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kkyujikoo · 3 years

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These are my... 2...? Maybe 50, cents about the whole "freejk" thing. I'm gonna be extremely petty and at some points a whole lot sarcastic and it's gonna be long but I had to say it. As soon as I get my computer I'm gonna make it under read more, but the app does whatever it wants, as we know.

Listen, this ain't my first fan rodeo, and not even the first fan rodeo where I've been directly or indirectly accused of being some sort of pervert or delulu. I've been in fandom spaces since I was a teen, I was shipping mlm couples when queerbaiting in TV shows was still something that was seen as the norm rather than some cheap disgusting trick. I was there when fanfic spaces saw "slash" fics as something "different" and to be tagged with a more mature rating even when they just looked at each other.

I was in BBC's Sherlock's fandom and I shipped Johnlock during the hiatus between S3 and S4, at this point I'm not even feeling it when people call me delulu or a weirdo.

So, yeah, take this with a grain of salt: as a person who has seen thousands of times fandom drama unfolding and has lived too much of it... This whole situation is so ridiculous it makes me laugh. Like, yeah, it's maddening how people will blame anyone and everyone because they don't even see their own bias and homophobia, granted, but like... It also makes me laugh for the sheer dumbassery of the reasoning behind it all?

Like... Y'all are getting mad and for what? Because it sure as hell isn't the invasion of privacy, since y'all are watching the same content we're all watching and you're paying to see it the same way everyone else is. If you don't want to "invade their privacy", you should just... Stop watching content that isn't their music videos, RUN episodes or interviews. Memories and any kind of dvd/video that shows what they're doing behind the scenes shouldn't be part of their job as musicians, and therefore we're intruding in their privacy... Or aren't we?

Or maybe it's more nuanced than that: maybe the content they release on dvd/on their official channels is part of their job as entertainers, and it's been approved, and it's a small window THEY are granting us.

You know what's the REAL invasion of privacy and what REALLY invalidates someone autonomy? When you, who maybe aren't even paying to see that content (which is something I understand, like, dude, I'm not covered in money either), DEMAND what kind of behind the scenes content you want when I swear ABSOLUTELY NO ONE has asked you. Once again: you don't like it? You think it's some huge invasion of privacy? Don't buy it. Don't interact with it. Convince your friends to do the same. For all I care, just go and petition to boycott this kind of content. I know you won't do it, because... That's the thing, isn't it? It's not the invasion of privacy that bothers these people.

Y'all aren't mad because we get into their business or else you would have gotten real mad when we were privy to REAL private moments like people crying their hearts out.

No, no. Y'all are mad because it's "shipping content" and "fanservice" which apparently bothers you because it lacks authenticity.

Pick a side, lovelies: either you DON'T want to invade their privacy, and thus all the content they release should be focused on what fans want to see, or you WANT to know how they interact TRULY in private.

And here's the catch: "shipping content" can be anything. Shipping existed WAAAAAYYY before the word for it was invented, same way with fanfictions. Shipping means, literally, "seeing two (or more) people interact and thinking they would make a good romantic pair". That's it. That's quite literally it. Everything else is just some nuance of the concept of shipping, but at its core, it's nearly impossible to ban all shipping content when it's a group of seven people, because they should for real go in social distancing mode to do so. Most people who have parasocial relationships tend to have "ships" whether they know it or not, because we've all, at least once, looked at a dynamic from the outside and thought "oh man they look cute together". So, even if, o dear ones, your wishes were granted... What the hell do you mean by "shipping" content? Should they just film solo clips, avoiding talking about the other members? But wouldn't that be fanservice, since it's focused on pleasing the fans? (Which, ultimately, is what fanservice MEANS, and I hate to break it to y'all but the whole concept behind entertainment and thus all the content BTS releases it's... For the fans. Like, they're not going out of their way to just meet our expectations but they're certainly doing fanservice by the mere act of releasing bonus content.)

But it's not even quite that, is it? Because no one bats an eye if it's Tae kissing Nj's cheek. I've seen no hashtag against everyone - and I mean literally every one of them - wolf whistling at Nj. It's okay to show intimacy... Because they're bandmates and it's okay to be close to someone who you see basically 24/7, I hear you. And it's also okay when people see that and gush over that closeness, because it's such a nice thing to see.

Soooooo... We've got to free JK from whom exactly? From what?

Are y'all mad cause people pointed out there's very little way a bruise that stayed for a whole ass night could be a quick bite? Because that doesn't harm jk, at most makes fun of him and jimin and their poor excuses (seriously, guys, next time consider using mosquitoes or "I was doing stuff". It'll be equally embarrassing but at least the meme will be funny), and it's literally... A fair observation. Like. It's a hickey, people are gonna make jokes about seeing a hickey and poor excuses of covering it up in the exact same way they're gonna make jokes over jimin falling out of chairs. And yeah, a hickey is AT LEAST something that happens in a sensual context. Like, I could understand "people who are extremely familiar with each other will have different body language/touch in areas where usually you wouldn't see friends touching each other", but that's not. Not a hand on the thigh. It's a hickey on the neck. I don't even know a more stereotypical placing for a hickey. But once again, are y'all mad because someone is pointing it out? Because that's not being delulu or even being a shipper, really, it's just commenting on something that was approved to be shown and discussed in something that was released BY THEM.

Are y'all mad at hybe for showing something that literally fell onto their hands? Cause like, unless someone (I'm counting on Jimin, since as we know Jungkook was busy spinning him round and round and had both his hands busy) called at hybe headquarters to say "yo bang pd substitute, is it okay if I give my friend jk here a hickey? Cause he's being really annoying rn and he has to pay", I highly doubt anyone expected Jungkook to come to rehearsal all neatly marked up. Or idk, maybe someone at hybe asked them "we need Jungkook to come in with a hickey but refuse to say it's a hickey, so that fans will feel reeeeally served." That sounds perfectly plausible too. Or a good marketing strategy.

Now, if you're a big company and your objective is to have some footage of the rehearsals for a concert, and the fandom is too good at noticing stuff for their own good, and one of your artists comes in with a very visible mark, and he and his bff bropal4lyfe come n with a story about how they were playing and a bite happened, you've got three choices: 1. Cut the artist out of aaaaalll the footage. Someone would have noticed the "bite mark" anyway, you best believe that. If you don't want anyone to notice it, you gotta cut him in most of the footage where it's visible. 2. Keep the hickey, discard the explanations. You could do that, but also it would feel a lot more unfaithful to everyone involved. Also they clearly worked their ass off to invent an explanation, come on! They truly tried to do their best inventing something that was not "it's a mosquito bite", they should get some credit! 3. Keep the bite, keep the explanation.

Notice how none of these solutions include the biting never happening because... They couldn't prevent it? The only thing they have any control over is how they're framing each "accident". And that's not an easy job.

I applaud you, people on the editing team.

So... On whom should we cast the blame now? Ah, yes, I think it's finally time for the ultimate scapegoat of this fandom: Jimin. Which is funny, cause... You know... If this were really about privacy, or being "victims" of shipping... This should be about freeing him too, you know? But obviously Jimin does it for attention, while Jungkook, poor angel that he is, doesn't even know what shipping is.

Furthermore, don't we all know how much Jimin imposes himself in Jungkook's life? To the point where he, multimillionaire man feels compelled to share a car with Jimin even if they're both late in the process. And can't you see how uncomfortable he is, draping himself over Jimin, making Jimin drap himself over him?

Oh lordy, truly such an awful eight years Jungkook spent, choosing to have vacations with someone who made him uncomfortable, spending free time with him, even having to suck his ear in public to the point you can see his saliva just because Jimin was sad :( truly an all-around bad time for Jungkook, as evidenced by alllll those times when he said Jimin was pretty, cute, and all-around knowing every little thing about Jimin. I absolutely concur, the dude would be so much more happy if jimin was not in his life.

Did that sound weird and absolutely ridiculous and a really absurd joke? Because that's what y'all sound like to me. Like. Jungkook is out there living his best life, getting hickeys and showered in affection and y'all paint him as a fucking martyr??? I'm sure he's really truly desperate that Jimin holds him in such high regards 😭😭😭 I can see him suffering whenever he starts doing his own serendipity rendition 😭😭 and when he claimed you are me, I am you as his and Jimin's only 😭😭😭 I cannot believe this poor baby 😭😭😭

I've reached a point where every time I hear this stuff I laugh because the levels of twisting reality when it comes to jikook are extraordinary, Jungkook will have a literally blissed out face and people will cry in outrage.

But coming back to my point: let's pretend you're not mad at Jimin and the possibility that jikook are dating: are y'all mad... At the hickey? Because at this point it seems like the only feasible solution. And if you are, do not worry: I'm sure Jungkook's skin was throughly healed by his boo. A kiss soothes even the worst pain, doesn't it?

#jikook #that freejk dumbassery

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certifiedceraunophile · 4 years

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KLAROLINE FALL BINGO PREVIEW.

@eliliyah @klarolinefallbingo

Prompt: Dias De Muertos

Honestly the relevancy of the prompt comes far to late in the story but it’s there, kinda. But hey it’s there.

MASQUERADES

(CinemaAU)

Sometimes all she needed was to take a breather. A single moment. One pause.

Breathe in.

To collect her thoughts and emotions. To steady her bearings.

To state in a repetitive loop all the reasons why punching one Niklaus Mikaelson in the balls would be a marginally bad idea.

And breathe out.

Forgive her, but The man was infuriating. Okay?

And unashamedly so. Not a whit of genuine compunction behind that facade of ‘Inescapable Charisma and Unadulterated Allure.’

Definitely not her words.

Nope. No sir.

These were the words of a certain Greta Martin, editor-in-chief for the first October issue of People Magazine.

With one Mega-frustrating arrogant blonde blue-eyed dimpled asshat demon going by the name Klaus slapped to the front of said issue.

And Nope if anyone asks,

No, she did not literally just shred -In a shredding machine no less, because efficiency, thank you very much- the first copy of the magazine she bought, after reading the beginning eight lines on his exclusive, recounting what a ‘delightfully satisfying and marvellous experience the entire three months of shooting turned out to be.’

Ok one Black-hole sized pause right there please.

Thank you.

A single beat.

And....

The Absolute Fuck?!

She’s sorry. Marvellous experience?

Excuse her, but say what?

Breathe in. Breathe out.

Beg pardon but What?

Excuse her.

But Marvellous experience, as in, aggressive quotation marks scratching the air “Marvellous experience” is NOT how she remembers it.

The slap in the face obvious discrepancy to both their stories is definitely not blind to her.

He called 84 re-takes that lasted four whole hours for one eight minute long single-shot single-angle scene, Marvellous.

He called having ice-cold Whiteclaw thrown square on his face by a Absolutely-done-with-wild-gust-of-agitated-Blonde-Fury on the eighth day of set, Marvellous.

He called having two separate make-up artists downright quit after being unable to touch up her makeup every thirteen seconds because she ran her hand down her face in unbridled aggravation every time her eyes landed on him, Marvellous.

He called the same experience where, she had to literally rush out of a set, under the ruse of a bathroom break, Twice in the course of three months, so that she can peacefully go through the motions of a rage-fueled emotional meltdown, complete with angry frustrated tears and a relentlessly colourful diatribe, cursing every man in her life who bore even a sliver of resemblance to the stormy-blue-eyed spawn of satan that was her co-actor, Marvellous.

God. How the hell did he possibly think he could get away with this,

How did he think he was going to smooth over the transparent inconsistencies between her interviews and his, without raising at least a few confused questions from bloodthirsty intuitive fans and the Press in general.

Given how her talk-show interviews and magazine exclusives gave the steady image, that

1. Klaus Mikaelson is a dick and a half, with an overgrown ego so ginormous that even the entirety of Tinseltown is ‘plainly restricting of his nonpareil talent in histrionic execution.’

2. Klaus Mikaelson is an arrogant narcissistic asshole that Hast pronounc'd upon his brethren yond this day f'rth that gent shalt with ev'ry smidgen of purpose in his life striveth to be the Unrivalled Bane of Caroline Forbes’ Existence.

3. The process of Creating the undeniable tour de force Masterpiece that was ‘100 years of solitude.’ The newest Christopher Nolan Direction and Production in theatres right now, that already has definite Academy Awards Nomination in the talks, was anything but Marvellous. She admits, It was so so gratifying and made her heart full with a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, that left her giddy with such lighthearted contentment for days, after the phenomenal response it garnered post-premiering, Yes. But that does not capsulate how frustratingly tiresome and emotionally debilitating the entire creation process was. Hell it was downright painful at times.

4. Would she voluntarily take another movie with Klaus Mikaelson as a Co-star alongside her? You can get back to her when the sun starts to rise from the west and the answer would still be a definitive NO.

Now of course she wasn’t this brazen with her claims she knows how to be cute and classy and concise.

But she definitely did not mitigate the truth of her statement, she’s had enough training with her PR department to know what to say and how to say it but she’s sure that nobody had been able to overlook her less than companionable remarks about Klaus.

For example

The Stephen Colbert Show:

Stephen: “So Caroline tell us about the process, the Making of it, how everything fell into place like tiny puzzle pieces to reveal at last this grand, Grand Picture.”

“The process? Well the process was certainly not...pretty...but after every time we finished a scene, however small or inconsequential it may have seemed to the plot, there was this immense sense of ‘there-Done it. And done it well.’ ”

Jimmy Kimmel Live:

“Klaus Mikaelson, well my Co-star is um....eccentric at best.....”

Jimmy: “and at worst?”

“Well..... I guess” -hellish, heinously intolerable, a cruel mean bastard- “....Unyielding...?”

The Ellen Show:

“Well Klaus was a..... demanding partner and it took Herculean efforts to meet his exacting standards, but I can understand how that paid off so well on screen. The end result when I saw it for the first time, it damn well paid off.”

Ellen: “so he is absolved of his admittedly ‘uphill’ personality then?”

She laughs awkwardly,

“Ye-ah....No.”

followed by more laughter dissolving the painstaking grimace she’s trying to tamper down.

Oh and the worst.

The Late Late show with James Cordon:

During the ‘Fill Your Guts or Spill Your Guts’ segment

James: “So....I’m going to give you, let’s see, Ah there, the Bird Saliva.”

Caroline: “James!.... Damn it, you are so not making it into my good books, and....God. That’s just disconcerting I mean, How do they even, I don’t know... collect it?”

James: “Well there’s a whole process of harvesting it from the salivary glands and—“

Caroline: “Never mind! Nope. No need for the details, please, James, a lady’s delicate sensibilities are at stake. And unless the question is ‘what is your social security number?’ I’m not drinking this poison.”

James: “Now Caroline you wound me, I can assure you everything on this table is edible albeit being marginally unpalatable—“

Caroline: “Marginally?!”

James: “You should try the Cow’s tongue. It’s delectable.” Followed by a sagely nod.

Caroline: “Now I’m just intensely bothered. You’ve definitely lost all claim for a spot in my good books.”

James: “Ah well, speaking of staying in your good graces, here’s a question that will have you downing that Saliva in seconds.”

Caroline: “Hit me.”

James: “Well then, ‘Name Any one CO-star with whom you have worked with in the past that you would never volunteer to work with again.’”

Pause.

And the audience descended.

“Like I said, speaking about staying in your good books.”

Amidst the raucous screams, whistles and laughter, it didn’t even bother Caroline, the clarity and speed with which the name

‘Klaus Mikaelson’ flashed in the front of her mind, like a large Neon LED sign from a typical Vegas Nightlife scene.

It took her a total of three seconds to know that she was going to answer with his name because, well just look at that drink in front of her,

Sure if you bend over real low and squint in the right light it may look like a harmless Daiquiri, but a Daiquiri it was not.

No. This was Bird Freaking Saliva,

Come on, you can’t possibly ask her to put that in her goddamn mouth.

Like NO.

Just no.

So sue her for protecting her taste buds that are yet to experience many more exotic flavours and textures of food from all around the world.

But then again she can’t possibly outright just say “Oh that’s easy, Klaus Mikaelson.”

That’s exactly the kinda PR trouble she wants to stay above and definitely didn’t need to be wrung out dry by her Spitfire Mistress-of-Hell Publicist Katherine Pierce for.

(Who also alternates as her BFF, occasionally, mind you.)

So she puts on a good show, dropped her head in her hands, gave a healthy long groan, looked up and gave James her best wounded Puppy Dog eyes, to which he was clearly not immune to, judging by how he looked a touch chagrined, but the game was just as much as beyond his hands as it were hers,

She looked to the audience “You guys are so mean, it’s not even funny.”

And grumbled a bit more till everyone was laughing and pitching forward and back on their seat amused by the poor Blonde’s Dilemma.

So she looked up to the heavens as if to ask for some unknown deity for deliverance and guidance, and poised herself to drink,

Only to put the glass back down in the last second in a begrudgingly weak show of caving in, and blurted out reluctantly,

(She’s a glorious actor, she’s aware.)

“You know what, Nope. He’s just gotta deal with it, okay?.”

Deep breath

Or was it the audience taking a deep breath and holding it in,

“ItsKlausMikaelson,PleaseDontKillMe.”

Pause again.

And the auditorium transcended.

Well,

she handled that, pretty well, if she does say so herself you know.

Apparently Kat Disagrees.

Apparently She Blew It.

She blew it so hard she could’ve knocked down the third little pig’s brick house.

Ironic since she always envisioned Klaus as the Big Bad Wolf who huffs and puffs and just generally blows.

Apparently her little admission was a PR disaster.

And Kat was furious.

The two minute edited clip that encompassed the question, the reluctant grumbling and finally the confession was apparently now a viral video on all social networking platforms.

They were trending on twitter under the hashtag

#KlarolineUnrequitedLoveIsABitch.

But her admission to being generally averted on taking up Klaus as a colleague again was apparently only one half of the video,

The other half....

Well the other other half was Klaus with his personal confession.

God, it wasn’t even a confession,

it was a—a Mockery, yes that’s it, a Mockery,

Of Her, no less

Basically Here’s the run down of the second insidious half of the video,

Klaus sitting in front of Graham Norton, in all their British glory, going live on The Graham Norton Show,

when asked about Caroline Forbes, his “partner” on scene has the audacity to let out this evil little amused huff and say:

“Caroline?” Another amused huff. “Well Caroline, Christ, where do I start? She’s an absolutely glorious presence on set. Her energy....it’s infectious, She hits you like a blonde hurricane of sunshine and snark and you’re just left staring up at the sun thinking, ‘you need to catch up mate, if you want to be half as bright and burning as her.’”

And Caroline thinks maybe this is the feeling of your brain imploding within the confines of the skull.

TBC

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ellewords · 3 years

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(not me reading this back and thinking you could make a drinking game out of this ask because of how many times i say “because” lmaooooo)

i’ve never actually seen wgm but i really love the idea of hinata being on the show, because i feel like he would be so starry-eyed the entire time. literal ✨👄✨ at everything because he’s never thought about what being married would be like and now suddenly he gets to experience it??!!?! he fumbles through all of it, and the fans love him for it because a lot of the other participants seem so smooth and suave, but not with hinata! he blurts his thoughts out as they come, he’s clumsy in situations that would normally require him to be put-together, he makes a huge deal out of every little thing. the first time his partner brought him a bouquet of flowers, hinata literally turns bright red and starts rambling so fast the audio just barely picks it up—

“you didn’t have to but that was really nice of you, i’ll get you something next time, hey, the flowers smell sweet, oh no, that’s actually you, you smell so nice, have you always smelt that way, you should definitely tell me what body spray you use because i might just have to get some of that—“

and the fans eat it up. and so does their partner who absolutely adores him even if hinata doesn’t quite get/see it.

i feel like it would also be hilarious if the partner was someone who isn’t necessarily the biggest (by choice, they don’t want to be in the spotlight all that much) but because of a really big project they have out soon, their team thinks they should get some of that pr. maybe a painter or a sculpture? one that has gotten a lot of attention as of late because their art is a little controversial/suggestive but has somehow managed to keep most of the media on the actual art and not on themself. they come off as really shy and recluse, but the second they get on the show, hinata brings them out of their shell, and that makes the fans like them even more. they love getting to see the artist behind everything and they especially love seeing how their artist brain translates into the real world. and just the idea of hinata being the kind of person who would be able to make even the most introverted person go a little crazy is something i think would be hilarious on reality tv.

anyway, hinata gets a lot smoother as they continue on, and it absolutely floors the fans because he’s so different from when he started. he holds his partner’s hand like it’s nothing, he says super sweet things without missing a beat, he holds eye contact without looking like he’s trying to win some unproclaimed competition. but he doesn’t realize he’s doing it, and the partner is too nervous that he’ll get weird about it to say anything.

by the end of their time on the show, fans can see how deflated the partner is even though they’re really good at hiding it still, and hinata is off too, but he can’t tell why. he is still chipper and all over the place, and the partner is still more open and engaging, but their energy is off. hinata chalks it up to them going to miss the time they shared together, but even that doesn’t feel quite right.

after they leave the show, hinata is super excited to see that the partner has started doing more community stuff (charities where they show up in person, giving art classes to people that donate certain amounts to organizations and projects that they support, going out in public and doing sketches/paintings of people on the street for reference later and recording tiny interviews with them as they do it to make a new documentary of the process or something). he gushes about it all over his social medias and anywhere else he can get someone to listen because they don’t have the time to actually ever meet up with the way their schedules are. he even starts posting behind-the-scenes clips that he had taken (with the permission of the partner) to engage with both parts of their fan bases.

and the partner does the same for hinata. they do a bunch of pieces of the jackals and sells them to get both of their communities involved and supporting them even if they can’t go to the actual games. their instagram is flooded with designs of new projects for them and even more of them of just hinata, all of which have captions that target just hinata (“wow, my ex-husband is so fine 🥵” “that’s your man? mhm! look at him! yeah, that’s mine” and other stupid, cheesy ones that make the fans feral because damn, they really have come out of their shell, huh?!)

the internet loves it, and they love even more that hinata seems to become the person at the beginning of the show all over again, flustered and a mess and tripping over his feet. a new hashtag starts because of it about the two of them being in love still (as a joke) and people upload some of their favorite moments of the pair together. when hinata sees it, he tries to play it off (horribly) but when he finally gets to talk to their partner about it, there’s a calmness in their voice that eases him just a little bit, and suddenly he’s aware of why exactly leaving felt so wrong.

this got a little sidetracked, but i don’t even mind, lololol. also, i definitely need to check out the show after this because i love the fake dating/marriage idea. thanks for putting me on to it! make sure to drink water, have a snack if you haven’t eaten in a bit, and take deep breaths! -🌙

— from elle ! okay but hinata and a painter/artist!partner is literally such an amazing idea to dive into, this now lives in my head and i will continue thinking about it for days on end. i absolutely love everything that you’ve sent aaa i’m actually screaming, i had a difficult time picking which part of your hc to focus on bec so many things popped into my head. but i ended up choosing to kind of pick up where you left off for my little addition (under the cut as usual) tysm for this 🌙 anon ! take care <3

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hinata’s blush grows redder every second he spent staring at his phone, his twitter mentions filled with photos, edits, and even fanmade animations of the two of you. your shipname was trending again, all after you posted a rare photo of yourself in msby merch. you looked cute, that much was evident to hinata. then again, he always thought of you as cute — from the second you walked into set, all shy and nervous, from the minute you left it, your arms wrapped wrapped around his neck. why was he acting like this? filming had ended months ago; he’d grown more confident around you, hadn’t he?

your name flashed across his phone screen, interrupting his train of thought — you were calling him. his heart beat sped up, fingertips immediately moving towards the ‘answer’ button.

“hey shoyo!” you greeted, enthusiasm very much evident in your voice, “did you see the picture i just posted?”

“i did! um...you look great.” he mumbled, unsure if you had heard him, heat continuing to rush towards the apples of his cheeks.

“thanks!” he hears your chuckling from the other end of the line, and a small part of his mind convinces himself that you were somehow teasing him. “you’re coming tomorrow, right?”

“what’s tomorrow?”

“my photo exhibit, silly.”

ah, that. hinata could imagine you shaking your head, biting your lip as you attempt not to burst out into laughter at his cluelessness. the beating of his heart is more rapid now, thinking of how you anticipated his answer, how you wanted him to be there. “i was only kidding, of course i’ll be there.”

“sure,” you replied like you didn’t really believe him, “i’ll see you then.”

—

hinata was the one who convinced you to get into photography. truthfully, you wanted to try and exploring other mediums beside your usual set of paint and pencils.

“maybe i should try taking photos.” you joked, gently nudging his shoulders as the two of you browsed various film cameras. the crew had taken a brief break from filming, but you and hinata still wanted to continue exploring the various antique shops that lined the street.

“go for it!” he replied without missing a single beat, quickly rattling off a list of potential subjects, “you can take photos of plants, or maybe animals, really pretty scenery...it’s not even going to matter because i know you’ll end up taking really amazing photos.”

and when hinata insisted that he pay for the camera you chose, you decide on a subject.

the gallery is empty. well, at least the reception area is.

hinata’s dressed in his finest button-down and slacks, black dress shoes clicking against the white granite tiles. the receptionist directs him to the floor where your exhibition is meant to be held — right at the very top.

his brows furrow, there should be more people here. photographers, critics, fans even. he should’ve been greeted by reporters, by the surely hundreds of people all excited to see your work. you had only grown in popularity since your appearance on wgm, the number of people going to your exhibits only ever increasing. he should know, hinata’s been to every single one over the course of the show’s run. he knew what to expect. and it was certainly not this.

the elevator dings, indicating that he had reached the top floor. still, not a single person there. the frown on his face only deepens. hinata catches a glimpse of the exhibition’s title, “beyond the cameras: a retrospective”

the glass door is unlocked, hinata pushes through them only to be greeted with pictures of the last subject he expected: himself.

framed on the white walls of what possibly was tokyo’s most famous gallery were photos of him, glossy and bright, colors vivid and alluring. and they weren’t just any photos too, they were photos taken on the rare occasions wherein cameras weren’t following your every move. there were photos of him from nights he snuck you in the gym to teach you how to play volleyball, ones of him covered in paint taken in your studio, ones of him attempting to make you breakfast. all of which had him looking away from the camera.

that is until he reaches the final photo, the only one that had you in it as well, taken the night before the final day of filming. he was looking at the camera, but you were looking right at him — your gaze soft, the corners of your lips forming the smallest of smiles.

“so maybe i lied,” hinata heard a voice speak from beside him, recognizing it as yours almost immediately, “the exhibition is actually tomorrow. i just wanted you to see it first.”

“but why me?” he asked, biting the inside of his cheek.

“just because.” you shrugged, not even turning to look at him, gazing at your final photo — just like he was.

but hinata feels it, the tightening in his chest, the tension that enveloped your bodies as the two of you continued to stare straight ahead. he hears it, the ringing in his hears, the hammering of his heart, the unevenness of his breath.

you stand next to him, just a few inches separating you. hinata’s hand is drawn like a magnet to yours. at first your knuckles graze, and hinata holds his breath. then his fingertips push in between yours, you bite your lip. finally he he grasps your hand, a quiet exhale escapes you both.

you tear your eyes away from the photograph at the same time he does; your gazes meet. and just like that, you finally reach the same understanding as him, of just why leaving felt so wrong.

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angelofberlin2000 · 4 years

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The world doesn’t need more loud guys full of too many words, with buff arms, in tight shirts, and huge egos to match. The world needs quiet people. Why?

Quiet people make you think. Thinking brings clarity. Thinking can lead to change.

I’ve always been intrigued by Keanu. He is a quiet person who keeps to himself and still hasn’t figured out how to be famous after twenty-nine years of being one of the most iconic Hollywood Actors of all time.

Keanu doesn’t get fame, attention or noise. Instead, he prefers to be quiet and insert silence in his speeches and TV interviews.

When he does choose to speak, he drops short sentence bombs like this interview with Steven Colbert:

Stephen: “What do you think happens when we die, Keanu Reeves?”

Keanu: I know that the ones who love us will miss us.

In eleven words, Keanu summed up the entire meaning of life. It was a moment of sheer brilliance.

Take Time to Answer a Question

In a relatively unknown interview with Keanu back in 2000, RollingStone writer, Chris Heath, picks up on how Keanu uses silence.

I ask him why he acts. For forty-two seconds, he says nothing. Not a word, a grunt, a prevarication, or a hint that an answer might come. For most of that time, his head is angled at ninety degrees away from me, as if that’s where the oxygen is.

“Uh,” he finally says, “the words that popped into my head were expression and, uh, it’s fun.” A few minutes later, I lob a vague question about whether he ever wants to write or direct. He lets out a kind of quiet sigh.

At its worst, it’s like this. You ask Keanu Reeves a question and . . . just wait. Out in space, planets collide, stars go supernova. On earth, forests fall, animals screech and roar. People shout and rant and weep with anger and joy and just for the hell of it.

And, all this time, Reeves sits there, entirely silent.

On this particular occasion, the silence lasts seventy-two seconds.

Rather than answering a question, Keanu waits to see if he has an answer worth giving. He then attempts to edit down his response in his head so that it can be understood. Many of the interviews with Keanu contain huge chunks of silence. That’s why his TV interviews aren’t that in-depth because it takes him time to respond and a three-minute TV interview just doesn’t do it.

The real answers to life’s toughest questions take time to answer.

Softly Spoken Brings People Closer

Billie Eilish does this with her music. Many of her songs contain lyrics that are softly sung and you have to lean in to understand what she’s saying.

Keanu uses softly spoken words in interviews to bring people in and take them on a journey. Hollywood wants him to be loud and fancy, but that’s not how he rolls, and he’s intentional about it.

We’re told to be loud. Social media teaches us to use caps, emojis, hashtags and big, bold captions on our videos to get people to listen.

What if doing the opposite of loud was really the answer to being heard?

A soft voice like Keanu’s draws you in, and then, only then, can you hear what he is trying to say.

One-liners that Break the Room

Journalist, Miki Turner, shares this thought about Keanu in her story titled “Keanu is a man of a few soft-spoken words.”

It’s not that Reeves is difficult because sometimes he’ll go completely left and deliver a one-liner that will break up the room — like when a reporter asked Reeves if he felt his career was being defined by his “Matrix” experience.

“I am the ambassador for the ‘Matrix’ trilogy,” Reeves said in a deep, robot-like voice. “My operating hours are…”

When you speak less and sit back and listen, during the rare times when you do talk, you have the space to deliver one-liners like Keanu that blow people’s minds and help them to think deeply.

Silence Breeds Curiosity

Keanu uses silence brilliantly in speeches and public performances. The silence helps the listener become curious about what he’s going to say. It breeds suspense and that helps you put your phone away and listen.

Silence breeds curiosity and curiosity leads to a conversation where someone will listen to you.

Being Quiet Interrupts the Pattern

Hollywood actors are typically loud and have large personalities. By being quiet like Keanu, you interrupt people’s thought patterns.

Try this: attend a work meeting that you’re supposed to be contributing to. Say nothing. Sit there and actively listen with an engaged look on your face. Continue to be quiet and resist the urge to fill up time with your voice. Watch what happens. At some point, your silence is going to break the pattern of the meeting. Somebody is going to ask you for your point of view and it’s during that moment that you will be “properly” heard.

The typical pattern of meetings and human conversation is to talk a lot. Try being quiet to break the pattern and help people think with your words.

People can’t resist the urge to talk — they also can’t resist the urge to hear from the people who are extremely quiet.

Pauses Allow Time for Reflection

The quiet ones like Keanu always seem to use strategic pauses.

Between each point they’re trying to make, they add a pause. When giving a compliment or expressing gratitude, they add a pause to ensure the maximum effect is felt by those listening.

Pauses in human dialogue allow our minds to think at a deeper level.

The challenge is often we um and ah our way through pauses rather than intentionally leaving a few.

A pause is a tool you can use to get people to think.

The Smarter you Become, the Less You Speak

This is the key lesson Keanu has taught me: You’re not smart by talking a lot. You’re not having an impact by increasing your speech volume or trying to be important. You’re smart when you do the following:

Let people talk first

Listen with intention

When your face shows you’re engaged in the conversation

You practice saying less

You lead with empathy

Quiet People Make us Think

Silence is not only golden; it makes you think. And we need more time to think during these uncertain times.

Conversely, you can’t think about what someone is saying if you’re lost in thoughts of what you’re going to say next.

It’s okay to be quiet so you can think.

Quiet people change the world.

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rkshion · 4 years

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200630 [V-LIVE]: Shion’s Roof ⭐⭐ (Audio Only)

it's the last day of the month, and it's already been three months since their debut. a bit wild to think about. considering how long the road had been up there, maybe three months is not too much. considering he's now an idol in the eyes of the public, any little bit of time feels like a lot to im. he's unsure why he hadn't tried one of these before. the idea of doing it by himself got him a bit nervous, but he also didn't want to bother his other members to do something together.

he has fans now, though, it seems. again, wild to think about. he's not the most active in social media, but he'd still like to keep in touch with them. he's seen other idols name their lives something unique and special so jihoon's certain he wants to do something like that too. it takes some brainstorming to finally decide on something, but soon he starts the first edition of "shion's roof."

the boy had adjusted the settings for the live to be audio-only. this means he could lay down on his bed without having to worry about how he looks and what those watching could see around him. it'd also help take away some of the nervousness of someone who hadn't done one of these before. "hello~" he greets the first few people to join him. it'd be awkward if no one showed up, but it brings a smile to his face when the number starts going up. "wow, it's everyone here? there's a lot of you already." jihoon keeps repeating 'hello's during the first minute so that everybody can get some time to settle in.

"welcome to shion's roof! it's the first edition... isn't it special?" his eyes try to keep up with the comments, but he guesses that fast reading is a skill he'll need to work on starting today. "you're all here with me! on our first day... this is... our first day?" he chuckles. he's seen people say that before. it's usually used for a couple's first day, so the boy can't help but feel a little awkward about it. "everyone! don't get any wrong ideas!"

💬: are you in a roof right now??

"eh?? i'm in my room right now. the roof is... is metaphorical. it's our roof." while jihoon tries to explain himself, his hands start to move, even if no one can see him. "i wanted to have a cool title. other idols do that too, right? i wanted to take everyone to somewhere sunny. our roof is filled with flowers, okay? flowers and other plants. and it's always sunny... unless we don't want it to be. rain can be nice sometimes too, right? the plants would like that. i personally prefer sunny days."

💬: who are your roommates?

"my roommates are sinjae hyung and reno hyung. i'm the room maknae." he chuckles. "de:code rooms are separated by age. there is the hyung room and the maknae room. everyone, i'm not the maknae, okay! our a.c is our youngest member. the ace..." he takes a short break. "i'm alone in my room right now. i don't know what the other ones are doing. i told them i was doing a v-live before starting."

💬: what did you do today?

"ah, you want tmi?" he asks back as if he's actually into popular trends and whatnot. "i practiced all day long! with the other members... i'm working hard! to become a better shion and make you proud."

💬: were you practicing for comeback?

jihoon laughs. "no! i was practicing for something else..." he lets it hang in the air for a bit. "i don't know if i can share, i'm sorry! some of the other members and i are preparing something. you'll see it soon! it's not that secretive. you'll know when it comes out!"

💬: when is the comeback?

"i don't know!" he answers honestly. "i wasn't practicing for the comeback. i was practicing for something else." jihoon feels bad lying, but he knows that some things need to be kept a secret. he's also unsure if whatever he's said so far is enough to conclude anything. the fans are quick to come up with their own assumptions, though.

💬: is this audio-only to hide a new hair color?

"wow... you guys are really smart!" jihoon gasps, actually impressed. never would he have thought about that from anyone else's live. he touches his hair gently before continuing. "but it isn't true! is that a common thing to do? do people hide their hair colors with audio v-lives? i never thought of that..." he pauses. "that's really smart, thank you! i'll remember that for when i need!" he chuckles sheepily.

💬: are you doing station? / solo debut? / when is the comeback?

"wow, everyone... it's nothing like that! let's talk about something else, okay?" jihoon turns around on his bed and lays down on his stomach. "it's the last day of the month today! did everyone achieve a lot? i think i learned a lot of things... i've been working hard... i really want to get better!" his eyes keep following the comments. "it's okay if it takes some time, everyone! you can't become a master in a few days. as long as you worked hard, i'm proud of you! let's all work hard, okay? i want you all to achieve your dreams!"

💬: i'm learning korean

"ah, really? your korean is really good!" jihoon puts the phone down to clap his hand a few times. "keep working hard, okay? next time, write me a letter on fancafe! and then next time, we can have a full conversation. face to face! i can't wait to meet everyone again. i want to get up on stage. it'll come soon, right? are you waiting for it too? all the other members are working hard, too. since before debut, we're all working hard."

💬: can you sing your english line from 'what time is it now?'

"sincerely... i don't speak english very well." he laughs wholeheartedly. "did i sound good? did i do well?" jihoon pauses, considers it, then proceeds to try speaking a few words in english. "hello... i'm fine, thank you and you?" he chuckles. "was that good? do i speak it well? please let me know..."

💬: do you have song recommendations?

"mm..." he stops to think about it. "a recent song that came out... 'god's menu' is really good, isn't it? the rap is really impressive... and of course, our sunbaes, luxe, released 'up & down'! did you listen to it well? it got really popular, right? please show it a lot of love, too! they're really talented sunbaes." jihoon stops a moment to think about it more. "and*roma’s meiqi sunbaenim danced to our song, right? i saw it. she's really good! i like 'pepe' too... since it's summertime, shouldn't you listen to 'very nice'? or 'me gustas tu'? those are popular songs too, right? 'very nice' makes me want to have ice cream."

💬: are you close with any sunbaes?

"i don't know the luxe members too well... cheri sunbaenim is really nice, though! luxe's leader! this was some time ago, but she gave me lunch once. it was really good! i don't know many other idols... ah, but i know junju! per_se's junju! he's younger than me but we went to the same school. he's a good kid! i think he's really funny." he chuckles. "he was... a good student." he laughs a bit too honestly. junju was, actually, not a very good student at all, but he had promised not to share that fact.

💬: what will you have for dinner?

"that's a good question! i'm not really sure... we have members who like to cook, but sometimes we just order. we're a lot of people." he can't help but laugh again. "do you have any recommendations? ah, pizza?" jihoon reads surprised. "that's not very healthy!"

💬: i can cook for you!

"will you, really? but how will i get the food?" he chuckles. "should we have a picnic on our roof? we can all just bring whatever we want to eat... even pizza..." jihoon sits up straight and checks the time. now that they had mentioned it, he was starting to feel hungry. "we can take photos of what we eat and post it online. should we use a hashtag?"

💬: #shionsroofpicnic

"ah, that's perfect, right? should we do that? i'll do it too! make sure to bring something yummy, okay? i want to see it!"

checking the time again, he nods. "should i check with the other members what we'll eat? this means the v-live will end... i promise i'll do this again, okay? ah, and with the camera on! should i turn it on right now just for a quick goodbye?"

after touching the screen a few too many times to make sure he was doing the right thing, the camera turns on for what will be the last minute of the live. "can you see me? can you see my hair?" he makes sure to point it out. "it's still brown, right?" the boy chuckles. "thank you for watching! let's meet on the roof again, okay? this was... our first day." he gives the camera his typical bright smile. "bye bye~!"

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4seasonswithiu · 5 years

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[TRANS] 190711 OnlyU-IU China share fun moments they had with IU and her team on the set of Hotel Del Luna

Our staff members double checked the items before the departure with an anxious heart. Fortunately, we were able to reach the set on time despite the heavy traffic. The food truck, tent, tables and banners were all set up when we arrived at the set. Then, it took us another 40 minutes to prepare all the gifts by putting them carefully in each paper bag and stacking them up on the table beside the buffet tent.

Not too long after we were done with the gift preparations, manager Hanteo approached us, gave us his warm greetings before checking out the buffet tent. As the weather was pretty hot, Hanteo jokingly told us that he would ‘drink’ all the (Ghana) chocolates within the gift bag right away. When going through the other gifts, we especially pointed out that the Voluspa aromatherapy candles were for IU Team, so Hanteo thanked us in Mandarin, saying “xie xie!” as well.

He reminded us that since we would have to wait a little longer, so stay away from the sun in some shade. He also passed on the gifts to director Oh, actor Yeo Jin Goo and IU Team. Later, PD told us we could pass the gift to IU in person in a while.

We gave the staff of Hotel Del Luna the gifts we prepared as they passed by from time to time. During dinner time, some staff came to collect their gifts and we got the HDL team PD to pass on the remaining gifts to other busy staff on the set.

Around 8PM, IU finally appeared in her pony tail, white loose t-shirt and pants. Since the coffee truck was right beside the entrance, so she took lots of proof photos with the help of Hyesun and the new manager (Moon Ji Hwan) first. After greeting us, she expressed her gratitude for the gifts and meal that we prepared, telling us that she would enjoy the meal and asking whether we were hungry as well or not. We still managed to answer her that we were ‘hungry’ though our mind went completely blank at that moment as we were softened by her sweet tender eyes. IU then invited us to join her for dinner.

The HDL team PD also encouraged us to sit beside IU for dinner. Together, we also had Hanteo, Hyeseon and the new manager (Ji Hwan) with us in one table, and thankfully all of them ate a lot. IU seemed to have noticed how nervous we were, so she kept initiating conversation with us. She said, “we (IU Team) are usually quiet whenever we eat, and given the hot weather and packed filming schedules today, so everyone’s still in a daze. Did all of you travel all the way from China? It must have been hard for you guys to be here given the scorching hot weather.” When she was told that some of us would have to catch the early morning flight in a bit, she frowned as pain and sadness clouded her features.

When eating, director Oh came by so IU introduced him to us and we quickly bowed to him. Director Oh was pretty adorable and not all that serious or solemn as he greeted us enthusiastically and expressed his gratitude for our support. He kept the Hotel Del Luna customised towel around his neck all the time, even when he was having his meal.

Seeing how most of them were almost done with eating, we brought out the gifts and explained to them about the Diptyque’s limited edition ‘The Legend of the North’ series’ candles first. IU was touched upon knowing that we chose the candles because it suited Man Wol’s mysterious aura, saying “ah~ because it suits Man Wol!”. She also let out a tiny ‘wow’ when we told her we bought GUCCI’s A Kiss from Violet perfumed oil for her because its violet scented (IU’s favourite). We also let IU have a look at our charity/ donation certificate, telling her that hundreds of Uaenas participated in this donation and some of us visited the institute with some necessities and played with the kids there to which IU replied ‘aigoo’ tsunderely/ proudly and dearly. She also asked about the details and complimented us ‘Hen BBang!’ (so amazing) in Mandarin since one of us personally went to the welfare institute. IU gave us a big thumbs up, saying ‘Zzen Bbang! Xie xie!’ (really amazing! thank you!) when we mentioned about the necessities that we have donated. One of us caught on the right timing of the atmosphere and started applauding, to which IU joined her right away, followed by Hyeseon, Hanteo and all HDL staff from other tables who had no idea of what’s going on. It suddenly turned into an ocean of harmony 😂.

Click here for more details of IU’s birthday gifts (candles and perfumes), fan donation and fansupport by OnlyIUcn.

We also told IU about her super topic ‘#IU’ that has accumulated over 10 billion reads on Weibo recently and she was ultimately shocked. Since she’s not familiar with how weibo functions, so we explained to her that the hashtag is sort of a community on weibo where people could leave their posts, comments, votes and screenshots there to support her. She seemed to have grasped on the super topic concept after going through some of our posts in the hashtag section and showed off the milestone achievement to people around her.

IU: Hey, I achieved 10 billion reads! Hanteo and Hyeseon: As expected from the scale of mainland China, they don’t just simply go with (small numbers like) ten thousands when it comes to calculations.

We passed the <10 Years of Flower Road> book to IU, sharing with her that C-Uaenas designed, edited and compiled everything about her within this book in celebration of her 10th anniversary. We also tried to find the best printing manufacturer that we could to bring out the best quality of it. As soon as she got the book on hands, she kept gasping in admiration, saying “wow this is truly amazing. This is impressive, OnlyIU’s scale is no joke” as she flipped through the pages slowly. She especially stopped at one of the pages which contained IU Team’s photo, too bad the whole book was written in Chinese so the staff unnie tried to cheer her up by telling her that they could translate right away using mobile apps. All of them joked a few times about looking for someone who knows Mandarin and asked everyone to hurry up and learn the language too.

Click here for some details of the book

IU really likes the calligraphy gift that we gave her so she took a special proof shot with it. Since it’s written in Chinese, she asked us about the meaning of the poem. We were still in a daze at that time so we only explained briefly that it’s a poem about the moon. IU said she would try to look for a professional to interpret it.

Poem: The Moon Festival by Su Shi

When will the moon be clear and bright? With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the blue sky. I don’t know what season it would be in the heavens on this night. I’d like to ride the wind to fly home. Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions are much too high and cold for me. Dancing with my moon-lit shadow, It does not seem like the human world. The moon rounds the red mansion stoops to silk-pad doors, Shines upon the sleepless Bearing no grudge, Why does the moon tend to be full when people are apart? People may have sorrow or joy, be near or far apart, The moon may be dim or bright, wax or wane, This has been going on since the beginning of time. May we all be blessed with longevity though far apart, We are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.

Even though we are thousands of miles and oceans (Yellow Sea) apart, nothing can stop us from surrendering our hearts to the full moon (Man Wol) C-Uaenas present president Jang Man Wol this poem And may the opening of Hotel Del Luna blossom

*Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula. *Full Moon is pronounced the same way as Man Wol in both Chinese and Korean.

밝은 달은 어느 때나 떠오를지 술잔을 잡고 하늘에 물어본다. 달 속에 있는 궁궐은 오늘밤은 어느 해인지 모르겠구나. 나는 바람을 타고 돌아가고자 하니 달 속의 궁궐이 높은 곳이라 추위를 견디지 못할까 두려워라. 일어나 춤추니 그림자도 따라 도는데 어찌 인간 세계와 비길 수가 있으랴 달그림자가 붉은 누각 빙 돌며 곱게 조각한 창문에 드리우니 달빛에 비추어져 잠을 이룰 수 없네. 더 이상 번뇌가 있을 수 없는데 무슨 일로 오래도록 이별할 때에 이렇게 둥근가? 인간에겐 슬픔과 기쁨, 이별과 만남이 있고 달은 흐리고 맑고, 둥글고 이지러짐이 있으니 이런 일은 예전부터 완전하기가 어려워라. 다만 바라기는 멀리 떨어져 있는 이가 오래 살아서 천 리 밖에서도 이 밝은 달을 함께 구경했으면.

Note: This is a famous Mid-Autumn lyric written by Sushi(a poet in Song Dynasty) for his brother Zi-you(1039-1112) when the poet was away from the imperial court. According to some commentators, “the palace on high” might allude to the imperial palace and therefore, after reading this lyric, Emperor Song Shen Zong said that Su Shi was loyal.

When IU was giving us her signature as acknowledgement (of the fan support), we noticed that IU’s mandarin pinyin skills were remarkably impressive, she came up with most of the pinyin (as shown in the picture) and kept seeking confirmation from us (just incase she made a mistake). She wanted to write 시원한 여름 (a cool and refreshing summer) so badly because it kind of means “watching horror movies” in Korea too (납량). She wanted to write “we will see each other very soon” so she added “see you soon” in English too. It was obvious that IU urged to write using lots of pinyin but she didn’t have much time since the drama team was rushing to another filming venue already. Nevertheless, she drew a big thumbs up and yummy bowl of rice for us and was eventually made fun by IU Team. They jokingly asked her “what are those?”, making IU shooting daggers at them keke.

“Dear. OnlyU-IU China ♥ Thank you all!! Well done!! 👍 Yummy 🍚💕 Miss you guys…♥ I love you guys! Stay healthy! - from IU”

“Dear C-uaenas ♥ I miss you all very much See U soon! Don’t fall sick...☆ Thank you! 😊 - from IU”

Lastly, we told IU that we would enjoy watching the drama to which she replied “please do enjoy (watch) the show (properly), it’s very interesting.” She kept thanking us a few times in Mandarin after bidding farewell to us too.

The PD came by after that and took the huge IU (with her head facing down) photo away, explaining that he would hang it in the waiting room. We weren’t sure whose waiting room he was referring to since we didn’t dare to question more, so we could only pray and hope earnestly that he’s taking it to IU’s room TT.

Then we sent off the coffee truck & buffet tent owners and bid farewell to the entire crew on the set before leaving. We lost count of how many times we went around the set to bow (give greetings) to make sure we didn’t miss any corner of it.

Despite being short of hands due to some of our members who couldn’t make it last minute, but we are very happy to have completed the fan support, passed IU her gift in person and relayed her greetings and thanks to C-Uaenas safely. We are fully aware that IU made lots of adorable facial expressions and kept a smile on her face all the time because she wanted to express her gratitude towards Uaenas who worked hard together to bring up the fan support to her on the set. Once again, we thank Uaenas who contributed in this fan support. We will continue to give IU the best fan support!

Source: OnlyU-IU 中国首站 @ Weibo Translated by IUteamstarcandy

#iu #190711 #translation #OnlyIUcn #drama #fansupport #Hotel Del Luna

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skyecrandall · 5 years

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CCAs 2018 Afterparty (Choices fanfiction)

Book: Most 2018 Books

Genre: Comedy

Words: about 2800

Summary: A look to the party held for the winners and others of the CCAs 2018. Read along to follow the adventure of the party hosts, Pax and Eos Elara as they go around interviewing people like the gorgeous Annabelle Parsons or even the grumpy Thomas Hunt. Witness even a dance performance by Kamilah Sayeed.

Note: This story i based on the results of the CCAs 2018. If you haven’t read it yet you may find yourself to be a little confused. So I definitely recommend reading about the results, here first.

"This is Pax and Eos Elara reporting live from the CCAs 2018 after party where our fellow winners and losers alike, " said Pax to the camera.

"We will be your host for next hour or so as we talk to the gathered personality and others. So if you have a question you really want your favourite stars to answer it, twat it to us on Twatter with the hashtag #CCAask, " smiled Eos.

"Can we cut this part please. Ugh why is that social media called Twatter, it feels really gross, " complained Pax.

"We are live right now, we can't edit stuff now. Anyway here is Miss Parsons, the winner of the Best Female LI category. Let's go and hear her mind out, " said Eos as he dragged Pax towards where Annabelle was talking with Hana.

"Miss Parsons, Miss Lee. Good afternoon. We hope that you are having a good time, " smiled Eos.

"We are doing good thanks, what are you two doing?" Asked Annabelle.

"We could be doing better since our book didn't get nominated in any category at all, so that’s why we are charged of filming with after party. We are live say hi to your fans!" Said Pax as she waved into the camera.

"So what could the two winners of the same category be talking about like this, " asked Eos.

"I was just complimenting Miss Parsons for her beautiful speech. Sure we, women are currently better treated than during her era, but there is still a lot that is left to be done for men and women to be truly equal, "

explained Hana. "That is very true. It is because of men like Eos right here that our society is still so horrible to women, " agreed Pax.

"Wh-what did I do? I have been respectful to everyone who deserved it, " replied the elder Elara.

"I wouldn't call constant flirting respectable personally, " added Annabelle.

"That's a personality trait!" Complained Eos.

"Sure whatever. Let's go talk to Damien and Hayden now before my brother has an emotional breakdown. Let's head over to the mini-lounge area, " said Pax as she started walking towards where Damien and Hayden were chatting.

"Hey there winners are you enjoying the party?" Asked Pax.

"Parties are not really my thing but hey a party to celebrate my victory is nice, " said Damien.

"Plus free drinks!" Added Hayden.

"Yes and free drinks, " smiled Damien before taking a sip of his drink.

"Anyway where is the rest of your crew? It is a little odd to see just the two of you like this, " asked Eos.

"Sloane was really sad that she could not win her category and so Kai, Nadia and Steve went to console her. Khaan could not come due to Hamza and Alana is busy on a job overseas, " explained Hayden.

"Talking about Kai, here they are, " said Damien.

"I knew Nadia was a little cray but wow she is quite extreme. We could not console Sloane so Nadia just got her so drunk that she passed out. Then because it was make out time, she dragged Steve under a table and god knows what she could be doing right now. Oh hey, Pax and Eos, " said Kai as they settled between Damien and Hayden.

"She sure us a handful, " said Damien when a buzzer could be heard.

"What is that sound, " asked the robot.

"That means that it is time to answer a question from your fans on Twatter. Let's choose a random one that involves either of you three, " said Eos.

"Here's one. By @wescott-imogen . Let's see what it says:

“ Hey Damien I love you. Anyway I would just like to ask you whether you are Bi. I know you are, but some people still believe you are straight so I just want you to say it with your own mouth to confirm it.”

" read Pax.

"Oh, well I'm most definitely bisexual. I hope this suffice you, " said Damien.

"Thats not enough. We need confirmation that you truly are bi. You need to kiss a guy right here," added Pax.

"If so, I volunteer," smiled Kai.

"Hold on you can't. Since you are a girl in some playthroughs and for the same reasons i can't too. So that just leaves Eos," explained Hayden.

"Do I really have to?" Asked Damien.

"Well it's just a kiss. It's not a big deal," smiled Eos.

"You better kiss as good as you claim to," said Damien as he reluctantly kissed the elder Elara.

Their kiss seemed rather awkward at first but eventually they both fit together like pieces of a puzzle, much to the disgust of Kai.

"Whoops, we should probably stop the kissing for now. This is supposed to be a family friendly show, " said Pax as she pulled her brother away from Damien.

"That kiss was actually really good. Like people who boast about this stuff are not really good but you Eos... whoa, " said Damien with a smile.

"I hope you believe me now Pax. My kisses are just the best, " winked Eos.

"Yeah yeah okay. Anyway we better and go take a look at some other people before we witness a murder live on camera, " said Pax as she pushed her brother away after noticing Kai's murderous gaze towards Eos.

"Anyway time to go and find someone else. We won't find anyone in such a recluse corn-What the hell!" yelled Eos as he turned around and nearly bumped onto Skye Crandall.

"What are you doing here? Where are your friends?" Asked Pax.

"Bailey could not get the permission to come, Rory had to check on their mother, Ajay was bickering with Thomas Hunt the last time I saw him and Bailey's twin came to take Erin for a consolation date, " explained the goth.

"Ah...okay. Still aren't you lonely here? Wouldn't it be better if you stayed at home, no offence ?" asked the younger Elara.

"Anywhere is better than my house, " replied Skye coldly.

"Well anyway we've been wanting to have a talk with you, so will you answer a few questions for us?" Asked Eos.

"If I say yes will you stop bothering me?" Asked the red head.

"Yes? Anyway how are you feeling Miss Skye Crandall? You scored 2 nominations and despite being the underdog in the Best Female LI category you still scored a brilliant 3rd. So what are your thoughts?" Asked Pax.

"Cool... I guess?" Said Skye plainly. "Okay...Do you have anything you'd like to say for your family?" Asked Eos and Skye just gave her middle finger to the camera.

"We will have to censor that in editing, " said Pax.

"Again, this is live. We can't blur this out. Anyway anything to say to your friends that are at home?" Asked Eos.

"You guys are definitely not as uncool as you seem to be, especially you Bailey, " smiled Skye.

"Aww that is so sweet. Looks like our goth baby is actually a goth teddy bear, " smiled the elder Elara earning the two a scowl from the redhead.

"Well we should probably be moving on now. Oh wait look at the time, it's time for the dance performance, " said Pax as the two reporters moved away from Skye.

"Pax is right! Kamilah and her best friends have been willing to celebrate the event by offering us a dance performance. It might seem a little out of season, but that is mostly due to the CCAs being postponed so many times. Let's give our glorious performers a grand applause, " said Eos as the camera panned onto the central stage.

The stage curtain lifted up and Kamilah, Priya and The Baron appeared on stage in their Halloween Santa outfit with a Christmas backdrop.

"Are you sure the dance is worth being performed anymore? It's no longer Christmas, " whispered The Baron to Kamilah.

"We can't let our efforts be wasted. We worked hard on this performance and so everyone will have to watch it, " explained Kamilah.

"Also this is all just for fun and it will be a nice excuse to show off our Halloween outfits again hehe, " smiled Priya.

"Anyway... Nova Elara! Bring on the music! Give us Jingle Bell Rock!" Ordered Kamilah and Nova, the ATV MC! launched the soundtrack.

"Stroke em, Like em, Suck on my -" the soundtrack went on when our duo of reporters noticed the music and rushed on stage.

"Stop the sound!" Ordered Eos and the soundtrack stopped.

"What the fuck where you thinking Nova! This is not Jingle Bell Rock!" Yelled Pax.

"Shut your trap, Pax! This is a fucking family friendly show! You can't curse!" Yelled back Eos.

Realising what they both did, they both fell limp until suddenly Pax's phone started ringing. She glanced to take a look at the name and just accepted the call before shoving it into Eos' hands.

"This is for you, talk!" Ordered Pax who started sweating nervously.

Eos slowly brought the phone to his ears and said a small hello, before an stream of insults flowing from the phone. The person at the other end was so mad that their voice could be heard a few metres away from the twins. After a few minutes of berating the call finally ended.

“So what did Piper say?” said Pax, anxious as she took back her phone.

“She berated me the whole time before saying something like ‘The two of you are never getting hired again’” sighed Eos.

“Hmm, can we continue our performance?” asked Priya.

“No way. Your time slot is over. It’s now Maxwell’s time with his jokes,” replied Pax.

“This is unfair! The two of you crashed our performance!” complained the Baron.

“Listen. I don’t care that you are a super old and powerful vampire. We just got fired and we don’t want to anger that woman again, so please,” said Eos as he walked away, his sister in tow before passing Maxwell the microphone.

“I could use a drink,” said Pax.

“Same...You know what let’s just have fun and keep reporting. Who knows maybe she will take us back? Anyway dear audience, Eos and Pax Elara are back in business and we are headed towards the buffet table to show you all the delicious snacks on the menu,” smiled Eos.

“Let’s go and see if these food are as wig snatching as people have been claiming all over their Twatter accounts. I mean seriously, our fellow winners have been posting more about the food than themselves,” continued Pax as the two siblings started heading towards the snack table where Elliot Vance and his sibling Harper Vance were having an eating competition.

“Hey there, mind giving us five minutes? We would like to interview you two about your awards,” said Eos.

“We...ant...eed...eaf....fafter” Said Elliot while munching into his food with fervour.

“What did you say? I don’t understand?” said Pax, confused.

“eaf...ing...con...fe...fifon...I...wiff...win,” mumbled Harper in between bites.

“I think they are doing an eating competition. Probably to settle their rivalry with this,” said the elder Elara.

“In that case.... Wooo go Elliot! You were the best!” cheered on Pax.

“Nonsense, Harper had the best performance. If you knew the amount of tissues I cried in watching their acting,” argued Eos as he wiped a tear from his eye.

“Maybe yes, but Eliot’s growth was one of the best part of the book. Uncultured swines like you can’t tell the difference,” voiced out Pax before the siblings started bickering among themselves.

Noticing the fight, Elliot tapped his sibling on their shoulder and said, “We don’t sound like this do we?”

“Nah, our banters are better. Let’s just leave them at it,” said Harper after they finished their food before leaving.

“They should value their kinship more,” mumbled Elliot as he walked away with Harper, however the two Elara could not hear him and just kept fighting among themselves about who had the best performance. It was only when a certain man appeared that they had to stop.

“Can I pass please? You two can bicker elsewhere,” said the man who was none other than Thomas Hunt.

“Ah Mr.Hunt, we are very sorry. Anyway Elliot, Harper can you lend us a word now?” said Pax.

“Welp, they are gone. I guess that means you will have to answer our questions now Mr.Hunt,” said Eos.

“I don’t get a say in this, do I?” asked the director.

“No you don’t. You know we will be annoying until you give us your time,” replied Pax.

“I knew I shouldn’t have come here. First that high school director wanna be and now paparazzi wanna bes. Begin your questions already,” grumbled Hunt.

“Well, as a director, do you agree with the winners of this year’s CCAs?” asked Eos.

“The winners are more or else deserved, although I believe Veil Of Secrets should have won the best atmosphere category though,” said the director when the buzzer suddenly rang.

--BE WARNED: The following section is not safe for work nor suitable for minors, read at your own perils or you can skip it till the next time you see bold text.--

“Looks like its time to search a question for our amazing director to answer, Eos will you do us the honour,” said Pax.

“Of course, here is one by @teamtomsato:

“Hiya Hunty :3333 Have you read my fic yet? Here’s the link! I’m really proud of it! *link to their ao3 fic* *gazillions of heart emojies* “

Aww how sweet. They want to ask you if you read their fanfiction, so have you done so Mr.Thomas,” said Eos

“I do not have time for such nonsense. I’m also having a bad feeling about this,” shuddered the director.

“Come on, it is just a story. What’s so bad about it? I know! How about we read just a page of it right now. Choose a page!” proposed the younger Elara.

“Ugh, let’s see then. Page 84. I don’t think that person’s fanfiction would be that long,” growled Hunt.

“Well you are wrong Hunty. This person’s story is 169 pages long. Here, I already put it on page 84,” said Eos as he handed the grumpy director his phone.

“I guess I should play along just so that this martyr ends quickly,” said Hunt as he started reading off that page.

Additional warning: This is the time that i recommend you to skip to the next bolded sentence once again as the following part is heavily nsfw and definitely not suited for minors.

“Hunt’s rough hands find their landing on Jessica’s shoulders, holding her tightly as his fluid movements against her body cause her to scream out in pleasure.

“Harder Daddy, hARDER!” Jessica’s pants, the grumpy marshmallow picking up his momentum inside of her slick caverns, overflowing with her love juice.

“You like that princess?” Hunt growls into her ear, “You like daddy’s big dick?”

“I love your big dick daddy!”

“read Thomas, astonished.

“Wh-why...” stammered the director, aghast.

“Oh no, this is bad...We thought we passed through the worst earlier but this is nothing compared to this,” muttered Pax.

“Let’s just walk away like nothing happened,” said Eos but as they tried to go away, the director stopped them.

“Hold on. I’ve got a message for you @teamtomsato . I’ve called the police. They are coming to get you. You going to jail. You hear me. JAIL,” yelled Hunt as he grabbed the camera and focused it onto him.

--You my now continue read. The nsfw part is now over-

“Alright let’s see who we can talk to now...” smiled Pax.

“Hopefully it won’t be someone indecent. Wait, Rye? What are you doing here?” asked Eos after he noticed Rye hanging around.

“What are you doing here, its not your book’s year yet,” said Pax.

“I’m just here to observe. This way It will be perfect when we get win the awards,” smiled Rye.

“Cocky aren’t we?” teased Eos.

“Well I have a reason to be so sure of myself. Our book is doing really good right now and Eris and Tillie have a good shot at winning the best Female LI category. The only real opponent we have are the Desire and Decorum team and also if another It Lives comes out,” explained the conman,

“Interesting. What about your teammates? It is odd to see you all alone, especially without even Eris or Lee,” asked Pax.

“Well they are kinda on a job right now...” smiled Rye and as if on cue, an explosion occurred in the hall they were gathered in.

“The escape route has been formed, let’s go go go!” ordered Eris as members of her crew started running towards the hole she made with jewellery and trophies in hand.

“Well, this is a good bye. See you at the CCAs 2019 and remember to vote us when the time comes,” smiled Rye as he also disappeared through the hole.

“Arggggh I’m not letting them get away! Zekei! Deimos! Parker! Naomi! Let’s catch those thieves!!!” roared Eos as he pulled out his ray gun.

“Well I guess this little report is ending right here. We hope you had a lot of fun and we can’t wait to see you again for the CCAs 2019!!!” smiled Pax before the program ended.

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Phew finally finished this fic and with it concludes the 208 round of the CCAs. This fic came in impromptu in my mind so to prevent it from also getting inside the endless cycle of never being written I decided to rush it and I got it right,

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Jikook: Appeal to Logic

Title: Appeal to Logic

Summary: /Jikook/ Two-shot/ Canon/ Where Jimin tries to convince Yoongi why he was positive Jungkook likes him and Yoongi asks him, “What would you do with that information?”

Indeed, Jimin wonders what the point was to all this.

Notes: I wanted to post on Valentine’s but I guess my calendar is ten days late hhhhh Anyway, I lurk a lot in Jikook tags (like I’m here everyday) and I’ve read long discourses regarding the legitimacy of their relationship. I thought it’d be interesting if one of them begins to share his proofs too and joins the hot pot of convo his own way. TLDR; enter this fic lol I promise it won’t be 20 chapters this time.

Chapter 1 under cut or you can read at Ao3

Chapter 1: Points Were Made

It was an on and off thing.

Like a passion project that you know you just would figure how to complete someday but needed time because life would get in the way.

Today though marked the moment Park Jimin was ready to lay out his cards and tell someone that definitely… maybe… with a little more sprinkle of confidence that --

“Hyung, I think Jungkook likes me.”

There was silence in Min Yoongi’s room when the statement was pronounced. It made Jimin squirm on his seat as he tried to understand the non-committal stare directed at him, right behind the bond paper that held Jimin’s scribbled notes for lyrics.

Ah, that was right.

His initial purpose was to hear Yoongi’s feedback on a thing he'd been working on. Somewhere along the way, his thoughts drifted to another which inevitably led to his bold declaration of Jungkook’s far from familial, alleged infatuation for him.

Yoongi reached out to his left where his mug of coffee sat.

“I don't know what you want me to say. Of course, Jungkook likes you.”

Jimin frowned, wrapping his head around how he should explain himself. “No, hyung. I mean Jungkook likes me.”

Yoongi’s mouth was slightly gaped and his eyes were blank. His hyung looked lost while he attempted to blink his confusion away.

Well, his observations go way way back, two years worth of evidence. Right in the hallway of their home, an evening in October.

“Jungkook treats me differently,” he told Yoongi, legs crossed and under him as he put up a finger and discussed his first point.

It wasn't as if it was only him who questioned it. Jungkook only gave Jimin a birthday present in the span of the past years, no one else and that got to mean something.

They were all tired from shoot that most of them were tempted not to shower. Hoseok was pushing him around and urging him to a quick bath before lying on his bed because that was what Hoseok was. He liked things clean and perfect and that same rule applied for his roommate. But then Jeon Jungkook, his beloved dongsaeng, appeared out of nowhere and blocked him from his merry way to the bathroom. A little awkwardly might he add because he stood there, hand fiddling with his fringes and eyes searching the floor in trepidation. At that point, both Jimin and Hoseok unlatched themselves from each other's grip to attend to the youngest who seemed to need some attention.

To his surprise, and perhaps his hyung’s too, Jungkook held out his hand and shoved Jimin a paper bag. Hoseok curiously peeked from his shoulder as Jimin tried to open it while muttering, “What's this?”

Jungkook answered with a shrug and he waited. He waited there and watched Jimin opened his present.

It wasn't even anything grand. In this stage of their career, they were just beginning to gain traction from their first win and as Namjoon had put it, at breakeven, to finally enjoy the fruits of their hard labor. Knowing how their earnings were distributed based on performance and royalty fees, Jimin was pretty sure Jungkook received the same profit he did. To be honest, it wasn't exactly much. The only difference was that Jimin was prone to lavish it on people while Jungkook would save it for practical and grander things.

The practical, grander things in Jungkook’s head was Jimin. Bought him a sweatshirt which costed around 44,000 krw. Jimin researched the price because he was curious how much the maknae was willing to spend on him.

No greeting cards. Not a high end brand. Just plain white paper bag from the department store where he bought his first gift for a Bangtan member.

Needless to say, Jimin was ecstatic and made sure to rub it on everyone's face.

“Jimin-ah,” Yoongi tried to interrupt him but he shushed the older with an afterthought.

“It wasn't the gift that's strange. Jungkook's face was really weird when I thanked him.”

Jimin knew Jungkook well enough to know when he was happy. Whatever gratefulness he saw on Jimin’s face translated on how satisfied Jungkook was on what he did. There was a sense of pride and innocent glee in Jungkook’s eyes similar to the way they would twinkle when he was offered cheesecake or lamb skewers. It was odd how he was comparing himself to food but Yoongi would probably understand the reference. He would bring Jungkook to lamb skewers so often that the maknae even vowed to stay with him forever if he would agree to become business partners.

That was beside the point.

Back then, Jimin thought he was onto something but the idea didn't linger because it was indeed a special occasion. Jungkook was a good dongsaeng and treated his hyung well even outside their birthdays so, on a second thought, it wasn't really much of an evidence.

The hand that held Jimin’s lyrics now dangled limply over the office chair’s armrest.

“Jimin-ah, just get to the point.”

Jimin pursed his lips. As far as he was concerned, he was straightforward from the get-go. He thought Jungkook likes him and he stated the fact right on, now presenting his evidence.

“Number two,” he said after lifting another finger. Perhaps Yoongi wanted him to speed things up and he should. He certainly didn't have all day with their comeback looming around the corner. “Jungkook thinks I'm beautiful.”

Yoongi’s confusion had more color to it this time. Beyond his blinking eyes that questioned where this conversation was headed, his brows met when he spoke, “Should this really be coming out of your own mouth?”

“It didn't come from me. Jungkook told me,” he replied, voice defensive.

“Jungkook thinks you're cute. But so do I. Might as well tell me that all members like you.”

“No,” Jimin answered, tucking his arm in and across his chest. His eyes narrowed, teeth worrying his lips, trying to recall the exact moment that prompted him to ask the youngest. “Ah, that's right,” he muttered when the epiphany came. He searched his pockets for his phone and scrolled through countless and countless of albums of selcas and videos of him with Bangtan.

It was somewhere in there.

“Hyung… this,” he finally said after almost five minutes of sifting through his files.

Yoongi’s back was facing him after he stopped talking to look for his proof. He really should've prepared it beforehand. Now his hyung seemed to have completely lost his interest. He was typically patient to listen, but Jimin interrupted him when he was in the midst of editing a melody submission.

Though Yoongi said it was fine. Jimin would be his breath of fresh air because the team would so rarely go out during crucial period right before their comeback. He knew better not to push the limit but it was tempting and he needed someone to listen to him.

He pulled the bean bag next to his hyung’s leg, lifted his phone so that Yoongi would be able to see what he was referencing to.

His hair was pink, the clip a mere six- seconder. He was staring at the camera, trying to appeal to ARMY. He needed it. There was this greedy part of him that wanted to know how they would react to his flirting. Tell people, ‘Hey, Jimin is right here and this is how he looks right now. His hair changed.’ That kind of drill right before their comeback and their response would in a way boost his confidence. A conscious tactic to keep his fans interested in him perhaps?

“What do you think?”

Yoongi made a face and pulled back to a cringe as he'd expected. Highly likely, he would've done the same thing if any other member showed him a video of themselves. So he merely nodded in agreement. Bangtan wasn't the audience for this video. ARMY was.

“Do you know how Jungkookie reacted when I showed this to him?”

Yoongi sighed. “Would I want to know?”

“He replayed it, hyung,” he said as a matter-of-factly. “He told me I should post it because our fans would love it. Which I did, if you remember.”

“I don't,” Yoongi admitted and turned his chair so that he was facing Jimin, a leg over the other while he waited for him to continue.

“I posted it on Twitter and do you know who posted afterwards?”

“Jungkook?”

It wasn't a wild guess.

“Yeah,” Jimin confirmed the obvious. “After 10 minutes, he posted something and you know what it said?”

No response.

“He posted a song.”

The title was right on the hashtag #ILYSB by Lany.

When it came to music that wasn't in their own language, Jimin would seldom take efforts to find translation. So long as he understood bits and pieces of what little English he knew, he could work around it. Namjoon said to be careful of listening to artists that might cause uproar by association, so he would still have to check it out if he'd want to share it with the fans. But for as much as he believed that lyricism was a key ingredient to any good music, Jimin preferred to feel rather than completely understand and analyze. That job was for their leader.

However, he decided that he wanted to fathom the youngest’s thoughts that night.

The noob part of him thought the title was some secret internet code popular in the west so he searched naver only to be greeted by a simple yet telling I love you so bad. His mouth formed an ‘oh’ when he realized that it might've been an intense confession. It invariably piqued his curious mind so that later he would be listening on loop to… and you need to know that I'm hella obsessed with your face.

“You're reading into it too much,” Yoongi told him with a shake of his head as he reached again for his coffee. “I'm not one to judge who you want to date, but think how this appears to other people.” Yoongi paused, seemingly debating what he should and shouldn't say next. “Jimin-ah, a lot could happen in ten minutes. Like you, Jungkook might be sending that message to the fans. Namjoon recommends a lot of songs. It wouldn't be about us.”

“I know, so I asked him directly.”

Yoongi almost spat his drink on him. He tapped his chest as he drowned out his cough to reaffirm. “Ya, you what?”

“I asked him if the lyrics were about me.”

“And?”

“He laughed,” Jimin confessed.

Truth be told, his ego was slightly hurt to see Jungkook’s initial response to his question. He was serious about it because he was just about more than a quarter sure about his theory. It didn't feel good to have this kid finding amusement to something he pored over. He could've just said ‘no’ outrightly and Jimin wouldn't have minded.

Jungkook’s laughter died down when he saw Jimin’s expression transform and he was reaching out for his hand in apology before he knew it.

Jimin let him hold him.

“It was…” he almost sounded uncertain. “Hyung, why are you being like this?” Sounded almost helpless and then relenting, “Yeah, it was about you. I was nervous so I laughed.” Instinctively, his free hand reached for his fringes like the night of Jimin’s birthday.

When he saw the younger fidget, Jimin felt relieved. Ah, he still knew Jungkook better than anyone. Mindful to see every little shift in the air, Jimin wasn't wrong in reading the situation.

He ruffled Jungkook's head and returned the wide staring with his own curled eyes in amusement. “I knew it,” mumbled to himself and turned once he got the confirmation that he wanted.

“You just left?” Yoongi asked him, tone surprised that it nudged some bafflement at the back of Jimin’s head.

He bobbed his head yes because, well, what else was he supposed to do? He already proved he was right. Yoongi hadn't even heard the rest of his evidences yet.

“Three,” he said to share what was left in his folder.

“Stop,” Yoongi said, planting a foot on Jimin's thigh to emphasize the urgency of his demand.

Jimin slapped the foot away and dusted off his pants.

“Do you even like Jungkook?”

He tilted his head sideways. “Of course,” Jimin answered simply, wondering why it was even a question in the first place. He liked Jungkook. Jungkook was and still is his favorite dongsaeng and BTS member. He'd take care of him even if he grew his muscles and grew taller than him.

Yoongi shook his head. “I don't think we're talking about the same thing.”

“For the third one… ” Jimin took in the opportunity of minute lag on Yoongi’s response to divert the conversation back to the task at hand. He really didn't understand what Yoongi meant but better to finish this off before his momentum dried and faltered.

He picked up his phone again and browsed through his apps. It was quite a long memory lane down Vapp’s timeline until he found the correct reference. He slid the video right on the important moment, him in his bathrobe with Taehyung’s voice singing in the background. The camera was on with Jungkook in his white shirt’s glory, sitting for all ARMY to see.

“That's right… Jimin-hyung is bad at playing games,” Jungkook said to echo his claim.

Back then, the staff berated them silently to turn off vapp. Jungkook was too loud. Jimin wasn't kidding when he said he was hearing him across the hallway. They were only given five hours to eat, take a bath, and nap before they reconvene for post-con review and plan out the adjustments in their set list but this kid chose to do an hour of live for the fans.

Jimin was out his room because Sungdeuk wanted to talk to Hoseok. They needed to work on spacing for Not Today. Their hyung thought they didn't maximize the stage well enough and he was also keen to give feedback on blockings for medley so they could properly execute group choreography for Bultaoreune.

Hoseok was too tired to get up his bed so he texted Jimin if he could get the notes in his place. Which Jimin was happy to do. He loved the fact that Hoseok trusted him and it gave him a sense of pride.

He and Sungdeuk were just about done talking when the older guy stopped him from his tracks by grabbing his arm.

“Can you tell Jungkook to tone it down a little? I heard he opened vapp but everyone's tired.”

Jimin honestly didn't want to deal with it. He was wearing his bathrobe without any make-up and only rushed out in the middle of his evening skin care routine because he wanted to be a useful dongsaeng to Hosoek and let him have an early rest. If he so much as spoke, audible for fans to hear, people were going to ask and he'd have to show himself on camera. Jeon Jungkook, really this kid should know when to stop.

“You know Jungkook listens to you well.”

Jimin jutted out his lower lip, “He doesn't.”

He could already imagine the maknae turning the volume up further for the sake of raising his hackles. Sungdeuk knew this but he was asking Jimin to do it because he knew Jimin couldn't say no when it came to Jungkook.

“Alright, alright,” he said, bobbing his head weakly and dragging his feet towards Jungkook’s room.

Across the end of the floor, he saw Taehyung towing right behind their leader who whispered him something. It made his friend glance at his direction and the next thing he knew, Namjoon was off his room and Taehyung was walking the opposite direction.

Taehyung got hold up by Sungdeuk who was midway his own room and right then, Jimin pressed on Jungkook’s room’s bell and twisted the knob open.

“I heard you from the neighboring room. Let me sleep,” he said, trying to keep his tone annoyed and nagging even when Jungkook was beaming at him so widely. “Stop singing in the middle of the night. Go to sleep.”

“You're losing me here, Jimin-ah. This is just you trying to discipline Jungkook. I would've scolded him the same.”

“Hyung,” Jimin replied sternly, eyes determined and a hand squeezing Yoongi’s thigh. “Did you watch it? Jungkook wanted my attention.”

Yoongi leaned back on his chair, challenging.

“Well, it wasn't even about that.”

His proof went beyond Jungkook's childish yet so endearing attempts to make Jimin come back and join his live. He slid the video right back to the moment and handed his phone in Yoongi’s hand.

When he crashed Jungkook's live that evening, Jimin had every intention to make an impression. After how people disregarded his precious, scant hours of work reprieve, he believed he deserved the screen time. It was tempting to test the waters to say the least. Not just with Jungkook. He wasn't dumb, well aware of his effect when he tried to appeal to someone.

“I don't know why you go to those lengths. They like you already,” Yoongi interrupted him mid-explanation, referencing to their fans. “What's more to prove?”

Jimin wondered to himself why but decided against it. “That's not the point, hyung,” he offered, not wanting to divert from the case at hand. They could ramble on about his insecurities later.

After confiscating the speaker that agitated Namjoon down to coordi noona who just finished fixing damaged buttons of their Blood, Sweat and Tears stage costumes, he went back in Jungkook’s room to greet their fans. A hand comb through his blond hair, cute sounds, zoom the bare face closer to the camera when he knew he just applied mask so he'd look good.

More important than that though was to stare at someone far longer than what was necessary that he’d be conscious to repay the attention. So he did what he knew would work, lure Jungkook's eyes to him and whisper. Mumble because that required someone to pay better heed and read his lips.

“That's not right, I was good at playing games a year ago.”

Then Jungkook would nod absentmindedly and whip his head towards his direction as Taehyung sang Chandelier in the background. Jimin wouldn't say it was the perfect song for the moment but it was good to have a song. Cause Jimin was aware they were recorded. He could go back to this, a song would help with epiphany and drama.

“What do you think?” he asked Yoongi who was squinting at his phone. Doubtful but probably a lot more convinced than he was five minutes ago. “I can be convincing if I want to.” He extended an arm to retrieve his phone.

He fell forward when his hyung suddenly pulled back to keep the small device out of reach. “I don't know if you're being serious about this.”

Jimin titled his head. “I am,” he said. “I am serious. Jungkook really likes me.”

He wasn't unreasonable. The kid had a habit of staring when someone would talk. He observed these things, sometimes obsessively, because it helped him understand the maknae better. So he knew why Jungkook would do it. He found it difficult to focus and physically directing his attention to someone would help him catch what they were trying to say better. It wouldn't be a deal then if Jimin was talking.

But when it was Namjoon who was put on spot to answer an English interview, their leader who still strove to speak a foreign language to represent the group, Jimin quite expected for Jungkook to listen… ogle.

“The korean teacher asked me a question, ‘What are the hardships of being a leader?’”

It wasn’t the first time Jungkook was caught. There was one at a fansign, then at the backstage of a music show, also during that one gayo episode and probably instances he wasn’t aware or the others he couldn’t remember. If Jimin wasn’t so busy overthinking things, he would have found it funny how Jungkook would play it cool and avert his gaze elsewhere.

“There are hardships when we take positions, specifically being a leader...”

Namjoon continued his answer in the background while Jimin thought to himself what actually goes through the maknae’s head when he would look at him. Was the need so compelling that he’d do it or was Jimin really just that. Beautiful?

“Ya, do you hear yourself?”

Jimin giggled, his head falling back to comfortably rest on the loveseat. It was funny to call himself beautiful. Even he wouldn’t be that shameless.

The point still stands though. Jungkook would stare at him, and he would call him beautiful.

“It has to mean something right?”

He wanted to confirm the motivations behind the not-so-subtle attention. However, he didn’t want to do a repeat of the last time when he confronted Jungkook about the song. It made the air between them strained and the youngest would agonize in his presence. Jimin thought he was being shy so he’d hold back.

But then what about his own curiosity?

“You’re curious, that’s it,” Yoongi said plainly. “What would you do with that information?”

Jimin pursed his lips as he thought about it.

Good point. Where was he leading with all these? He didn’t think that far enough. He wasn’t even done with his final proof.

“What do you think, hyung? What should I do about it?”

...To be continued

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Conversation Cards! - Transcript

Follow along with the episode here if you’d like to!

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[Intro music]

Alex: Hi, I'm Alex.

Nick: And I'm Nick.

Alex: And this is Ice Cream Parasocial, a podcast that covers as many different topics as there are flavors of ice cream.

Nick: And today I wanted to start out by kind of slapping myself on the wrist and slapping Alex on the wrist too.

Alex: [laughs]

Nick: Because we never talked about our pronouns.

Alex: Yeah, we've been bad queers.

Nick: We are bad queers.

Alex: [laughs]

Nick: But so I use he/him pronouns. Um, I've been kind of thinking about throwing "they" in there lately, but that's a topic for another day. Right now, it's just he/him.

Alex: Yeah, and I use they/them pronouns. And Nick has a he/him pass for me that other people don't really get, except I don't know, maybe like my mom. [laughs]

Nick: Right.

Alex: And it's weird. I've been using he/him pronouns for a really long time and then transitioned over to they/them super recently. And it's one of those things where it feels kind of weird to have Nick not use he/him pronouns for me. Um, so like, I guess I just also wanted to clarify a little bit, that like, if you see him use he/him pronouns for me on like social media or here or whatever that's not him being a dick. That's like my preference also. Um, but also they/them is very cool. [chuckles]

Nick: Alright. Cool. We finally got that out of the way. I-

Alex: We've done it.

Nick: I feel so bad that it took three episodes.

Alex: I know, I can't believe us. [laughs]

Nick: I- I just didn't think about it. I got so excited about doing the podcast and, you know, getting these episodes out, that like. We never really introduced ourselves. [laughs]

Alex: Yeah.

Nick: Like genuinely. I guess I never really expected that anyone outside of our very close friend circle, would ever actually listen to it. But now- and I also didn't really expect that we would ever do more than one episode. [laughs] But here we are recording episode three and I know that it's still mostly friends and family that are listening, but I have hope that we'll get new people in, too.

Alex: Like at some point, at least.

Nick: Yeah, at some point.

Alex: And they should know our pronouns.

Nick: And they should know our pronouns. And if our pronouns ever change, I've got them up on the Twitter and Instagram, as well as on our personal Twitter and Instagram profiles, we usually will have those up to too.

Alex: Yes. And by usually that's pretty much like always-

Nick: Yeah. I don't-

Alex: -all the time.

Nick: -know why I said usually. Those, those will usually be correct.

[laugh]

I guess. But they will always be up. It's very important to not just assume someone's pronouns.

Alex: Yes.

Nick: So I wanted to throw that in as a quick little, uh, aside of what our pronouns are.

Alex: Mhmm!

So Nick and I used to, um, back when we lived in Indiana, we used to go to like the cutest little ice cream shop called BRICS. If you live in Indianapolis, you should really go check it out at some point that probably isn't like, you know, like a global pandemic. Um, because they are absolutely adorable. We'll have to post on Instagram a picture of our dog Winston.

Nick: Yeah, that's my favorite picture in the world!

Alex: Yeah, it continues to be the best picture that exists of Winston, uh, at their like outdoor ice cream window ordering himself a dog ice cream. But they're the cutest little, like local ice cream place. And they have these little conversation cards and every time that Nick and I would go on dates there we'd do like conversation cards with each other. Like literally, even after we've been married. We just think it's really fun to always be finding out things about each other, because stuff always changes, and sometimes you don't even know about that. So we made a conversation card episode.

Nick: Yeah, I pulled together- uh, I said up at the top about 30 and it ended up being 33. I highly doubt that we're going to get through all of them. So what I'm gonna do is I've got a random number generator pulled up and we'll just kind of do that to answer, uh, questions. And if you want to play along at home, feel free to send us some of your favorite questions and answers to said Twitter and Instagram, or even comment on the YouTube video some of the answers that you have to the questions that we ask, because I would love to have more conversations with people about what we do on this podcast.

Alex: [Chuckles] Yeah!

Nick: Let's start with question number 25.

Alex: All right. Number 25 is: "Who do you feel like you know, even though you've never met them?" Oh, this is perfect for this podcast.

Both: [Laughing]

Nick: Yeah. So, uh, basically what this is, is the definition of a parasocial relationship, which is the point of this podcast is to build a parasocial relationship with people.

Both: [Laughing]

Nick: And kind of, I guess, also rip on parasocial relationships that people have with people that they've never met.

Alex: This is so ironic, taking something from an ice cream shop that we used to go to and our first question immediately being about parasocial relationships. Truly.

Nick: That's the podcast! That's the name!

Alex: The- they said it! They said Ice Cream Parasocial!

Both: [Laughing]

Nick: Oh I just hit my microphone with my glasses. Oh God. But yeah. So, who do you have parasocial relationships with, Alex?

Alex: Ooh that is a really hard one. Oh my gosh. Do you have an answer off the top of your head?

Nick: I did when I wrote the question down, but... God. I.. Shit.

So, I have-- Goddammit I don't want to talk about my bad memory in every single episode.

Alex: [Chuckles]

Nick: Um... but of course now I can't remember anybody's names. But there's definitely a lot of people in the disability community on Twitter and Instagram that I have really intense parasocial relationships with that I've never even spoken to at all, but I'm just like wow, I'm so proud of them. They seem like such genuine-

Alex: My best friend...

Nick: Right.

Alex: Yeah I feel like it tends to happen to me a lot with um I feel like... niche creators? Not necessarily quite as much with big big creators like YouTubers and podcasters and things like that. I never really have a moment where I'm just like, you know, [laughs] This is really telling on myself that I'm just like big celebrities I'm just like Oh yeah fuckin' Alex Goldman from Reply All did something and I just think that he is so cool and he's my best friend. [laughs]

Nick: Right.

Alex: You know? Like I feel like I don't have as parasocial a relationship with people that are like big big creators but then even if it's like 1 million or under followers or so I'm just like yes I am one of their million best friends.

Nick: Right, yeah and I mean in this day and age under a million is small. Which is so funny or even you know be- having around a million subscribers on YouTube or something is small. There's so many people that have like 20, 30 million at this point that just like ah, 1 million is not that big. It's not that big of a deal.

Alex: Yeah...

Nick: One of mine, probably one of my biggest ones that like I feel like I know her so well but like I don't even interact with her on anything, typically. Every once in a while I will, but um, Annika Victoria.

Alex: Ooh! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.

Nick: Um, and if you don't know who that is, she does crafting videos and sewing videos on YouTube and also does a lot of stuff about disability. I can't remember what, um, what exactly her disability is, but it- A lot of the things that she goes through are very similar to a lot of things that I go to-go through and so it's very much just kind of like "Oh we're both wearing our migraine glasses today!"

Alex: Twins!

Nick: Right. [laughs] Hashtag twinning! You know and she'll make these posts about dealing with disability and dealing with chronic illness and I'll just be like "Oh me too, man." And I'm just like yeah I know so much about you but I don't. [Laughs]

Alex: Yeah... I feel like um, I feel like I finally have one too which is definitely a kind of commentary slash a little bit like leftuber. Quinton Reviews is definitely probably my biggest parasocial relationship person. Um, and I feel like it's very similar it's also like somebody that's very open about like his mental health stuff that he's going through is a big thing, and like life changes and stuff like that which I think is like a really good thing to do and I find that super admirable. But it's stuff that's very identifiable for me so I'm just like alright time to go hang out with my pal [laughs] and I'm just like "Oh wow yeah, we're both going through mental health things at the same time" or like I dunno, job changes or general disillusionment. It's so easy to just kind of have those things build up.

Nick: Yeah, I think that I definitely had more parasocial relationships when I was a teenager because now I'm really scared to kind of interact with people not just people that you know seem like they're celebrities but just in general I'm really worried about coming off as like creepy or weird. And so I just don't but when I was a teenager I didn't really think about it at all, I'd just you know hop into the Twitter replies with my favorite author and we would just have a little chat but now I'm like, I'll have something to say I'll type it out and I'll delete it and I'll walk away.

Both: [chuckling]

Nick: And then so I feel like that kind of demolished a lot of the relationships that I otherwise would have, I guess.

Alex: Yeah and it definitely is really interesting sort of figuring out the like delineation between like a parasocial relationship and what isn't in the age of like, when you can like talk to creators just sort of whenever? Um, depending on who the creator is, and how open they are with their audience or like what their boundaries are I guess.

Nick: Mmhmm.

Alex: Um, and it's just super interesting figuring out that kind of thing, especially when it comes to people that have Discords, or people that do like Twitch streams where it's just like... I feel like part of the reason why I had to have this such a second thinking about the question is that it's just like, does it count as parasocial if like, we're mutuals on Twitter? Or like, if we interact in like their Discord all of the time? Like, I don't know! Like, ahh! Like, I mean I've met them like they know who I am. [laughs]

Nick: Right.

Alex: You know? And then it's just like, oh well I guess, somebody that I haven't met that we've interacted like a couple of times but very tangential would be Quinton Reviews.

Nick: Mhmm.

Alex: Um. But it's so weird even figuring out like, the lines of I don't know if that's like defined that way anymore.

Nick: Right. Yeah, I think that we talked that one to death enough.

Alex: Oh yeah for sure.

Both: [Laughing]

Nick: We're really not even that far in, but I'm just like okay it's time to move on, there's 33 questions. Number nine.

Alex: All right, number nine! If you were reborn in a new life, would you rather be alive in the past or the future?

Nick: Future.

Alex: Future.

Nick: Are you fucking kidding me?

Alex: Yeah. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. Get me out of here.

Nick: My fucking disabled queer ass? Yeah no.

Alex: Right!

Nick: I'm gonna to go to the future and hope that it's ... [sighs] marginally better.

Alex: Right! Absolutely. Yeah, like I want to go... 100 percent the future, like, my disabled queer ass?

Nick: Right.

Alex: Let me out, dude.

Nick: Right. Like, I want to be in the time where like, I have access to things. [Laughs]

Alex: Right, I would love to be in the time where people have rights and shit. [Laughs]

Nick: Right. W-well... [chuckles] yeah. Hopefully in the future that happens.

Alex: Yeah, at some point.

Nick: Always moving forward! Hopefully...

Alex: Eh...

Nick: Hopefully.

Alex: Hopefully.

Nick: Anyways! Moving on to number 27! Um.

Alex: [Laughs]

Nick: What's the grossest food that you just can't get enough of?

[Laughs]

That will hopefully become like, the only food in the future.

Alex: Oh my God. Oh that's tough, I love nasty shit.

Nick: You love disgusting shit.

Alex: I love the worst things. Um, do you want to go first so I can pick which nasty shit?

Nick: I don't really like a lot of gross foods. Like, I have such a limited diet because a.) I eat like a child, and b.) I'm vegan. And so like, it's just a lot of vegan chicken nuggets and mac and cheese. Like...

Alex: You've expanded out a lot, you can give yourself credit.

Nick: Yeah I've expanded out quite a bit.

Alex: Like it's not gross, but you've expanded out.

Right.

Nick: I think that the grossest food that I couldn't get enough of was Taco Bell, and I'm so glad that like I know that they have some vegan options and like technically you can order stuff to make it vegan, but I am so glad that they don't have a lot, because otherwise I'd be in a lot of trouble. [Chuckles]

Alex: Oh yeah absolutely. I feel like the grossest food that I can't get enough of... if I'm going like, for genuine like other people probably would be like "ugh," [laughs] like "why would you... why would you put that in there", I would probably have to say... for some reason lately, since we've been vegan, I cannot stop eating soft pretzels. Because I found out that the um microwaveable soft pretzels that you can buy are vegan, and so I just cook them all the time. And I just like season them in a bunch of different ways, and I'll just eat them with like soup, because it's bread [laughs]. And so you'll like, walk in on me at like two in the morning and I'll just be eating like soft pretzels like a little goblin in the nighttime. For grossest food in the sense of just like... you know, um, God has abandoned us but I don't particularly care, uh, but I feel like a lot of--

Both: [Laughing]

Alex: But I feel like a lot of people would probably really enjoy this if they knew it existed. So, another little local restaurant shout out. In Portland there's a restaurant, that is probably my favorite restaurant, that's called The Homegrown Smoker. And they have a lot of bullshit that I love. Just peak vegan bullshit. And they have this uh, this thing [laughs]. It's like, a burrito... like, wrap-type thing, that's called "mac no cheeto", and it's smoked soy curls with barbecue sauce, grilled peppers and onions, mac and cheese-- uh, like vegan mac and cheese-- barbecued beans and like, a flour tortilla. And again, God has abandoned us, but honestly I'm fine with it, I made my choice.

Both: [Laughing]

Alex: Anyway Homegrown Smoker is open for takeout. So like.

Both: [Laughing]

Nick: That's so funny.

Alex: They have a lot of really good vegan comfort food and I really recommend them.

Nick: Oh, they do. They're-- they're really, really good. Um... Number 14, "what social stigma does society need to get over?"

Alex: [Laughs]

Nick: Uh institutionalized racism, perhaps?

Alex: Yes, absolutely, good God.

Nick: Don't know if that's a stigma, but like, can we just fucking stop that shit?

Alex: Right! Literally. I feel like another social stigma is like, acting like being called out on something, or like being corrected on something, means that like you're a bad person.

Nick: Absolutely.

Alex: Or I guess, just like acting like, you know, calling someone out on something that they did means that they're like, irredeemable. Cause like, I always kind of have this attitude about it where it's like, if somebody criticizes you on something or like give us constructive criticism, then that means that they think you can change.

Nick: Mhmm.

Alex: And I think that that's kind of.. I don't want to say a compliment, but it's kind of, you know, them putting faith in you to like, listen to them. And I think that you know, there's this whole stigma around it where it's just like, "Oh you said that I said something racist, and that just means that you think I'm a bad person." And it's like, no you know a lot of the time that means that they think that you're capable of changing and like not doing harm anymore. Um.

Nick: Right. They believe that you can get better.

Alex: Yeah! And so it's just like, I would love for people to be able to get over the social stigma of like, that kind of... um... defensiveness?

Nick: Right. Yeah. Cause it's like, there definitely is a big issue with internet culture right now, with "cancel culture"--

Alex: TM.

Nick: TM. But a lot of the time, what people are calling "cancel culture" is really just people asking for people in more power to do better, because we believe that they can do better.

Alex: Yeah. And like, for accountability.

Nick: Yeah.

Alex: And it's just like, things would be overall so much better if the attitude towards that was more of just like a "Oh shit. Thanks for letting me know. Now I can like, go be better, uh, and do less harm, and like, thanks for like, believing in me I guess."

Nick: Right. Absolutely. All right, let's see if we get a, uh, not as heavy one. [laughs]

Alex: I know. [ laughs]

Nick: Oh God. Number two: "what makes you the angriest?" [

Laughs]

Oh shit. [laughing] Oh no. Oh no.

Oh okay. I...

Alex: I kind of want to go for current, just because overwhelmingly, like, just overarchingly feels like a lot.

Nick: Mhmm.

Alex: Oh man. Current is also very hard.

Nick: Right now what makes me the angriest is when people refuse to wear face masks, and they have literally no reason to not wear one. Like just fucking wear one. It's not that difficult.

Alex: Right. Like, that's what I was gonna say too. [Laughs]

Nick: Right. It's just it's really, really frustrating having... so here's what happened to me. Right As everything was starting to kind of get shut down, and everything was like "oh yeah we're just going to be closing our place for two weeks, so that like things can kind of die down," all the way back in March, my job closed down permanently. We all got laid off. The place got completely shut down. Since that day I have not left my apartment except to take my dogs outside. I have not gone anywhere, I have not risked it. I have asthma. I... you know, I... until very very recently I didn't have health insurance. I just didn't want to risk it. I have been in my apartment since March. It is now September. If I go out, if I start having to go out and do things and I get sick because some asshole decides not to wear a mask I will find them and I will kill them. That is a fact. I will be so pissed If I have spent almost all of 2020 just holed up in my apartment just for somebody that is slightly uncomfortable with wearing a mask to get me sick.

Alex: Right?

Nick: You know?

Alex: Yeah.

Nick: Like, oh that's really cool that you got really sick of being in your apartment after a month. I've been here for like six now? Uh? [Laughs]

Alex: Right! Literally! And it's just like, that's something else that really gets me about it is that it's like, people act like... I don't know, as somebody that has dealt with a lot of mental health stuff for a super long time, it's so irritating like seeing people just be like "oh well I got sad, so I decided to go to a party with a hundred other people because I was sad." And it's just like that's when you see a therapist. Like, it's like, I know that access is hard, but it's just so frustrating. And I don't know. Just the whole mask thing too is so frustrating, because it's like, there's so many like intersections at which you know, COVID affects people? And it's like it's so very much like... you know, it's like a race issue, and a disability issue, and a class issue. And like people just sort of like, ignore all of that? Like, you know, it's like an ageism issue as well. And it's so upsetting when people just sort of act like it's like, one bad thing. Um.

Nick: Mhmm.

Alex: Like just like, one singular bad action. And it's just like, ugh. I just especially don't like it when people that try and act really socially conscious are like, "oh like it's just like one time like it's just like this one time."

Nick: Right. Like the thing that I... I'm not gonna name names, because I don't want people to go in and cancel them but mmm. A lot of big creators I had to just go through and unfollow them on everything because I kept seeing this trend of like, people posting pictures and then at the very bottom of the caption being like "mask removal was allowed for photos!" And I'm just like... cool. Uh. [Laughs]

Alex: Just cause it's allowed doesn't mean you should.

Nick: Right. Just cause it's allowed doesn't mean you should, and also like, if you can't take a good picture outside while wearing a mask like that's your fucking issue.

Alex: Get good? [laughs]

Nick: Get good! Like I just-- just get a cute mask! I have-- I have two that I really really love, one that's like got constellations on it and one that's got dinosaurs on it, and they're both glow in the dark, and they are so fucking cool! You know?

Alex: It's fucking dope! Like I don't understand that shit. And it's like, the perfect little like... post-apocalyptic vibe. Like you can get masks that match like, every vibe under the sun at this point. Like there's no-- you can get masks that match like, bandanas for your dog!

Nick: Right!

Alex: Like? [Laughs] No excuse.

Nick: Yeah. And if you're having issues with breathing with a mask on, there's a lot of different things that you can do. There's this one... there's this silicone piece that you can put on your mouth, and I'll link it in wherever I can, that helps keep the fabric away from your mouth that Alex uses a lot. And I don't like the feeling of it on me as much, but you know, that can really help with getting airflow and keeping the fabric off of your face If you don't like having the fabric on your face, and you know, there's-- I super super do not recommend buying any masks from any store. Because those ones we've had huge issues with, but then buying them from Etsy, y'know, getting them handmade, they're better quality. They're a lot more breathable. They're a lot more comfortable. And if all else fails, a lot of stores online now have the disposable masks that are super breathable now, you know. Like all of that stuff has kind of caught back up.

Alex: Yeah.

Nick: So, you've got options. You-- it doesn't have to just be that you've got this, you know, 20 layer piece of shit taped to your face. You know? [Laughs]

Alex: Right! Literally! And it's like, you know, it's another one of those things that, kind of like with vaccines, like there are a small percentage of people who like, you know, for whatever reason whether it's like access issues or like some sort of like medical thing like... can't? And it's like, you know because of that small percentage of people, like, you should extra extra be wearing a mask.

Nick: Mhmm.

Alex: And it's just so frustrating to me to see like, people that have the money that like are able bodied um just like... not doing it? It is so frustrating.

Nick: Right.

Alex: Cause it's like, you know, there's people that are like... that like, don't have a way to like wash fabric masks or like buy disposable masks, and it's just like so that those people don't get sick then you should extra be wearing a mask. Like. Aah. You know what I mean?

Nick: Right.

Alex: So many feelings about masks! [Laughs]

Nick: And it's also-- something that I had to do when I first started wearing them even, y'know, just to take the dogs out, is wear it for 30 seconds, take it off, and then... you know, and work on getting the length of time that you can wear it up. Cause when I first started wearing masks-- granted I was wearing these like really cheap shitty ones that we got from Whole Foods or something-- and I couldn't. I could not wear it for more than 30 seconds. And so then, you know, the next time that I wore it I would put it on, I'd wear it for 45 seconds. And over time that started to grow. And then buying a mask that was handmade. And then I will also link to the store that made my favorite masks in the description, in shownotes and stuff. That, y'know, that made it so much better. They were so much more breathable, and so much more comfortable. You know, so test out different masks. If you're having a lot of issues with one, try out a different style, try out a different company. Like, try getting the little like, silicone muzzle I guess, you know, that you can put under it to keep it away from your face, and build up that time. You know?

Alex: Yeah! There's a lot less difference in price than I thought there was going to be--

Nick: Mhmm.

Alex: Um, like, to get the fabric masks that are like accordion-style that I've found a lot more comfortable, and like breathable, then the um other ones that we'd been using that were more like fast fashion. It was like, I don't know, I think they were like eightish dollars? Something like that?

Nick: Yeah. They were still under $10.

Alex: They're still under ten, which I think was around or below the price of the uh like masks that we'd gotten from Whole Foods that are a lot less breathable.

Nick: Yeah.

Alex: Um. But that's just my little take. Like the ones from Target are real shitty.

Nick: Ah yeah.

Alex: Um, and they were less expensive, but again it's like, do you want to wear something that doesn't fit super well and is awful to breathe in and as maybe like $2 cheaper? But again I don't know. That's just a little onion.

Nick: Just wear a mask, like, please. This thing isn't over just because you want it to be over. I want it to be over.

Alex: So bad.

Nick: I haven't left my apartment at all in six months. I would love so much to leave my apartment.

Alex: I just want to go thrifting.

Nick: Right? I just want to go to a thrift store and like not buy anything and just look at it all. You know, like?

Alex: God.

Nick: Anyways.

Alex: Anyways.

Nick: Wear a mask. Next question.

Alex: Next question.

Nick: Number 33. [Chuckles] What profession doesn't get enough credit or respect?

Alex: Oh God. [Laughs]

Nick: Teachers. [Laughs]

Alex: Ooh that's a good one. That is a good one. Oh this is hard. Cause I feel like there are a ton. Um. Fuckin'...

Nick: I can also put in here a profession that gets too much credit and too much respect!

Alex: [Laughing] Uh...

Nick: Cops!

Alex: For-- Definitely agree with that one!

Nick: [Laughs]

Alex: Um... for not enough respect I would definitely agree with teachers, and I would also throw in any sort of like, frontline like customer service, food service, like, retail workers.

Nick: Oh yeah!

Alex: Um... that's one of those things that I have so many feelings about, because I feel like that is the peak example of like transferable job skills that like, everyone is just like "oh that's like an unskilled job." And I'm just like, as someone that sort of, like, transferred those job skills into like healthcare, fucking... deescalation, man! [Laughs]

Nick: Right. Deescalation is a huge one.

Alex: Multitasking, oh my God.

Nick: Yeah.

Alex: Multitasking and deescalation. Like?

Nick: Being able to keep your cool in a high pressure situation.

Alex: Right? Like shout out! And like for absolutely no pay. Like. Ahhhh.

Nick: Yeah, like going back to uh, the whole wearing a mask thing, there was this video-- I didn't watch the whole thing, because it made me anxious to watch-- But there was this guy who was refusing to wear a mask and he was going into a grocery store, and the-- there were like five people that worked there that, God I hope were upper management type people, but um-- he was screaming, and he was in their face, and he was cussing at them, and they were all so calm. Like, the one person that was taking the video was not being calm, but I don't know if they worked there. But the people that, like, were in the video that clearly worked there were so calm and just "have a good day sir. Have a good day sir. Mhmm. Yeah, you have a good day. Okay. Bye bye. Have a good day." And I'm just like, I... oh, I would have broken down. [Laughs]

Alex: Right. Absolutely.

Nick: And just like, I know for a fact that those people did not get paid enough to deal with that bullshit. [Laughs]

Alex: For sure! My God.

Nick: And that's something that I've seen before. Like at my very first job actually, where like this dude was going off about something, and my manager just pulled that like "alright. Yep. You have you have a nice night, sir."

Both: [Chuckling]

Nick: And yet, for the most part, we as a society... um... we'll sit there, and be like "yeah those people, like, they don't really do anything. They just ring stuff up, and they don't deserve to have a whole like-- you know. If they actually needed money or if they were real adults, they would have real adult jobs!" And I'm just like, you expect a teenager... [Laughs]

Alex: Right?

Nick: To do that shit?

Alex: Right? Or even just like people who have such a lack of awareness where they'll just be like, "Oh yeah they should have like a real adult job. Like all of the jobs that require a bachelor's degree but still pay $12 an hour for some reason."

Nick: Right.

Alex: Even though to get a bachelor's degree, half the time you have to drop tens of thousands-- if not more-- of dollars that many people don't have. [Laughs]

Nick: Right. Just to then work a shitty job for the rest of your life that has nothing to do with that degree so that you can pay off that degree.

Alex: Right. Woo!

Nick: It's great. It's fun. Anyways, uh everybody needs to be paid more, except for cops who need to be defunded.

Alex: Yes.

Nick: Fact.

Alex: Absolutely. Except cops, who should be defunded and also quit their jobs.

Nick: Yeah 100%.

Okay, now a genuinely fun one.

I kept I kept hoping that the next one would be like a fun one, and then it's just like Oh No, no, no, no, no we're gonna fight today. [laughs]

Alex: It's time to fight!

Nick: Uh, if you were a superhero what powers would you have?

Alex: [laughs] Oh my God. That's so funny Uhmm I feel like If I were a superhero I would love to be able to shape shift.

Nick: Mm Shapeshift is a really good one.

Alex: My fucking nonbinary ass, are you kidding me? [

Nick: Especially if you can shape shift into things that aren't real.

Alex: Yeah!

Nick: Or even if you can shape shift into things that are real, you know? Being able to like turn into a bird and fly. Yeah, shape-shifting is mine too 'cause I feel like my first thing that I want to say is to be able to fly 'cause I've always wanted to fly, but also thinking about my chronic illness I would never be able to because I can barely walk. How am I supposed to- [laughs]

Alex: Oh...

Nick: You know? [laughs]

How I supposed to go out and fly around and have fun with fibromyalgia? Like all I'm thinking now about that is that my wings would be in pain too.

Alex: Oh God! [ chuckles]

Nick: And that's just ugh. But if I could shape shift, maybe I could shape shift into somebody with a working body! [laughs]

Alex: Yeah that's what I was thinkin' if it's real cold out maybe I could shape shift into someone who's joints are functional [laughs]

Nick: Right!

Alex: Or you know whatever.

Nick: No kidding! Okay Well that was a fast one. Let's see what number 19 is.

Alex: In the past people were buried with the items that they would need in the afterlife. What would you want to be buried with so that you could use it in the afterlife?

Nick: Hmm... My dog? [laughs]

Alex: Awwwww

Nick: I want my dog. I would like my puppy, please.

Alex: Oh that's really cute. That's a nice one.

Nick: It like all I can think of 'cause I'm like... I don't know, it depends on what the afterlife is like, you know?

I guess he's not- my dog's not an item.

Alex: Yeah that's true. Like what does the afterlife have already? 'Cause I wouldn't want to like show up to the afterlife with my laptop and then it was like "no wifi in the afterlife."

Nick: Right. I guess uh, my mobility aids would be great?

Alex: Just in case.

Nick: Like, I just honestly I love them so much, that like even if in the afterlife none of that exists, I almost feel naked without them. And I feel like I would feel naked there too, so it's just like I'd like to have my cane just so I can-

Alex: Just in case!

Nick: Just to hold on to it.

Alex: Just to have.

Nick: And then also it's a weapon so I can beat the shit out of any demons that are trying to-

Alex: [laughing] Assuming that you go to hell?

Nick: Listen. [laughs]

Alex: [laughing] Oh my god. My brain just keeps getting fixated on like the Nintendo switch, so I guess I'm taking the Nintendo switch.

Nick: Just hope to God that there's power.

Alex: Yeah, just hope that there's electricity in the afterlife.

Both: [laughing]

Nick: Alright Let's try... Oh! Number 10: Would you rather be the funniest person in the room or the most intelligent?

[ I'd rather be the funniest. I don't-I don't want to be smart I want to be- I want to be a himbo! [laughs at his own joke like he's funny]

Alex: Right! I would also rather be funny, because I feel like you can always become more intelligent but I feel like to be funny like that is such a hard thing to learn. And also [quietly] intelligence is kind of an ableist concept.

Both: [laughing]

Nick: Intelligence is a hundred percent an ableist concept. You're absolutely right.

Alex: You know, and also being the most intelligent I feel like would kind of more alienate people um depending on how you express yourself as a person. 'Cause either like you just know a bunch of stuff and you don't want to talk down to people so you just don't really do anything with it Um or you like I guess you could like teach people things which is something that I guess could be worthwhile but I don't know if you're like the funniest person that you can have a lot of friends and just hang out and learn things from each other. And I think that that's neat, just being able to like bond people and bring people together I would love that.

Nick: Yeah, that's a really, really good sentiment.

Uh, let's see what number 29 has! What's the most recent show you've binge-watched? Korra.

Alex: Oh yeah! I wouldn't really call it binge

Nick: We're watching like an episode a night.

Alex: Yeah.

Nick: The last one that we binged was The Umbrella Academy.

Alex: Yes!

Nick: Season two.

Alex: Which I cannot physically stop thinking about.

Both: [laughing]

Nick: Yeah We've been able to pace ourselves a lot more with Korra, but with The Umbrella Academy it was like two or three episodes a day. [laughs]

Alex: Exactly. It's yet another example of the thing where Nick tries to get me into something for a really long time and I'm like "Oh yeah, I'll-I'll check that out. Like, yeah we can check that out soon." And then we finally check it out and then he instantly regrets getting me into it. [laughs]

Yeah.

Then it's just like a giant alarm goes off in the middle of the apartment and it's just like special interest alert!

Both: [laughing]

Alex: Then I just don't shut up for like four months [laughs]

Nick: Right, oh man.

Um we

Alex: had a bigger fan base I feel like by like episode five or so someone could have a 15 minute compilation That's just me talking about The Umbrella Academy.

Both: [laughing]

Alex: But that's for another day.

Nick: Um Moving on to number 30: What outdated slang do you use on a regular basis?

Alex: Oh that one's hard because I feel like outdated is a difficult term in the internet era. [laughs]

Nick: Yeah, 'cause things get outdated almost immediately.

Alex: Things get outdated almost immediately, and also I- as like a counter argument I feel like nothing is outdated because of irony.

Nick: Yeah, that's very fair. So I guess what did you start saying ironically that now you can't stop?

Alex: Ooh... oh that's hard. That is really hard, I feel like um, probably [chuckles] the thing that I started saying ironically that now I can't stop is definitely "What's up gamers!?"

Nick: Oh, yeah!

Alex: I say that way too much. I say it to the pets all the time.

Nick: [loudly] What's up gamers?!?

Both: [laughing]

Alex: Like, especially when I'm really tired I'll go like pet one of the dogs and I'll be like "What's up gamer?" [laughs]

Nick: Yeah, that is- that is uh, true. I've seen it so many times.

I feel like it's definitely something that I say more to the pets, anytime that I say something ironically, and I can't- now I can't remember anything that I say to them. I never speak to them.

Alex: You never address them.

Nick: Me and the dogs, me and the cats, we are not on speaking terms.

Alex: [laughs] Not since the incident.

Nick: Not since the incident.

Alex: [laughing] Oh God.

Nick: Not since the knife incident.

Alex: Oh God!

Nick: Which will hear about in a future episode where we discuss our pets Oh, Um, Yeah I don't know I- I feel like I started calling everyone man which is kind of outdated slang?

Alex: Yeah.

Nick: Even though like I don't know why I started saying it but I was just like "Listen, man."

Alex: Yeah I feel like you say a lot of kind of like seventies, eighties hippy shit

Nick: Yeah I love

Alex: it.

Nick: That's Because I am a hippie from the seventies, eighties.

Alex: Yeah, I feel like you watch a lot of like van tours on YouTube-

Nick: That, yeah.

Alex: Of People that are definitely older hippies and I think you kinda like pick up on the slang sometimes, and I love that.

Nick: Yeah I- that is very, very accurate.

God now the number generator is starting to pick up the same ones over and over again. Okay Here's What should- maybe will be a quick one. Uh, which way should toilet paper hang? Over or under?

Alex: Um I have never had an opinion on this I don't know why it's so important. [laughs]

Nick: [laughing]

Alex: I'm the

same.

[laughing] And that's why we work as a couple!

Nick: Like, I guess over? This is going to be the first thing we get canceled about!

Alex: I know right?

Nick: Is putting out our toilet paper-

Alex: I know.

Nick: -opinions

Alex: Putting our shit out here.

Nick: 'Cause the genuine answer is it doesn't fucking matter.

But I guess my preference is over?

Alex: Yeah Like I guess technically...

Nick: 'Cause it's easier to pull?

Alex: Yeah Like I never really noticed. I guess over, because it's harder for the cat to reach.

Nick: Yeah. Anyways, uh...

Both: [laughing]

Nick: Oh, number 20: Where do you get most of the decorations for your home? Thrift stores.

Alex: Thrift stores.

100% thrift stores.

Nick: Yeah, or given to us for free.

Alex: Thrift stores, given to us for free by friends, and sometimes like Halloween Stores.

Nick: Yeah, our oldest and most treasured decoration is from a Halloween store. Because when we first moved in together, it was early November years ago.

Alex: Yeah.

Nick: And that was something that you brought was our eat drink and be scary sign.

Alex: Yeah!

Nick: And everywhere that we've lived that has gone into the kitchen, and it will go into the next one.

Alex: Absolutely.

Nick: I'll go ahead and lead that into another one without doing the random number generator. What would your dream house be like?

Alex: [chuckles]

Nick: Mine is a van.

Alex: [laughs]

Nick: I'm not even play around. I like, before... it-it's one of those really frustrating things where like I don't know if I actually learned about something before it became a trend or if I was just like getting swept up in it with everyone else but feeling like I wasn't, you know? But for the last year and a half we've been talking a lot about buying a van and traveling around. And the more that I look into it the more I'm just like yeah this is all I want.

Alex: Mhmm!

Nick: And you know I guess like my dream house house would definitely be a tiny house where I can reach everything that I need to reach from one spot.

Alex: Yeah I would definitely agree with the van thing and the house thing. Um, so that I can have a unique answer, I would definitely say dream house would be just a nice little commune I just want to have like a timy- tiny house commune with a bunch of cool people just kind of out in nowhere and totally self-sufficient, not bothered by anybody. 'Cause I'm the- very much the type of person where I am more of like an I guess like when we're like living somewhere stationary tend to be more of like an urban person but not by choice more by virtue of just being reliant on the city. Like I feel like that if everything was cool, I would very much be more of a country non-binary. [laughs] But just because of like social stigma and everything it's just like "Yeah fine, I guess I'll just go with be with all the other gays." So I've always thought that it would be so cool to just have like a nice little plot of land with a bunch of other people, and we're all just chill. [

Nick: That definitely is like My Ultimate Dream for if we ever do want to kind of stop moving again. And I mean at this point being stuck in the apartment for six months all I want is to move and never stop moving. Um, which is why I'm so in love with the idea of getting a van. But you know if and when we decide to settle down that is my ultimate dream is to have a really accessible really queer tiny house commune.

Alex: Yes!

Nick: I just think that that would be so nice. I definitely really miss having roommates. I really miss having our last roommates, especially with us being able to be separated a little bit. And so I'm just like man, all I want is to just have like this huge, huge plot of land where everybody gets to have their own little little house, little space, and you know we can get together if we want to. We don't have to.

Alex: Right We all just like... ugh so nice.

Nick: Everybody has got like things that they need to do that You know they get to pick out the thing that-

Alex: is like accessible to them and like that they kind of enjoy doing and just love it just love- you love to see it. We all maybe have a bunch of dogs, and I just love

Nick: There's just too

Alex: many

Nick: dogs.

Alex: [laughs]

Nick: Okay This generator literally just keeps picking the same things.

Is there- is there one that you want to answer?

Alex: Let's see.. Oh sure, um let's do 24 maybe, which is: what's the most creative use of emojis you've ever seen?

Nick: Oh my God! She-ra, the creator of She-ra, Noelle Stevenson, every single season... Whenever a new season of She-ra would come out , She would tell the story of the season on Twitter just using emojis. And it was so cool to go through and watch that season and go through the emojis and be like "Oh that's what that meant, and that's what this meant!" It was

Alex: Oh like trying to infer what would happen next is like the best!

Nick: Yeah, like seeing a little claw emoji and being like Oh something's going to happen with Scorpia!

Alex: Yeah, Oh my God. That's what I was gonna say too If you didn't. I was just like I really want to get a chance to talk about that for a second, 'cause I love that shit.

Nick: It was so good. Um Let me see let me see let me see let me see... Let's do a couple of quick fire ones that are right in a row. Summer or winter?

Alex: Uhh, winter.

Nick: Really?

Alex: Um depends on where.

Nick: Ah, that's fair. Winter here in Portland is really nice, winter in Indiana is not nice.

Alex: Winter in Indiana can go kick rocks.

Both: [laughing]

Alex: Made of solid ice.

Nick: Mhmm.

Alex: But summer is- I don't do well with heat.

Nick: Yeah that's fair. I think it's really funny because I was born in August, and also with school always having summer off I have this idea in my head that summer is so much better. That's when my birthday is, that's when I don't have anything that I have to do, but like as an adult that's just not true.

Alex: Right! It's so funny because I just realized that I feel like I have the opposite thing with winter, too. Because like you have a summer birthday and you have school being off and everything like that. And then, I have the exact opposite thing where I have a winter birthday and I grew up with sort of like a hybrid of like holidays. Where I grew up uh you know I'm Jewish, and then I also had the side of my family that would celebrate Christmas, so I got to have both Hanukkah and Christmas. So I had basically the like you know winter version of summer break.

And

Nick: that, that definitely says a lot.

Alex: Yeah So both of those make sense to me, actually.

Nick: That's funny. But then I think that even the third honest best answer is fall.

Alex: Oh yeah, naturally. Fall and spring are very much where it's at.

Nick: Yeah but between summer and winter... Depending on the place. Here in Portland, I would definitely say winter.

Alex: Oh yeah.

Nick: Uh, 50s or 80s music?

Alex: Eighties music.

Nick: Same.

Alex: No doubt.

Nick: Piercings or tattoos?

Alex: Tattoos.

Nick: Yeah, same. Tattoos are 1,000 times better. Like, piercings are great but tattoos are just...

Alex: Oh yeah absolutely. Piercings are nice because they're way easier to kind of just like play around with, you know? 'Cause people sort of make it seem like one of those things where they're equal in their permanence, but I've had different peircings where it's just like you can just sorta do whatever. It's fine. But I really like the emotional significance of tattoos um and piercings can also be significant; Don't get me wrong. I just love like the it's like kind of a mindfulness moment to get a tattoo, and I love that. And it's also just so cool like standing in the mirror and being like shit that's on me! What, that's crazy.

Nick: Right. Alright, let's do one last one that I feel like would be funny. Where are you not welcome anymore?

Alex: [laughs]

Nick: My answer I love, because it doesn't matter because the place got shut down.

Alex: Oh, I love that. Oh I love that so much. Honestly my answer also, I feel like- [laughs] It's so funny that that could um apply to multiple things.

Nick: Oh yeah.

Alex: That does apply to

Nick: Those businesses that I'm not allowed at have been shut down, so...

Alex: [ laughs

Nick: Sounds like, uh, their fault not mine. [chuckles]

Alex: Right, um, I would say probably the place for me doesn't matter because the dude got fired, so... [laughs]

Nick: So fuck that guy and- [laughs]

Alex: So fuck you Frank.

Both: [laughing]

Alex: He's not going to listen to this, that's fine.

Nick: Yeah, even if he does there's no tracing that.

Alex: Oh yeah absolutely. There's a lot of shitty Frank's in the world.

Nick: [laughs] All right so fuck you, Frank. This has been Ice Cream Parasocial.

Alex: [laughs]

Thank you for joining us again this week!

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[TRANS] Bazaar June 2017 Park Hyungsik Interview

BORN TO BE WILD

Park Hyungsik calmly walked into the Hawaiian nature where sun, wind, fog, and sudden showers changed one another in unparalleled fashion like special effects. A full-fledged 26-year-old actor, who is slowly discovering the taste of acting, without a touch of fear or hesitation explored the unfamiliar world. The diverse Park Hyungsik’s prism that radiates between an innocent boyish face and a wild manly appearance. ----By Editor Kim Areum

When we met Park Hyungsik for the first time at the Honolulu Airport in Hawaii, he was completely covered in black, hiding behind a hat and a mask. The Hawaiian daylight was sweltering hot after spending a sleepless night aboard the plane. After some time of driving over the sauna-like asphalt, right when we got closer to the ocean, it felt like the cool breeze has finally shown its true colors and greeted us with a warm “welcome.” It was perhaps two hours after landing. When we met Park Hyungsik again at the Waikiki Beach, he wore red shorts and a white t-shirt with flaming red flowers on it. With his cap backwards, he defended his seat at the very front of a 15-seat mini bus with a certain boyish expression on his face. The person who likes ramyeon, enjoys computer games, and definitely adds spicy jalapenos into his spaghetti.

After having watched him closely for three days, we could say that actor Park Hyungsik is somewhat similar to a kitten that magically appears out of nowhere once someone starts shaking something fluttery. Shall we say he has a talent to arouse his surroundings by concentrating on the most trivial matters even when he is contemplating somewhere far away, out of his territory? This 26-year-old actor, with the eyes full of life and curiosity, would literally glue his face to the car window and stare for a while whenever unfamiliar yet recognizable aspects of nature would unfold in front of us. I can still see vividly clear his cute and innocent gestures when sea water gushed out like a mist in between rough rocks where they say you can see the humpback whales, or when we met the so-called Fire bird* that, according to the local legend, brought fire to Hawaii. His voice full of awe and admiration is still there in the recording when during the interview a small bird flew in the terrace and he was so enthusiastically curious about it. The improvised brilliant moments before arranged directing, when he simply reacted to the Hawaiian nature around him the way his body and mind instinctively told him to, are caught on camera, too.

As we gradually moved towards the east side of the Waikiki Beach in a small bus; sun, fog, wind, and sudden showers quickly changed one another. Park Hyungsik was naturally committed to anything, as he gladly went into whatever was to come next. When he ignored the huge waves coming from afar, boldly dashed forward splashing around, and comfortably lied down on crunchy sand, I suddenly thought that this was in line with the way of life and the general attitude of this person, who has recently displayed a lot of commendable acting on TV. It was unstoppable and natural. That evening Park Hyungsik, dressed in an azure blue Hawaiian shirt with red flamingos, downed three or four lean champagne glasses full of wine. As he usually doesn’t eat anything before the shoot, that night he quickly emptied a large plate full of a mountain of pasta. With his cheeks moderately flushed, we were able to have an unintentional interview with drinks.

The flight from Seoul to Hawaii takes over 10 hours, how did you spend it? I watched all the movies I haven’t seen before. I almost had no chance to watch anything for a year because I filmed Hwarang for 6 months and Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon for 5 months. There were a lot of movies I missed in the cinema, so I watched three or four titles on the plane. I really like Jo Jung-suk’s sly acting so I watched My Annoying Brother, and also La La Land. Don’t you get goose bumps when you hear the melody of the OST that Ryan Gosling played on a piano? It’s not anything flashy, but it somehow brings a lump to your throat. I regretted I quit learning piano when I was younger. My mother is a piano teacher, and she would hit my hands whenever I made a mistake. Now when I think about it, there was not much to it, if I had swallowed it down, I would be able now to at least play chords on a keyboard (laughs).

I think you should be rather lighthearted lately. Didn’t the recently completed Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon smash all the previous JTBC dramas and break the viewership rating record? I heard you started out on this one with quite a lot of pressure and apprehension. At the first script reading, the director and the writer sat right next to me, and Park Boyoung sat at the table across from me, so I couldn’t just stay nervous. I think that not only the writer, but everyone must’ve been somewhat doubtful about me at first. No matter how you look at it, it was my first lead role, and there was no way they could’ve inspected me beforehand, so it is only natural if they felt that way. It first started with “You’ll do okay,” or “I think you’ll do fine.” But after the drama wrap-up party, we went to Bali all together and I was really touched when the writer told me “thank you.” It felt like she wrote the script knowing me very well, and it was a drama where I could bring out a lot of things hidden within me. “Ah, so this is acting! Up until now I’ve been only imitating things,” was what I thought. I was really happy going to the filming site, it was always exciting. “How much fun would it be today?” I felt like this. (laugh) Especially when we were lying on a sofa with Bongsoon (Park Boyoung), and I confessed with “Please look at me, please love me,” that moment it was just “me.”

When we check out the behind the scenes videos, the laughter is never ending. The chemistry between the actors was so good it was hard to say where ad-libs ended. And also, didn’t the main couple eventually realize their happiness in love? It spurred a mass of sweet hashtags like #PuppyCouple, #CherryBlossomKiss, #KissingMaster, and so on. It seems that for this drama, you’ve walked down the petal road, so are there any hardships that you could recall? There was a scene on the rooftop where I had to get in the right mood, imagining there was a bomb left next to the person I love. We had had filmed many other scenes by that time and my body was tired, so as I tried acting I could feel I was short of strength. We did the first take, but I was so angry with myself, I couldn’t catch the genuine emotion we wanted so bad. But director Lee Hyungmin understood how I felt. “You don’t like it? If you still feel like it’s not it, let’s keep on shooting,” he said and I answered “I think I have felt my limits. I apologize for lacking so much.” But the next day the director suggested we try shooting that scene from yesterday again. I was really surprised because we had such a packed schedule. The director really trusted me and cared for me. I am very thankful.

Actually, it feels like you have not been affected by the acting skills dispute that constantly follows idol actors. Didn’t favorable comments like “the discovery of Park Hyungsik” stack one by one after each drama from Nine, What Happens to My Family?, Heirs, to High Society and Hwarang? Thankfully, my personal character does not really know such concepts as “embarrassment” or “shame.” The same applies to the instances when I stand on stage or act. At first my roles were really short and fleeting cameos, and in 2012 I had small roles in dramas I Remember You and Dummy Mommy. I was really excited just to have several lines. I had my share of poor acting in the series you didn’t mention in your question, but not that many people have seen my performance there, so they don’t know. When you think of it, it’s a relief. (laugh)

I’ve heard that you usually diligently check malicious comments online, is there a reason to it? Sometimes really sharp comments appear in between the malicious ones. When I read a comment where someone realistically points out some negative aspect I have noticed myself, I get a reassurance that people also think like that. Then I try to fix that negative aspect. I think that one day I can also turn towards a road downhill. So I’m the type who whips himself on purpose. Because I want to be calm and composed even if I have to go through bad times.

I found a rare video on YouTube. Someone collected Park Hyungsik’s videos from the Baby Soldier days up until now and made a 6-minute edit of the evolution of your appearance. Even though you debuted when you were 19, it’s like your face has changed since then. When I started filming for High Society in 2015, I began to look at what I eat. Before that, I had always been on a TV with a bloated face (laugh). I ate only chicken breast and salad, and as I exercised my baby fat and the swelling disappeared at once. With a sharper jaw line and the absence of thick cheeks even my eyes seemed to have grown bigger. I was surprised, too. When I looked at what my faced used to be like, I couldn’t drop the maintenance myself ever since (laugh).

You have just recently nested in a new agency, UAA. I think there is a lot of interest and expectation regarding your next work. Is there a role you would like to try out? Lately it’s been my biggest concern. After having entered a new company, I think I’m at the crossroads, where I am wondering what should be my first choice for the next filming. What should I display? Shall I show what I am good at? Or shall I take a risk in a completely new challenge? I have always chosen the challenge before, but now there is fear and worry. However, I want to try out another challenge again. Eventually, wouldn’t I meet a character I would love? I want to try out a psychopath role or a bully character with an overflowing sense of macho. I always express a human being as “cosmos.” You don’t know what might come out of that person. There is a general frame, but there are a lot of different sides within one person, and I think that each them has a different category. Since it’s important how you snatch and draw it all out, I want to work with the people who can recognize my potential.

“I really yearn for such art and people who have different emotions and expressiveness, and use that to move, touch, and inspire others.”

I heard your blood type is AB. Don’t people have some sort of expectation (?) about this blood type? What kind of person is Park Hyungsik? Ahn Minhyuk’s character from Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon is somewhat similar to me in a way that we’re both simple human beings who don’t hold grudges and don’t take everything too seriously. I’m a bit odd of a person. I also have a lot of completely different sides. You might think I would be quiet, but if I go to some unfamiliar place, I will like even dangerous things, and I might have fun like crazy. (laugh) When we went to Bali this time, I enjoyed jet skiing, fly boarding and other sea sports to the point my entire body was aching. And I usually tend to imagine the most trivial things. I like fantasy and sc-fi, and if there’s a new game released, I don’t get satisfied until I download it all and try it out. I’m a game “otaku.” (laugh) I also enjoy reading webtoons, and there’s this webtoon “Rebirth Man” (부활남) among the pieces that I read. It’s an action noir manga with the premise where the main character definitely dies, but after three days he comes back to life over and over again. Wouldn’t it be interesting to make a TV series or a movie out of it? If that happens, I would love to play the lead. I also like the webtoon “Lookism,” but the writer Park Taejun has already mentioned in variety shows Park Bogum or Ahn Jaehong as the actors he would pick for the lead characters. So I gave up on that (laugh). The main character’s name is similar to mine, so I had a little hope. The name of that webtoon character is Park Hyungseok. (laugh)

How do you fill in the “occupation” box in the immigration card when you go abroad or when you register on a website? I just write down “artist.” Actually, if you say “artist,” you can’t know exactly what kind of work that person is doing. You don’t know if the person is drawing something or making music or anything else. I really yearn for such art and people who have different emotions and expressiveness, and use that to move, touch, and inspire others. Admiring a painting for a long while just looking at it, getting goose bumps by watching a musical, crying while watching a movie or listening to some music – I really like all these kinds of things, so I think that’s why I keep on pursing art.

Last winter, when Park Seojoon did an interview with Bazaar, he said this: “Hyungsik quite innocently says things like “Hyung! I love you!” I think he expresses his gratitude this way, but I was somewhat baffled at first. If he would say “I love you,” I would answer awkwardly “Eh? Uh-huh, me too.” How do you use the word “love?” My motto is that we should live loving each other. Ever since I was little I found it odd if people were curt and didn’t express their feelings well. Why don’t people say “I love you” often? I always say “I love you” to the people I like. I sometimes leave “I love you” messages in the Hwarang team’s chat room. And then the “Me too” replies start coming. The words “I love you” are contagious. If I start using this expression, the others also assimilate it little by little. Perhaps it’s because I grew in a home that was overflowing with love, but even up till now I can naturally say things like “Father, I love you. Hyung, I love you.”

Does that power of expression activate when you’re dating, too? Of course. I say it to the person I love a lot, too. If you don’t say it, no one can know what’s inside. (laugh)

What’s your ideal type like? Someone who gets along with me well. Someone who looks lovely no matter what they do, someone with whom a sweet conversation always continues. However, lately with the ideals growing bit by bit, my standards also needlessly keep on getting higher. I find people like Amanda Seyfried or Emma Stone very charming (laugh). Either way, I can also find my person if I go outside and meet other people, but I think it has come down to this because I only think and don’t do anything.

*Hawaiian gallinule

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