sorry for taking so long to get back to you! not too sure what you mean by meta here but i find evg fascinating to explore because they’ve (unfortunately) been through so much as a group -- leader change, (chinese) member hiatus and uh... misogyny. i don’t know why people are so obsessed with the thought that evg members secretly hate each other because even early on they were describing each other as family. i’m sure there are tensions from time to time (compared to other groups, the causes for tension may be more apparent to fans) but i think it’s part of their dynamic to be able to work through it. in a way, their bond is probably both due to and in spite of how they’ve been treated by the company and passersby -- unequal treatment is also a basis for resentment to build, but there’s solidarity in their shared experiences that brings them together.

miscellaneous evg thoughts: it’s cute how introverted they are (yiren went to china and took all their extroversion with them, rip) and while i refrain from commenting on idols’ sexualities generally, mia is probably sapphic (good for her), yuehua please stop screaming at her for picking up pride flags. their blindfolded first challenge is probably my favorite blindfolded challenge by any idol group, i can’t get over mia laughing at them struggling and onda trying to manhandle yiren into the correct positions. i haven’t actually watched that much content of them so i don’t have a lot to say but they’re very precious to me. (i’m yiren-biased, mia and onda are my wreckers)