#it would be like that post of the bts stan who became no longer obsessed with them when she got on mood stabilisers

[beetlejuce]

wouldn’t it be so funny if/when I’m able to get help for my untreated mental illnesses and actually get on medication, like, idk some antidepressant or mood stabiliser, I lose my Foals obsession and become no longer attracted to yannis

[fanguuuhhhrl]

Im kinda obsessed with I-Land right now. I love 23 boys and if possible i would like them all to debut but the elimination is in 30 minutes so im going to post my top 12 picks before it airs (kind of in order, kind of not, im biased, this is based on an unsure mixture of skill and personality, could change but most likely not):

1. Sunoo- BITCH!!! WTH!!! I JUST LOOK AT HIM AND MY SEROTONIN LEVELS BURST THROUGH THE ROOF!! He is a puppy!! He is amazing. If you didnt know anyone yet and you put all 23 boys in a line up. He will draw your attention with his sunshine smile :)))) he is so heartwarming. Most people be like "i have no filter" but they just be mean, but this guy is different, he literally has no ability to hide what he thinks but it never comes off as anything negative. He says "Me! I can do it!" but it's just endearing and never comes across as trying to show off. He says "there was a little bit of friction" and when the members look at himshocked, he looks at them shocked too.... theres no dull moment when he's in frame. It's so amazing how pure a person can be. But know that i am not just rooting for personality but for talent. his voice... His Voice!!! Vocally geonu and heeseung really slayed the butterfly performance but if you ask me, "save me" had a more emotional attack. His facial expression is just brimming of feelings. His voice is so raw. Also You know that part in save me where he transitions from head voice into chest voice really smooth??? You'll know what im saying if you see it. thats so fucking satisfying that i had to replay it so much. I definitely replayed the save me performance more times honeslty. And the way he dances!!! It might not be That refined yet but that's the charm... it's so raw and full of emotions... so like him. I can see myself stanning this group long term if he debuts with them.

2. Jungwon- tf i love this boy so much. his visuals already stood out to me when they were entering i-land, then his voice stood out to me in the first challenge... he did that hard ass choreography without any audible changes to his voice that i had to rewind that multiple times (more than the editor already did) then the moment i saw him dance the center in episode 4??? BOY???? BOY!!!! that was my breaking point... i can't believe im saying this about men but i already knew i would die for him... plus he is so sweet :((( his eyes are just so naturally cute but i was so shocked in the last challenge when he was able to pull off that fierce ass look.... i am devastated... im about the same age but my parental instincts are at work here. plus SPOILER ALERT to those who plan to watch he won first place in both the first and last challenge can everybody say jungwon ace

3. Geonu- my feelings for him are much like jungwon :((( except theres more parental instincts... and i say this despite being younger than him but whatever age is just a vibe... HE IS SO LIDDOL :((( i want to be his mom :(( at first, personality wise, it's hard to notice him bc he's a little calm and laidback... but its the little things that draw you to him :((( his glasses and hoodies just seem a little bit big on him and that just makes me smile for some reason... he cries silently when people are sent to the ground and he gets along well with the people... i noticed him first together with jungwon in the first i land challenge because they had the most stable performance. but i've never been more attached to him than when he sang butterfly (favorite bts song anyone??)... i honestly thought they could debut then and there and i wouldnt bat an eye... also it's so funny that the one thing i identified him with during the early episodes was the fact that whenever the camera pans to him, he just has the dead eye stare and parted lips (think: pokerface but confused) especially with the huge ass glasses but in the end the poker face thing that stuck to me became the thing that worked against him i cri

4. Jay- hold on folks this is going to be a long one. Jay has such a powerful personality that at first made me hesitant about liking him... idk he just seemed like the guy i would not vibe with in real life, but the longer time passed, the more he became one of my favorites and i root for him now like crazy. at first it was funny when they kept rejecting him for the vocal parts, but the more it went on, i was so sure that if it was me, i would have cried and dropped then and there, but it was so amazing watching him push through that and he didnt even lie about how he felt. his unique determination is such a breath of fresh air, a little heartwarming and oh so inspiring. i honestly learned a lot from just watching him. the time he went to the ground was so crucial to his development as a person, leader and performer. it was so mindblowing when he became the leader at the ground and even adapted heeseung's teaching methods. you know that meme "improvise, adapt, overcome?" he is the exact personification of that. what i loved about him the most is that even with his steely determination, he didnt enforce or project that on the other grounders, he just shared it with them. he understands when they need rest, encouragement or massages. he was such a caring leader. Skill wise- i can't say anything. He already proved himself so many times. Great dancer and potential vocalist. The mnet specials also show how much sweeter he is than the show shows him to be. He takes care of everyone, and has more of mother duck than street gang vibes (and he knows how to cook!!). And at the end, while he seems to be mostly self- oriented about debuting, he ends up spending most of his time teaching others and helping them improve. I just love him. Debut Jay 2k20!!!

5. Sunghoon- tf this guy is so cool and laidback that i didnt even pay much attention to him during the early parts but he just keeps crawling into my heart because so many members love him so damn much??? and he just goes along with them?? they want me to do triple axel while average people can't even do a single axel on a trampoline?? ok imma give them a double axel tho. jake is challenging me to arm flexing? yeah why not? k wants me to dance?? yeah lemme just spin 50 times. jay wants to shower together?? weird but im not strongly against the idea. ej wants to scare people? count me in. someone needs a hand to hold?? ok here's my warm hand to the rescue... everyone just wants to be his friend that he birthed my favorite sunoo scene "im cuter than him [jake]" and he was just like "yeah ok i guess so" sksjsk sunoo is that how you ask someone to be your friend jshdk??? and can i just say? as a figure skating fan, he has automatic +52536 points... and when the judges said he's the most natural performer out of them??? i vibed with that hard.. he dances well so naturally and he takes your attention without even seeming like he's trying to. that dance performance with k and jungwon?? i thought at first that his energy wouldnt catch up but damn boy my eyes were just trackingnhim the entire time unintentionallu that i had to rewind and he was just as great as all of them... with the additional benefit of being a stunt boy!! and though it might seem effortless, we saw that he practiced so hard for it. overall a 100/100 boy with a naturally charismatic personality that bleeds into his performance... as a fellow 02 liner i would also like to apply as his bestfriend thank you

6. Heesung- what can i say except he's a perfect boy ok thats it why are you still reading... jk... ok lets talk about him... skill wise?? I cried during the butterfly performance. i marvel at his vocal stability. his voice is so crystal clear. his dancing is so clean. his skills are superb but most of all, theyre already so refined. there's nothing more i could ask for. personaloty wise... i also have a lot to say... despite his celebrity status, it's awesome how he can make the other trainees comfortable with him. he's kind and soft and lovely.

but because i am me, i have to overanalyze people so idk skip this if you dont like that. for someone who's experienced being an academic achiever... i sure do vibe with his personality a lot... you know when there's a group activity and you're so sure you can lead it well but you don't want to? half because you dont want to come off as a show off and half bc you genuinely still have self-doubts, and you're scared of falling short of expectations. Also, you feel that if it all fails, you'll be responsible so you have to feel that everyone approves you before you can take leadership and show your entire thing. And the moment you feel validated and take the reins, you start unconsciously projecting your perfectionist attitude on people??? yeah... i love that despite being an almost perfect person he still has issues most people can find relatable and that, in addition to the talent makes me want to root from him. (im also going to take a stab and guess that his mbti is probs ixxp) i'll be honest tho, because its like 100 percent sure now that he'll debut, im not super attached to him??? i love him tho but he's just not in any danger so i can just let my support for him chill. i think amidst this, bc most of the trainees depend a lot on him, i mostly hope for him to take care of his mental health

7. Daniel- awww danielll... i went into i-land not knowing anyone's ages so i had a brief whiplash feeling when someone said daniel is 15... it's because he's so emotionally mature?? like he's such a supportive and caring person that it barely struck me the that he might be the youngest?? he already caught my attention when they performed "any song" bc they just seemed like they were having fun and doing their best without the pressure of whether they would win ir not, and for me that attitude is something you'd see from more experienced performers. and during the second ep when he just felt the need to comfort everyone bc he's got such a high score?? i loved that an i was so bummed out when they eliminated him. the save me performance was definitely a cherry on top that i just had to love him more than i already do... he may be young but he's as ready to debut as everyone else.

8. Jake- jake is just one of the people who showcased so much growth between ep 1 and ep 2. he already had the right attitude when they performed crown and he just had to improve skills and stage presence, and improved he did. despite being one of the trainees with the shortest training time, he was the one teaching the others by the end it just supports my theory that he might have been an ace as well if he just had the same amount of training as everyone else. im also truly in love with his mischievous antics. he seemed like an introvert to me at first but he came out of his shell and i love that. also i just crave more moments of him and sunghoon's friendship (they both seemed like introverts who found someone they could be extroverts with in each other) i am 👌this close to storming i land and demand that they let me join their merry little band of 2002 children

9. Niki- dance skills= 100 he's just so good it's unreal... it's insane... everytime he's on screen i hear boss musicand i cant even imagine him being younger than anyone, let alone taki. i get why some people dislike him but honestly i think it's just because they don't see him as a child... but he is. i was honestly a bit mad for him when they kept guilt tripping him into leading all of them, and i understood his tjought process when he thought he just kept failing everyone and when he thought things just kept backfiring on him. he is held on such a high pedestal and i dont think he deserves that kind of burden. as for me, it would just be a waste of talent to let him go. his attitude could still improve, as we'd seen when he eventually volunteered to help everyone. i also felt bad when he said that he's scared he might not be voted bc some people dont base on skills and i love him and i just want him to kmow that he's loved

10. Taki- what the hell can i even say?? he's the kindest softest boy ever. he tries to see the good in people and is very hardworking... he listens to people well and actually follow them, so he improves a lot... he knows people think he's cute and he tries and tries and tries to look fierce if the song calls for it... he is amazing

11. K- i really can't say anything, he really stands out during performances. also very pro at dancing. his choreography??? *chef's kiss* and i think the younger trainees depend a lot on him, besides heesung and so he's good at keeping the team together.

12. EJ- im really hesitant about the last person to be the twelfth i lander because it could almost be anyone and i wouldnt be too bummed out bc theyre almost all equally talented... the thing with ej tho is he already gets along well with the i landers and has harmony with other members. (plus see above: im a sucker for the 2002 line) i think its a tiny bit unfair to base it on this bc the others didnt even get a chance to show what they can bring to the group so im torn.

bonus: i wouldnt feel too bad if it were jaebeom (he has great voice, the producers think he's not too stand out bc he's weak at dance, but the i land is already so full of people whose expertise is dancing, so i think there should be someone who's specialty is singing), kyungmin (i really appreciated how hard he worked during the last test and it actually paid off, i honestly noticed him there even if he was always at the back. i also loved his determination and i was so touched when he and jaebeom were talking and he said "there's really nothing to do but believe in the impossible right?" it's just that the i landers were already ahead of him in terms of skills so he failed the votings) and hanbin (i've watched his cover videos and he's really good at dancing and stage projection. like i was honestly wondering why it wasnt showing in the performances :((( and he hadnt even had too much screentime to actually See what he's capable of.

[baekhyun-x]

From an "OBSESSED FAN" to a "CASUAL ARMY"

idk if "casual army" is the right word to express it.

I don't know if any of you will actually relate to this or not but awhile ago i read a post in reddit where the OP was talking about how she turned from an obsessed fan to just a casual listener. OP said she used to be extremely obsessed with BTS ; as in watching Run BTS on time, keeping in check with their schedule, watching fancams etc; but now he/she is just a casual listener.

i can actually relate to it.

i was aware of BTS' existence since 2016 but became an army in early 2017. since then, i became obsessed with them. watching all their MVs, BangtanTV videos, fancams, MMA, MAMA, AMA, GRAMMY performances to all the the Korean variety shows, from interviews by jimmy falon to the interviews taken by a YouTuber, basically everything.

I'm a person with depression and BTS were the only one who made me smile through their videos. By watching their vids, i used to be happy even though not longer but for a brief moment. I won't be saying things like BTS healed me and my depression, they made me love myself because honestly, that never happened. i actually never learned to love myself and i didn't get healed. i still am suffering from it and at times it worsens. tbh, BTS was my only escape from anxiety. speaking in a different sense, i used them to make myself smile. (don't hate me for saying that)

not until the start of 2021 did my obsession with them end. I slowly started to find out time for myself or else i would have spent the whole day browsing through the internet watching stuffs related to them. i still love them the same way like i used to. my love for them has not lessened and it never will. i still am an ARMY but my dedication to being an army (in a 3rd person's pov - streaming their songs and mv and all the things mentioned) is not the same as it was before. I can't stream 24×7 now. Nor can i sit for hours watching their concert. i ain't excited for any of their birthday like i used to.

ever since my obsession with them lessened, i started listening to and discovering other artists like EXO, Treasure, B.O.Y, KARD. i have slowly started to stan exo. i have also been able to complete my assignments 😂 which used to be pending before 😂.

but all in all, i would forever remain grateful to BTS because it is for them that i could smile and laugh.

보라해 방탄 💜

Link to the OP's post will be attached.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bangtan/comments/m7eaqy/has_anyone_else_gone_from_247_bts_fan_to_casual/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

[lokisasylum]

If you’re a Taehyung stan, please read this

Okay, at first i wasn’t gonna talk about this because its kind of a touchy subject, a little controversial and honestly I don’t feel like giving clout to this person. So for the sake of this post I will not even mention her name.

(No, no, wait. Don’t get any wrong ideas. This has nothing to do with Shipping Wars or the whole Tae-hates-Jimin-agenda blahblahblah.)

I don’t know if you guys have noticed that a fairly new youtuber arose with this weird AF channel, messy as hell videos and honestly people in general were ignoring her, almost little to no views and zero comments.

But what drew my attention was that in the past days (5-6 days or so), she suddenly starts mentioning Taehyung in her videos (title and all) along with L*e J*nghyun of CN//Blue. And the first thing that came to my mind was:

“Oh my god... not this shit again with the whole B*rning S*n issue and people still trying to connect Tae into this whole mess.”

Because we KNOW how hard people have been trying to create scandals out of nothing for BTS. So, of course I stupidly clicked on it to see what it was all about.

AND HO-BOY ....WAS THIS ALOT TO UNPACK...

So this girl, who is NOT Korean (could be American, but I’m not sure), Is dead-ass alleging to have not only met Le* J*nghyun through tumblr was it? (and maybe later on they kept chatting elsewhere) But that she somehow got into an ONLINE RELATIONSHIP with him for a span of 4 years. A relationship that, according to her, became toxic real quick. Making her a victim of (online) abuse by this Idol.

Now, you might be wondering: “Okay, but what the fuck does this have to do with Taehyung?”

So get this.

This girl?? Is not only claiming to have been in an ONLINE relationship with a Korean Idol that she says she met on tumblr or whatever. But she is also stating that Taehyung is a direct witness to this “relationship”. Because according to her, she and Tae have been “really close friends/best friends (ONLINE)” since 2015 and they have this “special bond/relationship” where Taehyung supposively used to call her on her cellphone frequently.

BUT NOT ONLY THAT!

That Taehyung himself tried to stop or warn her about getting into that relationship with J*nghyun. That he “called her the same day that she accepted” and now “regrets not waiting a few minutes longer” to for his call, otherwise “she wouldn’t have accepted.”

OH MAN HOLYSHIT, BATMAN!

I know!

This all sounds like some deep ass AO3/Wattpad level, Idol/fem!reader, scenario type of shit.

But wait! THERE’S MORE.

This girl is reaching SO FAR that she made up this WHOLE ASS analysis/theory stating the following:

- That Taehyung has been living with a lot of regrets since then. (Funny she would say this, when there’s a post she wrote on her twitter saying that she didn’t recognize Taehyung UNTIL RECENTLY since she “met him in 2015 [ONLINE] before he became famous” as if BTS debuted in 2015 instead of 2013. So her story is full of contradictions all over)

- That whenever he sings, he is singing TO HER.

- That all of his solo songs (Stigma, Singularity, 4 O’ Clock, Scenery and even Winter Bear) were ALL written by him, ABOUT HER and what she went through and the guilt he “still feels” for not being able “to save her”.  So this “makes her happy” to know that “Tae still thinks about her all the time.” (When WE, as ARMY, KNOW that Namjoon is the one who wrote Stigma based on Demian, 4 O’ Clock which is a song Tae secretly dedicated to JIMIN, and Singularity. Whereas Tae wrote and composed the last two [Though he did needed help from Namjoon for Winter Bear since its 100% in english and he didn’t know if he had worded it correctly].)

That the reason WHY Taehyung refuses to speak of the issue is because Le* J*nghyun’s company is secretly blackmailing/threatening BTS/Bighit to keep quiet (But how could she possibly know this when she doesn’t speak Korean, has never been to Korea and doesn’t seem to have any online friends in the kpop fandom. Much less K-armys unless she’s following or buying info from sasaengs and EVEN THEN--).

But if you think that’s bad/borderline delulu???

The worse part is that she has both a Twitter and Instagram where she writes these things EVERY SINGLE DAY, AT EVERY HOUR. Talks about Taehyung ALOT and in a very creepy, almost stalker-ish matter (also, she ONLY speaks of Taehyung, she never mentions the other members by name, only BTS as a whole/group). And uses every single trending topic/hashtag she can find for the day to bring attention to her posts.

If the trending topic is TrumpsImpeachment? She’s using that.

MentalHealthAwareness? Yep, been there done that.

sexscandal and politics? She’s using those too.

EmpoweringHumanity? BreastCancerAwareness? She’s using it.

A new Anime trending?? She’s on it.

OH AND DID I MENTIONED THAT SHE IS TAGGING BTS AND TAEHYUNG TOO ON THESE POSTS?

NO?

WELL SHE IS.

*EXHALE....*

I... don’t know what this girl is trying to prove, I dunno if she’s just a regular clout chaser/anti spreading rumors/overly obsessed fan cause she is even calling herself “one of many Armys”. And I honestly found it so offensive from her part to be calling herself an ARMY so freely, while at the same time saying that she was gonna expose Taehyung and get him dragged into this scandal one way or another if he, himself, doesn’t "come clean” on his own.

And the reason why I won’t mention her name here is because this is slowly starting to blow up and a lot of people (from different fandoms and even NON-Kpop fans) have started calling her out on her bullshit while also reporting her accounts for slander. I can give you the name through private message, but not here.

So if you guys ever come across something like this or this person and it seems shady as hell. Don’t give the person any attention, just do the typical thing we do: Ignore, Report, Block, and Walk Away (If you can send a screenshot to K-armys to have them report it to Bighit, do so as well).

Don’t engage, because its very clear that this girl is hungry for attention and I’ve seen her use the “mental illness” and “race card” (since she is also a po*c) way too many times in her defense. So for all we know, she could be just trying to provoke the fandom/s and cause a reaction or get a few to attack her directly so that she can come around and drag everyone like it has happened before. 

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UPDATE: After receiving much backlash & hostility for her behavior, the girl had no choice but to come clean with her claims. And admitted that she did in fact made everything up from the beginning and in addition also admitted to having a serious (personal/emotional/mental) problem which made her believe (in her mind) that she really did have this relationship with an Idol whom she has never met.

[relinpopcult]

The above YouTube video "Hardcore Crying Fans Meet Justin Bieber in Shanghai", posted in 2013 by the channel The More We Know, shows fans of the singer Justin Bieber - known as "Beliebers" - freaking out over getting to see him in person. The news report talks about and shows how these fans, who appear to be almost entirely teen girls, were screaming and crying in the crowd. The reaction of these girls and the way that they idolize Bieber is very reminiscent of the reaction that Jesus was said to get at the height of his work in faith. When he would visit towns, crowds would form just to see him, and people would consider themselves so lucky just to hear him speak or to be one of the select few to meet him and potentially receive a lesson or miracle. Fan idolatry for musicians is an incredibly prevalent part of today's pop culture, with many fanbases becoming so large and intense that the group gets a name; Beliebers, Selenators (Selena Gomez fans), Rihanna Navy, BTS ARMY, Barbz (Nicki Minaj fans), Lovatics (Demi Lovato fans), the Beyhive (Beyonce fans), and Arianators (Ariana Grande fans) are just a few of the most notable examples. These fanbases can go so far as to seem like they worship the musician(s) that they are obsessed with. Often these fans - or stans, as you might see them called, owing a reference to an Eminem song - will have entire social media accounts dedicated to the artist, building entire communities based solely around a shared love for them. While this obsession over musicians is certainly nothing new - ever heard of Beatlemania, for example? - modern stan culture and social media can take it to new heights with fans having direct access to their idols, ease of communication among the fanbase, immediate access to on-the-spot updates of their idols, portable media in the form of phones, exclusive content for fansite registration, and more. The obsession starts to seem more and more like religion the longer and deeper it runs. You could even make an argument towards the 4 C's in the extreme cases. There is obviously community in being part of the fanbase; cultuses could consist of things such as attending concerts, imitating dance routines from the artists, and retweeting their Tweets; creed could be how the artist became a musical success as an origin story, with the overall meaning being supporting this musician and what they do and say; and codes could be the messages that the musician puts out through their music, interviews, and social media posts regarding their opinions and what they do and don't support as their fans are likely to adopt and boost those views as well. With the number of Americans who identify as religious declining in recent years, it's not exactly surprising to see that many have moved on from worshipping God(s) and spirits to worshipping tangible people. After all, it can sometimes be hard to see celebrities as only human.

[thedefinitionofbts]

Kpop Tag (s)

I was tagged by two of my lovely mutuals @parkjiminsjagiya and @daegusaurus to do these two Kpop tags! Thank you guys for tagging me 😘(I also noticed I have a lot of similar answers to both of yours).

First Tag

Rules: Answer the questions and then tag 10 people

~First group you listened to? SHINee (“Replay” was what got me into Kpop and they became my first bias group)

~First solo artist you listened to? IU

~First group to actually know their names? SHINee

~First bias ever? Taemin 

~First song to make you emotional? SNSD’s Into the New World 

Top 3

~Top 3 fave male groups? Currently it’s only BTS, but I used to be a hardcore EXO stan, so I’m going to include them even though I don’t really listen to them anymore, and probably Got7 or Winner or Infinite....wow, I totally just cheated LOL

~Top 3 female groups? SNSD, BlackPink, Red Velvet/GFriend

~Top 3 solo artists? Taeyeon, IU, Jessica

~Top 3 fave songs of all time? This is waaaaay too hard, like I can’t even choose my Top 3 BTS songs....... But to be fair, I’ll only allow myself to choose one from each group: Blood Sweat and Tears, Genie, Playing with Fire

~Top 3 biases? Jungkook, Yoona, Rose 

~Top 3 fandoms you’re part of? ARMY, SONE, BLINK

~Top 3 choreographies? Blood Sweat and Tears, Spring Day, Into the New World

Ultimate

~Ultimate bias group? BTS

~Ultimate male bias? Jungkook

~Ultimate female bias? Yoona

Second Tag

ultimate bias?  Jungkook (without a doubt)

ultimate bias wrecker? I always say it’s Tae but honestly all 6 of them have wrecked me at one point or another (esp Jimin and Namjoon), but I’m so loyal to Kookie no one has really come close to challenging that ultimate bias spot. I just consider this as who would be my bias if Jungkook wasn’t in BTS.

favourite kpop song? Blood Sweat and Tears, but depending on my mood Spring Day and Save Me can also be. 

first kpop song? SHINee- Replay

favourite kpop album/single? The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever

favourite kpop ship? ot7

hard stan or soft stan? soft 

favourite kpop company? SM (I don’t really like the company but all of my fav groups were from there at one point)

backstory of how you got into kpop? Watched Boys Over Flowers, then became an avid Kdrama fan, then a friend posted a video of SHINee’s Replay on Facebook and that’s how I officially got into Kpop. I then discovered SNSD through SHINee and they are still my ultimate fav gg...and then came my obsessive EXO phase with all them teasers and finally the debut, then Jessica left GG and my ultimate bias Luhan left EXO and I fell out of KPOP for a good two years because I thought I was too old for everything lmao, and then another friend introduced me to BTS and the rest is history (aka I got sucked into a black hole and I don’t regret it one bit). I am so glad they are in my life now, and it feels like I’ve been a fan for longer than I actually have *wipes tear*

I’m going to tag all of my followers to do this if they want to :)))))