jimin chased your lips, but stopped once she saw your flushed face. “what about minjeong?” you hesitantly asked, still trying to fully comprehend everything.
“she’s not the one i want. don’t worry about her,” karina’s nails gently ran down your sides as she pressed her body against yours. “i want you, y/n. not her.”
she kissed your forehead, and you couldn’t help but feel conflicted. on one hand, you didn’t want to play any part of this messed up situation. jimin had feelings for you too, and you maybe had some for her as well, but she was in a relationship. you didn’t want to be that kind of person.
however, on the other hand, you technically already had played a part in this mess. you and jimin crossed that line already, and you had crossed it together. there was no way you could go back now, so why stop now?
that latter was the logic you kept once things got more serious with karina. it had been over a month and a half since this all started, and truthfully, you still didn’t know how to feel.
you undid your shoelaces, taking your hightops off and setting them by the door before you made your way inside your apartment. the midday summer sun shone through your windows and illuminated the place with natural light.
you began rummaging through your mail, sorting what was important and what was not, until your phone began buzzing.
INCOMING CALL FROM: J <3 …
of course, you answered without hesitation.
“hi, princess.”
your eyes rolled playfully at the nickname, but a smile formed on your lips. jimin always made you smile, even if she was being extra. “hi, stranger.”
a scoff escaped her lips, and you heard it clearly. “stranger? interesting.”
“when are you coming over?” you asked while you mindlessly threw out some of your junk mail.
you heard her hum on the other end of the phone before she answered. “she thinks im going home tonight and spending the weekend with my parents, so i’ll see you later tonight once i take her out for dinner.”
at this point in your “relationship” there wasn’t much spoken about minjeong anymore. sure, you knew that she and jimin were still very much together, and that jimin had to make it seem like everything was fine.
except, sometimes it did hurt you a little. you were falling for the other girl in the process of all of this mess, so naturally it made you feel a little jealous whenever jimin would do things with minjeong.
of course, you trusted the girl, but you also understood that minjeong was very much still her girlfriend regardless.
a hum in approval was all you gave before speaking. “alright then, i'll see you later.” jimin heard your tone shift but before she could even mention anything about it, you heard the muffled voice of minjeong in the background.
“see you later.”
the call ended, but you knew how this went because it always happened like this. since it was summer, your sessions with the group were not as often since they were filming for their next season of synk road and fulfilling their ambassador duties.
this meant you didn’t see jimin as often as you wanted, but she still called and texted every day because she missed you. you knew she missed you, but for whatever reason, you seemed to feel more insecure about your alleged position in her heart.
jimin was cheating on minjeong with you, but wasn’t jimin also technically cheating on you too?
then again, it wasn’t like the two of you had established any formal relationship together. all that you two knew, and had mentioned, was that you shared mutual feelings for each other. nothing more, and certainly nothing less.
you decided to distract yourself by showering and turning on some tv. moonlight crept into your apartment, and as you sat on your couch in your (jimin’s) comfiest clothes, you couldn’t help but notice the sinking feeling in your stomach once each minute passed.
it was already half past nine, and still no sign of the other girl. your scowl only grew more, but there wasn’t much you could do except move in closer to your couch cushion and grumble to yourself.
as if on cue, not even 10 minutes later, you heard jimin come through the door. she saw your curled up figure, and noticed your attention was on the TV. she was a little bummed that you weren’t seemingly excited to see her. usually, you would run to greet her, especially since she hadn't seen you for a few days.
“jagiya?”
karina set her bag down and made her way towards the couch. you were still feeling a bit upset, and she knew something was wrong with your lack of energy, but she didn’t know why. the older girl moved to sit next to you and wrapped her arms around your torso.
“hi.” you mumbled, keeping your eyes trained on the screen in front of you.
a small frown etched onto the idol’s face, and she couldn’t help but feel worried about your behavior even more. “what’s wrong, baby?” she leaned down to press a kiss to your lips.
“nothing.” you muttered, but jimin’s frown only deepened once you turned your head and she only managed to kiss your cheek. she whimpered, looking like a kicked puppy at your sudden cold shoulder. jimin didn’t like it, and she didn’t like how you also weren’t telling her why you were acting this way.
“did i do something wrong?”
your silence was deafening, and if it wasn’t for the ambience of the random TV show playing, it would have been much more quiet. you didn’t want to potentially argue with karina, but you also were dying to have some sort of reassurance from the idol.
“what are we, jimin?”
the dark haired girl’s head snapped up and her eyes widened a little. she wasn’t expecting to have this conversation with you. maybe with minjeong, but definitely not with you.
“i don’t know what this is, or if this is just some game for you.” you added, fiddling with your fingers while you tried your best to be honest with her.
you were the only person jimin cared about in the world. had she not done a good enough job of showing you that? obviously she hadn’t, considering you were feeling insecure about yourself in the moment. she used her hand to cup your face, turning it to face her entirely. she scanned your face, concern etched into every feature.
“you’re the love of my life, y/n.”
your gaze softened at her honesty, and part of you felt guilty for even doubting her feelings for you. karina took your softened gaze as an opportunity to continue speaking.
“from the moment i laid my eyes on you, i knew you were special. i knew i needed to have you. everything i feel for you, its real.”
to be honest, this was the most you two had talked about your feelings since her confession. and it did reassure you somewhat, but you had one important thing to get off of your chest.
“what about minjeong?”
jimin’s gaze never faltered, she simply pulled you into her lap and wrapped her arms around your back and waist. she leaned down to press her lips to your temple, and you instantly relaxed under her soft touch.
“i feel nothing for her. every single time she kisses me, its only you i see. whenever she tells me she loves me, i can only say it back if i pretend its you. as a matter of fact,” she ran her hands up your shirt and caressed your back with her fingertips. the action combined with her sweet words sent shivers down your spine. “i was late tonight because i was arguing with my managers again. i tried to break it off again, like i always do. i’m always fighting for you, for us.”
the power you held over her was beyond her, and you had no idea what it was doing to the young idol. she was entirely in the palm of your hand, and you could do as you wished with her.
“what do you want me to do, baby? tell me, and i’ll do it.” the idol’s lips met your neck as she left the softest and lightest pecks at its base. truth be told, karina would do anything for you. if you told her to jump, she would say how high. if you said to run, she would ask how far.
“you don’t have to do anything, jimin.” you whispered, not noticing the pout that formed on her lips.
she stared up at you with her darkened eyes, “no. my baby doesn’t understand how much i care about her, so i need to do something.”
“there’s nothing that can be done about it.” you said softly, pulling your neck away from her lips. the action made her face fall, but she was able to connect the dots and figured out immediately what the issue at hand was.
jimin’s hands moved to gently, but firmly, hold your waist. “look at me, y/n.” she quietly demanded, and you complied, of course. you would always do whatever she wanted, that was no question.
her gaze never left yours as she spoke, sending a flush to your face in the process. “i love you.”
karina’s lips kissed your forehead, then your cheek, and then the tip of your nose. the realization of her statement made your stomach flutter. you two had never said the words to each other; this was the first time you had heard her say it.
“i only love you, y/n.”
she repeated herself, emphasizing each syllable as she pulled you in closer to her. she scanned your face for any sign of a reaction. her revelation was something she had always known herself, but she figured that by finally saying it out loud to you it may give you reassurance.
you wrapped your arms around her neck and pressed your lips against hers. jimin reciprocated immediately, letting a sigh escape from her mouth as she melted against you. you were her only true weakness, but also her only true strength. it was a beautiful balance; one that she was hell bent on keeping.
once you pulled away, your foreheads rested against each other. the two of you remained like that for a moment, simply relishing in the intimate moment. karina loved you, and you now knew that without the shadow of a doubt. despite her history with minjeong, she was so certain of her feelings for you. she had told you countless times how winter was not the one she had feelings for, and that it was only ever you.
for her it was always, and only ever going to be, you. for you, it was always, and only ever going to be, her.
“i love you too, jimin.”
from that moment on, your relationship was more established. you two both knew that you were only each others, despite what the media thought. your relationship had to be secret, especially since minjeong or her other members didn’t know. however, despite keeping everyone in the dark, you two felt no regrets whatsoever.
especially in situations like now, when you two were making out in the practice room that her members had been in just mere minutes before.
jimin was on top of you again, a sight that you saw often, but you would never get tired of it either. your back pressed into the wooden floor beneath you, which was freezing earlier, but since jimin pounced on you the moment you came through the door, your body felt anything but cold.
the idol’s hands dug into your waist, making you moan into her mouth. your secret lover grinned into the kiss, relishing in the effect she had on you. jimin was in the palm of your hand, but you were equally in hers as well.
the two of you halted your movements once you heard footsteps echoing down the hall. however, jimin didn’t care about getting caught. she just didn’t want someone interrupting you two right now.
“shh,” she whispered against your lips, pecking them once more before she pulled herself off of you. she still hovered over your frame, but her body wasn’t pressed against yours. her midnight hues scanned your face, something she always had a habit of doing. she loved memorizing your features and committing them to her memory. you were a masterpiece, a true work of art. how could she not admire you?
“beautiful.”
jimin’s hands intertwined with yours, her lips meeting your knuckles in a sweet gesture. a shade of crimson flushed your face. even after all this time, her compliments seemed to always have the same effect on you.
“says the idol on top of me.” you replied, chest still slightly heaving as you attempted to catch your breath. you never fully understood how someone like her feel completely in love with you. especially since her relationship with her band member was seen as the epitome of every relationship. however, you never thought too long about it, especially when your lover was always so quick to reassure you.
the mentioned idol leaned down and kissed your lips once more, slowly but firmly. she was insatiable, naturally. but she couldn’t help herself. you were practically the definition of perfection in her eyes. she would never be able to get enough of you. she wasn’t complaining, though.
“marry me, y/n.”
she whispered against your lips, but before you could even say anything in response, she pressed another quick kiss to your swollen lips. “marry me and we won’t have to hide. then they can’t force me to do anything anymore.”
“jimin,” you warned, thinking she was somehow joking, but one glance at her and you knew she wasn’t. she had the same attentive expression on her face as always. you could practically see the wheels turning in her head. “let’s not do anything stupid.”
karina kissed the crown of your head gently, treating your body as if it was the most delicate thing in existence. “i’m tired of hiding. aren’t you?”
“your contract would be in jeopardy, my love.” you tried to reason, hoping that you would remind her of her job’s responsibilities. she was bound by her contact to her idol duties, and she was also the leader of aespa. she couldn’t exactly abandon that just for you, and you wouldn’t ask her to do such a thing anyway.
karina whined and you kissed her temple. “i’ll threaten to leave, then.” your brows furrowed as you looked at her in disbelief once more. “you will do no such thing, rina.”
the idol groaned once more, but chose to ignore your logical reasoning by kissing you fervently again. you tried to push her away to continue chastising her, but she kept chasing your lips. the older girl was about to attack your neck, but the buzzing of your phone caught both of you off guard.
reluctantly pulling away from your lover, you reached for it and answered without looking.
“hello?”
“y/n, what’s with this audio file?”
your brow furrowed as you gently moved jimin off of you. “which one?”
“the one you sent me wasn’t the one for the title track.”
your face met your forehead as you groaned, mentally trying to figure out which one you accidentally sent. fortunately for you, your boss jogged your memory.
“y/n, i don’t know what you…you and karina do…but uh, you definitely sent the wrong one.”
the color drained from your face and your gaze met jimin’s. her brows furrowed, since her close proximity, she could hear the conversation going on. however, she was just as lost as you. the two of you kept everything you did private, including your intimate moments. so how on earth would someone else know?
“ill uh, ill look into it. sorry, again.” you replied, still just as confused. you moved your phone to your other ear before mouthing something to karina. “what is he talking about?”
she only shrugged, standing up and reaching over to grab her phone from her bag. your attention was brought back to your conversation.
“yeah, i don’t know what you’re going to tell the other girls though. just send me the track by tonight.”
he ended the call once you exchanged farewells, but once you turned to jimin, you finally realized what audio file you had accidentally sent.
it was from the night you two got drunk in the studio. you had accidentally left the record button on in the booth, which picked up every single sound and word that was exchanged.
your face flushed red, and as you turned to face jimin, she stared at her phone with a smile on her face.
“what?” she asked, tilting her head at you once she made eye contact.
you swallowed the lump in your throat, trying your best to calm your racing heart. your boss had heard you and karina, basically reliving the moment you two shared with a front row seat. “jimin, he heard the recording of us from the night we got drunk in the studio.”
the idol’s smile only grew wider, making you feel significantly more confused. why was she smiling at a time like this?
jimin held her phone to your face, showing you her screen. it was her conversation with minjeong.
it was text after text of minjeong cursing at jimin, numerous amounts of “fuck you” and “how could you” messages. the realization suddenly hit you once you read the final message: “we’re done.” and your manager’s words echoed in your mind once again.
“yeah, i don’t know what you’re going to tell the other girls though.”
shit. they heard it.
“we don’t have to hide anymore, baby.” jimin grinned and kissed your face over and over, practically bursting at the seams with energy. you looked at her like she was insane. the smile on jimin’s face was the brightest you had ever seen. she swayed you in her arms, holding you close and forgetting about her phone and her extremely upset ex.
however, she didn’t care. and truthfully? neither did you. the only thing you cared about was getting the title track sent in by your deadline.
you suddenly felt a smile growing on your face, mirroring hers. you didn’t have to hide anymore, and with minjeong knowing as well, things would definitely look different with their management. jimin wouldn’t have to threaten anyone, and she would get to have her relationship with you.
“i’m going to show everyone that you’re my lover, the real love of my life.” jimin whispered in your ear.
your smile never faltered, and you could only feel butterflies in your stomach at the thought of being able to go out and do public dates with your girlfriend. “we can go on dates,” she continued, pressing a kiss to your cheek and then again on your lips.
“i don’t care what people will say,” karina’s eyes glinted with happiness. “i’m yours, and you are mine.”
you wrapped your arms around her neck, looking up at her with the same lovesick look she shared with you. “let’s go on vacation somewhere, just you and me.” she proposed as she wrapped her arms around your waist.
“i’d like that,” you answered with a giggle, feeling ticklish as she nuzzled her nose into your shoulder. with a deep breath, she inhaled your scent and pressed a kiss to your shoulder. “we can leave once the title track is released.”
“how about hawaii?” karina asked, pressing her lips to your neck gently. “i’ve heard their black beaches are gorgeous.”
you hummed in thought, recalling the numerous times you two had mentioned traveling somewhere together just to get away. but with the comeback preparations and summer ambassador activities, your plans were often squashed.
“hm, i don’t know jimin. we have a lot to clean up here.”
she groaned into your neck, “come on, don’t be a bummer, babe.”
however, now that your schedules were going to be much more free, you decided now would be the best time to go.
“fine, lets do it.”
the photos of you two making out on the sandy black beaches in hawaii made headlines the next weekend, but neither of you cared anymore. you didn’t care about hiding, she didn’t care about what people said about her and minjeong. she didn’t care because now she got the girl she wanted, and she wasn’t afraid to show it.
karina’s face was plastered all over media outlets, and aespa gained a lot of attention from your relationship. even though most people didn’t know who you were, once karina publicly mentioned your name in an interview the amount of attention you received was enormous. she had always defended your name though, making sure to come for anyone that dared taint your name. she was fine with people taking her name through the mud, but yours?
she would rather burn her own hands than let someone else harm you.
minjeong and the others were still very upset with their leader, but it wasn’t like they could do anything about it. it wasn’t like the two of you were going to stop.
your once secret, undercover love was now in the light, and the only thing that mattered to you was the success of aespa and your girlfriend’s well being.
but for karina, the only thing that mattered to her was you. that, and what style of ring she was going to buy you after the comeback was over.
after all, weddings were often better in the spring, but this summer was not a bummer at all. the only bummer was how she was going to get her members to forgive her and be her bridesmaids, but that was a problem for later.
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a/n: to the anon who requested this...thank you so MUCH ���
#karina x reader#aespa#winrina#yu jimin#karina#yu jimin x reader#karina aespa#kpop#kpop fic#summer bummer#perfectsunlight
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I remember it as New Year’s Day, but I might remember it being overly dramatic. It might be Harvest Day, or none of those are right. But I heard that one day, the sender was under the name Lee Sooman, and the entire company received an email. It was the length of 6-7 pages of paper, about that we’ll debut a group called EXO. EXO is from Exo Planet, a foreign planet. There are 12 members and each of them has supernatural powers. It was too over the moon, even for SM Entertainment employees to handle. (Yim Heeyoon)
I couldn’t understand it at first. It said they were from a planet far away... But I definitely saw them from SM’s practice room. (Kangta, SM Executive Director)
JUNMYEON, EXO
TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE
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ZENITH ENTERTAINMENT is a fictional South Korean entertainment company. It was founded in 2016 by former SM Entertainment executive LEE TAEIN, shortly after his supposedly amicable departure from the company.
They are best known for their first and flagship group FABLE, who continues to be the only artist formed solely by the company. Zenith is also notable for the way CEO Taein notoriously inserts himself into the smallest of business decisions, and their refusal to take trainees since Fable’s debut.
BASICS
NAME: Zenith Entertainment
TYPE: Private
INDUSTRY: Music, entertainment
FOUNDED: 2016
FOUNDER: Lee Taein
HEADQUARTERS: Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
AREA SERVED: Worldwide
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 20+
ARTISTS
FABLE (2018 — present): eight seven member boy group
NEON NIGHTS (2021 — present): five member girl band
JAESUN (2023 — present): idol soloist
NOTABLE PEOPLE
LEE TAEIN (1969) … Founder, CEO, and Fable's creative director. Former SM Entertainment talent acquisition director. Played by Lee Byung-hun.
PARK SANGHYUN (1972) … COO and CFO. Has been trying to get a private office for the past seven years. Played by Lee Seo-jin.
CHEN YUXUAN (2002) … Taein and Sanghyun's executive assistant. Underpaid and overworked intern. Played by Liu Yu.
WOO HYEKYUNG (1997) … Social media & marketing manager. Has held the position since 2017. Rules the open office with an iron fist. Played by Park Soobin.
SHIN JUBIN (1985) … Neon Nights and Jaesun's creative director. Classics fan. Can conjugate ancient Greek. Played by Hwang Jung-eum.
KIM GAEUN (1981) … Fable's lead stylist. Co-founder of modern hanbok brand Shinbok. Played by Son Ye-jin.
HONG SHINUI (1975) … Historical consultant for Fable. Korea University adjunct professor. Historian specializing in the middle period of the Joseon dynasty. Played by Lee Tae-ran.
JEON DAEWOONG (1995) … Fable's manager. Former SM Entertainment trainee, 2014-2017. Always thinking about who he could have been. Played by Ahn Hyo-seop.
LEE AERIN (1990) … Neon Nights' manager. Not their first fan, but still their biggest one. Played by Tiffany Young.
NAM CHOHYUN (1998) … Jaesun's manager. Also his cousin. Otherwise unqualified for his job. Played by Han Gichan.
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
LEE TAEIN (1969) … 60%. Founder and CEO.
AHN █████ (197█) … 15%. ███████ Group ███. Played by ████ ███.
JUNG SEOBUM (1990) … 10%. Venture capitalist, representing Daehan Ventures. Played by Lee Junho.
████ █████████ (19██) … 7%. Lawyer, the eponymous ████ of law firm ████ & ███. Played by ███ ████████.
███ █████████ (1969) … 6%. Senior Superintendent in the █████ ████████████ ██████ ██████. Played by ███ ████████.
LEE JAESEOP (1995) … 2%. Idol, member of Fable. Played by Kim Doyoung.
#╰ to be written in ink is to be immortal — [ misc. ]#fictional idol community#fictional idol oc#idol oc#kpop oc#kpop addition#idolverse#typos or errors probably but i will fix them later after work
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What do you think are the chances SM will drop out of the big 4 eventually soon? All I hear about them recently is how the company CEOs are milking it for all they can without care, I know big ships sink longer but it can't last forever, and Kakao doesn't seem to do SM much good too. Both companies are quite a pair to be honest, lawsuits, investigations and all, Bang PD must be happy he left that disaster for Kakao to deal with 😁 I wonder how SM falling apart would influence the entertainment industry.
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“eventually soon” feels like an oxymoron lol, but I’ll assume you mean anytime in the next 5 years.
So what are the chances SM drops out?
My gut feeling is 0%. (With a caveat in point 3). SM is still going to be a prominent company in this space for the next 5 years for three reasons.
1. K-pop stans. That company has lasted this long because it’s perfected the model of k-pop - gamifying music consumption - on the largest swarth of fans for the longest time, longer than any other k-pop company. In fact I’d say you’ve not really met a company stan until you’ve met an SM stan because those creatures are the blueprint. Like, I see the way they move, decades later, and feel some respect for Lee Sooman because he’s created a formidable army that’s kept his company rolling through cultism scandals, a government subpoena, an Interpol indictment, several lawsuits from idols under his management, and a HYBE takeover… for starters.
SM dominated 1st and 2nd gen k-pop (alongside YG and JYP for 2nd gen) and a lot of k-pop stans who got in back then were pre-teens and teens. K-pop dominated by SM wasn’t just a hobby for those people, it was their childhood. And they cherish it as such, which also means bias on SM generally skews the way you’d expect. Many 1st and 2nd gen k-pop stans are still very active, they’ve grown up now and are no longer the pre-teens lost in the lights learning about Girls Generation. No. Now, those stans are now the ‘tastemakers’ of k-pop spaces. Much of the mythos around the Big 3 is created and actively sustained by this group of k-pop stans. They are the people you’d typically see being k-pop ‘journalists’ today, they run the main podcasts on k-pop, they moderate the main k-pop forums both in Korea and internationally, and so on. They play a significant part in driving ‘consensus k-pop’ opinions (though ARMYs seem to also make sure they have a voice). K-pop stans will be the first people to tell you how much they “hate” SM for being so shitty in treating their idols, but the bias towards SM in k-pop spaces is implicit. And no, it’s not because of the ‘vocals’.
2. SM’s cost base is low: (I rambled a lot in the first point and now jet lag is kicking in so I’ll try to keep this point brief.) SM spends next to nothing on their staff and talent. Part of the reason HYBE and Kakao could acquire them relatively easily last year, was because that company has next to no cost base, compared to other Big 4 companies. Almost every costing ratio has SM at the bottom compared to peers (excluding legal fees and other non-operating costs); on Korean blinds their employees self-report being the lowest paid among the Big4; Black composers SM hires have reported to The Guardian that the company doesn’t pay them… My point being, even if half of SM’s idol roster stopped putting out music for 1 year, the company’s cost base is so low that they’d still be afloat. Aside from all the auxiliary businesses SM is involved in (they also own hotels in Korea and other businesses), the company is more nimble than it seems at first glance and just needs a bit more time to get stable again.
Which brings me to my 3rd point.
3. New Groups. By this time next year I expect at least one of three things to have happened to SM. I’ll list two. (1) There’s M&A with a Western music label, and (2) SM (as a standalone entity) are back at the topline ratios they were at in 2019. Scenario 2 is already feasible with SM’s Moon&Back partnership, the new girl group debuting in 2024/2025, and RIIZE maintaining their current momentum, even as NCT begins enlisting this year. Nothing revives a company like SM better than new blood, and after the last few years of stagnation, SM is likely to see significant growth from those projects.
I agree with you that nothing lasts forever, empires rise and fall and HYBE will too at some point. And so eventually, SM as we know it will cease to exist. But I’m not expecting it to be anytime soon, save the caveats in point 3.
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firing a 20 year-old for smoking maybe even dating as if the entire underpaid sm staff isn’t probably smoking a pack a day with the shit going on in their workplace like sue me entertainment is really in their no employees ever era
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Jieun's Family
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Disclaimer: All characters are completely imaginary and do not exist in real life. Names, places, occupations, and experiences are all made up.
All the pictures are from Pinterest and are not mine. Credit to the owners.
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[Parents / Single Father – Lee Minhyun & Oliver (Junhyuk) Ki]
Jieun’s mother Lee Minhyun was born in 1979 in Gimpo, South Korea. She grew up with a single mother and as an only child. She was a good student and always loved music and art. In 1995 she auditioned for the newly founded SM Entertainment and was accepted.
Jieun’s father Ki Junhyuk, or Oliver Ki, was born in 1978 in Salford near Manchester in England. He grew up with his british mother, korean father and a twin brother. He is incredibly talented in math and is a pretty technical thinking person. At 16 years old he did an exchange year in Korea.
The two met in 1994 in school and immediately started hanging out. Junhyuk was adopted into Minhyun’s friend group, and it didn’t take long for them to develop feelings for each other. However, there was one problem. Minhyun’s dream of becoming an idol. She was technically not even allowed to date as a trainee and therefore the two kept it a secret.
Eventually Minhyun was told she could debut in an upcoming girl group in 1997. Minhyun had to face the difficult choice of either living her dream as an idol or loving the person she wants. And she chose the latter. Leaving SM Entertainment and therefore the entertainment industry to get married to Junhyuk in the same year, 1997.
The two moved from Korea to the small town of Rey in East Sussex, England. Here Minhyun gave birth to a baby girl, named Ki Minji or Sarah Ki, in the year 1998. She got a job as a hair dresser in the small town and Junhyuk started work as a police officer.
A whole four years later in 2001 their second daughter and last child, Ki Jieun, or Elizabeth Ki, was born. Their little family was perfect. They had everything they needed.
In 2008 tragedy ripped Minhyun out of her family as she died in a robbery with only 29 years old. She leaves behind her grieving husband and two daughters, Minji and Jieun.
From then on, Junhyuk had to raise his daughters alone. While Minji was ten years old, Jieun was merely seven. And only a year later, his youngest daughter Jieun wanted to join a Kpop company. He was skeptical at first but in hopes that she could live the life Minhyun never could, he let her go.
With 17 his older daughter Minji had the vision to create her own business and with his help she build up a small cosmetic company.
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{Sister – Ki Minji (Sarah Ki)}
Jieun’s older sister Ki Minji, or Sarah Ki, was born in 1998 in Rey, East Sussex. She was an extraordinary student and had inherited her father’s business skills.
Minji took after her father and had the same skills such as management, math, and strategic thinking. Jieun took after her mother with a love for dance and singing.
She and her sister got along great. They were always joking around and balanced each other perfectly. While Minji is the more rational one, Jieun is more on the emotional side. The head and the heart. That’s how their parents always used to call them.
In 2009 her little sister left to live her dream while Minji still tried to handle their mother’s death. Since 2013 she had the dream to create her own business and with the help of her father she finally managed to open a small cosmetic business in 2015. They didn’t have much room and had renovated the old guest room into a little lab to create the cosmetics. Unexpectedly the company blew up. So much so, that in barely a year, they had to expand and were able to buy a full laboratory and business building. At only 19 years old Minji was a CEO of her own cosmetic company with 9 factories all over the world and thousands of employees. Over the following years the business only grew and Minji couldn’t believe what she had accomplished with her father.
In 2018 she met a chinese model named Haoyu who modeled for her company and fell in love with him. They started to date in the same year and eventually made their relationship official. Since then, they have been living together and while Minji still leads the company, Haoyu continues his model career.
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SEYEON’S PROFILE
PERSONAL PROFILE
BIRTH NAME: Choi Se-yeon (최세연)
ENGLISH NAME: Sarah Choi
NICKNAMES:
DATE OF BIRTH: May 13, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH: Incheon, South Korea
HOMETOWN: New York City, USA
SEX AND GENDER: female woman
PRONOUNS: she/her
ETHNICITY: Korean
NATIONALITY: South Korean
CITIZENSHIP: South Korean, American
SOCIAL CLASS: upper class
BLOOD TYPE: A
CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN: Ox (牛)
STAR SIGN: Taurus
MBTI: ISTP
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
EYE COLOR: dark brown
HAIR COLOR: black
HEIGHT: 161cm (5’3’)
WEIGHT: 46kg (101lbs)
BODY BUILD: hourglass figure; small ribcage, strong and visible muscles, good posture
SKIN TONE: light-medium; warm undertone
SKIN TYPE: oily
FACE SHAPE: heart; small face, v-shaped jawline, flat chin
EYE SHAPE: round; double eyelids, ‘sad’ eyes
NOSE SHAPE: high nose bridge, pointy nose tip, small nose wings
LIP SHAPE: heart; prominent cupid’s bow
OTHER NOTICEABLE FEATURES: straight eyebrows, dimples
PROCEDURES: skin whitening, jaw shaving, rhinoplasty, lip fillers, botox
DOMINANT HAND: left
BODY MODIFICATIONS: piercings (left ear - 2, right ear - 2)
LOOKALIKES:
VOICE CLAIM: Jurin (XG)
CAREER PROFILE
OCCUPATION: K-Pop Idol
STAGE NAME: Seyeon
NICKNAMES:
FANDOM NAME: NCTzen /
LABEL: SM Entertainment (2007–)
GROUP: NCT (2016–), Girls On Top (2022–)
SUBUNITS: NCT U (2016–), NCT 127 (2016–), NCT DREAM (2016–2018, 2021–), GOT the beat (2022–)
POSITIONS: main dancer (127, DREAM, GOT the beat), lead rapper (127, DREAM, GOT the beat), face of the group (NCT)
REPRESENTATIVE COLOR: neon pink
REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI: 🍭
ROLE MODEL(S): Lee Hyori (soloist), BoA (soloist)
BEST KNOWN FOR:
being "the next BoA" (trainee days)
being a first female member of NCT
dance skills
stage presence
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BACKSTORY
Seyeon was born on May 13, 1997, in Incheon, South Korea, to her mother Kim Ji-yeon and her father Choi Song-ho. She is an only child.
She comes from a rich family. Her mother is an actress and her father is a bank manager.
In 1998, her family moved to New York, USA. She was raised there and therefore grew up bilingual. They came back to Korea in 2006.
In 2007, Seyeon was approached by an SM employee while she was shopping with her grandma. Although they walked away, the employee found them again a month later. Seyeon didn't have any skills, yet she was cast and joined SM as a trainee.
For most time, Seyeon trained to be a soloist. After a couple of years, she trained with Red Velvet members and was meant to debut with them.
On December 3, 2013, Seyeon was introduced as a member of SM Rookies, a pre-debut team of trainees under SM Entertainment.
Right before Red Velvet's debut, Seyeon was removed from the line-up. She then was put in solo training again.
On January 27, 2016, SM Entertainment released two videos that announced the company's new group NCT. On April 4, Seyeon's teasers were posted. She officially debuted with NCT U on April 9, 2016, with the digital single "The 7th Sense".
On July 1, 2016, SM Entertainment announced the debut of the second NCT unit, NCT 127, that Seyeon would be a part of. She officially debuted with NCT 127 on July 10, 2016, with the group's first mini album "NCT #127".
On August 19, 2016, SM Entertainment released the first teasers for NCT's third unit, NCT DREAM, that Seyeon would be a part of. She officially debuted with NCT DREAM on August 24, 2016, with the group's first digital single "Chewing Gum".
On August 26, 2018, SM Entertainment announced that Seyeon would be graduating from NCT DREAM along with Mark due to maturity of age. She officially left the group on December 31, 2018.
On April 29, 2020, SM Entertainment announced that Seyeon and Mark would be coming back to NCT DREAM. She officially came back to NCT DREAM on May 10,2021, with the group's first full album "Hot Sauce".
On December 27, 2021, SM Entertainment announced the debut of a female project group Girls On Top and its first unit GOT the beat which Seyeon would be a part of. She officially debuted as a member of GOT the beat on January 3, 2022, with the group's first digital single "Step Back".
FACTS / TRIVIA
She is the first NCT member to join SM.
She speaks Korean, English, Japanese, and some Chinese.
She has three cats and one dog.
Favorite color: hot pink
Favorite food: meat
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Sunny officially confirms her departure from SM Entertainment through an Instagram post:
Hello. This is Girls’ Generation’s Sunny.
In addition to expressing my gratitude for Girls’ Generation’s 16th debut anniversary, there is something else that I additionally wanted to relay, so I’m writing this post.
Looking back, there are so many people I have been grateful to for the past 16 years.
My precious members who are like another me, my loving family, staff members who were always by our sides, and fans who gave us strength through their existences alone…
Today especially I want to express my gratitude to SM Entertainment who gave great help so that 19-year-old Lee Soon Kyu (Sunny’s real name) could debut as Girls’ Generation’s Sunny.
I want to express my gratitude to the managers who worked hard and shared our joys and sorrows while promoting in the entertainment industry for 16 years and to all the employees who helped us to be able to spread positive energy through good music and good sides of us as well as various performances and content.
Every single day, I was as happy as I could be to be able to debut as Girls’ Generation with the members and to meet SONE (Girls’ Generation’s official fan club).
I am now trying to take courage to see myself in a new environment from a different perspective. This is thanks to fans who sent support without change for a long period of time and the interest and affection of people I’m grateful to. No matter what kind of day comes in the future, I will continue to move forward as the revitalizing Sunny.
I will continue to be Sunny who shares good news going forward. Thank you.
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It's wild that "fans" (which I'm more convinced are antis who didn't care to begin with or SM stans/employees) would drag him over wanting to take more control over his career after all that has come out during the lawsuit. SM has a history of denying artist freedom and input FOR YEARS, and in the last month, already 4 older idols have ended their exclusive contracts and left, fully or partially, the company because it, but it's a problem when Baekhyun has did it.
SM's smear campaign is because they are upset that it's looking like they can't control EXO and disrespect them exclusively and their fans anymore. They don't want to respect EXO and the growth and changes they want to make to survive in the entertainment industry as they get older, but they also don't want them to succeed somewhere else. They want to be able to keep them in a box and then let them out and show that they still have the group when they want to increase their stocks and pad their pockets for their newer groups, and now they can't do that. That's foul on so many levels, and those trashing Baekhyun and Chen and Xiumin are saying they are okay with that type of mistreatment being done. They aren't leaving EXO, and to an extent, SM in regards there, I also believe that EXO will be their first priority before their solo and other activities, so why the crictism?
I had a feeling that when the CBX lawsuit happened that they would all slowly start to move their subunit, solo, and other activities like acting outside of SM for more control. SM Entertainment themselves are selling all companies and affiliates outside of the music side, so why would it make sense to stay when they are losing their their foot in the entertainment industry? They have chosen to support those they can still scam money out of with the newer groups versus the older ones, and they don't want to admit it.
TLDR, I agree with you, and I'm tired of people believing this obvious smear campaign. SM let all that stuff leak to look favorable because they are bitter.
LOVELY ANON I COMPLETELY AGREE
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LEE TAEIN (이태인), born July 19, 1969, in Seoul, South Korea, is the founder and CEO of South Korean entertainment company Zenith Entertainment. He got his start in the entertainment industry as a lowly employee at SM Entertainment, before working his way up to a director position focusing on talent acquisition. He held the position for only a few years, up until his departure from SM in 2016. Almost immediately after, he founded Zenith Entertainment.
Currently, he runs Zenith under his own very specific philosophy. Taein tends to be very hands-on with his artists, purposely keeping the company small and inserting himself into every step of the production and promotion processes. He was also personally involved with recruiting and signing most of his current roster. Unlike most other entertainment companies, Zenith does not take on trainees. (Taein held auditions once in 2017 and has nightmares about it to this day.) Instead, he prefers to poach talent from other places: people he knows, Neon Nights’ Qiuyun from JYP Entertainment, etc.
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HYBE and SM Entertainment...
After all the crazy news in the past week, we got new huge developments in the “Lee Soo Man vs. SM Entertainment shareholders” saga, HYBE became the biggest shareholder of SM after buying out 14.8% of Lee Soo Man’s share of the company for $335 million (and want to buy more). HYBE is now officially the biggest entrainment company in South Korea, only big conglomerates like CJ and Kakao have more influence, but that’s not thanks to their idols, it’s mostly thanks to other sectors like internet search engines, communication apps, and television networks they own.
Kakao (who is now the second largest shareholder of SM) was trying to take over, so LSM took the chance to sell his shares to HYBE, in hope they won’t oust him out of the company like the new SM CEO’s were trying to do with “SM 3.0″.
Let me be clear here, LSM was stealing money from the company, staff, and idols by creating new companies and funneling money into them. And this news means he made a deal with HYBE that will likely allow him to continue to do exactly that! So, shame on HYBE for allowing LSM to continue to rip off his employees, just because they wanted a cut as well.
More details about the deal will come out later and how everything will change for the two companies will also be seen in the next few months or years, but I know that one company (HYBE) having this much control and power in the entertainment industry can’t be a good thing.
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☁︎⌒*･ﾟ INTRO
REVERIE ENTERTAINMENT, referred to as "REVERIE" by the public, is a fictional south korean company established in 2006 by MOOBON HYUK. the company operates as a record label, a modeling agency, and a music production company. REVERIE ENTERTAINMENT also has connections within the acting industry.
☁︎⌒*･ﾟ COMPANY BASICS
NATIVE NAME : reverie entertainment
TYPE : public
FOUNDED : may 29th, 2006
FOUNDER : moobon hyuk ( ceo , profile )
HEADQUARTERS : yeouido, seoul, south korea + paris, france + shibuya city, tokyo, japan & los angeles, california, usa
AREAS SERVED : worldwide
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES : 260+
KEY PEOPLE : MOOBON HYUK ( ceo ), MAGALIE CHARBONNEAU ( cfo ), BO MEE-YON ( cheif creative director ), TASHI CLARK ( cervus artists ), ANGELINE CHASTAIN-MOREAU ( i citronnade music ), HARU PIRIPI ( studio toadstool ), NAE HAN-GYEOL ( frisson labs ) PARK KWANG-SUN ( polyatomic records ), BANG 'RUDIE' IL-SEONG ( 28delight ), BEATRIX SO ( mysterity productions )
☁︎⌒*･ﾟREVERIE INFO
REVERIE ENTERTAINMENT started accepting trainees a few months after being established. MARIAN was the company's first artist to make a debut in 2007. REVERIE accepts trainees from anywhere in the world and has even debuted several foreign idols. REVERIE also offers korean classes if trainees aren't familiar with the language. japanese is also offered since all groups end up releasing music in japan as well. REVERIE debuts a full group every two years and a solo artist or duo every other year. many who hope to become idols want to make their debut under REVERIE because of how well trainees and idols are treated within the company. this has left REVERIE with a strong and admirable image as a company.
☁︎⌒*･ﾟREVERIE'S SUBSIDIARIES
CERVUS ARTISTS : founded in 2007, CERVUS ARTISTS is REVERIE ENTERTAINMENT'S central management firm. all staff, such as managers, choreographers, stylists, vocal coaches, and more, are hired and trained in this firm to ensure that REVERIE'S artists, or any other artists under REVERIE'S sub-labels, receive the best treatment possible. after their training, they are then sent to either REVERIE ENTERTAINMENT or any of its sub-labels. CERVUS ARTISTS also manage modeling and acting opportunities for reverie and its sub-label's artists.
I CITRONNADE MUSIC : obtained in 2009 through a deal between MOOBON HYUK'S childhood friend and CEO of I CITRONNADE MUSIC, ANGELINE CHASTAIN-MOREAU. as a result of this agreement, HYUK debuted ANGELINE'S son, DRURY, in the label's first kpop group, HOTLINE, in 2011. former independent, underground, and indie french artists, as well as new artists, are represented through I CITRONNADE MUSIC.
STUDIO TOADSTOOL : founded in 2011 by HARU PIRIPI, STUDIO TOADSTOOL brings in groups, idols, and trainees that have transferred from other labels such as SM or JYP. STUDIO TOADSTOOL is also in charge of filming any music videos or shows that any of REVERIE ENTERTAINMENT'S artists or its sub-label's artists are on.
FRISSON LABS : founded in 2013, FRISSON LABS controls all production for all REVERIE ENTERTAINMENT artists and its sub-label artists. after producers, stylists, composers, set designers, lyricists, and any other creative job that REVERIE requires are done with their training, they move here to broaden their horizons and gain more experience. any legal issues regarding reverie's artists or staff are also dealt with through FRISSON LABS.
POLYATOMIC RECORDS : POLYATOMIC RECORDS, founded in 2015 by PARK KWANG-SUN, is known for its dark and unique concepts, which each group showcases with each release. POLYATOMIC RECORDS also controls the creation of concepts for groups or soloists under REVERIE ENTERTAINMENT.
28DELIGHT : founded in 2017 by HOTLINE'S RUDIE. RUDIE made the label as a last ditch effort to get people to take him seriously. this sub-label is known for its outgoing and obscure concepts, which isn't something that REVERIE always explores.
MYSTERITY CREATIVE : MYSTERITY CREATIVE, founded in 2021 by BEATRIX SO, is known for their only girl group, ORPHIC, who are known for their entrancing and mystic concepts. CERVUS ARTISTS recently transferred the responsibility of managing idol appearances and showcases to MYSTERITY CREATIVE.
☁︎⌒*･ﾟREVERIE'S BRANCHES
REVERIE USA : established in 2007 after HYUK was given advice to open REVERIE'S doors to countries outside of asia.
REVERIE JAPAN : HYUK expressed interest in expanding REVERIE to other countries surrounding south korea. after testing out china and japan, HYUK decided on japan after seeing how well received REVERIE'S idols were. REVERIE JAPAN was then established in 2014.
REVERIE FRANCE : established in 2015 in a joint venture between HYUK and ANGELINE of I CITRONNADE MUSIC.
☁︎⌒*･ﾟARTISTS
MARIAN ~ FEMALE SOLO ARTIST / ( 2007 - PRESENT )
BROTHERS TWO ~ MALE DUO / ( 2008 - 2009 / NPC )
BELLAMY EOM ~ MALE SOLO ARTIST / ( 2009 - 2022 ; RETIRED / NPC ) / TOADSTOOL
POISON APPLE ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 3 MEMBERS / ( 2009 - PRESENT / NPC )
HOTLINE ~ BOY GROUP ~ 7 MEMBERS / ( 2011 - PRESENT )
GOOSEBOY ~ MALE SOLO ARTIST / ( 2011 - PRESENT / NPC )
BABYCLIQUE ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 5 MEMBERS / ( 2012 - 2019 ; DISBANDED / NPC )
NINON ~ FEMALE SOLO ARTIST / ( 2013 - PRESENT / NPC ) / I CITRONNADE
ALICE ~ FEMALE SOLO ARTIST / ( 2013 - PRESENT / NPC )
CHERRISH ~ BOY GROUP ~ 4 MEMBERS / ( 2013 - PRESENT / NPC ) / TOADSTOOL
LABYRINTH ~ CO-ED GROUP ~ 8 MEMBERS / ( 2014 - PRESENT )
PHOSPHENES ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 3 MEMBERS / ( 2015 - PRESENT / NPC ) / POLYATOMIC
BALLETICA ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 5 MEMBERS / ( 2015 - PRESENT / NPC ) / TOADSTOOL
SATURNE ~ FEMALE ROCK BAND ~ 4 MEMBERS / ( 2015 - PRESENT / NPC ) / I CITRONNADE
FLORENT ~ MALE SOLO ARTIST / ( 2015 - PRESENT / NPC )
T.O.T ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 6 MEMBERS / ( 2016 - PRESENT / NPC ) / POLYATOMIC
FRAISE CHÉRIE ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 5 MEMBERS / ( 2016 - PRESENT )
HWANG DURI ~ FEMALE SOLO ARTIST / ( 2017 - PRESENT / NPC ) / TOADSTOOL
MOIST STAR ~ SISTER DUO / ( 2017 - PRESENT )
SUNNY SIDE ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 4 MEMBERS / ( 2017 - PRESENT ) / 28DELIGHT
HIEMS ~ MALE SOLO ARTIST / ( 2018 - PRESENT / NPC ) / I CITRONNADE
IN2STELLAR ~ BOY GROUP ~ 9 MEMBERS / ( 2018 - PRESENT )
REANIMATE ~ CO-ED GROUP ~ 12 MEMBERS / ( 2018 - PRESENT / NPC ) / POLYATOMIC
PERCIVAL ~ MALE SOLO ARTIST / ( 2019 - PRESENT )
SUPERSONIC ~ CO-ED DUO / ( 2019 - PRESENT / NPC ) / TOADSTOOL
CHALKED ~ BROTHER DUO / ( 2019 - PRESENT / NPC ) / I CITRONNADE
AQUALUV ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 4 MEMBERS / ( 2020 - PRESENT )
MALMSEY ~ CO-ED BAND ~ 5 MEMBERS / ( 2021 - PRESENT / NPC ) / I CITRONNADE
VTMN ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 4 MEMBERS / ( 2021 - PRESENT / NPC ) / TOADSTOOL
TIZZY ~ FEMALE SOLO ARTIST / ( 2021 - PRESENT / NPC )
RU:SH ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 21 MEMBERS / ( 2021 - PRESENT ) / POLYATOMIC
ORPHIC ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 7 MEMBERS / ( 2021 - PRESENT / NPC ) / MYSTERITY
SODA POP! ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 5 MEMBERS / ( 2021 - PRESENT / NPC ) / I CITRONNADE
SKYHIGH ~ BOY GROUP ~ 14 MEMBERS / ( 2022 - PRESENT )
NEMO ~ MALE BAND ~ 3 MEMBERS / ( 2022 - PRESENT / NPC ) / I CITRONNADE
5UGAR ~ GIRL GROUP ~ 5 MEMBERS / ( 2022 - PRESENT / NPC ) / 28DELIGHT
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contrary to popular opinion, I don’t think this will be the “downfall” of HYBE considering that they own 80% of ADOR and MHJ has only 19% and NJ isn’t HYBE’s biggest group (not downplaying their success, they’re still extremely successful and talented).
However, if what HYBE/Bang PD is alleging is true (and it’s looking like it is, when you see MHJ’s statements and her using a fall guy as well as the fact that a huge conglomerate doesn’t do a public audit for NO REASON), I think that will be the downfall of MHJ’s career in the entertainment industry because what company will trust her with her reputation?
According to Korean employee online forums, she was a shitty boss in both SM and HYBE (apparently she hit an employee according to Koreans) and the Korean public hate her for her actions in both companies because they really have a culture of “don’t bite the hand that feeds you”.
Also, due to HYBE alleging that she has been spreading rumours about HYBE artists and trainees, people are suspecting that she may have been behind Youngseo leaving ILLIT (after training for 5 years), Garam’s scandal, Le Serafim’s hate trains, etc.
Now listen up, coz this is where SM comes in. As we know, she used to work at SM. People are suspecting that her behaviour of spreading rumours may have started at SM. It’s a well known fact that SM employees don’t like her AT ALL.
Now this is where RIIZE comes in. As we know, according to HYBE’s uncovered documents that were verified by the press, MHJ feels like Bang PD copied her by creating BTS. But she also said that groups like RIIZE, TWS, etc, copied her as well and she basically feels responsible for those group’s success.
As stated before, it’s alleged that she spread rumours about both HYBE artists as well as TRAINEES.
You know who used to be a trainee at HYBE (specifically SOURCE music, where MHJ used to be at before ADOR was created)? Seunghan from RIIZE.
everything is just suspected at the moment, but it’s all lining up…
NOW! this does all follow a sound line of logic 🤔 everything can be traced back to her! fshsjj but in all seriousness, i do agree that this won’t bring to the downfall of hybe or whatever, cause yes they own most of ador, and also even if they end up losing nj they will be fine cause they have lots of other groups to rely on, plus they keep buying companies to expand their monopoly! nj isn’t to hybe what bp was to yg, i wouldn’t worry if i were hybe
also……i truly don’t understand why she can possibly think that bh copied her for *** ?? like don’t see which parts of her work she thinks *** copied ???? she’s just delusional
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The SM-Jessica special? That's interesting. Do you really think there's something SM did to set up and blacklist MHJ the way they did for Jessica?
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Lol Anon,
You might as well be asking me if water is wet. There's no need to even work to come up with a conspiracy, you just have to be aware of very recent history that is public information. I mean, think about it. JYJ from TVXQ remain effectively blacklisted 20 years later (even though they have made the most remarkable improvement in the last five years), while Yunho and Changmin maintain a thriving career and spotless reputation (despite occasional whispers on k-blogs that are promptly deleted); Kris Wu from EXO, when the allegations were first made against him, he pointed out how the first girl from the Chinese chatroom had obtained the highest clearance access to him that would've been impossible without ridiculously high financial backing (he's still a rapist so it doesn't matter, but still); you already know what happened to Jessica. There's a reason SM Entertainment has earned a reputation of being the absolute worst of all the top k-pop agencies in Korea, for the entirety of the company's existence.
More recently, during the EXO-CBX slave contract scandal, an anonymous staff blind from SM posted on gossip blogs asserted that Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin were extremely entitled and ungrateful fuck-ups who trampled on the other staff at SM - it was a massive and effective hit job (link to the blind here - translation here). In Korea there's chatter about how the change in sentiment against CBX due to that letter, was likely a factor in the trio quickly reaching an agreement with SM.
And then there's Min Heejin. Consider how she said when the allegations were first made, her response was that the pictures of "naked children" on her wall were a gift from a friend, that they weren’t even hers and that the claim she's a pedophile was completely absurd. Very normal and expected claims from someone who wanted to defend herself. Likely an excuse. What she didn't say though, was who that friend was. That was answered less than a week later when an SM employee (with a posting history spanning years and not a burn account), posted a blind that she was the one who presented the pictures to Min Heejin and even took it upon herself to hire help to hang up the pictures on her wall, as a present to MHJ, her dear friend, who she had a history of posting about (MHJ) as a bitch, a whore, and the parasite who stood in her way of advancing at SM... There was fairly normal chatter from the Koreans in the comment section of that post, but everybody understood what happened. The next day that post and the account that made it were deleted.
Lol.
Shinwha has been the only group to somewhat escape SM and remain fairly independently successful, but the company has also done everything to make sure that's not repeated for anyone else. Including Min Heejin. Who chose to work at HYBE, of all places. Remember that tomfoolery about the "Pink Bloods"? I promise you Chris Lee and several staff think in very tribal terms about their business culture. And this is something that's widely assumed and accepted on the k-side.
Of course, none of this information really makes it to the international side. Or people note it in bits and pieces that may or may not be properly translated or shown to carry the right weight. Either way, there's a natural information barrier between Korean and international fandoms, there's Korean fans of rival groups who wouldn't want this to spread, in favour of the current narrative against MHJ and it's easy to see how SM can use this to their advantage. Also, the competitiveness inherent to k-pop ensures that so long as NewJeans is the top girl group, they are deserving of the worst and most dehumanizing handicap in k-pop: the ick factor of pedophilia.
I mean, I saw in real time how k-pop stans were in love with NewJeans precisely up till the moment the pre-order numbers for their debut album was released and was on pace to break records set by any other debut at the time. The moment that happened people started looking for anything to detract from the group, there were even bullying accusations started for Minji randomly on naver but ofc it never gained traction because only a few hours later, an account that hadn't posted since February 2022 suddenly posted a a massive thread about how the pictures on Min Heejin's wall on her Instagram (which had been posted for months without incident) were actually proof she's secretly a pedophile, therefore, NewJeans should be boycotted, hated, and shunned or MHJ should abandon working with NewJeans. This is a narrative they will never let up because it's easy to use, extremely damaging, and cruel. It's why:
none of the groups Min Heejin worked on as Creative Director while at SM, such as SHINee, f(x), NCT Dream and NCT more broadly, Red Velvet, etc, are treated as 'created with pedophilia in mind' the way it's applied to NewJeans, even though they ascribe to MHJ every portion of responsibility for the song and artist, as though it's all her work;
Also, why is it that the whole team of people who worked with MHJ at SM, many with known public sordid histories, people whose choices would've certainly shown in the work as well - why aren't they awarded even a sliver of attention or responsibility? That's how we have people believing the lyrics for Ice Cream Cake by Red Velvet were under the direction of graphic designer and CD MHJ.... Like, seriously lmao. Going by her job description, her involvement would’ve began and ended in the styling and overall art direction of the group and MV. It's one of the most iconic MVs in k-pop btw.
even they admit that MHJ is singlehandedly responsible for creating our current idea of "concepts" in k-pop. N.B: the idea that a conceptual thematic for a group, debut, and comeback should be centered around one central idea - it was established and promoted by MHJ in SM which helped establish SM as a formidable company in the Big3. Most of the classics from SM were overseen by MHJ;
It's also why names like Park Jin-young, Yang Hyun-suk, and Yoo Young-jin are names you might prolly feel the need to google to be certain of who they are, despite three of them being three of the biggest names in k-pop, certified male creeps with known public histories of drooling over teen girls on camera while being the right-hand man for a guy wanted by Interpol as in the case of YYJ (and then debuting minor groups); disbanding their groups and having sex with them while underage and then later marrying them as in the case of YG, installing cameras in their bathrooms and then debuting a group like Treasure and BabyMonster; taking minors to R Kelly's house and then debuting them with his partnership as in the case of JYP, and then debuting Wonder Girls, Itzy, NMIXX with minors and questionable approaches... and yet none of these groups are expected to be boycotted to punish their 'creepy CEO'. Even though all three men are heavily involved in their companies and in managing their groups, including in creative direction, and they take ownership of that work... they’re not treated with the same venom left for MHJ, even their groups' works aren't judged as being the product of those men alone (a reasonable assumption), the way it's done for MHJ with NewJeans (an unreasonable assumption).
To hurt the opposing fandom and group is the point for a lot of fans here, unfortunately. And that’s why k-pop stans will continue to push the pedophilia label on NewJeans and MHJ. It’s something I said as soon as their pre-release order numbers dropped before debut. Just given the nature of the threat NewJeans poses to every girl group, *and* the fact they’re from HYBE, guarantees they will always be hated by majority of k-pop stans.
I do have to mention there's many honest to goodness earnest k-pop stans who think they're genuinely exposing a danger to society, and while they could be right, most of the allegations against MHJ simply do not hold up under intense scrutiny, by my standards at least. And even if she is a criminal and a freak, I wouldn't care anyway the way I don't care now for YYJ, YG, and JYP - bonafide groomers and creeps, managing their groups till now.
That's just the fact.
And y'all already know how I feel about Cookie lol.
#newjeans#new jeans#min heejin#ador#bighit#hybe#kpop#kpop music#kpop industry#sm entertainment#bts#fandom behaviour
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Some former SM Entertainment employees say they were placed 'on call', coaxed into resigning, or fired for siding with Lee Soo Man
Some former and current employees of SM Entertainment spoke with media outlet Chosun Biz on March 10 and revealed that they have begun seeking support from the National Labor Relations Commission for unfair, unlawful treatment.
According to Chosun Biz, not long after Lee Soo Man‘s producing contract through LIKE Holdings expired in October of last year, employees who had supported Lee Soo Man…
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