#that's the official soop tag

[whaliennet]

Acceptance: Nov. 2022 - Jun. 2023

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- Your Fellow Whaliens

[mysmorgasbordoffantabulosa]

Hi there, I’m a fan of your blog. Thank you for your rationality.

I got sucked down the BTS rabbit hole earlier this year. Originally, it was Taehyung that caught my eye, but I quickly focused on Jung Kook, too. From there, I consumed years of BTS and Taekook content in short order.

Taekook’s interactions give me that “first love” feeling-butterflies and all, especially from their debut through the 2020 Grammy’s. Their chemistry and visuals are off the charts (I know, you know…we all know). Truly, I have never seen or experienced anything else like it. Their duality is mesmerizing and they are both very talented.

Of the things I’ve seen, here are some of the bigger mysteries/things I think about the most:

- The “Am I your friend” comment from JK to TH during the 2018 Summer Package and supposedly TH’s reply, “Do not expose…”

- Something in Taekook’s famous embrace at GDA 2020 doesn’t sit right with me - the look in JK’s eyes when he invited TH to lean back and how they both looked like they had tears in their eyes afterwards - some see it as a declaration, but I don’t know

- Everything about the 2020 MOTS: 7 press junket, which, let’s remember, took place before the first season of In the Soop

- Namjoon saying during their 2022 Dinner Party, “The thing I want to do and the thing I wish continues is that we’ll be together and be sincere when we perform on stage (elsewhere in the dinner they all say they are exhausted) and when we gather and talk like this that we could talk and be happy without thinking about the rules of the world.” It makes me wonder what he means by “without thinking about the rules of the world.”

- The live after their Vegas concert where we see a crack in the veneer and rolling of the eyes when JM pinches JK’s leg - I get the same vibes from their post-Busan live when TH literally has to brush JM off a gaunt looking JK

Look, there are so many I could add to this list. I’m not necessarily looking for a response to these-just sharing the situations that stay stuck in my brain.

In the end, I don’t know either of these young men, but wish them individually and/or together as much happiness as they’ve brought and will continue to bring their worldwide fans.

By the way, I’m not a big user of Tumblr. Is there a way to read your Taekook tags by year versus scrolling?

Thanks!

Hi there,

I'm glad you're enjoying the blog, and of course big ole hole that is BTS and Taekook, lol.

Regarding your mysteries....

- The “Am I your friend” comment from 2018 Summer Package

To me this was simply JK pushing things. You see between 2018 and 2019 I think there was a concerted effort by Taekook to play ball with BH hide them from official content, in previous years they fought against that, I think. But this was in the early part of that process and JK was just clearly pushing back for some reason. We don't know why but clearly BH wasn't bothered by it or else they would have cut it from content.

- The GDA 2020 fan-cam embrace

I think this was obviously pre-planned. Some Taekookers have speculated that this was one of the early starts at changing the narrative of Taekook not being close in the group. They knew this moment would only get picked up by fancams and ARMY in general not the general public. But if a enough buzz occurred it might blow up in the wider KPop sphere.

- 2020 MOTS: 7 press junket

this is clearly an extension of what went on it Winter Package 2020 and Seasons Greetings 2020, where similar shippable moments occurred, and it was all very Taekook Heavy. Again, this was shift in direction and felt pre-planned and concerted in its implementation.

- Namjoon / 2022 Dinner Party, and the “without thinking about the rules of the world.”

I think this is less cryptive than you think. I just think Namjoon was merely talking about enlistment and the rules they have to follow in relation to this.

- The Las Vegas Live and Busan Live

Yeah, there were some odd moments. Again, I don't think this is jealousy, I think it's frustration that they can't be like that together on a live stream, the way JK or Tae is HWSNBN.

Also, you filter my posts by month (and other ways), if you open the archive version of my blog you can filter by month, post type and tag.

[alliseaisfandom]

Oh hell yea!! Tag games are back I love these!! Thank you!

Last song I listened to: Karma by Taylor Swift

Currently reading: Heaven official's blessing (volume 3) and Crime and Punishment

Currently watching: The witcher, Heartstopper, undead girl murder farce (which is so underrated yall go watch it I'm having a great time) and bungou stray dogs

Current obsession: bungou stray dogs and Genshin

Tagging: @one-bowl-of-soop @honomystes @gaycrimedoer @ageofsun

mutuals i want to know better - thank u for the tag @quantumpoem !!

last song i listened to: akuma by macaroom i'm obsessed with it rn

currently reading: all the lovers in the night by mieko kawakami

currently watching: nothing for now bc i have to write a paper for uni ;-; (finished jujutsu kaisen last week)

current obsession: bsd brainrot not going away anytime soon

tagging: @handsovereyes @ikiyou @kamileonik @vinylbiohazard if u wanna do it ofc!

[whalien51]

Bye bye SOOP 2(crying)

So,it was not as good,exciting,inspiring or healing as ITS1. But that’s understandable. Even if I had paid money for it,I still wouldn’t have wanted BTS to act any differently in it.

There is a lot of stuff that I loved about it,but that deserves a better post than I can make right now so I’ll just complain here for now(maybe someone feels the same)

What didn’t work that well,about In The Soop 2,for me:

- Location. Those houses were ugly af on the outside. Kitchen was too big and luxurious. Yoongi’s background painting too depressing(sorry Yoongi). Camera angles weren’t helping create the same comforting intimate atmosphere like ITS1. I feel bad for the team that renovated the mansions to say this,but it looked less great on camera than the previous location. Also there was no river. Maybe that’s a minor difference but to me that mattered a lot. The space did not make me want to be there. Despite the size of the buildings it felt claustrophobic. Both Joon and Hobi went outside the main Soop area,but somehow it still didn’t help much.

- Timing. Having a second SOOP season is not a bad idea,if BTS want it too,but you can’t expect it to be the same when BTS are in a very different place now compared to spring 2020. ITS1 came at the right time. It was at the beginning of the pandemic,when everyone’s future was uncertain. A peaceful retreat in nature,full of laughter and good food and new ways of exploring creativity was useful both for BTS,and for the viewers,who at that time were maybe feeling similarly trapped and frustrated. Just watching such a close-knit(and well-fed) group of friends exist together so harmoniously in that quiet calming space while trying on new different daily activities everyone could do,was inspiring and healing.

But this SOOP happened at a completely different stage in BTS’ life. This was in-between Butter and PTD promotions,and who knows how many schedules they had packed around those 4 ‘healing’ days. At times it even looked like they were catching up on as much sleep as they could before they wouldn’t have that luxury again. Also you can’t really force self-reflection times,and I’m very happy they didn’t try. I was a baby army during the first Soop and not used to reality TV of any sort,so I kept doubting everything. Are they really that close? Are the conversations genuine or scripts?(also surprised they just showed that really sus Jikook drunk night moment just like that). I really had a few months where I was obsessively looking for hints that they were lying and weren’t all liking each other that much lol. But them being allowed to spend time apart and not talk much now just proves ITS1 was real,and that makes me happy.

-Editing. Maybe because there was less content to choose from,but I feel this SOOP,the editors were more focused on showing whatever felt interesting but didn’t focus on telling a story. Or maybe they hoped they could recycle the ‘healing/time for us together’ concept from the first season,and BTS’ real actions didn’t 100% fit with that this time(but,they’re BTS,they never do what you expect them to anyway)? I’m not blaming either BTS or the editors. You can’t force stories. Or,you definitely can,but I’d rather they didn’t. I prefer a more disjointed reality show then them being made to do something they don’t want just to fit with a central theme. Their main interest was in playing sports this time,so I’ll personally think of that as the main point this season.

-In my personal opinon,not enough music or art. There was that pool scene which is the highlight of the whole season for me,and some karaoke,but it felt less? They were singing all the time in the first season,with mics or without. I couldn’t get Hobi and JK’s random singing out of my head in ITS1. There was the SOOP song lol. There was Blue and Grey on the river and Taehyung serenading Namjoon from the boat. I guess the timing really wasn’t right this time and they were in focused work-mode(and also worried they might spoil something?)so it was a lot more quiet. Also,they got better at painting but they were less attached of their art this time,except Tae.

-It would have been nice to have the same types of eating and talking together ITS1 moments again,but I only want them if they happen naturally.

What I don’t give a shit about

-Ships. I literally have no bias when watching this so any duo or trio is fine. More than fine. It just amazes me how all 7 have so much chemistry with every single other member. YoonJinHope? I didn’t think of this trio before and now adore them. VHope? Move aside Yoonmin and Jikook,those are my new biases. Until Jihope start ghost-hunting. Until Minimoni hug(my heart..). Until Namgi start talking about music. etc. Look,it’s hard to stay loyal so I’m not even trying.

Would it have been fun to get more Jikook moments? Sure. But I’m not owed any type of content,*especially* if those two people might be in a relationship for real. Maybe they want to keep their late night conversations private. And I’m not gonna pretend that Taehyung pestering Jungkook to cook for him wasn’t funny.

-Them being entertaining. Actually I’m side-eying people who look at them like they’re zoo animals and expect them to “do something”. If it gets too boring watching them cook(not anytime soon,that shit is entertaining af),I’ll just pick something else,the internet content I can watch is endless. They don’t owe me anything except good songs and performances. I will complain about those,but not about reality show scenes. And,not gonna lie,if they just decide they want to gradually tone down their entertainer personas because they might be lowkey tired of reality shows after 8 years,I’ll support them. Hybe who? I only support JinHit.

Anyway,this has been not really a rant. I’d personally watch BTS watch paint dry all day. Sorry I’m a delulu fan and I’m just too fond of them. But objectively,this season could have been better if it was filmed at a different time and in a different place. I think?

Maybe I’ll delete this and make a proper comparison between the two later,but who am I kidding.

[jmdbjk]

So, do you think Taekook blogs are full of asks crying about ‘If Taekook are a couple, why would Tae go to that after party / take pictures with so many guys, posing like ‘that’? ��😭?, etc etc.’

I guess I could look through the tag, but not sure if I can subject myself to their crap justifications for Tae’s ‘behaviour’ when if Jimin had done even one tenth of what we’ve seen from Tae, Jikook blogs would be inundated with their bullshit. 🙄

Side note: happy for Tae - live your best life, boy!

Hey, Anon...

I just sacrificed my sanity for you and looked through that tag. You’re welcome. 

There's no discourse there. Just scrolled for five minutes, nothing but fanfic and blogs of photos of moments that we've all seen in concert footage, In the Soops, other official content, etc...same old stuff.

I even looked at comments and there aren't many to speak of. But hundreds of ❤️'s on those blog posts. As we suspected, just mindless fantasy originating from a few and followed by many.

I guess all the stupid shit happens on Twitter (surprise, surprise) and migrates over here.

I have another Anon pointing out the hypocrisy of people celebrating Tae’s indiscretions compared to the shit that was piled on Jimin a few years ago during his (now comparatively tame) Paris “scandal.” Those are narcissistic, conceited and egotistical people and they are not good people.

[chickenooodlehope]

challenge: 8 song 8 people

tagged by nat @gimbapchefs ❣️

favorite song at the moment: oof well shockingly for once it’s not kpop! i’ve been listening to “love affair” by UMI pretty much on repeat LOL

song you associate with your favorite ship: hmm is this like your favorite bias pairing? i’ll do taegi (“ddaeng” for…. obvious reasons) and vhope (“this view” by surfaces, aka the song they dance to when they go on that drive in “in the soop” 😭😭 i can practically hear the ice sloshing around in tae’s cup as i write this 😭😭)

a song that could be about you: i just listened to “ugly” by first aid kit again for the first time in probably a few years and SOBBED. that’s a song for socially-anxious people-pleasers who are officially Done LOL

a song that is underrated: “jamais vu” — i just think the three of them sound incredible together, and the music during hobi’s part/also hobi’s voice makes me want to RIOT (update lmfao i am stoopid & did an underrated song- twas supposed to be “overrated” oops!!)

a song that reminds you of a good memory: “new rules” by dua lipa is the first thing that popped into my head because when we were seniors in college helena @bibillyhillsbaby and i dressed up for halloween as dua in her music video for that song LMFAO (yes we looked cool af)

the last song you listened to: “you - accoustic” by troye sivan/regard/tate mcrae, aka the first time i’ve liked a remix more than the original 😬

a song that makes you laugh: “love killa” by monsta x because, UH, HAVE U LISTENED TO THE LYRICS?? I AM FOREVER SCREAMING

the song you want to share with mutuals: “mimi” by youra!!!!!! literally i cannot shut up about this song (please….please watch the mv if you listen to it and tell me what you think)

tagging @bibillyhillsbaby @fakelovedotmp3 @blueandtaes @flowerkth @rosebowl @dinamitae @yoongisbengaliwife @taejinnies @jinbestboy @vantehobi @mykrokosmos @floraljimin okay someone stop me before i tag all of my mutuals 💞💞

[introtae]

— content creator year in review!

tagged by @jinvant & @monotape ♡ 

i've only been making gifs for a little less than a month, so this is more like a month in review for me 😅it also means i don’t have very much to offer in regards to this tag, but i'll do my best to not be overly repetitive!

› first creation of 2020

this jungkook set!

› most recent creation

these gifs i speedmade at, like, 2am in the middle of a genshin session with friends

› a favorite creation 

hoseok being pretty 🥺

› a creation you’re proud of

maybe this one? or my gifset for tae’s bday!

› a creation that took forever

my taehyung birthday set took me an awfully long time to do because i’ve never attempted anything like it before! i’m happy with how it turned out for my first time trying to make something with that many gifs, but i definitely have room to improve.

› 2020 creation with the most notes

this! it also happens to be my first original post? wack

› a creation that deserved more notes

all of my gifs did way better than i ever expected them to in my short time creating & i’m very thankful for the notes they got, but if i had to choose, i’d say my hobi set because i was really happy with how it turned out!

› a new fandom you joined and a creation you made for it

does bts count for my new fandom? 😅i’ve recently started getting into a few other groups as well, but i haven’t gotten the chance to explore making any content for them :(

› a creation you made that breaks your heart

anything and everything vhope related makes me melt 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

› a simple creation you love

sweet taetae bc he owns my whole heart! it was originally supposed to be included in his bday set, but i loved it too much & had to make it its own set :(

› a creation inspired by someone else

i’ve just now started to start thinking of creating sets that are more on the complex side, so i haven’t really gotten to post anything inspired by other creators yet 😔but hopefully in the near future i’ll be able to start stepping outside my comfort zone & explore new things inspired by others!

› favorite creation created by someone else

soft in the soop jungkook by @j-sope lives rent free in my mind 24/7. i love nalina and i love those gifs so much i could cry for at least 5-7 business days about it. i also think about this joon gif by @jjoon at least once a week. it is the Official Namjoon Peach Gif in my mind & one of the prettiest things my eyes have ever been blessed with seeing 🥺

there are many more creations i #Love but i am silly and haven’t created a tag for my favorite creations yet :( it’ll be my new years resolution ig 😎

› some of your favorite content creators from the year

everyone i follow is so talented & deserving of so much love for the amazing content they create/reblog!! i am shy BUT also a big lover of spreading love so i’ll set it aside to shout out some of my favorite users. — @jmin @flipthatjacketjiminie @balenciaguks @jiminslight @taemaknae @joenns @monotape @hobeah @jinvant @jjoon @j-sope @lifegoesmon @kkulmoon @jung-koook @bullsht @hopekidoki @syubb @seoksjin @joonghwas — y’all rock 🕺🤠keep up the amazing work!! 

special mention to @j-sope for being my absolute favorite person to ever exist ever in the history of ever ever forever ever. ur so kickass & cool and i love u. ur my angel. also shoutout to @joonghwas & @monotape for doing a lil boogie-woogie and worming their way into my heart. it’s absolutely illegal but i suppose i’ll let it slide this time 💗

› tagging: anyone who wants to do this!

[kimnjss]

ajajajzjsjjsjs omg hi, part two of wild wild wildness is cominggggg, im so excited😭if u have a taglist for it, may I be tagged pls? thank u(I just remember reading part one and absolutely loving it(u honestly made me fall in love with ot7 fics) and the fact that in the soop season 2 coming made me cry)(also ur fics r awesome, like u r so amazing and talented, thank u)srry for rambling lol, take care and have a great day/night!

i haven’t started an official taglist yet ! buut i’ll be sure to add you when i dooo ., i’m so excited for the show - i can’t wait to see what new things i can write !

[darkangelhome]

Sorry if you've answered this before but I don't understand what they (bighit, managers, whatever you call it) are trying to do. Official story is they were really close but in time they've grew apart. Then, there was that talk in the "in the soop" and now with every new content they are more and more close. I don't buy this narrative at all but what do you think is the purpose? Especially starting from that "in the soop" episode

Yes, I answered that before, and yes, we didn't buy it. If you check my “ ask me anything “ or “ bigshit “ tag, you can find my answers on this subject. ;)