#And considering the level of emotion I'm itching to convey?

[amethystina]

Wait wait wait you just watched Marry My Dead Body?!?? I need to commiserate then holy shit. I watched it yesterday because I was travelling and also figured it be a fun goofy film to watch while stuck in transit for hours and then suddenly it was over and I was sitting there in goddamn TEARS. I WAS NOT EXPECTING IT TO BE SO EMOTIONAL. IT MADE ME LAUGH AND THEN ALSO STABBED ME IN THE HEART. I feel like it played me for a fool, but in the best possible way. What a good ride it is :’)

OH MY GOD SAME.

Well, except I was at home and went: "I'll watch this before going to bed, I'm sure it'll be a fun time" and, I mean, it WAS but it also wasn't. Like, after I finished it I just sat there, not knowing how to contain all the emotions I was experiencing. How the fuck was I supposed to sleep after something like that?

I genuinely had no idea what to do with myself (I still kind of don't tbh). I did NOT expect to cry as much as I did. Quite a few things can make me cry but this just hit me right where it hurts. And I didn't expect it, in any way, shape, or form. I was completely unprepared.

It was supposed to be a silly comedy!

But, like, for real? The "my husband" moment? You should have HEARD the fucking noise I made. It was guttural. I was fucking obliterated.

(and oh man, I so desperately want to make people feel that way with my writing. I am so, so inspired!)

Long story short, I'm emotionally compromised and I have absolutely no regrets. I just love, love, love becoming this invested in a story and I'm still neck-deep in feels. It's been two days already but my thoughts just keep returning to this movie, time and time again.

So I'm guessing I'm going to rewatch it in a day or two x'D

[peppertaemint]

Thanks for your reply to my message. I've been extremely frustrated with BTS fans and just fandoms in geneand this increasing toxic bullshit that's been going on but your response has made me less frustrated about the whole thing. I should just suck it up and try to ignore it as much as possible. I mean when it comes down to it, I am giving it some power over me to be able to piss me off. I need to learn to let things I can't control, roll off of me. Thanks for the EXO gif, made me smile (miss my boys). Anyway, on another note I am getting into SHINee lately. I've always liked all 5 of them but just never became a fan enough to want to check out their discography. Of course I've liked a few of their songs and solo songs but never went far from there. My favorite is DCM and lately I've been mildly obsessed with the video and by mildly I mean watching it once a day for 4 days straight. See what happened is, I watched it when it came out and got caught up in Key's web and since Taemin is part of SuperM, I really went down a rabbit hole of Taemin and Key solo music videos one day. Four days I had an itch to watch the DCM behind the scenes video. Okay fell a little in love, then I watched them react to the DCM video and laughed my ass off the entire time, then I rewatched the DCM video and my eyes suddenly opened to how amazing Minho looked and how amazing Onew sounded, and of course my soft spot for Taemin and my heart eyes for Key so I have been obsessed ever since. Like dude, can someone clone Key for me? And his laugh... I mean I could gush about him all day. I love how retro his music can be. As for the DCM video, not only is it a great video and they all did the damn thing, but there's something about that instrumental section where the four of them are dancing together that is just so touching. Alrighty just wanted to share that and also say thanks for pulling me off the edge

I'm glad the EXO gif made you smile. :) I actually liked seeing it side by side with the BTS gif. It made me feel like they're really inhabiting the same genre and fandoms should enjoy what they have in common. Sigh. Honestly, I could see EXO and BTS having the most overlap of fans. o.o

But, on to dance! A thing I love about SHINee's choreographies is how thoughtful they are in terms of how the members dance with one another. DCM is a great example of this. The part where they face each other takes the performance to another level.

The majority of SHINee's choreographies, from the complexity of Sherlock and DCM to concepts like Odd Eye that feel simpler, the use of space and how the dancers relate to one another is thoughtful, intricate and meaningful. Sherlock's concept is an "after image" where the members freeze to capture the after image of a person moving through space.

Odd Eye has a queer sexiness to it, and the formations are just as "peculiar" (note the play on words happening). It feels almost casual, but it's not. It's considered.

Good Evening is a great example of how moving through a small space and the "cliche" chairs of classic boyband dance choreographies can be turned into artful emotion. The dances where they face each other, or move with each other—literally touching, holding, pushing and/or pulling—give the sense of how the dance is not for the audience's amusement, but to convey a message and embody something meaningful for the performers themselves, as well as the audience.