☆ サラ☆ ([info]among_the_lost) wrote in [info]jin_daily,
@ 2006-10-15 05:08:00
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I was writing to one of my friends about the whole Jin on hiatus thingy and I said this. I wanted to share it with you because I was wondering how many people agreed with me is all and because it's how I feel and I wanted to share? I AM A SHARE YOUR FEELINGS GIRL or something. I edited it a little lot bit and changed added a few sentences.

JE is evil because they make you care. You watch these boys grow up, and I mean grow up, from 13 or so years old to their early twenties and later. You see them go through puberty, age with you or against you. You watch them get talent, get fans, become more mature, less mature, get taller, weigh less, weigh more. You watch them change, mold, and struggle; you watch them shine too brightly and get hidden. You see them at their worst, their best, vulnerable, and ready to kick ass. Even if you join the fandom years after they are 14, you have all that history and you learn it. You don't mean to, not really, but you do.

You live with these boys, cry with them or for them, laugh with them or at them, sing with them or to them, make an idiot of yourself over them and with them and for them. They become a like a weird and alienated second family that no one knows with silly names that you have made up with your friends; you can even learn their blood types, weights, heights, shoe sizes, and finger lengths, if you want too. They become a connection point with people you would never know otherwise. They become part of you; I don't think anyone notices it happening. But it happens when ever you like something so much that it becomes almost obsessive and you don't care.

When one of them gets pulled away, it's like someone took part of your heart, your soul, your fandom, your avoidance for real life, your real life, something different for everyone. But it's like waking up to find that something has changed and you have utterly no control over it. Something was stolen from you, and it ceases to matter that what was stolen was a real person and maybe, just maybe, this was for the better. Because someone stole a friend, a brother, a confidant. Someone you could never have in real life and someone you don't need in real life, just in fandom. It's like losing someone you love. It is losing someone you love.

And that's why I think it's so upsetting to have a pop idol leave his band or get kicked out of his band or whatever the hell is going on here and went on there and will continue to go on as long as JE and companies like it exist.

Okay, feel free to mock me now. ♥ ~

I still think there's an A in KAT-TUN, sorry.
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[info]izallgewd
2006-10-15 09:29 am UTC (link)
"It is losing someone you love."

Totally. You nailed it ♥

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[info]ame_no_uta
2006-10-15 09:43 am UTC (link)

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[info]hamburhgie
2006-10-15 10:07 am UTC (link)
&hearts

:) *tears*

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[info]jodyn
2006-10-15 10:19 am UTC (link)
Well said, Sarah, very well said.

*hugs* ~♥

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[info]takagi
2006-10-15 10:29 am UTC (link)
totally agreed. for me it's losing someone that i've loved 5+ years... but let's stay hopeful, shall we?

yes, there is still A in KAT-TUN. *gives sarah a kat-tun cookie*

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[info]n_h_k
2006-10-15 10:51 am UTC (link)
omg yes.
and i'm kinda surprised it has such an effect on me, since i'm only in this fandom for like.. a year only, compared to so many of you who started off when they were way back, preeeeee-debut.
i was almost in tears when i read about his haitus thing ))):

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(Anonymous)
2006-10-15 11:18 am UTC (link)
Yes, couldn't agree more ♥
I've only found out about KAT-TUN six months ago and seriously didn't think something like this would affect me as much as it did. But I guess I was horribly wrong. Jin was the one that could make me laugh no matter how bad I felt and not having him around for six months or more is just... unexplainable?
And you're awesome, you know that? I don't know you, but you are. And I have to believe Jin will come back ♥

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[info]maiita
2006-10-15 11:19 am UTC (link)
And I forgot to log in XD *slaps self*

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[info]avelia_chan
2006-10-15 11:21 am UTC (link)
Your words are so touchy... ♥ Yes, it's very said that Jin is away from KT for now, but he there is still A in KAT-TUN. Yes.

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[info]juggg
2006-10-15 11:32 am UTC (link)
that is so incredibly true, O_O and it has soakedd up way too much space from my brain without me even noticing. Even though i got hooked on them, pretty much since they debuted, they sucked me in and i've watched their chibi days so it feels like i haven't missed out on anything at all. O_O. and now they've grown on me, and i love them xDDD. (they surpassed my old w-inds. craze hahhaha_)

This is what cute boybands do to girls like us apparently. @__@.

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[info]zaidorazhou
2006-10-15 12:31 pm UTC (link)
i feel the same way too... its too sudden... im still depress abt it i wish i knew the truth

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[info]andrews23
2006-10-15 12:56 pm UTC (link)
Yup. That's pretty much it.

*hugs* :)

PS: Slightly unrelated, but that's also why you get so upset and offended when someone say something bad about your idol, or when someone laughs at you for listening to their music.

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[info]andrews23
2006-10-15 12:57 pm UTC (link)
Yup. That's pretty much it. *hugs* :)

Slightly unrelated, but that's also why you get upset when someone bad-mouths your idol, or when they laugh at you for listening to your idol's music.

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[info]nytifagrl
2006-10-15 02:13 pm UTC (link)
omg YES!!! i completely agree... when ppl come into my room and say horrible things i get all steely eyed... lol... just like how ppl dont really understand why im sooo upset about jin leaving... thank goodness for all of u guys out there. :)

and your post completely nails it. its so hard.. we want him to be happy, to do well, but it tears a part of us apart too... :/
there IS still an A in kattun, there always will be. :)

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[info]hajargiler
2006-10-15 02:24 pm UTC (link)
i couldn't have put it better myself.

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[info]sixx666
2006-10-15 02:29 pm UTC (link)
I don't agree 100% with you but I won't mock you for sure because you said many true things. We all have a different level of fangirlism but it was a bad week for everybody here I'm sure.
I'm taking my second japanese class tomorrow, it's strange that Jin decide to learn languages at the same time I start to learn japanese, and we both sound pretty ridiculous because he's leaving a popular band and I'm wayyy~~ too old to go back to school. But maybe, when he comes back, if he comes back, we'll both have learn something new.
The time you spend learning is never lost.

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[info]sou_kiri
2006-10-15 02:41 pm UTC (link)
That was very touching ._. and~ I dont even know what to say xD; but it's so very true, and thank you. It's nice to know other people feel that way :3

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[info]kusanolove
2006-10-15 02:57 pm UTC (link)
I'm sure everyone agrees that there's still an 'A' in KAT-TUN ^^

I'm a Kusano fan, having been through 'it' before, I understand how you and the other fans feel...

What you wrote is really touching.. ^^ but one thing I don't agree is, you wrote it as if Jin is not coming back.. And that's why I think it's so upsetting to have a pop idol leave his band or get kicked out of his band or whatever the hell is going on here and went on there and will continue to go on as long as JE and companies like it exist. I don'r remember reading that he got kicked out... right?

JE isn't evil, in this case, I'd want to thank JE instead for letting Jin go. I want him to be happy doing what he wants. It was Jin's choice to pursue his dream and we should all respect it.. and he will return someday that I believe ^^

Although we're all sad.. we have to agree that Jin's life belongs to him, not the fangirls, even though the fangirls love him so much. Jin's future is important.. he needs a study break because he hasn't graduated from high school. He needs to learn skills so that he'd have something to fall back on when they get old and showbiz isn't the thing for them anymore.

So, ganbatte Jin! And thank you for being able to show your thoughts so honestly.. :)

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[info]among_the_lost
2006-10-15 05:00 pm UTC (link)
I think you still have to consider the strangeness of the entire thing. For instance, the first newspaper that got ahold of Jin after it was announced was told that he was leaving for three months for health reasons. Then it was changed to six for study abroad. Jin is a huge money maker for JE, or he was, but lately he has been pushed to the side and back from the spotlight. There have been rumours that JE was mad with Jin for a long, long time. No one from such an early debuted band had ever been allowed to leave to study. Why didn't he just get private tutors? Where is he studying abroad?

But, more importantly, after six months of freedom and eating whatever he wants and sleeping late and no stress or angry managers or crazy fans scratching up his arms when all he does is try to make someone feel better would you want to go back to JE?

With the Kusano thing you got an answer. He drank, that's what happened. With Jin, if he never comes backs, we will all believe it is because he did something to piss off JE and we will have an utterly sour taste in our mouths, even if he doesn't come back because he's finally happy and healthy. We'll never know and that kills me.

Of course Jin's future belongs to him. I'm one of the most firm fangirl believers in wanting my idols to get married or have kids. I cheer them on when there are rumours of girlfriends or potential kids or whatever. At the same time?

That does not make it hurt any less.

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[info]ohfetus
2006-10-15 03:16 pm UTC (link)
Damn you have a way with words ): 4real, Sarah, way to sum up the emotions of then entire fandom in one post.

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[info]suguishi
2006-10-15 07:43 pm UTC (link)
♥ your icon XD

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[info]lolli_slave
2006-10-15 03:34 pm UTC (link)
I love the way you describe your and our feelings!! <3

And it's not only JE it's fandom in general which is evil because you care so much about people you actually don't know but still love them because of the way the media is showing them to us or they themselves show us pieces of their personality through interviews, tv shows or their music... and you start to think you have a bond with these people but if this bond will be destroyed one day you feel kinda lonely as if you lost a real friend...

I don't know why it's like that but sometimes it scares me ^^;

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[info]midnightvisions
2006-10-15 04:05 pm UTC (link)


I don't know what to say. You pretty much said everything that's needed to be said. :)

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[info]rei_an
2006-10-15 04:35 pm UTC (link)
;____;

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[info]ohsocreative
2006-10-15 04:49 pm UTC (link)


It is losing someone you love. - completely, utterly, totally and so very, very true.

;__;

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[info]wake_up_my_soul
2006-10-15 05:13 pm UTC (link)
Well said Sarah-chan ^^. You manage to write exactly how I feel,and I'm sure alot of others feel as well perfectly.



I still think there's an A in KAT-TUN, sorry. Me too ^^.

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[info]manonpikamishi
2006-10-15 05:30 pm UTC (link)
AGGGG thats exactly wat i as thinking but i was wondering if it was only me...took up too much space in my mind and now that is gone i feel strangely empyty O_O

<3

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[info]pixisticks
2006-10-15 05:37 pm UTC (link)
I know exactly what you mean. Thank you. You pretty much just stated all of my thoughts.

Overreacting? Hardly. It is just as painful to lose someone like Jin, that you grow to love (at least in my case) as much as if he was the next house over, as it is to lose a family member.

The only thing we can do is continue to support KAT-TUN, even when Jin is not present. He will be back. As painful as it is, it's what he wants to do. So the best thing would be to support him no matter what.

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[info]lolitaprincess
2006-10-15 06:39 pm UTC (link)
so true.

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[info]traxdoki
2006-10-15 07:03 pm UTC (link)
MUCH♥ for articulating

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[info]akame4eva
2006-10-15 07:19 pm UTC (link)
Some one understands how we feel...
And when you tell your non JE friends, they go
"Why are you getting sad over someone you never knew?"
And they just dont understand.....
They think it's funny to watch you suffer over something "small" like that..... T________T
-hugs-

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[info]xkizoku
2006-10-15 07:43 pm UTC (link)
-cries-

Also because I can't relate to over half the things you said because I'm a fairly new fan. T_T
But that was insanely nice.

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[info]suguishi
2006-10-15 07:44 pm UTC (link)
I'm sure jin is coming back... or else JE wouldn't give a deadline :33 They'll just say something vauge like when they did that to uchi. "He's suspended for an indefinite amoutn of time..."

So dont' worry bout jin :333

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[info]xo_kannie
2006-10-15 08:35 pm UTC (link)
love you girl ♥ i feel the same. i haven't noticed it but kame&jin have merged into me&my soul over these months that i've been loving them. i stay online 14/7 just to get updated about them. it's becoming irresistable and to think about giving up on them is insane. KAT-TUN fulfills my empty life because seeing them makes me smile, laugh, happy, cry, whatever. they're my irreplacable ichibans. but when have i ever thought about one of them leaving, even if it's temporary (or not..)? x__x it sure feels like a chunk of my heart has been ripped out..

somehow in a little EVIL portion of my brain, i'm thinking his hiatus is johnny's new strategy of uniting fans :X ~.~ ierno. very far-fetched.

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[info]yokumiz
2006-10-15 09:03 pm UTC (link)
Sarah, I was worried about you before cause as a Jinnar I know how difficult it would be for us.

I totally agree with u and I also think that its JE who should take the whole responsibility for Jin's leaving.

But I'm not going to be messed up with those stupid rumors. As Jin said that he wanted to go abroad for a break for quite a few times in various kind of interviews, and he also emphasized in Non_JE magazines (like JJ June and Biala August) that he is his own master and he has a dream to fulfill--a dream that cannot be told right now, let's believe that it's Jin's idea to have a break and to study abroad cause Jin said that he never lies.

Jin is strong. It's his unsubmissive personality that irritates those stubborn JE bitches most, who believe that everybody should respect and obey them. They wanted to tame Jin with all the ways they could figure out. But Jin is Jin, who's not going to be controlled by somebody else except himself.

For sure, behind there must have been a lot of fights between Jin and JE on this issue, and it'll be really difficult for Jin to come back after this big turmoil.

But let's see.

ps. we all know that KT would never be able to sing Real Face without Jin.

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[info]sassy_86
2006-10-15 09:03 pm UTC (link)
OMG... THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FEEL (I'm sp bad at wording it out, but you nailed it)...
Everything you wrote are so true...
I've just been a KAT-TUN fan (JE fan) since January this year, and like you wrote; but you still can see them grow up because of all the clips and shows that can be downloaded... So it is like you know them and they are important to you...
So I just want to say well done (no need to mock ^__^)

And I still think there is a A in KAT-TUN so...

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(Anonymous)
2006-10-16 02:18 am UTC (link)
the timing sucks, the official excuse sounds pretty lame. reading the japanese articles as well as the blogs, it seems very difficult at this time to think that Jin can return in the same manner that he left. so i think it is very crucial for fans to show support and to let Johnny's not forget about Jin. I wonder what Jin's Japanese fans are doing? I think that fans' activism will really play a big part on Jin's successful re-entry. On the other hand, if the official story is true, and if Jin ever decides to do something else, I wish him the best of love and happiness. I think what is bothering many is that Jin might have been screwed over by Johnny's...like it might not have been his decision.

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(Anonymous)
2006-10-16 02:21 am UTC (link)
oops i forgot to mention...

it is hard to watch Tatta Hitotsu no Koi. It is so sad to hear kat-tun sing without Jin. seriously, it's no longer the kat-tun sound :(

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Exactly agree
(Anonymous)
2006-10-16 03:22 am UTC (link)
"Even if you join the fandom years after they are 14, you have all that history and you learn it. You don't mean to, not really, but you do... They become part of you; I don't think anyone notices it happening. But it happens when ever you like something so much that it becomes almost obsessive and you don't care...Because someone stole a friend, a brother, a confidant. Someone you could never have in real life and someone you don't need in real life, just in fandom"

i'm so glad you put this up. i hope you don't mind but i'm going to use this as an explanation to all my non-JE obsessed freinds to why i'm so down now =(

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[info]b_sheridan
2006-10-16 04:10 am UTC (link)
I think you still have to consider the strangeness of the entire thing. ...Jin is a huge money maker for JE, or he was, but lately he has been pushed to the side and back from the spotlight. There have been rumours that JE was mad with Jin for a long, long time.

It's all very strange. When I first heard it and read a translation of the offcial announcment that said It has been decided that Akanishi Jin (KAT-TUN) is going to study abroad.

I had the feeling that Jin was being punished for some reason no one knows.

I hope things get better for him soon whatever the reason and I know he can make it as a solo star if he tries.

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THANK YOU
[info]kumi_choco
2006-10-16 09:37 am UTC (link)
Thanks among_the_lost for your enrty, it had really summed up mine and i believe many other fans of Akanishi Jin. (especially the third paragraph. . i had tears in my eyes) so thank you for that.

I was really upset when i heard about it, i really couldn't believe, actually i never imagined that anything like this would ever happen, especially to Akanishi Jin. but when i saw the press conference with jin that pushed me over the edge and i cried.

i don't know why, i did't even know the guy personally . . . . . but he got to me.

the worst thing is not knowing where he is going, or what he is doing. Sure he says that he is studying, but i have a gut feeling that there is something deeper, something that he can't share, and that's what hurts. i really want to believe that he is coming back, but some part of me believes that he isn't, that he is never going to come back. i truly hope that he has chosen to study, because his passion to want to learn about different cultures is a gift, not everyone can be bothered to learn about others around them, so i praise him for that.

i don't think that Akanishi Jin is the type to just leave so many broken hearted, i don't think he has it in him, but if push comes to shove and something has happened then maybe, just maybe he might be gone and he may never come back and this is what scares me.

i truly hope that somewhere in the very close future we will all be able to see him one more time on our screens, to be able to hear his fantastic voice, just to have him in our presence. i wish for this day to come true. and i will wait, wait forever if i have to, to be able to see him, hear him once again.

赤西仁、今まで本当にありがとう。
チョーよかった、楽しませてくれてありがとう。
またいつかKAT-TUNへ帰ってくださいネ 。。。ファンの皆待ってるから。それと、がんばって、赤西仁ならできる。

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[info]lhukhe09
2006-10-16 12:46 pm UTC (link)
That is so true.. ;~;

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