irony

zhu xifeng, a.k.a phoenix 26 y.o burnout's leader & main vocalist

[xifengrv]

“i bet you didn’t know i could cook, hmm?” xifeng said, putting down a mug of coffee on the table in front of suri, t-shirt barely covering anything it needed to cover as she skipped around the kitchen. “i mean...i can’t, really, but i know how to make eggs. and i woke up manic, so that’s what i made. you want?” @surirv

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“oh! that one’s new-- i didn’t even notice!” xifeng commented, poking bia’s bare skin where a new tattoo had blossomed since they’d last.......seen each other. “why didn’t you tell me, hmm? i could have come with. gotten a matching one...” @rvvia​

[xifengrv]

“i’m glad i could support you for parts of the show, but lets be real-- you didn’t need me,” xifeng said, ruffling sikyung’s hair. “the only downside is that you got robbed of first place but...  you made the final group, so i suppose i won’t hold a grudge...” @rvsikyung​

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“it’s been long enough. you need to loosen up,” xifeng said matter of factly, hands on her hips. “how many variety shows have you been on with us at this point? and you can never do any of the choreography? do you know how much less awkward you would feel if you could play along? let me just teach you some, okay?” @rvlia​

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rvdaul​:

“I’m not sure – I think the move might be getting it done like… little by little, just enough that nobody notices fully. It’d be interesting to see how long it takes before people notice.”

“you know, that’s smart actually,” xifeng laughed. “especially considering so much of what burnout ends up wearing onstage is like.... either militarized outfits with long sleeved jackets or....some other themed thing that requires sleeves. i don’t know the right words, but you know what i mean! we wear a lot of sleeves! i could definitely slowly get tatted up!”

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rvseb​:

“You know… manager-nim might buy it. It’s just team building to get tattoos together, right?” Sebin joked.

“i know you’re joking, but that’s a fun idea. matching tattoos with all of burnout!” xifeng laughed. “i think after all these years and all we’ve been through, it’ll just mark how close we all are. very good idea.”

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rvsoyi​:

“you’re chinese. you don’t get to decide that. and i’m not saying what’s right or wrong. i’m just saying there are reasons. playing dumb isn’t going to help you win anyone over.”

“i’m not playing dumb, soyi. i’m just saying that plenty of women have gotten tattoos now, and that it shouldn’t be so taboo anymore! and that feminism is about bodily autonomy, and new age stepping on mine is just off.”

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rvseb​:

“You could probably get away with it now if you really wanted to, unnie,” Sebin responded. She hadn’t though about that for herself, but really, that was mostly because she was indecisive.  “A lot of our stage outfits have long sleeves anyway.”

“you know, you’re probably right. and if any girl group was going to suit tattoos, the heavy metal horror group is the one,” she agreed with a laugh. “if i get in trouble, i’ll just say that i thought it was okay because mahalia had them, i guess...”

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rvsoyi​:

“you know fully well why they’re taboo in korea, xifeng. and if you don’t, you’re ignorant and need to learn,” soyi said sternly. “i’m not saying that times don’t need to change but… there are reasons.”

“i know there are reasons. i’m just saying, we’re well past those reasons, and one would think that women having bodily autonomy and choosing to put what they want on their bodies would be reclaiming that.”

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rvmengxia​:

“i don’t even want to think about what that word would look like in hangul,” she admitted with a chuckle.

“god, you’re right. that wouldn’t fit on a keychain,” she laughed.

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rvmindeulle​:

“I wouldn’t be surprised if there were, honestly,” Duri responded.  “In any case, I hope that Siren treats her better, whenever that new group of theirs debuts. They’ve had an okay track record so far. … Well, mostly.”

“yeah... mostly. and any bumps they have can be attributed to growing pains, if you ask me. they’re a new company,” xifeng reasoned.

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rvlia​:

“i’ll take note of that,” lia laughed, throwing her arm around the younger girl’s shoulder jovially. “i assume saying that watching delight’s old stages floods my basement is also a no no?”

“yeah, for a few reasons. you might want to keep those to yourselves. now, ta da! you have media training!”

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rvsoyi​:

“i dunno, so you can keep your job? priorities.”

“what i’m saying is i should be able to get them without worrying about a job,” xifeng insisted. “they’re just tattoos. they’ll probably be of flowers. it’s not that weird.”

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rvmindeulle​:

“Honestly, they may as well have just debuted the leader of the group as a soloist if they were going to treat Ahki like this. That shit’s baffling. Most of the decisions are, really.”

“there has to be some sort of backstage politics we aren’t seeing or something. there’s no way that they’re actually treating ahki like this, not punishing her,” xifeng sighed. “that doesn’t make it right, of course, but it’s an explanation at least.”

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rvluri​:

“are you sure? it’ must be super hipster– i’ve never heard it before!”

“i assure you, it’s been a very common and visible term for like.....almost half a century. probably more.”

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rvmengxia​:

“sexy. get those tattoos and write that on your next weekly idol profile, man.”

“phoenix is so boring. tattoo trailblazer? wordy, but iconic.”

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rvmindeulle​:

“Oh, I’m not knocking Spotlight or anything - I just know they’ve got more of an image thing,” Duri replied. “But yeah, with the little stuff I see coming out of Liberty I do wonder what goes on.”

“nothing. nothing is going on. that’s the problem,” xifeng laughed. “everyone in charge has cheese for brains. i’m pretty sure h2h fans are about to start a fucking riot.”