Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Oct 26, 2020 7:53:27 GMT -8
Seojin reached out and squeezed Elena's hand quickly. She told the stream cheerfully, "Please be super nice to Elena today! It's her very first time doing a live stream, so I hope this is really fun for her."
She skimmed the comments that were scrolling past pretty quickly, though thankfully not so fast that she couldn't get a decent idea of what was going on, at least for the ones in Korean and English.
She said, "It's really exciting how many of you are here. We weren't expecting to see so many fans, and it's really heartwarming."
She spotted a question in English that she liked as a starting place and pinned it, reading it aloud and then translating it to Korean, "JBNfan2000 asked us, 'How does it feel to have debuted?'"
She smiled over at Elena for a second and then said, "For me, it's really exciting. I've been working for this for a long time, and it still doesn't feel entirely real yet, but I'm really thrilled to have debuted with JBN and being able to meet all the fans with our performances. It's really exciting how many of you are supporting us. I can't wait to see what will come next."
She nudged Elena lightly with her shoulder so that Elena could also answer.
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Dreams Ent Trainee.
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Post by Elena Moon on Oct 26, 2020 12:20:47 GMT -8
Elena smiled and held onto Seojin's hand, not letting her have it back. Her nerves were getting the better of her and she felt much better holding onto someone. She was surprised at how nervous she was. On stage had never been a big deal but apparently on camera via livestream was something different all together.
"I'm still just so happy to be here," Elena said, replying to the question. She realized she wasn't sure what she was allowed to say regarding her super last minute addition. "I'm just so happy that I get to have such a great family here in Korea like Seojin-unnie and all of you fans. I was worried about feeling lonely but you all help to make it better!"
She glanced at Seojin and nudged her back, hoping for approval. She'd tried her best to answer without causing any problems.
She glanced at the livestream comments and skimmed few some of the ones in Spanish and French. "Someone is asking how they chose who to partner up for livestreams." She directed the question at Seojin, then read it as it had been asked so fans knew which question they were addressing.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
20.
Horse (Korea)
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Post by Woo Seojin on Oct 27, 2020 6:45:10 GMT -8
Seojin was a little surprised by just how nervous Elena seemed, but she was happy to keep holding her hand if it made it better. She gave Elena's hand another little squeeze after she answered, and she nodded to what Elena had said and added, "Elena's settled in with the group really well even though she got added at the very last minute, and we're really happy to have her. She really completes JBN."
Seojin looked thoughtful for a second about the livestream question. It was definitely within the realm of what they were fine answering, but it wasn't a question that she'd been expecting really. She settled on saying in English so that it would be easier for Elena to translate, "Part of it was language based. Elena's working really hard on Korean, but I'm one of the ones who speaks English, so it's definitely easier to have us grouped together, especially while Elena's still getting the hang of Korean. But the company also really wants to show our genuine friendships, so they encouraged having us pair up with one of the members we're the closest to."
She smiled over at Elena, before quickly repeating the question and her basic answer to it in Korean. She knew that there would be ships happening for the group soon enough if they weren't already, and she knew that these early paired livestreams would encourage them to happen, but that was something that Josh-sunbae had told her about and that it was to be expected and was just part of the show of the industry. He'd also told her, Just don't get caught, which had been embarrassing, but also good advice.
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Post by Elena Moon on Oct 27, 2020 9:36:50 GMT -8
Elena squeezed Seojin's hand back and translated the answers into Spanish, French and Portuguese, then she added in multiple languages, "maybe they knew how nervous I'd be and made sure to have Seojin-unnie here to keep me calm." She laughed a little nervously, but could feel herself finally starting to calm down and settle into the livestream.
She skimmed through more comments and was surprised to see how many people truly supported them. She couldn't help but smile. "Some French fans are asking if we're trying to help them set up ships," she said to Seojin and shrugged. She wasn't sure if it was an entirely appropriate question, but it didn't seem inappropriate.
She was a little hurt to see some of the Korean comments accusing her of taking Jane's place in the band and chasing her off. Elena chewed on her lower lip, but didn't reply. She figured they'd either ignore those comments or someone would address them at some point, but not her.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
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Horse (Korea)
Authored by Etienne.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Dec 1, 2020 11:45:01 GMT -8
Seojin managed to keep herself from wincing at the ships comment. Instead, she chuckled and said with a little wave of her free hand, "I wouldn't know anything about that."
She hoped that Elena would catch that they should probably move on from the topic. She was annoyed at some of the less than welcoming comments, but again, those were something that the company would have to address if they got too bad. She figured that she'd talk to Elena about it after the stream and reassure her that none of them believed that.
She saw a question that made her smile. It was in English, so she pinned it and pointed it out to Elena before she read it, "BirdGirls says, 'You all danced really well at your debut showcase. What are your favorite styles of dance?'"
Seojin grinned and said, "Thank you! We trained really hard for debut, so I'm glad to hear that. My favorite styles are bboy and contemporary, but I always like trying new things and getting as good at them as I can, so I've studied lots of styles."
She repeated herself in Korean and then glanced at Elena.
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Bisexual.
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Post by Elena Moon on Dec 2, 2020 10:53:07 GMT -8
Elena took the hint about changing topics and squeezed Seojin's hand a little every time a negative comment popped up. She was relieved when another actual question came in. "I love to dance a lot of flamenco and samba and things like that. I like the very feisty, Latin dances, they're like me."
She couldn't help but grin, "Seojin-unnie has to reel me in sometimes. Most of my dances end up with some sort of flourish that doesn't belong in that dance," she chuckled. She tilted her head towards the back of the room, "should we dance?" she asked quietly.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
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Horse (Korea)
Authored by Etienne.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Dec 2, 2020 12:43:11 GMT -8
Seojin giggled a little at Elena's response to the question. As soon as Elena asked her if they should dance, the comments flooded with agreements that they should, in fact, dance. Seojin couldn't help grinning at the enthusiasm of it. She said, laughter in her voice, "I think that the fans have spoken, and we should indeed dance. Elena, which song do you want to do?"
She pulled up her phone looking over her playlist of songs that they'd been working on covers for. She added, "We should show them something more your style than our debut."
She looked over at Elena expectantly, waiting to line up the song on her phone so that they could do a little bit of dance with the somewhat limited space they had. She was half tempted to suggest (G)I-dle's "Oh My God," but she wasn't entirely sure that it was a good call. She also kept an eye on the comments section to see if there would be requests for anything that they'd already been practicing.
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Bisexual.
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Post by Elena Moon on Dec 4, 2020 11:16:55 GMT -8
Elena was overwhelmed with joy at the positive comments pouring in. "They definitely like that idea, me too!" She leaned in and rested her head on Seojin's shoulder to look through her phone with her. "We've worked on "Wannabe" by Itzy-sunbaenimdeul most recently, but if you're talking about something more my flavor, that's probably "Maria" by Hwasa-sunbaenim."
She thought it over and knew that song was a little more sensual than some, but it did fit with her style. "Any suggestions?" she asked the camera and started skimming comments.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
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Horse (Korea)
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Post by Woo Seojin on Dec 5, 2020 20:26:14 GMT -8
The comments were immediately filled with a chorus of "Do both," and "We want to see both!"
Seojin chuckled and said, "Why don't we do 'Wannabe' together, and you can do 'Maria,' and I can do something that's more deep in my style? Since the fans want to see us dance lots."
She was conscious of the amount of time that they had and added, "Maybe just about 30 or 45 seconds of each? For time reasons."
She cued up "Wannabe" on her phone first, glad that Elena had seemed comfortable with a song that they'd been working on together some. She added "Maria," and then thought about it a little and added Seventeen's Performance Unit's "Lilili Yabbay" for herself at the end. She looked up at Elena again and glanced at the comments section, pleased with how excited they seemed. She pointed out a comment that said, "Sing too!" as it flashed across the screen, and she gave Elena a little smile.
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Post by Elena Moon on Dec 6, 2020 13:21:45 GMT -8
Elena stood back and did a few extra stretches while Seojin queued up the music. She didn't need to, since she'd already warmed up but it was a good habit that she had. "30 to 45 seconds sounds about right." She peeked at Seojin's song selection then spoke to the fans, "I haven't seen Seojin-unnie do her dance yet, and I'm unnie's fan so I'm excited to see her performance with you."
She laughed a little at the flood of requests and comments, "we can sing too. After dancing maybe?" she looked to Seojin, hoping that'd be okay.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
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Horse (Korea)
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Post by Woo Seojin on Dec 21, 2020 2:47:04 GMT -8
Seojin gave Elena a fond little smile at the fan comment and said, "Well, I'm excited to see Elena's dance too. But first, dance together!"
She waited for Elena to look ready, then started the music for "Wannabe" a few seconds before the first chorus and rushed to stand near Elena. She was glad that they'd practiced it together lots since it was one of the first songs that they'd started working on together. It felt comfortable, and Seojin was proud of how far Elena had come with the more bouncy Kpop style and its sharp moves. When they got to a good break point in the music, she went over to stop it and glanced at Elena, checking to see how her groupmate was doing.
The chat was going very quickly with lots of emojis, and Seojin smiled and waved to the camera a little bit, saying, "I'm glad that everyone's excited! Let's watch Elena's dance together now!"
She told Elena more softly, "I'll start it as soon as you say go."
She was glad that the fans were reacting well. It seemed to have blown away the comments that had been less kind towards Elena, and the other girl's skills really showed how much she belonged in the group.
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Post by Elena Moon on Dec 27, 2020 8:02:39 GMT -8
Elena waited for Seojin to get to her spot before dancing the choreography with her. She was glad they'd practiced so much. Seojin had really helped with her confidence level when it came to this particular style. When they finished she also peeked at the comments and practically beamed, she was happy the fans seemed to be in friendlier moods now.
She reclaimed her dance position and gave Seojin a nod to start the music. She danced through the chorus and second verse, happy to be in her element. When she finished she couldn't help but laugh at herself a little, "was I making a silly face?" she asked Seojin and the fans. "I think one of my favorite things about Hwasa-sunbaenim is her facial expressions. She can look so into the dance and so..." Elena struggled for the word in Korean. She turned to Seojin and in English said quietly, hoping to avoid the ears of the fans, "how do you say 'thug' or 'hard'? She just looks super cool and dangerous but in a a good way.."
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
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Post by Woo Seojin on May 30, 2021 14:23:32 GMT -8
Seojin laughed and said, "Of course you weren't making a silly face, you looked cool! The comments agree with me."
She translated the requested words and then handed the phone to Elena after putting it at the timestamp she wanted in the song. She'd picked one of the parts that didn't have floorwork, but was pretty intricate in the choreography. She waited until Elena looked settled and she'd gotten into her own spot and then nodded, and said, "I'm ready whenever you are."
Once the music started, she focused on getting the actively hard but beautiful choreography as perfect as she could, stopping right before it got to another floorwork section and bowing. She said with a wink, "That might be a little teaser for something else I'm working on!"
She didn't hurry back to sit down, restraining her curiosity on the comments, but she did ask Elena, "How'd I do?"
She glanced over at the stream, seeing lots of excited comments, and said, "What do you think we should sing?"
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Post by Elena Moon on Jun 6, 2021 9:25:33 GMT -8
Elena was relieved to hear she'd done a good job. She took the phone from Seojin and waited for her to get into place, "ready?"
She played the song and watched in awe as her hopefully-future-girlfriend danced. Elena was always so impressed by different dancing styles, but Seojin was a master of this one. She was happy she was out of frame because when Seojin finished Elena realized she'd been watching with a lovestruck, silly face.
She clapped enthusiastically and came back into view, "It was perfect unnie!" She sidled up next to Seojin and scanned comments, "What do the fans want to hear us sing?"
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
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Authored by Etienne.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jun 6, 2021 11:49:21 GMT -8
Seojin smiled and draped an arm around Elena's shoulders when the younger girl sidled up to her. She focused on the comments for a moment, but softly said, "Thank you."
There were tons of song names being requested in the chat, some of which she knew, and some of which she didn't. One comment that she saw from several people was, "You should sing your favorite song!"
She turned to Elena and said, "Fans are saying that we should sing our favorite song. Do we have a shared favorite song? I mean, I can pretty much always do something from F(x), but is there something that we both really like that would work? I mean we could always each sing a little bit of something, but I think they want us to sing together."
She was curious if there was something that Elena would suggest as she tried to think over what they would both be comfortable with, maybe a Mamamoo song, that's probably what she would suggest if Elena didn't have any ideas. It was nice how enthusiastic the fans were about seeing them and them singing and dancing though.
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