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stoopid-turtle · 1 year ago

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Overall BTS in Order Summary + Takeaways

Okay, this project was a) impromptu and b) fun and c) biiiggg.

There are some observations and thoughts that didn't quite fit in any one month that I wanted to add on. I also wanted to think through what I take away from this timeline as far as ggdd's relationship. So here's super-duper long post.

Shenanigans on set - professionalism

It's commonly observed that ggdd are a chaotic duo, and the impression you get from watching bts highlights is that they must have been a nightmare on set. If you watch through the bts clips on the daily, though, it's easy to see why gg and dd are well-regarded by people they work with.

Most of their day is endless takes of doing the same scene over and over. They spend a lot of time talking through a scene and their characters. Sometimes making small modifications but usually just giving a scene another go. They're usually doing this in harsh physical and emotional conditions, whether hanging on wires, immersing themselves in cold water, doing fight scenes in thick robes and sweltering heat, or working into the wee hours of the morning. Both gg and dd worked while injured and/or sick.

The moments of chaos are pretty rare and typically not disruptive. They're during moments where they're waiting for the crew to set something up. Sometimes they're egged on by the crew and the director. Overall, they're dedicated professionals who took advantage of slow moments for some fun but were otherwise focused on the show.

Kudos also to the rest of the cast and crew who were similarly dedicated. (Also, how do I get a job as dd's umbrella holder? Where should I send a resume?)

If you go into the bilibili playlist expecting non-stop ggdd shenanigans, you're gonna be disappointed. If, you're, like me, a nerd who finds the meta of filming interesting and doesn't mind sitting through people doing the same thing over and over again, then you're in luck because there's literal hours of that.

The fuzziness of the timeline.

I want to provide some cautions with the timeline. I rely heavily on a cfan-made bilibili playlist whose method I honestly can't understand bc it doesn't translate well through Google. What's more, I made some judgment calls when comparing against other timelines I've found, a cfan-made Weibo timeline, and vic's timeline here on Tumblr. Any of these could be wrong, so don't take this timeline as super-duper solid.

There are times I identify a clip as a widely-known translated clip, and there were also clips that were NOT in the bb playlist but that I tried to place based on some assumptions. I want to break these down.

Type 1

This is simple. These are when there's a clip on the playlist that is identical to a translated clip I've seen, just without the subtitles. This makes up most of them. The chocolate bar hug, the bondage conversation, the jealousy in English clip. As long as the bb playlist date is correct, then the date for these clips should be correct.

Type 2

Much less common. This is when I've seen a longer, translated version of a clip on the bb playlist so I'll include in the timeline what else goes in that clip.

As an example, the bb playlist has the clip of dd pretending to choke gg. I've seen elsewhere that this clip continues past where the bb playlist cuts off to also show gg singing Sam Smith to dd. So I place those both on the same day. These should be as reliable as Type 1

Type 3

These are the most open to error. There are clips that are not in the bb playlist but that have gg and dd in the same costumes, shooting the same scene as playlist clips. In those cases, I make a (big) assumption that they took place on the same day.

As an example, the bb playlist has Cloud Recess era gg and dd in the Cold Springs (not the secret cave but the place where gg makes his sword pee). The playlist does not include the clips of gg injuring his foot, but I've seen those clips and they're shooting the same scenes so the costumes and such are the same. I assume they're all on the same day.

But I could be wrong. Oftentimes, the same scene is reshot weeks later for technical reasons. Some scenes take multiple days to shoot. The script was also changing as they shifted away from het-washing wwx, and they had to reshoot some scenes as a result. The clip of gg injuring his foot could be from some other day when they had to shoot those scenes again for whatever reason.

Likewise with the cloud recess library pretzeling clip. I'm guessing it goes on 8/20, because that's the only day the playlist has clips from those scenes. But that does not mean that 8/20 was the only day cloud recess library scenes were filmed.

The other scene that falls into this type is from June, when gg and dd complain to each other about how few scenes they have together. The clip I've seen (elsewhere) was clearly taken while shooting the scene where LSX and WN run off together, so I've placed it there.

This brings us back to what I explained in April but I really just want to pound on it: we know SOOOO little. Most days, we don't even have an hour's worth of bts footage. There are so many scenes shot that we don't have any insight on. And we don't know what we don't know (and probably never will).

There are some clips that weren't included on the bb playlist that I can't even begin to guess the date for. I've seen the clip of gg saying "delete it" to a wwx/wq scene, but even though I know the costume that gg and dd were wearing, I don't have anything more specific to place it to a date.

I also really wanted to know what the date is on the clip of dd questioning a costume-jiejie about what gg said about him in an interview. No such luck. The most I can do is guess it may be related to the interview in July. The Aug interviews seem way too late for that clip, but who knows? (Honestly, the July interview seems a bit late for that type of clip)

Another clip that I wish I could date: the clip where dd casually mentions how handsome Xue Yang is to prompt gg to give rainbow farts to lwj.

I was also just curious about the WQ scenes in general, so I was disappointed they weren't on the playlist. I've seen some of the original WQ scenes elsewhere (I guess from gg solo playlists on YouTube), and I'm just generally interested in the shift the production team made in response to fan complaints (and maybe to complaints from their stars?).

All this to say, take the timeline as fuzzy. If someone wants to take on the herculean task of tracking down and correcting my errors (and making that super-awesome comprehensive Google sheet), then you have my highest respect (and my sword).

Is the devil's timeline possible? Looking at you, may.

I've been approaching my takeaways from the assumption that they met first on DDU, didn't interact for a year, then properly met again when they ended up on the Untamed. I don't have strong feelings about the Devil's Timeline, honestly, and I wouldn't be too surprised if it's true. But I tend to stick to the documented first meeting timepoint when speculating, just to not compound speculation atop speculation.

But putting that aside, if there anything in the timeline that rejects the Devil's Timeline out of hand? Not really. Some of the harder to explain dates are also hard to explain with the standard timeline (I'll get to those), so the devil's timeline is as likely as anything.

Is there anything that supports the Devil's Timeline?

Well, there are some clips that indicate a committed relationship much earlier than the standard timeline assumes. This may not necessarily mean we're in devil land. It could just mean their relationship moved faster than most people think. But they are notable.

Let's look at 2 clips in May that stand out as odd.

On 5.22, there's a clip attached to a rumor that gg and dd had a fight. The rumor goes that dd left the set early for some reason. In the morning, when gg asked where dd was going, dd said it was none of his business. When he returned, gg gave him the silent treatment. Dd grew increasingly upset about it while gg got snippy about how dd clearly didn't want him to care about him.

The clip this goes with is shot from a distance. There's no real sound, so I'm assuming that somebody did some lip-reading to come up with a transcript (that was then translated to English for the version I've seen). In it, an upset dd tells gg that he never told him (gg) not to care about him (dd).

There's obvious issues when relying on lip-reading for a conversation. Especially in this case, because their mouths are blocked at several points by people bustling around. The most I can reliably say about this clip is that gg does look a little frosty and dd is most definitely upset (like, startlingly upset).

If the rumor and the lip-read are accurate, this type of exchange only really makes sense in the context of some type of serious relationship. This was about a month before the dragon boat festival date.

I don't know enough about the original rumor to even have a guess as to how reliable it is. It's interesting to me, though, and I'm not inclined to dismiss it out of hand. If it's not true, then I wonder what, exactly, dd was so upset over if they're not yet in a relationship.

The other odd clip is the 5.17 clip of gg being jealous of the camera guy.

It's clear that gg felt threatened by the camera guy, but it's ambiguous as to what that implies about their relationship. Jealousy can rear its head within a romantic relationship, of course. But it could also manifest if they're still just friends but gg feels a special claim on dd somehow. Maybe they're in early flirting stages. Maybe gg knows dd has a crush on him, likes it, and feels threatened when dd's attention (which is usually pretty focused on him) is taken by another guy.

Any of these could be the case here. So gg's jealousy doesn't necessarily indicate that gg and dd are an item at that time. But it could.

These 2 clips are definitely interesting in how early they happen, and the earlier we see signs that gg and dd are an item, the more likely the devil's timeline is real.

So yeah. If you're on the devil's side, you got just as much support as anybody else based on this timeline.

Confusing dates

@bzhitstruth and I brought up a couple clips on the timeline that surprised us with their dates. Specifically, the jealousy in English conversation and the "I'm not talking about wwx, I'm talking about xz" moment. Both of these take place in July, while it seemed to me that mid-June would be the latest that gg and dd could get together based on the walk of shame after the dragonboat festival date.

Why is it weird to have these 2 clips a month later?

Well, the jealousy conversation involves them each accusing the other of chatting up other people. DD is specific about having heard gg talking to a girl some days ago whereas gg just accuses dd of having talked to men on WeChat. (I'm putting aside whether dd and gg were chatting up other people bc I'm not incredibly interested in going there. I'm more interested in what it says that they had this discussion). This is a conversation that I would expect to see if they were either not yet in a relationship or if their relationship was brand new and they were bringing up old habits the other had that they feel threatened by.

It reads oddly if they're a month into their relationship.

The other clip is more subjective, but my general impression before doing the timeline was that dd's smooth pickup line there is some early-stage flirtation. Both dd's line and gg's reaction come across as fresh and new, not an interaction one has with a person they've been dating for a month.

These are both Type 1 clips, so as long as the bb playlist is correct, then I'm 100% sure that they're dated correctly.

As to what to make of all this...uh...

"It's complicated" relationship status

Here's a best guess? I'm not committed to this. Just spitballing ideas that may fit the timeline.

I'm also basing this on my experience dating before I got married (I got married when I was 28, so I was still dating when I was gg's age). Of course, I got married around 2010, so the tech and dating landscape was different then. And obviously, I'm an American bisexual woman, not a gay/bi Chinese man. So my experience is probably gonna be a poor fit for gg and dd's experience, is what I'm saying. Take everything with a big ol' grain of salt.

One thing I'm pretty firm on, they had a sexual relationship on or before 6/18. Dd's walk of shame is hard to otherwise explain. There is the possibility that dd did that lazy smell test thing where he didn't have any clean clothes so just wore what he wore yesterday without thinking about it. I knew a looottttt of guys his age that did that (in fairness, I did that sometimes). Course, they were poor college students or burnouts who did not have PAs and staff to do their laundry so...

I'm sticking to it my certainty here. It's not realistic that they started a sexual relationship later than 6/18.

I noted in the May summary post that when dd realized that gg was physically affectionate, he hopped to take advantage of that (not in a predatory way). On 5.4, dd was constantly draping himself all over gg. What if they started having casual sex around this date?

Bear with me, y'all.

Plenty of decent relationships start with casual sex. My marriage began with me intending it to just be FWB (my wife had other intentions and, well, obviously it moved beyond FWB). So let's not do any shaming on this (in other words, I will take it personally). It's a part of modern life. In addition, my understanding is that actors' sex life is oftentimes connected to what they're filming at any given time.

Being friends w/ benefits (FWB) means gg and dd have an intimate connection that we see on set sometimes. On 5.7, dd helps gg practice his dance, for instance. But it also means that they're not on firm romantic footing, even if feelings are creeping in (which they definitely were).

How might this play out? Check out my fanfic outline:

On 5.17, we have gg getting jealous of the camera man. He feels some exclusive claim to dd given their FWB relationship and given dd is clearly nursing a crush on him, and he doesn't like having competition for dd's attention.

On 5.22, they have that fight. I wonder if gg took dd by surprise by pushing the bounds of their relationship to that point. GG, like dd, is feeling more invested in their relationship than a simple FWB requires, and he's getting annoyed when dd doesn't act the same (by going off to lunch without telling him where he's going). DD looks stressed bc while he does want something more with gg, he didn't realize they were at that point, and he's worried he screwed things up before they could develop.

After that point, romance might have started to play more of a role in their interactions as both of them pick up on the fact that the other might want something more as well. On 6.1, gg pulls out the heavy flirting with a kabedon and whispering in dd's ear. DD is clearly into it.

On 6.7, we get the clip where dd seems to ask for a kiss from gg. If they've been having sex since May, this isn't a huge surprise. Their relationship must also be common knowledge on set (they had that 5.22 argument in front of a bunch of crew and XL, all of whom didn't even seem to be paying attention).

On 6.14, they have the frankly obscene Cold Spring Adventures with each other.

Then on 6.18, they go on a date (with director and producer for plausible deniability). Maybe it's the first actual date they have and marks when they officially move from FWB to explicit romance.

On 6.30, there's the scene where jgy monologues while gg wants dd to romantically give up his life for gg (and dd's like, "nah, I'll just use my sword").

Moving a FWB to a romance can be weird and can take some work. Old habits creep in a lot and the fact that things started as FWB can lead to some early relationship insecurity.

On 7.17, dd's a little insensitive when he calls gg stupid after gg injures his foot in the water. GG honestly doesn't seem to notice (he's focused on getting to the shore and looking at his foot), but dd is clearly beating himself up throughout the clip and apologizes multiple times.

On 7.18, we have dd doing his "I'm not talking about wwx, I'm talking about xz" line. Maybe he's going hard, trying to make up for his misstep from yesterday? Given gg's reaction, this is clearly the type of romance he's looking for, so dd pretty much nailed it.

On 7.23 we have the English jealousy conversation. As they started as FWBs, they were probably aware that the other had similar arrangements in the past. That was probably a source of insecurity for both of them at the beginning as they moved onto a romance. This may be what's behind this particular conversation.

On 8.4, the night before dd's birthday, we get some big romance with rooftop stargazing and a birthday countdown. Then on 8.5, the cake and prezzies. On the morning of 8.6, dd posts his Weibo message about continuing things he started at 21 when he's 81.

DD's Weibo post always read as a response to something specific. Maybe gg was starting to have reservations about where their relationship would go after filming. The end was in sight, and gg may have been wanting to pull away, citing dd's age as a concern.

At the same time, they haven't put the kibosh on things yet. Maybe they're just trying not to think about it. They're busy enough, after all, they can put it out of their minds. That's how we get gg singing sam smith to dd on 8.18.

But then something happens. Maybe gg gets some big reminder that filming is wrapping up soon. Whatever it is, he deletes dd as a contact on WeChat. This leads to the 8.20 fight where dd asks gg to add him back and gg says they'll go their separate ways.

Maybe gg does add him back that day after the fight. Maybe he decides to wait until the very end to disconnect rather than hash it out while they still have filming to do. Maybe there are crucial events happening that were never caught on camera (Okay, this is definitely the case).

Whatever it is, they return to some form of normal for the next couple days. Then on the day they wrap, maybe that's the day gg breaks it off again. This is why dd was late to the photoshoot and why they fought on the steps after.

Whew. Okay, so I think that kinda accounts for all the ups and downs of the timeline.

Again, I'm not committed to this take. I'm just spitballing something that might make sense of some of these dates on the timeline. I'd love to see what other folks come up with!

We're all probably wrong anyway, and there's no way we'll ever know! 🤡🤡🤡🐢🐢🐢🐢

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ilovealonelystar · 1 month ago

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Random thought of the day:

*CPN*

About the Devil's Timeline... I switch back and forth between believing in it or not hahahaha

At the same time I think it's odd that GGDD both say several times they are shy and slow starters around strangers but they seemed to be at ease with e/o pretty fast, when I watch the early early (like first days) behind-the-scenes footage, you can clearly see they are indeed awkward/shy, DD speaks soft and low, they don't hit and laugh at each other maniacally like they would come to do (A LOT) later, and I think you can see GG trying to break the ice. I made this little compilation to exemplify some of the early days of filming:

Source

So, what are the options in my opinion?

They really (like they officially claim) talked for the first time only at the script reading in early April before the filming started and hit it off super duper fast;

WYB added XZ on WeChat after he went on DDU (mid-2017), they talked for some time (because they have mutual interests like K-pop, music in general, animes, etc) but it died down the following months, so they were basically strangers when they met again to shoot CQL;

WYB added XZ on WeChat after he went on DDU (mid-2017), they talked, flirted, had some kind of long-distance online relationship, maybe never clearly crossing the line between friendship/love because they were so busy they probably wouldn't have the time to develop it so much, so it died down after some time - that's why they were awkward at the beginning of filming but then the flame reignited;

WYB added XZ on WeChat after he went on DDU (mid-2017), they talked, after some time started a half-long-distance relationship seeing each other casually, had some good times, ended it for some reason (being busy following their dreams and careers, etc) - that's why they were awkward at the beginning of filming but then the flame reignited. Maybe they still kept some kind of contact, talking to each other about the CQL casting (because XZ was chosen first as WWX, WYB was the last one to be chosen like the producer said in an interview);

Actually, they are masters of acting and they were already in a love relationship before CQL, just pretending they were awkward and shy around each other so nobody would suspect it.

I know that it's kind of peculiar that they seemed really comfortable with e/o at the script reading, but it's not improbable to think that GG was just being professional and friendly (like he usually is, right?) because there's that epic cut of him crying a lot during the reading, so he was already getting into WWX mind. Also, GG said in some interviews that the director told him (I imagine because of him being older and his friendly personality) to approach DD - that is 'cold'/'shy', because, after all, they would need to have good chemistry on screen.

Hmm... I think I covered all the ideas I have in mind right now hahaha bottom line: I DON'T KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE but I love pondering about it. If anybody has any other theories, I'd love to know!!! This Devil's Timeline thing is really something that tickles my imagination...

#yizhan #wangxiao #bjyx #bjyxszd #devil's timeline #ggdd

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bzhitstruth · 1 year ago

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When does the relationship start?

Like any turtle, I have often wondered about the beginning of the relationship GGDD. Like everything related to GGDD relationship, this is shrouded in mystery.

Everything I write about here is fake, fantasy and just my stupid thoughts. Don't have to believe me, I write nonsense that does not exist in reality. 🤡

There are several popular theories about the beginning of the relationship, let's talk about them.

1) They have been together for a long time, almost since 2015 + 2) They met on DDU in 2017, started a relationship, but on the set of TU they carefully concealed this.

This is based on early drawings of GG, where he portrayed a "girl" with blond hair, suspiciously similar to DD in the image of "White Peony", in which he performed in those years (2014-2016), and on the drawing of DD, which shows a smiley with a "mole ". There is also a rumor that GG was allegedly present at one of the UNIQ fan meetings in 2015. Many people find similarities between the publications of GGDD in Weibo during that early period and some coincidences.

I can't accept this theory at all. Let's assume that this is the case, and they were already together long before the filming of TU. In this case they hid their relationship on the DDU program in 2017, they hid their relationship before filming, and only during the filming (and almost from the first day) they for some reason suddenly stopped pretending and entered into close contact, which everyone watched with some surprise. If we consider these theories to be true, then it is not clear why these two carefully concealed their relationship before filming, and during filming almost didn't try to hide.

In my opinion, the evolution of relationship took place on the set. @stupid turtle made the good chronology of BTS TU, thanks to this we can observe DD and YY throughout the filming process, knowing the approximate dates. We can build on well-known BTS clips.

Look at the face of DD at an early stage of the filming:

And this expression was after some time:

For me, the difference is obvious. At the very beginning, this is an expression of interest and groping for ways of rapprochement. Then, when the relationship had already entered a certain direction, the expression of DD changed to “I consider you mine, I want it to be like that.” The behavior of the GG also became more flirtatious and he began to more clearly express his interest in DD.

It is not clear to me why two people who by that time allgedly had already been in a relationship for two or three years (or a year) showed such clear signs of an emerging romance on the set. Coquetry, courtship, I make it clear that I care about you. Later - quarrels, showdowns, at the very end there is a crisis and confusion.

The question may arise - if they had not known each other before, then why did they find a common language so quickly and in the very short time demonstrated the behavior of loved ones? Well, I know such examples from life when people are so compatible that they feel completely comfortable from the first days. For me there was nothing surprising in such behavior. They could just (unconsciously) like being around each other.

At the beginning of filming, DD made GG open compliments: “your voice is so charming!”. Gave him a fan. Taught him to dance. During the filming of the "whipping" scene (this was in the first days) a conversation arose between DD, GG and LHK, and DD revealed how he easily starts laughing when he needs to relax on set. He spoke while looking at GG, he said it as if GG doesn't know much about him yet, and DD wants to tell him a little about himself. Here, from about the 6th minute, this conversation, the whole scene is completely from the 3rd minute, there are subtitles. I got the impression that they are just learning each other, but they are already well together.

Then GG also "probed the soil" in his own way: “I want Starbucks”, “I want Japanese cuisine”, “I want a hot pot” - and DD rushed to fulfill these wishes. He courted.

Later, overtly sexual innuendos and games began, concern about food, the desire to hang out shoulder to shoulder all the time, closer bodily contact, frank glances, they eat and drink from the same dish.

Toward the end of filming, there was something restless in the air, as if a deadline was approaching when something had to be decided.

Looking at all this behavior, I can't imagine that these two had a long-term relationship before.

In BTS, we can only observe the "tip of the iceberg", only a very small part of their interactions, but even from such meager material, I see the process - from inception to crisis.

3) After GG participated in DDU, DD took his contacts, but did not communicate with him until the shooting of TU + 4) After GG participated in DDU, DD took his contacts, and they just exchanged messages from time to time, but they got together only on the set.

This is what I consider the most likely. There is an opinion that DD, having taken the contacts of a person he likes, could not help contacting him immediately, he always acts decisively and ahead of the curve. But I would object: everyone talks about DD (and he said so about himself), that he slowly warms up, does not immediately converge with people, at first they consider him cold, but then he shows his warmth. If he is like this with many, then it would be all the more strange that he boldly rushes to communicate with a person whom he really likes. Maybe he was going to do so and was waiting for the right moment? Then the theory that DD deliberately sought to get into the TU cast may turn out to be correct.

By the way, we don’t know if DD really fell in love with GG at first sight, we only have his words from an interviews that “love at first sight exists.” But I think he really liked GG right away.

And I admit that GG also liked DD, and I even admit the conspiracy theory that maybe GG has been eyeing DD since the time of the "White Peony", but did not try to get closer. According to my feelings, GG can look from afar for a long time, but he will constantly doubt and “weigh” if it comes to such a personal matter. Who can say for sure now?

All of us, thinking about this, transfer our personal experience to GGDD. Of course, I imagined how I would behave in such circumstances. Usually I have no problems communicating with people, I'm an introvert, but if I meet someone nice, I can chat about anything. But if I VERY like a person ... then I immediately go underground and am afraid to even show my sympathy to him. Some of the people I dreamed about for long days and nights just never found out about my "great love". No one knows exactly what behavior of GG and DD could be in this case.

Plus, we're talking about M+M love, and this is a special case. DD could not know in advance about GG's orientation and his reaction. Perhaps DD initiated a correspondence on the social network, but at the level of “hello, cool photo!”, “hello, I saw your performance, congratulations!”. When they met offline on the set, they looked a little embarrassed, like people who communicate in person and in an informal setting for the first time.

When the filming ended, in my opinion, the nervousness was very clear. When shooting a group photo on the roof, it seemed that DD too deliberately wants to show that everything is fine, that he is happy that the shooting is over. There is a moment when he "joyfully" jumps up while sitting on the roof, while GG looks at him strangely. Then, on one of the videos, it was clear that DD's face was rather gloomy, and something similar to tears glittered on it. But I won’t claim, because photos and videos can be deceiving (I can’t give a link to the video, I just don’t remember where I saw it, but you can find it if you want, these are quite famous shots).

The fight on the stairs, which occurred after taking a group photo of the film crew, no longer looked like a game. I saw several videos and photos, DD and GG are not smiling, DD purses his lips and seems annoyed, GG is trying his best to pretend that everything is well.

Perhaps a small push was needed to release the accumulated irritation, and it happened. Perhaps the GG has already told DD about the trip to Japan and the desire to "reboot" and think about his feelings. Maybe DD wasn't happy about it. He had a fear of possible loss, and this greatly annoyed him. The magical summer was over, the inevitable return to reality was approaching, and both felt empty in their chests. This is a very unpleasant feeling.

According to rumors, they both cried before leaving. Then there was the famous trip of GG to Japan, and I believe that this was the very moment of deciding what to do next. But apart from the two of them, no one knows for sure.

Bottom line: it seems to me that this entire period is quite consistent with the theory of "acquaintance on DDU - silence (or a couple of words in the chat) - meeting a year later on the set." The only objection I see to this is that “determined DD would not wait a whole year”, but, as I said, people behave very differently and sometimes unexpectedly in special circumstances. We didn't have other examples of DD in love, we have nothing to compare with.

In any case, all this research is just my subjective opinion, only reflections and assumptions about what remained hidden. Unless GGDD ever writes a memoir. Then we will know which theory was correct. The main thing is that now we believe that they are together, and the past has already become history. BJYXSZD 💚❤️.

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shandian-go · 4 months ago

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road-soft · 2 years ago

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Warmest greetings. You probably know me from other identities and pseudonyms but please refer to me only by the name Archer and any other names beside that automatically invalid and should not be mentioned. I am in my twenties and go by the pronouns He/They.

FURTHER INFO.

I do realize that I seemed to be a bit hard to approach at first but don't fret, I am actually very very lively and noisy especially when we share a common interest. If you have any interest towards any topics, issues or anything you find interesting, please do not hesitate to hit me up on dm because I love to have some chat and even some detailed discussion.

Chapter: 002.

BEFORE YOU FOLLOW

I have a lot of interest in chinese media, especially chinese entertainment, literature, music etc.

I like to do reading and watching thread so that makes my account become not spoiler free! Please keep in mind that my reading/watching thread maybe filled with a lot of profanities, uncanny reactions, inappropriate remarks and tons of memes so please be ready for my endless chatter.

Despite having a deep adoration and affection towards a certain media and group, I don't really put myself under the flag of any subtwt and my interests are generally pretty diverse. Therefore, please make sure you're fine with occasional hype tweets and a timeline full of screams.

I am an active writer of both gen!rp and closed agencies, this account was actually a side one dedicated to share WWW posts and some rp-related topics.

I do write sometimes and it's neither good nor otherworldly so please look away if you find my writings not up to your cup of tea, I love to store and make threads on the words I singlehandedly arrange as well.

I am not a rps/cpf but if you see me screaming about any cp in general or talk about them a little too much, please close an eye and move on and believe me that it doesn't represent my entire personality.

DO NOT INTERACT IF

Please do not interact if you're a homophobic, zionist or 02 voter, likes to share baseless rumours about anyone in any form, minor under twenty (20) years old, put your account under LADStwt, HOYOtwt, anitwt and engaging to the fandom drama and rting looking for mutuals kind of tweets, stanning problematic idols or someone I dislike (I will mostly do a quick look at your profile and info before following you), chronic cpf, mxtx and meatbun main only, bjyx or fyx shipper, degrading women by calling them 🍵 or similar names and likes to engage to any non queer-friendly account, autobase and communities.

NOTES

Please dm me if you need me to put any cw or tw in some topics that I might be a little bit ignorant to. I do put cw/tw on general sensitive topics.

I am beyond delighted if we share same interest and can be good friends. but please remember to prioritize yourself first, make yourself feel safe and comfortable just like i made myself feel so in this account and that's why i do not mind to break the mutual when you reached disagreement and can not stand eachother’s opinion.

Chapter: 003.

INTEREST

GAMES: Honor of Kings, Ashes of The Kingdom, Path to Nowhere.

C-ENT ACTORS: Yi Yangqianxi, Chen Feiyu.

CPOP: 时代少年团, TOP登录少年组合， TFBOYS, 队长YOUNG CAPTAIN, 等一下就回家, Jolin Tsai, Guo Ding, Orange Ocean, The Chairs, 831, Joyside. Fool and Idiot, Queen Suitcase, Mayday, Sunset Rollercoaster, Hedgehog, Escape Plan, No Party for Caodong, Manshuke, Wang Yitai, LASER, MANTA.

CHINESE VARSHOW: A lot tbh I'm more of a varshow enjoyer instead of drama or movie.

DANMEI NOVELS: Mainly 188男团, Zhichu's novels and unlimited flows. I read a lot of genres and tropes and don't have any exact fixation so you'll see me reviewing and talking about different kinds of novels.

WHERE DO WE MEET?

Gen!RP: qiarnxi / cherngxin / zhixirn

Closed Agency: Fang Juexia (Stellis Lawfirm) / Lu Chen (The Arcanums) / Bai Changyi (Veiled Grandeur)

#Spotify

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festivelotus · 3 years ago

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Who can tell me about the Yizhan related “Thanksgiving Party Rumors”? I just heard a very vague reference in a fanfic. I just like to know all the possible candy, haha. Thanks!

#yizhan #the yizhan in my head is real #bjyxszd #bjyx timeline #bjyx #wang yibo #xiao zhan #i love them

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candicewright · 4 years ago

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They were together before filming. This BTS doesn't change a thing for me. Not sure why anyone would think it should.

I love you and your confidence but know I'm waiting for your post on this because the possibility hadn't even crossed my mind before you said it😂💜

#imagine having such clarity on something i could never😂💜#no pressure but i reaaaaly want to hear your thoughts #yizhan #bjyx #timeline

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starsxinxthexbluexsky · 4 years ago

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Hello 🌠, I wanted to know what you think about the evil timeline? sometimes it seems very sweet but also very cliché

Hi Anon, about Devil Timeline, I think it's pretty fantastic. 🤔🤔

I'm not saying there wasn't the possibility that they were ex-boyfriends and they knew each other before doing CQL, actually I don't know, only they know.

That could be the reason why DD is so open with GG, although they aren't supposed to know each other at all, among other things, but I don't have much to say about it, you just know why it's called Devil Timeline. 😂😂😂

If someone is a new turtle, ignore my dubious answer. The post is here, explained interesting points and everything

#ask response #bjyx #devil timeline

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p-h03n1-x · 4 years ago

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Hiii. Do you have a post about the devil's timeline?

Hi Anon! While a part of me kind of believes in some parts of the Devil’s timeline ( I think they were more like acquaintances back then ) since I’m not fully subscribed to the idea, I never really wrote a post about it. The closest I came to writing anything about it was as a response to @accio-victuuri post. The link is here

@accio-victuuri does have a post about it. You can check this link and read about it

#BJYX #BJYX and Devil’s Timeline #cpn cpn cpn crazy fanfiction #anon q and a

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rainbowsky · 29 days ago

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Hello hello! Baby YiZhan fan here :) totally random but...... I was watching the whole Untamed BTS and I noticed that on 2018.05.04 their interaction was kind of different, WY with his hands on XZ shoulder a couple times, their "can you find my nipple?" game (hahahaha), they were very touchy with each other. I tried and didn't find any theories about his specific date but it seems something changed from that point on. Do you know if there is anything about it?

Hi new turtle! 💛🐢💛

Well, there are various dates that different turtles focus on based on how particular BTS clips land on them. Not every turtle reacts the same way to the same clips. It can be a very personal thing. What one turtle finds very exciting, another turtle won't be moved by at all. Everything is an interpretation and nobody knows what really happened, so we all just clown and theorize according to our personal interests.

There is also a lot of unreleased BTS, so there are gaps in our understanding of how things unfolded during filming. In the absence of information some turtles will try to fill in those gaps with theories, and others will ignore those parts and focus on the content that we do have.

As for my own take on this particular date, I think it's entirely unknowable and therefore I don't see a huge point in digging too deeply into it. After all, this all happened 5 years ago. It's water under the bridge, really.

I don't think that I would immediately jump to something shifting in their relationship that makes them suddenly more comfortable with each other.

For one thing, I think the idea that there is such a huge change in their level of comfort with each other is very debatable. There are moments from the first days of filming where they look quite comfortable with each other and some moments later in filming where people could interpret them as not looking very comfortable with each other at all.

Only GG and DD know exactly how they felt and why they behaved the way they did at any given time. What we might read as being about their level of social comfort with each other could be about something entirely different.

It could be that they're tired and don't have a lot of energy and therefore don't appear to have a lot of sparks with each other in certain moments, or it could be that they had an argument, or that some personal or career stress is distracting them, or that some other third party has said something to them to make them more subdued with each other. We just don't know.

Devil's Timeline people sometimes theorize that they were trying to hide their relationship in the early days, therefore they acted a bit distant with each other to keep up the charade but quickly grew tired of making the effort, or forgot to keep the pretense up.

One of the things that fans most frequently forget to take into consideration is GG and DD's experience as queer people in a heteronormative society. I think it's worthwhile to consider what it would feel like to go on to a movie set with a whole bunch of strangers and to be acting across from your gay partner in a climate such as the one in China. I think any perceived tension between them in front of the cameras at the time could be easily explained by that alone.

I talk about the climate on set in a bit more detail in this post.

Any shift in their behavior on any particular date could be entirely because of conversations they had with production that we are not privy to. That could be the date they fully realized just how queer-friendly the environment was for them on set. Perhaps they were able to relax from that point forward in the certainty that production had their best interests at heart and would protect them as a couple.

We simply don't know. Everything is CPN, and everyone will have their own take on it based on their own perspective. As a gay person I'm more likely to theorize based on my understanding of the social realities of being gay in a heteronormative society. Others might be more drawn to the romance, and still others might be trying to build a case for their own personal timeline.

My advice is to not get too married to any one particular theory of how things happened. After all, it could have happened any number of ways. We will probably never know what really happened, so there's no point in attaching ourselves too much to a specific perspective.

I find it more fun to look at it from a bunch of different angles and come up with different reactions or theories based on that. If they got together during filming, what might be happening here? If they were already together, what might be happening there? That kind of thing. I did that with my Japan trip post, and several others you might encounter as you browse through my blog.

Most importantly, no one can tell anyone that their perspective is the right and true one. We will never know for sure. We are all clowns working from the same information and taking it in our own personal directions based on our own personal backgrounds, baggage, interests, etc., and based on what we need from fandom.

As a new turtle you might find my masterlist post helpful. There are a bunch of older posts and lists and resources there that new turtles might find useful.

#bjyx #yizhan #timeline #untamed bts #ask

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accio-victuuri · 2 years ago

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BJYX : Devil Timeline ( Expanded ) 💌

It’s been more than 2 years since i made the original post for this timeline and one of the more infamous fandom favorite cpn. I’m adding links on other clues that I have made related to this. that means things before the official meeting in 2017. my original post have always been really bare and does not do justice on why it’s a popular cpn among turtles. i’m not trying to convince anyone of anything with this, i’m only laying out the possibilities.

• 2016 coincidences

• 2016 weibo post parallels

• 2017 clues part one | 2017 clues part two

Now that i’m looking at this, I think my next project is 2015 coincidences 😂😂😂

#bjyx #yizhan #clowning hours are open #all of this is cpn #devil timeline

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stoopid-turtle · 1 year ago

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Aug Summary + Takeaways

Okay, straight off the bat, the timeline for this month is a mess. So many conflicting dates for just about everything. I tried real hard, but I hit my limit as a non-Chinese speaker. So consider this all to be sketchy.

Let's hit on the significant moments point by point:

DD's birthday!

There's some disagreement as to what happened on 8/4 vs what happened on 8/5. As near as I can tell, we get them filming the rooftop fight, the bug chase, the stargazing, and the birthday countdown on 8/4.

On 8/5, DD does the livestream during a lunch (?). GG is filming solo scenes for a bit, then DD joins him when they fight off the Wen owl. Then they do the post-timeskip market scene. This also includes a moment with dd being a chaotic gremlin while gg is being serious and working thru a scene with the juniors. After finishing his takes, gg walks up to dd with what I called the "indulgent dom" face. It's the only way I know how to describe it, but y'all have seen this expression before. It's identical to the expression he had when DD bratted at the Nanjing fanmeet by refusing to make a cute face.

(I'm not making any particular statement about them actually being dom/sub here. Just...some moments have big dom energy and this is one of them)

(also, since @deadeyellentigh expressed an interest in gg's codeswitching, this is also another instance when it pops up)

After filming ends for the day, they do the cake and gift exchange.

They are presumably in a relationship at this point, so odds are, there were other celebrations in private that we weren't privy to.

All the fucking interviews

Excuse my language, but within a 3-day timespan, there are night/day interviews with yb and dd, gg, and ggdd. JL has a couple interview/measuring sessions with them individually. There's an on-set interview when they're sitting in front of a rockface of some sort. Then the Sina interviews and the interview on the white couch and the outdoors interview with gg calling DD gouzaizai and oh God why are there so many fucking interview clips????

The yb interviews seem to take place around filming close-ups for some fight scenes on 8/7. GG will interview with yb while dd does some takes, then they switch. There's another nighttime yb interview clip on 8/8 with both gg and dd. And then on 8/9, yb does the awkward waist-measuring interview.

Why does yb interview them on 3 different days? Or should this all be on one day? The latter seems more likely, but the sources I'm using have varying dates for varying clips from these interviews so *throws hands up in air*

Ok, back to ggdd

Sorry, I just wanted to rant convey how shaky the timeline is this month. The Weibo timeline I was checking against doesn't have anything for Aug, so I was working with fewer sources.

The first part of the month seems good for them. They're playful, clearly having fun, but also just glomming together and chatting between themselves between takes.

The 8/10 exchange with jc is interesting to me. Again, I'm basing my understanding from a YouTube video I've seen, and there's every chance that video is misleading. Just watching the unedited, untranslated clip, it does look as if gg's a little freaked out by something while dd is trying to reassure him, but it's really impossible to know what they're all talking about. There was a lot going on on the set that wasn't related to ggdd, and honestly, I have the impression that their relationship was widely known about. As such, it shouldn't have been something that jc had to discover through a photo. He likely had known about it since the start.

The end approaching

The last week or so leading up to the end of filming is a bit of a roller coaster. On 8/16, they have lots of fun filming fight scenes together. On 8/18, gg sings Sam Smith to dd. I think a lot of what gg busts out singing on set is a little random (sometimes, you just get an earworm), but this is clearly meaningful given the way he's directing it at dd.

So at this point, gg and dd seem to be in a good place. I don't know if they've been discussing what happens after filming. I don't know if they've already agreed to try to make it work. Maybe they're avoiding the topic. Maybe they're not on the same page. But on 8/18, gg and dd seem ok.

Then in 8/20, we get the cloud recess library scene. This scene has a lot of fun clips, but I've also seen another clip from that day (unless there's another cloud recess library scene day that I'm missing -- a very real possibility). I've only seen this clip translated once, so I don't know how accurate it is.

But it's a clip of an extended pretzeling session between the two. I've seen shorter clips of the pretzeling, but I'd never seen the full scene or context until I randomly came across it one day.

The scene starts with gg angry about something dd said about him. DD asks gg if he's gonna add him back on WeChat. gg says after filming, they'll go their own ways and won't have to see each other. DD asks how he could say something like that. (Sidenote: I will not link to this clip. Please do not ask.)

It's honestly uncomfortable to watch, and if the translation is accurate, then it's obvious the bts caught a couple argument. I have some reservations about it bc, honestly, the other clips at the library don't have any hint of tension between them. Was this something that happened after? At the end of the clip, they do walk past the camera as if leaving the set.

There's reasons to consider the clip with some skepticism. First, the translation I saw could be wrong. I usually like to see 2 different translator's versions before I consider a clip really solid. I've only ever seen one on this. Otoh, even without the translation, both gg and dd seem upset in the clip and the atmosphere isn't playful. (Made even weirder by the fact that it was included in one of those "cute ggdd moments" compilations. Y'all, I got thoughts on some of the stuff on Youtube). Still, maybe the scene isn't as ugly as that translation makes it appear.

Another possibility goes back to what I've been saying from the beginning: we are seeing so little of what actually happened. 20 minutes out of a day of filming. Maybe 30. On rare cases, an hour. Maybe gg and dd made up after that clip but before filming ended. Maybe they went through 5 breakup/makeup cycles before filming ended. Maybe the scene didn't happen on 8/20 at all. Maybe there's stuff happening around the scene that changes the context completely.

So take it or leave it. I'm inclined to think the translation is relatively accurate. If the translator wanted a cute ggdd moment, they could have tried a lot harder. That's the opposite of a cute moment. And while the tone of this clip may contrast with the clips around it, I also don't think that's necessarily a strong point against it.

As an example, the next day, 8/21, when gg is sick, they seem okay but there's every possibility they are being cautious about their arguments in front of the camera. If they're like me and my wife, they're able to put an argument on hold to attend to whatever responsibility they have. My wife and I had an argument right before hosting some friends for dinner. We just...pretended through the whole night. Then, once people were gone, we finished up the fight.

DD and gg are actors, and gg, especially, is good at schooling his expression. We know dd routinely lies during interviews with ease. They're both able to put on a guise of being okay. As usual, we're seeing such a small slice of what's going on with these clips. There is every possibility this was an ongoing argument between them that they kept from the camera (excepting that one scene in the library).

At the same time, gg was singing Sam Smith to dd just 2 days before the argument. What happened between 8/18 and 8/20 to create such tension? The only clip I have from 8/19 is of gg filming solo. Something happened that led gg to attempt to cut contact with dd.

On the other hand, some couples are just a bit volatile, with a lot of back and forth happening within a short amount of time. This can especially be the case with young couples where both people have strong personalities.

The next days after 8/20 are the final shots and then the wrap events. They seem fine, for the most part. However, there is the moment on the steps at wrap when they hit each other.

@bzhitstruth noted that the fight here is real, and I tend to agree. Dd was notably late to the big cast and crew photo. Then, during the line up, dd said something when it finished that seemed to upset gg. That's when gg reaches behind the person between them to whap dd and dd whaps back. Everybody laughs, but gg and dd's expressions are serious rather than playful.

After, dd looks like he's gonna follow gg down the stairs but he stops himself and just lingers. Then they're both called over for another photo. GG's pretty cheerful and bouncy but DD barely smiles.

I'd been skeptical of the rumor that gg changed his WeChat or something to break off contact with dd after filming, but after going through these clips, I think it's at least plausible. GG may not have changed his number, but he apparently unfriended (or whatever) dd around 8/20.

It really seems as if gg was prepared to break things off, against dd's wishes. Even when considering the whole "gg needed a break after filming" possibility, I didn't think their separation was so acrimonious, but it looks like it was pretty dramatic and oftentimes hostile.

But there's ambiguity here. There's room for disagreement. I'm leaning towards the "bad breakup" interpretation, but there's room for other takes, and if you think that things left off on a more hopeful note, I wouldn't blame you. We know they eventually got together, after all.

The after

On that note, our knowledge of the after is even sketchier. We know gg went on a trip to Japan and dd wore the "I miss you" hat. If gg did delete dd as a contact on WeChat, then the hat was really dd's only way to communicate with him.

Next we know, dd visited gg for his birthday on 10/5. I have a litany of questions for this.

Who contacted who and how after the Japan trip? Did gg reopen chat with dd? Or did dd find some other way to contact gg? Had gg made up his mind during the Japan trip to get into a relationship or was that a decision he made after?

Of course, without that tell-all book, we have no way of knowing any of this. That's what fanfic is for, I guess.

But it's clear that they're together in 2019. It's at that point that dd introduces gg to his DDU brothers, and then they start doing the promo events that include so many interview moments that hint at a relationship between them. So while the last we see of them during filming was tense and unresolved, we know they both chose to work things out and make a proper go of a relationship. Well, dd seemed to never waver on that, so it was up to gg to make that commitment. He clearly did.

I kinda hate to leave this project off on such a downer, tbh. I hadn't really thought through the possibility that they had an ugly break-up at the end of filming, but there we are. I feel bad for them that their early-relationship dirty laundry is out there for the world to see. I'd hate for some of my early relationship dramatics to be caught on camera. (Thus why I will not share the clip of them arguing)

So let's end on an up-note. We know they're together even now. We have a new LRLG rumor just last week. We can see they've both committed to and grown into their relationship.

The latest rumor is long and is full of sweet moments, but there's also a bit where dd talks about his relationship with his staff. I think we can take the current state of their relationship from what he says:

"Date in a way that makes you comfortable. Work through the differences and it will be okay."

Assuming this isn't all fake. Cause it probably is.

I'm gonna do an overall summary + takeaway from this project for some stuff that didn't fit into any individual month (professionalism on set, possibility of devil's timeline, "it's complicated" relationship status, etc). Probably this weekend. Watch this space.

#bjyx #yizhan #the timeline of ggdd love yue #prezzie for turtles

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motmatlemo · 4 years ago

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Again

#wang yibo #timeline #bjyx

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bozhan18 · 1 year ago

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💚♥️💛🐢

When does the relationship start?

Like any turtle, I have often wondered about the beginning of the relationship GGDD. Like everything related to GGDD relationship, this is shrouded in mystery.

Everything I write about here is fake, fantasy and just my stupid thoughts. Don't have to believe me, I write nonsense that does not exist in reality. 🤡

There are several popular theories about the beginning of the relationship, let's talk about them.

1) They have been together for a long time, almost since 2015 + 2) They met on DDU in 2017, started a relationship, but on the set of TU they carefully concealed this.

Look at the face of DD at an early stage of the filming:

And this expression was after some time:

Then GG also "probed the soil" in his own way: “I want Starbucks”, “I want Japanese cuisine”, “I want a hot pot” - and DD rushed to fulfill these wishes. He courted.

Toward the end of filming, there was something restless in the air, as if a deadline was approaching when something had to be decided.

Looking at all this behavior, I can't imagine that these two had a long-term relationship before.

In BTS, we can only observe the "tip of the iceberg", only a very small part of their interactions, but even from such meager material, I see the process - from inception to crisis.

#bjyx #yizhan #bjyxszd #just imagination #ggdd timeline #bozhan18 #clowning around #my thoughts are reflected

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jjheejz · 3 years ago

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About Internet Water Army in the case

This is an ongoing update about the case from start to development. List of all related posts can be found on this blog's pinned post (link provided at bottom of each post as well).

19 August 2021 update: Added the scale of his success for reference, before bonus below

18 August 2021 update: Added timeline of events, orange title in post, found out the official English term for Immoral Media = Internet Water Army)

Major updates since first draft: Added bonus, added disclaimer, certain info details

Originally posted on 16 August 2021

[The purpose of this post is to provide a perspective as to why the Media is raised/blamed regarding the issue. Especially for international fans, as all the encounters happened on Weibo. Also, those who were on weibo, do read through if you will. So although it's lengthy, do try to read all, at least if not the last two parts].

The Media referred by most, is not the common perception of the Entertainment Industry (celebrities, directors, shows, channels, staff etc), but the dark side of the Entertainment industry: Antis, toxic fans, toxic marketing accounts. They are called Internet Water Army💧.

Toxic Marketing Accounts is one of the things they do, these accounts on Weibo has millions of followers, each of their post likes are in the hundred thousands (buyable) to give credibility to passer-bys. Some use similar names to Official accounts, some use similar logos. Their posts are usually subjective or aims to steer view points of a certain celebrity/movie/show. Before the latest update of this post (18.08.21), I just group them all together and term them as Immoral Media*.

*Below is my original post using my original term because at point of first draft, I did not know the official term (so have changed/added the term from Immoral Media to Internet Water Army in content below but retain the content based off first draft).

If you have chased before celebrities, or just simply passed by an article about certain celebrities, recall how some title that caught your attentions were like. Clickbaits is one of the many things they do. If GZ is your first and you do not have Weibo, then this read(link) is good enough.

Just as the term Immoral Media (Internet Water Army), it’s immoral and unethical, but they exists because they are paid to do so. Who pays them? Entertainment Companies, and maybe other Organisations

Normal Media/Marketing vs Immoral Media/Toxic Marketing/Internet Water Army

When a show or movie comes out, the normal Marketing department will generate outreach and buzz so that people know a show is airing soon/know the show exists etc. Official announcements are not enough, because there isn’t much context (limited content to put up as well) so having some other Marketing accounts do the buzz in a planned period to gain awareness through posts, some articles about the casts, the plot summary, the production details etc is normal. This is Marketing, bigger companies will probably have stronger Marketing departments (aka influence) and can hire more Marketing accounts to generate buzz. Celebrities (aka casts) themselves, are also Marketing point.

Then we have the Internet Water Army/Immoral Media, these are what they mainly do:

Create Fanfiction-rumors: Creating rumors about celebrities to shift audience perception of them. [eg. XX was seen with XX leaving a hotel, XX was drunk on Event Y and did ZZZ to AA, XX is dating BB and has been in a relationship for N years etc]

Honing their brain degrading skills: Come up with titled clickbait headings/ trending topics with negative written contents. For articles, exceptionally out of heading content related to the celebrity. [Refer to Baidu, it’s a winner of these, feel free to Google Translate]

Regressing their common sense and understanding skills: Take everything a celebrity does completely out of context in a negative way and create a topic out of it [eg. XX said AA is a ---, “XX raised his finger, a sign of ---?”, XX pushed BB aggressively on Variety Show Y - A competition variety show, XX is in beef with CC because XX was caught giving CC the eye]

Using their fingers to stir shit and bathe each other in it: Escalate all smallest form of possible tension created by fans/themselves into a huge thing by acting as the fandom's fans/lurk in fandom chat groups, and voicing their disguised opinion to spread tension/exaggerate severity of the issue [eg. XX fans mocked AA - in groupchats: tbh I've never liked AA before, AA just gives off a vibe that I dont like and now this? It just disgusts me even more > Yea, i feel this way too. AA has problems / XX Lurkers expressing views on XX about NN, slowly to NNMHFXW - XX did NNMHGT - I cannot accept NNmHfHw, I'm leaving = multiply by 1000++]

Epitome of a self-deteriorate: Creating something out of nothing and react to that something negatively to gain massive attention/reaction [eg. “XX raised his hand on show Y” - dk what XX fans are thinking, are they literally blind? XX fans are tasteless just like XX hahaha / “XX did community service” - they are acting / “XX breathed” - From the start, i thought XX was NN, but I am so ZZZ that XX breathed. Goodbye fandom, i’m leaving. Those who still want to stay I urge you to rethink your life choices] - if I may add, Xiao Zhan’s fanfiction case as well.

Metaphor - Ability to use bare hands to collect paychecks from the urinal/toilet bowl where their boss/client peed in: Doing all of the above.

Apologies for any term offense, but not apologetic of the term context. This is what they do for a living. Any normal human being who do not like anything, will generally not be interested at anything about it in the first place, so to have some antis/toxic fans knowing certain things and inside jokes/references in their posts questions their goal.

On involved in Internet Water Army/Immoral Media 💧

Fans on weibo during these few months witnessed many of the above on GZ. From rumored girlfriend (spammed with articles) to mean and nasty comments on trending topics, to bouts of insults and fake emotional cryouts by certain fan accounts that GZ's office has to release a number of Lawyer’s letter to them.

Aside from WOH there were also a few other BL adaptation films that were actually released this year but they did not reach exponential success like WOH. BL adaptations are so highly followed by because this is the key to wealth. Literally. Successful BLs like The Untamed and Dao Mu Bi Ji saw the amount of wealth fans are willing to spend on the celebrity as compared to say BG or idols (younger fan groups). This is why when WOH shot up exponentially, Immoral Media start to sweat.

Major anticipated adaptations were supposed to air this year eg. Hao Yi Xing(HYX), Sha Po Lang(SPL) etc but was severely held back due to the stricter change in BL adaptations submitting their scripts for approval regulations (WOH manage to submit earlier before the change). Because of this, most final films were rejected and they have to keep re-editing, by then WOH was already months into reaping tonnes of major brand endorsements, shows/movie casting, variety show appearances etc, something that is seen as too successful in the Immoral Media’s eyes, because they have to create buzz for other celebrities, some are specific celebrity oriented and thus circulate rumors about having endorsement opportunities shifted from celebrity X to GZ (think fanfiction-rumors and shit stirrer) causes tension in celebrity fandoms. - A real event just in July:

The Untamed’s cp fandom is called BJYX which had always been in the Top 1 of Cps for 2 years dropped for awhile to Top 2, over taken by LLD. Both of them had a war and hated each fandom, one fandom is somehow not allowed to like the other fandom even casually after everything broke out because it started out with some BJYX toxics photoshopped GZ on of portraits .

Also another case of which he wore the same costume as WYB did in a previous photoshoot and it became a useless comparison of who wore better, who looks better, degrading the other. (Finger stirring shit).

Now apply all of the above things the Internet Water Army do and we have them earning money, while both fandom reacts and hate each other.

In LLD, our own fans started suspecting each other on who is a spy from BJYX and what not.

The first few months of Internet Water Army saw LLDs mostly mocking them because the average age is 30-40s, they know and see through all of their intentions so nothing was big. They were trumpeting and LLDs didn’t even care, what with all the doing tedious stats was not even important to them.

Over time, as the issues they create became more and more serious LLDs did start to care, reporting Toxic Marketing accounts/toxic fans became a daily task, go vote for GZ at certain polls etc, solo fans, and LLD fans also split apart. Solo fans think cp fans use GZ to furnish their fantasies, and cp fans thinks they are the ones furnishing their dreaming-girls fantasy with (aka my boyfriend).

There was also a period where LLD had a habit of continuously mentioning “we are in the 30-40s so we can see through everything about the media, we are all fans for the first time, we are good at spending money (because of purchase power compared to other fandoms)” it was prevalent for so long it felt odd, ‘chasing celebrities the first time’ in particular sounds more vulnerable as a weakness than a strength / sth to be proud of.

Gradually, more secretive/insider confirmed ‘sweets’ were flying around. Fans advised each other to not circulate, and the mindset of “if you know, you know, dont tell.” (This is a problematic mentality, of which fans will still be curious to know and search for it themselves, but this secretive hook is unhealthy. Over the long term, it becomes hard for existing fans to know a lot of things properly to judge for themselves, especially those who knew and publicly reacted, but blasting those who ask and telling those who know to keep quiet, this did not help some to understand why on certain things, even so for international fans, dont know and dont understand, causing misunderstandings. Yes, certain information should not be shared, so why should you react about it publicly in the first place? - Internet Water Army effect)

The last few months (for example the July fan war) created a tonne of seriousness and anger. A period even broke out with a tonne of ‘insider confirmed sweets’ (which is LLD’s daily dose of happiness), it was hard to tell what was real and what was fake. Trending topics became negative and everyone warned each other not to enter because it will give the trends ‘views’ and trend statistics, in reality entering there is to enter an exhibition by the self-deteriorates, collecting the fandom's traffic data (it's a sure lose for fans each time they enter the topic). Everyone even starts thinking that the trend’s popularity was caused by each other (it's true but it can be bought daily and not caused by fans). There was a raise in the number of fans who were getting emotional because they want to protect but Internet Water Army kept coming and got worse, because fans, tbh, not just GZ fans, every other celebrity’s fans are always fighting with an Army, getting played and plotted in that Army's calendar.

Even so, despite all of these, LLD is actually a fandom Internet Water Army may find the hardest to break because they understand GZ so much, they could tell what are fake news regarding GZ, because among everything above, there are still plenty of logical fans to stop many fans from drifting too far and debunking them. Why? 30-40s are grown up adults.

Why 13.8.21 and the Japan issue is plotted?

First of all, in the political climate of China, there are many political dates in a month that is NO-Entertainment news. Because it’s the honoring of certain important political events. It’s like Remembrance Day, thus the sensitivity is higher. On these days, there are usually no news and even the Internet Water Army zip their pants. This year also marks the 100th year of the Chinese Communist Party(link)

Secondly, he had no work schedule on 13 August 2021. A great full day to focus on any other news (because if he had schedules, everyone will turn their attention to his events, what trumpeting outside is just bird chirps).

Thirdly, when the news broke out, especially about the shrine, the reception was actually quite serious within the fandom so the scale of this might be big but to what extent in reality?

Lastly, 15.8.21 marks the 76th anniversary of the announcement of surrender of Japanese in World War 2(link). Also a day of NO-Entertainment news.

Timeline of events:

13.8.21 - [His rest day, Eve of Chinese Valentine's Day, Japan News broke out] His rest day, no schedules = increased attention about him online. Lowered guard among fans because they are getting ready for tomorrow's Chinese Valentine's sweets = Caught off guard = Huge break out of fans' reactions

14.8.21 - [Chinese Valentine's Day, Eve of the 75th Anniversary of the announcement of Japanese surrender] Keep a wishful and happy demenaor to not destroy the mood, suppressed thoughts about ZZH's Japan news

15.8.21 - [75th Anniversary of the announcement of Japanese surrender, Official announcement of ZZH's boycott and all China social media account ban] NO-Entertainment news day, Solemn day, not allowed to voice anything so the fandom can only wait for tomorrow to start voicing out/debunking but before they can wait out, the boycott and social media ban happened, every official accounts about him was gone overnight, fans had no time to react

17.8.21 - [All official fandom accounts related to ZZH and JunZhe were locked/removed]

Forced to be silent since the day his matter broke out, over the course of official news release with everything taken down in a day because of the Japan correspondence, his accounts banned overnight across the Chinese media and the overnight cancellation, fans could not speak anything about it. Overnight cancellation like this scale happened for the first time in China, leaving no time to react by the fandom, by the time they can, they are silenced.

When the period of events occured within a set of special dates, it’s not coincidence.

Conclusion

Because he was too successful and had many actually honorable past things, and a hard to influence fandom, Internet Water Army view him as a huge threat enough to want to destroy him, because it’s hard to defeat. With a chance they have, they will hold it till the end, bringing up this issue to the Government during this period also shows a sign of how scared they were of him and perhaps his fandom to plot something like this.

Updated on 19 August: Here's a screenshot of assumed calculation on the scale of GZ success for reference while chatting with a fellow fan, assuming GJ also has 27 brands, and there are 1000 brands. Rationale of numbers used: Only big brands can hire big celebrities.

Bonus

Mentioned in the first post, will mention again in case. After the news broke out within 2 days, there was a drop on his weibo followers from 18.9mil to 18.7mil. 200k+ drops, if the politics was such a big national issue, there should at least be a huge drop, even at least a million right? Because weibo is a China-Chinese majority right? Nope, we get a puny 200k drop.

What's funny? The self-deteroriates:

Translation: "Are his fans bought? Why didnt he drop fans? Those people got brainwashed to this point?" / "I've never entered his weibo and today i feel like having a look yet it showed I've followed him. All his fans were bought right? It disgusts me, i immediately unfollowed. This kind of process is worse than WYF..." / "i dropped fans because of him...no...I just reposted 2 posts and I've dropped 4 fans?"

Isn't the tone and regressing brain cells, all too familiar and same?

Added above, will remind again to read this link. It has an even more in-depth knowledge on who are paying them.

So what should we do? Link here