#i LOVE cryptid concepts for skz

[eomcheong-keun-megi]

I gasped ok

[sanstropfremir]

some thoughts and questions:

about kingdom - seeing peniel join the mix of ateez and skz was odd for me lol that threw me entirely off and i think is the large reason why i’m personally not a big fan of it. i watch peniel’s stuff outside of kingdom and he’s just a v chill dude overall; even in btob’s performances, he’s not a big standout and is there and does his job. whereas for ateez and skz (i don’t watch skz enough but this is based on the kingdom content), their energies match very well with each other in terms of performance. ateez definitely wins in stage presence compared to skz but their sounds and dance compete, if that makes sense. what did you think of peniel in this performance (aside from the krumping mentioned in your long review, if you have any more thoughts)?

i also think wolf is such a bold song choice. it’s one of the sm staples - really only sm groups can pull off these songs and concepts because it was designed literally for them. e.g. snsd i got a boy, rv rookie, fx/tvxq/ nct songs. there’s a uniqueness to them that can’t be replicated imo. if a non-sm group is going to cover it, it’s almost always a fail (or is missing v important components to the song/performance that it lacks in comparison).

also, what do you think of the stages overall? like, in terms of variation. there’s nothing wrong with serious, dark, and/or thematic performances. but i feel like all of the groups are sticking to it because it makes their stages ‘valid’. if that makes sense. to simplify it, i wish groups did more ‘bright and fun’ concepts and played around more. ikon and btob are groups that do this but for these kingdom stages i don’t get the same energy.

about kpop in general - in your review of the recent kingdom ep, you mentioned that you can only think of 2-3 groups where most of (or all) members of the group have great stage presence. what groups do you think have this quality? off the top of my head, i think of shinee and seventeen. every time they perform, each member makes themselves known and carry their part. even for a large group like seventeen and some members get only like 3-5 seconds of screen time. when a member is missing it’s painfully obvious too.

this is so long and thoughtful, thank you! i’ll try to answer everything but if i miss something just let me know! i’m putting it under a cut because long.

ok to start: peniel. i agree, there is quite a bit of dissonance having him in with a group that’s comprised of 98-01 liners, and especially because he does have a very laid back personality. i do think he stepped it up pretty well in the stage, even if his energy wasn’t a perfect match. and he clearly did put on a different performance than he usually would, if eunkwang and minhyuk’s incoherent and hilarious screaming at the end of the stage was any indication. it was a smart choice to position him as the ‘alpha’ wolf of the stage. when there’s that large a gap of performing experience with idols, no matter what you do, it's going to show. even if he wasn’t a chill guy, his stage presence is just gonna be different. same thing with minhyuk in the rap stage. i know having a low member number puts them at a bit of a disadvantage, but btob (and subsequently ateez and skz) actually kinda lucked out in that regard for this stage. say for example, the full group was competing and they sent multiple members to the performance unit like the other two groups did. because ateez and skz are the same age and have relatively compatible performance styles, they can make a cohesive unit, but now you have multiple performers who have an incompatible style and will stand out from that group. how do you thematically bridge that gap within the performance itself? when you only have one unhammered nail, you can capitalize on that nail being unhammered. hence making peniel the alpha wolf, or making minhyuk the ‘boss’ at the end of the rap stage. there just isn’t enough time with this show to actually do the rehearsal to make a truly cohesive unit, so the best thing to do is highlight the difference. 

my position on covers is that it's futile to try and match the original perfectly, so match the energy but make it your own. one of my all time favourite covers is kings of leon’s dancing on my own. yes, the robyn song. also the 1975’s cover of thank u, next. rtk features a few stages that i think got the right idea, with pentagon’s follow and their collab with onf for kill this love. sm songs are tough for this for though because yea, they are pretty tailored to their groups, and the groups themselves have very unique signatures and theyre often so famous that it's hard to separate them from their contexts enough to pull off a more abstract cover.

honestly the variety of themes hasn’t been the worst? obviously i’m a person who likes narrative and thematic elements though so i'm going to be a little more biased towards those types of stages. i think people keep using the term ‘dark’ to describe any concept that’s vaguely thematic and has moody lighting. i wouldn’t describe any of btob’s stages as dark, or ikon’s, and i wouldn’t describe ateez’s wonderland stage as dark either.  i do want to see more variation in aesthetics, especially in the costumes. really only ateez and btob have got this one down; you can tell the group’s style and that it's the same designers/stylists, but there’s been enough variety that none of their looks have felt the same. tbz and sf9 have only worn embellished suits so far, ikon has not made much effort with their costumes all, and skz have just been alternating one stage black one stage white in like, exactly the same outfits. boring!!!! where is the drama!!! so yes, i would like to see everyone having a little more fun on stage and with their concepts, but i also dont know if i'm willing to risk the 60% chance that it will be school uniforms for the younger groups. because i really Do Not want that.

and as far as groups where all the members have great stage presence, i'm so sorry but i suspect you were typing this while i published a post where i detailed the exact reasons i dont find seventeen compelling, please do not be offended. i guess i can say they have good collective presence? the ones that i was thinking of are shinee and tvxq. shinee for obvious reasons, and tvxq is just two dudes, so they both have to have stage presence or the whole thing would have collapsed in 2011. oh, by default also superm, because sm cherry picked seven of their best performers and slapped them together in a group. honestly baekhyun is probably the weakest link in terms of stage presence but he makes up for it in screaming so i forgive him. if we wanna count 50%+, where the group has good presence as a whole but not all the members, i would say ateez, got7, mx, and vixx. vixx is a weird one because 50% of their stage presence is hakyeon, jaehwan, and hyuk being pretty normal charismatic dudes and 50% of it is leo’s absolutely incomprehensible cryptid vibes. why is he like that. we'll never know.

[staycatcher]

Brewgie’s Prompts!!!

Intro!!!

These are all prompts I’ve been keeping to myself or just general prompts, feel free to send in requests with a member and any additions or mixtures of these you’d like! These prompts most likely have an originally intended member, but I’m really flexible with these, you can send in your preferred member or say you want the original!! Either is perfect!~ Feel free to add personal additions and mixtures from this list you’d like!

What I’ll Write!!!

As of rn, I’m only willing to write for stray kids, dreamcatcher, jimin park (the female soloist), x readers (any/all pronouns), platonic or romantic and everything but smut and gore, for now, I’ll update if things change! 

Also, I’m a human being so if you send in a req, please be patient with me; I’m a perfectionist and won't post anything unless I’m pleased with it :D Please understand that I also have the power to reject ideas I’m not comfortable with writing or generally don’t feel inspired to write

Rules!!! 

All you have to do is be following me and send in a request through my asks:D the formula to put in the ask is as follows: number(s)! member(s) x pronouns reader, genre(s) [+platonic if you want]

I.e. “hello~ can you please write a  39 reverse! + 7! Seungmin x they/them reader, fluff and comedy, please n thank you with a cherry on top” 

Entries I did will be linked with an “x” at the end of the prompt! 

The Prompts!!! 

Bowling date!

 Carnival/Theme park date! 

 Study date! 

 Coffee date! 

 Date idea that you give me! :o

 Kinds of dates headcanons!

 Meeting for the first time! 

 You confess to them!

 They confess to you! 

 Member as boyfriends headcanon! 

 Kissing them for the first time! 

 Kinds of kisses headcanons! 

 Frech kiss / makeout (that’s as smutty as I’ll go-)

 Cuddling them for the first time! 

 Kinds of cuddling headcanons! 

 You wear their clothes for the first time! 

 Caught in the rain! 

 Truth or dare!  

 Spin the bottle! 

 Seven minutes in heaven! (see 13, tho it’s not necessarily guaranteed, it could be an awkward seven minutes~)

 First sleepover! 

 Road trip!

 Transplant donor au! (this is weird, ngl, but basically one of the members was your kidney donor, and you meet up later? It’s weird-) (or I guess you get an organ donation from them that you received when they died but that's sad-) (the reverse is good too!) 

Blind! You (Like my Chan fic) (the reverse is good too!)

 Wheelchair-bound! Member (the reverse is good too!) 

 Mentally ill! You  (the reverse is good too!) (also feel free to specify what kind)

Roommate au! x

You show up to a costume party / halloween party and you dress up as the same thing or a matching couple, completely unplanned! (if you want the same or couple let me know or I decide~)

You work at a store/cafe/anywhere-really and they make you flustered whenever they come in, and they flirt outrightly to you and leave good tips! (the reverse is good too!) 

You’re a waiter and they’re the performer at a fancy restaurant and you have a crush on them! (the reverse is good too!)

Athlete! Member x Mascot! You! (the reverse is good too!) 

Class Partners! / Lab Partners! 

 Nanny! Au (you nanny their kids or they nanny yours, doesn't necessarily need to be their actual kid it can be a sibling or anything) 

 Neighbor! Au (can be from childhood or current~)

Badboy! Member 

Badgirl/boy/enby! You 

Goodboy/girl/enby! Member 

Goodgirl/boy/enby! You 

Baker! You au! (the reverse is good too!)

 Tutor! You 

Tutor! Member

 Chicken/food deliverer! You (i wrote a crackfic that I never posted that can be recycled-) (the reverse is good too) 

Idol! Member x Idol! You

Fan! You x Idol! Them (I suppose the reverse good too, lmao it’d just be more of a challenge!) 

Fan! You x Idol! Member but you bias another member (I suppose the reverse is good too, lmao it’d just be more of a challenge!) 

Trainee! Au (y’all were or are currently trainees together) 

 Idol! Member x you (basically no aus involved it’s just what it's like dating them as they are now) (I suppose the reverse is good too, lmao it’d just be more of a challenge!) 

Makeup Artist/Stylist! You (I suppose the reverse is good too, lmao it’d just be more of a challenge!) 

 Best friend! Au 

 Friends to lovers! Au

 Enemy to Lover! Au  

 Family Friend! Au 

 Fake dating! Au 

 Soulmate! Au 

 Rejected Soulmate! au (Like my Minho fic)

 Arranged Marriage! Au 

 Foreign exchanged student! you au (the reverse is good too!)

 College/University! Au (just higher education au, not necessarily with frats/sororities involved) 

Frat/Sorority! Au (Can be the same universe as my “Anguish” fic, or not~)

 Grease! Au (inspired from the movie Grease)

 Artist! Au (either you or member is an artist!) 

Tattooer! au (either you or member or you both can be tattooers!)

 Hogwarts! Au (Indicate what house you want the reader to be in if you want~) (PS I have my own sortings for them, but you are welcome to specify what house you’d want them to be in)

 Bender! Au (Kind of like tlok/atla where you can bend the one of the four elements or can be the avatar and its subcategories, or can be a specific thing like lightning or ice/snow) (Feel free to specify i.e. airbender! jeongin x nonbender! you)

 Merperson! Member au

 Merperson! You au

 Pirate! Au (the mermaid and pirate thing can be combined:D)

 Cowboy! Au (Feel free to specify i.e. sherif! you x cowgirl! jimin) 

 Werewolf! Au (Feel free to specify i.e. werewolf! chan x alpha! you)

 Shapeshifter! Au (Basically like the werewolf au, just not wolf..) (Feel free to specify i.e. catshifter! felix x human! you)

 Fairy! Au (Feel free to specify i.e. fairy! yoohyeon x you) x

 Witch! Au (Feel free to specify i.e. witch! seungmin x demon! you)

 Elf! Au (Feel free to specify i.e. elf! you x hyunjin)

 Druid! Au (Feel free to specify i.e. druid! you x minji) 

 Demon / Angel / Fallen Angel! Au (Feel free to specify i.e. demonl! minho x fallenangel! you) 

 Fantasy au idea you give me! 

 Cryptid Hunting! Au (got the idea from here, and hunting as in searching/finding not killing cuz it’s not cool to kill cryptids)

 Prince/ss/x! Member au! (i already have mental concepts for skz so just send in a member! But if you have a ~vision~ already I’d be intrigued to hear!) 

Royalty! Au! (basically all royalty dynamics besides like prince stuff i.e. prince/ss/x! you x knight! changbin) 

 Last day on earth! Au (basically, you or the world has one final day on earth, and you get to decide how you want to spend it / what you’d do) (Can be considered an apocalypse au but I can’t write or read gore so it’s not that side of it, or can just be that you, alone, will die, that’s a concept too lmao)

 Disney/Pixar! Au (I already have concepts for what princess movie with who for skz, so send in a member for that! But if you want a non-princess movie let me know! I.e. Brave  with Jimin) 

 An au idea you give me! :o

 Inspired by the song “Thank God for Girls” by Weezer 

Inspired by the song “Sunburn” by Ed Sheeran

Inspired by the song “Passion Fruit” by drake (but I like the paramore cover hehe ;))

 Inspired by the song “Overnight Sensation” by børns (I have a really cool idea for this one👀)

 Inspired by the song “American Money” by børns

Inspired by the song “Boyfriend” by coin

Inspired by the song “From Afar” by Vance Joy

Inspired by the song “Heart Eyes” by coin

Inspired by the song “You Think” by SNSD (a battle of badness with badboy/girl/enby! Member x badgirl/boy/enby! you)

 Inspired by the song “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson (my idea was to write this but the reverse! Like the reader is a badass Billie Jean and the member is pining for them) 

Inspired by the song “i love you” by Billie Eilish

Inspired by the song “Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince” by Taylor Swift

 Inspired by the song “I.L.Y.” by The Rose

 Inspired by the song “Insomnia” by The Rose

 Inspired by the song “What can I do?” by Day6

 Inspired by the song “Chocolate” by Day6

Inspired by the song of your choosing :o (note, if I don’t find the song you choose to be inspiring to me or appropriate I’ll have to reject it

 Request me anything,’:o (note, if I don’t find the req you choose to be inspiring to me or appropriate I’ll have to reject it