#ciipher i like you

[indigomovn]

When your two faves Kum Junhyeon and Keita didn’t make it in the lineup but you have to work the next day so you have to pretend everything is alright.

[seokmattchuus]

If fantasy boys is a 7 year contract, why is everyone up in arms about hyunbin not making it?? He's got kids at home???? I deadass thought he was going for group exposure but y'all wanting him to ditch ciipher??????

[beplerblurbs]

reactions when you play with their hair

(s.hanbin, lee jeonghyeon, zhang hao, ricky)

hii i havent been posting because of finals,, but i saw the finale and i really like the lineup!! i really wish keita or phanbin also made it, but i will be listening to ciipher and waiting for a wakeonez debut :)) enjoy this though

fluff, shorter!reader, trainee!hanbin, unistudent!jeonghyeon, musicteacher!zhanghao, boyfriend!ricky

s. hanbin

your boyfriend just came home from a long day of training. thankfully the agency was close to your guys’ apartment, but that also meant his sweat was fresh too…

“welcome home!” you cheer as you prepare dinner for you two.

“hi honey,” his sweet voice comes behind you and looks over your shoulder to see what you’re making, about to hug you from behind.

“hanbinnn, i told you to shower when you get home” you shimmy forward and look up to him with a lighthearted pout.

he laughs, “i don’t even smell that bad!” you furrow your eyebrows, waiting for him to accept reality. he sighs, “okay okay, i’ll be quick, love you!” walking to your guys’ room to wind down and shower.

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hanbin comes out of the room in his pajamas and a shower headband in a shape of a dog’s face, hair still damp. you can’t help but chuckle, “i’m glad you like my gift,” he smiles “whatever”

you guys eat dinner and talk about each other’s days, quieting down just to enjoy the food and quality time. you wash the dishes together and get ready to watch a show in bed.

hanbin realizes he’s left his headband in for a bit too long, “ah, now my hair dried all weird” he mops sitting up in bed. you coming out from the washroom, finished your nightly routine, smiles. “its okay,” you laugh “here, i’ll fix it.” you walk up to his side of the bed.

you take off the headband slightly, hanbins looking up at you with a warm smile. he wasn’t wrong, his hair was disheveled, half up, half drooping. you dont say anything though, you just run your fingers through his hair, fluffing and loosening it while combing it down to its normal state. hanbin sighs and leans his head into your chest, “this is really nice” you smile and continue playing with it a bit.

“okay you’re handsome as always now, lets watch this episode, i heard from hao that its really dramatic” you open up the blanket hanbin is under so you can sit between his legs and lean back on him. he was so greatful to have small moments like this with you.

lee jeonghyeon

jeonghyeon and you were studying the the same course at your guys’ uni apartment… more like you were forcing him to study.

he goes on and on talking about being some genius lee and thats why he doesn’t need to study. however, his recent test grades say otherwise, which is why you guys are studying together now.

when you guys were studying together, he had some questions about some topics and he seemed genuinely interested in getting better for his grades. you were charmed by his lost looks and wanted more, so you teased him.

“hey y/n what does this term mean again?” jeonghyeon points to a word you know but you can’t give it to him so easily when he looks so cute with a small pout.

you smile and lean in close to him, you can see it in his eyes, he’s freaking out a little bit, trying to focus on something other than your pretty face. “hmm, i’ll tell you if i get a kiss” you grin without teeth. his ears were getting red and he leaned back, he didn’t want to give in so quickly, even though his heartbeat doubled in speed.

“w-why ? you didn’t do this when i asked before?” jeonghyeon couldn’t even sound calm, your hand was on the table so close to yours, making him even more nervous. you go back to your original position, “okay you can figure it out on your o-“ you were pulled in for a warm kiss. he holds onto your hand.

immediately reciprocating, you scoot your chair closer to him and deepen the kiss. after a minute, you guys pull apart out of breath. you were so surprised with his immediate affection, you were now with the red face.

“can you tell me the answer now?” he smiles lightly with swollen lips. you still find him so cute like this, knowing he just wanted to kiss you but acting like it was for schoolwork.

you smile, let go of his hand in order to play with the ends of his hair on the back of his head. “i think you made me forget,” he shyly smiles looking away but still letting you play with his hair.

he pulls your head into his shoulder, “you know i really like this, we should study more together.”

zhang hao

you work as a freelancer, mostly online, so naturally as your boyfriend, zhang hao, is busy studying to be a music instructor, you spend most of your day alone until he comes from practice.

around an hour before hao comes home you prepare dinner, but you know his busy schedule can be unexpecting. to make sure he has a hot meal ready, you keep the food covered on the dinner table. so you can reheat the dinner once he gets home.

waiting for hao, you sit on the couch while watching a reality show. you sit properly but slowly lean your head back and dose off.

you woke up when you felt a shift in your lap. you also realise the feeling of a neck pillow around you. oh whats this… you slowly rub your eyes open, your show is still on but muted. looking down in your lap you see zhang hao, still in his outside clothes and sound asleep.

he looked so calm and affectionate, snuggling closer even in his sleep. you felt so grateful to be his safe space. you couldnt help but run your fingers through his soft hair and rub the back of his neck.

hao being a light sleeper wakes up and peeks one eyes open, “mmm i love you,” he mumbles. you smile. “i love you too hao, you must be hungry” you lean to the side to get your phone but hao grumbles cutely, eyes still closed.

“can you keep doing that for a little?” you were confused, “do what?” you see the time, it’s already too late for dinner.

“playing with my hair,” he usually isn’t this straightforward, but his tiredness seemingly made him this cute.

you giggle, “anything for you.”

ricky

sipping your hot latte, you’re waiting for your boyfriend, ricky, to come in the neighbourhood cafe for a quick coffee before your actual date, a fun couples art session.

you were sketching in your book, planning out what possible artworks you guys could make together. 15 minutes has past of when you guys had agreed on meeting and he still hadn’t come yet. did he change his mind or something? you couldn’t understand why he was late

feeling sad, you plug in your earphones, put your head down and doodle to distract yourself. you were on the verge of tears when you feel a tap on your shoulder.

“surprise!” you turn around and see ricky with a messy bouquet of flowers. he sees your glossy eyes and bends down so your eye to eye.

you take a tissue and dab under your eyes, “where were you?! its been 20 minutes since you said you’d come” you lightly shove his shoulder and pout.

“im sorry babe i saw all the flowers out while walking here and i thought you’d like them… sorry i kinda got carried away with picking pretty ones for you,” he awkwardly laughs and hands you the bouquet wrapped in todays newspaper.

you couldn’t help but smile, ricky has always been so sweet to you, and you know you could not stay mad at him. you’re heart swelled as you took the bouquet, seeing familiar flowers. he put his hand on the table.

“babe i forgive you, but these are our neighbours’ flowers they’re gonna be so upset” you smile, no more tears threatening to leak. he shyly laughs. you knew he already did it and there was no point on drilling it in on him.

you set down the bouquet in your lap and held his hand on the table. “nevermind that actually, thank you ricky, i really appreciate it,” you ran his fingers through the back of his hair and played with the ends. “you did well”

rickys ears turned red, looking away slightly smiling. “hm? what are you thinking?” you ask,

he looks at you, “i really like this, i should come late more often” ricky leans his head back slightly in satisfaction.

“ugh whatever,” you pull away, he smiles seeing you blush. “well? we have an art session waiting for us, i’ll get a coffee and we’ll go?” you nod happily.

he walks up to the counter and you look back at the bouquet. growing even more appreciation for him.

[harus-simp]

Finding their baby pictures

Keita, Jongwoo, Chen Kuan Jui, Haruto, Park Hanbin

Genre: pure fluff

Author's note: Okay so I got this idea by seeing Instagram, like they released all this baby pictures of them so I was really inspired. Might do another part or multiple parts and just do all 28 trainees haha

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When the boys are given a little break you surprise them with their baby pictures developing funny and chaotic situations between you two.

Keita

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Your boyfriend Keita, had been participating on this program called Boys Planet, where he was trying to debut in a 9 member group, and although he was doing well as a member of Ciipher, he wasn't completely satisfied and therefore challenged himself further. You on the other hand had been supporting him wherever he went and always bringing him comfort if something didn't come out as he expected, that's why he considered you one of the pilars in his life, making him love you unconditionally.

While scrolling through Instagram, you encountered with the boys planet page where they uploaded all sorts of pictures and videos of the trainees, so you decided to be a supporting girlfriend and like every publication where he appeared, until you saw something that caught your eye from the most recent pictures. It was a baby photo of your boyfriend drinking juice with this cute little red outfit. You were immediately immersed in the photo and completely in awe of how adorable Keita looked. You smiled widely and decided to text Keita about your little discovery.

-OMG KEITAAAAA

-What could havenpossibly happened now 🙄- he answered already knowing how dramatic you could get some times

-Look what I've just found 🥺😭 you answered as you sent him the photo

-Hey, how you got that?

-Mnet just released it on their boys planet page on Insta, how can you be so cute and tinyyy 😢❤️

-...are you being serious now?🤨

-Of course I am dummy, you little cutie, tiny , adorable and I don't have more adjectives baby :((

-I'm not tiny >:/

-Yes you are >:))

-Yah, stop teasing 😡

-Too bad you are not here to stop me 😛

"Now who says I'm not here?"You heard a voice behind your back, making you turn slowly only to find him with his arms crossed looking at you expectantly.

"Oh"

"Oh? Is that everything you are saying to me? Where did it go the confident y/n?"he asked you with a little smirk

"Ha.ha.ha" you laughed awkwardly "welcome back?"

He just grinned as he approached you slowly.

"Hmm, what are you thinking Mr. Keita? What are you up t-" you were interrupted as he started tickling your sides softly in order to not hurt you.

"Woah- Keita sto-" you said suppressing a laugh

"Now who's the tiny one huh?"

"No one, no one, but please I swear to God,stop" you said almost crying, and earning a sympathetic look from Keita making him stop his attack.

He offered you a hand to get up, but instead you pulled him towards you making him be on top of you.

You kissed him softly on his lips while saying "welcome back Keita". He returned the kiss smiling brightly "thank you babe"he said hugging you slowly and showing that gummy smile you love so much.

Jongwoo

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A surprise, that's what Jongwoo wanted to give you, a simple surprise, but turns out that he was the surprised one instead.

You were peacefully organising your room and cleaning the rest of your apartment while dancing and humming songs from your playlist when you saw something on one bookshelf that caught your interest, it was a picture, a baby picture in fact of your boyfriend.

You felt all warm and fluttered inside out of a sudden as you looked at the picture in silence and without skipping a detail of his figure.

You suddenly felt a pair of arms hugging you from behind making you jump a little and turn around only to find Jongwoo's warmth embracing you.

"How's my sunshine doing?"he asked you sweetly and giving you a little peck on your nose.

"Jongwoo, how can you be here?"you asked back throwing yourself towards his arms and hugging him tightly, as if you let go of him he would disappear.

"Well, they gave us a break so we could rest to prepare for the final round" he answered looking at you ever so lovingly. "What you got there?"he pointed your hand.

"Oh, I just found a baby picture of you" you said casually with a soft smile showing it to him happily.

He was indeed the one in the picture, but he wasn't really expecting it to end up in your hands, and neither you complimenting his adorable looks. This made him a little embarrassed, a pink blush rising to his cheeks making him look away.

"Haha I don't know how could that have appeared here" he giggled.

"Don't you have more pics you could show me please?"🥺🙏

"No, why would you want them?"he asked clearly, confused.

"Because you look adorable and I'd like to see more of you as a kid" you answered pouting.

He really found the whole situation so wholesome, so he just gave you a kiss to make you forget everything, and who were you to ignore his affection.

He held you by your waist massaging you on your sides and making the kiss a little more passionate. You enjoyed every second of it as you pulled away and looked into his eyes sweetly.

"You know that won't make me forget it right?"

He grinned while nodding softly and giving you a peck on your cheeks.

"I know I know. How about we go get an ice cream and later I ask my mom for more pictures?"he suggested.

And as long as you were suspicious of how true was his statement, you were far more tempted into the involvement of food.

"Hmmm,only if you pay"you teased sticking out your tongue.

"Deal,then" he answered holding your hand and leading you toward your bedroom to change and go for a walk.

Chen Kuan Jui

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Your flexible boyfie and you were sleeping peacefully all cuddled up as Mnet had released him (that sounds like he is locked up sorry 💀💀💀) to rest for a few days. Your head was on his chest and his arms wrapped around your frame. You woke up to little snores coming out from him to which you smiled widely remembering how caring and sweet he was as you felt his strong arms being wrapped around you.

As you noticed the light entering your room, you started to pull away and get up, but Chen Kuan Jui just had to tighten the hug and mumble in his sleep

"Don't go yet, sugar"he pleaded.

"But I have so much work to do!" you responded.

"Hmmmm"he reluctantly stated to disentangle himself from you.

You both had a nice breakfast and started your day in a good mood goofing around and just enjoying the presence of the other.

You decided to start organising the living room while your boyfriend did the boolshelves from your bedroom. You were finishing your part when you were called.

"Baby, look what I found!"he shouted for you to come.

"Give me a second"

You came to your room curious on what he wanted to show you.

"I found my album from when I was a kid"he said smiling cheerfully.

"Really? Let me see!"

As he showed you, you were absolutely drawn to this particular picture of him dressed up as a lion with his ballerinas. From his little pose to his make up and his pretty smile made your heart flutter and die from cuteness.

"Baby, you look so cute!!!"🥺😭😩❤️

"Hehe this was from my ballet classes"he answered

"You were a little talented dancer from such a young age!! I love you for that!!!"

This made something snap in his big and caring heart, his gummy smile appearing and making him bring you to his embrace to give you an eskimo kiss.

"And I love you for being there for me and supporting me wherever I go. I love you so damn much love <3"

You both giggled cutely and proceeded being all dorkey and lovey dovey for the rest of the day.

Haruto

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Since the Artist battle, you had met Haruto's mom on the queue to Mnet. She of course knew who you were, but hadn't had the opportunity to get to know. Turns out, with the intermediate Japanese level you had, you both hit it off and since then started talking like close friends would, mainly about Haruto because you were both really supportive and caring towards him as he had been working really hard to run towards his dream of becoming an idol.

Haruto got some well diserved free days due to the upcoming finale,so he could rest properly and be ready for the performance. He got home excited to take a break and spend time with you as Boys Planet had taken a lot of time from his agenda and from his previous quality time with his dear girlfriend.

"I'm home babe!"he announced.

"Haru! Have they given you a break finally?"You asked him

"Yes, know we can spend some more time together, I'm so tired right now I could use some sleep to recharge"

"Of course bubs, you better rest to slay your performance .Also look what I just found!"you said excited.

Haruto looked at you with a puzzled expression waiting for you to elaborate further, you turned your phone to him making his eyes go wide.

"Don't you look adorable as a baby? 🥺"you asked him.

"Wha-' how did you get that picture?"he asked you in return, utterly confused as why would you have that.

"Oh, your mom just send it to me" you answered, your tone filled with appreciation and love.

"My mom what?"he asked in disbelief. "How on earth is that possible?"

"Well, we met the other day on the queue to the Artist Battle, she's lovely by the way, you both are so much alike" you blurted out.

Now he didn't expect that outcome. He was still in shock, but when you started telling him how cute he was as a kid, maybe due to some information his mother gave you, he couldn't help himself but just smile shyly at you lowering his head down and giggling at your antics, making him fall in love with you all over again.

"Well what can I say, I've always been this cute" he said proudly forming a pout in his lips, which you gladly kissed for him to be fully satisfied and to make him shut up and stop his ego from increasing.

"Well then big baby, let's give you the rest you are in need of" you giggled cutely at his antics

"Can we cuddle though?" :((

"We sure can" :))

"And can you give me kisses, I'm feeling soft right now" he asked you timidly and lowering his tone of voice.

You just nodded laughing softly and gave him what he wanted,making him smile in the process.

Park Hanbin

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Hanbin had told you to meet him on a nearby park as he could rest for a few days before the finale. He had been working very hard to secure his spot and have received lots of support from his fans, however what he wanted at the moment was to just lay in your arms while talking about anything and everything.

He waited patiently for your arrival, when he saw you coming his way his face curdled up into a wide smile as he called your name.

"Babyyyy"he raised his voice a little for you to recognise him.

You looked up and met his gaze on you, causing a smile to appear on your face.

"HanBinnnn :)"

"How you've been?"he asked you

"Good. What about you? How's the program?"

"Good good, but I'd rather talk about your day"

Your heart skipped a beat at his caring persona making you smile.

"Alright, but let me treat you to something something"you offered. He accepted gladly as you guys kept talking about random things.

When you got there you ordered 2 milkshakes and a little strawberry cake to share.

Suddenly, you looked at him with a suspicious smirk making him a little bit scared of what your intentions were.

"What are you planning this time?"he asked furrowing his eyebrows.

"You won't believe what I found"you answered.

He waited for you to show him whatever you were trying to show him on your phone. He was even more confused when you entered the Boys Planet page on Instagram and searched for something in particular, not letting him see anything.

"Ta-da" you revealed a picture of him as a little baby on some sort of garden looking with a judgeful look to the camera.

"Ahhhh, OMG How the fuck did you get that?"he squealed a little bit gaining the looks from the tables besides you both.

"Don't you look absolutely cute? You even judged as a kid, that's so you haha" you laughed silently.

"No like, how did that got there in the first place?"

"Well Mnet published it in their page so I suppose they asked your parents for them"

"I look awful" he laughed embarrased of himself.

"No you don't? You look handsome and really adorable, you have the best baby pictures I swear to God.

Oh, that actually sounded good coking from her mouth, he thought. Only starting to increase his ego and looking at you with a sufficient little smirk.

"Oh, if you say that you must like me too much then"

You immediately regretted saying that out loud and just side eyed your boyfriend like he was the most annoying thing on this planet.

"Oh shut up"

You know he was just teasing but once he starts you know he can't stop. So in order to make him shut up you picked some frost from the cake and put it on his nose. After that you just got close to his face and licked it, making him look at you disgusted.

"Ewww, that's gross"

"Well then,let it be like that then " you said pissed off as you got up from your seat to start walking away.

"I'm just joking baby,don't be mad" he said holding your hand to stop you from getting away.

"Hmm, give me a good reason why I should stay"

"Me?"he answered with a cute expression making you melt inside.

"Well, good enough I guess" you responded kissing him on his cheek delicately.

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[seokka0o]

hi <3 do u mind giving us more keita hcs?? i loved the one you posted and the rest of your work, its all so good!!

Hi anon, there's always room for keita on my blog, while we're on the subject I'd like to invite everyone who likes ciipher to come over to my blog, I have some thoughts to share ♡

[❅] He is playful by nature, we all know that, he is the kind of very sweet boy who always likes to see you smile, play to make you close to him and so you don't even realize the kind of intention he is creating.

[❅]Keita likes to win you over, regardless of whether you're already dating or not, he always aims for the hardest way, talking first of all stops the right way, asking how your week was without him, what he did that was so interesting, making you laugh while wrapped in his arms

 [❅] Hugs and kisses on the cheek, keita likes to have you on his lap so you can look at each other the whole time, please always keep a good caress over his hair, you can hear him purring in contentment 

[❅]The kisses aren't the most subtle, because keita likes heavy make-out sessions, the kind that take your breath away, tongues in tune, sighs and short seals to bring the air into your lungs before going back to what you were doing.

 [❅] Keita has a fruity lip balm taste, sometimes refreshing, sometimes not, it depends a lot.  But his kiss will always be a taste that will make you addicted,

[❅] The sounds he makes during it are creepy, long sighs mixed with short meows, his breathing is always short which makes you almost not pay attention to it, but when he releases them you can barely contain the following how beautiful and soft they are .

 [❅]He doesn't have very exploring hands, he prefers to caress a specific bit, be it your leg, your back or hips, keita prefers to keep his hands respectfully in place, unless you ask for that attention, then he'll give it back with all his might pleasure and affection of the world.

 [❅] It doesn't matter, he never loses the delicacy of what he does, even when he leaves you on the bed, when he places himself between your legs without stopping the sequence of kisses.  

[❅] Seals from face, jaw, neck, shoulders, keita is exploring you, feeling you, seeking your taste the way he wants it, making you go crazy in anticipation.

 [❅] Clothes gently off the body, he will smile and tell you how beautiful you are like this, how much he loves to see your skin exposed to him because you are like this and nothing else matters.

 [❅] More kisses down the body, the short fingers touching your skin delicately, making strokes, contemplating you , until he reached your sensitive space, kissing your belly, holding your legs and opening them for him, kissing them too, inner thigh, heel , going up again, repeating the process with the other

 [❅] You feel blessed when you feel his finger circle your button slowly, feeling your legs tighten, wanting to close but held in place for him, his warm tongue touching your muscle and from the back of his throat come out A groan at the sensation, just like of your

 [❅]You can easily say you've never felt anything like this, him kissing you with such passion, his tongue exploring you intimately, using his fingers to part your lips so he's not able to let even a space pass.

[❅] Grunts, groans, pleas, you're ready to receive him in moments, your hands caressing his drained strands, not holding back, you don't have the strength for that, your legs already without holding back, closing time and again around his head , making him stop to push them away "leave them open for me, love"

[❅]He is so cute 🥰

[❅] He would let you get to the limit like that, he wants to make sure you're ready to receive him, because he knows that sometimes because it's a little difficult because of his size,

[❅] Tongue cleaning you, drinking all your juice so he would be back between your legs, the beautiful smile on his face and a delicate seal on your forehead, keita moves his member over your sensitive intimacy, moaning low with the sensation, the same as you, you feel the heat come back little by little,

[❅]Keita plays with that sensation for a while before settling in, and entering filling you completely, the sounds coming out in sync, once inside you keita takes his body towards yours, one hand on either side of your face, 

[❅]To get you used to it he stays still, admiring your face, kissing, letting you caress with the tip of his nose "can I move now?"

[❅]When confirmation is given then you become one.  Hips sinking into each other, Keita moaning against your skin, begging for you and you going crazy with the information, your hand goes back to wrapping around his threads, desperately seeking his relief

[❅]Sometimes keita penetrates you deeper looking for his own orgasm, without any success you can feel him already soft, singing at the top of his lungs for you with his voice losing strength, becoming hoarse and weak

[❅] You are becoming more tense as you go, your effort to hold back your next orgasm is recognized, he is trying hard to fuck you the way you like, kissing your skin tenderly but unable to say a single word, the lack of him feel of you is indescribable that it makes you forget how to compliment

[❅]You come together as one, he hugs you tight to drive you deeper, moaning something, crying your name desperately, your hips grinding against his and then he spurts you inside, filling you with the hot, thick liquid, out of control, you follow him, your body rising to heights and returning to earth in moments, leaving you both exhausted

[❅]"You make me cum so good y/n-ni";" I love you"

[itsmattchou]

i was wondering if you could assign your mutuals songs if you haven’t already!

OOOOOO you definitely don’t know who i am chou 👹👹 WOOOOO

omg who are you?! i never thought i would receive an ask like that wow what a suprise!

but lets see. i will just assign them songs from playlist so misa sorry in advance for not assigning you a ciipher song 🥰

for most of them i don't even have a proper explanation i'm just completely basing it off of vibes

@itsgyuris as "baby shark" - pinkfong :: a children song for my dearest child.

@itaerae as "queen of hearts" - twice :: i have seriously no explanation for this it's just the way it is

@teaxeee as "devil's advocate" - the neighborhood :: i see tea i hear this song

@keiwook as "paper rings" - taylor swift :: its a soft and sweet song and that's exactly what faith is

@mins-fins as "tt" - twice :: we know why

@terazono-keita as "what you waiting for?" - gwen stefani :: misa would call me a stupid hoe for not achieving my dreams

@taerrrrrae as "try again" - jaehyun, d.ear :: it's a calming song and moni has a calming n sweet personality

@zerobaseonefics as "friends" - chase atlantic :: bro even goes to the gym the hot girl energy is going through the roof

@cowsidfk as "any song" - zico :: silly song for a silly guy

@partiallyderived as "new romantics" - taylor swift :: my favorite ts song :D

@zbsinbloom as "_world" - seventeen :: vibes. its just based on vibes

@jinkiseason as "naomi" - naomi jon :: bro would sing a song like that about herself (instead of broccoli it's turkish alpha wolf ofc)

(eris as "generation" - triple s :: fr this time)

HELP ME SPOTIFY CRASHED 3 TIMES WHILE I MADE THIS WTF

[astroyongie]

Hey yongie. I know this request can be a little too much but could you give us a list of ex couples in kpop without names of course ? Like the ones you got ever since you started readings ? Thank you ‘

I don't remember all of them since I started the page but there's some I kept in mind:

Ateez x Loona

Enhypen x Fanatics

Seventeen x Red Velvet (2x)

Seventeen x Loveliz

The Boyz x AB6IX

The Boyz x Gidle

Billlie x The Boyz

Billlie x Treasure

BTS x Oh My Girl

NCT 127 x Itzy

Treasure x Gidle

IVE x Ciipher

IVE x The Boyz

NCT 127 x Gidle

EXO x Blackpink (not sure)

EXO x Twice

Ateez x Mamamoo

Bonus:

Izone rejected by Ateez

Enhypen rejected by Itzy

Enhypen rejected by Gidle

IVE crush on Wooah

Gidle and Enhypen flirt

Le Serafim crush on The Boyz

Still together ? Maybe yes maybe no

Seventeen x Gfriend

Treasure x WJSN

Treausre x Purplebeck

Treasure x Kep1er

NCT 127 x Oh my girl

NCT 127 x Stayc

IVE x Younite

Nct Dream x Weki Meki

TXT x Weki Meki

Ateez x Purple Kiss

Enhypen x Good Day

Gfriend x IMFACT

Gfriend x SPEED

Kep1er x Tempest

Dreamcatcher x Verivery

Twice x Greatguys

Twice x BAP

[ohdudedhesflirting]

My top 9 on boys planet

So if you are following me you now that I am kinda obssessed with boys planet currently and !! Because I am an indecivive person i needed to make sure my votes would be the right ones.. so.. i did my little research about each of them, their pros and cons.. So yeah.. Lets go ? (they are not classed by favorites but random) ((images are not mine))

Park Gunwook

2005- 18 years old

1m 83

K Group

Pros :

Giant Baby

So good at dancing

Great stage presence !

Clever and great vision (The kill this love stage ? His whole plan)

Zhang Hao loves him

He is very polite and I love him for that

Invited buddies from another dorm room to sleep in his room bc they couldn’t sleep due to Ji Woong’s snoring.

(cough for all those traines that thinks he is scary, no he is not !! he baby your honor)

Con :

He is legally an adult but 2005 is a bit young for the mental pressure of being an idol

Zhang Hao

2000- 22 years old

1m 80.

G group & center

Pro :

Can play the violin

His singing voice

Stage presence

Dancing skills

I love his ears, reminds me of an elf

Heterophobe

Pro looser

He has great taste. Why ? He adopted Gun Wook. I love gun wook he is baby. And my boy Zhang Hao recognised that, so yeah great taste.

He helped other people rehearse at night/late on the day

Good team spirit

Smacks people’s ass

Ricky

2004 – 18 years old

1m 83

G Group

« Young and rich. Tall and Handsome. Charisma boss baby Ricky. »

Pro :

He has a cute laugh

Great stage presence

Good humor (How do you feel ? – I feel stoked)

He did not laugh with the whole hat prank.

He has a tatoo on his neck

He loves Ji Woong

Can make a cocktail (very rare apparently)

Con :

Resting bitch face

Mnet evil editing him fr (mnt is globally evil editing kind of everyone from g group)

Keita

2001- 21 years old

1m65 (he is the same height as me lol)

G Group

He already debuted in the group Ciipher

Pro :

Said he can do composition, always useful in a group

All rounder

He always serve on a performance level

Great rap

He is the one who made “I love you, I want you, Seok Matthews”

Con :

Dont know much about him

Sung Hanbin

2001- 21 years old

1m79

K Group & center

Bestie with Matthews !! (They come as a package. Do NOT separate them)

Pro :

His dancing skills

He wanted to be a kindergarten teacher or a psychologist

He is very tender with other

Cuddly

Fell for him when he cried for Matthew performance because he was so proud of him. Thats the moment I knew I was ready to die for him

He said he liked writing and I like writing too so he get a point in my agenda

He is humble with the whole center and killing points parts.

Im sorry but he looks so young I wanna put him in my pocket

He has a tatoo on his arm

Him in sports day (« please do not make me talk)

Close to his mom

Great team spirit

Con :

Held Matthew’s hand #WishThatWereMe

Kim Jiwoong

1998 – 25 years old

1m 78

K Group

Also an actor and had a debut in INX

Pro :

He is calm

Brilliant leader

Abs

I like his stage presence

During sport day he helped his partner when he fell by securing him so he wouldn’t be hurt.

He snores. I snore. Good point for him.

He gives great advce and he really helped Matthew while he wasa leader for the love Killa task.

Somehow reminds me of a stray cat that does not want to be pat but once you get to know him he will come purr on your lap

Con :

I want to hear him more of his singing

Kim Gyuvin

2004- 18 years old

K Group

« Did you do only Love Killa for years ? »

Pro :

He loves snacks.

He is cute

Great dancing skills

Litteraly just put him in this list bc he loves snacks and I find his stage presence great

Con :

His ugly ass dog.

I know litteraly nothing about this guy

Jay

2001- 22 years old

1m75

G Group

He said he considered it to be his last chance :’(

Pro :

His voice !!!!

Dancing skills

He said he liked studying history and as an art history major I love him for that :’)

His humor

Great facial expressions off and on stage

Con :

Mnet and koreans racism towards mixed people : ( (not his fault tho)

Seok Matthews

2002- 20 years old.

1m 70

G Group

Bestie with Han bin ! (They come in a package. Cannot be separated)

« I love you. I want you. Seok Mathews. »

Pro :

Born in 2002. I am born in 2002 so we are bestie now

He talked in french. I am french. A point in my agenda

His voice ?????!!! On the floor

Great dancing skills

Always serving in every performance

Stable

He had good leaders skills during the « love killa » performance

Great presence on stage

Always show a different energy on stage

Can make a cocktail approximately, he put some ice in there and I love my cocktail cold so yeah. 

Thats it :)

Dont jump on me for not adding Hui. I Will not be sharing my opinion.

And also dont jump me for not adding Yujin. He wont get just one vote for me because he is a minor. And I dont want a 15 years old kid to debut.

His talent will still be there in a couple of years. So its a no for me <3 I refuse to put a litteral child in the industry we all saw what happened to Ni-Ki and to litterally every fucking minor/young idol in the industry.

(also if anyone is interested tell me if you want the aesthetic I imagine for the group and the name :) )

[boysplanetrecaps]

Boys Planet Episode 11: Recap and Guide

Hey, fellow Star Creator! Are you ready to have your heart smashed to smithereens? …. No? Me either. In fact, I'm late getting this recap to you because it was hard to type with my heart next to me in a basin of saline solution. But I managed.

Let’s go!

At 0:38, we start off with the boys hanging out at their dorms after their third mission, high fiving each other and expressing some anxiety about the upcoming eliminations. They have to pack to go home now for a while. The staff has set up a photo booth for them to make some memories.  In case anyone thinks that there’s animosity between Woongki and Zhuang Shai Bo, there definitely isn’t.  

The trainees go back back home, awaiting the next elimination ceremony. 

Pretty sure that’s Ricky, just being mysterious and painting roses in a graffiti covered studio, because how else would Ricky spend his time when he’s not performing?

We spend a little time with Han Yujin and his very popular pretty mother. We also see Keita and Kum Junhyeon hanging out with Eunho from Younite and Hwi from Ciipher -- it seems that Junhyeon used to be a trainee at Rain company and trained with some or all of the Ciipher, which explains how they both know Hwi, but I’m not sure the impossibly faced Eunho fits in (seriously, who has a face like that? He looks like a Bratz doll come to life, in a good way). I also don’t know how we never knew that Junhyeon and Keita have been friends this whole time??? They’re just out having a meal and talking about how young Kum Junhyeon was when they used to train together. We see a lot of other stuff, including Kim JiWoong at a dog cafe, even though he’s apparently allergic to dogs. They’re all visiting with friends and family.

Then we see the guys all packing to go back to Planet Camp, even though many of them know that they probably won’t make it through this elimination ceremony. It’s pretty sad. But remember, they’re all going to be ok, right, team? A lot of them are signed with good companies and will probably debut in 2025, if not sooner. So deep breaths. It’s ok!

Then we visit with Park Hanbin, who is wearing a very soft looking blue sweater, as if anticipating future MNET shows. He says he’s worried about not being able to debut. Park Hanbin, you silly goose. You’re going to debut whether or not you make it into Bepler. Listen to BPR Noona. I know of what I speak.

6:15 Now it’s time for the elimination ceremony!

So, I actually watched the live streaming ceremony, which popped up on my phone as I was getting ready to go to sleep. Cannabis is legal where I live and so I might have been particularly ready to close my eyes, you know? But I watched, my eyes blinking heavily, because I wanted to know! The things the boys were saying weren’t translated, so I was only able to catch the gist. Also, the live broadcast was just a raw feed of them, and without the editing and background music, it felt like I was watching a first rehearsal. 

Anyway, as usual, we start with the boys backstage talking about how nervous they are -- us too, guys -- and then coming out in small groups based on their most recent challenge mission. They do various kinds of schtick, and once their whole team is out they do a combined schtick. It looked heckin’ awkward in the live broadcast, but edited down it looks much better.

Here’s the order they come out:

Kim Tae Rae, Na Kamden, and Zhang Shuai Bo (Switch)

Keita, Park Hanbin, and Yoon Jongwoo (Switch)

Wang Zi Hao, Ollie, and Haruto (Supercharger)

Woongki, Takuto, Seo Won (Supercharger)

Zhang Hao and Lee Jungheyon (Over Me)

Ricky, Chen Kuan Jui, Jay (Over Me)

Sung Hanbin and Han Yujin (Say My Name)

Yoo Seung Eon, Seok Matthew, and Kim Ji Woong (Say My Name)

Hui (Lee Hoe Taek), Hiroto, and Lee Seung Hwan (En Garde)

Kim Gyuvin, Kum Junhyeon, Park Gunwook (En Garde)

And who is their Star Master this time? In the live broadcast, she stood with her back to the camera for just a few seconds and then came in, but of course, in the edited version, there’s 15 minutes of guessing first. 

But it’s Jeon Somi! 

I would impale myself on those spikes every time I moved slightly, but she makes it look good.

If you’re not familiar with Jeon Somi, she is a successful soloist who went through the reality show gamut. First she was on a show called Sixteen, a reality competition show that created the kpop giants Twice (you know, the ones who sing “Feel Special”). She didn’t make the lineup of Twice, but she got pretty popular from being on the show. Then she was on the first season of Produce 101, the precursor of Girls Planet/Boys Planet, and ended up pretty much killing it, taking first place in the final episode and becoming the “center” of project group IOI (pronounced “eye-oh-eye”). Check out their song Very Very Very if you want to see what IOI is like.

After IOI disbanded, Somi became a soloist. I love her song Birthday -- my fella doesn’t like much kpop, but for whatever reason he loves Birthday. (He specifically loves how she she says “eyyy”.) Despite it being a pretty great song, Birthday wasn’t a huge hit because she was “f a a t “ at the time (she absolutely wasn’t, and even if she was, it shouldn’t matter, but people can really be The Worst, and also her stylist didn’t know how to dress a young woman with actual boobs). Anyway she has other songs now, like Dumb Dumb, and she’s frighteningly skinny now, so she’s a lot more successful. I think she’s always been a sparkly fun person. I wish she’d given her cue cards a bit of a read before she came out on stage, but… whatever. Oh, and if you’re wondering, she’s 22, half Korean and half white, and was born in Canada.

The boys go crazy when they realize it’s Somi -- Kamden says he won’t be able to sleep tonight, and a few of the others talk about how tall she is. She’s 5’8, which is fairly tall for a girl, especially in Korea. 

She reads some usual stuff off a cuecard, and then adds, “It’s not easy being on a survival show, is it? I remember HATING this studio myself” (as in, when she was on Produce 101). The boys give her some serious snaps. 

We find out that people in 182 countries voted a total of 31,750,293 votes, and that trainees ranked 1 through 18 will survive. We also find out that during the first phase of the announcement, they’ll only be announcing trainees from 11 through 17 inclusive, which is only seven people, so this is really silly. 

After that, in the live broadcast, Somi said something that MNET translated thusly: “I know how much effort and sweat they have put into this far because not only I but so many world star creators are sending their cheers to them. Believe in your time and the sweat dedicated, and get with it to the end.” That part didn’t make it into the final airing, as far as I can tell, but I think it’s funny. She read it at top speed, sounding like a bored flight attendant reading the same safety instructions for the millionth time, and not looking up from the cue cards once. Maybe that’s why they didn’t air it.

Anyway -- so now that the stakes have been established, we bring up two teams to start with: Switch and Engarde. 

First Round of Eliminations 

Here are the 12 trainees who are waiting to hear their fate, in order of their rank in episode 8:

6 Kim Gyu Vin Love Me Right - K / Love Killa/ En Garde

7 Kim Tae Rae Back Door - K/ Man in Love/ Switch

8 Keita Kill This Love - G/ Zoom /   Switch

9 Park Gunwook Kill This Love - K/ Tomboy/ En Garde

10 Kum Jun Hyeon Back Door - K /Gang /    En Garde

11 Hui Love Me Right - K / Tomboy /En Garde

13 Park Hanbin Hot Sauce - K   /   Law/ Switch

15 Yoon Jong Woo Back Door - K /Home/Switch

20 Na Kamden Back Door - G /Law /Switch

21 Lee Seung Hwan Danger - K/ Gang /En Garde

23 Zhang Shuai Bo Back Door - G/ Feel Special /Switch

28 Hiroto Very Nice - G/ Rush Hour/ En Garde

Somi announces that they’re going to announce the trainee who is 11th place, who got 2,365,604 points. It’s someone who did the killing part.

Then she gives the clue that the person in 11th has the family name “Park.” Well, that’s either Park Gunwook or Park Hanbin. Gunwook doesn’t want to be announced in 11th place; Hanbin would be delighted to be in 11th. So they sort of awkwardly grin at each other from across the aisle. 

At 17:13 And then we find out that it’s Park Hanbin! So they’re both happy! Everyone is proud of him and a little surprised.

Look how happy Z-Bo is for him, and everyone else, too! That’s their fearless leader! 

He says, “I won’t be able to be the shiniest star on Boys Planet, but I want to be the one and only star. Since this could be my last chance to shine the brightest, I’ll try to give a great performance.” Somi tells him he shines brightly already, and his gives her a huge, eye squinting grin. That’s doing to be a “happy memory for a sad day” for him -- one of those happy memories you return to when you need a boost. But hopefully Hanbin won’t have too many sad days in front of him.

Kum Junhyeon says to Park Gunwook, “he didn’t deserve the low ranking,” which is so true. Park Hanbin has been great since the first day. It was just hard to get to know his personality at first.

In the live broadcast, Somi asked him to show his “favorite facial expression,” and he did, but it’s all so weird. Does anyone else think that Kpop is getting a bit too codified? Can there be any mystery or general stage technique that isn’t parsed down into the tiniest bits? Anyway, that doesn’t make it into the final broadcast, which is all for the best 

As Hanbin walks up to lonely seat 11 all by himself, Jay says, “Park Hanbin serves and deserves,” which is a great way of putting it. 

Here’s the floor plan to help you figure out who is sitting where as the episode goes on-- that’s P-Hanbin in 11th. 

This is where the live broadcast ended, so I was a mixture of happy (I was so stoned and sleepy and just wanted to close my eyes) and contented (at least my Park Hanbin is safe!) and furious (seriously, MNET?). But that’s all they gave us, the fuckwits. 

Rank 12 is next, and it’s someone from En Garde, someone who stood out because of best friend energy, so that could be a lot of people. 

We find out that it’s Park Gunwook! He’s fallen from 9th place to 12 -- everyone is shocked, and there’s a silent pause before people start applauding. That peach, Lee Seunghwan, who probably isn’t going to make it through this elimination, gives him a high five and tries to cheer him up, but he looks really sad.

Sad, but still cute! I like the ruffly hair.

Ok, everyone’s super surprised that he fell out of the top9, but I’m not that surprised, really. Don’t get me wrong, I still quite like Park Gunwook and am rooting for him to succeed in life. I’ve heard that some people dislike him, but I think he’s essentially a sweet guy who jokes around in uncomfortable situations. I also think he’s talented, with a loveable face, and I hope that Jellyfish will figure out some way to promote him if he doesn’t make the top 9 here. 

That all said, he’s been showing the same part of himself again and again on the show. It’s that super masculine, powerful style of dancing that he always does, you know? I think people are just a tiny bit tired of the powerful powerhouse of power. I feel that way a tiny bit myself. I didn’t need him to do something super cute like Say My Name or something mega sexy like Over Me, exactly, but I think I would have liked to see him in something more like Switch -- something that requires a different, more lighthearted style of dancing. I think he can do it, so I hope that he can show that in the next episode. 

Who’s next? Rank 15. Who could it be?

It’s someone known for his unique facial expressions, and it’s an extrovert, so it could be a lot of them -- not Keita, Hui, Hiroto, or Lee Seunghwan who are introverts, but any of the rest. (Is anyone else surprised to hear that Kim Taerae is an extrovert? He comes across as more of an introvert -- probably MNET editing striking again.)  Anyway, it could be almost any of these six…

And at 22:45 we find out that it’s Yoon Jongwoo, who had been ranked 15th in episode 8. 

Everyone is super surprised, including Jongwoo himself. I think he was expected to be eliminated after his ignominious treatment in episodes 9 and 10, but seriously, watch his fancam from Switch. He’s such a good dancer and performer. He’d be a benefit to any team he’d be on. I really hope he does a cover of Over Me and puts it up on Youtube. Just putting that out into the universe. 

Kum Junhyeon and Kim Gyuvin have given up on casting spells. 

Who’s next? Rank 16. Who could it be? 

Park Hanbin mutters to himself, “This is daebak.” I should have mentioned this in an earlier recap, but for those of you newish to K-culture, “daebak” means something like “amazing” or “surprising” or even “cool.” Sometimes people just say “daebak” as an exclamation, in which case it means something like “wow!”

Everyone is anxious but Zhang Shuai Bo, who already knows that there is a 99.99999% chance that he is eliminated. He probably didn’t even pack anything in his suitcase. His new brown hair looks nice, though. 

It’s someone who’s rank has fallen, and someone who never had a killing part. That could be a lot of people. 

And at 25:49 we find out it’s Kum Junhyeon. (The Viki subtitler spells his name Guem -- the G/K sound in Korean is sort of halfway between G and K, so you see it either way depending on the transliteration system in use. And there’s a lot of variation in how people transliterate vowel sounds in Korean, which is one of the reasons I learned to read actual Korean sybmbols!)

Kum Junhyeon has dropped a lot from 10th place. I don’t have a specific theory as to why he dropped, but I kind of think that he’s stopped looking like one of the it-crowd, somehow. Put on a team with Gunwook and Gyuvin, he sort of faded into the background. I like Junhyeon a lot -- he’s charismatic, funny, open-hearted, and a really great singer -- and hope he debuts, but I don’t think he’s going to debut with Bepler. I think he knows that too -- he looks like he’s going to cry. 

We hear from each of them. 

Yoon Jongwoo says, “Since I came here without expecting anything, my memories here are so precious. I kept telling myself to be in the final, at least. And I ended up being here. I’d like to thank the Star Creators who support me one more time.” 

Park Gunwook says, “I really wanted to be on stage one more time. My goal coming here was moving on to the final.  Thankfully, I’d be able to join the final with such a high ranking. I’m relieved. I’d like to express my love and gratitude to the Star Creators who support me.”  

Then Somi asks Gunwook to do something aegyo, and he chooses instead to do something kawaii instead. He says, in Japanese, things like “I love you! I like you a lot!” (The on-screen words are transliterated Japanese with Korean translation underneath.)

Side note: “aegyo” is a thing in K-culture. It’s when idols and other performers do over-the-top, cloying, saccharine cuteness as a… mini performance. It’s quite popular among Koreans, and is often requested by variety show hosts, but international audiences often don’t like it. Personally, I don’t like it, but it’s not my culture and it’s not my place to say “stop doing thing because I don’t like thing,” you know? Though I really do wish they’d stop. 

Anyway, Gunwook speaking Japanese spurs Kum Junhyeon to do his speech in Japanese as well, and he sounds like a first semester Japanese student. It’s much cuter than his old “I am 5 years old” shtick, though, I’ll say that. 

So, this group takes their seats, and everyone wonders, Who’s next? But there isn’t anyone else in this group. 

Though the show plays danger music to make it seem otherwise, it’s fair to assume that Kim Gyu Vin, Kim Tae Rae, Keita, and Hui are probably in the top 10. But unless Na Kamden, Lee Seung Hwan, Zhang Shuai Bo, or Hiroto is ranked 18th, they’ve all been eliminated. 

The trainees think that Lee Hoetek/Hui might have been eliminated, but that seems extremely unlikely. The people who’ve been voting for him as of episode 8 are probably going to keep voting for him -- he just hasn’t done enough to attract new people to him. I don’t think he’ll make the final lineup, but I don’t think he’ll be eliminated today.

Then Somi announces that she’s heard that “on a beautiful day, the trainees spent a day full of doubts and suspicion.” 

Oh no.

It’s… 

30:05 FILLER TIME

If you’re not into Kpop -- and even if you are a little into it --  you may not know about the whole ecology that surrounds idol groups. There are these variety shows, such as After School Club and Weekly Idol, shows where idols come on and get made fun of and forced to do silly things, like dance to their songs at 2x speed, or chicken fight, or answer trivia questions, or whatever the show feels like doing to them. 

There’s also a custom of idols creating content specifically for their fans, to hold up their side of the parasocial relationship. They joke around, they play games, they cook or eat food, and most importantly, they talk to the camera like it’s their girlfriend and talk about how much they miss their fans and want to see them again. This stuff makes me uncomfortable, but I know a lot of people like it. 

Anyway, all the “filler” stuff we see on Boys Planet is a good introduction to the kind of content you often see on shows or videos like these. As such, even though it’s filler, it’s actually an audition for a big part of the job that they’ll be doing as idols. Plenty of idols are known as much for their reality show appearances as for their performance skills (if not more so). 

That said, there isn’t a lot to say about this stuff -- it’s just cute fan service. Here’s a super quick recap:

The boys gather outside at an area with big platform tents, on what must have been a lovely sprint day. Park Hanbin is wearing that same soft looking blue sweater, and Kim TaeRae is wearing a sweatshirt that says Thrasher on it, with just enough dark tape over the logo that they don’t have to blur it. My 17 year old self fainted dead away when she saw that Thrasher logo. Is there anything cuter than a skater boy? (Other than my fella, who is the cutest boy of all boys.)

The trainees are told they will have to dress like cute animals and spend a self-sufficient day in the forest - - which is complete bullshit, but that’s ok. 

First, they have to put on loose pajama pants without using their hands -- which is an excuse to help each other and touch each other’s crotchal areas with their feet and teeth -- in order to choose which team gets to wear which animal outfit. That part is actually pretty fun to watch, especially when Chen Kuan Jui uses his powers of stretchiness to get’er’done.

Once they get their animal outfit on (they’re just big loose onesie outfits), they’re all told that each team will have a “raccoon” in it (basically, like a mole -- someone who ruins everything) and that they have to figure out who it is. They have to go into a tent one by one to find out if they’re the raccoon or not -- it’s not as if they choose to be the mole. If the team can figure out who’s the raccoons amongst them, then everyone else wins the prize, but if they don’t, the raccoons win the prizes. The stakes are high.

Say My Name comes in first and chooses unicorn. 

Switch comes in second and chooses something red; I can’t tell what it is. 

En Garde comes in 3rd and chooses dinosaur.

Supercharger comes in 4th and chooses something pink; I can’t tell what it is.  

Over Me comes in last and chooses something black. 

Over Me’s raccoon is revealed immediately as Lee Jeonghyeon, and he says, “thank you” and that he’s confident he can do it. Just more MNET spotlighting him to try to get another K-group member in the top9 if possible. 

They’re hungry and have to play a game where they spin around until they’re dizzy and have to poke at a board with ingredients written on it. The best things are in tiny boxes, which are hard to target. But most of the trainees get at least something decent for food. 

Then they play another game to win dessert -- prizes range from shaved ice to “healthy tea” -- and this game is my least favorite Korean reality staple, “Scream in the dark.” It’s this game where they all wear huge headphones that block out most sound, and have to shout at each other and read each other’s lips. This game is played on all the idol shows, and it’s really not my favorite. Maybe it’d be more fun if I were a fluent Korean speaker…? Also, it’s obviously going to be hard for non native speakers from G-group. 

This part goes on for approximately 3,791 years, so if you’d like to skip to the end of it, go to 49:18. 

After that, the boys discuss who amongst them could be the raccoon (mole). We find out that each raccoon has a purple raccoon symbol stamped on his foot. So they choose who among them is the raccoon and then that person has to reveal their foot. 

Though Over Me’s team seems to suspect Lee Jeonghyeon, they cast out Jay, almost as if they are the general public viewing the show. Of course, Jay is innocent.

Switch team picks Keita, but he’s innocent as well. Turns out the mole was Park Hanbin! Back when he found out that he had to be the mole, he said -- with his face hidden and voice distorted -- “I can’t lie!” and collapsed on the floor. But he was good at it after all! Have I mentioned lately that I really like Park Hanbin? Because I do.

Say My Name team picks Sung Hanbin, and he’s also innocent. Turns out it was really Han Yujin. Interestingly, when he was chosen as the mole, he said, “I’m good at this kind of thing.” A rare glimpse into the personality of Han Yujin.

Supercharger picked Wang Zi Hao, and he is in fact the mole. 

En Garde team picked Kum Junhyeon, and he’s also innocent. Turns out the real mole was Park Gunwook. 

The raccoons have won! Their prize is a variety of high fashion outfits -- in other words, their animal onesies. (Ten bucks says they all got to keep their onesies anyway.)

And that’s the end of the filler!

56:50 SECOND ROUND OF ELIMINATIONS

They joke about the game for a bit longer, and then go back to the eliminations. 

Next up will be the other teams: Supercharger, Over Me, and Say My Name. 

Ricky says to Jay, in English, “Let’s survive together.” Kim JiWoong leans over to Matthew and says, quoting from Love Killa, “Oh I’m sorry, did I make you anxious?”

Here’s everyone who’s up on the chopping block, in case you would like a refresher as to who is who. I’ve listed their most recent rank as well as their three challenge missions.

1 Sung Hanbin Love Me Right - K / Tomboy / Say My Name

2 Zhang Hao Kill This Love - G/ Tomboy/ Over Me

3 Han Yu Jin Back Door - K   / Law / Say My Name

4 Seok Matthew Kill This Love - G/ Love Killa/ Say My Name

5 Kim Ji Woong Back Door - K /Love Killa /Say My Name

12 Jay Love Me Right - G/ Home /Over Me

14 Ricky Back Door - G/ Rush Hour /Over Me

16 Haruto Love Me Right - G / Zoom/ Supercharger

17 Yoo Seung Eon Very Nice - K Home Say My Name

18 Seo Won Very Nice - K Love Killa Supercharger

19 Wang Zi Hao Kill This Love - G Law Supercharger

22 Chen Kuan Jui Kill This Love - G Butterfly Over Me

24 Lee Jeong Hyeon Love Me Right - K Gang Over Me

25 Takuto Danger - G Rush Hour Supercharger

26 Cha Woong Ki Very Nice - K Feel Special Supercharger

27 Ollie Hot Sauce - G Zoom Supercharger

Who’s up first? 13th place. Who could it be? 

Someone who’s noted for their talent (thanks, that’s unhelpful). It’s someone from Over Me. We see Park Hanbin with his hands folded, as if in prayer -- he’s hopeful it’ll be his WakeOne teammate, Lee JeongHyeon. 

At 1:01:00, we find out it’s Jay. 

We see that Jay’s Korean support is painfully low -- only 62,829 votes, while everyone else announced so far has had 200,000+ -- while his global support is super high --  1,400,606 while no one else has broken into the millions. He’s a little sad because he’s dropped another spot, and it’s looking less and less likely that he’ll make top9 in the end.

Honestly, at this point, I think it’s better for Jay that he *not* debut in Bepler. Looking at what’s going on with Kepler, all the fan wars and stuff, I think he’s better of not in that kind of situation. Who wants to debut based on global vote and then have to go to fan meetings in Korea where literally no one acknowledges you? He’ll have a more fulfilling career using this as a spring board to make his own music and release it mostly online, the way that B.I. and Jackson Wang do. Let K-netz hate him all they want, and let him just sing in English like he’d probably prefer to do. I’d much rather have B.I.’s career than, say, Park Jihoon’s. (Though I do absolutely love all three of the songs I linked to, for the record. But Jihoon’s stylist noona deserves serious sanctions. His whole MV team does. Send them to the naughty step for a few hours to rethink their choices in life.) There’s life after Boys Planet and it doesn’t have to involve Bepler. 

Who’s next? 14th place. Who could it be? 

Someone indispensable -- so team Supercharger hopes it’s Haruto, as do we all, right? Haruto is everyone’s unproblematic fave. 

At 1:02:34, we find out it’s Yoo Seungeon.

Yoo Seungeon is signed to Yuehua, along with current trainees Ricky, Zhang Hao, Han Yujin, Ollie, and Kim Gyuvin, and eliminated trainees Brian and Ji Yun Seo.  He really is quite young to debut, and doesn’t really need to debut right now -- it seems quite likely that Zhang Hao and Han Yujin will make the final lineup, and Ricky and Gyuvin have a decent chance, so the Yuehua team that debuts in 2024 or 2025 will start off with a lot of momentum. It still can’t hurt for Seungeon to have more exposure, so it’s nice that he made it. He seems like a sweet kid and a genuine talent. All that said, I’m so worried about Haruto I can’t think straight. 

Who’s next? 17th place. Who could it be?

Everyone is hoping that it’ll be themselves, and this is so painful. Cha Woongki tries to keep from hoping. The person is known for their rapping, so of course I’m hoping for Haruto, but there are a lot of rappers here. 

Somi says that the person has two “ng” consonants. 

Korean reading time! The little circles you see in Korean have a few different roles. Often, they’re silent, like when they come before a vowel. For example, the family name “Lee” (which is really pronounced more like Ee) is spelled 이, as you see above on Lee Jeonghyun’s name. (That straight up and down line thing is the -ee part. You also see it in the final syllable of Woongki’s name -- 기.) When you see the circle thingy at the top of a name, it’s more like “w-” sound. When it’s at the bottom of a word, it’s a -ng sound. That’s why you see it in the top and bottom of 웅 for Woongki (and for Kim JiWoong, also) and in 왕 Wang. You also see it in the bottom of Lee Jeonghyun’s second syllable. 

Of course everyone has tons of little circles in their names since they do so much work in Korean writing -- even before I could read Korean I could always tell Korean from other writing systems by the little circles. 

Who could it be in 17th place? At 1:05:05 we find out it’s It’s Lee Jeonghyeon. He burst into tears, which seems to surprise his fellow WakeOne trainees Park Hanbin and Kim TaeRae. Of course people are happy for him but sad that they (or their other friends) didn’t survive. 

We get told that without the benefit, he would have been in 19th place. 

The surviving trainees get to make a speech. 

Jay says, in slow English (probably to make it easier for non-native speakers to understand): "To all my friends and family watching from all the way back in the states, I just want to say thank you so much for tuning in every week and screaming at the television.” Somi, who is Canadian and fluent in English, says “Blow them a kiss!” and he does.

Yoo Seung Eon says, “First of all, I never imagined that I’d survive in a high rank of 14, so I feel like I’m dreaming. I have no words to describe how I feel right now. Also, thanks to my Say My Name teammates who created the greatest performance, I really love you.” 

Lee Jeonghyeon says, “At every survivor announcement, I was always on the verge of disqualifications. So today, I thought that I wouldn’t be able to make it. But I’m really grateful to the Team Over Me who practiced hard, so we could get benefits.” Then he says, in extremely halting Chinese and Japanese, things like “I love you” and “thank you”, with Hiroto and other trainees helping him from the sidelines. 

They take their seats, and Lee Jeonghyeon regains his cool. 

1:09:00 THIRD ELIMINATION SEGMENT - TOP 10

So, let’s look at the list of trainees, in their episode 8 ranking order. Those marked in green have already been seated in 11th through 17th place. 

1 Sung Hanbin 2 Zhang Hao 3 Han Yu Jin 4 Seok Matthew 5 Kim Ji Woong 6 Kim Gyu Vin 7 Kim Tae Rae 8 Keita 9 Park Gunwook 10 Kum Jun Hyeon 11 Hui 12 Jay 13 Park Hanbin 14 Ricky 15 Yoon Jong Woo 16 Haruto 17 Yoo Seung Eon 18 Seo Won 19 Wang Zi Hao 20 Na Kamden 21 Lee Seung Hwan 22 Chen Kuan Jui 23 Zhang Shuai Bo 24 Lee Jeong Hyeon 25 Takuto 26 Cha Woong Ki 27 Ollie 28 Hiroto

Speaking of falling out and making room, Somi reminds us all that Park Gunwook has fallen out of top 9, leaving a space for a new person. From context, the only person it could be is Ricky -- unless in some weird world it’s Hui. I just don’t think Hui is doing well enough on the show to make top9.  So yeah, given the obsessive nature of of Ricky’s fandom, I’m assuming he’s a lot of people’s one-pick and will probably be in the top 10, along with Sung Hanbin, Zhang Hao, Han Yu Jin, Seok Matthew, Kim Ji Woong, Kim Gyu Vin, Kim Tae Rae, Keita, and Hui. I’m trying to think, could any of these have fallen out of the top 10, leaving room for Haruto? And I don’t think so. I think Matthew will have fallen a few ranks, but I don’t think he’s fallen out of the top 10.  And Hui -- I think he’s more nervous than he has to be. But we’ll see. 

Next up, we find out the “candidates for 9th place”, ie, the people ranked 9th and 10th. And it’s Hui and Matthew.

Hui is relieved, as he’s been thinking the whole time that he’s been eliminated, while Matthew is resigned to what to him is bad news. Matthew was ranked 2nd and then 4th, so falling to 9th or 10th is a steep drop. I really wish he’d just been sweet and nice about the part switch, because he did a great job in Say My Name -- I think the best in the group -- and he definitely lost some fans. I’ll add, however, that he might have lost those fans anyway as we moved from pick-3 to1-pick. The dynamics always change a lot when we get to the 1-pick.

Matthew and Hui come up to the front to find out who came in 9th -- and it's Matthew.

Matthew says, “I want to thank all the Star Creators for allowing me to stay in the Top 9. Hanbin hyung, Ji Woong Hyung, Yujin-ee and Seung Eon-ee, I was just so happy to be with you. I want to become more cool like Hanbin hyung and JiWoong hyung.  Thank you, and I also hope we’ll all be successful together.” Really putting on those retro-rockets, huh? I hope it helps -- I think he’s a great performer and would make a good member of Bepler.

Hui says, “I came worrying that I may have to go home today. I really want to thank the Star Creators for allowing me to get such an unexpectedly high rank. I also wanted to thank my En Guard team members who’ve worked so hard with me. I would like everyone to stay with me to the end, and although I cannot give amazing benefits like Boys Planet, I will becomes an amazing Hoe Taek and I will show you a good side of me.”

As Matthew goes to take his seat, you can hear Yoo Seungeon rush over to give Matthew-hyung a hug. Jay also comes over and says something in English but I can’t quite make it out. 

Next is 8th place. Who could it be? Well it’s one of Ricky, Han Yu Jin, Kim Ji Woong, Kim Gyu Vin, Kim Tae Rae, or Keita. And at 1:16:42, we find out it’s Ricky! 

Ricky says, “It’s so cool to enter the Top9 for the first time. I can’t believe it. Honestly, the sofa looked so comfy that I wanted to try sitting in it at least once. I will show an even more improved version of me during the final stage.” The show makes a big deal out of how “sofa” is probably not a Korean word or the right word for these chairs, but, whatever, everyone knew what he meant.

We hear Jay call “Ricky!” and it’s honestly very pleasant to hear someone pronounce it like that. (Not going to say “correctly,” just… correct to my ears, you know?)

Side note: with his hair styled down like this, I actually don’t recognize him. I mean, I know it’s him, but my brain doesn’t believe me. 

Now it’s time to find out who is in 7th place. Well it’s one of Han Yu Jin, Kim Ji Woong, Kim Gyu Vin, Kim Tae Rae, or Keita. 

And at 1:18:39, we find out it’s Kim Gyuvin.

I like the return to a messy mop of hair. 

He says, “I want to thank you all for allowing me to end up in such a high rank. Through this final stage, I will prove to you why I need to debut.” Then he adds in uncertain Japanese, “I will become a more improved GyuVin. I love you.” Hiroto coaches him from the other side of the room.

I mean, I know that that interim ranking showed him really low, but it never occurred to me for a second he’d fall below 17. I think he might have been worried, though. He’s gotten some hate online. He sits down in the comfy chair and gives that weird smile of his. 

Next is 6th place. Who could it be? Well, it’s one of Han Yu Jin, Kim Ji Woong, Kim Tae Rae, or Keita. Because it’s someone whose rank improved, it’s either TaeRae or Keita.

At 1:21:17, we find out it’s Keita. Nice! I knew he’d make it. I’m glad to see his rank improving. His Korean support is low, but his global support is insane. He’s the first person to outscore Jay in the global vote. (He outscored Jay’s Korean support, as well.) 

Keita says, “I am just so happy and grateful to be able to move onto the final. I will keep doing my best.” Then he bows. That’s Keita for you. 

Next is 5th place. Well, it’s either Han Yu Jin, Kim Ji Woong, Kim Tae Rae, or maybe Zhang Hao. The person is popular with teenagers, and his charming point is his shy smile. TaeRae doesn’t have a shy smile, but Yujin does. 

At 1:22:58 we find out it’s Han Yujin, who at previous eliminations was 4th and 3rd.

Lee Jeonghyun turns around to look up at Park Hanbin and wonder out loud, “What place is TaeRae in?” Again, all three of them are signed together at WakeOne. And hopefully will all debut together ASAP. 

Han Yujin says, “To the Star Creators who have shown me much love ever since Na Bina was released,  I will work even harder from now on.” Then he adds in Chinese, “Hello. I’m 17-year old Han Yujin. I love you all. You’re so pretty. Thank you.” It doesn’t sound too bad to me but I don’t know Chinese.

Somi teases him about his legendary “Noona, I love you” thing and she asks him to say it to her. (Other trainees watching, including Kum Junyheon and Kim Gyuvin, mutter that they’d be happy to tell her that too.) He says, “Somi-Noona, I love you!” and Somi melts. It’s actually pretty cute, even though I have very little patience for this shiz.

As he goes to his seat, he’s mobbed by some of his friends, including his Yuehua teammate Ricky, who jokingly asks him to say “I love you hyung” to him, and his other Yuehua teammate Kim Gyubin, who seems happier for Yujin than he was for himself. 

Next is 4th place, who only scraped past 5th place by a few thousand points -- I’ll do a point analysis at the end of this recap -- and it’s obviously  Kim Ji Woong or Kim Tae Rae, or maybe Zhang Hao. 

Almost immediately we find out it’s Tae Rae. 

Hair stylist noona was really feeling the ruffley bang look today, wasn’t she? 

TaeRae says, “To my Star Creators who have always supported me, thank you so much. I will do my best to repay you for your love and support with an even better performance on the final stage.” Then Somi makes him do a big weird laugh and it’s… weird. But he’s still cute. 

He goes to take his place, and someone runs to hug him -- I’m pretty sure it’s his WakeOne teammate Park Hanbin.

Somi says she’s going to announce top 3, and Chen Kuan Jui says, in a big, bright, almost-not-sarcastic voice, “who on earth could it be? I’m so curious,”  Big snaps for that, CKJ.

Obviously it’s Kim JiWoong, Zhang Hao, and Sung Hanbin. 

Ok, so the show reminds us that the top placing trainee in the final episode will get to do a solo song on the group’s debut album, and we’re shown a clip of Kepler performing, with a focus on the first-place-winning Kim Chaeyoung. Thing is, though Chaeyoung came in first (and though she’s talented and sweet and I like her), she is definitely not the most popular member of Kepler these days. I checked a few different random rankings and she was ranked anywhere from 4th to last depending on which list I looked at. She has fans, definitely -- I’m sure plenty of people like her! -- I’m just saying that she’s not the runaway queen of the group or anything. Focusing on her just reminds us that it doesn’t matter AT ALL who comes in first, not even on the final episode, and definitely not now, a week out from first. 

(Side note: Another example of this is Ni-Ki from Enhypen. He finished in fourth place in the show I-Land, and spent some time in the unfavored zone for the trainees, but is now the runaway king of the group, with his fancams showing millions of views. The public who votes for reality show trainees aren’t necessarily representative of the entire Kpop viewing population.)

Despite the show basically shoving that fact in our face, it continues to act as if we really care who will specifically will be first, second, and third. Also I think we all know who is third. But WHO COULD IT BE?

At 1:28:49, we find out it’s Kim JiWoong. 

He says, “I am grateful and think of it as an honor to be able to provide comfort and happiness to others. Thank you.” I actually adore this guy. He’s a complete mystery of a human and I adore that. 

Then there’s some dumb bit where Somi makes him do aegyo and it goes on way too long. 

So now it’s time to announce who came in first between Zhang Hao and the impossibly, ridiculously perfect Sung Hanbin.

They say a lot of the normal, “what if confident, but polite?” type things, and then we find out that apparently Sung Hanbin helped Zhang Hao with the “Over Me” choreography to add some waacking elements. They weren’t even on the same team, and Hanbin still took time out of his schedule of providing solar power with his smile to go help his friend. 

And at 1:34:19, we find out that Hanbin has taken first again. 

He says, “Well, for this past Artist Battle mission, there was such a big benefit on the line, so I wasn’t really able to predict this. Please continue to cheer for me so I can run for the finish line, shining as bright as I can. My Say My Name members, I love you.”

Hao says, in his halting way, “I am so grateful and happy to be able to rank 2nd place again. I will continue running without stopping. Please continue being happy through my passion.” Then he adds in extremely halting Japanese, “motto ganbarimasu” -- kind of “I’ll keep going/ I won’t give up.”  His vote tally shows that he is more than 800,000 points ahead of 3rd/4th/5th place (which are almost a tie).

But it’s nothing compared to Sung Hanbin, who is more than a million points ahead of Hao. 

Sung Hanbin is dominating first place in a way we’ve never seen on the produce series. To put this in perspective: 

In Produce 101 season 1, Jeon Somi and Kim Sejeong traded off between 1st and second, with Somi actually falling to 4th place at the 2nd elimination before finally finishing in first.

In Produce 101 season 2, Park Jihoon, Kim Jonghyeon, and Kang Daniel held first place at different times. 

In Produce 48, Sakura, Lee Gaeun, and Jang Wonyoung held first place at different times.

In Produce X 101, Kim Yohan and Kim Wooseok traded off in first place.

In Girls Planet 999, Yurina was in first place in ep 5 and didn’t even make it into Kepler. Shen Xiaoting was in first place for most of the rest of the time, and then only made it into Kepler in 9th place, and Kim Chaeyhun came in first despite not ever ranking above 8th place before that. 

Granted, all four Produce seasons were known for straight up vote rigging, so maybe one person really was the most popular the whole time. But regardless, Sung Hanbin’s DOMINATION of first place is completely unprecedented in previous seasons of this show, with or without vote rigging. If he comes in first on Friday morning, it will be something we’ve never seen before on this show. 

Anyway, our top 9 is seated. Hey, if this is the debuting team, I’ll definitely follow them. 

1:36:26 Chair 18

This is the part where they announce who is ranked 18th, ie, the very last survivor. I’m not going to go in much depth here because this part isn’t fun to recap, you know? 

Haruto notices that Supercharger is still completely seated in the gallery -- no one has made it through the elimination. That’s the worst. 

Here’s who’s left, with their episode 8 rank. 

16 Haruto 18 Seo Won 19 Wang Zi Hao 20 Na Kamden 21 Lee Seung Hwan 22 Chen Kuan Jui 23 Zhang Shuai Bo 25 Takuto 26 Cha Woong Ki 27 Ollie 28 Hiroto

Who’s most likely to take that last spot? I hope Haruto, but really it could be any of them other than Z-Bo, Takuto, and Ollie, in my opinion. Let’s find out. 

Somi announces the FOUR candidates for spot 18 -- that’s so cruel. 

They announce Wang Zihao, Na Kamden, Cha Woongki, and Hiroto -- representing China, USA, Korea, and Japan.

Of course, this means that Haruto, Seo Won, Lee Seung Hwan, Chen Kuan Jui, Zhang Shuai Bo, Takuto and Ollie all have been eliminated. 

I can’t believe it about Haruto. The way he hangs his head just breaks my heart. I don’t even want to screen cap it. I didn’t see it coming so it was just a punch in the gut.

I’m sad for all of them, really, but aside from Haruto, I’m also especially sad for Lee Seunghwan, who, you may not know, already went through the reality show ringer once and was a member of 1the9, a group whose promotions were severely impacted by covid-19. Poor Seunghwan -- luck just never seems to be on his side, though he’s handsome, sweet, and talented. 

Side note: I was all up to date and ready to get this recap out on Saturday or something, but I just… didn’t… want to write it. I watched the whole thing taking quick notes to use as the basis of my recap later, and when Haruto was eliminated I just fast forwarded to find out who did survive and then turned the episode off and didn’t come back for several days. So if that’s how you’re feeling about it, me too. I guess maybe Haruto didn’t look like a viable candidate, so people gave up? Or maybe people thought that other people would vote for him, that he’d be safe? It’s strange to me that Hiroto beat Haruto in the final ranking. Nothing against Hiroto at all, but I’m just surprised. 

Anyway, let’s finish this. 

21st place turns out to be Hiroto, the only eliminated member of En Garde. From his spot on stage, Park Gunwook mutters to himself, “If we’d just gotten 1st place….” A general to the end, worrying about his troops. I will hear no talk about Gunwook being “mean” or anything like that. 

Hiroto says (in slow, careful Korean), “I didn’t get a good result because I was lacking, but…” (Woongki interrupts quietly, saying “that’s not true,” and Somi looks heartbroken) “...I am happy if the Star Creators were happy while cheering for me.” It’s a very sweet speech.

Somi says, “You are not lacking!” and Hiroto’s face lights up. She continues: “None of you are lacking! All of you here are amazing!” There, that’s my girl. That’s my Somi. 💓 She is so much more human than pretty much any judge or host we’ve had on the show so far -- well, Sunmi was great too, but she was barely there. Somi knows exactly how these trainees feel and relates to them as equals, even though she’s successful and they’re not there yet. I’m glad she’s here. I bet she made this easier for them.

Next we announce 20th place: It’s Woongki. 

His final speech is at 1:39:55 and it’s great. He says, “When I said that I would appear on Boys Planet, people told me that what I want is different from what I can do, that my time is up, and that I would learn to face reality. But I feel like that’s not true. Through Boys Planet, I was able to learn more about my potential as Cha Woongki. Woongki boy is just beginning. Thank you!” and then with a bright smile, he bows. Yeah, Woongki! 

Somi says, shaking a cue card in the air for emphasis, “Don’t give up on your dream!” And Woongki cheerfully says, “I won’t!” 

Finally, we announce 18th place, which means announcing 19th place at the same time. 

18th place turns out to be Na Kamden. Jay practically falls out of his chair in relief, and we see Z-bo’s face is lit up with happiness. Ollie gives him a congratulatory hug -- probably the whole English speaking crew got pretty close at the show. Other trainees gather to console Wang Zi Hao, who is taking it in stride, as he takes basically everything in life. 

Kamden says, “Honestly, when I wasn’t called before, I was organizing my thoughts and emptied myself of expectations.   But thank you so much for allowing me to stand on such a large stage as the final.” Then he adds in English, “Love you Mom!” and then in Korean says, “I made it to the final!” 

We check in with Wang Zi Hao. he says, in Chinese, “I was grateful to be able to experience these times together with everyone. I will treasure the fact that I was able to make good memories with you all at this starting point of my life. Thank you.” He’s such a sweetheart. Haruto mentioned that Wang Zi Hao joined Supercharger voluntarily in order to help Haruto -- isn’t that sweet. There’s often a G R E A T   A G E N C Y   R E S H U F F L I N G following a show like this, so I’m hoping that WZH ends up signing at another agency so we can see more of him in the future. 

Somi wishes the ten eliminated trainees the best, and we pan over them. Haruto seems to be having the worst time of it -- the rest saw it coming, at least. 

Here is the complete final ranking -- filling in the last few spots with some help from the internet. 

Sung Hanbin

Zhang Hao

Kim Jiwoong 

Kim Taerae

Han Yujin

Keita

Kim Gyubin

Ricky  

Seok Matthew

Hui

Park Hanbin

Park Gunwook

Jay

Yoo Seungeon

Yoon Jongwoo

Kum Junhyeon

Lee Jeonghyeon

Na Kamden

Wang Zihao

Cha Woongki

Hiroto

Haruto

Chen Kuan Jui

Lee Seunghwan

Seo Won

Ollie

Takuto

Zhang Shuai Bo

Sung Hanbin is 1,046,481 points* ahead of Hao, who is 816,760 points ahead of 3rd place. However, JiWoong, TaeRae, and Yujin are all within about 25,000 points of each other, making them virtually tied. Then there’s 432,355 points between Yujin and Keita, so that puts Keita down kind of a tier. Keita is only 51,928 points ahead of Gyuvin, making them almost tied. The next few ranks are all about 130k-150k apart from each other, like a stair case, but then there’s a big gap (311,148) between Matthew and Hui. But from Hui down to Na Kamden, they’re all pretty close together, like 6000-60,000 apart --  especially if you remember that Lee Jeonghyeon got that 200,000 point benefit. 

*I say points because they’re not straight up votes, due to the K/G weighting thing.

What I’m saying is that unless something drastic happens, I think that Sung Hanbin and Hao will be 1-2 on Friday; JiWoong, TaeRae, and Yujin all look like locks as well, and from Keita down to Matthew, things could easily move around, but it’s not looking super-duper likely that many people from Hui down to Kamden will end up in the top 9 -- unless Park Hanbin continues his meteoric rise and Matthew continues his sharp fall.  If you're curious, here's the ranking of the top 18 if only Korean votes decided things:

Sung Hanbin

Kim Tae Rae

Kim Gyu Vin

Han Yu Jin

Kim Ji Woong

Zhang Hao

Yoo Seung Eon

Na Kamden

Kum Jun Hyeon

Park Hanbin

Hui

Lee Jeong Hyeon

Ricky

Park Gunwook

Yoon Jong Woo

Seok Matthew

Keita

Jay

And here's the ranking if only Global votes decided things:

Keita

Zhang Hao

Sung Hanbin

Jay

Seok Matthew

Kim Ji Woong

Han Yu Jin

Ricky

Park Gunwook

Yoon Jong Woo

Kim Tae Rae

Hui

Kim Gyu Vin

Park Hanbin

Kum Jun Hyeon

Yoo Seung Eon

Lee Jeong Hyeon

Na Kamden

I'll let you draw your own conclusions from that.

So... the next phase is the one-pick vote. I could rant at length about how dumb the one-pick system is in terms of creating a sustainable group. Groups that are truly successful tend to have multiple members that are popular among fans. There’s a popular boy group that I personally like only 2 members of, so I really can’t consider myself a fan of that group. Meanwhile in Exo, I basically can’t pick a favorite because I really like almost all of them. So letting us vote for multiple members would tend to create a situation in which the group is all loved by all the fans.

The rest of the episode was the boys preparing for their next song, and I have to admit, I don’t much care about those two last songs. The performances happen AT the finale, once the audience has already voted, so there’s kind of no point to them.  

Here are the two groups for the two songs:

Hot Summer Sung Hanbin  Kim Taerae  Kim Ji Woong  Ricky  Lee Jeong Hyeon  Kim Gyuvin  Han Yujin  Keita  Yoon Jongwoo  

Jelly Pop Hui  Yoo Seung Eon  Zhang Hao  Park Gunwook  Kum Junhyeon  Park Hanbin  Jay  Na Kamden  Seok Matthew 

Who knows, maybe I’ll recap the rest later, but I wanted to get this posted. 

Hope you’re all doing well, and I hope that your one-pick makes it. 

[seokmattchuus]

THE ONEPACT BOYS REALLY DIDN'T GIVE ME A BREAK. also they put crack in their song 걷다보면 (eng title is while walking I think?) bc it's so good? im? like it's so "going out at night after something bad happened in order to temporarily relieve the pain" coded. tag is a MUSCIAL GENIUS.

okay so I'm thinking about this dream I had last night. basically there was a note that said "Things About (my real name): 1. she's really good at taking dick. 2. she's a really good kisser." I am not good at either.

so basically this note got into the wrong hands and there were people making fun of me, calling me the "dick-taking girl". then I had to hide in a closet.

and I was thinking about jay? both at the very end of the dream when I was hiding in the closet AND right after I woke up. it was like a transition between the dream and waking up. it was crazy. just this fucking scenario of me and him KISSING.

on top of that he looked like how he did in that vid I sent you of him dancing to here I am. same hair, same earrings and everything. oh my god. needless to say, I was thinking "yeah, i'd definitely be good at taking THAT dick!"

im sorry for the sexual comments, I sound like a fucking weirdo. ik this is a smut blog but I'm still new to this shit lololol

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Real on Tag being a musical genius 😭😭 I'm so sad ciipher disbanded but like, Tag really out here giving us bops so at least something came from it 😔✊🏻

No bc that's such a middle school coded note I'm sorry 💀💀 I got flashbacks. But the transition from dream to waking up is so crazy because that happens all the time. Out subconsciouses really out here fucking with us like that 😭

[pir4teking]

Bias List <3

Ultimate Bias': ❤✨  [1. SongMingi - Ateez]  ✨❤ ✨ [ 2. KimHan-bin ~ Solo] ✨ 🌹  [ 3.MoonBin - Astro] 🌹 4. Kang Yeosang - Ateez 5.  Xu Minghao - Seventeen

My Ult Groups:   ~ Wenee  ~ Atiny ~ Shawol  ~ Engene  ~ Aroha ~ Onedoor ~

Ships (FIGHT ME ON THIS): ~ Woosan  ~ Yungi  ~

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Bands I  LOVE: ASTRO: Moonbin (RIP), Jin Jin* MJ, All ~We love you Rocky~ Ateez: Mingi* Yeosang, Wooyoung, All  ~ Junyoung, Maddox, Eden, KQ Fellaz BoyNextDoor: Jaehyun* Taesan, Sungho Enhypen: Jungwon* Sunghoon, Heesung, All SHINee: Jonghyun (RIP) Minho* All  Seventeen: Woozi* Mingyu* The8* Boo, Scoups,  Hoshi, All TXT: Beomgyu, Taehyun, All

Bands I Like: The Boyz:  New* Changmin* Sunwoo, Younghoon, Sangyeon,, All  KARD: Jiwoo* J.Seph, All OnlyOneOf: Junji* Yoojung, Rie, All ~ We love you LOVE ~ Xikers: Minjae* Seeun, Sumin, Yujun, Junmin, All

Bands I know of: 2PM:  Taecyeon* Junho, Jun.K, All - Jay Park- 2z: Junghyun* Bumjun, All All (H)Ours: Youmin* Kunho, Hyunbin, Minje Ciipher:  Hyunbin* Tan, Tag, All CIX: Yonghee* Jinyoung, All Cravity: Wonjin*Seongmin,  Woobin, Minhee, All Drippin': Minseo* Alex, Junho, All E'last: Wonjun* Baekgyeul, Choi-In, Sangyeop, All  Ghost9: Jun-Hyung* Prince, Woojin, All * JustB: Geonu* Jimin, Bain, All MCND: Minjae* Win, Castle J, All Omega X: Hyuk* Sebin*  Xen, Yechan, Jaehan, All ONF: Wyatt* Yuto, Hyojin, All Oneus: Leedo* Seoho, Keonhee, All ~We love you Ravn!~ The Rose: Woosung* Hajoon, All Verivery: Kangmin* Hoyoung, Yongseung, Yeonho, All * ZB1: Ricky* Zhang Hao, Matthew, Hanbin

Disbanded/Not Debuted: Blank2y:  U* Siwoo, Louis,  All GOT7: Yugyeom*  All HISTORY: Kyungil, Yijeong, All MBLAQ: Joon , Thunder Mustb: Taegeon* Sihoo, Wooyeon, All Nu'est: Ren* Baekho, All UNIQ: Woodz* Wenhan,  All Woorizari: Lee Mingi/Zari Victon: Hanse* Seungwoo, Byungchan, All  ZE:A: Dongjun* Hyungsik* All

[keitaas]

just thought i’d share this adorable tiktok with you all bc 1) it’s keita & 2) hes so freaking cute and so amazing i mean who wouldn’t want a keita in their life?

(RANT!) i rly hope rain decides to put effort into giving ciipher a cb bc it’s been almost a year since the last one and i just know that keita being on bp999 has given him a lot of popularity and same with hyunbin being on fantasy boys. rain not caring about ciipher enough to give them at least 1 or 2 cbs within 11 months just really makes me think that wow rain doesn’t really care, bc he doesn’t. ciipher has only had 3 releases since their debut. other companies have given their groups more than 3 in a span of 2 years. just by looking at their sales, rain doesn’t promote them well at all. their debut album, i like you, had 16,475, blind had 24k+. you may be wondering what fame had, well bc of the big gap between the release of blind and fame, fame only had 11,781. im sorry for ranting but i just love ciipher and i hate to see them this badly mistreated by rain. ciipher could be sm bigger if rain had actually put effort into them.

[seokka0o]

Ciipher as Subs

Ciipher ♡ Afabreader ; Contain: Sub!idol ; Minors Dni ; not fully proofread

Hyunbin - 문현빈

He's a cute, submissive who is so desperate for you, hyunbin is silent in his approach,

tends to be very affectionate too,

but rarely uses words in his favor, for hyunbin you need to guess, or previously know his methods

even because of the fact that he feels a certain shame to expose himself, in general terms

most of the time he will be on his knees

since hyunbin will treat you like a master

he's just a puppy, so take care and treat him as such, in the best possible way,

but always making a point of putting him to suffer a little before

the best thing for him is always when you put him on the edge of sensations,

on the edge of it all, then just stop like it's nothing

make him whimper and even at great cost beg you to continue.

“n-no…please…d-don't stop now”

the pink face betrays the effort hyunbin makes not to give in, to hold back the orgasm as long as he can

it can be bottom, it's not the total preference, hyunbin varies along with his mood always

Seokwon (Tan) - 최석원

he is a very specific person within this dynamic of submission

is someone strongly adept at mommy kink,

something about you always being on top

not necessarily doing whatever you want with it,

but in consensus, tan appreciates this way of seeing you giving your all

while he doesn't have to lift a finger to help

yet he can be a bit of a mouthpiece,

the type that will push you to the limit

with as many acidic comments as he can muster without you taking anything away from him.

"but you've barely started riding and you're already tired??"

tan knows how to use his contrasts well,

desperate for attention,

when you give yourself completely, telling him how well he is doing ,

he becomes your greatest servant

all to please you, all to see you turn to him too

Tan may not be one of the most submissive,

but he is the one who delivers one of the best performances during sex.

Byeong Geun (Hwi) - 김병근

BRAT

you can see it on his face, that mockery

Hwi will tease you from the moment you wake up until the time you go to sleep,

sometimes nothing much, he's just around and by the way he looks at you you can understand the message

so when you go to give him just dodge and say it wasn't like that at all

“you are very needy… not everything I do is to tease you”

it's like a test of your ability to not lose control

because for you to put him on a leash will cost you a lot

hwi appreciates dominance in violence

When you don't spare a single slap, when your hands are perfectly adorned around his neck.

only then is he able to understand that you are the boss there

and that if for some reason he wants to come, he will have to work hard for it

Keita - 寺園 佳汰

He's cute,

Keita is there for you, to please

anything you want he wants too but always trying to make sure you are enjoying it as much as he is

keita is a playful type, that's why in keita's case it would be more a sub x sub relationship, than anything

he likes everything to be felt without breaks or deprivations, making sex as prolonged and intimate as possible

that's why it usually starts simple

he likes affection, praise, giggles, he likes to feel you deeply as you will too

"I love you"

he is adorable, loves it when you touch him, when you use your hands or mouth to pleasure him

when you let him touch you freely without restrictions,

when you moan to him and tell him you're enjoying it,

it makes him very happy

it can be bottom, it's not a preference, but every now and then he'll ask for it

his way of being

keita is about to experience, many dynamics he is not very adept at because he thinks that depriving him of better things

but if you ever wake him up while masturbating he will be faithful to you

forever

Tae Gyun (Tag) - 염태균

babygirl,

Tag is very shy type

with the difference that he at least has the courage to say what he wants from you

even if awkward and most of the time very skin deep

but he makes his effort worth it

it can also be bottom, but in the case of the tag it can be a preference

putting himself in the role of fragile for him is the easiest, precisely because he feels that way

everything you do, especially if it's to please him, will quickly reach him

tag is very adept at sensory experience, explore his body and you will see this man completely lose his mind

the kind to shake over your hand

“please… let me be inside you now”

he's the biggest cocwarming junkie you'll ever meet,

his concentration test starts there

If you make it clear he can't fuck you for nothing

that's when he becomes more difficult to deal with,

moaning softly, using his babygirl antics to try to tease you

even if it doesn't do much

like i said he is extremely sensitive

would end up cumming inside you even if you don't make a move

Do Hwan - 길도환

he's the type that lives for the attention resorting

dohwan doesn't like to share this,

because for him every second is an incentive

He is a prince,

treat him like the royalty he is.

I see him more as someone without many experiences,

so everything can be a novelty or possibility

he is always ready to welcome you so please be kind

because it won't be too hard to see him cry

most of the time for pleasure,

his body isn't used to this sort of thing, let alone on a grand scale.

dohwan is the extremely affectionate type, slow sex and eye to eye, because he wants to get everything from you

from compliments to involuntary moans from you

Usually he is not very demanding.

What you give him will be of great benefit to him.

Sung Won (Won) - 박성원

He'll treat you like you're a joke

even because he will try to make you believe you are inferior to him to disguise the shame of being punished

He's a Brat, the one who will laugh in your face without a second thought.

But you'll always get a glimpse of the flushed face and the cut-off moan mid-sentence when you squeeze his dick harder between your fingers.

Won is not ready to take on the atrocities he already has in mind.

He wants you to draw strength from him

Wants you to hold him by the jaw and make him look at you while he comes

Wants you to make him ask for more even in whispers

Won is not satisfied until he cries with pleasure.

For you making him feel so low

He's boring, demanding

But from the moment you show that you are the one who decides and commands, he gives in as if he hadn't done hell before

But of course without admitting that he did it,

"You're wrong in thinking you're in charge of me"

He's brave, but only because he wants you to be a lot braver than he is.

[astroyongie]

Yongie can you tell us what groups are on the list for readings next,like all of them not just for this months and what groups are in waiting for a other gender group to be paired with??

on the list: Seventeen & Everglow; Txt & Girl generation; CIX & purple kiss (ALL FOR OCTOBER PLANNING) /// EPEX & lightsum; MX & Oh my girl; Victon & Itzy; ateez & Weki meki; xdinary heroes & aespa; cravity & Lightsum; ciipher & kiss of life; Tnx & BP; zerobaseone & Ive ; &team & RV; Riize & Stayc; Boys next door & LSS

If i have still time this week I will post Epex and lightsum ^^

Groups waiting for pairing in order: NCT 127, BTOB, Shinee, ateez, Txt, Mx

[blurrybunnies]

And baby why you, why so serious ? ? ?

-matching keiwon layouts bc i miss them and ciipher in general T^T

-like or reblog if saved/used!! >v<

[faithst]

hi hi hi! 🥰

i saw you said you were bored so i will flood you with some questions, bc you did the same for me 🫶🏻

(also bc i want to get to know you more hehe, in a non-creepy way)

this is just a list of questions i thought of, you don’t have to answer all of them just pick whatever

rose’s questions :

how did you get into kpop?

who were your first ults?

have you been to a kpop concert before?

who would you pick if you could be friends with one of the zb1 members? and why?

what are you hoping for in the upcoming zb1 album? like the genre/type of songs?

what inspires your writing?

aaaaaand do you have a song rec? 🤍🤍

omg, hi ‼️ ily btw💕

thank u sm for curing my boredom, i hope you achieve everything u want in life 🤝

answers !!

1) i got into kpop from hearing bts’ dna !! yk the whistle part. yeah suuuuper addicting 🫢

2) my first ult would be nct ! if you’re talking abt bias; my first ult bias is haechan 🌻

3) nope, i’ve never been to a concert before. though, i do want to (who doesn’t 🫣) i’m not going to specify my age but i am quite young to go alone/w my friends. I HOPE I DO GET TO GO TO A ZB1 CONCERT THO💥

4) I WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH GYUVIN SM. he’d be a fun friend ngl. but i do already have a gyuvin-coded friend @trashhdez 😛

5) ngl, i wouldn’t mind any genre of song. i’d listen to it on repeat everyday but if i were to choose maybe songs similar to jellypop/hot summer 👍

6) well, i have alot of delusional thoughts and alot of delusional friends with delusional thoughts 🥰

7) ciipher - stay (i love this song sm)

echan - eternal summer

ateez - mist

conan gray - the exit

rory webley - something super sweet

THANK YOU FIR THE QUESTIONS BTW ILYSM‼️💕