#cysm

[seamstresseds]

i just wanted to make a quick post because like-

this is the first drawing of my fanfic i've ever made.

and this is the latest (three years later)

trust the process guys.

some aditional pictures i wanted to add for. idk, nostalgia reasons?

i love these guys(not you mono on the fourth pic)

[peixedobar]

Butterflies always come back, and your garden is me.

FINALLY was able to finish this painting I've started around the middle of the year, or even earlier. Its a fanart of @paodocinh's little nightmares AU Can't You See Me? on AO3 and its just SO COOL seriously. You won't regret reading. Anyways, it constantly made me have ideas and I was finally able to put it on the canvas.

[natsukixshin]

based on awfully painful and even more amazing fic by @oh-snapperss <3

I'm going to fucking explode /pos

I sat for 7 hours straight drawing this bECAUSE CYSM POSSESED ME *AGAIN*

laurie i'll hunt you down /aff

[nuggiesshipbroombroom]

some silly art based on me buddys fic :] @oh-snapperss

u can read it here :D

[oh-snapperss]

i wanted to find something to read while i was eating my lunch and i ended up choosing "can you see me? (or should i keep waiting?)". needless to say i don't think i'm ever gonna forgive you for that.

(FYI: i didn't end up finishing my lunch. too busy with tears and yelling at my friend incoherent nonsense about it)

HELP LMAOOOOOOO hi anon!! i'm glad you liked the fic erm. it has a really normal ending. nothing to see there! sorry about your lunch though that's definitely my bad.

but fr thank you:D

[usermaha]

[jakes-dog-layla]

MOAs : *breathe*

No one :

Nobody at All :

TXT and their M/V Creative directors : “Let there be tears~”

[thedaytheworldburned]

‘Can’t You See Me?’ Lyric Analysis (The Day The World Burned, We...)

Ahh, my namesake  (and my first title track with TXT)! Perhaps I should have started with this one...

Released with The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY, May 2020. 

The song marked a distinct shift in TXT’s style and concept, from youthful and magical to dark and vengeful. Fire was a particular motif, in the MVs, choreography, and lyrics. This was a complete plot twist, and was both completely unexpected, and absolutely what we would expect from TXT. It perfectly rounded out the Dream Chapter trilogy, and showed the beginnings of the consequences of the boys’ mistakes in the previous two albums. Along with Minisode, it bridged into the dreaded Chaos Chapter.

The Korean name of the song, which translates to, ‘The Day the World Burned, We...’ is very unique and interesting. It ends on a cliffhanger with the elipsis, and has an aspect of uncertainty - we never know - do we fill in the gaps ourselves, or do they just not tell us what they did? The matter-of-fact nature of the name makes it very creepy, like they just stood by and watched everything burn (think of that meme of the grinning girl in front of the burning house). Let’s just say, it’s considerably more creepy than the English title.

The song itself describes the falling out between the group, and the consequences of their anger and pain. It is very sinister and Gothic. There are a few interesting line distributions, and some interesting transation differences. 

For instance, the line ‘friends don’t understand me any more,’ is sung by each of the members individually, except for Beomgyu, who only sings it with others. Was this a stylistic choice, or does it have meaning? Does Beomgyu not voice his concerns because he doesn’t want Taehyun to notice that he is the sketchy one? He did murder Taehyun in the MV, so maybe he’s just trying to cover his trail?

The teasers that came with the MV were ridiculously confusing, and I still don’t really know what was going on. But everyone is suspicious in some ways - why did Soobin lie? Why did Beomgyu murder Taehyun? Why did Yeonjun cause so much destruction? What happened to Kai? And why is Taehyun investigating and staring into our souls constantly? 

No one is in the right.

The choreography is also key in telling the story of ‘Can’t You See Me?’ It, along with the MV, styling, teasers, and especially the lyrics, shows both chaos and insanity, and many symbols of a broken friendship and youth (think the ‘crumbled sandcastle’ and the pinky promise).

In my storyline playlist, the track is after ‘Blue Hour’ and before ‘Magic. Why did I put it there? I don’t really remember. Perhaps because the end of the ‘Blue Hour’ MV shows Beomgyu stepping on the book/grimoire, a symbol of their friendship and power, and because ‘Eternally’ comes after ‘CYSM,’ and ‘Magic’ comes before ‘Eternally’. 

Yup, I think that was it.

Full lyric analysis below the line.

Can’t You See Me? (The Day The World Burned, We...)

‘Scintilla’ is a synonym of ‘iota’, but this didn’t seem to make sense, so I dug deeper. It also seems to be a variety of blueberry. Blueberris represent youth, eternity, optimism and confidence in the future. All of these are aspects of the TXT storyline which bloomed in the first two albums and burned in this one.

HYBE really like their flora and fauna references.

It’s a lyric analysis post, but I ought to mention the choraography here. In the ‘who’s a liar?’ part, Kai and Yeonjun make pinky promises. It is debated whether Beomyu makes a finger gun or a pinky promise. Soobin and Taehyun both cross their fingers - ihding their lies from everyone else. This is kind of ironic - Soobin’s asks ‘who’s a liar’ while he himself is lying. 

We know that Soobin lies, which is an element contributing to the rift between the boys, but we don’t know why Taehyun lies - he is just trying to solve the mystery of who started the breakdown of their friendship. Although it’s possible he lied to get close to others and find the answer. We know that Kai and Yeonjun, although they have their suspicious elements, aren’t liars. 

No idea what is going on with Gyu. I’m not sure Gyu knows what’s going on with him either.

I would also like to mention that one piece of lost media - the stage where Soobin made a pinky promise instead of crossing his fingers. This happened once and once only. Taehyun still crossed his fingers. No one knows why this happened, and whether it was a mistake, or was a specific message as part of the storyline. At this point, after searching so much, I kind of wonder if it ever actually existed, or did I (and many others) hallucinate it?

The last two lines of this verse are also, ‘gone in a dream, something, something, abandoned island, that forgotten melody.’ This mention of Magic Island being forgotten is interesting - in this era and the MAGIC era, it is both burnd and forgotten by the boys. It is another symbol of their friendship, and is forgotten as they drift apart.

So, Soobin and Yeonjun are the two members who say ‘save me,’ and it is pretty clear why they want to be - Yeonjun wants to be saved from his endless death, and Soobin wants to be saved from the state of being forgotten and alone that  he is in during the ‘Eternity concept trailer.’

Conclusions

This song, and the whole album, did major heavy lifting in the story. Very important, very snazzy, and wonderfully dark and Gothic. It is on the border of horror, but is perhaps even more horrific for its real life inspirations. 

I just love it so much. What a time to be alive during CYSM era!