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chaoticneutralwriter · 6 years ago

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Worlds Collide

Never in your years of being alive on this shitty rock of a planet did you think you would have the problem of dealing with not one but two demons invading your life now. Here, in this economy, as if you already don’t have enough problems to begin with. Now you’re left with what you see are two choices: go to church and attempt to repent,.... Or get them to stan BTS (hey, it’s the least they can do after stealing two of the member’s identities).

guardian demon! Jimin x reader ft. demon! Jungkook

genre: slice of life, comedy, romance, fluff, supernatural, slow-burn

word count: 7.8k

Related works: see masterlist

In direct continuation of Another Variable

A/N: omggg.... I’m baack....LOLL As pointed out, this picks up right after the installment Another Variable so give that a read before jumping into this! But other than, thank you for the patience and I hope this doesn’t disappoint! sdfkhsdgh

You blink. Hard.

But he doesn’t go away like some sort of spectre or figment of your imagination like you expect him to.

So you try again, vaguely wondering if you’re maybe in some sort of fever dream instead.

Because there’s just no way. No way that this is real.

Dark doe eyes continue to stare back at you, crinkling in obvious amusement, head tilted almost innocently. The shift in his head allows for the faint moonlight seeping through your windows to illuminate the sharp line of his jaw while most of his face is hidden in dark shadows, making his eyes seem to glow eerily. And then like a hawk curiously watching its prey from afar, he tilts his head back slightly to look down his nose at you and to your astonishment, you see those dark orbs shift to take on a more feline, golden haze.

“So you’re her….” His voice vibrates louder in the deafening silence of your darkened room. You find your breath hitching at the sound because it solidifies the reality of his presence. It takes you back to the first time you met Jimin, your mind failing to process that Jeon Jungkook, golden maknae of worldwide South Korean boy band BTS, is standing in your room, eating your chocolate bar in all of his most-likely-six-pack wielding, 5’10” glory.

The toothy bunny grin he’s sporting threatens to widen and it would be cute any other time had it not been for the tinge of devious intent oozing from it. He sets down the candy treat before he moves, taking advantage of your stunned state to stalk forward, long legs making it so that he closes the distance between you with ease. You jump start with a gasp, your own pair of legs struggling to function and you stumble as you step back. You’re half falling backwards and half fighting to stay upright until you unintentionally slam back against the wall of the hallway. Before you can scramble away, a hand shoots out to grab your wrist, pinning you to the wall but also trapping you up close and a little too personal with the undeniably handsome man.

“Quite frankly I’m a little disappointed; you’re not exactly the poppet I imagined you to be.”

Your body tenses and automatically tries to lean away from him in an attempt to put some space between you two (and actually see his face because at this distance, you’re only getting chest). His grip on you is warm, way warmer than a human’s should be unless they’ll be mistaken for running a fever so that only further confirms your suspicions. That only leaves one more curious thing niggling at you.

“How— Whe—Why’re you…?” You’re tongue-tied in trying to word this question of yours but stop prematurely to squeak when this carbon copy of Jungkook leans his face closer to yours. His gaze is intense on you and you can’t help but to break eye contact multiple times out of sheer intimidation. You feel the heat your face has gotten to when he chuffs a laugh, breath ghosting over your warming skin.

“On second thought, I think you’ll be fun to play with.”

It all happens so fast but in slow motion at the same time. In the split second Jungkook shifts his attention to something off the side, his weight and grip is suddenly lifted off of you and all that remains was a whoosh of air tickling your cheeks and a few strands of hair. Like thunder and lightening, the flooding of light blinds you momentarily before a crashing sound meets your ear. You blink a few times, allowing for your eyes to finally adjust and pinpoint the source.

You immediately recognize the smaller figure of Jimin, standing right in front of you despite having his back facing your way. In doing so, you can’t see his expression but you feel that you didn’t need to in order to guess that he’s not too happy with this visitor — his shoulders are tense as they heaved in the slightest bit, almost like he had rushed over here as fast as his demonic abilities allowed him to, in fact, the edges of his body still singed with leftover wisps of that black smoke he always seems to emit whenever he teleports.

“I thought I smelled a rat….” The voice that comes pouring out of your guardian demon sends unintentional chills down your spine. His words growled out with an almost animalistic quality, an octave lower than you were used to hearing and a distortion leaking through at the very edges that reminded you of the first time you’ve spoken to him that faithful night.

“I was beginning to wonder when you’ll show up brother.” You hear Jungkook rasp breathlessly and belatedly, you realize that in Jimin’s hasty entrance, he caught Jungkook by the throat and slammed him into the wall, catching the light switch along the way. Unamused, Jimin’s hand tightens its hold and the younger coughs.

“Why are you here.”

“No reason.”

“Don’t toy with me.”

Another choked laugh, followed by a cough and you’re actually beginning to worry for the man (demon?) despite him scaring you half to death with his arrival. Peering over Jimin’s shoulders, your wide eyes dart from Jungkook who’s grinning despite losing air at a rapid pace, face turning pallid and Jimin who’s dark crimson glare is threatening to burn a hole into the taller male’s head if his grip on him doesn’t do it first (you swear you see it beginning to smoke). You fidget in your spot, not wanting to have to deal with whatever mess Jimin may induce if he decides to scorch this newcomer on the spot (which he looks very close to doing). So you bite the bullet, hoping to diffuse the tension enough so that if he does, he’ll at least take it outside.

“H-hey..? Uh…um…Jimin….?”

“I’m a little busy doll.” He grits out, eyes still trained on Jungkook.

“Yes, I see that. But just my opinion….” You raise a finger to jab into his raised arm, the pad meeting a solid wall of flexed muscles. The action shifts it slightly off target and draws Jimin’s piercing eyes onto you. “I think you should let him go.”

The shorter demon balks at your suggestion, eyes growing wide as he incredulously says, “You can’t be serious. I don’t think I need to spell it out for you to know what he is.” His eyes flits briefly back to Jungkook to take in his appearance, dubiously. “As to why he looks like that…”

“I know. But just maybe you shouldn’t choke him out and demand answers from him at the same time; it’s kind of counter-productive seeing as he can’t answer properly because he can’t breathe anyways.” And I don’t want you to ruin my new wallpaper.

Jimin’s lips part in protest again but the words don’t come out as you meet his hard stare head on with conviction. His eyes searches yours and you soften, seeing the questions lingering in them, which makes you take a hold of his bicep, giving it a reassuring squeeze.

He didn’t hurt me. I’m fine.

You see his gaze flicker to the demon he’s holding and then back again to you before he huffs out in annoyance. His hand loosens its hold and Jungkook, despite his bravado, gasps in a lungful of air gratefully. However, it still doesn’t wipe away that shit-eating grin on his face as he regards you and then Jimin.

“What a curious little human. Now I see how you became so easily attached.”

Jimin maneuvers his hand to roughly grip the collar of Jungkook’s shirt, giving one harsh shove against the wall in warning. The taller demon grunts as the back of his head hits it with a loud thud. You wince; hoping that there won’t be a dent you would have to explain to Jaehee once this is all over.

“You should be grateful that she’s so benevolent. Now tell me; what are you doing here?” He spits out each word with a promise that if the latter doesn’t answer satisfactorily, he won’t hesitate to send him back to hell, first class.

“Relax brother, I was just in the neighbourhood and wanted to stop by for a visit. Can you blame me for being a little interested in the human who’s managed to steal your attention, so much so that you neglect your duties as a servant of hell?”

You perk up at this little tidbit of information. Jimin was neglecting his duties as a demon? Was that what his performance evaluation said and the reason why he’s been going out nightly for these past few weeks? You frown but you suppose it makes sense; Jimin is a demon first and a guardian second. He’s expressed that clearly numerous times when he told you that this guardian gig is a side thing meant to punish him. What he does best above all else is wreaking havoc on unsuspecting souls. Such is the nature of a demon but nowadays you find you have trouble remembering that fact when it comes to him.

This slip of tongue doesn’t please your guardian demon as he narrows his eyes. “That is none of your business. If you have nothing more important to say then I suggest you leave.”

“I must say, this overprotectiveness is a new side I never thought I’d live to see from you.” Jungkook completely brushes aside Jimin’s threat with a teasing remark. “It’s rather refreshing and precious. Ah, how you’ve grown…”

“Might I remind you who’s the older one here.” Jimin’s grip tightens a fraction. “And much stronger.”

“True, but alas height is something you have yet to gain over me.”

A wheeze unintentionally escapes you and you had to slap a hand over your mouth to hide the creeping smile threatening to burst through the seams of your lips. However, the noise doesn’t escape the keen hearing of the demons in the room, their eyes automatically focused on you. Jimin is less than amused, the tips of his ears tinging red as he glares at you while Jungkook unabashedly grins until his eyes are creasing, smug. Visibly, you see the tension between the two die down somewhat and through the initial hostility, you get a sense that your guardian and this demon have known each other for quite some time, their banter coming naturally (albeit a little violently). You clear your throat, feeling your own cheeks heat up at suddenly being the centre of attention.

“Forgive my rudeness, I should probably introduce myself.” Jungkook breaks the ice, ready to give what you assume is his name but then he stops himself, blinking in realization. “Ah, I suppose I can’t give you my actual name. It won’t sit too well with my dear brother here.” He gives a nod to Jimin who only shoots him a look of disdain. He pays it no mind. “So what do you call this one? The one who’s face I am wearing?”

“Er….Jungkook…” You answer back, mildly bemused.

“Jungkook…” He tests out the name for himself before nodding in approval. “Interesting…Okay then. And you are?”

“Don’t—“

“Y/N….?”

Your guardian sighs out heavily, head slumped down in defeat while Jungkook smiles triumphantly. You blink in confusion at the exchange. Were you not supposed to say your name…?

“Y/N…. I see. And from now on I’ll be Jungkook.” He declares with another nod to himself until he pauses, head cocking as if a thought had crossed his mind. Newly declared Jungkook zeroes in on Jimin, eyes full of concern but heavily veiled by a mischievous glint that overrides any of the sincerity. ”I must say brother, it seems you’ve drawn the short end of the stick here.”

Jimin whips his head up at that. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Well clearly I’m the better looking of the two. Of all the ones in the picture, you pick him?”

“Hey!” You find your voice echoing that of your guardian’s, both of you sounding equal parts indignant. The outburst startles you and you pause to watch Jimin finally release his grip on Jungkook to showcase just how offended he is.

“Don’t you know the first rule to being a demon? Always—“

“Take on the image of a familiar being in order to gain a mortal’s trust and vulnerability, yaddy yaddy yada.” The younger demon flippantly recites, though he’s clearly more focused on rolling and rubbing his neck out to elevate the strain it has been put under. “But really though, you had such a wide selection; who knew humans could be that attractive! If I hadn’t known any better, I would’ve thought they were something the likes of an incubus would conjure up. I mean, look at these!”

Shamelessly, the doppelgänger Jungkook reaches for the hem of his shirt and pulls it upwards, allowing you to get a full view (and confirm) of the six-pack abs the real Jungkook himself is notorious for having. You feel your eyes bulge out at the sight of the defined ridges despite feeling like your entire face is also on the verge of burning off. Jimin takes one look at them and scoffs with a loud roll of his eyes but when he notices your obvious ogling, he delivers a hard smack against the surface of muscles.

“Quit it. They’re not even yours to brag.”

“Well she’s seems to enjoy it.” Jungkook lets the shirt fall back into place as he shoots you a salacious smirk. Your eyes immediately avert elsewhere,

“A word in private…Now.” Jimin commands, a scowl marring his beautiful face as he takes Jungkook by the collar of his shirt again, forcibly dragging him towards the direction of the living room. The younger shoots you a cute wave to which you return perplexedly. Still, you can’t help but watch them go in amusement, the whole interaction reminded you way too much of how the actual Jimin and Jungkook acted in real life (almost). Just when you think it’s a strange place to have a private chat, the two vanish in a puff of black smoke, startling you but leaving you finally in peace and quiet to let the events sink in.

“Ow, ow, ow this height thing is starting to become a detriment to my health.” Jungkook whines as he suddenly finds himself being dragged across a rooftop building. The night air is crisp with the moon shining high in the sky and though he doesn’t know exactly where he is, he thinks the view of the cityscape below is charming. It’s been a while since he’s actually paid a visit to this part of the mortal planes, given his status that he can’t stay for long periods of time – it never gave him a reason to check up on this place in particular. Well, he inwardly smiles to himself, that’s all about to change now.

His thoughts were cut short once he feels Jimin’s grip on him loosen and disappear altogether. It leaves him stumbling forward to regain balance from the abrupt lost of support. Jungkook runs a hand through his dark brunette hair, mussing the locks before he straightens his shirt and dusts his pants.

“So, what is it that you would like to discuss while gracing me with such a romantic night view?”

Jimin sighs out deeply, head throbbing and exasperation overwhelming every fibre of his being as he pinches the bridge of his nose. Turning, he fixes the younger demon with a glower. “Why are you here?”

“I believe I already answered that.”

“Okay then how are you here? I thought you had an assignment or something that Lucy gave you. And what’s with the get-up?”

“Just visiting on a visa, as per usual. And I’m on break, so I figured; why not visit my favourite brother and his new charge? As for the look,” Jungkook twirls, arms spread out like he’s showing off the new outfit he just bought instead of a whole new human meat suit he’s acquired. “Isn’t it a fine specimen? The face of a cherub and the body of a Greek sculpture — the perfect trap for hunters such as ourselves.”

“If the body is anything like a Greek sculpture then I fear you’ve just greatly compromised yourself in other places.”

Jungkook blinks wide eyed at Jimin’s statement, not understanding the jab, brows furrowing in on themselves. A grin itches to overtake the guardian demon’s face as he watches the cogs in his junior’s head tick until finally…

“Hey!”

Jimin throws his head back as a bark of laughter escapes him. His body bends over as he continues laughing and clutching his stomach at the sight of a bewildered Jungkook pouting, red cheeks and even going as far as looking down the crotch of his tight jeans. Once Jimin’s spiel has tapers off into small, hiccupping squeaks does he straighten up, sauntering over to clap a hand over the younger’s shoulder.

“You should probably get that sorted out.”

“Might I remind you that we’re demons who can alter our appearances at will any time, any where? I’m hurt brother; it almost feels like you’re trying to get rid of me.”

“That’s because I am.” Jimin rebuttals without missing a beat before striding off. He stops just at the edge of the building, taking in the view of the city indifferently. “Don’t take it personally, I would’ve enjoyed your visit any other time, but now is not it.”

Jungkook chuckles, going over to stand beside him. “Is it because of her? You know, I didn’t believe the reports when they first came in – you slacking off as a demon, all because of a human girl? Ha!” He shakes his head, the idea seemingly ridiculous at the time until he steals a glance at Jimin with a tilt of his head. “But now I’m beginning to think otherwise.”

Jimin doesn’t respond, obsidian eyes looking far off into the distance but not seeing anything, expression carefully blank. It further intrigues the young demon as he looks for any telltale signs that would give away to what’s going through the mind of his good friend and mentor because true to the many times he’s expressed it now, he’s never seen the older demon acting like this before. For as long as Jungkook’s known him, Jimin was a demon through and through with a matching devil may care attitude and a penchant for pushing the envelope one too many time to boot. ‘Caring’ is a term that didn’t exist in his dictionary unless it came to his fellow kinsman (but even then, setting each other on fire out of pettiness can hardly pass as light gestures of affection).

He was cold, indifferent to the struggles of mankind and reveled in their own self-sabotaging ways. So imagine the surprise Jungkook gets when he learns that not only has Jimin been succeeding at being a guardian but also possibly grown attached to his charge, all without tying her up and locking her in the basement at least once? The feat itself should be impossible, but who was he to say? After all, this is Jimin he’s talking about and he’s no stranger to doing some pretty impossible things. Jungkook can attest to that.

“She must be something special if the tables have turned so drastically like this.” The younger demon says, coming off seemingly offhanded yet a secret smile plays at the edge of his lips. It stretches further when Jimin finally turns to meet his gaze, face still inscrutable but Jungkook catches the flicker of deep ruby as well as an unnamed emotion passing through his irises. The two demons stare at each other, golden topaz clashing with crimson in a silent battle of dissecting one another.

It goes on for a few more tense minutes before Jungkook sees the red hues receding, Jimin’s gaze muting to their passive warm brown again. Eventually, he lets out a heavy sigh — the only sign of his disgruntlement.

“If you’re not going to leave, then I advise not talking to her while you’re here.”

“You say that as if my presence threatens you.” Jungkook chides playfully.

“Hardly.” Jimin snorts, hands stuffed into the pockets of his pants. “I didn’t, but I can and will break your neck.”

“You wouldn’t; you love me too much.” The younger laughs. He says that but he still feels the ghosting pressure on his throat threatening to crush his windpipes. He won’t admit it, but he had for a split second questioned whether or not he had been a little too forward with his greeting with you to warrant such a response from the elder (was it that serious?).

Jimin only shoots Jungkook an enigmatic look, holding it for a second longer before sauntering off without so much as another word. It leaves the younger quite taken aback and just as he’s about to voice his indignation, the pseudo-guardian dissipates, leaving only a trail of black smoke.

Alone, Jungkook blinks before he lets out a disbelieving, breathy chortle. He’s not sure what to do with himself, or with this new piece of information he’s been witnessed to. It’s a game changer, a big one at that and the wild card of it all has no doubt intrigued Jungkook, to the point where he’s willing to risk his neck (literally) to find out more — who you are, how you manage to invoke such a change in Jimin, your relationship and how this will ultimately all end.

He lets out another chuckle to himself, hand reaching up unconsciously to rub at his neck. One thing Jungkook knows for sure though —

It’s pretty serious.

“You know, I was told to not talk to you if I ever see you….” You say with uncertainty, eyes glued to his tall figure as you watch him rummage around in your kitchen from the threshold. It’s the weekend and you had plans to sleep in, stay at home and laze around in your PJs all day because quite frankly, you don’t think you can function in society properly after your life has been uprooted again by the addition of another demon (never in your life had you imagined you would actually be saying that sentence). So yes, you think you deserve the time to process it all.

It was going well for the most part — you almost tricked yourself into thinking you live a normal, un-supernatural ridden life until from your room, you hear a clatter of noise drifting out from the kitchen. At first you thought it was Jaehee, home early from running her errands but when you went to go check, you nearly scream in alarm at the sight that greeted you instead.

After shushing you to not alert the hound (aka Jimin), the young demon parading around as Jungkook proceeds to snoop around more, opening drawers and cabinets at first out of curiosity, but then escalating to full-blown scavenging once he discovers your snack stash, sampling every type he lays his eyes on.

“I told you already, I’m not here to hurt you and he won’t hurt me if he finds out I’ve been talking to you. He’ll get a little pissy sure, but believe it or not, Jimin — ” He stops turning to you with furrowed brows, “That’s your name for him right?”

You nod slowly, watching him stuff another cookie into his mouth, making one side of his cheek puff out like a hamster.

“Jimin and I are actually good friends — and that’s rare for demons. So he won’t actually try to seriously incinerate me if you and I hung out for like, ten minutes.” Jungkook grabs for a rolled up bag of Doritos, unfurling it and reaching in to take a chip, eating it. He pauses again, a thoughtful look crossing his face before he whips his gaze to you, a look of dead seriousness as his dark eyes bore into you. You stiffen at the intensity and sudden 180-degree change to his otherwise light-hearted demeanour.

“But in case he does find out, you’re backing me up right?”

Your own brows furrow in response and a wry smile makes its way onto your lips. You’re at a loss for words at his shamelessness but can’t help finding it comical and a tad bit endearing. You shrug, humouring him.

“Sure, okay.”

He nods affirmatively, going back to eating more chips before he decides that yes, these will be his chosen snack. Jungkook shuffles past you and heads towards the living room, plopping down on the couch rather comfortably and turning on the TV with a casual flick of his wrist. You follow him, taking a seat on the armrest and watch amazed as he channel surfs with his finger in a way one would scroll with an IPad. Unfortunately for him, you don’t have cable or a satellite provider since both you and Jaehee prefer streaming your shows. The only purpose it serves is the occasional movie nights and your long forgotten PS4.

But as of right now, you’re not too concerned in trying to keep this odd demon entertained. Rather, you want to know why he’s even here in the first place if this is potentially putting him in danger.

“So…. Can you tell me again why you’re here?” You ask, voicing your thoughts curiously.

Jungkook glances up, pausing on the local news channel that had a reporter droning on about the latest update to an apparent street racing accident that happened recently which resulted in one death and four arrests. He’s got a mouthful of chip as he blinks up at you with round eyes and in that moment, he reminds you too much of a bunny. Doesn’t help that his lips pull back into a mischievous smile, revealing most of his front teeth.

“Wouldn’t you say it’s appropriate for me, a good friend and mentee of Jimin’s, to be interested in the girl who’s managed to steal his attention?”

You sputter, hands crossing over your chest defensively. “W-What’s that supposed to mean? He’s just my temp guardian because he apparently did something stupid. There’s nothing going on between us other than that he needs to make sure I don’t die so that he can save his own ass.”

The demon in front of you nods his head in agreement, lips jutting out in thought as he nonchalantly switches the channel to an afternoon talk show.

“True, but you don’t know Jimin like I do.”

When he doesn’t say anything more, you wiggle impatiently in your seat in a subtle attempt to get him to elaborate. He catches on quickly, mouth upturned at the corners in the slightest bit.

“Let’s just say, with how Jimin is…. or I should say was, I’m looking forward to picking you apart, to see who Y/N really is.”

He makes it sound way more dramatic than it really ought to be, you thought, finding the entire thing to be anticlimactic. If that really was his true motive, the very thing he’s willing to risk it all for, then boy was he gonna be disappointed. On the contrary though, you find that you’re more interested in picking him apart. With what he insinuated just now, your curiosity for a certain demon has been piqued. You wouldn’t mind digging up some juicy dirt about your guardian. But for now, you tuck that piece of information away, having the feeling that there will be another time and place to investigate.

Jungkook pours the rest of the remaining bits of chip into his mouth, crumpling the bag once there’s none left before standing. He brushes his hands off on his dark denim jeans, swaggering over to you until you felt the need to stand in order to not feel so dwarfed against his height (it didn’t make a difference, sadly).

“Whether Jimin likes it or not, we’ll be seeing each other more often.”

With a roguish smirk, he walks past you and before he makes it to the threshold of the front door, he tosses the balled up bag over his shoulder, the trajectory perfect enough that you only needed to stretch your arms out to catch it. When you’ve successfully grasped the remainders of your Doritos bag, Jungkook is gone, leaving behind only a trailing wisp of black smoke.

You stare at the spot for a few seconds before huffing a laugh and shaking your head. Demon Jungkook says that your guardian was unfortunate enough to end up looking like Jimin but you honestly think otherwise. As much as he is handsome by default because he chose to look like Jungkook, it seems like it doesn’t change the overall feeling you get from him, demon or not.

He’s a huge dweeb.

“What are you doing still up?”

You don’t look up from the faintly glowing phone screen you’re holding in front you, body still half sunk into your pillows and blankets as your eyes stay glued to the time on the corner. Two minute to go.

He seems to have materialized from the darkness of your room, smoothly sidling up your bedside to tower over your form. Dark eyes wander to what yours are fixated on and with a slight tilt of his head, Jimin reads the time: 4:57am.

“They’re gonna drop their MV for their comeback soon.” You reply offhandedly, bringing a hand up to rub your eyes because you literally had just woken up for this very moment. Your demon guardian’s eyebrow furrows, not understanding the significance of your words before his mouth forms into an ‘O’.

“You mean that boy band you follow? BTS?”

You hum.

Jimin regards you for a bit, hands shoved into the pockets of his black slacks. You feel him hovering over you and for a split second you think he’ll get bored and dissipate off until suddenly, he’s leaning over so closely to you that you practically feel the heat emanating from his body. You sink lower into your pillows, alarmed and wide-eyed as you look up at him in question.

“What?”

“Has that brat been snooping around here?”

His narrowing eyes pin you down and you had to take a moment to remember the context of his words.

“Ah,” You say before also remembering the little agreement you made with the ‘brat’ in question. Switching gears, you shake your head. “No, not really.”

“…. That took way longer than necessary.”

“I had to remind myself who you’re talking about.” You defended, subtly shifting yourself away from Jimin until you’re almost at the edge of your bed. When you still feel his burning eyes on you, you choose to avert your attention back to your phone. For the past few days, Jungkook had quite skillfully avoided your guardian and drops by to visit whenever he feels like it, mostly to raid your snack cupboard and to play with your PS4. During those times, you’ve actually gotten to know him a little better. You’ve learned that Jungkook’s some sort of demon ‘rookie’, strictly bound to only doing ‘assignments’ given to him by his ‘boss’ and that his visiting ‘visa’ only permits him limited time in the mortal realm.

He also revealed that the reason why you’re able to see him is because of your contract with Jimin, otherwise, he would be invisible to anyone else. Overall, you found him to be entertaining and a highly curious individual, often times catching him peering at your extensive BTS album collection on your shelf as well as asking questions about the boy band you dedicate your time and money to. Honestly, you didn’t see what the big deal was — you think you have your fair share of demons now, so what’s one more to add in your life?

Jimin sighs out heavily, straightening if only to tip his head back while running a frustrated hand through his now dark navy blue locks.

“Y/N…seriously. He seems pretty harmless but he’s not. E—“ He snaps his mouth shut, cutting himself off so abruptly that it made you glance up at him. The slip up doesn’t go unnoticed by you, curiosity snapping you awake as you eye your guardian, wondering what it was that he was about to accidentally spill. At your weighted gaze however, Jimin shuffles, clearing his throat while rubbing the back of his neck in an attempt to play it off. “Jungkook is deceiving; if you’re not careful he’ll trick you into getting in a lot of trouble just for his sake of entertainment.”

You deflate, curiosity still gnawing at you but you choose not to pursue it, knowing how your guardian is stubbornly good at keeping things clamped up when he wants to. Besides, you have more important matters at hand. So you settle down again, going back to your phone with a mumbled, “That sure sounds like some other demon I know….”

If Jimin responded, you don’t hear it because the moment you see the clock reading 5:00am, you let out a muffled squeal as you hastily refresh the page, watching as it reloads and a newly added video appears, front and centre. Stuffing your ear buds in, you hit play immediately and like Pavlov’s dog, the intro has your heart pounding double speed before anything is happening.

And then the first notes.

Your guardian demon watches on in fascination, a little taken aback at first from your sudden change in mood. You’re too busy to pay any mind to his prying eyes as you soak in the visuals in front of you and jam to the catchy beat of the song. It’s not until BTS’ Jimin flashed across the screen, throwing in a rather sultry glance did you have to pause to give yourself time to flop back, a high-pitched garbling spewing out from you and if it were not for your guardian demon’s impeccable eyesight, he would’ve thought that a portal had torn open to release some sort of gremlin into your room.

The thought tickles a smile onto his lips, shifting the image so that you were the gremlin but finding in a way you are similar to one; small in comparison to him, penchant for avoiding sunlight like you’re allergic to it and likes to make indecipherable noises to communicate. One key difference though, he ponders, is that he finds you to be more…appealing than that fur ball rodent.

You let out a huff of air, still in the midst of trying to recollect yourself from that sudden attack, hair a mess from rolling and flailing in your bed.

Yeah, way more appealing and amusing.

Jimin takes the time to snatch your phone from your distracted state, holding it up to his face at the paused screen. His eyes meet those unlike his own — like looking into a mirror rather than a video, the only difference is the hair colour (bubblegum pink, not something he would imagine himself personally to be sporting but…. it doesn’t look as bad as he would’ve imagined. Ah, as expected of such a face he supposes…).

“Hey, give it back!” He hears you whisper yell, making grabby hands his way, a hard frown tugging the corners of your mouth down and your brows furrowed. Your petulant demand pulls Jimin out of his musings, his own eyebrow quirking before a sly smile makes its way across plush lips.

A loud yelp nearly tears itself from your lips as suddenly, a warm weight presses against you. For whatever reason you can’t fathom, Jimin had invited himself to get comfortable in the free space of your bed. Flabbergasted, you try to ask him what the hell does he think he’s doing but you only manage to get as far as ‘what the hell’ before you splutter into incoherency, heat overtaking your face and body. Your guardian coolly settles down, completely unfazed as he plucks the fallen ear bud from you and puts one side on.

He turns to eye you with an innocent look, to which you can only stare back wide-eyed and mouth agape like a fish out of water.

“What? I think it’s about time I would get to know the seven Korean men that melted your frozen heart and who you’ve pledged your undying love to.”

You blink, letting his words sink in as the unconscious death grip you had on the edges of your blanket loosens. A few more moments of silence passes between you two, your doppelgänger peering at you expectantly. When it’s clear that he wasn’t gonna pull a quick one on you and say that he’s just kidding, you tentatively take a hold of your phone again and the other half of your earbuds.

“Okay…If you’re sure?” You don’t hide how weirded out you are by his sudden interest but you don’t unwelcome it (you’re always down to spread the love that is BTS, even to a demon of hell). So with one last deep breath, you gather yourself and rewind the video to play it from the beginning. The intro rolls, the same note plays but you find, frustratingly enough, that you’re half paying attention to the what’s going on in the music video. Your brain has suddenly made you become so hyper aware of the body that’s beside you that when Jimin shifts to lean his head closer to get a better view, you had to hold yourself back from flinching.

It’s so unfair, you think, sneaking a glance to catch his profile illuminated against the light of the phone screen, highlighting the high points of his nose and cheeks and casting dark shadows to emphasize the sharp cut of his jawline. He’s surprisingly focused on the video that it almost puts you to shame because you’re beside yourself, trying not to combust from this onslaught of visuals (from the video and what’s beside you). You adamantly glue your gaze back onto the screen, determined to not let this effect you so much, only to be hit by another deadly shot (courtesy of Jung Hoseok). It sends you reeling.

Guardian demon Jimin holds fast, unbothered by the squirming and wheezing you’re doing beside him, so caught up in this new world from which the person who you adore most exist in and subsequently, who he now wears the image of. Needless to say, it was strange to see himself (but not really) dance to this energetic, poppy tune while singing about the little things of love, joy and overall happiness alongside his six other band mates (one of which is, ugh, Jungkook), all the while, throwing out radiant, heart-stopping smiles.

It’s sappy, too cute, too pink and so not his taste.

Still, as bizarre as it is, Jimin is starting to see the surface of where this unconditional love stems from. He could almost feel the warmth and sincerity of which the lyrics are being sung, despite the upbeat track it’s been placed with and the foreign language it’s in — a purity of emotions and of gratitude for…. an imaginary lover? Or perhaps…. for those that support and love them, just as you do?

The song comes to an end, the final notes fading out in an echo. You let out a breath you didn’t know you were holding and courageously, trail your eyes to meet the demon’s face. He says nothing as he slips the ear bud off with a rather pensive look on his face. You’re not sure how to react either.

“…So….” You start, fidgeting with your own ear bud. “What do you think?”

He cocks his head to one side; arms crossed in thought and after a few more beats of silence, turns to you with a rather deadpan look on his face. “It’s too cheerful.”

You bring a hand up to your mouth as if that would help stop the short, burst of laughter that comes through (it doesn’t but at least it makes it quieter than it would’ve been). The comment catches you off guard in the delivery but by no means, were you surprised that he would say something like that. Nevertheless, you nod in understanding.

“Yeah…I had a feeling. I mean, you sort of came in a very uplifting time for them, which is why their comeback is so…. happy.” You explain, “I think if you had seen their past comebacks you would like some of those songs better, especially during Tear era so you could always check that out.” You pause as if there’s a tinier you inside your brain reprimanding you for getting too carried away because what if he doesn’t want to go that deep? So as a cop out, you throw in, “Only if you want to.”

Afterwards, you refuse to make eye contact with Jimin, choosing to answer the few instant messages that popped up from your friends who had also woken up to watch the MV drop. Which means you entirely miss the way Jimin continues to watch you, eyes dancing with amusement as he sees the way you type (in all caps) to your friends in a group chat, expressing your excitement about the new song and the member’s new concept for the video, all the while keeping a rather straight face.

His lips betray him as a smile creeps its way up. With a mind made up, he reaches for your phone and pries it away from your hands. You protest, making a grab for it but he pulls it out of reach, clicking the side button to lock it before unfolding his legs to get up from your bed. You frown unconsciously at how quickly the space became colder in his absence.

“I’ll think about it. But right now you need to sleep — you’re going to regret it when you wake up for work soon.”

Again, you open your mouth to protest but shut it because ultimately, he’s right. A quick glance at your bedside clock nearly has you blanching; it’s near 6:30am — you need to be up in four hours.

“I regret nothing.” You retort. Jimin only shoots back a knowing grin because yes, he knows that you don’t regret anything BTS by now but if there was anything that would rival your love for, it was sleep. He places your phone down on your night table, getting ready to take his leave.

“Sleep tight, doll. You’re gonna need it.”

“Yeah, yeah.” You mumble, sinking down and making yourself comfortable in your bed again and in spite of your pouting, you’re out like a light.

“That’s Kim Namjoon, he’s the leader but not the oldest. His stage name is RM but he used to be known as Rap Monster because he’s one of the main rappers and he’s known for producing a lot of their songs.”

Jimin breathes out deeply in an attempt to remain focused on the screen in front of him.

“That’s Kim Seokjin, his stage name is Jin and he’s the oldest. He’s one of the main vocalists; pretty impressive I’d say considering he had no experience before. I think he’s funny too, especially when he laughs. It sounds like a windshield wiper.”

How is it that he still hears him through the headphones and volume turned almost on full blast?

“That one’s named Min Yoongi. Another main rapper, also produces a lot of their songs. Did you know he could rap 11.5 syllables per second?”

There’s about three minutes left to this music video (or should he say short film? Because it really does feel like one) but he’s not sure if he can last that long without finally snapping.

“He’s Jung Hoseok, stage name J-Hope. He’s a rapper too but he’s better known for his dancing — everyone collectively calls him ‘Dance Captain Jung’ because he’s that good and is super scary when it comes to choreography.” Jungkook scoots closer to get a better look, bumping Jimin’s shoulder and effectively increasing the guardian’s murderous intent that goes by unnoticed from the younger demon. “Kind of reminds me of someone….”

“Can you move?” Jimin grinds out as he shoves Jungkook out of the way. Like an annoying fruit fly, Jungkook persists, a wide grin taking over his face when he sees who appears next.

“Ah, look who it is — it’s you~!” He cackles, poking Jimin’s shoulder with one chip stained finger. It makes Jimin kiss his teeth loudly with annoyance, swiping the offending mark off his Saint Laurent jacket. “Well not really you you, but you know. He’s a dancer and a main vocalist of the group — hey! You should test that out! If you look and sound like him, maybe you can sing just as well! It wouldn’t do you good if the best you do is only look like him.”

He feels his eye twitching; maybe he should try doing breathing exercises.

“Oh! That’s Kim Taehyung, his stage name is V and he’s another vocalist who’s known for his huskier, deeper tone. He’s got a nickname called ‘CG V’ because everyone thinks he looks unreal, was first in a poll for the most handsome face in the world.” Jungkook pauses, staring deeply in thought at the singer that just passed by on screen. “Maybe I should’ve chosen him to look like…. but ah, there’s something about him that doesn’t really suit my taste….”

Before Jimin can tell him off or set him on fire, the young demon jumps excitedly, nearly knocking Jimin’s phone right out of his hand and send it plummeting down the 50-story building they’re on.

“Oh! It’s me! It’s me!” He watches eagerly, eyes sparkling with fascination at seeing the original owner of his face in action. The young man is acting, not looking much different from the being that’s sitting beside Jimin at the moment with his dark brunette hair parted and styled in a way where you can fully see his forehead. The only difference is his choice in wardrobe (a black Puma track suit, of all things….). Jungkook sits back after a moment, looking very satisfied with himself as if he was the one that’s in the music video.

“Did you know he’s called ‘Golden Maknae’? He’s good at everything; dancing, singing, rapping, sports, music, videography—“ He makes a noise of approval from the back of his throat. “As expected, I think its fate that we ended up choosing the masks that best reflects us, don’t you think? Oh! Hey, did you know they have a fan chant? It’s goes like ‘KIM NAMJOON! KIM SEOKJIN! MIN—!”

Without so much as a glance away from the screen, Jimin yanks the snack bag out of Jungkook’s grasp and chucks it out ahead of him, not caring where it may land while ignoring the yell that follows.

“MY CHIPS!”

He’s gone before Jimin can say ‘go fetch’ but nevertheless, he’s finally able to breathe and watch the rest of the video in peace. As the song comes to an end with a rather haunting silhouette the group made, Jimin comes to one conclusion.

You were right — Tear era is, in his opinion, far superior.

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sepedarodatiga · 6 years ago

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Part 2 of the “Brave” Connection in Season 2: Tears Aren’t a Woman’s Only Weapon

This is part 2 of my post discussing the scenes in season 2 that are pinpointed with the word “brave”.

Predictions that comes from the first part is the kidnapping of Sansa by Cersei based on the parallel between different characters linked by the Lannister lion necklace. Furthermore since I predict that Sansa is going to be pregnant when taken by Cersei, some scenes I discuss there can be interpreted as a clue that the child would probably be a bastard. The last prediction I discussed there supports the theory that Jon is going to lose an eye, possibly as a price to pay for stealing back Sansa from Cersei.

By the way, for those who aren’t convinced that Sansa is going to be pregnant, would Bobby B screaming it will? Back in part 1, I establish a link through the word “whore” between Sansa and the characters that were used to foreshadow her faith.

Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark in 1x05 - The Wolf and the Lion

No? Well, here in the second part I will discuss the foreshadowing that supports my prediction that Sansa is going to be pregnant when taken by Cersei and that someone is going to try to kill the baby (like the dialogue above telling you). I can only make guesses on who that someone is, but I propose the possibility for that someone to be not Cersei.

Please don’t be mad at me for this, I am so horrified by it too and I could be totally wrong about this and I hope I am wrong, but I found what I found and now I will let you guys decide whether I’m a complete psycho or not. Please stay tune for this very heartwarming prediction....

First again I’m going to point out Jonsa parallel in 2x06/2x07. This is where Ygritte is telling Jon that he is brave and Sansa telling Sandor that the same.

Ygritte to Jon Snow in 2x06 - The Old Gods and the New

Sansa Stark to Sandor Clegane in 2x07 - A Man Without Honor

Therefore I marked “brave” as a word where we should be paying attention when it is said. There are two other scenes in season 2 with “brave” dialogue and I have discussed the other one in part 1.

Now I’m going to discuss this one where we have Gilly saying it to Sam when he saved her from Ghost.

Gilly to Samwell Tarly in 2x02 - The Night Lands

What scene that follows after that?

A. Shot. Of. Long. Claw. Need I say more?

Then what?

Sam is asking Jon to help him help Gilly.

Sam wanted to take Gilly away.

So that’s stealing away a pregnant woman.

A fun bit: will Sam be delivering the baby as well?

Now that was sweet. Here comes the bitter part. Gilly is afraid that she will have a baby boy.

But then ran off before finishing her sentence because she’s too afraid to tell Jon what would happen if she has a boy.

Do we know anyone who is afraid that she won’t have a baby boy?

Sansa Stark and Septa Mordane in 1x04 - Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things.

Sansa is afraid she will have a girl, because a queen’s duty is to provide an heir for the king. A baby boy is a king’s heir, and an heir with a claim to throne becomes a threat to a residing power.

Wait, but I was wrong about something. There is another instance where the word brave is used in season 2.

Catelyn Stark in 2x03 - What is Dead May Never Die

And after that, what was happening in Renly’s storyline?

Your enemies aren’t happy about us. They want to tear us apart. And the best way to stop them is to put your baby in my belly.

Margaery Tyrell in 2x03 - What is Dead May Never Die

How many times have the show put out the importance of an heir for a dynasty? There’s one with Daenerys, with Sansa and Tyrion, and so forth. And how does one produced an heir? By conceiving, carrying and give birth to it.

Cersei Lannister to Sansa Stark in 2x09 - Blackwater

Cersei was talking about seducing Stannis Baratheon, but that’s not the only way to use what’s between a woman’s legs. It is also used to give birth to a king’s heir. The parallel between Sansa and Elizabeth of York is well known, and forgive me if my English history is informed by The White Princess, but in that show Henry Tudor had to make sure EoY can bear his children before marrying her and making her queen. After she’s pregnant with his child, then Henry married and crowned her. His heir helped him lock his claim to throne, especially that this heir have a claim from his mother’s side too, a strong York name. Their first boy is technically a bastard and he died before becoming a king.

I recently read a post by @fortunatelylori saying that child birth is woman’s battlefield in the medieval times. Look what is Cersei saying to Sansa here when they are being attack by Stannis.

At that time Sansa was having her period. Probably the next time she will be in labour to give birth to the king’s heir.

Again, for the question on whether the child will be a bastard or not, there’s some clues here. Cersei also told Sansa that if the city is sacked the women who was with them will be raped and

Come the morning she will no longer have a bastard in her belly because she has gave birth to it.

Now let’s go back to the Gilly episode. After we talk about Gilly giving birth to a baby boy, we are given this scene.

Ross and Littlefinger in 2x02 - The Night Lands

She’s talking about a baby who was Robert Baratheon’s bastard who was killed because they are perceived as a threat to Joffrey’s kingship. That baby was a girl and was killed all the same. Imagine if it’s a boy.

Then Tyrion sent Janos Slynt to the Wall because of this.

Tyrion Lannister to Janos Slynt in 2x02 - The Night Lands

Furthermore some clues that may perhaps show that the baby will be killed by somebody who is paid to do so.

Janos Slynt to Tyrion Lannister in 2x02 - The Nights Land

Tyrion Lannister and Bronn in 2x02 - The Night Lands

So, who will be ordering the kill? Let’s take a look on our possible perpetrators.

First up, Cersei. D’uh! She’s the one who would be kidnapping Sansa after all, to take revenge for her first born son. Wouldn’t it be fitting for her to kill her first born child too? Plus, Cersei now has an army which she paid for. However take a look at this dialogue.

Tyrion Lannister to Cersei in 2x02 - The Night Lands

No, it was Joffrey. Would Cersei have the heart to kill babies when she has loved her own children very much? Especially if it’s Sansa’s baby who would be the bastard child of her brother? Sansa, with whom she have complicated and twisted sort of mother-daughter relationship? I kinda think this will be Cersei’s turning point. What if her mercy towards Sansa will be her doom? What if it is a point where the younger more beautiful queen cast her down? What if it’s when she could no longer do what’s need to be done to stay in power.

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.

Cersei Lannister in 1x07 - You Win or You Die

I did unspeakable things to protect my family. Or watch does being done on my orders. And whatever I imagine necessary for the safety of House Tyrell, I did. But your sister has done things I was incapable of imagining. She’s a monster, you do know that?

Olenna Tyrell in 7x03 - The Queen’s Justice

What if the most ruthless player in the Game of Thrones, as proven by the statement by Lady Olenna above, couldn’t imagine hurting a child?

Cersei Lannister to Sansa Stark in 2x07 - A Man Without Honor

Cersei has maternal affection towards Sansa like she’s somewhat her own daughter when she’s really not, and that is the irony of her own advice.

Shae to Sansa Stark in 2x09 - Blackwater

And when Sansa gave birth to a child then there it is the grandchild that was promised. (Thank you @une-nuit-pour-se-souvenir for reminding me of this scene)

Cersei Lannister to Catelyn Stark in 1x01 - Winter is Coming

I think I’ve made my point. Cersei is definitely the top contender but the story could choose not to go that way. So now on to the next. The Night’s King is also an obvious candidate because he is already killing babies and Gilly’s son was supposed to be offered to him. There’s nothing to discuss here. It is indeed a very possible option. An option I would hate because that sounded like a j0nerys dream plot. I’m afraid a magic incest baby is already trademarked by them, so I’ll just mention it because it has to be mentioned, but no I don’t like it.

Now next, answer this fun trivia. While Lena Headey said that she is rooting for her character, which actress who was so horrified by her character’s plot in season 8 that she had to walk around aimlessly for hours?

Her stan will have my head for even trying to suggest it and it’s true, it’s quite a wild and baseless accusation and I have no material to back it up save for the actress’ reaction to her character’s plot (and it could be a reaction to any number of things). I haven’t found any foreshadowing to suggest she is capable of and will kill babies for power. However, she has the motives to do that. Obviously, a nephew who has better claim than she is and has an heir from a woman with a great name gives a motive. Especially that she is incapable of producing an heir for herself and she’s avoiding to deal with this small issue. Also, what if she got pregnant and had a miscarriage? Wouldn’t that send her to the edge? Guys, I’m so scared of a j0nerys marriage at this point. Why? Call me insane, but how about a parallel between Jon and Renly Baratheon?

1x05/7x01 and 1x06/7x07

I know, I know, the dialogue parallel is a bit flimsy, but whatever.

So we have a brother-sister-spouse trio. Jaime-Cersei-Robert, Loras-Renly-Margaery and now maybe Sansa-Jon-D*enerys. One sibling is married to another person while being in love with the other person (whether it’s incestuous or gay). Each have an expert swordsman; Jaime, Loras and Jon.

I mean, I’m sure they’ll give us a jonsa ending, but I think they will fucked us up first. Again, this prediction could be insane, but if it happens, I’ll be prepared. (no, I won’t, I will never be prepared for a j0nerys marriage). Imagine, the j0neryses will have their wedding and the jonsas will have their romance but not in way that each shippers really would have wanted it to be.

And I know, the politics doesn’t make sense for a j0nerys marriage bla bla bla, but Jon’s obsession protecting the people from the Night’s King made any normal politics becomes insensible if I may argue. And beside, again, I still believe we will get jonsa at the end.

Say, if Jon married D*ny while having an affair with Sansa and both got pregnant it would made sense for one to want to kill the bastard baby. And what if she had a miscarriage? Remember that Renly was murdered by a shadow baby. If it’s going to happen in a less literal sense with Jon, perhaps he doesn’t want to marry D*any but he has to because she was pregnant. When he could have married the one he really wanted! That’s kinda like being stabbed in the back by a shadow baby.

I’m just putting it out there for consideration, that is if this theory made any sense at all from the first place.

Littlefinger in 2x02 - The Night Lands

#jonsa #kidnapping plot #bastard brave #a woman's weapon #brave gentle and strong #sansa stark #cersei lannister #got 2x02 #got 2x06 #got 2x07 #got 2x09 #got 1x01 #got 1x07 #got s8 speculations #anti jonerys

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danahmbisyosangdoktora · 6 years ago

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Here it is! My first ever blog post under my Asian Drama Blog Series. The following are the dramas I watched during the month of January 2019.

// Okay, I kinda felt the need to explain. Most of the dramas I watched this month are those of EXO Members��. As I’ve said in my 2018 Highlights, I only decided to officially spazz kpop recently and this is sorta part of it. I really wanted to watch most of the members (if not all) to somehow catch up to whatever I’ve missed when I still haven’t “stanning” as much as I can so I watched and am continually watching their dramas. //

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1) EXO NEXT DOOR Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Light plot No. of Episodes: 16 Running time: 15 minutes Genre: Web Series, Comedy, Romance Plot: 23-year-old Ji Yeon-hee is extremely shy and introverted with zero dating experience tends to blush like a tomato when talking to someone she likes. One day, four young men move into the house right next door to hers. Much to her surprise, they turn out to be Chanyeol, D.O., Baekhyun and Sehun from EXO, her favorite boy band who are trying to lay low for a while. Thoughts: It’s like your typical boy band fanfiction that has been adapted to become a tv series. I don’t know if it’s because I watched so many dramas already or the fact that I grew up reading fanfictions or because I watched it few years after it’s hype that’s why I said this??? Had I watched this during its release, I would have been really stoked! (Probs because I’m much younger back then) But of course, I am not any less glad even though I watched it years late because it’s still like a dream come true of some sort to have seen your idols actually act as the characters in a plot that you have only been imagining or you have just read in a fan fiction. We’re talking about audio-visuals here lol.

This is actually the first drama where I saw Chanyeol, Baekhyun and Sehun act. I have watched Kyungsoo before in Pure Love and 100 Days My Prince (he’s also the main reason why I decided to finally look up and stan EXO lol) and it irks me a bit to see him do the second lead this time. Sehun was really funny here. Total maknae! I can never forget you, brotha. The series is actually short. I finished it in two nights alongside with another drama I was watching. You can totally finish this in one sitting! Finished Watching On: January 09, 2019

2) THE UNIVERSE’S STAR Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Moderate plot No. of Episodes: 6 (MBC) Running time: 30 minutes (MBC) Genre: Fantasy, Romance Plot: Byul is a 19-year-old student who has been struggling to keep up with her job to guide dead souls to the afterworld as a Grim Reaper, learned that her favorite singer Woo Joo, is expected to die soon. She decided to save him as he is the only memory that she had in her previous life before she got into the accident which caused her life. Thoughts: It’s a little refreshing for me because I haven’t came across a fantasy plot between an idol and a fan, more so a mystic entity in this case, for quite a while. Although it’s a bit predictable (perhaps for me since I’ve read a lot of fan fics/ teen fics and watched so many dramas already or it really is predictable), I still liked how it ended and also a bit sad over its bitter-sweet ending. Finished Watching On: January 11, 2019

3) BE POSITIVE Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Very Light plot No. of Episodes: 6 Running time: 10 minutes Genre: Web Series, Romantic comedy Plot: Film major student Hwan-dong prepares for his graduation project as a movie director. He is facing a difficulty in finilizing the film due to lack of funding. Left with no choice, he asked Hye-jung, an actress of present time and alumna of his university who happened to be his ex-girlfriend to play the main role in his production. Thoughts: It’s really light but it’s understandable since it’s only a web series/ promotional series. To be honest, I only watched it since Kyungsoo is the lead role. I think it’s the perfect drama which portrayed relationships that ended without proper closure. Can relate. I like to commend this because true to its mission to “send a message of support to the younger generation”, it actually showed how we must really own up our mistakes and be mature enough to talk any misunderstandings out. Kyungsoo was really cute here huhuhu. It’s super duper short! I mean it’s only an hour!!! I seriously finished this in one sitting. Finished Watching On: January 12, 2019

4) STRONG GIRL BONG-SOON Rating: ★★★ ★ ☆ | Moderate plot No. of Episodes: 16 + 1 (Special) Running time: 70 minutes Genre: Fantasy, Thriller, Action, Romantic comedy Plot: Born with superhuman strength, Do Bong-soon dreams of creating a video game with the main heroine as herself. Her strength is hereditary and passed along only to the women in her family. She is desperately trying her best to become a willowy and elegant woman to meet the ideal type of her long-term crush, In Guk-doo, a police officer. Due to her strength, she was scouted to be the bodyguard of Ahn Min-hyuk, a rich heir and the CEO of a gaming company who recently received anonymous threats, blackmails and a series of stalking.

One day, a series of kidnapping cases break in Dobong-dong, the district Bong-soon lives in. After her friend was targeted, she became determined to catch the culprit. As they try to find the suspect, the three found themselves in a love triangle. Thoughts: What’s there to say aside from it being super good? It’s a mixture of suspense, romance and cuteness. The romance isn’t annoying at all. I really liked how the kidnapping case added so much spice to the plot and how after all the ruckus it all went down to family being your major strength. Finished Watching On: January 18, 2019

5) TERIUS BEHIND ME Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Moderate plot No. of Episodes: 32 Running time: 35 minutes each / 2 episodes per day Genre: Romantic-Comedy, Mystery Plot: Go Ae-Rin suddenly loses her husband. A mysterious man, Kim Bon, lives next door. Kim Bon is a legendary NIS agent. He was involved in a failed secret operation wherein the woman he loved died three years ago. He has since become disconnected with the world and decided to live alone quietly. He helps his neighbor Go Ae-Rin uncover a conspiracy which her husband got involved with. Thoughts: Watched this because of a trailer I came across on Facebook and So Ji-sub!!! This has been on my list since last year and I only got the chance to watch it this month. It’s a breather from my usual teen fictions so I was hooked. Super Ioved the twins, they were super cute. I especially enjoyed the part where they had to deal with the bioterrorism coz I can 10/10 relate, my Microbiolog(ist)y heart was very happy and was very amazed to at least see it be executed/ planned even if it’s just on screen. It’s not the most perfect spy series but it’s enough for me (or because I never really watch spy shows). The traitor in the ending (a supposedly plot twist) wasn’t very surprising to me... not sure if it’s predictable or because I have watched so many dramas already that I did predict who’s who already. Finished Watching On: January 24, 2019

6) SEVEN FIRST KISSES Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Light plot No. of Episodes: 8 Running time: 9-12 mins Genre: Romance, Comedy Plot: Lotte Duty Free store employee Min Soo-jin has never been in a relationship before. One day, she meets with the goddess of date who grants her an attempt to pick the perfect partner for her first kiss among seven men. Her options are firstly, a religious tech billionaire (Lee Joon-gi), a serious yet romantic boss (Park Hae-jin), a sexy secret agent (Ji Chang-wook), an adorable younger male friend (Kai), an innocent chaebol heir (Ok Taec-yeon), a beloved k-idol (Lee Jong-suk) and finally a free-spirited travel writer (Lee Min-ho). Thoughts: Bukod pala sa babaeng lahat. Charot! I have watched this during its release but I failed to catch up with every episodes. It’s only now that I decided to watch it as a whole again. Watched this after finishing Memories of the Alhambra as a rebound/ to ease my broken heart. It’s super light, tamang kilig and fantasize sa oppas. Literally watched in one sitting. Finished Watching On: January 28, 2019

7) SECRET QUEEN MAKERS Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Light plot No. of Episodes: 7 Running time: 15 mins Genre: Romance, Comedy Plot: A travel agent who lacks confidence in her appearance finds her hidden beauty with the help of six men she met at Lotte Duty Free stores. Thoughts: Watched this because of Chanyeol and Sehun!!! I only knew it was also a short series the moment I decided to watch it so I also ended it in one sitting. Dunno what to say other than it was cute and fun and short. I suck at reviews but this is another usual fan fiction I have read huhu but ofc, I love that I have seen it with my eyes than just imagining it. Finished Watching On: January 28, 2019

8) MEMORIES OF THE ALHAMBRA Rating: ★★★★☆ | Heavy plot No. of Episodes: 16 Running time: 65 minutes Genre: Fantasy, Suspense, Sci-fi, Romance, Melodrama Plot: After receiving an email regarding a groundbreaking AR game about medieval battles in Alhambra, Yoo Jin-woo, CEO of an investment company that specializes in optical devices, travels to Granada, Spain to meet the creator of the game, Jung Se-joo. However, Se-joo is missing and there, he meets his sister Jung Hee-joo, owner of the hostel he stays in and a former guitarist. Both get entangled in a mysterious incident and the border between the real world and the AR world built by Se-joo begins to blur. © Thoughts: Watched this while it’s on-going. 11/10 would recommend!!!! At first, I felt like it has the same vibe as W and got super amazed then I only learned mid-drama that both drama were written by one writer that’s why they have the same vibes. Super crazy plot! I honestly couldn't quite catch what’s going on in the first few episodes, I thought I was going stupid and going crazy myself but got a hang of it din later on. Super genius! Everything is astounding... except the ending. LOL I’M SO MAD!!!!

I decided to delay watching the finale for a week to “emotionally prepare” myself but I never thought I would be betrayed like this??? Had I known, I would have prepared for a month. Have already watched tons and been watching kdramas for several years already, I shouldn't be surprised and disappointed to open-ended stories anymore BUT I AM!!!???!!! So proud of Chanyeol here and my girl, PSH, still never disappoints! Finished Watching On: January 28, 2019

MOVIES Never a fan of watching movies but for EXO, I watched them loooool

1) SO I MARRIED AN ANTI-FAN Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Light plot Genre: Comedy, Romance Plot: Top star Hoo Joon ended up living together with his anti-fan reporter Lee Geun-young. Thoughts: Literally a fan fiction ripped straight off of Wattpad... charot! Not sure which came first but that’s what it was for me. Not that I don’t like it... again, it’s a dream come true to have seen my favorite idol actually act as the character I have only imagined before but I read a fanfic with the same plot before I watched this. Watched on: January 05, 2019

2) HYEONG/ MY ANNOYING BROTHER Rating: ★★★★★ | Light plot Genre: Comedy, Drama Plot: All thanks to Doo-Young, his younger brother, Doo-Sik was granted a parole from prison. Doo-Young is a then promising judo athlete but got involved in an accident before the selection for the national team which made him lose not only his break but his eyesight as well. After 15 years, Doo-Sik (Jo Jung-suk) suddenly appears in front of Doo-Young and they begin to live together. Thoughts: Of course, watched this because of my bias Kyungsoooooooo. Seriously this guy knows how to tickle your lacrimal glands and make you cry. Almost all of his movies were tear-jerker!!!! I felt super proud of him here. He literally pulled it off #nobias. It’s super relatable especially because it tackles about sibling-hood. Watched on: January 26, 2019

3) SO YOUNG 2: NEVER GONE Rating: ★★☆☆☆ | Light plot Genre: Drama, Romance Plot: A wealthy young man pursues a young woman of modest means, but circumstances often separate them as the years pass. © Thoughts: The movie was said to be an adaptation of a novel. Honestly, I didn't clearly get the plot in whole? I was confused what happened in the end. Not sure if it’s because it’s poorly shown or the fact that maybe the Chinese characters that were flashed (which I can’t transcribe) held a significant role that’s why I didn't understand the ending. I saw a clip on Facebook and it seemed interesting + it’s Yi Fan’s movie which lead me to watch it. I had to search for reviews and summaries in hopes of finding enlightenment about the ending but I haven’t found any which clearly explains what happened. About the characters, I had to say that the relationship was kind of toxic and they were really immature, I’m so mad! (says the mature one lol) Watched on: January 27, 2019 Soooo that’s it. Please understand that these are all based on my personal opinion. I am in no way a professional in making reviews. I’m just a plain nobody who loves watching asian dramas. The way I see a plot (as a light or as a heavy one) may be different from others and the ratings I gave could be different from anyone else as well. Most importantly, your thoughts might differ to mine so you do you. I hope I was able to help you find what to binge next!

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Episode 8: “#StayLowAndGoGoGo” - Tom

I MADE IT WOOOOOOOO MILESTONE NUMBER 2

WE MERGED. THANK THE LORD, THE STARS AND EVERYTHING ABOVEEEE.

okay and thoughts. so evan went byebye, which was what needed to happen, super sweet, but him leaking stuff was really a mess. Merge is so exciting, I already love Caeleb, Jones & Mo, three legends already yay!

IM ALSO BACK WITH BENJ MY KING! I HAVE MISSED HIM SO MUCH.

MERGE I AM SCREAMING!!!

I am sorry Evan, we did 100% throw this challenge but hey ajdjdjf even tho we threw this challenge it was a freaking 5-4 points LOL thank god I didn’t do more than just put Marcus Lehman.

Let’s go merge, thank god I didn’t turned into pre merge flop!!

MERGE!!!!!!

IM REUNITED WITH ALI!!!!!!!! KING!!!!!!!!! im so excited omg so we had a HUGE catch up told each other all the tea of each others tribes

He suspected I was the flipper but doesn't care LOL so yay!!! Ugh I have missed him its so great to have him back as someone I can fully trust and rant to about everything! I also had Jones queen to help get me thru the tribe, just wish she replied more lol! ily guacamole . mitch also great, so glad he survived the budva decimation that I caused oops

I don't think anyone suspects me n ali are close, and everyone thinks Julia/ian/Jason are a trio and either ian or Jason have the idol LMAO this is so funny. I was even on call w the tribe and we were discussing it im thinking lolllll ik ali has it and no one else rlly does wowow

we think alex has durmitor idol bc . apparently it was not found pre swap, caeleb claims he made the end but it was gone, jones and mo don't seem active enough to guess

reunited w ian king aswell hes great, gonna meet some new ones like jules aka almia queen and tom the Australian he was cool on the call so its good ik everyone so far on this tribe except 2 ppl really, while 8 people on the tribe have not meet 4 others so I hope im connected well?

I honestly don't know what will happen from here . like is it og vs og tribe? swapped tribes? something new? IDK! All ik is my top 3 allies are ali jones mitch and I want to try get us far !! but idk how to do that so...… stay tuned

Still can’t get over that I made merge AHHHH

But wait...

THIS IS A CONSPIRACY THEORY BUT THE FREAKING COLOR OF THE MEEGE TRIBE IS SIMILAR TO MEEGE IN SWITZERLAND???! AND THE TWO STARTING TRIBES WERE LITERALLY ALMOST THE SAME COLOR. THIS WILL NOT END LIKE SWITZERLAND, IF IT DOES I AM GONNA CRY.

Anyway I got in touch with Mitch and Benj. I talked with Mitch first then I learned it was Benj who flipped during the Noah vote. I mean I honestly thought it was Mitch ahsjdjd but I guess the talk I had with Benj about rocks/ties back then was an omen. Anyway Mitch tells me he forgives Benj so I guess that’s something? Julia confirms to me that Mitch is saying the same thing to her so ok. I then chatted with Benj and he did tell me he was the one who flipped because he was not close enough with Noah to go to rocks for him which is understandable but I’m still weary on Benj.

Tom then tells me Mo and Caeleb are grilling him for JJ and Evan’s demise. Right now Tom feels that Mo/Caeleb/Alex/Jones are a thing and that they’re just using Benj. That’s kinda a good info to use to get benj on our side??

Anyways I don’t know if this is alarming or what but on the tribe call Tom told Mitch and Benj he knew about the Budva idol being found because Julia told JJ and then told everybody. I think Mitch and Benj were shocked that Tom knows? Idk I maybe paranoid but let’s see

Right now me, Julia, Jason and Ali are trying to hide the fact from Benj and Mitch that we made sort of a pact with Tom and Jules to vote together come merge. I trust Tom to know that I think he will vote with us but idk about Jules. Tho Julia and Jason seem to trust her so I hope she sticks with us!!

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I got a vote cover from the choosing thing!! Drew didn’t really tell me what it did but if I had to guess what it was I’d say it’d be like,, a dark week thing where votes won’t be revealed? Who knows tbfh

SO I KNOW I'M TERRIBLE WITH WRITING CONFESSIONALS, but this is my first Survivor game, I'm not used to using Skype and it's weird having to type it to a whole other window just to get a confessional but WHATEVER ILL TRY TO DO AT LEAST ONE A DAY. Even if it's just like about random shit! Even it's just an astrology lesson! Anyways JJ, I mean, Alex is coming at me saying he thinks it's 6v6 now and i'm like......who's gonna tell him. BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S ME NOT DOWN FOR OG DURMITOR ( i love them but game wise idk if i can hang with them ) I DAMN WELL KNOW other people might not be down for that. I'm just tired of the assumptions though I know Alex means well I'm just TIRED ugh he's a pisces moon too so he'll sense it from me so I better act NOT ANNOYED but I can't help it UGH. Did I miss the people from OG Durmitor? YES! Did I miss the gameplay and none of them calling out JJ on his shit and being surprised that JJ got out for being a crackhead? NO. NOT AT ALL.

okay so merge and I have lots of thoughts, i am gonna do it person by person so i cover it all ahh.

Alex C: Okay he lowkey terrifies me ahh. Like he is quite gamey, and both Mitch & Jules have said he is kinda leadery and potentially a bit pushy? I see him as an early merge boot (ideally), because I think he'll get a lot of attention on himself? He is fun though, and I like talking to him - we will see, maybe if idk Jones/Mo/Caeleb goes he will be a more workable ally from an underdog spot?

Ali: trash, disgusting, send him home, I never want to see that mess...

Benj: a KING, I have missed Benj so MUCH. He is such a, SUCH A KING, i love him, I'm so happy we are back together. I think he could be a great duo for me, since us two being close can be kept quite lowkey ha! We will figure it out, but he is going NOWHERE on my watch

Caeleb: Okay he is like... one of the only other newbies left in the game, and is potentially quite lowkey, so I'd like him to stick around for a while I think ahh! He seems super sweet, and could be someone to go to the end with if my faves go bye bye.

Ian: I've said it since round two, and I will continue to say it. Ian is the biggest threat in the game, I've been knew and I'm not dropping it. I will not allow him to go far, like he is super nice, but also... we are not allowing a threat like Ian to walk to the end.

Jason: Similar to Ian, I'm really feeling duo vibes with him and Ian, maybe even a trio with Julia I'm not sure? He scares me less than Ian, and I'd probs want Ian out first versus Ian? He still is also a king tho, even though I always get vibes that he doesn't like me eeeek

Jones: A legend! I can tell already, I fully get legendary vibes from her. But like... it makes me upsetti spaghetti that I really don't think I can let her get too far, like she... is someone I could see as a season winner, so she might need to go sooner rather than later, although getting her out might be easier said than done tbh

Jules: Okay an icon. Jules we LOVE in this house. I literally stan Jules with my 100% full heart, they know ALL and on my watch? they go NOWHERE. my clout is being used to keep an eye on Jules, even tho they are a much better player than me, and they will be able to watch their own back and go super far

Julia: Witch queen. I want her to go really far too tbh, like I love her and am so happy we have actually been able to work together this season. She told me about her self-vote thing she got from the merge feast, which is a big trust display. I think if I can get her woke about Ian/Jason, she could be a big ally and super important about my game long term. I think if we can get Alex C out particularly (since apparently they have history), then maybe she will be more willing to FINALLY make a move on them.

Mitch: I'm always sketched out by him KASDFA. Like I think he would work with me for sure, but I also like... don't know sometimes, like... he knows I was gonna vote him out premerge, can that go away? I think he could be a good ally moving forwards though , we will have to see.

Mo: MY SON. I MISS HIM. I'M SO HAPPY HE DOESN'T HATE, I THOUGHT HE DID. Its super exciting and like I said before, he is doing super good this season and I'm super proud of him. I wanna go far with him, but I think not being on a tribe with him till merge could be an obstacle to that ahh :(

Tom: Tom is a mega-cracked king. Like he is SO entertaining, and on a personal level I really vibe with him. I will not do him dirty, and I wanna go to the end of this game with him. We will see what happens, would love to be a juror voting for him at the end.

So overall final thoughts. I have a dream F4 alliance of 'The Flippers and the Flop' aka me, Tom, Jules & Benj, since those three flipped on their original tribe and I'm a flop. So I want that as F4, Julia at F5 (but maybe further, I love her too), and then for the rest:

6th: Mo 7th: Caeleb 8th: Mitch 9th: Jones 10th: Jason 11th: Ian 12th: Alex C.

We will see and figure it out and be flexible. Its gonna be a mess, but we will see. I just wanna make confirmed jury, then I just wanna play a bomb game, like finalist-schminalist, i just wanna end the season and my game not being an actual joke KASDFLAS.

hi i just wanted an idol

Okay so i dont know like when the last time i did one of these was but lets just start at last tribal council; I am lowkey so glad that evan is gone and we didnt try anything too fancy he really would've made merge that bit messier. But uhm also why the heck did he have to vote me grrr i wanted to try to not get any votes for a really long time but oh well cant have everything good happen in life.

M E R G E!!!!!!!! Yesssss finally merge has happened the playing field is even and i am ready to rumble. Bit nervous to see where abouts i stand in the tribe because i didnt feel very included in the original durmitor tribe and there are two people i havent met in benj and mitch.

Okay so like wtf is going on right now, sure say hello and all that shit but why is Mo, Alex and Caeleb like proper interviewing me, who do you think you are ELLEN? No youre not please stop investigating on what happened between jj and evan vote offs like i do not owe y'all anything..... i was probably going next if we didnt have that first swap! I am more than happy to tell them like what happened just it will be altered in favour of myself and they wont get the full indepth explanation.

Sorry I don’t have a vid confessional today laid ease

But um ya I think I’m getting TARGETTEEEEEEEEED or at least someone within the durmitor dominators group is. WHich is SKETCHY!! Idk it just feels really obvious since that core group of 4 literally,,, tag teamed all 4 of us first ,,, hello??? Mam?? I get we just met like 2 days ago but you could be a lil more discreet ab everything 😤

But ik we can’t just assume based on that,, If we’re just going by that logic then their hitlist is Alex, Caeleb, myself, then Mo. but idt it could be that,,, concrete?? They could just be playing us like Noah/Michael/Mitch TRIED to do before,, but we got them so ya 🥰 anyways,,

If we can somehow get a plan out of them or at least a name then we’ll be ok,,, that way we’ll at least know what’s going on for SOME PART. Mitch and julia seem kiiiind if close? So hopefully she’ll tell him some shit and come back to me ab it - if I have to play the idol then,,,, I guess,,, I will,,, but I don’t want to. Like let me save it for when IM in trouble at least sksksk who knows,, maybe I AM in trouble and I’m just a crackhead 🤷🏻‍♀️

But ya that’s my rant I’ll be back soon laid ease mwah

Okau so like woo! i won the first immunity of the season how bloody exciting! I honestly was confident going into the challenge however i didnt know whether or not i was going to win. I love the fact that i got shot 0 times so i literally could've gone asleep and potentially still won lol. But at this point my mission of staying low and go go go'ing has to be intact i cannot seem like a big threat in this game it doesnt get me far. So im telling everyone that im surprised and that it was really just based on luck and based on nothing so my target does not grow! So glad to have immunity in this game honestly first merge boot probably wasnt going to be BUT i know this round can get fucking messy so anything could've changed #StayLowAndGoGoGo

okay this is a grr grr angry confessional. WHY IS EVERYONE BEING DUMB AND JUST BEING ATTACHED TO TRIBE LINES. Like I messaged Jones, Mo and Alex about it yesterday, and Jones my meme queen gave like a good response, but Mo particularly I was like... wut?

Like Mo is my org son from all the way back in Azores, so I always have his back... but like... when someone messages you about being uncomfortable with tribe lines and not wanting to stick to them, giving the HEAVIEST HINT POSSIBLE that I'm not attached to like Ian and Jason, your response should not be 'I'm just accepting my fate'... Like that is such a red flag to me, no player should just... be resigned to stuff? Like Mo PLEATHE.

In other other news, we love Jules still. Tom is being weird recently, I think he doesn't trust me anymore, so I think my dream at the moment is a F3 of Jules and Benj, Tom 4th and Julia 5th? Mitch terrifies me (and he knows I shot him, which caused even more distrust), Alex is super nice but is like... evidently not trusting of me, Mo is my son but I wanna SHAKE HIM, Jones is my fave I love her already, really like Caeleb too he is so nice.

I'm just frustrated, I feel like.. people aren't willing to do enough and its making me frustrated I just wanna scream. Like at this point, I expect to go midjury, like 9th, and I'm thinking who I'd vote. I would vote Jules, because they are always on the ball and their read is unmatched, I'd vote Ian because he has playing smart since round one, I'd vote Benj because he is one of the few that has his head screwed up about not blindly sticking to tribe lines.

Of the rest? I'd like to vote for Tom/Jones, but would probs need to see more gamey game from both. I could respect Mitch's story to get to the end, but don't necessarily see myself voting him. I could vote Julia or Jason. The one who is currently least likely to get my vote is probably Mo, I am just... frustrated with him. Like he could do SO GOOD, I just wanna give his head a proper wobble, like.... LISTEN TO ME. I am telling you I would flip just READ KSALDFA.

I ranked who I'd vote for in FTC if I was a juror so far and its currently:

Jules > Ian > Benj > Mitch > Julia > Tom > Jason > Jones > Alex C. > Caeleb > Mo

And the order in which I trust people is:

Jules/Benj > Julia > Tom > Ian > Jason > Caeleb > Jones > Mo > Alex C. > Mitch

I have thoughts. I know its been a hot sec since I have sent one in but I have been just busyyy. So this one might be long and it'll have all my thoughts post-merge.

My first thought: Being reconnected with old tribemate (Jules and Tom). I love Jules. She's so kind and wonderful, might be hard to reach occasionally but when she messages its always full and heartfelt. I think that can go a long way in this game as she's fun to talk to and makes you feel like she's with you. So that also mean shes very dangerous of course. Tom is less so fun. He's kinda sarcastic kinda hard to read kinda edgy. He always acts like he's a little too busy for things. But he is fun and he has fed me a lot of information about Budva post swap, so thank him for that. BUT I'm like lowkey really annoyed with him. Losing that last challenge on purpose was dumb as hell. I know Evan is deceitful and hard to work with, but like hell keep that in your head and get him off as an easy vote right after merge. Because If they hadn't lost and instead we had gone to tribal (Durmitor), then we hopefully would've lost Mitch, secured the dynamic as 7 OG Durmitor vs. the 5 OG Budva, and it would have been much harder for Tom and Jules to chose the Budva members over the numbers. Obviously this works best for me and OG Durmitor but that just means that I don't know what Tom and Jules are thinking and overall that means I can't really trust them.

Second thought: That challenge was actually really fun. It put this merge into perspective and CLEARLY showed where people are at right now. The fact that OG Budva was so organized in their slaughter and got out Alex like hella fast and then me before we got out any of them was so showing. They are tight and they will remain to be tight. The fact that they were able to be so coordinated seems scary as well. AS it might mean that Tom or Jules or even Mitch or Benj is actually working with them to make sure we didn't win that immunity. Plus Tom won it and that is scary to me because I already was wary about trusting him in the first place. Putting thought one and two together makes me wary overall, because that means that together Tom and Jules and Mitch and Benj might be choosing to work with old Budva (I mean Tom and Jules don't have any inhibitions about voting out old tribemembers so) and old Durmitor might just be screwed.

Third thought: Annoyed that I was shot and destroyed second. I thought I was making a good impression with everyone. Maybe its not a good indication but also sad face.

Fourth thought: New tribe members! I love them all to an extent. Ali seems to be fun to talk to and likes chatting back and forth. But also he did say he was surprised I was out so early and since I know that Alex didn't shoot Julia then he was definitely shooting me. So I don't think I trust that all too much and he might be too sneaky. Jason seems nice. Not much to say our conversation has been pleasant but only so. The same with Ian tbh. They seem cool but thats it. Julia is fun and her background makes her seem like a total bad ass and a really cool lady, but she's been soooo hella dismissive of me. I don't like the way she's playing the game. I think she's putting on an act and playing a character to throw people off. I heard she was like sad or crying(?) that someone shot her and Tom confronted me about it. And sure I shot her but like hell thats the game. I'm 90 percent sure she was shooting me. I'm annoyed, and people seem to love her which just makes me think she's being dismissive to me because she thinks I won't be around too much longer and she doesn't have to put in the effort. And that's dumb, like if I do go I really hope this is the start of the Jury because I will have something spicy to say to her in the event she makes it to Final Tribal. Or maybe things will change and I will learn to really like her and stuff.

Fifth Thought: Game plan for tomorrow. My strategy going forward is simply to be not targeted tomorrow. That is truly the crux of it, because at this point I think I might get votes. I know that apparently I have a habit of getting votes in a new tribe (David and then Noah) so honestly I can see it happening, especially if they are worried about Alex having an idol and they got him out of the challenge first just to vote me. But if I can survive then I think I can go a little farther. The power struggle right now is 3 groups of 4 battling. There's the total Budva members, the total Durmitor members, and then the middle ground (Jules, Tom, Benj, and Mitch). I asked Tom who was more important the original tribes or the new ones and he said he wants it to be old but most likely will be new which basically means that he will vote with Budva. So in the event I survive with numbers I'll ride that until I need Alex (and his idol that I'm prettttty sure that he has but I can't be sure) out and will try to rally that we need him to be gone. If I survive but I'm not on the side of the numbers I wanna create a good bond with Ali and Jules as were all newbies and work that until we can start eating Budva from the inside. I'll see though DKSDSKDSK. I don't think it would be wise to concrete that before this first vote because their reasons for voting off JJ and Evan was apparently that they were making alliances with everyone. I don't want them to see me that way.

Sixth Thought: Okay another Idol Bridge BIG OOF. Those are hard as hell, and I am so confident that both tribe idols are gone which means there might be 3 idols out there pretty soon which is scary as hell. Durmitor Dominators are hoping to work together to get it and maybe we can actually use that together rather than having it hidden like this time. (Which I really think that Alex has it but whatev). If I'm idoled out imma be so sad but like also okay thats an okay way to go.

Have fun with this. Feel free to chop it up into mini confessionals or use it in its entirety. Up to you! Love ya hosts ur beautiful

okay a gamey and a dumb update.

julia proper wants to flip on ian and jason which iconic... its truly time. I wasn't necessarily going to vote them out first, but if that's what is gonna happen, that is what's gonna happen.

in a memey update, JJ just got cast in another game and it reminded me of a JJ-ism I never confessed about. JJ was on call and showing me... a pet in a glass box, but i didn't know what the pet was or what it was supposed to be, because I couldn't see it. but he was like wow isn't it cute, so i fully called a stick which was the only thing i could see, cute. a STICK.

anyway so like.... back to game. i think the merge boot will be ian or jason which dun dun dun! its probs overdue and will happen, or it'll be me! we will see anyway

why am i drinking white wine with julia on call at 3am, we are truly the wine mum duo drinking our way till the end

I think I'm in the middle of everything atm, which is a weird place for me to be. I'm not in the center, I'm not looking from the outside in, I'm not really a part of anything major or in any alliances and it's an odd feeling. I know I need to do something to secure myself in something but everything in this game just feels up in the air, it's odd. I don't know if it's just how Survivor is, but it's a very strange feeling not having a proper grasp on what's going on with EVERYONE. I have ideas but not a lot of real confirmation for much besides Jason/Ian, Mo/Jones, etc. Anyways. IDK WHAT ELSE TO SAY OKAY I'm boring AF this game

Ok so for starters the immunity challenge ended after 2 hours of its posting adhgfjgs Tom won so big woo for him.

The Budva baes agreed to target Alex/Mo/Caeleb/Jones in this challenge and we got Mitch, Tom and Jules to work with us. Well kinda because the four (Me, Ali, Julia and Jason) of us were the ones who did most of the shooting to eliminate the Durmitor four and we just like went back and forth eliminating one another. I was the first to die in my group so big yikes!! I don't know if that's an omen idk but I do know that I was killed by grandma jones. So I killed grandma too oops!

Anyway, fast forward to today. I got an idol clue from the Hamburger but idk if this will help me get the idol hfjhsgf. So I shared it to Budva Baes and with Tom. Who knows we might get it idk.

In other news, on call Jules flipped because of an earthquake jgfjshgf

A tribe call happened that had almost everyone except Jones and Benj join which lasted about like 3-4 hours?? Anyway, me, julia, jules, jason, ali, mitch and alex played cards against humanity so that was fun!

After Alex and Jules left the call, the five of us who remained then proceeded to plan for the vote. As of now I think we're gonna throw our votes towards Caeleb because apparently he doesn't talk to them that much? I do talk with Caeleb but nothing game related so I guess I'm on board with that. We're not gonna target Alex rn because Julia mentioned that Alex might wanna work with budva people? or that maybe just a ploy, either way Julia and Mitch thinks Alex has the durmitor idol so that's something to be weary.

If I had my way I want to target Jones because during the call, Mitch and Julia expressed how they want her to stay and how they insta love her and to me that's kinda dangerous. But rn I don't think the numbers are their for me to go after Jones. Another hot topic on the call we had was Benj. I'm really becoming more weary of Benj because umm idk even tho we talk I feel like he's hiding something.

So far, the plan is for Julia to approach Jules about voting Caeleb. Jules is important for this vote because she's like in the middle rn and we need numbers. Also ghasgdd julia got a freaking auto-vote on herself for this incoming tribal council so we are screwed if they vote for Julia. Tom is also important but me and Jason have an alliance with him that Ali and Julia are not aware of so he's good hopefully.

Anyways as of now, the plan is Caeleb (which kinda sucks because I kinda like him) but who knows whats gonna happen. Just hope things go in my favor for this vote.

Apparently I’m a secondary target for the vote, but I’m like oddly at peace? Maybe it’s because I’m super tired but being anxious is never fun so I’m relieved that I’m so calm.

This tribal is so freakin messy. Literally everybody be crackheads and I am a freakin crackhead. I knew Mitch was gonna do me in again, I am sad that JJ blew up chances with Tom working with us, and I can't trust Jules because she's right in the middle. I think Benj is still with us. But gosh they'll vote me tonight and I wannnnna survive. If only I could like strongarm whoever has this freakin idol into playing it for me.

Anyways, I love Grandma's boys. They're all sweet and nice and wonderful and I want us to get this to work out. I hope Alex can work his magic, but also I hate that this has turned me into someone who is just riding the coattails at this point. Maybe I need to do some FREAKIN crackheadidness but hell we'll freakin see.

ALSO

Jones has the IDOL OOOOOOOOOO. I think she might play it for me if things are looking bad. Literally my grandma is the most amazing I love her. Things be crazy and cracked here in Podgorica but the spice is nice.

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okay this confessional is a call out post, to basically the entire cast except for jules and benj. like its negative and mean, so I'm gonna scream, and then write some actually strategy and smart stuff KLDSAFAS.

Julia. I LOVE YOU WITH MY WHOLE HEART, but. You have got us into such a pickle and are playing the middle too aggressively, dragging me kicking and screaming with you. Why would you make a Budva chat yesterday, to flip on it TODAY, that is such, SUCH a quick turn around

Alex. You are so sweet, and I really enjoyed the call yesterday, but you are already terrifying as an ally and are giving off JJ game vibes. This 'alliance' I'm in, of Jules/Julia/Me/Alex/Mo/Jones... terrifies me, WHY IS NOBODY TALKING. And then I love how Alex was like 'lets vote out someone from each side across two rounds' and then like... suggests Jason, a) one name b) one vote. And then it's like... he goes okay maybe Mitch the following round? Another OG Budva? I have to laugh, I have to LAUGH, this alliance is so fake askdlfaf. I love everyone in this alliance as people, but as allies I'm not feeling it.

Jones. You are a legend, and naming my plants was so fun, but you go so crickets its really scary, like it just looks SO sus. I wish you were more open gamey, I really wanna work with you grrrr.

Mo. Mo is my son, and I love him, but oh. my. god. is he frustrating to play with JLSAKDFAF. I have never played with someone who is so passive and who literally... does not say anything. Like on calls, he is so fun because he is the sweetest and a great guy, but his only comments and contributions have been 'I think I am going' and 'I have accepted my fate'. mo, MO, you can't be doing this and pulling these shenanigans, you are so likable just... give it a go and play the game HNNNGH.

okay that was mean and negative but I fully needed to scream. To clarify my situation, last night Julia made a chat of all the Budvas - Benj after the call, and we settled on voting Caeleb? But Julia wants to flip, and formed this group with Alex of them two, me, Jones, Jules & Mo. Like Julia, I get playing the middle, but this is playing. the. middle. I didn't want to be in such a middle position I hate this so much SKADLFASF.

It's really frustrating. I want Ian/Jason/Alex out because they all terrify me on a game level. But Julia has put us in the middle in a way that we are gonna have NO NUMBERS TO MAKE A MOVE UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Like I just wish she ASKED me before she made a group with Alex that I got dragged into.

I feel like me and Jules have to just... get in with Mitch. Its the only way. And Caeleb too I guess? Like I think the alliance I'm going to need is like... Me/Tom/Jules/Caeleb/Benj/Mitch... like that's a 6, and with Julia might be the numbers we need going forward.

I'm like... not gonna win this season I know it already. Jason is gonna be furious with me, as is Ian. And then I'm gonna have to flip BACK in two rounds. This is literally the exact game I've played before that hasn't worked.

Having said that, the main thing I did wrong before was that I didn't own my moves. So I need to own it, when I vote out Jason I need to talk to Ian and pull me in, so we can just... remove Alex. I just want everyone gone already askdlfa, its so so so tiring.

Here is what I want to happen now:

Ian > Alex > Jason > Mo > Jones > Mitch > Caeleb > Julia > Tom > F3: Me/Jules/Benj

but like... its just... im in such a bad mood about all this, its really... just enough.

Also for the funsies, if I was a juror, at FTC from most to least, this is who I'd vote for so far:

Jules > Benj > Mitch > Ian > Julia > Jason > Tom > Caeleb > Alex > Jones > Mo

So this tribal is shaping up in our favor... hopefully. I think Jason's for sure going now at least. It should be a 9-3 vote if everyone's telling the truth... which would make it so easy to split the votes because I'm pretty sure Jason or Ian have the idol. The most we can hope for is make them think Caeleb is going home for sure.

Pray for me. I don't wanna be a merge boot. I feel like I have a lot more game to play.

im about to save jason and fix all my problems.

i'm gonna push the vote onto ian, saying jason is very nervous and seems like he will play an idol, pushing the vote onto ian. Then I will tell Jason before/after (to be decided) the vote that I saved him, thereby securing his trust so that we can make a move on Alex next round.

I have NEVER played so aggressively, and tried to take control so much in the vote, but Julia put me in a crap situation. But I'm not gonna like... sit here and have it happen, I am here to play a good game, I said so in my application.

I think this is the way of ensuring minimal blood on my hands, and I've wanted Ian out since round two KLASDFA.

I wake up and I then learn that HOW IN THE WORLD ALEX KNOWS THAT CAELEB IS A TARGET THIS ROUND???

Mitch told him? Like what the hell is happening???! I talked with Alex and he says he’s ok with Caeleb which is really weird??

Tom then goes online and tells me Alex has been going around telling people different names and he told Caeleb my name >.>

AND NOW JULES AND BENJ ARE MIA AND ITS REALLY SKETCHY

I am gonna get voted!! I can feel it ahsjdiff so much for my never voted out status :(((

50 minutes till tribal and the plan is to vote out Jason but make Jason think it’s Ian or Caeleb? Unless I’m getting blindsided which in that case, well done. I’m really tired and I just want some Mac and cheese and a nap.

why is the one time alex and jones pip up to squash my beautiful plan. like go back to being crickets at all signs of game talk thank you very much.

alternatively... tom and jules could come in clutch, flipping caeleb to vote out alex that works too.

i'm annoyed with jones/mo/alex they can go. like i've wanted jason and ian out as a duo for ninety-five years, but maybe i wanna keep them around.

Jones is fuckinf PISSED

THESE BUDVA ARE CRACKED AND WANNA CHANGE THE VOOOOTE SKSKKSJSJSKSJ WE HAVE LITERALLY 40 MINUTES

If Jason idols himself, I’m idoling Caeleb and I’m gonna gonna kill someone

If Jason idols Ian and we get Jason out I’m laughing my ass off

If Jason idols himself and I idol Caeleb and I’m SOMEHOW IDOLED OUT then fuck that shit I’ll literally kill someone

I just wanna tell these Budva in space jam then it’ll be ok

I DO NOT WANT TO BE VOTING JASON AT ALL THE FUCK I WANT TO GET ALEX THE FUCK OUT OF HERE BUT NO CAELEB APPARENTLY WANTS TO VOTE JASON I HATE THIS THEY REALLY ARE TRYING TO GET MY HOMIE JASON OUT!!! WAS I CONSPIRING AGAINST HIM AND IAN ALL WEEK? MAYBE SO! BUT I DON'T WANT HIM OUT YET!!! I DON'T!! WE ARE TRYING TO BLINDSIDE ALEX BUT THIS AIN'T WORKING UGHGHGHGHG *STOMPS ON THE GROUND* UGHGHGHGH I HATE THIS GOODBYE

me flipping my vote to make it a 5-4-3-1 sending Ian out... I'm either the second coming of Natalie Anderson or 11th place.

The moment Mitch, Julia and Ali stopped responding to me and Jason I felt it. That we were being bamboozled and it looks like we did.

Tom and Jason were true to me and the end and I love them for that. Screw snake Julia because she really fucking played me like a fiddle lol and fuck Ali, mitch and benj hahahahahahahahaahahahahahHaha Because it really hurts! Alex is a scheming lying bitch and at least Mo half lied to me oof

At least my vacation is saved. I love the hosts, Drew, Seamus, Johnny and Asya for having me. I stan Nicole G forever. Bora Bora will always be my home. Goodbye tumblr survivor!

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so I was having some thoughts about Gravity Falls last night, in lieu of going to sleep at a reasonable hour. specifically there were some things I noticed about Weirdmageddon.

literally only finished watching this show a week ago so like. I’ve no idea how much any of this may already have been discussed or pointed out. probably all of it. this post may well be hilariously redundant.

but uh

okay, so...initially the situation with Mabel wigging out over Dipper accepting Ford’s apprenticeship, and Dipper ultimately giving that up without much of any discussion on the matter, and just all that jazz, that bothered me a little bit. I do think the show handled Mabel’s characterization a bit awkwardly at points and the way she tended to get favored over Dipper resulted in some missed opportunities for development on her part.

(note that I’m saying this in the sense of “yeah they could have done that a bit better” not “screaming and punching my computer screen”. it’s not perfect. guess what! no tv show is. it becomes perfect when you learn to accept it for what it is. please don’t send me death threats for saying this.)

where was I? right. so. at the same time, even if the lack of focus on Dipper’s decision to give up the apprenticeship kind of made it seem kind of like another case of Dipper giving up what he wants for Mabel, that’s tempered pretty strongly by the fact that as much as the apprenticeship might be what Dipper wants it’s really not that great a thing for him in the long run when you think about it. and thinking about that was what led me to realize that actually, Dipper and Mabel’s situations with the apprenticeship and Mabeland actually parallel each other a lot more than initially meets the eye.

the situation with Mabeland is, quite obviously, that Mabel’s being given everything she could possibly want. it’s her perfect world where everything is as she wants it to be forever and nothing has to change or grow, and she never has to face anything uncomfortable or unhappy. thing is, this is basically what the proposed apprenticeship would be for Dipper, albeit in a much less obvious and thorough way since, y’know, it’s an offer being made by a real person instead of a fantasy prison conjured up by a dream demon. Dipper spends his whole summer idolizing the author of the journals and wanting to follow in his footsteps, and then he finds out that said author is actually his great-uncle and is way cool, gives Dipper the approval and validation he desperately wants, and then literally says he wants Dipper to follow in his footsteps. Ford’s offering Dipper a chance to do everything he wants-study weirdness, have grand adventures, spend time with someone who gets him and approves of the things that he’s previously been made fun of for-but he’s also, if unconsciously, offering him a chance to not have to do the things he doesn’t want to. he wouldn’t have to go back home, or back to school, or really interact much with anyone except Ford. he wouldn’t even have to put up with the things about Mabel he finds annoying, at the cost of also losing the things he likes about her, much like how in Mabeland Mabel can ‘fix’ the things she doesn’t like about Dipper by replacing him with a ‘better’ copy, at the cost of losing the things she does like about him, since whatever she says it’s pretty clear Dippy Fresh really doesn’t bear any resemblance to Dipper.

don’t get me wrong, I love Ford and I love Dipper and I think their relationship could be great for them in a lot of ways. Ford gives Dipper a self-esteem boost that he badly needs, and gives him someone to talk to and connect with about his interests, something he’s obviously sorely lacking; Dipper tempers Ford’s cynicism with enthusiasm and makes him come out of his shell some. but the two also share a lot of not necessarily healthy traits-obsessiveness, overthinking, paranoia, difficulty with socializing/communicating, a tendency to ignore health or safety when in pursuit of a goal-and if there’s no one else around to temper any of that, it’s gonna turn into an echo chamber that magnifies those traits badly. (this is not even getting into the fact that no one should ever let Ford “it’s okay to give children weapons, right” Pines be solely in charge of raising a teenage boy).

I saw someone point out-I think it was on TV Tropes somewhere-that accepting Ford’s apprenticeship would mean that Dipper basically would get to avoid confronting the things that are hardest for him. yeah he would be dealing with all kinds of scary things, but at the end of the day monsters and mortal peril are clearly not what Dipper has the hardest time with; we see several times throughout the show that he struggles most with social issues, communicating and connecting with other people, and repeatedly we see that he has a tendency to try to ‘cheat’ at this situations either by over-planning or more literally by falling back on actual magic/weird science (the clones, the time travel, the shrink ray, etc). that’s something he improves a lot on over the course of the show but it’s not something that’s going to get any better if he just spends his entire adolescence in a basement lab with Ford. he even says something along those lines when he tells Mabel he’s not accepting the apprenticeship, so he’s clearly aware of this to some degree (”I actually thought I was going to spend my entire teenage years cooped up in a lab with Ford” or something like that).

basically, both Mabeland and Ford’s apprenticeship are temptations for Mabel and Dipper that offer them the chance to have what they want, or at least what they think they want, and the chance to escape from the things they find unpleasant; but by doing that they would also not be growing as people, or at least not in very healthy ways. when Mabel rejects Mabeland and Dipper rejects the apprenticeship, they’re basically turning down comfortable stagnancy in favor of change and growth despite that being frightening and unknown.

I also sort of feel like it’s relevant that both situations are sort of capitalizing on or maximizing the qualities that are most prominent for the twins, and the ones that they identify with the most. Mabel, quite obviously, has her personality imprinted all over Mabeland; it’s everything she loves, silliness, sparkliness, cuteness, stuffed animals and dream boys and sugar. the apprenticeship is also centered around Dipper’s core interests and qualities, his intelligence, his research ability, his love for the paranormal and weird. and I think that’s a big part of what makes them so tempting because both of the twins are afraid of losing those things. a recurring theme in the show is “if I’m not [single personality trait], what am I?” Dipper struggles with this more obviously, but we also see that Mabel has some insecurity there like in Irrational Treasure where she reacts very badly to Pacifica mocking her silliness, so much so that it’s one of the only times where we see her actively trying to change her own behavior. for both twins growing up and returning home could seem to pose the frightening risk of losing those things and what they see as their identities along with them: Dipper would be going back to a place that’s presumably quite normal and doesn’t have the weirdness that he loves or anyone to encourage his interest in it, and Mabel-I think a big part of Mabel’s desire for summer to never end and things to stay as they are might come from the fact that a lot of the things she loves and centers her personality around, all her sparkles and hyperactiveness and glitter, are the kind of things society would generally consider childish, things she would be expected to start growing out of as she enters high school and might be mocked or reprimanded for if she doesn’t. which makes for a clear contrast between Mabel and Dipper that probably didn’t help the divide growing between them in season 2 at all: Dipper is in a hurry to grow up as fast as possible while Mabel wants to hang on to childhood. Mabel could easily see herself as being more threatened by oncoming adulthood than Dipper because in contrast a lot of Dipper’s core personality traits-his intelligence and analyticalness- are things he would be expected to retain and develop as he grows up, even praised for. (let’s face it, Dipper’s basically a college student already.)

so, Mabeland and the apprenticeship are tempting not just because they offer what the twins want in an immediate and material sense but because they offer safety and reinforcement of the twins’ identities at a time in their lives when anyone is going to be questioning and worrying over that a lot, without even getting into massively complicated family dynamics and literal armageddon.

but, even as the younger Pines twins are about to go brave a big scary unknown future, the show kind of also offers a point of comfort that contrasts all that. look at the older Pines twins.

what are Stan and Ford doing at the end of the show? they’re fulfilling their childhood dream, sailing around the world together looking for treasure and adventure (and babes). it took a huge amount of time and effort and pain and trauma for them to get there, but they got there in the end. and the thing is, for them, this is still change. if the show ended the way things were going right before Weirdmageddon, you’d have Ford back to studying and being more or less isolated, and Stan would be homeless again which would almost certainly mean he’d have to go back to conning and stealing and all kinds of shady business practices just to keep going. basically, it would be stagnancy for both of them, things continuing on the way they were before. change and growth, the same thing that’s looming and frightening for Dipper and Mabel at the moment, is what allows Ford and Stan to move on from unhappy lives and do what they always wanted. and for all the fear that the younger twins are facing in growing up, the fact that Stan and Ford are living out the dream they had as children is there to prove that growing up doesn’t have to mean giving up what you love or losing your identity. it all sort of comes full circle in the end.

/2 cents

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