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Starship is straight up not having a good time this week. This is most obvious in the systematic efforts to bring down Monsta Xs reputation. Let’s have a look at all the stuff that’s happened to them:

Jung Daeun asks for the $20,00 Wonho owes back.

Wonho is accused of theft.

Wonho is accused of going to juvie.

Shownu is accused of flirting with a married woman.

Wonho is accused of smoking weed.

Faked images on Shownu are shared online.

It’s hit after hit after hit. Almost as if someone really wants Monsta X to fail.

Now this is going to sound a bit conspiracy theorist but heat me out. I don’t think that this is necessarily an attack on Monsta X but an attack on Starship, with Monsta X being their focus as they are starships money maker.

The Vice President is Starship is currently under a travel ban along with people involved in produce 101. Know o can’t understand Korean so I have no idea what the article says he is under suspicion for but it’s likely due to the votes rigging.

Starship has made enemies with someone who really wants them to fail.

And they might get away with it. Because they have Han Seohee.

We all know that Han Seohee will do anything for attention, so dragging up stuff like this is very much within her character, and even though she isnt directly involved in all of the accusations, it wouldn’t be that difficult to pin them on her. After all she’s the one who egged on Jung Daeun, why couldn’t she have done that again?

She’s the perfect scapegoat. It’s plausible enough that she could have started it all that people would believe it, and hated enough by the kpop fandom that if she was to be punished for it then it’d give us that satisfying end. But I don’t think she did.

Seohee loves attention so why would she release everything together? Why not really drag it out and keep her name on the headlines. It’s also so much for one person to do but so well orchestrated that it’s really unlikely that it’s just coincidence that everything came out at once. No, someone wants Monsta X to fall and I don’t think it’s Han Seohee.

Starship has made a powerful enemy in the industry who is trying to make the company crumble by targeting their most popular group; Monsta x is just caught up in the middle of it all and with their win this week on SBS...I can see thing getting worse.

Wonho is a man who hurts most when others are hurting, and as he fears that his issues are hurting monsta x he left to protect him. Let’s prove that we don’t want him gone that we still support him.

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I know I shouldn’t be making rumours but without more information I can’t help but worry for him, so I’ve gone back and done some research. So here are some possible reasons for his departure:

1- Mental health

I really don’t think that this is the reason. If he was struggling with mental health then I would expect a situation similar to Minas, where she took an extended hiatus. Or even a situation like Hwalls, where the was a hiatus prior to departure. Either way there should have been a period of a break before, especially seeing as JYP is very invested in its artists mental health.

2-Career change

Again...maybe but it’s unlikely. Woojin trained under SM, nearly debuted with NCT, moved agency and went through the hell that was the survival show and then decided years later that its not for him? It’s possible but unlikely.

3- Issues in his outside life

This one I could see, the suddenness and the complete contract termination would free him to leave and help. But it doesn’t explain why the other members aren’t being allowed on Instagram, surely his friends wouldn’t want to give messages of support.

4-scandal

This is what I’m fearing...when day6 lost a member it was also due to ‘personal reasons’. It would explain the suddenness, the gag order and the cold tone from the announcements. It would also make sense if it was to prevent a possible scandal seeing as this year has been disastrous or company’s like YG. It may not even be a dating scandal, after all JYP himself thinks dating bans are stupid, it might be something else. I’m fearing a situation like B.I.

I’ve been thinking over JYPs reaction to the situation and theres something that feels off to me about this. It’s clear that something has been wrong for a while as stray kids has been very quiet recently but still the cut off was so sudden. When the Boyz Hwall began to struggle he was placed on hiatus for a while before deciding to leave fully and the send of from the company was warm and encouraging in tone but the tweet from JYP was so cold. Even JYP lets their idols go on hiatus! He was taken off on the website so quickly and there wasn’t even a goodbye message just an announcement that he’s gone.

It just feels so cold. If Woojin left the group due to mental health I would have expected JYP to be kinder and more personal in the announcement. It makes me think that he didn’t leave but was removed.

When Day6 lost their member it was for to ‘personal reasons’ just like the reason given for Woojin. But at the same time JYP has always said that dating bans are stupid but, again at the same time, they do still have one. And with all the ‘scandals’ this year I could see is JYP wanted to react before one could form.

It just feels off. I just want to know that Woojin is happy. I just want to be reassured that he chose this and that, if what he wants is to step away from the public eye, we can all wish him a warm future or if he wants to move into other projects we can give him our full support. But I can’t really do this while I have the feeling that maybe it wasn’t that amicable hanging over me...

Whatever has happened though, we need to keep supporting both Woojin and whatever he wants to do and also our boys still in Stray Kids. They’ve just lost their oldest member and a pillar of support for the last few years. They are going to be hurting right now and we need to show that we will support them still. We may not have OT9 physically but we will in spirit, we cannot let it fall apart to nothing.

I’ve been a stay since 2017 and one of the things I’ve noticed is how much Stray Kids have matured into idols. In their earlier stuff you can hear the inexperience, feel that they are rookies. Put them next to a seasoned idol and you can tell who is the rookie.

But now, over a year after Hellevator they already have the ‘idol image’. They’re confident, powerful and talented. They lost the trepidation if a new idol without losing their new energy. They still feel like a new sound, they bring a new energy to kpop with their unique music and group dynamic.

Stray Kids isn’t a JYP group, at least not like their label mates. They made themselves. Chan brought then together and then fought tooth and nail to prove themselves to JYP. They fought even harder to prove themselves to us and this rookie award is evidence that they did just that. They really are a group that could storm the industry, they really are our Rookie Kings🖤

Theyve released 4 albums, FOUR albums! Even the big groups in the industry can’t reach that! For their last two albums most songs have a video, all have their own choreography. That’s a dedication to their work that is really impressive.

Like Chan said in their V live, it must have been a lot of hard work to write, practice, record and promote so many albums in such a short time. We should all be proud of and encourage our boys for working so hard and getting their Rookie Award this year.

Their work this year is like what I would expect from a seasoned group. Their debut song was strong and their follow ups showed their consistent feel but new and exciting sides to it. They took a really strong base and have just been getting better and better. They are ready to storm the industry.

Forget rookie kings, stray kids are ready to play with the big boys now 🖤

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Changbin:...

Changbin: Do I want to ask?

Chan: Woojin did it.

Changbin: errr

Chan: But it wasn’t even in a fun kinky way.