#obviously he wears an exo suit but hes still just a big fucking guy

[fayewoodss]

The Overwatch fandom on tiktok is so incredibly dense and reactionary. I swear I don't run into the amount of bullshit from OW fans anywhere else except for there. This game has been my special interest since about 2017, both actually playing it and being into the stories and lore that surrounds it. Even when I missed things being away and unable to play, I still caught up with the short stories and comics, and still people are correcting me on the lore while being simultaneously objectively wrong and it's so stupid and I shouldn't be mad, but the information is literally all available for free on Blizzards website and they're just too immensely dense to access it and fact check.

Someone had the audacity to tell me Reaper doesn't have any lore when he has a short story (regardless what you think of it, it's canon), a comic, and a game mode all devoted to him, and beyond that has a ton of features and indirect development from other characters and their stories. He is literally one of the most developed Overwatch characters in game and lore. Meanwhile, we have characters like Zenyatta who has never had sole focus on him and most of what we know on him is through Genji or Ramattra, or even Sigma who had such a killer introduction and so much potential, but with little to no further development beyond in game voice lines.

I love that we're getting more opportunities for story through the animation miniseries, but admittedly it's frustrating when the same handful of characters continuously get their own stories, comic, shorts, and small features when we have 30+ heroes with a good number who've gotten nothing since their release.

Sorry for the rant. I'm just exhausted with the OW fandom of Overwatch because you cannot post anything without a bunch of fucking morons trying to "well actually 🤓" you on easily accessible and accurate information or just straight up harass you for making a simple joke. I know this fandom has a history of toxicity, but this wave of people "correcting" lore who just don't have a clue about the actual OW stories insanely infuriating.

[sugar-petals]

Bts voice analysis anon here! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to respond ❤ it made complete sense why yoongi is the deepest I kinda feel bad for him everytime he wants to sounds cheerful or speak in a way so people can hear him he strains his voice

lot to talk about, i’d like to expand on this. especially what his voice being the deepest means for bts’ songs. plus, where his undiscovered vocal talents are, and in what manner his voice will not strain.

that he’s very introverted contributes to what you say, but yoongi is certainly the odd one out voice-wise, such low baritones hardly sound upbeat. similar to how taehyung being the odd one out in the vocal line whose head voices are literal superpowers. i really respect him for singing with jin and jimin who can climb one octave higher than him, up to C#5! and with jk who has the best technique and breaks into the 6th octave if he goes on like that.

it’s very much like yoongi who probably has to mix their tracks back and forth to fit his parts with hobi (who is a tenor as a rapper! — very uncommon) and namjoon who raps in several modes. very low, very high, very impactfully. he’s the most full-bodied baritone in the group even if he’s only the third-deepest. the tone is just so rich. both hoseok and RM are extreme vocal chameleons on top of that. in speaking and in their music you can hear the difference to yoongi all the time. they don’t suddenly drop in pitch and they’re vocal acrobats.

hobi in particular, this guy can do anything. the sheer agility my god, he connects his registers. he can go up and down, impersonate and do a million effects, adlibs, you know the drill. it’s him who actually owns the “cheerful/loud and clear” brand you mention. which is good if not fantastic for yoongi’s production endeavours, the group mood, and how bts cannot be ignored — but tough for yoongi’s voice and comparison thinking, and when he tries to make a point in interviews. maybe it’s not bad that bts have to slow down sometimes to let yoongi speak, but his tone is drowned out (not intentionally of course) in other occasions and he wakes up hoarse often as we saw. which might sound hot, but it’s not good for him as you say.

to be clear. i wouldn’t chalk down his more monotonous and silent tone as a weakness, it’s just outside of bts’ other vocal variety. he makes up for it with speed and good lungs anyway. we just have to listen more closely to him in talks/episodes/conferences but i think he shouldn’t worry about it either or try to sound more enthusiastic, the fans love his soothing speech for its pure sake. he does change it regardless to be more poignant and blend in. it has pros and cons but it wears him out.

yoongi’s voice is under that strain not just in conversation but also in the studio if he wants to bring connection to the rap line parts instead of having 3 songs in 1. which usually ends up happening anyway. that’s also why the cyphers (!) switch genres mid-song so often: their voices are all strong in different registers! yoongi the lowest, joon midrange, and hoseok up high. 

that’s why cypher pt2 is a HUGE stunt and production masterpiece: hoseok’s part is tuned differently, then other instrumentals start with namjoon. and you can literally hear, okay alright a deep voice is coming! from there it just gets deeper and deeper until yoongi is just rapping over a bass guitar (every baritone’s best friend lmao!). god, please give yoongi a big bassline for his every part. “ugh” is the exact opposite: yoongi has to start too high and namjoon also has problems with the key, only hoseok can fully take off after 1:50 with perfect vocal stability. guess which song is autotuned: it’s not cypher pt2! a 3 in 1 song fuels the rapline in a way where they are most comfortable. it’s crazy how far apart they are among each other vocally and it has to be considered.

it’s a dilemma but also why bts’ rap line can tackle any song with at least one member suiting it. they complement each other, every register (except the rare whistle register, aka what mariah/ariana do) is covered. i think that contributed to bts’ fame, it’s so important. however usually, the song caters to hoseok since tenors are preferred in kpop music, or it caters to RM as he’s the central songwriting entity even if mind you, he always thinks about all the members and works closely with yoongi.

but even with joon’s support, it doesn’t work if yoongi is caught in his wish to be a tenor. we’ve seen how much the guy talks about wanting his range to become wider and how he even tried singing quite high for his standards on d-2. he goes as far as collabing only with sopranos to help him achieve that pitch. yoongi is invested to pretty much change his entire vocal type 🙁because the environment simps for high notes so bad (which is fair, falsetto is related to releasing certain happy hormones and highlights parts in songs, but still).

... he actually can’t, unless he wants to damage his throat. that’s the last thing we want. a listener can get the serotonin from a very deep voice equally if they got good taste.

thing is. you cannot morph yourself into a different vocal type and shift your range to the opposite of your comfort zone unless you’re whitney houston. even one in a million tenors like baekhyun can’t make themselves a baritone. his lowest notes are less clear no matter how hard he practices, even if his chest voice is almost operatic and his technique excels. meanwhile, chanyeol (who’s a lyric baritone and exo’s deepest voice) effortlessly hits them without (!!) that kind of decade-long training. have baekhyun or jimin been called bad singers for not being able to cover the other end of the spectrum? nope. so: why would yoongi be a bad vocalist who needs autotune. with lessons, oh man, he could do a lot and many things he dreams of. he has a very unique timbre and enough musical knowledge to do so.

so, we see the magic of your natural supported range. it’s simply given to you. imagine that: if you know you’re not a tenor, you could sort of outsing jungkook — obviously not by technique, but projection— as long as the song is tailored to you and the notes are low enough. yep, jk’s lower register is not extremely forward. each note is perfectly sung because he’s jk, but his power vocals are settled much higher. joon/tae/yoongi would sound much fuller with huge oomph in those lines. that’s where yoongi would be much more clear-sounding to us. a lot of baritone rappers in kpop would be damn good singers. 

that’s why it’s good how a lot of rappers produce solos on their own so they can try it out. 

you just have to respect that your range usually (not always) goes in one direction. once yoongi rightfully decides to abandon his high note fantasy and goes lower just for fun, we are not safe anymore lmao! exception for range: female singers have an advantage there. trained mezzo-sopranos have great access to the head voice and lower registers since they’re in the perfect middle of the scale. but the guys, forget it, even the baritenors. yoongi’s fullest voice will always be coming from a chesty depth and we love him for it. guy just needs to realize.

that’s why his real challenge is rather somehow tweaking the rap parts so his voice finds good resonance like in “혼술” or even “ddaeng”. where his voice is strong, relaxed, and full and flowing. ddaeng — “boy with luv”, too— is ironically in a very high pitch and again caters to hobi’s tone the most, but: yoongi just scales down to his own octave and it still fits, so — great key choice and musicality! and adaptation. it’s not easy to do. you can tell he plays piano.

he either becomes less easy on the ear or has to autotune himself entirely if he works against his voice. or: goes on a track way outside his supported range (dynamite, WOW). it’s a shame. “daechwita” and “agust d” are such a case: both go into the head voice where your resonance should show the most aka the chorus. there are aggressive belts/snarls/shouts that make more sense for higher, trained voices. yoongi is most famous for raps that are literally designed to fuck up his vocal cords 😷that he’s so skilled as a rapper prevents him from that to a degree, but it’s still not healthy. he adapts a lot to bts’ overall delivery but he doesn’t have to, in fact: he could go in the other direction and it would work even better.

the reason for the title track issue: they are the most energetic. in k-pop, energetic means amping up the pitch. and that’s probably a logical choice and a natural human association. if you make a baritone kpop track with a lot of energy, it probably becomes pretty creepy, uneasy, film noir. but i think that’s exactly yoongi’s thing: to unsettle and critique and rage. i think it could work out. lil nas x is a baritone pulling it off. he achieves energetic title tracks, he honors his vocal type well imo. his live singing is cool af, i need this so hard in the rap landscape. so, it’s not impossible to do.

the trick is probably setting everything to minor key. surprise... yoongi’s challenging title tracks are all in major key. boy with luv: minor key, interesting. the former are extremely difficult for him to do so hats off. “shadow” is more suitable for his baritone as is “burn it”. it needs a very heavy, dark track. which is why it’s good that yoongi has that kind of public image. a baritone’s best genre is not super light and whimsical. that’s why all of our baritone faves are not main vocalists but main rappers. kai, taehyung, jaehyun: low voices in vocal lines are soldiers.

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now a note on yoongi’s best method of singing since it reflects his voice type and brings out the fullness of it. as in, how does it crack and strain less? guess why “사람” is yoongi’s favorite d-2 song to sing. it’s ALL his comfortable range and the singing — very beautifully done —  is in mixed register (= head + chest)! which imo might be his secret weapon. it allows him to do what he longs to do successfuly without going extremely high. bingo.

because: even with baritones, the golden middle is still important. they’re not as deep as a bass, after all. that’s why their voices are so honey-laced in the mixed range and it sounds amazing. heaven, their timbre sounds so seductive. so, it’s wonderful when they find their middle and dare to sing. 

i wish yoongi gets/makes more tracks aimed at just that. in “outro tear” he has to go both too low and too high so it takes a lot of production effort to patch it together. the rapline is doing god’s work to make all their voices sound cohesive without being trained singers. it’s always a trade-off and risk, an immense balance act. “paldogangsan” is hard on yoongi’s voice but works as a whole plus it caters to namjoon to carry the song’s message. the cyphers are chopped up and not chart-friendly but each member is in their comfort zone. 

PS: i said bts’ rap line covers all registers except one. i think that jin is the one to complete bts’ entire spectrum coming from the vocal line. i’m no whistle note expert but dionysus went pretty high up there, i think he might be able to do it. it’s very impressive, even jungkook and jimin probably don’t have access to that register. so, another point for bts being a very ‘complete’ group.

[ifreakinglovewritingsomuch]

SuLay AU/ Over my dead body (Part One)

Pairing: Zhang Yixing x Kim Junmyeon Plot: The leaders of the most powerful vampire empires, in Korea and China, make a deal. marrying their sons, to reunion their countries. The problem is that neither Yixing nor Junmyeon is happy about the arrangement. While Yixing doesn’t want to marry like ever, because he has a new lover every day, Junmyeon is a hopeless romantic and only wants to marry out of love. But it seems like they don’t have a choice. Warnings: I guess none for now… Words: 1480

A/N: I’m starting so many FF. I really hope I can also get to the end with all of them. However, I really like arranged marriage things and EXO vampire AU’s are the best. So enjoy!

“Is dad really marrying you to that Chinese prince?” Junmyeon looked up to his brother Jongin. “Not when I can stop him.” The older grumbled angrily, but he knew that he can’t. The contracts were already signed. Junmyeon felt like he was some object that was just sold off. Of course, he knew his father’s reason for it. There had been problems between Chinese and Korean Vampires for too long, causing many deaths, among both sides. This marriage would help them, that’s obvious. Still, Junmyeon didn’t want to. It’s not the fact that he had to marry a man, he was gay anyway. But he always wanted to marry his true love and that’s obviously not that Chinese price, Zhang Yixing. He didn’t know that much about him, only the things his best friend and his brother could find out. According to Oh Sehun who was never wrong, Yixing loved to make parties, getting drunk on human blood, then ending up with a random guy or girl in his bed. Which basically meant, this guy wasn’t only so not his type, he also was Junmyeon worst nightmare. And the worst about it: his >future husband<.<br>The prince was ripped out of his thoughts when a servant knocked. He asked the man to come in. The servant, obviously first generation and newly turned, enters the room, not daring to look at any of the royal family. “The king send me, with the clothes for the ceremony, in a few days.” Junmyeon nodded, showing the vampire where to put the clothes. When the man was finished the vampire prince stepped closer taking a look at his ceremony clothes. “I have to wear white?” Junmyeon couldn’t believe it, were they serious. “Yeah, sir. Someone has to wear white and the other black…” The servant trailed off when he saw Junymeons angry look. “So I have to represent the woman.” The prince asked not really believing his fate. Jongin chuckled at his brother’s words and earned a death glare too. “Of course you’re the woman in the relationship! You’re smaller than him and all that romantic…” “Shut up!” Junmyeon cut Jongin of. “We’re both the man in the relationship because that’s the point of the gay thing. So why can’t we both wear black?” The servant looked apologetically but also wasn’t able to do anything about it. “Our majesty said so!” “Dad really pisses me off lately!” Junmyeon mumbled, before dismissing the servant, already being tired of the whole marriage thing. “You know that guy Yixing is a total playboy. He has another guy or girl every week, he is totally a top.” Junmyeon groaned at his brother, why couldn’t the younger learn to shut up for once? He plopped down on the couch opposite to his brother and closed his eyes. “I don’t really care who would be top or bottom because I won’t sleep with him anyway. But if, I would be top!” Junmyeon informed his brother, trying to sound not as angry as he felt. Jongin only chuckled at his brother. “Come on, you’re shorter and ro…” “Kyungsoo is also shorter!” Junmyeon cut him off, seeing with delight that the youngers face turned red. And Kyungsoo whos head rested in his lap, not interfering in the conversation until now wasn’t able to stop himself from smirking. So yes the older was able to talk his brother down. “Is the white suit so bad? White suits you, doesn’t it?” Kyungsoo asks because he had the skill, to persuade everyone. Junmyeon sighted, knowing that whether he looked good in white or not he had no other choice. “I know. I guess it’s not even about the suit, more about the whole thing!” Both Jongin and Kyungsoo nodded understandingly. “It’ll be okay brother…we will come and visit you!” “Do you think that’s a relief for me?” Junmyeon chuckled. “Don’t be mean!” Jongin tried acting like he was hurt but failed terribly. Junmyeon would really miss all this, his brother, the house he grew up and just the feeling of being at home. Because there was one thing he was sure about, Zhang Yixing would never be his home!

It was the day of the wedding and Jongdae was worried. Why? Because Yixing was late for the ceremony and it was Jongdae’s duty as the first man, to make sure that this wouldn’t happen. Of course, the older had to get drunk yesterday and leave with some random girl, which means Jongdae had no idea where the other was. When Jongdae was about to send a servant off, to search for the prince.  Yixing stumbled into the room panting. His suit for the ceremony was a total mess, making his first man groan. Why was he Yixings friend again? “Why are you late.” He barked at the other. No one would dare to speak to the prince in this way, but they know each other for so many years and the younger knew how to handle the prince. “I just thought one last round before I’m married, would be a good idea!” Okay, why did Jongdae, even hope that it wasn’t something sexual. “Tell me you at least didn’t wear your suit!” “I had to hurry…” Was Yixing seriously? At least that explained the state the outfit was in. But the good friend Jongdae was, he had already counted on something like that. “There is a second suit in your room. Go and change and then we have to hurry to the mansion.” Yixing nodded before running off, thanking his best man.

They’re in Jongdaes car on their way, to Kim’s family house, where the ceremony would be held. “You haven’t even complained, yet!” Jongdae stated surprised, by how calm the prince was. “Would it matter?” “Not really, but I thought you would at least, complain about your future husband.” The younger vampire explained. “What was his name again,” Yixing asked. Not a surprise that he didn’t even know that. “Kim Junmyeon.” “Kim Junmyeon…?” The prince sighed. “I don’t like that name!” “At least you can keep your name.” “Mhmm…Does he look good?” Jongdae chuckled at the older man’s question, of course, that’s the most important thing. “He and his younger brother are considered to be the most handsome vampires in the whole country.” Yixing only raised his eyebrows, not really convinced by his best friends words. “Many people were really sad because now they both will be taken,” Jongdae told the other. “I don’t care, he can fuck whoever he wants.” “I think he takes marriage a little more serious than you, Yixing. From what I’ve heard he is really romantic.” Jondae had to smile at Yixing’s annoyed face. “Don’t tell me he believes in soulmates and star signs!?” “To be honest I don’t know. ” “Kim Junmyeon…we will see?” Was the last thing Yixing mumbled for the rest of the ride.

Soon they arrived and were immediately greeted by Minseok, who had waited for them. “Nice that you show up too. Your father is really mad, Yixing!” He told them as soon as they left the car. “A prince is never late, the other’s are just simply too early.” Yixing told his older friend, before hugging him. “I never thought you would be the first of us to get married!” “I neither…but let’s do this.” Yixing opened the door to the big hall, looking at all the people that were already there. So there was really no going back anymore. Quickly he walked to his place, earning a glare from his father. And then he turned to the smaller man, in the white suit, looking as annoyed as anyone else here. If you would have asked Yixing if he believed in love at first sighed he probably would have said no, but now when he was facing Kim Junmyeon, his soon to be husband, his whole world seemed to come to a stop. Yixing had never had this feeling looking at any girl or boy before, but something about Junmyeon totally captured him and the feeling of not being able to breath was getting worse. Shit, what was happening?

[cheonjaem-blog]

wanna one as types of boyfriends

yoon jisung:

the walking meme. everything he does is fucking hilarious. you literally have 2000 photos of him on your phone which could be edited into potential memes. there’s never a sad/boring day in your life. he’s actually always super excited about everything and you always sometimes question his mental age but you still think it’s really cute. always makes stupid puns and jokes to make you laugh (that sometimes even results to self degradation). all that makes him happy is seeing you smile, so he makes that his daily goal. likes to send you weird pictures of him using different filters on snapchat that you obviously screenshot. he’s super funny and your whole family loves him, especially the kids. “auntie when are you getting married to uncle jisung?” “soon” “um jisung wtf stop lying to the kids” “i never said i was lying”

ha sungwoon:

the tea sipper. he has the dirt on everyone, and i mean everyone. knows what’s going on in your life, your neighbor’s life, and your second cousin’s uncle’s grandfather’s life. your dates consist of gossiping with the neighborhood aunties every week at the book club he organized. wants to know how your day is and knows you so well that he can tell when your feeling down. sings to make you feel better, and if that doesn’t make you smile, he’ll probably pull out the big guns and start dancing to girl’s day something. doesn’t mind embarrassing himself if it makes you happy :’). doesn’t like it when you call him cute bc he’s “manly not cute”. tries to fight other people when they talk shit about you. talks a lot!!! like when you’re trying to catch some z’s, all he does is talk about how your neighbor’s husband is cheating on her with her sister??? “omg don’t tell anyone but jisoo’s husband is cheating on her with her own sister” “wtf how do you know?? did you stalk her husband again??” “no way, i was throwing away the trash and i saw them?? coincidentally??”

hwang minhyun:

the perfectionist. a little ocd and always needs everything to be super clean and organized. he told you that he had perfect attendance in school and always had straight a’s. his skin is perfect, his visuals are perfect, and his voice is perfect. sometimes you feel like he’s too good for you, but then you remember how much of an awkward loser he is in real life. texts you the most romantic things, but can’t say it in person to you. you like to tease him a lot for being an awkward antisocial person. very easily embarrassed person. not a big pda person. blushes a lot. doesn’t know how to convey his feelings into words or actions, but it’s okay bc you know he’s trying hard. he looks like a cold tsundere but sike he’s a soft mochi on the inside. smiles a lot more now bc “you make me happy i guess”. 

ong seongwoo:

the prankster. he loves messing around with you and pissing you off. one time he put blue dye into your body wash and you came out of the shower looking like a smurf. you guys end up having prank wars and once you even super glued his feet into his shoes. when he’s not thinking of ingenious plans to prank you, he’s actually a really sweet boyfriend. sometimes he takes you out on spontaneous dates to that fancy restaurant across town to make up an excuse to see you wear a beautiful dress. but he loves taking you on midnight rides. like he’ll drive you in silence as you enjoy the night sky and talk to you about random things and let you rant about your inner thoughts. “stop staring at me ong!! focus on the road” “you’re just too beautiful. you distracted me”

kim jaehwan:

the musician. he confessed to you in broad daylight while playing the guitar and singing a song written for you. you guys were sitting on a bench in the city and he randomly whips out his guitar and starts singing. a crowd gathers around you eventually, and they cheer when you accept his confession. he likes to write songs in the middle of the night, so you’ll probably wake up at 3 AM and hear him playing random chords on the piano and writing lyrics in the dark. he writes songs thinking about you and likes to sing to you when you have trouble sleeping. also super extra!! likes to boast about things that he can’t do like karate and playing soccer. he told you that he used to play soccer in middle school, but when you actually took him out to play he said “yeah i played soccer. i played fifa” “ugh i hate you so much right now”

kang daniel:

the gamer. he’s a huge fucking loser, and he loves playing league and overwatch and basically every game ever. tried to teach you how to play league once but you never understood anything, so he ended up carrying the team and winning. spends 95% of his time indoors, but he also likes to cuddle with you when he’s gaming. makes you sit on his lap while he wraps his arms around you and rests his chin on your head when he plays. likes taking you to comicon or any other nerdy convention. but it’s endearing to see him so excited about cosplayers. “cosplay with me next year” “lol how about a no”

park jihoon:

the prince. on top of his handsome looks and dancing skills, he was also born with a silver spoon in his mouth. buys you everything you’ve ever wanted and then some. but you’re not interested in materialism ok yes you are but you’re more interested in him. so he doesn’t really understand love?? like he’s always been loved by his parents but he tries his hardest to convey his feelings for you without extravagant gifts. like this is the first time someone told him that they didn’t want a new car and he doesn’t understand why you don’t want a mercedes benz but it’s your loss?? he takes you to nice dates at super expensive high end restaurants while you assure him that getting a take-away pizza is always fine too. wears gucci and givenchy and saint laurent and tries to buy you clothes from there too but one dress is worth more than your life??? he likes to sleep on your shoulder while you stroke his hair. really cute relationship full of $$$. if you need a sugar daddy you know who to call. “you want a new car?” “wtf no i want a new boyfriend” “>:((((”  

park woojin:

the shy turned wild one. yeah he was really shy when you first met but now he wildin. you tried taking him to a family party once but he was getting too into his dancing and ended up grinding the floor. what happened to the shy bean that couldn’t look you in the eye?? sometimes he’s still really shy around people he just met, and he kind of attaches himself to you. but dancing really makes him let everything go, and he tries to teach you choreographies to your favorite songs. taught you how to dance to red velvet and exo and rap to okey dokey. dates consists of dance lessons and chilling at home watching smtm together. bet milk tea on who’s going to make it to the finals. “yo it’s gonna be nucksal” “oh hell no i’m betting on hangzoo” “wow it’s only bc you like zico & dean more smh i thought you loved me”

bae jinyoung:

the nerd that turned hot. you known him since elementary school but boy did he glow up in high school. the last thing you remember was him being that smart nerd that never talked, but now he has a whole army of girls chasing after him. outside appearance may have changed but he’s still a nerd. dates consists of chilling at home and watching the latest episode of the anime y’all like while cuddling. takes you to animecon where you cringe at the weebs but where he enjoys every moment of it. likes taking you to manga and anime stores. dreams of going to japan with you. also likes to buy you cute couple charms for your phone. “i bought you the touka charm bc you’re the touka to my kaneki” “you’re such a fucking weeb lmao but sasaki is better”

lee daehwi:

the foreign swagger. yeah he lived in america for 4 years, that’s why he’s here man. just kidding, he’s a super adorable boyfriend that sometimes mixes up his languages when he’s flustered. super caring and always frets over you. nags you a lot when you get sick. “i told you not to go outside without a jacket!” but really good music tastes. makes different spotify playlists for you to listen to when you’re sad or tryna to get turnt. likes shopping dates!! he is your personal fashion designer and buys cute dresses when he thinks you look cute in them. “i thought this color suited you really well, so i bought it!” “um but it says it’s $300″ “oops?”

lai guanlin:

the athlete. he likes every sport but he’s super obsessed with basketball dude. like he’ll take you out to the nearest basketball court to shoot with him even if you can’t make a shot for your life. dw he’ll teach you the proper shooting form and how to dribble. you’ll end up having lots of cute basketball dates and afterward he’ll probably take you out for ice cream. likes to rest his head in your lap as he practices his shooting form laying down. lots of after-practice cuddles. “ew guanlin you’re so sweaty. get off of me” “no i like staying with you like this”

[xiumin-on-this-shit]

All My Idols Ch 7: Lists, Fanclubs, and Lay

“Noona, what are you talking about?” GD whines as he sits up, pulling me on to his lap. The other boys follow suit, sitting up and trying to rub the sleep out of their eyes without ruining their makeup. I, on the other hand, know my makeup is already messed up so I don’t mind making my raccoon eyes even worse.

“Our lovely Charlie, even in her sleepy state, has been able to woo not only our company’s Ikon but also BTS. Their managers have came and started asking questions about her, I blew them off but if their boys pester them enough they will be back with more questions and won’t go away as easily. Not to mention a few other groups that are asking around about the pretty foreigner who was being lead around by Ikon.” She looks to me, “Lottie, what did I tell you about that magic potion of yours’.”

“Here I thought it was just my amazing good looks that drew guys to me,” For once, she did not appreciate my playfulness; her mouth pressed into a thin line. “Look, I don’t know what you want from me Unni. I got lost, ran into Ikon, who offered to walk me back but all these boys kept popping up.”

She lets out a stressful sigh before plopping down on the couch beside us, “I know Lottie, I’m sorry, it’s just that…” I can see her struggling to find the right words.

“It’s just that the more people who know about you the more likely chance the fans, of any group, will also find out about you and we don’t know what will happen when they do. You know how people react when an idol comes out with a girlfriend. Imagine how they will react to a girl who is incredibly close with big bang and friends with other popular groups.” GD finishes for her.

“Not to mention the fact that you are already so busy with work that you barely have time for us, and we aren’t happy with the idea of sharing you,” Top ads with a little smirk.

“Thank you guys for worrying about me. But I’m a big girl I can take care of myself when it comes to fans, and who needs sleep, I would much rather be with friends. And when it comes to sharing me, you guys will always be my favorite oppas, no one can take your place.” I smile sweetly at them and they give me one back.

Seungri’s eyes narrow on me, “So we’re your number one oppas?”

I nod.

“Not your number one idol group?” He doesn’t look offended, just kind of annoyed and amused. “I know we don’t talk about it but where are we on your list?”

Oh fuck.

“Seungri,” Unni comes into defend me but Youngbae cuts her off.

“No, Seungri is right to ask that, if we are going to have to deal with these other guys around our Charlie we should at least know how she feels about them, as idols of course.”

I begin chewing on my lip when all the boys and Unni turn to look at me. GD’s grip on me has only tightens, I can feel his nervousness about my response. In fact I can feel that everyone is nervous, not just me. We have never talked about my bias list beyond their group because it has always made us uncomfortable to talk about people they know and that I awkwardly like.

“Are you guys sure you want me to tell you?”

“Are we really that low on your list?” Top teases but I know he is a little offended.

I’m quick to response, “No, no, no!  You are all in my top 10.”

His eyebrows raise, “We aren’t the top 5?”

I shake my head awkwardly.

“Okay lets do this, start from number 1,” Seungri demands as he leans forward, suddenly serious.

“No,” Unni buds in as she grabs a piece of paper and a pen to write it down, “I’m enjoying their stressing, start from 10.” She smiles at me.

With a deep breath I start, “This just based off you guys as idols, before I even knew you guys,” I clarify. They all nod eagerly, wanting me to continue, “Seungri.” Automatically Seungri is up on his knees, slamming his hands down on the coffee table.

“I’m at the bottom?” He nearly yells with a deep pout.

Youngbae kicks him, “Ya! We already kind of guessed that now shut up so we can know where we are on this list.”

“Sorry Charlie, please continue,” GD says with a small smile.

“Winner’s Mino.”

“That little punk beat me!” Seungri is up again, earning another kick and scolding from Youngbae.

“BTS’s J-hope.”

Youngbae already has Seungri flat on the floor with his feet firmly on his back so he can’t get back up unless allowed. He’s giving me a sweet smile for me to continue.

“Daesung Oppa,” I look at him, worried he would be upset with his placement but he just smiles widely at me, just happy to be on the list. “Jooheon from Monsta X. Youngbae oppa,” Again I stop and look at my oppa.

“Don’t worry about me Charlie, I’m satisfied that I’m above this fool.” He puts a little more force on Seungri’s back, earning a whine from the younger.

“You guys promise you won’t be mad about the next one right?”

Their eyebrows go up, but Unni speaks, “Don’t tell me, it’s someone from Ikon.”

I nod, “B.I.”

“Really?”

“Yep.” I pop my lips on the p.

GD take a deep breath, “I’m somewhere on this list right?”

“Yes, you are number 3!”

He releases the deep breath and relaxes he grip on me, “Thank god, I was going to kill that kid if not and take his place.”

“Where does that leave me?” Top asks with a big confident smile.

I actually feel bad when I say, “At number 2.” The rest of the boys laugh loudly at their hyung getting shut down, Unni is even hunched over laughing.

“Who the hell is at number one?” Top asks standing with his arms crossed over his chest.

“Top sit your butt down or I won’t let her tell you,” Unni says as she tries to stop laughing. Top drops back to his seat, still mumbling with a blush across his handsome face. “Go a head.”

“Xiumin from EXO.” As soon as the words are out of my mouth, I’m dumped on the couch as all of them stand over me like fathers about to scold a child.

“We lost to that little chipmunk!” Seungri snaps.

“Seriously Charlie? What the hell does he have that we don’t?” Top growls.

“Thank you for the list of people you are never allowed to interact with,” GD says as he snatches the list away from Unni who is dying of laughter at their loss.

“Ya!” I pout. “You can’t do that!”

“And why not?”

“Because I am a grown adult, not some child you can control. As I said this list was from before I knew you guys. I could say again, that you guys are my oppas not the idols I had posters of in my bedroom anymore, but I have feeling that won’t matter.” I snap back at them.

I’m surprised when Youngbae cracks a smile, “You had posters of us in your room?”

“Oh good I didn’t say that out loud did I?” I bury my face in my hands. Youngbae comes up and hugs me, laughing loudly.

“Our little princess had posters of us in her room, that’s so cute!” He swings me around as he laughs.

“Which one?” Daesung asks, giving me his large goofy smile when Youngbae lets me go.

“It’s has GD oppa with some multicolored fur, Youngbae oppa is blonde, Dae oppa looks really pretty, Top oppa is running his hand through his hair, while Seungri oppa is wearing some orange tie-dyed shirt.”

“I remember that one, do you still have it?” GD is now grinning happily.

“It’s on my wall at home with a few other posters.”

“Really?”

“Yea, I figured it would fit in better here than if I left it back in America.”

“Omo,” GD hugs me this time, “Our princess is so cute!”

“So are we all good?” I ask when GD lets me go.

“Yes Princess,” Daesung uses my new nickname cutely.  “We are always good, we are just going to get a little jealous now and than.”

“But we will always be your favorite, right?” Top pinches my cheeks.

“Of course.”

After a nice moment, Unni jumps up and says, “Now that all that is out of the way, about the show we are here for. You guys have thirty minutes to be at the stage.”

They let out a chorus of groans.

“Can one of the makeup unnies fix my makeup?” I ask Unni.

“Yea, give me a minute.” She runs into the hall for a minute, returning with a pretty girl about my age. The girl has me sit in one of the chairs in front of one of the many vanities. She quickly touches up my eye makeup, fixing my wings and eye shadow, unable to do much for my foundation since she didn’t have any dark enough to match my tan skin. When my make up is fixed, we head down the hall, my head down and sandwiched in between Top and GD. We reach the side of the stage and the guys are hooked up to their mics. They are talking to me none stop, explaining everything and everyone. I listen happily, enjoying the way their faces light up as they talk.

When it’s their turn to go on stage they place kisses on my forehead, much to Unni’s displeasure, and head out to their placements. I watch amazed as their switches flip from my oppas to the idol group big bang and I have to remind myself not to scream along with the crowd. I’m much to distracted by my amazing oppas to notice the group of staring boys collecting around me. But Unni makes me realize it when she wraps her arm around my shoulders and pulls me closer. Looking over my shoulder I see not only BTS but also Got7 obviously gawking at me with no shame.  

“That love potion of yours’ must be strong tonight,” Unni whispers in my ear.

“Just don’t look at them, maybe they will go away,” I whisper back, urging her to look forward.

“Trust me, I’ve heard them talking,” A manly voice whispers in my other ear, “they will not be going away anytime soon of their own free will.” Unni and I both snap our heads to see Junhoe smiling down at both of us. “Noona, you got your make up fixed,” His face gets closer to mine so I can hear him over the music. “But they smudged it a little,” He reaches out and rubs away the smudge on my temple and smiles cutely. “All better.”

“Junhoe-ah,” Jinhwan comes up and swats Junhoe’s hand away from my face, “You can’t just touch the princess like that.” The oldest scolds cutely.

“I see you have a fan club!” Bobby teases as he joins us, gesturing to the growing group of boys, now adding a few of Seventeen’s members and I fear the rest will soon join.

“Can you make them go away?” I ask, more like plead, not want my oppas to come back to a group of boys gawking.

“Don’t worry about them, the minute the hyungs walk off stage they will scatter.” As he says that the song is over and my oppas quickly come off stage with big grins plastered on their sweaty but still handsome faces. I start clapping and smiling like an idiot when they reach me; trying to forget the boys, who like Bobby said, scattered but didn’t go far.

With an ear to ear grin GD asks, “How was it?”

“It was absolutely amazing! I have never been so happy!” I say happily, earning another forehead kiss from GD.

“I’m so happy our princess enjoyed the show,” His eyes shift to Ikon who has collected next to me. “And with your knights.” He teases the boys. They all take a step away from me, not enjoying the death glares they are receiving from Top, especially B.I.

“I may not mind this knight thing,” Youngbae steps up and places a hand on B.I’s shoulder, holding it tightly. “They can watch our little princess when we’re on stage, keeping all the other boys at bay,” His eyes scan back stage, stopping on each boy group that had been staring at me with interest.

“Leave the boys alone,” Unni scolds, taking Youngbae’s hand away from poor B.I. “We need to go talk about a few things,” She looks at me, “You can stay here with your knights.” My oppas glare at her while Ikon smiles like idiots.

“Noona,” Top starts but Unni cuts him off.

“It’s boring things Lottie has no interest it, she can sit out here and have more fun.” With that, the conversation is done and the boys are being dragged away by Unni, giving me apologetic stares. I would be lying if I say that I’m not at least a little comfortable with Ikon, most of them are younger than me so the lack of formality and their friendliness does help.

“We finally get the princess to ourselves!” Bobby yells happily, grinning like an idiot, making laugh. They stare at me, “I think that’s the first time we’ve heard you laugh.”

“It’s not that rare of an occurrence,” I smile at them.

“But I have a strong feeling that us see you is going to be rare,” Jinhwan responds.

“Yea probably, but you have more of a chance than those other boys since I spend most of my free time at YG.”

I’m surprised when Donghyuk speaks, “I feel like you don’t get much free time.”

“And you would be right.” They all frown, “But since we don’t have much time to talk before it’s your turn to go on stage lets not talk about my shitty schedule.”

They smile at that. We talk and talk for only twenty minutes but I feel completely at ease with them by the time they have to go on stage.

“How do we look?” Chanwoo asks as they all strike a pose together, earning a giggle from me. I try to not smile as I give each of them a once over, feeling completely envious of their perfectly ripped skinny jeans or tight leather pants. They are all wearing their nice leather jackets, and I have to admit they all look really good.

“You guys look hot,” I tease them, wanting to ruffle their hair but not wanting to mess up what stylist Unnies must have worked hard on. Most try not to blush except for Bobby and Junhoe who grin like the cocky guys that they are. They all quickly rush out on stage to begin dumb and dumber, one of my favorite songs.

I didn’t think about what would happen when they would leave me alone, I especially did not think sweet Lay from EXO would bump into me, almost knocking me on the ground. But thankfully, he catches me, wrapping his arms around me.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry!” His sweet sounding voice apologizes again and again. I’m far too dazed to make him stop and until his frown seems to deepen at my lack of response. “Are you okay?”

It takes me another minute to respond, “Yea, sorry, I’m okay thank you.”

“No, no, no, it’s my fault, I’m sorry,” He starts again with apologizes.

“Lay-ssi, it is completely fine.” I say sternly to stop his worrying.

He seems surprised at the sound of his name, “I’m sorry but do I know you?”

I shake my head awkwardly, “No, I’m actually a fan of yours.”

His eyes light up, “Really? Well I’m so luck to have such a pretty fan.” I blush at his words., as another thought occurs to me. I begin glancing around for the rest of EXO, not wanting to see them. Even though Xiumin is my bias I kind of fear EXO as a whole, not that I’m afraid of them, just that I will get so nervous and weird and say the wrong thing I would like to avoid them. Lay has always one I would like to talk to, not that he isn’t as attractive as the others or didn’t affect me ask much as them, his atmosphere is just much more relaxed and welcoming. “Is something wrong?”

I shake my head again.

Another smile graces his handsome face, “I feel bad not knowing your name.”

“Charlie.”

“Charlie,” He tests the name out on his tongue.

“Princess,” Bobby calls as they walk off the stage to Lay and I.

I quickly get myself out of Lay’s embrace before clapping for them, “You guys are great! I have always wanted to see you live!” I giggle gleefully.

“Why thank you my lady,” Yoonhyung says with a bow.

“I see you made more friends,” B.I says with a smile and a bow at Lay.

“You already have lots of friends, I see,” Lay smiles affectionately at me.

I grin and dramatically brush my hair out of my face, “What can I say, I’m a popular person. I mean I may not be on your guys level yet, there aren’t any fan clubs or posters but I’m pretty amazing.”

“I don’t know about the no fan club thing, you will probably have one by the end of the night if you keep bumping into people,” Jinhwan comes to stand next to me. He bows to Lay, “Hello Sunbaenim, where are your other member?”

“They should be coming around the corner any second.”

“Really?” I ask neverously.

Lay seems a bit taken back by my not so happy response, “I thought you were a fan?”

“I am I just-“ I’m cut off by someone yelling for Lay.

Fuck they’re here.