Ayu's social networks - Discussion #56

[adrtwb]

The dancers I like always don’t stay long with Ayu. It was “Koya” and then “Lee”.

[Deep snow]

Originally Posted by koumori

Ayu has posted a new TA blog, "Finally". In it she acknowledges Lee graduating from the troupe to pursue new dreams and also that she can't speak much on Timmy leaving, but she hopes everyone gives him the space to 'spend his time calmly'.

wow. I'm glad she finally addressed it but just shocked at the discretionary tone. it just all seems so sudden. whatever the cause of him leaving, I hope he's OK. the fact that ayu acknowledges it this way gives me the impression that Timmy left her troupe in (somewhat) good terms. at least I hope so.

[Yoake]

It has been a while that Timmy is in Ayu's team. Maybe he just wants to do something else or follows his path? I just hope that nothing wrong happened in his family or friends that made him leaving the troupe.

[Aderianu]

koumori thanks for posting this
It's sad that few latest entries still without translation

[ohsixthirty]

My opinion is still that something bad happened. Maybe Timmy wasn't "fired," but whatever happened must have still been ugly. If he were just leaving for his own reasons and things were amicable, he wouldn't deactivate his social media or unfollow them all. Something definitely happened that was pretty big that caused him to leave. Maybe arguments over how to proceed with things due to Covid, but I still don't think that would make him unfollow everyone.

[melissalove]

Originally Posted by ohsixthirty

My opinion is still that something bad happened. Maybe Timmy wasn't "fired," but whatever happened must have still been ugly. If he were just leaving for his own reasons and things were amicable, he wouldn't deactivate his social media or unfollow them all. Something definitely happened that was pretty big that caused him to leave. Maybe arguments over how to proceed with things due to Covid, but I still don't think that would make him unfollow everyone.

Yup, I agree. Something big happened here. I highly doubt he left on good terms. It sounds like Timmy wants nothing todo with them anymore. Since ayu is so incredibly professional, I doubt she’ll reveal the situation as it stands. This whole things is very sad. Timmy will be missed

[Katsuyuki012]

^agreed.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

My take: I think mixing personal with private life is rarely a good idea. She wasn’t just his coworker, but his boss as well. I think they were certainly friends at the beginning, but it was still a bit of a “honeymoon phase” sort of situation. (The Party Queen era)

I could kinda feel a weird tension between them during the live streaming events with her and her dancers and Timmy. Like they were supposed to be friends but the chemistry was all wrong lol if that makes sense.

I’m glad he wasn’t fired though. Everyone has the right to move on. Considering how big a connection he gained through Ayu, deleting social could have been the only way to truly move on (by disconnecting from fans).

I do believe it was kind of sudden though, as Princess kind of said as much in regards to being there.

[kendelle]

I'm bummed to hear about Lee, I was hoping to see him back at some point soon. It's good that he's found a new path, I should really follow what he's doing from time to time.

I wonder what Timmy will do from here, maybe he will go solo or something and try his luck? Maybe Covid has him thinking about his 5 and 10 year career plans and he's just decided on a fresh start?

I often wish I had the financial security to do that lol

Hopefully we see the Princess/Yongae/Ayu trio for a while to come. They worked really well together.

[koumori]

I asked remove-mom from the AHS Discord to translate the beginning of Ayu's most recent TA post specifically, since I felt the auto translation versions were not giving it credit for what she was trying to convey. I felt the translation is quite important for all Ayu fans to read so I will share it here. Again, full credit is to remove-mom for taking the time to interpret the original Japanese text.

I'm sure people will feel it ironic that I am sharing her words outside of the official TA despite her clearly being exasperated or upset with that in this post, but I believe TA is all Ayu fans. Some people can't afford Team Ayu and I don't feel it's fair to consider them outside of the family simply due to that.

So, I hope everyone feels welcome to read Ayu's words here, and know it's for them as much as anyone else.

At last, and in the truest sense of the words, I feel as though I've finally become both more emotionally and physically stable, little by little and in various ways.

As everybody knows, in places other than this one, I have a tendency to act tougher than I am... of course, it isn't to say that I'm choosing nice-sounding words to smooth things over, and I'm definitely speaking truthfully, but, well, if I can get away with not saying something, I tend to not want to say it.

It's my style to avoid saying overly much, and there is always some basis for my wanting to only ever stick to being this way as much as I possibly can.
In reality, no matter how much I only want to talk here, and to only tell things to TA, that's not reasonable. It's been this way for a long, long time, and I have no choice but to accept that.

[relmy]

I feel like Timmy probably just wanted to do something different. It's not like a normal job, so he might have wanted to move on from the recognition of the job too. Hard to do that if your boss/friend's fans are still all over your social media. We're all talking about it now, imagine what people would be doing if he had a (public)Twitter still!

Also... it's not like fans have ever been particularly nice about him? He owes Ayu fans no explanation at all tbh

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I also think it must’ve been hard for him in the gay community here. Everyone basically knows who he is that even remotely likes Ayu, so it must be surreal... wondering if people are just interested in you because of your connection to her or not.

Just my assumption of course, I didn’t know him personally. Though I saw him around, I purposely decided not to cross that line because as an Ayu fan I didn’t want to know any behind the scenes things (not to say he would divulge such details but, you know what I mean.)

[truehappiness]

Yeah, for sure.. Makes sense to keep that distance. I hope he does fine moving forward. Ayu was such a big part of his life.

[DonkeyKongRemix]

Well, I hope all is ok with Timmy. Best wishes for him and his endeavors. He's super talented and seems like a very interesting person.

This definitely feels like a season of change. I find the songs he helped Ayu create are some of my favorites.

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

I could kinda feel a weird tension between them during the live streaming events with her and her dancers and Timmy. Like they were supposed to be friends but the chemistry was all wrong lol if that makes sense.

I didn't have that impression at all. Gotta rewatch.

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

Considering how big a connection he gained through Ayu, deleting social could have been the only way to truly move on (by disconnecting from fans).

His past with Ayu is his resume, why delete it? Unless he wants to try himself in a new field.

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Evolution7/4

Unfollowing people on socials isn't deleting his resume though. He would have to be constantly reminded of the troupe when scrolling social media so I totally understand why he did it. I wonder if there were budget cuts.

People keep saying "unfollowed", but didn't he deactivate his social media? Meaning there's no reference to his previous work.

[~angel*ayumi~]

His Twitter and FB are up again, only IG is still gone.

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~

His Twitter and FB are up again, only IG is still gone.

Thanks for clearing this up, I was confused because I only checked his IG.

[Earth_maiden]

I'm a little sad our picture isn't up on his IG any more, Ayu liked it from her personal account which was really exciting for me.

[RealLight]

^ What personal account? 👀