JIMIN MENTION. Riverdale characters as BTS members
unfortunately i did workshop this with the army gc and i think i have a proposal. it doesn't totally work because of gender dynamics and the way the universes of corporate-competitive art performance and riverdale aren't really quite aligned, but i think i got somewhere.
RIVERDALE MAINS AS BTS MEMBERS:
jughead = rm / kim namjoon. iconoclast. the lyricist-narrator of the whole deal. the link to the big corporate-bureaucratic metaplot in the sky. a typewriter kind of guy. there are so so so many of him and sometimes they interact. queerbait-complicit and yet sidestepping it.
reggie = jin / kim seokjin. the negotiator. the big-city boyfriend from the hallmark movie. the nation's son-in-law but DID flirt with your grandmother and your dad at the function. fed that mean old man from his bare hand. schemes and scams, less opportunistically than as a vocational calling. second place to karl marx and knows it.
betty = suga / min yoongi. she's resisting her idol image with her gratuitously-edgy secondary persona but she's still your poor little meow meow, your baby. she's alert! she's fractured! her amygdala is working sooo hard. her shadow grows and grows and she's avoiding it she's looking at it she's avoiding it she's looking. don't say tangerine.
veronica = j-hope / jung hoseok. idk it's about perfectionism. it's about how CRYING 👏 DOES 👏 NOT 👏 FIT 👏 WITH 👏 HER 👏 LIFE'S 👏 VIBE. it's about lean-in girlbossism. it's about success not creating psychological safety (but she wants more anyway bc what else is she here to do). she's nice but she's ruthless but she loves you!! and on several tragic levels iykyk: she da bus driver all of a sudden.
kevin = jimin. compulsive joiner. compulsive people-pleaser. compulsive flirt. compulsive. mapplethorpe fanboy. gender outlaw. a smoke-show, now. most likely to charm a late night talk show host. queerbaiter of the cruising-coded-crowd-scene variety. most likely to put it all on the line for a little cabaret ♥
cheryl = v / kim taehyung. questionable art appreciator. questionable painter. questionable self portrait accumulator. high-aesthetic curator of Scenes and Situations. president of gay fanservice (self-appointed). glamorous alien OR reclusive little freak. if the high-aesthetic, melodramatic-literary closet case lament fits.
archie = jungkook. golden boy all-rounder. beefcake-on-display. designated himbo. Wants To Help. will NOT contribute to a conversation so don't even try. gives kind of a sincere wounded baby animal quality at times. queerbait via lore-relevant chime card sponcon (this isn't jarchie but it does make you ask yourself "is charlie puth sort of jugheadcore, if jughead sucked (derogatory) instead of sucking (complimentary)?")
Jungkook's Post ❇️ with J-Hope & Jimin & Jin's Comment 💬
JK: 와 윤기형 대답 안 해주네 속상하네 지짜 !
JH: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ나도..😢
JM: ㅇ? 뭐지 나는 거의 대화수준이었는데 ㅋ
JK: 나 너무 늦게 드감 ...
J: 윤기야 생일축하해!!!!
(https://weverse.io/bts/artist/1-115481445)
JK: Wow Yoongi hyung you did not reply to me. I'm so upset!*
JH: Hahahahahahaha me too..😢
JM: Huh? What. For me it was almost like we were having a conversation ha
JK: I joined too late...
J: Yoongi-yah happy birthday!!!!
(T/N: *Written cutely.)
Trans cr; Annie & Ali @ bts-trans
J-Hope's Post ❇️
감개무량합니다..💜 여러분들에게 정말 선물이 되어드린 거 같아 뿌듯하기도 하구요..💜
늘 믿고 들어주셔서 감사드리고, 변함없이, 꾸준히 연구하고 공부해서 더 좋은 음악 많이 들려드릴게요
사랑합니다!!
-your hope-
(https://weverse.io/bts/artist/3-114835263)
My heart is so full..💜 I’m so happy and proud that this has become a kind of present for you all..💜
Thank you for always believing in me and listening to me, and, as always, I will continue to research and study so that I can give you even better music
I love you!!
-your hope-
Trans cr; Ali @ bts-trans
J-Hope's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️
💜: #happybirthdaysugaday #Iloveyou💜
JH: 오늘 하루 마무리는 윤키형으로💓💜💗
(https://weverse.io/bts/fanpost/2-115604410?anchor=0-230061979)
💜: #happybirthdaysugaday #Iloveyou💜
JH: Ending today with Yunki-hyung💓💜💗
Trans cr; Ali @ bts-trans
Suga's Post ❇️
아미 여러분 덕분에 너무 행복한 하루였습니다!ㅎㅎ 감사하고 사랑합니다! ☺️
(https://weverse.io/bts/artist/4-114836377)
Thanks to ARMYs it was a very happy day! Hehe Thank you and I love you! ☺️
Korean spicy soft tofu stew with seafood (Haemul sundubu-jjigae: 해물 순두부찌개)
Ingredients (for 2 servings)
¼ cup gochugaru (Korean hot pepper flakes)
2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
¼ cup (about 1 ounce) chopped onion
1 large king oyster mushroom (or ½ cup of any mushrooms), chopped
1 large green onion (dae-pa) or 2 green onions, the white part and green part separated and chopped
2½ cups anchovy kelp stock (or vegetable stock, or beef or chicken broth)
2 tablespoons fish sauce (or salt to your taste)
2 tubes soft tofu (or 22 ounces silken tofu)
2 to 3 large deveined shrimp in the shell, rinsed
6 fresh shucked or shucked frozen oysters, rinsed
4 to 6 fresh mussels, cleaned and rinsed
2 eggs
Directions
Combine the hot pepper flakes, sesame oil, and black pepper in a small bowl. Mix well with a spoon until the hot pepper flakes absorb all the oil. Set aside.
Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, the chopped white part of the green onion, and mushroom. Stir with a wooden spoon until the onion and garlic are slightly brown and crispy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the stock. Cover and cook for 5 to 6 minutes, until it’s boiling vigorously.
Add shrimp, oysters, and mussels. Cut the tubes of tofu in half and squeeze them into the boiling stew, and then break up the tofu a bit with a wooden spoon. If using silken tofu, scoop or squeeze from the box into the stew.
Add the fish sauce (or salt to your taste), half of the hot pepper mixture, and stir a few times.
Cover and cook for 5 to 6 minutes, until the seafood is fully cooked and the broth is infused with its savory flavor.
2 ways to serve:
Serve in Korean earthenware bowls:
Ladle the stew into 2 earthenware bowls (2½ cup bowls work best) and place them on the stove top. Heat them up over high heat. Add the leftover seasoning mixture on top of the stew in each bowl.
When the stews starts bubbling, crack the eggs into each bowl. Cook for another minute until vigorously boiling. Remove from the heat and sprinkle the green part of the chopped green onion over top.
Serve right away while it’s bubbling, with rice, kimchi, and more side dishes on the side.
Serve in regular soup bowls:
Add the second half of the seasoning mixture to the boiling stew in the pot and mix it in a bit. Carefully crack the eggs into the bubbling stew, and cook for 1 or 2 minutes until the eggs are slightly (or half) cooked. Remove from the heat.
Gently ladle the stew into two soup bowls without disturbing the eggs. Scoop up each egg and place one in each bowl.
Sprinkle the green part of the chopped green onion over top and serve right away with rice, kimchi, and more side dishes.