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Hils Watches Ateez+ - Ep 1 (part 2)

Continuing from part 1

Jongho apparently blacked out on his date with Yeosang and doesn't remember anything he said

I love that everyone except Wooyoung is surprised that Yeosang is taking the lead on his date

That's okay Jongho a large portion of the fandom feels that way about Yeosang too

Here we go again...

Wooyoung being picked as Yeosang's first preference for a date and handling it with grace and dignity.

God he's actually pouting. Poor sad kitten.

Even though I've seen most of San's pouting already it's still killing me. Look at his sad little face.

More grace and dignity from Wooyoung. It's a good job San loves him.

HAHAHA! Okay, I expected Wooyoung to be savage but damn, Jongho. Incredible work.

The way San is just staring at Yeosang I can't stop laughing holy shit

It's mutual? Is it really, San? Is it?

Does Jongho really have no memory of this entire date?

Maybe this will appease him a bit. I'm not surprised he was Jongho's first pick I know they hang out together a lot.

Yeosang admitting he likes it that people who are younger than him want to take care of him and treat him like their little brother

Is he really 😏

Oh god here we go. It's yungi time.

I was about to say I don't know if this is a compliment or not but Yunho looks happy so I guess it is

Why does he keep talking about this?

Okay, real talk. Mingi is not my bias, but he has been wrecking me HARD this comback. LOOK AT HIM. The I'm going to fill the rest of this post with screenshots of Mingi because LOOK AT HIM 😭

Also, did they plan these matching soft country boyfriend shirts or are they just in tune with each other. Because that doesn't look like something Mingi would wear.

OH COME ON! Am I supposed to be normal about this????

Nooooo! You're supposed to hold his hands to warm them up. Do you know nothing about wooing a princess, Jeong Yunho?

Well that is definitely a lie

What if I cried

Mingi is so real. Nature is best enjoyed on the TV. Actually, I'm joking. I like going to the beach rather than the woods because there's less pollen and insects.

Sometimes that's what you need though. They can meet in the middle somewhere.

God I love them so much. Yunho gives this beautiful long answer about how they approach things differently but that means they can have long thought out conversations Mingi: Yeah, we're not compatible at all

They actually remind me so much of me and my best friend from uni. We used to laugh all the time about how we have absolutely nothing in common. I'm terminally online, very much into pop culture, video games and books. She doesn't own a computer, would rather spend her time in the garden and mostly reads reference books. Yet somehow we've been friends for 25 years and I helped raise her kid who I adore despite not wanting kids of my own.

Wooyoung also ships it

And with one word my mingjoong dreams are shattered 😭

Argh fuck I've reached the image limit again.

Okay, I'm going to have to stop here for today. Watching stuff while liveblogging takes a lot longer because I keep pausing to take screenshots and yap about them. There's still like an hour left on this episide so there's going to be at least another 2-3 posts I reckon

God, I'm just so obsessed with how good Mingi looks though I just keep staring at that last screenshot.

Right, I really need to go to bed I'll be back tomorrow for more of these two.

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Hils Watches Ateez+ - Ep 1 (part 1)

I've probably said this before but I don't watch a lot of Ateez content. It's largely down to lack of time, but I get a lot of secondhand embarassment from variety shows and stuff like that so I tend to avoid them. I think I watched 2 episodes of Wanteez before I noped out.

But sometimes I'll make an exception. I watched Hongjoong's matz vlog, and the Lake Como honeymoon vlog. Actually vlogs in general I don't mind so maybe I should watch the logbooks instead. But, again, time. Watching dramas generally takes up my tv watching time.

But I've seen enough clips and gifs of this that I figured this would be another exception. Why is it an hour and a half long though. For one episode. How many of these are there. I could watch two drama episodes in this time. More if it was a jdrama 😭

My discord fam told me to liveblog it so here I am. Given how long this is I'm sure it's going to spam multiple posts when I hit the image limit. My lake como liveblog spanned 3 posts and that was shorter than this!

I have a lot of yungi feelings so I apologise for the person I am about to become

I love that they're unashamedly calling these dates. And that is the face of a man who is definitely not upset that he didn't get to date Yeosang

*stares at the camera like an episode of The Office* They go on double dates all the time but sure

It's literally been on for 3 minutea and Yunho is already preening because Mingi said it didn't feel like work he was just having a good time

Did they sit Mingi and Yunho together so they could just flirt like this the whole time

I see we're already roasting Mingi

Yeosang has already forgotten that they're not supposed to know who each other's dates are even though they're literally all sitting next to their date

From what I can tell this is literally the theme of the entire episode

I should have got some popcorn for this

Oh my god they are literally playing Creep while San stares at Yeosang I am crying. I saw a clip and thought someone had edited it!

God they can't even date each other without it turning into a competition

This is a democracy. I AM WHEEZING, God they can all vote for someone else's boyfriend instead of their own this is going to be chaos

Is this just because I don't watch much content so I don't see this sort of stuff but does San usually pursue Yeosang this relentlessly. He hasn't stopped.

Wooyoung also sucks at pretending no one knows who his date is

Hey, leave Hongjoong's gay little walk alone

God this is so cheesy

Mingi taking notes for things he wants Yunho to do next time they go on a date

Glad they all universally agree that Hongjoong doesn't go out much except for work

Wooyoung: My original idea was for us to cycle 90km and then I remembered that other people are not me and that you'd probably die

Hongjoong: And I was thinking we'd play tennis but then I remembered that you're not me and I'd beat you in 5 seconds

Okay, these two are actually really fun together

Wow Hongjoong relieved he doesn't have to go on a date with his wife or their youngest child. Harsh.

Wooyoung: Really glad I'm not on a date with Mingi Mingi: punch

They are such siblings

Hongjoong just does whatever people want, and Mingi lets the other members do whatever they want to him. Starting to see why they get along

Hongjoong: If I suggest something and you don't want to do it just say and we won't do it Wooyoung: Yeah, opposite for me. If I suggest something and you don't want to do you, you have to do it anyway

They are cracking me up

He's so invested in this

Wooyoung: San and Seonghwa won't get much screentime if they're together because they're boring.

He's such a little gremlin look at that smile. He loves to tease his boyfriend and his mother

He really is unfairly pretty

San has no chill whatsoevr when it comes to Yeosang

I had to look this word up because I'd never heard it before

JFC San

Poor Yeosang is apparently not used to people dressing up to date him

God I've hit the image limit already. See you for part 2!

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fandom spaces were better when the media creators didn't know we existed and we didn't want them to find out.

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Ateez concerts are an experience [x x]

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He's been rehearsing for this role the whole time...

video credit @hourlyjyh

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Jongho or Yunho?

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anyways i just love the way kpop demon hunters stayed true to its roots in korean/asian culture, especially around the core theme of community vs individualism

the fact that it's not a single chosen one but a group of three

the fact that the honmoon is not powered by the hunters themselves but by the energy and love of the fans

the fact that gwi-ma turns people into demons by promising that he is the only one who can help them when he is in fact reliant on his army of demons to collect souls for him

the fact that "your idol" is about surrendering yourself to a single higher power while "golden" is about soaring to new heights together

the fact that gwi-ma preys on people's individual insecurities and shame to get inside their heads while rumi, mira, and zoey set them free in the end by encouraging them to embrace their differences and reminding them that they're not alone

the fact that you can see the audience cheering individually and even pushing into each other to get closer to the stage during "your idol"

while they're linking arms and cheering together and hugging during "what it feels like"

i have not seen the live action lilo and stitch but it feels like that movie sits on the opposite end of the spectrum from kpop demon hunters as a case study for how to tell a story in way that is culturally authentic and still resonates with a broader audience

and i think given that the core theme of the movie is all about community over individualism, the ending, particularly as it relates to rumi and jinu's budding romance, is really the perfect culmination of that broader theme

rumi and jinu's connection has all the hallmarks of that all-encompassing, all-consuming, borderline co-dependent first love where you keep your relationship a secret and sneak out of the house to meet up and feel like the other person is the ONLY person who really gets you

i'm the only one who can understand you, i'm the only one who will love you is the kind of thing that sounds romantic when you're 16 until you get older and realize how toxic it actually is and i love that the movie counters that in "what it sounds like" with rumi realizing that she had that love and support all along from her girls, and later, from the fans who continue to cheer them on through their comeback

it's about connection and sisterhood and love and sharing your fears and lifting each other up and becoming stronger and better together

and as compelling as i found rumi/jinu and as much as i would like to see their relationship explored more in a sequel/series, i just really love that this movie, which is clearly targeted at young women, ends on the message that romantic love is not the end all be all, that friendship is just as important if not more so than a romantic partner, that single women can lead successful, fulfilling lives, that true happiness and freedom start from within

it's crazy that this message still seems revolutionary in 2025 but given the current state of the world, it feels more necessary than ever

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Reblog if Mingi

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Time for the next ateez album poll

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Congrats to The Real for winning with 31% of the votes

Fever Epilogue was voted the favourite album of the Fever series with 37% of the votes.

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Have you ever been sent hate on tumblr? Can be anything from nasty replies to smear campaigns (im curious because I had to delete a post because people were being vile in the comments)

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seeing a take that i personally hate on my dash

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Do you sometimes read a fic writer’s work, and just… thank all the gods this person managed to get obsessed with the same fictional people you did?

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Spin the wheel. That's who's trying to kill you.

Spin the wheel again. That’s who’s trying to protect you.

(If you have zero idea about the name you got, spin until you see someone you recognize.)

(Six months ago, I did a version of this poll with about five hundred options on the spinner wheel. For this one, I more than doubled it.)