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tbh I think SM is moving EXO's oversea focus from China to Japan, regardless of any effort on Yixing's part to promote the group in China. EXO will continue to have concerts there, and members who are popular with Cfans will get solo stuff. That's about it, and that's why there has been a shift among Chinese Yixing fans toward the "please leave" camp. If China isn't a priority for the group, Yixing doesn't have much of a place in it

this is a valid point honestly they(kfans) could be thinking who needs yixing when they are debuting in japan. it is quite heartbreaking to hear but i sort of agree this is why people really arent bothered by yixing staying in the group or not and saying nonstop that him leaving wont have any difference because they are shifting from china to japan anyway and exo wont lose much. its disgusting to say that to someone who have built the group’s history together  and have shed so much sweat and tears along the way but yeah some people won’t even consider that. this is why i have to be protective. 

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sockpup replied to your post “eurgh…just been in a minor car accident :( I’m fine…car’s not even...”

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I didn’t find Xander any worse than the other Buffy regulars. My primary issue with him was lying to Buffy about Willow’s effort to re-soul Angel. He also had a part in the falling out between Buffy and Faith (also over Angel).

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yeah, i think that was the whole point, that they all did things that were maybe shitty but it's what made them human. i can name a hundred things that make me want to shake buffy or willow or whomever by the shoulders and say, 'shame on you!' but ti doesn't mean they're bad or annoying or lame characters or whatever, but people just want them to be 100% perfect otherwise they just dismiss them, that's what's annoying.

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sockpup -- Personally I tend to believe what Andrew says about himself. He said he would be too old to play Spidey by TASM 4. He even whined about being old for 2. It seems a reasonable concern to me: his smoking and ~secret snacking do not go with Spider-Man’s unforgiving outfit. I doubt he wants to spend ever more time with Armando, whom he hates more than anyone in the world, to keep up with the spandex’s demands.

he doesn't hate armando tho. and andrew LIKES being active, he's said that lots of times. i think him saying he has nothing to do with tasm4 is just that, that he signed on for 3 movies and sony suddenly deciding to make 4 doesn't mean he HAS to be a part of it because it's not in his contract, but i doubt andrew would not do it just because he wants to keep eating his three leches cake. if he's gonna bail, it'll have much more to do with how uncomfortable he is with fame and wanting to work on other projects on concentrate on his personal life, and shooting spider-man movies until he's nearly 40 would certainly get in the way of that.

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sockpup replied to your post: studios get less of a cut from foreign profits which is why domestic numbers determine whether a movie is seen as a flop or not no matter how a movie does overseas

People keep missing the point: LESS of a cut isn’t NONE. When overseas box office is much higher than US, the cut from overseas may end up higher despite the lower percentage. But it doesn’t matter which market contributes more - EVERYONE DOES

yep

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sockpup said:

The “higher percentage of US box office” excuse drives me nuts. Sure, take the perc into account. Total studio revenue = US * 55% + overseas * 40% (rough estimates). For most tentpoles, overseas box office is so much higher than US that it contributes more to revenue despite lower perc. By all means, count every dollar at the US box office a little more than a dollar overseas. BUT IT’S NOT EVERYTHING. Do the grade school math jfc. Also keep in mind that, barring a few exceptions like Japan, movie tickets in most oversea markets cost less than US tickets. For the same amount of BO intake, there are more oversea viewers than US ones. Not that the studios care, but I’d think *fandom* should. 

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Call Me Maybe is far more popular than MTV's Teen Wolf to the general public. I do get the point the anon tried to make, but it made no sense in this context. The song was a worldwide pop culture phenomenon and praised by most music critics. It's absolutely *harder* to disparage CMM in public than a MTV show ... not that disparaging either should be a big deal to begin with.

it was a faulty argument to begin with tbh

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sockpup replied to your post: tumblr posts dissing john green/starbucks...

I thought the point of the post was to laugh at ourselves? I feel ~pleased when my posts get a ton of reblogs, and it’s a little funny to me

no, i don't think it is. there's a lot of animosity between "fandom" and "hipster" tumblr users. the hipster ones are the ones that post pictures of starbucks and love john green etc. fandom tumblrs think they're superior to them.