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Don't forget those companies most likely had trainees who were not chosen due to the rigging. A reboot would be basically condoning the actions of producer. They're taking back control of the situation by disbanding the group as sad as it is. Ironically this scandal is a perfect example of K-pop industries darker side made public.

i’m going to reply here, because i have a lot to say.

yes, you’re right, the 9 companies would have trainees who were not chosen due to the rigging. but i don’t see how that relates to the reboot. x1′s contract was supposed to be for 5 years, so don’t you think the companies would have made plans for the trainees that didn’t get into x1? 

also, i don’t see how a reboot would be condoning the actions of the producer. if you look at the articles that were posted both before and after the disbandment, you will see that the general public condemns the producers and all of the staff who were involved in the rigging, while agreeing that the members of x1 are also the victims of this whole situation. they were the ones who were banned from music shows, they were the ones who weren’t given variety show or cf opportunities, they were the ones who were used as a fucking wall for cj ent and mnet to hide behind. 

like i said before, a reboot will be giving the members a clean slate. it’s a little marketing strategy called rebranding. if they were to redebut the group, they will no longer be the group that was created by the producers out of pure greed, rather they will be a group that was created by their fans. they will be a group of the same members with a different name, and better branding. i’m not naive enough to think that rebooting them will suddenly make the rigging scandal go away, it won’t. but if we don’t give them this chance to rebrand their image, this scandal will follow the members for the rest of their career. 

honestly, i don’t know what to think when it comes to the companies’ motivation. part of me thinks that they are greedy, and they think they can cash in on x1′s popularity by bringing their artist back to the company. a more hopeful part of me thinks it could be that they wanted to protect their artist from the negative attention by disbanding the group. 

either way, the companies might be taking back control, but they are also taking away the members’ right to make decisions about their own future, and their voice. i don’t know how much you know about the situation, but the members asked to be in the meeting and they relayed their desire to stay as a group, but their wishes weren’t heard or respected. 

and that’s the reason that i want to do whatever i can to get the group back. yes, i want them back because i’m a fan of them, but more than that, i want them to be happy. i can’t imagine the toll this whole situation is taking on their mental health, and that’s what scares me most. you want to know the dark side of the kpop industry? it’s the general lack of care given to the idols’ mental health. that’s what this whole situation has shown me. i mean the youngest members of the group are 17 and 15, and at that young age, they are forced to deal with the consequences of the greedy adults’ choices.