eurovision adjacent

unprepared for my saturn return

[jung-koook]

it’s jimin thing~ (insp.)

[jimimn]

hobi whipped 😔✋ (cr. c_a_leaf, subs: qdeoks)

[filmsout]

60/100 days of park jimin 🎲 (cr. namuspromised)

[minieggukie]

the story of two softhearted fools who are especially soft for each other

[jimimn]

prettier than flowers ✿

(cr. moajmjk00)

[minieggukie]

that’s a homerun

[blooodsweatandtears]

Four years ago we had, we gave this first time ever on TV live performance at this stage AMAs, it was DNA and we were too excited and nervous… It’s been a long and amazing ride since then but nobody could’ve ever bet on the odds of us standing here receiving this award, except our ARMY, except y'all. Seven boys from Korea, united by love for music met the love and support from all the ARMYs all over the world.   –  Kim Namjoon

[jimimn]

two puppies 🥺

[clburr03]

Jimin

Also Jimin

[minieggukie]

2 types of people

[minieggukie]

that time jungkook delivered jimin his birthday flower bouquet on behalf of jimin’s dad  💐

[suga-ssi]

Serendipity Jimin is powerful in so many levels 

for @me-melancholy (vidcr: dwellingsouls)

[withyourblueflame-deactivated20]

so what do we do with this information? 👁️👄👁️

+ close up view:

[mamawong]

so I bit him

[kkulmoon]

NAMJOON’S BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN: 27 DAYS TO 27 (with @rainycle ♡): DAY 24: diamond chocker namjoon has got a strong hold on me

[taeguks]

they saw jungkook leaning on the wall like a model so they did this…

[gimbapchefs]

the t in bts stands for troublemakers day 15/25

that time jinkook were too loud eating udon and rm had to check on them

+ isn’t this how birds find mates

[mamawong]

what is the venn diagram of pretty asian boys & people who believe in abolishing the police?

[enibly]

if we could find the center of that diagram, it would end all wars and start a thousand new ones. they would be the helen of troy of modern life

[mamawong]

i guess this is the new fanfic i’ll be writing

BTS was already the world’s most powerful boy band, but even they didn’t anticipate what would happen when they announced their full support of the Movement for Black Lives’ “Defund the Police” agenda. Around the globe, government leaders suddenly reckoned with the violence of their own institutions, and within a week had ceded control to highly organized collectives of devoted ARMY. As the world fumbled towards the abolition of prisons, police and nations, it was agreed that war and imperialism were relics of the past, to be composted into future BTS lyrics and visuals.

Kim Namjoon was delighted to be put in charge of dismantling the United Nations. It was thrilling to watch ARMY experiment with different models of collective governance. But as time wore on, various factions began to vie for BTS’s approval and validation. Remnants of the past surfaced in people’s hunger for a strong leader, an authority who could bless their efforts, forgive their missteps and direct them down the “correct” path. However welcome the disruption of the world order, it was disorienting to feel uncertain all the time. It wasn’t enough for BTS to sing about love and self-acceptance anymore. Rumors flew about each member’s preferred style of conflict transformation, leading to rising tension and competitiveness between networks.

As hard as Kim Namjoon tried to divert attention toward actual leaders of Black, trans and indigenous liberation movements, disability justice advocates and pleasure activists, he felt mounting pressure to re-assume the mantle of Our Handsome Leader. Namjoon just wanted to retire to the members’ farm co-op by the sea, tend to his crabs and write new music. But the world needed a new kind of idol, and if it didn’t get it, it might very well tear itself apart…

[enibly]

oh my god please continue this

it sounds like a major cultural shift away from hierarchical structures is critically needed for the sake of the future, but can efforts towards a more equitable world overcome the primal human need to believe in idols? because I don’t know that idols could even exist in a world that prioritized human rights, let alone horizontal, grassroots, and/or non-institutional organizing. it sounds like Namjoon is ready to give up his mantle of world leader and live again, but it doesn’t sound like the world is ready to let him, and all of BTS, go back to being regular humans. do the other members feel this conflict as well? or are they blind to the precarious way the world is balanced on their images? are they aware of the fragility of the human psyche when put in such a powerful position? the question is not just should they be here, but can they even be here long, at the top of the world. and as we know, when real idols fall, false ones rise to seize the power floating in their wake… how can Namjoon, as a human beneath the role of idol, face this reality that Big Hit Entertainment had never trained him for…

[mamawong]

this is perfect because I wasn’t sure about the romantic storyline, but I can totally see an enemies-to-lovers arc where namjoon is initially pissed off by the young new idol group, but especially after talking to jimin, he realizes that they don’t fully understand the abuses of the capitalist system that BTS came up in. namjoon tries to discreetly reach out to the leader of the new group but instead gets challenged to a public rap battle. his response – “that isn’t my life anymore” – is met with condescension. however, joonie ends up being the only one the leader can talk to when he realizes they’re being exploited and gaslit by their company. namjoon has plenty of experience as a mentor and advocate, but he feels extra protective for some reason he can’t quite explain...

meanwhile, yoongi creates a new order of monks and retreats into the mountains with jin, hoseok, jimin and taehyung, who are overwhelmed by the pressures to assert their political power when so much hangs in the balance. and jungkook... well, jk is approached by a mysterious stranger who whispers that the world will always need idols, and if he wants to be a force for good, he doesn’t need a group behind him... in fact he might be more effective as a solo artist...