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whysojiminimnida · 2 years

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Maknae Line + ARMY = Power Dynamics (Pt 2)

We love them and they love us right back. It's what makes the ARMY/BTS relationship what it is, and it is genuine.

It is also a power imbalance.

Less of one, these days, but it is still there. And WE HOLD THE POWER. We LOVE THEM. We are the driving force behind BTS' success. We hold their actual paychecks in our hands.

That's... a lot. A lot of love. A lot of paychecks. And a lot of power.

And it lends itself, unfortunately for both us and them, to a lot of abnormal behavior. OH WAIT LET'S READ THAT DISCLAIMER AGAIN

In my last post I said that BTS is a safe place for ARMY to explore sexuality.

THE REVERSE IS NOT TRUE.

Never has been, never will be, because ARMY was never designed for that. We are not their safe space. Not if they're straight, even more not if they're gay or bi or pan or heaven forbid gender non-conforming.

They accept us as we are because they love us, but we are under NO OBLIGATION TO DO THE SAME FOR THEM. And... as a general rule, ARMY - OT7 ARMY, anyway - doesn't. But also we do. And don't. Very confusing, ARMY reactions.

Hell, when have they ever had TIME to grow into healthy, normal adult sexual relationships? They lived together until some of them were nearly 25, FFS. Well beyond college age for Seokjin and Yoongi and well into it for the rest of them. That they seem to be reasonably well-adjusted is a credit to them and their partners, should they have any. Again, the hyungs have excelled, here. Mainly because they've never really HAD "dating scandals", which: ARE THE STUPIDEST IDEA OF A SCANDAL.

Literally how stupid is it to be upset that a famous person who is an adult human might also be (gasp, clutch pearls, die) having sex? Out in the world adulting like a whole adult WITH PEOPLE? And yet, ARMY gets like that sometimes.

See also Koreaboo, Dispatch and other publications we don't like

And before you say "not ALL ARMY" let me just remind you that "not ALL men" is the exact. same. statement. "Not REAL ARMY is like "not REAL men."

Which: granted and I don't entirely disagree, but I'll just say that people who identify as ARMY behave this way and rest assured that both BTS and BigHit are aware -- and market for it.

You're mad, now, maybe and I get it, so let's move on and not beat ARMY to death, k? I do feel like that for the majority of us, all we feel for Jimin, Jungkook and Taehyung is simply love and support. Misguided support, sometimes, but love and support nonetheless.

So imagine you're a young man - still a boy in many ways - and you are living with and surrounded by beautiful, legitimately stunning, other young men. And maybe you've had time to examine your own sexuality and maybe not but Namjoon has WOW THIGHS and guys are naked and girls were kind of cute but also very weird anyway, bros just make so much more sense and then

A wild Park Jimin appears. Geeky, until he dances and then it's a gaspy thing that happens. Also: THIGHS. And, um, an ass that won't quit also biceps and a sweet heart and a big brain and, well. Shit. Anyway he dances. And you wanna dance, too. Your assigned role is to be yourself, pretty much, as long as you're good at everything. Don't act too too happy to see him, all right?

OR... you're the wild Park Jimin and you stumble gaily forward into a whole new life and you see the biggest pair of doe eyes you have ever seen... and he's the got-damned maknae. Kid's a prodigy. From Busan. He's a complete turd 90% of the time, and your JOB is to play the gay buff boy who adores him and gets routinely rejected. OH SWEET JESUS WHY.

LORDT. You see where this is going. The unattainable baby, far too young to do ANYTHING meaningful with, and in the meantime there are other guys just shirtless wandering around like a whole Min Yoongi exists please excuse me I devolved overnight I apologize anyway where was i?

Taehyung. Oh thank the gods, he's safe anyway. Fun, a little wild, definitely attaches to people. Accidentally brilliant (he didn't even have to audition) and a little eccentric and interesting, and he's a 95 liner - CHINGU! - and they go to the same school and and and. He's savvy - he lost his Daegu satoori immediately to fit in. Asked his friends to take good care of his slightly older hyung. Partner in crime, pretty voice, pretty eyes, a slinky dork of a dude who... maybe doesn't have his sexuality 100% locked down but is well-versed in skinship. Lots of skinship. Lots and lots of skinship. Gonna be a star, that one.

Let the glowups commence right along with the narrative.

They're a marketer's homoerotic slightly underage wet dream.

To be continued...

#maknae line #pt 2: electric boogaloo #jimin #jungkook #taehyung #army #bts army #dating scandals oh the horror #boys boys boys #also grown ass adult men okay #let the jikookery commence

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english-history-trip · 1 year

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19th Century facial hair: A brief history

Prior to the 1850s, it was very unusual for men the Great Britain or the United States to wear facial hair. But by the second half of the century, fashionable men were sporting copious and often outrageous beards and mustaches. When and how did the change in fashion occur?

Some British officers stationed abroad in the vast empire began to imitate Continental European officers, for whom mustaches were fashionable. Indeed, on the continent having a mustache tended to indicate that the mustachioed man was in the military, which is why pacifist anabaptist men wore (and continue to wear) beards without mustaches. But in the British army, with few exceptions, full beards were banned.

Members of the Coldstream Guards, 1821

That regulation changed out of necessity during the Crimean War. Because of a shortage of shaving soap, and to protect the soldiers’ faces from the extreme cold temperatures, the men were allowed and encouraged to grow beards. When the bearded soldiers returned to heroes’ welcomes in Great Britain, Queen Victoria remarked that their beards made them “the picture of real fighting men.” Suddenly beards were associated not with slovenliness or insanity, but with courage and manliness, and they began to sprout on the faces of civilians and soldiers alike. Magazines and newspapers carried the new style across the ocean, and it soon swept the male population of the United States as well, so that whereas facial hair had been very rarely seen before, by the time of the American Civil War most men were bearded.

Soldiers of the 42nd (The Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, 1856

In 1860 the British army enacted regulations preventing soldiers from shaving above their lips, essentially mandating mustaches for men who could grow them. In time beards were again prohibited, but the military mustaches remained, with regiments often adopting mustache styles unique to their regiment.

It all ended, however, during World War I with the advent of chemical warfare. The necessity of wearing gas masks, and the fact that the masks would not seal on a bearded face, caused the enactment of regulations requiring that soldiers be cleanshaven.

Farriers of the Royal Artillery, WWI

These days the British and U.S. armies again allow mustaches, but, with some limited exceptions, beards are prohibited unless worn for religious reasons. Beards have always been allowed in the British navy, by the way, but are allowed only with an approved waiver in the U.S. navy.

#we have a trumpeter in the Air Force who is a grown man with a child #but looks about 16 bc he has to shave #he is convinced that the world's problems are caused by word powers with armies of babyfaced soldiers #fashion history #19th century #wwi

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suncaptor · 4 months

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the thing about viewing Jack as a child versus not is that if you're basing it in most ways you would view children and look at it as "infantilization" because Jack is physically developed & communicative in a way that makes you take him seriously then the issue perhaps is how you view children and how they should be treated in the first place. because the ways in which children are vulnerable Jack very much of the time ALSO IS. that is WHY what is happening to him is specifically child abuse. everything that is happening to him is a formative experience regardless of the lack of neurological development that has to happen because it is all he knows. children should be respected the same way Jack should be and children should be protected in the same ways Jack should be. the idea he can speedrun all of the things that make children vulnerable because of being able to control his physical development is kind of ridiculous. time alive allows us to have different ways of forming schemas and understanding how this world and the people in it works. Jack spends this time being abused & traumatised by war. that impact is foundational to his development of his perception even if his brain development stayed the same throughout it.

#he VERY MUCH is in his first and earliest stage of life. he just jumpstarted his development and communication.#AND THAT IS INTERESTING. but he like. absolutely is still vulnerable the way children are as a result. there are of course major difference #like in terms of he has physical strength & powers as well as the way he thinks goes beyond a lot of early markers #due to the development #but man I developed the way I think that matches much of how I do now EXTREMELY young #due to asynchronic development in part #that didn't make me less vulnerable. it just make it way more frustrating the way people treated me #the issue with my perception wasn't due to development it was due to the fact I Didn't Know As Much beyond what was immediately around me #short term. i didn't have time for that age.#that's why like a fully developed teenager isn't necessarily ready to be in a relationship with a grown adult for example.#in humans these sort of age and development we know on a particular scale #but the way we treat children in general is an issue!!!#regarding Jack & sex I feel like so many ways you would slice it there's extreme power imbalances on his end. but I don't really care to #get into all that but I'm not going to be like 'yeah bc supernatural a show where the main character has on multiple occasions flirted with #or wanted to flirt with teenage girls' is like. a good barometer for that anyways #and if calling someone a child is an insult then you need to change how you perceive children.#however!!! children SHOULDN'T be heading armies in the apocalypse. this is an opinion I do think exists for both children and Jack.#he makes me so sad oh my god #jack kline #jack #spn #supernatural #incoherents

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risingsunresistance · 8 months

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i was gonna try to optimize some of my farms today but the pokemon scarlet dlc just released so. i will be disappearing for the next 5 years sorry 🙏

#IF YOU GUYS WANNA HEAR ABOUT MY POKEMON THO FEEL FREE TO ASK PLEASE ASK #i could talk about pokemon all day i just usually keep it on priv kjgfd #the lechonk army has grown by the way. by a lot #still dont have my dream shiny tho (male shiny lechonk with dawn mark)#but i took a break for a pretty long time so. maybe one day i'll get it #FOR NOW I GOTTA GET THAT FURRET THO. MY LIL GUY MY OLDEST PARTNER MY BESTEST BUDDY #AND HE CAN BE PINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!#pink shinies >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>#chat

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tiredf-o-u-r · 5 months

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Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh super mega community have an ounce empathy for more than two white guys challenge please please please

#imagine being a grown person experiencing the consequences of your own shitty actions #and having an army online saying uwu you hurted their feelings calling them out 👉👈 like fuck off #this is turning me more evil than my real life back stabbings #at the end of the day I feel bad for the fans who are still so attached they care more about them than the victims + queers they hurt #bc they’re never gonna stick up for y’all bro they didn’t even help their irls are you kiddingme #HOW CAN ANYONE GIVE THIS AMOUNT OF ATTENTION TO WHAT WORDS NICK SAID IN A VIDEO #WHEN THEY DID WORKPLACE HARASSING AND YOU KNOW THEY DID. would you want your boss to flash you? does your boss film you pissing?#did they upload it on YouTube and exile you from the internet #bc according to supermega fans that’s 100% fine chill and funny actually #and I KNOW I took it as that too but I also can choose to believe the words leighton has said (you’re shocked) (it’s possible)#what if we were all wrong the whole time 💜 it’s possible #💜it has been known to happen 💜#💜they were acting the whole time💜#💜it’s reasonable to believe them they’re trying to be really convincing💜#💜please put aside 120 minutes to write in a journal about it though💜

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orchidyoonkook · 10 months

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The timing of this has me in tears omfg, so there's these rabbits that sometimes come into my garden (I love them so much I let them rob me blind)... Anyways, today I found a whole nest of baby buns out there and I can't stop laugh-cringe-crying because I keep thinking of JK's explicit version and... yeah

Okay! Now that I’m home from my 9 hour shift (😭) I can answer this!!

YOU HAVE BUNNIESS!???????? OHMYGODDDDDDDDD. *SOBBING****

Ok ok ok ok so: I wasn’t a teddy bear kid. I was a bunny kid. So bunnies and me have this big history because I was also born the day before Easter (hello Easter bunny) so like. Actually crying sobbing. I love bunnies.

But onto your point, I just watched the video and his back up dancers (bless them) are literally humping the floor and I just. He’s going to break a couple barriers with his music in the kmusic industry and I’m so here for it.

But those poor bunnies😂 oh no 😂

#i keep having to remind myself that JKs older than me #cuz I’ve always felt older than him but I know I’m not #like. he’s grown. he can do that stuff and it’s perfectly fine. he’s not a lil baby like I’m so used to him being 😅#and honestly? good for him. he deserves it. whenever and wherever and with whomever he pleases #asks #loki-wants-an-army #ms.mailbox📬#House of Jeon

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c4p7ch4 · 1 year

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One-shot: Basta (Inkheart) x OC (Zera)

I've got no excuse for this except I was bored

Warnings: english is not my first language, also: might be out of character, it's late and I can't think straight; also also: fluff and vulnerability (that shit hurts)

"I feel terrible"

"Well, you look terrible, too." Zera said jokingly to Basta, who had just woken up from his feverish slumber. But Basta was in no mood to joke around.

He caught a cold two weeks ago that got pretty bad due to his poor immune system, and he's been bedridden for five days now. The symptoms slowly subsided, but since Basta hardly slept the entire time he was sick, he was incredibly exhausted.

Especially the last two days he could hardly rest, his thoughts were constantly circling around that night and he was unimaginably nervous whenever Zera was around. Neither of them spoke about the kiss, Zera didn't know that Basta was wide awake when she fulfilled his birthday wish and Basta didn't dare to bring it up.

"Come on, stop whinig around and sit up. Breakfast's ready." Zera said and put down a tray with bread and eggs on Basta's lap. When Zera left for the kitchen and came back with a cup of hot coffee, he still hadn't touched any of the food.

"Why aren't you eating?" asked Zera, confused. Basta didn't look up as he mumbled: "I'm not hungry." even though his stomach was gurgling with emptiness, as if it wanted to digest itself.

He didn't feel like eating. He felt awful, not only because he was hungry and tired and sore from lying around in bed so much without getting any rest, but also because he felt dirty. He couldn't remember the last time he had taken a proper bath and he hasn't been able to shave in the last few days, so his face was covered in stubble. He felt disgusting. And ashamed, especially because Zera had to see him like this.

"Of course you're hungry, you've barely eaten anything in two days. Your body's just sending you mixed signals because you're exhausted. I could fetch you something else, if you don't feel like eggs-"

"I said I'm not hungry!" Basta snapped at her and threw the tray off his lap, sending the plate of food flying onto the floor. He regretted his outburst immidiately and finally looked up to meet Zeras eyes, expecting an anxious or maybe even furious expression on her face. But instead, she looked neutral, almost indifferent. She looked Basta straight in the eyes and stared at him, he felt more and more uneasy until he realized that she was contemplating.

After what felt like an eternity, she said, "You should shave. And you should go outside, you didn't have any fresh air since you got here.". Then she took the chair which was standing next to Basta's bed and left for the bathroom. Basta heard her rummaging around at the sink but didn't know what to do, so he just stayed seated on his bed, staring at the mess he created, cursing at himself. He clawed at the blanket beneath him, he wanted to kick himself, angry as he was. His rising fury fizzled out when Zera stepped out of the bathroom, standing in front of Basta, startling him.

"'Think you can walk?"

Basta nodded puzzled and got up without asking any questions. Zera led him to the bathroom and gestured him to sit down at the chair she put in front of the sink. Basta couldn't surpress the brief look of shock when he saw himself in the mirror. He really did look terrible.

"You know, it could be worse," Zera started when she caught Basta's look, "you could look like Cockerell."

Basta huffed at that, but he had to smile at the joke. Then he went solemn again "You're just saying that to make me feel better."

Zera turned away to get the materials she prepared. "No I'm not. I'm not that nice."

She came back with a make-shift shaving set. There wasn't any shaving cream, but she managed to mix something up out of the soap she had at hand. She put a towel over Bastas' shoulders, startling him with the sudden movement, and placed the shaving set on the sink. Basta hadn't yet processed what was happening when Zera came to stand between his legs, leaning against the sink, soap in one hand, Bastas' chin in the other, spreading the soap on his face.

His face felt rough beneath her fingers, but it wasn't unpleasant. In fact, she almost enjoyed tracing the sharp edges of his face. The enjoyment faded when she noticed Bastas wide eyed look, like a deer staring at the headlights of a car, not knowing wether they meant danger or not. There was something else to his gaze she couldn't name. She stopped her movements and stepped aside to make room for Basta to shave himself.

He took the blade with a shaking hand. At first she thought he was shaking out of nervousness, then she realized it was probably because of his weak condition. She stopped his hand and took the knife from him before it touched his cheek.

"Wait, let me do it." she said, shaking her head.

But Basta recoiled from the knife, first anxious, then furious.

"The hell you are doing! You really think I'd let you get that close to my neck with a knife?" he shouted at her, standing up to make himself bigger. He couldn't let her realize how weak he really was. Unfortunately, Zera wasn't intimidated by Basta, especially not when he looked like a rabid dog, with all the foam on his face. She would have laughed at the sight if she hadn't been ireful herself.

"And you really think I'd kill you or watch as you kill yourself, shaky as you are? You know damn well that Capricorn will have me killed if his second in command dies on my watch! Either you let me help you or you can go back to bed." Zera shot back, arms crossed.

Basta stared her down angrily, but he knew she'd stand her ground no matter what, and he didn't feel like fightning, right know he wasn't strong enough for that. Exasperated he yielded, sitting down, arms crossed, tilting his head away from her. Zera came to stand between his legs again and he squirmed, when she took ahold of his face. His breath quickened along with his heartbeat and he had to fight the urge to draw away.

"Relax, I'll be careful." Zera whispered and began to draw the blade gently across his face.

Basta hated to admit it, but he found pleasure in her caresses. Of course he couldn't let her know that.

He hated how weak she made him at times, and if she knew, she'd use it to her advantage, undoubtly. That is, if she didn't know already. She had to know, why else would she be so caring towards him? She's manipulating you already, idiot! On the other hand, she was caring towards everyone. That's something he hated and admired about her. She was tough and fierce, but also caring and attentive, even to those that did her harm. Even to those stupid brats, that were intentionally clumsy just to have an excuse to come see her and be babied by her. Even to him. Of course she takes care of you, that's her job! She's got no other choice! Yet... her ministrations still felt good to Basta, even if they were forced.

He struggled to keep a stern expression, but secretly he was in heaven. His hard stance gave way for a second as the gentle touches made his body tired and his head heavy, so he leaned into her touch. Zera surpressed a soft giggle and used her hold on his face to tilt his head the other way and shave the other side of his face.

She felt that this form of self-care was good for him, despite his stiffness and tough demeanor, and that he desperately needed it. She didn't take it personally that he lashed out at her. Apart from the fact that he was very temperemental in general, he was also very weary at the moment, which made his fight or flight instincts kick in early on. He was on constant survival mode, that's something she noticed about him early on. She supposed that's bound to happen when you live in a hostile environment such as Capricorns community, and as far as she could tell, no one had Basta's back. He was cross with everyone, most likely even with himself. That drains a person, isolation and loneliness, and even though he would never admit it: he longed for company. That's probably the only thing both of them shared.

Basta's cheeks and mouth area were shaved smooth, now only his neck was left.

"Tilt your head backwards" Zera said as she cleaned the blade.

Basta blinked rapidly, as if waking up from a dream and taking in his surrounding again. He eyed Zera for a moment before he did as she bid. Zera took hold of his shoulder and shaved his neck. She saw him swallow hard, he brought his hands down to his legs and clawed into his trousers. It must have been really hard for him to be in such a vulnerable position. Zera decided to try to lighten up the mood.

"Have you heard what happened to Scipio yesterday? He and some other boys did some arm wrestling and he managed to break his arm. I didn't even think that was possible, but yet here we are. Sometimes I wonder how some of them made it this far down the road. They seem like the kind of people who would cut off their ears to find out if they could still hear when they did."

It made Zera smile to hear a low chuckle from him.

"And the other day Amario wanted to give a flower to one of the kitchen maids, but he picked something poisonous, both his hands were red and swollen and then somehow he got it in his eyes too, he looked like a blown up tomato."

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The mood did lighten up a little and soon Zera was finished with the shave. Basta dried his face with the towel and looked into the mirror with satisfaction.

"There, all nice and smooth." Zera commented, leaning against his shoulder, content with her work, "I kind of miss it, a little stubble suits you." Zera gestured Basta to leave the bathroom and started cleaning up. Her last comment upset him a little and he almost regretted letting her shave him, but he felt better than before none the less. He stood in the doorway for a moment and looked back, contemplating what to say. He rarely ever thanked people, but he felt this was the right time to do so. Still, he couldn't bring the words out, he just stood there, mouth open but no words coming out.

Zera beat him to it and said "You're welcome. And now clean up the mess you made outside."

#Zera is a girlboss #by the way: I headcanon Scipio from 'The thief lord' to join capricorns army cuz he's young and stupid and a runaway #Zera and Basta adopt him #and they both take his last name Fortunato since it means luck/lucky #just imagine it: Basta Fortunato #he'd be so happy to have a name like that #ofc the other blackjackets would make fun of him #it doesn't matter #he's got his wifey and his weird man-son with the body of a grown up and the mind of a teenager #pls let them be happy #inkheart basta #inkheart #basta x oc #basta #inkheart oc

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