Assorted Lore Part 11 ~ General Headcanons for the Black Swan Quintet
Hello everyone!
Starting tonight, I'm embarking on a 2-week adventure where I'm going to get to see several of my favorite groups live! While getting ready, I've been thinking more about my Black Swans so for today's edition of Assorted Lore, I'll be sharing some more headcanons I have for NRC's Idol Club!
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🖤 The main concept for the BSQ is transcendence through the freedom/freedom of self-expression. One of the main reasons the group has been so successful so far, and even still exists post-book 5, is because of Danica's choice to go against Vil's wishes for her for the VDC. Together as a group, songs tend to have empowering lyrics about being independent, being strong in the face of adversity, and taking charge of one's destiny regardless of consequences from the world. And through that, finding freedom. It's a concept that's very important to them since personally, each of them is trying to find freedom in their own way.
🖤 But for solo songs and special events, the members like to experiment with a lot of different styles and themes and don't really stick to one. When the BSQ released their first comeback for Ione's birthday, many were taken aback/put off by the super cute fairy visuals. But the group defended the decision to go in that direction because it was what Ione wanted and none of them ever had an issue with cuter concepts. They just wanted the decision to choose for themselves.
🖤 Officially, Danica is the leader of the BSQ but a lot of the group management falls to Yuulan so Danica is still able to focus on her studies and activities with the Pop Music Club. Yuulan arranges performances, runs the group's social media with help from Taima, and the group still rehearses at Ramshackle. Lowkey, Yuulan is far more of a manager to them now than she ever was in book 5 and the group sees to it that she’s paid for her trouble as well.
🖤 Speaking of performances, since the members all have busy schedules with classes and other club activities, the group sticks mostly sticks to prerecorded special stages and only does live shows on special occasions like member birthdays, contests like the VDC, or right before they're going to recruit new members.
🖤 The Black Swan Quintet has something of a "rivalry" with the RSA Divas (which is now under new leadership post book 5) but this is mostly in instigation between their fandoms. Secretly, the members of each group are on good terms with each other and sometimes even exchange ideas. Iman and Vidaria may or may not have been caught on video hanging out at a local cafe with Isabel and Minette...👀
Member-specific headcanons under the cut!
🦢 The leader of the group and one of the main vocalists. If I had to describe Danica as an idol, I'd say she has the beauty and aesthetics of IVE's Wonyoung and the dance talent of Kazuha from LE SSERAFIM.
🦢 In addition to being the group's leader, she also helps with creating the concepts for songs and designs costumes. Her family also foots the bill on many of the group's expenses. Much to Crowley's delight since he certainly wants to encourage the girls' success to bring notice to the school but is also a cheap-ass bitch.
🦢 Because of her relationship with Vil and the fact that she also models for her family's company, Danica often doesn't join the group when they do livestreams. The one time she did, the chat was bombarded with questions regarding her relationship with Vil and a lot of jealous hate that Iman and Taima defended her from. Thankfully, for every hater Danica has, she has several fans as well as the support of her group.
💐 Danica's right-hand girl and lowkey the most popular member of the BSQ after Iman. If I had to describe Taima as an idol, she's definitely Jennie from BLACKPINK with the dance talent of Momo from Twice.
💐 Most of the group's songs don't include rap but when they do, it's always attributed to Taima. In addition to writing all of her raps, she also writes most of the group's songs that aren't solo songs.
💐 The main source of Taima's popularity is her tomboy visuals and her more tough girl persona compared to the other members. She has a very specific appeal that earns her A LOT of female fans. Fans also tend to "ship" Taima and Danica together because of how fiercely Taima will go to bat defending her bestie from haters.
🌷 Ione is another one of the main vocalists in the group. I'm not sure why, but as an idol, Ione reminds me most of Dahyun from Twice.
🌷She loves being a part of the BSQ and her confidence has skyrocketed since her birthday live. She's still not the strongest dancer (something she sometimes gets hate for) but she's a fast learner and her vocals have always been second only to Danica. Idia, Riddle, and Crisanta are her largest supporters and Idia may or may not have doxxed a few of her more vocal haters...
🌷 Sadly, her father does not approve of her idol activities and has tried multiple times to have her removed from the group. As of now, he has thankfully been unsuccessful as Crowley considers the BSQ's popularity a valuable asset for the school and since Ione's academics haven't suffered, he sees no reason why Ione should be made to leave. Hopefully, her father won't ever try to bribe him with money.
👑Next to Taima, Iman is definitely the most popular member of BSQ. She has a very fun and glamorous style and her visuals are always on point. As an idol, I'd say she is most like LISA from BLACKPINK with the visuals of Karina from Aespa.
👑 As the three best dancers, during lives, she, Danica, and Taima will have special segments where they dance to remixes of their music. Showing off more complex choreography that the other members might not be able to do.
👑 Iman has developed an oddly wholesome dynamic with Ione despite being one of her hugest critics at one time. They're sort of like Rei and Usagi from Sailor Moon where Iman likes to playfully tease Ione on livestreams but Ione takes it all in stride since she knows Iman does it out of a place of love. Unfortunately, Iman once took it too far where she bluntly joked about Ione not being able to "dance for shit" and accusations of bullying rose that Ione and the other members were quick to deny.
🧚🏻 Vidaria is probably the most mysterious member of the group. Not just because of her unique style compared to the others, but also because she also rarely participates in livestreams for diplomatic reasons. As an idol, I feel like Vidaria is like a mix of Liz from IVE, Rosè from BLACKPINK, Winter from Aespa and Kanon Wakeshima.
🧚♂️ Most of Vidaria’s fans are in her dorm and despite not usually being one for idol music, Sebek is one of her most fervent supporters. Malleus has also grown to enjoy the groups music despite initially disapproving of Vidaria’s participation with them.
🧚♂️ Vidaria is described as having a very operatic voice and she will often take on the solos Ione might not want. At Danica’s insistence, she’s also begun taking ballet to improve her dancing.
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Begitu Tak Bersemangat
Hari ini terasa tak bersemangat, karena hari pertama tidak puasa di bulan Romadhon. Tidak ikut kelas BSQ karena perut terasa tak nyaman. Kelas SII pun tidak. Tapi masih bisa mengikuti kelas Youtube.. xixixi kenapa hr ini aku menjadi tidak baik, dan tidak patuh. Tidak membaca dzikir pagi, belum juga menambah hafalan. Setengah hari ini hanya mantengin youtube yg penuh dengan Inspirasi dan Energi Positif mudah2an.. tapi malah menjadi ketergantungan. Kemudian chat dengan kawan yg sedang menggali kembali motivasi menulisnya. Ayo kamu pun sama butuh motivasi, semangat berkarya, gimanapun hasilnya, baik atau tidak baik, yg penting memulai dulu, semoga bermanfaat minimal untuk diri sendiri.
Sekian. 😂
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Got tagged by @stargazerlillian (thank you!) to try this game out so I shall give it a go.
Last Song I Listened To: "Beautiful Dreamer" (the Squidward cover lmao)
Favorite Colors: Light Blue and Black (I know it's a hue, shhhh)
Last TV Show I Watched: "Scooby-Doo! Where are You?"
Flavors: Uhm. Savory and salty? Unsure. I'm not like. A food connoisseur
Am I single? Yes
Last Thing I Googled: "Squidward and Snellie" because I was looking for reference for something
Latest Obsession: Lol uh. SpongeBob SquarePants as a show, I suppose? Not that this is a particularly new interest
Last Book I Read: Re-read "Bikini Bottom Mysteries: Find a Missing Star". Probably might've been another thing if I had a little extra time recently lol
What I’m Looking Forward To: The next time I get to talk to all my friends!
Tag 9 People: I can attempt? Apologies if I'm bothering anyone
@madhippiekisser
@four-raccoons-in-a-trenchcoat
@thatofabeavers
@cristigorillaz
@sebby1986
Just copypaste the questions into a new post and you're good to go, and no pressure to join if you don't want to! :)
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Ahhh I love GhostSquidward and GhostPlankton! We need the backstory please, what exactly happened to them? :o
For anyone who doesn't know what this ask is about, the image is here.
EXPLANATION:
Plankton accidentally killed them both in some dumb lab accident, so naturally Squidward's like "FIX IT FIX IT" and planks like "idk how bro"
So Karen finds out and she's not surprised at all and its like "Sheldon is this an excuse to get out of your chores"
Which. No.
After all the atomic explosions and death-defying acts, the two only take actual harm from it when it's funny or for plot convience, who coulda thought.
But yeah, just thought it'd be a nifty AU idea. Plankton and Squidward as ghosts and Karen trying to help them find a way to fix it, while they also have to try and cope with whatever the heck's going on in the meantime.
Though, I'm still not sure what to call it. We'll see!
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