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- ????????? Photoshopped??
- I saw it on the algorithm feed and thought it was a prank… but it’s the official channel LOL
- Wtf why is Han Si-on on this show? What question did he even get?
- LOL what did he do wrong?
- The crime of stealing my heart.
- Kinda shocking but am I the only one expecting pure gold from this?
- “Money is more important than fans’ love” LMAOOOO obviously
- I was waiting forever for Han Si-on’s first variety appearance… but this???
- LOL can’t wait. Watching idols crumble is my hobby.
- What kind of questions do you think he got?
- “Which Sedalbaekil member do you think is the weakest?”
- “Do you think TakeScene’s win was justified?”
- LOL pre-cog activated
Public Reaction:
Overall, everyone was confused. Is this real?
And yes—Si-on knew the phrase “이왜진” (“Why is this real?”) long before Choi Jaesung taught it to him.
The speed at which comments piled up showed how unexpected this appearance was to viewers.
After all, Ruin Detector has never featured a “normal” celebrity.
At least the buzz was good.
In Group Chat:
Lee I-on patted Si-on’s shoulder:
“Si-on, did you mess up any answers?”
“Nope.”
“Not even one? All of it was fake?”
“Technically, a few. But I worded things intentionally to seem like missteps.”
“What does that mean?”
“You’ll get it when the episode airs. Just two more days.”
Goo Taehwan asked,
“But wait, why did Lion let Ruin Detector slide?”
Si-on speculates two possibilities:
- Chae Taeho’s influence didn’t work on the producers.
- Ruin Detector is a hit series—10 million views per video.
- But it’s notoriously hard to cast.
- Only celebrities who’ve truly hit rock bottom ever go on it.
- Nobodies don’t interest the public.
- So maybe the producers ignored Taeho’s pressure because they needed the content.
- Chae Taeho watched the footage and approved it.
- Because he thought Si-on might actually be spiraling.
- Though Si-on dodged most questions expertly, some of his answers could be perceived as red flags.
- “To me, they were calculated answers. But to Taeho, it might’ve looked like I was crashing.”
“What kind of questions?”
Rather than just explain, Si-on offers to reenact the Q&A—
doing an impressively accurate impersonation of MC Jo Taehoon.
Then, he mimics the conversation:
“I-eon, you’re in an idol group, right?”
“Yes, with Sedalbaekil.”
“Then which boy group do you like best?”
“I respect all my seniors, but I dreamed of becoming an idol watching ONCE as a kid.”
(ONCE was the group BLUE belonged to—an old group.)
“Then who do you think is the top boy group right now?”
I-eon panics, visibly shaken—but answers:
“It’s subjective, but currently, Drop Out is top by objective metrics. They’re topping the charts.”
Next:
“Next week, NOP is making a comeback. The top two groups are finally clashing.
Which one do you want to win?”
Now things get really sensitive.
- Drop Out and NOP fans hate each other.
- The fan war is vicious.
- Even asking this is controversial.
“Use your veto! You get one veto!”
“I already used it.”
“On what? What’s worse than this??”
“There was something.”
“So? What did you say?”
“NOP.”
“Explanation?”
“Didn’t give one.”
“…We’re doomed. Lion might let things go, but Drop Out fans never forget.”
The rest of the group looks stunned—probably picturing the inevitable fallout.
But Si-on had a plan.
Not to stir up mass controversy…
But to shift the cost of attacking Sedalbaekil back onto Lion Entertainment.
“Whack-a-mole only works if it’s free.
If you have to pay to play, you’ll think twice before hitting the mole.”
In short:
If Chae Taeho wants to keep striking them down, it’ll cost him.
And once that cost becomes too high—he’ll back off.
At that point, they will strike Lion back.
“Chae Taeho has no idea yet…
He’s started the game, but I’ll be the one who ends it.”
Meanwhile…
Chris Edwards was still shaken.
Meeting Han Si-on in Korea was the biggest shock he’d had since his Billboard success.
Not because Si-on was the most talented artist he’d met—
Many others had amazed Chris:
- Yankos Greenwood – living legend of pop-jazz
- Lucid Bean – king of punk
- Roots Robbie – hailed as the second Bob Marley
- Relax – master of electronic music
- Eric Scott – living embodiment of the guitar
Chris had encountered many incredible musicians, both alive and passed.
Si-on didn’t outrank them all.
But they were masters of a single genre.
Their legends were built over time, not crafted for mass appeal.
Si-on, however—
He understood exactly what the public wanted.
When Chris heard Fork in the Road—Si-on’s remix of Highway—
He felt a flash of envy.
“I should’ve done it like that.”
What made Si-on different?
He didn’t use flashy techniques.
He placed the right notes in the right places—creating sounds people love to hear.
And that skill, ironically, is one of the hardest to master.
Most hit songs are accidents.
But Si-on?
He can intentionally make hits.
Chris still couldn’t fully understand it.
Even while collaborating with HBO, he was trying to uncover the secret.
Then, Si-on reached out.
With eight new tracks he had recently composed.
Little Pink Starfish 
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