#kpop members in other groups

[phoxphenex]

𝗦𝗩𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗞𝗣𝗢𝗣 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣𝗦

SCOUPS

monsta x. i miss seventeen and monsta x interactions, and coups was one of the members with the most. maybe it’s his rap style and stage presence, but i think seungcheol would fit in well with monsta x’s rap line :) joohoney and scoups aww

JEONGHAN

astro. this just makes sense to me. the visuals, the vocals, the stage presence? astro. plus i could see jeonghan having so much fun with this chaotic group. they’re a mess and he’s Yoon Jeonghan. they chaos oh my god i’d PAY to see it. jeonghan singing blue flame?? UGH YES

JOSHUA

cix! baejin and joshua in the same group?? i would simply pass out tyvm. no but fr i feel like shua’s voice would compliment the other cix members well? maybe it’s cause i’ve had cinema stuck in my head for Weeks, but he would hit fit SO WELL.

JUN

OnlyOneOf. despite the fact that jun is secretly a hidden member of nct dream, i feel that his solo fits the vibe of OOO. i think he’d also get along pretty well with the quieter members, but also be more open to taking a leadership roll?? idk

HOSHI

exo! exoooooo!! i know the ages don’t match but hoshi FITS sm’s vibe. i almost put him in nct, but when i heard spider, it reminded me more of the older sm sound vs the new, and i think hoshi would fit the classic sounds of exo and shinee! HOSHI IN SUPERM???? THE DREAM

WONWOO

ab6ix! this one was rlly difficult for me idk BUT i think wonwoo would be able to blend in well with this group. he has that.. idk that look? i’m not sure how to describe it, but he has That Look. plus, his raps with woojin’s would MMMM

WOOZI

okay so at first i was thinking mingyu and bts, but i feel like woozi would fit better? plus the rap line is already great i feel like woozi to the vocal line would just be fun. IDK i think he’d get along w everyone good just fit some of the 2018 songs <3

DOKYEOM

i didn’t know if i wanted dk or seungkwan in nct, but i picked dk cause i’m a Huge simp for his vocals. also his relationship with jaehyun would be SO much funnier if they were in the same group lmao. he’d probably be in 127, so imagine dk singing songs like touch and elevator <3

MINGYU

GOT7!! i know they aren’t a group anymore, but mingyu in got7 is just… I NEED IT. i was gonna put him in skz cause he’s so tall, but then thought why not the other jyp group? got7 would tease mingyu for sure AND he can cook?? i’d pay to see him perform swear not by the moon End.

THE8

wayv. he’s already an honorary member like jun, but i feel that minghao would get along better with the whole nct unit concept and the members. i can see him teasing xiaojun and kun with ten and yangyang idk IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO ME?? i think he’d enjoy talking his mother language with all other members yk?

SEUNGKWAN

since i didn’t pick nct… ykw SEUNGKWAN IN NCT DREAM. let’s do it, seungkwan and haechan in one group would be Chaos and i think he’d be perfect for segments like nct life and other shows. seungkwan is a natural entertainer, and nct is a group of entertainers. it makes sense. he’s perfect.

VERNON

the boyz. vernon is such a chill, down to earth guy that i feel like the boyz have just the right blend of chaos and levelheadedness vernon needs <3 plus new york buddies with eric ARE YOU SERIOUS?? imagine vernon and those red glasses in a room with the boyz LMAO

CHAN

ateez! i imagine him fitting so well with ateez’s 99 line. he can sing, dance, and i feel that he’d vibe well with ateez’s music video and comeback themes. like imagine snapshoot chan but in the wave mv </3 i think he’d just have so much fun :’)

[avornalino]

lizbeth lovell :: leader and main vocalist of Starstruck, the newest biggest girl group in town 🎤🌟

what she wore in their newest mv; what she wore on stage at simapalooza; what she wears to dance practices

[altheaubade]

𖥻  FINDING HOME ˒ 𝐞𝐭𝐚. summer of 2019

starring ˒ thea , bang chan & jyp

warnings ˒ fluff , angst

emma says ˒ this is the official introduction of thea!! I hope you guys are excited about the things I have planned for my girl!! let me know if you wanna be added to the taglist!

disclaimer ˒ spam liking without any reblogs will be blocked. not proofread!

“What do you mean we have to have another group member?” is what Chan had asked the management that morning, hours before he came to see a certain person. “I don't know why you claim it's that difficult for you to find someone else '' is what he heard in return. angry at the fact that the company was so cool about adding a new member into the group, he went to find solace somewhere where he knew he'd always be welcome. 

Thea opened the door after hearing the soft ringtone of her doorbell. Although she was not that alarmed to find someone outside, she was surprised to see him. “chris? What are you doing here at the crack of dawn?? it's like 3am.. why are you still awake and about?” she asked him as she moved a little to let the man enter her apartment. “I could ask you the same thing, Isa… why are you still awake?” chuckling, Chan replies to her and drops off his bag and laptop on the girl's coffee table and plops down on her couch. “you know what? good question and I won't be answering that” she answers and heads to grab him some water. 

the man watches her, anxious. with her back turned to him, she mumbles “you look nervous. what's the matter?” embarrassed that he got caught, he sheepishly rubs his hands on the back of his neck and chuckles “of course you know when I'm feeling nervous “. giving him the water and sitting across from him, she nods, urging him to spill whatever that was bugging him. 

“You know how we just.. uhm.. we're just an eight member group now?” she nods. “The company wants us to find a new member…” he confesses. she looks surprised for a second but recomposes herself. “I mean I'm not totally surprised.. it's jyp entertainment, what do you expect?” she chuckles but stops when she realizes he's not chuckling with her. “So what have you planned now?” she asks him, leaning close with her elbows on her knees. 

“I came to ask you a favor…” he drags out and she immediately knows. She knows what he wants to ask her and she shakes her head and stands up. “christopher….” he stands up with her, almost pleading. “Isa please.. you're the best match for us.. you fit in perfectly with us… please Isa.. please…” he says almost begging her to join them. she shakes her head. “I can't just come and join somewhere i'm not wanted chris. the boys didn't want me in the group, you didn't want me in the group in the beginning.. and now that you want a replacement, you come here asking me to do it.. and I can't i’m sorry…” she tells him.

He aggressively shakes his head “Isa I never wanted to leave you behind. I promise… those happened because of how the company wanted it to happen. I swear I didn't want to leave you behind.” “But you didn't even fight for me christopher!” she shouts at him "i did!! I did fight for you Bella I promise! I did whatever I could'' she hears him say as she sits down on the couch. He kneels down next to her slowly and takes her hands into his. “we need you Isa.. please.. think about it.. I'm not asking you to give me the answer today or tomorrow… think about it for me.. please?” he whispers to her and gets up to get his things to leave. she sighs and gets up to bid him bye. as soon as she closes the door, she lets out a deep sigh she was holding on. 

She shakes her head and heads to bed after seeing the time on her nightstand and realizing how late it was. The next morning is no different than her usual routine. except the fact that she woke up to three missed calls from the company. she dials back after she finishes getting ready for the day. “Hello?” she asks. “Thea! How are you? it's been so long!” she hears jyp, the man himself reply back. After catching up for a few minutes, he got straight to the point. “I assume Chan had told you what was going on?” she sighed for the first time that morning before answering. “Yeah.. he did” she heard a small chuckle on the other line “do you wanna discuss it over call or do you want it to be a face to face conversation? I’m fine with either yejin-ah” he told her. 

Agreeing that it was best to talk in person about this, she left for the company after ending the call with him. It took her about thirty minutes in traffic for her to reach and when she got there, she greeted everyone as usual before she made her way to the door that said ‘park jinyoung- CCO/Founder’ and then she knocked and waited for it to open. Once it did, it revealed the man himself. “Thea! come in, come in! Make yourself comfortable. Should I call for Chan or shall we talk first before we call him?” he asked her as she sat on the chair next to her. “We’ll talk first if that’s okay with you.” he nodded and he took a seat in his chair across from her. “So, what do you say?” he asks her. She takes a few seconds to answer him. 

And when she finally does, her answer surprises him. “I’ll do it.” he looks up at her in surprise so she repeats her words. “I’ll do it. I’ll join the group.” he smiles at her and nods. “That’s good. Are you sure? I assume Chan spoke to you just yesterday. I was gonna ask you if you needed some time to think but you answered so soon.” he asks her. She nods back and replies “I thought about it all night. I won't give you an exact explanation on why I said yes but please do know that this is not an impulsive decision and that I've thought about it very thoroughly.” she tells him very firmly.

He looks happy with her response and smiles at her. “Very well. I don't doubt you for it because I know you. I know that you won't do anything without going over it a million times. Now, since we as a company troubled you with this, I'll give you the power to choose something important. As you are aware, your trainee contract is expiring soon and the fact that you need a new one to debut, i’ll let you decide how long you want that to be. The boys are all signed for the usual period of seven years but since it’s been about a year since they debuted, now it's on for six more years. It’s your choice on the duration of your contract” he says. 

Thea nods relieved of that choice she has. She thinks for a few minutes and does the math in her head. After about ten minutes, she opens her mouth to reply. “I need to have two contracts, am I correct? One for myself as an artist and one as a group member.” She asks him to confirm the facts one more time before giving him an answer. “Yes. That is how things work.” he tells her as he anticipates her answer. “I’ll sign the same as the boys for the group contract. But for the individual one, I'll sign for three years for now. I’ll renew if needed after that.” she answers him confidently as she looks at him. He nods understandingly. “Very well. I’ll tell the manager of the group to give you the contracts for you to sign later in the afternoon. For now I'll inform the board about the changes and you can go train with them for their upcoming comeback. We can discuss if you want to join in for this comeback or the next later” he says to her and leads her outside his room. 

Thanking him, she makes her way through the hallways and soon enough she finds herself outside of a particular door. Even before she can knock, the door opens and she’s face to face with the man who visited her last night. “Bella? W-what are you doing here?” he asks her, rubbing his eyes to see clearly. She looks at him and crosses her arms across her chest. “Did you pull an all-nighter?” she asks him, narrowing her eyes. He rubs his nape in embarrassment and chuckles. “I didn't! I slept!” she looks at him as if asking him if he was seriously lying to her. He finally chuckled and accepted that he did not sleep and hence cued the scolding from her. 

Even though he was the older one, she was always the one who nagged him a lot. He did find it endearing so he never complained. After explaining the whole situation to her future leader, he hugged and thanked her for doing such a thing for him. And when she got home after all the meetings with the board and with the members and discussing all the matters involving her debut, it was already eleven in the night. Exhausted from the day, she plopped down on her bed after her night routine and thought of the next day’s schedule. She had to pack her stuff to move into the stray kids dorm. 

It was very weird for her to call herself a member of stray kids now. It felt surreal for her. It was only yesterday she was a trainee, now she’s an official member of the said band. She knew that if the news went public in a few days, the majority of the response would be negative and she was ready to accept that. The hate comments are not new to her but it does not hurt less every time but she’s grown used to it than before. She's a lot braver than she used to be and she’s ready to face anything for her dream. 

It's only a few months after debuting, she realizes that she’s finally found the people that she can call her home and she has finally found the thing she’s been yearning for.

thea taglist ˒ (lmk if wanna be added!)

[116t98]

More early Heartsteel concepts

From @SeanSketches on Twitter

[skz-rin]

『📜』 ── Her family

Mother -`♡´-

╰ birth name — Bae Gyu-mi (최광민)

╰ other name — Grace Bae

╰ birthdate — February 22, 1964

╰ birthplace — Gangnam, south korea

╰ hometown — Gangnam, south korea

╰ race — Asian

╰ ethnicity — Korean

╰ nationality — Korean

╰ mbti — ENTJ

╰ occupation — Financial Advisor

╰ contact name — Boss lady 👑❤️ / chér ❤️❤️

⸝⸝ about ↴

Rin has always been very close to her mom ever since she was a child always wanting to match outfits with her and do the things that she did. Grace is the one how thought Rin how to sing and is the reason that Rin is so passionate about wanting to debut as an idol.

Grace as a parent is a bit stoic and considerably rigid about certain rules that she has set always wanting to make sure her kids are independent and can make work on their own. She has always had certain expectations from her kids but never implies them to the point of hurting the kids. Although she is definitely the stricter parent it's just because she wants to make sure her kids are able to stand on their own in the world without any support. She is overall a more calm and rational person.

Father -`♡´-

╰ birth name — Bao Weizhong (鮑 伟忠)

╰ other name — Daniel Bao

╰ birthdate — August 4, 1970

╰ birthplace — Hefei, China

╰ hometown —Hefei, China

╰ race — Asian

╰ ethnicity — Chinese

╰ nationality — Chinese

╰ mbti — INFP

╰ occupation — owner of his own company /

╰ contact name — 爸爸 🥺♥️ / 小鸣鸟

╰ about ↴

Rin's father is probably the most supportive man known to mankind. He has always supported whatever dreams she may have had always playing into her whims and fantasies regardless of however silly they may be. He was and still is her biggest hypeman.

As a parent Weizhong has always tried to introduce his kids to new adventures and make as many memories as possible. He loves to live in the moment often taking his kids on spontaneous trips. He does try to pass down his values through trips or stories. He hopes to make sure that his kids are aware that he will always be there to support them and that they shouldn't be afraid to make mistakes.He is in general a sweet and carefree sort of person.

Brother -`♡´-

╰ birth name — Bao Longyu (鮑 隆雨)

╰ other name — Julien Bao

╰ birthdate — N/A

╰ birthday celebration - April 14, 1999

╰ birthplace — Shanghai, China (assumed)

╰ hometown — Shanghai, China / New york city, New york

╰ race — Asian

╰ ethnicity — Chinese (assumed)

╰ nationality — Ameican

╰ mbti — ISTJ

╰ occupation — Chief operations officer at their dad's company

╰ contact name — ogre 🧌🤢 / shrimp 🦐

╰ about ↴

Rin's brother has always been the biggest constant in her life, the first time that she was away from him was when she moved to Korea to be an idol. He is the calm to her chaos, her voice of reason ever since she was young always making sure she didn't take any rash decisions.

Rin's parents adopted him on a family trip to china when Rin was barely a year old after doing some medical tests and such it was found that Longyu was two years old which made him a year older to Rin. Longyu has always been a calm person preferring to stay quietly at home and read books and talk with his mom rather than go out but he'd often go and hangout with Rin's friends to 'chaperone' and make sure she stays safe. He is a very collected and level-headed person with Rin being the only one who can actually test his limits.

Pets -`♡´-

China

From L -> R

name — XueXue

╰ about ↴

Her name is just the chinese word for snow repeated twice to make it sound very cutesy

Xuexue is a pure white persian cat

XueXue is one of the more recent adoptions to the family. Rin's dad bought her home from the shelter after she refused to even be looked at by someone else often hissing at people wanting to adopt her.

XueXue is a princess to put it simply she is very much spoilt and she adores it. She has her own closet and picks her own accesories of the day!!!

2. name — Spiky

╰ about ↴

His name is pretty self explanatory. He has spikes so he's named spiky spiky

Spiky is an African Pygmy hedgehog.

Spiky was found on the roadside under heavy rain one time when Rin's dad was on his way home from work so he picked the little hedgehog up and decided to care for him.

Spiky is a solitary animal preferring to spend time in hos cage or walk alone in the garden although he loves bath time and has shown to get extremely excited during that time playing around in the water even accepting pets and cuddles

3. name — Xun

╰ about ↴

His name means 'dusk' in chinese referring to his mix of dark and light fur

Xun is a pekingese dog which is a breed native to china

Xun along with his mother and siblings was rescued by Rin's father from a breeder. Xun's mother sadly passed away from the extensive stress of the breeding corporation. Rin's father decided to adopt Xun after all of his siblings had been adopted by various people.

Xun has a constant case of the zoomies always running around and wanting to play and have fun, constantly barking to draw attention. running up and down the stairs even occasionally tripping people or breaking artifacts. But it's all okay cause he's a cutie.

NewYork

From L -> R

name — Ttang

╰ about ↴

His name is basically the ending of korean word 'seoltang' and 'satang' meaning sugar and candy respectively.

Ttang is a toy poodle

Ttang was the first pet that Rin got as a child, she got him as her 6th birthday present and was ecstatic

Ttang is a very quiet and low energy dog preferring to cuddle up with someone rather than play around

2. name — Coco & Cece

╰ about ↴

Rin tells people that they were named after coco chanel and celine dion but really coco was named after chocolate and cece was named after cece from shake it up...

coco and cece are two chinchillas. Rin adopted them in the year 2013 from a friend who was moving to Australia since they're illegal in Australia.

coco is the one with darker fur while cece has lighter fur

personality wise the two differ greatly coco is pretty playful and loves interacting with the other pets or people who come and go into the house where as cece has a specific list who are allowed to touch her.

3. name — Thirio

╰ about ↴

His name means 'beast' in greek. He was named by Rin's brother who was obssesed with dinosaurs and wanted to give him a dinosaur-ish name.

Thirio is a leopard gecko

Thirio was adopted from a pet shelter only sometime after coco and cece were adopted since he was the closest Longyu could get to a real life dinosaur.

very much unlike the meaning of his name Thirio is a very silly guy and loves to make funny faces. The only beastly thing he does is eat the way he eats.

[skzoologist]

Hi hi, so I wanted to say I absolutely love your account. I was the anon who sent the very first two requests, I just didn't have the courage to send a non-anon ask. Could you maybe do something on Bae at the VMAs as Skz are performing. I think it would be really cute. It's ok if not though. Again love your account it makes me so happy

Thanks, Bye-Bye 😊

word count: ~615

warnings: none, Bae just got lost, as usual

a/n: Hey-ho! So it was you who sent those absolutely adorable and fitting first asks! Thank you so much, they still mean so much to me 😭 And congrats on sending this on non-anon, but don't ever feel pressured to do so! I accept anons and non-anons equally, so feel free to choose whichever one you feel more comfortable with. Really, thank you so much for loving this really niche and small account, it means a lot to me, especially because you are one of my regulars. I do notice you guys, don't think otherwise. I had to rush this if I wanted to post it today, since I live in Europe so everything happens when I sleep, and I also had an appointment to make today so. Yeah. Anyway, I hope you like this little drabble, I can always write more if you'd like 😊

Please let me know if I left a warning or anything out, I will add it in! Reblogs, likes and feedback are greatly appreciated!

!I don't condone anyone stealing my work and posting it anywhere without my permission, or feeding it to AI!

!This is just fiction, my interpretation of Stray Kids. By no means is this how they are and how they behave in real life!

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Chan was befuddled.

His tallest kid was missing somehow, even though they were next to each other just 5 minutes ago.

Bae always did this, somehow disappearing unintentionally in the blink of an eye, leaving his band members in blind panic, trying to find him. Especially their leader, Chan. He swore he had white hair at this rate.

"Guys, guys, have you seen Bae? We're supposed to be on stage in like 20 minutes." - Chan asked, slight panic settling into his voice. "Where is he... ah, there. Hyung, look up." - Felix instructed immediately, the elder's eyes following.

"See that faint, moving dot on the ceiling? Somewhere under that is Bae hyung." "Wh... Is that a pointer? Why's there a pointer on him??" "Minho hyung had enough of searching for Bae hyung, so I put it into his bun, since I helped with his hair today. It's subtle enough that only we will notice it." - Hyunjin replied this time instead, amusedly looking at the moving dot of light on the ceiling. "How the... Nevermind, this is genius. Now let's go and get him." - Chan murmured out, his leader persona taking over.

The group swiftly made their way through the sea of people, careful not to bump into anyone. It was hard, but they were used to it, having been in similar situations before.

"Is that...is that Taylor Swift? Is he talking to her?" - Jisung murmured out, disbelief dripping from his voice.

And sure enough, he was right, their tallest member was standing in front of the celebrity, casually talking and... even slightly smiling? This shocked everyone, not used to their shy member doing such things. He usually just stood there silently, whenever they had to talk with strangers or acquaintances. Or even when they had to make a speech. Bae was basically a living decoration in those times.

"Bae?" - Chan asked, gaining the attention of the lost lamb. "Oh, the others are here too. Pleasure to meet you." - she introduced herself, causing everyone to immediately greet her back with a bow.

"Our time is up it seems. Take care of him boys, if everyone learns that he is this cute, even though he looks scary, everyone will be all over him. Oh, and good luck!" - and with that, she left with a smile and a wave, leaving everyone gaping at her leaving form.

"Okay dude, you gotta tell us what happened." - Jisung said as he gripped Bae's shoulders, the latter taken aback and embarrassed. "Yeah, you never do this with people! What did you do to our hyung??" - Jeongin added in, looking for the apparently lost, true Bae.

But Bae didn't really answer, he just looked away, lips pursed and cheeks dusted with a faint red colour.

"Did you get lost and she helped you?" - Seungmin said this time smugly, causing Bae to cover his face with his hand, basically confirming the puppy's statement.

This only caused everyone to burst out into laughter, gathering nearby people's attention.

"Can't believe you did it again! And S-STAY's gonna clip it, once again! They're gonna make entire compilations of you getting lost at this rate, I can't believe this!" - Felix forced out between bouts of silent laughter, trying hard not to laugh out too loudly. "Y-you mean, make more compilations? He already has several, dude!" - Jisung added salt to injury, both earning a little hit on the head from Bae. "He does, he does! Ah, don't hit me, I think it's cute." - Changbin defended himself, but it was fruitless.

"Okay, okay, I'm glad we're all happy and having fun, but we really need to go now and get ready. Especially you, our lost little otter, because you're our opening act. Now go, go go go." - Chan ushered everyone out, like a mother leading his little chicks.

[dearedwardteach]

fascinating to me how jeongguk saw everything bts ever stood for musically and went "oh i dont give a fuck actually"

[oceana-official]

DISPATCH REVEALS OCEANA'S SKYE AND TOMORROW BY TOGETHER'S TAEHYUN TO BE DATING !!

❪ 231002 ❫       /       published on october 02 , 2023

this was not how we thought october was going to start but we're not complaining!

on october 2nd at about 6pm kst, dispatch revealed through a statement that oceana's skye and tomorrow by together's taehyun are dating.

in response to this bighit music released their response confirming this news:

hello this is bighit music.

we are confirming dispatch's allegations about our artist taehyun from tomorrow by together is in fact dating oceana's skye. we cannot speak on any more details as it is the artist's private life. please continue to support the couple and tomorrow by together on their activities.

thank you.

while bighit music released this article, oceana's company, enca labels released their own response also confirming the news but also giving some new pieces of information.

hello this is enca labels.

we are confirming that the news of oceana's skye and tomorrow by together's taehyun are dating and have been dating for quite a while. we ask pearls to continue showing support to our artist and her relationship.

any malicious comments towards either artists involved will have serious action taken.

thank you.

while it may seem like any other reply, pearls who met oceana's leader sage- who's also one of the ceos of their label, earlier today revealed that the label did not know that bighit music were going to confirm the news and thaf the confirmation came as a surprise to both the artists and the label.

it was also noticed by fans how in only enca labels' response mentioned about all the malicious comments and thag bighit doesnt even try to protect their idols.

while most of the fans of both groups are celebrating their fav idols together, some are demanding for better treatment from bighit.

regardless of the rumors, we wish the best for this couple!

LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!

[ +23 , -11 ] well... this def is a way to start the month

[ +47 , -22 ] bighit when i come and get you 🤺🤺

[ +136 , -39 ] im so happy for them but bro if bighit messed up that bad omg i can not imagine how skye and taehyun must've felt when they heard the news

[ +102 , -77 ] ew why would he date her... hes so much better without her

[ +289 , -28 ] he should have some better taste bruh... her? really taehyun? her? im so disappointed in him

[ +346 , -225 ] if im being very honest... i think they suit eachother lot and compliment eachother really well... im so happy for them :( <3

oceana taglist: @stealanity @riikiblr @skz-libby @happysmileybee

[wonwoonlight]

The internalized racism ppl proudly show off everytime they say bts is bigger than kpop is astounding

[aclowntiny]

Question for all who see this: how petty would it be to update my rules to exclude AUs I hate

[scopostims]

devil leedo stimboard with chaotic, flashy, and fire stims in red and green for me :•]

[ID: A 3x3 stimboard of 8 GIFs surrounding a central image.

GIF 1: Someone spinning a whip around themselves, sending huge waves of glowy green sparks out.

GIF 2: A board of glowing green pegs lighting up green concentric squares one at a time.

GIF 3: A huge tub of glowing green elephants toothpaste exploding up, flooding a backyard with the substance.

GIF 4: An animation of moving backwards through a trapezoidal hallway, alternating stripes of glowing red and green lights passing by.

Image: Leedo from the kpop boy group "Oneus" in a promo picture for the Devil album, wearing a red, velvet suit with green, slicked-back hair, standing in front of columns of fire.

GIF 5: Slow motion footage of a swirling vortex of fire that's red at the bottom but becomes green at the top.

GIF 6: Blurry footage of a raging red fire in the background, a silhouetted car and barbed wire fence in front of it.

GIF 7: A solar flare, a large stream of plasma bursting up and over the surface of the sun.

GIF 8: A barrel with multiple wooden beams sticking out of it, a large, bright red fire burning in it.

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[seokwoosmole]

Ngl I’m kind of a mess rn…

[altheaubade]

﹙&﹚    𓄳    /   lonely st    —   straykids.

In her presence, a room was brighter, and in her creations, the essence of an era was captured

©︎ altheaubade — 2024 | please don't spam like

[leatherbookmark]

i love how passionate and emotional fic seongjoong is when irl they're like... an arranged marriage... lol

[skz-rin]

『📜』 ── Her friends (oc version)

RINVY ᡣ𐭩

╰ name — Ivy Jennifer James

╰ friendship timespan — 11 yrs

╰ contact name — ivy (gen's version) 🌱🍵

╰ about ↴

Rin met Ivy in the dance room of JYP, It was late night and because of some system error they had both booked the dance room for the same time so they ended up bumping into eachother as they tried to open the door at the same time. Coincidentally there was another evaluations team who was practicing there and quite frankly the team looked like a mess so these two decided to be gracious and let the team use the practice room with no other available option they went ahead and grabbed a late night snack together and thus ended up becoming fast friends.

Their hangouts mainly consist of dressing up real fancy to take pictured and then going to some nearby convenience store eating snacks and gossiping. They make frequent appearance on each other's instagram stories and captions for photo credits. Rin gives competition to Yeonjun on who is Ivy's biggest fan atp. As soon as Ivy releases new music you know Rin is immediately going live to do a subtle album review (she likes every song all the time).

ROSIELIA ᡣ𐭩

╰ name — Jihye Park

╰ friendship timespan — 5 yrs

╰ contact name — roseraie 🌹🍫

╰ about ↴

Rin's has always been a huge fan of seventeen especially Rosalie and she thought that getting to work with woozi on an I.O.I song was the peak of her fan experience but obviously not. Rosalie heard about Rin after fans left comments under her lives about she has to meet Rin because they're both females in big boy groups and they both lived in France for long periods of time. Rosalie did a bit digging into it and found multiple clips of Rin gushing about her and decided to be a good senior so she had Woozi arrange a meetup in jyp under the pretense of talking something about lyrics and went to surprise Rin, and that is how the two became friends.

These two don't meet all that often since both of their groups are extremely busy all the time so they tend to make do with text conversations and phone calls. They both have writing credits in eachothers solo songs and are constantly talking about featuring with eachother so much so that even the fans are aware now. When they talk, they talk only in french and they love it cause it's like a secret language and their extremely nosey members understand very little of it.

SUNRIN ᡣ𐭩

╰ name — Sunhye Kang (Misun)

╰ friendship timespan — 5 yrs

╰ contact name — sunsun ☀️🐝

╰ about ↴

Rin and Misun originally met in August 2016 when they were both promoting with their respective groups at the same time and they got to talking, but they were merely acquaintances at that time and the two got closer during 2019 when stray kids and nct dream did a collab stage. That was when these two really started talking to and got to know eachother well.

The og astrology girlies fr. They know everything about everyone, literally no one is safe if you think you are safe no you aren't they have your birth chart and every rumour you've ever been a part of stocked away in some file. They have sleepovers and spend the entire nights trying to solve conspiracy theories and rumours that are circulating, they bulletin boards for this and if you enter the room it would look very much like two detectives trying to solve some class crime lmao.

MARIN ᡣ𐭩

╰ name — Madison Kim

╰ friendship timespan — 5 months

╰ contact name — mad kween 🌸🩰

╰ about ↴

Rin has a secret mission to be friends with or atleast get to know all foreign idols so when she found about Maddie she pulled a few strings and had a friend of hers (Soobin from txt) ask his friend (Seunghan from riize) for Maddie's number and then she texted Maddie with the excuse that she had heard Maddie was a former ballet dancer and thought it'd be cool if they could bond over it, then they got to talking and are currently in the process of being friends.

They haven't met in real life as of yet due to schedule clashes and such issues but they text eachother frequently and can spend a long time just conversing with eachother about various topics!

RINWON ᡣ𐭩

╰ name — Jeong Chaewon

╰ friendship timespan — 3.5 weeks

╰ contact name — cinnabon 🦔🍦

╰ about ↴

Rin met Chaewon at paris fashion week for one of the shows. Rin noticed the girl just standing there awkwardly, she recognised her as one of the soloists that she had heard about and also remembered her being significantly young so she decided to approach her. Rin went up to her and just started talking to her as if they were old friends to not make her awkward, they exchanged numbers and decided to stay in touch even after pfw so that's how the friendship started.

Their pics clicked by fans at pfw went viral with many shocked to see the two interacting due to their contrasting energies but Rin's overly energetic behaviour causes Chaewon to get out of here shell a bit more whereas Chaewon helps Rin stop and just enjoy occaisionally.

[sanstropfremir]

"like the whole bts thing as parasocial friends instead of boyfriends is genius but oh god the damage it id" can you elaborate on this? idk if i wasnt into kpop back then or what but what happened 😅

oh there wasn't actually like, an 'announcement' about it or anything lol. so basically bts' whole new marketing strategy post their failure to hit big as a hiphop group was that they were self-produced 'anti' idols with an emphasis on 'loving and accepting yourself' and 'making a supportive community'. which, on the surface, those are not bad things. kpop fan communities are often support systems for those involved, and you should try to at least be neutral about yourself. and there has been a distinct lack of community and community building in the western world + with the age of the internet and people are desperate for it, even if it's not something that people are cognizant of, so just on paper, it isn't a horrible idea. HOWEVER: when that push for community comes directly from a company, the company and the community get capitalistically intertwined and there becomes no way to separate the two. plus, it makes an extremely toxic community, as we've all seen, because the foundation of it is based on capitalism and consumption, while simultaneously hiding the fact that it's based on consumption, because fans will do overtime defending the company because the company pushes the community branding.

the other big part of this is pushing them as 'authentic' and 'real'. obvs this is straight up just not true, BUT it heavily appealed to western and intl fans who on the surface don't really understand the kpop model (it's also the western pop model but marketing™️) and who had orientalist views that kpop is 'manufactured' by the company and therefore 'not real music'. by presenting bts as these anti-idol figures that are 'fighting against the industry' (this was a big part as well), you hit a tonne of the demographics that wouldn't be caught by typical boy group marketing and it's precisely engineered to catch western fans. and a lot of those fans are not going to be familiar with how the industry works, and because bts' content is numerous and separated from the industry, it creates a closed loop where those fans never interact with any other groups' content and feed back into 'the community' perpetually.

also they pretty notably have done very little 'racy' content compared to other groups of their age. esp since they started doing their western push they've been pretty buttoned up, which i'm not gonna begrudge anyone who has personal boundaries about that kind of thing, but it IS unusual to family-friendly brand an entire group like that, which further enforces the "they're your friends" narrative.