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Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who got me to 2500 likes, this means the absolute world to me 🖤🖤🖤

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10 Quiet Ways Your Character Is Breaking Their Own Heart (And Pretending It's Fine)

These are the betrayals that aren’t loud. They don’t come with fireworks or screaming matches. These are the small, slow deaths. The ones that your character lets happen... while smiling politely.

» They say yes when they desperately want to say no. Every. Damn. Time. They show up when they're exhausted. They agree to things they hate. They make themselves smaller, softer, easier, because "good people" don’t make waves, right? (Spoiler: they're drowning.)

» They keep chasing people who only love them halfway. It's not even subtle anymore. They know these people leave them on "read," show up late, make them feel like an afterthought. But they cling anyway, spinning every scrap of affection into a story about hope. (It’s not hope. It’s hunger.)

» They refuse to believe good things are meant for them. They’ll hype everyone else up. They’ll believe in everyone else's dreams. But when something finally good lands in their lap? They’ll panic. Push it away. Tell themselves it was a fluke. (Because being disappointed feels safer than being lucky.)

» They’re waiting for closure that will never come. An apology. An explanation. A miracle where someone says, "You were right, and I was wrong, and I’m so sorry." They wait years. Decades. Lifetimes. But deep down, they know: some people never come back. Some stories just end without punctuation.

» They’re hoarding all their "almosts" like treasures. The job they almost got. The love that almost worked. The version of themselves they almost became. They replay those maybes like a greatest hits album. (Meanwhile, real life is slipping by while they mourn possibilities.)

» They’re performing a version of success they secretly hate. Look at the Instagram. Look at the LinkedIn updates. Look at the shiny exterior. It looks like winning. But every trophy they collect feels heavier, not lighter. Every promotion tastes a little more like ash. (Turns out, chasing someone else's dream is still losing.)

» They forgive people who aren’t sorry. Not because they’re enlightened. Not because they’ve healed. But because it’s easier to pretend it didn’t hurt than to sit with the fact that it did—and that the person responsible doesn't care. (Some wounds scar better when you stop pretending they were accidents.)

» They punish themselves for still being soft. The world told them, again and again, that soft things get broken. And they believed it. So every time they feel too much? Every time they cry or hope or trust? They tell themselves they’re weak. Stupid. Embarrassing. (They're not. They're just still alive.)

» They downplay their own magic. They call their talents "lucky breaks." Their beauty "average." Their intelligence "no big deal." They shrug off compliments like they're dangerous. Because deep down, they've been taught that being remarkable makes you a target.

» They cling to the idea that if they just work harder, they'll finally be enough. They believe in meritocracy like it’s a religion. That if they hustle hard enough, self-sacrifice deep enough, burn themselves to ash perfectly enough, someone, somewhere, will finally say, "You're worthy now." (They were always worthy. The system is just broken.)

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The way Seonghwa walks

There are several videos that make fun of the way Seonghwa walks, with his hands behind his back like an "ahjussi" (아저씨, a Sir, an old man and he always says it's because it's comfortable. Today he posted some photos of him going for a walk among the cherry blossom trees with his mother and in one of the photos he and his mother are walking together and we all found out why he walks like that.

It's just like his mother walks.

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It's definitely past the 4-hour mark where San can be social. His introverted self shut down lol. Battery at 0%.

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20 Lies Your Character Believes

(These can shape their behavior, choices, and arcs... until they’re forced to confront them.)

✧ I’m hard to love.

✧ If I don’t succeed, I’m worthless.

✧ People only stick around if I earn them.

✧ If I show weakness, I’ll be left behind.

✧ Everyone eventually leaves.

✧ I’m just like my father/mother—and that’s a bad thing.

✧ I’m too broken to fix.

✧ Happiness isn’t meant for people like me.

✧ The worst thing I ever did defines me forever.

✧ If I’m not useful, I’m disposable.

✧ My anger is dangerous. I have to bury it.

✧ If people really knew me, they’d leave.

✧ I don’t deserve forgiveness.

✧ Love is weakness.

✧ Control is safety.

✧ I can fix everyone else but not myself.

✧ I owe it to them to suffer.

✧ If I rest, I’ll fall apart.

✧ Hope is a trap.

✧ This is the best version of me they’ll ever get.

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pairing: hongjoong x reader au: 9th member | idol | poly genre: angst with comfort word count: 1.2k synopsis: you didn't mean for it happen, but it did.. warning(s): hospital, description of passing out, bad eating habits.

You were burning up.

So hot that even with the staff frantically fanning you, sweat clung to your skin and the water you chugged did little to cool you down. Hongjoong noticed how winded you were and rushed to your side, quickly pulling out his earpiece.

"Are you okay? Do we need to call a medic?"

You waved him off, taking a deep breath before straightening up. "Just need a minute," you mumbled.

The staff exchanged glances with Hongjoong, concern etched into their expressions. Still, he stayed close, silently offering you your microphone. You took it with a small nod as the two of you followed the others toward the stage.

The roar of the crowd grew louder, fans screaming as Wooyoung, San, and Yeosang lit up the stage with their performance.

Behind you, Mingi and Yunho appeared, concern flashing across their faces the moment they saw how closely Hongjoong was hovering by your side.

"You look... pale? Y/N, are you okay?" Mingi asked, his brows furrowing.

You waved him off, nodding as if that would settle it. "I'm fine," you insisted, though your voice lacked its usual strength.

Hongjoong let out an annoyed huff beside you, clearly not convinced. He was one second away from calling off the rest of the show—there was no way he was letting you push through when you looked like this.

But just as he turned to call out to the director, the crew was already ushering you all toward the stage, headsets crackling with urgency.

“No time—go, go, go!”

You barely had a moment to collect yourself before the stage lights flared to life, blinding and hot, the deafening cheers crashing over you like a tidal wave.

You moved on autopilot, slipping into position as the music kicked in. When your line came, you lifted the mic with trembling fingers, your voice barely catching the beat.

Then your vision blurred.

Your words slurred, the mic slipping slightly from your grasp just before your knees gave out beneath you. A sharp ringing filled your ears, drowning out the roar of the crowd—though you could still feel the shift in energy, the panic breaking through the cheers.

Someone was in front of you—reaching, calling your name—but their face was a blur.

Then everything went dark.

Hongjoong hadn’t left your side since you were admitted. He sat in the stiff hospital chair, your hand cradled tightly in his, his knee bouncing restlessly.

How did he miss the signs? The exhaustion in your eyes, the way your energy had been slipping day by day. You’d been skipping meals—he knew that now—but he couldn’t even remember the last time he’d seen you eat.

The guilt clawed at his chest, sharp and suffocating.

Then you stirred. A soft groan slipped past your lips as you slowly sat up, disoriented and sluggish.

Hongjoong was at your side in an instant, the chair screeching back as he leaned over you, hands hovering like he wasn’t sure whether to hold you or let you breathe.

“Hey—hey, take it slow,” he said gently, eyes scanning your face for any sign of pain. “You scared the hell out of me.”

“What happened? I just remember going on stage,” you mumbled, your voice hoarse as your hand moved to your head, wincing at the dull throb settling behind your eyes.

Hongjoong let out a breath he didn’t realize he’d been holding. He gently guided your hand down, his touch careful.

“You collapsed,” he said quietly. “Right in the middle of the performance. Scared everyone half to death.”

Your eyes widened as his words sank in, panic bubbling up as questions rushed to your lips—but Hongjoong held up his hands before you could speak.

“Yes, the boys are okay,” he said, voice firm but gentle. “They’ll come visit once you and I have a nice, long chat about your health.”

He gave your hand a light squeeze, his gaze unwavering.

“The schedule’s cleared for a few weeks—for all of us. We’re not letting you keep running yourself into the ground. You’re going to rest, and you’re going to eat, and we’re going to make sure you’re actually okay this time. We’ll be damned if we let you keep going like this.”

Hongjoong let out a sigh—not one of disappointment, but one heavy with worry and guilt.

“Why didn’t you say something?” he asked softly, his brows drawing together. “You nearly scared half of us to death. Do you have any idea how worried we were, Y/N?”

His voice cracked slightly at the end, and you saw it clearly now—how shaken he truly was. Not just as your leader. Not even as your teammate.

As your lover.

Your eyes welled up, the weight of everything finally crashing down. You looked down at your interlocked fingers, gripping his hand tighter as the tears began to fall, silent and steady.

“We were just so busy,” you whispered, voice trembling. “And I didn’t want to disappoint any of you. It didn’t feel like something to worry about… not until today.”

Your shoulders shook as you tried to steady your breath.

“It just got so hot, and we’ve worked so hard to be able to perform on that stage. I didn’t want to screw it up.” You paused, tears slipping down your cheeks. “But I did anyway. And I’m so sorry, Hongjoong…”

His heart broke a little more at the sight of you blaming yourself. Hongjoong’s expression softened instantly, his own eyes glistening as he reached up to gently wipe a tear from your cheek with his thumb.

“Hey, hey… no,” he murmured, voice low and full of emotion. “You didn’t screw anything up, Y/N. You scared us, yeah—but not because you failed. Because we love you.”

He leaned in, pressing his forehead gently against yours, his grip on your hand never loosening.

“You don’t have to carry everything by yourself. Not with me. Not with the boys. You’re not a burden, and you never will be. We’d rather a thousand cancelled stages than see you like that again.”

His thumb brushed over your hand, slow and grounding.

“You’re more important than any show. Please don’t ever think otherwise.”

“Now,” Hongjoong whispered, pulling back just enough to look into your eyes, “be real with me. I won’t be mad, I promise.”

His thumb continued to trace soft circles against your skin, grounding you in his presence.

“When was the last time you ate?” he asked softly.

His voice held no judgment—just concern. And love. The kind that made your chest ache all over again. Because you knew the answer wasn’t something he’d want to hear.

You slowly pulled your hand away, gaze dropping to the blanket, unable to meet his eyes. And that alone was all the answer he needed.

Without hesitation, he reached out and took your hand back, holding it even tighter this time.

“Oh, Y/N…” he whispered, heart breaking.

Your shoulders began to shake as the guilt and exhaustion finally caught up with you. You looked up at him, eyes glassy and voice cracking.

“I’m sorry, Hongjoong. I didn’t mean for it to happen.”

He didn’t say anything right away—just pulled you into his arms, holding you close like you might slip away if he didn’t. One hand cradled the back of your head, the other wrapped firmly around your waist.

“I know,” he murmured into your hair. “I know you didn’t. But you don’t have to be sorry for falling apart. Not with me.”

He held you like that, letting you cry, letting you be human.

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Hongjoong dropped by Maddox's live! I really love their friendship. In the early days, Hongjoong was like a little brother tagging along with all the older artists/producers. Look how far they've both come!

I enjoy watching Maddox content. His vlogs and livestreams are very calming and good to have on in the background while working.

Also, you should check out Maddox's music! He has a BEAUTIFUL voice (he narrates the intro/outros to a lot of their albums).

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#Seonghwa: Wake up! 🥺

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i found this image to be quite inspirational, thus i wish to share it. you don't have to make something phenomenal much less rather something exceptional. you must first put it out there and tweak things later because you cannot build off of something you put nothing into. some day you'll regret never putting yourself out there.

create beautiful, wonderful things.

~ m.n.

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You don’t need to say “She was losing.” 

Show me the way her breath stutters, the way her vision blurs at the edges, how her arms feel like lead but she still lifts them anyway. Show me the taste of blood on her tongue, the sharp sting when she wipes it away.  

A fight isn’t just fists and kicks, it’s instinct. It’s mistakes. It’s the split second where she moves left instead of right, and pain explodes across her ribs. It’s the way she grits her teeth, forces herself to stay standing, even when her legs threaten to buckle. 

People don’t announce their next move. They don’t think in long sentences. It’s breathless. It’s now. It’s move or lose. Make your readers feel every hit, every heartbeat, every desperate second she fights to stay on her feet.

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"Dopamine" .... title track???

COINCIDENCE??! SPOILER???!!!

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DELETED SCENE - Louis Vuitton Runway Men’s Fashion Week

Beyond the Lens - Logbook Videographer!Reader x OT8 Ateez

🎥 Series Masterlist 🎥

☽ Masterlist ☾ 

Inspiration Pictures

Pinterest Board Masterlist

Disclaimer: This story is purely a work of fiction. It is not meant to assume or mock anything about Ateez, Atiny, or anything relating to what I do not know about being a videographer. This story will follow several of the events that Ateez has done in the past year for Golden Hour Part 2, that being said I will not be able to include everything. 

Contains she/her pronouns.

The logo in the center is mine. Please do not reuse or copy.

I strongly recommend looking at the inspiration pictures and the Pinterest boards linked above (which will be updating as the story goes on).

General Warnings: slow burn, cussing, conflict, angst, fluff, and obliviousness. 

THESE ARE RAW AND UNEDITED SCENES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE STORY BUT ENDED UP BEING CUT

Let me know what you think! These might be choppy, there is no telling what I have picked and chosen from them, sorry if they can be a little confusing <3 Moonie

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This takes place while you were shooting for the LV Fashion shoot, it was before I did research on how the runway went.

When you finished eating you smiled and thanked the staff who organized it. You made your way back to the studio portion and put your blazer back on and slung your backpack over your shoulders. As you were walking out a couple of the models asked to get a picture with you. You obliged them and gave them your social so they could send the picture to you and so they could see some of the pictures you were most likely going to upload from today. Truly they had been amazing people to work with and you could not wait to see them in action on the runway. 

There were vans waiting outside so you could be transported to the venue the runway was at. You were the first one to this particular van so you got to take the front seat with the driver. You and he chatted idly as you waited for more people to pile into the van. When the rest of the seats were filled you left, the drive was fairly quiet. The people in the back were most likely centering themselves before everything turned into the storm. 

When you got to the venue you smiled at the memories, you had been here several times. Most of them had been with your old company, this was your first time as a representative of your own company. You smiled as you got out of the van and thanked the driver. He gave you a polite nod before pulling away. There was already a throng of people here, some of them probably waiting to see if they could still get tickets; which was highly unlikely. You made your way into the venue with the rest of the staff, you only had to show your photographer badge once. You found a small pocket of space backstage and set your backpack down to do everything all over again. You were one of the photographers that was taking celebrity pictures, and then after that you were front and center for the runway show. 

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Theory on the chronological place of Treasure series

The age old question for Loretiny bc sadly Treasure series gives us cery very little context. Everything I will say in this post is purely theory so take them for that.

Let's start with what we know: Fever is a prequel to Treasure, so Treasure must fall in thr gap between Fever and The World.

The main theme of this era revolves around piracy, a treasure to be found, a new world to take, and the Men in Black Fedoras. There is also a theme of overpowering desire, which i presented my views on here.

Now the interesting thing is, while the pirate theme is ATEEZ's main concept as a group and is explored heavily in this era, it doesn't really fit in with the general lore. What to make of it?

Well, at the end of Fever series, they had barely met the Men in Black Fedoras, who stayed in Guardians' Island, and took on their role as the leaders of the revolution with the Black Pirates organization. In The World Ep.Fin: Will we learn that the Men in Black Fedoras are still in prison. Now it really doesn't make sense that they never tried to bail them out of there given that they are crucial figures for this organization.

Here comes my theory: they did try and here is where piracy kicks in. Especially after seeing the resistance in my country I realized you don't leave your comrades in prison. Especially not the leaders. The Guardians' Island is on the sea and ATEEZ sail there from the mainland where Strictland is, as seen in Zero: Fever Part.2 diaries. However, no voyage is without trouble, Odyssey is the biggest example of that, and the group strays a bit from the main action of the revolution and thus is formed the sub-storyline that is the Treasure series.

"Pirate King" and "Treasure"

These two give us a soft introduction to the lore, and this is a bit meta since in real life chronology they are the first songs but in the lore they are basically an introduction in the middle of the story. We can think of these two as a worldbuilding paragraph in a book: the story is suspended and we get some explanations from the writer. They set up the motivation of our characters in this era, which is different from the motivation they had in Fever era. Now they have a certain place they aim to go through this journey and a treasure to obtain. "Treasure" specifically shows that the treasure is their destination place itself with the lyrics "To a place no one can find, my treasure".

I'd argue this place is the "new world", as I will also speak about in "Wonderland". Their treasure is the free world they will get at the end of their revolution, which they just became a part of. As a side note, in this era the "treasure" is spoken about in a very abstract way, as if they themselves don't know what it exactly is. On a deeper level of analysis, also using the individual stories of our characters, I could also say that the real treasure to them is a sense of accomplishment and psychological fulfillment. As if what the treasure is doesn't matter to them, it is just important that they obtain it. The theme of running after a sense of accomplishment/glory rather than the original goal/dream shows up in the Golden Hour diaries as well, so I think it is important to note.

Both MVs take place in a desert.

A lot of loretiny discuss whether it is a real setting in the lore or not, some even saying it shows that the era doesn't entirely relate to our main storyline. However, this is what Hongjoong said in his Lore Lecture videos about the desert's meaning in lore:

"Think about the desert. In the desert there are no roads, directions, or signs, are there? We are walking towards the direction where we want to go, aren't we? You can see the desert as the background that reflects ATEEZ's situation in that way."

Therefore, I don't believe the desert in the MVs are a real place in World Z and just support the storytelling.

"Wonderland" and "Horizon"

"Wonderland" tells the story of them first joining the Black Pirates. They will make a new world of their own out of this corrupted one. They know that the government lies and hides the truth behind closed doors and they will open them. The whole song is about the beginning of an end: they just started the rebellion that they hope will put an end to all this. And their first serious mission is to get the Men in Black Fedoras out of prison.

"Horizon" represents their voyage on the sea.

"Illusion" and "Wave"

As I previously mentioned, no voyage is without troubles, and ATEEZ run into theirs here. The absurd setting of "Illusion", the crescent (which gives the Cromer the ability to communicate in dreams), the overall sudden cheerful themes in the smack middle of ATEEZ's dark concept, and the constant order to "open your eyes" in this album points towards characters being asleep and all these being a dream. There are two different theories on who is asleep:

1) ATEEZ ran into trouble and are put to sleep by force and some is trying to wake them up to resume their journey by the Men in Black Fedoras.

This is my own theory. The reason why I said "by the Men in Black Fedoras" is that at the end of "Illusion" we see a Man in a Black Fedora lead ATEEZ out of a tunnel.

2) The Men in Black Fedoras are seeing hallucinations due to the yellow smoke in Guardians' Island and are being told to wake up. This is a theory I saw in Loretiny spaces and is supported by subliminal MiBF mementos that show up in "Illusion" MV.

"Answer"

We know at the end of the story they are still imprisoned. What happened at the end of the story?

The toasting in "Answer" suggests a planning and agreement happened. There are two ways this went:

1) ATEEZ got Halateez out of prison but keep it a secret even from the Black Pirates, and the government is lying to the public that they still have them so as not to seem incapable.

2) Halateez have a plan and they willingly made ATEEZ leave them in prison. We don't know what the plan is yet.

Either way, "Answer" must be the first time ATEEZ have a proper talk with Halateez, which brings us to this famous VCR.

"Are you evil?" ask ATEEZ. A revolution is not without violence. They don't even properly know who these men are, they found themselves in this fight just because they called. In ATEEZ's eyes it is perfectly natural to doubt their intent.

"Are you good?" Ask Halateez. No person is perfectly good, who are ATEEZ to ask if they are evil? On top of that, they joined the revolution now, they are not much different than Halateez at this point.

On the table, not only do they plan the revolution, they also have a talk about their identities.

And this ends the Treasure series. Now they must realize the revolution in The World.

You may have noticed I didn't mention "Say My Name" at all, which is because it actually belongs in Fever when ATEEZ rescue Yeosang. It is the only outlier in this series and the explanation is very meta: on their second comeback, with barely a bit more budget, ATEEZ had to clearly show they had a lore so they did a flash forward with "Say My Name", which shows a more concrete part of the lore rather than the abstract moodboard-esque MVs of "Treasure", "Wonderland", or "Wave" and piques interest.

How did you even come up with this??

Completely reasonable question since this is a very speculative theory. I noticed a pattern. Whenever we see a ship in ATEEZ'S performances, we also see Men in Black Fedoras on the side (or their symbols). The mask in "Illusion" MV, the Kingdom version of "Wonderland", this "Horizon" stage. Therefore, there must ve a relation between them and ships and the only time in canon we saw it was when ATEEZ sailed to the Guardians' Island and met them.