*cracks knuckles*
sukibeam wrote:Celedam - I appreciate where you're coming from, and would normally agree about judging things from half-way around the world...
I don't believe that for a moment. You just say that in order to excuse everything else that follows.
sukibeam wrote:But honestly? In the end, she chose to be an idol, knowing full well what that entailed from watching her seniors as a KSS.
She became an idol when she was only 14 years old. Do I get to hold you forever responsible for what you did at 14?
sukibeam wrote:Before this, I was neither here nor there regarding her, but now I am just plain disappointed in her.
Guess how much I care about your disappointment.
sukibeam wrote:She couldn't have pulled herself together for two months?
And we don't know why. We never will.
sukibeam wrote:This hurts the other 7 members, Hello! Pro
Well, yeah…
sukibeam wrote:and most importantly her fans who will never get to send her off.
…aaaaaaaand there it is, the reason why I hate most other idol fans, including many of you who are reading this: you think you own these girls. You think they owe you something. You forget that it's a business arrangement and you are nothing more than a glorified customer.
sukibeam wrote:Maybe she did have something personal going on causing her act out in whatever way that was breaching her contract, but you know what?
Again you say "but", so again I say you just say that in order to excuse everything else that follows.
sukibeam wrote:Grown-ups still have to do their jobs even if something is sucking for them
For better or worse, we've spent the last few decades trying to get away from that attitude. We supposedly want people to be able to balance work and life and be happy with their careers, and we've passed a lot of laws in order to make that possible. Was I just imagining all of that?
sukibeam wrote:and ultimately, she agreed to the responsibilities entailed onto her as a member of Kobushi Factory. She was selfish and irresponsible by not following through on her duties or listening to management the first time around
She said she wanted to retire, and since we're speculating wildly here, I speculate that she wanted to retire immediately. I speculate that Up-Front forced her to continue until the end of the summer so that they could do the whole graduation thing and exploit the hell out of her, with very little regard for what she actually wanted and what was actually happening in her life. I speculate that whatever it was got much worse since the initial announcement, to the point where the whole situation became untenable, so she did whatever she had to do in order to break the contract and get out. And I speculate that Up-Front is spinning this hard in order to save face, maintain order, and keep the rest of the members in line.
In my speculation, Rio is the victim and Up-Front is the villain. Is it true? We don't know. We can't know. And that's the point.
sukibeam wrote:and now her shadow is always going to loom over the other girls. Just like Aina does for Juice=Juice and Uta does for Country Girls.
Yes, that's true, and that's unfortunate, but that's life.
sukibeam wrote:She's caused a scandal - albeit less serious than Kago smoking or she-who-I-refuse-to-name becoming an adulteress.
For fuck's sake…
sukibeam wrote:Hirose seems very composed and sweet in her blog, but if I were a KF member I would be pissed off.
Puh-lease. The rest of those members probably know exactly what's going on and have had months if not years to prepare for this. They don't need you to be outrageously outraged for them.
sukibeam wrote:I just feel bad for all the fans who were saving up, making plans, and looking forward to cheering her on at her graduation.
GET OVER IT.