Throughout the last few months, we have gained a lot of new members. Being a STANDer for quite a while now, I've seen certain posts that make STAND seem, to be honest, everything that Sones claim we are: Jealous, stupid, and uneducated. We're definitely not, that's for sure, but considering we have so many soshi lurkers around (Yeah, i'm talking to you, if you like SNSD, gtfo, this isn't the place for you), I think it might be time to revisit the reason STAND came to be.
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As STAND members, we do not dislike SNSD because of their relationship with the other boy groups under SM, or just in Kpop in general. SNSD's friendships, or lack of, with these groups make no difference to us. In the entertainment industry, all groups will meet each other and interact, similar to how students interact in a school. It's normal. Whether SNSD is friends with them, not friends with them, why should it matter to us? It's their personal lives after all, and to be honest, it's not really our business. We care more about their professional image, or lack of.
SNSD's constant leeching, however is another story. Yes, they will do advertisements and programs with other groups; often due to overlapping promotion times. I don't see anything wrong with that. However, when these advertisements or interviews become so frequent, you begin to question, why? Why is it that these girls always seem to be paired up with Super Junior or 2PM or DBSK? Why is it that they can't seem to make anything sell without another celebrity involved? It's hard to get a hold of groups with such popularity, let alone get more than one. Is it a coincidence that we often see SNSD with another celebrity or group? I think not.
Another reason for our cause is their image. Granted, these girls are not as young as they used to be. Their ages vary from 18 - 21, so they now can be considered all adults. Their upcoming single's concept is supposed to portray a more mature, sexy appearance. For those who have yet to see the teaser, here you go: Upcoming MV's teaser
It's understandable for their concept to mature through time. After all, it would be very irritating for them to continue waving around their lollipops and acting innocent. However, regardless of what their image is, cute, sexy, cheerleaders, hobos, they all seem to have something in common; their outfits. All of their outfits/photoshoots, happen to include tight tops and short-shorts. Even Gee's skinny jeans craze had short's in the music video and suggestive poses in the album photobook.
Once again, is this a coincidence? Yes, sex sells, it always has. But isn't is a bit too much to wear suggestive clothes, and singing "i'm Genie for you boy~" and still acting cute and innocent as if you actually are? Oh, and to add on to all of that, with a name like Girls' Generation? Really? Because as a girl part of this generation, that is definitely NOT how I want to be represented, and I'm sure most of you would agree with me.
Next is personalities/professionalism. I'm sure we all have a lot to say about this topic, but just to summarize it all up: disrespectful and bitchy. These girls have no respect for their elders and for each other. It is rude to not bow down to others who are your seniors, and to refer to a race as ugly or even your other members as ugly. As a girl, most of us are self conscious, correct? It's just a part of being a girl. To have someone who is like a older sister (Jessica) call you (Hyoyeon) ugly, just straight up, even as a joke can hurt your self confidence. And honestly, Hyoyeon doesn't seem to have many fans either. The 'close' relationship between these 9 girls is doubtful. And if there is still dispute between the members, how do you expect them to be amongst others? Professionalism? They have none! Lipsyncing, making excuses, having your fans make excuses for you, and making constant mistakes as if their amatures. SNSD debuted back in 2007, right? So why is it that they still haven't learned anything? It's upsetting to see young girls look up to these people like role models or godesses, because honestly, they are VERY far from.
Last is talent. LOL. The way I see it, Taeyeon is the only member who can sing, and even her voice is bland and she messes up occasionally as well. Dancing? Hyoyeon is good, but her movements lack grace and are recycled. Everyone and everything else is mediocre. Though this is a matter of opinion, I've seen many girls on youtube who are much better than the lead singer(s) of SNSD; no training, no practice. Often people argue that SNSD is much more talented than Wonder Girls or Kara, but they forget to include the number of members. The more members you have, the group appears to make less mistakes, when in reality, they are making mistakes, they're just harder to spot. Need I explain? I would post up screencaps or videos, but I think we have enough of those around the forum ;) I wouldn't go as far as to say they are UNTALENTED, just overrated. A occasional mistake happens, but when mistakes happen too excessively, it begins to mean something.
We are not STANDers because we think SNSD is ugly or even the opposite. We are not STANDers because we think SNSD is close to the groups we like. We are not STANDers because we think SNSD's music or outfits are too revealing; it's the overall concept of the group. We do not think SNSD should go die in a hole, we want people to realize that SNSD is not worthy of the amount of attention they get and that their behavior is rude and disrespectful. & that is the STAND agenda.
Once again, I apologize if this is in the wrong section, I don't often post topics or if it's all crap. I feel like STAND has lost a lot of it's good writers and reasoning. Maybe because the Mods are too busy nowadays. T____T I've noticed a lot of people becoming STANDers because of the wrong reasons. Hope you enjoyed!