fmdsohyun

[fmdsohyun]

fmdbenji‌:

the girl didn’t seem very solid in her choice of reaction, but benji was pleased nonetheless. “i’ll be a louis baton before you know it.” frankly, he couldn’t remember the girl’s name, which didn’t speak very well to him, since it was likely her name was brought up less than ten minutes ago while filming. he was pretty certain she wasn’t a soloist, at least.

“wah, sorry.” the apology was light, barely one at all, though he was sure his informal language was enough that she’d know anyway. of all the things in the world to apologize for, a little sharpie on the fingers wasn’t very high up. he’d done much worse without apology, in his time.

benji scrunched the shirt together, making something resembling a long rope, and slung it over his shoulder. “i’ve got a lot in this old bag,” he said, with a too-harsh pat to the sack. “it’s like that mary poppins bag. never-ending, and full of magic, and drugs to give to kids.” a laugh broke free, vibrating his lips until he let it out fully. he was hilarious.

but, his reaction changed, as he watched the air freshener swing in front of him… or, below him, given their difference in height. “is that your way of telling me i stink?” benji pouted, momentarily, for the dramatic effect of it. “or is your preferred scent of man lavender?”

“...baton.” sohyun echoes, trying to keep the incredulity in her voice to a minimum. he was a senior artist, after all, even if they’d trained together. “do you perhaps mean... louis vuitton? like, lv?” she holds her bag up, showing him the brand. baton... vuitton. unbelievable. how was this man an idol?

drugs.

DRUGS. 

even if it’s a joke, (she thinks it is, anyway. sohyun can’t really tell with him.) benji sure seems stoned. either that, or he was taking the persona of 4-d idol much too far. sohyun looks around hastily to make sure that there’s no one within hearing range. “i don’t know if you can joke about that... man.” she tacks on, in an effort to speak benji-ese and sound less formal. “especially nnot in such a public place. what if someone hears and tips off dispatch? you’ll have reporters on your tail for months.” ah, to be successful enough they’d actually want to follow you.

“there’s absolutely nothing i find sexier in a man than the sweet, sweet scene of lavender. ask any woman and i’m sure they’ll tell you the same thing.” she glances at benji, looking at him properly. “anyway, you’re handsome enough i’m sure women would throw themselves at you even if you reeked of sewage.”

[fmdsohyun]

fmdyujin‌:

[ txt : 마이 베이비 ] but what if you get lost?ㅠㅠㅠㅠ [ txt : 마이 베이비 ] another reason!!! for me to tell!! [ txt : 마이 베이비 ] do you want me to get changyu oppa instead? i’m sure he’d tag along with me to go get you [ txt : 마이 베이비 ] i don’t know. i guess these companies thought simple, short names were a good idea  [ txt : 마이 베이비 ] try describing what you see around you! street names? department stores? 

━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : yeah good idea ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : um...! ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : um............!!!! ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : vivienne westwood! ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : isn’t that the girl from wish

[fmdsohyun]

fmdsooah‌:

[ ✉ sending a text to: sohyun시 ] i need as many perspectives as i can to reach a nice result [ ✉ sending a text to: sohyun시 ] as in a empirical research [ ✉ sending a text to: sohyun시 ] i’m not necessarily sweating over it, she just wants to do a good job and not persist on making mistakes [ ✉ sending a text to: sohyun시 ] what about other people’s work? do you think you’re capable of providing an unbiased review?

━━ [ 💌 sooah ] : empirical. that’s a big word. ━━ [ 💌 sooah ] : ‘i’m’ ‘she’ i already know you’re talking about you, it’s not like i’m going to tell anyone we had this conversation. calm down.  ━━ [ 💌 sooah ] : sure. send whatever files you need over. i’ll listen to them after i get my nails done. ━━ [ 💌 sooah ] : i’m warning you, though. all i can tell you is if it sounds good or not. i don’t know how to get into all those details. 

[fmdsohyun]

fmdjulie‌:

julie almost stumbles backwards, but manages to catch herself on the handrail. her hat does not slip off, by some miracle. for a second she sees the catastrophe that could have happened if she had completely lost her balance. with femme fatale’s comeback coming up soon, even a minor injury will be devastating. she quickly throws those thoughts away. instead she takes a quick step of the escalator, and then another to the side. she does not want to block it.

the voice belonging to the person that bumped into her sounds familiar. when she looks up, she immediately knows why. she does not know this idol extremely well. however, given that they are from the same company and element debuted just months before femme fatale, it would be difficult to not know sohyun at all. julie is not sure if they were ever rivals for the maknae position in element. everything about julie had put her into the box of femme fatale’s candidates rather quickly. she is glad for that. the women of element are extremely talented - julie would not change the group’s line-up in any way.

“sohyun-unnie!” she shout-whispers, “it’s fine, i wasn’t looking either.” her voice is filled with excitement. it always is when she meets her seniors from gold star media. after a second, she realizes the other might not recognize her. not everyone is as good at remembering faces and voices as julie is. “it is tang jingjie, julie,” she says is a hushed tone.

femme fatale. it’ll forever be one of her biggest what-ifs. what if she’d joined gold star later? she could be off conquering the world....at a much faster pace than element was doing, anyway.

ah, well. there’s not much use in dwelling on the past and forgetting to live the present.

“yes, i see that... julie. i knew that.” she absolutely didn’t. femme fatale were just a blur of pretty faces to her-- she’d been too busy with element to keep up with them while their line-up was being finalised, and after their debut, it ended up being a bit of a... jealousy thing. was sohyun aware that was childish and bordering on an inferiority complex? yes. did she care? no. if the whole world was going to know who they were, sohyun was determined to be the one person who stubbornly refused to put their names to their faces. 

“you’re blocking the way.” sohyun hisses, pulling her aside in, frankly, a petty move. like she hadn’t been blocking them either. “why’re you here, anyway? aren’t you still too rookie to be out and about without a manager?” 

shoes and woes - open

[fmdsohyun]

fmdsooah‌:

[ ✉ sending a text to: OPEN ] i have a friend who’s writing stuff, like lyrics and composing some things [ ✉ sending a text to: OPEN ] like nothing serious she says, it’s just for fun and all of that [ ✉ sending a text to: OPEN ] and she feels she’s doing a good job but she’s lacking confidence [ ✉ sending a text to: OPEN ] do you have any advice for her? [ ✉ sending a text to: OPEN ] to my friend

━━ [ 💌 sooah ] : and what did you come to me for? ━━ [ 💌 sooah ] : i know and am interested in absolutely nothing about the creative process of songs. ━━ [ 💌 sooah ] : as far as advice goes, don’t sweat the small things.  ━━ [ 💌 sooah ] : we’re idols, not artists. if she says it’s just for fun, then do it just for fun and see it just as a hobby. ━━ [ 💌 sooah ] : anyway, you can’t provide unbiased judgement on your own work. ━━ [ 💌 sooah ] : or your friend. whatever.

[fmdsohyun]

fmdjulie‌:

in between concerts and comeback preparations there hadn’t been much time for julie to much of anything. that is not to say that she ever does much. her free time is mostly spent watching dramas of various kinds, or hunting down the few people she considered friends to bother them with whatever was on her mind at the moment. today however, today her plans does not involve either of those things. today her plans involves shopping.

julie’s wardrobe seldom grows. she only adds new things to it whenever she throws old things out, which is not very often. she only buys things she really loves, and for that reason gets very attached to them. however, due to the intense practice in preparation for the concerts and their upcoming comeback, her two pairs of practice shoes had taken their last breath. sadly practice shoes were not things she could simply order online. they needed to fit perfectly while also maintaining good grip, and be suitable for femme fatale’s style of dancing. that, one needed to purchase in person.

so here she is, going up the escalator at the lotte mall. she has a face mask and a hat on, with minimal make-up. this is not the right time to be mobbed by fans. while julie adores seeing fans posting pictures of her on the street, she also does not want to create chaos in a shopping mall. thus there is no option but remaining low key. however, as she looked up to the end of the escalator, her eyes widened.

sohyun’s missed seoul dearly. while there’s a thrill to shopping in foreign countries, she’s pretty sure she’d been highballed by some of the staff in america, and with her less-than-ideal english skills, (what use was it going to be to say ‘i love you too!’ and ‘thank you!’ to them?) negotiation was off the table. 

well, she’s back in her home turf now, and that’s all that matters. arms laden down the shopping bags, she stops in her tracks. sohyun misses the vaguely disgruntled looks from the people around her, as she stands and ponders the merits of going to load her bags in the car versus just getting the rest of her shopping sent back home. she makes a decision, turning on her heel to make her way down to the underground parking lot. her body and her mind don’t seem to be on speaking terms, though, as she steps onto the upward-moving escalator, only realising her mistake when she nearly collides into someone. 

“oh my god!” she exclaims in english, (sounding eerily like corey. maybe her english wasn’t so bad, after all.) jumping backwards. “that scared me. did i hit you, anywhere?”

shoes and woes - open

[fmdsohyun]

fmdjinki‌:

🗩 𝙩𝙤 [𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣] 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘫𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪 .

→ 〚 𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝘇 〛: hey so  → 〚 𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝘇 〛: u dont have to answer rn → 〚 𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝘇 〛: but i need to know → 〚 𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝘇 〛: wat r ur thoughts abt batman? → 〚 𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝘇 〛: aaaaand most imprtnly → 〚 𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝘇 〛: do u wanna match halloween costumes w me?

━━ [ 💌 jinki (gold star) ] : if i say i like batman will that make me robin? ━━ [ 💌 jinki (gold star) ] : i don’t want to be robin. the colour scheme clashes with my complexion. ━━ [ 💌 jinki (gold star) ] : i can be alfred. i look good in suits. ━━ [ 💌 jinki (gold star) ] : where are you going for halloween that involves dressing up, anyway?  

[fmdsohyun]

fmdyujin‌:

this was close to tradition now. whenever element went overseas for a while, yujin and sohyun made sure to download enough episodes of their favorite makjang drama in order to entertain themselves. yujin found them to be ridiculous most of the times though she will admit that they were great amusement. sohyun, on the other hand, got way too invested, and there were a few times when the hotel lobby would call to make sure that everything was alright because some other guest had called about loud noises. it was usually yujin’s job to tell them that everything was fine while sohyun screamed in the background about how the man ended up being a half-brother. 

their last leg of the north american tour wasn’t too long, and they were only here for a couple of days, but that didn’t mean that yujin didn’t come prepared with a few episodes for the two to indulge in. “sohyun-ah! is the popcorn ready? i have the chips opened up,” she stated before heading over to the laptop to make sure that everything was set up correctly. they had just finished their concert and cleaned up which meant that it was time to watch another episode of whatever show sohyun was hooked onto. “the last time we left off, i’m pretty sure the two main leads shared a sibling or something.” 

@fmdsohyun​, february 13th, chicago

to sohyun, her makjangs (currently, a ‘winter sonata in my starry spring heart.’) are to her as what ‘keeping up with the kardashians’ are to westerners. there’s an odd sort of pleasure she derives from seeing just how much more ridiculous the writers get with each episodes. not to mention, hours on end of entertainment.

she’d be a little more embarrassed about her love for makjangs around... well, literally anyone else, seeing as they’re makjangs, but it’s yujin, who adores her so much she thinks the sun shines out her unspeakables. it’s also nice to not have to pause her dramas to reassure whoever’s at the door that yes she’s fine and not getting attacked by an axe-wielding murderer.

“popcorn... um. yes!” sohyun jabs frantically at the buttons on the microwave, trying to get the thing to turn off. the day before, she’d gone shopping (and got stranded, but that was a story for another time) for some snacks, which meant the instructions were all in english. it was fine, though. she knew numbers. the continuing hum of the microwave informs her that she’s still unsuccessful, and out of options, she just unplugs it. “half-sibling, who’s the full sibling of the antagonist.” sohyun corrects, bringing the bowl and a pair of chopsticks to the couch. “their dad really got around.” poking around for the source of the burnt smell, sohyun makes a face at the sight of the bottom half, which’d turned out a little more... caramelised than she’d like. 

“... how about room service?” ‘my treat’ goes unspoken.

[fmdsohyun]

【✧】━━━━━━ ♥ p o l y m e n t    a e s t h e t i c ♥ ━━━━━━【✧】

element: strong (platonic) bond, unique co-ed concept, mature but fun

[fmdsohyun]

01 : what’s in her bag.

wc: 507.

sohyun exudes an air of wealth and luxury, unlike sooyeon, which is funny, because she makes more in a month than what sohyun does in a year. you’ve gotta love family money, right?

she has a collection of designer bags that she like to match with her outfits, but the bag she’s currently using is the senreve voya tote. it’s a matching bag with her mom that she bought for her mom’s 49th birthday (with.... her mom’s.......... money...................)

it contains (all in their own little compartments/pouches.):

keys: in its little pouch, so it won’t scratch any of her belongings up. 

her bullet journal: a black moleskine notebook, with dotted paper. she also carries a pencil case with multiple coloured muji pens and mildliner highlighters. it’s mostly a mood tracker, and for personal and not work use.

wallet: a long, black saint laurent wallet. her banknotes are all arranged in order of monetary value, and her cards are arranged according to... colour. has a frozen yoghurt gift card she needs to use soon. has a total of 70000₩ in it, as well as $52, since she’s in the us.

makeup, stored in a cosmetics case from anya hindmarch:

has an extensive collection of skincare and makeup, and often switches the products she’s using out if she finds a brand that works better for her.

skincare: sunscreen, makeup wipes, toner pads, moisturiser cream and body lotion.

makeup: cushion foundation, powder, eyebrow pencil & powder, a liquid eyeliner, 3 tints and 4 lipsticks.

oil blotting paper, because her t-zone gets oily after a long day.

vaseline, because... vaseline. do-all salve.

3 black hair-ties.

a spray pen of daisy by marc jacobs. it’s the scent she’s used since she was a trainee at gold star. also puts on deodorant at home because who doesn’t?

her toothbrush and a small toothpaste, along with her retainer.

electronics:

her phone, a black iphone 11, on 75%. she uses an unexpectedly cute case that yujin gave her for valentine’s day, and there’s a charm that corey gave her for christmas tied to the case. does it ruin her cool, all-black, sleek aesthetic she has going? yes. does she care? no. will she glare at you if you mention that? yes.

a portable charger in its own velvet case. fully charged.

an ipad pro, and an apple pencil, which she uses to keep track of her schedules and appointments.

earbuds, also, no surprise, in their own case. she uses wired headphones because she just doesn’t like airpods, and with all the travelling element does, it’s wiser to use normal headphones.

miscellaneous:

a bottle of multi-vitamins for her hair and skin. has an alarm that reminds her to take them.

birth control pills. same alarm. thinks that men should be responsible for protection.

a hot water bottle.

snacks: 2 small bags of almonds, konjac jelly, 3 packets of green tea, and mints. it’s hard work being hot.

a foldable windbreaker. she gets cold easily.

tampies and pads, as well as disposable underwear.

hand sanitiser, and disinfectant wipes.

[fmdsohyun]

fmdyujin‌:

[ txt : 마이 베이비 ] have you tried uber?? lyft??  [ txt : 마이 베이비 ] or maybe even calling manager oppa? 😯 [ txt : 마이 베이비 ] just stay where you are!! keep texting me! [ txt : 마이 베에비 ] i’ll go tell oppaㅠㅠㅠㅠ

━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : NO ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : don’t tell manager oppa... i told him i’d be okay shopping on my own and god knows he’ll never let me live this down. at least for the next few stops. ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : my data will run out. i will die here. ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : surrounded by brandy melville and all that i love. ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : where’s changyu oppa ㅠㅠ i’m sure he has one of those american ride-hailing apps you mentioned... ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : ‘lift’ what sort of a name is lift.

[fmdsohyun]

fmdbenji‌:

variety was insufferable. on a rare occasion, benji could find himself laughing over one of the jokes –very rarely. singaporean blood may not have run through his veins, but it surely had shaped his humor. no matter how many years he’d been back in korea, it still felt like wearing a second skin to work through the culture clash. especially as someone who valued comedy as heavily as benji, spending year after year listening to boring and tired jokes, was like waiting in a never-ending grocery store line, reading the tabloids as if it mattered if brangelina were getting back together. if anything, the longer he stayed in korea, the more variety shows he was subject to be on, the more exhausting it was to go through them. speaking up on camera hadn’t been his forte since knight debuted, but whereas a nineteen year old benji didn’t want to be made fun of for his singaporean accent, a twenty-seven year old benji simply had nothing to offer through the incessant boredom of the shoots.

but, it was part of his job, and every job had an ending. benji could reach the point he could push out a semi-tight smile at the camera, like now. he could wave his final goodbyes, before the director called a wrap. 

the phrase itself felt like a weight lifted off his shoulders. they rolled back, mimicking his thought process. he turned to the crew, the cast, giving each group quick goodbyes, respectful enough that his haste to leave shouldn’t cause an issue. before leaving, benji collect his bag, the same backpack he ended up carrying with him everywhere. with the ease of repetition, he slung it over his shoulder, while simultaneously taking his phone out from the side pocket. the screen lit up, to an empty notification wall, which meant angel didn’t need him. so, she probably wasn’t crying in a ditch somewhere. he slipped the phone into his pant’s pocket, and as he looked back up, saw one of the idols he had just shot with. benji quickened his pace, shoes scuffling against the floor, until he caught up with them. “hey.” he let the backpack strap fall into the crevice of his arm, “so, i’ve got this business idea,” he continued, while opening up the zipper to pull out a balled up shirt. benji un-balled the fabric, and smoothed it out over his knee, hopping alongside his companion to keep up with their pace, then held it up. in sloppily written sharpie, the shirt read in english, ‘sorry, my idol self can’t come to the phone right now. why? oh, cause they’re dead���. a grin painted benji’s face as he read it over to himself. “sick, right? it’s kind of an old meme, but i can see a big idol market in it. you gonna be my first buyer?”

sohyun stops in her tracks, letting benji write. peering at the shirt, she decides to not voice her concern about his possibly being sued by taylor swift’s management, and takes the shirt from him and holding it up. she can already see where the sharpie ink has started to bleed into the fabric around it. 

“yes, very... sick. super avant-garde.” she definitely didn’t want to get off on the wrong foot with him-- hopefully his presence meant that this pilot episode would actually get picked up by the network, and not just be left to rot in an archive forever. while it wasn’t like she was desperate for solo activities, it was boring staying at home alone while the other 3 members were all occupied with a schedule or something of the sort. 

shopping until she dropped got boring even after a while, you know?

"for a handmade shirt by a knight member, i’m sure you could expand.” she points out-- oh, the ink was BLEEDING!-- sohyun hastily hands it back to benji like she’s somehow the cause of that. “do you usually just carry shirts around in your bag like that and scribble on them whenever inspiration strikes? i have to say, that’s a rather... baller move, if you do.” she’s seen other idols carry around notebooks for songwriting purposes, but shirts are a new one. 

“well, do you take payment in card? or in... air freshener satchets.” she dangles a lavender-scented fabric bag from her fingertips.

[fmdsohyun]

@fmdyujin

━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : unnie... ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : i’m stuck on melrose avenue...... ━━ [ 💌 yujin (gold star) ❤️ ] : i don’t know how to hail a taxi.............

[fmdsohyun]

fmddojun‌:

📱 to sohyun : believe me, i’m thrice as shocked you actually replied 📱 to sohyun : yours was one of the first few contacts on my list. don’t ask me why or how 📱 to sohyun : it does? but lol i guess i got stuck since we both grandly fucked up with each other in our teenage years. so now everything is oddly staying stagnant instead of going forward or backwards.

━━ [ 💌 dojun (alien) ] : uh, step one is be polite to someone taking the time out of their day to help you be a better person. ━━ [ 💌 dojun (alien) ] : then move forward? it’s not that hard? ━━ [ 💌 dojun (alien) ] : make the first move if you want to change your relationship with that person.

[fmdsohyun]

if i die tragically nobody better be telling reporters i had a “big heart” and “made people smile”

[fmdsohyun]

fmddojun‌:

📱 to unknown : how to be a good person to someone else? 📱 to unknown : yes surprise surprise, i can actually be not like an asshole for once  📱 to unknown : and actually ask sensible, rhetorical questions. 📱 to unknown : in actual fact, i’m facing a crisis, because i finally realised that i have a person i want to actually be great to all the time 📱 to unknown : so i’m trying to do some introspection time

━━ [ 💌 dojun (alien) ] : i think, in itself, just trying is already a step in the right direction? ━━ [ 💌 dojun (alien) ] : if you think you want to be good to them, just do it. ━━ [ 💌 dojun (alien) ] : when you want to be good to them, doesn’t it just naturally happen? ━━ [ 💌 dojun (alien) ] : i don’t know why on earth you’re coming to me for that type of advice, though.

[fmdsohyun]

fmdyaebin‌:

{ YAEBIN ⥤ SOHYUN }: i would accept that as an answer, BUT { YAEBIN ⥤ SOHYUN }: It appears as though he left at night and they didn’t leave until the following morning { YAEBIN ⥤ SOHYUN }: so things aren’t adding up here { YAEBIN ⥤ SOHYUN }: EXACTLY { YAEBIN ⥤ SOHYUN }: what kind of lion can live off of BUGS? { YAEBIN ⥤ SOHYUN }: where is the bar? on the floor { YAEBIN ⥤ SOHYUN }: even fictional men ain’t shit { YAEBIN ⥤ SOHYUN }: i don’t think so?? they don’t have thumbs??

━━ [ 💌 yaebin (fuse) ] : it’s been forever since i’ve last watched the lion king. i meant to watch the live-action one but never got around to it. ━━ [ 💌 yaebin (fuse) ] : you should come over and we can watch it together. ━━ [ 💌 yaebin (fuse) ] : did he have to wait until like... bigger animals died of natural causes?? and then ate them? ━━ [ 💌 yaebin (fuse) ] : that’s really dark. ━━ [ 💌 yaebin (fuse) ] : the only disney prince that deserves any rights at all is eugene. and kristoff, but he’s not a prince, is he? ━━ [ 💌 yaebin (fuse) ] : eric’s hot, but like.... he’s kinda useless. shang, too. i’d prefer mulan over him. ━━ [ 💌 yaebin (fuse) ] : WHAT IS GRUB THEN.......... ━━ [ 💌 yaebin (fuse) ] : omg wait do meerkats have thumbs then.