that's how i feel too? a part of me was pretty sure that if jinki had decided to leave the group after his scandal they would've went on indefinite hiatus. but this? yeah. it's a lot more tragic and complicated. plus shinee are so heavily ot5 biased and i can't find it in my heart, as selfish as it may sound, for it not to be that way. not just because jonghyun is my ult bias but because ot5 has always meant so much to me. i know it's always been the same for the rest of fandom and the members themselves as well. fandom has always been so protective and proud of their bond and they're stressing wanting to preserve that even after losing him which i'm all for. it also doesn't help that their ending note with him was all "five, five, five": their last korean album was their fifth, their last japanese album was their fifth (and named five), their last swc tour was their fifth, their last japanese tour was their fifth (also named five).
"i can't fathom there's anything less conducive to a healthy grieving period than being thrust into the military". that's where my head is. kibum and minho can hold off on their enlisting for another three years if they really want to, and taemin for even longer, but jinki can't hold off for longer than another year and i don't think he's in the safest head space right now to jump right into enlistment, not with some of the horror stories i've heard in regards to treatment there (especially regarding mental health). i'm not even talking solely in relation to jonghyun's passing either but everything he's went through with his scandal and how netizens are still treating him (and have started up again in the last day or so) idk. a part of me almost wants him to take the time he has before enlisting to stay out of the spotlight, wind down, relax.
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Date: 2017-12-24 09:34 pm (UTC)"i can't fathom there's anything less conducive to a healthy grieving period than being thrust into the military". that's where my head is. kibum and minho can hold off on their enlisting for another three years if they really want to, and taemin for even longer, but jinki can't hold off for longer than another year and i don't think he's in the safest head space right now to jump right into enlistment, not with some of the horror stories i've heard in regards to treatment there (especially regarding mental health). i'm not even talking solely in relation to jonghyun's passing either but everything he's went through with his scandal and how netizens are still treating him (and have started up again in the last day or so) idk. a part of me almost wants him to take the time he has before enlisting to stay out of the spotlight, wind down, relax.