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anyways the thing is, they’re all taking different paths with the work they pursue outside of the group. junmyeon loves art, junmyeon is putting down roots and making waves and whatever other metaphors u like in areas that fandom will not see unless they make effort to ,
the bvlgari stuff? yeah I’d expect ppl to have at least seen that. he was in magazines fandom was vocally aware of when merchbot posted about them and not other members (due to the publications). he had an old pretty cheesy drama air. I’d guess most ppl are at least aware of tmwl
but a lot of the other stuff - dimf ambassador, a movie for samsung, gallery events, the actual level of success tmwl achieved, his growing popularity as actor kim junmyeon attending/mcing award shows and movie events etc..this is out of our general circle of kpop media
self portrait wasn’t low level effort by any means at all, but if all you know of jm is that he’s the leader and did some cheesy dramas, it probably seemed like a very small splash in the ocean, because you’re ignorant to it’s purpose and intended reach. the work he’s
doing as an sm solo artist isn’t the same as his /own/ work. chanyeol ssfw vs chanyeol nng kind of thing - except jm is doing work that isn’t visible in a way fandom is able to interact&give numbers to like nng. I’ve seen ppl say the musical is pointless bc it can’t be viewed
so yeah if you only look at his popularity and worth through official sm produced work, how much attention that draws in for the group, he’s not as amazing in comparison to other members. that doesn’t mean it’s bad work or that he isn’t amazing in a thousand other ways
he mentions his thanks to the group&fans at literally everything, even if it’s irrelevant and he’s just there as himself as an actor. junmyeon’s career is a hundred things more than one album and being leader, but he balances and blends all of them with grace
and ultimately there is 0 point to this thread other than me airing my thoughts lol I think it’s basically expected and irrelevant that there’s ignorance to his successes. that’s ok, his purpose isn’t to do numbers as a kpop act. it’s just sad he’s so disrespected along with it
