#ted-hyung

[existingingrey]

The SCJW ship is so delicious. Both of them have feelings for each other, but neither will confess coz in Jeongwoo's mind *Sangcheol can’t forget his late wife*, while initially Sangcheol's conscience won't let him *in his mind Jeongwoo will say yes if he asked coz he feels grateful for everything Sangcheol is doing for him* SC won't want to take advantage of that. Then when he feels like that might not be the case and steels his resolve to ask he thinks Jeongwoo is getting close to Haseol.

When Jeongwoo first visits Sangcheol’s house and sees the wedding photos, he’s probably shocked to realize Sangcheol was married. So, he tries to test the waters by asking, “Did you leave your wife in Seoul?”only to find out she died on their wedding day. Suddenly, all of Sangcheol’s disdain towards criminals made sense, and Jeongwoo realizes he really hasn’t forgotten her.

On the other hand, Sangcheol had been attracted to Jeongwoo from the first moment he saw him, but he treated him poorly due to his misunderstanding. Then he felt guilty and couldn’t approach him for a long time. However, during their cohabitation, he noticed Jeongwoo’s affection towards him and began to openly care for him, worrying about him freely and even downloading couple apps.

When Jeongwoo asked about Sangcheol's late wife, he thought the moment had finally come and candidly shared his feelings, which allowed Sangcheol to feel liberated from his past. And he started envisioning a future with Jeongwoo in it.

After the case is resolved and the retrial concluded, Jeongwoo thought his connection with Sangcheol was over. As a final gesture, he called him "hyung" pouring all his affection and love in the single word and embraced Sangcheol. On the other hand when Jeongwoo hugged him, Sangcheol became certain that the feelings were mutual and decided to ask Jeongwoo after he is settled well in Seoul.

After that, however, Jungwoo begins to maintain a strange distance, leaving Sangcheol feeling confused. And one day Jeongwoo tells Sangcheol that he has enrolled in the same medical school as Ha Seol, Sangcheol thinks Jeongwoo and Haseol are getting close. He takes a step back and decides to take his feelings and bury them somewhere deep. (Noh Sangcheol you idiot)

In conclusion they will keep pining over each other for months... And....

[teamhawkeye]

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[peachjagiya]

Do you ever think about how Taehyung's message to Jungkook was "hyung will go first" despite the fact that they'd already watched two members go in at that point?

And how it's a statement that draws a distinct line between themselves as members and themselves as a standalone pairing?

And how it's a reassurance he only extended to Jungkook that day?

Taehyung's not first of seven. But he's first of two.

And that's my TED talk.

[sweetheartsaku]

—ot5 txt ; txt as a little more than friends

a/n : [fem!reader] AHH MY VERY FIRST REQ BY @bxckkdoor 😞💞💞 thank u sm u have no idea how grateful i am jskdeds <33 im so sorry this took so long... theres been some things happening irl rn </3

lupine !

yeonjun ; espresso - sabrina carpenter

ALWAYS HYPING YOU UP whether that be on your latest insta post, most recent snap, on call as your studying or even when you’re getting up to order something 😭💗

the best friend who hyung card activates when he sees you slightly uncomfortable from pricks on public transport or anyone, he finds a slight threat. on trams, one hand is on the handle, and one is wrapped around your torso (not waist cuz yall are ‘friends’ and doesn’t wanna make you uncomfortable!) BOUNDARIES PPL

JEWELLERY MAKING!! mentioned in another ot5 post, he loves making little bracelets or picking some cute ones up from stalls. gets cute and silly charms that remind him of you

prefers to take you out to night markets and restaurants, preferably cold dessert or ramen at home. loveloveloves both!!!

soobin ; must be love - laufey

loves to take pictures of sunsets, but ever since you guys became friends its always you taking a picture of the sunset too 🥹 2 of his favourite sights <3

has absolutely no hesitation in sending things over to your house. whether you’re sick and need food, falling behind and need books, hungry and want takeout, mention it once and the uber is at the door

CUTEST photo booth results. when you pass one, yall are bound to snap a couple pictures. you both have quite a collection of photo booth pics, and obviously some polaroids too!! always a couple on your wall and the back of your laptop and the back of his phone.

offers to carry you when your heels get too painful. thats it. thank you for coming to my ted talk.

beomgyu ; you get me so high - the neighborhood

mentions you in vids on tiktok that say iconic duos and it’s your initials with his, or sends you videos that are like 2 friends doing the candy bowls trend with MHA paper wigs on LOL

waits for you to tie your laces if he doesn’t get to them first. most of the time he’ll crouch in front of you and watch you tie them. sometimes you just need to wag your foot and he’s already there subconsciously but it's never in a slave way?? just a habit 😭 “can u tie my laces” “you’re so LAZY smh.” proceeds to tie them

weirdly knows when you’re not sleeping. he’ll text you on a day where you’ve never implied you were going to stay up, so when you get a text from beomgyu its like he knows you so well “GO TO SLEEP???” “EHY DO U HSVE CAMERAS ON ME”

writes your initials on everything!!!!!!! sometimes yeah he'll sneaky a heart over your paired letters, and loves to doodle over your arm or something <3 quite the artîst i say

taehyun ; don't wanna fall in love - KYLE

as much as i don't like saying grabby hands he does it sometimes. when you cross the road, his hands expect to be around yours when you cross. very endearing 10/10 would steal my heart in an instant

very playful sometimes 🥹 (THE VOICESS I CAN'T HOLD IT IN ANYMORE TAEHYUN I LOVE YOUU) bumps his waist onto yours, lightly hits you with whatever's light, just likes to be fun and cozy with you. is very comforting and easy to open up with!!

he gives super nice massages. i dunno. like out of the blue, you or him will be talking to someone and his hands are on your shoulders. he's very gentle with it, and the tension in your body slips away so quickly.

lots of mirror selfies (kinda wants u to compliment him hehe)!! whether it's a new fit, in the changing room, at the gym! he's so pretty i cannot do this anymore.

kai ; forever out of time - tokyo tea room

the most FUN (friend?) dates EVERRRR!!! whether it be visiting the animal shelter, going on picnics, ice-skating, but last but not least (and also his favourite) is simply staying at his or your house and play cozy games on the switch :)) don't forget the noodles, blankets and movies!

his hands brush over yours way more than a normal friend should. maybe it's from being so used to clinging onto his arm or something, it's like magnetised. his arm is like... ALUUUUUURRING.

SO MANY 0.5S AND TIKTOKS. always filming something cute and trendy, a dance, sentimental trend. like yeonjun is always hyping you up in posts or stories, commenting liking favouriting EVERYTHING!!!

wrote the date you guys met on his controller. very small, on the right corner of his switch, in white paint pen with a smiley face next to it (he's so sweet i will cry on you)

[hehearse]

hello tumblr user hehearse. another ask BUT this time its NOT torturous song associations! i would just like to ask if you have specific thoughts on jinjae. because theyre SO fucking weird abt each other and they have me in a grip. i would like to know your thoughts on them ^^

GASP branching out aren't we? :D

i think they are incredibly fun. and horrible in their own way.

i love the fact that shj is NOT under yoojin's key word effect and he is Just Like That TM. bear with me for a sec. i was having yet another ted talk with dearest achro juuust recently about them, SO THERE ARE SOME HALF COHERENT THOUGHTS READY

i like how shj being the adult and not under the keyword effect gives some. agency in a way. so you know how yoohyun gets all the love despite him being the way he is. for the price of him moulding his entire being around yoojin? or more like HE decides THAT is the price and the only context for the love to be deserved and a fair trade so to speak. when he breaks the mould, he does not lose the privilege of being loved. he was chosen when he was that way to begin with. and anyway, yoojin gives so much leeway to yoohyun even in the frame of his views on good and bad - because love runs deep, and there are many things he'll let slide or let go, as long as yoohyun - and other kids - are happy.

but shj is an adult, not yoojin's kid. might sound obvious but. that gives him agency to fuck up his relationship with yoojin, and he actively chooses not to do it when he moves to the "partner" stage!! (because hyunje very clearly was feeling out the boundaries in the beginning, wasn't he? pushing and pushing and poking the rot until yoojin cracked. and what a surprise that was huh. huh, shj?? he stopped after that. the lines established (by him) and he was not. entirely happy about what he saw, even if incredibly intrigued)

additionally. there is something to say about the playful lines they draw. yoojin has his pride and wants to at least APPEAR strong even when he is struggling. and in places where yoohyun or yerim would fluster him with excessive care and worry, shj gives him enough space to pretend for a bit. even if they both know he's lying. he lies himself too, to save yoojin his pride, doesn't he? the "ah, it's just my whims" attitude? isn't it easier to accept the lavish gifts and such when it's not personal? might just use since he is clearly an eccentric rich s class, right? (that shoots them both in the foot with yoojin feeling insecure, like shj can drop him at any point in time, but that's different story)

plus! plus!! the thrill of biting back at someone so powerful. the excitement of toying with the guy everyone feels threatened by. ^^ (and of course the fun of peeling of perfect appearance and seeing this sung hyunje who doesn't eat bread crusts, likes fishing and being annoying and playing into jokes and is SO good at it he catches on instantly, just give him an opening. a secret persona. makes you feel special, doesn't it?)

while love for yoojin seems natural (oh yoojin. the most guy ever. gah.), sung hyunje too. makes adjustments to win points. like with him treating yerim seriously, him taking in account yoohyun's possessiveness when proposing giving only one of his eyes to blind yoojin (because you know. yoohyun would be unhappy if he didn't get a chance to give his eye to his hyung. and he is his hyung's number one. so shj can't not take it into account - he likes his place number two after all).

ANYWAY. i think yoojin needs an Adult TM who won't necessarily break apart without him. but who would still like to have him around and let yoojin bully him a bit as a treat. and sung hyunje needs someone who can not only tolerate his nasty personality up close, but would ALSO bite back without a fear of retribution. makes life more fun that way. i suppose you can say they both need someone who would entertain their bullying but not leave or get scared or break apart. ^^

[whatifyoulivelikethat]

Do you have a favorite story that you've written?

answer under break bc wiyllt is a yapper

I only post my writing if I think it is to my standards. A big part of my standards is my own personal enjoyment in some way. I write a lot, not all of it is posted, and so I yap.

I believe a lot of you know me from my 'a-dick-ted' series. It is one of the stories I am the most proud of. Although I feel like my writing style is different now, I still probably wouldn't change it as there is something about the choppy style that adds to the surrealness of it.

'a–dick–ted' > dancing on dreams > dreaming in reality > was it a dream > lucid dreams > dreams are made of this > dream sirens > wildest dreams > nightmare > the dream ends

The other one many know me from is 'twelve hours' (part i and part ii). Fun fact: I wrote this in 3 days (and probably in an episode of mania tbh). I remember writing this one vividly; I took the images from my head to transcribe into words and it felt like my hands couldn't keep up with my brain (even more than usual XD).

Next one I want to note is 'gotcha' and 'the days without you'. I did not intend to write 'tdwy' from the start but when I finished it I realized it made the entire arc complete. Sex is typically tied to romantic love (or casual flings or in some cases weaponized), however 'tdwy' contains sex with platonic love that I felt was appropriate for the characters in question. Some readers have asked questions about it as it isn't something that is usually depicted. It is unique in that way.

A more recent one is 'peppermint gum' (part i and part ii). It's basically about love and life and what we concede in the face of reality (which can be argued is a prevailing theme in my work, although this one is more straightforward about it). To love someone is to realize both of your realities are not the same, but despite the differences you may find yourselves aligned at just the right time.

And there's a special place for 'journey (to the dick)'. Is it a literary masterpiece? You decide. But it led me to writing 'the hell house' (hyung line >> maknae line) and having a silly excuse to write ridiculous monster sex was a highlight in my life. Which probably says a lot about me. Eh.

[orikiys]

✿ ✿ 〞zb1 with a chubby s/o

✰ pairings : hyung line!zb1 × fem!reader

✰ genre : romance + fluff

✰ warnings: mentions of insecurity, eating and bodyshaming

✰ word count : 0.7k+ words

��₊ৎ jiwoong

jiwoong loves you so much. including all the flaws of you. why won't he? you provided him with just as much unconditional love and support so he does the same

when he sees you glued to your phone and not even wanting to talk to him he knows there's definitely something wrong.

the moment he sees you step out without your phone he'll go on previous apps you were and try to understand what caused you to be so quiet today

there it is. those models on social medias.

at first he didn't know what to do in order to make you feel better. for a few minutes he was just contemplating until he got just the perfect idea.

from that day he began purposely complimenting you.

every morning he would give you a ted talk on things he loves about you and would gaze at you lovingly.

he didn't know how and when it started to work on you.

he just wanted you to see yourself the way he saw you.

in his eyes, there's no one as beautiful as you

and jiwoong is always there, right by your side whenever you doubt yourself.

along with that he's super protective of you. when he hears some girls talk about how you should not be dating him he would probably throw a nasty glare in their direction.

he just hates it so much.

and he hates it even more when you listen to someone else and start overthinking.

౨₊ৎ zhanghao

zhanghao loves every bit of you, he'll often even tell the boys that he loved your eyes and what not. he can go on for hours elaborating and almost all of his friends know you so well without even meeting you from all the times hao ranted

if, he ever sees you become insecure he, himself will feel sad. he'll think where he went wrong or what he didn't do which made you overthink

just to make you understand how beautiful you truly are he will take you to a beach. and while resting he will pick up a few pebbles and choose the one with uneven surface

when you ask him why, his answer would be that no one is perfect and he chose that pebble because it stood out to him and reminds him of you. outshining everyone else, yet you don't realise how beautiful you truly are

he will literally talk to you for hours going in depth and acting as your personal therapist just to make you feel better.

౨₊ৎ hanbin

he didn't know it started. but whenever you're asleep, especially on your side with your face pressed into the pillow he just finds it so adorable!

he loves the way your cheeks gets squished when you sleep or when you eat

he can't help but squish your face

he just finds it so adorable

he has an entire folder of photos filled with your squishy cheeks

he describes you as his peach

during one of your cuddling sessions he would just kiss your cheeks continuously and after some time it gets ticklish for you too so it would now turn into a tickle session how cute

he loves feeding you food.

he loves cooking for you and feeding you!

he considers it as an achievement

probably surprises you every other day with coffees he learnt

would probably get mad if you say something negative about your body.

would probably scold you too, just like a mom.

but will also listen and comfort you whenever you feel really really insecure

whenever you do your skincare routine hanbin watches you intensely

and upon sensing that sharp gaze you end up calling him over to help you

he gently applies the moisturising cream onto your face and giggles happily while massaging it

౨₊ৎ matthew

this guy loves you so much!

he would bite your cheek playfully

he would pepper your entire body with kisses if he wants to

whether he's at work or out with the boys he'll always send you sappy texts along with some pickup lines

he's a shameless flirt but only with you! he loves to see you blush or bite your lip when you get shy

he just loves everything about you

along with that he's also the sweetest boy! will send you flowers through TEXT if he ever forgets to buy one

will send you photos of corgis or huskies saying they reminded him of you!

he's extremely protective of you as well. if he hears anyone giving talking bad about you, hitting on you or doing anything to make you question your relationship with him, he won't hesitate to have a chat. 🩵

thank you anon! i hope you like this as well ! <33

[latinapoetbts]

You, I Want You - KTH | Y/N ~ Reader Insert [Latina/Noona love]

Summary: Y/N Latina Noon Reader is separated from her asshole husband. He has been verbally and psychologically abusive. She is in the process of reinventing herself by pursuing her master's degree. She gets invited to the club and feels out of place as if she doesn't fit in with this crowd of younger college students. Tae Hyung is determined to show her that she belongs and that he finds her more than just attractive.

Labels: Smut/ Sex & alcohol, reference to mental health struggles (anxiety, depression), Cheating/Separated, club scene, age gap better reader and KTH, reader older by at least 4 to 5 years, jealousy. (3 part one shot, I am copying this from my AO3 Account)

You, I want you| Chapter 1:

You weren’t exactly sure why you were here.  At first you told yourself it wasn’t a big deal, you're still young. You often told yourself, ‘so what if you're not a traditional college student, you're in a masters program’ .  Your classmates often commented they never thought you were older than 25. But their youthful and single club shenanigans were a constant reminder that you were 8-10 years older. You were the only one with a child and the second married person in the class. Yet for some reason they insisted on you coming with them. You had been with them plenty of times to have a drink after late night classes but that was different than going to a club. You had told them “no” everytime, yet this time they were not willing to take no for an answer. Now here you were trying to get an amaretto sour at the local hot spot, Club Posh. Your patience was thinning you knew you were getting ignored by the female bartenders. Gone where your young days when you would have flashed a confident grin and charmed your way to the front and even earned free drinks from the female bartenders. You had lost your light, lost your way, lost who you are inside. Who could blame you, if they only knew what heartbreak you had gone through. Your soul felt crushed. 

You were ready to give up, tired of getting ignored, willing to just pick up wine from the store and head home. That was until you felt someone brush up against you, then the sudden warmth of breath on your ear, followed by a hand to your waist right at the small of your back. 

“Looks like you could use some help? What is it you want?” You knew that voice well. Your breath hitched and a shiver traveled down your spin, tingles pooling at the pit of your abdomen. You turn slightly towards the voice catching the nearness of their side profile. Pointed round nose, chiseled jawline, soft black curls framing their eye and tip of their ear. Your lips inches from their cheek. You unconsciously swallow followed by licking your lips. You knew you were in trouble. 

‘You, I want you’ , your mind was slowly unhinging. The words nearly bursting out of your lips. You faced forward, keeping your unhinging thoughts at bay.

“I--um, I wan--ted, an amaretto sour.”. Another lick of your lips and reflexive swallow. 

“Ah, that’s a good cocktail, let me help you.”, he makes eye contact with you, flashing you that confident boxy sexy smile that has been known to distract you class quite often. This time you bite at your lip nervously and nod unable to do anything else. He leans in one more time, “Stay here”. You only nod in agreement.

You watched as he quickly made his way to the bar. Watching his animated talk, the female bartender who was ignoring you previously was providing him with her full attention even using her arms to push up her cleavage as she flirtatiously leaned over the bar.  

You watched their interaction. He was something , confident, playful and sexy. You haven't seen him this way ever, till now. To be exact, he was always emanating confidence with a sexy aurora just by existing or doing the bare minimum but seeing his flirtatious charm was a first. 

You felt yourself picking at your nails in nervousness. The growing sensation of feeling insecure was starting to spill out. You were losing your nerve. 

‘I shouldn’t be here, I don’t belong. What the hell am I doing, I’m the only one here other than him’ .  You wondered why the girls were not here yet. Your heartbeat quickens and you felt the panic start to build in the pit of your stomach. 

‘He probably feels sorry for me, this is embarrassing’ , frequent critical self hating thoughts raced through your mind. You glanced down at what you were wearing a grimace forming or your lips. You look towards the entrance feeling ready to dart to the exit.

‘You look like an old cougar trying too hard to look sexy, how could you wear that hideous outfit’ , You pulled at the strap of your form fitting, deep green one sleeve tank top with a plunging v line. Your eyes landing at your exposed cleavage. Yes, you felt very exposed and self conscious. You pulled at your cascading locks of hair attempting to hide your shoulders and some of your cleavage.

‘What the hell were you thinking, you're a mom you can’t wear something like this. You're not even sexy anymore’. It was all too much, you just couldn’t silence the bartering words in your head. That's when you decided to turn and walk towards the exit. 

“Hey where are you running off too, I have our drinks”. You stopped at a quarter turn and faced him. A smile on his lips illuminated his face. You were frozen ‘why was he being so kind’, you wondered to yourself, ‘pity’ was all you could hear ringing in your ear. 

“Oh, thank you so much. oh wow, that’s some talent there, holding two drinks in each hand and that’s a lot of amaretto…. hereletmegiveyoumoney”, The words spilled out jumbled in your nervousness. You take two glasses out of his hand, your fingers skimming over his. His skin soft and supple, not rough like yours. 

“No way! I am not letting you pay for drinks tonight. You deserve to have fun and let loose! And not really talent, I was just fortunate to be born with big hands and loooong fingers.” He flashes you his free hand wiggling his fingers. Another unintentional hard swallow and nibble of your bottom lip escaping you as your eyes stayed glued to his waving fingers. Oh yes, you had noticed those hands and long nimble fingers since day two of classes. He was your escape from your life of pain, sorrow and regret. He was a wonderful distraction from deep rooted hopelessness that you masked with laughter and your outgoing personality. You were ashamed to admit you imagined often what those hands and fingers could do to you. 

“Thank you, that's really sweet of you, I’ll get the next round”, you say followed by chasing down your drink quickly as possible.

“Woah, someone is out to have a really good time tonight and I can't wait to see it (grinning) and I said no, I got the hook up with Lacey back there and besides I told you, I’m not letting you pay for any drinks tonight, with or without a hook up”. He cocked his head to the side raising one prominent eyebrow, as in daring you to defy him. His stern look melted away to a smile as you yourself could not help but smile shly in return. You were touched by his kindness but also felt slight embarrassment, the critical voices in your head battle for dominance. You start on your second drink and decide getting tipsy might be a good idea in order to calm your nerves. You were going to need some shots. You glanced towards the bar studying this Lacey, she was beautiful and seemed to be around the same age as him. You did not have one doubt in your mind about his story. You were sure she offered him free drinks for the night in hopes of something in return. You smiled flatley, ‘what I would give to be her right now, I’d give him anything he wanted’ you told yourself letting out sigh. You turn to him but avoid eye contact.

“Free drinks huh? Wow, lucky you and she’s hot. Looks like someone might get lucky…”  You say as you reach out to playful swat his arm, yup, you were definitely feeling more comfortable. You let your hand linger a little too long feeling the firmness of his muscle underneath your touch. He brings his glass to his lips taking a drink, your hands standing still moving with his movement. His eyes peer over his glass making eye contact with you and holding your gaze.

“Na, she’s not my type. And...I have my eyes set on someone else...” His eyes lingering and locked with yours, you felt your face flush under his intense gaze, ‘who could it be, could it be possible, me? ’ He  breaks eye contact and peers over your shoulder as you hear a loud high pitched familiar voice.

“Tae Hyung! I’m so glad you're here!” her squeal was shrill, she shouldered passed you and wrapped her arms around him. You instantly felt your heart sink, ‘what was I thinking? I'm that buzzed already that I would even think he is referring to me, an unattractive cougar with a kid’. You let out a small laugh, laughing at the audacity that you would even rometly think he would even consider you worthy of a drunk fuck. You needed to get away from him. He was just too intoxicating and you were starting to feel the effect of the alcohol yourself. You knew you would embarrass yourself around him the more you drank. You turned on your heels, your eyes resting on the club entrance once again. The voices in your self conscious mind swirling. You take a step forward in hesitation, leaving them standing in a lover's embrace.

‘That’s right, you don’t belong, no one really wants you, not even your husband, look at you, that’s why he did what he did to you.’

‘Fuck, not that’ , you curse yourself. Panic fills your lungs as you freeze feeling loooong fingers wrapping around your wrist. ‘What are you doing, please don’t’, you thought to yourself. 

“Hey, where are you going Y/N, trying to run away on me again?” His fingers still circling your wrist holding you back. You stood still thinking of what to say, his touch was grounding nearly hypnotic. 

‘Run away? That’s what I most certainly should do but you trapp every time with your captivation’

“What? Run away? I don’t think so unless using the bathroom is considered running away and what would I be running from?” You felt a wave of confidence wash over you taken back by your own question. 

“I’m not exactly sure but my gut says you're running from my unrelenting charms”. He follows with another raise of his eyebrow. He was right about his unrelenting charms and needing to get as far from his as possible but a smile formed on your lips. As you turn to face him full on and draw your wrist from his grasp you let out a slight scoff to mask any nervousness you still might be emanating. 

“Unrelenting charms that work on barely legal girls not grown educated confident women such as myself. Thus, I’m not running from you Kim Tae Hyung.” You flashed him a grin. Your eyes searched for Amanda, who stood feet away nearly gawking at the two of you. You were not sure why, but You loved that she seemed flustered by what she saw. 

“Here’s my other empty glass, I’ll be back”. A wide smile spread across his lips lighting up even his eyes. He seemed surprised and pleased with your response, letting out a soft chuck.

“Cheeky and I like it. Are you ready for a few more? Or would you like something different?” Him still grinning at you. 

“Ya I’ll take two more of...oh just surprise me”.

“Tae Hyung, I want two as well of whatever you both are having….” Amanda standing only inches behind him, slipping her arm in the space of his arm and resting her head on his shoulder. Neither you or him had noticed when she had moved so close. You quickly spun around making your way to the bathroom. You did not want to see their interactions any longer. 

‘Keep it together y/n’, you told yourself. ‘Where is the group?’ you wondered as he neared the bathroom. 

[kangpingyu]

Kang Hyungu really took one look at Jin Yonghoon and said I want this man to be the father of my children: A ONEWE means family shitpost, yongkang edition (more nonsense under the cut)

Honestly if you haven't, you should absolutely check out the whole video this gifset is from, but here's a 15 sec clip from the beginning of the video, where Hyungu & Yonghoon say they would want Giuk to be their son:

I decided to make this post because I came across this pic on twitter again and got emotional about the way Hyungu was looking at Yonghoon, like wtf hyungu what is that fondness on ur face. gross.

NOTE: the original pic comes from Yonghoon's aunt's insta (which I assume is public); I don't know her handle and don't want to, so you won't find it here. Sun emoji added bc I don't want to be spreading the kid's face around either :)

ANYWAY

then i started thinking about the rare times we've gotten to read / hear Hyungu talk about what a great hyung / leader he thinks Yonghoon is, and since sometimes new fans aren't always aware that Hyungu used to be the leader of MAS 0094 before they became ONEWE or why leadership was transferred to Yonghoon, I'm just adding a couple sources here where Hyungu does talk the things he admires about Yonghoon!!

This quote from Hyungu about Yonghoon comes from an olddddd article on MAS 0094, translated by studioweus here on tumblr. (check out the studioweus YT channel as well for amazingly subbed ONEWE / MAS content ^.^)

And a bit more recently we got this little blip from Hyungu in the ONEWE Defeat class president Yonghoon special video

BONUS: YH teasing / calling out Hyungu for being too sentimental

Lastly, even tho it's a bit silly, here's the clip where Hyungu says that knowing Yonghoon is as lucky as winning the lottery and also talks a bit more about how YH is a good hyung 🥹 (video / transl. cr tomoove on YT)

In conclusion, YongKang are married with kids. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[theblobmaster]

Tag Game

Rules: tag some people you want to get to know better and/or catch up with, then answer the questions below.

@marvolord thanks for the tag! and for once i to actually try and do it before i forgot. i genuinely feel so bad for how bad i am at reacting to these thing

Last Song: i'm listening to the calling by the amazing devil atm.

Three Ships: right now my brain is quite preoccupied with chanlix, but then there's also jaydick and i reread some fave winterhawk fics the other day.

Currently Reading: primarily fics or texts for my ending ?? school project.

Last Movie: i cannot remember the last movie i watched. i've been binging kitchen nightmares lately tho.

Craving: i second warmer weather. also a good steak with a good homemade whiskey or pepper sauce. yeah. i'm kinda hungry

Tagging: @marinacourage @scorpionyx9621 @stanjinyoung @devilstrip @disaster-revolutionary @ted-hyung

if you're not up for it no worries, and i hope you have a wonderful day !

[imafivestarkpopstan]

Jumped - Best Brother Series

Warnings : Physical Assault, Injury, non sexual assault. DNI If uncomfortable!!

"Get off me!" Y/N screamed. The man, who his accomplices called Red, smirked and advanced on her. "Stop!"

The fifteen year old cried and begged them to stop, but they continued to hit her with bats and sticks.

"Hey!" Jeongin couldn't tell who the girl was, but he was going to help her. "Let her go!"

"Innie Oppa!" Y/N screamed in pain. "Oppa! Help!"

Jeongin froze, hearing the familiar voice. Then he raced over.

"Let go of my sister!"

"Make us." Red sneered. His second in command, Black, jeered at the both of them. Then Namjoon and Hoseok appeared.

Crack. Namjoon had broken Ted's nose, and Hoseok's fist collided with Black's massive stomach. The two men fell backwards, and Jeongin picked Y/N up, running home as quickly as possible.

Y/N was semi conscious, and Namjoon and Hoseok were bleeding.

"Wha-what happened?" Jimin asked in shock. "Guys?"

"Y/N was jumped." Namjoon snarled.

"Jin Hyung!" Jimin hollered. Jin came down the stairs.

"What happened?" He demanded. Jeongin set Y/N on the sofa and took a deep breath.

"I found her in an alleyway, and two men were torturing her."

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The other siblings were told about it. Minho, Jeongin, Kai, and Jimin were the most shook. All agreed that Y/N wouldn't be allowed towalk home alone anymore. Kai, the one who got off the earliest, would walk with her back from school.

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[catch-me-hello]

Wild Idol, Episode 5: Everything is terrible.

You can’t win, you can’t break even, And you can’t get out of the game… … and the world has got no shame, You can’t win, child, you can’t break even, You can’t get out of the game.

          -- “You Can’t Win” written by Charlie Smalls,                sung by Michael Jackson on The Wiz Soundtrack, 1978

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Just a warning: This was a difficult episode to get through. It’s only ninety minutes, shorter than the last one, but it’s a LOT. Let’s get to it.

This episode’s opening montage is about how wolves symbolize teamwork. We are told wolves are born fighters that work as a team, and just as I’m wondering if this show knows that lone wolves are a pretty common thing, we get footage of a pack of wolves tearing apart a deer carcass, and now I’m off my sandwich and don’t really care anymore. Is there more footage of the alligator attack? That was cool.

We go back and re-watch Jooan making his decision to leave Team A.  His team is panicking. The panelists are disagreeing with his decision. Have they learned NOTHING from Keanu Reeves? They probably never saw anything after the first Bill and Ted movie.

We finally get a confessional with Jooan talking about his decision, and it sounds like he regrets it already. He says, “The biggest thing was that I didn’t want to see the other teammates leave. It was my greed.” This is immediately followed by The Cadet in a confessional, saying, “Jooan being in Team A was why I lined up for the team. So, to be honest, I felt disappointed.”

So this show wants us to see Jooan’s decision as a mistake. But I just can’t. I only see the benefits. The Cadet would make a better leader and should take over Team A. Other teams could use a vocalist for the upcoming Talent Missions. Team A is angry, and I get it, but I wonder if they’ll feel differently once the anger burns off.

Time for the teams to choose the new teammates. Changsun’s team  (Team B) immediately chooses Jooan. (Called it.) Proving his insight and maturity yet again, Changsun doesn’t just stand there and say Jooan’s name. He walks over, shakes his hand, and leads him back to his new team. It’s a heartwarming moment.

The panelists are still upset, and I’m starting to wonder if this is a cultural thing. Am I not seeing Jooan’s actions as shameful because I’m seeing them through American eyes? It’s not just that Team A is upset. It’s that Jooan seems truly ashamed. As he stands in the back of the line of his new teammates, he keeps his head down. If this were an American show, I think this would play differently. At any rate, Team B is all TAN members now: Changsun, Taehoon, Jaejun, and Jooan.

Team C, still home of The Brat, replaces Baby Hercules with Aquaman. Team D, Sunghyuk’s team, chooses Baby H, which means that Hyung Seok, who has been through so much already, now deals with the indignity of not being chosen at all and having to join an already upset Team A by default.

I hate this so much. It feels mean-spirited. I know it’s all about survival and being in the wild and yadda yadda yadda, but I’m not sure how forcing the teams to do this proves which ones are best suited to be in a K-pop band. This, by the way, is a thought that I will have several more times by the end of the episode.

Now that the traded players have brought their individual scores with them, time to see the new team rankings. It must be two in the morning by now.

The team order is B, C, D, A. Jooan is now part of the highest-ranking team. Okay, I do get Team A being really pissed about that, especially since their team is in last place. That does suck. Although they do have the nerve to tell us it feels like Jooan planned it that way. Um, guys? You kind of forced his hand. None of you could decide to leave either. Any one of you could have ripped off your badge at any time. Baby H did it. So did Hyung Seok. Also, Jooan didn’t choose the top-scoring team.  They chose him.

This is a giant mess, and in case I haven’t made it perfectly clear, I hate it.

The four traded players are instructed to move their things out of their current team tents and move in with their new team. At least they get to do this alone and not surrounded by angry teammates. The others wait by the Tower until being told to go back to the tents. Please let them sleep. I swear, if the drums start beating again tonight, I will send over Junho from 2pm to break their drumsticks, and they’re NOT going to like how he does it.

Aquaman is waiting outside the tents to hug his former teammates, Changsun and Taehoon. It’s a nice moment. An even better moment comes next when Hyung Seok’s former teammates greet him with a hug as well. At least his awful day ends on a pleasant note.

Then we look inside Team B’s tent, and Jooan is sitting alone. He doesn’t want to come out. I’m sure he’s beyond thrilled about having a camera in there with him. In a confessional, he says he started as Team A’s leader, but he’s now the former leader of the last-place team, and he has the lowest individual rank. He is crushed.

Team B returns to their tent. I’m hoping some TAN bonding will help. They smile, bow, and welcome him. Changsun tells him, “No one can be perfect all the time.” He tells the team, “Let’s save Jooan. Let’s bring him up. What do you think?” They agree. Along with being a strategic CEO, Changsun is going to be a great dad someday.

Over in Team A’s tent, they’re still bummed. Especially The Cadet. I’m relieved when everyone just goes to sleep. We need to re-set the mood, and the beautiful morning shots of nature definitely help.

Then, first thing in the morning, the drums start beating. Our idols sprint for the Tower. Once they arrive, the Tower announces that it’s time for the Talent Missions. The boys walk to a clearing in the woods, where they are greeted again by the rap coaches from before, Bizzy and Tiger JK.

The first challenge is to make up a rap for the song “Black Happiness,” by Yoon Mi Rae. They play some of the song, a woman rapping about overcoming a childhood of discrimination because she’s of mixed race. I really like it. She sounds like Queen Latifah. I need to check out more of her stuff.

Bizzy and Tiger JK want our idols to make their own raps to the song, opening up about the challenges in their own lives. This is what I’ve been waiting for. We’ve learned a bit about Jooan over the past couple of episodes. I want to learn about the others. They have thirty minutes to write, and then they will perform as a group.

The teams sit together as they work. Team A is still bummed and can’t really focus, and I just want to tell them to snap out of it. This show keeps comparing the contestants to wild animals. Wild animals would have long gotten over it by now. I’m pretty sure I remember that from Paw Patrol.

Tiger JK notices the dark cloud hanging over Team A and tries to cheer them up, saying that writing lyrics should be fun, not homework. You know it’s bad when a famous rap idol can’t lift their spirits. I’m sure it doesn’t help that they can see how inspired Team B is.

We move over to Team B and get some insight about Jaejun. Changsun suggests that Jaejun write about his dark skin and how it gave him an inferiority complex when he was little. I remember when I first saw a TAN music video, I wasn’t sure if he was Korean. Jaejun, who is definitely Korean, is often mistaken as a foreigner in his own country because of his looks. I did some Googling and couldn’t find much personal history on him.  But since South Korea is really big on skin lightening, and he doesn’t do that, it may be why he faced some isolation. I’m glad he seems proud of it now. He likes when fans call him their dark-skin idol.

Changsun is leading Team B well. I Googled again. He is TAN’s leader. (The maknae, or youngest, is Jiseong, back on Team A.) Jooan is fired up and starts contributing. He’s not hunched over anymore with his head down. He’s inspired. The team gets louder as they rehearse, and Team A looks pissed off. My patience for Team A is really wearing thin. But they use their frustration to get motivated, and they finally start writing.

The show is clearly setting up a showdown between Jooan on Team B and his former teammates on Team A. But Team C (home of Aquaman and The Brat, another great radio morning show duo), has its own drama. The Brat is digging his heels in on what he thinks the theme should be, and the others disagree. They suggest linking his idea to theirs as part of a bigger picture.  He refuses. Good thing they aren’t near the river, because his teammates look ready to smack him with an oar. They move away from each other and start writing on their own. Looks like they might be taking the lowest team ranking from Team A.

Before we know it, writing time is up. Team D will go first. It’s Sunghyuk’s team, which includes Baby Hercules, Surfer Dude, and a guy named Jae Chan. Jae Chan is fired up and has reddish hair, so I’m going to call him The Spark. They do really well. It’s hard to get specific insight from the lyrics, as they are vague references to chasing their dreams. But there is one standout moment. Baby H has never really rapped before. To help keep him on the beat, Sunghyuk pats the rhythm on his back when he does his part. This teamwork impresses the coaches.

Time for Team B, and I sit up straight. Here we go. Jaejun begins by telling us how he was called so many names as a kid because of his dark skin. He distracted himself by focusing on his dancing, sometimes dancing all night, and chasing his dream.

Taehoon raps about the bullying he endured as a kid. The English translation of his lyrics are, “Swallow all the memories about being mistreated, don’t back down, straighten your shoulders … stop being scared and walk forward.” As a survivor of childhood bullying myself, this really hit home. Forcing myself not to cry in front of those who hurt me was crucial to getting through it. Not the healthiest way, but crucial.

Jooan raps about finding confidence through practicing his dancing and becoming strong and flexible. Even Team A is bopping their heads to this, and I’m so happy to see his old enthusiasm back. But when the song ends, the judges tell them this was supposed to be a rap, and they did more singing than rapping. They’re right. That counts against them. My heart sinks. To make matters worse, now it’s Team A’s turn.

Team A stands up, and right away I realize that they never chose a replacement leader, which is foolish. The Cadet should have taken the reins. I immediately forgive them for this when we get the specifically revealing lyrics that I’ve been waiting to hear. The Cadet raps, “I started cheerleading, people judged me, saying it was only for girls.” He goes on to rap about how he rose above it.

The coaches love it. I love it. They could win this. Jooan looks bitter, and I feel torn. Yes, I want this win for Jooan, but Team A is finally shaking off the resentment and being productive, and I want to see them rewarded for it.

Finally, Team C’s turn. Team Leader Gun Wook doesn’t time his breathing right, which throws off his rhythm. (Again, anyone who thinks rapping isn’t a real skill should try it sometime.) Their team also has a weird vibe. They come across as people who worked on their parts separately and are now being forced to work together. Thanks to The Brat, that’s exactly what happened, and the coaches notice.

I’m positive that Team C will be ranked last. But no, It’s Team B, Jooan’s team. You’ve got to be kidding me. I hit pause as soon as the coaches made the announcement because I dreaded seeing the look on Jooan’s face. This is so demoralizing. I don’t think they deserved to be in last place, because at least they did rap as well as sing, and Team C was worse, with a bad performance and no teamwork.

But no, Team C is in third place. First place is Sunghyuk’s Team D, which puts Team A in second place. If Team B had been in third place, I might feel happier for them. This is the second straight episode of watching Jooan fail, and it’s getting really depressing.

The coaches announce that this mission was just a warm-up. Next, the teams will write lyrics, but only one person will represent the team and perform. The way things are going, I predict Jooan will be the one to rap for Team B, and while he’s performing, a flock of passing birds will crap on his head and a tree will fall on him. Out of nowhere, I remembered the Michael Jackson song, “You Can’t Win.” I know that Jackson is another of Jooan’s favorites. Nice to know that Jackson recorded what would later become the theme song for one of his South Korean fans.

It turns out that the rap coaches wrote a second song for the Wild Idol soundtrack called “Take the Free Fall.” The winner of this challenge gets to perform their rap in the song. The teams have thirty minutes to write the lyrics and presumably battle each other to the death over who gets to perform it.

Team A is done feeling sorry for themselves. They choose Jiseong as their rapper and start writing.

Team B consists of all TAN members, but they don’t have a rapper in their group because centuries ago, someone back in Jooan’s family line angered a god who has now decided to get payback through a South Korean survivial reality show.

Teams C and D have the opposite problem. On Team C, The Brat is butting heads with his teammates over who gets to rap. Team D has two solid rappers, Surfer Dude and The Spark, and they both want it. Team A is going to win this round, aren’t they?

With five minutes left, everyone is stressing out. Teams C and D are breaking down. Over at Team B, Jooan has been chosen to do the rap, even though he’s more of a vocalist. Over in North Carolina, I am chewing on my hair. Please let Jooan win this one. I don’t think I can handle watching him get shot down again.

Team D goes first, with The Spark rapping because Surfer Dude has lost his confidence. The coaches like the performance. I’m not really paying attention because I’m still worried about Jooan. Team A is next. Jiseong does fine. Next, here we go, it’s Team B’s turn. Come on, Jooan.

It’s ominous from the start. Jooan steps forward, and Team A smirks. Jiseong tells us in a confessional that Jooan’s a vocalist, and he’s a rapper, so he’s confident he’ll beat his former leader. The rest of Team B is starting to look worried, and Changsun is already regretting his decision.

We do not get a plot twist. Jooan also misses the beat with his breathing, and he rushes through the end. He’s not going to place high. How the hell does he wind up making it to the final seven? Do the others get mauled by bears? This isn’t fun anymore. I’m frustrated and tired of watching Jooan go through this.

Time for Team C, the team of The Brat, whose parents clearly didn’t spank him enough. Gun Wook is rapping while a bitter-looking Brat stands behind him. Gun Wook does well and gets good feedback from the coaches while The Brat sulks. Listen, Brat. I will happily wave a magic wand and put you in Jooan’s place instead. Just keep this up.

Now for the ratings. I can’t bear to watch. The winning rapper is Gun Wook from Team C, although the coaches argued a bit on this one. Bizzy didn’t like how The Brat’s attitude affected the team spirit. You don’t say.

Second place is Team A. Third, Team B, and at least they’re not last this time. Sunghyuk’s Team D comes in last, and I hate everything.

The contestants then report to the Tower, which displays the individual rankings all at once on a chart, but I can’t read Korean. All the show will spell out is that first place is a tie between Gun Wook and Changsun, a ranking that will become very important in a few minutes. Jiseong from Team A is in second place. The Cadet from Team A is in fourth place. Poor Hyung Seok, also in Team A, is in eleventh place. Jooan appears to be somewhere near the bottom. I seriously hate everything.

But it gets worse. This show suddenly takes a bewildering turn.

The Tower announces that the Number One ranked position gets to take away fifty points from any of the other contestants. Gun Wook is tied at Number One with Changsun, but since Gun Wook is listed first, he is the one who will choose the person who loses points. And this is where I got really irritated.

I do not understand how stealing points helps get the best possible artists for the final group. This honestly feels like a stunt. The singing, dancing, and rapping missions are important. The physical challenges like rolling logs across a mudflat and grabbing flags from a boat can maybe, MAYBE be justified. But stealing points from other competitors is just ridiculous.

Jiseong sums it up in a confessional: “This show is getting crueler. Isn’t this too big of a benefit?” Yes, Jiseong, it is. But more importantly, it’s pointless and mean-spirited. This episode is about teamwork, and now the show is deliberately having the contestants do something that promotes a lack of fair play, which does not help teamwork.

What I’d love to see is Gun Wook refusing to do it. I know it won’t happen. But what if Gun Wook realized how stupid this was and told the Tower where it could shove those fifty points? What would happen? And yes, I’m very aware of how American I sound right now.

Gun Wook is told to step forward. The Brat bitches to us that he wishes he could have been in that position instead. Okay, now I know where I’d like those fifty points to get shoved.

Hear me out. No Mercy could get really cruel sometimes, but at least every challenge was meant to weed out those who weren’t a good fit for the final group. I can’t believe I’m about to defend this guy, but K.will was so focused on getting the right balance of talent in the final group that he brought in a totally new player near the end, because they needed more rappers. What, exactly, is the strategy here? There isn’t one. Wild Idol does not seem to care about the final group. They just want to goose the ratings at the expense of young people who desperately want to debut. This really sucks.

Back to this dumpster fire of a moment. Gun Wook is ordered to choose someone. He chooses the one he is tied at Number One with – Changsun. Changsun now drops to a five-way tie for fourth place. Not because he did badly in a talent mission. Not because he lacks endurance or dancing ability or the people skills needed to work in a team. Just because he was unlucky enough to be listed second in the first place position he had rightfully earned.

The Team rankings are now C, B, A, and D, in that order. If the show were smart, it would call it a day and start again tomorrow. But no, the drums beat again, right when everyone is reeling from the Great Points Robbery and I am still fuming at my keyboard.

New coaches are coming. One is Kim Jong Kook, one of the panelists who is also a K-pop star from some group I’ve never heard of but was really popular and I’m just too pissed off to look them up. The other is Minho from SHINee, a band I’m mentioning only because I remember our No Mercy trainees performing one of their songs. They’re here to announce a physical strength mission.

According to Minho, a K-pop concert can last up to two hours. So this will be an Infinite Dance Mission. The contestants will dance to the chorus of the “Born to be Wild” theme song on repeat and will be evaluated on how long they can dance while maintaining the quality of the performance. And it’s a team mission, so if one team member gets eliminated, the whole team does, because in a real K-pop concert, one member’s poor performance can drag down the rest of the group.

Okay, this makes sense as a mission. I hate that Changsun is handicapped by fifty points going into it, and that whoever wins this thing through genuine talent and endurance could just get those points taken away on the whim of a freaking tower, but sure.

Minho ups the ante. The contestants have to put two kilogram weights on each leg and one kilogram weights on each arm. Again, a bit extreme, but directly related to the eventual goal of being strong and having enough endurance to make it through a live show.

Then Wild Idol punches us in the face again. This time, it doesn’t directly affect the contestants. It’s just a stunning display of tone-deafness from a show purporting to put together a musical group. And like most things that suck about this show, it involves the panelists.

A female K-pop idol on the panel cheerfully tells a horrifying story that makes me never want to listen to K-pop again. She says that as part of being a trainee, she and her bandmates had to wear weights while going on a diet.  She then says, “We would eat half an apple a day and wear a winter jacket with the heater on for eight hours.”  The other panelists act surprised at this, but they can’t be too shocked, as this is something entertainment companies are known to do to their trainees, especially the female ones.

Now, I’m not shocked, either. I’ve heard these horror stories before. It’s just that they were treated as horror stories when I heard them. Here, the panelists just play it off as part of the job and see it as justification for putting weights on the contestants as they perform. They even laugh about the panelist’s story. It’s like me hosting a reality show where contestants try to kill each other and cheerfully telling the audience that it’s appropriate because my brother once shot me in the face over a game of checkers, so it’s fine. On with the show!

So now I’m just feeling sick, and I also feel guilty because this starvation and overworking of K-pop idols is something I’ve tried to ignore because I love the music so much. But here it is, on top of everything else about this episode, and now I’m wondering if I even want to watch the rest of this series.

Let’s at least see how this one episode ends.

Changsun is one of the contestants who has practiced with weights before, so he gives advice to his teammates. Then they all start the challenge, and I just realized they have to listen to this song over and over again, just like they did back in the earlier dance challenges. They must be in hell. This is an actual hell loop.

After a few rounds, Minho stops the music. Hyung Seok pulls his team down yet again. He was struggling and unable to keep up with the dance moves while wearing the weights, so all of Team A is eliminated.

I did some Googling to make sure Hyung Seok didn’t go on to throw himself off a bridge after this show. Thankfully, he’s still alive and signed to Will Entertainment. Also, he survived leukemia in 2019, before going on this show. I felt better after reading that. If he survived leukemia, of course he could survive this.  The guy is already a rock star.  He is devastated right now for letting down his team yet again (God that poor kid), but I know he’s going to be okay.

The challenge continues, and Minho stops the music again. Both Surfer Dude and Baby H were unable to keep up, so Team D is eliminated. Baby H is the biggest, strongest, and most intimidating of the group, so yeah. Wow.

Teams B and C are left. I know that Jooan is going to dance until he drops dead, rather than fail again. At this point, I find this fact more depressing than inspiring because I’m seeing this show in a new light and feeling bad about everything. Minho stops the music. Oh God, the look on Jooan’s face.

Team B wins. I’m relieved. If you had told me at the beginning of the episode that Jooan would finally get a win, I’d be jumping and cheering. But now I’m just quietly relieved that the losing streak is finally over.

We move on quickly to another endurance mission. Each contestant has to sing while doing jumping jacks. I’ll cut to the end. Jooan wins. Again, I’m just relieved.

Suddenly, we get the Golden Box graphic on the Tower again. This show is cramming as many things into ninety minutes as it can, and I’m worn out. The idols race to the river, and Baby H wins again, earning twenty more points for Team D. He opens the box. I’m hoping it’s a grenade launcher he can use to take down the Tower. But no. It’s iced coffee for the team. Yay. The show finally, mercifully ends.

I have to think about what to do next. I might need a break from this show for a few days.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 7.19 (after 1940)

1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties. 1940 – Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements. 1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army. 1942 – World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic. 1943 – World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties. 1947 – Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated. 1947 – Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated. 1952 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 1957 – The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published. 1961 – Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later. 1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention. 1964 – Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam. 1967 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to Robert McNamara. 1969 – Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. 1972 – Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat. 1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created. 1977 – The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET). 1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua. 1979 – The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill. 1980 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow. 1981 – In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development. 1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped. 1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published. 1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy. 1989 – United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111. 1992 – A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort. 1997 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland. 2011 – Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry. 2012 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria. 2014 – Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.

[ctl-yuejie]

girl you replied so fast i'm just. thank you so so much. i lurked your tags a bit love your gifs tho so keep up the good work. i love love your "confident introvert x chaotic extrovert" that you used to describe taynew 'ticking off all BL tropes' LMAOOO THEY ARE SO INTERESTING wtf. would you pls navigate me to blogs that write taynew and offgun fics? i'd like to read a lot before writing one myself; those social media twitter AUs are good but i'm a narrative kinda guy ehe.

ahahaha, i’m procrastinating right now so that’s why you get the fastest replies ^^(side-eyes my unpacked suitcase) 

i love to ramble in my tags so congratulations on getting through that 😂

@weilongfu writes my favourite PeteKao even though I think he doesn’t stan the show but I pester him with fic requests (you can find everything under the same name on ao3 as well), not TayNew though

i wrote a cat!newwiee au & a HP au for TayNew and a Titanic au for PeteKao

ahjusshi has a fun office au with TayNew and other GMMTV boys and other fluffy fics that are modeled after reality (check out their account for more)

heyits_ashers has a funny au wherein TayNew and PeteKao get spilt up and transported in each others’ universes. i adore the characterization and so far it’s lots of fun.

luemeldane has another cute fic

i don’t read any OffGun fanfiction so i can’t recommend you anything on that front… ^^ 

[cybercnu]

EMMA GONGCHAN WILL ACT IN A WEB SERIES WE LOVE SUPER EMPLOYED NATION'S MC SLASH ACTOR GONG CHANSIK

GONGCHAN IS EMPLOYED AND THRIVING ACTOR CHAN FOR THE WIN HE IS KEEPING THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TOGETHER 

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square up kim hyojin do the ice bucket challenge your senior nominaTED YOU VOCAL GOD SANDEUL NOMINATED YOU

I KNOW WE’VE BEEN WAITIN FOR AGES TICK TOCK TICK TOCK BITCH!!!!!