#group : close your eyes

[hourlyhoon]

im dying but holy im gonna cry he's so (first 4 cropped by me)

[gothsuguru]

doing the heavy lifting in a convo can be so tiring omfg

[quailxcrossing]

thinking about some of my babies

these three are invading my thoughts so heavily recently and i am figuring out their childhood secrets, slowly but surely.....

Valkyries can be born from any home, and since there's a limited amount that can exist at any time, they're only born in some period after a previous one passes! Esperanza was born in a small home out in the desert boondocks outside of Turquoise Springs, to a family who had a stain on their name since her father was known for pulling terrible business buying and reselling property. no one liked him bc he was basically a fantasy airbnb flipper and sucked ass

and once Esperanza's Valkyrie tells appeared when she was a few years old (mostly the random wings tbh) her parents thought she would be their big break and finally earn their family some respect, since the reputation of the Valkyries was very well-known!! they hoped their baby would at least bring some good luck! she hadn't gotten her card pulled yet so they didn't know she was The Lovers yet, butttt they could've probably guessed seeing that position had recently been opened.....

Esperanza liked the bigger village a lot, but to her family's disappointment, she HATED people knowing she was a Valkyrie. they always treated her weird.....Valkyries (to keep things brief) are basicallyyyyy just. very densely magical creatures. their connection to the cards and fate is very strong, very closely tied to the world's religion, so people treated Esperanza with almost too much respect that this little baby wanted. she really wanted to make friends with other kids, and she was excited a big village meant she could go to school normally! she took to going outside with her wings covered, lying to people she was just a normal human (with some impish features), which her parents HATED .. but Esperanza remained whimsical

she met Lwaukee the season before she was set to start Tuesday's equivalent of elementary. the little kitty was creeping around and scampering around the washes where Esperanza had taken to enjoy playing (kicking up dirt and running around collecting sticks. baby games) and they played silently a couple times chasing each other back and forth before Lwaukee would randomly get scared and dart off. Esperanza kept returning there hoping Lwaukee would show up.

their relationship changed drastically the time Esperanza ended up bringing a snackie- a little pouch of sun-dried chub that her family had saved up to buy from one of the market stalls (seafood is quite rare out in the desert, these chub were local tho because they lived in Turquoise Springs!!) Esperanza thought she could share them with her new buddy!! maybe they'd be actually buddies!!! her parents always said that material goods were the fastest way to a person's heart! ^D^

Lwaukee stole all of them. immedically. he ate them so fucking fast and Esperanza just went 😲🥲

then Lwaukee scampered off again

so she brought a little bit more the next time, which Lwaukee wolfed down again. Esperanza was really concerned, thinking maybe Lwaukee was homeless, or his parents didn't feed him, so she asked- and Lwaukee finally spoke to her, explaining the food at home "made him sick". Neither of them knew what it meant, but basically Lwaukee is the only cat/human in his house, and he had a combo of a strange diet + ARFID. his parents didn't know how to make him eat, since he could only stomach very certain foods without getting sick. seafood, mostly, meats, and very small portions of fruits and veggies. so basically Lwaukee's parents were going "my kid wont eat his brocolli!! tsk silly kid" while Lwaukee was dry-retching in the background, if he can manage to get it into his mouth

so Esperanza really did win his heart over with food; the two quickly become more comfortable with each other and shared their snacks and continued to play In The Ditch. you know when you just play in the ditch....real desertheads understand

they met their dear friend Georgiana when Lwaukee and Esperanza were trotting town on their way to their favorite dirt patch, and Lwaukee thought it would be a good idea to duck through the nearby marketplace (just wanted to steal some fish) (stole some fish)

Georgiana was a small single child from a fisherman's family, very sheltered just like Esperanza, but with an intense fear of outsiders. their family was all made of hunters, and living off the land was everything Georgiana knew. they lived a few villages over closer to the rivers and they only visited for markets to sell their catches. so when Lwaukee tried to grab a bass cut (Esperanza made the surprised Pikachu face) Georgiana immediately took after him- Georgi's parents told them it wasn't worth it, but Georgiana is really protective of their fishes, very proud to be working the stall...Lwaukee took off cackling but Georgiana caught him very easily. Esperanza explained the situation and apologized 500 times and...hey do you wanna play In The Ditch with us?? you look really strong! you could pick up a lot of sticks when we build forts in the ditch!

Georgiana was terrified of this approach, but they let Lwaukee keep the fish. and guess who quietly showed up next time their family was in town and Esperanza and Lwaukee were rolling in the dirt

[junhyeontual]

unfortunately telling myself I'm not gonna watch another survival show is not enough bcs oomfs everywhere are on the dash or tl talking abt it

[shootingshinestar]

Does anyone have any ideas on what these upcoming boy groups' concepts gonna be?

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Polarix

Honestly, I think the group has a more mature image compared to other survival bgs. So my best bet is something similar to Sf9 and 2pm? I can imagine them performing like Sf9 now or never.... I think good guy concept would also work as well. Also, hangyul auditioning with a 2pm song and covering them for the generation battle got me feeling something... (he is so 2nd Gen coded). Concept like my house or heartbeat would eat. Something with suits is the vibes

AHOF

I would think they suit a concept similar to Ateez the real! They have such high energy and are amazing performers. Or they might do a high school sports theme concept like the show (teen crush concept to be safe?). But like, imagine jl and Han doing jongho high note... 😭🙏

Close your eyes

Now, I actually gave up watching toward the end because my main, minseo, got eliminated. However, I kept up due to fanpages and came across their official page. It's giving a youthful, nostalgic concept? Considering the ages, I think something school related or childhood nostalgia. Their post reminds me of New Jeans bubble gum. It would be funny if they did a noise and edgy concept, hehe...

These are just my opinions, of course ^^ also the battle for best new boy group / rookie bg 2025 is gonna be intense, and I can't wait...

What do y'all think? 🤔

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[doueverwonder]

someone take this song away from me before I go crazy talking about the midwest great lakes again

[goldandlights]

In full support of having cake and eating it, too;

gay!Faramir and bi!Eowyn marriage of convenience, orchestrated by Eomer who's like

"You, lord Faramir, need a wife to give you an heir and not mind the besotted looks you send our King. My dear sister needs a man who won't constrain her to house and hearth or mind the company she keeps. You should talk."

(Little Elboron still grows up well-loved though. Brought along to whever his parents go instead of left with a wet nurse, he can ride before he can walk and has disrupted many a council meeting with his happy babbling.)

[hourlyhoon]

im tweaking out. HE LOOKS SO GOOD 😭😭😭😭 i saw this so late bcs i was at a zb1 cupsleeve all day but i saw the whole tat stage and HOLY THEY DID SO WELL. like the rap is kinds iffy bcs i like the orig ver but they still did so well like the sync and everything my jaw DROPPED. but why was there like no seungho screen time he didn't even get to rap like 💀��� im gonna scream.

[rigginsstreet]

the whole netflix giving an option to cut out raunchy scenes to make shit "family friendly" is.... so annoying to me lmfao

and i say this as someone who is wildly uncomfortable watching sex scenes with my mother even as a grown adult like i dont even want to see a HINT of nipple if we are watching a film together. with that being said... if i want to see a movie bad enough idc whats in it and i'll suffer through lmao

but anyway back to the point!

idk its like this coddling of society thats been taking place in recent years and i.... do not like it. everyones being treated like 2 year olds and its fucking weird and its trickling into literally every facet of life

[insaneillusionist]

I saw the saddest attempt at racism humor I have ever seen.

[cainite-bite]

it really saddens me how little care people have for those with disabilities and trying to get things/make new inventions to help them out, and how quick they are to disregard people for having any kind of disability.

I hate to break it to people but you're only temporarily able bodied. Eventually age catches up. Accidents happen. Disease and sickness can sometimes fuck you over in ways you didn't realize.

[tonariofjananda]

Good night, sweet prince.

Based off @alphaofdarkness ‘s Wing! AU

[bat-the-misfit]

ok but the actor who plays luffy eating pastel doesn't change the fact he's a mexican dude playing a canonically brazilian character i will still be angry

[0ystercatcher]

women please i need you to realize mediocre men own the world only bc we kinda let them PLEASE DONT LET THEM

[nicejewishgirl]

going to local ER instead since I’m losing too much blood, way too fast! last week was bad but this is scary and I need to be monitored ASAP!

[nightmare-chaser]

Anyone else remember that "if everyone is special, then no one is" shit?

Man, fuck that noise, boiling down the full fucking spectrum of human existence like the variety of it somehow makes each individual part less, like the many many many kinds of cakes in existences somehow makes chocolate cake less delicious or that birthday cake your sister stayed up late making for you less special, like because there are many dresses in the world it means the dress your mother wore to her wedding and tore walking down the aisle isn't worth any more than the cloth its made of

"Being special isnt special" but cant it be though? Cant you open your fucking pragmatical heart to a bit of romanticism of the day to day? The dog that scared me coming up the stairs isnt fundamentally different from any other golden retriever out there except for that he lives in the apartment next to mine and his owner described him as "nice, just loud", but cant i be delighted that he exists hidden in our no pets apartment block?

How can the reality of everyone being special not fill you with a sense of wonder for us all? How lovely to be in a world where no two people are exactly alike, how wonderful to be in a world full of delightful surprises and even those not so nice, how sweet we all live on this earth together to meet and compare

"If EvErYoNe Is SpEcIaL, nO oNe Is" maaaaan, go fuck yourself, come back when you learn to love fiercely