WHY YOU SHOULDN'T SLEEP ON TAKI'S POTENTIAL (a devoted thread)

i'm doing this thread as i unfortunately read multiple comments of people claiming that taki was overrated, overhyped, and that he was only biased bc he was quite young and a bts stan. i may not effectively change ur opinion, which is ok, but i'll try :)

1. well first of all, if you proclaim urself an "eggie", although you might get protective over your own bias, i believe that you should respect every applicants. saying that taki has no talent and is dull sounds rlly insenstive and toxic to me ; if he was chosen+

+amoung hundred(s) (maybe thousand?) of trainees, it's for a reason. there's no talentless applicant in i-land, that's why the competition is so intense!

2. judging the potential of someone over few episodes / hours isn't easy. i also tend to think that taki is a bit reserved. he isn't that loud within a group ; he didn't care having the 12th line, with barely screentime during the fire perf.

this resolves to the fact that we didn't get to hear that much his vocals, for example. which is a shame bc i genuinely think that his timbre is interesting. he indeed needs practice over his voice control/stability but taki's hard worker, he'll improves soon.

3. as taki's special talent seems to be dancing, some people compare him to niki, claiming that he's far from being as good as him. well the thing is that niki is clearly and undeniably a dance machine. but i personnally feel like they both radiate a different energy

through their dances which make it wrong to compare them. niki has this remarkable dynamism but taki puts certain "colors" on the choreography ; as the producers said, he already has a unique charm which is rare as such a young age!

4. he only has been training for 10 months! idk if you guys realise that. not even a full year? considering as well that he's japanese, he might be still a bit unconfortable with korean ; performing in a language that you don't speak/understand that well isn't easy.

5. however! he still succeeded to get the 4th highest score among the 12 other trainees. even tho he only sang a unique and short line, even tho he is fifteen. you can't tell me taki hasn't potential with that fact :)

6. to sum up this thread that i could continue writing for hours, taki might not expose it as much as other trainees, he still got an unquestionable potential. i wish we'll soon get to see it more, but in the meantine i only ask you to not neglect him during the global voting+

ofc it's completely fine to have ur own bias, i repeat it! i won't force you to vote for him or something. just please, don't ever say that he's a talentless applicant and supporting him cost literally nothing
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