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This is self indulgent

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I'm not a violent dog but I do know why I bite.

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BTS Didn’t Save You—They Sold You a Story or When Empathy Becomes a Marketing Strategy: BTS and the Ethics of Brand Endorsement

The key difference between BTS members who continue to support, promote, and even serve as ambassadors for brands directly collaborating with Israel—such as Coca-Cola, McDonald’s or Starbucks—lies not only in their actions, but in the context in which they occur. In 2023, there was widespread confusion: many people were unaware of the full historical trajectory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the depth of Israel’s occupation since 1948, and the extent to which multinational corporations were financially entangled with Israel. At that time, one could reasonably argue that some endorsements were made without a complete understanding of the implications, particularly before the global community witnessed, in real time, Israel’s unprecedented escalation of violence in Gaza.

However, by 2025, this context has fundamentally changed. Over the past two years, the world has been confronted with undeniable evidence: extensive documentation—through videos, photographs, and testimonies—of mass bombings, extrajudicial killings, and the systematic targeting of civilians, including women, the elderly, and children. We have seen the corpses of infants and children, victims of starvation deliberately engineered through Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid and its obstruction of international flotillas. These acts, coupled with countless instances of recorded violence, have left no room for plausible deniability. To continue collaborating with entities that fund such actions is not an act of ignorance; it is an active moral choice.

What makes BTS’s participation particularly troubling is the discrepancy between their public image and their actions. The group has built its global brand on narratives of empathy, social justice, and humanitarianism. Yet these values appear instrumental rather than genuine—tools for commercial success. Their marketing has exploited universal desires for belonging and healing, particularly among adolescents and marginalized groups, cultivating a fandom whose loyalty is sustained through narratives of victimhood and moral exceptionalism. This dynamic mirrors mechanisms observed in cults, where emotional manipulation and identity-based allegiance serve to protect the group from scrutiny while enabling harmful behavior.

The behavior of their fandom amplifies this problem. Rather than engaging critically with the group’s actions, large segments of the fandom engage in systematic deflection, harassment, and even disinformation campaigns. Online, critics are frequently targeted through doxxing, mass bullying, and coordinated smear tactics, often justified under the guise of “protecting the group’s image.” This willingness to suppress dissent and rewrite narratives—claiming achievements that are not theirs, erasing contributions of other artists, and weaponizing serious sociopolitical issues to silence opposition—bears uncomfortable similarities to patterns of supremacist ideologies, including colonial narratives and Zionist propaganda: the erasure of inconvenient truths to maintain power and moral authority.

Within this framework, BTS’s corporate alignment is not incidental. They are part of one of the most powerful and opaque entertainment conglomerates in K-pop, currently under investigation for financial fraud, labor exploitation, and media corruption, and known for partnerships with pro-Israel entities. The members themselves are not passive participants in this system. Their careers have benefited from these structures, and their silence—or, in some cases, their performative disregard for criticism, such as publicly promoting products tied to the funding of Israel despite widespread calls for boycott—reflects an awareness that their status shields them from accountability.

The persistence of their fandom’s defense mechanisms exacerbates the ethical breach. For over a decade, fans have justified or minimized nearly all of the group’s transgressions, often infantilizing adult men in their thirties while vilifying critics. This cycle of protection has created an environment in which the group’s members can act without fear of consequences, relying on their audience to redirect blame, generate positive publicity, and even attack other artists to deflect attention from their own actions.

The core argument is therefore twofold. First, BTS’s complicity is qualitatively different because it contradicts the very principles upon which their global success was built. Their brand has commodified suffering, empathy, and activism, transforming these values into profitable narratives while simultaneously undermining them through direct collaboration with entities implicated in mass violence. Second, the timing matters: in 2025, after two years of unambiguous evidence of atrocities in Gaza, continued association with such brands cannot be rationalized as ignorance. It is a deliberate alignment with systems of power that perpetuate oppression.

Supporting any artist or public figure engaged in such collaborations is ethically problematic. However, BTS’s case is particularly indefensible precisely because their success has relied so heavily on the illusion of moral leadership. To move forward, audiences must confront the dissonance between image and reality, reject manipulative narratives, and recognize the broader structures—capitalist, colonial, and propagandistic—that make such contradictions possible.

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Israel wants you to believe the only casulaties from their relelentless 75 year long campaign against Palestinians are all terrorists.

They are trying desperately to dehumanize them

Do not let them. Palestinians are humans, they are innocents. They have hopes and dreams and love and heartbreak and joys and sadness, just like you and me.

Palestinians are fans, just like you and me. They want to dress up as their favorite superhero.

They want to see their favorite artist live in concert one day. They listen to their music.

They like anime, manga, video games, watching their favorite shows over and over. They make fanart and fanfic and write theories and have blogs on here that will never be used again.

They want nothing more than to go back to their fandoms and joys. They want their lives and hopes and dreams back

Do not forget that Palestinians are humans just like you and me and please don't stop fighting for them

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Pisse - Fahrradsattel

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Hi, I'm Gabriela and this is a place for all the things I'm passionate about, or interests I pursue — also a spot for trauma dumping sometimes.

My original posts or writings are under the hashtag "rotting doll".

For legal reasons, all characters and events are fictional.

Trigger warning for almost every topic, y’all sensitive fucks 🖤

The experience of womanhood is cruel.

Very political, very female rage.

English/Spanish

Inglés/Español 🖤🕷️

#rottingdoll

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13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round The Side Of Your Bed

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🌸 From One Mother’s Heart – Please Read 🌸

My name is Saja. I’m a wife, a mother, and a woman who once believed her story would be simple. I thought my days would be filled with watching my daughter grow — from her first smile to her first steps — surrounded by the small joys of everyday life.

But life had other plans.

War has returned to our home. Again. And once again, we find ourselves living under skies that never seem to rest.

There was a moment — a fragile, breathless moment — when the bombs paused and the world seemed to remember us. It gave us hope. We thought maybe, just maybe, we could start to rebuild. But now, we are back in the dark — hiding, holding on, praying.

I’m writing this not as someone seeking pity, but as a mother who has no other choice but to speak.

Imagine holding your baby in the middle of the night, not because she cried, but because the world outside roared too loud for either of you to sleep. Imagine whispering bedtime stories not to lull her into dreams, but to keep the fear from settling into her tiny bones.

This is my life.

This is my daughter’s life.

And even now — especially now — I believe in softness. I believe in kindness. Because when everything else is taken from you, hope becomes the most valuable thing you have.

Why I’m Reaching Out Our home has been damaged. Our lives changed. But through it all, my daughter wakes up every morning with a smile. She reaches for me with trust, with love, with faith that I will keep her safe.

That’s why I keep going.

I’ve launched a campaign to ask for help — not because it’s easy, but because silence is no longer an option. I am asking for support not just for me, but for my baby, and for the quiet strength of so many mothers like me who are fighting, every single day, to hold their families together.

How You Can Help: 🤍 Help us restore parts of our home so we can live with dignity 🤍 Support women and mothers in Gaza with access to care and resources 🤍 Keep the light of hope alive for a generation born in the shadows of war

💛 If you can, please support our journey here:

If you can’t give, please consider sharing. Your voice might be the reason someone else hears ours.

From My Heart to Yours Maybe our lives are worlds apart. Maybe you’ve never lived through war. But if you’ve ever held a child and wished the world could be better for them — then you understand more than you know.

I don’t want my daughter to grow up thinking the world turned away.

Please, if you’ve read this far — thank you. Thank you for seeing us. Thank you for caring. We are still here. Still hoping. Still holding on to every kind act like it’s a lifeline.

With love and endless gratitude

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In case you're wondering, it never gets better. Been like this since the first time I tried to unalive myself at 12. It gets maybe slightly better, but the horrible memories of what's happened to you never vanish, and sometimes it even gets worse after 16/17. I'm 27 now, and I can assure you the trauma has been 100% worse, and it just accumulates. I have seen the horror man can inflict on women's (myself included).

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Synthrica : 電話倶楽部

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Idk, I saw this in a server and got inspired.

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Skoodge moodboard bc I can

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KAGEHINA FICS MASTERLIST

• ⭐️🎖️ jellyfish, by mysterytwin — hinata makes a list of things to do before graduation; and that includes confessing his feelings to kageyama. a wonderful story, so heartwarming. my utmost favorite.

• ⭐️ in transit, by mysecretfanmoments — while riding the bus together, hinata begins to discover about his feelings for kageyama. absolutely lovely.

• dare, by majesticartax — kagehina’s chosen to play a dare in which they end up locked in a room, and, of course, revelations ensue. this one made me scream lots. rated m!

• you know all the strings (and know just how to tug them), by artemisia_hq — 5 + 1 story about kageyama being whipped and can’t say no and hinata saying yes. domestic fluff.

• like always, by artemisia_hq — during their last walk home together, hinata becomes aware of his feelings and decides to do something about it. short story, yet so cute!

• ⭐️ i wanna know you, and i wanna love you, by momochai — kagehina go on a day together, or better yet, a date; even though they’re not quite aware of it. i was dying throughout all of this, outstanding!

• you’re grabbing my hands like they’re handbars, by mountains_6 — basically tsukishima being a third wheel when the three of them travel to rio, based on the extra bit of the manga, lol. short and endearing.

• 🎖️ a hundred or so hellos, by iwillstillopenthewindow — kageyama reincarnates over and over and hinata continues dying over and over. angst. a lot of angst. but still goddamn beautiful.

• let me in on the open secret too, by switmikan74 — kageyama doesn’t know that he’s dating hinata, until he gets hints from a shoujo manga. that’s so fitting, definitely worth the read!

• highway verse, series by emleewrites — a pixel cars au that i didn’t think it’d catch me until i read it and had dreams about this fantastic universe.

• ⭐️🎖️ if it wasn’t for you, by halfbloom (diphylleias) — in brazil, hinata learns more about relationships and what it means to have a bond with kageyama. got my heart effortlessly. such a delight.

• ⭐️ one more thing, by marks — it’s tsukishima and yamaguchi’s wedding, and kageyama and hinata decide to go together. can i please have more of this? sweet stories like this makes my heart melt, i swear.

• 🎖️⭐️ i can do better, by buu — kagehina compete over everything under the sun, and that includes kissing. and some more. in fact, every kagehina fic by this author hits. and this one… made me feel stuff. rated m!

• ⭐️ no angels could beckon me back, by lilacnoctua — heated arguments lead kagehina to heated moments with each other. a hot story with great development. loved every part of it.

• from this day forward, by emleewrites — kageyama tries to propose; it goes as badly as you can expect. so funny, seriously! i could easily recommend every fic by this author too, as well as esselle’s, but i’m gonna list my favorites anyway, so hang on!

• soft serve, by tothemoon — kagehina drives an ice cream truck to help karasuno; as one might expect, feelings are involved in between. summer fic, brings a ton of good emotions!

• 🎖️ famous v-league players make fools of themselves on twitter dot com, by crone_zone — the appearance of one hinata shouyou through the eyes of twitter users. pure comedy and it’s a whole show. gorgeous!

• room to grow, by mysecretfanmoments — things are different in their third year and hinata’s still learning how to deal with it. ah, young love! the best kind.

• raining verse, by emleewrites — kageyama’s cursed to be a kitten, hinata’s the one who finds him. i love a magic realism au, so imagine my happiness while reading this.

• future’s kiss, by mervousmer — kageyama somehow travels to the future for a moment, and hinata’s there, all grown-up. come on, time travels also have my heart! this one’s cute as hell.

• ⭐️ dethroned, by setkia — kageyama counts his victories and losses against hinata in his mind. what a gem! short and fabulously creative.

• saffron and cayenne pepper, by dontsaycrazy — neighbours kagehina: one only knows how to set the kitchen on fire and the other one’s actually a chef, what could work between them? everything, that’s the answer. a hit!

• on quarantining together…, series by winterey — social media kagehina making lives while on quarantine. fun and addictive!

• conflict of interest, by zukushou — more of social media kagehina, this time with journalists thinking they’re rivals when they’re actually… yknow *gay for each other*. just everything i’d ever want for them.

• ⭐️ with suds in your eyes (and a smile on your lips), by hqkrys — established relationship kagehina take a messy shower together. overall just endless fluff, which melts my heart!

• a bento for dr. kageyama, by zukushou — hinata leaves food for his husband and causes gossip at the hospital said husband works in. hahaha, this is definitely terrific.

• the best laid hands, by mysecretfanmoments — kageyama doesn’t even know how to deal with his own romantic life, so it’s best if other people don’t ask for advice. but what if it’s an advice for hinata? you never know :)

• ⭐️ better than firewhiskey, by mysterytwin — hogwarts au with kagehina! someone should definitely find this author by the way and give them a big hug. i want to. they rock.

• chase the light, my love, by thebeaming sun — kageyama planning to propose and earning support of his teammates. established relationship kind of thing that makes me smile.

• hinata and kageyama terrorise a simple interviewer, satorou masashi, series by call_me_j — story told in the form of an interview, including post time-skip kagehina of course. remarkable!

• optical, by kvhottie — kageyama wears glasses; everyone freaks out. do i need to explain more? hella entertaining.

• never doubt i love, by gentle_autumn_rain — jealous hinata thinks kageyama got a boyfriend. he didn’t. love these small misunderstandings that lead to a confession! so good.

• of gentlemen and scoundrels, by mysecretfanmoments — historical au with kageyama as a gentlemen in london and hinata who’s… well, not very much like him. the writing and the sexual tension in this is spectacular!

• ⭐️ save the last dance for me, my prince, by zukushou — prince kageyama and bodyguard hinata, as this fandom deserved. and such a well-developed at that. charming!

• patience, by mistonthelake — surprisingly enough, hinata discovers about kageyama’s crush on him earlier than the man himself. a lesson in being patient.

• wrestle for victory, by emleewrites — after their fateful game, kagehina decides to compete over wrestling. that’s definitely something they’d do and it got me hooked.

• ⭐️ oh we play, in autumn days, by aruariandance — kagehina being silly boys and kageyama getting a phone. is it because he wants to text hinata? that, he’ll never admit. i’d give it a hundred kudos if i could.

• ⭐️ ridiculous, by festivetrickster — yachi has to spend some time with kagehina in their apartment. the way they live just makes me suspicious of their relationship. no, like, this is indeed so ridiculous but i like it so much!

• sunstruck, by orphan account — kageyama gets the help of romero to sort out his relationship with hinata. seeing introverted kageyama slowly but surely trust his teammate and idol with issues like this makes me proud.

• ⭐️ sun above your shoulders, by longleggedgit — even in an universe where they go to different high schools, kagehina meet each other anyway. everything’s delightful here!

• the missing piece, by akaashism (acciomerlin) — kageyama deals with the changes in hinata. just adorable, i giggled a lot.

• the trouble with soulmates, by navybluewings — our sweet cupid hinata’s journey to get soulmates bonds fixed! this au rocks.

• five star review, by emleewrites — hinata’s hired to paint kageyama’s wall and they start a “friendship” out of it. amazing to see this unfold, so nicely done.

• 🎖️ for the best of all possible worlds, by tinygumdrops (curryramyeon) — an au about kagehina’s relationship journey from across countries, including letters. they meet while being apart and we see it unfold. is there anything better than this? majestic!

• at the tip of your nose, by cloesh_scribbles — where kageyama’s obsessed with eskimo kisses and hinata’s obsessed with him. please help me after this, the fluff killed me.

• the video series, by sunnyslipper — kageyama and hinata breaking the internet over and over with their videos. funny and spot on!

• alexa, play waking up in vegas, by attackofthezee (noxlunate) — kageyama and hinata get married accidentally. the thing is, i can totally imagine them doing this. they’re absurd and lovely.

• meat bun is a love language, by icecreamromantic — kageyama decides to confess using meat buns. come on, it’s stupidly perfect!

• slipping through sand, by majesticanna — an au in which kagehina meet in brazil. just so warm, waaah!

• high dose, by akaashism (acciomerlin) — hinata convinces kageyama that, because of a health issue, he needs kisses. i swear, these silly boys will break me. this is excellent.

• why do i feel like it’s (fake) love, by izucaii — hinata and kageyama pretend to be boyfriends while in brazil. a gorgeous fake-relationship story!

• ⭐️ a best man’s worse problems, by villainphilia — tsukishima, the best man for kagehina’s wedding, prepares his speech while reminiscing how the two dumbasses got together. all of this is just marvellous!

• five proposals, by dayoldcupcake — kageyama proposing, hinata saying no. done with the intent of giving me diabetes. chef’s kiss!

• ⭐️ plain as day, by emleewrites — hinata has a low self-esteem and kageyama tries to make him realize how wonderful he is. i died and came back. truly stunning.

• kageyama tobio reads thirst tweets (unedited), by popcornpearl — after making a bet, kageyama reads thirsty tweets and tries not to blush. it’s harder than he expected. rated m!

• i’m lucky to have you, zukushou — the famous “just woke up high in anestesia and i can’t remember my own partner” trope. pure comedy, love this for them.

• ⭐️ the obvious is at eye level (but i might need a step stool), by dr_awkward221 — hinata watching sakusa’s relationship with miya and slowly realizing things about his own his kageyama. i loove this one, it’s unbearably good.

• ⭐️🎖️ let the light out, by uhohshouto — kagehina make a bet in which the other one must ask for something of the loser. kageyama wants a kiss… and then something more. seriously though, i can’t believe this; it’s a wonderful story, so entertaining. rated e!

• epic, by esselle — a surfing au with hinata as an instructor and kageyama as an arrogant professional. this charming scenario surely made my day.

• let’s take this offline, by pas_dautres — office employees kagehina who meet through emails and reports. i had to add this, because it’s nice, surely worth the read.

• 🎖️ these hands of time, these hands of mine, by fireheartaw — kageyama being introspective over their story together and apart. light angst maybe, but the narrative’s so interesting and captivating.

• discordant, by majesticanna — academic rivals kagehina meet again as professors. so short but so sweet!

• 🎖️⭐️ pursuit verse, series by emleewrites — a gambler hinata and an attorney kageyama based on the ace attorney game. never played the game. but the story? deserves to be printed. if you never read it, you need to. hear me out: you need to.

• ⭐️ getting it right, by akaashism (acciormerlin) — play pretend boyfriends for miwa who end up actually having domestic moments and finding out more about their feelings, hehe.

• know you better, by mysterytwin — bakery worker kageyama and spell shop owner hinata in a world of magic! great development and very poetic.

note that this is based on the fics i’ve known since i entered the fandom and that i truly enjoy. either they’re famous or not famous, i’m just adding them here for my future self contentment and for those who, just as me, wanted a full list of kagehina fics upon getting engaged in haikyuu media.

if you think i should add more and if you have recs for me too, i’m accepting them! thank yoou.

last update: 3/3/24

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only sports anime can pull of a fist bump with the emotional intimacy of a kiss