“All good art is political!” —Toni Morrison, from “The Spirit and the Strength: A Profile of Toni Morrison” by Kevin Nance, Nov/Dec 2008 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine
people gotta learn the difference between gym rat (changbin) guy who has to keep moving or he’ll die (lino) and guy who just wants to look sexy even though he hates moving so he goes to the gym but at what cost (han)
every time i remember that the first time they met lino thought han was intimidating bc han glared at him but then it turns out han was glaring bc he had never seen anyone as handsome as lino i need to take to my fainting couch
every time someone gets weird about people over [arbitrary age] being on kpop stan twt or something it inevitably boils down to misogyny and expectations of (inevitably cis, inevitably straight) women giving things up for “family”
this is why their contract renegotiation was so important and groundbreaking!!! also when you have 13 guys in a group you basically CAN unionize…….. and good for them!!!!!!
that’s so interesting scoups said that the members have a clause in their contract that they can decline schedules and that schedules can only be done with their consent so i need yall to keep that in mind going into the new year.
guy who only does upper body exercises because he doesn’t want to look like a bobblehead but he doesn’t have shoulders naturally so he has to work out every day or he reverts back to his natural twink state
authors really sleep so much on the fact that mnho is just some guy who happens to be really good looking and also really good at dance. he doesn't take care of his skin or nails he wears athleisure every day he doesn't bother hiding his dark circles unless the stylists do it
i know we have at least three stories about jisung spontaneously bursting into tears when binchan just look at him wrong, combine that with him and hyunjin crying in the bathroom together after their stupid baby fight... i need a compilation tbh
haunted by jsng not realizing all the things mnho does to cater to his needs (watching horror movies, not eating spicy food) bc when jsng does things (going to namsan tower, trying new cafes/restaurants) he TELLS EVERYONE bc he likes to brag/complain
every time i see fic where people write mnho as this like. slinky sexy effeminate confident gay i just picture it happening while he’s in two hoodies instead of wearing a winter coat bc he’s a jock loser and it’s 10x funnier
carats: i can’t believe jeongcheol are both injured this is horrible the stage is so empty without them
scoups: FINALLY I HAVE A FRIEND TO HANG OUT WITH WHENEVER I AM LONELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the way so much of fandom doesn't pick up on how evil and mischievous chn is is SOOOO FUNNY to me, he loves lying and teasing fans just as much as mnho but so many people think he's sweet and innocent skjdnfksdfg
why isn’t there more “we were cuddling and accidentally popped a boner” fic in the skiz tag… like there is def some but not as much as there could be given how much they all cuddle
do you guys have extremely harmless AU/trope/fic concepts that just don’t ever click for you? like not for any particular reason, they could be super innocent and just don’t work
like, no joke EVERY TIME if you wait long enough this is what they reveal and i’m like … aside from anything straight cis women don’t deserve to be relegated to moms only when they turn 25 or whatever. second of all i’m a lesbian.
i'm obsessed w the progression from his first lino log (full on actual accessories to go fishing with his friends) vs the most recent (gremlin mode alone in his tent), he has stopped caring so much and it's SO great
i think a lot about flx talking about kissing (romantic kiseu not platonic ppoppo) the members and how chn looked up at the screen vs mnho looking over at chn like "HELP!?!?!?!" in <3kr
mentioned to niru how jsng basically admitted he was a huge virgin when he was like "flx kissing my back was the most intimate thing anyone has ever done to me!!!!!!" and it's just. so funny. like why did he admit that on camera
thinking about the way jsng flirts on stage/camera (over the top dramatic confessions of love) vs the small quiet ways he shows his affection for people offstage (going to cafes w mnho, cuddling w flx when he needs skinship, showering jngin with random clothes)
there’s absolutely a mnsng fic idea in the way jsng gets clingy kissy cuddly on camera with sooooo many other boys in the group (flx, jngn, hhj, scb…) but usually waits for mnho to initiate skinship
this whole sequence makes me lose it every time 1) the casual jagi 2) everyone noticing except hynjn 2) no one calling it out until jsng digs his own grave 3) no one getting the skit back on track 4) leaving it in the ep 5) CHANGING THE SCRIPTED ENDING
thinking about this bc it keeps getting likes and i do need new fans to look up the gdragon/TOP secret garden parody where they kissed on the mouth on television. learn your roots… don’t forget the sacred fanservice texts…
you just have to wait for these people to show their true colors and then it’s like ohhhhh i see you’re a little conservative tradwife believer even if you claim you’re progressive. it’s soooooo cool how so many zoomers have circled back around to being reactionary like this
fic where the dating ban is lifted and the group expect mnsng to get their shit together and chnlx to be useless pining forever but it's the opposite and they have to live with mnsng being gross and NOT fucking for like another year
doyoung is like. insanely good looking in person in a way that photos and video do not capture???? his bone structure is SO GOOD he has the seungmin problem where he is significantly more handsome in person
this whole thread was me making fun of han pls 😭 i was referencing the recent chansung 2kr where he talked about working out to get shoulders bc he has none naturally and also the fact that he only does upper body workouts when he gets peer pressured into going to the gym LOL
it's one of my favorite things about him tbh because he clearly was worried about being perceived as an idol and projecting the right image and now he clearly has more control over even his stage looks (no heavy earrings while dancing, much less heavy makeup for skiz content)
he had very minimal/natural makeup and no earrings for the entirety of their tour (i've talked about this in the past) and i'm always SOOOO FASCINATED by how he has been allowed to present himself to fans within the group vs how they style him on mucore, for example
i cannot deal w people getting mad scb is doing a lot of tiktok challenges and no one else is and then being mad at div 1 like guys he is literally just having fun with his friends this isn’t planned promo it’s LITERALLY JUST HIM HAVING FUN W HIS FRIENDS
i have been trying so hard not to be an insane person about mnsng date and bubble notes and jsng singing a bunch of love songs and also their solo songs but every other insane tweet i see about it makes me worse
hey do you think mnsng had a nice time during their hotel pool date idk if they had a nice time maybe if they talked about it for a sixth time i’d get the hint
i want to be like wow i cant believe chan and felix immediately went on an ice cream date in australia despite being together 24/7 already but unfortunately this is exactly what i would expect from them at this point
mine is mermaids, for some reason i just can’t handle merpeople fic. it is just a step beyond for me. i can SOMETIMES read selkie fics but even that’s character dependent. this only applies to fics though like i could probably read a mermaid romance novel and be fine 😂
i just love mnsng fic concepts where for plot reasons mnho holds back bc he’s scared/nervous bc he’s so clearly a person who pursues what he wants with laser focus so for him to be unsettled and unsure and hesitate……. it’s so good
i try to balance out my shippy tweets with non-shippy tweets bc sometimes you really gotta take your shipping goggles off and just enjoy how much these guys enjoy being around each other bc they are best friends/family... sometimes skiz just like spending time w each other...