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The 50th Anniversary of WHEN TAEKWONDO STRIKES

The 50th Anniversary of WHEN TAEKWONDO STRIKES @HiYAHTV #jhoonrhee

August 1, 2022 (NYC)- The 50th Anniversary of WHEN TAEKWONDO STRIKES The 50th Anniversary of WHEN TAEKWONDO STRIKES.  2023 marks the 50th Anniversary  Golden Harvest’s film, When Taekwondo Strikes. This Raymond Chow action movie was most notable because it was the only film of taekwondo Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee. While the project is a low budget, formula, action film in the Raymond Chow genre of…

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Made a cleaner ref sheet for Enya my Yakuza Oc! I like this one much better than the other one :')💙

Enya Sasaki

She/Her

Birthday: August 7 1997

25

Nicknames: Enya-chan, Enny-chan, Nya-chan (<----Only Zhao can call her that)

Ethnicity- African American-Japanese (raised in Japan so mainly knows Japanese at first, but took classes to speak English fluidly)

Leo

Caretaker - Okino Sasaki (Adoptive father)

Hostess at the Rose Blossom Cabaret

Favorite animal - Pandas

Favorite drink - Slushy Taro bubble tea

Fighting style- Taekwondo

Love interest- Tiayou Zhao

All of her lore is under the cut:') (it's v long I was feeling big-brained)

Enya’s parents originally left the U.S. and moved to Kamorocho for her bio father's new job and also ran a goods and services shop and would launder money for the Omi Alliance in exchange for money because the shop her parents owned was not doing well financially and ran the risk of losing the business and home. even when Enya’s biological dad had a second job and it wasn't enough.

Her dad would work long hours often after Enya was born and didn't make much time for Enya's mother and would have countless arguments because of it leaving her mother and her alone most days. Enya was no more than 6 months old when this unfolded.

Every few months, someone is sent to collect the money from their business to be laundered. The person who would pick it up would be Tendo.

Enya’s mom ended up meeting Tendo one day when he came to collect the money they owed and Enya’s mom and Tendo had an affair (which Tendo just went along with it to make more money while Enya’s mom actually fell for him).

Tendo eventually let Enya’s mom know she didn’t mean anything to him and that he was just using her, in the end. She begged him to stay but he refused. Enya’s bio dad finds out and tried to fight Tendo, but with him being a skilled boxer, but he killed her dad from blunt force trauma.

Enya’s mother was mortified. Her mother decided wouldn’t launder any more money for the Omi and after a big fight Enya’s mom threatened to tell the authorities so Tendo made arrangements to have her killed. In that event, Enya was left alone in her crib wailing.

Eventually, the police arrived after complaints of a smell and crying in the small apartment and Enya was found and taken to an orphanage in Kamorocho. There was no information found on either of them in regard to their name as the Omi made sure the make them "disappear" Enya was spared simply because she was harmless and seemingly would "Never remember this" In the words of Tendo

Her foster dad, Okino Sasaki, a native of Ijincho finds her at the Sunflower Orphanage during a business trip while working at a corporate office in Ijincho. He always wanted kids but unfortunately, he is sterile. So in light of his successful business, he wanted to have the joy of changing a child's life giving them a healthy, happy childhood. That's where he finds 6-year-old Enya. To this day, she calls him "Oki-san" rather than father. Overall while living with Okino, overall she was happy, he made time to take her to parks and even took her to the library to look at magazines since she loves fashion so much. He also put her in Taekwondo classes after school when he worked late and even explained to only use self-defense in dire situations. Enya loved every second of it. The only strange thing was her reoccurring nightmare of screaming, and a man's face she's never seen before. She had these dreams practically once every year. Each time more fragments come out. The first figure would mumble incoherent words and the only word that was clear was the "Omi Alliance" which was one word the figure would say constantly. It wasn't until middle school that she temporarily stopped having them.

Over the years, Okino eventually falls for Kozumi Hideko who he later marries and allows her to move into Okino's 2 bedroom apartment. Kozumi is the bane of Enya's existence. She's overtly controlling, and combative, towards Enya, and eventually by weaseling in Okino's heart she quickly became head of the household. Okino allowed her to take over the home while he worked long hours at the office leading to screaming matches every day. Okino allowed her to do anything she wanted except one specific thing she wanted most of all. The biggest one is that Kozumi wants Okino to sell his business and move to Sotenbori, but Okino was adamant about Enya finishing school and avoid her from constantly uprooting her life as she went through that in several foster homes. Another part of it is because of her skin tone.

This rivalry between Enya and her stepmother led to her acting out a lot, cutting class, not paying attention in school, and eventually sneaking out once she entered high school. Due to her nearly getting expelled due to her retaliating against a bully, her stepmother got fed up and had a discussion with Okino and managed to manipulate him to send her to a boarding school for the rest of her time there.

While she was there, she was absolutely miserable. Some of the kids teased her more than others (apart from her skin tone, and the fact she was technically an orphan) She hated it. She hid in the bathroom most lunch periods until one day she meets Shoji Kazuhiro.

Enya fell for Shoji quickly, and from what it appeared he did too. He was her first for everything. And for a while, it was one big honeymoon stage, up until they both graduated high school. Enya did 2 years in college as a business major. Not exactly because she wanted to, but wanting to make Okino proud. Originally she wanted to be a fashion designer, but as she was told, "It wasn't practical" For those 2 years, she was under a ton of stress. Not only because of the heavy workload but because of her constant fight with Shoji. they've broken up and made up so many times. Sometimes she would go months and he would reel her back in with his charm. She really wanted it to work, but Shoji constantly ditched her to play pachinko and get wasted with his friends. There was even an instance he forget her birthday. Eventually, the stress of her relationship and doing something she didn't love in college caused her to drop out and move back home.

Enya was shooting to work with Okino, but at the time she needed experience (Even nepotism would save her) Not to mention when he's not home Kozumi makes it impossible for her (She couldn't even eat any of the food in the house because it was for "working members of the household" Some days Enya would be saved because Okino asked why she didn't eat one day he came home early and confronted Kozumi. In her normal fashion, she threw a tantrum. eventually, she started doing it covertly when he wasn't there.

Enya finally had enough of the fighting and constant struggle to even be able to feed herself and decided to go job hunting. She tried many places but to no avail, and she was rejected. Until she meets Saeko. Originally Enya came in for a drink and conversed with her, but eventually turned into her bawling her eyes out over how tough things have been, Saeko comforted her and commented on how beautiful she is and asked if she was willing to work at a cabaret. While her club was full, Saeko pulled some strings and got her a position at the Rose Blossom Cabaret.

Enya realized how quickly she had to shape up. Originally Enya is rather timid and anxious. Connecting with others wasn't her strong suit. but after getting to know some of the girls, they encouraged her that in order for her to get more tips, she needed to be more extroverted. So after a few rehearsals, she made more than enough to provide for herself, eventually getting her an apartment. And coincidently, Shoji comes back apologetically and made lots of empty promises "I wanna marry you!" "You're the love of my life!" "I can't live without you!" All that jazz was a load of crap. Unfortunately, Enya was still a tad bit naive, no, not even, just love-bombed to the point anything Shoji did or didn't do would either make or break her day. So he had a death grip on her.

It seemed like a great fairy tale at the moment for Enya because her thoughts were "Everything is going perfectly!" Until Shoji was back to his old ways. He hated the fact that she worked at a cabaret and guys would look at her. He never missed an opportunity to slut shame her in hopes she loses her confidence completely and quits. But she refused. One particular day she got into a heated argument with Shoji at her apartment to the point he punched a hole in her wall. She kicked him out and stopped seeing him for months. The final time they got back together, Shoji was allegedly "homeless" and his roommate kicked him out so we came to her house crying and begging in the pouring rain for her to "let him stay" And of course, they get back together. It was completely short-lived however while on her lunch break, she went to Gindaco Highball Tavern where she found Shoji on a date with a girl while they were still together. Enya made a big scene and threw a drink in his face. She cried for months. Until eventually she tried "casual dating" until she realized it was a terrible idea since no one took her seriously. Not to mention, being attacked and robbed after work, she quickly became paranoid. These events left her severely traumatized and with abandonment issues. After that point, she vowed to never date again.

Fast forward 5 years later,

Enya was working a normal shift at the Rose Blossom when she gets a surprise visit from Saeko, who she hasn't seen in years. This time, however, she wasn't alone. She was accompanied by Ichiban, Nanba, Adachi, Joon-gi Han, Eri, and no surprise, Zhao! With time after she was introduced to everyone she was quickly established as she gave Saeko the short of what has happened since a few years ago they met. She laughed and joked and even teared up with them all. Soon enough before their trip to Sotenbori, the Omi was mentioned. She explained to them that she has had a reoccurring dream where the word "Omi Alliance" was said several times and she saw a figure who she described in detail that immediately described Tendo. Han asked her a few questions about her childhood and recalled if she has adopted maybe there was a link to her bio parents. Soon it all started to make sense. She assumed that maybe Tendo may have something to do with her past and her bio parents. And soon asked if she could tag along on Ichiban's journey.

During that time she bonded with everyone. Enya and Saeko got really close and were inseparable. She enjoyed giggling at Saeko oogling at Han and even supported and hinted that she should go for it. She learned that Nanba was a former doctor and how met Ichiban. Adachi always made jokes and the occasional pick-up line she'd laugh at and Saeko would remark how bad it was. Enya chatted with Han about his past and how things are at the Geomijul and remarked on how reserved he is. She'd do the occasional "Han-chan" Saeko does just for giggles. Enya and Ichiban bonded instantly. She loved his high energy and how optimistic he was, and his also being an orphan made him the most relatable. She listened as he shared stories about his time growing up at Shangri-La. Zhao was the biggest mystery for her. At most, he shared he was once the leader of the Liumang (that she heard about briefly, only word-of-mouth) and how a coup was formed against him so now he's no longer the leader and tags along with Ichiban and company. She was intimidated at best. There have been times he has teased her and played pranks on her. Sometimes she would get fussy about it, but his charm always prevented it from escalating. And that was one of those things she was apprehensive about. Shoji had that same charm. She didn't know what Zhao was capable of, but she did stay distant at first. He did manage to get a giggle and some banter out of her every now and again.

It wasn't until after the fight with Ishioda and the bomb was planted, Zhao made an effort to help carry Enya out after springing her ankle during the fight. He even carried her up until they were able to take a train to Kamorocho. While they were friends of course and any friend would do it, Zhao showed a great deal of concern. (Especially with him being such an aloof nonchalant guy) That's when the gears started turning in her head. The inevitable "Uh oh." when she knows she's about to get a crush. Her immediate reaction? Run. She avoided Zhao as much as she could and by that, it's usually avoiding being alone with him. But on the inside, she knew it was getting worse. She found herself looking at him consciously, any time he interacted with her she was a flustered mess. Zhao had his suspicions but never pointing out, since teasing her relentlessly was far more entertaining

Enya later finds out the truth about her parents when Ichiban and company finally made it to the Millenium Tower to fight Tendo. Once they arrived in the room, Enya confronted him, saying that she feels in some way she may be connected to her parents and that they could talk it out, and that deep down he may be a good guy at heart. The words he spoke were "Huh, you have her eyes." Enya was confused until he happily boasted about him slaughtering her parents. It was an earth-shattering moment. She was filled with rage and wanted nothing more than to kill him. While they did knock him out, they had to hold Enya back as she grabbed a glass shard and planned to stab him while knocked out. She broke down completely at that moment.

Wrapping up to Aoki, and Arakawa's funeral, she stood outside with everyone when Nanba and Saeko mentioned that Ichiban isn't leaving. While the cheers went on, One of the coworkers that knew Okino frantically found her to announce that he was sick. He had a heart attack and was in critical condition. Everyone sat in the hospital with Enya as she spent her last moments there. Kozumi stood in the corner scowling while Enya cried. She talked about how she should have visited more and should have called more often. everyone stood to comfort her as she stood around him. She could have sworn she felt him squeeze her hand. And then his heart rate increased rapidly until he flatlined. Enya was broken

After the funeral, Enya stayed cooped up in her apartment. She'd have backlogs of messages from the gang, even Han suggested stopping by and "monitoring" her, but they voted against it since it would be an invasion of privacy. Ichiban did his best to pitch an idea of how they could get her out of the house when Zhao volunteered to propose a plan to get her out for some fresh air. He didn't disclose it, but the words of Ichiban said "We're counting on you, Zhao."

Zhao made some Yaki soba knowing it's her fav food and visited her apartment. At first, she shooed him away and said she didn't want company right now. But of course, Zhao persisted 🤣 he pestered her until she nearly bolted to the door to tell him off when she opened the door to him with an apologetic face and some yaki soba. She would have naturally turned him down anyway, but with her not eating anything for 3 days with no groceries, she was in no position to say no. Zhao kept the conversation light and avoided mentioning Okino. He didn't get a giggle out of her but he did ask if she'd be willing to do her a favor. She was about to say no, but knowing he went out of his way to get her some food she desperately needed even if she would never admit it, she relented. Only to find out this "errand" was a trip to Club SEGA. She kept asking what was the favor, and he just asked her to watch him play. It wasn't until he (purposely) kept getting stuck on a level of Space Harrier, she asked if she can try. Of course, it was easy, but he figured she would get impatient enough that she'd want to beat it. After that, she perked up more and they played more games together. There were incidences where he would brush his hand across hers, and she would jolt a little but tried to focus on the game. Enya laughed a lot more and even beat Zhao at a game (with pure luck of course) It wasn't until Enya found a huge Panda in the UFO catcher, she mentioned it's been there for years and no one has been able to grab it. She tried a few times until she ran out of money. Zhao offered to try, but just like her, was unsuccessful. Enya moped a bit, but Zhao mentioned maybe it was time to go for now since he was thirsty. So they went to get Boba and she ordered her favorite: Taro Tea. Zhao opened up a bit more about his upbringing and a bit more in detail about why he's no longer the leader. He did keep it light and made some jokes, and when he felt he was starting to shift the mood talking about cooking, working at You Tian, and some of the things he knew about the arcade games.

Once they finished up, he paid for the food with Yen he had in his pocket, but noticed his wallet was missing. Enya scolded how he should be careful, but he mentioned he may have left it at Club SEGA at asked her to wait outside. 30 minutes passed and she was just about to walk in to help when he came out with the huge panda in his hand. Enya was in awe and literally asked how did he manage. He explained he paid off the worker to hold his wallet while she was in the bathroom so he had a reason to come back and asked the worker to put an "Out of Order" sign on the UFO catcher so no one takes it. He spent 30 minutes because he kept getting everything but the panda, until it was the last thing in the machine and snagged it easily. He gave back all of the plushies and kept the panda instead. Enya practically teared up and asked why did he go through that for her when he mentioned everyone was pretty worried, that he hated to see her frown, and that she was great company since "everyone was too busy to hang out" Zhao walked her back to her apartment and she thanked him. Then kinda rambled blushing on about how she's grateful and he means a lot to her, staggering and trying not to lead on she likes him a lot (though she's failing miserably because Zhao can read her like a book) and just said "You sure do talk a lot." which threw her off and he leaned in to give her a kiss. And ended with "Soo... see you tomorrow?" Enya just nodded while blushing still bewildered by what just happened. And from there, Enya and Zhao started dating C:

Option substory things:

-Enya and Ichigang try to find Okino's will before Kozumi so she doesn't sell his business and his home so she can use her money to live with her rich boyfriend she was seeing the entire time Okino was feeling sick. They later find the will and find out Okino's death was deliberate for insurance fraud and she was sent to jail for life. Enya doesn't know what to do with the business so she asked Okino's assistant to help her with keeping things running while not actively working there since her passions now are working at the Rose Blossom Cabaret and studying fashion design (She even designed a dress for one of the hostesses :D)

Shoji returns and finds Enya while she's working constantly badgering her to get back together after him being divorced and not having custody of his kids. But now she's fully healed and wants nothing to do with him. He spots a hickey on her neck and get's all combative accusing her that she replaced him and promised she'd never leave him. The guilt trip doesn't work and that was his final passive attempt. Little does she know he is affiliated with some rinky-dink street gang. Usually, she's able to fight off anyone, but there was a huge group Shoji had with him that overpowered and kidnapped her. (At this point Shoji is very much in the "If I can't have you, no one can) and help her hostage. Ofc Han noticed that everyone including Zhao couldn't get in touch with her, so naturally they found her in a warehouse tied down. Zhao did not take that well :D Shoji was beaten so bad to the point his death would have been him being spared. Han was close to making arrangements when Ichiban stopped him. And instead they called the cops and he was lock up

There it is... Enya lore :D *passes out from writing*

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15 questions / 15 mutuals

tagged by @glasstown-resident - thanks for tagging me!!!

1. Are you named after anyone?

nope! my parents picked my name out of a name book but coincidentally, it translates well to farsi despite not being a traditional persian name, so that’s nice

2. When was the last time you cried?

i was writing a poem the other day about this guy ive been in love with since we were kids lol and it brought back a lot of unsaid feelings and memories so i was just laying in bed crying about him but that’s not uncommon for me lmfao

3. Do you have kids?

nope :) would like to one day, but like maybe one or two at most

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

fluent, actually 

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

eyes probably bc im looking for eyes i feel safe in but then again i dont make a lot of eye contact anymore so maybe that’s contradictory lol so hair as a close second

6. What’s your eye color?

hazel but i was recently told they lean more on the green end than brown, but most definitely hazel

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

happy endings 100% (bonus points for my happy ending by avril lavigne)

8. Any special talents?

uhhh like im classically trained in the harp? but i dont play anymore lol 

idk if it’s a talent but im kinda ambidextrous when drawing/painting but i cannot write with both hands 

9. Where were you born?

im a midwest girl :) 

10. What are your hobbies?

video games, painting/drawing/all the art things with any medium really, painting my nails (fridays are my once a week nail days), writing (poetry specifically)

11. Have any pets?

not anymore :/ had a cat when i was a kid and two fish after he passed, and occasionally for norooz i’ll get a fish for the haft seen but i havent done that in years 

12. What sports do you play/have played?

i’ve practiced taekwondo basically my whole life! went to the us open for it and everything, that was super fucking sick

13. How tall are you?

in one year i was told three different heights, 4′11″, 5′, and 5′2″ so if you’re asking, i’ll say 5′2″ (but it’s probably actually just 5′)

14. Favorite subject in school?

art and english when i was in high school, but art consistently my whole life. fave college class tho was my poetry class, that was the best class i’ve ever taken just like for fun as an elective

15. Dream job?

perfect world? art director in the fashion industry for like vogue or some other fashion magazine. i wanna develop the photoshoots you see on the cover of fashion magazines or just work in fashion advertising or something to that effect

tagging: @mickeysjones @borntobewondering @caw4brandon @flippinfins @seancamerons @bl33ditout​ @mxlinoe @slickmascara and whomever else wants to!! also no pressure to do this :)

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"sudden interest" jimin has always been a football fan, both as a spectator and player. In the knowing brothers episode he also set the record of ball juggling I forget how many he got but it was a lot. Either the person is a new fan, or as 90% of people in this fandom they see jimin inside a box of their own creation, just a nice soft gay boy, who acts cute and does aegyo and only likes pretty things.

About his fashion sense. He's just following the overall trends, back then tight pants were the standard but now, to my demise, big and baggy pants made a comeback. Also he's probably more confortable just going out in comfy outfits instead of tight jeans that made him look like a whole meal but were for sure not comfortable for long flights. Back then they were still very much in the idol bubble and were just starting in america so I think all of them were "trying" more and are more relaxed now.

- sudden interest in football? does anon need a list of all the sports he’s played since he was a child? He even posted pics of his younger self at football matches and only butch queens wear plaid anon so technically he’s still gay right? lmfao

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"to my demise, big and baggy pants made a comeback" I hate it too.

I had read that baggy pants are trendy right now in Korea, many people have said it. And I see it. I honestly don't know much about trends, much less in other countries, but yeah I have noticed the same.

He made some points. I feel represented.

I'm kidding 😸

Maybe some people don't really know, but Jungkook and Jimin are both the most sports-oriented BTS members. Jimin did kendo for 8 years. That's literally like, a third of his short life so far. He also has a black belt in taekwondo. The man can definitely throw a punch or kick a ball.

(This looks fake 😭 but he actually said something like that).

I feel like, apart from not knowing some stuff about Jimin, which is perfectly fine because nobody is obligated to know everything, there's also a huge difference in how younger lgbtq folks grow up.

When I was a kid (and Jimin was also one, we're the same age), we didn't grow up with sexuality at the center of our lives. Everyone grew up the same way, playing the same games, watching the same things. Maybe if there's someone younger reading this they won't get it, but people my age will probably know what I'm talking about, especially if they're from a third world country. Most kids, particularly those that live in countries where English is not the first language, we all grew up at a "slower" pace than kids in English speaking countries.

I only knew what bisexuality was in like 2004 because I saw a magazine headline or some gossip website about Angelina Jolie being bisexual. After that, the next time I remember of even seeing the word bisexual and actually learning what it meant, that was in 2009 thanks to lady Gaga. My sister was 8 and she already knew what the LGBTQ flag looked like, while I think I was around 15 when I started being familiar with the flag. That was crazy to me. It seriously was a wow moment to find out that she was so young and she already knew a lot of LGBTQ stuff I didn't know when I was her age.

"We live in a society" is a meme that I love because we really do live in a society. A huge part, the majority of how we grow up and develop and learn is conditioned by the society and culture we live in.

As much as kids activities aren't exactly "gendered" anymore, and some pockets of society are more accepting of girls playing football or boys doing ballet, and stuff like that, kids are also politically gay from very early on in life. I see a lot of kids in social media purposefully "rebelling" by doing things that are seen as wrong or that could irk homophobes. And they're so young. Most of us only became political gays in our 20s.

I don't know if I'm making any sense. I just sometimes read armys talking about gay people and it hits me that millennials really do have a somewhat different way of living their sexuality compared to younger kids. And talking about how can a gay man like football reminded me of that. The point is, I guess kids teens and young adults lives nowadays are crossed by their experience of their sexuality, and most grow up experiencing and living their sexuality to the max, whether is in real life or online. But 20 years ago that was not the case.

With the rise of social media culture, sexuality has even become something performative and so people expect other gay people to act in real life the same way gays act on their TikTok videos.

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Sam Beckett

"I'm just a traveler upon the sea / Of time, of life, on Fate's Wide Wheel. / Just a traveler in this mystery / The me I am is all that’s real to me." ~ Fate's Wide Wheel, Quantum Leap, "Glitter Rock" ~

Basic Information

FACE/BODY CLAIM: Scott Bakula

AGE: Technically 45 (but he’ll look the same as whoever he’s leaped into)

EYES: Green

HAIR: Light Brown with a small streak of grey right at the front

HEIGHT: 6'0

PRIMARY OUTFIT: Given that he’s always in someone else’s shoes (literally) he doesn’t really have his own style of dress anymore. However, if he did, it would probably be a little less than business casual. Basically - jeans, sneakers, and a casual dress shirt of some kind.

Personality

Sam is kind of your classical 'nerdy, nice guy.' Unlike a lot of stereotypical intellectuals, he's practically an empath, and the kind of person who will do whatever he can to help anyone in need. Sam can be a bit awkward in that 'nerd' kind of way that indicates he's used to people shutting him down before he really gets going. But if he realizes he's not going to be shut down, he usually relaxes into the situation/conversation.

Strengths

Sam is proficient in multiple martial arts such as Judo, Karate, Muay Thai, and Taekwondo. Mentally, Sam is a genius with an IQ of 267 and an eidetic memory. He has doctoral degrees in music, medicine, quantum physics, archaeology, ancient languages, chemistry, and astronomy - but not psychiatry or law. He also speaks six modern languages including English, Spanish, French, Russian, German, and Japanese - but not Italian or Hebrew. He knows four extinct languages, including Egyptian Hieroglyphics. He played piano at Carnegie Hall when he was 19. And finally, Sam has won a Nobel Prize for physics prompting TIME magazine to call him ‘the next Einstein.’

Weaknesses

Sam's physical abilities are exactly what you’d expect from a man his age, height, and weight - average, in other words. His mental limitations are actually tied to his leaping. Each leap creates temporary 'holes' in his memory. In the show it's regularly referred to as 'swiss cheese brain.'

Romance

Sam is a gentleman through and through. Just because he leaps into someone who’s with someone doesn’t mean he’s going to hop into bed with the person they’re married to, or dating, or whatever. In fact, he’ll generally go out of his way to make sure it doesn’t happen. He doesn’t feel right sleeping with someone under false pretenses.

However! If Sam has been in the same person’s body long enough to get to know the other person - if he’s begun to care about them - his own emotions often override everything else. Leaping is an incredibly lonely way to live, and (to be frank) he’s not going to ignore his own feelings for someone... regardless of false pretenses.

Where to Find Him

To avoid repetition, read this post.

Verses

Just because a verse isn't listed here doesn't mean I'm not interested in writing it. I adore all kinds of AUs, and welcome the chance to get creative with my muses. If you've seen a verse that another of my muses has, and you'd like to see this muse in something similar, let me know. You can also check out my 'Plot Ideas' tag, too. ^_^

Main Verse:

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the quantum leap accelerator and vanished. He awoke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own, and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on his journey is Al, an observer from his own time who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping that each time, his next leap, will be the leap home. (Taken from the show's opening.)

Current/Ongoing Threads

If your thread with Sam isn't listed here it's probably because it's been long enough since your last reply that I thought you'd dropped it. Message me to let me know you're still interested, and I'll happily add you to the list (with no pressure for a reply.) ♡

None at the Moment

Your Thread Here!

Stuff That's Good to Know Before Starting a Thread

Here are a couple of posts that should probably be skimmed before starting an RP with Sam:

On Being Able to See/Sense Sam &/or Al

Why Plotting is Important with Sam

Links

Please keep in mind, this blog is an ongoing work in progress. Not all of these links may lead somewhere, but they're here because they link to potential tags for this muse.

All Things Sam

Headcanons

Drabbles

All Threads

Ask Replies

Meme Replies

Aesthetics

Face

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[pooma-education]

Essential skills and values that you can develop through co-curricular activities are:

1. Logical and analytical thinking – Analyzing reasons behind events and situations

2. Critical thinking – That is examining concepts, ideas as well as problems and issues

3. Creative thinking – In other words, thinking of newer ways to solve problems; visualization; thinking of new ideas

4. Problem-solving skills – For instance, solving problems utilizing various concepts, solutions, etc.

4. Leadership skills – For instance, taking initiatives and responsibilities; influencing others in working for a good purpose; setting goals; motivating others to work towards goals; taking accountability

5. Social skills – Includes collaboration; teamwork; building good relationships with others

6. Emotional skills – Understanding your strengths and weaknesses; controlling your emotions as well as empathy for others

7. Communication skill – Includes the power of expression, listening to others, public speaking etc.

8. Technology skills – Using various computer software and apps to get things done

9. Social values – In other words, respecting differences among individuals, respecting others’ values and culture

10. Ethical values – For example, maintaining ethics in public life; good moral values etc.

11. Recreational values – Understanding the importance of leisure and recreation; participating in leisure and recreational activities.

¶ 50 Most Important Co-curricular Activities List

Moving forward, we will now list the 50 most important co-curricular activities for you. Here’s the list:

Sports – For instance, cricket, football, volleyball, badminton, basketball, table tennis, swimming, diving, hockey, skating, archery, rowing, kayaking, cycling, etc.

Indoor games – For instance, chess, carrom, scrabble, etc.

Physical exercise

Fitness training

Athletics

Boxing

Martial art – For instance, karate, jujutsu, taekwondo, etc.

Yoga

Meditation

Modeling – scientific modeling

Art and craft

Clay modeling

Sculpture making

Ikebana – flower arranging

Origami – creating art forms by folding papers

Vocal Music (classical)

Vocal Music (contemporary)

Instrumental Music – For instance, harmonium, tabla, sarod, tanpura, piano, guitar, drums, percussion, violin, cello, synthesizer, etc.

Folk songs

Classical Dance

Contemporary Dance

Folk dance

Drama and theatre – For instance, story writing, scriptwriting, acting, direction, production, etc.

Commercial art – advertising campaign; public relations campaign

Debate

Elocution contest

Creative writing – For example, poetry writing competitions, story writing competitions, etc.

Essay writing competition

Story writing competition

Poetry recital

Student newspaper writing, editing, and publishing

Wall magazine writing, editing, and publishing

Photography

Videography

Painting

Drawing and Painting competition

Tailoring

Carpentry

Toy-making

Soap making

Candle Making

Embroidery

Knitting

Gardening

Weaving

Celebration of cultural festivals

Organization of awareness programs – For example, personal hygiene awareness, cleanliness drives, AIDS awareness, tree planting drives, etc.

Celebration of days – For example, World Environment Day, Women’s Day

Participation and management of student clubs, societies, etc. – For instance, debating society, writers’ club, music club, book reading club, etc.

Camping and related activities – such as camping in the wilderness, nature walks, hiking, etc.

¶ New Age Co-Curricular Activities List For School

Computer Coding competition

Ethical Hacking competition

Computer Gaming competition

Online Magazine/ Newsletter Writing, Editing, and Publishing

Media Design – design of various media such as film, video, and web interfaces

Blog writing

Graphic Designing

Web Designing

Digital art

Career education – In other words, an exploration of different career options and educational pathways after school

Job shadowing – such as spending a day or more with a professional at work to understand the nature of work, responsibilities, etc.

A day at work – such as spending a day at a company or at a factory to see how commercial and industrial activities happen

Co-curricular activities - Importance

GROUP DISCUSSION

• Joshi preeti-UN Volunteer 

Goodmorning everyone. I really appreciate this discussion on the need for cocurricular activities and the reasons for doing so.

Just wanted to share the practice we had implemented in the school I had the privilege of heading.  We had many students from the rural background as well who hadn't been exposed much to the myriad activities.

Since children need to explore various activities to find out which ones they have an inclination and aptitude for we offered them two activities in a year for the span of six months each under the supervision of coaches and specialized individuals we hired for the activities. It took some effort but with proper time-management and streamlined instructions about the process we pulled it off. Once the students found what they wanted we offered them continuation of the activity (though here we could only cater to sports mostly) after school hours.

The pay-off was that for the first time in the history of that school we made hockey, cricket and football teams for the girls (besides the boys' teams of course) who later played in CBSE clusters even till finals and later got the benefit of sports achiever advantage in DU.

Needless to say the boost in their confidence AND their academic performance was remarkable.

So undoubtedly cocurricular activities are essential for a holistic well-rounded growth of a child/individual...and it is worth the effort to persuade and make the management see how it benefits not just the students but the over-all ethos and reputation of the school as well.

• NAMAGIRI - UN Educationist 

Extra Curricular activities are  as important as Academics. We think that the child will become a Doctor or Engineer. In my experience in our school one student who used to sing very nicely in her 4th std was identified as a good singer and she was given chances by the teacher to participate in all Singing competition and to won the prize. This motivated her as she continued her career till 12th std. She participated in Airtel Super Singer came in top Contestant. Now she is going to concert with Singers IlayaRaja Sir. Her career now has been changed.All because of the chance she got in school for the extra curricular activities. Like this I can say that our school has produced Music Directors, Producers, Bass Guitarists, Photographers etc ...

All students cannot become Doctors,Engineers and Auditors.They will have hidden talents like speaking, Writing poems, Drawing, Playing Drums etc.Only If we give them opportunity they can exhibit their suppressed talents. Because of this ,their confidence level increases and will show progress in their studies.

Many are going to depression because of the wrong choice forced by the parents.Few students I know  who got high Neet score in Medicals fainted at the first sight of Cadaver in medical college..Because they did everything without interest.

• Dr Sekar Srinivasan-UN Educationist

We teachers should prepare for next generation teaching. Not only knowledge providers but value based guides to inculcate more self confidence and to lead a life of simplicity.

Self entrepreneurship should become the basic line. From the conventional job opportunities one should specialize not only in a particular skill but also open to accept different trades like tourism, catering, marketing etc.

The important characters should be to live simple and save a part of earning.  Credit card usage should be minimised. 

Farming should be promoted.

• Leader. Leena Rai

Good morning dear all 

I noted the discussion right now and would like to add a little today if possible. Co-curricular itself suggests something which goes along the curriculum for better understanding and development of a person. It's the necessity rather to be mandatory even to let the child understand his or her own inbuilt abilities and talent or to let the wings to be provided to fly. 

Very true in a few schools as far as my experience is concerned I noted that school management is after the scoring part and made students out of any exploring avenues and the after results are too disastrous that even students are neither that good in studies nor they have explored new ventures of their abilities, rather they are made dumbo

Co-curricular is a kind of skill to instil:

Values

Thinking abilities

Communication

Team building

Cognitive development

Emotional intelligence

Intelligence

Motor abilities refinement

Logical thinking etc

Activities do give a glow and shine into the personality of a child therefore providing ample opportunities in future in any of the fields apart from those traditional ones and you may never know that these skills pay a lot in future as a side hustle or gig too to add something in currency. 

As for example video editing, baking, content creation and voice over have become genuine earning skills too.

Co-curricular is a mode to develop the attitude of acceptance and to face challenges

• Mr. Anil Anis Kurup UNV: 

The reason why School administrators should promote co curricular activities is

1) opportunity to let students learn irrespective of the calibre and knowledge about various facets of any activity

2) every co curricular activity develops a young mind to be self confident, Learn to make mistakes and self improvement.

3) Co curricular helps to know the passion, desire  and the approach of a young mind towards a particular activity

4) Co-curricular activity brings about friendship,builds relationships, learning both individually and combined.

5) Co curricular attempts to give the young mind  a research  mentality , which is missing among today's students.

6) Co curricular helps to understand cultures and brings about International bonding.

Therefore it is time that administrators begin to give importance to such activity and do not close the door towards participation.

Opportunity to decide to participate should be left either to the parent & child.

The role of Administrator should be as a guide towards self improvement.

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hi!!!!! omg happy to see you!! no worries about the response!!! and ive been doing well too 🫂🫂

yess, his freckles are so so pretty, it really adds a nice bit of detail to portrait shots. and the elle man photos are by kim hee june btw!!!! i think i about vibrated out of my seat when i saw them on insta 🌷🌷 im very partial to the approach he has when photographing muscular models wherein its either not the main focus or, if it is, the shapes are still softer, if im making any sense. like the difference between heungmin’s ck shoot and some of the photos in guesung’s previous one?

but yeah, im VERY excited to see what the rest of the shoot has in store ☀️☀️ the mood of all three pictures is just so nice and im in love with the lollipop photo especially <333

also yesss!! the yoo quiz ep was so fun, i forgot they formatted with multiple guests though so when i first started watching it i was like?? forestella?? but it was fun watching both so ☺️☺️ when seho’s dad came in with the bundle of flowers that was so KJDKDSKKSDK also when yoo jae suk was like not everyone can pull of guesung’s glasses! if i were to put them on i’d look like a financial criminal! 😭😭 the part where he talked about the way their nt supported oh hyeong gyu was really cool to learn about too :]

i loved the little karaoke moment he had with his friend in the ila ep ☺️☺️. and yeah me too!! the way he talked about his family on yoo quiz and then with them on ila, its so precious to see what a close bond they have with each other. ❤️🐯 i always feel bad for athletes that have to follow such strict diets, so i was glad to see that at least he can enjoy himself more..

ahhh when he said life partner i was smiling so hard 🌷🌷 idk if what he actually said has the same connotation in korea but its really sweet to say either way ;;w; 🌈🌈 the tie he wore to the awards cermony is his friends signature symbol too!! from his fashion line, i realized that a little bit before watching the ep 🥰🥰 made it even more fun to see him there

oh! and on a related note, the stylist who’s worked on both of guesung’s shoots also keeps tagging his friend in her posts for some reason ldjsjekddk. like, alongside the credit list for who helped with the shoot 😭😭

about fabien fjskwkd, huh.. i just remember looking him up once, getting shocked that france even had a taekwondo nt, and leaving the page 😭😭 and i knowww, like the fact it was a CAST IRON pan too… 🕴🏻🕴🏻i hope to see more dazed shoots too <333

also yayyy!!! i cant wait for the summer to start ☀️☀️ im hoping for england’s downfall like you would not believe rn.. who will u be rooting for? !! 🎤🎤

and i have been following the transfer dicussion! can’t say i understand it very well but im interested to see where he’ll end up!! mainz would be cool for you then? 🫂🫂 if their offer still stands by summer? i saw that minnesota (???) had offered him a spot too and was absolutely astounded, i didnt even realize they could have a team lmfaoejdhskwkd

hope u had a good day!!!

hiiii!! 🫂🫂🫂 sorry for the late response, missed this entirely in my inbox 😭 but ohhhh i didn’t know those were by kim hee june!! i understand what you mean, the subjects of his photographs are always painted in such a soft light, and i rly like the eye he has for muscular models, so visually pleasing! 💛 i rly love seeing the different approaches that different photographers and magazines have wrt guesung, like for example the vogue cover sent me bc there was this rly popular tweet that was like “타겟층이 내가 아닌 것 같은 이 기분은 뭘까” (why do i have the feeling that the target audience isn’t me) and then all the qrts were kr ppl going “i think men are the target audience” and “are you gay” LIKE 😭

OMG FORESTELLA BELOVED … yoo jaesuk is so funny for real such a great mc 🥰 it was rly lovely hearing abt how they supported hyeongyu bc i think he has a rly bright future! god knows we need some more world class forwards 😭 celtic and suwon bluewings have been playing tug of war over the guy the entire transfer window but i think hyeongyu’s managed to annoy his manager enough into letting him go (he went to him like five times 😭) … rly exciting!!

waaaah could talk abt guesung and dongin for ages but i’ll keep myself in line … just so cute that guesung has a non footballer friend who he can relax and be himself with, like the little karaoke and ‘heater heater!’ moments in the ila ep were so endearing 🥺 he eats rly well i felt myself turning into a grandpa cooing over their grandchild eating well when i watched him 😭 i saw that abt the tie!! it’s so cute ☹️🫂 i think the direct translation of what he said abt dongin was ‘(my) life’s companion’ but i could be wrong bc i don’t remember the exact phrasing atm. either way so cute how everyone sees guesung and dongin as a duo including guesung’s stylist 😭

DEAD abt fabien. yeah i think he explained how he got interested in kr culture on a talk show and i was legit flabbergasted that france had a taekwondo nt 😭 as for who i’ll support … taeguk ladies of course ⚽️ rly excited to see the girls play 🥰

the transfer window for guesung rn is kind of a mess 😭 celtic and mainz were playing tug of war but then park jisung (former star kr football player and now technical director at jeonbuk) fell from my good graces when he rejected the mainz offer (and idk if celtic is rly pursuing him anymore) … now jeonbuk’s training in spain and there’s talks that la liga teams are interested?? idk mainz would still be cool for me bc the bundesliga is a good way to get used to european football, plus lee jaesung from the nt plays there so he’d have someone to rely on in a foreign country, and mainz area generally has the biggest kr population in germany. not to mention the fact that mainz coaches have already reached out to guesung to talk abt how to implement them into their style of play, so him getting minutes is also guaranteed. we’ll see ig … transfer window isn’t closed yet! 👍🏾

hope your day’s been nice 🥰🫶🏾

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Kim Minseok 김민석 (Xiumin) 😺 Overview

Minseok, stage name Xiumin (a combination of the Chinese reading of hanja characters 秀 (xiù), which means great or show, and 珉 (mín)), is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a vocalist, rapper, and dancer in EXO, as well as EXO-CBX, of which he is also the leader. 

This post is part of an effort to celebrate the accomplishments of EXO over the past 10 years and to provide tangible avenues for supporting these artists in 2022 (when they will likely be leaving SM Ent.) and beyond 🖤

Xiumin learned martial arts and has a black belt in Kendo and Taekwondo. He also trained in Wushu and Fencing. Xiumin is also known as an avid fan of football, and is an honorary ambassador of the Korea Football Association. Though we have not received *official* confirmation from Minseok, it’s been widely verified that he has completed his Master’s Degree and his Doctorate (PhD)!

He has not yet released a solo album, but from hints in recent interviews, it’s very likely that we’ll get his solo debut KMS1 sometime in 2022 🥳 One of his first starring roles, in Falling for Challenge, was the most watched web drama in South Korea in 2015, reaching 20 million views just after 17 days. 

Xiumin enlisted for his mandatory military service on May 7, 2019, serving as an active duty soldier. He was discharged December 6, 2020 and has returned to television and musicals to our great delight. It’s often a surprise to new fans that Minseok is the oldest in EXO, as his humor, enthusiasm, and energy (as well as his adorable laugh) make him feel like one of the maknaes. We’re so excited to see what he’ll do next! Please join me in celebrating EXO’s 😺

🎵 Singles and OSTs 🎶

⇢ You Are The One Falling for Challenge OST (2015) ∴ Music Video | Lyrics | Live Performance  ⇢ Call You Bae with AOA’s Jimin (2016) Non-Album Single ∴ Music Video | Lyrics | Recording ⇢ Young & Free with NCT’s Mark (2017) SM Station ∴ Music Video | Lyrics | Live Performance ⇢ Beyond with Beatburger Project (2018) Special Recording ∴ Live Performance ⇢ You (이유) (2019) Non-Album Single ∴ Music Video | Lyrics | Live Performance | Behind the scenes | Interview ⇢ To My One and Only You from Mr. Queen Pt.7 OST (2021) ∴ Music Video | Lyrics | Recording

🎭 Acting Roles and Reality Show Appearances 🎭

⇢ (2014) Crime Scene tv variety show ⇢ (2015) Falling for Challenge web drama - Na Do Joen ⇢ (2015) School of Oz musical - Aquila ⇢ (2016) Seondal: The Man Who Sells The River film - Gyeon ⇢ (2016) Travel Without Manager reality show - self (with Chen) ⇢ (2017) Korea From Above documentary - narration (with Suho) ⇢ (2017) It’s Dangerous Beyond The Blankets reality show ⇢ (2019) Heart4U reality show ∴ episodes w/subtitles ⇢ (2019) Return: The Promise of The Day Army musical - Kim Seung-ho ⇢ (2020) Return Army musical - Hyun-min ⇢ (2020) Things That Make Me Groove variety show (with Baekhyun) ⇢ (2021) Drink With God tv variety show ∴ Season 1 episodes | Season 2 ⇢ (2021) Xiumin’s Tennis King reality show ⇢ (2021) Hadestown musical - Orpheus ∴ Interview 🏆 Awards 🏆

🌟 Miscellaneous 🌟

⇢ 2018 Life Bar talk show episodes with subtitles ⇢ In 2013, Xiumin and actress Kim Yoo-jung guest starred in the music video for the song "Gone" by South Korean singer Jin ⇢ Solo fan meeting concert, Xiuweet Time, at Jamsil Arena on May 4th, 2019 ⇢ Comeback Vlive, Let It XIUnow, Dec 12th, 2020 ⇢ Q&A with Cosmopolitan Korea ⇢ Allure Korea interview ⇢ YSNEAKERS x ASTELL&ASPR fashion collab interview ⇢ TVXQ Changmin’s FREEHUG special with Xiumin ⇢ 2014 FashionKode Ambassador interview ⇢ Magazine Covers listed here

⇢ Follow Minseok on Instagram @ e_xiu_o

Thank you for supporting EXO Xiumin 😘

And if you want to help spread this post to folks who haven’t experienced the magic of Minseok yet, please reblog this and tell me what your favorite Minseok moments and performances are! ✨

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Super (JJK x reader) Pt.1

🔥 Pairing: superhero/soulmate Jungkook x superhero/soulmate reader

💧Genre: superhero au, soulmate au, smut, angst

🔥 Rating: R (18+)

💧Summary: Jungkook was born as one of the lucky few to possess superpowers, so were you. He’s looked up to you ever since you’ve been fighting crime, so it makes perfect sense the universe would choose for you to be soulmates... unfortunately for him, you’re not even close to what everyone thinks you are. Behind that golden mask you wear is a less than golden person. Little does our clumsy and awkward hero know what you, this world, and the universe are about to put him through.

🔥Word count: 4k

💧 Warnings: cursing, violence, fighting, mention of sex and sexual acts and tiddies, future smut, future violence, future drinking problem, future mention of depression, future monsters (I’m just forewarning you that it’s going to get kind of dark)

“Hey! Pee-boy, wake up!”

Jungkook let out a little groan at the voice, letting it know he didn't appreciate the name-calling or being woken up.

“Jungkook” the voice now got growly and agitated.

Jungkook knew the voice, he just was too tired to respond.

“Get up!”

“How did you get in my room?” Jungkook muttered with his eyes still closed as he tried to roll over to escape Jimin’s nagging. His body rolled into unsupported nothingness and within a fraction of a second, his heart was racing right before his body made a collision with the cold wood floor. He knew he might as well wake up now.

Jimin cackled maniacally at the boy groaning in frustration and pain on the floor with his eyes now squinting open and looking up at his friend who sat in the chair at his desk beside the head of his bed.

“Your parents let me in.”

The only response the boy had was a sigh

“You know, because you’re twenty-three and still live with them… in their attic. To be honest it’s not even a cool lair.”

Jungkook finally sat up off of the floor and saw the neatly folded cloth Jimin had in his lap.

“Oh, this is for you. You should try it on.” He offered the fabric out to him.

Jungkook took it from him as he sat on the floor with his back against his bed and held it up the best he could to get a good look at it.

The spandex-looking material was a swirl of deep blue and silver reminding him of ocean waves at night.

“Thank you.” Jungkook gave his best friend a surprised but thankful smile before he went back to marveling at it.

“I can’t believe you made this, just for me.” He was astonished at his best friend’s talent.

“Well, you are my best friend… and a very special person. Oh! I almost forgot! The mask!”

Jimin reached into the back pocket of his jeans and pulled out a navy blue silicone rubbery object and tossed it to Jungkook. “It ties in the back with a thin string to match your hair but the inside of it is made of the gell stuff they use in push-up bras to keep them in place.”

Jimin sounded proud of himself but Jungkook couldn’t help but laugh until something dawned on him.

“Oh shit, what time is it?” Jungkook asked Jimin as his body froze up and mouth dropped open.

“Almost eleven-thirty.” His friend had pulled out his phone to check before replying.

“Shit! Work!” Jungkook jumped up and threw his new suit and mask on his bed before running over to his closet across the room.

“I’ll see you later, good luck today,” Jimin announced.

Jungkook had already grabbed a jacket and jeans and headed over to his friend now by the door to give him a quick hug and thank you, but accidentally and absentmindedly added a quick kiss to the side of his head which made Jimin laugh. Jungkook was in too much of a hurry to dwell on his mistake and too silly to take it back, plus Jimin had already left the room before he could even speak again. He grabbed a backpack and threw his new suit into it along with a few other things before leaving.

“Hell,” Jungkook mumbled to himself with an exasperated sigh as his shitty car refused to start for the third time. “Come on baby, you can do it.” He tried again “do it for me” with that, the noise of the engine roared to life, however it still sounded as though its life could end at any moment. “What a good girl.” Jungkook realized as he drove off the way he had been speaking to his car. He blushed a little to himself and was glad no one overheard it. He knew sometimes he could be a little oblivious to those things with never having sex even once in his life. Once a girl did let him feel her up though at her house while under the guise of studying back when he was in school. He had no idea she didn’t really invite him over to study for a science test, he didn’t even know when she was flirting with him until she got frustrated and asked him to kiss her and take off his shirt. Jungkook had gotten a little bored with it though and nervous around her and never went back over to her house. That couldn’t have been his soulmate, but sometimes he wonders if it had been since she had been the only girl to ever like him that he knew of.

He was twenty-three, lived with his parents, never went to college, never found his soulmate like everyone else has, and made pizza for a living. It wasn’t all that bad at least he was trying and at least he had a job. He was simply making due with what he was given in life and he was doing his best and that was what mattered… well that wasn’t exactly true… until recently.

He was given so much more than any average person, he had always just been too scared to use it or even tell anyone but his family and best friend. His best friend. Jimin had known him since they were both six years old. He was the first one to know about Jungkook’s powers and help him figure out everything he could do. A lot of the time he helped drive Jungkook and make him do what he needed to do and in return, he liked to listen to Jimin and help him solve problems in his life, or hear about his day. Jungkook knew he was lucky to have him as a friend, always supportive, always creative as a fashion designer should be, Jungkook felt lucky he didn’t ditch him a long time ago. Jimin was accomplished, on top of having a good job, he had found his soulmate already, a rich modeling agent named Taehyung.

Jungkook had asked Jimin before what it was like to meet him and he replied something along the lines of “when you meet your soulmate, you just know. It hits you hard, you both know the universe has put you together. It’s not just love, it’s something so much more, something… addicting.” He had also said he had seen Taehyung before in magazines and that Taehyung had seen him on tv, but nothing hit until they met in person.

Jungkook had always wondered if he even had one if he was meant for anyone at all especially with him being so different. His parents were soulmates, so were his grandparents. Everyone had one but maybe not him. Perhaps the universe had given him powers but no one to love.

He didn’t want to think about it so he turned up the radio as he drove slightly over the speed limit into the city where traffic seemed pretty bad today.

“Fire girl, what do you think of her? Who do you think she is?” A radio talk show that he was previously ignoring made his ears perk up at her name. He had been enamored with her for years now. Everything she did, every person she saved, everyone she fought, Jungkook had known about.

“I think she’s pretty, that’s for sure. As for who she is, I guess no one would ever know in a city this big, maybe if I came across her I would know. I’d know that bright red hair anywhere.” The second man said.

Jungkook couldn’t help but scoff. They wouldn’t know. Not only did she wear a mask but he knew that a person’s hair and eyes changed when they activated their powers. She most likely didn’t even have red hair or yellow eyes in her everyday life, just like his hair wasn’t blue and neither were his eyes. Jungkook was just plain Jungkook when he wasn’t using his powers. It was obvious to him that everyone didn’t know that.

“What if it’s a wig?” The first man asked the second.

“Who’s got time to put on one? Especially with that whole skin-tight outfit. Where do you think she gets dressed? How do you think she knows when and where the trouble is?”

“She could wear it under her normal clothes.”The first man decided and that struck Jungkook as a good idea. “As for how she knows about crime? Maybe she listens to a scanner on the same frequency as the police? Perhaps she even just watched the news. All I know is that our city is lucky to have her.”

“Ahh I’m not sure about that. I’ve heard people born with powers are pompous jerks who think they can get away with anything, a lot of people think that.”

Jungkook had heard that too growing up. There were people like him and fire girl all over the world, while there weren’t many, some always seemed to get into trouble. That’s what stopped Jungkook from trying to be a superhero until now. He was afraid of looking like a dick-bag, he was even afraid of becoming one. Although Jimin assured him he could never be, he was still scared of slipping up. While some people didn’t care for superheroes, some people loved them, especially children. He just didn’t want to disappoint anyone, he didn’t know if he was even good enough despite practicing in his backyard and taking taekwondo since he was a child. He wasn’t even comparable to fire girl.

As a child, he looked up to her, not just because she was pretty and cool, and could do so many things he couldn’t, not even because she had the exact opposite powers as he did. He looked up to her because she looked to be around his age, she made it all look so easy and she hadn’t been in any kind of scandal yet despite her five years as a public superhero. He thought maybe she was like him and that maybe she just wanted to do good in this world and not need the fame validation like some other heroes. Maybe she just wanted to help people like Jungkook did. He also thought that perhaps she might be grateful for some help.

This city was riddled with robberies, bad people, murderers, and just criminals in general, and even with knowing they would be stopped they all still tried for whatever reason. Jungkook also knew that the police in this town could be just as bad as the criminals and they were just as much egotistical jerks as some heroes were. Jungkook knew that just because you have power in any way didn’t mean you had to flaunt it and abuse it.

“She could be a terrible person, how would we know?”

Jungkook turned the radio off.

It was a hot summer day and working his butt off in a boiling kitchen with ovens going all day wasn’t what Jungook thought he would be doing when he was a child and imagined his future, although neither was using his superpowers and becoming a superhero. To be honest, he liked music, he liked to listen to it everywhere, at home, at work, even on his way to work and back. He had even gotten a guitar for his seventh birthday and spent years learning to play. He thought for sure he would be in some famous band by now and not just singing along to the radio while sweat-soaked his shirt in a pizza kitchen. His dreams weren’t what they were supposed to be, but he was fine with that, he was fine with thinking the universe would eventually just lead him to where he needed to be, and it was definitely about to.

There were ten minutes left of his shift, ten agonizing minutes where he was left alone to lock up the shop, finish cleaning up the place and turn the lights off. He was always left to close the shop alone, his boss trusted him to do it more so than the others, however, he still hadn’t made him a manager. The radio had been turned off and all that was left for background noise was the tv in the dining area that Jungkook let play on the news in hopes that he would see her on it as he swept the floor.

He didn’t unfortunately, but what he did see was live footage of a bank robbery that had turned into a stand-off with the police.

Jungkook froze and nearly dropped the broom in his hand as he watched the helicopter footage of the scene. The bank was close to him. He had his suit and mask in his backpack in the back, he could do this if he wanted to.

Adrenaline began to course through him at the thought. He bit his lip with his gaze on the tv as his options battled inside of him like violent crashing waves although he was calm on the outside. His eyes glanced at the clock on the wall. Eight minutes now until he could leave.

In an instant, he had made a decision. He took off running through the store, clocked out, and headed into the back where his backpack was.

He stripped down in the storeroom as his pulse hammered in his ears. He couldn’t believe he was doing this, but he knew he had to start sometime.

He felt odd being stripped down to his underwear at work while struggling to get his limbs in the tight, stretchy fabric with his hands shaking. He had gotten one foot in a leg hole but lost his balance and fell over onto the tile trying to get the other in. He decided that maybe getting dressed while laying on the floor was his best bet.

His hands still shook as he tied the back of his mask tightly around his head. He could feel the jelly-like side conforming to the curves of his upper face and wondered if this was how a boob felt in a push-up bra as he thought about what Jimin had said earlier.

“Okay.” he let out a shaky breath as he stood up from the floor “I’m not going to die today. I won’t die. Nope, not even once. I won’t die.” he chanted to himself hoping that implanting it in his brain would help him be safer while mustering courage. He let out a deep breath before he let his power wash over his body, knowing his hair and eyes just changed to blue.

“Let’s do this!” he said to himself with sureness and courage with clenched fists.

He locked up the shop, leaving his backpack with his clothes inside, and headed to his car just outside.

He had a fist full of keys, some for the store and some for his house and car. As he put his car key in the ignition and tried to start it, all of his courage died along with the engine.

“Balls!” he shouted as he smacked the steering wheel and tried again. The car simply wouldn’t start. “After I was so nice to you this morning?! Come on! I’m trying to be a superhero here!”

He tossed all the keys into the passenger seat and let the top of his head fall back into the headrest as he looked up at the roof of the car. He debated on giving up, but he decided against it. He could feel it, this was where the universe was leading him, today was his day.

The underwhelming but soon-to-be hero decided to briskly jog to the scene of the crime while people stared at him for the way he was dressed, cursing himself the entire way for being unable to fly.

Jungkook was met with a blocked-off street with police officers and cop cars scattered all over it. Jungkook hadn’t thought about how to get through the cops and into the bank. If he wasn’t going to get shot out here by the police for trying to get into a robbery, he would probably be killed by the robbers for simply just strolling in. The odds and his luck didn’t seem to be in his favor today.

“I’m a superhero, I should be able to just go on by them.” He told himself and decided to try it.

He walked past the roadblock but didn’t make it far.

“Hey, kid! Where do you think you’re going?!” Was shouted at him making him pick up the pace until he was at a full run for the bank door.

A lot of officers were shouting at him, but it was hard for him to understand them with the pleads in his head for them to not take him out, the noisy helicopter overhead, and the loudness of his heartbeat.

He almost crawled as he entered the glass doors of the bank as silently as he could.

It looked like Jungkook’s luck was turning around because not only were the masked robbers too busy stealing and yelling at people they had lying on the ground to see him, but they had their backs all turned to him. This was perfect.

Just as he raised a hand to do something one was suddenly knocked over making the other three robbers look in that direction.

Fire girl. She had dropped from seemingly nowhere and kicked one in the face before her feet even touched the floor.

There she was, in person, in action, and not just on tv. She now stood in the same room with him with her golden mask coving half of her face, her yellow eyes,doand bright red hair. Her skin-tight suit was a mix of yellow, orange, and gold. She was so unbelievably beautiful that he felt like it was melting his brain.

Before Jungkook could go into too many starstruck thoughts over it, his body told him to take action as gunfire began.

He raised his hand yet again and let a heavy and harsh stream hit one right in the back, knocking him forward so hard that his head hit the marble floor and the gun flew from his hand.

He had never done that to a person before, but his powers had done exactly what he wanted them to, just like always. For whatever reason, Jungkook was sure they would fail when the time came.

His heart raced as all eyes were on him now and his brain panicked with “holy shit, I’ really doing this”

“Who the hell are you?!”

The words didn’t come from anyone he was expecting, not a bank teller, not a civilian, not even a robber. It was fire girl who seemed lost.

Jungkook ignored it as he saw a gun now from one of the last two bank robbers being pointed in his direction.

Time seemed to slow as his body acted for him, getting low to the ground and holding out his hand for a powerful surge of water to release. It hit the man with the gun pointed at him directly in the face so hard Jungkook had thought it had broken his neck.

From his peripherals, he could see fire girl sweeping the legs of the last man and stepping on his neck.

And then there was silence.

Both he and the second hero collected the guns before Jungkook threw one of the robbers over his shoulder, then he went for a second one which he threw over his other one. Was he showing off his strength in front of a pretty girl? Yes. But it was working. She watched frozen for a moment as he took the two limp men over to the door and laid them in front of the glass for the police to see and gestured to them that everything was okay and that they could come in.

Dragging another robber across the floor and into the pile was fire girl.

Their eyes locked for just a moment and they both paused.

Jungkook was hit like an explosion, although it felt physical, he still stood frozen with his mouth dropped open. It felt like he had been shot but it wasn’t pain he had felt in his brain and chest, but with a powerful wave of ease and belonging. Although this feeling was new to him, there was a strange sense of deja vu about it as if he had lived and felt it before. His brain was in overload and began to shut down until nothing but static was left.

“Who are you?” She asked again but it was much much quieter.

Jungkook was at a complete loss for words.

“And what do you think you’re doing?” Her voice went bitter and cold as she now gave him a shitty look through with her yellow eyes drilling into him through her golden mask that covered the top half of her face.

Again, Jungkook didn’t speak.

“YOU COULD’VE DIED!! It was obvious you didn’t know what the hell you were doing!” She was now pointing her finger angrily right in his face so close he felt his eyes cross.

“You stay the hell out of it amateur! Don’t EVER get involved in something like this ever again when you have no training and no control over anything in this situation ESPECIALLY when you have no control over your powers! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?! You’re an idiot and you could've made this job so much harder for me!”

She yelled at him while all that Jungkook could think about was what the hell he was feeling and going through and how beautiful and powerful she looked when she was yelling at him.

“I-I-“ Jungkook was trying to muster the brainpower to speak “but everything was okay.”

He had been so lost in her that he didn’t even see it coming when he was tackled to the ground and his arms were forcefully bent behind his back.

A police officer was sitting on his back and applying cold metal handcuffs to his wrists.

“Ow ow ouch.” He winced at the crushing weight on his back and the bending of his arms which he thought might snap like the delicate bones of spicy chicken wings. He could see the feet of the hostages beginning to file out of the building, some in tears from their traumatic experience.

“Why am I being arrested?” he asked wondering why he was being treated like a bad guy when he had just saved people and why wasn’t fire girl being arrested as well.

He was pulled to his feet by the handcuffs and patted down.

“You were unauthorized to enter this building. You interfered with law enforcement.”

Jungkook wanted to tell the cop that law enforcement wasn’t even doing anything to assist in the situation anyway, but he knew that would be a bad move and didn’t want to make the situation any worse.

“Why isn’t she being arrested then?” he nodded his head towards the other hero.

“She’s fire girl. She’s a superhero.” the officer answered simply.

“TELL THEM!” Jungook begged her in desperation.

“Tell them what?” she crossed her arms and spoke with a sour tone.

“Tell them I helped.” he urged.

“But you didn’t.”

She was lying and they both knew it, however, the cop didn’t, and began to drag Jungkook away and out the door.

In the open, people swarmed. Onlookers, reporters, ambulances, fire trucks. Everyone was watching him get arrested as if he had robbed the bank himself.

He was stuck into the back of a cop car for far too long. He even got the chance to see flame erupt from fire girl’s feet and watched as she flew away. Was she a jerk like many other superheroes? Or did she just not want to see him get hurt? Jungkook chose to believe it was the second one. After all, his soulmate couldn’t be a lying jerk-bag, could she?

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Time of Wars Part1 CHAPTER 1

Be careful, the following paragraph explaining in which world the story is set contains potential SPOILERS. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT SOME ELEMENTS OF THE STORY AND KEEP THE SUSPENS, SKIP THE NEXT PARAGRAPH!

This “imagine” takes place in a sort of alternative apocalyptic World where the Winx had been sent into another Dimension. This Dimension I decided to name Iliad.  However, things sort of get crazier when Bloom and the Messengers Team she is now part of discovers that Carlisle Oldine, the tyrannic and cruel King ruling Iliad has something to do with the War that is happening at the same time on Heraklion. This story takes place Seven years after season 4. The winx are now adults and decided to dedicate their life to being the Company of Light. This imagine was inspired by multiple works as the 45th issue of the winx magazines, World of Winx, Mirror’s edge and The Witch.

This story will be far away from magical and… Well, “winx”. I always wanted to add some dark tone to their universe. 25 years old winx in a post-apocalyptic world, facing horror and death is far from what we are used to. I imagined this story a long time ago. It’s time to write it. I’m writing this a week before #fatethewinxsaga comes out. It will probably match the same atmosphere… We will see. Enjoy guys!

Chapter 1

The corridor was cold. Not a single sound could be heard. Bloom walked slowly, letting her gaze scan the room carefully. She held a sort of gun in her right hand. The weapon looked heavy but very powerful. The trigger was sparkling electricity. It was not hers. She usually did not need weapons when she was infiltrating a restricted area. Today was one of these days where she risked her life. Political spying was dangerous, even for the most powerful fairy. Indeed, magic did not exist in this dimension. White Magic did not exist at least. Fairies neither.

Bloom’s high hill boots were tapping loudly on the floor while she glanced at the gigantic metal doors in front of her. She looked quickly over her shoulder, making her short ginger hair flown away from her shoulders. Her bangs had grown into a decent looking textured long bangs. She looked more mature. Her sweetness had long since drifted out of her face to let a neutral expression replace it.

Skillfully, she opened her bracelet. This technological device designed by her friend, Tecna, had been very useful. It worked not only has a pocket but a computer, a phone and a super powerful software linked to her eyeship. She could control any technological devices with her eyes or her touch. In this world, technology was vital since none of the Winx could use their powers. Of course, they had been trained. All of them had been sent to Red Fountain for a hard and full training on fighting and infiltration. They had been the very first women to be sent to the school. I had been a rough training for all of them, even Aisha. During her training, Bloom discovered she had facilities with a martial art in particular, taekwondo. However, what she preferred the most was infiltration. She was small, quick, and efficient. Codatorta had told how good she was at it. She had to be a spy for the Iliads.

Her trainer was right, she ended up being chosen as a messenger by Marcus, the rebels’ leader of Iliad. Stella and Aisha had been affected to the same department, but Bloom was the only Messenger in the club. Spies and Messengers had very different missions. Messengers infiltrated places, stole information, and were never noticed. Spies molded their way in by infiltrating organizations and groups. Tecna had joined Marcus’ office has his direct technician. Flora and Musa worked as attackers. They were the ones holding weapons and getting rid of potential opponents. When the Winx were sent on a mission all together, the two fairies would make sure none of the enemies and soldiers were to get close to Aisha and Stella when they would go undercover while Bloom secretly infiltrated the building and sabotaged or stole what she needed to.

This was very different for them. At first, they felt like what they were doing was wrong. However, after understanding how bad the situation and the war was for the Iliads, they never regretted their actions. The Club was far from what they use to be. No more magical wings and sparkles. They had pondered the question during their training. Why sending fairies instead of specialists? They soon understood that they had the experience. They had faced so many different levels of difficulties. They had seen horrible things happening to people around them. They had seen people die. No, no one was as qualified as them. They were stronger than anyone else.

Her bracelet opened up and she could see an interface. Bloom clicked on a small black box. The object materialized in front of her and she took it. Through her eyeship, she could see red lines appearing on the door. These were not real. The ship was scanning the doors’ technological spine, the red lines were just like bloodstreams. Seeing them properly would allow her to destroy those bloodstreams and kill the engines that were keeping the doors closed. The small box was heavy. She lifted it and put it were the red lines joined. A ticking sound could be heard. Through her eyeship Bloom could hear her friend’s voice.

“Right. Let me handle it now.”

She knew exactly what Tecna was doing. Bloom had to learn the basis of technological spying in order to be efficient. The door suddenly started let smoke escape from under the small box. Dead. The engines were dead. The lock on the door opened and Bloom confidently pushed the doors open. There. In front of her was the computer. Marcus team had worked during months to find a way to gain access to this computer. Inside of it was a gold mine. With the amount of information Bloom would drain out of it, they could win the war. This mission was the most important one so far. Bloom had to succeed or else, there was no going back home for her. If she did not escape the building, she was dead. Carlisle was never going to let her escape with information. She had to stay unnoticed. Political spying was deadly.

She got closer to the computer. The gigantic screens were black. Once again, she opened her bracelet. This time she selected a small device, liking like an external hard drive. She put in on the glass computer and waited for the screen to light up. It did after a few seconds. She didn’t have much time. Only a few minutes. She needed to get as much information as possible in the external hard drive. She started taping furiously on the computer, coding the software’s securities, and getting access to all the folders. She looked at all the priceless information she was getting and then, suddenly stopped. Her heart skipped a beat, and she furrowed her eyebrows. A folder had opened, and a list of portraits had shown up. There was a face. It was on top of the list. It scared her. She hadn’t been that sacred since she had faced her first Rampant. She looked at his face. His blond locks were longer, just like when she had met him in Gardenia. His face was hard, and he looked fearless. He had grown a small beard. Was it really him? She could not believe his eyes.

Age: 26

Physical description: Long Blond Hair. Blue eyes.

Hight: 1m92.

Weight: 89Kg.

Status: Prince of Heraklion.

From the picture, he was wearing a military jacket. Was it still war back there? How long had it been since she had last saw him? Four years? Maybe five? She had been sent to Iliad three years ago and didn’t got any news from Magix since then. The war back there had started two years before her departure from the magical dimension. Back then, she could at least get some information from the TV or from Oritel who was still close to Erendor.

So, I hope you guys enjoyed the first part of that very different story I’m working on at the moment ;)

Part 2

[purplesurveys]

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First, a few randoms... Do you know anyone who can speak more than 5 languages fluently? Not that I know of, though I won’t be surprised if I find out some Filipinos I know fit into this category just because of how many languages we have. Is there a boiler or heater in the room that you're in? There is aaaaaabsolutely no need for a heater anywhere in this country, lmao. What we need are a gazillion aircon units everywhere.

Do you read magazines? Not anymore. The last time I encountered magazines, it was back when my lola would still collect celebrity and high society magazines and I would read them whenever I came over her place. Other than that, I haven’t bought a magazine for myself in like seven years. Did you ever get a detention for doing something by accident? We don’t get detention. But no, I’ve never been in trouble for something like this before. Would you rather write an essay on global warming or UFOs? Global warming. UFOs are more entertaining, but there’s been more research done on global warming so it’ll be easier to write something informative on it.

Have you ever worked with a mixing desk? No, I’ve only seen them in real life. Cheeseburger with fries or Toasty Sandwich and Garlic Sticks? Do you know me? Burger, duh. Do you like sailing? When was the last time you went, if at all? I don’t think I’ve ever been sailing before. Pokemon; do you like it? Favourite Pokemon? I liked it a lot more as a kid. Now whenever I see Pokemon references on the internet I kinda just give a slight smile to myself to acknowledge the nostalgia. My favorite Pokemons as a kid were Chikorita and Ho-oh. Do you or have you done martial arts? Which type? No. Enrolling your kids in taekwondo classes was super popular when I was younger, but I was more interested in ballet and swimming at the time. Can you tell the difference between Japanese and Chinese language? Yes, their manner of speaking is different and their words are also very different. I think Japanese and Korean are harder to distinguish, actually. Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackcurrant or no Jam/Jelly? No jam for me. Please give me Nutella instead, haha. Strawberry or Orange Jelly/Jell-O? Pass. Answer with your first response. Don't look below! Name a colour: Pink Town Name: A******* Girls’ name: Olivia Type of drink: Beer A word that begins with 'L': Ladder A film title: Breakfast at Tiffany’s A mood or emotion: Happy A type of sandwich: Clubhouse Name a Colour Is this your favourite colour? Yes. At first I used to say it ironically, but there was one time when I bought school supplies and I realized they were literally all pink, and I realized that it had actually turned out to be my favorite color for real, lol. Are your eyes this colour? Definitely not. I think for this to be possible you’d have to be wearing contacts. Is this colour one of the colours in your country’s flag? No. Close enough, red and white are in the Philippine flag haha. Does this colour make you feel the mood/emotion named above? Sure, it does. Are you wearing this colour now? No, I’m wearing all black at the moment. Town Do you live in or near this town? I live in it, hence me censoring it out lol.  Have you ever gone shopping in this town? No. The malls here are pretty ehhhh when it comes to clothes, so I prefer going to the city whenever I need to get new stuff for my closet. How many E's are in the name of this town? Zero. Describe this town in 5 or less words? Little boring, but still home. Girls Name Is this the name of a famous celebrity? I can give you a couple of celebrities named Olivia, so sure I guess. There’s Olivia de Havilland (kween shit), Olivia Newton-John, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Munn, etc. Is one of your close friends called this? No. If I did I’d tell them on a regular basis how much I like their name lolol. Would you like this name to be your middle name? Nope, I’m satisfied with my own name. Does this name begin with the same letter of your name? No, but it's the same as the second letter. What does this name mean- look it up on www.behindthename.com? Google says it’s just derived from the Latin oliva, which means olive/olive tree. Pretty straightforward. Name a word, place or another name that rhymes with this name? Bolivia. Type of Drink Is this the last thing you drank? Hell no, you will rarely catch me drinking this. The only time I’d be seen drinking beer is if I’m at a bar that serves only that. Do you drink this drink often? See above. Does this drink make you hyper? It makes me just a little bit drunk, which yeah, when that happens I do get hyper. What do you like about this drink? Nothing. Word Beginning with L Is this word the name of an emotion? No, it is an object. Does this word have a D in it? Yes, two of them. Can you hold whatever this thing beginning with L is? It’s tangible, if that’s what you mean. But I can also literally hold one right now if I wanted to since we have a ladder stored in the rooftop bodega. Does this L word make a noise? If it falls, it would definitely make a lot of noise. Another L word that describes your L word? Long. Film Title Is this one of your favourite films? It used to be, now it’ll probably settle in my top 20 or 30. Audrey Hepburn has better films. Who are the central characters? Who plays them? Holly Golightly is played by Audrey Hepburn while her love interest, Paul Varjak, is played by George Peppard. Do you love this film? Yes. There are some things I’d change from the film as a whole, but the ending is very beautiful and makes me cry every time I watch it. Is this film title either two or three words? It is, actually. Three words. Is there a noun in this film’s title? Yup. Mood or Emotion Do you feel this way now? Mmmm I guess kinda? I’m finally done with my antibiotics and I can finally drink coffee and the bottles of soju I have stored in the fridge!!!!!!!!!! I also don’t feel too hot at the moment and I feel quite relaxed taking this survey so yeah, there’s little to complain about right now. Does this describe your life so far? No. Life is a different story, lol. A similar mood or emotion to the one you named? Elated. Are you ashamed or annoyed about feeling this emotion or mood? Not at all. I barely feel it nowadays, so whenever it’s here I make sure it has a good stay.

Sandwich Does it contain lettuce? Yes it does.

Does it have a sauce in (mayo, salad cream, mustard)? Yes, it has some kind of mayo in it. I haven’t had a club sandwich in a while though so I can’t really remember the exact type of mayo it has. When was the last time you had this type of sandwich? Like I said, a while. It has probably been years. I only regularly ordered this sandwich as a kid because I thought it would make me part of some sort of club loooooool, but like it was never my favorite or anything. Does it contain anything the colour you named above? Eh sure? I guess ham counts as pink.

[moon-yeongjun]

Proper Way To Be Gay || Moon Bros

Summary: June 18, Tae still has questions about his sexuality despite coming out bc that shit is complicated!! Jun is completely unqualified for this discussion. But he tries. 

@moon-yeongtae

Tae: hyuuuuuung

Jun: eh?

Tae: how are u

Jun: good

Jun: how are you

Tae: good

Tae: did u have a good day? tell me one thing that was good

Jun: what is this

Jun: cant you just ask me what you need to ask me?

Tae: i can't care about you?

Jun [deleted]: aiyaaaa gross

Jun: my days are very boring not good conversation

Tae: i bet u have really awesome days

Jun: yes

Jun: they're wonderful

Jun: i get to argue over a whole 75 pence discount because eric improperly labeled the nutella

Jun: its a riveting discussion i have with my customers

Tae: wow someone ripped off the nutella?

Tae: rude that shit is great

Jun: people will do anything to save money

Tae: i bet u handled it magnificently

Jun [deleted]: seriously what are you planning here

Jun: of course, thats my job

Tae: i don't think im magnificent at anything really

Jun [deleted]: okay here it is

Jun: what are you talking about? you won first at your tournament

Tae: okay i'm decent at fighting

Jun: not the first time you've won either

Tae: what a good life skill

Jun: you know that taekwondo is more than fighting

Tae: i can't read a book without wanting to stab myself in the eye bc i get so bored

Tae: i can't take tests

Jun: yes you can

Jun: its your attitude that needs adjusting, but you're very smart, tae yah

Tae: no im dumb as fuck jun lmfao

Jun: dont say that

Jun: terrible language first of all

Jun: second of all, its incorrect. you get decent grades when you apply yourself

Tae: you know what's like

Tae: really bothering me

Jun [deleted]: that you didn't call me hyung ah yes me too

Jun [deleted]: im sure you'll tell me

Jun: whats that?

Tae: i thought that like

Tae: figuring out i was gay and like admitting it to myself would be the end of the whole stupid crisis thing right

Jun: crisis thing

Tae: except i don't think i'm doing it right

Jun: doing it right

Jun: eh

Jun: what are you talking about

Jun: doing gay right

Tae: like i'm not normal

Tae: still

Jun: and why do you think that

Tae: i thought i would feel more normal

Jun: i wasnt aware there was a proper way to be gay

Tae: and i don't because

Tae: im not like

Tae: idk

Jun: ok wait i think i see what the problem is here. you arent stereotypically gay is that it? like on the tv, gay

Tae: every guy i know thinks about sex like all the time and they all want it and they have new crushes like every week and talk about having sex with girls (or guys) they've never even talked to and that makes me so uncomfortable sometimes i want to like idk throw up

Jun: ah well thats just all talk

Jun: thats just stupid locker room stuff we talked about this

Tae: i knwo but

Tae: they can like

Tae: get turned on and want to do stuff and

Tae: idk

Tae: nvm

Jun: im confused are you saying you arent gay

Tae: idk i am pretty sure i am gay im just

Tae: i don't think i like sex very much or like the idea of sex bc i haven't had it and sometimes when my friends talk about how hot celebrities are and stuff it weirds me out

Tae: and i think that reaction is probably really weird

Jun: pssh no it isnt

Tae: the only persson i

Tae: have every really thought about that stuff with is nemo

Jun [deleted]: ah this is truly uncomfortable now

Jun: sex stuff, you mean

Tae: yeah and that doesn't matter anyway bc that will never happen

Jun: ok never say never

Jun: though im not sure why you think never anyway but not the point

Jun: the point is that everyone comes into their sexuality in their own time and in their own way. when i was your age, i never paid attention to celebrities either, or who was hot or not. i didnt look at magazines or do any of that stuff. maybe i had a passing fantasy for a classmate i had a crush on, but still, nothing lewd. i think this just means you're a polite and respectful person, tae yah.

Jun: besides, you have a crush on nemo so it makes sense you want to think about him. there's nothing unusual about it

Tae: it feels unusual

Jun: it doesnt seem all that unusual to me

Jun: you're better off not thinking about sex anyway its a terrible distraction

Jun: you should just let yourself be tae yah

Jun: whoever that is, just let yourself be, eh? you dont have to be like anyone else

Tae: that sounds like one of those things that's easy to say and hard to do

Jun: its actually much easier than you think

Jun: its harder not to care about what others think, thats the hard part

Tae: jun hyung

Tae: who do u talk to when u feel weird

Jun: i never feel weird

Jun: you grow out of that around age 25

Jun: just make it till then you'll see

Tae: i don't think that's true

Jun: well its true for me

Tae: well if ur weird feelings ever come back to haunt u maybe u can  talk to me about them

Tae: if u want

Jun: thank you thats very kind

Jun: most of my feelings will probably remain about improperly priced nutella jars

Tae: ok

Tae: just remember that i really want to be ur friend too

Jun [deleted]: we arent friends though tae yah you're my dongsaeng

Jun: don't worry about me eh? thats not your job

Tae: i think ur probably one of my best friends

Jun: im glad you still trust me

Jun:  just concentrate on school and being happy and being 16, though, thats how you can help me

Tae: ok

[margaretyeun]

*VESTAHQS TASK #001_    character survey

GENERAL STATS

BASIC INFO

Name: born Yeun Minseon, legally changed to Margaret Yeun Pronunciation: Mar-ga-ret Yeh-uhn Nicknames: Maggie (to her closest friends), Margs (only to the Xu twins), Min (growing up, refuses to answer to it anymore) Age: twenty nine Date and place of birth: April 13, 1991, in Daegu, South Korea Astrological sign: aries Gender: cis female Pronouns: she/her Nationality: dual citizenship of the United States and South Korea Ethnicity: Korean Occupation: editor in chief at Reflection Magazine Education: studied at Vesta University and received a dual b.a. in communications and english, as well as her masters degree in communications Religious beliefs: raised protestant, non practicing

THE PHYSICAL

Height: 5’2”   Weight: 99 lbs Body Type: petite Hair: brown Eyes: brown Clothing Preferences: always wears heels, no patterns, mostly neutrals, minimalistic silhouettes, put together Defining Features: a confident smile Voice Tone: bright, firm Blood-Type: A Allergies: dust and mold

ROMANCE

Sexual Orientation: heterosexual Romantic Orientation: demiromantic Do they have a type: dark hair, someone on the same level with her intellectually and who makes her laugh Pet peeves: lying, using nicknames or pet names without her explicit permission, lateness, self centeredness, unwillingness to compromise

PERSONALITY

Likes: punctuality, challenges, organization, korean food, bullet journaling, people who can argue a point persuasively, doing her job well Dislikes: laziness, hot summers, people who aren’t genuine, bad grammar, inefficiency, giving up, anyone not being able to accept criticism Ambivert, introvert or extrovert?: Ambivert

FAMILY

Siblings: a brother Birth order: oldest Parents: Yeun Jung Hyun and Kim In Sun, both deceased Children: none Do they want kids: tells people she wants to focus on her career but actually does

SKILLS  

What languages do they speak: Korean (native), English (fluent), Chinese (basic) What are they talented at: spotting mistakes, negotiation, running in heels, arranging things to be aesthetically pleasing, organizing both money and people What is a hidden talent no one knows of: began taking taekwondo classes in korea and is currently a seventh degree black belt What are they worst at: can’t cook anything more difficult than ramen to save her life 

A DEEPER LOOK

WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR FAMILY LIKE:

( tw: death ) As a whole, her family is close despite the changes they went through ; she wasn’t very old when her mother died, and her father passed when she was fourteen, but she has come to terms with grief and remembers them both fondly, even though the memories may vary in detail. Her aunt and uncle took them in after their father died, and although the initial transition was difficult to say the least, she values their opinion very highly. Her younger brother is the most important person in her life, and although she tended to act a bit like a parent while they were growing up, they have since become best friends. 

DESCRIBE THEIR PERSONALITY:

Margaret is a force of nature ─  tell her not to do something, and she’ll do it anyway, but with even more determination than before. She enjoys lively and challenging conversations, and is skilled at talking to people and makes friends easily, but also has no hesitations about honestly stating her opinion when necessary, regardless of other people’s feelings. Unwilling to compromise and fully prepared to put the work in, she tends to get things done exactly how she wants them to be. 

ARE THEY HAPPY WHERE THEY ARE IN LIFE:

Yes, although she prefers to think of herself as ‘optimistic about the path she’s taking’ rather than just being content with what she has. She is happy with what she’s achieved so far, but has no plans on stopping any time soon.

WHAT IS THEIR DREAM:

To own and run as the editor in chief a well known magazine, and to be mentally stimulated at work but able to leave it behind at the end of the day and go home to someone she loves. 

[bangtan-translations]

Bibliografía de Jungkook  🐰💜

"A veces es simplemente increíble. Tal vez tuvimos un poco de suerte, pero    hacemos nuestro mejor esfuerzo y seguimos trabajando sin importar qué.   Nuestros fans nos han apoyado mucho, realmente nos aman y esperamos       llegar aún más lejos desde aquí" - Entrevista Elle Magazine, 2017

Nombre Real: Jeon Jeong-Guk.

Apodos: Golden Maknae, Kookie, Jungshook, Jungkookie.

Fecha de Nacimiento: 01 setiembre, 1997.

Signo Zodiacal: Virgo.

Tipo de Sangre: A.

PRIMEROS AÑOS

Jeon Jeong-Guk, mejor conocido por su nombre artístico Jungkook, es un cantante, compositor y productor surcoreano. Es el vocalista principal, centro y bailarín de BTS.

Jungkook es el miembro más joven de la banda, nació el 1 de septiembre de 1997 en Busan. Cuando era más joven, asistió a la escuela primaria y secundaria de Baekyang. Tiene un hermano mayor llamado Jeon Jung Hyun con quien creció, junto a su madre y su a padre. 

Cuando era un niño, su primer sueño era convertirse en un jugador profesional de bádminton. No fue hasta que escuchó a G-Dragon, de BIGBANG, cuando su sueño de convertirse en cantante se volvió realidad.

Antes de convertirse en aprendiz, Jungkook recibió ofertas de siete compañías diferentes antes de decidirse firmar con BigHit Entertainment. Cuando se convirtió en aprendiz en BTS, asistió a la Escuela de Artes Escénicas de Seúl y se graduó en el 2017.

En el 2012, antes de su debut como un grupo, Jungkook fue enviado a Los Ángeles durante el verano para entrenar por separado. Se dijo que, aunque su baile era realmente bueno, nunca mostró emoción y necesitaba aprender cómo hacerlo. A continuación, se muestra una imagen de Jungkook en L.A.

Debido a lo vergonzoso y tímido que era Jungkook, casi no debutó con BTS según su productor y CEO Bang Shi Hyuk. Al principio, cuando se le pedía que cantara, Jungkook lloraba y no cantaba.

En los primeros días era evidente lo tímido que era Jungkook. Cada vez que la cámara estaba en BTS, dejaba que sus Hyungs hablaran (Hyung: una palabra coreana utilizada para dirigirse a hombres mayores. Como Jungkook es el más joven, todos los demás miembros de BTS son sus Hyungs). Debido a lo vergonzoso y tímido que era, y aún a veces lo es, el término Jungshook fue creado por ARMY.

Cada vez que Jungkook era atrapado bajo guardia, confundido o se sentía fuera de lugar, solía hacer esa cara. Es una cara que todavía hace, aunque con menos frecuencia. Los fans comenzaron a usar el término refiriéndose a sí mismos también. Cada vez que se sienten sorprendidos, la frase "¡Me tienes Jungshook!" Se ha vuelto muy popular.

VIDA EN BTS

Jungkook tenía 15 años cuando BTS debutó en el 2013. Desde entonces, ha lanzado dos canciones en solitario. Begin, del álbum Wings en 2016. Y Euphoria, del álbum Love Yourself en 2018. Euphoria se mantuvo durante 11 semanas seguidas en la lista Gaon Digital Chart.

También recibió crédito como productor principal de las canciones Love is Not Over del álbum "The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Part 1" y Magic Shop del álbum "Love Yourself: Tear".

Fuera de la música de BTS, Jungkook es conocido por sus covers. Su lista de covers incluyen a artistas como Justin Bieber (2U, Purpose), Adam Lavine (Lost Stars), and Charlie Puth (We Don’t Talk Anymore). Incluso llamó la atención de Charlie Puth y pudo actuar con él en los Genie Music Awards en 2018.

Los miembros de BTS han dicho a lo largo de los años que, al principio, Jungkook siempre fue tímido con ellos. Durante un tiempo, solo les habló formalmente y se sintió incómodo al unirse en sus chistes y bromas. En una reciente entrevista para el FESTA 2018: Lista de la Verdadera felicidad, Jungkook dijo que una de las cosas que ahora lo hacen más feliz es burlarse de sus Hyungs a pesar de que no lo hace tan a menudo. Otras cosas en la lista incluyen la sensación después de hacer ejercicio, comprar en línea, jugar videojuegos justo después de despertarse y comer muy buena comida. Lo cual después de decir eso le dio hambre. (Fue realmente adorable).

Los miembros de BTS también han dicho que Jungkook se ha abierto y han compartido cosas que son difíciles para ellos; luchas que atraviesan. Jungkook nunca tuvo ninguna. Él trabaja muy duro y se niega a aceptar la derrota. No fue hasta que fue testigo de que sus Hyung estaban pasando por dificultades que se dio cuenta de que lucha cuando los otros miembros luchan. Querer ayudar a los otros miembros a sonreír y ser felices es muy importante para él.

HECHOS GRACIOSOS

Jungkook ama jugar Overwatch.

A él no le gusta perder.

Sus colores son el rojo, blanco y negro. (Y sabemos que ama el purpura)

Sus comidas favoritas son cualquier cosa con pan o carne.

Él sabe acerca del Jungshook.

A Jungkook le encanta dibujar, hacer ejercicios y grabar videos.

A Jungkook le encanta hacer bromas sobre la altura de Jimin

Su número favorito es el 1.

Nuestro Golden Maknae sabe Taekwondo (cinturón negro).

Se dice que es un muy buen cocinero.

JK ha dicho que saldría con Jin si Jin fuera una chica.

A JK le gustan los zapatos y el maquillaje.

No le gustan los insectos, lastimarse, cosas de mal gusto y estudiar.

El maknae era jugador de balonmano antes de unirse a BTS.

Quiere ser tatuador o ser dueño de un restaurante de carne de pato.

Jungkook ama a Iron Man.

Puede jugar en dos computadoras a la vez

Dice que se relaciona más con V ya que sus personalidades son muy similares.

                     "Vivir sin pasión es como estar muerto"

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