#i have also read so many interviews seen so many vids of him the past day

[solarismp3]

Been listening to buck tick all day and literally I’m sorry but I can’t accept atsushi is no longer with us this is not a reality I’m in and I never will be. Cuz when I hear him sing I feel his presence. He’s still here alive and singing me to goodnight. Always

[indiaalphawhiskey]

I love what you said about LNT, that Harry is mocking his image in the media, and I agree with everything you said but by doing that vid won't it just reinstate the GPs thoughts on him? Imo he was starting to lose that image and that vid is definitely a giant leap backwards. The GP don't look into things and they don't think, they're going to see Harry in a bed with a lot of women and automatically think womanizer, and his team know this. It does seem really symbolic but I can't see anyone else picking up on it other than Larries. His team will probably campaign for AIW at the Grammy's so it's not the case they're trying to pull a WS. I just can't for the life of me figure out why they spent years changing Harry's image from womanizer to bringing it back. It's annoying because in the tabloids it is mostly people speculating on his sexuality and it felt like he was in a good place, unless his team thought he was coming across too gay so they decided to do a really het vid to keep the hets interested.

Hi, love!

While I get what you’re saying, I can’t say I agree, because I think it is about perspective.

What’s interesting with Harry’s House is that I think it’s Harry’s most layered album yet, and to me, there’s a running theme in those layers. The album presents itself as fun, easy pop that you can enjoy and digest without looking too much into it. But, if you do decide to give the lyrics more than one listen, decide to look at it from a more generous angle, you’ll find many of the narratives of the song are a lot deeper than people realize. (This piece explains that concept in a much more articulate way.)

Consequently, I think the LNT video explores the exact same theme of having an “easy” visual layer that is superimposed over a much deeper (although still lighthearted) commentary on Harry’s public versus private life. But just like the songs on Harry’s House, you have to want to see the satire in order to know it’s there. And I say it’s satire because Harry is so very clearly in on the “joke”.

He knows. He knows there’ll be people who listen to AIW solely because it’s a bop, knows that there’ll be people who buy the narrative of Cinema so quickly he doesn’t even have to sell it, knows that if, visually, you put him in a bedroom setting with a bunch of half naked people, there will be tons of people who see that and only that. And I think somehow, part of the message is that, he knows people will believe what they want to believe about him… so let them. He’s not bothered by it anymore because there’s a different group of people that get him, that get his real meaning, and that’s who he’s making music for. (He said something similar in the Zane Lowe interview.)

And it’s pretty brilliant, because if you look at the Harry’s House teaser, he already clues us in on those recurring themes — a theatre, the façade of a house coming down around him, being dresses like a doll, the theme of reversal, etc. The entire album can be read as an ode to Harry’s double life: who people think he is (orgy, bubblegum pop with no substance) versus who he actually is (quiet private Lady and the Tramp date behind the curtain, singing about the trauma of his parent’s divorce), and I think, is a tribute to those who see past the veneer.

Semi-related, I actually don’t think Harry’s team is bringing back the womanizer image. I can see how that’s how it can come across, but I actually think, depending on the perspective you have, Lights Up, Watermelon Sugar, and LNT can be seen as a soft-seeding for a pansexual image. Yes, they all evoke a very sexual vibe, but it’s also a very open vibe. I think this fandom forgets, sometimes, just how far we’ve come with Harry’s image, and I think it’s good to remind ourselves that Harry having male-presenting people in his videos, even in the context of a group, is not something we thought would ever be possible in 2015. Waving pride flags at every show? Starring in a queer romance? Singing “I mess around with him” with his entire chest? A nail polish brand? Wearing a dress on the cover of Vogue? Dorothy?

We couldn’t even fathom half of that in early HS1.

And yes, he is still stunting, and he’s still stunting with commercially attractive thin, white women, and that’s frustrating. But in other aspects? We can’t deny that we have made progress, no matter how incremental it may seem. And, honestly, to survive in this fandom, we have to take those wins and hold them close because this is not a straight line ride. We can’t just shrug that progress off simply because it’s not our ideal and expected expression of queerness. That’s not fair to him, or to anyone.

[1ddotdhq]

🍌Wed 2 Dec ‘20💚

Harry Styles Reacts to Banana Innuendo Rumors by Making EVEN MORE Banana Innuendos part TWO

Good morning/evening/night to Harry’s post and Harry’s post ONLY! (Okay that’s not true but it was definitely a highlight of my day). In case people haven’t seen it yet, it’s Harry in a light blue custom made suit putting a penis banana in his mouth. The picture is captioned “Bring Back Manly Men” so take a suck on THAT Candace Owens! It was only one of many great pictures in his variety shoot (including another, um, fruity picture of him biting into a pomegranate okay Persephone we get it), but Harry did indeed choose That One to post on This, the day after banana necklace dickscourse, BLESS. Harry’s interview was a little more in depth than they have been in the past, touching upon his feelings on race (“Historically, I can’t think of any industry that’s benefited more off of Black culture than music. There are discussions that need to happen about this long history of not being paid fairly. It’s a time for listening, and hopefully, people will come out humbled, educated and willing to learn and change”), as well as his tattoos (the only time he regrets them is in the DWD makeup chair), his love of reading, fashion and art, his exercise routine (Kid Harpoon couldn’t keep up!),  and his feelings on success and acclaim (“It’s never why I do anything...it's always nice to know that people like what you’re doing, but ultimately — and especially working in a subjective field — I don’t put too much weight on that stuff...Fans are the best A&R”). 

The problems arose - as they so often do - when One Direction was mentioned. The article said that “The proof [of the band’s benefits] is in the relatively seamless solo transitions of at least three of its members- Payne, Malik and Horan in addition to Styles- each of whom has landed hit singles on charts in the U.K., the U.S. and beyond”. Leaving aside the bad math (that's 4 people!) one name, of course, is notably missing: Louis has in fact enjoyed quite a lot of success both with Walls (remember when his album went #1 on iTunes in the UK AND the US literally 2 months ago?) and his pre-Walls singles like “Back To You” and “Just Hold On”. It got worse because the author tried to back up her claim with Harry’s quote, “When you look at the history of people coming out of bands and starting solo careers, they feel this need to apologize for being in the band...but we loved being in the band...I think there’s a wont to pit people against each other. And I think it’s never been about that for us. It’s about a next step in evolution. The fact that we’ve all achieved different things outside of the band says a lot about how hard we worked in it”. By linking her own words with Harry's quote she made it seem as though Harry said it to agree with her biased take, which we'd know he didn't even if we hadn't heard him say this exact quote without that slant multiple times before. Fans were quick to point out both to the author and to Variety that they were wrong (to describe the reaction mildly), and the author rather than fixing the mistake, doubled down and began blocking fans. Plenty of people were quick to say that of course HSHQ and Harry had approved this content, despite more knowledgeable fans trying to be heard protesting that that is not how it works. (Remember how just recently Vogue got Harry’s whole ass FAMILY situation wrong and it was not corrected until after print, for example?) In fact, even the magazine didn't really proofread this- the print version of the article is different and says, “The proof is in the relatively seamless solo transitions of at least three of its members - Styles, Malik and Horan”, effectively erasing both Louis AND Liam. It's an annoying take either way, but it's one the author more than likely picked up by doing her research on harrie twitter, not on orders from Jeff.

And because we DO NOT STAND FOR LILO ERASURE ON THIS BLOG, let’s talk about Liam’s Web Summit panel! It was 25 minutes of Liam and Marian Dicus (VP of Spotify) being interviewed about the current and future state of the music industry. Both of them, of course, noted that things had changed very quickly in their careers back at the beginning of lockdown, and how it had seemed surreal, at first, but that Liam had found that the way he was operating now (with Veeps and Tik Tok and Instagram lives) had made his platform a two way interaction with his fans. “For a long time I've been living in a dream world where I thought I was speaking with my fans but really I was just talking at them whereas we as artists ask a lot of rhetorical questions... I wanted to start a conversation”. Marian discussed how engaging fans differently WAS one of the most difficult things to puzzle out at the beginning, but that as months have passed, it seems artists like Liam have found a viable virtual future in the music industry (Liam tells us that he's been doing “stadium size shows” on Veeps which is an exciting clue about the mystery of how many tickets they're selling). They also went into the way music trends change as a response to social and political occurrences, how comfort songs gave way to protest songs this summer. Liam said, “People want their artists to have an opinion nowadays it's not that we can stay out of the conversation anymore-- and nor do we feel that we should in many places-- but for me it's a fine line because I realize what I do for people is an escape, people don't want things rammed down their throats every day and news messages from me about things that they don't want to hear about if they've come to listen to music, so its a real fine line that we kind of teeter on”. And about his opening acts, he acknowledges that his fanbase are mostly young women (based on the data breakdowns he gets from his team), and so he feels a responsibility to mentor young female artists in the industry so that more people like his fans have a voice. In an interview full of really fascinating music and technical discussions, this remained my favorite moment from Liam. Just like we won’t erase HIM, he refuses to erase US! And let's not forget our Liam alarm of the day-- it starts out absolutely adorable (“good moooorning!”), is hilarious in that apparently he just rambled completely unscripted and then they awkwardly cut it into 25 parts, but today's installment is frankly not relaxing! “only 23 sleeps til christmas have you done your shopping are you prepared” excuse me Liam YOU ARE STRESSING ME OUT. The promised relaxing sleep story affirmations are still 'coming soon'-- hurry up please I need them to decompress after that alarm!

Now for a lightning round of epic proportions: DWD darling pictures and vids keep comin’ and Harry and Florence are both looking GORGEOUS as Jack and Alice,  after the Variety shoot dropped ‘THE CAPTION’, ‘BRING BACK MANLY MEN’, and ‘LOUIS IS SUCCESSFUL’ trended worldwide on twitter, Tan France said “yes please” to Harry's banana post, Harry reiterated that London was home and he didn’t want to be in LA for longer than he needed to,Variety has its virtual show tomorrow at 5 pm PST so see you there! Veeps is sending out emails promoting Louis’ show to people who bought LP show tickets, fans have already started to receive their Louis Tomlinson Live From London merch, Trinity College in Dublin’s Law society presented Niall with an award for, uh, his Irishness, I guess? (Just kidding, it’s for “his incredible talent and work ethics which is famously underscored by a distinct humility despite unthinkable success”). It looks like he will be giving a talk when he’s presented with it, and I’m honestly really interested to see what it’s all about - is he...gonna be talking to law students? Idk but tune in on December 7th at 12 pm GMT to find out!

[sweetheart90210]

Thoughts on Jikook

So, I have been lurking for the past 2 months on anything/everything jikook related and when I tell you I have never ship ever in my life ever, especially when it’s two people not even cartoon characters. OMG ok before I get into my thoughts here a Disclaimer: I have never done this before so excuse me if there’s any grammar errors also, this just my thoughts and opinions on everything that i have consumed  so whoever reads this your a god and I don’t blame anyone if just you scroll past this lol.

. What’s funny is that this started out of boredom lol, ok so since October, I have fallen into the rabbit hole that this ship is. So I was on youtube just doing usual stuff and I don’t know why till this day, but I search BTS funny videos so as i watched some vids, and  I see my recommended list and there’s this shipping video about Jikook on this youtube call black&white couple, and at first I’m like “uhh ok well lets just see what this is” it was jikook lowkey exposing themselves i think that’s the title so after watching i wasn’t convinced 100%, but I had questions that needed to be answer.

So the first thing that stood out to me was the GCF thing in the video cause it said it was a by an openly-gay artist( I didn’t know who Troye was) and in my head i was like that’s impossible like a korean idol using an openly gay artist’s song in what world considering how south korea is with the LGBT community and as a gay person who finds fanservice not so enjoyable because to me, it's like “ooh looks at us we almost kiss hehehe” you know its cringy and it's obvious the idols don’t like but do it anyway, I’m probably on the minority but I digress. My point is majority are not so open about the gays or even touch on the subject or even acknowledge a gay artist, so when I lookup Troye sivan and his boyfriend all up on instagram and how JK openly admires him and did a cover with Namjoon, rainbow flags, rainbow flags everywhere. And to add more fuel to the fire, I come to find out JK planned the whole thing without any managers, or staff an actually took JM on trip just by themselves.

Now what really bothers me is how a lot of the fandom likes to turn a blind eye for Jikook and Jikook only. it’s the only pair that gets the most hate. and I honestly think it's because it’ has the most probability of being real and a lot of people aren’t ready to accept that maybe your oppa likes dick. I have a twitter and I only follow 5 jikook accounts and they have a lot of followers but it’s crazy how nasty and ugly the replies/quotes are when they post a Jikook moment, the one that really took me out was the Ice block gift. OMG i have never seen so many people try to disprove something that’s literally in there face with no subtly what so ever like why are people so triggered, and ready to pop a vein, and foam out the mouth lol. I don’t get it. Also recently with the new GCF that dropped there was a post about Namkook with 20k likes pointing out how the video got warmer when Namjoon smiled and basically celebrating the editing, however the same can’t be said when the black border turned white when JM’s scene came on, because a lot people where like “it’s not about ships”, but yet the Namkook post can get 20k likes and everyone can go goo goo gaga gaga over it.....OK. My point Jikook is a threat to these people and unless they come out which I highly doubt they will, no one is gonna want to see the how JK and JM are subtle yet obvious and are showing us to there best to their ability. Speaking of coming out If they were too I would honestly love it if they did after their enlistment cause I don’t want them to ge treated over there differently just because of their sexual orientation. you know how the military is over there the hyper masculinity and don’t ask don’t tell BS. safety is the most important.

Ok Last thing cause this is getting too long and messy. The video was my catalyst( lol I had to) into diving deep into this, so the second thing that caught my eye was the member’s reaction when Jikook did something or where in there own world. Basically Jikook have the ability to turn people into third wheels. like the awkwardness that oozes from the other members when these two start. I’ll never forget the Japan interview like WTF was that shit and the “arrest me”......*sigh* I can’t. there’s so much more and don’t get me started when I found MMA 2018 and Rose Bowl, especially Rose bowl, like my man really gonna suck his ear like that in front 50-60k people like.... do you have no shame at all lol. Season’s greeting, Bon Voyage( all seasons), the winter package preview. like y’all don’t understand these two are ruining my life(in a fun way). What makes this more interesting is not only the dynamics Jikook had in the beginning but also the consistency, and they have extra loud this year as well. so yea these are my thoughts I wanted to share I’m not an analytical person but this not rocket science,  I think JK is the main reason why is so obvious lol bless his heart he truly wears his heart on his sleeve, JM is hard to read but he has his caught of guard moment too. OOHH and the TATTOO!!. THE FUVkcing tattoo

OK listen I don’t know who came up with that OT7 bullcrap about “representing all the members bs, but let me tell you something if you have to explain something that is so obvious, you might as well agree that you see what we see, cause the reach in that idea has to many inconsistencies, So he got the A an upside down V to represent Tae, RM for Rm, Y for Yoongi????, PAUSE THE MUSIC. where his stage name at? where’s Suga also J is for Jimin, Jin, J-hope, and JK....???? you mean to tell me that one J on his ring finger is suppose to represent the rest of the members???

He might as well tattoo “BTS” on a different section of his hand cause the way this theory reaches beyond the great wall of China is sending me lol. Ok I’m ending this now cause I’m turning this into a rant and I don’t want this to be rant so yea based on what I have seen not only from the past and recently Jikook are 99.9% a couple, leaving that 1 percent cause you never know, maybe they really are just close bros, but the probability is high for sure. Thank you for reading if you made it this far, it’s long and messy, but these are my thoughts I’ve had for a while.

[raccoonfootproductions]

An important comment from a Glitch Techs board artist!

Left on a Vailskibum94 video about the show’s production being halted:

Hey guys! Phil here. I'm actually a board artist on the show (I'm the dingus in the bottom right corner of that crew photo.), and I wanted to chime in here for a sec and give you guys the lowdown. For starters, thank you all SO much for the support in the comments. We've been working on this show since.. man.. 2016? It's been a long ride. My fellow crew members and I have really put everything we had into it, and it's hopefully going to blow you all away. The last two days have been super weird. We were just as surprised as you all are now. Most of the story team actually got up and went on a hike this morning because, hey, why not right? But it's been a long two and a half years on GT. Eric and Dan are amazing showrunners. Trust me when I say this one is something special. Which brings me to the second bit- and this is something I really want to clarify- Glitch Techs is NOT cancelled. It is still going to air! I know Vailskibum talked about this in the video and definitely did mention it, but I wanted to reiterate. If you're already interested in the show, please, please tune in and watch! That being said, I don't have an air date to give to you all. I'm 100% sure Eric will put it on his instagram as soon as he's able, but for now, stay posted. I'd leave my IG handle here but that seems too self-serving and most of my content is just dogs  and post-it doodles so... maybe not. Go follow Jules at wolfsteak on IG. He was the guy in that interview in the video, and he's one of my best friends. He's also talked about this whole thing a fair bit on his twitter. But legit, look up any of the board artists that work on glitch, and I guarantee you'll see us shouting the airdate from the mountaintops as soon as we find out.

Now, realtalk. First off, thanks to Vailskibum for making this video. Having you guys on our side is a good feeling. Again, we've put blood sweat and tears into this show, and to see you all so excited for original content is heartwarming. I keep searching the internet for leaks every day, hoping you guys have found more art or made more fanart, etc. SO many awesome sketches of Miko that I've seen, and a few of [redacted]. Actually, have y'all found out his name yet? I know 4chan leaked some stuff. Anyways, there's one bit that I want to talk about here, and that's a line around the middle of the vid that discusses why Nick halted season 2. I'm going to be blunt- straight up, I have no idea. But it isn't for lack of enthusiasm. The network, the show runners, all of us- literally everyone at Nick is SO hyped for this show. I'm telling you, Ian Graham, our SP, worked on Avatar, Korra, Zim, etc- and I can't quote him directly, but every time there's a lock animatic screening all he tells me about is how hyped the execs are for this. And he's seen some amazing work come through this network. To Vailskibum's credit, his guess makes sense. I'm not trying to undercut anybody here or jump in at the last second with a "well actually" comment. I just want to have a dialogue with you guys- the people we're making this show for. The viewers that seek out this content and want it, and support it before it's ever even seen the light of day. I'm not going to lie and say that there are some things I can't talk about. But I want you all to hopefully know and believe me when I say that Nickelodeon, and specifically the Glitch Techs show-runners, are flat out amazing. It's easy to think of a big network like this as a machine sometimes, and I certainly wont defend every decision that has been made in the past (mostly because I've only been there for 5 years), but I also don't want you to walk away from this video thinking that they're some evil corporate monster that set out to shut us down. I think Nick is on its way somewhere great. Glitch Techs is a huge stepping stone towards that path.

I've said a lot, so bare with me. Ultimately, I'd ask that you guys check the show out when it comes out. It's going to freaking rock. I know that sounds like a no-brainer statement from someone that worked on it, but trust me on this one. I can fully admit when my art is bad. I'll be the first person to tell you- but this ain't that. Everyone on this crew has a passion for storytelling, games, movies- you name it. We want to entertain you guys. I live for those "hell yeah" moments in movies. Han Solo taking out those tie fighters in A New Hope still gives me chills. And I don't claim to know what the future is for Glitch Techs, but I'll say this- if you want to see more, watch more. Let the network know! Nickelodeon has a social media team that actively DOES listen to you guys. I know Narbeh pretty well, and he WANTS to hear from you all. Like, if you've made a video about Nick in the past, I guarantee you that we've all probably watched it. We love seeing you guys get hyped for things. We read these comments, and so does the network. We live in an age where social media is so omnipresent, and fan influence has the ability to do amazing things. Be respectful of course, but if you're a fan of the show when it airs and you want more, voice it! I know I'm beating the proverbial horse here, but I love this show. It's true, season 2 is on pause. It happens, and that's just life sometimes. There's no denying that. But YOUR reaction shapes this. We do this all for you. Without you there is no Nickelodeon.

I'm going to cut this off before it gets too cheesy. It's already like half the length of Dune. Thanks for reading this far, and for listening to us and, furthermore, for supporting us. I cannot express how thankful I am. You're all Techs in my book.

TL;DR: Glitch Techs is NOT cancelled, Nickelodeon is actually enthusiastic about it, and it needs our support when it airs.

[elenatria]

hello! ive gone through your hiddlesworth headcanons tag and i absolutely love every single one of them

Awww thanks for loving my Hiddlesworth headcanons, that means a lot! ^__^

As for where the Tom vs Taika theory came from… Shall I tell you?… :-P

There’s no evidence or hints of Tom not liking Taika’s style whatsoever. I’ve asked the people making those claims time and time again and I got no answers, to the point I thought they had inside info or something and they wouldn’t tell us lol.

So, as a disclaimer, this is my SPECULATION, my HEADCANON. I do believe some people will get offended anyways by my assuming things about fans and celebrities I do not know personally so beware of… imminent butthurtness. *puts helmet on and opens an umbrella*

There’s a simple explanation to the Tom vs Taika dispute: it’s called… Loki/Tom stanning. Not in the sense that the majority of Loki/Tom stans are not nice people who support him and his work. In the sense that some Loki/Tom stans cannot love Loki or Tom without hating on Thor, Chris or Taika. 

Why? Because to them everything is a pissing contest and their baby is not loved enough if another baby in the same film gets… equal, or bigger amounts of love. The logic of it all makes my brain trickle out of my ears. 

Get  this: if a THOR  movie called “THOR” isn’t all about… Loki/Tom, if co-stars and directors are not sucking up to him 24/7, if Loki isn’t the badassest badass who badasses the shit out of Thor, then there must be something wrong with the movie, with the protagonist who’s “the new flavour” (Chris) or with the director who “doesn’t care enough about Loki’s character/arc” (Taika) because he has his own headcanon about Thor and Loki and “loves Thor/Chris more”. 

There are many many people disappointed in “Ragnarok” (and Taika) because this time it was Loki who got his ass kicked, Loki who got tricked, Loki who got pushed around for shits and giggles. Oh my GAWD the horror, the poor poor innocent baby who is allowed to blast a whole city, throw his brother out of a hellicarrier, lie to him on several occasions because “he was adopted and lied to” and get away with it all, while some stans bawl their eyes out just because he got… electrocuted and because Thor didn’t suck his metaphorical dick in the elevator scene proclaiming his undying love to him (as if Thor DIDN’T try to do that on several occasions in the past - and failed). So, to them, Loki being on his brother’s side, helping him, meant he was back again in Thor’s shadow, and Loki is not supposed to do that, in any film. He’s supposed to be a king and rule the universe and be the coolest shit in all Thor films, as if his mere existence in the comics isn’t permanently linked with his brother’s fate. There would be no Loki without Thor but… whatever, don’t try telling them that. They talk about “balance” and “equality” but in reality all they want is Loki to take center stage again. Talking about insecurities. 

Then there’s the Tom stanning. Again, if a “Thor” promo tour is not all about Tom (and people forget that this happened mostly during “The Dark World”, when Marvel caught up to Loki’s popularity - and NOT so much during the two previous films) then there must be something wrong with the director, right? Let’s face it, Taika is the “fresh prince of Marvel” these days, promoting himself and his work, leaving his fingerprints all over the film, filling the promo tour and the gag reels with his exhuberant persona. He likes to act like a total diva who loves himself and never misses a chance to show off (watch him photo-bombing Vin Diesel’s selfie vid during the 10 Years of Marvel photo shoot), and why not dammit, he’s gorgeous and funny and a genius, the fucking absolute role-model. Apparently Marvel sensed he can work miracles with the franchise and gave him free rein.

Can you see the coincidence here? Tom was all about promoting his work (and Ragnarok) at Wizard World and Nerd HQ up until summer 2016. Then, when it was time to do the Ragnarok promo tour a year later, Tom’s withdrawal, exhaustion and absence from most Ragnarok premieres (and interviews) combined with Taika’s popularity and self-promotion led people to believe Taika had stolen his thunder.

Less Tom + More Taika = They don’t like each other/don’t work well together, geddit?

The thing is, Tom and Taika have many things in common, but they’re also very very different. 

So after talking to my friend @dinamicus we came to the conclusion that might even… confirm what Tom stans say!… I mean yeah, they might be right!… But I assure you, from my part, it’s a TOTAL HEADCANON based on Tom’s studies and public appearances that suits my Tom=Cinderella, Taika=Wicked Fairy Godmother of the West theory. Plus it DOESN’T mean they don’t get along in reality, or that Tom has probs working with Taika. It’s a theory, one which I don’t totally believe anyway.

Tom/Taika differences:

Taika loves improvisation but it doesn’t seem to be Tom’s forte. Tom came from RADA, remembers everything and recites Shakespeare in his sleep while Taika has a more loose directorial style not based on “classical training” and learning things by heart. Also notice Tom’s speeches at the Bafta awards (with Mark Strong) and the Golden Globes (the one he got so much unfair criticism for). Maybe maybe he’s not at his best when he doesn’t have a solid script to work on, that’s why those speeches came out so awkward, and maybe that’s why he got so much bashing after the Globes. Poor man, he couldn’t catch a break just because he made the mistake to “talk too much”. I assure you, to me it wasn’t about “self-promotion” and “self-indulgence” as most people accused him of, it was about him wanting to connect his award with his work for Unicef, and he was talking and talking and, unavoidably, some of it sounded as if he was bragging. Also, from most of the Ragnarok interviews I’ve seen, he didn’t mention improvising as much as Chris and Mark did.

Taika loves self-mockery, Tom doesn’t. They’re both funny af but they have a different type of humour. Tom always blushes when he receives compliments BUT you’ll never see him use self-sarcasm, like, ever. As if he’s too self-conscious (or just a bit insecure…?) to let himself loose and, like Chris or Taika, to make fun of himself, his image. Maybe he’s not as confident as those two, maybe he cares too much about people’s opinions, maybe he’s too uptight, maybe he’s not into that type of humour. Who knows.

Tom/Taika similarities:

They both love their fans, and love being adored by them. So imagine these two  enfants gâtés being in the same room. Who will get more attention, hugs and kisses? It’s a contest!

They both missed their dads while growing up (Tom’s parents were divorced when he was 13, Taika has said more than once that his parents weren’t together as he grew up and he missed being cuddled by both of them - btw could someone enlighten us on this? I don’t know much). So, two big kids who apparently need all the love and the attention in the world collide because they want the same things. 

But honestly, I don’t need any kind of “proof” to know that Tom and Taika got along. 

I just take Tom’s word for it.

Oh. And Taika’s.

Who apparently liked Tom enough to miss him after the filming ended...

... and 

TO BE THE HAM IN THE GODDAMN HIDDLESWORTH SANDWICH.

Still, “Taika doesn’t like Tom”.

Whatever.

[deeeelightfuldee]

What’s the earliest you could go to bed at night and feel okay about?

in my best dreams id love to go to bed at like 745/8. but my brain doesnt shut down like that, and i tend to be very productive at night. Maybe one day tho

What is you favorite type of lunch meat?

uhhhhh turkey

What time of the year do you dislike the most?

summer heat.

Do you put ketchup on your scrambled eggs?

ew no.

What is your favorite color to wear?

so I have historically worn a lot of darker colors but I’m trying to be intentional about making my life romantic and I need to introduce more color.

Are you an overachiever?

in most respects, yes

What physical feature do you wish you had (i.e. freckles, curly hair)?

smaller size, sharper jawline, thicker hair (not a LOT thicker, just mildly)

What fictional character (i.e. Bambi, Scarlette O'Hara) would you marry?

mr. darcy omfggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.

Did you ever go through a phase where you wrote bad poetry?

no. never

What is your favorite thing about your life?

that no matter what, God has always provided and had a better plan

Have you ever painted a picture of somebody?

as a kid, all the time.

Did you enjoy your past relationships?

in most respects. each of them was good for a time.

Name a comedy that you like.

four christmases

Could you wait until marriage for sex?

that was the plan

What was the last thing that impressed you?

ummm that the plumber was able to get the roots out of the drain as easily as he did.

When was the last time you were in a pet store?

last summer. We were going to get benny a little bro/sis but with covid everyone was adopting animals like crazy out here.. so the ones they had were on these enormous wait lists where you would go thru an interview, a HOME INSPECTION, and had to bring all your other animals in to meet said rescue. it was ridiculous. 

What nationality is your last name?

dutch

What’s your favorite kind of chips and dip?

ems crack dip with uhhh the wavy lays

Who was the last boy that you saw cry?

uhh hm. hmmmmmmm... I honestly can’t recall

Does your mom know you do surveys?

I dunno, tbh

Have you ever had a serious injury?

I mean, somewhat. Not anything I discuss tho lol

What was the last thing you achieved?

surviving vid!

Would you enjoy being famous?

i doubt it. I’m pretty introverted and even though I get along very easily with people, my batteries charge best when im by myself or home. I would very much like the income though lol.

What’s under your bed?

I plan to go thru it soon! I’m trying to gather all my kile memories and I know I have like jewelry paperwork, cards from flowers, letters, etc. that need to be pulled. :(

Do you enjoy travelling?

Love it.

Have you ever belonged to a club? If so, what was it?

absolutely. thats a long, long list. lots of academic, Christian, honors, volunteer, and youth group types.

When was the last time you drank strawberry milk?

oh geez, maybeeeeeee 15 years?

Have you ever managed to collect all the fast food toys in a set?

no. that was never my thing. 

Do you have a clock in your room?

No. My old cable box had the besttttttt time light. I miss having a small clock. I mentioned this to mom how we spent like forever looking for replacements after we changed cable providers. We didn’t want red or green, but the white. Now this makes me want to find one for my room. mom has a google device so shes set lol.

Did you have a good driver’s ED teacher?

I had the most phenomenal teacher. tho when it came to actual driving appointments (after the class periods) I often got paired with this older fella who constantly berated me over being homeschooled and telling me he was going to report me to the state. eventually I stood up to him, handed him the HSLDA contact card (home school legal defense association) and encouraged him to report me all he wanted. he stopped attacking me finally. it was awful. but the other gentleman was hilarious and fun.

Which of Britney Spears’ songs is your favorite?

ohhhhhh mer gersh i love so many of her songs. this answer would definitely change depending on the week but this week its a tie between gimme more and circus. 

Does mind over matter work for you?

in most respects

Are you paranoid?

i can be at times.

What is the best thing about winter?

OOOOOoo good gravy this is a long list. I love the calm. I love the way the air is thick and cold and how quiet it becomes. I love hearing the sound of snow falling. I love the glitter haze it leaves. I love the way it feels like the house wraps you up in a warm hug when you come in from the cold. I love the way candles and a fire in the fireplace make everything so cozy. I love the glow of twinkling lights, white and colored, just casting the most beautiful and dreamy cast on the neighborhood. I love the food and drinks that make you feel full and ready for a deep sleep. I love the clothes and the bundling up, the scarves, the hats, the mittens. I love the music and the way no matter where you go, there are carols playing the sweetest love songs. I love the way decorations come up and people display their much-loved memories in the form of ornaments on their trees. I love seeing the elaborate wrapping styles of packages around the tree and filling up the stockings. I love seeing the snowmen and igloo designs displayed with pride in the front yards around town. I love the way the world gets dark so early, yet.. there is light reflecting off the mounds of snow. I love the way the early night allows for early comfy flannel pajamas and thick wool socks and sleep. I love the curling up under a giant mound of blankets and reading a book. I love thinking about the joy on other’s faces when they open gifts that were cultivated for their happiness. I love the rereading of the beloved passages of scripture where we recall the reason for the season. I just love it all. 

Have you ever been truly in love?

yes. 2 times, how lucky I was. 

Are you currently planning a trip?

I was not. I probably could stand to be home for a bit. 

How many plants are in your home?

honestly, no clue at this point. I’ve been locked away coming up on a month. I dunno how many we have right now.

What is your favorite possession?

hmm. boy this is hard. It used to be my ring kile got me. I feel weird saying my favorite things are from him lately, so maybe my stained glass lamp. 

Have you ever felt like you were too nice and way too often overlooked?

I am a nice person majority of the time and I would say I have been overlooked from time to time but I definitely do not behave nicely in order to be noticed.

What movies have tripped you out?

eh, I’m not entirely sure. 

Did you rollerblade as a kid? Do you still rollerblade?

nope. I was so prone to breaking my ankles that it just absolutely was not for me. I tried a couple times, but couldn’t grasp the hang of it.

Would you ever settle into a relationship that wasn’t right for you? Do you know friends who are in relationships just so they have someone to sleep with at night?

no. this life is way too precious and too short to be spent laying next to someone who isn’t right for me. I have no intentions of settling. I do know of friends who have settled just to have someone near. It makes me so sad. The thought of settling like that just destroys me. Not to mention how unfair it is to the other person. Idk. Just sad sad sad.

Would you take a dirty picture of yourself for someone you are dating?

no nudity. 

Do you use earplugs or a sleeping mask when you sleep?

no. I would be way too distracted by that. I also don’t like things touching my face.

What summertime treats do you love?

ummm watermelon. popsicles.

How picky are you when it comes to choosing who to kiss or not kiss?

oooo boy im so ridiculously picky about it. In fact, one guy i was seeing for a few dates... i was like unsure of him and he wanted to kiss so bad and I just avoided it everytime lol.

What do you hate most about moving?

I’ve only done a temporary move. I don’t know that it’s the same. 

Do you feel that having sex anywhere but a bed is more exciting?

I think that I’d be down for it if I were married, but I think its most intimate when its in private lol

Do you drink 5 hour energy drinks or any other kinds of energy drinks?

Nope. It’s just not my thing. I’m never lacking that much energy.

Has anyone ever whistled at you?

yes. 

Do you like scarves?

love them. 

Is your father homophobic?

I’m not sure. I haven’t got a clue. 

Do you take gummy vitamins?

sometimes. its my preferred method

Have you ever applied make-up on a guy, for any reason at all?

not that I can recall. ohhhhhh maybe when i was in theater and we needed to put like color on their faces to ensure they wouldn’t be washed out by the harsh lighting.

Who would you like to meet before you die?

no one. those who want to meet me, should meet me lol

If your dream was to be a model, and a big opportunity came up, but you had to be nude, would you take it?

nah. 

What’s the most ridiculous conspiracy theory you’ve ever heard of?

oh there have been so many. I just ignore them. I don’t see sense in letting my mind be corrupted by that 

If Heaven and Hell exists, where are you going when you die?

heaven!

Who is the person that you are afraid of losing, above everyone else?

mom!

What is one thing that pisses you off pretty much everyday?

the bathroom lol

Is there anyone you know that you feel should consider therapy?

everyone. everyone and anyone would benefit from therapy.

Do you like any of the songs on Twilight, or the actual movie/saga itself?

I’ve never seen it so I couldn’t tell ya.

How old was the first person you kissed?

at the time? I was 16 he was ...... 19 

Will you be a strict parent one day?

strict? no. I’ll have rules and such but I’m a very loving caregiver... not to be cocky

Last person to stand up for you?

I wish i could tell you. I’ve never been the kind that requires someone else to protect me like that. but man, it has to feel good to know someone else is willing to go to those lengths.

Have you been to a baby shower?

many times.

Who were you with the last time you went to the movie theater?

My sister

What’s your favorite high school memory?

hmm, there are so many i loved.. probably the trips.

Do you like relationships, or do you prefer to be single?

i love being single, but miss the connection from a relationship

What is one adventurous thing you’d be willing to do?

hot air balloon.

What subject at school did you absolutely hate?

freakin math

Italian food or Chinese food?

Chinese. ugh, I’d kill for some if they had GF soy sauce options

Do you like to make flash cards when you study?

sometimes, it depends on what I’m using them for. often I’ll just write like Question Answer type patterns in my notebook and then use a coversheet. I hate losing notecards.

Has anyone ever told you that you’re a good singer?

yeah but I don’t sing like that anymore.

Do you ever watch TED talks, live or online?

I used to a lot,not anymore so much. 

I dare you to write the name of a person you strongly dislike.

no thank you

Biggest trouble you’ve ever gotten into at school?

none really on my behalf. one girl completely plagiarized my work and that led to some drama, but beyond that nothing.

Do you own one of those “professional” DSLR cameras?

no, I’m not that sort of wealthy.

Does it bother you when you see a 6th grader with a bunch of gadgets?

I mean, part of me thinks that its just kinda sad for the kid to not have simple pleasures instead of needing all the finest gadgets, 

Did you buy yearbooks every year in high school, or did you not bother?

n/a

Do you have Restless Legs Syndrome?

No

Jalapeños: yay or nay?

yay most of the time.

Did you ever play Minecraft?

uhhhh only when my nephews ask me to for like 5 mins lol

Did you ever have a Club Penguin account? Were you a member?

I didn’t.

Do you know anyone that seems to not have any common sense?

yes. some people just seem very... unaware.

What do you think is the biggest injustice that was ever done to you?

assault

What type of person angers you the most?

those who feel it is OK for them to assault another person in order to gain what they want or to release what they desire to release

If you could change your appearance, how would you alter it?

I’d want to be smaller. thicker hair. probably invisalign so I can correct my bite. 

Describe your first relationship?

he was ... fascinating to me. He allowed me to have my guard down. He made me laugh, he made me blush, but he made me feel like I was constantly safe. He was wounded from his previous marriage but he was.. so worth mending. However, we were long distance and he just wasn’t able to do that. He needed more than I was able to offer him at the time.

Describe your last relationship?

OK so relationship is such a widely defined word. I’m going to describe the last person I was personally committed to. He was my other half. He was pretty vain and conceited when I first got to know him. Constantly concerned with his work and nothing but his work. However, along the years he developed into the most kind, generous, patient, extremely loving man. He changed all sorts of his former ways. He began investing in his character and taking the time to better himself. It was so incredible to watch. We created a bond where he was my world. I thought I was his. but we ended over him having a relationship for years that I knew nothing about. it’s weird, this quote from jane eyre reminds me of him...

“I have a strange feeling with regard to you. As if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar string in you. And if you were to leave I'm afraid that cord of communion would snap. And I have a notion that I'd take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, you'd forget me.”

Can you honestly say that you always practice safe sex?

I didn’t get the option to do so when it was happening. 

Why do you think your most favorite film touches you so deeply?

ps i love you just tears me to shreds over how effing painful it is to lose someone you love.

What do you want people you meet for the first time to think about you?

that I was kind and friendly, warm and inviting.

Do you feel protective over someone?

yes. my loved ones. my family members. my close friends.

What perfume/cologne do you wear?

ummm either very sexy night, or refuge.

What was the color of the bridesmaid dresses of the last wedding you went to?

a very deep, dark red/maroon. super lovely

What is your favorite way to eat chicken?

CHICKEN SANDWICH< preach

It is your birthday. You hope the cake is:

omg i crave regular birthday cake. gluten free cake so far has been quite disappointing. 

What were you doing at 8pm last night?

nothing.

[shark-myths]

My Versailles

This is an *ultimate* Tryst Theory jam. Thank you, anon, for giving me the excuse to shout about:

 Fourth of July

Insane lyrics meta screaming below the cut!

 (You and I were fire)

This opening alone tells us about the intensity, vibrancy, heat, and all-consuming nature of the relationship. I hear this song as a retrospective on the pre-hiatus trysting that the Petericks got up to. This is one of the songs that was instrumental in convincing me of Tryst Theory, actually, instead of just Star-Crossed Queerplatonic Soulmate Longing. Trysting that each of them pretended meant nothing outside of sex, because each of them were so deep in their own issues that they thought the other would never possibly want more from them than that. (And Pete especially would never ask for it: he believed he would ruin Patrick, like he believed he ruined every other thing. And Patrick? Well, Pete Wentz will kiss anyone. He’ll do anything on stage, say anything to scandalize reports. He lives on rumors about himself, the nastier the better. He’ll touch anyone, say anything, spin any sincerity and fling it like a weapon, like a show, out into the audience. Pete Wentz is the King of Doesn’t Mean It.)

 It was the Fourth of July

You and I were fireworks

That went off too soon

And I miss you in the June gloom, too

The time anchor of summer is meaningful, I think: summer is the time of touring, especially in early days when they slept in vans and had to work around school schedules. Summer is used often by Pete as a metaphor that encompasses the ease and liminality of Van Days Peterick. Summer, too, is holy to us—a time when things don’t count, don’t have consequences. The free-for-all before autumn’s reset. Holy, and inevitably short-lived.

But more meaningful than summer is the concept of what a firework is. Bright, intense, thrilling, dangerous. A man-made explosion of pure entertainment. A firework that went off too soon, then, is Pete saying—we were perfect together and we didn’t know it. I was too much of a mess back then, and you were too insecure. If we went off now, we would be a showstopping fucking finale. We would tear the sky apart. We’d be the new sun. But instead our bodies found each other when we were too young to bear the meaning of it. We went off too soon.

It was the Fourth of July

You and I were fireworks

I said I’d never miss you

But I guess you never know

May the bridges I have burned light my way back home

On the Fourth of July

I love the play of ‘I said I’d never miss you/but I guess you never know’ because it shows us so many complexities in such an elegant, concise lyric. 1) Pete believing and NEEDING to believe, telling himself like he’s telling Patrick, that it means nothing—that he’ll never miss it. The act of I said and how that doesn’t mean I meant. 2) Pete saying it as a true prediction but being wrong—I guess you never know how these things will play out. 3) Pete saying it and knowing it was a lie, and Patrick being the you who never knows. Aaaaah, this song is so crunchy and good.

And these burning bridges—this is not the first time Pete’s written about them! (Tell That Mick: Stop burning bridges and start driving off them; I’m A Lawyer: I’ll take my last chance to burn a bridge or two. And let’s not even get into his mentions of the burning of cities…) It is amazingly restorative here, though, and a tell that the song is written by post-hiatus Pete: he’s using the bridges to find his way back to that which is most important to him, that which he attempted with his bad behavior to scorch off the face of the earth. He’s invoking a prayer, here, that he finds his way back to Patrick. Because Patrick is his home.

I’ll be as honest as you let me

I miss your early morning company

If you get me

You are my favorite “what if”

You are my best “I’ll never know”

‘I’ll be as honest as you let me’ shows us so, so clearly how much of the enforced secrecy around trysting, and how much of Pete’s perception of why the trysting was secret, is tied up in Patrick’s shyness and the ‘no-homo’ that appeared some time in between Van Days and Meteoric Rise To Fame Days—Patrick went from being comfortable with jokes about queerness, about him and Pete, physical touching, and styling himself with certain queer elements, esp. with effeminate physical postures and things like the infamous Guys Gone Wild shirt, to being markedly uncomfortable with those things. Like the scrutiny of sudden fame or feedback he received from their management indicated something about these expressions was unacceptable or frightening. Anyway, it shows that Pete has been holding his tongue in part because he doesn’t think Patrick would want to be seen with or associated with him in that way. That Patrick has been the onus for secrecy. And Patrick, meanwhile—he may have just been thinking none of it was real to Pete.

‘I miss your early morning company, if you get me’ is pretty obviously about waking up next to your tryst-partner. What-if/I’ll never know kills me, actually physically kills me, on a daily basis. It highlights how they never tried to have a relationship for real, never gave it an actual honest-hearted try. They just fucked behind the scenes when they could and pretended it meant nothing to either of them. I’M NOT CRYING, THERE’S JUST SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY CONTACT LENS

This configuration speaks to other lines, too, like favorite mistake and you were my picket fence.

And I’m starting to forget

Just what summer ever meant to you

What did it ever mean to you?

It feels so real in the moment, but as soon as they’re apart, it’s easy to doubt that the other person was sincere. That they were present emotionally. While they’re together, Pete is so, so sure Patrick feels it too. That it’s love. That it must be love. Then, in the after, Patrick is so closed-off and distant, Pete convinces himself he was imagining it all. Here’s posthiatus Pete, saying: it meant something to me. Did it ever mean anything to you? Were we ever friends, or were we always more?

Oh I’m sorry, I didn’t mean any of it

I just got too lonely, lonely

In between being young and being right

You were my Versailles at night

‘Oh I’m sorry, I didn’t mean any of it’ could be posed conversationally—as another speaker giving an answer to the last verse’s question. Pete does this sometimes: Alone Together and Twin Skeletons are two immediate examples that spring to mind, where the songs are framed conversationally and could be heard/read as call and answer. He does it quite a bit in Van Days writing, usually framed conveniently in actual quotation marks, too. So he could be quoting Patrick back to himself here.

It could also be Pete trying to walk it back, voicing again what he said then to minimize the impact of the trysting, to give Patrick an out if posthiatus Pete is overwhelming him. He could be talking about ending the tryst and the resolution that they could never be together and indicating that that is what he didn’t mean any of. Or he didn’t mean it all the times he said it wasn’t real, that it was just fucking.

My Versailles at night, though—that is. That is some unequivocable queer-ass, decadent devotion. That is some Oscar Wilde level bullshit. I could do a whole post of screaming just about that, gilt and gold and impossible and unfair, a shame and a glory of historical proportion. It pulls up the masculine-gendered ‘mon cherie’ that appears elsewhere in the album. It lets us know this is the same person Pete’s writing about through the album. And Patrick speaks French, guys. That masculine mon is not a fucking mistake.

My 9 to 5 is cutting open old scars

Again and again ‘til I’m stuck in your head

This is pretty clearly about Pete’s job of rehashing all his old pain to write songs that get stuck in our heads. It’s also in conversations with you were the song stuck in my head. It’s a clue that he’s digging into the past, as he so often is in his amazingly recursive relationship with himself.

Had my doubts, but I let them out

You are the drought

And I’m the holy water you have been without

REMEMBER IN THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT WHERE PETE WRITES, ‘stay thirsty like before?’ REMEMBER GUYS DO YOU

It also says: I don’t doubt anymore. I do love you. Holy water, guys. Altar boys. The thing that saves you. The pure thing. The only thing to quench that thirst. Uggggggggh. The Save Rock and Roll vid shows us all we need to know and more about Pete’s idea of holiness and how the band fits into that.

And all my thoughts of you

They could heat or cool the room

And no, don’t tell me you cried

Oh, honey, you don’t have to lie

Running hot or cold on someone, the trysty flip-flopping of I love you I can’t live without you/it’s cool bro it’s just sex it doesn’t mean anything. And it shows how at that time, and through the writing of this album, Pete doubted whether it meant anything to Patrick. Whether Patrick was there with him, inside the feeling, or if he was alone.

I wish I’d known how much you loved me

I wish I cared enough to know

I’m sorry every song’s about you

The torture of small talk with someone you used to love

This is it. This line is the real fucking killer. This is the final nail in my tryst theory shaped coffin. ‘I wish I’d known how much you loved me.’ This is Pete acknowledging, finally: I think it did mean something to you. And I was so wrapped up in myself, my own performative suffering, my own myth, that I didn’t even care enough to see it. I was just convinced someone like you could never love me, that I’d hurt you if you did, that I’d ruin you. I was so obsessed with myself that I didn’t see it, didn’t know. How different I would have been, had I seen it.

(Remember that interview where Pete says “In my twenties I was the most selfish person I’ve ever known” [paraphrase]? Hahahahahahaha so many cries)

And then: ‘I’m sorry every song’s about you.’ This alone gives so much weight to the idea that tryst theory is supported. Who else in Pete’s life has he been writing about all this time? No matter how intense his young relationships were, do we really think he’s still writing to some ex-girlfriend all these years later when he’s so happy with Meagan and has such a beautiful family? No, he’s writing to someone close to him, someone he cannot and will not forget about. He’s writing to the same person he’s always been writing to, on one level or another.

He’s writing to Patrick.

‘The torture of small talk with someone you used to love.’ Because isn’t it killing him, to carry on everyday, to pick up the phone during the hiatus and call Patrick, to carry on like he hasn’t finally grown and matured enough to be able to make good on the wild bets of his young heart? To act as if he isn’t in love with Patrick. To act as if he never was. Isn’t it torture?

ISN’T THIS ENTIRE BAND AND THIS ENTIRE ALBUM ABSOLUTE T O R T U R E

  And that is the Official Tryst Theory reading of Fourth of July! I hope it satisfied your angst-itching needs. What’s next, True Believers? I need something to rant about so I don’t dry up and die before Mania drops.

THANK YOU LOVE YOU BYE

[jikook-bubbles]

hey..i didnt mean to bother u but i'm so confused as to what is all this fuss about us 'hurting' jimin? I'm not on twitter or anything so i have no idea?..but im really concerned..

Hey, its no bother at all :). This ask is about the post here. 

I’ve stayed away from twt 2 weeks after i got into the fandom but sadly i had to go back for i/hearts voting and the following are few i witnessed. (im happy to deactivate my twt now)

I’m sorry for the long post but u asked💛💛💛. XD 

First before anyone comes at me for my answer, I stan OT7. I have an immense amount of love for Jimin and i support Jikook. Now, since that is cleared, i’ve been a BTS fan from Aug 2017 and watched each and every vid, performance interviews. Basically ALL of BTS content. This included the hate too.

When is mentioned in the post hat WE hurt Jimin, i only meant those who claim to be ot7. But that is the problem here. For the past 6-8 months the amount of hate seems to be unconsciously(?) directed towards a single member, Jimin. 

Now i’m not in no way forgetting the hate to other members. But if there is one difference then that is because this hate for Jimin is coming from his own fandom. A particular part of Twitter, if i may say.

1) Death threats

THIS IS DISGUSTING. This happened not for the first time but second time and i don’t even want to know if there were anymore instances. The saddest part was the latest one was claimed to be a joke!. The hell. 

On a side note, i want to call out who ever uses this famous line after talking shit about someone “It’s not deep” can go to hell! thank you.

2) Comparison of Ji/Hope dancing

This discussion of who is the best dancer in BTS has been going for a long time. and when i first got into BTS, the videos sported a wide variety of comments liking what they like and supporting the members.

But now when i go back to see those same vids, all i see are comments of compression. If someone comments abt Jimin’s dancing, you will see 548548 replies asking why he/she is not commenting abt Hob/i. All the fandom might have comes across comments like “why is everyone talking abt Jimin. Hob/i is amazing here”. While i totally can understand(agree) the 2nd part of the comment, i dont see the necessity for the 1st part of the comment. If you are in the fandom you will know who is the No.1 fanboy of J/hope. Yes Jimin. Hence im still confused about above approach of some fans. 

I for one, do not care about titles. Art doesn’t need those. If someone likes someone’s dancing then that’s it. This need to compare, put on a superiority tag on a member is so childish.

3) Degrading him, because he supposedly interrupts your ship moments.

I’m pretty sure its common knowledge at this point about which shipping fandom i’m talking about. If you don’t know then its the same fandom who-even to this day- shout out to the world the Jungkoo/k hates Jimin.  *sigh*

There are so many big accounts on twt that stan v/kook and that’s amazing. But the sad part is their blatant hate for Jimin. Some are called out for it but majority get away with it. It has gotten to the point trying to prove(?) Jk and Ta/e hate Jimin. That ji/kook is a cover by Bighit for v/kook. There are also these irritating statements like:

“ta/e is unhappy with J/k, cause he is cheating on him with Jimin”. 

“Jungkoo/k, don’t be close to jimin like that, ta/e will be jealous” 

“J/k is like that with Jimin to make ta/e jealous”. 

“ta/e is sad in that bangta/n bomb because jimin is standing close to j/k”

“J/k is having doubts and is like that cause Jimin has become feminine these days. He will go back to ta/e once the attraction goes away”       

   /argh WT actual fuck,pulls hair/

These attitudes makes them subconsciously dislike Jimin and it’s human nature. But this is NOT a wattpad/Ao3 story. 

On a superficial level, this entire fiasco is meaningless cause no ship is ever real until and unless they themselves say so!!!!!!

4) Tag supporters as solo stans

So, when for whatever reason, if a Jimin stan tries to call out the person spreading hate, they are called SOLO stans. Some recent examples go like this:

person A randomly observed that in a particular song Jimin had .v few lines. The replies to that would be “where were you when Ji/n was not given lines?” “I hate solo stans” “its not that deep” “X member deserves more line” 

Jimin is selected as a nominee for a random dancing competition poll. Replies would be “ Where is ‘x’ member. He deserves to be here” “this poll is biased” If these were the comments by other group fans i would understated, but seeing that they are from our own fandom hurts.

5) My favorite: General hate

“Jimin is such an attention w**re” “ why is he hogging other members screen time” “why is he crashing other member’s vlive?” “Jimin is fat, ew” “he is so cheerful and seems fake” “omg, i hate jimin, he was rude to jeong/yeon” “he is a playboy” “he is ugly” “his voice is so feminine” “stop asking for serendipity solo, stop being SOLO stan” “Jimin hates whites”

These are only “few” comments i remember not relating to any ship. Some of the comments shouldn’t even be considered negative but they are put on as hate. 

I can give more about this issue but i’ve already spend hours on this, trying to put my points without offending anyone. 

We all know Jimin is very well aware of ARMY trends and stuff and it’s not rocket science to know that he has seen these kind of posts. I don’t want to think that this might have comprised on Jimin posting more on fancafe where its a happy supporting place compared to the war field i.e twt. But posts like these will hurt.

I’ve observed this with Jimin and god forbid, another member feeling like this. No member deserves any kind of hate, especially from their own so called fans. 

Thank you for reading my rant. 

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Look At Her Now by Selena Gomez is literally on another level.

Look At Her Now by Selena Gomez is literally on another level.

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON — Episode 1078 — Pictured: (l-r) Singer Selena Gomez during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on June 11, 2019 — (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)

In fact, Selena Gomez’s new song “Look At Her Now,” is booming on YouTube.

The official music video has over 47-million views. The talented music maker subscribers have beyond supportive.

With that in mind, Selena’s approach was about releasing the past and embracing the future and leaving past relationships in the past. She opened up to Ryan Seacrest about the process of Selena Gomez’s last two songs.

“It’s been four years since I’ve been working on this album and it’s actually perfect timing because I was going to release it two years ago and none of the words that I’m speaking would have existed,” she added. “So taking a moment to actually feel the feelings that I’ve gone through, it’s just — I don’t know — I’m just so grateful that it’s out. It’s weird too because I wrote this song over a year ago … and it’s like I feel completely different from when I wrote it. … It’s such an interesting feeling.”

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Getting to celebrate this chapter with my friends means so much to me

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Further, Gomez touched on being true to herself and fans.

Lose You To Love Me: The Biebers and Selena Gomez carry no hate, these tweets prove all love.

“I’m really grateful too because I’ve actually experienced that a million times before and that’s the unfortunate part about what I do,” she admitted. “It’s all very real to me and I’m sure it’s just entertainment for other people; but I think I had become numb to it and it would be stupid of me if I didn’t acknowledge what I had felt because it would be inauthentic and that’s everything I claim to be and do. … I know there are thousands of people … who have felt this feeling and it’s extremely real, and on top of the social media and everything, it doesn’t matter if you’re in my position or someone else’s because you’re always going to somehow find this negative space and that’s why I have to be careful and I just have to take steps back and just focus on what I’m doing and nobody else.”

Behind Selena Gomez’s new song Look At Her Now

“Look at Her Now” is a song recorded by American singer Selena Gomez. It was released by Interscope Records as a stand-alone single on October 24, 2019,

Selena Gomez vocals, songwriter Julia Michaelssongwriter, backing vocalsJustin Trantersongwriter Ian Kirkpatrickproducer, songwriter, engineerBart Schoudelengineer Chris Gehringermastering engineer Manny Marroquinmixer

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And here’s my special gift to all of my ride or dies! I created this with Apple especially for you. Y’all have been through it all with me and I thank you for pushing me to be the best. Look At Her Now is out now.

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Lyrics for Look Her Now by Selena Gomez

“Look At Her Now”

They fell in love one summer A little too wild for each other Shiny till it wasn’t Feels good till it doesn’t

It was her first real lover His too till he had another Oh god when she found out Trust levels went way down

Of course, she was sad But now she’s glad she dodged a bullet

Took a few years To soak up the tears But look at her now Watch her go

Mmm mmm mmm Look at her now Watch her go Mmm mmm mmm Wow Look at her now Mmm mmm mmm Look at her now Watch her go Mmm mmm mmm Wow Look at her now

Fast nights that got him That new life was his problem Not saying she was perfect Still regrets that moment

Like that night Wasn’t wrong, wasn’t right What a thing to be human Made her more of woman

Of course she was sad But now she’s glad she dodged a bullet

Took a few years To soak up the tears But look at her now Watch her go

Mmm mmm mmm Look at her now Watch her go Mmm mmm mmm Wow Look at her now Mmm mmm mmm Look at her now Watch her go Mmm mmm mmm Wow Look at her now

She knows she’ll find love Only if she wants it She knows she’ll find love Uhh She knows she’ll find love Only if she wants it She knows she’ll find love On the up from the way down Look at her now

Watch her go Mmm mmm Look at her now Ohhhhh She knows she’ll find love Only if she wants it She knows she’ll find love Look at her now yeah She knows she’ll find love (She knows she will) Only if she wants it She knows she’ll find love Wow

Look at her now and our favorite lyric.

Granted, the song may be about Selena’s past, it stands as a perfect example. For example, our favorite lyric.

“What a thing to be human / Made her more of woman.”

As stated in past articles, we are all human, we all bleed the same blood. The only differences are our trials in life.

Most importantly, it doesn’t matter what you’re going through, the point is, you can get through it and everybody makes mistakes.

Truthfully, there’s no doubt most people have regrets due to trial and error. Regardless, if you haven’t seen Selena Gomez’s new music video for Look At Her Now, check it out below and let us know what you thought in the comments!

Lastly, be sure to check out her recent appearance on The Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Blessed be!

Selena Gomez – Look At Her Now (Official Music Video)

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i don't really get your tags for these zayn/fan gifs. 2017 zayn HAS been like that with fans (sgt listening party).. you said "i wanna see him like this again", not explicitly that he isn't like that at all, but i noticed these kinds of tags from you on a lot of zayn vids/pics this year and get the impression that you think zayn isn't silly/happy/whatever anymore in general.. but i think he just figured out what he's comfortable to share with the public, and that is almost nothing.

Hello, lovely! Well, first off, I appreciate you coming to me with your concerns directly, and that you’ve presented them in a very respectful way. So, Thank You. Additionally, I can understand and respect your point of view. I will be the first to preface that, yes; my thoughts, feelings, or concerns about any of the boys are partial and have no substantial bearing on how they live their actual lives. But I’m very adaptable to changes of opinion if reasonable points are given, and not just to appease a, “You’re unsupportive if you don’t agree with everything said or seen,” mentality. Because I don’t think that’s reasonable to demand of anyone. If I don’t feel right about something, I would like to think that intuition is still somewhat valid, right? If I’m misinformed about something, I can absolutely admit as such, but when you feel something, you just feel it. For the sake of not overbearing you with the length of this post I imagine it will be, I’m gonna condense it with a read more below.

That all being said; No, you are right; I don’t particularly find Zayn to be completely ‘happy’. At least, given what I’ve observed of him in retrospect. Which, yes, I know little to nothing about Z firsthand, what he thinks, or how he feels beyond what he’s shared with us over time. I understand that, and remain open-minded. So, that’s not to say I invalidate what Zayn says, because I hold a lot of trust in him that some, if not most, of what he says holds truth. I have more faith in trusting him than I have hesitancy of not believing him. That aside, it’s often some tend to project an opinion of theirs onto someone like Z, in such ways as saying, “But he said he’s happy.” “Oh, but his girlfriend says she’s never seen him happier!”  “Just look at how happy he is! He’s elated!” That’s projection. A secondhand opinion. Could it be true? Yes, of course. But couldn’t that person be just as incorrect, given they’re not in Zayn’s head either, and cant speak for him? Yeah, just as possible.

So, it’s almost expected by most to just accept those opinions as fact. And I absolutely understand respecting someone’s word, but I cant help but notice that Zayn’s words and Zayn’s actions don’t always seem to link up, at least to me. If you decide to, open up your Google image page, type in, “Zayn Malik with fans,” then hit send. Take a look around, but also note the photos in which he’s smiling, laughing, pulling a funny face, or otherwise showing some expression of joy or excitement. Odds are most of those photos with fans were taken before his leave.

Yes, those are just a few. And I absolutely understand there is probably plenty of other photos in which he’s not always smiling or being silly back then. But, would it be somewhat fair to say that observation has some truth to it? That Zayn was a tad bit warmer to fans in the past than he can sometimes be now? These are how Zayn fan photos come out now, if he even tends to stop to take one. And that’s not meant to be a dig, I understand he has absolutely NO obligation to do any of this. But the ones he does stop for tend to give off a slightly different vibe, in my humble opinion...

I only bring these up to show what I’ve progressively noticed. Yes, there have been days here or there, where we see Zayn smile a little, or act cute, and a bit silly, but they’re not nearly as frequent, nor do they seem as personal. Which, granted, Zayn has absolutely NO obligation to interact with fans, or do so in an overtly “cheerful” way for it still to be meaningful. I don’t want that to be misconstrued; I am not saying Zayn doesn’t care for his fans, I’m absolutely sure he does. All I’m saying is—from an observant point of view, his demeanor has changed in ways I’m not quite sure are the best warmest we’ve seen of him.

You can see it in many forms; in videos, in photos, in passing, music videos, and the few interviews he’s taken part in, he holds a very stern, slightly-pained looking face and doesn’t show quite as much open enthusiasm as we’ve seen of him before. Could that just be a byproduct of how Zayn has chosen his personality to be, now that he’s grown up or wants to market himself as something, “sexy, and mysterious, and cool”? Sure, and that’s fine; he has every right to act how he sees fit. I acknowledge your statement that he shares what he’s comfortable with now…but that’s what concerns me a little? Why do I get an unsettled gut feeling he’s more uncomfortable now than I’ve seen before? You gave the example of his SGT listening part as showing him to be happy and playful. And YES, I agree! That was a wonderful day and any time we get the chance to see even a fraction of that happy man again, I make note of it. I acknowledge it and take appreciation in it.

But, also—If I'm not mistaken—I think that’s just almost the only fan event he’s had in 2017, much less fan interactions. And even then, it was really hush-hushed and hand-picked in a way that provided little content to really anyone that wasn't there. Don't get me wrong; I am so incredibly grateful for the content some did give us, but it still felt short-lived, and we really haven't been able to see much of him since. He didn't have a fan event for his shoe line, and there was that weird mess of misinformation with his Versus launch; Was there supposed to be a Zayn fan event or not? I still don't know. But in totality, we’re progressively getting less and less of Zayn as time goes on. 2015 gave us some Zayn, but in the midst of really chaotic times. 2016 saw us with less personality-driven Zayn and more unspoken ‘candid moments’ captured of him in transit to and from visiting his girlfriend’s place. 2017 is still an active time frame, so I'm sure anything could occur from now til December. But, so far, I cant really say I recall much of seeing him thus far. Which is slightly saddening, because I love seeing Zayn. And a happy Zayn, at that.

I don’t want this to come across to you guys like this is an insult to him, or that I don’t absolutely love and care for him. Because I do, and I try my hardest to show that as often as I can. Whatever commentary I’ve made about Zayn’s personality or happiness from then til now, is genuinely coming from a place of love and concern. Not that I find myself in any power or position to have concern for him or what he does; Since, no, I don’t have the pleasure of knowing him or being in a position to help him directly, I know that. And for the most part, I do keep my thoughts to myself or my space, be that of this blog or lovely friends of mine on here. So, I’m incredibly sorry if my thoughts of concern upset you because that’s obviously never an intention of mine. But I also feel like I cant really apologize for how I feel or what I think, ya know? Cause, sometimes your gut has the right idea, even if it’s not ideal.

I’ve gone on waaaay too long of a tangent, so I will try to be as concise as I can wrapping up. Do I think things have improved for Zayn in some ways? Definitely. But, do I have the total confidence to say I think he’s exponentially happier now than he has ever been? No. But, I obviously wish nothing but the best for Z, and I would love to see him come to a place willingly in his life where he wants to engage. Again, he doesn't have to. But I think he’s always lovely, always kind, and has his heart in a good place, so it’s just...always nice to be able to see him outwardly happy. I'm sorry if this confused you, or if my answer didn't quite hit all of your key concerns, but I appreciate you asking, and I’m always willing to explain my thoughts when curiosity rises. I didn't write this to stir up any sort of argument to be made, so I hope this stay within some reasonably calm boundaries, and I hope you understand where I'm kinda coming from. I guess the only thing left to do, is end it on a lighter note, by inserting a happy, happy Zayn in.

Thank you!

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[CN: This post includes descriptions of physical assaults, and links may include images, video or audio of same. There are also verbal assaults which include misogynistic language, anti-Semitic language, and anti-Black language.]

One of the problems of Trump’s America is that he and his neo-fascist followers have done their best to normalize their war on a free and open media. That makes it hard to see the pattern of escalation.

So this is a timeline of sorts. It is neither complete or comprehensive, but it is enough, I think to show that Trump, the followers he enables, and the members of the party he leads, are indeed waging a war on the free and open press, one that has gotten worse and more emboldened over time.

I have many criticisms of the way big media journalism works in the United States. I also have great respect for the many individual journalists who work their asses off to bring news to the world, often facing great danger. But regardless of my feelings about any single journalist or media outlet, I find it utterly chilling to watch as our free press is hectored, harassed, assaulted, and arrested in what is a clearly escalating pattern with one end: to enable a right wing authoritarian takeover of this nation.

I will also note that our nation has a long history of shrugging at abuse and silencing aimed at journalists from marginalized communities,and at their more privileged allies. The point of my post is not to erase that, or to say that it’s a only problem now that straight white cis men are targeted. The point is: it's all getting worse, both for those who have encountered this before, and those who have been more insulated by privilege.

We are not a fascist state yet. We are not yet living in Putin’s Russia, where the harassment and murder of journalists is all too frequent. The treatment that candidate Trump and his followers gave journalists was disgraceful. Now that he is president, he has the means to use the state against them, and has begun to do so.

Abusers escalate. Read this, and ask: what is the next escalation? I’d rather not find out.

(Video may auto-play at link.) August 8, 2015:

During Thursday's presidential debate, [Megyn] Kelly pressed Trump about misogynistic, sexist comments he made in the past, such as calling some women "fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals."

Trump slammed Kelly, saying her questions were "ridiculous" and "off-base."

"You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes," Trump told CNN's Don Lemon on Friday night. "Blood coming out of her wherever."

August 25, 2015: Trump kicks Latino journalist Jorge Ramos out of a presser after he tries to ask a question about Trump's deportation policy.

November 26, 2015: Trump is criticized for openly mocking reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has a physical disability.

February 26, 2016: Donald Trump promises to “open up libel laws” to make it easier to sue news organizations.

Feb 29, 2016:

Videos posted on Twitter earlier this afternoon show a photographer for Time magazine being violently thrown to the ground by a member of Donald Trump's security team, possibly a US Secret Service agent. [Chris]Morris, an award-winning photojournalist who has covered war zones, struggles back to his feet and is led away by several other security team members.

March 1 2016: The Daily Beast chronicles the torrent of online abuse Breitbart has been encouraging Trump followers to direct at writers and journalists who criticize Trump, including critics on both the left and right.

March 3, 2016: Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski arrested and charged with battery after physically assaulting a female reporter. Although video existed documenting the assault, the Trump campaign denied it happened and accused the victim of seeking attention.

April, 28 2016: Reporter Julia Ioffe receives torrents of anti-Semitic abuse online after her profile of Melania Trump is published in GQ.

June 3 2016: Trump security removes Politico reporter from rally.

June 13, 2016:

During a press conference, reporters asked Donald valid and routine questions about his disbursements of charitable donations to veterans’ groups—questions necessitated by his campaign’s failure to provide straightforward and consistent answers on this fundraising for months. Donald went on an extended tirade against the press, calling them “sleazy and dishonest” and sarcastically telling CNN’s senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta that he’s a “real beauty.”

At the end of his press conference, during which he unleashed a bullying jeremiad of antagonism toward the media in response to basic questions seeking accountability, Donald was asked if the exchange could fairly be seen as a preview of what it would be like covering him as president. Yes, he replied matter-of-factly. “I find the political press to be unbelievably dishonest.”

July 27, 2016: Politico documents Trump’s continuing verbal abuse of NBC reporter Katy Tur, going back as far as the fall of 2015.

[Edited to add this incident, h/t Liss]September 26, 2016: Candidate Donald Trump himself physically assaults reporter Alexi McCammond, who is a black woman:

I asked, "How would you respond to young women who are nervous about voting for you?" This question was inspired by the countless students I spoke to earlier that day who told me they were nervous about the future of women's rights if Trump were to be elected. My phone was out and already recording in anticipation of the answer Trump would hopefully give me. Instead, another reporter behind me yelled a question to him (something about what he'd say to the people of Westchester, New York). Trump then looked at me, grabbed my right wrist (which was the hand holding the phone), said, "Put that down," and pushed my hand down.

(Video may auto-play at link.) September 28 2016: Trump supporters verbally abuse CNN reporter.

October 6 2016: Trump supporters verbally abuse a reporter who is interviewing a Holocaust denier at a Trump rally.

October 7, 2016: Kurt Eichenwald writes about Trump supporter sending him a video with a strobe light on Twitter in a deliberate attempt to provoke an epileptic attack.

October 14, 2016:

The boos at the Trump rally were scattershot as the first laptop-toting reporter emerged from the black curtains covering a side entrance a few hundred feet from the spotlighted stage.

Within moments, they grew to a menacing, thunderous roar.

Donald J. Trump’s supporters have aimed their verbal ire at undocumented immigrants, Republican rivals and Hillary Clinton. This week, they have settled on a new target: the news media.

But even reporters long accustomed to the toxic fervor of Trump rallies were startled — and even frightened — at the vitriol of a Cincinnati crowd on Thursday evening as more than 15,000 supporters flashed homemade signs, flipped middle fingers and lashed out in tirades often laced with profanity as journalists made their way to a crammed, fenced-in island in the center of the floor.

October 16, 2016:

Trump’s traveling press contingent of about 20 has been met with boos, shouts and obscenities as it entered — as a single group — the venues where Trump has spoken this week. One reporter who is part of the traveling group described it as “a mob mentality,” particularly at larger rally sites.

Reporters are now concealing or removing their press credentials when leaving the pen to avoid confrontations with Trump’s supporters. The atmosphere is particularly threatening to female reporters and to female TV reporters whose faces are well known, reporters say. (“The camera draws the hate,” as one put it.) Some reporters have wondered aloud about the need for more security, or at least more barriers to separate them from the crowd as they enter and exit Trump’s events.

On Thursday, Trump said the news media was part of a “global conspiracy” working in concert with Hillary Clinton to destroy his candidacy. He kept it up Friday, denouncing reports that he had sexually assaulted women as “lies” and saying, “the corrupt media is doing everything in their power to stop this movement.”

(Video may auto-play at link.) October 24, 2016: CNN’s Sara Murray recounts the constant harassment of covering Trump.

The "dishonest media" had been one of Trump's favorite foils for a while by the time Christie endorsed him in February. That was the day someone tampered with the cables of our live truck. We struggled to take the news of the endorsement live while our cables were cut not once, but twice.

During the general election, we were at a stop in Florida when someone followed my producer to our car. When we left the event hours later, we discovered someone keyed our car on both sides

November 2, 2016: Trump supporter chants “Jew-S-A” at media pen.

November 2, 2016: Trump singles out Katy Tur for verbal abuse as a part of a continuing pattern of ridiculing her for months on the campaign trail.

November 8, 2016:

“This” is the subject of a recent exhaustive report by the Anti-Defamation League under the title, “Anti-Semitic Targeting of Journalists During the 2016 Presidential Campaign.” The study focused on the playground for this rash of hatred — Twitter, that is. Between August 2015 and July 2016, it found that 800 journalists were targeted in almost 20,000 anti-Semitic tweets. The top 10 targets got it the worst, receiving 83 percent of the Twitter-born anti-Semitism. As to the provenance of this madness, the ADL report chooses its words with precision: “There is evidence that a considerable number of the anti-Semitic tweets targeting journalists originate with people identifying themselves as Trump supporters, ‘conservatives’ or extreme right-wing elements.”

(Video may autoplay at link) November 9, 2016: One of the only black reporters on the Trump campaign trail, Candace Smith, reports:

Nearly all those who covered Trump have been booed, given the middle finger, told we are “s---.” At rallies, people have called for us to be killed, along with Hillary Clinton.

On Twitter, I’ve been called a “n-----,” a “c---” and, at times, a combination of the two. One person who claimed to be Christian — as I am — tweeted, “You are a Hillary WHORE and, thus, can NOT possible be saved by Grace. Grace wouldn’t have a whore like you.”

November 11, 2016:

Donald Trump is keeping Americans in the dark about his earliest conversations and decisions as president-elect, bucking a long-standing practice intended to ensure the public has a watchful eye on its new leader.

Trump on Thursday refused to allow journalists to travel with him to Washington for his historic first meetings with President Barack Obama and congressional leaders. The Republican’s top advisers rebuffed news organizations’ requests for a small “pool” of journalists to trail him as he attended the meetings.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to Trump on Wednesday, Moscow spread the word. A phone call with British Prime Minster Theresa May was announced in London. The pattern was repeated for calls with leaders of Israel, Egypt, South Korea and Australia.

The White House typically releases statements on the president’s phone calls with foreign leaders, providing some details about the conversation. Past presidents-elect have had early briefings with journalists, even in confusing first hours after Election Day.

January 11: Trump refuses to take a question from CNN reporter, derides the outlet as “fake news.” Sean Spicer promises to remove journalists who are “disrespectful” to Trump.

January 21: Sean Spicer attacks media at press conference for telling the truth about the size of Trump's inaugural crowds.

January 25 :Six journalists are charged with felony rioting after covering the protests at Trump’s inauguration.

January 26:

“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Mr. Bannon said in an interview on Wednesday.

“I want you to quote this,” Mr. Bannon added. “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”

Feb 16: Trump holds rambling press conference where he defends Mike Flynn and repeatedly attacks media as “fake news,” singling out various agencies for abuse. He berates a Jewish reporter, Jake Turx,for asking about anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. He also asks a black reporter, April Ryan, to set up a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus for him.

February 19:

"They just don't want to report the truth," Trump said. He assailed journalists as "part of the problem" and "part of the corrupt system" in a continuation of the attacks the president lobbed Thursday during a fiery, wide-ranging press conference from the White House and reiterated Friday in tweet that called many news organizations, including NBC News, "the enemy of the American people."

February 25:

Appearing on MSNBC, Politico White House reporter Tara Palmeri said she was barred by an aide from a press gathering on Friday and told “You’re threatening me” when she asked why she was being excluded.

“But I think the thing that was most jarring to me was when were trying to make our way into Sean Spicer’s office, that the person who was sort of shepherding us in, said to some outlets, ‘absolutely, absolutely,’ and was cold to some others,” she continued. “When I asked can I have a statement about why this is happening, because I thought it was unusual, the word that came out of this aide’s mouth was, ‘you’re threatening me.'”

March 17: Trump supporter arrested after Eichenwald attacked by video again in December:

When the journalist Kurt Eichenwald opened an animated image sent to him on Twitter in December, the message “You deserve a seizure for your posts” appeared in capital letters along with a blinding strobe light. Mr. Eichenwald, who has epilepsy, immediately suffered a seizure.

On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it had arrested John Rayne Rivello, 29, at his home in Salisbury, Md., and accused him of sending the electronic file. The agency charged Mr. Rivello with criminal cyberstalking with the intent to kill or cause bodily harm.

March 26:

An OC Weekly reporter and two photographers said Sunday that they were physically assaulted by pro-Trump demonstrators at a Make America Great Again rally in Huntington Beach and are seeking the public’s help in identifying at least one of the people responsible.

A video of the confrontation shows Sterling trying to intervene after a Trump supporter pushed and shoved Feinzimer, who was shooting pictures of Leopo being hit with an American flag, then repeatedly punched Tristan. A moment later, Sterling is pepper-sprayed and can be seen staggering around, rubbing her eyes before falling to the ground.

April 28:

He then told the crowd that “before we talk about my first 100 days, let’s rate the media’s 100 days,” before launching into an extended critique of how the media has covered him. Trump reportedly encouraged his staff not to attend, and even some of his donor supporters backed out of the dinner several days ago after initially committing to sit a media tables.

At the rally, Trump also singled out the New York Times, attacking their editorials about his first 100 days, predicting that it would go online only because of sagging readership and even criticizing the paper for moving out of its offices to a new building in a “crummy location.” (New York Times subscriptions actually increased, but ad revenue dropped last year.)

May 10: Reporter arrested for asking questions of Tom Price and Kellyanne Conway.

May 14: Trump threatens to cancel all future press conferences.

May 17: News reports indicate that Trump told James Comey to consider arresting reporters who publish leaks.

May 19:

On Thursday, veteran Washington reporter John Donnelly was pinned against a wall by two security guards at the Federal Communications Commission headquarters when he approached FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly to ask a question after a press conference. This is at least the second time a reporter has been targeted by security for asking questions at a public meeting in a public building in the U.S. in two weeks.

(Auto-play at link.) Today, May 25: Trump has “no comment” on reported body-slamming of journalist Ben Jacobs by Republican candidate Greg Gianforte in Montana. Gianforte's campaign at first claimed Jacobs had attacked him, but audio recorded at the scene contradicts that claim, as does the eyewitness account of Fox news reporters. The audio is widely publicized.

https://twitter.com/KyungLahCNN/status/867770692313460736

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Twin Peaks Essay and Review

For years I’ve heard countless friends mention a show called Twin Peaks to me, hoping that I would start the series in time for its 2017 reboot. Besides the constant proclamations that it’s “just about the best show ever made” and “it’s the best murder mystery I’ve seen”. Everyone who I know that has watched the show has fallen head over heels for it.

The first episode of the series opens up hitting hard and directly to the point. Laura Palmer, a local high schooler, is found with her body blue and in a plastic wrap. Her parents filed a missing persons report, because she did not come home the night before. This triggers a full scale investigation by Sheriff Harry Truman. This leads to a special agent from out of town being assigned to the case. Dale Cooper is an odd man, who speaks into a recording device to log this thoughts. He seems very methodical and always to be thinking. Almost as if he already knows the answers, he’s just trying to make it seem he doesn’t.

From what I’ve seen in the first episode of the series, and the random sections I’ve seen with my friends, the acting is some of the best I’ve seen on the small screen. Especially for the time that this was made, television acting was simply not this good and actors of this quietly did not preform like this. It’s truly the small inflections and little quirks that make he feel like the actors clearly cared about portraying real people going through a real tragedy. 

Twin Peaks also includes some great camera work and angles. The panning from one scene to another or clear moving single shots are great. I’m not too sure how many shows did this at the time, but it seems to be used almost perfectly in this show. It is also relatively evident that David Lynch created the show and directed the first episode. I’ve seen the Elephant Man and I see a lot of similarity’s in the way the film was show in comparison to this series. 

The series of Twin Peaks is a very interesting look into the investigation a single murder and play around with the concept of being a detective. Yet, after watching the first episode, I’m not overly interested in watching the rest of the three season story. It seems that this show is going to take many twists and turns, evident by the fact that the first episode offers so much actions and backstory, I can’t imagine how they are able to make so many episodes. 

Hopefully one day, I’ll watch episode two and get hooked on it. I’m pretty sure I will try to get back into it again at some point. All my friends tell me they couldn’t believe who was Laura Palmers killer, and now I’m a little bit curious. 

Twin Peaks was an American television show that premiered on ABC in the spring of 1990. It was the brain child of director and screen writer David Lynch. It follows the investigation of a local high schoolers murder. The whole town is brought to there knees when they have to deal with the slaying of Laura Palmer, a very well know and well liked young women. The concept, story telling, acting and and plot all have helped pave the way for modern television that is praised for being cutting edge. With Lynch’s work being cited as inspiration for many different shows over the past nearly three decades. 

During the original airing of Twin Peaks, the shows unique nature and clever writing had dedicated fans coming right out the gate. Excited to see how Lynch’s work would play out and how this murder mystery would end. Yet, one thing that drew in many was the unconventional shots, angles and plot developments. Twin Peaks did not simply rely on the cliches of modern detective series. With keeping the mystery of the murder hidden behind multiple layers. Unlike most shows that the time, where the mystery was solved for the watcher relatively fast. In “Twin Peaks and the circular ruins of fiction: Figuring (out) the acts of reading” by Maria Carrion, she points out that, “It might have to do with the fact that one is not just trying to reveal the name of this particular entity who has put an end to somebody else's life. For Twin Peaks' basic narrative structure falls under the category of what John Irwin calls "pure analytic detective stories," a fictional genre that lends itself to endless acts of rereadings, "grows out of an interest in deductions and solutions rather than in love and drama land] shows little interest in character, managing at best to produce caricatures” (Carrion) Where Twin Peaks is different then many other detective shows, is that the characters and their development throughout the show is substantial. Really showing the narrative progression of their motivations and lives. This is smoothing that has been stressed and adapted to many programs around today. Personal development and truly knowing who each character is a main factor is almost every modern show.

Rolling Stone made an article before the new season of the show was released in 2017. They make a list of shows that were heavily influenced by the creation of Twin Peaks. With examples like Riverdale, X-files and Desperate Housewives, it’s pretty obvious that David Lynch’s brain child helped to shape our small screens today. One example that I thought of before even watching episode one, was Bate’s Motel. A prequel to Psycho, follows a young man named Norman and his dark life with his mother and there motel. Many of the dark shots seem to be comparable side by side between the both shows. Along with similar charters and their development, like many side actors portraying odd and unstable people. 

A huge example of this would be Lost, the plane crash serial survival show directed by J.J. Abrams. “the story got far strange. Very strange. By the end of its six seasons, the series had incorporated elements of sci-fi, supernatural and the psycho-spiritual, with characters ranging from jittery physicists and charismatic cult leaders to, well, polar bears and Smoke Monsters. Much like Twin Peaks, the show raised many more questions than it ever took the trouble to answer.” (Rolling Stone) Both shows took their viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the odd and sci-fi. Without Lynch’s contributions to the genre in the 90’s, Lost would have never have been able to pull the 180 degree plot twist like they did. Flipping the show into a completely different entity and reimagining the plot.

If anyone is allowed to talk about the significance of Twin Peaks, it’s David Lynch himself. During his press tour for the new season last year, David did multiple interviews with only one direct request, to not ask him about the new season. Instead to focus on the shows legacy and how hes prepared for the new season. When asked how his show is taking off from where it was left off, “it’s built with many, many, many different types of elements and you want to get them all as good as you can get them so they feel correct to you, and in doing so you hope they feel correct to others” said Lynch. He was referring the complex nature of the show, and how it takes a great deal of effort and work to make it feel right. Then when asked about how many fans had theories for the cliffhanger it the show was left on, Lynch said,” We want to figure things out. Life, you know, we want to figure out life, and we want to figure out what’s going on, so it’s beautiful. It’s beautiful that people are thinking.” He states that he wants the shows audience to be well informed and to try to figure the show out as they go, almost as if everyone is playing a came of Clue. Lastly, Lynch describes how his shows has influenced movies, stating that, “It’s like a small theater. It’s a cinema on a TV screen.” Referring to how now television is about making long form stories and serves essentially as long movies. 

Twin Peaks was a show well ahead of its time. Placing the plot and story elements behind a layer of mystery and odd nature. Focusing on personal development and expanding on one story arc throughout it’s whole run time. David Lynch’s work with ABC during the early 1990’s is what helped to make television what it is today.

Carrion, Maria M. “Twin Peaks and the Circular Ruins of Fiction: Figuring (out) the Acts of Reading.” Literature Film Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, 1993, pp. 240–247., web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=73c78f53-1268-4699-8c68-c9e33f4d1340@sessionmgr102&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ==#AN=9403213833&db=ufh.

Nguyen, Hanh. “David Lynch Q&A: The Legend on 'Twin Peaks' Fan Theories, 'Breaking Bad,' and Cats.” IndieWire, 18 May 2017, www.indiewire.com/2017/05/twin-peaks-david-lynch-interview-showtime-1201818889/.

Tobias, Scott, et al. “20 TV Shows Most Influenced by 'Twin Peaks'.” Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2018, www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/20-tv-shows-most-influenced-by-twin-peaks-126797/bates-motel-114269/.

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Weren't you going to tell us about tom's peach butt? Also i think in the past 8 years what happened was tom was too open about his love for chris in his mannerisms and for all chris is confident in his masculinity it does feel a little weird. Add to it how fangirls behave like when the pic of hiddleswortiti sleeping came out. You can be all liberal until one of your same sex friends falls for you. I don't know but I feel tom is really lonely. Hopefully he's one of those who love being lonely.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/13046784

Alrightz, headcanon mode on. *puts on the tinfoil Hiddlesworth headcanon helmet* I’m ready.

Ah yes, Chris feeling weird. This Chris vid here is a good example of that. I’ve edited the last part out, but if you watch the whole interview he says “The answer is no (Tom hasn’t seen me naked)”. Good answer, doesn’t leave room for any more silly questions because he is always straightforward. But if we think of headcanon Chris (and since some people recently have almost demanded to see a bad-boy Chris as opposed to an angelic Tom) he did start feeling a little awkward with Tom’s openness. The two of them met for the first time in 2009 when they were cast for “Thor”. It was all fun and games back then, they would party all night, meet girls, get drunk, carry each other out of the bar, remove shoes and put each other to sleep on the hotel bed (depends on who was sober enough to help with those things). The filming started shortly after, things got serious, but they still spent a lot of time together. Until Chris’ life changed in 2010 and so did his priorities. That would have normally hurt Tom, who kept his feelings secret, if he wasn’t all too happy for his friend’s bliss. Still Chris kept calling him and they would spend hours talking about the development of their characters in “The Avengers”. Most of the times it was Chris making the call. He would always hesitate before dialing Tom’s number but every time he sighed with relief listening to Tom’s very posh and british “Hello”, as if a load was lifted off his chest.

“Hey Tom. Heyyyy…”

They talked and talked. Sometimes Tom would say something, or Chris would say something, and there would be long pauses. Until they were done and a heartfelt “goodnight” would come from both ends of the line.

Chris was more than happy to meet Tom again on the set of “The Avengers” although he knew something was up with his friend. Tom would spend long hours in his trailer supposedly resting or learning his lines. But he had never done this before, not so many hours, not so many days in a row, not so alone. One of those days Chris knocked on Tom’s trailer door. 

“Are you ok, mate?” he said. “You need help with those lines?”

Tom puffed out a cloud of smoke and placed his cigarette on the ashtray, his script folded, filled with notes and yellow highlighter lines, placed on his lap.

“No,” he said as he blew the remaining smoke out of his nostrils. “I don’t need help with those lines.”

“You sure?” Chris asked as he entered the trailer and closed the door behind him. 

“Sure sure,” Tom reassured him and went back to reading his script.

Chris stood next to his friend but it felt as if Tom was miles away, in a place of his own where he didn’t want to be disturbed. Chris searched for things to say.

“I thought you said you would quit smoking,” he joked pointing at the ashtray. “How many have you smoken since morning?”

“Twenty. Four,” Tom quipped as he finally looked Chris in the eyes. “Is that alright with you?”

“Is that…” Chris shrugged seeing that talking was worse than silence. “Sure it’s alright with me. Is… something the matter?”

“Nothing is the matter,” Tom sighed and went back to his script. “I just find it hard to concentrate.”

“You,” Chris raised a brow of doubt. “Not concentrating. You must be joking.”

“I am not,” Tom breathed and when their eyes met Chris noticed the black circles and the red eyes. Feverish and red and bigger than ever. Maybe it was Tom’s paleness, maybe it was just Chris’ imagination. And worry.

“Did you sleep at all last night?” 

“After we came back from the pub? I tried.”

Chris looked around, looking for evidence from a wild night spent with one of the girls they met. He had left the pub earlier the previous night seeing that Tom was busy talking and laughing with those girls. He just couldn’t follow his single friend anymore on his amorous adventures. One of the girls, the brunette, seemed to be quite fascinated by “Loki”, the new sex symbol, and was almost leaning against Tom’s soldier. 

“No, there’s no one here,” Tom replied to Chris’ unspoken question. “She was quite discreet.”

“You don’t seem very happy about it,” Chris narrowed his eyes.

“What’s to be happy about.”

“Dunno.” Chris shrugged and rubbed his lip. “Listen, do you want to come out for lunch, Chris and Bob said we’ll be meeting at a local lebanese taverna and…”

“I’m quite alright, thank you.” Tom didn’t even bother look at him.

“Do you… do you want us to bring back something for you to eat? Some fattoush salad, donair maybe..?”

Tom didn’t say a word. He just kept taking puffs on his cigarette and reading the script although Chris could tell he was stuck on the same page since he entered the trailer.

“What’s wrong, Tom? he muttered. “Tell me what’s wrong. If I knew you’d have such a horrible time with that girl… Lizzy… Libby… what was her name… I wouldn’t have left you alone with her,” he joked.

Tom lifted his eyes and stared back at him. “Funny that you remember her name. I don’t.”

“Well it was a beautiful name. Did you have fun at least?” he said grabbing the lighter from the table next to Tom’s chair and playing with the latch.

Tom got up and put out the cigarette in the ashtray that was filled with stubs.

“Define fun.”

Chris sank his hands in his jacket’s pockets and  tilted his head in annoyance. “Do you really want me to define it, mate?” he said, alarmed by Tom’s sudden change of mood. “Do you want me to go into details? I don’t like poking my nose into your love life, you know that.”

“No, you never do,” Tom sneered. “Very nice of you. As for your question no, I didn’t have fun. It all stopped being fun a long long time ago.”

“What… what do you mean?” Chris shifted his weight from one foot to the other. 

Tom patted Chris’ both arms reassuringly and grinned but his eyes were cold and distant. “Nothing that you would understand.”

“Oh for fuck’s sake, Thomas,” Chris exclaimed and brushed back his hair from his forehead, exasperated. “Maybe you shouldn’t have gone out last night, we wouldn’t be having this conversation now. I mean if you didn’t want to go…”

“But I did want to go out yesterday.  And come back here. Just… not with her.”

Chris suddenly stopped playing with the latch. He was staring at the floor as Tom’s words started to sink in. He knew he could laugh it up, make a joke about Tom choosing the other girl at the pub, then go out and eat his donair with the rest. As a matter of fact he wished he had gone straight to that restaurant instead of stopping here first. He found it hard to swallow as he was looking to find the right words, and failing. Because he had no words.

“I… I must go. Tom, I’m sorry…”

“Yes, you must. Go on, you’ll be late. They’re waiting.”

“Yes. They are.” Chris scratched the stubble on his chin and pretended he was finding his shoes fascinating. He put his hands back in his pockets. “I’ll see you later, Tom,” he said lifting his head.

“See you later.” Tom’s warm and calm voice didn’t reveal any of the despair Chris sensed before. Because that’s what this was. Fatigue and despair. 

Chris exited in a hurry and walked away as fast as he could, his heart about to burst. He turned back to look at the trailer, see if Tom was standing at the door. But Tom was nowhere to be seen.

He was probably back in his chair, finally turning the next page of his script, leaving yet another cigarette to die on his lips.