evidently hurt/offended by jimin

the closet incident definitely traumatized her

imagine already being in the vulnerable state of being scared with your dad dying, and then you weren't allowed to cry so as not to ruin the mood

clearly scared of jimin and of being told off

she wasn't allowed to see her dad before he died; jimin on the other hand was given a VIP room and all her activities were suspended

jimin apologized but all the pent up years of emotion cannot be easily resolved

the closet incident is inexcusable

her not being able to see her dad before he died is on FNC

bullying events: because of the pent up years of emotional suppression since trainee days and the trauma with her dad, jimin's actions could've been taken personally by mina, i.e., there's a possibility that some of these may have been magnified / exaggerated due to her own emotional bias (see: A4A)

it's possible that she focused only on jimin so as not to violate an NDA with FNC

in her anger might've failed to realize the implications of her actions for A4A and everyone involved

posted the IG story: "fiction"

public apology main points:

- lacking as a leader

- she did wrong

- did not understand mina well

- acknowledged that things can't be easily resolved

- believed that only good things can be shown to the staff and the world

- realized she was lacking a humane side as a leader

- admitted that her statement is all over the place as well

- apologized sincerely to mina and the rest of the members

the fiction story doesn't gauge her "level" of guiltiness in the whole situation (the percentage of what is true and what is not from everything mina said; can be 0-100%)

could've been a knee-jerk reaction to defend oneself

she admitted and acknowledged her wrongs to mina but not specifically; the humane side for the closet incident should've been, "it's okay mina, i'm so sorry that i can't do anything about this either"

in her interview with allure korea jimin admitted to being selfish, disrespectful, and not so nice—but said that she changed because of the members; still, it doesn't excuse the wrong things that she did in the past

if she treated other members similarly to how she treated mina as well, then it could point to underlying issues of the work culture at FNC

it is also possible situations like this have occurred in other groups too and we just never learned of them

people are focusing their energy on hating jimin while i think it’s most important we work to hold FNC accountable in all of this and focus on them addressing the real concerns of this issue

her being removed from the group was FNC’s attempt to try and salvage the situation and take the blame off themselves

remember that FNC is just as responsible for what happened in the situation and for not properly taking care of their artists

youkyung posted 2 ambiguous posts, then unfollowed all members and the official AOA account

liked mina's IG update (A4A + Y)

seolhyun still on activities

hyejeong reading DMs / viewing stories on IG

mina unfollowed seolhyun and chanmi, still follows yuna, hyejeong and the AOA account

chanmi went priv, unfollowed everyone except her cat, deleted / archived posts with any AOA member, then went public again

yuna liking posts

hyejeong posted an update thanking the My Unfamiliar Family team + fans

chanmi continues on with Mobidic and Idol League

suspended YouTube video uploads for likeCHANMI, YunariTV, and Boss Baby Jiminem

AOA_FANCLUB keeps on posting activity updates

Y said it herself: she was focused on her own struggles that she failed to consider others' struggles as well; it could be the same for A4A + choa

bullying incidents according to mina has 2 possibilities, given it's 100% true:

(1) they're also recipients of this behavior and it's non-personal; it might've been normalized according to FNC's training standards

(2) it's either jimin was able to hide all of it well, or they knew and (what i said in mina's section + 1st point + FNC's work culture)

specific events told by mina sounds so much like hazing (speaking formally to the leader, can't cry during promotions, etc.)

not everything is black and white: maybe they're siding with both but expressing it would cause more confusion than resolution atm

with mina's emotional instability they could also be misinterpreted by her

why being silent might be the best move rn: any statement could easily be taken against them, at least with the current state of people being emotionally driven

unfair treatment between jimin and mina re: father's death

removed jimin from AOA but not FNC

said they will take (?) responsibility

easily addressed issues re: SF9's dawon and rowoon + seolhyun's rumors but still nothing about this

looks like they still have plans for AOA (team stuff with CheBul)

prioritizes money wbk

FNC is trash and they suck BIG TIME

if mina really did violate something on the contract:

(1) they can sue, but that's just rubbing salt to the wound and adding insult to injury, plus everyone would gang up on them at this point lmao

(2) they can try to resolve it internally, like compensation, reaching out through A4A; until then, silence and non-group activities for OT4

best way out to clear AOA's name—apologize to the public, acknowledge their faults and come clean with everything that happened from the start: all their trash (training procedures, contracts)

this would be a shot in the stars but: A6A reunion if and when they resolve things (i'm a clown 🤡)

if they only did things right from the very start most of these could've been avoided but duh