#famedbaseonline2.1

[minjungfmd]

starter for @fmdhayi / advice live

there’s tension in the room, thick enough to be sliced by a knife. except, this type of tension doesn’t dance between two people, no. instead, it becomes a series of imposed events — a feigned friendship paraded around screens and on stage, sweet enough for the watching eye to eat up in its decadence.

but the type of tension lies bittersweet when minjung’s sitting in front of a large table, large stacked notecards in front with company that’s nearing a distant stranger. three, two, one. cameras on, and the staff behind the cameras motion for the beginnings of the grand play to start. (seo minjung paints on her mask, pulls together the strings that pull her lips upward into a wide-faced grin).

“today, it’s a special special day.” it’s the idol voice that lilts her voice a notch higher, her head tilting towards hayi. “full of surprises and i’m here with one of my closest friends, hayi.” her gaze turns, eying hayi face-to-face in a commiserated nod. “and today, we’re here to give advice to anyone who wants to pluck their own feather and shoot some questions.”

eyes following the lines of comments bursting at the screen, and she reads off the first on the screen: my favorite idol friends!! can you give me advice on what my friend and i should do for our ten year friendshipversary?

she tosses the question directly into the air. “i have many ideas, but hayi, you go first.”

[fmdxsuji]

suji thinks she’s pretty good at giving advice to the point where sometimes she’s give it out when all anybody really needs is a little comforting. now that is something she’s not too good at. so it’s no surprise when she’s called in for an organized advice live. seeing that the new school year was coming up, she was expecting some questions from younger fans. she knows that feeling all too well, wanting to fit in and make some friends and actually feel like you belong. she can’t say she ever fully succeeded but at least that means she’ll be good at giving advice on the topic. 

“ready?” she says, acknowledging the older female who’s been stuck running this live with her. there was always something about eunyoung that made her feel comfortable. perhaps it was the unconditional support she received from the calypso member or the fact that they’ve found points they could relate to with one another. it wasn’t super easy for suji to feel so open in front of somebody else in the industry, but eunyoung was quick to knock down her walls. “hopefully we’ll both be some help to somebody today.” 

@fmdeunyoung

[fmddowoon]

base advice live with @fmdjace.

there’s always something in the way -- a hike that means they have to focus a little more on walking than talking, an electrical mishap in the aftermath of said hike, a comeback in korea, a comeback in japan, a nonstop series of line readings and rehearsals and filming days and --

while all of his members are moving out, kim dowoon is too busy to even say goodbye. on a day in late may, when he’s finally tripping over himself into an already swiftly passing by summer, he’s finally sat side by side with jihoon in a company office. 

dowoon props his chin up on the heel of his palm and sighs, “you sure you’re in the right headspace for this?” their manager had pointed out the advice segment. it could be nice, they said, though there was the choice and the how to too, for the fans to hear from catalyst’s trustworthy leader, and catalyst’s variety social genius -- who else better would there be to answer their quandaries? truthfully, dowoon could think of a million other people but here he and jihoon were, ill-equipped as they were, as questions and situations already began to file in, before they’d even gone live. the situation was controlled of course -- they wouldn’t be answering anything crazy. the manager raises an eyebrow at them, but dowoon smiles, ever boyish, ever convincing, and then swivels back to jihoon. “we’ll take our time. people will like that anyways.”

the count winds down and then they’re on, left to their own devices with a steady influx of comments.

“what do you do when someone has the wrong impression of you?” reads dowoon. he pauses, stroking one puffed up, chipmunk cheek thoughtfully. “for me? i would just try to prove it to them otherwise. even if it took a long time to show it to them, i think it would be worth it, if they mattered to you. jihoon? what do you think?”

[yunseoxfmd]

closed starter for @alicefmd / suwei loved any chance she got to interact with other idols. one thing she loved most about being an idol was making friends. she put a lot of effort into her career but she was also known around the fandom as the social butterfly. and this isn’t the first time she’s worked with alice. earlier that year she had released a collab single with alice. she’s also did a collaboration cover with alice on the cover of ceci. fans must have loved the single because dimensions and bc were putting them together once again.

base online it would seem had offered the company an opportunity. today she was to film an advice live with alice. she now sat in a plush seat with a camera in front of her. she waited for the staff member to signal the camera recording. "hello! my name is wei." she said with a smile before turning to alice.