#im not saying predebut until the show starts at least

[ambivartence]

Hi! Secret Santa again! I can only imagine how hard ur speed paints are to make gifs with how much you have to shrink them for tumblrs terrible limits and even remembering to record the timelapse, I always say I’m going to record myself making things so people can see the process, but I never think about it until I’m at least halfway done lol.  

Oml the all in Lino in the cop/detective look is SO amazing,  he really seems to be able to pull off any concept and not make them seem over the top or silly. When he’s in all pastels and wearing a beret it doesn’t feel like someone forced him into a “cute” outfit, and when he’s doing the almost costume outfits like cops, or vampires they also just seem to suit him completely. He’s really one of those people that because he is so confident in himself nothing feels silly or out of place. 

Thunderous has definitely been my favorite era for Minho specifically. I think the  modernized more traditional outfits really work well with him, and having changbin shout his name before his part every stage felt really special. Over all I think thunderous, backdoor, and maniac have been my favorite eras. I feel like ever since gods menu that the boys have become a lot more confident and their stage presence and just how they act on skz talkers and things has felt more comfortable. Those concepts also just have felt like they really suited all of the members to me, plus im just a big fan of their more “noise” title tracks they seem to have more fun when performing really signature sounding skz songs. But I also don’t think there’s an era I haven’t really enjoyed, like some part of every comeback has at least been something I’ve really enjoyed. Especially when like with thunderous they promote a b-side that is so different from the title track, I feel like it really shows their colors well.

I also see that you’re into a few other groups other than nct like tbz and ateez! I love both of them so much, it made watching kingdom extra fun, getting to see how they both interacted with skz, and seeing that they were all friends! I know I got into tbz right after they debuted but it took me a few months to really come around to liking ateez (though now I don’t know whyyyy lmao) how did u get into them and nct?

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Yes!!!! their noise music is really chefs kiss for me too hahaha also i do love how they promoted thunderous and the view together that was a really fun contrast <3

I've been super multi these days! every time i get into a new group that was in kingdom or road to kingdom i go back and rewatch their clips and interactions hehe. I got into nct first thru superm (which I got into bc of baekhyun), and i think i kinda realized that it's really fun to stan a LOT of people, so i began getting into other groups like skz. i found atz bc of mutuals on my dash during kingdom but got into them more only recently after seeing them at kcon in august and then on tour in november!! so kinda like u, it took a bit to really get into them properly^^; and for tbz i was convinced by @chanstopher and @lonelystreetlight aka two partners in crime to check them out earlier this year, so i started from their predebut show boyz flower snack and then rewatched all their rtk and kingdom stages and then the rest was history LOL

sometimes i feel bad that since i follow so many groups that i don't follow skz's content as closely anymore as i used to. but on the flipside, i like how content creators on here make it easier for me to see all the best parts of their stuff, whether it's gifsets of stages or funny moments in skz code or just good looks in skz talker <3 also being multi means it's extra fun when the kidz have fun interactions with their besties in other groups like the darlingz friend group skz changbin + atz wooyoung + txt yeonjun + tbz haknyeon + crvt serim + gncd tag etc etc (the fact that i stan all these groups 💀) or also chan is just friends with everyone in the industry haha (i love his interactions w ab6ix during isac this year 🥺)

[hung-binnn]

Hưng Bin pre I-Land

[kaesficrecarchive]

kpop fic rec

Part 1

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Beomgyu x Taehyun

can you feel the rush by permutative (predebut) (3/3 | 23,400 | T)

“Well, it’s settled.” Beomgyu leans forward, his smile blooming into a full-fledged grin. “Of course I’ll help you, Taehyun. After all,” he clutches his heart dramatically, hand over chest, “who am I to deny true love? I’ll make sure you’re the best boyfriend that guy has ever come across.”

(Or: in order to win over his crush, Taehyun asks Beomgyu to teach him how to date. This can't end well.)

(practice dating / fake dating au, friends to lovers)

cute, fluffy, everything u want out of a fake dating au

dragonfruit by 9ofcups (1/1 | 10,400 | T)

beomgyu ^-^: come visit my island i know you're online!! beomgyu ^-^: i'll give you my fruits?? ㅠㅠ

Taehyun stares at his texts balefully. When Yeonjun leans over his shoulder to look, he immediately bursts into laughter.

“Dude, you are so whipped,” he says, and Taehyun briefly considers murder.

(In which Beomgyu starts an Animal Crossing club at their university and drags a very tired, very whipped Taehyun along.

(friends to lovers, uni au, animal crossing au)

sometimes im going about my day then i remember this fic exists and i can’t help but smile

Yeonjun x Soobin

you wouldn’t do it, but i just might by renaissences  (1/1 | 17,317 | T)

Yeonjun has had critics' eyes on him for the last five years, and he’s going to have the world's eyes on him for the rest of his life. But in this moment, Soobin is the only person on earth who can see him, and Yeonjun likes that. Likes that right now, for once, he gets to choose who he wants to be known by, who he wants to see all the ugly parts of himself. And he chooses Soobin.

(Or, the day Yeonjun's introduction film drops is five years in the making. It's also the start of a much longer journey.)

(predebut au, trainees au)

i just love predebut aus and this one is so good!! talks about the pressure of being number one and trying to live up to yeonjuns ‘legendary trainee’ imago

A helping hand by soobanana (1/1 | 9,600 | M)

"A webcomic artist?"

Yeonjun tilts an eyebrow, stopping his dishwashing to look at his mother who’s observing him from the table. He should have expected it. For her to show up at his place unannounced with his favourite dishes- she had to have something to ask.

“Yes,” she confirms, circling the spoon into her teacup absentmindedly. “My friend’s son. She says his back is getting worse and she’s worried. But he insists he doesn’t have time to get it treated, it’s expensive, yada yada. That’s why she thought of you,” she says, and as Yeonjun’s about to reply, she adds, “Of course, I said you’d be glad to help.”

Yeonjun sighs. “Of course you did."

Or,

Yeonjun finds himself getting attached to his client, a webcomic artist with a bad back but very nice hands.

(masseur au, strangers to friends to lovers)

fluffy and smutty what more do i have to say

Stray Kids

Jisung x Minho

all in(to you) by dawnshine (1/1 | 44,892 | E)

Jisung needs to get laid, plain and simple.

Except it isn't that simple―not when he lets his ego drag him into a bet that requires him to get in his classmate's pants before the end of the semester, not when said classmate with his round glasses and perpetual sweater paws is so easy to fall for, and certainly not when he turns out to be a huge fucking tease.

(uni au, bets)

go read all of this author’s works right now!!! simply too good for words, chose this one to rec simply bc this is the first one i read of this author

Love’s at fault by likelynaked

How Minho's made it to his final year of university he'll never know, with the way he leaves every assignment until the last minute, and can't work for longer than an hour without at least three shots of espresso. Studying in cafes to maintain his caffeine dependency is also getting to be a pretty expensive habit. Still, it's not all bad when he can distract himself with the sweet voice and even sweeter face of open mic musician, Han.

(coffee shop au!)

a coffee shop au, enough said

Changbin x Seungmin

Falling Sideways by FutureLikeJicasso (1/1 | 5,658 | T)

It's been raining all day.

Hammering, freezing, relentless rain; the kind of rain that makes standing outside for more than twenty seconds an utterly miserable experience. Any sensible person would stay safely indoors on a day like this, if they had the option. But Ravenclaw has the Quidditch pitch booked for today, and Seungmin wouldn't miss it for the world, whatever the weather.

After all, his captain is counting on him being there, and no matter what, Seungmin will never let Changbin down

(hogwarts au!, friends to lovers)

insert that cute emoji with tearful eyes and a smile

Keep The Car Running by Bitsori (1/1 | 22,343 | T)

“So it's just us?” Changbin asks, giving Seungmin a look of uncertainty. “Just the two of us?”

Seungmin shrugs again - he doesn't know what Changbin wants to hear from him. If he could back out of or postpone this trip he would have already done so.

“Only you and me,” Changbin keeps going. “On this drive.”

“Shut up,” Seungmin mumbles, shaking head and marching off to the passenger side of the car. “This is for Hyunjin.”

“For Hyunjin,” Changbin echoes as he slides into the driver's seat. “Right.”

Seungmin doesn't know how he's supposed to survive the next few days with just his ex-boyfriend as his company, in a cramped car at that, but as with most things - it is what it is, so he just has to figure out how to deal.

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or: Hyunjin is getting married, and Seungmin & Changbin get stuck on a trip together; AU

(exes to lovers au)

normally i don’t really love exes to lovers aus bit this one really hit

ENHYPEN

Jay x Jungwon

chasing stairways just to fall by yeosokai (1/1 | 17,288 | T)

“He’s sleeping,” Jungwon says.

“Yeah. In your lap. Jay-hyung. Is sleeping. In your. Lap.” Sunoo enunciates every word carefully, as if saying them any slower will help Jungwon understand why all of them are looking at him like he’s grown two heads.

(or: the five times everyone thinks jay and jungwon are dating, and the one time jungwon starts to wonder if they really are)

(5+1, friends to lovers)

just too cute (also very IC), i recommend all of the author’s fics

Polaroid Love (You're Gonna Wanna Be My Best Friend, Baby) by Tae2junnies (1/1 | 23, 357 | G)

“Seven steps, Jungwon?!” Jay hissed at Jungwon. The younger hummed in satisfaction from the other end of the line. Jay called him immediately when he received the PDF document of their Valentine’s day…program.

“Yes. Seven steps. And what about it?” Jungwon asked, nonchalantly. Jay spluttered.

“That doesn’t seem like a little too much?!” Jay asked, incredulously

“No, it doesn’t. It’s just standard procedure. We didn’t celebrate it last year, so we have to make up for the lost time.” He could hear the smile in Jungwon’s voice and Jay hated that it made him want to smile as well, just imagining Jungwon’s pretty dimples peeking.

“Jungwon, we did celebrate it last year!”

“I had the flu and I stayed at home!” Jungwon said, accusingly. Like it was Jay’s fault that Jungwon had a weak immune system.

“And I spent the day with you seated at the top of a freaking ladder next to your bedroom window to keep you company!” Jay reminisced.

"Hyung, we're having my kdrama fantasy. Just accept it!"

Unfortunately, Jay's heart and resolve was weaker than Jungwon's immune system.

OR:

(AU) Jay and Jungwon celebrate Valentine's Day. It's messy and cute. Just like them.

(valentine’s day au, established relationship)

<3<3, i cannot recommend this enough

Jake x Heeseung

spilled detergent and other things by orphan_account (1/1 | 5,565 | G)

Like most of the expectations Jake has of people and things, Heeseung definitely meets them too. Only there’s something different about the way Heeseung smiles shyly at him, something that goes against all of Lee Heeseung’s ‘too cool for anyone’ image.

or; jake pours heeseung some of his detergent and he can't stop thinking about heeseung after + initimidating karina bc i love women

(uni au)

i read this so long ago i don’t remember much apart from loving it

wolf’s clothing by won0209 (1/1 | 27,000 | E)

heeseung doesn't know what the big deal about the transfer student is.

(hybrid au)

hmmmmm either you love it or you hate pls MIND THE TAGS

[meangirls2004]

reasons to stan tbz (the boyz)

a lot of ppl know about the boyz because of kevin but not a lot of ppl kno much abt them apart of from like. Kevin’s Existence so im making this post to enlighten u all thanks

they’re all so immensely talented, there’s not one member that can’t sing. there’s only one official rapper and he too has the voice of an angel when he sings

cre.ker almost always subs all the videos they post!!! tbz have a million reality shows going on at the same time and they’re subbed in multiple languages at least 80% of the time (usually english, japanese, spanish, vietnamese, and korean)

english line (kevin jacob & eric) do some of their vlives entirely in english!!! sometimes they do them together, sometimes they do them separately. kevin likes to do vlives where he sits and listens to music while he draws and talks to fans

vine references.

they’re so LOUD and chaotic but it’s okay because they make it funny. everything they do is hilarious idgi

they had a reality show predebut called flower snack, where they opened a snack shop and ran it by themselves completely. they cooked the food, served the guests, cleaned up afterwards, dealt with payment, etc. and they would always perform for the customers

they sing mashups of popular songs a lot!! here’s a video of vocal line singing “bills bills bills” by destinys child, here’s a video of them singing a mashup of bruno mars + michael jackson, here’s a video of them doing an acoustic version of shinees “replay” and one directions “steal my girl”, here’s a video of canada line literally serenading each other lmao, and here’s a video of them covering even more michael jackson

while they may literally all be vocal powerhouses, they can all dance too!! the main dancers are q and juyeon and u can see them here and here (they’re all amazing dancers, these are just videos of q and juyeon)

the!!! girl!!! group!!! covers!!!

they frequently talk about how important diversity is & they discuss feminism and the deconstruction of gender roles and they also openly support women that were abused during WWII and also lgbt+ ppl! one member in particular is educated on nonbinary people and respects their pronouns

if u say pink is for girls the boyz will manifest in ur home and they WILL kill u

during a vlive with english line, eric said he dressed as a princess for halloween once and was like “this year i wanna go as -“ and kevin said “a prince?” and eric replied “no, geodude from pokémon” hello. king?

sunwoo always wears a safety pin earring and once a fan asked him if he knew the meaning behind wearing it and he said he’s well aware

they recommend songs about marriage equality and openly support lgbt photographers and musicians

juyeon literally ended homophobia

oh also their debut mv has what is interpreted by many as a lgbt storyline!! they’re paired up and all kind of play each other’s love interests

they talk about the mistreatment of animals a lot, especially elephants in thailand, and they warn people to be wary when visiting some places and tell them to visit elephant sanctuaries instead

they have a whole campaign about adopting abandoned puppies and finding them safe homes. they adopted two of their own and raised them until they could find them a safe home! they try to teach people to “adopt, don’t buy”

people made up very nasty, baseless rumors about two of the members so a lot of ppl that don’t stan them think they’re gross, but they’re not at all :( it breaks my heart to see ppl blindly believe someone when they have no proof at all and when the members they’re accusing have directly acted against what people are accusing them of

anyway! they’re so so so funny djshshjs i’ll list a few of my favorite highlights

all of the members slowly getting dragged into kevins “can i get a hoya” agenda

when jacob smelled erics handcream and accidentally squirted it into his nose

when kevin asked a little kid “what’s my name” and he was like “jacob” and ran away and kevin got sad n was like “im not jacob :(“

i don’t even know how to explain this just watch it

this video

hyunjae screams a lot when he’s frustrated

kevin doesn’t know what a het is

when chanhee poured milk before his cereal and jacob almost had an aneurysm on the spot

haknyeon (i think it was him lol) almost started crying when they brought out a pig themed cake during flower snack because he didn’t realize it was a cake and he thought it was an actual pig head. he’s very attached to pigs. he chose pigs over his own members

chanhee is super super good at math. hes the member they all go to when they need help cooking or with anything having to do with math lmao

they can make a song out of anything. once they made a song about chicken and sang it while they were cooking dinner

i can’t give all of the examples of them being dumbasses because this post is already long enough but they’re!!! so dumb!!!! kevin in particular embarrasses himself a lot LMAO

ok so im gonna wrap up here but they’re such a genuinely talented, kind, close knit group of people and they deserve so so much more than they’re getting!!!

here’s their last comeback, here’s their debut, and here’s their teaser for their comeback in a week or so