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Even if the final member, Sakura, is receiving hate, or the whole group in general, mark my words: the second people start realizing the group content will show their performative sister bond and Sakura being treated like the baby by the other members, it will melt people completely. And I’m saying this because, let’s be clear, the majority of their fans are K-pop and jpop fans. I’ve been into both for years, and fans of these two genres are the most ignorant of actual talent and will eat up everything that is served to them by companies without questioning anything.

You will start seeing comments like, “She is such a fast learner,” “She had so much potential,” “She was trying her best to match the other girls,” and “She worked the hardest in the survival show to make it into the group,” and then people will completely forget the fact that many viewers felt she was totally rigged into the group.

There are tons and tons of examples of this.

Mai was a contestant from I-LAND 2, and many people thought she was a weak singer but still got pushed into the group. She received a lot of hate at first, but then people forgot all about it.

And don’t forget Wonhee. She was nowhere near the top in voting but still got first place in ILLIT, and the whole concept is designed around her. She may have improved a lot, but many people still felt the competition had contestants who were stronger in almost every category. Now, though, you can’t even bring up the topic of rigging without getting dragged by fans.

Even Sunoo from ENHYPEN was added through producer choice, so many people considered that unfair too.

So my point is that if Katseye’s song quality keeps degrading, it will not even take fans a second to unstan them.

I think my uncle touched me while I was sleeping. It happened when I was 15, and I'm turning 19 now. I don't know why I suddenly remember it.

At that time, my whole extended family was staying at a relative's house for the holidays. The house had about 5 rooms, but there were many of us, so where we slept changed each night. One day I'd sleep in one room, the next day in another.

One night, I went to bed quite early. Later, my younger cousin (who was around 8 then) joined me in bed.

Before I go on, I should mention that I'm not a heavy sleeper even a mild disturbance can wake me up.

That morning, I woke up because I felt something like a finger touching my left breast. At first, I thought it was my cousin, since she has a habit of hugging people in her sleep. But after a few seconds, when I opened my eyes, I saw him. He was cupping my cousin's cheeks (she's his daughter) while hovering over her.

At first, I thought he might have touched me by mistake. But honestly, I'm not sure.

Had such a bad experience today at my exam center

I won’t reveal the center address, but it is a big reputed private college in the city.

I had my Business, PE, and Economics paper today during the first shift. I reached the center on time around 7:40 AM while the gates were supposed to close at 8:30. My mom dropped me there and we had some difficulty parking, but that was fine.

The real issue started inside the center. The lady staff during checking were extremely rude. I understand they were doing their job, but they were handling students’ belongings very carelessly. One girl who came from a nearby village without any guardian had brought her phone because she had nobody to leave it with. Usually at most centers we can submit our belongings before entering the lab, but when she was finally allowed to submit it, the guard literally threw her phone onto the belongings pile and the screen shattered. Everyone saw it happen.

The labs were also facing constant internet issues. Registration and verification were taking ages because the systems kept lagging. Invigilators were struggling with thumb verification for many students. My lab was Lab 24 and even though my Aadhaar card, PAN card, and passport-size photos were properly verified, the system still kept showing me and a few other candidates as “unverified.”

I tried thumb verification around 3–4 times but it still was not working. By then I was already anxious and scared because the exam time was getting closer. Then the invigilator told me and another student to go to Lab 22 for verification and then come back. But when we went there, the staff said our thumb scan had already been used once so it would not work again. We were shocked because nobody had told us that before.

Then they gave us a paper and told us to write a letter to NTA so they could register us manually. Even after that they made us sit and wait for around 10 minutes for no reason. Later there was an announcement asking all unregistered candidates to report to another room with their admit cards and IDs. There were only two of us left unregistered from our lab, but the staff there started scolding us as if the issue was our fault.

Finally after all that, I went back to my lab and the invigilator completed my registration after a few more minutes. By the time I started my exam, I was already around 5 minutes late. PE was my strongest paper among the combo, so the whole situation made me even more stressed.

Even during the exam there were technical problems. The student sitting beside me had his computer shut down in the middle of the exam. Thankfully he had almost finished and the invigilators somehow managed to submit his paper using another computer.

If this had happened at a normal poorly managed center, I might have ignored it. But this is literally a known reputed private college, which makes the whole experience even more disappointing.

Like do they get paid the same amount cause no member have there individual brand deals yet, but one thing I know for sure is that both the labels are keeping way more money than what they are paying to the girls.

Before adolescence, everything felt perfect. Life was simple and carefree. I had a lot of friends, spent time with my cousins, took long afternoon naps after school, and never worried about my future, my grades, or what I was supposed to become.

But things feel very different now. Because of my mom, I’ve been distanced from my friends and cousins, and I’ve slowly become more introverted. I’m constantly anxious about what my future holds. In my family, I’m often treated like a failure because I didn’t choose the “safe” or typical paths like becoming a doctor, engineer, or lawyer.

Now, I’m always stressed about which colleges I’ll get into, and those peaceful afternoon naps feel like a luxury in the middle of a hectic and uncertain life.