[K-Pop] Hwayoung/T-ara controversy

Lately the K-Pop scene has seen nothing except the T-ara/Hwayoung controversy... even allkpop's top 10 seems to be filled with the news.

What news you ask? Well, let me summarize for you:

1) Hwayoung injures her ankle. She can't perform. T-ara's 'day by day' promotions are on and they have to perform at various stages.

Jiyeon, Soyeon, Hyomin, Boram

2) Boram,Eunjung,Hyomin and Jiyeon tweet about 'determination difference' in which they tweet to no one in particular about how there was a determination gap during their Budokan performance.

hands of the twins

3) Hwayoung tweets "the support of my fans is important to me" while Hyoyoung,her twin sister in same agency in different unit tweets "What does it matter if your face is pretty.It's your heart that has to be pretty.Is a person who is unwell,not a person? I'm hurting too. I want to seriously cry..." 

4) Hyomin tweets a fragment of this book, and the netizens find out it's this book,called "there is a reason for everything" while Boram apparently 'unfollows' Hwayoung on twitter.

5) Various proof of Hwayoung being 'bullied' goes viral.
Most famous ones are the rice feeding- Eunjung

Poking Hwayoun in the eye- Hyomin

Destroying her umbrella- Boram

Ignoring her high five- Jiyeon

6) Hwayoung dismissed by CCM- their agency- and the CEO, Kikwang Soo or KKS, denies bullying. 

7) Random peitions build, such as T-Jinyo (we demand truth from T-ara) which gained 160,000+ members and 'T-ara should disband' recieved 710,000 signs while their biggest fansite, Tarafan.com, shuts down due to significant lose of members

8) KKS blames Hwayoung for her dismissal.

Now,there are more in between but I'm not going to get in all that, allkpop.com will give you a better outlook. This particular post is because I'm a QUEEN'S,which means I'm their fan. That doesn't necessarily mean I am biased,hence, for the rumours and all, I'll *coughs like a boss* present both views,negative and positive.

THE BULLYING:

Now, there are loads and loads of 'evidences' of bullying on the net,most are...brace yourself, false. BUT! there are some parts that cannot refute the rumours as completely false.

1) Rice-feeding:

Eunjung feeding Hwayoung

You see Eunjung feeding Hwayoung. Hwayoung makes a >< face.
It was on a Japanese variety program wherein they (Eunjung and Hwayoung were against each other) they fight with Wii. YES,WII -__-

Anyways, Eunjung's team lost. Hwayoung's team won (duh) and the rice cake is a 'prize' for the team and Eunjung,who scored the least, is, as punishment, made to 'feed' a member of the winning team (which consisted of Qri,Hwayoung and Hyomin) saying 'aaah' (It's embarassing,and hence, a punishment for Eunjung).

It's NOT bullying:
Firstly, in the same show,when Jiyeon was caught stealing the 'prizes', Hyomin went and forcefully tried to open her mouth to see if she really ate because Jiyeon was denying it. Then, Eunjung didn't exactly force the whole thing into her mouth, it was left for her to eat....like half in-half out sort of thing. Hwayoung ate the rest herself.
It was Eunjung's punishment,NOT Hwayoung's.

the strong point: IT WAS NOT FORCED.

It IS bullying:
Eunjung randomly chose Hwayoung, and instead of saying 'aah' and feeding the latter like how the game suggested, she more like plunged the cake into her mouth. Many say rice cakes are sticky and Hwayoung could have choked because many did, but apparently Eunjung didn't care. The announcer in the end said 'we conclude the show not knowing who actually got the punishment'.  And Hwayoung didn't seem to enjoy being fed and later she did have difficulty eating the cake.
the stong point: IT COULD HAVE CHOKED HER.

Conclusion: 

the rice cake was not shoved deep enough or long enough for Hwayong to actually choke, but it is also seen that Hwayoung had some difficulty ingesting the cake afterwards.

2) Poking business:

'this is SO bullying'

See, Hyomin REALLY poked Hwayoung accidentally.The elder smiles apologetically, and the maknae is all 'what did you do to me?' and Hyomin again gives a smile. HAPPY END.

It's NOT bullying: You decide.

It IS bullying: 
if this is bullying, I must be bullying my friends EVERYDAY.

Conclusion:

I have no idea why only the poking part is so viral. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLIPS AFTER THE POKE!? even if all are wrong, I'd still say THIS ons is pure accident.

3) Destruction of the umbrella:

The one above is a commonly seen picture under "Boram breaks Hwayoung's umbrella!"
Why is this the proof of Boram's destruction?

"She's looking upwards."

If that's a reason, I'd like to break the person's nose who spread this.

Now,you're in for a shock:

it was broken to begin with.

this is before Hwayoung reached Infinite and the two members noticed Hwayoung's broken umbrella.

It's NOT bullying:

the whole clip should be watched to whoever doubtful. In it Qri was standing alone when Boram comes, and then leaves only to bring Hwayoung along with her. This all is is from a fancam of Infinite fan so nothing's clear, BUT. But,Boram was with Hwayoung more than 3 minutes before the latter came on screen. which means, if the little leader wanted to break Hwayoung's umbrella, she could have done it then and there instead of coming forward to break it oh-so-gloriously.Strong point: IT WAS BROKEN ALREADY.

It IS bullying: 

Well, Boram might have not broken the umbrella, but she could have tried to mend it like the Infinite guys. Maybe she did,maybe she didn't.
And largely, it seemed as if Qri and Boram were talking between themselves.Hwayoung just kept looking. Strong point: HWAYOUNG SEEMED LEFT OUT.

Conclusion:
I'd say it wasn't bullying. The reason? I can't imagine anyone getting a person with her and breaking her umbrella.In front of public. Unless Boram is cracked up or on weed, I don't see it happening. AND BORAM IS TOO SHORT TO REACH HWAYOUNG'S UMBRELLA! 

4) Jiyeon ignoring Hwayoung:

Now, for this i really have nothing to say. Jiyeon is the face of the group, what else do I know about her? She's ADORABLE. But that seems really irrelevant here.

It's NOT bullying:
one could say she didn't notice Hwayoung. Or that she was too excited? Actually, there aren't any points for this one. But I wouldn't go as far as to say bullying. strong point: none.

It IS bullying:
It's crystal clear she saw Hwayoung. She couldn't have missed her. Unless she thinkg Eunjung has four hands and only one pair needs to be high-fived, I don't see how she could not give it to Hwayoung. Jiyeon is guilty here I see. strong point: SHE SAW HWAYOUNG'S HANDS.

Conclusion:

 Jiyeon was indeed being mean to her. There's no reason to refute that.

Other less knows 'evidences' : 

1) Boram not acknowledging Hwayoung's presence:

"Happy birthday to our always and forever maknae, JiYeon!"

"Happy birthday to T-ara's 2nd maknae Hyomin!"

This one is a proof apparently because if Hwayoung was added, Hyomin is NOT the second maknae, because Hwayoung should be the 2nd maknae.

Here,there's a problem. and that is? the year. T-ara debuted in 2009,Boram added in July 2009, Hwayoung joined in July 2010 (oh the irony). Which means Boram might have  tweeted this BEFORE Hwayoung joined. If the year is revealed as 2010 or later, then T-ara loses.

2) Hwayoung crying:

Hwayoung don't cry (T^T)

Hwayoung's sister Hyoyoung suddenly remards that there is a lot of unspoken secrets in the entertainment industry. Hwayoung starts to cry.

People believe Hyoyoung said it for a reason.

Goodness knows what to make out of it. It could be bullying, it could be something else. Only she and whoever concerned know.

I'm tired already. Next I'll tell you who I blame.

T-ara and Hwayoung fighting!~

Both parties stay strong~