#bapsa

[virhotkanthita]

लाल है!

[ladyelainehilfur]

you travel ten years into the past and the only BTS songs that exist are the ones on the 2 Cool 4 Skool album

[lesbiansloveseokjin]

day 273/548 of jimin's military service

these selcas were posted on 160513 with the caption:

Thank you for giving us 1st place Tears of being moved (or tears of affection)* bbwa** To the ARMYs who cheered us and came to day, to the ARMYs who came to the Signing session and all the ARMYs  Thank you #JIMIN #CongratulationsARMYs #BangTanSoNyeonDan

(*T/N: A Korean phrase that can't be directly translated, ** T/N: Sounds of tears falling - trans cr: Ellie @ bts-trans)

[raplinenthusiasts]

how i survived? its simple

I can only envy your strength and dedication then 🫡 but now you have to endure my screaming in your tags…

[bisexualnamjoonie]

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[oh-home-sweet-home]

Not again wtffff

I'm oh so blessed this Saturday Morning💜💐😪

[andy-wm]

Andy, I dont think JM is queer, coz in WHO he is singing about a her, not a they.

She/her pronouns leave no scope for ambiguity.

Anon, that's like me saying 'Anonymous' must be your real name because that's who the ask came from.

Makes sense?

No.

No it does not.

If the pronouns were THEY, Jimin would be

a) slammed for being woke

and

b) not clearly telling you that he lives in a society that makes him think his love MUST be a she/her. And he can't find love, he can't find it anywhere.

If he had grown up thinking he could find love with (he/she/they... any pronouns) don't you think he would have found it by now? I mean, look at him, he's so beautiful and kind and smart. How could he not find someone?

Would he be singing songs about how he can't find love?

The way he specifically says HER tells you THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES.

Please, Anon (not your real name, yeah?)

Please, for your future self, for you to navigate the information you encounter every day, don't just grab the first thing you see and run with it. Sure, consider your immediate reaction, but also consider what else might be happening.

Because theres always more than one way to look at a situation.

(Thats why we have a jury of 12 and courts of law, and we don't just let people claim revenge for perceived wrongs by vigilante justice. Because there's two sides to a story, and you need different perspecives to see all the angles.)

Critical thinking skills are important because often messages are hidden.

Sometimes it's because the author wants you to misunderstand at first, because their real meaning will have more impact when you discover it later.

Sometimes there are two different messages directed at two different types of audience (like kids movies with adult jokes hidden in them)

Sometimes it's because they actually cannot say what they really want to say because they aren't allowed to or because it'snot safe or because they simply don't want to be upfront.

In the case of this song, it's all three of those reasons.

Context clues tell us that this album is very queer themed. There are rainbows and smeraldo flowers everywhere.

Smeraldo flowers LITERALLY mean a hidden truth/ truth untold/ I couldn’t tell the truth.

The original posts about Smeraldo flowers are translated here:

You'll find this here: https://cafearmy.wordpress.com/category/flower-smeraldo-blog-post-translations/page/2

There are also clues in the WHO music video - the extended metaphor of the weather, and the rainbows and colour flares. These tell us THERE'S MORE GOING ON HERE.

Read the lyrics and also watch the mv and think about what you are hearing and seeing.

Follow the story and think about WHY everything is happening the way it happens.

The director didn't just randomly yell "ok dance! Now run a bit, now look at the camera, now sing!"

There's a plan. The plan is based on a story they're telling. The story has an ending that THEY ALREADY KNOW, but that we don't.

Until we've seen the whole thing and thought about it, and then gone back to see what we missed the first time around, we dont know.

Like Spring Day isn’t REALLY about the seasons, and Bapsae isnt about birds, and The Truth Untold isn't about growing flowers.

Go back and watch the MV with the audio muted and think about the story thr MV tells without the music.

Read the lyrics as though you are reading a poem.

Genuinely, i care about this (i am a school librarian Anon, i wouldn’t be one if i didn't care about how people interact with information) so listen and think about it.

Then come back and tell me if you still think he's not queer because the pronouns in this song are she.

Borahae 💜

[wherestoriescomefrom]

What do you do to be anti caste in praxis

tricky question, idk how to answer this properly. i'll go for it in as practical a way as possible:

participating in public culture method: i'm a phd student, and yes, the student unions in india have really suffered in the last few years, but i was and am part of my previous university's union as well as my current one. i will admit this isn't a perfect answer to participating in public culture, because i do have it easy. i'm generally privileged, and yes, while it was very difficult going against my whole family during some of the movements and protests and putting my future on the line a few times, i still have it a lot easier than many people who come from more marginalised backgrounds. jnu also had some ready political parties for me to support (my particular favourite was BASO and BAPSA), but i think there are many parties that do organise on anti-caste lines, no matter how problematic they are. i have some issues with Chandrashekhar Azad in relation to gender and sexuality, but on the whole, Bhim Army does some decent work. i'd love to vote for BSP (as i am from UP some of this might be related to UP) but i fear they have very little chance of winning, and the situation in UP is very bet on a horse that has a chance right now. i think this is one of the most obvious ways to get policy changes started, if nothing else, which is why i think it is actually important to participate in public culture. i know everyone can't do it, but i make it a point to go home to vote for every major election. however, i also know this is very tricky for people depending on where they are in life. i had very little agency when i was in undergraduate, but i have more now, so that helps.

helping people around you method: this is trickier because it has involved a lot of serious unlearning on my end, because i was and am casteist in ways that show up, and this is the part that really involves making friends with people who are explicitly Not Like Me. and that also means i have to be a friendly, caring, and generally kind individual or no one will want to be friends with me. but this is also one of the best methods - once you are perceived as generally kind and caring by your peers, they are more open about what they might need, and then you can REALLY use your caste privilege for support. and i don't want to say this like an upper caste saviour or anything, but you can really use your privilege to amplify other people's needs and wants. like a bulwark?? you know what i mean. one of the reasons why i ended up on the forefront of negotiations with my teachers was because i was an upper caste girl who generally spoke well and had the privilege to not back down. it was mostly very straightforward things, like my friends not having access to decent internet during the pandemic and needing extensions on all their assignments, but this is something that was doable and we managed it together (literally i remember as i composed messages on one chat with the teachers, i had ann and huda going off on the side about what else we could say and we strategised together. good times). helping the people around you is also one of the easiest ways to learn more: i have a friend for whom i have done a lot of free editing over the years and it's usually dalit studies related, and when i say the research makes you rethink your whole life, the urban employment market, and also your worldview, i really mean it. and of course, this goes without saying, but being generally kind to everyone around you. this is also one of the best and most foolproof ways to make lifelong friends and i think that's just an added bonus of being anti caste, because it DOES give you a fuller life and more caring people around you. and this might sound a bit kitschy and cute, but i am fundamentally of the belief that all praxis and change has to be rooted, intrinsically, in love for the people around you. which is why this method is the one that has been the most fulfilling for me, personally.

talking to my relatives method: the details of which really vary from person to person, but @metamatar has a handy guide here, and i also really like doing something funky with mine (my parents, i mean), which is to make them follow the lack of resources. for example, i was giving an interview at EFLU for the phd seats and when my dad said i must not have gotten it because of reservations, i just said, well there were two seats total because of major fund cuts in education. its not reservations thats the problem but the lack of resources as a whole. this is generally a REALLY good method because it highlights the unfairness of the nation state in one go as well. of course, some relatives are too far gone, but the least you can do (i have found) is criticise them openly so they don't feel comfortable saying that shit around you. i also really like sending counter articles on family groups. once my Maama had sent some nonsense about the farm laws, and instead of debating him i sent a wire article on how the farm laws weren't even just about the farmers. this is, unfortunately, the least rewarding method, but i fear it is also the most absolutely essential.

the method that is most difficult, which is changing how you think method: i have said it before, but of course i haven't unpeeled the layers of conditioning that are still part of me. i think things that generally help me in this is always following the trail of money and labour in the world around me, and seeing where it is rooted. you'd be surprised at how many things are just casteist practices disguised as other things if you just put your mind to it a little.

i think the most difficult thing in all of this has been learning that despite all this, i will still, 100% make mistakes. the most important thing for me is to always do my best to fix them, and to make sure no one gets hurt because of my actions, or exploited. the upshot of this is that i have simply lost the uttar-pradesh-given ability to bargain with anyone. no, really. i can't even do it with autowallahs anymore. and janpath?? forget it. if the man says the pants are for 600 i will simply pay him that if i can afford it or walk away. i was literally in sarojini once and the shopkeeper quoted 400 for like, a cute little shrug or something, and i just walked away and he called me back like ma'am???? aren't you supposed to bargain??? then when i didn't he reduced it himself to 300. then when i was like okay, and started to pay him, he was like omg you are so bhola...... give 200 for it jfc. of course he also flirted with me while doing that, which is the sarojini-given right of all shopkeepers. but you see??? i can't bargain anymore. i just can't do it, if someone says this is the price of my labour i either decide i can afford it or i move on.

what was i saying?? yeah i still make mistakes, all the time. i just try to correct them as best as possible.

EDIT: i forgot, but one thing that i have found works for me is to really amplify reading material and voices that are not mine. like, you know, to always recommend work by dalit and bahujan writers, to always read more of it as well?? that stuff

[visionsofgideontheninth]

people i want to get to know better: the game ✨

thanks @firelise for tagging me 😎

last song: Bapsae by BTS while I write this

favorite color: purple 💜

currently watching: Cherry Magic, Dead Friend Forever, Killer Paradox, The Bear, The Glory, Great British Bakeoff, just finished Cooking Crush this morning, and will be finishing The Witcher at some point surely

last movie: American Fiction (in theaters!)

sweet, spicy or savoury: sweet (but not like too sweet, but desserts in general)

last thing you googled: MSG capacity

relationship status: no urge to open the Hinge app even though I've been messaging with someone

current obsession: let's not kid ourselves, it's BTS

selfie/another picture you took: snow!!

Everyone, consider yourself tagged 😘

[bhagavanbhakthi]

Abu Dhabi - BAPs Swami Narayan Mandir

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Know more about #Hinduism from here: https://bhagavanbhakthi.com/

[orchidyoonkook]

Yoon my love! Let's play!

4, 6, 16, 17, 34

Katy! My aries sister ♈️♈️♈️

4. Top 10 songs?

Ah yes. Revenge. Mean but deservedly served.

In no particular order:

1. 134340

2. Pied Piper

3. On

4. Run BTS

5. Spine breaker

6. Bapsae

7. House of Cards - full length edition

8. Outro: Wings

9. Go go

10. Home

Honourable mentions (because I’m cheating): young forever, So What, Black Swan, boy with luv, Airplane Pt 2, cypher 3, cypher 4, love maze, paldogangsan, dope, bst, am I wrong, best of me, Dionysus, telepathy and stay.

6. Favourite lyrics?

Not a big lyric person tbh. Literally never have been and I’m sitting here unable to think of a damn thing. Sooooo, I’m just going to broad spectrum this and say pretty much any thing yoongi or joon write in their personal music. Because they speak to me the most musically, therefore I feel their messages would as well.

16. What is your favorite hair color for each member?

Jin: black or purple

Yoongi: black or platinum (or mint)

Hobi: dark brown

Joon: silver blond

Jimin: golden blond or pink

Tae: black

Jk: either black, the dark brown with reddish light brown tips, or medium brown (or cheerykoo!)

17. Whose fashion style do you like the most?

JK or Jimin or Yoongs. Jk is me if I had money. Jimin is my bougie side and yoongs is my comfy side.

34. Jungkook's thighs, abs, arms or veins?

Oh you bitch (affectionate). How dare you make me choose.

Aside from all of them…

..

.

Thighs.

THERE. HAPPY?

[lesbiansloveseokjin]

day 273/639 of yoongi's military service

this selca was posted on 160513, the day BTS got their 2nd win for FIRE with the caption:

Thank you ARMYs!! Thank you to all the ARMYs who came to cheer us and to all the ARMYs who cheered us on at home~~~ be careful and be careful of getting sick #BangTanSoNyeonDan

(trans cr: Ellie @ bts-trans)

Bapsae and FIRE performances from that day:

BTS episode filmed that day:

bonus post from that day:

Nomnomnomnomnom We’ll eat welllll~ #BTS #ARMY

(trans cr: Nika @ bts-trans)

[6okuto]

I don't follow bts anymore but The Most Beautiful Moment in Life pt 1-2 and wings were the it girl for me

U GET IT!!!! hyyh: young forever my beloved.... i need u run butterfly ma city bapsae house of cards converse high the list goes on + the mv lore?!?@?# who's doing it like her. spring day probably. she was perfect. i read the ones who walk away from omelas for her. (started reading multiple things bc of bts) & ukw i'll never forgive them for never dropping the bst teaser vers. SHE WAS PERFECT? bst should've been the one at the ama's

[borathae]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClGzumFP3qD/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

:)))))

Bruh (hardcore NSFW!! lmao it's not but it honestly should be hahah)

ISTG BAPSAE WAS BOTH A BLESSING AND A CURSE I WILL NEVER BE OVER THAT nfadnf the way he does it so casually I WANT himf andfna

[ayesharmy]

bts searching history be like

BTS’ searching history-

Namjoon-

- how to fix broken sunglasses

- how to cook without setting the kitchen on fire

- poetics complete pdf download

- shakespeare sonnet 18

Jin-

- how to handle 6 hungry brats

- wwh jin images

- brad pitt images

- fun recipes to try at home

Yoongi-

- distance between South Korea and Zimbawae

- modern architecture elements

- sope

- jhope bapsae fancam

Hobi-

- cute gifts to give to your billionaire besties

- sick dance steps

- cool nail art

- how to play the recorder with your nose

Jimin-

- cheesy pickup lines

- how to delete instagram account

- comfortable non-slippery chair buy

- wattpad login

Taehyung-

- how to train dogs to do tango with you

- 90s jazz music

- wall-e full movie download

- how to untangle yourself from cats-cradle string

Jungkook-

- pinterest style emo fashion

- RM being the best leader youtube videos

- justin beiber 1 hour loop

- RAP MOSTER

[rainknow]

1 and 4!

1- my formal introduction to kpop would be the bts "fire" music video :3 I thought taehyung was pretty ! I was obsessed with those guys. and my first girl group was red velvet! I listened to kpop throughout my teenage years and that's why I am here today :-)

4- I answered this in the last one HOWEVER ! I have more to add. I just unlocked a memory where me and my ex learned the choreo to bapsae