#the star seekers wattpad

[dreamaze]

i don't think i'll ever forgive h*be for what they did to hyyh (left it to die with an incomplete ending) or star seekers (disconnected it from any recent output from the group itself & somehow sucked the magic out of something that is literally full of magic)

#why am i even getting worked up over this today #... maybe because i keep glimpsing 'txt lore'/ss posts #respectfully. not every txt mv is part of the star seekers canon. they're labeled. #idk. i tried more than once to get back into the ss releases but they're either too tedious (comic) or too poorly written (wattpad) #to hold my attention. i get that they released both simultaneously to express [redacted] but. #maybe the quality would have been better if they poured all their efforts into one. #anyway!! hello from wings your crotchety and vaguely unwell transmedia narrative loving mutual who doesn't have a good one to love #p.s. obviously my take on ss is subjective. but fwiw loved LOVED ss. before. #(before they tried to monetize it as much as possible)

[onlyoneofyouu]

A Summary of Tomorrow X Together's storyline

While waiting for the new album, The Name Chapter: Temptation, to come out, I decided to write a summary of TXT's storyline, focusing on the main themes, motifs and references of the music videos to get a general picture of it!

Feel free to share your insights and/or theories, or to point it out if you see any inaccuracies!

Edit: I'm in the process of correcting a few things and properly add The Chaos Chapter and Minisode 2 to the picture!

— DISCLAIMER

Just a warning that I'm going to leave behind some additional details and references for this, because:

there are way too many and I still don't know all of them (yet) lol;

as I said, this is made to be a summary focusing on the main motifs;

I still need to fully catch up with the webnovel on Wattpad that has lots of more info;

I don't want to overwhelm you, especially if this is your first approach to the storyline!

— PLAYLISTS

I created playlists on both Youtube and Spotify with the songs in the order I'm going to talk about today:

YouTube playlist here

contains music videos in the storyline order to watch while reading!

Spotify playlist here

includes some b-sides, but in this summary I'm only going to focus on those with a music video and the title tracks, so feel free to skip if they are not mentioned!

In this post, I'm going to add only those specifically needed to be watched to follow and understand my analysis. All the others are in the YouTube playlist anyway :)

Okay, now we are ready to start!

— WHAT'S THEIR STORY ABOUT?

TXT's story is about growth: they talk about the transition from adolescence to adulthood and all those changes that characterise it, the fear and refusal to grow up, the desire to stay young forever.

They tackle the theme both explicitly, through music videos and lyrics set in our time, and through symbolism using a fantasy plot with magical elements.

Actually, we could say that their storyline is a story inside a story : the fairytale, in which they find refuge from the real world in a magical one, Magic Island, is the story of the board game (in the Dungeon's & Dragon's style) or the videogame they are playing in the real world to "escape reality". This is why both the fairytale concept and the game concept are crucial to understand the storyline!

— IS THERE A MULTIVERSE?

My answer is yes, there is. As we're going to see, there are various ways in which their story develops and can be developed.

Additionally, last year Hybe announced the release of a Webtoon and a Wattpad webnovel to further elaborate TXT's storyline, both called "The Star Seekers". These two differ from each other and from the storyline narrated through the music videos: they talk about their alter egos called Star One, idols in a version of the real world where magic also exists. However, as I said earlier, we won't go into the details of it and we will stick to the basic storyline related to the music!

— THE STORYLINE

Now let's see how their story unfolds through the albums Chapters, their songs and related music videos. We, of course, start our journey with...

THE DREAM CHAPTER: STAR

– NAP OF A STAR

🎶 Memories of childhood dancing in the sky / Even if it's fading away now 🎶

This song and its music video tell us about the origins and also the final goal of the group. When TXT were still children they met for the first time, played together and made a promise to each other and with a Star: "even if we were to part, we will find each other".

They actually separate and consequently the light of the Star goes out. Why is that? Well, how many points does a classic star have? ⭐ Five, right? And how many members does TXT have? Five! Each one of them is a part of the Star, and without them united there is no Star: the Star symbolizes their friendship. ✨ The power of friendship ✨ is the key to their whole story. This also explains why in choreos often TXT form stars by uniting their bodies.

from: 1) TDC:MAGIC concept trailer, 2) MMA 2019 performance intro, 3) MMA 2022 performance intro.

Years go by and TXT enter adolescence, symbolically represented by the development of physical peculiarities: Yeonjun has horns, Soobin long ears, Taehyun an eye with a star, Beomgyu thorns on his shoulders and Hueningkai wings.

Yeonjun, scared by the horns, runs away into the woods, thinking he has become a monster. Here, for the first time, he meets the blue and green eyed Cat that will haunt us for the rest of our days (😔), he gets wounded in the throat and runs away terrified. The Cat here symbolises all the scary and dangerous aspects of the world we come in contact with once we leave our childhood.

Refusing his new condition (and therefore change and growth), Yeonjun snaps one of his horns. He is then rescued by HueningKai and the rest of the group, and now that they're together again the Star turns on once again! This is what should happen at the end of aaaall the journey, but the road is long and rough...

– CROWN

🎶 Are you my savior who found me alone? / Who you, you? / Are your wings created from the same pain as mine? 🎶

The lyrics tells us what we saw in Nap of a Star: entering adolescence, symbolized by the sprouting of horns, not knowing who you are and wanting to run away. But TXT are not alone in their pain and confusion: when they meet, upon discovering that each of them has something peculiar and is facing the same struggles, they are reassured and no longer feel alone. And so, the horns form a "crown": they are no longer something monstrous to be ashamed of, but a symbol, almost of pride, of what one is facing.

🎶 This moment of my name being called 🎶

This is the first time TXT mentions “names”, a main motif of the storyline we are going to further elaborate.

The symbolism of the colors, mirrors, windows and props in the music video announce events of the storyline we're going to elaborate later as well.

– CAT & DOG

🎶 Oh my God, what the heck is this feeling? / I become a puppy when I see you 🎶

Believe it or not, even this one has relevance to the storyline! 😆

TXT's are dealing with their first crush, they want to be with them always, they are clingy like a puppy looking for affection. It ties to 0x1=Lovesong, Lo$er=Lo♡er and Good Boy Gone Bad, but also to Puma! As we will see, the "dog" represents their "good side", while the "puma" their "bad side".

obligatory FEEL LIKE CINDERELLA NAEGABYONJE LET'S PLAY FOREVER I JUST WANNA BE YO' DOG WOOF WOOF WOOF

Now let's move on to...

THE DREAM CHAPTER: MAGIC

– ANGEL OR DEVIL

🎶 Tell me, what should I choose / Either angel and devil / This struggle in my head 🎶

As it can be read in Cat&Dog lyrics, that are also referenced in this song in the third verse during Yeonjun’s rap, TXT usually act naughty (devil), but with their crush they behave like angels. In this song they talk about struggling with convincing themselves to confess to them.

🎶 "It's gotta be you", "You're the one love" (...) / Again the angel says, "firstly slow down / What if you lose all, forever?" 🎶

TXT's good side (the angel) starts to doubt their friendship and to think that maybe their love for their crush actually is salvation.

🎶 Spinning round and round again, the worries of Moebius 🎶

Reference is also made to the Moebius strip. What is that? Common strips, seen as surfaces like any other, always have two faces. If we walk on one face, we cannot find ourselves on the other, right? In the Möbius strip, on the other hand, you can! This is because it is obtained by joining the two ends of a strip after having given it half a twist.

The Moebius strip has been used in relation to time travel theories, as a possible way to have a loop, specifically an infinite number of possible attempts to change the course of events.

Whether the Moebius time loop is a single universe, or that each "side" is a parallel universe, is something debatable.

So, what does this have to do with TXT? As we will see, someone in the group has the ability to have premonitions about the future and this leads him/the group to try to change the course of events, especially by rewinding time.

In terms of the game they are playing:

rewinding time = playing again;

parallel universe = different modes of action to try change the results.

This song connects to the fantasy storyline not only though lyrics, but also with the drawings in the music video:

the Cat

TXT are divided into two sides: Yeonjun and Taehyun have devilish attributes, Soobin and Beomgyu have angelic attributes. This could symbolise which side of them, good or bad, has more power over the other.

HueningKai, on the contrary, is standing in the middle of the group and has both horns and angel wings, that can be either angel wings, as we see in Nap of a Star (his good side), or demon wings, as we will see in Eternally (his bad side).

– MAGIC ISLAND

🎶 Remember our star song / We were stars in it / The melody that was shining with dreams / Don't forget, forever 🎶

When TXT met again as teenagers but they don't remember the promise (it’s a song, quick, act surprised!) they made as children, nor that they already met.

🎶 Our clumsy promises / A small island from which secrets began 🎶

In the music video we see that Soobin starts having strange dreams/nightmares about the five of them, but he can't seem to open up to the group about it. This is where they start keeping secrets from each other.

In the meantime, they have discovered a magical portal, in this case the train (that references Harry Potter), which leads to a magical world, where they can escape from reality: Magic Island (reminiscent of "Neverland" by Peter Pan), where they spend their time playing.

IMPORTANT DETAILS in the video:

(min 6:40) Soobin's cell phone shows 5:54 pm, one minute after 5:53 pm aka blue hour, the moment when the space that separates the real world from the magical one it's thinner and allows you to travel between them! So, when TXT travel between Magic Island and reality, there’s always going to be 5:53 and the sunset involved.

Soobin hears strange noises: if we connect his peculiar feature, long elf ears, with the dreams, it symbolizes his prophetic being!

Yeonjun hears it too though, and this time it can be noticed that it resembles the sound of a bell. Who often wears bells around their necks? Cats. Moreover, in the story of Peter Pan, the fairy who always accompanies him is called Tinkerbell and it is her magic dust that tempts children, because it can allow them to fly. We could then overlap the elements: Peter Pan = Cat, Tinkerbell = Temptations.

Why are only the two of them aware of this disturbance? We said that Soobin perceives it thanks to his prescient nature, Yeonjun because he is the most tempted of all and he is the one who will make a deal with the Cat.

Yeonjun injures his finger while lighting the bonfire and we need to keep that in mind for the next song!

TXT then have the great idea of making fireworks, in a forest, starting a fire: it can be seen as a metaphor for the destruction that their dark sides can bring, and for the troubles that adolescence leads us to make.

At this point the Cat finally shows up and, in the form of a train, runs over the group. The Cat is a shape-shifter 👀 and he's the one that brought TXT to Magic Island, like Peter Pan did with the Lost Boys.

Each of them is struck by excruciating pain in the parts of the body where their peculiar features are, and in the end, they lay on the ground, dead... in terms of (video)game they lost the current match.

At the end of the video we see a dragon, which symbolizes the biggest obstacle they will have to face. In the (video)game version it's basically the final boss.

Going back to the lyrics for a second…

🎶 A familiar and unfamiliar river (…) / Remember our star song (…) / Don't forget that night / You can't forget this place (…) / Remember us here? (…) / That cat with the different eyes (Mm-mm) / I'm tired of those eyes 🎶

TXT reset the game (or die at Magic Island and then come back to it again) trying to win against the Cat and everytime they do it they forget what happened last time they played: everytime they play as if it was tge first time. With the concept of R, AR, and VR of Minisode 1 this was further confirmed.

This also ties in with their ultimate goal, which is to remember their promise, the star’s song.

– RUN AWAY

🎶 The train is departing / Bibbidi bobbidi our magic island / When we go through this tunnel / When we open our eyes / Our dreams become reality 🎶

TXT want to escape from real life because it's too boring, painful and scary ...the amount of details in this video is scary... we'll only talk about the essential ones:

HueningKai draws two lines on the ground with chalks, one yellow and one blue, which intertwine and surround the school, with TXT inside of it. I won't tell you what that means yet because we'll come back to it later, but keep it in mind 👀

Soobin instead draws a door on the blackboard: a reference to the portals that lead them to Magic Island. We will soon find out why he is the one who draws it. When he puts on the 3D glasses, the door takes shape and opens, and a pentagram appears, a magical symbol consisting of a five-pointed star generally inscribed in a circle and used as a ritual tool.

Remember that Yeonjun injured his finger on Magic Island? His finger is injured at the beginning of Run Away! After TXT died at Magic Island, they went back to the real world, not remembering of having been there, as we explained earlier. If we talk in video game terms it makes more sense: their character lost the game and Yeojun’s got injuried so he has less HP (life points) than before. As for D&D, whenever a character dies or mess up or gets a low roll when rolling the dice, they can go back in time and start again, and this is exactly what they do in Run Away.

Besides, Yeonjun is the one that lights the bonfire in Magic Island, and in this video he is the one who sets things on fire. What does it symbolize? That he's the one who plays with fire, who takes risks and gets into trouble, even if his intentions are good.

Beomgyu puts a plaster on Yeonjun: he is the healer of the group in terms of powers. He’s also the one who brings the fire extinguisher to put out the burning book, but the flames do not go out: Beomgyu can't fix Yeonjun's or others troubles, no matter how hard he tries. The thorns on his shoulders therefore also represent him taking on the problems of others.

Taehyun instead reads a book titled "how to put out the fire": he is the rational one, the observer, the investigator, and we know that his characteristic is the eye.

At the end of the video, they go back to Magic Island during the sunset. This time the magical passage is a door at the bottom of the pool instead of the train.

Again, Yeonjun is the cause of another door (symbolizing coming of age) catching fire, while he leaves behind a teddy bear (symbolizing childhood) which Taehyun picks up.

The "rewinding time" motif returns in the lyrics:

🎶 When this night is nearly ending / Rewind the clock, rewind now / The forbidden games and this magic hour

As we said, TXT move to Magic Island during the sunset, but when night falls they are forced to return to the real world. And so, they roll back the clock (or restart the game) to return, something they shouldn't do ("forbidden games") since this way they are stuck in a loop of childhood, but they should grow up.

– RUN AWAY JAPANESE VER.

The video introduces us to the concept that the fantasy aspect of the story doesn't happen in real life: Magic Island is actually the location of the game they play after school to escape their reality. I still haven't deepened this one, so this is all i'm gonna say about it!

– THE DOOM'S NIGHT

This is where The Dooms Night animation comes in, summarizing their story in all its versions.

Details we are interested in:

connects to Webtoon/webnovel for the idols using magic;

there is an 18-sided dice which symbolizes the parallel universes, and it’s magical: it can open portals and show visions of the future to Soobin, the one who finds it;

Kai is approached by an evil shadow in a moment of "weakness": it's a temptation that is trying to bring out the bad side of him.

Yeonjun makes a deal with the Cat: what is it about? Relating to the Webtoon/Wattpad, having more power to protect and save his friends from enemies, but it comes at a price...

we see TXT playing as children, each of them has a role in the game:

Yeonjun = paladin/knight

Soobin = elf archer/ranger

Beomgyu = druid/mentalist

Taehyun = sorcerer/adventurer

HueningKai = mystic/bard

there's the dragon, and it turns out that the weapon to defeat him is "the song of a star" aka the promise they made as children.

Next we have...

THE DREAM CHAPTER: ETERNITY

– CAN'T YOU SEE ME

🎶 Can’t you see me? / Like on that magical day, say “Believe me” / (…) My friends don't understand me, no 🎶

Remember when with Run Away we talked about Soobin not being able to open up to the members about his dreams? Well, this makes him feel isolated, distance is created between the group as time goes by because everyone feels there are secrets between them. In the video we see exactly that.

Details we are interested in:

"who's a liar? " sings Soobin, and in the choreography he crosses his fingers behind his back: he is the liar, because he doesn't open up completely with the others and therefore omits knowledge that concerns them all.

the lyrics refer to the promise they made as children, e.g. "like on that magical day, say believe me"

Beomgyu with the red light = his dark side. Beomgyu is another member of the group who feels left out, we'll go into that later with another song. Also, him being a druid, which is related to nature, explains his duality: he can be the kindest and most caring person in the world (healing nature), but at the same time he can become violent (cruel nature): we see him smothering Taehyun with a blanket. Why him? The two often clash in the storyline, as we will again see, because they see things and act in opposite ways. It could also be because Taehyun discovered a secret of Beomgyu and the latter feels threatened.

Yeonjun whose hands are covered in tomato sauce, which stands for blood: Yeonjun tries to protect the group and, although his intentions are good, he gets into big trouble putting them all in danger. When fire appears in the video it is particular linked to Yeonjun (the oven, the house on fire), reconnecting to what we said earlier with Run Away. Yeonjun says "save me": he begs to save him from it all.

In the bridge Soobin sings "bad bad, hoping this is just a painful dream". In the concept trailer of this album there is Drama playing in the background, and the only line sung is "I dreamed this drama": Soobin's dreams are coming true, being premonitions.

In the final pose of the choreo, if you look closely, it seems that they are removing masks from their faces: each of them is wearing a mask because they are not sincere with the others, their dark side takes over.

– ETERNALLY

🎶 please stop this recurring nightmare everynight / tell me the meaning of this sad dream / my heart deep in this memory maze, save me 🎶

There is a LOT to say here. The video (which is 19 minutes, after all) is divided into sections and we're going to follow them.

1) Night of the Last day

First of all we see TXT with their monstrous features in a dark version, they are in a stadium destroyed by the dragon (as seen in The Doom's Night we talked about earlier). Soobin looks around and has a book in his hand, takes it to Yeonjun but sees him wounded and gets scared, waking up: this is one of Soobin's visions of the future, the Doom’s Day in which they will have to face their worst enemy.

This song is also connected to the Webtoon/Wattpad because we see TXT as idols in the video. Now, when the alarm goes off in the rehearsal room, not just Soobin, but everyone has visions. Important details:

the clock goes back from 10 to 9 with the second’s hand;

Soobin sees writing on the glass that says "Remember my name".

2) Song of a Star

Soobin finds himself in an amusement park and finds the magic dice on the ground. Then, a little boy arrives: it's HueningKai as a child, Soobin recognizes him by the way he wears his shoes. This upsets him, due to the fact that he doesn't remember the past and doesn't fully understand those dreams that are exhausting him.

A ghost girl comes to console him. As we said before, TXT think that their crush is salvation, that's why they identify the "girl" with the Star. But she's also a representation of MOAs who stand by TXT’s side and support them.

3) Promises

Yeonjun finds himself in the destroyed stadium and sees himself dead as well as the eyes of the Cat. He sees the consequences of his actions.

At the end of his section it reads: "I thought it was salvation, then": Yeonjun is going to think that the pact is the way to save himself and the others, when instead is going to bring them more harm.

3) Room n.17

Beomgyu is in the midst of infinite mirrors, a reference to the parallel universes, but also to the reflection of himself and therefore to its doppelganger, its dark side which we talked about earlier. The mirrors then turn into a door, number 17, and he peeks inside seeing a future version of himself trying to protect a book from an unidentified person who wants to get it. Suddenly the rage becomes such that thorns sprout on his back. The present Beomgyu takes out his phone to film, while the other Beomgyu appears to have attacked and knocked out the enemy, before turning right at the camera.

5) Moratorium* of Rest

(*a period of time during which a particular activity is stopped)

Taehyun ends in a flower meadow in the dark. In the distance he spots a familiar figure: it's Yeonjun. He calls him but he doesn't answer: realizing that there is something strange he approaches him. Yeonjun is unconscious, wounded in the throat and covered by brambles and flowers: it's a similar scene to the one we saw in The Doom's Night animation, only that here Yeonjun is dead, confirmed by the flowers that change into a skull.

At the end of his section it reads: "We will find a way" (to save Yeonjun and all of them too)

5) Girl of Eternity

HueningKai looks at the door Soobin disappeared from earlier, yelling his name. When he crosses the threshold, he finds himself in a corridor similar to the one Soobin went through: it is reminiscent of the effect that distorts surroundings into lines when traveling very fast, usually at the speed of light, through space-time. This makes me think that this is set in a more distant future.

Then stairs appear with a door at the top: once opened, he finds himself in the sky, and in front of him there's another door suspended in the air, from which the rest of the group comes out. Kai tries to walk in the void to reach them and his feet find a surface that undulates like water.

I still haven't fully understood the meaning of Kai's vision, also because it seems connected with the new chapter, The Name Chapter.

7) Beginning of the End

Finally, TXT are all back in the rehearsal room, the clock starts ticking forward again, and Soobin re-emerges through the door of the room. Everyone seems to not remember their visions (like it always happens with the memories when they leave Magic Island) and goes back to what they were doing before. Soobin, on the contrary, looks at the dice in his hand and at the mirror. Beomgyu films him. The song restarts during its dark verse: on the other side of the mirror is the dark side of TXT.

– PUMA

🎶 West side, east side / Didn't know where to, where to go / West side, east side / It doesn't matter anymore 🎶

It is about a real event: a puma was shot dead by the police after escaping from its enclosure at Daejeon Zoo in September 2018. In addition to taking part in the protest for the incident, "the perspective of the puma finally gaining freedom only to meeting its tragic ending depicts the harsh reality that the TXT members have experienced since they debuted in March 2019, where they were faced with heavy scrutiny from people online as Big Hit Entertainment's latest boy group after BTS." (c. Genius lyrics) This can be found in particular in Yeonjun's rap.

🎶 Still too young to stand alone / This world is a jungle full of warriors / The sight is aiming at your throat / A thousand eyes are accessing the internet / Be careful, your enemies spread in an instant / How long does it take to reach your dream? / Only gunshots spread with that question all the time / So that I can continue to breathe, again run up 🎶

For the storyline it is relevant because it is linked to what we said before with Angel or Devil: the crossroad at which TXT find themselves, having to decide whether to stay on the "good" path or move to the "bad" one. With Puma they seem to chose the second one: they are rebelling and escaping in search of freedom, however dangerous it may be. In fact, they end up making the deal with the Cat, that promises more power and freedom when he actually has them under its control.

– DRAMA JAPANESE VER.

Many theorize that it is set in a parallel universe, in any case it is linked to what is told and seen in CYSM. In the video Beomgyu joins the group but is usually not included in the activities and left behind. He abruptly realizes it when he falls off his bike and the others don't go to help him as he would like/dream.

I put Drama at the end and not before because it connects perfectly to the next song, where we see Beomgyu being the target of others' jokes and feeling left out...

MINISODE1: BLUE HOUR

– BLUE HOUR

🎶 In that sky / The orange-glowing magic / Before it comes to an end / Freeze this moment / I wanna stay here / In the gap between the two worlds / I wanna be trapped in magic / Clue to stop the sun 🎶

TXT are at Magic Island sitting in a tree that refers to that of the Lost Boys of Peter Pan. The song revolves around 5:53, when the sun sets in October in Korea, the blue hour in which, as we said, you can cross the border between the magical world and the real one. TXT would like to always stay at Magic Island, not by continuing rewinding the time (or replaying the game) but stopping it (stay inside the game forever), but they can't do that.

🎶 The glow of the sunset on my time machine / I know it that the end will come / The sun is down, down / Before you disappear into the night / I take you into my eyes 🎶

Once the night falls, Magic Island shuts down, and we know that means they have to go back to the real world. Beomgyu, who sings "I know that the end will come", seems to be the only one who is fully aware of it, an important detail for the future.

🎶 At the hour between dog and wolf 🎶

Is a very interesting line: this expression is taken from a French saying “L'heure entre chien et loup” and refers to the moments after sunset when the sky darkens and vision becomes unclear, making it difficult to distinguish between dogs and wolves, friends and foe (c. Genius lyrics annotations). We said that TXT are doubting their friendship after all.

But this also connects to the fight between their "good" and "bad" sides: we said that the docile and obedient "dog" is the "good side", while the wild and dangerous "puma", and in this case the "wolf", represents the "bad side".

In the beginning, Soobin sings:

🎶 I really hate the awkwardness, I just laugh / Baby, I know we were special 🎶

Refers to the tensions that now characterize the dynamics of the group. They look back with nostalgia to the days when this was not the case.

🎶 That look in your eyes, like an emptied gift box 🎶

This instead refers to the real name of one of the members 👀 we'll talk about it later.

At the end of the music video we see that autumn has come to Magic Island: the end of their youth is approaching and they can't help it.

– BLUE HOUR JAPANESE VER.

Very similar to the Korean one and I haven't delved into it yet, so let's move on for now.

– WE LOST THE SUMMER

🎶 Cause we lost the summer / When we lost each other / Return my seasons / Oh, it's all gone 🎶

It's not only a song perfectly depicting teenagers and young adults (but adults as well) feelings during the COVID19 Pandemic, it also references their storyline.

We saw that with Blue Hour autumn arrived, and We Lost The Summer brings winter... it's time to explain the seasons motif!

In literature and art, often the seasons have been used as a metaphor for the stages of life:

spring/summer = youth, adolescence

autumn/winter = growth, ageing, adulthood

So, Blue Hour announces that their time on Magic Island, and therefore as children, is coming to an end, and that they will have to face the transition to winter, to adulthood. They're losing the "summer" of their life, and that means losing their escape, Magic Island, as well, because it's not enough anymore for them to escape reality, as we will deepen with The Chaos Chapter and The Name Chapter.

The lyrics focus on the seasons motif for growing up and on the loss of Magic Island:

We also see s blue butterfly, related to Beomgyu but also Taehyun: in Native American cultures it symbolize the transition from summer to winter.

🎶 We lost the sunset, now don't know what to do / Our time has lost the weather / I'm standing still in winter / Eternal winter / I want to see you again, our bright summer / Long gone we lost the summer 🎶

The loss of Magic Island in real life context can be interpreted as TXT not being able to play the game because everywhere is closed due to lockdown, included the arcade where we saw them play in Run Away Japanese version!

Another detail: mirrors are also included, which, especially in the final scene where Yeonjun looks through it in the dark, refers to their dark sides. These are triggered by the loss of Magic Island, the place where they usually can escape together to avoid being crushed by reality, but now can't reach for two reasons: first, adulthood is approaching, second, the lockdown forces TXT to separate and only see eachother through a screen.

THE CHAOS CHAPTER: FREEZE

The title of this album references two things:

The arrival of winter and therefore their adulthood

The "fight, flight or freeze" instinctive response of our bodies and minds to danger and stressful situations. According to the title, TXT's response to their reality is going to be "freeze" aka the inability to move or act against it, but it's going to be "flight" as well, as we see in...

— 0X1=LOVESONG

TXT are now stuck in reality dealing with the problems that characterise the transition from adolescence to adulthood, but that doesn't mean they have abandoned the magical fantasies that give them comfort.

The main character of this music video is Yeonjun. We see him alone at home, playing videogames to distract himself while his parents are fighting. He then decides to escape by stealing his parents car keys and go for a ride. We see him with the members, but at the end of the music video it is actually revealed that he was alone the whole time: Yeonjun was imaging being with his friends, who turn reality into a fantasy when they escape together. This doesn't mean that the others are gone or dead, they're simply not together, missing eachother and going through the same kind of despair, depression, loneliness, as we can interpret from the clips where they're all separated but together with the others in the distance.

We also see Yeonjun alone in his room watching his fish inside the aquarium, and, later on, one ends up in his room: Yeonjun is imagining of being inside the aquarium. That's the same thing that happens with TXT seeing fish over them while in the pool, and with Kai seeing it on the sky: the aquarium represents the comforting fantasy they run away to. They can't go to Magic Island, so they imagine it.

Yeonjun gets so lost in his fantasy that, when Taehyun falls into the pool and then removes his cast, Yeonjun snaps out of it and doesn't see the fish anymore: he's now imaging his friends being there with him as he wishes. Fantasy and reality are mixing together.

He then starts dancing, and this is a reference to a movie called "Days of Being Wild", where music and dancing is used as a way of expressing the isolation, solitude, lack of direction and belonging, experienced by the characters. That's why Yeonjun walks into complete darkness: he's falling into the black hole of emptiness inside himself, the hole that is referenced in the quote in the beginning of the music video.

Unlike the video, which focuses on friendship bringing relief and happiness, the lyrics tells us about the crush we mentioned at the beginning:

🎶 In this world of zero / I know you're my one and only / In this endless darkness like / Oh my god, so holy / From the tip of my fingers / Everything runs far away / My life before you was a mess / Couldn't win one round of this chess 🎶

TXT believe that their salvation is given by the love they feel for this person. They are used to being "losers" in this life, but they feel like "winners" with them.

🎶 Now I can't stop thinking 'bout you / When I'm sinking alone / Angel who one day appeared to me / Take me away to your hometown / I know it's real, I can feel it 🎶

The pre-chorus references their friendship as well, though: in the music video we see that Yeonjun is "sinking alone" while thinking about his friends, and the "angel" is the same referenced in Crown and in Nap of A Star: it's TXT, and especially Hueningkai, that saved him when he was in his lowest point, sharing his burden. The "take me away to your hometown" could also be interpreted as asking the others to escape together at Magic Island, that feels like a home to them.

🎶 I'm full of problems, love sick / No way to go / I was fine to die / I'm a loser in this game / The only (one) rule of this world / Save me / Take my hand / Please use me like a drug (I know I love you) 🎶

The chorus is foreshadowing for The Name Chapter: Temptation, TXT are willing to be used and consumed by this love in order not to suffer anymore. "Save me" recalls Can't You see Me.

THE CHAOS CHAPTER: FIGHT OR ESCAPE

– LO$ER=LO♡ER

is a prequel-sequel of 0x1=Lovesong! Especially because in the music video we see how Taehyun got hurt and his "LOSER/LO♡ER" signature on the cast was made.

( work in progress )

Frost's music video then came out, anticipating and connecting to the new chapter of the story, The Name Chapter! It's part of The Chaos Chapter, but I think storyline-wise its music video comes after, because the events it contains depend on discoveries that are going to be made during The Name Chapter. Let's talk about Minisode 2 before talking about it then!

MINISODE2: THURSDAY'S CHILD

– GOOD BOY GONE BAD

– GOOD BOY GONE VAD JAPANESE VERSION

THE NAME CHAPTER

– CONCEPT TRAILER

First of all, it's important to specify that it doesn't only concern the album that will be released now, Temptation, but also the following ones that will be part of this chapter (two more mini-albums are expected, like for The Dream Chapter).

We've already mentioned Peter Pan a couple of times before: their story, with the fear of growing up, taking refuge in a magical world that you don't want to leave (Neverland), the temptations to stay there are all clear references to it.

This new chapter is heavily inspired by fairytales, not only Peter Pan, but others as well, such as Alice in Wonderland and Land of Oz.

Let's analyze what happens in the video, going over things we've already seen and adding more...

1) we are at sunset = blue hour = the moment in which one can pass between reality and the magical world;

2) eyes of two different colors = Cat, the creepy smile references Alice's cat. Cat by the window: who is at the window calling the Lost Boys? Peter Pan, who tempted them to go to Neverland, like the Cat tempted TXT to go to Magic Island.

3) blue/purple tunnel/portal: open passage to Magic Island, we saw it in The Dooms Night and we will see it again shortly;

4) we hear a whistle: it is the "call of the devil" (in the past, whistling was associated with the devil), the one who tempts TXT, therefore always the Cat;

5) we hear a reading of the original dark version of Peter Pan and see Yeonjun=Wendy manipulated and tempted by the Cat=Peter Pan;

6) Yeonjun/Wendy brings the rest of TXT (Wendy's siblings), and the Cat/Peter Pan "teaches" them to fly: instead of Tinkerbell's pixie dust, he uses a red potion, connected to the Webtoon/Webnovel. TXT now fly to Magic Island/Neverland;

7) while the narrator says that "Forever will never end (at Neverland/Magic Island)", Beomgyu looks at us and he's the only one who does it, like in Blue Hour: he's the only one of the group aware that sooner or later they will have to leave the magical world.

8) Remember we talked about mirrors and bad alter egos? We see TXT with their doppelgangers, which have the black feathers and masks we had symbolically seen in CYSM, on opposite sides of the mirrors (=the hangers).

Let's analyze the choreography:

The good/white TXTs move and the bad/black TXTs copy them, but then the blacks grab them by the arm and take their place. The good/white TXTs then enter the same side as the bad/black TXTs and HueningKai guides them to put the mirrors one after the other in line: what we saw with Beomgyu in Eternally. Now, if you think about it, even when you go to a place (it is frequent in elevators) where two mirrors are positioned opposite to each other, they create a potentially infinite corridor whose end you cannot see. Remember the chalk lines Kai drew around the school in Run Away? HueningKai locks himself and TXT inside a labyrinth.

Here they fight, first their own dark sides and they win: this should mean that their dark sides are now totally part of them, and therefore TXT can switch from one side of the mirror to the other freely, without being tempted or deceived by anyone: they are the ones who choose it. TXT have embraced their inner Peter Pan, rather than totally rejecting it.

But then, they fight among themselves and the order in which they do it is important:

Yeonjun and Kai, being the most tempted, unite;

Kai fights himself, his fully good side specifically;

After that, Kai collides with Soobin and prevails, (temptations prevail over knowledge);

Followed by Beomgyu, who instead manages to prevail over Kai (awareness of having to leave Neverland prevails over the desire to stay);

Kai is replaced by Taehyun, the one who saw the darkest premonition. The two fight until Beomgyu prevails (the awareness prevails over the fear of leaving), or, perhaps, Taehyun surrenders;

Finally, Beomgyu passes to the other side of the mirror to find only his reflection on the opposite side, which does not react to a possible attack: he hasn't to fight with himself because he always accepted the reality of things.

(I used colors to try making this less confusing, hope it helped 🥲)

Based on this fight, I already connected the names of the versions (Daydream, Nightmare, Farewell, Lullaby) of the album TNC: Temptation with each member, here. I recommend you to read it but only AFTER this summary, because we still need to talk about their "true names".

NOW, the fight scene it's a vision of the future that is not Soobin's, but Beomgyu's, who then opens his eyes.

TXT are now in a flying house, their refuge at Magic Island (which refers to the Lost Boys tree, but also to Dorothy's house from the Wizard of Oz). The house begins to collapse: Magic Island is no longer safe, they destroyed it too many times while rewinding time/replaying the game: they can't postpone growing up anymore.

It is also a metaphor for the tensions within the group, the things left unsaid, the secrets, the isolation, which have led to deep rifts in the friendship between the boys.

Soobin urges the group to leave and everyone follows. Last one is Kai who jumps… ready to enter the labyrinth.

– NEW LOGO VIDEO

Another important detail for what will happen in Temptation has been included in the new logo video! Translation of what Yeonjun says, both in reverse and played normally:

1) “You run after the shadow uselessly”: refers to the shadow that Peter Pan keeps losing. In the beginning of the concept trailer Yeonjun=Wendy is the only one without a shadow: he is losing it like Peter because of the temptations. Talking about it is his bad side, driven by temptations.

2) “It's sweet, but I should find my name": Yeonjun’s good side says that temptation is sweet, but he knows he has to resist and find a way to do it. Why does he talk about "finding the name"?

Having knowledge of one's true name gives you power over them, and knowing your own true name enhances your power and gives you more control over yourself, making it harder to fall into temptation.

Often, in order to get out of a labyrinth, to pass over an obstacle or solve a quest, you have to guess something, a secret word, usually by solving a riddle...

– FROST

🎶 Drawn by the name, I stand in chaos /My fate is what? What's the right answer, really / In an unfamiliar name / There's fate or something else / Meanings that I don't understand 🎶

(I can't add the full lyrics here lol, but I truly recommend you fully read them because they are very exhaustive!)

It's strongly related to the Webtoon/Wattpad storyline, and it's very important to The Name Chapter because it relates to the theme of "true names".

In the video, the spring nature of Magic Island (which we see in the photos of Temptation, Daydream version) freezes: winter arrives, and so their adulthood.

In the video we see TXT escaping from the portal while it's snowing, but then we go back to the past, when they go to Magic Island before it freezes...

Soobin finds a purple/blue glass sphere: it has the same colors as the portal, and what did we say creates/opens portals? The dice.

Taehyun's eye shines purple/blue: his special feature.

Kai finds a playground-style game (a reference to childhood) and sees blue butterflies.

Yeonjun finds a dog, and we'll come back to this shortly.

Beomgyu turns towards us spectators, again, and a gust of wind carries away the flowers. On Magic Island there are dry leaves on the ground, it's Autumn

Then, all together they find a fortune teller's tent, who gives them cards that make them have visions that symbolize their "true names". In the Webtoon/Wattpad novel they are given the riddles to interpret to find out what they are:

Soobin = "the one who is believed by no one"

Yeonjun = "the one who shall not eat dogs"

Beomgyu = "what was in the deepest part of the box"

Taehyun = "the one hanging upside down from an old tree with deep roots"

Hueningkai = "the one who builds the labyrinth"

In the visions of the video we see:

Yeonjun is in the desert surrounded by dog ​​footprints and has to fight against a huge sand snake to survive (the snake of Adam and Eve = the temptations = the Cat);

Taehyun hanging from the tree and then falling down;

Kai with mirrors. The mathematical formulas reference designing the construction of the labyrinth. He is tempted by his doppelganger, enters the mirror and chases it. In the end he, that has now both sides of himself united, breaks the mirror and exits.

Soobin is in a place on fire, sees a rideable horse for children and through the glass sphere/dice he sees a child riding it: the visions of their childhood being in danger.

Beomgyu and the looped box: after all the things that come out, what remains is only him... did you understood what it could be? 👀 (we'll explain it in a second)

TXT wake up and winter has arrived on Magic Island: they escape and with the portal they return to the real world. But Taehyun takes away one item from Magic Island: the fortune teller's BOOK. What Soobin has and Beomgyu protects in Eternally!

We find it again in the Webtoon and in the webnovel: it is a very ancient and powerful spell book that Taehyun studies and uses. It can also be seen in his hand in The Doom's Night when TXT play with each other as children.

— TXT's TRUE NAMES

Their real names, and therefore the solution of the riddles, were actually revealed in their early days, in their individual debut trailers via morse code: they have been under everyone's noses since the start...

Soobin = Tomorrow (based on a Greek myth: Cassandra had the power of foresight, so she had visions of the future, but she wasn't believed by anyone)

Hueningkai = Secret (refers to the Greek myth of the Minotaur, a "monster" that resembles TXT due to its peculiar characteristics, because it was a boy born with a bull's head. He was the son of King Minos, who had a labyrinth built to hide him, also hiding the secret of escape it)

Beomgyu = Hope (the box is that of Pandora, who after opening it unleashes all the evils in the world, and the thing that is at the bottom of it and will come out after everything else is hope. And we have seen that Beomgyu is the last one left after the fights to escape the labyrinth: he is the group last hope.)

Yeonjun = Promise (the riddle is a saying that stands for humans who behave like animals and are willing to use even cruel means to get what they want: what Yeonjun shouldn't do)

Taehyun = Clue (referring to Odin, the Nordic god who hung himself upside down on Yggdrasil, the sacred tree that held up the cosmos, to obtain the "clue", the runes, which would give him all the wisdom and ability to be able to develop writing)

– 0X1=LOVESONG Japanese ver

I think it sees TXT falling down to reality from Magic Island, after they abondoned it once and for all. While they are performing they all have blood in their uniforms: they're all rather dead or injuried at the end of the game. Beomgyu is the only one in an hospital: he's the only survivor, the only player with still some HPs left, after all, we saw that he won over the others in The Name Chapter Concept trailer. Taehyun, on the contrary, has angel wings and in the end he disappeared, leaving his uniform behind surrounded by feathers on the ground: he fully died during the game, perhaps sacrificing himself. A bit more about this, here.

Now they are back to the real world, forever.

And we have, for now, reached the end of our journey! Now we just have to wait and see what The Name Chapter will bring us in detail (and see if my headcanons and theories are right lol).

Thank you so much for reading!!

READ NEXT -> The Name Chapter: Temptation Analysis

Masterlist

#tomorrow x together #txt #tomorrow by together #tnc: temptation #the name chapter #the name chapter: temptation #the dream chapter #minisode 1: blue hour #the chaos chapter #minisode 2: thursday's child #choi yeonjun #choi soobin #choi beomgyu #kang taehyun #hueningkai #the star seekers #txt lore #— txt lore #long post #IT'S HERE 😭 #i put my blood sweat and tears (literally) into this so i hope it's useful 😭 #i'm sorry it's pretty long but i tried to not leave anything fundamental behind and explain as much as possible!

[phanfictioncatalogue]

Slytherin!Dan x Hufflepuff!Phil Masterlist

Bound to be Broken (ao3) - CalmnDown

Summary: Hogwarts AU where a mysterious curse rests upon the boys which binds them but also breaks them.

Dementor’s kiss (ao3) - parttimestoryteller

Summary: Dan Howell, a shy third year slytherin, is befriended by fifth year hufflepuff Phil Lester. Dan is quiet and alone, with little faith in his abilities, but with the comfortable and kind-hearted Phil he will learn to flourish in the wizarding world (more like a collection of one shots but could be connected to each other. Includes kickthestickz and other YouTubers) WIP

Expecto Patronum (ao3) - storming_wolf

Summary: Phil is eager to prove his worth as a powerful wizard, so he attempts to master the Patronus Charm, so Dan helps him find a happier memory.

Falling For You (ao3) - phanatics

Summary: Slytherin seeker Dan Howell realizes that playing Quidditch is a lot harder when a distraction in the form of a cute Hufflepuff boy shows up on the other team.

Friendship (It’s Kind Of Magic) - phan-dil-lions

Summary: Dan and Phil have been best friends for a long time, and Phil is worried that will change when they go to Hogwarts.

Help Me Gather Mine - literaryphan

Summary: Maybe a muggle-born Hufflepuff who’s enthusiastic about music becoming friends with a pure-blood Slytherin who’s fascinated by muggle culture is a long shot, but Dan and Phil never really did play by the rules.

I Love You, Phil Lester - omgphancakes

Summary: Phil is a Hufflepuff. Dan is a Slytherin. How will they ever be together now?!?

It’s Called The Black Lake For A Reason (wattpad) - scribblenscrawl

Summary: phan hogwarts au (slytherin dan and hufflepuff phil). they go skinny dipping in the lake at hogwarts.

Let’s Get Back To Hating Each Other - jilliancares

Summary: Hufflepuff!Phil hates Slytherin!Dan, so when they get in trouble together and decide to steal the documents that say that they’re in trouble, he definitely doesn’t expect what happens next.

Light Meets Dark (ao3) - PHILosophy97

Summary: Takes place during the Wizard War.Dan, a Slytherin, is forced to perform an unforgivable curse on a Hufflepuff, however he finds afterwards that perhaps you can find a friend in the most unlikely place.

Magical - dxnhowell

Summary: Dan is a new student after being kicked out of his last school. Now he goes to Hogwarts and he’s been placed into Slytherin. Dan thought it would be hard making new friends, until he met Phil Lester.

Magical Misfits and Other Oddities (ao3) - QuietConspiracy

Summary: When Dan returns for his O.W.L. year at Hogwarts, he must learn to juggle the prospects of new friends, academic responsibilities, his ever-expanding YouTube fanbase, and his confusion over his sexuality. Throw in the Hogwarts Golden Boy's rumored interest in him, and this may make for his most interesting year yet.

Of Wands and Waltzes - manchestereyes

Summary: Hogwarts AU in which Hufflepuff!Phil and Slytherin!Dan sneak off from the Yule Ball for some much-needed alone time.

Please (fanfiction.net) - Dontcallmeacoward

Summary: Phil, a Hufflepuff with a passion for potions meets Dan, a Slytherin Quidditch star, while working together on a special potion project. (Includes other Youtubers. Chapters 3-5 are NSFW) WIP

Snakes and Skulls - lestericalphan

Summary: Dan is a Slytherin and he’s recently been given the dark mark as his family are death eaters. Then Dan meets Phil at Hogwarts and they become close friends even though Phil is Hufflepuff. Dan starts to have feelings for Phil and pushes him away bc he doesn’t want to bring Phil into all the dark stuff but Phil also has feelings for Dan and wants to be with him.

Some Secrets Are Meant To Be Told (ao3) - superwholocked_reader

Summary: Dan and Phil have been rivals since third year, always fighting, always competing with one another. However, one potions class shall change their school life, as Professor Slughorn makes them brew Amortentia, the strongest love potion there is.

The Badger and the Snake, or Rather the Lion and the Llama (ao3) - Simply_A_Dream_Within_A_Dream

Summary: Dan and Phil have been best friends since they were born, but what happens when they arrive at Hogwarts and are put into separate houses? This story is set at the same time as Harry Potter.

The Dark Mark - dxnhowell

Summary: Dan and Phil are going into their last year of Hogwarts, and Phil wants to make the best of it. But will a secret kept by Dan ruin it all?

To Dwell on Dreams (ao3) - carltzmann

Summary: “Taking in the whole image, though, it hardly hurt. Watching this perfect version of himself smile and wave and talk to his friends, bathing in success and appreciation, Dan suddenly started to believe that maybe all that was possible, even with the confirmation of a terrifying secret.”

Dan and Phil meet at the Mirror of Erised.

Una in Perpetuum [Together forever] (ao3) - LiterallyAmazingPhan

Summary: Dan Howell comes from a respectable family of Gryffindors, so it’s a surprise to find himself sorted into Slytherin. Believing the house’s reputation, Dan was positive his fate would be to turn evil. Little did he know that a certain Hufflepuff would turn all of his expectations around and lead him to a wildly different path. Follow the adventures of Dan and Phil through Hogwarts as they grow and learn all there is about love and magic, side-by-side as they have to face the biggest threat of all.

#phanfictioncatalogue #phanfiction #phanfic #phan #masterlists #au #hp #hp masterlist #hogwarts #slytherin!dan #hufflepuff!phil

[nowhere-star]

Nowhere Star Chapter 2: "The Seeker of The Seven Seas" — Out Now!

Read it on Archive of Our Own, Wattpad and Google Docs! Keep your eye out for some fun facts and production stuff soon!

#nowhere star #chapter release #jojo oc #jjba oc #jojo fanfic

[choiliner]

has anyone read the wattpad version of the star seekers

#i'm considering buying coins to unlock the whole story but like............. is it worth spending money on it.......... #i remember reading the first chapter and it was different from the webtoon version #honestly if i could find all the chapters somewhere for free i wouldn't pay for them bc i don't wanna give wattpad any money 😭 #but alas #🌙.txt

[nhtian]

Desert Dunes and Constellations (Ongoing on Wattpad) 

In the vast expanse of the New Mexico desert, under the boundless night sky, two souls are drawn together by their shared longing for the stars. Julian, a solitary dreamer, finds solace in the celestial wonders, his telescope his only escape from the dissonance of a life misunderstood. Miles away, Diego navigates the crowded streets of Albuquerque, his vibrant exterior masking a secret passion for the mysteries of the universe. 

"Desert Dunes and Constellations" is a journey of self-discovery, connection, and the invisible threads that bind us across distances. As Julian and Diego's paths intersect in the digital cosmos, a friendship blossoms, challenging their worlds' confines and the very essence of their identities. Through whispered conversations under the cloak of night and shared dreams of distant galaxies, they embark on a quest not just to uncover the secrets of the universe but to unravel the mysteries within themselves. 

In a story where every heartache feels like a supernova and every joy a celestial event, they learn that sometimes the most significant discoveries are not among the stars but within the depths of the human heart. Join Julian and Diego on their odyssey through "Desert Dunes and Constellations," where every chapter is a step closer to understanding that the universe isn't just vast and mysterious, but intimately connected to the intricacies of our own lives. 

Will the stars align for these two seekers, or will the world pull them apart, leaving their questions unanswered and their hearts longing for a constellation that can only be found in each other? 

[Click Here to Read on Wattpad]

#astrology #comingofage #firstloves #gayboys #gaylove #gayromance #youngadult #romance #books #wattpad #amreading

[bookishtheories]

TXT’s upcoming THE NAME CHAPTER will most definitely touch on the concept of True Names already introduced in The Star Seekers. True Names were first mentioned in The Doom's Night, and have been a huge aspect of their lore ever since.

In the Webtoon version of The Star Seekers, True Names are described as something that "not only shows your fate but also your powers. They are a source of redemption for you and everyone else."

In the Wattpad, on the other hand, they are defined as something that is "like a prophecy" but not quite. Everyone and everything has a true name that defines the essence of their soul, and while they don't necessarily show you the path to reach your fate, they do hint at the final destination of your journey.

A huge aspect of TXT’s story is for them to understand what is their name in order to realise their destiny. This is a concept that is also heavily featured in their music, where the "name" is something that has been mentioned in every album ever since their debut.

While we still don't have much information about The Name Chapter, the focus on the name suggests a focus on the theme of self-realisation. Discovering your name means discovering yourself - the powers that you have, the potential you can develop and the true purpose of your life.

#txt #tomorrow x together #the name chapter #bookish theories #bookishtheories #txt theory #yeonjun #soobin #beomgyu #taehyun #hueningkai #txt post #Huening kai #mma 2022 #txt comeback

[nevis-the-skeleton]

__Moonylight__: Heeeeey actually since I've been following "The Polar Star" story from the beginning I thought it would be fun to write a one-shot where my OCs Tyler/Fanta and Tim/Masky arrive in the base thanks to the power of Fanta and meet the Autobots, Skyfire and Starscream at the very beginning of the story and what a racket it could be XD! (Wattpad request)

It would be in chapter 12: When Starscream and the others return to base right after Shockwave's attack and Star smashes his face XD And if Tyler and Tim appear literally in the middle of the base lol. Because one of their missions went wrong and Tyler thought that teleporting to this universe would give them some safety before going home. (request on Wattpad)

Thank you for your request X)! Fanta and Miko are going to be dangerous together, I can feel it XD!

~~~

The Autobots, Starscream, and Skyfire were back at base, with plenty of energon. They hadn't yet talk about their encounter with Shockwave, who was alive and well, and the scientist's altercation with the Seeker. The children quickly approached them when they saw them, and Miko asked:

"Are you okay?

- Yes don't worry. reassured Bulkhead.

- What happened?

- Well… it's good question…

- Starscream smashed Shockwave! Bumblebee beeped.

- Eh?! Seriously?!" wondered the wrecker, while the scout nodded in the affirmative.

The Japanese girl frowned a little, mainly because she hadn't understood what the yellow car had said, and she wanted to know!

"Who is Shockwave? Raf asked.

- A psycopath." Starscream replied as he walked past them as he and Ratchet made their way to the medical bay.

Skyfire accompanied his conjux, after giving the children a light bow, then Jack turned to Bulkhead and Bumblebee, before asking:

"Isn't that the case with all Decepticons?

- Hey! Take back what you said! You little brat! Or I'll crush you! the Seeker got angry.

- Star… the shuttle intervened, with a disappointed look.

-…”

Arcee didn't say anything to that remark, but her eyes spoke for her. Optimus sighed softly, not really seeing any improvement in the Autobots' interactions with the jet...

Just then a portal suddenly appeared in the middle of the base, and everyone turned towards it, blasters activated! Starscream stood in front of his conjux, wings high! Even handcuffed he wasn't going to let anyone hurt Skyfire!

The robots quickly lowered their weapons, as they faced two strange little humans. One had ginger hairs, and had animal ears on his head. The other was slightly taller than his partner, and with brown hairs. He wore a strange white and black mask. The two didn't seem to notice the robots, and the redhead laughed.

“You see Masky! Problem solved! Another world, no more danger! We just have to wait quietly until it calms down!

- It's a bit your fault if we find ourselves in this situation, I'll remind you, Fanta…

- Hooo! You always have to exag-"

The two "humans" eventually saw the Transformers, and there was a long moment when neither of them said a word. The silence grew heavier and heavier, until Bulkhead said:

“Uh… Hi?

- Ooh! Daaaamn! They talk, Masky! They taaaalk!!! yelled the one called Fanta, shaking Masky all over the place.

- Let me go, I'm going to vomit!" cried out the masked one.

Starscream and Skyfire looked at each other with a hint of confusion, then the shuttle decided to go towards the newcomers, much to the Seeker's shock.

“Sky! exclaimed the jet. Don't go! You don't even know if these things are dangerous!

- If they had wanted to be hostile to us, they would have attacked us already. answered his conjux.

- They literally teleported in the middle of the base!"

The big white robot knelt in front of Fanta and Masky, and smiled:

“Hello, I'm Skyfire.

- I'm Fanta!" smiled the half-wolf.

The masked one slapped the back of his partner head, and exclaimed:

“Don't introduce yourself to the first comer! You don't even know who he is, or if he's dangerous!"

Bulkhead laughed a little, and looked at Starscream, before saying:

“It's funny, he reminds me of someone.

- Hey!" the Seeker said indignantly.

The redhead rubbed his head, then replied:

“Well, I know who it is, he's named Skyfire. He just told me.

- No, but you- started Masky.

- And then look at his face, he wouldn't even hurt a fly!"

The older one made a face palm and sighed heavily. Bumblebee approached in turn, and said:

“Hello, I'm Bumblebee!"

Fanta gave a nervous smile, and blinked several times, clearly indicating that he didn't understand anything.

"Um... Hello... Beepbebeep?" »

The scout looked a little vexed, and Raf moved closer to intervene.

“He said his name was Bumblebee.

- Ooh! I also thought it was weird Beepbebeep for a name!"

The bespectacled boy laughed at that, and Jack and Miko were quick to approach in turn, curiosity quickly overcoming mistrust. Optimus came over to them as well, and gently greeted the newcomers. The only ones still back were Arcee, Ratchet and Starscream, who gave their trust very hardly.

The Seeker had his wings tight behind his back, while the proximity of his conjux to these potential enemies only made him anxious every second... The Japanese girl turned to the three remaining robots, and said:

"So what?! Aren't you coming to introduce yourself?!

- To do what? Arcee asked, crossing her arms.

- I don't see the point… answered the jet, frowning, wings high.

- Who knows where they come from and what scrap they can carry around with them…! the doctor hissed suspiciously.

- That's not very nice… Fanta pouted.

- Yeah, it's true. nodded Jack. It's not nice. Plus, they don't look dangerous.

- Don't looking dangerous, doesn't mean not being dangereous! replied the ambulance. Do you want me to remind you of the scraplets episode, or is it fine?

- It was an accident… murmured Raf.

- Don't worry, we'll be leaving soon anyway. Masky interjected. We just wait for things to calm down in our world, then we go back."

There was a silence, before Starscream repeated:

"Your world?

- Yeah? replied the masked one, incredulous. Our universe if you prefer.

- Great! They literally come from another universe!" the Seeker exclaimed sarcastically.

Skyfire's gaze shone with clear interest, and leaned a little closer to Masky, before asking:

"Oh! Can you tell me about your world?! How did it looks like! Is it the same as here or different?! Besides, now that I'm wondering, how did you get here? Are you able to travel between universes?

- I confess that it intrigues me too. said Ratchet, who had wasted no time closing in after the masked human's statement.

- Why are you different from the humans we see here? Bumblebee beeped.

- It's true that it's intriguing. Are there a lot of masked people and half-wolves in your world? added Raf.

- I want to know too! joined Jack.

- F- Fanta! Help!" Masky exclaimed, but his companion had already walked away with Miko, to join the two suspicious robots.

The half-wolf boy smiled broadly at Arcee and Starscream, and gave them a kind wave, before exclaiming:

"Hi ! I'm Fanta! And you?!"

The motorcycle pretended to look away, while the Seeker replied:

“Why should we tell you?!

- Aren't you tired of being mean?! Miko retorted.

- I just don't want to answer him!

- Well, I'll answer for you then!

- No!

- I do what I want!

- …!

- The stubborn one is Arcee, and the unpleasant one is Starscream!

- Hi… finally said the warrior.

- Hm… grumbled the jet.

- Ah well, you know how to say hello in fact, it's cool! Fanta laughed.

- …

- If you have any questions don't hesitate, I would be happy to answer them! All you have to do is ask a question and answer!

- I don't want to…

 - I begin!

- …

- What are you exactly?! Are you a new form of artificial intelligence?

- Ha! As if humans would ever be able to build one of us!

- The MECH almost succeeded. Miko reminded.

- … Shut up…

- What is MECH? asked the half-wolf boy.

- Hey! It's up to us to ask a question now!

- You haven't answered my first question yet!

- We are Transformers. Arcee replied. Most are from Cybertron, and I'm from Caminus.

- Are these planets?

- Yes.

- That's cool ! You are actually aliens! Hey, Masky, aliens exist!

- Help me…" only answered Masky from afar.

But his companion quickly turned his attention to the others.

“Our turn now! Starscream exclaimed.

- I'm listening to you! Fanta smiled.

- What are you? You don't look 100% human! Are you another species?

- We are creepypastas!"

The Seeker and the warrior looked at each other in confusion, then the jet said:

"Isn't 'pastas' a terrestrial food?

- Well yes, normally… confirmed the motorbike.

- No, but not that kind of pastas! Miko intervened. Anyway, I'm surprised, I didn't think there would be a world where you really existed! This is so cool!

- You really think so?! smiled the redhead.

- Yeah absolutely! But, what are your abilities?! Do you have the skills of a wolf?! Can you see in the dark?! Do you transform during the full moon?!

- I'm not a werewolf! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

The two robots watched the whole conversation from afar, without understanding a single word of what they were saying. Masky on his side answered the lot of questions as best he could, especially from Skyfire who was the most curious. The masked boy had come to enjoy answering it, having come to feel that it was more due to curiosity than mistrust.

For their part Miko and Fanta moved away a little, after taking two, three objects lying around on Ratchet's desk, accompanied by the Seeker. The redhead told them he needed help building a weapon, and the Japanese girl quickly replied that since the jet was a former scientist, he might be able to help him.

Ratchet moved away from the first human a bit, and turned to see what the others were doing. He cried out as he saw Miko and Fanta building something way too close to a weapon for his liking, while being supervised by the Seeker, who was clearly encouraging them in their proceedings.

“Your gun will not work like that, you have to take that too. said the jet, handing another object found on the ambulance desk.

- Hey! What do you think you're doing here?! cried out the doctor.

- Damn ! We're spoted! exclaimed the Japanese girl.

- No, but it's my material! I needed that! Why didn't you arrest them, Arcee?!

- I didn't think they were serious!" replied the latter.

The trio quickly scattered, while they were all chased a bit by an enraged Ratchet! Fanta slung the weapon, and replied:

“Sorry, but Masky and I are going to need it for our mission!"

The masked boy nodded, then said:

“Anyway, we're going to have to go, we can't stay longer.

- Oooh… but why? pouted Miko.

- Nothing prevents you from staying a bit. added Skyfire.

- So that they can steal my material again?! Ratchet get angry. No way!

- Don't listen to him. laughed Bulkhead.

- If we can do other science projects, I'm not against keeping them. added Starscream.

- There's no way we're giving him the opportunity to have access to a weapon! Arcee objected.

- Scrap…

- He's not even hiding anymore!

- Just kidding! Primus, what humor!"

Fanta laughed at this, then said:

"Slender will be worried if we don't come back! And then, we have two or three assholes to destroy!

- Take care. said Optimus.

- Don't worry! See you soon!"

Particles began to swirl around the two creepypastas, and before they disappeared, Miko asked:

"We'll see each other again, do you think?!

- Of course ! After all, I know the way now!" Fanta answered with a wink.

Masky waves goodbye to them, and the duo ends up completely disappearing, as if they had never existed. In the end, the only evidence of this strange encounter was Ratchet's missing material.

#tfp #transformers prime #polar star #étoile polaire #au #transformers #maccadam #starscream #skyfire #autobots #oc #not my oc #fanta creepypasta #creepypasta #crossover #what if #story resquest #thank you moustik X) #masky #fanta

[alexander-arcturus-black-lupin]

The Star and His Seeker || The year of 1975 - Eyes on You (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1405180915-the-star-and-his-seeker-the-year-of-1975-eyes-on?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=Alexanderwrites624&wp_originator=47sEZ8KW0l7ejxchV7CK0vPGXSagqhY357uHSEh3D6CuKdyo5UjpXSWcxHV2ZffFrxTZSMIA%2BE%2FF4vSk95SFn3shWX77srTi1hoFHjHg6IJo55f3Mi0XdrJ0u%2FXnVWHL [FROM AO3 TO WATTPAD] James went from gawking to talking rq. ames Potter is in his 7th year and his crush on Regulus Black is getting the better of him. Regulus is a mystery he intends to solve. No matter how dark it is. [NOTE: THIS IS A WIP AND THE AUTHOR, ME, IS A STUDENT SO WARNING THIS IS BOUTA BE THE SLOWEST FIC YOU'RE VER GONNA READ DEPENDING ON MY CURRICULUM]

#1975 #harrypotter #hogwarts #james #jamespotter #regulusblack #romance #books #wattpad #writing

[eriellesudario]

K-POP x Fan fiction – BTS, TXT, and Enhypen to be part of a Wattpad and Webtoon collab!

ORIGINAL POSTS

ATTENTION KPOP FANS!!!

Webtoon and Wattpad are collaborating with the biggest K-Pop stars to produce original stories for you to read. From January 14 2022, fans will be able to read 3 original stories produced by HYBE.

The titles and release dates come as follows:

7Fates: CHAKHO, with BTS (Jan. 14) – An urban fantasy story that follows seven young men bound by fate. After growing up together through a series of trials and tribulations, they must become a unified group of seven to unlock their destiny

Enhypens Dark Moon (Jan. 15) – An urban fantasy story mixed with romance that follows the confrontation, confusion, and chemistry between a group of vampires, a pack of werewolves, and a mysterious girl with a secret

TxT’s The Star Seekers on (Jan. 16) – A fantasy story that follows a group of young men in a pop band who live in a world where magic is part of everyday reality. 

Wattpad is known to be a free digital platform where users can produce their own original stories while Webtoon is known to be a popular online comic website.

Are you excited to read these new stories?

#2021 #kpop #music #aftrs

[many-gay-magpies]

i saw your enha/dark moon posts today and i am very much enjoying them i have yet to read the webnovel (bc until now i didn't KNOW IT EXISTED AND NOW I GOTTA GO READ IT) but i have read whatever's out of the webtoon and im aLSO ANGRY BC ITS STILL ON HIATUS LIKE HEY HYBE U HAVE TWO WEBTOONS TO UPDATE I HAVENT FORGOTTEN ABT STAR SEEKERS EITHER

anyways all this to say i Adore how txthypen just go ALL IN with the lore and storylines like they are COMMITTED and i wish every group could just . release a book of their story (or like fun little behind the scenes stuff that happens around the story. like the filler of the characters hanging out and stuff i LIVE for that shit

-vrvr anon

KSGKHJGDHD YEAH the dark moon lore is . a LOT. it was especially fun for me before the comic even came OUT because everyone in engeneblr was just putting together so many crazy theories and writing whole stories for the characters in the lore and it was great (and then when the comic was put out basically all of the theories got disproved hsjfbfjfbfn)

yes hybe GET ON IT. idk if its been two months yet bc thats how long they said the hiatus would last but PLS WE ARE WAITING.

altho (and idk if u know this but) there IS a little insta comic going on the dark moon instagram that theyre putting out to hold us over until the hiatus ends and its been pretty cute so far! with what u said about liking the "filler" stuff between characters, the insta comic has a lot of that so i think youd like it :>

(im gonna be honest i havent read the webnovel and i kinda dont intend to because well. for one thing its behind a paywall DHFJHFFJ but its also literally on wattpad and,, the mutuals i have that HAVE read it have said that its? not that great? so im not too interested lol i can just get the important lore pieces from them secondhand. HOWEVER apparently heli knows how to fly a helicopter in it which i think is absolutely delightful)

the txt lore is wild too like .. idk how other moas feel about it but im literally a bit in love with the super long lore mvs that are like fifteen-minute short films basically, i think theyre great (the eternally one made me wanna cry a little bit HSJFHFJ). and i never got around to reading the last few eps from the txt comic (from before the hiatus i mean) but the concept of there being a whole magical society where idol groups with magic are higher in the hierarchy than idol groups withOUT magic is insanely fascinating to me

(this answer is getting really long curse my inability to make things short and concise) SAMEEEE THO abt everything you said about groups being really commited to lore/storylines. that is my shit no joke i love when an mv resembles a small movie or when concept films make my brain buzz. i love that. i also love the plots with a lot of groups where theyre just like,, a bunch of guys hanging out. like theyre friends that go on funky (sometimes horrible and life-threatening) supernatural adventures together and it just feeds my soul

#i think its the found family bitch in my coming out tbh #i know thats just the kind of plot that's most convenient when youre dealing with a group of 4+ dudes but like. #vrvr working together to look for kangmin. the dark moon boys growing up in the orphanage together. they did it For Me #asks #vrvr anon #anon 📝 #i like to make fun of the dark moon universe for pulling a twilight sometimes tho LMAO #and with members of a group that havent even debuted as their adversaries no less... #and hey now that i bring it up hybe needs to get on that too. how are you gonna make the &team guys into characters for your vampire webtoon #-but lock them up in the dungeon and not let them debut for over a year huh? huh? #whens it gonna happen hybe. whens it gonna happen #we got a debut trailer like LAST YEAR im waiting #KSGFJFBFJ #god i am so sorry you give me two little paragraphs and i spit out a whole essay ksgjdhfjfb

[dreamaze]

genuinely obsessed with the foreshadowing that the healer, in all his compassion & efforts to fix things, is fated to be one of the catalysts that tears everything apart

#gently spiraling back into my star seekers feels #thinking about the forest fire vision & 'i want to end this world' & 'which side do i need to trust' #& [redacted wattpad spoilers]

[onlyoneofyouu]

Tomorrow X Together Storyline Masterlist

Welcome to TXT's storyline masterlist! It is subject to change while we go on with the parts and the comebacks.

If you have any insights/suggestions/theories or see inaccuracies, feel free to share anytime! Through anons, asks, tags, notes, reblogs, whatever you feel comfortable with <3

All the posts related to the storyline can be found under the tag — txt lore !

PLAYLISTS

— Youtube UPDATED

contains music videos and trailers in the storyline order. Includes MMA performances that are lore centered and every year announce the next Chapter name as a tradition

— Spotify UPDATED

includes title tracks and most b-sides

CANON

— Storyline through Official Album's Descriptions UPDATED

info about each album provided by TXT's official website

— The Star Seekers Webnovels

The storyline has an additional variation focused on TXT's alter ego Star One. It is narrated through two webnovels and has significant differences from the main storyline of the albums: it is about alternative universes. Despite that, it has very useful explanations and anticipations about the main storyline as well. You can read it here:

Webtoon | Wattpad webnovel

(Although these exist and I read them, I'm going to focus on the storyline through the albums and only mention them when needed, also because not everyone has access or interest in reading them.)

EXPLANATIONS & ANALYSES

— A Summary of the Storyline (until The Name Chapter) FULL CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS COMING SOON

what is it about, what are the main motifs and symbolism used, analysis of the music videos from The Dream Chapter: Star to The Name Chapter Concept Trailer

— TNC: Temptation Tracklist Posters Analysis

analysing the tracklist posters art and explaining how they connect to the lore

— TNC: Temptation Album Analysis

analysing the songs included in The Name Chapter: Temptation and the Sugar Rush Ride music video

— Poppin' Star, Roller Coaster and Sugar Rush Ride Correlation

cr. @/sweet_candieot5 on twitter

— TNC: Freefall Predictions and Logo Analysis

my predictions for The Name Chapter: Freefall and the new logo meaning

— TNC: Freefall Concepts Analysis

analysing the concept pictures for the album! what do we expect lore-wise from it

— TNC: Freefall Album Analysis COMING SOON

analysing the songs included in The Name Chapter: Freefall and the Chasing That Feeling music video

— MINISODE 3 : TOMORROW Album Analysis COMING SOON

analysing the songs included in Minisode 3 : Tomorrow and the Deja Vu music video

~

#tomorrow x together #txt #tomorrow by together #the star seekers #txt storyline #txt lore #— txt lore #masterlist #here we go again🚶‍♀️

[phanfictioncatalogue]

Slytherin!Dan (2) Masterlist

part one

A Kiss in the Tower (ao3) - upintwenty

Summary: Who would have expected these two to fall for each other?

crush (ao3) - howelllesters

Summary: "The problem with being a Slytherin was that if you were caught with anything even slightly darker than normal, people got suspicious. And apparently, a book on how to raise the dead classified as ‘slightly darker than normal’, and then some."

Falling For You (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: Slytherin seeker Dan Howell realizes that playing Quidditch is a lot harder when a distraction in the form of a cute Hufflepuff boy shows up on the other team.

Friendship (It’s A Kind Of Magic) - phan-dil-lions

Summary: Dan and Phil have been best friends for a long time, and Phil is worried that will change when they go to Hogwarts.

Heavy Heart to Hold Me Down - nagirci-remade-blog

Summary: Angst, Hogwarts AU crossover.

Pensieve (ao3) - sunnyjolras

Summary: Dan suddenly notices him in the crowd. He isn’t hard to spot, at least to Dan; he can read Phil like the back of his hand even when he doesn’t look like himself. He’s made himself look younger, red hair and freckles. Green eyes stare back into his brown ones, and for a second Phil’s usual features work themselves over his face. Cerulean blue eyes. Black hair. Skin that reminds Dan of that Muggle fairy tale Snow White Phil once read to him. They disappear just as soon after. Dan looks down to see the familiar wand in Phil's hand.

He looks ready for battle - oh.

Oh no.

Please (fanfiction.net) - DontCallMeCoward

Summary: Summary: Phil, a Hufflepuff with a passion for potions meets Dan, a Slytherin Quidditch star, while working together on a special potion project.

pure (it’s not about your blood; it’s about your heart) (ao3) - natigail

Summary: Dan arrived at Hogwarts entirely unprepared and he doesn't understand how rare it is for a Muggle-born like himself to be placed in Slytherin. However, he quickly learns that his housemates believe it to be a bad thing and by accident he gets wrapped up in the lie of being son of a powerful wizard dueller instead.

It makes his skin crawl to see his new Slytherin friends bully people with Muggle parents, most of all when they go after sweet half-blood Phil Lester, who was kind to him on the first day of school. A couple of months after their first meeting, Dan and Phil wind up alone in a classroom and Dan is stunned when Phil offers to help him with his spell work.

Scarier Things - jilliancares

Summary: Dan’s worst fear is being outed, and his boggart knows that. After being outed to his class, Phil shows him that there are scarier things than being gay (and maybe that wasn’t the smartest idea, but he’s a Hufflepuff, not a Ravenclaw).

The Dark Mark - dxnhowell

Summary: Dan and Phil are going into their last year of Hogwarts, and Phil wants to make the best of it. But will a secret kept by Dan ruin it all?

the serpent and the badger (ao3) - CallofTheCurlew

Summary: Dan's getting a late night snack in the kitchens, when a certain Hufflepuff crosses his path.

The Sorting Hat (ao3) - pasteldanhowells

Summary: Dan’s heading to Hogwarts, but first he meets a boy on the train who becomes his new friend, and he’s nervous about being placed into the Slytherin house. But, maybe things won't turn out so bad after all.

The Sorting Hat (wattpad) - pleasepleasenodont

Summary: Dan is a Slytherin with an eye on a certain Hufflepuff, Phil Lester. Do these houses mix?

Unsaid, Unspoken, Until the Spell Was Broken - chillphil-blog1

Summary: In which Dan is a misunderstood douchebag, Phil is a Ravenclaw with a sassy streak, Carrie is bossy, PJ likes firewhiskey, Alex and Chris don't have nearly enough lines and a stupid challenge turns into something more. Also featuring Harry Styles because why the fuck not?.

Or, a completely self-indulgent Hogwarts AU, because everyone needs Hogwarts AUs.

Until the Very End - cherryblossom-phil

Summary: Seven snapshots from Dan and Phil’s time at Hogwarts, one year at a time.

#phanfictioncatalogue #phan #phanfic #phanfiction #masterlists #harrypotter #slytherin #slytherin!dan #au #crossover #hp #slytherin!dan masterlist

[nowhere-star]

Chapter 2 of Nowhere Star, 'The Seeker of the Seven Seas', is coming to AO3, Google Docs and Wattpad on January 31st!

#nowhere star #jojo fanfic #jjba fanpart

[songofastar]

.✧. TRUE NAMES .✧.

“A True Name is one’s truthful name. It’s not so much a given name but rather one that speaks to the essence of the soul. … Everything in the world has a True Name. Knowing that would allow one to look into what is in store for them. … it doesn’t matter what path you take, as long as you end up in your final destiny.”      — The fortune teller, The Star Seekers (Wattpad), ch.5

“The image that appears before you will unveil your True Name. Those names not only show your fates… but also your powers. They are the source of redemption for you and everyone else.”      — The fortune teller, The Star Seekers (Webtoon), ep.4

#moasource #moacentral #kpopccc #the star seekers #yeonjun #soobin #beomgyu #taehyun #hueningkai #ot5 #frost #the star seekers wattpad #the star seekers webtoon #the star seekers spoilers #wings.original #gifs #usermowah #hijaehyukkies #usergyukai #useryjunies #flashing #spoilers for: wattpad ch5 + webtoon ep4