KA Newsletter; WK166 PT2

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Hello, everyone!

Welcome to this week’s edition of KA’s Got Talent!

In this corner of the KA Newsletter, we interview s based on one of the three topics: blogs, edits, or profile themes! Be sure to check out the works of the featured of the week!

Now, let’s begin!

peache

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this is a small blog about peache’s favourite nct bsides. of course, i was interested as soon as i saw the title and i enjoyed seeing the choices made in the blog. i always find it interesting to know other people’s favourite songs and see how many we have in common. overall, this was a nice blog to read.

⌗O1 :: how did you find inspiration for this blog?

“well, i’m a nctzen so i just thought it’d be fun to write a blog about my favourite songs from them since i love nct”

⌗O2 ::  what was your writing process?

“i just made my photos and cover for the blog, and then wrote down whatever came to my mind as i listened to the songs. it’s pretty spontaneous. ”

⌗O3 ::  how long did it take for you to write your blog?

”it probably took about 30 minutes”

⌗O4 ::  if you could make any changes, what would they be?

”i don’t think i’d make any changes”

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Thank you to peache for taking the time on making this week's KAGT possible!

That’s all we have for you guys this week on KAGT! As we said, in the beginning, please be sure you check out the creators' profiles and their work if you enjoyed it. Nothing feels better than knowing people recognize your hard work and appreciate you for it. Thank you for tuning in, bye!

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to say that Hot Seat won't be in Part 2 this week!

To read this week’s special, incredibly long Secret Santa edition of Hot Seat, go here !

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Merry christmas ka !!! Sharu here with the amazing responses from this week's ka responds. The topic for this issue was —

❝ Are awards genuinely just objects with no meaning?

Now, let us look at some thoughtful opinions.

Blooming vip  shared opinions against the topic, denoting how awards are form of a recognition of one's effort.

I feel as though awards do have a meaning, to an extent. The trophy itself may just be an object that sits on a shelf either in the artists' home or elsewhere, but surely the reason behind that trophy feels meaningful to them as it's an acknowledgement of the hard work and success of their project. It's kinda like how a diploma is basically just a piece of paper, but what it commemorates (graduating from school) marks an important accomplishment in your life. Plus, every nominee in each category was worthy of recieving that award but only one winner can be chosen. So being that one winner must feel like an honor to the artist. But with that being said, not everyone can be a winner yet everyone worked hard. And in some cases the seemingly most worthy winner gets snubbed for whatever reason. So in those cases, the award show might seem like a joke or less valuable.

And we got more opinions on how awards have both pros and cons ,and someone is bound to get disappointed at the end.

Jiminie cricket — we are the ones who bring meaning to objects, in this case, awards. ultimately, I don't think there's a right or wrong definite answer because it's more so about perception. idk where the origin of awards or ceremonies really stemmed from  but i feel the debate on this centers around the idea of wanting recognition from others. something tangible of the accomplishments you've made, and that in itself I don't see as a bad thing. I think the idea of the ceremonies can become watered down and less important when there is more dissatisfaction of the event itself and that can make the appeal of the trophy lessen. and when outside forces like manipulation, unhealthy competitiveness, and favoritism comes into play, that's when it gets less enjoyable for everyone, even for the award recipient maybe. in my eyes, no matter how inclusive or exclusive an event or award is, someone is always going to be disappointed at the results.

Chessa  — Yes & no. In the literal sense it is just an object, but different things can have different meanings to different people. Anything can have meaning if the person gives it meaning. On the outside looking in others might find it as only an object while that object could mean the world to the person who owns it. This can apply to awards as well. For example, I’ve won awards for gymnastics, dance, & academics which to me are special because of all my hard work & effort that went into earning those. To others around me they either think of it as decoration or just pieces of metal & that’s okay because I’m the one who determines its meaning, not others. In a sense I don’t think it’s the award itself that has meaning, but it’s what the award represents for that person that gives it. So, for the idols that win these awards they definitely can have meaning. I know especially to groups who are winning an award for the first time they can be very emotional because to them they worked hard & placed meaning behind winning it.

Zed have completely spoken in favour of the topic and have explained the reasons for it.

OKAY I'm gonna also say yes & no but for very different reasons absolutely yes awards can have meaning — it's being noticed, praised, and acknowledged for an accomplishment, it's having a thing that says "I did that!!!"

It can also be the opposite. "That person won, and that's cool, but I got dead last, and I still worked hard" Losing *hurts* and it's can be a double edged sword. But also, in of award shows?? like the ones where you vote?? all too often it's literally a popularity contest. Whoever gets the most votes, is basically just who has the bigger fandom. Like it's never "listen to all these people and choose who you like best :D" it's "vote for exo!!" "vote for seventeen!!!" etc etc (not a dig at either group/fandom btw) it never feels like it's a contest of who did it better anyways. Like, BTS would sweep everything with a voting system (probably without too lets be honest) even if their music is not as good to people who have listened to more artists, but armys heavily outweigh every other fandom. and also of course it's a for-profit capitalist scheme, that doesn't make it a bad thing (like, the ENTIRE kpop industry is a for-profit scheme) but it definitely provides more (much stronger) incentive to have these shows than actually awarding for good work. Like, Zelda BOTW is still a wonderful game, but to say Nintendo made it entirely in wanting to make a good game is short of the cut. That said I still don't like reward shows, voting (and especially artificial streaming) culture, and whatever fuss about it is made, though I also lean a lot more towards just liking the music and watching funny compilations here and there because they're entertaining.

Thank you for reading. Continue sharing your opinions on our topics. Until next time !

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