#after they both end im going to make a battle royale between the winners

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The Final Battle

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This Round 11 was a calm before a storm... at least, I sure hope so! We’re going into Wordy Weekend with a tight score, and hopefully the lacking performance this round and Round 10 is all just a precursor to a massive Round 12.

No use in dragging this out, let’s get to scores! This post is long enough that we need a read more button, banter shall not deviate us from our course.

FIRST PLACE

Team Michael

Player 1: @portinaris​ - 10 Points

Player 2: @swagcoolcat​ - 0

Player 3: @im-actually-ok​ (+4 for dropout)

TEAM TOTAL THIS ROUND: 14 Points

GRAND TOTAL: 2,415 Points

SECOND PLACE

Team Jeremy

Player 1: @nbchristinecanigula​ - 5 Points

Player 2: @certifiedboyf​ - 0

Player 3: @junietuesday​ - 13 Points

TEAM TOTAL THIS ROUND: 18 Points

GRAND TOTAL: 1,930 POINTS

THIRD PLACE

Team Christine 

Player 1: @zoes-dumb-writings​ - 7 Points

Player 2: @heereigoagain​ - 0

Player 3: @ouzoa11-writes​ - 46 Points, Titanium

TEAM TOTAL THIS ROUND: 53 Points

GRAND TOTAL: 862 Points 

Now that you’ve skipped past that, stopping only to touch on your team’s score, you’re pretty antsy to find out what our final Wordy Weekend theme is, right?

Well, first, I have to tell you about our penultimate (and best) Wordy Weekend prize, that was awarded last weekend to @zoes-dumb-writings​. 

I gave her a list of twelve players, with only numbers to identify them. Three of these ‘players’ were in fact duds, and Zoe doesn’t know which ones were duds... so the prizes, in theory, will not be spread out equally.

What are these prizes?

Special, lucrative items that are only available this way, items that will never be in a box, that’s what. Special lucrative items, and everyone is getting one of them.

Let’s introduce you to these items!

brooke item: reverses the effect of a powerup if used within 10 minutes of the powerup’s use. if used after the ten minute window it allows the user to take a small percentage of the powerup, depending on what it is, based on how soon they use the item after the powerup’s use.

jeremy item: takes away 50 points from one team, gives 25 to your team and 25 to the other team besides the one you took the points from.

michael item: rolls a die for effects. 1 and 4 give the user 15 extra points, 2 and 5 gives the user 30 extra points if they reach a certain (randomised) wordcount, 3 and 6 gives the user 15 extra points taken from another player of their choice. 

christine item: allows two random players on different teams to swap points, giving them immunity from items being used on them, both from other players and themselves.

brooke item asterisk: this item applies only to the following powerups:

tiaras 

swords 

+point tickets 

houseplants

point sucking items (plasma ray, sapphire stealer, point succ-er, etc)

percentage cut of the powerup’s points:

used between 10-15 minutes later: 50% of points affected by the powerup are given

used between 15-20 minutes later: 30% of points affected by the powerup’s user are given

used between 20-30 minutes later: 25% of points affected by the powerup’s user are given

used between 30-45 minutes later: 15% of points affected by the powerup’s user are given

used between 45-60 minutes later: 10% of points affected by the powerup’s user are given

used between 60-75 minutes later: 5% of points affected by the powerup’s user are given

used more than 75 minutes later: the only effect is that you just wasted your item.

Now that you’ve read that, you’ve picked your favourite item, you’re ready to find out what you got, to see me open your ‘box’ in the server... well, too bad. The recipients of each item have already been chosen by Zoe!

Here’s who’s getting what: 

~Jeremy Item~

@zoes-dumb-writings​ 

@im-actually-ok​ (dropped out)

~Michael Item~

@ouzoa11-writes​ 

@heereigoagain​

~Brooke Item~

@nbchristinecanigula​

@junietuesday​

~Christine Item~

@portinaris​

@swagcoolcat​

@certifiedboyf​

Everyone got One and only One of their assigned item, and this item will not count towards your item limit. 

In addition to all this! Everyone is getting 6 boxes today, since there will be no other rounds to use them on. There will be no boxes after this Round 12. 

There are also! Two new wordcount levels, Venom and Sun God. Not that I expect anyone to hit them... but just to say I have them.

Venom is 25k, and Sun God is 30k. Venom is worth 40 extra points, Sun God 50. I doubt anyone will get either, not even @ouzoa11-writes​. Sun God is 10k every day for three days!

That being said... the 5am cutoff time? Now nonexistent for our final round. The new cutoff time is 11am EST on Monday, giving everyone a little extra time to write. 

Alright! Now, I will finally, finally, finally show y’all what this weekend’s theme is!

BATTLE ROYALE WEEKEND!

This is the Hunger Games weekend in a Be More Chill writing challenge. The difference is that there’s no opening ceremonies, and no crazy costumes, and no child slaughter. This is just pure simulated basic Hunger Games, but with writing, rather than child slaughter.

Here’s how it works:

At least 5 people have to agree to sprint at once. If I’m not among them, make sure you keep track of your rounds! 

You must do a 10, 15 or 20 minute sprint (doesn’t matter which, just one of the three. A sprint of any other length doesn’t count). The winner (the person with the highest wordcount) gets 4 points, second place gets 3 points, third place gets 2. Everyone else gets 1 point, except for the person with the lowest wordcount. That person is ‘killed’ and cannot participate in the sprints of this particular Battle Royale anymore.

In the event of a tie for last place or a wordcount difference between the lowest and second lowest players of 10 words or less, nobody is killed. For a tie for a place, both people receive the extra points. There is no wordcount difference rule for placing.

Sprints continue this way until there are only 3 players left, at which point there are no more third place extra points. At 2 players left, the winner of the sprint will receive 5 points, and the loser will be left with nothing but the points they’ve collected thus far, ‘dead’ on the side of the channel.

I’ll keep track of points for battle royales, but if I’m not in one, it would be very nice if you would all write a post at the end with the scores of all the participants so that I’ll see it. 

Speaking of which! For CAH Points, I’m giving everyone perms to pin posts, please pin your final leaderboards! 

Okay, okay, after aaaalll that, I’m finally ready to give out prompts. There will be new special prompts in the discord (the old ones only count for 5 extra points, now.) and the prompts for this round are worth 4 points apiece. There’s also more than 6 or 3, but there’s no penalty for not using prompts, just that you won’t receive the 4 points for that prompt.

Here they are!

Okay, that’s about it! Your works must be at least 500 words long and be submitted by 11AM EST on Monday, and you must use all 3 prompts (or you’ll loose points!) To submit, post on Tumblr and @bmc-gift-exchange , if you post on ao3 post the link instead.

And lastly, if yall can count up how many points you think you have this round and indicate that in your post, I’ll give you an extra 5 points just for that!

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MMA and MAMA 2019 Theory

welcome back loves to another theory with me!!! so it really has been a while since I have done any theory, mainly because homegirl is stuck in uni and is dying in it with useless group mates but anyway, i finally got back to doing another ever since I watched the MMA and MAMA 2019 ones and wow, there is so much to unpack. 

also, a huge congratulations to our 4-Daesang winners aka BTS who not only swept all of the Daesangs in MAMA but MMA in 2019. honestly, still shocking considering how we all know how the industry is like lmao. but anyway, let’s begin.

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theory: if I were to compare their MMA and MAMA VCRs, I believe there’s more to analyse for the MAMA ones because of the length and also because MMA’s one, I believe the hints are more centred around the individual performances and set ups. 

So starting off with MMA, looking at the VCR. I am putting it out there is literally I Need U all over again. The camera pans out to Namjoon, Seokjin, Jimin, Yoongi, Hoseok, Taehyung and lastly Jungkook. For some reason, this has me thinking of the HYYH the Notes pairings that I keep mentioning throughout the theories about them. (read here) These were similar to that of Wings, but I guess Namjoon and Seokjin’s pairing was the one of the BST JP and instead of Taehyung being that Omelas boy, though some may say it’s Jungkook (because of how he is the youngest and he is affected by all and in this theory, Taehyung is the trigger), maybe could explain why the camera pans out to Jungkook last. 

do you not think that the setting reminds me of of HYYH? the whole light, couches thing etc 

But moving on, if you see at 0:49, you see the shadows of the boys walking behind them at the back but somehow settling behind each respective member which I find extremely creepy and somehow reinforces that the next instalment is Shadow but at 1:05 it shows the lighter. 

One could recall it being one of Yoongi’s key charcateristics as he smokes and across the HYYH the Reel, or in the I Need U MV, but at the same time, common with Jungkook’s Little Matchstick Girl story and of course not to forget, just like here In the VCR, how Namjoon worked at the gas station and somehow dropped the lollipop on a cash but it caught fire etc which somehow related to his death in one of the theories.

We had Namjoon’s strong Persona intro and you could see at the back, the words ‘shadow’, ‘ego’, ‘what am I to you’ etc, scribbled behind though repeatedly. The words ‘shadow’ and ‘ego’ should be signifying the next two releases for bangtan’s map of the soul trilogy series based on jung’s map of the soul book which focused heavily on persona, shadow and ego along with many other theorists who believed that the other two instalments of the series to be called ‘shadow’ and ‘ego’. Other identified scribbles include ‘Im Not What’ ‘Happen to Me’, ‘No More Dream’, ‘Who are you, Who Am I’, ‘Dream, Love, Happiness’ etc. But anyway, after the Persona stage, the intro of ‘What am I to you’ is played and I swear it was Dark and Wild all over again before it went on to ‘Boy in Luv’ and parallelly, they moved on to ‘Boy With Luv’ such a stark contrast but shows their diversity. Afterwards, a short VCR with the truth untold instrumentals playing in the background before somehow they decided to crush my heart and played mikrokosmos and hearing Namjoon’s words is making me feel things.

Anyway, moving on, after that stage ended, the VCR played again with how Jungkook woke up and this idea of trying to figure out who he is, as he watches various screens of himself across the years with eg Save Me, No More Dream , fake love playing, danger, the lines ‘I’m still looking for who I used to be, who I am now., before Namjoon hugs him (note the Wings pairing) before the rest comes together in this formation. Yoongi, Jimin, Namjoon, Jungkook, Jin, Hoseok and Taehyung; Taehyung was the last one. 

similar to this 

this reminds me of this open room in fake love as well for Seokjin.

Then somehow in the midst of this, they show how the boys ‘appearing’, Jungkook forming from the clouds, Namjoon from the leaves, Jimin from smoke, Hoseok from the ‘fake love coloured setup’, Taehyung from ‘the spray can’ (he even had the sound effect of the spray can, Yoongi from fire and Jin from what seems to be in a room full of mirrors..? it seems oddly familiar but I can’t pinpoint as to where this is from. And yet after all this, as they all gaze into the screens, somehow only Taehyung is the one looking unsettled, at most a really really small smile, not sure if it was on purpose or just coincidental, 

Jungkook’s ment cntinues ‘who I will be in the future’. At 18L47, it focused on Jungkok’s eyes to expand and show the milky way galaxy.  Then it moved on to the start of the Dionysus stage but somehow we are surprised to find 7 individual stages.

But moving on, apart form bangtan’s group stages, there is a need to pay close attention to the individual stages of each member. i bet bangtan’s main goal for these year end shows is to somehow showcase their humble beginnings with their underrated songs hence why they performed n.o., we are bulletproof pt.2 and boy in luv at both year end shows across, asides from promoting their later songs such as mikrokosmos, or boy with luv.

Notice the transitions among each individual stages. It’s literally their whole discography, more focus was on here rather than showing a vcr ,though the vcr they played was of the I need u feels and you cannot tell me otherwise once I placed the references here. One for their similar outfits and the I need u sofa cut scene in the MV with this MMA VCR. Not to mention it kind of reminds me of the HYH Epilogue VCR when they were taking a family portrait.

Anyway, the individual stages started off with Taehyung, with no more dream but the level of sophistication and performance was amazing but also quite heavy considering the no. of back dancers yet somehow they’re in this gladiator outfit/warrior outfits with the skirts. Also, the 4 people hanging from the hoops at the top, it casually reminded of te Olympics but that’s just my opinion and in no relation to this. Do take note of how altered the sound is to sound more like it’s fit for a battle scene, those loud hits of the drums etc and the resounding ‘la la la’ a sa battle cry or possibly an anthem. Note the scenes at the back to be mostly of the Greek/Roman kind of architecture. 

Next, it transitioned to Seokjin whose song was Danger and interestingly, this kind of Greek/Roman concept continued on, as now they leveraged more on Seokjin’s looks for this stage with lesser dancing in comparison and made him stand on top of this makeshift Trojan horse. Take note of how the music for Danger instead of the hard hitting kind of song, it becomes a little bit more majestic, royal even but with power. Though Seokjin relatively dances way lesser, his stage presence and looks was enough to dominate the stage, like my god, just look at him??? Also, the back up dancers outfits seem to continue on with this. And when he really took the reins and let it whip to have this yellow horse run as though he whipped it, it ran across the screens (satisfying really), it changed to something more melodic.

Here, you hear the acoustic version of I Need U which was actually played before unlike the other 2 versions of the songs (and actually the rest of the members’ as well), it was played at one of the year end show sin 2015 in which Yoongi actually played the piano and Jungkook was dancing, they were promoting Run at that time. But oh how this is so befitting for Jimin and his contemporary movies, it’s really so graceful, ethereal and wow. But they made this I Need U version more melodramatic with the use of strings such as violins and cello, listen to that rendition and melodies as well as the triangle I think (I literally forgot the name of that instrument) but then it moved on to Fire with Yoongi. 

Honestly, I don’t think anyone knew it was Fire until it started because of the really really hard hitting bass that really became outright rock and loud cries of ‘La, La, La’ and what sounded like ‘Jin’ although I am pretty sure it’s not but you get my point here. Honestly, thought the fire in the screens looked like a dead giveaway but with how hard the beat is hitting that became rock, it almost sounded like a mantra not to mention how loud and how great the drums sound here. Also note how Yoongi isn’t doing much, just minimal dance moves  like a body roll.

I must say the transition from Yoongi to Jungkook is quite abrupt because of the sharp contrast in the transition between their stages; from rock to something more pop? It’s a bit hard to adjust to, also the version for Save Me is so so different but yet so nice, it’s much more synthesized here and the choreography is centred to how the beats are in the music. To think this was done by Jungkook as well.

At 25:54, we are seeing 7 lights to represent 7 stars, which apparently, this constellation represents Corona Borealis. It represents the crown the Princess wore on her wedding day when she married Dionysus. (see where we are going with this). You could see that throughout all of the stages, an additional light to represent a star was added after each performance and at the end with Namjoon, the Corona Borealis was completed. 

Now, going back to Hoseok’s part with Fake Love but a much more EDM version to showcase his popping and then finally, we have this version of Dionysus, but look at that intro with the chorus singing and it showcases Namjoon. Although he is walking, it reminds me when he changed his jacket in 2017 for another year-end performance as he walked across the stage but now it’s for the staff. Literally, Namjoon is not doing anything but walking, but look at his stage presence????? 

And this was how Dionysus began but again with the 7 constellations, they really brought the 2 tiger balloons that they used at the concerts with them here at the MMA, with the foreign women throwing flowers which coincidentally was a Greek tradition.

Yet again, before they start their performance, we have the same guy sounding the horn. But now we have guys in fedora hats which I am still confused as to why they are there. Well I did some research and turns out the use of fedora hats originated from a popular Russian play but the word originated from the Greeks themselves.  

The name Fedora is derived from the Greek word theodoros, which literally means "gift of God."  -History of Fedora

I will like to sidetrack now to talk about the guy in the veil. so someone speculated on Twitter about the use of the veil in Greek culture and so this is how i went down to do my research etc and reading a paper on it. I have highlighted the necessary parts. 

after reading this, one could say that the veil is a form of expression for anger. but mainly anger, then emotional pain and lastly grief. it can also be seen as ‘a form of retaliation, the victim’s way of punishing the offender’s breach of the rules of interaction’. you may consider seeing it as being petty, in a way of giving the silent treatment or just not giving one’s full attention but again, this goes deeper than on surface value. kinda interested to see how this would pan out in the future. 

However, enough of the hat and veil talk and its history, now going back to the performance. They even brought out the horses so honestly tell me what is going on. So doing more research, I dug out some. The reason why I am focused on the symbolism of these things inn Greece is due to the consistent Greek culture that is being cultivated, perhaps prior to the Dionysus one but it seems to be well incorporated in the various stages as well such as the Trojan horse  in Jin’s stage which was used to invade and win the war in Troy. But going back to the history of the horses, they symbolize wealth and status. The horse was often affiliated with heroes and Gods hence seeming to be far ‘important’ to the native Greeks. Not to mention the gladiators as well. Though gladiators were common with the Romans, the Greeks had them too but not as prevalent as the Romans. Interestingly, the Greeks refer them as ‘barbarians’.

For the Greeks, the gladiators were more of sacrifices to the Gods and those who emerged victorious during the Olympic games were blessed by Zeus and offered Zeus praise. In a way, if I were to put it in a different context, Zeus could be seen as a power play figure in terms of Big Brother (read 1984 theory here). Not entirely the same, but similarities are present. 

What is the link of Dionysus in all of this? Well apart from the song of Dionysus by the boys, as well as inclusion of the iconic grapes for wine-making and thyrsus, I found something interesting that could explain the use of Dionysus in all of this.

As we all know, Dionysus was the god of wine, grape harvest and in some others fertility as well. He was known later on to be ‘androgynous youth’; not exactly a man but a ‘man-womanish’. With his long history, ‘Dionysus had crossed boundary between life and death, and he was often portrayed as the god who crossed the boundary between the civilized and uncivilized and the known and the unknown.’. Somehow this makes me think that perhaps Seokjin is Dionysus, the idea that he is the one conscious enough throughout the HYYH universe that time is rewinding itself back to the fateful day where one by one, the boys kill themselves and he is the one trying to save them all. Not to mention, I still think the theory still holds that somehow Seokjin could also be seen in purgatory where he tries to give them back their innocence through using the lilies (read I Need U JP theory here). 

Interesting fact was that Dionysus was ‘born of fire and nursed by rain’. Opposites that link Yoongi and Jimin as well.

Based on here, apart from the fact that Dionysus was actually half mortal, he had the power to raise people from the dead, which was how he raised his mortal mother, Semele, from the dead.

Some others speculated about the whole Gods concept in which they claim BTS to represent of the 12 and basing it on their performance. This is what they came up with.

RM – Dionysus Jin – Athena Yoongi – Hephaestus Jimin – Artemis Taehyung – Apollo Hoseok – Zeus Jungkook – Poisedon

If we based it on this now, this could explain the certain dance breaks together here. Hoseok and Jungkook, Namjoon and Jin, Jimin and Taehyung then lastly Yoongi by himself. Yoongi is the only one being independent in a way. I guess also why they did the N.O. break was because they did not perform anything from that era (that + YNWA, BST, DNA and Answer) but then again, we are blessed by their whole discography. 

so first of all, their VCR especially for MAMA was heavily reliant on time periods.

Basically, what was relayed in the video is as such. The calling; future.

It started with the damn hourglass again, when will it stop??

They showed in the VCR these 7 white-veiled guys who I assumed would be them and is them but is also a carry over from the MMA scene in which during Tae’s stage and before Jin’s one, you see the white veiled guy next to the horses.

The VCR had very interesting transitions which reminded me of the Wings short stories with the various symbols, not to mention the fact it was heavily focused on Hoseok’s eyes which was similar to his short film of MAMA. The transition in and out of it. Past meets future. I will bet that this was Hoseok’s eye just by seeing the shape and also here’s a reference from MAMA. 

The VCR had very interesting transitions and glitches, literally throwback to the 2017 MAMA VCR. That barren one person scene reminded me of DNA. 

DNA

MAMA VCR Screenshots 

The last picture reminds me a bit of BST, like the part where Yoongi plays the organ. Here’s a reference photo. 

More VCR screenshots just giving me the vibes of BST. 

MAMA VCR Screenshots

BST MV screenshots 

Then the VCR stopped and BTS performed N.O. a really throwback song followed by We are Bulletproof Pt. 2. Notice how the VCR changed to intro them performing N.O. the whole scratches reminds me of MAMA for some reason, MAMA being Hoseok’s short film. Honestly, I thought it was great because they showed everyone that this was their origins to their success and they never forgot about it despite being how big they are and how they got their popularity through other genres and not the original Hip-Hop kind that they were promoting back then. They had the iconic hands again.

After this, VCR continued to show the past meets the present. They showed the boys during backstage of the concert, during it and think about it as the way it was edited to be like Burn the Stage and Bring the Soul movies. Those kinds. They showed the Mnet debut showcase. ‘We doubted ourselves all the time, we tried to overcome the fear we encountered. They showed their first win on the music show with ‘I Need U’. ‘Dreams are our realities from now on.’  This was said by Namjoon. Now showing all of the Daesangs that they achieved throughout the years starting with 2016 and how Yoongi cried. ‘We are no longer sad or pain’.

Past meets present: World.

The Vcr showed the 7-veiled guys and this was their arrangement, Tae, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, Namjoon, Jimin and Hoseok.

Do you not think this positioning of the veiled guys remind you of the fake love cloak stands. So from a clothes stand to a veiled person. 

They then performed Boy with Luv and Mikrokosmos. During Mikrokosmos, they had stairs shown behind them before they pan out to the VCR again that started off with an hourglass. For some reason those veiled guys appear again and to be exact there are 7 of them. Not to mention the hourglass glitching giving me the BST JP. Vibes. When the phrase ‘all our time’ came out, they really had some collisions much like DNA.

cue the fake love MV with the smeraldo flower. 

Look at the stairs behind them. I went to check and do some research etc. Based on this, the ladder is most commonly known to be the connection between heaven and earth. Notice how it’s heaven and not hell. There is no mention of the underworld or hell. But if we were to look at this, I did some more research about the symbolism of stairs in Greek mythology. 

A lot of the references is that the ladders/stairs are to be the connector between heaven and earth; there was no mention again of the underworld. But another closer research showed this. 

In the temples that have them, it seems likely that one stair was intended for ascending, the other for descending.

Here it talks about well, it’s a one-way kind of stairs, it’s not one where you can use the stairs for both up and down but rather a separate one. Also, these stairs were commonly found in temples of Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, Athena, Hera etc which if referred on top, are some of the Gods that the boys were speculating to be. 

Yet, looking inside the article, they talked about ‘epiphany windows’ and my brain suddenly malfunctioned because epiphany windows????? E P I P H A N Y???

Epiphany provided an inherent sacredness and enhanced the-role of the temple in expressing sanctity.36 Even without actual "windows" forrestaging or framing events, epiphanies could be expected in and around temples.

An epiphany (from the ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια, epiphanea, "manifestation, striking appearance") is an experience of a sudden and striking realization.

Reference

so again i did more research, epiphany in Greece is like the ‘festival of light’. 

On Epiphany, the Greek Orthodox Church performs

 the ‘Great Blessing of the Waters’.
 This ceremony is usually performed twice, once on the eve of Epiphany which is performed in the church, and then again on the actual day outdoors with priests blessing large bodies of water, sea, rivers, lakes etc.

This reminded me of Jungkook with his performance with the water. But anywa, about epiphanies, I might just do another theory for that sometime later. 

Now moving on, 

Future meets present: Calling

Past meets present: World

They reiterated these two concepts back again at the end of the VCR.

Present meets future: Eternal Journey

Eventually they were all of the veiled guys but particularly Jimin was the first one.

All our time.

The VCR then showed the boys with props/items.

Hoseok -> Frame Yoongi -> Hourglass Jimin -> Polaroid Camera (Retro) Namjoon -> Mic Jungkook -> Recording Camera (Retro) Taehyung -> Violin Jin -> Opera spectacles

Interestingly, these items as seen from this Twitter are considered to be retro, they still remain relevant despite them looking old. However, if you were to think of it in relation to the HYYH universe, Hoseok’s frame that he held reminds me of the MAMA portrait that was shown in the short film of his called MAMA but at the same time it reminds me the link between Hoseok and Jimin as they both stare at the same picture

Yoongi’s hourglass does not hit much of resemblance upfront but if you were to consider the meaning of the hourglass which is to tell time, specifically how much time left. You would think of the pairing between Yoongi and Jungkook; in a way Jungkook was running out of time to save Yoongi. In some alternate universe, Jungkook failed to save Yoongi hence the I Need  MV, and if you read based on the notes, the incidents between Yoongi and Jungkook do not happen all on the same day, but relatively near to each other. However in the Euphoria MV, it could be seen that Jungkook managed to save Yoongi, even in the webtoon series, Jin managed to save Yoongi as he found out what time was he going to die and which motel, but though Yoongi did not want to be alive.

Jimin’s retro polaroid camera, similar to Jungkook’s retro recording camera, they do not have much resemblance to the HYYH universe but rather their true personalities in which both Jimin and Jungkook engage in these kind of hobbies. Rather these things, coincidentally are more prominently found with Jin throughout the HYYH universe. In the HYYH Prologue and later on, Jin was the one known to have both a polaroid camera and a recording camera that he uses to capture the moments with the boys hence the idea of whether or not Seokjin was reliving the moments or not. (read Prologue theory here).

Before their last stage of Dionysus, the camera panned out and you see various animals as constellations eg goat, dolphin, lion, cheetah, goblet etc. Interestingly, if you look at here and here, it seemed as though Dionysus had the power to also transform into a lion or a bull and the latter shows that his symbols were leopard skin, panther and cheetah. 

But the main one was the snake eg anaconda but the backup dancers were the ones in fedoras just like in MMA. thought that was an interesting edition. 

anyway, throughout these 2 award shows, one could say they are riding on the whole Greek theology and concepts without ever culture appropriating it. i am sure they have been doing their own research and I can’t wait to see what else is in store for them. 

References

JOURNAL ARTICLEINTERIOR STAIRCASES IN WESTERN GREEK TEMPLESMargaret M. MilesMemoirs of the American Academy in RomeVol. 43/44 (1998/1999), pp. 1-26Published by: University of Michigan Press for the American Academy in RomeDOI: 10.2307/4238755https://www.jstor.org/stable/4238755Page Count: 26 JOURNAL ARTICLEAnger and the Veil in Ancient Greek CultureD. L. CairnsGreece & RomeVol. 48, No. 1 (Apr., 2001), pp. 18-32Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Classical Associationhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/826867Page Count: 15

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XPWEW Friday Night Pyro (1-10-2020)

Friday Night Pyro January 10th, 2020 Eugene, Oregon McArthur Court

Lotus enters HUGE POP “Thank You Lotus (clap clap clap clap)” is so loud she has to wait for the crowd to die down a bit before she can speak.

Opening Segennt: Lotus addresses that last week was the most satisfying 6 minutes of my life and Chris Johnson. I say “fuck your retirement” Stand up like a man. Get dressed. I raided the XPWEW offices early in the witching hour and I got your profile, Chris. I got phone numbers, Addresses, emergency contacts, I got financial information. But all I wanted Chris was your address. This right here is an envelope. I know xpwew used to book your flights for you but I took my own money here and purchased this flight. Departing from Memphis International to Seattle January 19th, 2019 I got this other thing, I comped this ticket. It’s front row. It’s for the Guilty As Charged ppv. And you know how it is for us pro wrestlers, if a fan steps over that rail, they are all ours. So Chris come to girly as charged. Fly to Seattle. Find your seat. At some point in the show I’m gonna come down to this ring and I’m gonna challenge to step over that guardrail and fight me like a man slams mic

Slayer and Rosemary comes down and Lotus walks right by them

Masato Tanaka enters

M1: Masato Tanaka defeats Slayer

XPWEW International Champion: Golden Bryce comes down and wants to challenge Masato Tanaka for the international title at the Guilty As Charged PPV Next Sunday; Tanaka accepts slayer requests rematch clause and it is now a three way dance at the ppv

M2: XPWEW International Championship Golden Bryce defeats Brian Lee

Slayer attempts to attack Bryce but that’s only a decoy distraction as Rosemary delivers a low blow to Bryce from behind. Slayer waves sarcastically walking backwards upward the ramp.

Twitch Ad with Golden Bryce & Dr. disrespect

Backstage interview: James Westerbeck is interviewing XPWEW Heavyweight Champion: Champagne Clausen. “Champ I think what the world wants to know now is what you spoke with briefly with John Oliver last week. is it true that you sedated— Champagne cuts him off “James, that’s a bad word don’t say that. I didn’t “sedate”. Anyone. My dad isn’t married, My dad is also up in age. My Dad was brutally beaten at Appalachia ok and you want me to be a bad son and let him try and exist with that pain. So yes I make have upped his dosage

Jacques Dudley enters “Well hey champ. I will admit I’ll take you sedating your Dad after my beating as a huge accomplishment. Champagne “Do you want a beatdown? Meet me in the ring chump. GM Romeo Roselli says I think Eugene Oregon wants to see you two pummel each other into oblivion next week.. but Champagne were 9 days out from Guilty As Charged and I’ve determined your PPV opponent will be decided! Tonight! In a 10 man Over-The-Top battle royal.

enters LOTUS Romeo: Um yes Lotus I wanted to speak with you I contacted Chris and he’s declined your match offer, He plans on staying retired. Lotus: laughs Predators like the dark. Cowards are people like to hide. He’s a coward. He’s a monster and a low life scumbag and I couldn’t stand all last week people celebrating his career like he did anything good, for anything. Fuck Chris Johnson. I bought him his plane ticket, I sent it to his address and if he’s not a coward he’ll show Romeo: Lotus. That’s sort of the thing I wanted to talk about, You raided the corporate office Wednesday morning and because of that I have no choice but to suspend you without pay. But I’ll grant you a return match with an opponent at Guilty As Charged on the 19th. I’m sorry, My hands are tied. Lotus: So you want me to leave. Romeo: Yes Lotus: Make my opponent the women’s champion Romeo: I can’t do that Lotus: Then make my opponent Chris Johnson.... loud pop Romeo: exhales I’ll have you.....A match on the 19th Lotus: walks away

M3: Audrey Carbine def. Kiera Hogan by submission

The Plagueground enters and intimidate Carbine to walk to the back and have her concerned until...

McGraw and Kid (tag champs run down) Both teams brawl until Plagueground actually brutalizes Kid and attempts to smash McGraw’s arm in between the steel steps. That was rough. Now how is he gonna hit his trademark “Buckshot” finisher move now?

All Man cuts promo thanking his mentor Scott Steiner for passing him his chain-link headdress

M4: All Man w/ All Woman defeats Ethan Bedlam after distracting Referee Kevin Madrox long enough to nail Bedlam with his Case Your Luck briefcase

Garrett Thompson makes All Man an ultimatum. 3 out of 5 falls for the case Your luck briefcase. So now at the pay-per-view GT vs All Man for the briefcase in a Best 3 out of Falls

Backstage interview: XPWEW Juniorweight Champ Jordan Oliver w/ Ruckus by his side. “3M Ultra. Boy you a flake. You a loser. You a lame. You a goofy ass scrub. I plan on making you famous when I defend my title at Guilty As Charged. This is your one shot pump, make it worth while. Cause I’m Jordan Oliver and I’m young, dumb Ruckus grabs mic and he’s coming for you Nigga

Champagne Clausen joins commentary to watch the next match, to find out who his opponent will be at Guilty As Charged: Next Sunday

M5: 10 Man Over The Top Battle Royal

1 Contenders Match Winner challenges Champagne Clausen for the World Title at Guilty As Charged GG vs Based Fabian vs Joe Gacy vs Brodie Croyle vs Dragon Kid vs Leonard McGraw vs Jacques Dudley vs Ruckus vs Freight Train vs All Woman

Leonard McGraw eliminates Gacy & Croyle singlehandedly

Leonard eliminates Jacques and Based Fabian single handedly

Freight Train eliminates Ruckus

Ruckus angrily jumps back in and eliminates Train

All Woman eliminates Dragon Kid

Remaining: All Woman, McGraw, GG GG skins the cat after McGraw thought he got him over Stare down between All Woman and McGraw and he doesn’t hesitate and throws her over aggressively but quick as a cat GG is able to dump McGraw over for a HUGS UPSET WIN!!!!!!

women’s champ Amy Lee comes down in a hurry to congratulate her boyfriend GG and Champagne laughs hysterically over the mic, hopping around hilariously on his desk chair seat. “GG? A stunt guy? A former camera man? Are you serious? This is going to be a cakewalk” GG stands up straight looking at Champagne and he bumps into his shoulder and laughs walking by, shaking his head

Kaitlyn Khaos on commentary “Champagne is really really underestimating GG”

GG “HEY! HEY! IM TALKING TO YOU ASSHOLE!” crowd pops Champagne turns around GG “Motherf****r this ain’t a joke to me, Name the match. I’ll beat you at it. 2020 is my year. Damn it and everybody here is going to find that out reaaaal quick” *crowd pops mildly, slowly coming around to rooting for the “loveable risktaker” GG Champagne: Perplexed Fine. GG. If that’s your real name. It’s going to be your hometown. Seattle Washington. crowd pops mildly cause Eugene. Oregon is close enough Champagne: “It’s going to be your hometown yeah well it’s gonna be my match. Yeah. My creation. It’s gonna be my legacy. And next week in front of the world. I’m gonna reveal my match. My rules. My idea. If your gonna beat me. Your gonna do it on my terms. But really, I’m so confident in beating you that...I don’t wanna go 0-1 in my own created match yknow Lol kidding. I’ll see you next week. You Lucky Duck you.

M6: XPWEW Women’s Title

Amy Lee (c) defeats Lola Starr

After a short squash match Amy says she needs more competition so she’s unloading the gauntlet and calling out all the “Heavy Hitters” and at Guilty As Charged she will defend her title against Doxy Deity. Audrey Carbine & Kiera Hogan in a 4 Way Dance *show ends