MAMA 2011 Afterthoughts

This is sort of a continuation of the Melon & MAMA post I had previously here.

This will be purely random and purely my thoughts, with no black and white evidence whatsoever. Some people may find this delusional, crazy or that I am thinking too much. But hey, its my brains, my fingers doing the typing, on my blog, so it is up to me. And I have decency to admit its just random thoughts that comes to my mind, I am not even saying this is the truth. Not like some blogs who claims they know the true story behind tvxq, when in fact I believe there isn't a single person on this earth who knows the whole complete story/truth from each angle. Even the 5 boys themselves, may not know every single truth, unless they can read each others' mind, SM's mind and parents' mind.

So, let me start...

I've been reading that, for MAMA, if you do not attend the award show, you will not be allowed to win, no matter what. Is this true? I am not sure, have not done enough research. I will probably have to find out the list of winners and attendees of every year's MKMF (up till 2009) and MAMA (2010/2011). But even so, it will only support the statement and not proof it, because coincidence could happen. If you have a link, where MAMA themself said that "no show = no win", please let me know.
So, in that case, we know TVXQ Act II (HoMin) was nominated, although their online votes did not top, but they didn't do that bad, only trailling slightly behind Super Junior. Seeing that online votes only counts for 20% of final decision, they still have a very good chance. But, why didn't HoMin attend MAMA 2011. I can't for the life of me figure it out. I mean, of course the answer would be "SM is disallowing them to attend", but why? SM why? Nothing seems to make sense to me.
For what I know, this is their schedule:
KPop Masters in Las Vegas 25th -26th November
Fanmeeting in Singapore 4th December

MAMA is on 29th November, they could definitely make it back from Las Vegas no? SNSD made it.
And Singapore Fanmeeting is on 4th, they could have attended MAMA on 29th Nov, stay around till 4th Dec for fanmeeting and then depart immediately on 4th Dec back to Korea. Look at JaeChunSu, they left for Barcelona on 24th/25th Nov for the Barcelona concert which was on 26th Oct and they hung around after that. Next they travelled to Berlin from Barcelona on 1st Nov for their Berlin concert which was 6th Nov. After that, the 3 went back to Korea. That's a total of  2 weeks duration to cover 2 nights' worth of concert. And HoMin can't spend 6 days (29th Nov to 4th Dec) to cover a music award show and a fanmeeting? Let's suppose they can't spend 4 days doing nothing in Singapore except waiting for Fanmeeting to happen. Well, fly back to Korea after MAMA then. Its only a 6 hours flight. Not like SM never made the boys travel more than flight attendants do. So, it just keep bugging me, why didn't SM allow HoMin to attend MAMA. Some speculations from me:

1. SM is still bitter about the bad bout with Mnet
Well, I am sure SM is bitter, but I guess not bitter enough to disallow HoMin attending MAMA. SNSD and Super Junior attended.

2. SM is so bitter that it doesn't want its top idol group to attend.
SM does make it look like HoMin is their cream of the crop. In events and press conference, HoMin always gets center spot, aside from BoA. However, if BoA is their top female idol/singer and TVXQ Act II is their top male idol group, then SNSD is their top female idol group. Then how come SNSD gets to attend??

3. SM just wants to milk whatever money they can from HoMin without plans to groom them to an even higher level
Sadly, I feel this is the most likely answer. To me at least.
By allowing HoMin to come back as TVXQ Act II, SM know they will definitely be able to make money. There are still many Cassies around. Although they have lost some completely to JYJ, it is fine, the fandom is still significant. You may ask, if SM just want to milk more money, why are they letting HoMin promote so much. Well, its not like SM pays for all promotional fees. Those fees are to be shared between SM & HoMin. And no one knows exactly how much SM needs to pay.
So, while they continue milking money from HoMin, they also want to ensure they continue promoting whichever other group they want to. I think it is very clear that to SM, their super group now is SNSD. At least that is what SM wants SNSD to become, SM's super-money-making-group. And perhaps for boy group, it would be Super Junior. I am not too sure about this though. Also, if clearly SNSD is the only group in SM's main agenda, they would not want to send HoMin to MAMA and let the 2 boys become a threat to SNSD.

While we are on this topic, might as well continue with my thoughts.
That is, how "legit" is the MAMA awards. As in, the way winners are decided, was it fair?

Did SM have any hand in this? Suppose if SM does have a hand in it, why didn't they get anything for HoMin? Or were they the one who actually made sure HoMin does not get anything? You might ask, why keep HoMin if you are going to destroy them? Well, I am sure SM knows how powerful the 5 boys are when they are together. By keeping HoMin with SM, they will never be 5. This ensures no other entertainment can reap monetary benefits from the 5 boys. And if somehow by keeping HoMin, they managed to get JaeChunu back, it will be jackpot! 5 powerful boys earning money for SM all over again. If any of this is in any way true, I am truly worried about HoMin's future.

If SM didn't have anything to do with this? Could it be Mnet itself? Some silly conspiracy by all these awards to tell SM & the 5 boys, they need to reunite. That is they (DBSK) want to win something, they have to be 5. 3 is awesome, 2 is awesome, but nothing beats 5. I mean, look at it, TVXQ is not even inside Golden Disk Award's nominee list, that just sound so impossible. Its like the awards themselves are silently telling SM and the 5 boys, what should be done. Silently protesting. Just like how despite SM wants to label JaeChunSu as traitors, people are getting the 3 boys to be endorsers and honorary ambassadors. Also feels like a form of silent protest to me. And a way of showing support.
[I know the above lines sound so silly, but oh well]

These thoughts are all so messy and hard to organized, so of course, I have to come up with a good ending.
What else is better paired to messy thoughts than an abrupt ending?

DBSK Hwaiting!