I met GOMI ^^

[Andrenekoi]

So good that he is nice! But...

Originally Posted by SKYia

Me and a friend of mine spent whole 5minutes in front of the door wondering what kind of bar will it be (knowing that Gomi is homosexual) and if we should enter at all, but after seeing lots of photos of him and his friends with kids there (on FB) I was pretty sure it won't be anything bad.

Nope. AHS doesn't have homophobic people, not at all. Really, only because he is gay doesn't mean everything related to him will be a gay bdsm orgy ¬¬ What the fuck?!

It is rude. No pics? Who are you, Gomi? Are you the pope? Are you Madonna? If anything, I'd go in there, surely order a few drinks, and see him, but I would also want a pic with him.

I understand if people come to see him and don't buy anything. But you guys were there for two hours. You ordered things. It's disrespectful.

You don't own people just because you are a fan of their former boss or because you spend some money at their bar, nor do people owe you shit just because of it. Acting like he MUST take a pic with you for whatever reason your sense of entitlement filled mind made up? Now, that's rude.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

So good that he is nice! But...



Nope. AHS doesn't have homophobic people, not at all. Really, only because he is gay doesn't mean everything related to him will be a gay bdsm orgy ¬¬ What the fuck?!



You don't own people just because you are a fan of their former boss or because you spend some money at their bar, nor do people owe you shit just because of it. Acting like he MUST take a pic with you for whatever reason your sense of entitlement filled mind made up? Now, that's rude.

I don't think getting someone to take a pic with their FAN means they own them. It's not like anyone is putting a leash around his neck. I'd only be going there BECAUSE he's ayu's former dancer. So the money I would hypothetically spend in his bar, only got to him because of ayu. So he should be thankful for that. IT'S CALLED GRATITUDE.

I wonder if this bar would be doing the same amount in sales if he was unknown? Actually, scratch that, I wonder where he got the money to open the bar in the first place. From ayu.

It's like being known for selling the worlds best ice cream, but then suddenly, you want to open up a pizza shop and get mad when people come in asking for ice cream. Sorry, no. Be grateful that YOU HAVE FANS WHO WANT TO COME SEE YOU. One photo for paying guests isn't going to hurt anyone.

Also, if you haven't noticed, MONEY RULES THE WORLD. Patrons are who pays his salary and allows him to stay in business. I'm sure gomi was polite about it and I'm not questioning that, but at the end of the day, if you are in the spotlight, or well known, you have an obligation to your fans, because they are the ones who keep you in said spotlight. I know all of this may not apply to gomi specifically, but it's still true. I stand by my opinion. It's a photo. BFD.

At the end of the day it's his decision. I just try to put myself in the same position. I'd like to think I'd have no problems taking pics with fans. I think we all know that ayu would never do that.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

I don't think getting someone to take a pic with their FAN means they own them. It's not like anyone is putting a leash around his neck. I'd only be going there BECAUSE he's ayu's former dancer. So the money I would hypothetically spend in his bar, only got to him because of ayu. So he should be thankful for that. IT'S CALLED GRATITUDE.

I wonder if this bar would be doing the same amount in sales if he was unknown? Actually, scratch that, I wonder where he got the money to open the bar in the first place. From ayu.

It's like being known for selling the worlds best ice cream, but then suddenly, you want to open up a pizza shop and get mad when people come in asking for ice cream. Sorry, no. Be grateful that YOU HAVE FANS WHO WANT TO COME SEE YOU. One photo for paying guests isn't going to hurt anyone.

Also, if you haven't noticed, MONEY RULES THE WORLD. Patrons are who pays his salary and allows him to stay in business. I'm sure gomi was polite about it and I'm not questioning that, but at the end of the day, if you are in the spotlight, or well known, you have an obligation to your fans, because they are the ones who keep you in said spotlight. I know all of this may not apply to gomi specifically, but it's still true. I stand by my opinion. It's a photo. BFD.

At the end of the day it's his decision. I just try to put myself in the same position. I'd like to think I'd have no problems taking pics with fans. I think we all know that ayu would never do that.

And it's his prerogative to be confortable or to feel like taking photos with strangers or not. And he prefers not.

Also, citing something that is repeated kind a lot through this forum, we are Ayu fans, not her team fans. Gomi wasn't the popstar, he was a suport dancer, the spotlight wasn't on him nor was he the one that made people watch the concerts.

And even if he was on the spotlight, he could still feel like not having a bunch of strangers taking picutes with him, on the same way Ayu is entitled to that. Being fans and paying for her music or concerts or whatever doesn't mean she owes you something she isn't willing to give.

[SKYia]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Nope. AHS doesn't have homophobic people, not at all. Really, only because he is gay doesn't mean everything related to him will be a gay bdsm orgy ¬¬ What the fuck?!

I'm homophobic? ... what? seriously? xD



ok, sorry for inserting the fact that he is gay into this sentence (where did I say I expected an ...orgy?), even if he wasn't gay we would probably also hesitate eg because he's Japanese and we didn't know how they see gaijins visiting (but now I'll probably be called 'the person who hates Japanese', right?) or because it was new place and we didn't know if we spoil some private / friendly atmosphere? or because I'm shy and going to unknown place makes me nervous, does it also make me a bad person? you made me feel really bad while I was sharing NICE experience, omg, I just don't even

really people, stop calling people names, you see bad intention where there is NONE

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

But Go-Mi is such a babe. Shoulda gotten him drunk so you coulda gotten that picture lol.

that's the plan for next time, in those two hours he got pretty tipsy I guess I never actually asked him for the picture, maybe 20min after we came in I asked general question 'shashin wa ii desu ka" which would be translated as 'is it possible to take pictures', maybe if I asked again he would agree but I'm not a push kind of person (he doesn't have to be famous to refuse taking photos with strangers) and it wasn't that important to me, it would be nice of course, but my memories are better When we we going back he went to see us to the door and waved and was saying bye bye until we disappeared out of sight.

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

^I know, I was curious to see what he's looking like these days, and then I didn't see a photo in the thread and I was like, huh? Lol

I don't know if it's camera thing or being close to Ayu that made him seem bigger on stage and more masculine than other dancers or if he just slimmed down since then, but he seemed much smaller than on screen, he was still bigger/taller than me, I'm 1,69 he must have been close to 1,80 - not sure, but he was slimmer, still athletic but slimmer, he had some wrinkles (he always had I think) when he smiled but despite it his face was very fresh and young looking and looked simply happy and rested