Happy Valentine's Day!, LOVE BAN RULE? and Sochi Olympics

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

FEBRUARY POST CHALLENGE #12

We're exactly halfway though the month and I'm not halfway through the challenge yet! Adfhjfkdjskakgottawritefastergottawritemore...

Those of you lamenting about Single's Awareness Day, please consider our SERA00 girls here, which, after the graduation of Lavina Stanbee, no one actually has a boyfriend. 

HOWEVER, we shall see!!! Because remember how Miss Avery said she had a present for us to be revealed on Valentine's Day? Oooh well that announcement brought about huge reactions among SERA00 fans. You might have already seen reactions online. But more about that later :)

Today was the men's figure skating final (EDIT: I wrote this on Valentine's Day!) and Patrick Chan won silver! And Yuzuru Hanyu won gold. So after, the members were all clustered around a computer watching interviews and videos of Yuzuru Hanyu, fangirling and making Sassan and Angel translate the Japanese. Canadian spirit at its best!

So, what was the announcement? Do you guys remember the "love ban rule"? It's not technically an official rule, since it's not legal in Canada to fire someone based in their relationship status. However, especially overseas, it's a general rule that idols, mostly idols in large "idols you can meet"-type groups, are discouraged from dating during the height of their career. 

Since we're under YS Entertainment, and overseas agency, it's inevitable that this hidden rule affects us. So although you can have a relationship and still be in SERA00 without being fired, the public and your fans will often look down on you, and more than often the member feels pressured to graduate. 

Today, Miss Avery announced that the relationship rule...would be lifted from SERA00! "SERA00 Management has been in talks of this for months now, and we thought today would be an appropriate day to announce this. This will be effective for one year until next Valentine's Day, subject to change, when we will reconsider and look back on the last year," Miss Avery announced as she appeared on the theatre stage. "SERA00 members should feel free to have a public relationship, and fans should not pressure members in relationships to graduate or leave SERA00."

Of course by now members onstage and backstage alike are in shock. I was backstage when it happened and it was totally silent. Creepily silent. 

Well, I wonder what this new development will mean for SERA00? We will wait and see ;)

(INSERT: wow, a couple of days after the announcement and SERA00 has completely dominated the front of the newspaper and magazines, and is one of the hottest search terms...just wait until the photos start popping up!)

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