Wow... Dara as special guest for MOTTE-Manila is triggering not only increase in ticket sales (the main reason I think why YG allowed it), and the expected jubilation among applers and outcry from the anti-Daragon/Dara set (including those in the "Bigbang/GD-is-mine" subset), but also boycotts from fans who already have tickets? Maybe I should also include increase in flights to the Philippines? 

Yes, applers can be extra--that's why some non-shippers are angered and dismayed. But some of the negative reactions are also extra and even illogical. And hey, fans will scream their tonsils out whether it's Daragon, just GD, Bigbang, One Direction, the Bieber or Queen Bey onstage.

Why the collab in Manila? I remember reading comments on the last Bigbang concert there that the number of empty seats were noticeable. I think the Kpop fanbase in the Philippines is not as huge as in other Asian countries, or the tickets were--and still are--just too costly. If I'm not mistaken, there was a late surge in ticket sales after Dara announced she was going to the Philippines to watch. The case is probably the same with MOTTE. So even if Daragon is not real, GD/YG does need her. But couldn't she just watch and stay offstage the whole time? Uhmmm...Dara just watching couldn't fill up the Bigbang concert venue. So she probably has to perform onstage this time? And...maybe, just maybe, this is Jiyong's (take note: Ji, not GD) chance to fulfill a dream (even if Daragon is not real). I mean, they're long-time friends, right? Even exceeding Darahae's 10-year friendship (as of 2014).

Since "The Leaders" and "Hello" were part of the same GD album, performing the latter won't be (so) out of place. But I do wonder if they'll do a different version. Coz doing that cutie stuff after 8 years is kinda, ya know... HELLO (pun intended), she's 32 and he's G-dragon. Who came up with controversial songs and unfit for broadcast. Dara has even updated her "Kiss" performance during 2NE1's 2012 concert tour to that surprisingly daring number (don't forget the wet hair and net stockings) during a boyband contest last year. And in the Philippines, no less. She had also sat on the laps of different guys, astride and facing them, I think during 2NE1's last concert tour. However, Kwon Jiyong is supposedly a "marshmallow" when he's with his girl. So yeah, a rehash of the 2009 version is still possible. But I do hope they do a ier version.

I mean, Taeyang did the groove with Dara in the INAG MV (the original version that was replaced/discarded just days after its release--I can see Daragon causing that). He was even shirtless in one scene while she bared some skin in her sleevelss top. In the remaining official INAG version, the dance moves were also more on the y side rather than cute. Although Dara was often stiff--maybe uncomfortable? YB seemed to be pursuing her at that time--for the unaware, check out "Real Sound" episodes in YB's Youtube channel).

And remember SBS's 2012 Gayo Daejun where Dara did a surprise appearance during "Crayon" stage? She sashayed down the steps from the idols section (with Thunder as companion slash guard) through the stage with GD in pursuit. Then gave him a come-hither look but later pushed him away. (After the show, GD made an effort to tweet his appreciation for the "public rejection". I don't know if all of those were to distract from the Jiko scandal, or to make amends to Dara--yeah, for the same scandal. Or whether the tweets were just to show his gratitude coz she was sick during practice.)

I wonder, if there's going to be any fainting spells in Manila, whether these will be due to applers "dying" or eardrums bursting from the shrieks and screams.

I've seen clips of GD singing "Untitled" offstage near the audience. I think he even pulled his model-friend to embrace or something in one of his US concerts. I wonder what he'll do in Manila. I wonder if they will project the same sky background during "Untitled". I wonder if the scene will eventually transform into a paronamic shot of a volcano within a lake within an island. (I wonder whether what the card reader said, means a proposal that will put a stop to darahoon and to pursuits by other guys. I wonder if Dara saying she gets fluttery feelings for PO, or had to remind herself he's way too young for her, is the cause for GD's recent "angry outburst" in IG. I wonder, if Daragon's real, why she said those things. Are they drifting apart? Or she couldn't just help feeling flattered when she's constantly in the presence of a sincere admirer who's obviously younger and seemingly a good person? It doesn't mean she's already falling out of love with her current Mr. Xxx keke, but it might end up in that direction later on... Or did the truth just got somewhat lost in translation? Anyway, I wonder if the proposal will be where she wants it, or where it's safer to do it.)

I wonder when they're flying to the Philippines. I wonder if they'll be on the same flight. I wonder if they'll be flying in incognito or in secret. I wonder if Ji will finally get to go to Tagaytag before dark. I wonder if the reason why she was bent on bringing Bigbang there, was to give the guy an idea for the place to propose. Failing to do so, she had to resort to revealing her wish more than once via social media or during TV appearances.

I'm wondering too many. Am I missing Wonder Girls? Wonder Woman? Wonder-ection?