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Taekook at Busan Concert

Like many people, I planned to watch the Busan concert live, and was quickly thwarted by Weverse basically crashing after the first two songs, RIP. The group I was with tried Naver Now afterward, but that didn't really work for us either. We did eventually find a stream of the JTBC broadcast thanks to a friend on here (thank you again!!), but we didn't really get it up and running until after Butter, and it cut out in the middle of ending ments.

I've spent a lot of today catching up on what I missed, and damn was there a lot going on! I've got a lot of moments I want to talk about, so keep reading for my thoughts, opinions, and ceaseless screaming about as much of what happened as I can reasonably address.

Thank you to everyone who sent me links -- your help was invaluable as I put together this list!

1. Backstage primping and butt-slapping

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These moments (the one above, where Taehyung gives Jungkook a little butt slap, and also this one, where Taehyung primps Jungkook a bit), to me, are very typical of what we often see from Taekook: a little domestic, very sweet and cute, giggly, and slightly suggestive of an additional closeness because of the sense of propriety in the otherwise simple gestures.

There's also a little side-butt slap from Jungkook to Taehyung here.

They're sweet little moments, very quick and easy to write off, I'm sure, but cute and worth a mention because they show TK being playful and just having fun together. Also, Jungkook's little pat to Tae's waist like he wants to play along but isn't sure what to do -- cute!!

2. Run BTS choreo

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Obviously this is choreography, so it's not like it tells us anything about TK really, but I had to include this on the list because!! Come on!!!

The Run BTS choreo was amazing in general, I'm so glad that we got to see that in flawless streaming perfection at least lol. Everyone absolutely killed it, but Taekook!! Damn! Especially in the clip shown here, like, I'm pretty sure I fully melted the first time I watched this. Their movement?? Their expressions???? Taehyung's TONGUE?

You'll have to bury me here, I won't be coming back from this, I'm afraid.

3. Jungkook hyping Tae's dancing/watching Tae

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Throughout the whole concert (or what I got to see of it at least), it seemed to me like everyone was seriously having just the best time. It was so much fun getting to watch everyone laughing and feeling themselves, but Jungkook especially seemed to be having so much fun in such a visible way. It was like what he truly cared about first and foremost was making the most of this for himself, his members, and the fans, and it was so nice to see.

I absolutely love this clip of him hyping up Tae's dancing because he's just vibing and having fun and enjoying whatever Taehyung is getting up to. His smile is huge, he really is just indulgent and happy here it seems like.

4. Boy With Luv

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Similarly playful and fun was their interaction during Boy With Luv. There's nothing really to say about it in particular, it's just cute and fun and another indication that they were all just having a good time together, and I love that!

5. Butter butt wiggle

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This is another one that's just cute and fun that I wanted to include in the list because it makes me smile. I don't really have anything to say about it, TK are just cute and weird and funny and I adore them. I bet this butt wiggle was Tae's idea and Jungkook is just being classic Jungkook and indulging him. Good for them lol.

6. Singing together during Dope

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Here we seem to have a classic instance of Taehyung and Jungkook interacting and the camera that's on them trying to make sure that not too much of That (tm) is shown to the audience.

Obviously that may not have been this camera person's intent, I'm not a mind reader, but I mean, it is pretty clear that Taehyung and Jungkook are having an interaction here, singing their lines with/to each other, and the camera really only shows Tae once it becomes clear what's happening.

It's still really cute though!

ETA: Another angle that shows their actual interaction here a bit better, thanks to an anon who sent it in!

7. Best is yet to come

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At the end of the show, Jungkook and Taehyung held up the "Best moment is yet to come" sign together before holding hands for their bows. There's also this photo that shows how close together they were standing in comparison to the other members.

Personally I don't put much stock, for the most part or most of the time, in who the members hold hands with at the end of the show, but there is something sweet to me about them holding this sign together, and of course them having no space between them when standing next to each other in a lineup, as they so often don't.

8. Holding hands

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The biggest moment from the concert where Taekook are concerned, for me, is definitely the hand-holding moment from Save Me. When I realized I missed this after the stream crashed, I was so sad, but since then, there have been so many different angles released by fans and honestly each one just makes my heart softer.

I love everything about this moment. I love that it's Jungkook who holds out his hand for Taehyung. I love how Taehyung sort of tips his mic at Jungkook in what might have been meant as acknowledgment of the gesture, but Jungkook decides that's not enough and doesn't lower his hand. I love how his fingers go sort of soft as he waits, but he doesn't falter at all.

I love how Taehyung smiles when he realizes what Jungkook wants, and then for a moment, he looks to the side as though checking someone or something, like he doubts whether this is okay to do, but then he goes for it anyway.

I love that when he reaches out and finally takes Jungkook's hand, he does it so sweetly. I feel like you can feel the weight of it when their hands meet and their fingers fold around each other. Maybe this is just my delulu brain talking, but the gesture is so intentional and sweet at the same time, it feels sort of heavy and soft all at once when I watch it. It seems so significant, partly because it seems to me like it was a bit of a risk for them in this context.

I think this moment has skyrocketed close to the top of some of my all-time favorite TK moments. It feels unquestionably romantic to me, and all the more so because of the importance of this concert, its setting and its place in their career.

I'm not trying to make more of it than it is, at the end of the day it's one gesture and obviously especially in South Korea and within BTS, hand-holding isn't an inherently romantic thing to do, but it's really all the other details of this moment that give it its potential significance in my opinion.

It's the way they hold hands and don't let go for a long moment, even as Taehyung keeps walking, it's Taehyung's hesitance and his happiness, it's Jungkook's stalwart but quiet and patient insistence, it's the smiles they both have as they do it. There's just something so lovely about this whole interaction in my opinion. It feels really special to me.

I also feel like I can't end this post without mentioning the obvious differences in the types of playfulness Taekook exhibited in rehearsals versus the show itself.

Acknowledging those differences -- how completely non-hesitant they were in rehearsals, how shamelessly suggestive their playing around had been -- in comparison to the much more innocent and sweet forms of playfulness during the concert itself -- seems like a necessary part of thinking about this concert through a TK lens.

At the very least, it would seem to me to suggest, once again, that the Taekook behind the scenes are a bit different from the Taekook we see as part of the main event, whatever that might be in a given situation. And why would they need to be so different, in this way specifically, if they had nothing to hold a bit closer to the chest?

Taking all of that into consideration, not only does it strengthen the idea, for me, that Taehyung and Jungkook are likely in a romantic relationship, it also adds even more potential significance to a public gesture like holding each other's hands in the middle of a concert of this magnitude.

There really is something so special and beautiful about their relationship, and over the last couple of days, I feel like we've gotten to see these deep, if small, glances into it, which is something that feels sweetly tender to me.

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Lion of the Eightfold Star -Luvview, 2020

Finally finished this lion piece. Learned so much in the process about propotions in animal facial anatomy and also how to do shading values with ink washes.

I might make scans of it eventually but this was a piece that really taught me alot when i worked on it. Was inspired while reading about Inanna Ishtar on wikipedia (sort of an ancient mesopotamian precursor to athena and aphrodite. total badass. look her up)

Wanna tip me so that I can keep doing this? Here’s my ko-fi!

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Can’t remember whether I’ve posted this before elsewhere beyond the discord. But this is one of the only times I ever got digital art to work for me. Years old character design of Aunt Jacqueline from the New Albion series of musicals. The voodoopunks were always very fascinating to me, especially when they’re being led by a kickass lesbian revolutionary. Shoutout to Paul Shapera for making such cool characters.

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Hey public appreciation post for @maegritte who doesn’t even follow me but reblogged my weeks-old work in progress sketch and tagged it “great!!” because that was just a really pleasant thing to see at the end of the day, honestly.

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Here, look! It’s an old notebook sketch of a cervitaur I did without any reference for deer skeletal structure on hand!

Yes I am aware that female deer aren’t exactly known to possess antlers. She is, however, cute as hell with them so you cant really complain now can you?

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Work in progress is still progress! Was researching ancient mesopotamian deities on wikipedia out of curiousity and got inspired while researching Inanna-Ishtar.

First time ever drawing a lion and really proud of how it’s coming so far. There will never be a day that I don’t recommend using visual reference.

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May as well put these tiny, low-res cad sketches up. Eat up, content gremlins.

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Rough little early dip pen practice on a throwaway sketch

🦋Have Kondraki snapping a hot tooth pic. 🦋

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messy sketchy anatomy development practice with the Good Firbolg. Hands Coming Eventually. Why is he so quietly buff in the last one? Im still figuring that out.

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Old but still very proud of this. 

Jessali Maebeskiin is a hobgoblin eldritch knight fighter. What she lacks in social skills she makes up for in chivalry. Overall sweetheart. If I had to be taken by one of my ocs as a prisoner of war, she’s definitely the one I’d prefer to be doing it.

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One day, I swear to the wildmother, I will figure out how I want to draw Jester. Until then, many other critters do a much better job. Jester has big pigtail energy, regardless of whether or not it is the canon hairstyle.

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Here’s a sketch of Velrisa with Bharal Sheep horns. Dialogue inspired from Evelyn, Evelyn.

Uploading here for those who don’t already follow me on twitter.

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A timed thirty minute attempt at a practice i havent done since elementary school. Heres a still life of my catastrophic desk.

Was so incredibly insightful getting to see and directly compare what was right or wrong in my drawing off of the source material. The subtlety of how perspective / eyelevel shifts the shape of otherwise simple forms like a cylinder was interesting and will definitely require further study.

Will likely do a series of these practices to build up my still life skills once more.

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Hey I dunno if you're the same person as the Luvview on Spotify but if you are I wanted to say that your Arctic Anarchists playlist is really banger, thanks for making my day much better (albeit indirectly). <3333333

:0! I am! Thank you!! Glad you enjoy it! I've got shitloads of playlists up on spotify since categorizing music makes my happy chemical go brr.

If you ever manage to think of other themes for dream smp playlists feel free to reach out and let me know here or on my Twitter @ luvviewtiful. I'm happy to make things that make folks happy!

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