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Sorry. This is the cutest sh*t.

FROM ZERO (2018)

Some of the cutest sh*t ever 🥰

cuties

Me Reading fanfic: I want a loving relationship like that!!!!

Me whenever someone compliments me or is flirty towards me: stand back motherfucker! I'm a lone wolf. I don't need people. I'm trash. And you ain't no garbage man to pick me up.

Four powerful ships that matters 😤👍👌😂😅🤣

serendipity x agust d

an old married couple

Me and shipping presented by Barbossa:

My ship: *in the middle of a heated argument*

Me:

My ship: *Share a single heartwarming scene*

Me:

My ship: *Don’t interact for a whole season/film*

Me:

The producers: *Trying to stop the fans from shipping it*

Me, with the rest of the fandom:

The actors: *Supporting the ship even though the producers aren’t*

Me: 

*when my otp is otp-ing*

Do you sometimes just look at your ship,,,,, and like,,,,,,,, asdffjfkaksj

Okay, let's get something straight (or rather, gay). This goes out to all kpop fans.

If I have to see one more comment or tweet talking about how weird/gross it is for fans to discuss an idol's sexuality, or come after other fans for suggesting an idol might be queer, or act all holier-than-thou and talk about how we shouldn't "assume people's sexuality, I am going to fucking scream.

And before you come at me with wild accusations, let me get this out of the way - in no way do I condone the hypersexualization or objectification of idols. Or anyone for that matter. But discussing someone's possible orientation or seeing something that points to queerness isn't inherently sexual or fetishizing and to equate those two things is disgustingly homophobic on levels I cannot even begin to unpack here. Sexualities of all kinds (gay, straight, bi, ace, pan etc) are all celebrations of humanity and while it is up to every individual how public or private they want to be with their identity, it is not wrong to playfully guess or acknowledge signs of queerness (especially when so often there are explicit signs of queercoding!)

I encounter people's internalized homophobia and heteronormativity everyday both online and in person but the level of cognitive dissonance people have about this subject sometimes in the kpop fandoms I'm in is ASTOUNDING. So here I am writing this post to deconstruct some of shit.

First of all, the "oh, we shouldn't assume their sexuality" bullshit. People assume sexuality all the time. Literally, so much of the kpop industry itself is built on performative heterosexuality. We see in this in how commonly idols are asked about their "ideal type" (usually clearly implying the opposite gender). In how the slightest interactions between idols of different genders leads to dating rumors. In how it's assumed, especially for boy groups, that the fandom is mostly women/girls. In how it's normal for fans to pretend they are in a relationship with their bias. Like, be so for fucking real, kpop fan culture is literally where the word DELULU comes from. So it's okay to assume sexuality with all of this, but it's not okay if someone teases or so much as suggests that an idol might not be straight? The only time assuming sexuality is cast as being wrong is when the sexuality in question is anything but heterosexuality. And coming from a queer person, if you have ever said this, disrespectfully, fuck you.

Because in the process of saying shit like that you are essentially insinuating, intentionally or unintentionally, that not being straight is bad or abnormal. Because why else would you treat the suggestion of someone's queerness as an insult? Why would the idea that an idol is not straight be offensive or demeaning?

Even worse, this bullshit, patronizing, hetero-morality complex shuts down any discourse queer kpop fans want to have about queercoding in the industry. And there is a LOT of that. Korea is conservative, coming out isn't the only way to affirm queerness. And not wanting, not being able to be out and proud does not negate someone's possible queerness, idol or not. So queercoding is often an important form of self expression for some idols and to deny that discourse is denying those very idols you claim to be protecting their right to express themselves, their personhood and humanity.

And the cherry on top of the fucking cake is that of all places to do this, KPOP? An entertainment business model that has literally been built on queerbaiting? As much as I enjoy kpop, as a queer fan, this is one of the less than savory aspects of industry I have to be aware of and contend with. And if you find yourself wondering how kpop queerbaits, think about the concept of "fan service" between members of an idol group. Fan service includes all instances of a group encouraged to perform "skinship" or flirt with each other to amuse the fans. Fan service is literally an euphemistic way of referring to queerbaiting and it is unbelievable how people don't even realize it. It's even more frustrating to see some fans having the audacity to brush things off as "fan service" when fans playfully (emphasis on playfully) engage in shipping. They don't even realize how problematic it is that such "fan service" is used for the viewing pleasure of straight fans and baits queer fans but simultaneously denies queer fans their space and voice and shuts down actual queerness in the industry. If you enjoy fan service (and nothing wrong with that by itself), but also demonize shippers or shut down queer fans discussing queercoding, you are part of the problem. Don't come up trying to say you wish the kpop industry would be a little less severe on idols dating or being queer, because you are part of the reason why the industry is the way it is.

To all my fellow queer fans, be absolutely unapologetic for your jokes or memes or ships or thought-provoking discussions on queerness and queercoding. There is no shame in our joy, we are not wrong or twisted for it. Because we know that we would celebrate our idols for who they are or want to be no matter how they choose to express themselves. Do not let people who would twist it into something perverted or bad, as an excuse for their own homophobia, shame you for the innocent joy of celebrating queerness. Do not let yourself be ashamed of it. As long as you are kind and respectful, love what you love and be queer and proud and happy.

okay , i had this thought for a while now and i’m gonna share it.

so ,,, why is everyone so obsessed with jungkook’s lovelife? Like idk bout yall but there are other biased bts members and i don’t see them getting shipped as much as jk biased people ship him with ,,, IU , Lisa , Rosè (and twice members) etc... Idk, if i were him , I personally wouldn’t mind getting shipped, but his fans make edits, photoshop pictures and videos and it’s getting out of control. I wouldn’t care actually, BUT THE THING IS , let’s take my ultimate bias Yoongi for e.g , wouldn’t it make more sense for people to obsess over him and IU? They’re the same age , they made a goddamn song and produced it so they had to spend some time together? They were both dirt poor at the beginning and climbed to the top. They have more in common than let’s say Lisa and Jk (they’re literally only shipped together because of their age and because they’re the king and queen of kpop or whatever the fuck). Y’all don’t see us Yoongi shippers ship him with IU , or any other female idol for that matter (someone said that yoongi stans are so unproblematic, we just compare him to cats and cry about it lmfao) So why are Jk stans obsessed with shipping but would actually cry if it turns out he is dating?! Like the person who’d date him would get so much hate and it’s fucked up. Now for my next argument, wouldn’t it make more sense to ship , let’s say, Lisa and Hobi? They’re both rappers that have a passion for dancing above everything else. It just makes more sense idk??? Or let’s say shipping Rosè with Yoongi? Cuz they both have an absurd passion for music, both love the process of it, so why don’t people ship them? (and don’t say age cuz yall have no problem shipping IU and JK or Jin with that comedian). Idk it just makes me weirded out, and most of the times the idols are really fucking uncomfortable with shipping so why not just stop altogether?

don’t you think you’ve forgotten something? | enhypen heeseung x enhypen sunghoon

as someone wise once said; getting your id card, hitting your 20s, and eventually entering the bustling busy workforce world don’t automatically turn you into a full fledged responsible adult in a blink—being naturally forgetful, clumsy, and has this odd tendency of losing his things multiple times (expensive ones included, imagine losing three pairs of earphones in less than a year), lee heeseung can totally relate to the wise saying. hence why he won’t stop thanking the world for making him falling in love with park sunghoon—his long time best friend, roommate, and eventually boyfriend who’s younger yet much more careful and has better self management compared to himself.

and this morning was pretty much the same; heeseung stayed up late to play fifa with ni-ki (the high school prodigy who lives next door) despite having an early shift and ended up waking up late. sunghoon surely tried his best as usual in assisting so the older won’t mess up things further.

and right before heeseung opened the shared apartment’s door-

“don’t you think you’ve forgotten something?” sunghoon asked playfully, subtle smirk spread across his face.

heeseung stopped his rushing steps, whipped his head to see sunghoon wearing his playful smirk. he took the time to process what the younger meant, somehow not caring at the fact he’s running up late.

oh.

and heeseung simply left a light peck on sunghoon’s lips, leaving the bittersweet taste of his familiar coffee on the younger’s cherry balmed lines.

total silence for a moment.

“wait, why is your face turning red? are you perhaps feverish-“ heeseung left confused and worried.

“Lord, why do i even date someone as clueless as you?” sunghoon quickly replied. “well, i appreciate the kiss but what you’ve forgotten is this.” his hands revealing heeseung’s wallet, face a blushing mess as he isn’t really one for physical affection despite actually liking it.

“you don’t need any reason to date someone like me, hoon.” heeseung cheekily responded.

“i’m unimpressed with the self confidence, mr. lee—anyways, see you later then?”

“see you later, love!”

do you ever love someone | tbz younghoon x tbz hyunjae

it started with a typical saturday night—quiet and dim lighted for kim younghoon's minimalistic apartment unit on the twelfth floor of the whole building. september just ended and the season is transitioning from a scorching summer to rather windy fall. thinking that by having his longtime bestfriend and actually romantic interest came over to fill the chilly gap tonight, there is lee jaehyun in the other side of the dining table. the both of them just finished the dinner younghoon cooked himself with a bottle of wine from one of the finest château jaehyun's or hyunjae's (there are too many jaehyun's around so) fancying over. then the lee asked if he could stay over as he is too drunk to drive himself back in which the kim surely agreed to.

the both of them changed to more comfortable fits, brushed their teeth, and moved directly to the shared bed. being bestfriends since they were newborns in the hospital ward—family friends and its perks they said, made sharing the same bed as an occasion that is not to be fussed about too much. though as younghoon realized his romantic interest towards hyunjae, this slightly succeeded in fastening his own heartbeat. not wanting to be more flustered than he is at the moment, younghoon quickly pulled up the covers and asked hyunjae to turn off the bedside lamp.

moments have passed and the kim has successfully reached the deep unconsciousness—in the opposite, the lee is still trying to find the comfortable state to fall asleep. hyunjae knew there is something bugging inside his mind recently and somehow he got this odd guts saying that it would fade away the moment he asks it out to younghoon.

"hoon?" hyunjae somehow couldn't resist the urge to ask. though he might be an asshole at times, he would never really want to disturb others' deep slumber—yet his odd guts literally made the decision that he should this time.

the one being asked—younghoon, randomly mumbled then changed his position from backing away to face him kind of properly. his eyes tightly shut but hyunjae is sure that his ears are all in.

"can i ask you something?" hyunjae continued.

younghoon chuckled weakly as the sleepiness is still there—he proceeded to reply in his morning voice (it was a little over midnight at the moment in fact), "mind you that 'can i ask you something' is already a question, jae."

ah, kim younghoon and his subtle teasing nature, hyunjae thought.

younghoon was never the type to intentionally make others flustered by teasing them—he absolutely doesn't need to and it's more of hyunjae's kind of thing, but he does though he only shows it to selected few including hyunjae.

"i'll take that as a yes," hyunjae sighed and younghoon noticed the seriousness and anxiousness the other had, he tried harder to open his eyes.

"do you ever love someone so much at the point it scares you to tell them what you're actually feeling?"

oh my Lord, oh my good Lord.

this is absolutely nothing kim younghoon would expect to hear from someone like lee jaehyun—the lee jaehyun he's known since the very first memory he had in mind, the one that is known as a true heartbreaker (the nice one though, the type to keep things genuine but only for a short period of time—never cheated or something like that). he couldn't even keep up with the number of girls and actually guys hyunjae have dated with over the years. the lee possessed God gracious sculpted good looking physical appearance, literal jack of all trades, interesting personality, and those qualities are surely attracting many.

but then his mind traveled back to the fact that hyunjae asked something like 'do you ever love someone so much at the point it scares you to tell them what you're actually feeling?', that's a question only a true romantic would ask! younghoon never took him as a true romantic as hyunjae has too many hearts broken under his name and it should numb his concept of romance. yet younghoon quickly got over it—hyunjae is an honest bastard, sometimes way too honest and that is why he is a bastard. the way he can't tell whoever he meant about his feelings must be torturing him deeply (younghoon was not sure that they were really talking about hyunjae himself though).

"hoon? uh, i guess that was odd? well, let's forget it and sorry for disturbing your sleep. get back on it, good night-"

"i do, and i still am," younghoon—still with eyes struggling to open and morning voice, cut off the other quickly.

and it's you, the one i'm loving way too much at the point it scares me to tell you the truth.

hyunjae felt a timid surprise throughout his system as he sees younghoon as someone similar to himself, a heartbreaker—though more in the calmer side with prince like outlook and somewhat unapproachable as he has this shy introvert nature. but a heartbreaker is still a heartbreaker by the end of the day right?

"it's the best of not really the best feeling ever, you got it?"

hyunjae hummed quietly, he agreed though—the best of not really the best feeling, it is as messed up as it sounds.

"why?" younghoon tried to continue the conversation as he noticed that hyunjae's hum could end everything they have at the moment.

"why what?" hyunjae asked back, eyes finally fell on the august born he's known all his life.

"why did you ask something like that? especially to me at this hour."

hyunjae felt his throat drying up, he lost the strength to answer somehow. yet younghoon patiently waited while staring back at the september born's twinkling orbs.

"i didn't know either—my odd guts told me to ask you, it has been bugging my mind recently," hyunjae replied after a solid ten minutes of silence.

younghoon hummed, "you have someone in mind then? the one who made you thought of it."

the idea of someone strucked hyunjae like a blazing lightning inside his mind—someone, someone he has known way better for way too long. and younghoon kind of got the memo, oh please keep in mind that neither the two of them were never the clueless type—they're literal heartbreakers, know how romantic interest works, and have been understanding each other the best.

and just like that, younghoon shifted from his laying position to sit himself up on the bed with eyes finally wide awake. he simply leaned closer and unsurprisingly hyunjae kept still—not showing any sign of uncomfort at the disappearing space between. they could feel each others' pacing breath as their nose tips began to touch each other. but as the party who has been realizing longer, worries and hesitation started to grow on younghoon—luckily, hyunjae being the risk taker he is noticed it and took over the lead.

do it, just do it. now or never, once for ever.

and there you go—

lee jaehyun kissed kim younghoon right on the lips at sharply 1 am on the shared bed of minimalistic apartment unit on the twelfth floor during the transition of summer to fall.

the kiss—it was a quick peck actually, a chaste one too. it happened too fast at the point the both of them kind of forgot how each others' lips tasted like (kind of 'gross' but guess that's just how people in love act).

"can i do it again?" hyunjae asked in rather small voice, risking it all in the contrary.

younghoon simply nod.

and they kissed, again. this time longer, more demanding, and filled with various unsaid feelings. through that, younghoon learned that hyunjae's lips tasted like a warm wine from a certain château—it was drunkenly sweetening. hyunjae also learned how younghoon's lips tasted like the softest combination of cherry and coffee—it sounded weird but he loved it.

"i never really thought we would—more on myself though, develop romantic interest to each other," hyunjae opened the conversation as they parted the contact.

"i thought the world has gone mad the moment you asked that question earlier," younghoon smiled vaguely.

"how long has you realized yours though, hoon?"

"two to three years, i guess? i'm not particularly sure either, i just happened to wake up one day and realized i wanted to kiss the hell up of your lips and spend my entire life with you."

"cheesy," hyunjae cringed.

"but i like it, let's do that."

"let's do that."