u/Fantastic-Donut-276

They truly are doing divine, important work

That’s me on Tumblr, but in case a link is needed: https://www.tumblr.com/asharkapologist/818510329778683904/my-flaming-hot-take-today-is-that-jinu-would-be-a

(I need some more, I only have like four and two of them are of Baby)

Tankies are so annoying ffs. NK is pretty much an isolationist hereditary monarchy. Notice how we never hear anything good about NK? We are always hearing great things about China, what great leaps they’ve made with tech, how they’re a massive economical and medical powerhouse, etc., but we hear nothing about how economically powerful NK is, including from themselves. There’s a reason for that. I’m 99.99% sure not a single person in that Tumblr post has ever met a single North Korean, cause theyre trapped in their country. If NK was so amazing, why would anyone want to leave and be forbidden from leaving?

I replied to the post bc I was pissed off with basically what I just said, and the OP replied with “you said “tankie,” no need to engage in anything you say,” which is actually quite a clever way to ignore all my arguments.

I like how they included an entire two pages for Jinus death lol.

I know these are just stills from the movie, but I really like some of these images.

First of all, this is in no way an attempt to bash people who do headcanon this! It's a totally fine headcanon. I just don't personally subscribe to it.

But as for why I don't like it, I honestly think it makes Bobby seem like less of a kind person, because it almost is implying that Bobby is only kind and understanding to the girls because he's been abused by the industry/was a rejected Kpop trainee, not because he is simply a good person who wants to take care of his charges. I know Bobby is a supporting character at best, maybe even a minor character, but I feel like his character is stronger if he is just a good guy because that's the type of person he is.

Honestly, if there's anyone who had a bad manager, it was probably Celine and the other Sunlight Sisters, especially given how in the early 2000s, I doubt it was looked highly upon for a woman to become pregnant out of wedlock in general, especially if she was a Kpop idol. I more headcanon that Celine went out of her way to find a good manager for the girls so they didn't have negative experiences like she had.

And on a side note, I really, REALLY hope that in the sequel, they don't write Bobby out and give the girls a mean manager. That would be such a lame, kids-movie, sequel-y plot point. I've seen people suggest that the bad manager could be demons in disguise, but even if they were, that's such a cliche plot point. Across the Spiderverse has shown that Sony can make actually GOOD sequels, so fingers cross we get more Across the Spiderverse and less Surf's Up 2.