#its taemin so I'll allow it

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the thoughts you discuss in your post about taemin + the sensuality being torn out of guilty are ones ive thought about a lot too.

taemin is a thirty year old man and clearly either very sexual or very interested in the theory of sex and its relationship to art. framing and presenting himself as an object of desire has literally been his primary artistic concept as a soloist. he’s doing it on purpose.

also, i think stripping his work of its intimacy and eroticism denies the intellectual aspects of guilty and demeans taemin’s art and agency as a whole. he wants guilty to be provocative. he wants to make looking at the pictures of bare his skin and wet lips feel like a dirty secret. he didn’t include an image of his underwear lying discarded on the floor just so his own fans could yell that it’s not supposed to be interpreted as something sexual.

personally, i think there’s a real provocateur hidden inside taemin but he’s constrained by the boundaries of his idol image and what he knows fans expect of him and/or will “allow” him to do. i often wonder what kind of concept he’d be doing if he wasn’t an idol.

Oh, Anon. I couldn't agree with you more. He is a provocateur, and he's made it clear he's interested in the philosophical side of sex, eroticism, and desire. If he weren't an idol... well, I think I'll keep my thoughts to myself. 😅

Georges Bataille, whose erotic philosophy influenced Guilty, had a specific interest in eroticism as a pursuit that stares death in the face, moves through it, and leads to eternity and eternality. Although Bataille is sexist and outmoded, I think aspects of his ideas are interesting, like the bit I just shared. The violence that can be a part of eroticism is evident in Guilty.

The erotic is the violent and the violating in that work, and for Bataille, that violation is what allows two separate beings to unite and find life beyond death, a way to continue. You could see Guilty as the assertion of control over the violation and violence of eroticism, a mastery of one's own religious eroticism, perhaps, because Bataille says something really interesting about religious eroticism. He says physical and emotional eroticism require chance (ie. the luck to unite with a partner) whereas religious eroticism just requires one not to be disturbed. I've said before Guilty could have masturbatory themes, and isn't that incredibly interesting?

But I guess some people are uncomfortable with all of that and need to say it's not about what Taemin said it was about, and I do think it's in part because some people are hellbent on making him some sort of victim who needs to be quarantined from certain themes, or that his perceived victimhood must transcend sexual themes because they are far beneath these fans' interpretations of his work from a moralistic viewpoint.

The thing is that, sometimes, oftentimes, Taemin is just doing an exquisite demo of getting royally fucked in his art, and therein lies the meaning. That is the entirety of the meaning, and an entire life lies within that meaning. And, to some extent, it might be his way of inviting us into his eternity.

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Taemin in the "100" video be like :

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Happy Birthday Jimin!!

To celebrate here are some of my favorite Jimin stages/performances! And yes, im going to cheat a little to leave room for more links by just linking you to my previous post as well over my favorite Serendipity stages here too.

Starting of course with our most recent and newly iconic Filter live performance. Man, he BODIED everything about this

Lie is one of my all time favorite BTS songs just in general, and his stage performance for this one is always so deep and powerful and emotional. The talent blows me away. Adding also his showdown with Taemin to this song as well because he slayed.

2016 SBS Gayo when he did a contemporary stage with a bunch of other idol dancers. He nailed this. In everyday possible. I could watch this man dance forever and always

Jimin dancing with J-hope to Lie X Boy Meets Evil. POWERFUL. And he did the whole thing blindfolded. I'll never forget the GOT7 fan who was there and posted about how she was right in front and watched Hobi lead Jimin out to his spot on stage by both hands. Help position him currently since he was totally blindfolded and couldn't see anything and then kissed his forehead before running across the stage to take his place. The trust those 2 have in each other to perform these incredibly powerful dances in immense.

Predictable? Maybe. Am I adding it anyway? Absolutely. Perfect Man was a cultural reset. Jimin KNOWS it was a cultural reset too. And no lie, I Absolutely prefer their cover to the original. Jimin slayed. He slayed. And because I like pain, I'm including the cover they did for the song "As I Told You" because holy crap does Jimin shine there too.

Jimin in House of Cards. JIMIN IN HOUSE OF CARDS. Jimin in House of Cards. Jimin please. His voice, his power, his emotions, HIM. Please let us live

Fire Era Jimin is one of my favorites. That's all. That's the description. His killer moves, his voice that has both angelic tones and grit through this song. His black hair. His stage presence. I love it

WORDS NOT REQUIRED. Jimin stunning everyone with this iconic and unbelievably beautiful dance to I Need U. STUNNING

Jimins vocals and incredible moves and his flips during We are Bulletproof pt. 2. I love this song and I love him in it and I love the way he performs it

Jimin in Fake Love. This is his song, he owns it. OWNS IT. This is my favorite fancam of his Fake Love performances. He just nails it. I love it so much. I'm also including this one which the stylists made iconic in its own way too. Lol

And that's my 10 embedded links allowed 😭 but special shoutouts to Jimins iconic fan dance too. What an icon.

Another is his Butterfly solo dance opening. Just stunning and beautiful and total perfection. Both him and his dancing.

Another favorite of mine for him vocally would be Am I Wrong. Not only does he slay it with the highnotes he slays it while looking amazing and doing amazing dance moves. An angel. And you can't mention Jimin amazing moments on stage and not mention BST Jimin. Like for real for real. Whew. And you are all insane if you think I'm not including Jimin's Black Swan Solo performance because holy moly. Just Jimin in Black Swan period. That is HIS song.

I have a special attachment to this fancam of Jimin performing ON. Because he nails it plus this outfit plus the dancing plus the vocals. I have a special attachment to this fancam of Jimin performing Idol. Because he is amazing and throwing his glasses kills me. And I have a special attachment to Mic Drop Jimin. Because just oh my god his voice. Any fancam, all the fancams. I love them.

Literally I could go on FOREVER. I LOVE HIM. I love his voice. I love his artistry. I love the way he moves. I love his stage presence. He is captivating. I'll stop here otherwise I never will. There are so many more fancams that I love. So many more performances. So many songs where his voice kills me. I could talk forever.

Happy Birthday to Our Angel, Jimin. 💜💜

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sunflowers are gorgeous, my step dad is growing a few, i'll get some photos for you!!! 💛💛💛

i've been rewatching a lot of gose lately, it cheers me up and gets me through an anxiety day or if i have a bad work day <33 he's so good as mafia!!! <3 although the one ep where he's mafia and seungkwan is the police and he checks hoshi, learns that he's the mafia and then gets killed IS SO HEARTBREAKING GRR 😂😂😂😂 POOR KWANNIE >.<

okay now i'm trapped between hoshi and jihoon, i read a few jihoon fics this morning and then watched a few compilations and now i'm STUCK BETWEEN THEM AAAAAA

i am definitely that person too, esp if it's something genuinely hilarious. you laugh at something funny and then someone's laugh just sets you back off again 😭😭😭

omg wait no that would be completely chaotic, i don't think anyone other than cheol is equipped to deal with how chaotic svt are <33

i love hsm so much you don't understand </3 i want to erase my memory of hsm and watch them all over again i'm OBSESSED :o i'm being biased here bc he's my url but i just want to have a day out with seungkwan, i just think it would be the most fun </3 we can both be so savage and i feel like our personalities are so similar <3

omg yes yes, LEE KNOW PLS, him and his cats are so beautiful to me!!! 🥰 my s/o and i have two cats together, he gets SOOOOO flustered over baby animals! when he sees bunnies, his voice goes so high pitched and he screams "BUNNYYYYY" 😍😍😍😍

you just can't help but bias the whole group tbh <3 they're my favourite group. i've actually had the same favourite artist for the last 18 years which are a band called mcfly but i think svt have taken that number one spot in my heart. i've been wrestling with the both of them since i first listened to svt 6 years ago but nah, i think svt have my whole entire heart <3333

hiii heather sorry for taking forever to reply to this!! i literally panicked when i came to reply bc i thought it got deleted somehow :(

omg please do!! i’d love to see them <3

one day i will just... sit back and watch gose and tmap and probs the different skz stuff. is that from one of the TTT eps? i think i remember that one lol

oh big mood lol i literally switch between wonwoo n vernon based on the day. i am soft for them <3 but honestly all of svt bias wrecks me depending on the day. i think its usually dino and cheol like... most often (dino’s humor <3 i just love how he clowns the others sometimes lmao and cheol’s... everything tbh i love that man), but it really just depends on what they’re doing lol

sometimes i laugh too hard to the point where i go completely silent and it hurts lmao i did have someone go “stop STOP, UR KILLING HER” once in response to me silently crying w laughter

it’d be chaotic but i still want to see it fskhfdf like. looking at shinee, i’m like... there’s only one person who can handle taemin and it’s onew and even then taemin gets away with a lot lmao

BIG mood tho!! they’re such silly fun movies <3 i love them so much. seungkwan would be fun to have a day out with tbh!! i feel like he’d be fun to talk with esp just bc he’s a sweetie who i think would happily carry convo if ur a lil nervous or listen if ur passionate abt something. honestly i think all of svt would be fun to have a day out with depending on what ur doing? jeonghan n jun would both be good for like... rly chill, laid-back days tbh

also minho and his cats... i legit love them so much. he’s such a good cat dad!! also aww ur s/o sounds so cute!! also pls tell ur kitties that i love them omg <3

idk if i’d call svt my favorite group since i have multiple groups that i love + i think shinee will always rank very highly since they’re genuinely very special to me and i love them a lot. + i’m a softie for both trsr, golcha, and skz!! there are simply so many men i am soft for <3 is this allowed--

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I don't know if you've seen the new pic Kibum posted, but if you're online I'm sure you've seen the drama about it now...

I don't get it though, usually Key will say himself when he posts something if it shouldn't be shared, so I wonder if even he didn't see a problem with it at first? Why is one picture such a problem? Is Taemin not allowed to exist in public while enlisted?

This isn't a dig at Baekhyun cause I'm glad he was able to do these things, but didn't he have youtube videos coming out while enlisted? And I know he was all over his verified twitter all the time? How is just one picture different than that? Is it cause of the platform? Even though its not Taemin's bubble and he makes no money from it? Would their be so much drama if it had been posted to instastories?

I saw people saying there were articles, but there were articles written when Taemin went to Keys show?

I dunno where I'm getting with this, other than enlistment is confusing, I hope Key and Taemin in particular are okay, and I can't wait for this overlong awful enlistment to be over...

Hi Anon.

I have Bubble so I received the scolding directly via text! That was a shocker, lol. I'll give you my unvarnished opinion on this but as a warning, I'm going to be brutally honest about all of it. You're asking completely legit questions here.

The situation is nuanced, and I think for a lot of fans just the idea that they did something Kibum didn't like and felt the need to tell everyone off about was enough to either upset them or make them scared and 'fall in line." I deleted the posts I made and then I reflected because I never share Bubble content. But this time I made an exception — why did I do that? Because EVERYONE did.

So this is my opinion (don't take it as gospel because I have no access to anyone's thoughts). I think Key misjudged the reaction to that photo and how berserk everyone would go. He sees Taemin all the time; we haven't seen his entire face since his birthday in 2022 (lol). And, we've had virtually no communication from him in almost two years. "We" went nuts. Can anyone blame us? No. But Bubble is a paid service, and Kibum always reminds us not to share his shit. I never share anyone's shit publicly anyhow, but again it was ubiquitous, so I joined in. See the problem?

He had every right to get mad and remind of his boundaries and Bubble policy (there are financial penalties you can face for sharing stuff too btw). I also think he probably felt remorse over sending it in the first place since he likely misjudged what would happen. Is it all about breaking Bubble policy? No. And I don't think it's all about him being annoyed at fans breaking his trust either.

Baekhyun did have a personal YouTube account that he setup himself to use to communicate with fans during enlistment. It's my understanding he did this as a way to keep in touch without it having any links to promo/work. But, do you remember how he had to delete it all, and then he came online to tell us it's okay etc? I think that SM caught wind of extra scrutiny on people doing civil service enlistment, and it was a precaution. I also think this is why they've cooled it on Taemari, and it could be one of many reasons why Taemin stopped doing any posts at all. I'm not saying it's THE reason, but I think it's likely a factor.

There is a lot of criticism of celebrities who do civil service enlistment, and that criticism was present before the investigation involving Ravi and others came to light. People have been criticizing the option for years, saying it's how celebrities get out of doing "actual" service (let's put aside arguments about why that's wrong/insane, etc). Instead, put yourself in Taemin's shoes. He started service one way and is finishing it another. Wouldn't you want to avoid public ire and scrutiny over how you're spending your time in enlistment, ie. "living it up" etc. In my opinion, that's the worry over the photo being everywhere and now in news articles.

Why is the concert different? He went with Lee Soo-Man on the non-Beyond Live day as a private citizen, he kept his face covered the entire time—he even dressed low key. I have the same shirt that he wore (lol, imagine my surprise) except it's the branded version. He wore the non-branded version. Though he did have a Prada bag so maybe my argument falls apart but it wasn't like, in your face, was it? Anyhow, I hope you'll see my point. When he went to that soccer game, Jimin and Sungwoon were also there but they were in a fancy box. He did not sit in the box - he was just with the regulars in the stands. It wouldn't look so good to be in a fancy private box when you're supposed to be serving in the military, would it?

When Minho served, whenever he called Taemin he said he could never show his face. He was allowed to call him on VLives (or comment, lol) but he said specifically he can't show his face. They even argued about it. To bring this full circle, Bubble is a paid promotional, parasocial service. Even though for Kibum, sharing the photo is "private," it's still part of his work as an idol. So technically Taemin was in paid content. Is it a big deal? I really don't think it is (also is he definitely not discharged already?! o.O) so no one should feel sad or bad or whatever. Next time anyone shares anything on Bubble, I know it won't get shared. That's just how the fans roll. There's a level of respect here that is a breath of fresh air tbh.

Why is Baekhyun on Twitter whenever he wants but we don't hear from Taemin often? Personal choice. And that's a choice to be respected. It's not our business unless he chooses to share. Existential perspectives aside, we're part of "work" and the man is not in work nor getting paid for it right now, so he doesn't need to do shit. lol.