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theostrophywife · 1 year

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take it off.

i just wanna watch you when you take it off take off all your makeup, baby take it off take off all your clothes and watch you take them off

masterlist (azriel x reader) author's note: could not stop thinking about coming home from an event with azriel and him just helping you undress and wind down for the evening. song inspiration: tio by zayn.

The soft glow of the twinkling faelights illuminated your bedchambers as you and your mate made your way inside. The door clicked shut behind Azriel, but he stayed put and leaned against the frame as you shimmied out of your heels.

The shadowsinger watched you with a small smile on his face. As much as he loved seeing you all dressed up in that sinful cobalt dress, Azriel enjoyed this part of the night even more. At the ball earlier tonight, everyone was free to admire your beauty. To trace every soft curve of your body that he’d dutifully committed to memory. To track every surface of exposed olive skin that felt like silk underneath his touch. To trail the elegant lines of your cheeks and neck and collarbone that he’d run his fingers through a hundred times over.

But this side of you—this was all for him. Azriel was the only one who got to watch you take it all off at the end of the day and he fucking loved it. It was like unwrapping his favorite gift on Winter Solstice night.

You settled in front of the wooden vanity by the wall, moonlight streaming through your hair as you pulled out the sapphires pinning your locks. One by one, you stacked them neatly at the edge of the desk, leaving your long dark hair loose and flowing down your back.

Azriel wanted nothing more than to run his fingers through those silky tresses, but he stayed perfectly still. Even his shadows reached out for you and he had to reel them back in. He wouldn’t touch you; not yet at least. The shadowsinger wanted to admire you, drink you in, savor you before he completely devoured you.

He observed in awe as you wiped off the cosmetics from your face, revealing those freckles that he loved so much. Azriel fought the urge to trace them with his fingers as he was prone to do when you were lying in bed together. Your mate compared it to charting the constellations and by now he had memorized every star etched upon your lovely face.

“Beautiful,” Azriel breathed as he came up behind you. It didn’t matter that he’d seen you do this a hundred times over. He’d never get used to how breathtaking you were. The shadowsinger leaned down, kissing the top of your head. “You’re beautiful, my love.”

You smiled shyly, meeting his eyes in the mirror. “I love when you look at me like that, Az. Like I’m the only female in the world.”

He kissed your cheek. “You are to me, baby.”

You twined your fingers through his, pressing gentle kisses onto his scarred hands. A knowing smirk curled through your lips. “Care to help me out of this dress?”

The shadowsinger nodded, his hazel eyes glowing golden in the darkness as he caressed your cheek. “You never have to ask twice.” His cool breath fanned over your skin as he nuzzled his chin in the crook of your neck, golden eyes meeting yours in the mirror. “As stunning as you look in this dress, I’ve been waiting all night for the chance to take it off.”

You shivered as he carefully brushed your hair aside, his rough and calloused fingers a sensuous whisper against your skin. He hummed in appreciation as he slowly undressed you, unzipping your dress until the velvet fabric fell and pooled at your feet. And just because he could, Azriel helped you to your feet and twirled you around, drinking in the sight of you in nothing but a lacy lingerie set.

Your mate towered over you as his hands trailed up your spine, smirking to himself when you leaned into him. He took his time, tracing the delicate lace of your bra, cupping your breasts in appreciation before he unclasped the entire thing in one swift movement. Every layer that came off made him harder and harder to the point of pain, but he didn’t care. He’d endure it if it meant getting to unravel you until you were laid bare before him.

Azriel trailed a path of kisses down your torso and hooked his fingers through the waistband of your panties. You steadied yourself on his shoulders and slipped out of the fabric. It took every ounce of Azriel’s restraint to help you shrug into your robe instead of throwing you on the bed and having his way with you right then and there.

You could feel how turned on he was through the bond so you smiled, giving him a chaste kiss that left him wanting more. “Thank you, baby.”

Azriel cupped your face in his hands and gently kissed your temple. “Any time, my love.”

There was a devious glint in your eyes when he pulled away. “How does a hot bath sound?”

He grinned, dimples appearing on that breathtakingly beautiful face. “Like the best damned thing I’ve heard all night.”

You chuckled. “Come on, then. Maybe I’ll even throw in a massage if I’m feeling generous.”

“Don’t tease, baby,” Azriel drawled, his voice rough and husky. “It’s cruel.”

You ran your pointer finger over the curve of his wing, smirking as Azriel shuddered. “Me? Tease you?” Your lilting laughter rattled his bones as you kissed his cheek. “I’d never dream of it, my love.”

Fuck was the only coherent thought in Azriel’s mind as he followed you into the bathroom.

If you kept this up, the shadowsinger wouldn’t be able to hold out for very long. He never could with you and judging by the smirk on your face, you were more than aware of this fact.

The sound of running water echoed through the spacious room as he sauntered across the cold tile floors. You pressed a hand against his solid chest and flashed him a wicked grin.

“It’s your turn to get naked.”

Cauldron fucking boil him. It was pathetic how much your words affected your mate. The front of his pants tightened uncomfortably as you peeled his suit jacket off. It was a shame, really. Azriel looked so damned good in the elegant all black suit that it was almost a waste to undress him. Almost.

You took your time admiring your mate. Ran your fingers through those soft, raven locks. Traced the outline of his nose, cheekbones, jaw. Swiped your thumb across those perfect, pouty lips that slightly parted to kiss your fingertips. This beautiful male. Your beautiful mate. All yours, forever.

You sighed in appreciation. “You’re so fucking pretty, Az.”

Despite himself, Azriel blushed. You almost giggled at the sight. The feared spymaster of the Night Court bested by a compliment. It was extremely endearing and so Azriel to become this flustered even though you were merely stating a fact. Your mate was a dream and you were one lucky female.

Luckier still, because you were only getting started.

His breath hitched as your nimble fingers unlooped the tie around his neck. Azriel tried his best to stay still as you unbuttoned his perfectly fitted silk shirt, delicately shrugging it off his shoulders. You took your time unfastening the clasps at his back that were especially made to accommodate his wings. When he was finally shirtless, you ran your hands through his chest, tracing every mark and mole and scar, pressing kisses along the way that made the shadowsinger sigh softly.

Azriel was barely breathing as you unbuckled his belt, making a show of slowly sliding his trousers over his long legs, repeating your movements from earlier and kissing his hips, his thighs, and his knees. You smirked as you tugged at his boxers next, toying with the waistband as you licked a stripe through his perfectly sculpted abs. Those taut muscles flexed against your mouth and you wickedly flicked your tongue, causing Azriel to shudder above you.

“Baby,” Azriel breathed, his voice full of lust and desire. “If you keep doing that, this little game of yours will be finished before it’s started.”

You chuckled and the sound traveled straight to Azriel’s already painfully hard cock. “That would be a shame, wouldn’t it?” The sight of you kneeling before him with your soft, wet mouth mere inches away from where he wanted you made the shadowsinger growl. His proud length stood at attention between you while you licked your lips, further dragging out his torment. “I think I want to take my time playing with my mate.”

Before he could register your movements, you rose from the ground and kissed his cheek. Azriel could do nothing but watch as you peeled off your robe and bared yourself to him. Every curve and mole and freckle on your beautiful body formed constellations that rivaled the night sky. You were his mate—breathtaking and beautiful and made just for him.

Mate, his shadows whispered.

Mine, Azriel thought in agreement.

Just when he thought you couldn’t get any more stunning, you flashed him a devious grin as you playfully cocked your head to the side. He watched with bated breath as you climbed into the marble tub.

“Are you coming or not, Az?”

The shadowsinger nearly sprinted to the warm bath awaiting him. He eased into the water, the fragrance of the soap and herbs you haphazardly threw in instantly relaxing his aching body. You beckoned him over and he waded into your lap, his back pressing against your breasts as his wings relaxed at his side. Azriel sighed in satisfaction as you kissed his shoulder, kneading the tension out of his muscles with your delicate fingers.

He was putty in your hands, melting at your touch as his head dropped against your shoulder. You kissed his cheek next and continued massaging his back, squirting soap into a small loofah and gently cleaning your mate. Azriel murmured softly as you lathered shampoo into his soft hair and worked it into his scalp. He practically purred as you raked the product through.

“You like that, baby?” you teased, brushing the bubbles out of those stunning hazel eyes. His irises were blown out and hazy like two pools of delicious, golden honey.

“Feels good,” Azriel babbled. His shadows snaked through your ankles, pulling you taut against his back.

You groaned as your sensitive peaks brushed against his golden brown skin, already feeling the wetness gushing between your thighs. Azriel kissed your knee before turning around and pulling you into his lap. Water sloshed to the side of the tub, but you couldn’t give less of a fuck. Not when your mate was staring at you like you were good enough to eat.

The shadowsinger gripped your hips as he brushed his lips against the hollow of your throat. You could feel his smirk embedded onto your skin as you twined your finger through his hair. The tension between you was heady and potent, so heavy that it clouded your senses until Azriel consumed your entire being.

You traced his bottom lip with your thumb, taking in this beautiful male before you. “Do you want to know what I’ve been thinking about all night, Azriel?”

“Tell me, my love.”

Azriel hissed as you shuffled in his lap, your sopping wet sex grinding against his hardness. “I thought about these lips,” you murmured, dipping down to press your lips against his. The kiss was heated and full of need, your tongue dancing against his as you swallowed Azriel’s growls of pleasure.

“I thought about this neck. Just begging to be kissed,” you taunted, littering sloppy, open-mouthed kisses along the hollow of his throat. The shadowsinger grabbed your hips and his grip on you was hard enough to bruise. You only smiled. You’d wear the marks of his fingertips on your skin like a trophy.

Your mate’s eyes were nearly black as you grabbed his hand and intertwined your fingers. “I thought about these hands. Wrapping around my throat. Palming my tits. Burying deep inside my pussy.”

Azriel took a sharp intake of breath as you braced one hand against his chest while the other trailed down his torso. He was so turned on that he couldn’t even manage to form words lest he ruin the buildup of all this teasing and taunting. Your mate loved when you toyed with him like this. You may look like a sweet angel, but he knew firsthand how fucking filthy you could get. How easily you had him wrapped around his finger to the point that he’d crawl on his hands and knees for a chance to taste you.

When your delicate fingers wrapped around his cock, he nearly fucking lost it. “But mostly, I thought about your perfect cock. Stuffing me full. Hitting that sweet spot. Making me scream until I’m hoarse.”

“Fuck,” Azriel groaned as you lined him up at your entrance. His eyes rolled to the back of his head as you eased his cock between your folds. Your hips lowered, taking him inch by delicious inch. “That’s it, princess. Take what you want. You can have all of it. All of me.”

At his beckoning, you lowered your hips until he was fully seated inside of you. The sensation was heavenly and had the both of you gasping for air. Slowly but surely, you moved up and down and let Azriel fill you up again and again. The shadowsinger guided your hips while you grinded into him, meeting each movement with thrusts of his own. You moaned, gasping into his neck and scratching at his back as you picked up the pace. You moved in perfect sync with the ease of two lovers who had perfectly committed each other’s bodies to memory.

“I wish I could have you inside of me all the time. It feels so fucking good, Az," you groaned, raking your nails over his golden brown skin. Azriel’s intricate tattoos flexed underneath your touch as he rutted into you, hitting that sweet spot that made stars explode behind your closed lids.

“You’re absolutely filthy, baby.” Azriel snarled into your neck. “Such a sweet innocent face, but you turn into such a dirty little slut every time I have my cock in you, don’t you?”

"Can't help it," you breathed, rolling your hips. "Not when you fuck me this good. It's all I can ever think about. You're all I can ever think about, Azriel."

The shadowsinger latched his lips onto your nipple, making you arch your back with every flick of his tongue. He ravaged your breasts, palming them in his large hands as he continued swirling over your hardened peaks with his mouth.

“Do you even know how much I think about you?” Azriel hummed as you rode his cock. He watched as your tits bounced from the movement, burying his face in the valley of your breasts while you took what you wanted from him. “You consume every part of me, princess. I think about kissing you. Tasting you. Fucking you. Making love to you.” He emphasized the latter with a sharp thrust, making you whimper. “There isn’t a single second of my day that I’m not constantly craving you.”

He sucked at your collarbone, nipping and sucking as you lifted your hips. Azriel cupped your ass, watching his cock disappear between your folds. You felt so warm and tight, hugging him just right. A purely predatory growl ripped through his chest as you teased him, lifting your hips higher and higher until only his tip remained sheathed in your sex.

“Show me, baby.” You whispered into his ear. “Show me that you want me just as badly as I want you.”

In one swift move, Azriel was stepping out of the marble tub while carrying you in his arms. You squealed as water dripped all over the bathroom floor. “What are you doing, Az?”

And that smile. Gods, it felt like watching golden rays of sunlight spearing through the dawn and kissing every part of you with its warmth.

Azriel was so fucking beautiful.

He leaned down, kissing the tip of your nose with a cheeky grin. “If you want me to show you how much I want you, then I’m taking my time baby. We’re doing this right. On the bed. Me and you.”

Indeed your mate gently deposited you onto the large four poster bed, the mattress feeling soft and firm underneath you as you and Azriel dripped water all over the cotton sheets. He paid no mind to it as he hovered over you, pressing his wet, glistening, sculpted by the gods body against yours.

Azriel kissed you gently and took his time worshipping every inch of your body. He kissed, nipped, and sucked hot trails all over your neck, throat, breasts, thighs, knees, and ankles. Your mate made sure to litter your skin with his marks and bites until every surface was thoroughly covered.

He circled back and settled against you, his lips brushing the shell of your pointed ear. “You’re mine, baby. My beautiful mate. You belong to me and I belong to you.”

You caressed his cheek and pressed your lips against his. Azriel deepened the kiss and it felt like the two of you were trying to crawl into each other’s skin. He hiked your leg up, kissing the side of your knee before he slid inside you once more. You groaned as you adjusted to the deep angle and Azriel swallowed the sound, intertwining your fingers above your head. His shadows kept your wrists in place as your mate kissed your closed lids.

You opened your eyes to find his loving gaze staring back. Azriel bared himself to you and sent a burst of his love and affection down the bond. Warmth and light and joy spread through that special connection and you kissed your mate again, smiling as you reciprocated that love right back to him.

Azriel’s soft breath was warm on your cheek as he rolled his hips, dropping his forehead down to yours as he made love to you. While sex with Azriel was always enjoyable, whether it was rough and kinky or quick and punishing, this type of sex was your favorite. When the two of you set aside the whips and chains and wicked games just to simply enjoy one another.

Being this vulnerable with Azriel was so deeply intimate and you loved it. Loved him. This kind, caring, patient, sweet, sarcastic, and perfect mate of yours.

“I love you,” you said in between kisses. “My mate.”

“I love you,” he whispered, repeating the words again and again against your lips.

His strokes were slow and deliberate, drawing out your pleasure with every thrust of his hips. Azriel made good on his promise to do this right. His shadows released their hold on your wrists and he intertwined your fingers, relishing the way that you wrapped your legs around his waist to take in more of him. Your mate could feel you clenching around him, signaling the approach of your release. Azriel picked up the pace and brought you closer to your orgasm. Your eyelids fluttered close, his name echoing through the walls as you cried out in pleasure.

“Gods, Az. Right there, baby. I’m so close.”

The shadowsinger rubbed his thumb against your clit as his shadows played with your sensitive peaks. It wasn’t long before you were clawing at his back and gasping as he hit a particularly sensitive spot within your walls. He could tell by the way that you were writhing that release would claim you soon.

Azriel kissed your temple. “Let go, princess. I’ve got you.”

The tension in your lower abdomen snapped as your orgasm peaked. Your walls clenched around Azriel’s cock as you came. He kept stroking until he couldn’t hold out anymore. He thrust three more times before his own release approached and then he was cumming inside of you, grunting as your pussy milked him dry. The sensation was all too familiar and pleasing, satisfying that innate need to have your mate finishing inside of you.

You and Azriel fell into a blissful, euphoric heap of sweaty bodies and tangled limbs. Your mate gently pulled out of you, careful not to disturb your sensitive sex before pulling you flush against him. The rapid beating of his heart echoed through your own chest as though you and Azriel were one and the same. His wing wrapped protectively around you and a warm, fuzzy feeling blossomed deep within you.

Home, you thought.

A few minutes passed as you two came down from the high, your cheek resting against Azriel’s solid chest as he stroked your back. The comfortable silence was broken up by the sound of dripping water. Your mate’s gaze landed on the trail of clothes you’d left in the bathroom, which were now in danger of getting wet by all the water gathered at the edge of the marble tub.

Your lips kicked up into a knowing smile. “You’re dying to clean up, aren’t you?”

Out of the two of you, Azriel had always been the clean and organized one to the point where it was almost obsessive. You faintly recalled teasing him about color coding his socks and underwear during your first few years of being a mated couple. Post coitus pleasure aside, you knew the mess had to be killing him inside.

Azriel smiled sheepishly, which only made you chuckle. “Go for it, baby. I know you won’t be able to turn in for the night until you return everything to its rightful place,” you kissed his shoulder and playfully nipped at his skin. “My only request is that you do so naked. I like a good view.”

Your mate grinned. “My devious little mate.” Azriel gently pried himself out of bed, kissing the top of your head and indeed providing you with the best view in Prythian. "Your wish is my command."

You sighed dreamily as you blatantly ogled your mate’s backside. As Azriel turned around to shoot you a cheeky little wink, there was only one thought floating through your blissed out mind.

You were one lucky fucking female.

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savkirschtein · 1 month

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𝐀𝐎𝐓 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 🎧

characters: Eren jager, Mikasa Ackerman, Armin Arlert, Jean Kirschtein, Connie Springer, Sasha Braus, Marco Bodt

warnings: modern au? just playlists specially curated by me based off of my perceptions of each character and what I think they'd enjoy music wise :)))

𝑬𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝑱𝒂𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒓:

Is most definitely into dark indie, slow rap and r&b with some lowkey electronic

BIG TIME THE WEEKND ENTHUSIAST. Loves himself some Chase Atlantic too.

a lot of people would assume Eren listens to hardcore rock or even heavy hitting rap, which he isn't opposed to

but considering Eren's outward life, whether it be family issues or whatever, I imagine that he would prefer his music to be more laid back and steady

𝑴𝒊𝒌𝒂𝒔𝒂 𝑨𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏:

Mikasa we all know is just a lil emo and her music taste is a slight reflection of that. Indie rock, alternative, folk rock all within her realm.

Now as soft spoken and gentle as this girl is, definitely wouldn't put it past her to listen to heavy metal just casually on a walk

She is a huge fan of Lana Del Ray, Mitski, Claire, TV Girl, and Cigarettes After Sex

LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE. LANA DEL RAY. is def one of Mika's playlist names.

𝑨𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒕:

Is a huge alt pop, synth indie, post-punk lover

Armin's taste in music is honestly what would be used to score any and all great coming of age films

LOVES The Wallows, Bleachers, OneRepublic, and Coldplay

He is definitely the person you hand the aux to on a summer roadtrip

𝑱𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑲𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏:

Jean's music taste is probably the most diverse compared to everyone else's

His genre bases being alt hiphop and r&b, indie rock, and trap soul

His faves being Cigarettes After Sex, Brent Faiyaz, and The Neighbourhood

This is the man you want to go on a late night drive with through the city

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓:

Connie is literally 2010s rap and hiphop personified

his fave genres being alt hiphop, r&b, west coast rap/hiphop

Connie is a big time Tyler the Creator fan, loves himself some J. Cole and SZA

Connie is the person you hand aux to at any and all parties, guaranteed satisfaction with him on music

𝑺𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒖𝒔:

Sasha is who you go to if you want to feel like you're a teen girl alone in your room with a hair brush in hand pretending its a microphone

her genres being alt pop, indie, Kpop, electro pop, and art pop

she was there for the resurgence of bands in the 2010s, and was a hardcore stan of all of them (5SOS, 1D, The Vamps, Little Mix, Fifth Harmony etc.)

she definitely still holds onto the hope of a 1D reunion

her faves being Olivia Rodrigo, Lorde, Harry Styles, Gracie Abrams, Taylor Swift

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒐 𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒕:

Marco is a softie and it reflects in what he listens to

His main genres been electric r&b, alt pop, and indie

Marco's favorite artists would be: BROCKHAMPTON, Khalid, Daniel Caesar, and Omar Apollo

Marco has definitely gone to multiple concerts of his faves and collects their vinyls

#Spotify #savkirschtein #aot x reader #aot fluff #aot headcanons #aot imagines #shingeki no kyojin #eren jaeger #mikasa ackerman #armin arlert #jean kirstein #jean kirschtein #connie springer #sasha braus #marco bodt

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senatortedcruz · 11 days

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omg the 1d battles we used to fight before taylor got properly huge. i got doxxed by harry stans back in the day and they sent my taylor tumblr posts talking about wanting to eat her out to my school's headmaster 💀💀💀

Omg hahaha remember when enough people from school had tumblrs and they all caused drama over it. I would read all my classmates blogs I was the nosiest girl in the world.

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sizzlingpatrolfox · 8 months

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jk has armys so he wont crash and burn but he also isnt new justin, far from it. armys would never believe it but seven is not a hit for an american industry scale. he is staying on charts thanks to radio and crazy amount of remixes and his biggest streams are from thailand. he is not gonna become huge pop star just for having abs and singing generic repetetive songs. he is still just bts member that had many streams on his new song and thats it. but well we will see what scooter will mold him into beacause jk doesnt seem to mind anything if it will make him biggest pop star

I guess that was Scooter’s way of thinking.

Jungkook has a fandom because of BTS, BUT he is new at being solo. So Scooter doesn’t have to start from 0 while also being the one to take credit for “making” him and his stans and pjms too can say what they want but BTS is more well known and successful than any member (we’ll see if it’s going to change) do if Scooter succeed in making him a Harry he will see it as a win.

Anyways, these are the reasons I think it’s not going to work(no particular order):

-racism

-like anon said Jk is not fluent enough in English

-Kpop/armys have a bad reputation which is going to stop many people from taking Jk seriously(kpop is like anime: everyone’s heard of it, but outside of the country of origin it’s still niche)

-Justin blew up in a veeery different era and he was a phenomenon. Things were different a decade ago. Now we are in the digital era where people can pull crazy numbers without their music being actually a hit worldwide(ex:Bad Bunny, Bts, Jungkook himself)

-enlistment(even if Jk doesn’t enlist for the 2025 “reunion” he still has to at some point so the only chance for Scooter to make him mainstream is before that)

-having Gp hit is very different from having Western’s pop stan’s respect. They are heavily into pop girls and are very critical of the men stars for doing the bare minimum(including JB) so if Scooter’s team doesn’t give him something “unique” like Harry’s clown clothes and queer image and let’s him be straight up a copy of JB (basic songs with basic vocals and basic dance-now that I think about it that’s why the choreo was so bland cause Justin has easy choreos too lol) he will not have these people’s “approval” and will be a laughing stock

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I think the fans thing is a very good point. It's real. Most of these groups or even soloists aren't taken seriously because of their fans. Nobody likes dealing with people who take everything personally and are fighting others on internet about who has the most monthly listeners on Spotify. One direction had some really good, geniunely catchy pop-rock music but they weren't taken seriously because of their fans. And the same happened to BTS. Mind you, the SK goverment would use BTS for clout and brownie points but they never respected them as a group enough to give them exemption. They're definitely more popular than Son Heungmin or any other sports figure, but does popularity equal respect? No. Never has, and never will.

In fact, I'd say Harry started being taken more seriously when he stopped having such a hardcore, pintpoint-able online "rabid" fanbase. Meaning, once he stopped being so associated to one direction. And that took a few years. 1D broke up in 2015, and in 2018 he was still "Harry from 1D". I think I started noticing a shift and more people acknowledging him just as Harry well after his first tour as a soloist was over, which was in like 2019. I barely see "harries" on twitter, too. They exist, obviously. But they're not really a strong online presence, like even Nicki fans are.

All BTS members are still "---- of BTS". I've said it even before the hiatus, and my opinon still hasn't changed. It's probably only Jimin who random people can say "Jimin" and others will know who they're talking about. It doesn't mean they're fans of him or anything, but just that his name stands for itself.

I'm what everyone would call a local, it sounds really stupid to say it like that but it's the only way I know how to say it. When I said this is just an online thing for me, I meant it. I don't have friends irl who listen to kpop or care about celebrities at all; I don't know people like that, people who are "fans" of anything. In 6 years or so I must've probably said BTS outloud like only a dozen times, and I don't really talk about them -or any other celebrity for that matter- with people irl. So I kind of gauge how "viral" and known something is through the people I know irl because if they're all posting a song on Instagram stories and whatever, then I know for sure it's reached the normies. That was Justin after 2015, Taylor after blank space kind of?? But more than anything after lover. Miley had that moment after wrecking ball, though she's had up and downs. Ariana only kind of picked up internationally in like 2020, but not even that. People here know who Ariana is, but they couldn't name you two of her songs. For Harry, it was watermelon sugar which was a song in his SECOND full album that was released five years after 1D. Anyone who thinks Harry got "international mainstream whatever" success right after one direction... is wrong. It happened in his second album. Even more so, despite one direction having had tours in stadiums, Harry's first solo tour was an arenas tour. He literally had shows for 15k, 20k people, not more than that. Any BTS akgae would've called him a flop. Hell, if they looked at his youtube/instagram/tiktok numbers right now they would still call him a flop.

Because that's usually how it goes for good, remarkable people who are meant to be remembered and even more loved as years go by. Olivia started off her career with a bang, but will people remember her 10 years from now? That's yet to be seen. Deep down, that is the ultimate goal for a lot of people. They want to make an impact and be rememberd in the long haul. Frankly, I believe that's the real definition of "success". Or at least the only respectable definition.

I'm working as a teacher right now, and the other day I asked my class of teens (they're all around 15 years old) who are they listening to these days so I'd take them a song to work with during class, and all the girls in the class immediately said Taylor Swift. I was so pleasantly surprised! I liked Taylor Swift in 2009 and back then nobody I knew listened to her.

I'm seeing Taylor in November, me and my little sister bought tickets to her show. My sister is 15 right now, about the same age I was in 2009 when I started listening to Taylor. One of her classmate's mom called me to help her get a ticket because they weren't able to the first time and her daughter cried the whole day. Now, that's legacy. How is Taylor, two decades into her career, still gaining fans and still getting bigger and bigger everyday? After getting the tickets I mentioned to my brother how I was listening to Taylor when I was 15 and now our sister is litening to her at 15 too, and he was like "it's not easy, having that kind of career especially right now when everything comes and goes so fast; she's almost like coldplay or the rolling stones now." You know, those bands that will always have an audience no matter how many years pass. I think BTS as a group is definitely in that category, but I can't say the same for any solo member as of right now. Ask me again in 10 years, maybe.

As for music, sometimes songs are a hit in the US and not the rest of the world. Sometimes they are everywhere else in the world but not in the US. More often than not, a certified Hit song happens when it's a hit both in the US AND worldwide. Like it or not, the world still looks to the US for "approval" in a lot of things, if it's cool there then they'll think it's cool anywhere else. I don't like in the US so I don't know if Morgan Wallen is a "household name", but he's already got the longest running #1 or whatever, even more weeks than as it was. Yet I've never heard his song, meanwhile everyone knew as it was. Either way, even "hit songs" have an expiration date. People don't hold on to one-time wonders for a long time, the next one comes and they forget about the previous one.

And then there's that thing I've talked about before related to trends in music and how the world seems to have moved on from pop songs and are more into a "mature" sound, and a more developed sound, something that sounds like people actually worked on them.

If we're talking about hits in the US, just look at these numbers. And it's a song with no remixes or anything. She barely did any performances for it. She literally didn't even try.

This isn't really relevant, just a shameless Harry plug, but I wish people knew more of Harry's music apart from watermelon sugar and as it was lol. I also liked him better before the clown clothes (tho he used to dress like that even when he was in one direction, he's always been ~quirky and no, he's not forcing that trait, he's just really always been like that since he was young). I actually don't even like as it was, and his last album is my least favorite one. I like this style of his:

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It's understandable though, that singers like to experiment and try different things, they like reinventing themselves, and that's okay.

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And this one is a song that he wrote but then gave to Ariana Grande. And he doesn't change pronouns even if the song is sung by a woman. If I recall correctly, I think even the original leak of the song had these lyrics, as if they were written about a man (but don't quote me on that because it's been way too many years and I can't find the original leak).

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the-pink-album · 9 months

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So 1989 TV is here and this is it. This is the re recording I was waiting for. It means a lot to me for so many reasons, and it felt like a good moment to talk about the why.

As much as I love Red and all too well and beging again are so dear to me, and therefore I was so excited about Red TV, truth is I wasn’t a fan when the original album came out, and less so for the other two albums we have Taylor’s version now. So I couldn’t quite go down the memory lane for those. I don’t have the connection of being in the fandom in that era.

But i do have that connection with 1989. Is when I first got to really know about Taylor. It was a funny road, getting there: see back at the end of 2014 two things were happening: i really loved blank space and shake it off. So much so I wanted to check the album. I liked it. I was also becoming a Harrie. Bc somehow even if I didn’t follow 1D blogs he was all over my dash, and I tried to resist it, I didn’t want to stan the guy… I was in my mid 20’s way over boybands… it feel silly to be so taken by a 20 year old guy.

So… while I was in denial I was still watching interviews and following along Harrie content on tumblr and on a few they mentioned Taylor. And that’s how I was introduced to Haylor… and the Pandora Box was opened.

And then there was Style. An amazing pop song on it’s own. But also a song about Harry Styles and how it ain’t the easiest to let the guy go… and it sounds over the top but I never had quite the thrill as singing that song when you’re in the process of falling for a certain artist. It made me feel happy, silly and young. It was in ways like falling in love but without the risk of getting your heartbroken. And Taylor gave me the soundtrack for it, and I don’t think I would have become a Harrie in the way I did if it wasn’t for Style.

Style isn’t the only Harry song in 1989, and in the process of getting through those, of seeing Harry through Taylor’s eyes I got to know her too, and she was amazing. Her lyrics were something else (the amount of love i also have for You’re in love… is insane). And so along with a Harrie, a lowkey swiftie was born. (Nowadays while I still would say i’m more of a Harrie than a swiftie, I love Taylor, I feel for her and if I could I would love to tell her I’m going to be forever grateful for Folklore in particular those two songs that feel like she wrote them just for me)

I went from checking tumblr on my free time to endless scrolling between two fandoms, both of which where also touring which meant really fun times here, (and crazy ones too) and if it came with a lot of discourse, fandom fighting, (and getting to know Taylor in a very particular point of her life) also i the moment, those were really happy times. (Yes, even when Harry was clearly 💔 at the 2015 BBMA) I really loved being here for all of it.

2015 was the year that brought me to the two artists that would be a huge source of comfort for the years to come. I often refer to 2015 as my last happy year, in reality it’s just that it was the last time I felt young and carefree and the world didn’t seem as overwhelming. It also gave me friends here that while I don’t talk much to them nowadays they were there for me when life got my heart broken, and to this day I still remember the wise things they told me. I will always remember that year with a fondness and smile, bc nothing has ever been as so naively happy since.

So I’m really excited to revisit and album that was a huge part of that time in my life. It will also remind me of Haylor, I just can’t separe it from that album and in truth I love that. Since 1989 the glimpses we get of Haylor are like Harry said once the most amazing unspoken dialogue ever. Theirs is quite the tale.

So 1989 TV for me is a really special time, that will never be not haylor related, and i’ll be in that headspace for a while. Yes, i know the album is about her, and reclaiming it for her, not about a relationship. But as Taylor herself would say, these songs are also about us, and I want to remember the why and how I came to love her so.

#taylor swift #harry styles #1989 tv #haylor

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candyredmusings · 1 year

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“Another One Of Those ‘Things My Discord Said’ Sentence Starters.

Things taken from DMs and a few group chats from Discord. CW: NSFT Change / Edit as necessary !

i am literally tom cruise

cum is cool.

[NAME] is fucked up cus he is straight man

[NAME] show me your fuckin tits

[NAME], you better not be standing catatonic in your room wearing your handmade jigsaw robe again.

its like they creampied me but instead of cum it was new music

like what about my pussy-area makes u think sea cucumber

the mind is weak. but the body is funky

so im reading that fanfic where 1d like, buys your soul or whatever and im shook

well tom servo is a sex god

and then i freaked it

FUCK YOU APPLE JACK FUCK

ILL SLURP WITH YOU

LEMME SHOW U DICK

ITS A SIDE QUEST YOU SILLY BITCH

I’m a zombie the law can’t stop me

LEAVE YOUR GOLDEN UNCRUSTABLES OUT OF MY HOME I WILL NOT FALL VICTIM TO THY TRICKERY

you, telling me to ignore a twink with side swept brown hair? foolish.

Hes so hot i briefly started texting like a straight person

and because I’m god and I’ve decided that. No. In fact. I’m not done.

MY DUMB BOTTOM BRAIN FOLLOWS COMMANDS TOO WELL

[NAME], I know you love bloopy reggae jams. Now is not the time

OH THATS WHAT I THOUGHT YOUD SAY YOU STUPID ACCIDENTAL HIMBO DEMON

man i rlly am attracted to paul mccartney.

its not that kennedy was gay af sleeping w jackies fat ass out, he just has a better one-

jealous of my massive honkeers

YOU BRAINCELLED BITCH

this forced open my third eye and i saw the devil--

oh me seeming romantically interested in u is making u uncomfortable?? noted

the only pussy this party city shake out wig looking mother fucker is getting

[NAME] expose your teeth right fucking now

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF OLD MAN FUCKING, WEVE GOT YOU BEAT

What if we kissed while one of us got called racist and we are both boys

i just jacked it to minecraft piss porn

I will pop a huge tentacle boner

i hate females fr fr

we left u to die to play minecraft

IM GONNA FRICKLE-FRACK YOUR WIFE

CAN I KARATE CHOP IT LIKE IN SPONGEBOB

DWIGHT FROM THE OFFICE IS NOT MY SKRUNKLY

she would never ever take away one of these stupid fucking hats

My brother in Christ you’re being haunted

i want to wring you like a wet towel and slap u against a wall

Yeah you'll come to learn I just have a thing for milk

Piss ur pants harder pls I wanna watch

I'm gonna corn on the kill myself

good morning to parappa and his stans. everyone else..... hi ig

lol look at this clown with no slurs

God has abandoned his children but unfortunately for you I pay child support and I will smite thee.

this is how I reveal myself to be homophobic

I have no sluts

idk what it is abt it but boba makes me become like an actual whore

im homophobic suddenly

he was like ‘You're so big”.... and i just started crying

anyones penis can be hard hes not special

for the love of god please help me

i can talk about piss for hours

im sorry i havent recognized mickey mouse clubhouse ost as the cultural landmark that it is

I ASKED IF WE WOULD RP AFTER FUCKING BIBLE STUDY OR WHATEVER

the benefits of being a yandere is that i dont have to forgive OR forget and I am a living breathing PVP zone so Fuck with me white boy.

When toxic by ashnikko comes on I enter the gaslight gatekeep phases of my girlbosshood

im like a child in line for the newest fucked up disney ride

[NAME] is just all fucking Sorts of fucked up

im clownfaking

why are we here? to suffer? every other day i get messages from a whore

always thinking abt when my friend called me a "white boy whore"

you gotta PUMP the errand girl with cocaine

im beyond shame bc i love all cock try again

people have fetishes.

They really do crucify anyone these days huh

u may have never hungered for cock but you have hungered for a sub sandwich and honestly? theyre basically the same thing-

hi im drawing hentai

[NAME] idk why but that really. makes me want to stab you

“Don't have sex FOMO, [NAME], no! “

“TRY AND NUKE THIS, BITCH.”

“There's a group of golden skeletons behind you hitting the griddy “

“GRANDPA’S ASHES SUCKED MY COCK AND TOOK ME TO ARBYS.”

“You’re lanky with no gender and silly goofy with the rizz it works.”

“You can’t just tell me I could be a Tumblr sexy man to my face at 4:30 PM.”

"I have strong opinions about the soviet union"

“CALL THAT PUSSY THE MATRIX CAUSE IM IN THIS BITCH AND I CANT GET OUT “

“dont cry. 8000 types of reptiles on the planet, okay?”

[NAME] lives his life like he’s an RPG character but picks only the rude dialogue options.”

“I need to beat off to this before God destroys California.”

"No amount of pussy could get me on a rollercoaster with three loops"

"I love your senior citizen pussy"

"Gerber is pretty reliable .. I mean .. The Gerber baby didn't die .... did it?"

“you are white i assume”

"I hate you terrorist, and you may quote me on that"

"I love watching you play minecraft. It's like watching a baby fawn."

"I've never seen old men who fuck harder."

"i don't need him to KILL i need him to FUCK ME"

"well maybe if you just dicked down your wife she wouldn't have gone on a murderous slut rampage"

"why cant these BIG titty bimbos stop HANGING around me"

#txt #rp meme #rp memes #roleplay memes #roleplay prompts #sentence starters #ask prompts #inbox memes #inbox prompts #dj khaled voice: anotha one #candyredtext

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So, my brother's fiance was a huge 1D fan back in the day, and was excited when I started to listen to them. However, I quickly became a solo Louis stan (who hardly ever listens to 1d anymore), and her favorite has always been Niall. She is a big Harry fan too, of course. I couldn't really care less who she likes from the band, but we kind of bonded over the 1d stuff for a while. We actually have a great relationship, but something that has always bothered me is that she tried really hard to get us tickets to see Harry at MSG (ultimately they were too expensive-- imagine that), and offered to take me to a Niall concert this year (I'm hoping she forgets about that), but she got SO WEIRD when Louis was touring last year. I was going to see him four times, and I didn't even offer for her to come with me once because she gets so weird about Louis. Like I am telling you she would rather die than be caught at a louis concert. I just hate that she assumes that I would automatically be thrilled to see harry and niall, but she is utterly repulsed by my fav. In general she is one of those people who likes the most basic shit (guess who's also a swiftie), and cannot fathom anyone liking something that isn't the most watered down mainstream bullshit-- "numbers don't lie." I don't give a shit about numbers, Louis' music has soul, and has lyrics and sentiments that I can personally relate to. It's REAL.

p.s. sorry for putting this in your inbox, but I can't really talk to anyone in my family about this without them thinking I hate her, when really this is the only thing about her that pisses me off.

Hi!

I have real life acquaintances who like Harry (or whose kids like him) to the extent of knitting his sweaters and researching his tattoos. They have no interest in Louis. So I shut up when I’m around them because peace is more important. Yes, they’re basic teens with bad taste in other things, but that’s not my problem.

(However, I do judge people for bad taste, and I realize I don’t endear myself to many people. But that’s ok too.)

In the end, we all see who we want to see, and perhaps it’s better to decline events when you won’t have fun.

Life is short, really. Do what you love. Even if you are an audience of one, at least you found your person.

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Hi Gina, I’ve read where some blogs have said that Zayn had a huge crush on Louis all through 1D days. Since you were around back then, do you think this is true? Ok to answer in tags if you don’t want to post this!

I think everyone had a bit of a crush on Louis in the early days. I think Louis and Zayn became close friends pretty quickly, and Harry seemed a bit jealous (although he seemed jealous of literally everyone back then). But I don’t know that I’d characterize Zayn as having “a big crush”. I mean, go ask Ziam stans and they’ll say he had a big crush on Liam at the same time.

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I think Louis being asked repetitive questions is because he's boring, but also because these 5 - 10 minute interviews with some tedious but perky radio person are boring. They're so often used by all artists' PR to say the same rehearsed stuff and if you ask me (which you didn't!) it's to stop the artists themselves giving away too much about their lives. Stan culture is so toxic that the minute they go off script, there's potential for damage. Everything is so tightly controlled. I think for Louis, he or his people understand that and in the absence of anything to say about music or performance - because he can do neither well - there's just not a lot else he could ever talk about. His son, occasionally, but of course that's going to happen even less as Freddie gets older, for privacy reasons if nothing else.

It's really interesting when you watch interviews with artists who don't have hugely toxic fandoms: they get asked a different style of question and they often don't seem to mind talking about themselves more (which is interesting for a fan) and telling anecdotes about their friends or family - not sure any of the 1D men could do that without it being a whole episode in those people's lives.

If you look at Zayn, Louis and Liam lately, they're banging the 'authenticity' drum. Everyone knows that in Louis and Liam's case their songs are heavily, heavily 'helped' by their writers - neither of them is doing any heavy lifting. I don't know Zayn's process but he is on the 'authentic, raw, really be myself' train right now. Harry does the same to a degree, a little less each album release, but he started his solo career that way. It's safe, it doesn't give the toxic fandom more detail than the artist wants them to have. (Like who are the songs about?)

Harry *also* does Howard Stern interviews where he is a lot more open, but it's a big risk for him. It's only the fact that he actually gives a lot to his writing and performance that makes it work: Howard Stern is a bona fide music lover so he asks credible questions (with a few shitty ones thrown in). Can you imagine Louis on something like that? Being asked not even in-depth questions about his music? Having to talk solidly and knowledgeably about how his songs were written and recorded? Impossible. He's never going to have an interesting interview until it's time to give away 1D's secrets because he literally has nothing else!

Louis does go completely off script though, with disastrous consequences - like when he was on James Corden and laughed about what fun it was to torture his employees. If he genuinely cared about what his fans thought, he'd never mention Freddie. He just has a very limited range of interests and activities he can talk about.

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Idk about Zayn but with Liam and Niall I feel like if they were closeted once during 1D, there’s imo no reason to not comeout - they are not in the same situation as HL when one’s S*ny’s golden goose and the other has bbg on his back to be protected from relationship rumours. And I guess none of them has H’s artificial semi-god of s*x image//womanizerTM where harries are yelling Daddy! on him and living in their wet dream fanfasies. Maybe I haven’t noticed it but feel like both fans for Niall and Liam are there for their music and show not for their het fantasies. But of course, Liam has his stunt and Niall…idk about if his relationship is real or if it’s a beard but still, they can easily end it and be officiallly single just like Louis is for whole year already (and how funny there’s zero rumours about him and some rumoured new gf, he’s perfectly fine).

If Niall is queercoding and he’s indeed queer, I take it as him testing the waters for potentional CO. Good for him and I will ship him with whatever man how much I love gays and I’m sick of heteronormativity.

Hi, anon!

I haven't really though about it much, but remember after 1D they were left to fend for themselves. Zayn had abandoned ship and did well, but Liam and Niall had to find a new label and contract. If they are queer and wanted out they would have had a much more difficult time getting signed and invested in by a label. They probably also didn’t know which of the 1D stans that would stan them as solo artists, buy their album and attend their tour. Both Liam and Niall are very straight passing and did hardly any queercoding while in the band. Would Liam and Niall's fans support them if they came out as queer right when lauching a solo career? Idk it's risky. With Louis it would have been fine, because he's got such a huge larrie fanbase and people who knows he's gay. But Niall and Liam coming out would have been a shock to all, even us larries. There would have to be a seeding period i think to get us used to the idea. (Maybe that's what Niall is doing now).

Both Liam and Niall have struggled with fan support and engagement their whole career. While their streams are better than Louis' the tickets sold to tour and the interest in them by the gp isn't great. So maybe they can come out but doesn’t feel like they want to chance it now that they're both performing better. Or they're still under the same restrictive image clause as H and L are back from the 1D days, because Sony wants a 1D reunion and wants to protect their future earnings. They are on a hiatus remember. We don’t know. Maybe they're straight.

If they're queer and want to finally show us and hint to us that they are, they need to step it up. Make it even more explicit. Give me queer lyrics and crank up the queercoding. And ditch the gfs if they're beards. I'm sick of heteronormativity too, but i need more convincing.

#niall #solo niall #liam #queercoding #boyband politics #contracts

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frank1328 · 10 months

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Hello,

I’m here because Twitter is not working, so I’m trying to find friends.

I’m Frank, 15, from Canada.

I’m a huge swiftie and directioner.

I love music and apart Taylor and 1D, I Stan the solos, Gracie Abrams, Maisie Peters, Ashe, 5SOS, Conan Gray, Olivia Rodrigo, Sunroom, Tate McRae and many more artist.

I love reading and talking!

I am going to Louis’ show in New York if anyone else is going!

#taylor swift #swfitie #one diection #twitter #gracie abrams #eras tour #louis tomlinson #harry styles #booklover #niall horan #zayn mailk #liam payne

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arionawrites · 6 months

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🎸

no filters. no hiding. all of my liked songs (of which i currently have 2,237. used to be over 4k but i’ve been trying to be normal) on shuffle. no judging me!!!

1. saturn — sleeping at last

i’m pretty sure 90% of mentally ill people have this song saved tbh

2. teeth — 5 seconds of summer

okay i was a 1d stan but somehow never really became a huge 5sos fan? but i do really like some of their songs and this is one that itches my brain just right

3. hit the road jack — ray charles

do i even need to explain??? 100000/10. a classic bop.

4. floorboards — noah henderson

i actually don’t remember saving this or ever hearing it before but listening to it now that it’s come up on shuffle i ??? wow??? okay. wow. yeah. glad i saved this.

5. e-girls are ruining my life — corpse, ga$p

look. shut the fuck up. shut up. 2020 was insane. i held onto anything i could possibly enjoy. this song is very fun to sing along to at full volume after working 12 hours and actively resisting the urge to drive into the ocean. i don’t really listen to it anymore unless it happens to come up on shuffle. shut up.

for every 🎸 i receive, i’ll make a playlist of 5+ songs from my music on shuffle!

#arianswers

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sizzlingpatrolfox · 5 months

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after the first military announcement for maknae line + nj, i started distancing myself from jm and began to get into another group i used to stan (bc i am weak willed lmao i just always need something to obsess over but admittedly this has helped with softening the blow of jimin leaving, i feel like if he was the only person i stanned rn it would have hurt a lot more) but now i just feel so exhausted bc im noticing some of the same problems within this other fandom that also exist with armys, and ofc that's something to do with shippers lol.

there's this member who i bias in this bg who gets basically almost the same exact treatment as jimin gets from taekookers all because he supposedly threatens the status of the group's most popular ship; he gets accused of being an attention seeker, a bed hopper, of trying to insert himself into the ship, he gets slutshamed and treated like the other woman etc.

ofc this all isn't as big of a thing as it is with jm + taekook simply bc bts' fandom is so so much bigger and bc for the other boygroup, those comments are harder to see if you only speak english (their western fanbase isn't as big as their asian one). despite that, it's just sad to see. i didn't realise how much all the hate towards jimin affected me until i returned to stanning this other group and seeing that same kind of hate being thrown against another person that i love. idrk what the point of this ask is tbh sorry im just tired 😭 stanning these kpop boys shouldn't be this hard lmao

Yeah, but it's true... everyone's the same in all fandoms. There is a certain behavioral pattern in people who are part of fandoms, I mean the ones that are really really involved; and even more so with shippers.

The only other group that I ever liked was one direction, and though my time as a fan was short (like two years), all those things happened as well with larry and their girlfriends. The hate, the conspiracy theories, the "they're sending signals". It was all there.

The difference tho, was that everybody liked larry. It wasn't like the fandom itself hated one of them. It's ironic that BTS are closer friends all with each other than 1Dever was, yet in the 1D fandom there weren't people who hated another member. And the few that existed, they kept quiet mostly, it wasn't a huge thing and they didn't run hate/defamation campaigns against the member they didn't like.

The stans of different members only started fighting each other once they went solo.

Then, last year during November 2022 - January 2023 I watched Big Brother (Argentina) for the first time in my life, and there were a few ships (both straight and gay) that the public liked. The guys from the gay ship both had girlfriends inside the house, like they had sex with them and everything. And I kept seeing the same discourses I see in the fandom lmao. It really was a surreal experience to see people saying the same things the say about celebrities ships, but about real people this time.

I mean, people (shippers) getting angry at their girlfriends, and some even turned to "solo stans" (not with those words) because they thought A was hurting B, so they stopped supporting B. I'm not kidding.

It was even more surreal that the same thing was happening in Big Brother Italy, literally at the same time. They also had two male friends who like, flirted with each other and had a strong friendship and they even kissed too. Though in Italy one of them was actually a gay man out of the closet, and the other had a girlfriend.

It also kind of desensitized me a lot to jikook or BTS ships in general and the skinship. And it also made me realize that there's only so far "cultural lenses" go.. because millions of people were watching the same show everyday, but it was only a few thousands who were like "these two guys are totally gay and in love with each other".

Mind you, they even kissed each other on the mouth and yet nobody (except the shippers) were calling them a couple or saying that it was serious. More than anything because they both already had girlfriends inside of the house.

Well, and this year's season just started this week and I've watched a couple of hours but I'm still not hooked. I'll probably keep watching though because it was really distracting last year, so that'll be my drug of choice lol. There really isn't any other group I like, so I'll settle for watching movies and tv shows and maybe reading.

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