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Just an ace millennial that thinks about the jibooty everyday and loves Kookmin 🐰🐥

[bookscandlesnbts]

Quick facts about me that no one asked for:

Figured since I’ve posted more here and answered some asks, I would share some facts about me on my blog both BTS/Jikook related and non related.

1.) I became ARMY during quarantine era. A friend got me into them. After I watched their MMA 2019 performance I was blown away. She was a Yoongi bias so that is whose content I initially watched and gravitated towards. When I ventured out on my own and watched more performance stages and Run BTS I knew immediately that I was drawn to Jimin. Everything from his stage presence, gorgeous vocals and dance lines, funny and sassy personality, but also super empathetic and caring. He was it for me and still is. But I do love all seven of them. I could probably rank them in order of my “favorites” but Jimin would be number 1 without a doubt.

***super fun fact is that I actually first was exposed to BTS in 2017 :( that’s right, I could have stanned back then. I frequently kind of kidding but not really refer to this as my biggest regret. An undergrad in my research group was obsessed with them. She showed me a clip of them dancing and probably because I didn’t like her that much (she was friends with someone toxic) I chalked it up as so they sing and dance? Who cares. I ended up reconnecting with her later when I stanned and found out that she was a low-key TKK shipper and loved reading their fanfics. By that point, I was already sus of Jikook so we clashed and I don’t talk to her. 🤣

2.) That brings me to point number two. The most important: Jikook. I wish I could remember the first time I was like yep this is a thing but I don’t. I do remember the first Jikook moment that I was exposed to was their Black Swan pas de deux. I remember finding their chemistry palpable and bold of them to perform a romantic dance together but that was it. The more I watched Run BTS and being a Jimin bias I couldn’t help but notice JK too and their closeness. What was the nail in the coffin so to speak? The cliches. GCF Tokyo and Rosebowl did it for me and I’ve been endeared by them ever since.

3.) I’m a sort of Jikook fanfic writer on A03 who I guess is on a hiatus and has been for awhile now. I love fanfiction and have been reading it and writing it a little since I was like 12. I was never a RPF girlie until BTS but I view them as characters in a story because that is what they are when I’m reading or writing fics. Not the actual people.

4.) I’m asexual and probably aromatic to some extent too. Asexuality is so misunderstood, I could go on about it for days, but I’m not the authority on it by any means. I like the idea of sex in the abstract. Fanfics, great. M/M where I don’t feel inserted in the act, even better. I’m not a prude, I just don’t experience sexual attraction. The idea of looking at someone even the tannies and wanting to fuck them makes me uncomfortable and it’s something I can’t relate to and have never felt. I’ve had sex of course, but it’s never lived up to the hype for me. I can definitely live without it. As far as being aromantic that I’m not sure. I love the idea of romance or I wouldn’t be so smitten with Jikook and other cute couples. I don’t actively seek romance in my life. I don’t date or want to date. I haven’t had a crush on someone in like 10 years. I’m not opposed to it. Their gender wouldn’t matter to me but it’s not something I feel like I need in my life. If you are anywhere on the ace spectrum or are LGBTQIA+, hi you are more than welcome here.

5.) I’m educated! I have a PhD in chemistry. I am on the Professor track and I teach organic chemistry. I spent 7 years in grad school combined for my masters and PhD.

So yeah! This way you know a little about me when you send in asks. I am terrible at formatting and use my phone only for Tumblr, so my blog probably won’t ever be pretty. I’m just here for connections and content that is more in depth than Twitter. Yes, I’m still calling it twitter. Sorry not sorry Elon.

[clueycitiizenz]

If a Muse Is Someone Who Inspires Art, Then We Need to Talk About Jimin -

Can we talk about something that has been quietly unfolding for almost a decade?

Because at some point, the conversation stops being about coincidence and starts becoming about artistic inspiration.

The fascinating thing about Jungkook and Jimin is not simply that they are close. It is not even that they have spent most of their formative years together. It is that throughout the years, if you trace Jungkook’s creative language his photography, his videography, his casual recordings, his behind-the-scenes moments there is one recurring presence that seems to appear over and over again:

Jimin

And no, this is not about reducing either of them to a single relationship. Both are extraordinary artists in their own right. Jimin is not defined by Jungkook, and Jungkook is not defined by Jimin.

What makes it interesting is the concept of a muse itself.

Historically, a muse is not merely a romantic figure. A muse is someone whose existence sparks creation. Someone whose presence becomes woven into an artist’s perspective. Someone who repeatedly appears in the work because they occupy a meaningful space in the artist’s emotional and creative landscape.

Think about the great artists, writers, composers, and filmmakers throughout history. The muse is rarely announced. They are revealed through patterns.

And when you look at Jungkook’s artistic journey, the pattern is impossible to ignore.

For years, Jungkook has pointed his camera toward Jimin.

For years, he has captured him in moments both grand and ordinary.

Not because he had to.

Not because anyone asked him to.

But because artists instinctively document what fascinates them.

What moves them.

What catches their eye.

What they find beautiful.

There is a reason photographers return to certain subjects again and again. There is a reason painters fill sketchbooks with the same face. There is a reason filmmakers frame particular people differently.

Artistic attention is one of the purest forms of attention.

And Jungkook has been paying attention to Jimin for nearly ten years.

That, to me, is the truly remarkable part.

The consistency.

The longevity.

The fact that through changing eras, changing hairstyles, changing concepts, changing cities, changing stages, and changing versions of themselves, that creative focus never seems to disappear.

A decade is a long time.

People change.

Friendships evolve.

Lives move in different directions.

Yet somehow, across years that have transformed both of them from teenagers into global artists, there remains this recurring thread.

Jimin appears.

In the frame.

In the memories.

In the creative output.

In the stories.

In the details.

And perhaps that is why so many people find their dynamic compelling.

Not because it fits neatly into any label.

But because there is something profoundly human about witnessing one person become a constant source of inspiration for another.

In an age where attention spans last seconds, there is something almost poetic about a decade-long fascination.

A decade of noticing.

A decade of documenting.

A decade of creating with the same person repeatedly finding their way into the art.

Whether through photographs, videos, performances, memories, or quiet moments that most people would overlook, there is an undeniable narrative there.

The narrative of an artist who never seems to run out of reasons to look.

And honestly, we as an audience have been eating this content up for years.

Because who wouldn’t?

There is something undeniably beautiful about watching someone be seen so consistently.

And if we’re being fair, Jimin gives us plenty to appreciate too. His artistry, his presence, his emotional intelligence as a performer, the way he carries himself on and off stage it’s easy to understand why he continuously captures attention, not just from fans, but seemingly from the people around him as well.

Now, before someone starts drafting a think piece in my mentions: this is simply my interpretation of a pattern I’ve noticed over the years. I am not claiming insider knowledge. I am not claiming confirmation of anything. This is an observation, an opinion, and a reflection on artistic inspiration.

Frankly, it is a little funny that enjoying patterns in art now requires a disclaimer at all.

But here we are.

What I see is an artist who, for nearly a decade, has repeatedly found himself drawn to the same subject.

What I see is creative admiration.

What I see is attention.

What I see is inspiration.

And after ten years of photographs, videos, memories, performances, and moments that keep adding to the same story, I can’t help but think that if the definition of a muse is someone who continually inspires creation, then Jimin has occupied that role in Jungkook’s artistic universe for a very, very long time.

The muse discourse may never end.

And honestly?

I hope it doesn’t.

Because ten years later, we’re all still watching.

And Jungkook still seems to be looking.

[bookscandlesnbts]

I went to the movies with some friends today knowing that the concert was playing in the cinema and while we were waiting for our other friend to arrive, I saw people dressed in merch obviously going to the concert showing. Part of me was a little sad knowing that I’m a huge fan of BTS and not being apart of it, but I don’t think it’s best for my mental space right now to be in a room with “Army”. I saw one person (an uggo as the stereotype goes) wearing a V jersey and a JK shirt and I can’t help but get the ick that she must be a tkk shipper. BTS is sacred to me, and I want to protect my peace from being in a theatre full of rabid weirdos.

[bookscandlesnbts]

Happy Festa!!!

Festa is one of my favorite times of year!!!

And it’s even more bittersweet this year because…

Our 7 are back together 🥹

And it’s their 13 anniversary which is a very special number for certain members and because their debut date was the 13th of June 🥹

And because they will be performing in said special 13 enthusiasts hometown Busan 🥹

And on a more personal note for me, June will also be a difficult month for me.

It will be my first time having to go through Father’s Day and my dad’s birthday since he passed.

So I’m really going to enjoy Festa this year to the fullest. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for us.

I love BTS so much 💜

[donniehaspronouns]

respect non-binary people not because this is “a step to realizing they’re really a trans man/trans woman” but because non-binary people are deserving of respect in their identity. because being non-binary is not “just a stepping stone” for many people and they still deserve their identity to be respected.

being non-binary is being trans, and we respect our trans siblings in this house. full stop.

[chikooritajjk]

Trigger warning: mentions of homophobia, abuse to animals, encouraging harassment and physical violence

I honestly couldn’t even re-read what she wrote because even back in the day it was so vile that I felt sick to my stomach

I hope we finally rid of her and that we don’t allow her to come back as if nothing happened

Just from the video alone you can tell Jungkook is mad. Please protect him and respect him by not supporting headliner

The fact that you could tell that he was uncomfortable and she still chose to upload the video, tells you everything you need to know about her and how little regard she has for him

[theschizotypalsolilquy]

Holy fucking shit

[joyswonderland1108]

I’m sorry but some of y’all took one silly “marry me” joke from years ago and stretched it so far it now qualifies as a federal infrastructure project.

I saw a reel of an ARMY in a whole white wedding dress and veil at a concert with the caption:

“Gonna tell the kids this was my walk down the aisle.”

And while some people were rightfully side-eyeing the psychological warfare of it all, the fandom crypt keepers emerged from the basement walls screeching:

“YOU DON’T GET THE REFERENCE.”

“LEARN TO TAKE A JOKE.”

“YOU MUST BE NEW HERE.”

“YOONGI TOLD US TO DRESS AND BRING THE PAPERS.”

Oh brother HERE COME THE AVENGERS OF STALE MATERIAL 😭

You people cling to that joke the way haunted Victorian children cling to porcelain dolls. At this point the “Yoongi marry me” bit has been reheated more times than cafeteria lasagna. It is dry. It is exhausted. It has entered hospice care.

And please spare me the “I’ve been ARMY since 2013 🤓☝️” congratulations? Do you want a veterans discount? A commemorative plaque? A cookie baked by Namjoon himself? Because being old in the fandom does not magically transform repetitive behavior into comedy gold. Sometimes it just means you’ve had MORE time to become annoying.

Yes, Yoongi joked about it before. Multiple times. We ALL laughed. The first few times it was funny. Key words: FIRST. FEW. TIMES.

But some of y’all took that joke and treated it like a family heirloom passed down through generations. Like that one uncle at Thanksgiving who tells the SAME joke every year and everyone fake laughs out of politeness while internally begging for the sweet release of death.

“That’s just fandom culture!”

Okay and mold is also a culture. Doesn’t mean I want it spreading.

And before the fandom sewer rats start foaming at the mouth, this isn’t about “being sensitive.” It’s about some of y’all normalizing behavior that stopped being funny five business years ago. BTS are grown men pushing 30 and beyond, not cardboard cutouts for your imaginary wattpad wedding roleplay. At some point even THEY hinted the joke was getting old. There have literally been moments where the members looked visibly tired because every OT7 live, every concert, every comment section turns into:

“MARRY ME YOONGI”

“MARRY ME JUNGKOOK”

“MARRY ME TAEHYUNG”

Like damn can we discuss literally ANYTHING else before your frontal lobe files for divorce???

And the thing that kills me is that ARMY are actually funny when they TRY. This fandom can produce the most unhinged, creative, comedic content known to mankind. But instead some of you are dragging around this fossilized joke like archaeologists preserving dinosaur bones.

Innovation died and y’all danced on its grave in a wedding veil.

Also the aggressive defense of obviously weird behavior is exactly why this fandom sometimes becomes unbearable. Some of y’all hear “this is a little much” and react like someone kicked down your front door and insulted your bloodline. Learn to laugh at yourselves the same way you demand everyone else “learn to take a joke.”

Because if your sense of humor depends entirely on recycling one man’s years old fanservice joke until the heat death of the universe, then babe… the joke is no longer Yoongi.

It’s you.

(Yeah i'm being crazy right now but it is what it is!)

[kelseyfun]

Reblog if you say "Y'all"

[chikooritajjk]

🚨 REPORTING FOR JIMIN 🚨

[bookscandlesnbts]

I’m Beyond Over The Comparison Game

I’ve been apart of lots of big music fandoms in my lifetime, and I can honestly say that I’ve never seen what’s been happening at this tour with any other artist that I have liked.

Every Stop Deserves Surprise Songs.

Read that and then check it again like it’s a list for Santa. Do yall actually sit with how many people are in the stadium? It’s like 40k+ at every stop. Are there going to be bad actors like antis, wanna be influencers, and bored boyfriends? Yeah but that’s certainly not the majority. To demonize an entire crowd based on a few (in comparison) creepy losers who swarm hotels or aren’t screaming their lungs out during the show is the kind of behavior I can’t stand. It’s policing. And one thing about me is I fucking hate a cop as an institution. Quit being the fucking internet police when guess what YOU ARENT THERE. You are watching a livestream? COOL YOU STILL ARENT THERE.

Maybe I’m still so triggered by the way that people treated El Paso (the show that I actually fucking went to) when keyboard police officers on the internet were declaring how MY experience was when they weren’t there. But enough is fucking enough.

A lot of us are traveling really far to see the boys, myself included because everyone who wants to shit on America for getting too many stops (I could complain about my country all day but that isn’t the point here) doesn’t seem to know geography in the sense that we are a big fucking place with a lot of people and guess what? They guys are still touring NO WHERE close to me in the most forgotten part of the country: the Deep South. There’s nothing I fucking hate more than a West Coast or East Coast (let’s be honest a white person 99% of the time) acting all high and fucking mighty and treating us in The South like we are garbage who don’t deserve to exist. You know, the most diverse part of the country with the biggest percentage of marginalized groups. So yeah this whole concert discourse triggers me. Acting like certain stops don’t deserve xyz surprise songs certain crowds are not as good as other crowds. If you can’t shut up and enjoy BTS then why are you even here????

This is why I haven’t watched a single livestream of any concert (besides the fact that I’m a sleepy gal and fall asleep early). Because no one is actually watching it for the sake of seeing the guys in concert enjoying the music and shenanigans. Instead, it is so they can pick apart every little thing that’s going on in the crowd and I’m fucking sick of it.

Comparison is the thief of joy you know. Every concert is unique and special. Every concert is filled with purple blooded ARMY’s. Every concert deserves surprise songs.

This rant felt cathartic for me and will probably solve nothing, but it’s been so tiring and disappointing to have to every stop compared to another stop and every stop get scrutinized. I’m gonna remind ya’ll that yall aren’t the Arirang World Tour Police so stfu.

[bookscandlesnbts]

헛 둘

Yeah We Land On It

헛 둘

And Stand On It

헛 둘

찍어 Put That Stamp On It, Stamp On it

This is how I’ve felt today in a nutshell. I feel liberated for the first time in my life in regard to my toxic mentally ill mother. She doesn’t control my narrative anymore. She doesn’t have power over me anymore. I stood on it and put the stamp on it. You told another family member that you will cut me out of the will for having different political beliefs than you?

Cool DO IT THEN.

Because I land on it and stand on it. My morals compromise for no one. I don’t care what awful people (like her) think about me, which is something I can truly say for the first time in my life. Music is so so special. Enjoy the show tonight ARMY 💜

And offerings of health and safety to the boys always.

I’m still going to try to get tickets for Baltimore. Life is too short not to.

[bookscandlesnbts]

I haven’t forgotten the way yall treated El Paso btw #noticing

[chikooritajjk]

can you believe we're alive at the same time as BTS

can you believe we're here at a time where we can see this happen in real time

sometimes i feel so overwhemeld just thinking about it

how we basically get to see 7 best friends who get to live out their life together - their dreams and aspirations, and how that has influenced so many other people to do the same

i wish i had better words to explain how inspiring they are, not because they're the biggest boy group in the world, but because at their core, they are 7 humble koreans/people

god, i fucking love them

[bookscandlesnbts]

Do I see BTS again in Baltimore even though it’s not financially smart but I could meet my BTS texting buddy of 4 years irl?

Yes duh

No save your bank account

Voting ended onMay 9

[bookscandlesnbts]

Ya’ll Can Have Pied Piper: Give El Paso Best of Me Pls and Thank You

Seriously, wouldn’t have been in my top choices anyway 😂

[bookscandlesnbts]

Reblogging myself obvs because I manifested this. Thank you 💅🏻

[bookscandlesnbts]

Hate all ya’ll want but that was the most insane (in the absolute best way possible) concert that I have ever been to. El Paso Night 2 was UNREAL. 💜

[bookscandlesnbts]

How are you doing? Everything okay after the El Paso Day 1 Concert?

I saw those lines and hoped so much you weren't impacted by that slow entry 😭 into the stadium.

I hope you had a wonderful time 💜 in all the ways.

Thanks so much for asking!!! I got into the stadium in decent time but felt so bad for how poorly it was managed to the point where we were delayed almost an hour!!!

I impulse bought a VIP ticket with soundcheck today so I’m hoping that they will let me go to soundcheck! I made a sign to show Jimin and wrote it in Korean. I really hope he sees it!

The concert was incredible despite the poor behavior from certain “fans” around town the past couple days. The guys loved our crowd and we were so hype the entire time. Apparently we were super loud, but I wore earplugs to protect my ears from the screaming. WEAR EARPLUGS PEOPLE protect your ears!!! If anything, I honestly think that they help filter out the background noise to actually hear the microphones better.

Our surprise songs were amazing. There were a ton of Mexican and Latina army’s in the crowd.

I will say the guys performed a little bit more to the side that I wasn’t on, so I didn’t see Jikook dancing On together facing me, and I missed some of their other shenanigans. I can’t even pick a favorite part of the concert yet!

I’m hoping that the venue does a better job navigating things today.

I’m hopeful too that things will workout (I’ll get to go to soundcheck) and that ARMYs will have an easier time getting in and out of the venue.

I’ll keep everyone posted!