Thunder Wanted to Quit MBLAQ Because Seungho Was Scary

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Looks like Seungho is the scariest member on MBLAQ, he almost made fellow member Thunder quit! MBLAQ appeared on the JTBC Brunch Show “Park Kyung Rim’s Oh! Happy Day.” On the show, they spoke about the hardships from their trainee and debut days.

Thunder lived in the Philippines was living with his family before he joined MBLAQ. He was also the last member to join the group. He stated, “When I joined up with MBLAQ I was very unfamiliar with Korea and Korean culture.”

Thunder was asked who picked on him the most and he answered Seungho without hesitation. Thunder said, “In the Philippines we don’t have ‘hyungs’ and ‘dongsengs.’ (Senior, Juniors) However, Seungho emphasized the importance of age. On the first day of training, he took my tracksuit.”

Lee Jun added, “Thunder was scared of Seungho. In the early hours he would call me out and tell me that he couldn’t handle it anymore.”

This episode of “Park Kyung Rim’s Oh! Happy Day” will air on March 19.

Source: soompi

I'm glad he didn't leave ;~;

Comments

[my-car-is-prada.livejournal.com]

Aww. It's so unnecessary to make things harder for the other members. You are already in the same group. ugh I am of annoyed to hear this.

[oldwillow-brook.livejournal.com]

I think it makes sense for him to react this way considering from what I've heard that the guy Thunder replaced was super disrespectful? But I don't know for sure.

[jeugd1.livejournal.com]

(http://nl.tinypic.com?ref=kd8tjc)

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

Big sisters go into action when little brothers are in trouble.

[iamtheliquorr.livejournal.com]

seungho's thighs look really good here

/sole contribution to the conversation

[deaaan.livejournal.com]

i want to caress them sf bad

[oldwillow-brook.livejournal.com]

I think this explains their relationship in Hello! Baby a lot. I always wondered why Thunder only listens to Seungho and pretty much no one else. Now I know why.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

I think it's really apparent that he respects and looks up to Seungho, but now I wonder if it's out of fear. But his video message to Seungho during the m countdown backstage interview was really sweet ;~;

[jeit91.livejournal.com]

here because pinoy pride.

[falling-empress.livejournal.com]

Me too!!!

TBH I never liked Thunder, but knowing that he grew up with similar values makes me feel closer to him lol, and feel more sorry for him switching to such a diffferent culture.

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

seungho's thighs :Q____
the age thing gets pretty mind boggling after a while. i mean... my friends always expected me to serve them first at the restaurant/bar and clean up after them just because i was younger by 4 months.. that's not on ):

[oldwillow-brook.livejournal.com]

lol that happens a lot to me too. But the good thing is that when we go out to dinner, they don't let me pay because older friends feel weird if I pay at all or pitch in the pay. (Sometimes that is).

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

I get that Korea want's a Senior/Junior relationship but does it need to be forced and done from fear.

[raviolikenshin.livejournal.com]

i think if you aren't mean, shit like this can start to happen lol


/what comes to mind when i think of disrespectful juniors

[seungtoria.livejournal.com]

honestly, as an occasional/frequent seungho fan, the impression I get is that pre-debut and at the very beginning of mblaq he used to be, or at least tried to be, very bro-hip-hop-srsbsns-tough etc. he used to dress much more urban, and would be all serious, hence thunder being a bit intimidated probably. he was also raised in a very conservative family, he said his grandpa wouldn't even let him step into the kitchen as a child because it was a place only for women (btw, he does not share the same view). people also said to me once he stated in the past that men and women could never be friends, so you get the idea. I didn't "know" him during those days, btw, my fandom is recent actually.
BUT WITH TIME, he started to display a lot of aegyo, and suddenly he has female friends, and talks about how in his family everyone is in a interracial marriage, and starts to emanate this calm and chill and smart aura (he is indeed pretty intelligent, and even a bit of a teacher's pet kind of nerd). I mean, that's the seungho I "know" and like. so when occasionally I read about him being serious/scary/bro, it just doesn't match the way I see him, and I just assume it's something from the past, I don't know.

I'm just assuming, btw, based on the image I know of him right now. but of course, I only know him from variety and etc, so what do I know.

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

I can understand the hyung system and all, but seriously? He took his track suit? Isn't Thunder like a foot taller than him? That's just picking on him to be mean. He can't even wear it can he? XD

[eun-chan.livejournal.com]

my thoughts exactly when I read that part of the article.

[vikihpnerd.livejournal.com]

awwwwww...i'm glad he stayed...


but he just joined the group a week or 2 before their official debut though...

[mnnurr.livejournal.com]

I saw this on tumblr and skimmed by it and saw it as "Thunder wants to leave mblaq" and my soul departed my body...

I think Seungho is hard on most people at first? That along with Thunder acclimating to the culture is bound to create something like that but I'm so happy he toughed it out.

[strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of Yunho's attitude towards all the new trainees before they debuted. I think it's important for a leader to be a little firm.

[waterpulse.livejournal.com]

Lol and now Changmin picks on him all the time, poor Yunho. :P

[ryousan26.livejournal.com]

Thunder should've introduced 'kuya' on Korea. OMG lol And 'po' at 'opo'. HAHA

[dc222.livejournal.com]

Aww, both Seungho and Sandara being such Filipinos <3

[kerplunk.livejournal.com]

omg idc how old you are i would never let anyone touch my track suit! *triple finger snap*

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

Kinda suspected this in the back of my mind but to hear it, ouch.

Anyway from hearing Seungho's school stories you can tell that he is very strict about the senior/junior thing. From what I've observed one of the ways of enforcing this is to snap at the junior person. If Thunder is coming into this as someone raised in another culture I can see how this would be scary. Oh and wasn't Thunder's father abusive? I'm sure that added to the fear factor.

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

wasn't Thunder's father abusive?

Omg where did you hear this?

[lalaland-xx.livejournal.com]

i think he's just pointing it out because of the cultural shock, he wasn't used to the hyung/dongsaeng thing they have in korea, which is usually taken out of proportion by everyone, and i mean like instead of having a nice "i'm your hyung so i'll take care of you but you have to help and respect me", most of them are really rude and/or bully their dongsaengs and they can't do anything...
i have a friend who went to korea as an exchange student and always saw the juniors greet the seniors in the school and the seniors always ignored them, once he asked them why did they greeted them if they dont greet back, they said "that's just how it's supposed to be" even if he tried to understand what would happen if they don't, they just said they had to... and apparently some people got into fights before for disrespecting a senior

anyway getting out of context lmao, Seungho went through a lot to become a singer i guess he did feel threatened by the other member leaving so he was just trying to protect the group? they seem a lot closer now though ^^ leaderho will always be present tho lol

/bad english

[black-silver.livejournal.com]

idk why but "scary seungho" = turn on

[walkin-siesta.livejournal.com]

the strict division of age/status in korea annoys me somewhat lol..i get that you need to show some kind of respect towards your elders,but a few years older/younger should be considered as friends imo

[sai12.livejournal.com]

Aww really? Seungho should have been more understanding of Thunder's situation. Wonder if that has anything to do with how Thunder only lives at the dorms part time...

[jongina.livejournal.com]

awwh, bb. ;-; it's touching that joon would be there for doong. joon is such an awesome friend.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

This! Reminds me of Ryeowook and Kyuhyun's story on strong heart.

[uniqlos.livejournal.com]

In the Philippines we don’t have ‘hyungs’ and ‘dongsengs.’

yes we do, "ate" (for older sisters/females) and "kuya" (older brothers/males). although it doesn't really on the gender of the speaker when they use a word (like in korea you have to be a girl to use the word "unnie" while the boy uses "noona", etc), it's just those two. and we have no word for dongsengs, although the maknae is "bunso" lol.

[sai12.livejournal.com]

Is it used to the same extent as it is in Korea tho? It is a really big deal in Korea.

[lonelymoon.livejournal.com]

Well this is news to me. I always viewed Seungho as the gentle but largely complacent leader who tries and fails to be the enforcer.

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Poor Thunder. Poor guy spent all his life in the Philippines, then he goes back to his homeland to be totally culture shocked.

[asth77.livejournal.com]

it doesn't surprise me at all as an ex-Seungho fan
But Thunder being disrespectful doesn't surprise me as well.

[angelonair.livejournal.com]

May I know why you are now an ex-Seungho fan?