Hooooooooooo boy.
And so we made it to the end. Just quickly before you watch: this is not like my previous reactions. I watched this episode with 5 other reactors (all linked below) in a VC on discord. You will only see me, but you'll hear the voices of the guys throughout so you get all our comments in one.
Also, there's very little coherent thought in this reaction. There are tears, there's screaming, there's frustration, and maybe 2 complete sentences lmao.
If you wanna skip to when the episode starts, go to 09:15. The first 9 minutes are just us freaking out, saying who our top picks are and generally being a mess.
Now for the final thoughts...
I said during the reaction multiple times: I reached a point where I no longer cared who ended up in the final lineup. And that was entirely true. All of these girls are so wonderful and talented and would make excellent additions to this group, it's only a shame we can't have more than 9. The only things I really wanted were for at least 1 or 2 of my absolute favorites to make it (I ended up with 6 out of my ideal 9 and 1 of my 1 picks so..) and for there to be at least be some representation for all of K, C, and J. Yes I would have preferred a more balanced lineup personally, but at the end of the day I'm just happy we have at least 3 non-korean members after what the interim ranking was like. And yes, it sucks to have to say goodbye to so many incredible people (in particular for me, Yaning, Yurina, Ruiqi, Wen Zhe & Bora) but when I look at this debut line up... damn. This group has the power to be absolutely extraordinary and I can't wait to follow that journey, as well as all the journeys of the girls that didn't make it. Also, my ass is 1000% ready to ult Youngeun, watch this space.
I hope you all got to see at least someone you loved make this final 9. I understand that for some, it's gonna be hard to feel attached to this group if your no.1's didn't make it, but I hope you hold onto the fact that there's a very good chance we'll see a lot of these contestants in the future.
Quick note: any kind of toxicity or hatred towards myself, other commenters or the contestants will be swiftly deleted. Emotions may be running high, but that's no excuse to be an asshole.
Thank you for coming along on this journey with me, rest assured I'll be checking out as much content from this group as possible in the future so stay tuned.
All the love,
- Kaia
P.S. Make sure to go check out and support my fellow reactors that watched with me:
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