san said that he would do a 24 hour live for atiny if "bad" hit #1 on the melon charts and wooyoung has said he would join him. i need you all to walk with me here. we can barely make it through a sponsored video without them renewing their vows in the back. we'd reach hour four and they'd be full on tongue kissing. seonghwa would come in with a large box of legos in hand like hiiii~~~~ we're going to build together~~~. he'd sit down directly in-between them without blinking. they'd be trying to kiss behind his back while he softly goes "isn't this piece so cuuuute. i like this set a lot. jongho said he'd help me build it... maybe i should call him..." good god i have to get this song to #1 if it's the last thing i do
They forget the camera is there. At some point, Yunho just walks butt-naked through their living room (as he does) and no one flinches. At around 2AM, Mingi saunters in, removes five different pairs of sunglasses, and recaps his night: a store opening, two album launches, and a DJ event with Raiden-hyung.
#at someone yeosang comes in and asks what they're doing and san says “we're doing the live because we hit 1 on melon”#and yeosang is like “we hit 1 on melon?”#hongjoong appears for absolutely none of this live but is on fromm texting the entire time#“what are they doing? i'm not watching”#“i don't want to watch i have things to do”#“what they do is their business”
don't you dare leave the rest of the story in the tags @makesoneteam
at some point jongho joins but he's carrying a whiteboard and it says 'yaho counter'. by the end of the sixth hour there's at least 7 tally marks. hongjoong does in fact show up because of course he does but gets increasingly stressed and we watch in real time as he dissociates
Chase's reaction when Hongjoong said they always talked about it in their group chat when she covered one of their songs is so cuuute!
Not Tablo's daughter also watching all her videos because she's a huge fan - awww
Meanwhile Chase and Mingi are meeting for the first time right now lmaooo
Side-note: This was pre-MV recording!
So the story behind how Chase became involved with the project was just everyone at KQ getting the same thought in their heads and then emailing Chase who was immediately like "OF COURSE I WANT TO DO THIS!"
She truly Atinied so hard, she managed to project her image into the heads of everyone at KQ simultaneously - if this ain't the perfect actress to portray Sopro I don't know who is.
And she's a debut era Atiny too??? Standing outside a tiny Chicago venue to see them??? And she's been to a concert every US-tour since except one when she had to be on set for 'The Testaments'???
Ma'am, you are a legend! Absolute Gold Star Atiny - it's an honor to have her represent this fandom fr holy shit
The way she's still so salty she missed the 'In Your Fantasy' show after being told she'd have a day off so she could make it löaksdjfölaks 100/10 cutie
Tablo feeling the need to tell her he predicted 'One Battle After Another' would win an Oscar before it actually happened and that he bet his whole channel on it is so fucking funny
Aw, no - Mingi's struggling to express himself because he's so nervous and Chase just keeps telling him "Don't be nervous - I'M nervous" 😭
The way they keep showering her in praise for her acting and her bravery and everything is so wholesome~
Aw my heart - Tablo praised Mingi's English, telling him it's perfect right now, because Hongjoong revealed Mingi wanted to back out of coming here once he'd found out Tablo interviews fully in English 😭😭😭
The way Tablo praises is legit so protective dad-like - goes straight to the heart fr
Thank you, Tablo! ♥
And what do you mean Hongjoong called Tablo too before Coachella because he was nervous and wanted to talk to him over dinner 😭
The bond they have is legit so, so sweet
Side-note for Babytinys: Hongjoong and Mingi were on Epik High's YouTube show before (together with Yeosangie) and it was HILARIOUS!
Hongjoong rounding the members up after that dinner to share Tablo's advice with them is so cute 😭
And the way he's laughing his little butt off when Tablo started defending himself because he didn't show up for Mingi's solo performance lmaoooo
So all of Ateez's parents were at the show and one of them snitched that Tablo ran off after Hongjoong's set, right before Mingi came on aölsdkjfaölsdkjfaölskdjöalskda
Mingi: "So you saw SEVEN MEMBERS' solos-"
Tablo: "I- I-"
Mingi: "ATINY! ATINY!" *gestures for us to roast Tablo in the comments*
So Chase's dance covers on her social media were key to her landing her roles in 'One Battle After Another' and 'The Testaments' because it proved her athletic abilities where her acting tape couldn't since it was only about line delivery.
Chase: "So you could say 'Fireworks' helped me get two jobs."
Hongjoong: "But everything can only be possible because she had those special abilities herself."
Chase: "Aww. Thanks."
Not Chase hitting up P.T. Anderson to tell him she'd be in Ateez's MV and him replying "OH HELL YEAH THAT'S SO COOL!"
The way Leonardo DiCaprio knows about Ateez because Chase always talked about them on set öalksdjföalksdjölaks
Tablo's new plan: getting Leo for his next MV lmfao
Back to Hongjoong's origin story at KQ once again lmao - I always love when he mentions the part where he thought he was getting scammed for 6 months, only for Yunho to show up as the second trainee which had Hongjoong thinking "ah, another victim of the scam".
And what do you mean a staff member told Hongjoong "Ah, the next trainee (Mingi) has insane talent - he's a great dancer and singer, but he's a little picky." Like what does that even mean?? lmaoooo
So the KQ vice president loved Mingi because he had mad aura at the audition?? ÖLKJADÖSLFKJAÖSLDKJAÖLSKD
Not them asking Chase to bring her three binders full of Ateez photocards to the next Chicago show LMAOOOO
What do you mean Tablo suggested Chase should shoot some selfies so they can be turned into a photocard for GH Pt.5 and she said "nooo... no" - I WANT A PHOTOCARD OF YOU, CHASE!!!
Both their reactions when Hongjoong brought up seeing his photocard with Kendrick Lamar's signature on it lmao - so cuuute:
When Chase started teasing Tablo because he made it sound like he knew when Ateez's next US tour would be and Tablo just yelled "I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY ARE!" BRUH AÖSLDJFÖALSKDJALKS
Mingi: "Hongjoong's already twenty-nine!"
*instant chaos - Chase going "You're making it sound like he's EIGHTY", Tablo: "To me, you're like a baby! Like, I'm surprised you're talking!"*
Tablo: "You're fine."
Hongjoong: "Thank you so much."
Tablo & Mingi: *beefing in the foreground*
Hongjoong & Chase: *chatting peacefully in the background*
Tablo @ Hongjoong: "Have you guys done acting before?"
Hongjoong, tiny voice: "No. [small pause] That's not my work."
Lmaooo - not Chase getting recognized on her way OUT of her local movie theater and the staff going "You're not her in the movie, are you?" and her replying "Actually, I am!" and then walking off to catch her train - absolutely iconic.
Not her also sitting on the plane next to people watching the movie löaksjdöalsk
This is important! Chase's top 5 Ateez songs: 'Guerrilla', 'Say My Name', 'Bouncy', 'The Real (Heung Ver.)', 'Wonderland' - GIRL'S GOT TAAASTE (obviously - she's an Atiny after all)
Chase specifically mentioning the performance previews as one of her favorite things in the lead up to a comeback is everything - I legit think they haven't done that since 'Guerrilla'
Not Tablo asking her to shoot as many movies as possible so next time they do this, they can do Top 5 Chase Infiniti movies lmao
Btw, what Chase said about her license plate in the movie reading 'ATZ', I wish I could show proof for her here, but they gave her car the most low-contrast license plate I've ever seen in my entire life, so it's basically impossible to read
I checked her Instagram too (Wooyoung, Yeosang, Ateez's main photographer, and head stylist all follow her now btw which is adorable), but she hasn't posted the proof picture of the plate - I 100% believe her anyway of course, but it would've been nice to see~
"The forces of darkness vanquished, the rightful king upon his throne, and all that. And, even more importantly, Tuppy Glossop disengaged from that horsy female and returned to the bosom of my cousin Angela."
"Indeed, sir."
"Rather a shock running into the Reverend Aubry Upjohn riding that fell beast, what?"
"I though you displayed great alacrity in relocating to that ditch in the nick of time, sir."
Far below us, the molten lava did a rather spirited impersonation of boiling soup. I mopped the p. off the b. with a handkerchief I'd improvised from an orc loincloth. I had been to some deuced uncomfortable country estates in my time, don't you know, but at least there one had been able to toddle downstairs and pour oneself a quick W. and S. as needed to stiffen the sinews. Galadriel's Buck-U-Uppo was excellent at vitalizing the limbs to forge on the last dreadful mile and all that, but it lacked the comfort that speaks to the soul.
I contemplated the glowing river. "Redirecting the army of Aunts to that Isengard place was a stroke of brilliance, I thought."
"You are too kind, sir."
"Still, all things must end, as they say. Travel is broadening to the mind and all, but it is past time to attend the call of heart and home. Among other considerations, I think something took residence inside this mithril shirt somewhere around the Morgul Vale and has been wandering about biting hither and thither ever since, and I am filled with the desire to strip it off and do battle with the blighted thing."
"Understandable, sir."
"I heard rather a good one the other day: Sing hey! for the bath at close of day that washes the weary mud away! -and by Jove if I don't think they were on to something, Jeeves."
"It is undeniably felicitous to be surrounded by the comforts of home," he assented, and yet I couldn't escape a certain sense of firmness about his gaze.
I sighed, for I knew what he wanted. Well, I mean, I'm all for taking a firm stance and not being trodden on in one's own home and all, but as far as rallying around to save the young master goes, none could have rallied more greatly than Jeeves. If a little firmness was the price I had to pay, well, so be it.
Slowly I undid the old school tie from around my neck. It was harder work than one would have thought; as if it could hear what was rattling around in the old brain, the ring that was threaded on it put in a last surge of effort in the gleaming and enticement department, filling my mind with heady visions: Freddie Widgeon gnashing his teeth as I sank yet another dart into the bullseye, Aunt Agatha wreathed in tears and begging my forgiveness for ever having misjudged me, Jeeves gazing admiringly as I displayed my newest waistcoat for his edification…
It was the last that broke the spell. Cursed objects of all-consuming power were all well and good in their sphere, but there were limits, don't you know? And yet I hesitated. "You don't think I could slip it on and just have a quick total domination of the world before I toddle around to the Drones for a stiff one?"
Jeeves gave a gentle cough of reproof. "I think you will find it for the best, sir."
It was a wrench, but one could not deny the man had earned it. With a heavy hand, I held the ring out to him. "Take it, then. You will know what do with it, I'm sure."
He took it from me with the sort of shimmer that showed he was exceptionally gratified. "Thank you, sir."
I watched as the ring fell from his hand into the depths below. It hit the lava and rested there for a moment before slowly sinking beneath the glowing surface, and as they caught fire I almost felt that the Old Etonian colors glowed brighter in approval. That Wooster, they seemed to say: not much in the brains department, but he gets the job done.
Outside, there came a hideous wailing as of something ages old abruptly losing the power which bound it to this mortal plain and all that, which I took as our signal to leg it down the nearest drainpipe before things got sticky. The road goes ever on and on, what? Yet I paused there, at the end of all things, because some things have to be said.
Is anyone else starting to feel kind of wary about the increasingly common narrative that "women's bodies are so different to men's that modern scientific recommendations do not apply to them"?
Like. There is a significant gap between 'a lot of studies do not take into account variations caused by things like female hormone cycles, which can limit how generalisable they are' and 'medical science does not apply to women', and the latter just seems to create a situation rife for bad faith actors and snake oil salesmen to reassure you that actually, THEY have the answers, because THEY listen to women, and if you simply pay them for their online subscription service-
And that's how grifters de-politicise what is a highly political problem (and not an isolated one: medical misogyny relates to medical racism relates to medical ableism relates to medical transphobia). By not acknowledging medicine's status quo as political and capable of being changed through sustained, collective action, they make being (or more truly, looking) healthy seem like just another aestheticised consumer choice. That's why so much wellness bullshit looks aspirational in advertising terms, with visible ageing and disability as sticks, and Eurocentric beauty standards and the easeful performance of apparent health as carrots.
At the core of "wellness" as an industry is the idea that we can buy our way out of the health inequalities imposed on us by inequitable systems of medical research, education and practice. Wellness gurus don't want us sitting down and thinking about how our historic exclusion from studies has skewed the data, but we can get better data by pushing for more representative studies - as is already happening, e.g. the growth of scholarship (increasingly led or coproduced by people directly affected) on subjects like perimenopause, autistic health inequalities (and their often gendered nature), and Black maternal health inequalities.
Instead, they profit from naturalising the idea that medical science isn't for us, instead of challenging exclusionary systems. And it's scary to think how much of the groundwork for this "no political lens, only marketing" approach was laid down during the early part of the "wellness" boom. A generation has grown up hearing that kind of messaging normalised from all directions online.
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