When I found out.....the lawsuit with SM

Before I start, I need to clarify a few things. I didn't start this blog to prove who is right, who is wrong or who is saint, who is devil. Because...just because

Another point is, I have mentioned my reasons behind starting this blog. Its purely personal and quite frankly, for my own sanity. You will understand if you read my earlier post. Hence, I will not be taking any sides, I will not be arguing like a lawyer, I will merely be expressing my opinions as flesh and blood; read: a human being. And may I add, a human being who have feelings. So, since I am not trying to win a case here, I may not be talking about every single detail, the things I mention may not be in chronological order and I probably would not be putting up transcripts or evidence in this blog. I say probably, because, I don't know, maybe one day, I will see the need to put up transcripts, evidences or the likes to better express my opinions.

Whew, that was long.

So, the lawsuit. It is such a mess that I don't know how to begin. Hmm, I think I will just write like telling a story, a story of my discovery.

As mentioned in previous post, their song Mirotic had me under their spell. It was catchy and nice, great singing; Yunho & Yoochun's rap, Changmin's scream, Junsu's vocal, Jaejoong's ad libs, and all their dancing. I actually think backup dancers are a waste of money in their case. Sorry dancer-san, but you may benefit other groups more than Dong Bang Shin Ki (동방신기).So naturally, I became interested in the group as well. And decided to Google, and in Wikipedia, I saw the lawsuit, but at that time I kind of ignored it, thinking  "ah, that was 2 years ago, it must have blow over and they are all together again". And I never really delve much into it. And then I watched more of their videos (concerts, variety shows, music videos, interviews etc) and in the comment section, I learned a lot. Though I would not say I believe every single comment I read, since everyone is free to express and stand up for what they want to stand up for. But soon, from actual videos, I started watching fan compiled clips, some of them are Yunjae and some are just happy moments of the 5 boys. And I realized I was tearing up. I was upset. I got so confused, the bond they had seem so precious, why, why did 3 leave without 2, why did 2 stay behind and not follow 3?

Thus I felt the need to learn more. I can't remember what keyword I used, probably "SM lawsuit"? But I think I ended up using "JYJ lawsuit" because I saw the words in those pages I ended up in. And somehow, majority of what I read was, "slave contract", improper treatment, not receiving payment and things along the line that totally sided with JYJ. There were of course also a few sites that sided with HoMin & yes, even SM ent. But I was bombarded with a plethora of JYJ biased sites and I have to admit, at that time, these were my thoughts:
* Poor DBSK was not treated humanly, they could have been abused
* They were not paid what they are supposed to get in regards to the amount of money they bring in for SM ent.
* The 13 years contract was a slave contract and just simply not right.
* JYJ left not for money, but for their own good and also not be artistically limited by SM ent who dictates how their music should be.
* HoMin did not leave, not because they didn't want to. They were forced to. There were many theories on this, some actually pitying HoMin while some bash them to no end.
I think, the above probably sum up my thoughts at that time.
And seriously, my life was miserable. Especially when I read articles in blogs about Jaejoong sending messages or calling Yunho and Yunho not replying or not picking up calls. Or when Jaejoong says he missed Yunho & Changmin. I hated SM ent at that time. I blamed SM ent for everything, for breaking up such a wonderful group of talented boys, for ruining their brotherhood, ruining the Dong Bang family, and for breaking the hearts of all their fans. But I supported both JYJ & HoMin all the time, despite the things I read were all JYJ biased.

However, 2 weeks ago, my heart softened towards SM ent. [Now, don't bash me yet]. Its more like I woke up and decided to use not just my heart, but also my head and to remember that, it takes 2 to tango.

But no, this realization did not help me with my misery. Because my left brain and my right brain and my heart would be arguing all at the same time!

I am going to end this here and in the next posts, I will show you what I mean by my left brain, right brain and heart argues at the same time.