#the first mv i've made in like 5 years

[moodrose]

"we can speak of debts when this is over."

colors of you - a phoenixflare edit

game: final fantasy xvi

song: colors of you - baby queen

edited by me

#the first mv i've made in like 5 years #and it's all because of #✨️THESE TWO✨️ #phoenixflare #dion lesage #joshua rosfield #final fantasy xvi #final fantasy 16 #ffxvi #ff16 #ff16 edit #ffxvi edit #my edits

[catskets]

A more in-depth guide for creating visual novels, especially in the horror, horror-romance, etc circles

Some of you have seen my previous, smaller post on crafting visual novels, especially in this little space of Tumblr that a lot of us have found themselves in. Since that post took off, I've wanted to create a longer guide to help touch on some points I've thought about for the past few months.

In case you've never heard of me, I'm Kat, also known as catsket. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Design. I've been making games for nearly 5 years, and I've been doing visual novels more "professionally" for 2. You may know me for Art Without Blood, 10:16, God is in the Radio, or Fatal Focus. I'm here to help you make your first visual novel.

Please note that my advice does not fit everyone, and you may disagree with what I say. That's okay! It doesn't work for all. That's why there's thousands of resources out there.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NEVER MADE A GAME

So, you have an idea for a huge visual novel. Horror, a shady and obsessive love interest, a little bit of woo-hooing. 100k words. Maybe a million. What is this, the 07th Expansion?

I notice a lot of people getting into visual novels are artists first. That's okay! I wanted to do art for games before I realized how much I enjoyed writing. And even less of you have probably touched Visual Studio. Again, perfectly okay. We all start somewhere.

My number one piece of advice? Make shitty games.

What does that mean?! My recommendation to those who have never done games is to make a bunch of shitty ones. Think of a theme, or hell, even join a game jam, where you make a game that fits a theme in a short amount of time. Spend about a week on your game. Focus on making something polished. Polish your mechanics. Polish your output.

I recommend, if you can, to make at least 4-6, if not more, kind of shitty games before hopping into longer projects. Making a game is a skill, just like art, just like writing. And game development is combining ALL of these together into one big soup being stirred by a skeleton hand puppet. You'll get into the rhythm and see what works for you.

It also helps you learn, perhaps, the second most important thing here: do you even like making games? There are cases out there where people have created video games (not saying visual novels) just for clout. That's no fun for you, that's no fun for your players. And you might go through this process and find that you don't like making games. That's completely okay! It's not for everyone.

Also, you can use these shittier games to gather an audience. I've built my audience because, for the past few years, I've been releasing games that slowly give me growing fields of eyes every day. A success story overnight is a rare one. It takes time. It's like building a brand, but you aren't a brand, you're an artist.

REV UP YOUR ENGINES!

Ren'py is the number one engine you will be recommended. It is very beginner-friendly, with lots of tutorials, assets on itch.io to use and download, and support. The engine comes with a few tutorials in the form of games, whose code you can freely browse. This is the engine I use most often. Most visual novels you see are made in this engine.

Twine is a text-based engine that most people use for interactive fiction. You can add images and audio, though, if you don't mind messing with HTML. I use Twine for text games and for outlining for my larger games. Ever played Degrees of Lewdity? Yeah, I know you have. Don't ask why. That game was made in Twine.

RPG Maker has multiple versions and has been used for exclusively VNs if you don't mind fucking around with plugins. It can definitely give your game a super unique feel. I recommend RPG Maker MV, since it has the most resources. This line of engines usually costs money, but it often goes on sale for under $5-$15.

People will recommend TyranoBuilder, but as a user and player, the lack of options and the format the games often come in is just...not fun to navigate. It advertises itself as little to no code, but it's often evident in the final results. Some good games have been made in it, though, so if you want to use it for prototyping/practice, you can. I'm not a fan, but that doesn't mean that fans don't exist! This engine costs money.

Not an engine, but check out Ink! Super useful scripting language that's used for more professional projects.

DEMOS, DEMOS, DEMOS

You've got an idea for a long-term project, and now you want to show it to the world! But wait, wait, don't do that yet!

When should I start advertising my game? This is a personal opinion, but I say that you should not start advertising your game until 50-60% of your demo is complete. Why? As I've discussed with some fans of indie VNs, they can name quite a few projects that have been in the "working on the demo" age for 1-2+ years. I've been in the Kickstarter MMO circles. If you, making a single-player experience with little mechanics to balance and polish (aka a visual novel), are taking that long on a demo, I am going to assume the game is not coming out. There are some games I have seen out here that have been in "working on the demo" phase where I haven't seen a single ounce of what the project will look like.

What should I put in my demo? The purpose of a demo is to showcase the mechanics and the vibes and the mechanics of your game. It's a demonstration. In my last post, I pointed to the Dead Space 2 demo that was showcased at E3 (RIP), that takes place about 2 hours into the story and shows how enemies are defeated, some animations, bits of the story, etc. Usually, because it's less about mechanics and more about vibes, visual novel demos showcase a certain percentage of the full thing (5-10%.) Can you showcase the vibe of the game here and what players should expect? If not, show off another portion.

How long should I work on my demo? Before, I said 3-4 months. That can be true, that can also not be true. Think about how long the demo takes you in proportion to how long the actual game should take you. Don't put too much effort. The demo is to showcase the vibe. It's to see how much the public and fans may enjoy the game.

My game is 18+, what should I do? Make a splash screen when the game is downloaded to let players know your game is 18+. If it's going to contain sexual content, you can hide it with itch.io's adult content filter. Write it on the page itself that your game is for adults only. Don't put your demo behind a paywall. This is genuinely ridiculous. The purpose of a demo is to showcase what a game is like before a player purchases it. That defeats the point of a demo. I've seen this happen, and it discourages players from approaching, especially because most demos never make it past the demo phase. So...I'm paying you $10 for 2-3k words of a game that may never come out?

Should I make a social media for my game? YES! Go for it. These anchors are how people will find your game. Make a Tumblr and open that ask box. Make a Twitter. Go to BluSky. Advertising is not bad. Some YouTubers even take e-mail suggestions from developers. Feel free to shoot your shot. The worst they can do is not respond.

HOW TO SET UP YOUR ITCH.IO PAGE:

Getting your itch.io to a presentable state can be very challenging! There's many ways to do it. I highly recommend using this page image guide for learning how to size your images to make your page pop!

Itch.io themselves has suggested to not publish a page until the game or demo is released. You can make the page and keep it as a draft, but do not publish it until you're ready!

Your cover image is the image that will appear in the search of the website, on any front pages, in collections, and on your profile. What have I seen that works? Key art of one of the characters up close and the title of the game! If you can make it a .GIF, do it! Bitches love .GIFs!

Itch.io recommends 3-5 screenshots on your page. I recommend 1 of these 5 be a .GIF that shows how gameplay feels. This is effective, even for visual novels!

Write a 3-5 sentence summary about your game for the description. What is your story about? What is the draw?

DO NOT BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO IS GOING TO SAY "This is not like other visual novels. It doesn't have that cheesy this or that or-" No one cares. Genuinely. You're putting down other games in your genre and elevating yourself to the pompous level.

TAG YOUR GAME! itch.io gives you a list of tags to choose from when you go to tag. DON'T USE THIS! Try to go for more specific tags. Arimia has a very good guide on how to use itch.io's tagging system to your advantage.

GENERAL GAME MAKING ADVICE

SCOPE KNIFE IS SUPER USEFUL! Everyone makes games that are way over their workload. It's okay to cut out features and add them later. Prioritize making a finished game before hitting those stretch goals.

PLAN, PLAN, PLAN! Writing outlines is super helpful. I use Twine for my outlines, because you can connect your passages together and make really well-thought webs.

IT'S OKAY TO ASK FOR HELP! Whether it's from friends, professionals, or anything in-between. They can help with assets, editing, etc.

HONE YOUR SKILLS OUTSIDE OF GAMES! Write some poetry. Do some sketches everyday. Improve on your craft to improve your games

MUSIC IS HARD. THERE ARE RESOURCES. Most of us aren't musicians. That's okay. Make sure the music you get for your game is allowed to be used. You can use anything non-commercial if your game will not cost money or donations. I try to do songs in the public domain or free to use overall with credit if I don't have a musician. Consult the Creative Commons website if you're unsure how you're supposed to use a certain piece of music. If you don't use the right stuff, not only can it put you in legal trouble, but it can put streamers in hot water if they play your game and they can't upload the video because music is copyrighted.

PLEASE, DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR UI. Wanna know an easy way to get your game to look more professional? Edit the damn UI for your game. Make a new textbox, even if it's just a black box. Change the font. Eventually, players recognize the defaults and patterns of games made in certain engines and may attribute a lack of UI changes to a developer being lazy. It doesn't take very long to change the colors around and move text! Please do it to add a little pop to your game.

DEADLINES ARE AWESOME. Not everyone works well under pressure, but if you give yourself an infinite amount of time to make something, it'll never get done. Set goals for yourself for how much you can work on something.

IF YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP, GIVE UP. Making things is hard, especially long-term. Emergencies happen, jobs happen, life happens. Let your fans know that a project isn't happening anymore. Don't leave them in the dark. You don't need to tell strangers your medical history or anything, but transparency + honesty are really hot traits. You should use those in your creative work. This is one reason why I advocate for not publishing or advertising things until you know it's stable.

SHOWCASING YOUR CONTENT

People love to see WIPs for games! This is what the devlog is good for! A devlog is a post where a developer talks about and showcases some things happening in the game? What can you add to your dev log?

PERCENTAGES! How much of the artwork is done? How much of this character's route is done?

SNEAK PEEKS AT ARTWORK AND SPRITES!

GIFS! GIRLS LOVE GIFS!

Anything else to showcase your game's content! Posting consistent updates retains and even gains a fan's attention for your work.

RUNNING YOUR TUMBLR

You've joined us, and you've made a Tumblr for your blog! Link it on the itch.io page, so people can come find you after playing your awesome demo!

Do I have to respond to every ask? No. It's your blog. Delete whatever asks you want.

I got a hate comment! What do I do? Delete it and move on. I have a more detailed section on hate below.

I want to interact with [blog]! How do I do that? Reach out to the devs for silly little collabs. If you come onto a developer slightly headstrong, they might feel you are being abrasive or using them for content.

If people make fan content, interact with it! Encourage it! Reblog it. Show your love.

OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS

PROFESSIONALISM IS KEY. These may be pet projects, but you want to appear some level of professional on your actual itch.io page.

Being dismissive of player and fan complaints or criticisms will make you appear childish.

If your game is broken, fix it. I have been told by some amateur developers to ignore game-breaking bugs. It does not make me, a player, want to engage with your content. It seems messy and unfinished.

With the above point, it's 100% okay to have bugs and errors upon release. Every developer and their brood mother has. To decrease these issues, get playtesters. Friends can play your games, spot any errors, and help you point out things that can be improved upon. I recommend having playtesters at every stage of development.

Make sure your game runs before you publish it. Please.

You can still be silly and giddy! There's no reason to not be, especially when you get positive comments! The point of this is to not be outright rude to potential players and fans.

IGNORE HATE COMMENTS. In this case, a hate comment is a statement that contains no constructive criticism and are only here to be insulting or malicious. People are going to leave you with actual piles of dog shit in your ask box. They are trying to provoke you. Giving hate comments any attention, even if you're there to "clap back" proves that they got to you, even if you don't take the hate to heart. They will continue to pester you. Delete any hate comments and ignore them completely. Laugh about them with friends in a private setting, sure.

THINK BEFORE YOU REFERENCE! I know one big thing in this community is adding references to other games in yours, such as plushies of other characters or putting them on posters. The best thing you can do it ask the developer before adding this. How would you feel if some random person you've never met put your character in a video game? Most of us would feel weird and potentially violated. Open communication with devs is awesome. I am usually okay with it as long as someone asks for permission.

As a complete aside, I prefer more tasteful references to other games as opposed to 523482346 plushies and posters. These have been slightly overdone. Why not theme a candy after another game's character? Maybe your characters know each other.

OTHER RESOURCES I RECOMMEND

Devtalk is a server dedicated to independent visual novel creators. You can find jobs, resources, advice, talks, and, like, everything there! Devtalk is super useful. Everyone in there is so cool. They have a really great and comprehensive list of resources that I could not even begin to cover.

Visual Novel Design is a great YouTuber. No other words, check the guy out!

Ren'py and whatever other engine you're using has documentation that's super useful to follow.

Arimia not only has amazing VN resources, especially for marketing, but she also just has? Amazing games that you should check out?

And for a shameless self plug, I'm the lead of Sacred Veins, a collective of devs creating narrative games, whether it be horror, humor, romance, or everything in-between. Come hang out with us!

#visual novels #game development

[yookikiku]

late but HAPPY 2024!! and new years resolutions

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!!!!

Thank you so much to all my followers who supported through out the entirety of 2023!

It has honestly been A YEAR for me. I received my very first official commission, and not just one but about 5 of them!?

It's such a dream to me to be able to earn money off my own artwork...!

I also started drawing more original works in 2023 and I feel like I'm learning more about myself because of that...! Also,,, I LOVE MY CHILD YOOKIKO;;;;

Please look forward to more of my works in 2024!

■2024 resolutions

honestly, there is so much I want to do but

Get official commission

Change visa

Start Vtubing

Make an illustration book 110%

Official start illustration sidejob (applications and stuff)

Make illustrator homepage

Make MV

Also mindsets I want to change into

Be more positive! (i can be very negative, and I want to change that)

ENJOY ART!!!!!! enjoy the proccess!! draw what my heart wants!

I'm going to write about my look backs on 2023 and my goals on 2024 in this post! So for those who are interested please read on!

■2023 lookbacks

honestly the busiest, and the most hardworking i've ever been my entire life!

Official commission from Yostar (Arknights)

Official commission from Kewpie

Official commission (but still a secret)

Official commission from Vtuber agency PixelLink

Art made into official Hatsune Miku merch by Cospa

Work stuff aside, I also got married this year to someone who I know truly loves me and I also really love!

2023 has probably been one of the greatest years in my life...!

#personal #blog

[bettyshoweduptotheparty]

Reputation to Midnights and Final TPD Predictions

With 4 days until the Tortured Poets Department and two lines of lyrics we have so far, here are my thoughts on how we got here over the last 5 albums and final predictions for what's coming on Friday:

2016 changed the game - reputation era and long-term bearding

Many people might disagree, but I think the year 2016 changed a lot of things for Taylor. Without going into detail about snakegate, a possible failed coming out and scrapped album and the presidential election, her music has had a different tone ever since reputation (and I don't just mean sonically). As someone who writes a lot about love and relationships, the way she was writing about them changed from fairy tale love, pining and heartbreak to forever/long-term love, commitment/endame, 'us against the world' sort of love. And I do think she wanted to put that album out in 2016 but can't really do that when you're newly single and writing about wanting forever with someone... so in came Joe Alwyn who became the free pass for writing songs about long-term relationships, marriage and kids for the next six years. But LWYMMD (the song and the mv) made it pretty clear that this was not her first choice. Whatever happened, she had her agency taken from her, and she was mad about it. She may have made one hell of a comeback, but rep Taylor was on a revenge mission, and she has been ever since. Now, add to that the very same people foiled her coming out (possibly) a second time in 2019, I can well imagine the tortured poet that Taylor became during the pandemic with all that built up anger and misery pouring out into the folklore and evermore albums. And my guess is that with the plan to re-record the first 6 albums came an idea of how she could possibly get her revenge after all, which brings us to Midnights and TPD.

Midnights and Tortured Poets Department - Reflection and melancholia

Midnights had a similar tone to me than what we have seen of TPD so far: introspective, sombre and looking back on happier times and missed opportunities (hence the whole '13 nights throughout my life' concept). There is a lot of wondering about what ifs and regrets and always with a sense of vengeance in the background, which shows how Taylor clearly holds a grudge and has a hard time letting things go that have hurt her. And this continues in the two lines we have seen from TPD so far. The 'full eclipse' gives me love blackout vibes and this line

is so similar to many folkmore and Midnights songs where she talks about not being able to move on from a traumatic event (failed coming out *cough cough*). So, this album clearly continues the theme of reflection, regrets and vengeance, but with an additional touch of reckoning or impending judgment. I've seen some people say it seems like Taylor is putting someone (else or herself) on trial, and both the evidence file esthetics and the legal language she has been using in the hidden words puzzle on Apple Music have been feeding that theory:

She told us back in February she'd be entering all of her defenses and her muses into evidence, so is she the one being trialed and we are the jury? Or is she presenting evidence in her defense and accusing someone else? I initially thought the former, but now I'm thinking it could be either or both.

The songs will tell the story of the most painful times of her life and we will be able to decide if she chose her suffering or if the context/industry is to blame. My favourite swifties pointed out this morning that the ‘un-recall’ lyric is a parallel to CIWYW “I recall late November”. So what is she trying to forget? The 2016 election. The start of the love blackout. Much like the ‘full eclipse’ lyric. They almost had it all but then her plans got foiled and Tr*mp was elected which forced them underground. And where did she run off to? London. And what’s track 5 called? So long, London…

So, a lot of this album so far gives 2016 vibes. And I’ve said in a previous post (here) that the visuals seem very rep-inverted. Black vs white and the half yin-yang ☯️ in the logo. It’s looking likely that this is going to be the reflection on that time where her vendetta originated before she goes for revenge. And I’m not trying to clown but the rep parallels haven’t stopped:

This QR code mural in Chicago is very rep-cover coded and leads to a website that has the same 321 error message as the TS website the night of the Grammys. The message then was red herring. And not to sound too crazy, but I've said from the start that something feels off with this album. The absence of proper promo or merch is still weird. And would an entire album as a red herring be too crazy? Probably. But is she a crazy woman? Definitely! 😉

#tortured poets department #tpd #reputation #midnights #final thoughts and predictions

[visualtaehyun]

Tagged by @thegalwhorants here, thank you dear ✨ I love musical tag games but this might be the first time I've answered one where the results are extremely telling about me lmao

Shuffle your On Repeat playlist and then list the first ten songs!

Next Love by BADMIXY

P'Mix's MVs are always super fun and unapologetically queer and I love her as a songwriter! This song is actually over two years old but I first listened to it after ฟ้ารักพ่อ (DILF) went viral and she came out with her debut album that included this song. But I'm pretty sure I became properly obsessed with it after hearing the RnB arrangement that (surprise surprise 🤡) ZeeNuNew performed during the DMDLand2 concert. Also wanna shoutout that time New and P'Erk Chrrissa covered it together during a live session because it made me hope P'Mix might one day write a song for New!

ไหล่เธอ (You've Got Ma Back) by Fourth Nattawat, Ford Arun, Satang Kittiphop, Winny Thanawin

I love this show and the entire OST! Could I have just linked the official MV? Why yes of course, but that wouldn't showcase the chaotic energy of the MSP gang as well lol (if the video doesn't start at the timestamp, it begins at 8:45!)

Get A Guitar by RIIZE

Now this one's a real wildcard lmao It is literally the only song on my On Repeat that isn't written or performed by a Thai artist! I came across it through a KPop random dance vid so obviously I had to link the Studio Choom performance. The choreo is so fun and, to this day, some of my favorite KPop songs are funky just like this one. I don't know who this group is btw (like I literally only found out through this tag game that they're an SM group lol) since I stopped following KPop artists and trends when I fell into my lil Thai and QL corner here so sorry if I sound like your typical clueless local now 😂

รักแท้ (True Love) by NuNew

He's performed this song countless times by now but I chose this one in particular because it was such a huge stage and opportunity for New 🥹 The official MV currently sits at 68 million views btw

ภาพสุดท้าย (Last Twilight) by William Jakrapatr

Y'all. I was so obsessed with this song. Like I literally know the entire lyrics by heart. Since Pal reminded me of Piano & i, I had to go with this performance! :) I'm really looking forward to William's upcoming series - I love LYKN and Est Supha and am sure the OST is gonna be incredible.

꽃이 피는데 필요한 몇 가지 (Blooming Just For You) by NuNew, Paul Kim

The first time he performed this song live 💕

How You Feel by NuNew

Have I mentioned NuNew is my favorite artist 555 This is the song that did me in - it's the first song by a Thai artist that I added on Spotify after getting into QL via KPop -> DKZ -> Semantic Error -> other KBLs -> "Oh, let's watch another popular BL on Viki"... and now I'm here waffling on about Thai language and music lol

ใจรัก by Zee Pruk

P'Zee recently said he didn't enjoy singing before he met New but that he's found joy in it after singing with him a lot. And he's improved so much! My favorite will always be when he sings ballads and love songs like this one though. (fyi this song is like 40 years old so you might have heard it covered by other artists before)

ประตูวิเศษ (Better Days) by Jimmy Jitaraphol, Sea Tawinan

Aaaand check for another song off the Last Twilight soundtrack that I was obsessed with! What can I say, I'm a P'Amp fangirl lol The lyrics are lovely, it's easy listening, and this show occupied my brain for months.

ก้อนหินกับดวงดาว (Rock & Star) by Fourth Nattawat

Love this scene, love Chinzhilla, love these lyrics, I'm repeating myself lol you get the gist, it's a banger!

___

To sum up- 7/10 are OSTs, 5/10 were written by Amp Achariya, and 3/10 are by NuNew (+2 more made me talk about him). So now that I've been publicly clowned by my own Spotify, I'm tagging (no pressure ofc): @zimmbzon @pharawee @airenyah @telomeke @rocketturtle4 and whoever sees this and goes Oh hell yeh an excuse to talk about my fav music!

#tag game #thai music #badmixy #nunew chawarin #zee pruk #william jakrapatr #bella and the blorbos

[lee-minhoe]

every month of 2023 🎉 MEL RECAP!!

link your favorite or most popular post from each month this year <3 (it’s totally fine to skip months!) and tag some CCs you love!

tagged by @ambivartence and @strayklds 💗💖

tagging: @agibbangs @chanrizard @chanstopher @dearlyminhyung @dinoboos @haechannabelle @jinniebit @minchanz @nctsworld @seo-changbinnies @shorelinnes @skzfaker @snug-gyu @woodziecup if you want + anyone else who'd like to!!

and here are my 2022 and 2021 recaps too :)

january: favorite lino moments (most popular); linotonin video (my fav 🥺)

feb: lino in a choker (most popular); jaemin vs lino (fav)

march: lino lonely st; i also started the lino in every mv series this month and idk if i'll ever finish that lol

april: lino 5-star trailer

may: lee think (most popular); thoughts of an unhinged han bias (fav); also started my fav lino genres series

june: lino for dazed

july: lino arms; i also fell in love with junho this month

aug: lino arms (most popular and wow this was a long set...); minchan for nini's bday + part 6 of shit lino says (favs)

sept: lino for akire and han for em

oct: lino bday set (also the only thing i made that month lol)

nov: lino idol theater

dec: ALL I'VE GIFFED IS SONG KANG: wedding song kang, cutie song kang, song kang in my demon (from my sideblog @kangsongpyeon hehe)

some stats about my sets! yes i used excel lmao (the 0.5s are if a set was for 2 members or something and then i just called it 0.5 for each)

i made 137 sets total with lino and song kang in the lead (which is saying a lot given that i only started giffing song kang in dec 🙈). i've also concluded that i really only gif han and i.n. for em, and jeno for siyuan <3 the subjects of my giffing have certainly gotten more diverse compared to when i first started hahaha

#tag game #here we also see mel's different descents into madness through the years #in 2021 it was jaemin #in 2022 it was still jaemin/mark and then lino consumed my brain #and in 2023....it was lino continued and then i contracted song kang brainrot at the very end of the year #who will i develop brainrot for at the end of next year? stay tuned 😂

[foxes-that-run]

2023 Haylor Timeline

Timeline Tag, or back to 2022.

12 January - Taylor performs anti-hero and The City at 1975 concert, multiple rumors Harry was also there, 3 fan tweets here. LK tweeted “I’m not drunk enough to admit how much I miss you” Taylor also photographed with Florence and Matty backstage.

15 January - MH invites HS to perform, H declines. MH makes inappropriate comments

17 January - Harry at Ferrari garage in a Italy

18 January - one direction members became shareholders who receive a percentage of profit from ppm music rather than directors. Indicates royalties are likely under £150k pa e

26 January - Little Freak is added to the Love on Tour set and stays there until June 13.

27 January - Harry's LA show that was filmed for Satellite MV. Seen being driven from gym

29 January - LA - Harry kissed anatomical heart in Love of my Life and Played Medicine.

30 January - Joe posts photo of Meredith, Taylor recently in London

31 January - Palm Springs, heart kiss Matilda

5 February - Taylor goes over to Harry in the 2023 Grammys, they fist bump with strong eye contact, brief hug the internet melts. Harry’s house AOY, ❤️ heckler, Taylor stands for his whole speech and dances and claps. Joe at afterparty

11 February blind MH “Wait until fans of the year band realize how much the singer hates the A list foreign born former boy bander.”

13 February- TS superbowl capital 1 ad

21 February - Woman added to setlist for 13 shows through to 20 March. Kissed heart during first performance of it.

28 February - Harry kissed heart during Satellite in Gold Coast Australia

2 March - Blind that Matty Healy is damaging value if 1975 brand

4 March - rumours Harry DM’ed Yan Yan to invite her to an after party after Sydney show. She was seen with other influencers there.

11 March - MH not at SNL afterparty, a podcast later says due to famous GF

17 March – Eras Tour started, Mirrorball/Tim McGraw. Taylor released the "more chapters" re-records of 2012  “Eyes Open” and “Safe & Sound”, “If This Was a Movie (Taylor’s Version)” and  “All of the Girls You Loved Before.” Announced in her instagram stories. Woman taken off on 20th

24 March - Snow on the Beach Surprise Song

25 March - Harry break to 13 May, in LA 12 April. Cowboy like me/white Horse. Betty: "Love Story is basically just a how-to on how to propose. This is how you do it! This is how you get the girl! This is how you fix it. If you made a mistake, how you get her back."

26 March - Harry kisses em rata in Tokyo. 'Something I've been waiting for' leak

7 April - Harry arrives in Georgia airport

29 March - MH's ex said 'going fine' till then

31 March - 5 shows had Invisible String, replaced by The 1 . SBT. LK lighthouse era.

1 April - DBATC/Clean surprise song.

8 April - Joe Taylor split first reported by ET

9 April - Harry VIP PGA golf Augusta Georgia

10 April - Taylor obvious pap walk away from apartment. Joe split press release. The 1975 is in South East Asia for weeks. MH delete socials said "everything happens in eras. The 1975 is a very eras band. The era of me being a f***ing a***hole is coming to an end. […] I can’t perform off the stage any more.”

12 April - TS Gucci lion Electric lady No pap

13 April - Treacherous/speak now, Florida (Harry MIA)

14 April - The Great War/YOYOK, Florida. Holy ground replace EHC in Eras Red intro. MH cries on stage in Sydney

15 April - Mad Woman/Mean (MH Australia)

19 April - Taylor NY dinner with friends. Taylor gives a fan a thumbs up that she OK. Great unfollowing. Joe seen in London next day.

21 April - Played Wonderland (!!) and You're not sorry. In the Betty Speech "I just imagined myself in the woods"

23 April - Begin Again/Cold as you SS

24 April - MH introduces 'She's American' in Tokyo with: "When I picture it, there's like three places I picture people listening to it, there's Manchester, Pennsylvania, that’s a whole other thing don’t worry about that and Tokyo” 1975 was formed in Manchester, Matty and Harry are from nearby Cheshire.

27 April - Harry in LA for last Late Late Show with James

28 April - Other side of the door/Coney Island, Houston

29 April -High Infidelity and Gorgeous, Houston

30 April - IBYTABM and HYGTG, Houston

3 May - Satellite MV released, TS & MH mouth "this is about you, you know who you are. I love you" on stage.

5 May - MH at Eras tour, Sparks Fly and Teardrops on my guitar. He joined Phoebe Bridges on stage.

6 May - OOTW/Fifteen. MH attends again

7 May - WCS/Mine Nashville, MH attends and wears a standard 1989 shirt (he wore dlx in 2014 and probably doesn’t have that one now, but pr’s gotta pr.), Harry England

8 May - they Both have a break. HS in outfit in later Cartier photo. MH dating rumors reported.

10 May - Harry uploaded the Lights Up audio which included / was marketed with the line “do you know who you are” many confused by the timing as it is years olds

11 May - MH and Taylor hold hands in NY

12 May - Gold Rush & CBBH, Philli. MH on stage at Eras in skeleton costume. Blind MH is talking smack about Taylor

13 May - TS This Love, no intro/Forever and Always (Philli)HS Horsens in 13th adds Stockholm Syndrome for the first time since 2018 and Grapejuice 1st time and rest of tour. MH attends eras and seen with Scott Swift.

15 May - Taylor leaving Electric Lady with MH

16 May - MH daytime walk with an empty looking LV bag to Taylor’s apartment with no collar. 20 May also nighttime footage of MH running into Taylor’s apartment with same overnight bag and collar shot. TMZ: footage “shot by mysterious shutterbug Thursday night” Taylor wasn’t there 20 May, she had a show. Did they do 2 pap walks on the 16th?

18 May - People reports Taylor kissed MH at Zero bond with Jack and Margaret also there. No photos allowed in Zero Bond and weirdy no pap pics arriving. Last time reported to be seen together. It was 15 days after they mouthed 'this one is about you, you know who you are, I love you". 50 days since his ex said they were good. Harry in Munich, then MIA 3 days; England on 21st.

19 May - Should have said no / better man. Betty "I wanted it to be something different enough to where it could really, really, really distract me"

20 May she gave an intro to Question…? Saying she has never been happier, her life finally makes sense and this song brings happy memories, also played Invisible. Harry posted he never happier than making HH and he put it into a Midnights style box!

21 May - Betty Speech started referring to 7's, (700 hours of TV) through to August. James screws things up in August and has to win back Betty starts.

24 May - Taylor recorded Florida!!!

26 May - Maroon and getaway car w/Jack in NJ

27 May - False God/Holy Ground

28 May - 1 June - both HS & TS MIA on tour break. Undated photo of Harry outside Cartier shared to gossip page 30 May. 31 May Taylor first wore $27k 80's vintage Cartier infinity necklace in NY, seen again in 4 July 1989 hint. Clean surprise song.

31 May - Taylor recorded Fresh Out the Slammer Wearing Cartier necklace for first time

2 June - IWYW and the Lakes, Chicago

3 June - Expressive I don't wanna live forever / You all over Me. Betty Speech is short but emphasizes James's need to apologize more than usual "James, and he really, really, really messes things up bad with the love of his life, and he has to try to get her back, and apologize very sincerely, and profusely, and say he’s going to change and be better, and that’s all he has to do."

June 4 - Hits Different. Taylor eats a bug on stage in Chicago. Harry then ate a fly on the 12th!

June 5 - MH break up reported by TMZ later confirmed no longer speaking

10 June - Harry plays Slane Castle, Taylor plays Detroit, (AYHTDWS and Breathe) Taylor has 6 day break (unseen)

13 and 14 June - Harry at Wembley, Harry kissed his heart tattoo after "And I'm the one who will stay" in As It Was. played Best Song ever WYMB intro. Deux Moi reports Taylor attended and flew charter. Taylor's last show was 10 June and not seen.

16 June - Taylor Pittsburg (Mr Perfectly Fine and The Last Time)

17 June - Harry performed Sweet Creature in Wembley for the first time since 2018, eight months later Gemma had a baby. Only time played since 2018. Harry also played Wembley on the 16th. In January 2024 a photo of TR with Jeff was provided to a Tarry account in one of the Wembley shows. Wild Champagne Problems that refers to the cruel summer situation in front of 70,000 people and Wild Betty Speech in Denver: "I’ve always just had something happen to me, or feel a feeling, for even like seven seconds, if I feel a feeling, it’ll be like, ‘Oh! I have to write a song about this seven seconds of me feeling this way.’ It’s like, it’s genuinely been like, it’s not really a job, it’s like a full coping mechanism" ... (TTPD hint) ... "radical, the idea of a man apologizing in a beautiful, heartfelt, sincere way.’ I’m not talking about any of you. If you’re here, you’re exempt. You’re a really emotionally intelligent group. I’m sort of talking about other people right now." (Seven, (Aaron hugged her with a pat on the back, she gave speech about dads, father's day was next day, she sang "I hit my peak at seven." (no feet)) and The Story of Us) 18 June - Taylor with Gigi in NYC, Taylor 2 week break.

20 June - Cruel Summer released as a Single and goes to #1

21 June - First report of Taylor Russell at the White Cube gallery in London. Taylor records Black dog on 22nd

27 June - Taylor spotted at Electric Lady Studios. 1989 TV is announced 9 August.

28 June - 5 July - both MIA on tour break.

29 June - Taylor recorded Down Bad

30 June - Betty Speech extra long and included "who lived in the woods alone" still with 7's. I'm only me when I'm with you and Evermore.

6 July - life & style reported they were making plans, widely reported. TR seen at Harry's Vienna show in VIP tent.

7 July - Speak now TV released. Taylor shared belated 4th July party photos hinting at 1989, w/cartier necklace from May. Harry wore Purple and was happy in his show 6 July. MH seen with girl he broke up with in March and heard saying he is glad to be out of LA and away from stupid F***ing swifties.

8 July - Taylor Russell and Travis Kelce spotted at Harry and Taylors concerts respectively. ....on the same day. Last Kiss is the surprise song, a break up song about JJ with a 27 second intro (how long the JJ phone call was, but what a coincidence)

10 June - AYHTWS and Breathe, wiped tears in breathe. Pap footage of TS crying in car

12 July - Taylor plays uno dare adults with Jason Sudekis (OW Ex) at quest loves can I as party

11 July - unverified rumor Harry at Taylor’s RI house ‘recently’.

19 July - daylight mv - super Haylor, long after finished posted“it’s just a video, just for you”

22 July - Love on Tour ends in Italy. Taylor played Everything has Changed surprise Song. Both MIA, Taylor on break till 3 August. Harry reappeared in Italy 3 August.

25 July - love on tour wrap up video, peace ring appears briefly as having been with him on the tour in a bag of rings that were worn.

26 July TK talked about Taylor on podcast, she late said they got in contact "after that."

1 August reports that Harry owns a house in Civita di Bagnoregio

3-27 August, Haylor Surprise Songs, Maroon 3 and 27 August, Exile 7 August, and I know places

8 August - I know places and the last Betty Speech to refer to 7 "watching 700 hours of television a day somehow"

10 August - 1989 TV announced and Harry goes to Taylor Russell's play on the same day, 9 August in US.

13 August - Stevie Nicks writes TTPD poem

19 August Taylor wore Cartier necklace to Jacks wedding

24 August - harry rode like bike one of first picture

28 August - Harry attends Taylor Russells play more on closing night 7 October, with Kid Harpoon 30 September in London. Harry seen with SS Daley, it was soon announced he owned a minority stake in the fashion brand.

31 August pick you up leaked

5 September- Taylor posts if story “damn griff I love this one” about vertigo. The song is about a love that was scared and ran away, the singer says they could fix them.

11 September Harry at Hampstead Pond

12 September Try Honey leaked

13 September - Harry first rode Lime bike on. The 13th is the other date on Stevie Nicks poem

14 September Travis talks about Taylor on the podcast again.

18 September - Cartier necklace again

20 September - Harry at Xanders wedding

23 September H’s personal trainer Brad Gould left for LA posting “new chapter”. They had been seen together a lot.

24 September - Taylor attends first Travis game, Harry holds Taylor R's hand on the 26th. Taylor and TK are 'hanging out' the next day. Travis later confirms they had “Taylor and I knew each other for close to a month before she came to that first game” IE less than a month since they met.

28 September photo from 6th walking. around grumpy on the 28th. Taylor at Mallorca for a wedding on the 9th. High tides leaked 29th

3 October - Taylor wore Shania Twain shirt, any man of mine, about a man accepting all her flaws.

4-10 October - Taylor recorded Fortnight

6 October - Harry in London with Tom and Tyler

12 October - Harry last seen till at least November alone at a London concert. And this ‘October’ photo are last seen with hair. Blind that Tks NDA is long and he blabbed

15 October - TS watches TK games x3: 24 September - 22 October. TS & TK on SNL 16th. HS California leaked neither seen for days. 23 Oct video of HS & TR in cafe.

27 October 1989 TV. Harry still MIA. Taylors Jet in Kansas (Travis) for halloween night but not pictured.

3 November Harry in Vancouver with TR, head covered

9 November Taylor wears Adidas Satellite Stompers. TVFN & Labyrinth. Video of Harry's buzz cut from 8 days earlier posted during U2 concert, same day it is reported TK will go to the Eras tour.

11 November TK at Eras, Taylor sings IION/OOTW mashup and end game, replaces lyrics to Karma with guy on the chiefs and run/kiss TK in view of crowds with photographer. Taylor’s dad and brother position TK and get of view of kiss, TK waves to crowd

15 November HS London, Pleasing posts buzz cut photo. The next day Harry posts to his own IG a video with a Taylor lookalike open

20 November Taylor played so it goes and made the stadium green. HS I’m not happy leaked 21st, Pop Tart leaked 22nd. Said three more leaks coming with snippet of super pretty. Hs in London, fan via hs news 2 days later. Super pretty leaked in full 26th

27 November Taylor’s plane in KC, she’s not seen. Travis bought groceries and coffee alone. Reported staying in different houses because she is not seen with him. HS buys sushi in London. On the 29th Taylor shared a Spotify playlist with Haylor songs, Harry’s Girl Crush and JALPOYH

30 November Taylor released You’re losing me to streaming to celebrate being Spotify global artist. Jack announced YLM was written in December 2021. Her plane flew to London for Beyonce's premiere and left for the US before movie started it was there for 15 hours. She and Blake share what looks like after party photos. TS plane arrives in Maine 10:30pm, Taylor not seen, it arrives in KC at 1:30am. Taylor not seen since premiere.

1 December - Deux Moi reports that Harry and TR are expecting, Taylor and Joe had a ceremony. Tree ends Deux. Taylor later seen in KC at Christmas party wearing a squirrel sweater to address meme that TK can't spell.... because he can't. Taylor likes tweet implying sweet nothing was about Paul McCartney

2 December - Harry and TR rumoured split. Article deleted the next day possibly as it identifies TRs hotel

3 December Taylor dresses like as it was MV wears Cartier necklace from May. Plane parked at KC again not seen again. Daily Mail reports TR and HS are in crisis then takes the article down.

6 December - Taylor time person of year, slays, reputation hinting. Mentioned Paul McCartney again. Spoke about TK and made some pointed remarks about not being hidden, described time dating Joe as lost tine. Returns to NY and walks in jimmy choos with an Eiffel Tower and Big Ben in heels

7 December - Make my day and Only Angel demo with different lyrics leaked.

11 December - distant photo of Harry and Taylor Russell in Italy from the 7th posted to HS news. Rumored to have been in Italy for weeks with Alessandro Michelle

13 December - Taylor has birthday celebrations with Selena day before then part with Jack, Blake, Zoe and many others on birthday. Wears opal ring said to be from TK who couldn’t travel from KC. Harry leaks Jesus Christ Happy New Year and lights up demo. LK tweets lyrics to Juice by a Bristol band called Mount Zooka, an unknown artist. Taylor wears an opal and topaz ring she shows off in photos. Pap photos of Keleigh admiring the ring on the street.

21 December fans/People/Deux Moi had speculated the opal ring was from TK. Keleigh Teller posts a video of her giving Taylor the ring, people immediately corrects the record.

25 December - Taylor and her family including Andrea go to watch TK play football. TK loses and throws his helmet near bystanders. Jack shares an IG story of Taylor in an Eagles Shirt and another snippet of Merry Christmas Please don't call

26 December - Harry seen with TR at a pond in England wearing only underpants and a Eagles beanie

31 December Taylor at KC NYE game and party, PDA. Scott Swift's email insanity resurfaces on Reddit. The emails are from a 2005 court case. Emails are in that link and also covered here. Lots of discussion on Twitter.

Continue to 2024

#haylor #Youtube #haylor timeline #2023 #down bad #florida!!!

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hwanghon brew director's cut

hello everyone first of all, please bear with me this is the first time i've tried using tumblr and i honestly don't know my way around it yet. With that being said, please allow me to give you the director's cut of Hwanghon Brew i promised 2 years ago lmao TT

So, for starters, hwanghon brew was commissioned by my good friend ate cams (who was absolutely patient with me. love u ate cams mwa) 

These were the things requested:

heejayke poly

established heejay

modern vampires

college/frat au

5+1

heejayke feeding on each other

THE PLAYLIST

I was given the freedom to do whatever, come up with whatever plot that ties these things together, so I did! The first thing that came to mind of course, was the vibe I wanted to go for. So i immediately looked up a modern vampire playlist to set the mood, and stumbled upon this playlist. which is honestly so fitting because 1) the cover is a screenshot from the given-taken japanese mv, and 2) the person who made it seems to be an engene seeing that the first song in the playlist is drunk-dazed.

Anyway, Supermassive Black Hole by Muse became the first song that I associated to Hwangwon. It was like, idk the theme song while i was writing it? In fact, the whole black market scene during the intro was written to supermassive black hole. I didn't really make a moodboard for HB and instead created a playlist and relied on getting the vibe from that instead.

if i were to describe the songs that i picked out for hwanghon, it would be dark and somewhat eerie. most of them were rock/alt, (Test Me - Xdinary Heroes, One in a Billion - Enhypen, Tonight is the Night I Die - Palaye Royal)

some were also alternative/indie like Teeth - 5SOS, cult leader - king mala, and Blood // Water - grandson.

I played this playlist 24/7 while writing the fic NO JOKE LIKE ESPECIALLY IN THE SHOWER even though some of the songs creeped me out T^T bc honest to god some of them lowkey sounded demonic but it is what it is. So, I listened to these vampy songs while trying to come up with the main theme of the fic.

If you watched the video teasers I posted on my twitter, you'd know that I strongly associated Xdinary Heroes songs to HB, especially during the scenes where they're playing tag and running around the city, especially Test Me.

Hold Me Tight, and Tunnel by KimYeji were for the more somber parts like Jake's inner monologues about fitting in, heejay talking about the coven and jake, and especially the scene were Jay runs to Jake in the bathroom and relives Heeseung's near death.

And while I do associate their running scenes with xdinary heroes, BONBON GiRL by SARM is an honorable mention. To me this is a bouncier song for the times they're leaping from one rooftop to another, just having fun while Seoul's citylights shine below them. When I play this song, Hwanghon Brew suddenly turns into this cyberpunk vampire anime in my mind.

Some special mentions that I really enjoyed listening to and helped me brainstorm for scenes are: Real Boy - Lola Blanc, Verbatim - Mother Mother, and Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High - Artic Monkeys.

OUTLINING

As some of my readers might know, my first step when writing a fic is to make an outline. My first thought was to think about the characters. With heejay being established, it only made sense for me to make them members of the frat/coven. With that thought in mind, I wondered how to write Jake into their lives. And thought, hmm, what if he moved to Seoul for college and stumbles upon one of the coven members? Let's make him a newly turned vampire from the country side.

(jake bagong salta to coven = jake new to the coven)

So i was trying to come up with the main theme of the fic and initially came up with this:

I was just thinking that jake was just, idk, desperately trying to fit in even though he was already part of the coven, and heejay could teach him how to be a vampire and their feelings could develop through that. Of course, this idea changed as the outline became more fleshed out.

After establishing the basics of the character backgrounds, my next step was to outline the plot itself. I divided the plot into the 5+1 structure, and brainstormed for a main event/scene per number.

this is the unedited original outline LMAOO which obviously was changed as I went along with writing it. I wasn't given an exact word count and was just told to write whatever I wanted (thank you sm ate cams 🥺) and honestly i went into this thinking that i'd be done by 10k HAHAHAHA BOY WAS I WRONG. then again, i shouldn't really be surprised because i have the habit of going over my target word count. In fact my bestie Erina (who helped me brainrot a lot during the writing process (luv u bubbie hwanghon brew will forever be your inaanak) was like. bubbie. how could you even think you'd be done by 10k LMAOO)

anyways, let's unpack this original outline. the [ 5 - hoon supposed to take him to hwanghon but can't ] made it to the fic since Sunghoon really asked Jay to take Jake to hwanghon. [ 4 - heeseung arc, bonding over ramyeon ] was only partially kept. Instead of the 4th part being about jake feeling hesitant, it becomes heejake growing closer through their convo while having ramyeon, and jake trying to get closer to jay by using the honey cookies. So i guess you can say that food holds importance in this part.

the third part where jake underestimates his appetite and heejay come to the rescue is kept, but added to it are heejake and heejay scenes, the latter giving more insight to the jayke aspect of things

The 2nd one. So my thought process here is: the initiation is successful. However, throughout and after this, heejay become more and more possessive over jake without them actually noticing and without them realizing why. So, the members intervene by acting all flirty with jake until heejay finally acknowledge their feelings, and this leads to the jealousy jealousy part in number 1. and somehow the tension just builds up until they all just erupt and make out, which would lead to them feeding on each other.

as you can see, khan's appearance in the fic was not part of the original outline. and that definitely changes a lot of things.

for the first few parts of the fic, i outlined the turn of events and crossed them out once i finished writing that sequence. my original outline somehow ends here? IDK how i outlined the rest of the fic LMAO IT WAS A FEVER DREAM. ANYWAY.

THE BLACKMARKET

i wanted to start the fic with a banger. literally. so, what better way to do it than to bombard countryboy Jake with the grim reality of the city, right?

After listening to Supermassive Black Hole, this black market scene immediately played in my mind and set the tone for the rest of the fic. It came to me quickly--the image of Jake stumbling upon a black market swaying, dizzy as hell, his vision splitting and all these neon signs swirling around him. for me, the song cemented the over all night life/cyberpunk vibe that I was going for.

At first, I was thinking that it's Jay who finds Jake in that market. Like the thought of spotting Jay amidst the blur of people was so appealing to me (especially as your resident jayker). But I figured that it would be better for Sunghoon to find him first, because not only does this create a foundation for jakehoon's friendship, but also sets the stage for a better meeting between jake and heejay.

Right off the bat I wanted this scene to be as descriptive as possible, so that I could immediately give the readers a good feel of the universe and the dark tone of the fic. Hence why I enumerated every single thing from a man trying to sell Jake drugs,

“Hyungnim,” A man suddenly slings his arm around his shoulders. “You looking for a good time?” “N-no,” He answers meekly, pushing away the man who had a couple of tattoos dotting the left side of his face, his leather jacket reeking of alcohol and some kind of earthy, herby scent.

(that's why he smelled earthy - y'know...marijuana) to prostitutes trying to beckon him over

“Hey, are you lost?” Two girls call out to him in coy voices, breaking out into giggles and taking drags of the cigarettes pinned between their long manicured nails.

Anyway, while i was writing this, i was constantly seeking opinions from my close friends (love u erina i could not have written most of this without you) and recieved good feedback about the intro, so i think it was pretty effective.

SUNGHOON

(this is the hoon in my head!! ugh so hot fr fr imagine him just walking along seoul at night jumping from one roof to another)

like I said, since i made Sunghoon the character who finds Jake, I wanted him to make a strong impression, which is why he is how he is--practically dragging Jake to the cafe, ordering for him, talking on and on even though Jake wasn't responding LMAO like Sunghoon didn't really care TT

I also wanted him to have #humor which is why he's so damn sarcastic all the time "don't worry i don't bite" SAYS THIS WITH HIS CHEST WHILE BEING A WHOLE VAMPIRE LIKE FUCK OFFF "no humans were harmed in the process" he's so??!?! anyway, it was super fun writing him, he's easily one of my favorite sunghoons in all the fics i've written.

though it looks like him being a lovesick fool is a common thing among my fics and i don't regret this one bit. It's so funny writing Sunghoon pining over Sunoo when the latter doesn't even give him his time of the day (not true, actually he's just equally enamored)

While it is true that Sunghoon is one of the comedic reliefs in this fic, Sunghoon is also the token best friend that everyone needs. He has his own way of looking after Jake that is just so endearing to me. In fact one of my personal favorite scenes would be the jakehoon skirmish during the initiation where they're just tumbling down from one roof to another. They way Sunghoon was so proud when Jake managed to get his necklace 🥺 and the way he was like "Go. The other three won't be as easy as I was."

In his own silly little ways, he makes sure that Jake isn't left behind and watches over him. (Sunghoon wouldn't have brought Jake to the cafe and bought him a blood smoothie to begin with if he wasn't so kind) Speaking of blood smoothie, that brings us to the next part

RASPBERRY ORANGES

also known as blood oranges, where Enhypen coined their album name "Orange Blood" from. If you check the dates, Hwanghon Brew was posted before this release so belift, i was first 🙄 (lighthearted) anyway, blood oranges are literally just oranges but the insides are red.

I was searching for a fruit that would pass off as the same color as blood because I wanted Sunghoon to order something cryptic. In the sense that it's not really on the menu since only vampires would know about it because it's a code for blood, but if per se, a human manages to overhear it and ask about it, they could just serve a real fruit smoothie and it wouldn't look any different.

I thought maybe dragonfruit? but it's too purple. raspberry is too pink. strawberry would be too pale. I stumbled upon the raspberry orange, saw the pulp looking like blood and i thought, yeah this is it. This looks vampire-y enough.

I included this fruit solely because of that and didn't really think of anything else lol. Later on, I found out through my moot Kaia that blood oranges hold meanings that really align with the concept of Hwanghon Brew

THE BASEMENT

I don't know if i should feel flattered, scared, or annoyed that there seem to be so many parallels between hwanghon brew and official enhypen content. because first of all, i posted HB in october of 2022, and it had the line "bite me" (i'm not gatekeeping that phrase but the parallels are just fascinating) and then they come out with Dark Blood and Bite Me as the title track in 2023. Also, like i said, blood oranges, Orange Blood, etc etc. And the basement/frathouse IS EXACTLY WHAT THE SET IN SWEET VENOM LOOKS LIKE

like. the strobe lights, the party, the dingy mattresses??? thanks to belift for bringing my fic to life i guess??!?W@#$ anyway, since they were a coven disguised as a frat, i figured it was only right for them to have a frathouse. i didn't do much research on frats because i didn't focus on it much in the fic, but i guessed that frathouses were mostly...well, messy. Plus, they're supposed to be broke college kids, so i thought it'd be fitting for them to rent out a cheap basement in one of the shady alleys in Seoul.

THE COVEN

While it is true that they're also kind of a frat, like Sunghoon says,

“It’s a coven and a frat. I mean, we’re fronting as a frat. But, it’s not exactly a disguise because we really are a frat? You get what I mean.” Sunghoon waves his messy explanation off.

they are a coven first and foremost, which to me crosses out the thought that they only have men (since y'know. frat). in my mind the coven also has female members. since txt are part of it, i immediately thought of itzy, pictured yeji and ryujin on the couch making out and i was like yeah, i like that.

aside from the basement looking like sweet venom, at the time I was writing it, SV wasn't out yet. So the party was actually mostly based on the drunk-dazed party

Anyway, it's mentioned in passing that the pioneer of this coven is Jay, and he served as its leader for a good few centuries before handing the torch to Jungwon. Since then, he took the backseat with the leadership, but still helped in calling the shots. Jungwon doesn't make big decisions without consulting him (and Heeseung consequently)

MEETING HEEJAY

Like I said, I wanted to set the stage for heejay--present them in a way that both Jake and the readers know that they aren't like any other. I wanted them to be revered. While everyone was wilding it out partying, they were in the backroom watching it all unfold. idk there's just something about them just sitting there and watching over their people. literally like kings over their constituents. (constituents??!!)

Tall nose, sharp lips, tanned skin peeking out from the rips in his jeans

Tall nose, small lips, sharp jaw trailing down to a chin that juts out when he frowns. A leather choker around his neck, his knitted top torn.

These were the pictures in mind when I wrote the descriptions of heejay's first appearance

JAY

i can't recall if someone left a comment about this or a friend told me, but i remember someone saying that it made so much sense that Jay was the eldest vampire. they said that usually, people would think of going according to enha's real age, so it was refreshing to see Jay as the eldest.

to me it just felt right to make Jay the eldest and only pureblood in the coven. I think i based this off of the fact that Jay in real life was obviously brought up in a high class (?) family and environment. He knows a lot of things, is well off, and yet he seems street smart and wise.

with this, i came up with his background--his family being around for ages, somewhat pioneers of the current seoul vampire society, and owners of the disguised vampire establishments. speaking of family, it's implied that Yoongi is Jay's relative.

aside from this, I was thinking, Jay is mostly a loving sweetheart in the fics i've written, so why not make him a loving but emotionally constipated tsundere in this one?

anyway, given the fact that jay is the eldest, only pureblood, and founding father of their coven, i think his disposition was to be expected. he's literally like a grumpy overprotective father. to him his coven is his family, which is why he's skeptical to let strangers get close to the people he loves. especially after the first khan incident. He let khan into the coven, treated him as his own kin, and khan betrayed him by abandoning all the principles and beliefs he stands by, and put their coven in a bad light because of this. I can't really blame him for being on guard and cut throat with accepting new members after this.

HEESEUNG

heejay being 7yearz going on 8yearz in real life is truly the basis of heejay in this fic, and consequently, Heeseung's characterization. much like in real life, i wanted them to have spent a lot of time together, which is why i wrote Heeseung as coming from 1235, which was the Goryeo era. Originally, I wrote Heeseung as coming from the late 13th century, but wanted to align his story with a real historic event. That's why I moved his year to 1235 where there were Mongol invasions, which led to him being injured, and then led to him being turned.

I think it's evident especially with the whole "While Jay is the storm, Heeseung is the calm before that" part, that I wanted to strike a balance with the characterization of heejay. To me it also felt so...idk, couple? so parents of them to be opposites in this way. It was like Tamaki going all out and then there's Kyouya, his silent and supportive right hand man. (from Ouran High School Host Club)

Which is why I leaned into Heeseung's laid back traits in real life and channeled his relaxed and easy going disposition. I just figured it would have been too difficult for Jake if both Jay and Hee were skeptical of him, so i thought let's make Heeseung someone who is a good judge of character, someone who immediately sees the good in Jake and becomes smitten.

I believe Heeseung acted as a bridge more than anything because jayke's bond was honestly the last to form, so he's a mediator in more ways than one.

With regards to the coven, it is mentioned that Heeseung is the second eldest, which means that next to Jay, he's the most respected because #age and #heirarchy and all. Also, no one would dare question Hee because he is after all, Jay's life long partner and lover.

In my mind, Heeseung is very wife in this fic, in the sense that most of the time he is Jay's voice of reason, lending his silent support especially during the times it is most needed. While the coven was founded by Jay, it would be crippled without Heeseung.

JAYHOON CONVO (OUTTAKE)

On the day that Sunghoon told Jake to come to the coven, Heeseung was the only one in the basement. Jay went grocery shopping and Sunghoon bumped into him on the way there. they both make an entrance while bickering

the door swings open and in comes Sunghoon and Jay, at each other’s neck. Figuratively.  “You should have told me beforehand!” “Well, I’m telling you now,”

Actually, they were fighting over Jake. The whole conversation goes like this:

"I told him he could join." "Who are you to decide that?" "Oh c'mon, aren't we like allowed to make referrals? like in companies? I'm pretty sure I should be getting a commission for recruiting him." "??? we are not a multi level company. Go bring your pyramid schemes somewhere else. Not to my coven" "But I already told Jake to come over," "You should have told me beforehand!" "Well, I'm telling you now"

their convo sounds pretty funny and sooo jayhoon in my head that i just had to share this even though it didn't make the cut in the fic

HWANGHON BREW

the heart of this fic (only actually partly, but the fact that this fic is named after the cafe make a big difference, no?) I'm not sure where this idea came from, I just figured it would be nice for them to have their own establishment. Like. #made by vampires for vampires. something like that, and thought hm, why not a cafe? so i went on to a name generator and it showed me a bunch of corny names for cafes T^T. I saw the word brew and it kinda stuck. So the next thing i did was to search for the korean words of vampire related things--moon, blood, twilight. And that's how i found the word hwanghon.

I put hwanghon and brew together, decided that i liked the sound of it, and put it as the working title while i was writing. i honestly didn't think that it would be the final title. I was just thinking of replacing it when i thought of something better, but fortunately i was unable to come up with anything that topped it DFAHAHAHA i am also so relieved I kept the title because i think it's so distinct? It has a very nice ring to it and makes it easy for me to search people talking about it on twitter HAHSDHF

here's the logo/symbol of hwanghon brew, and it's exactly as it is described in the fic

a crescent moon with the tips downturned, red rays dripping down from the middle. 

the red rays are an allegory to blood, hence why I used the word "dripping" to describe it. also, to me, the downturned crescent moon is a hollistic symbol of vampirisms. it is both a moon, and a pair of fangs. This symbol also plays a big part in the initiation because the necklace's pendant is in the same shape.

anyway, onto the system of hwanghon brew itself. Like Jay explained, the process of blood goes like this: human donations > health organizations > human government > high council > blood banks > vampire establishments (like HB) honestly, i didn't really consume much vampire media. i have never watched twilight or vampire diaries. the only knowledge i have of the collective concept of vampires would be from interview with a vampire, supernatural, a few clips from vampire knight, and a few panels from blood bank.

though i think the fact that i didn't really consume vampire media turned out to be a good thing in the long run, because I eventually had my very own take on the vampire universe and the world building. Though, it's not uncommon to have blood banks and whatnot, i just find it fascinating to have the vampire high council working hand in hand with the human government.

JAKE

oh my sweet Jake. he's just a baby girl, that's all. His characterization here isn't really far off from how i see him in real life? happy go lucky, very determined, absolutely resilient.

besides, i think that these are qualities of a person who can go through so much and come out of it stronger. these are the traits that would enable him to put his foot forward, join the coven, butter up to heejay, and go against a monster like khan.

however, while he is all those things---strong and brave, he is also very hesitant at the same time? He's the type to rethink his actions and mull over his decisions over and over again and question himself if he made the right choice.

he's also very conscious of the people around him, and he has his own insecurities, which to makes him feel more human than any of them, which also makes sense given that he's the youngest vampire.

EYE COLORS

I mention this throughout the fic--their eyes flashing inhuman colors whenever they're either hungry, protective, angry, etc etc. For Jake, it's blue. For Jay, it's red. This small detail isn't really important aside from the fact that only purebloods have red eyes, but I just got this idea from the japanese MV of given-taken. (actually, i rewatched that mv so many times while writing this fic)

GIFTS

it's mentioned in the fic that vampires develop gifts down the road. Jay's is super strength, Heeseung - telepathy, Jungwon - speed, Sunghoon - shapeshifter(?), Sunoo - gravity defiance, Riki - shadow manipulation/teleportation

Honestly, i just got this from the dark moon webtoon because i wanted to add a little flare to it lmao. Given, Jake's power would be fire. Initially, I thought of including his power in the fic. If I did, it would play out like this: jake getting beat up by khan > heejay comes to the rescue > khan puts up a fight, drives them into a corner > jake, livid that khan had hurt heejay, awakens his power and uses fire for the first time to protect them (wow, zuko who?)

but I decided to scrap that idea because I wanted Jay to be indomitable, and also kinda wanted Jake to play into that whole damsel in distress thing

anyway speaking of powers, if anyone's wondering why heeseung didn't just tap into jake's mind to find him, it's because heeseung's telepathy in this universe only works on covenmates. and since jake technically wasn't a member yet, he couldn't reach him.

THE INITIATION

actually, if i remember correctly, this idea came from one of my twt besties and gfs, nina. it makes sense of course, because they're a frat. and frats have initiations and it's just terrorizing new recruits, like Sunghoon said. They reason that it's to assess the new member (especially after someone like khan), they wanted to be more sure of new recruits--whether they'd play dirty just to be part of the coven.

Sunghoon also mentions that it's Riki who suggested to have initiations and that it usually consists of playing games (tag, hide and clap) but with a vampire twist. Not only does this allow the existing members of the coven to assess the new recruits physical abilities (speed, senses, etc.) but it also allows them to asses their decision making.

SUNOO, JUNGWON, AND RIKI

admittedly, I didn't put much details about these three compared to the hyung line for various reasons.

for one, I wanted Sunoo to be a mystery, and figured that would only be effective if I only gave out little information about him, leaving gaps and spaces for the readers to imagine. Which is why I mentioned that aside from Jay, no one really knows about his age or where he came from. (but his backstory is complete in my mind lmao.) also, I wanted Sunoo to be different from the other vampires, which is why he sometimes talks in shakespearean HAJSHA. AND I wanted his character to be different from all the other sunoos I've written. I just really love playing into the opposite of how majority of the fandom perceives him as well.

Jungwon, while being the coven's leader, only makes appearances once in a while. Despite his little screentime (sorry won I'll make it up to you), I wanted to make sure that he came across as reliable, especially since he is the coven's acting leader. Which is why he shows up to remind Jake to feed. To me, while he participates in initiations, he makes up his mind about the new recruits prior to that and acts based on this. He went easy on Jake because he actually liked him and wanted him to be a part of the coven, which is why he played along but gave back Jake's moon necklace in the end.

And Riki. He may seem like a playful vampire who's just there for the vibes, but he is also very perceptive. Like Sunoo, he plays a bigger part than what is implied, but I don't want to give out too much information bc I want to write a prequel HSDFHAHSD but yeah, Riki knows the streets and knows his shit.

well, that's that. Thank you for coming to my ted talk! I really enjoyed writing about my thought process while writing, and where I pulled inspiration from. I still think that I really outdid myself with writing this one and I think the comments I got just prove it. I love Hwanghon Brew with my whole heart and I am beyond happy that I get to share this with people who enjoyed reading it just as much as I had fun writing.

whatever i didn't cover here (like most of their character backgrounds, and khan) I will be including in the prequel. Anyway, speaking of the prequel, I've been told that some readers are curious about the timelines and the backstories of the members. I think if you pay enough attention to detail, you'd be able to gather a few hints about the timelines and their ages.

I do hope that if I ever do push through with it, you would be tuned in as well >< I have actually finished the outline, all that's left is actually writing it. I don't know when because I am unfortunately a busy college senior (writing her thesis and having her internship). But I do hope I get to do it soon because some of you really seem enthusiastic about it and it really warms my heart. Anyway, please consider this a love letter to the readers who enjoyed Hwanghon so much and showered it with so much love.

love u all ❣

#hwanghon brew

[silverraes]

5 kpop songs that live in my mind rent-free

okay maybe this will flop or maybe this will just live in my drafts forever anyway but I've been feeling like rambling about some of my favorite songs lately (especially bc I feel like all of these are songs that don't get talked about enough lol). so. here goes nothing:

1. Victon - Mayday

what can I say. she is beautiful, she is stunning, I love her. this song is in my spotify wrapped top 100 every single year and I will not shut tf up about it to the point that I made a friend who doesn't even listen to Victon become obsessed with it as well. this song is my roman empire.

2. Golden Child - ONE(Lucid Dream)

everything about this song is just engineered to be perfect for me, specifically. the instrumentals, the vocals, the anti-drop? it truly scratches that one very specific itch in my brain and I have yet to find any other song that hits even close to the same.

3. ONF - Why

LISTEN. listen. this song? literally altered my brain chemistry the first time I listened to it. ONF just have such a unique sound and this song specifically just really hits different. also the cinematography in this mv? stunning. please god go listen to ONF.

4. Verivery - Lay Back

honestly there are a lot of Verivery songs that I could have added to this list but this one made me listen to them in the first place so I feel like it deserves this spot the most. something about this song - especially in combination with the choreo - is just so incredibly satisfying to me.

5. Imfact - The Light

I'm not gonna lie to you, I don't even listen to Imfact that much but this song? I've listened to it a truly unhealthy amount of times. I can't even quite tell you why I love it so much, I just do. The vibes are just simply exquisite.

well if this somehow doesn't flop and you see this, feel free to ramble about 5 of your favorite songs and tag me, I love to see what people listen to 👀

#alright i'm deciding to post this. this is my blog and these are my brain worms. #if this flops... you saw nothing #kpop #victon #golden child #onf #verivery #imfact #music #rae's kpop rambles #Youtube

[evilmagician430]

concept art/character design for an acachalla centric horror story i've been brainstorming since last school year ^_^ still havent finalized any of these designs, i feel like they need a little more tweaking...

WARNING: blood, body horror, the mangled corpse of a dead animal, guns, crowbars, medical equipment and general medical imagery, and all around just weird and gross stuff

ADDITIONAL WARNING: really fucking long

story and images under the cut:

i imagine the premise is that sue, at the police station, gets a call from the acachallas like in canon. she decides to go to their house to help, alone because her coworkers are all busy/hate her (theyve been in the force long enough to go corrupt while sue still tries to do whats right)

when she goes in she discovers that the acachallas have been dead for like 10 years and their bodies are barely even intact. she also notices that their house is trashed, not only does it seem completely reclaimed by nature, covered in fungus and insects and blood, but a lot of their furniture and appliances are missing. their rooms look like theyre missing all that wouldve signaled the character of whomever inhabited it, and she thinks, well, maybe the house was looted after they died, but that doesn't explain who called...

then she accidentally steps in a pile of fungus. which wasnt there before. she turns around and a man, fully formed, has sprouted out of the ground. he is made almost entirely out of mushrooms and he has 2 shotguns for arms. he tells her to leave his house. she starts to run but then another figure stops her. a very tall woman who speaks in the same voice that called the police department. her form is indiscernible in the dark, but soon sue comes to realize this woman is not human.

she's not even alive.

sue meets the others and, sure enough, they all seem to be amalgamations of various household objects, both inorganic and organic matter, forming crude fascimiles of who they once were. there are 5 bodies and 5 of them, so they must be possessed by the immortal spirits of the acachallas...!

of course, it turns out they never needed help. it was merely a trap to lure sue home.

they accept her and care for her far more than her biological family or "friends" at work ever did. but being with them takes a toll on sue's body. eventually she dies and they build a new body for her. she wakes up as a beautiful monster. she wakes up as herself.

you're going to notice none of these drawings are of sue- that's because she's still just a regular human in this. by the end she might become a horrifying monster like the rest of them, but i havent designed her.

i took inspiration from a variety of sources, but i can only remember some of them off the top of my head:

undertale (lorewise the whole thing about monsters dust being spread on their favorite object so they can live in it, also photoshop flowey designwise was a huge inspiration)

deltarune (largely just the enemy designs)

dont hug me i'm scared (the teacher's designs, general vibes, also lamp's explanation of what happens when someone dies in episode 2 of the tv show)

tipping point (literally just stylistically. i need to learn digital collage to properly portray these designs)

tokusatsu (the costumes for the gorma in gosei sentai dairanger are like. really good. i enjoy their designs severely)

communications era ghost and pals mvs (the collage stuff speaks to my soul)

and thats all i can remember rn. now heres the first pictures i drew of each member of the family (on my world history notes) and the most recent draft of their designs (in mspaint) this is basically all of the drawings of them.

beginning with spencer, he's the smallest of the family at only 4 feet tall. he is made out of his computer and manga collection basically. on each of these i left a lot of notes in the pictures breaking down what each part of the body is made out of. i wanted to incorporate figurines and action figures into his design too but i decided to keep it more focused. but all these designs are still subject to change. a teacher walked by as i was drawing him and said she liked how it was "very industrial but feminine" or something like that.

sally! im not entirely sure what that first sketch is but as you can tell i wanted her to be wearing a doll mask from the start. i gave her this big poofy princess dress to conceal where godzilla connects to the shelves that act as her legs because it looked very strange and did not look like the shelves were her legs. the dress turns into curtains which are draped over her shelves. she was very hard to design but very fun. also i just chose random dolls and stuff i know g3 draculaura and kylie and pnp sasha are like recent dolls that wouldnt exist yet. its a mockup ok

next we got billy who is built out of his own medical supplies. i wanted to make his body one of those IV drip stands, although that means both him and spencer have very similar lower halves, with the wheels. hes the only one who doesnt really wear any clothes because billy doesnt really have an iconic outfit; the only thing i remember he wears is obviously his medic outfit but thats like. a whole outfit. i dont understand the layers of it so i can just put part of it on this thing. maybe i shouldve just given him scrubs. or what i think billy would wear that represents him

gertrude having a dead cat as her hair is a reference to a really specific one-off joke i read about on the wiki but dont actually remember from any of the videos. i think hair is a very important part of self expression so they would want to recreate their hairstyles with whatever they could find. it was hard as hell getting that cat into a shape that made literally any sense but i think i figured it out. her outfit is a combination of what she normally wore and her old costume as the crowbar, which i was inspired to design my version of as well (will post that drawing later). i think its very interesting how gertrude seems to exist to trap and keep safe or detain/kill various dangerous beings. shes like a shepherd but also an executioner.

papa acachalla doesnt have a draft cause this was literally the first time i tried drawing him in this story because i was stuck on trying to imagine what hed be made out of and how he would look like. then i remembered fungus comes in all shapes and forms and also works as a metaphor for his connection with his family and his roots. also his arms are guns LOL! i wanted to make him more catholic but i couldnt come up with how while still having him look like papa acachalla. maybe adding that priest collar cause i think father grigori has it anyways but its hard to draw stuff around his neck area.

#venturiantale #taleblr #evilmartin430.txt #images that are horrid to see and look at #dont ask me where jeremy and maxwell and maddie and the extended family fit into this... idk enough about them to design them as monsters #also maddie isnt really a family member. unless you think shes really gertrude's sister #concept art #character design #horror #body horror #horror story #horror au #acachalla house of horrors #<== tag specifically for stuff pertaining to this story #mspaint #sue acachalla #spencer acachalla #sally acachalla #billy acachalla #gertrude acachalla #papa acachalla #campy horror #<== the vibe im going for #if this was a live action thing itd definitely use practical effects and #the costumes (?) would be insane #imagine building them in real #aoughhhh #ok done screaming

[akira1509]

Sharing my city pop playlist so you can find more city pop songs beside Plastic Love and Stay with me ✨✨

You have listened to Plastic Love and Stay with me once right? And you think you like these songs and want to know other songs that share the same genre? This small list might be for you :D I actually don't listen to a lot of city pop songs, it's more like I listen to different songs from one artist. So any recommendations are welcome 💖

First one it's KU-RU-KU-RU Cruller from Aqours! It is quite rare for a Love Live! song to follow this genre right? This song is really catchy, with encouraging lyrics and really cute choreography. This is also the song which made me realize I have already been in love with city pop. The song is one of my recommendations if you are new to Aqours and want to listen to something fun!

The second song is a cover of Kimitachi Kiwi, Papaya, Mango da ne (Nakahara Meiko) from Furihata Ai - one of my favourite Aqour seiyuus (I love all of them haha). Both the original version and Furi's cover are so good that I had to listen to them on loop for a while. Imma leave the Eng translation of the song I've found for those who are interested in the lyrics!

ENG Translation

Another song from Furi is her original song - Purple Eyeshadow. I was wondering which song to choose, but Purple Eyeshadow is more catchy to me, so I decided to put it here. You can check more of Furi's song on her Youtube channel! About the lyrics of the song...I'll leave you searching for yourselves then ;)

Next is a pretty old song from 1984, AIRPORT LADY, sung by Kadomatsu Toshiki. People said that they liked the retake version of the song in 1993 but I find the original version more appealing to me :D

Time to go back to the year of 1983, when Magical Angel Creamy Mami was still on air! And the OP and the ED of the anime, Delicate ni Suki shite and Love Sagerinaku are the songs I want to introduce to you guys today :D While Delicate ni Suki shite sounds so dreamy, Love Sagerinaku has more sexiness in it, but I am more biased toward Delicate ni Suki shite because it was the song I remembered most when I was 5 years old, and the chorus of the song just hits me real hard :') That's right, a girl's heart Can float a moon-shaped little board in the starry sky It can even, search for her own dreams too And when she falls in love, she delicately Falls in love, falls in love, fall in love.

Also check out the anime too if you can, it's awesome <3

City pop originates from Japan, you guys all know that, right? But what if we have city pop sung in Korean? :D Now let me introduce you to a gem in K-Pop music (in my heart, of course) whose name is YUKIKA ! She is a Japanese, who went to Korea and started her singing career there. It seems that one of her songs, SOUL LADY had become a big hit and inspired some K-Pop artists to try out city pop too! I personally like SOUL LADY the most in every song she has released. The choreography, the catchy beat, the lyrics, the MV, everything is literally perfect 💖 The song tells a story of a girl, who was so overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of Seoul, has become so confident walking on her own road, as if she is truly the "Seoul lady".

To end this, I will write down here the part which I find so meaningful in SOUL LADY chorus:

I am now a SOUL LADY (Seoul Lady) Giving off that feeling I guess you can tell, I've been studying hard. It blends into my smile It'll be addicting Even the way I talk sounds natural now Such a SOUL LADY (Seoul Lady) Giving off that vibe I guess you can see, I've been studying hard. Confident and mesmerizing This Seoul lady that I am Is so pretty

#city pop #aqours #creamy mami #furihata ai #yukika

[tetsunabouquet]

K-POP Theory: (G)I-DLE are the investors behind BRD COMMUNICATIONS

With the talks of them not renewing their contracts this year, I decided to make an official well-though out post behind a theory I've had since Soojin's solo debut. Let's look behind Soojin for a second and put our bussiness glasses on. Quickly, a few questions will pop up. 1. Who the fuck is An Jin Yong? The CEO isn't a well known rich person or someone in the music industry. So who is this mysterious founder and what is their vision for their company? 2. Considering they aren't a well known person for their riches, where did they get the decent looking budget for Soojin's debut from? 3. Or the money for Soojin to go overseas for gigs? 4. Why debut someone so risky as your very first artist? 5. And why do we almost half a year later, still have no reports of other artists or trainees joining the label? It would be financially safer to sign a few more artists as fast as possible in case Soojin's re-debut doesn't works out, so why are we hearing crickets? BRD communications, as you can see, is shrouded in mystery. A label that practically popped up out of nowhere and solely seems to care about saving Soojin's idol career. You'd almost think that the CEO is Soojin's fairy godmother. Or, more realistically, a secret business partner of (G)I-DLE. Let's not forget that after Soojin got kicked out, Soyeon was spotted with the PNation card and there is that alleged interview where she said she was interested in starting her own label. Both Shuhua and Yuqi have made statements implying they are counting down the days that their contract expires. And it's no secret that the ot5 MVs and Soojin's seem to reference each other. So what if Soyeon acted immediately after Soojin got kicked out by already doing some studywork on how to build her own company? That would be around the same time that An Jin Yong was looking to establish BRD communications. How unlikely is it that two people who are looking to start a similar bussiness, ran into one another and decided to combine their skillset? Because from the Chinese looking name, the founder likely is a foreigner who could be skilled in international business deals which Soyeon or the other girls aren't. I think, that during this period, Soyeon met An Jin Yong and offered them the deal to invest in BRD communications and to bring connections and staff to the label alongside (G)I-DLE once their contract expires as long as they sign and supported Soojin too. With how secretive this label is and the fact we're dealing with a musical genius (Soyeon), an academic genius (Yuqi) and a billionaire (Minnie), this almost machiavellian level of scheme could actually be possible. An Jin Yong and (G)I-DLE are working together as the ultimate masterminds of the K-POP industry. It's the only way to make sense of the BRD communications mystery.

#tetsutalk #k pop #kpop #k-pop #(g)i dle #(g)idle #(g)i-dle #soyeon #soojin #yuqi #minnie #shuhua #miyeon #ot6 #brd communications #the girls are behind it I swear

[blubblubisdead2me]

What your favorite interests (also other than ones listed on your pages) and also how did you got into touhou in the first place as well as your favorite characters, music, games, etc from it as well?

this is my certified lore post y'all get ready

firstly thank u very much for the ask hedgypipes i appreciate u HERE WE GO

so basically im a big art nerd, that's what i love, always been drawing since i was baby

I LOVE TWICE THE KPOP GROUP??? SO MUCH ???? but i only started properly listening to them this year <3 i always wanna reblog stuff of them but this is just not that kind of blog tbh

I LOVE INDIE HORROR GAMES LIKE CHILLA'S ART IS JUST MWAH but no scary ghosts pls i cant😭

i first got into touhou in 2017 when i heard my classmate listening to bad apple and i was like "WOAH" and they were like "you DON'T know bad apple??? FREAK" and i was like "oh dear i must be cool and popular" so i went home and promptly made myself learn all the lore about the bad apple MV and a month later i started playing imperishable night

i really love the touhou games, i've given all of them a go at one point. my favourites to play are DDC, PCB, and HSiFS. I've only ever normal 1CC'd LLS, AoCF and UDoALG LMAOOOOO BUT IN MY DEFENCE I

i made a pretty detailed post about my favourite characters already but u have to scroll rly far and also i cringe every time i have to look at my posts so heres a recap:

marisa (shes so wife), renko, sumireko, okina, and seija <3 OH AND YUUKA

asking me about the music is so wild u have opened pandoras box but its okay i got it i will try to stay calm so heres my top 5 1. Tiny Shangri-La (Son Biten's Theme) 2. Where is that Bustling Marketplace Now ~ Immemorial Marketeers (Chimata Tenkyuu's Theme) 3. Phantom Band ~ Phantom Ensemble (Prismriver Sisters' Theme) 4. Illusionary Joururi (Benben & Yatsuhashi Tsukumo's Theme) 5. Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare (DS Photo Theme 4)

i've gotten around to most of ZUN's music sparing the very most obscure stuff from his manga CDs and some of the '99 arranges from his old website. i have magical astronomy and changeability of strange dream in my cd collection 🥰 OH and my favourite manga is definitely forbidden scrollery, but i loved wild and horned hermit too n plan to re-read it soon

tl;dr thank u i wouldn't either THANK YOU FOR THE ASK!!!! I APPRECIATE IT A LOT!!!!

#touhou #thanks for the ask! #long post #i am very sorry #but thank you love u #i am slightly mentally ill yes #but also just be wild and pour out ur heart about the things u love #thats what matters

[mihai-florescu]

I can't believe it's already almost the end of another era...honestly I'm soooo curious as to what exactly is going to happen in the next one. Do you have any hopes on what you'd like to happen or what you're looking forward to? If so, penny for your thoughts?

I've been thinking about it... my biggest variable is kaname. I expect the big alkakurei event will touch upon his condition. And then there are 2 paths if he wakes up: he continues being an idol, or he doesnt. If he does, the issue regarding the name will have to be resolved. I also expect he wouldn't remain in Reimei, he'd transfer to Yumenosaki. Speaking of, there is no more Yumenosaki or Reimei to begin with... they're ES academies. Most of our cast is going to be made up of graduates (everyone who witnessed the war...), I think we're definitely walking away from the school setting slowly but surely. I'm interested in the current second years as they complete their school life, but anyone else... I'm sorry but I really really don't care... they might introduce some new students though, maybe a first year who will look up to Aira, that could be interesting. From underachieving kouhai to senpai.

I was also thinking about the foreshadowing we had at the end of ! era. The first that comes to mind is Wonder Game, regarding Tsumugi and Newdi. I'd love for them to introduce the agency director, but I see that more as a one off Switch climax event rather than him becoming a relevant main character. However, we are probably going to get 2 new units, in Newdi and Rhythlink, to even out all agencies' numbers.

The second foreshadowing I can think of was Subaru mentioning the situation in Reimei and Himeru. I don't know if anyone expected that throwaway line to be foreshadowing back then... so we could definitely get something that will have been obvious only after it comes out.

However, there's also the elephant in the room I've kept for last. Bishojo senpai. The way enstars has been addressing the male dominated idol industry and the rising discomfort with this new status quo. They explored it a bit with Negi in 1.5, then had Bishojo senpai talk about it, but I don't know if they'd introduce more girls IN enstars itself. There were speculations of a spinoff but I really can't say.

If they *do* introduce more girls and other idols who just don't fit the mold ES is carving, I would really want Sakura nee to be one. I've been holding onto her comment about having the ability to be a better idol than Kohaku for a year. Have her meet Kaname if he wakes up, I think a conversation between them could be veeery interesting when they remind each other of their respective siblings... I do feel like the Oukawa sisters will come back in the alkakurei event btw so we shall seeee. Im not getting my hopes too high up though.

Now for wishful thinking that I don't expect in a million years for multiple reasons. Can I please get Maguro... I don't think they'd make her an idol 1. Because they'd have to factor in her being a wheelchair user 3d model in all mvs, I'd be really pleasantly impressed if they did put in the commitment to do that though (unless they removed the wherlchair altogether in which case :/), and 2. I don't think she ever expressed interest in being an idol herself to begin with. Then, as much as I'd love some engirls to come back, I'm gonna hold onto that hope for 5 more years.

Let's see... I think that's enough for now. What are your wishes?

#ask #anon #enstars

[dojae-huh]

It's unfortunate, but it looks like I can't use YT at all if I want to save on i-net data. I've watched only 4-5 short videos, and 1/5 of my credit is gone in 1 day, heh. I will experience and enjoy the stages and concerts with a delay, in summer. There are always sacrifices in life...

With this NewJeans and Illit plagiarism scandal going on, it becomes clear how Big3 look not only for looks/talent, but personality, afterall. Whether I like BP or not, I have to admit that all the girls are very different and can stand on their own fan-attractor wise. Same with Babymonster, even with the same make up and beauty standart for every member, the girls are more memorable than most 4-5gen. NCT produced 4 soloists so far (I'm counting Lucas), and everyone's album is not like the other's. Riize also stands out among 5gen looks and concept wise.

Well, on the other hand, there is empty space to fill in left by Hybe, which young producers of small agencies try to occupy (StayC, Kiss of Life, Ive (maybe)).

Taeyong and Doyoung.

Doyoung's album feels more mature. Granted, Taeyong's 2 albums are more unique, individualistic, intimate in a way, debatebly there could be more artistic value to them, but it is still "Taeyong looks for TY" phase. There is hesitance. On the other hand, Doyoung knows who he is, I was wrong to doubt it. He might be afraid of whether fans can accept his non-idol self, the shift in the image, but he knows the road he wants to take. The album and the promotion feels like Doyoung sailing. It has that powerful element of the strong wind in the sails. The album already shows results close to IU and BTS guys in Korean charts. How happy Doyoung looks, how his true bold nature comes forward more and more in the performances. He is ready to take it, to enjoy everything. And yes, the timing is better for him than it was for Taeyong (both times). More room for concerts and festivals. However, the preparatory period was the same for both.

It is also about the voice. As I has been observing Do's progress since the time he made mistakes with pitch and was refusing to sing during interviews, I can feel the difference. He doesn't just sing well enough on the album, he shows different colours and techniques, uses his backvocals, in many places makes his work harder because he can (breathing, transitions, oberlayered singing with Taeyeon). During live performances he sounds weaker, so there is room to grow, but he will improve and catch up soon.

All in all, I'm personally glad SM doesn't allow the artists to go solo too early. Yes, maybe Doyoung could have released the album a year earlier. Maybe even two years earlier if covid didn't happen. The things happened how they happened though. Doyoung needed 127 to get Daesang and become a million seller, to perform at Tokyo dome and win over Korean fans, to get very close to Kenzie, to go through his burn out and overcome it, to invest some years into his love life with Jaehyun, to get the brand deal, the musical and tv-series first to be able to produce such an album, to approach renown song-writers and to ask for festivals and concerts in Japan and HongKong. The musical improved his vocals, the tv-series showed him he can succeed in a new area he is not comfortable in, DJJ let him get the experience of promoting outside of 127, gain support from fans with a new sound, the success of individual careers of the other members let him be "arrogant" and go for big things for himself. Mayhaps even the ousting of LSM was of help, who knows. LSM was known for being very involved in the work of his artists (to the degree of cutting off Seulgi's fringe for a better concept look right before the shooting of an RV's MV and changing aespa's "tsu-tsu-tsu" in the lyrics (which was genius on his part, but you know... his vision)).

Doyoung said people mostly remember Taeyong and Mark in 127, that he is not as memorable or standing out in the group in comparison. And it is true. It because he mimics an idol, plays a role for the group, (and loses points in dancing), he is confined in an image that is not him (Tae and Mark are themselves, Taeyong the soloist is a natural continuation of Taeyong the leader of NCT). Doyoung did it to himself, by the way, so the group is not to blame. In the performance on Mnet of "Little light" Dongyoung came out, and was as attention grabbing. He is not shakled by the level of success of the group (i.e. if he fails it won't affect negatively the unit), only the eyes of his own fans will be on him, the risk and reward are all his, so he is free to be more bold and greedy.

[eisa-core]

부석순 (SEVENTEEN) " 파이팅해야지 " M/V BEHIND THE SCENES.

the Performance Unit gathered to witness the MV making of 파이팅해야지 .

«Boo-Seok-Soon!» - They began to chorus as they entered their dressing rooms, seeing them with surprised faces as they had not expected the other members to arrive. Jun had already sent a coffee truck, and then they had said they were all busy so they could not visit them. But it was just a little lie to surprise them.

«Wow Performance Unit reunion» -Hoshi snapped in the air, pointing his members to the man working for the filming of Inside Seventeen, who hurried to film the group hug.

«What are you doing here? What an honor» - Seungkwan and Dokyeom also approached. «We've come to support the new rookies: Booseoksoon!» - Dino laughingly said «4th generation leaders» - Daisy added. «Wow Daisy sunbaenim, you are my idol» - Hoshi bowed carrying on this inside joke that depopulated from the release of this comeback.

«Hoshi-ssi!» - She replied to him doing the typical Horanghae pose «Oh no this is not how it works! That's Hoshi from Seventeen's pose» -Dokyeom said and Hoshi nodded «It's Soonranghae! I am Soon from Boo-Seok-Soon" - Hoshi made everyone laugh.

«Okay guys, so what do you think of this single?» - They had a few more minutes of break before the filming continued, so they sat down on a bench that was actually a prop. «I've been waiting for this Booseoksoon comeback for 5 years I can't wait for Carats to hear the whole album» - Daisy was the first to respond clapping softly as she spoke.

«Carats give so much love to 파이팅해야지!» - Minghao continued beside her. «To the whole album!» - Daisy emphasized again «What is your favorite song?» - Seungkwan asked «It's 파이팅해야지»Dino and Minghao replied in unison « Why?» - «It is the right charge to face each day!» - Minghao said smiling «And I like the choreography too» - Dino responded by doing the catchy choreography move, the chorus move. «Daisy sunbaenim, what about you?» - «Ohh I love 7pm! It's very comfortable, and Peder Elias has a wonderful voice!» - She answered as she really listens to the song every night at 7pm, for this reason she wanted the comeback day to come quickly so she could talk about it with Carats both on weverse and live.

«Jun...?» - Junhui was playing with the sleeves of his jacket. «Me? Ahh, since it hasn't been said yet, I say Lunch! I like it a lot» - «Thank you Junhui sunbaenim, do you want to say one last word to Carats?» - Seungkwan was to his right and was stroking his blond hair that had grown a lot. «Oh right, as I also wrote in the snacks truck: BooSeokSoon, this is your first comeback? If there's anything you don't know, ask SVT sunbaenim, and Carats followed this group is very talented!"

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