Thanks for the reply and although I don't believe in everything you said I won't fight you over it I understand some of your frustrations towards sh1nee members but as far as I know sh1nee did want to disband after his death but it was j0nghyun's mother who convinced them to continue as a group. I watched sh1nee's from now on concert and you can tell they were clearly affected by his death. But I understand your point as well and I also have a theory that j0nghyun was sacrificed for bts's success and to save 0new. I say that bcz none of the sh1nee members except for 0new benefited from j0nghyun's death key and minho are more intrested in acting and variety while t@emin's career was adversely affected by j0nghyun's death he was promoting his repackaged album when j0nghyun died and he had to cancel alot of his activities as well
This is his performance from dec 17 a day before j0nghyun's death he was also appearing as a judge on the unit as well and he was supposed to perform on the year end award shows with the judges but it was cancelled after j0nghyun's death. Move was his best era in terms of gp popularity and he hasn't been able to replicate that kind of success after move.
The only sh1nee member who benefited from j0nghyun's death was 0new. 0new had a sexual harrassment scandal in 2017 for which he received backlash from the korean public sh1nee had to cancel all of their activities in 2017 bcz of that they were scheduled to have a tour in 2017 but after the scandal knetz demanded for 0new to be kicked out of sh1nee. there were even rumors that sh1nee would disband and it hurt j0nghyun as well alot of sh@wols observed that j0nghyun became depressed after that he looked sad and tired in his public appearances. after j0nghyun's death his scandal was swept under the rug he gained alot of sympathy from fans and knetz also warmed upto him. What surprises me the most is 0new never apologized to j0nghyun and he is also the member who mentions j0nghyun the least he did not even attend shiny foundation art festival this year yesung cancelled his schedule to attend but why couldn't 0new attend shiny festival? T@emin was supposed to enlist a day after but he still sent a message in rememberance of j0nghyun 0new did not even do that and as far as I remember he did not attend any of the shiny foundation festivals Minho attended all three key attended the first and 3rd one and T@emin attended the first one. Also in b1stro de sh1nee he had a wierd expression on his face like he felt uncomfortable seeing him he had an expression of guilt on his face while the other three members looked sad and even cried for him
Notice his expression he looks like he is scared the other 3 members look sad and tearful but he looks uncomfortable like he didn't want to see j0nghyun.
the other three members have mentioned j0nghyun in their vlives instagram accounts and interviews as well but 0new never talks about him I just find it very wierd he is supposed to be the leader and should have been the one who took the most responsibility after his death but no it's his members who had to take responsibility in his place key handles all the difficult interviews Minho and key are also the ones who mention him the most while T@emin is the one who had to carry most of jonghyun's difficult vocal parts even though 0new is the main vocalist.
Let me speak from SM's point of view, if I have a group of five members and one of them has a sexual harassment scandal, then Murder one of the rest to sweep it under the rug sounds extreme. Cuz I won't be sacrificing one's career for four's, It will be two's (Jjong and Taemin) for three's.
You're right regarding Onew's silence, I noticed him in Radio Star. But I have different opinion for the reason...
As an objective viewer of their acting in drama, I ranked their skills from best to worst:
1. Key
2. Taemin
3. Minho
4. Onew. <<< (if I were CEO, I surly won't let this one opens his mouth)
I watched some variety shows of SHINee when Jjong was still among them, and seriously Onew has the habit of "Blewing Up" that had the other members to stop him talking or twist what he said.
I told you that I watched Radio Star of SHINee, I really recommend you to watch it and focus on Onew's face when one of the members talks. His face expression wasn't of feeling guilty, but of embarrassment by the lies that he was hearing out of his members and of his knowledge of the main reason why he had to attend that show.
Members never talk about Jjong only at their group/solo promotion times, unlike him who never does at all. I suggest he's aware of SM's policy and what Jjong's purpose exactly in it, so he expresses his disapproval in different ways he can, and not attending Shiny Art Festival is just one of them. I told you that I don't trust that foundation activities, specially after SM handed $809,000 to them, since then SM idols start to have that festival in their schedules. It's totally a business not a charity work.
And that story of "members were about to disband, but Jjong's mother asked them to not" was simply one of that business so the members could use it to support their lies justifying their renewal without any embarrassment in tv shows.