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A HELPFULL GUIDE TO THE RAMPAGE FROM EXILE TRIBE BY CHU-CHU

Hi Guys! I see that there are many new Rampage fans - Ravers - among us and I would like to introduce the members to you. Other than formal group information, some of it will be my own opinions. You can easily find other official informations about the group on the web. Rather, I want to share with you how I see each member, what impression they made on me, and what I liked or found interesting about them. So please keep in mind that these are my opinions. And of course, I'm not a very old fan either. There may be things I don't know or misunderstand. You can share with me what you want to add or correct 💜

-I am also sharing with you some blogs that I know who is posting about Exile Tribe/The Rampage. You can check them out too 💜I will continue to introduce the members when I have time :') I hope you like it :D 💜

@ataryutaro @banqanas @elenilote @fextsubs @rainisawriter @rowdyshogun @thistaleisabloodyone @zhaolusi (Hope I didn't forget anyone :( )

The Rampage

A Japanese dance & vocal boy group formed and managed by LDH JAPAN.

16 members: 3 vocalists and 13 performers.

They made their major debut on January 25, 2017 with the single “Lightning”.

Fandom name: Ravers ( RAmpage loVERS)

Formation: September 12, 2014

Debut: January 25, 2017

Genres: J-pop, hip hop, dance pop

Leaders: Likiya and Zin

16 Members: Likiya, Zin, Riku, Kenta, Rui, Yamasho, Kazuma, Hokuto, Iwasho, Shohei, Itsuki,Kaisei, Makoto, Ryu, Takahide and Takuma

And yes they have a hip-hop sub-unit : Ma55ive the Rampage (Likiya, Kenta,Yamasho, Shohei, Takahide)

I also didn’t know this part;

At the beginning it was unclear how many and which candidates would be chosen for the group's final line-up, the members later described the time as a desperate, harsh and stressful "survival situation". According to Kawamura Kazuma, the three vocalists were especially tense and taking the situation very seriously, thinking that one of them was going to be cut, due to the fact that LDH only had a two-vocalist system for all of their boy groups at that point.

But luckily they were all chosen :’)

However, while they were training for their debut in the public eye, the members later revealed that the group had been struggling behind the scenes and actually went on a hiatus the year after they were formed until their debut. Several members mentioned that they considered quitting during that time as it was mentally and physically difficult.Also Fujiwara Itsuki revealed that the members had also been working as staffs of the company behind the scenes in that time period, for example as tour staff for senior groups, or in Fujiwara's case, as staff of EXPG schools.

June 16 had been chosen as "RAVERS DAY". This specific date was selected because it is the only month out of the year that does not have a member's birthday, and because the number "16" is important to the group :D

During the first five years, all members of the group lived together in a dormitory.There were four rooms, and four members lived in each room, sharing bunk beds. Each room also had a room manager.

-I don't plan to mention TV series, movies, awards, songs, albums or tours. I get most of the information from Exile Tribe Wiki, you can read more there :’)

MEMBERS

1) LIKIYA : Elliot Likiya (エリオット·力矢)

Born: November 28, 1990 (age 32)

Birth Place: Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Height: 170 cm (5 ft 6.9 in)

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Emoji: 👨‍🍳

Leader and performer of THE RAMPAGE and a rapper in MA55IVE THE RAMPAGE.

DAD of the group

He may look serious but he is literally a cinnamon roll

I love Likiya, with his style, personality, sweetness and everything

Someone who is frequently teased by other members

When group members were asked who they would like to date, most of them chose Likiya.

Also, Elly from Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS is his older brother. That's why he said that he was often compared to him and that he was flustured.

According to Wiki;

He participated in the EXILE PERFORMER BATTLE AUDITION, but did not make it to the finals.

LIKIYA's father is Carlos Elliot, a former professional boxer and LIKIYA started practicing boxing as a hobby.

He loves basketball and cooking. That's why his emoji is a cook. 👨‍🍳

Described as a calm, quiet and very reliable person with a strong sense of leadership. According to his members, he also has a mischievous side and occasionally makes a joke to calm the mood.

In charge of the choreography of THE RAMPAGE.

He is very good at cooking. His skills are so good that he even invented his own curry, "Likiya-man's Indian Spinach Curry" (リキヤ～マンのインド風ほうれん草カレー), which is actually sold in Japan. In 2020's first broadcast of "RMPG DOPE STATION", he talked about his dream of appearing on a cooking show.

His favorite color is white. He collects white clothes and white things, and most of his furniture and accessories are white.

2) ZIN : Sakamoto Zin (坂本陣)

Born: April 28, 1994 (age 29)

Birth Place: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height: 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Emoji:🐴

Leader and performer of THE RAMPAGE

MOM of the group

I LOVE HIS SMILE <3 HIS SMILE IS SO PRETTY <3

He is really like a mom even to the older members. He is fun, funny and really so cute. And I really love when he talks :’)

Probably the one who gets bullied the most

He is one of the tall members

According to Wiki;

He participated in the EXILE PERFORMER BATTLE AUDITION, but did not make it to the finals.

Described as a good talker, mood-maker and hard worker. His members appreciate his cheerfulness, responsibility and communication skills.Additionally, he is also described as compassionate, tearful and a bit clumsy. Because of his friendliness, he is often teased even by the younger members.

Usually takes the lead when it comes to interviews and has a natural talent for hosting live performances and events

Didn't like his smile very much for a long time, but after he joined THE RAMPAGE, people started to tell him that he has a nice smile, which changed his view. :’)

Has a cat named "Luky".

Likes the manga Jujutsu Kaisen.

His favorite color is red.

3) RIKU: Aoyama Riku (青山陸)

Born: August 10, 1994 (age 29)

Birth Place: Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height: 174 cm (5 ft 8.5 in)

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Emoji: 🐶

Maybe you think Rampage’s only vocalists are Kazuma and Hokum but no. This handsome man is a vocalist too and he has an amazing voice…

He is really good at teasing and annoying people and a bit savage.

He has that prince vibe and has a really charming visual.

His English is pretty good and wants to speak English to reach international fans <3

IwaSho and him are close friends

He likes going GYM… really…

He loves playing soccer and really good at it

He really loves children and A RIKU WITH KIDS ALL YOU NEED BELIEVE IN ME :’)

According to Wiki;

A very good dancer and known for his ability to dance with the same level of sharpness as a performer while singing stably.

Initially viewed his high-pitched voice as a complex. He is often jokingly imitated and teased by the members for it and he consciously keeps his voice low in magazine interviews.

Taught himself how to play the piano.His first keyboard was gifted to him by SHOKICHI.

Often compared to a golden retriever due to his cheerful, communicative, clumsy and soft nature and muscular physique.

Went to an all-boys high school for six years.

Always keeps a list of restaurants that interest him on his smartphone.

He has a friendly rivarly with KAZUKI and Sato Taiki, who attended EXPG Tokyo at the same time as him.Initially, he felt inferior to KAZUKI, which motivated him to practice harder.

His favorite color is pink.

Used to be the centre of the group, but the position was reappointed to Kawamura Kazuma.

4) KENTA: Kamiya Kenta (神谷健太)

Born: May 27, 1995 (age 28)

Birth Place: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Height: 170 cm (5 ft 6.9 in)

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Emoji: 🐿️

Performer of THE RAMPAGE and a rapper in MA55IVE THE RAMPAGE.

Even though he is a performer and rapper, he has great vocals. And I'm so happy ma55ive used him as vocals <3

He's funny, sweet and entertaining

I think he has a flirty personality

He and Rui are childhood friends and very close friends. (But he'll never admit it)

He has interesting and funny drunk memories...

He has a lot of questionable (in a good way) behavior and always makes me laugh

He's one of the oldest members but he definitely doesn't act like one :D

When he was a kid, he wanted to be a FBI Agent but I think he still does :D

According to Wiki;

He participated in the EXILE PERFORMER BATTLE AUDITION but didn't made to the finals.

In 2013, he was introduced as a member of the trainee group EXILE GENERATIONS.

He has a childhood friendship with fellow group mate Yonamine Rui

Him and Yonamine Rui together are called the "Haisai Duo" or "Haisai Combi". They are from the same hometown and the first students from EXPG Okinawa to join LDH.

Described as a mysterious and quiet person. He says about himself: "I'm not a loner, but I'm a free spirit and have my own pace". However, he also has a playful side characterized by strange moves, peculiar laughter, and eccentric worldview.

Has a curious nature and likes to try new things.

His favorite artists are Michael Jackson and Chris Brown.

In 2017, at the start of the group's first solo tour THE RAMPAGE LIVE TOUR 2017-2018 "GO ON THE RAMPAGE", he launched a video corner called "The Two Who Can't Talk" (しゃべれない2人) together with Fujiwara Itsuki in order to improve their talking skills. :D

According to his members, he is always late in his private life.

His favorite color is black.

#the rampage #the rampage from exile tribe #rampage #the rampage fext #rika aoyama #Kenta kamiya #likiya elliot #zin sakamoto #rampage zin #rampage likiya #rampage kenta #rampage riku #high and low #high&low

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What do you think each Quarry counselor's favourite genre of music would be?

Emma - It’d be a mix of pop, female rappers, and show tunes. When you hit shuffle on her playlist, you never know exactly what you’re gonna get. One of the billboard top 100? Perhaps. The main theme to Interstellar composed by Hans Zimmer? Also very likely.

Nick - “Relaxing Sleep Music, Calm Music, Yoga, Sleep Meditation, Spa, Study Music, Rain Sounds” as found on YouTube (8 hours long)

Jacob - He’d claim to be a fan of rock music, but then he’d show you his playlist, and it’s all just swag rock.

Kaitlyn - Is actually a fan of rock music. Kind of a ‘rock snob’ as she will only listen to the old bands—scoffs at Jacob’s playlist. I could see her getting pumped to some ACDC, Queen, and Grateful Dead as she gets ready each morning.

Abi - 80s hair metal. One of her parents would play their favorite bands for her growing up, and she just attributes it to some good memories (she thought her mom was going to leave her dad for Jon Bon Jovi and used to cry herself to sleep over it). But I think if you asked her, she’d lie and say she listens to whatever’s on the radio.

Laura - This woman had an emo phase in middle school. I can FEEL it. I think she’d listen to a lot of alternative music, and a big chunk of her playlist would be all the greats she listened to back in the day (i.e. MCR, early FOB, P!ATD but only the albums Ryan Ross was there for).

Ryan - Like Laura, I think he’d be into some alternative bands, but lean more toward metal and punk (rather than pop-punk). Lana Del Rey would be his secret guilty pleasure.

Dylan - He’d be into some experimental, indie music. He just looks like the kind of dude to be like, “You listen to music with words in it? Let me put you on to some new shit,” and then just plays you an album of poly-rhythmic synth-jazz where every song is fifteen minutes long, and you just kinda have to nod along so you don’t hurt his feelings.

Max - Country. Or more specifically, CUNTtry. Just a bunch of women singing about how they’re gonna murder their abusive, cheating husbands. It makes him feel powerful.

#the quarry

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Fandom: Hypnosis Mic

Series: The Past Is The Past... Right?

Characters: Eli (by @watersofcamelot), Ichiro Yamada

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Track List - Track 2

Going out shopping for the day, the weekly big haul Ichiro would do while both of his brothers were busy attending school. He always did when managing to find some time in between. And besides, he couldn’t let his little bros starve. Someone had to prepare dinner and Jiro as well as Saburo would be too tired for it at the end of the day, given all the school work they have to worry about. Sure, they might also have the rap battles to worry about but at the same time they could not neglect that part either. Or rather, Ichiro was not going to let them do that. So he gladly took on some of the chores by himself, he had done so for years now. He was used to it. And thus, the day went on as usual… Or rather, it was supposed to go on as usual. If it had not been the encounter with a familiar face…

Honestly, he had not expected to see him around Ikebukuro ever again. The last time was two years ago, shortly before The Dirty Dawg had been formed. He had been not just a well respected rapper in the industry but also during the battles, when it mattered more than ever to actively fight for your territory. The battles had been brutal and only a few prevailed, managing to stand out. The Knight had been one of them alongside his crew, performing outstanding results. More than anyone could have imagined. He was probably their strongest member and the other four were basically the equivalent of backup. But he probably could have not made it without the help of his team members. It had even proved to be difficult for Ichiro, him having managed to pull out a draw at the very last second. It was a close one, that was for sure.

And yet, The Knight didn’t seem like a bad guy all around. He just wanted to have fun and even appreciated the challenge. “Your lot ain’t as boring as those other ones, congrats.” He had said with a laugh. And thus, whenever Ichiro would encounter the guy the two would duke it out, sometimes just for fun. And none of them minded… Well, that was until said Knight had disappeared from the face of the earth. Only few knew of his face apparently and Ichiro had been lucky to have seen it before as well as his name. And even after the years had passed, he didn’t look much different from before. Though… There was something different about him compared to before. Though he could only wonder what. But that had also not stopped Ichiro in the end to greet his old buddy!

“Yo Eli! Didn’t expect to meet ya here!” He would say, making the other male turn into the direction of Ichiro’s own voice. He seemed to wonder who it was, but only half–heartedly, In fact he shrugged pretty quickly, then saying: “Yo Ichi.” Though his own tone was as half–heartedly as his shrug earlier.

Now, he was not someone who seemed to care about much but like this? Something seemed different. Eli lacked his… Usual energy. The energy Ichiro had gotten used to. That was already odd on its own and probably the first sign, yet he had decided to ignore the fact and shrug it off for now.

“What’cha doing here?” He asked with a grin. And yet, Eli’s expression had not changed, at all. It was the exact same and would stay mostly the same.

“Nothing special. Just getting something for the Boss.” He responded, his gaze soon turning away to browse the wares inside the shop the two were both in at the moment, eyeing all the vegetables carefully, even mumbling something about them, commenting on them and debating which ones to get it seemed. Then, after grabbing some, he spoke up again. “She asked me to get something oddly specific. Any store nearby had to be of course sold out so I decided to pay some shops here a visit.”

“Your Boss?” Ichiro asked, yet dared not to say his guess out loud. Eli wasn’t exactly that type of person, was he? Well…

“Oh, from the Soup Kitchen.” He responded quickly and bluntly, not hesitating with his words. “I’m working at one right now.”

“A soup kitchen?” That was the last thing Ichiro had expected in all honesty. A soup kitchen… Eli working in a soup kitchen… Well, he wasn’t exactly a bad guy. Far from it actually, yet that a guy like him would be fine with something like that. A passionate rapper who could defeat anyone at sight? It didn’t add up for him in all honesty… Actually, Eli’s entire attitude had not added up. He was different from before, very different from the Eli Ichiro had known. He almost seemed… Lifeless. Not caring about anything, or wanting to come off as such. And it was off putting, to say the least. “Anything else?”

For a moment he saw Eli’s body stiffen, for a split second. He bit his lip, as if having to think of a response. In fact, he was ready to squish the vegetable in his hand right then and there yet held himself back enough not to do that. Instead he just turned away, quickly.

“No, nothing else.” He responded finally, his voice uncomfortably cold. All while refusing to face Ichiro. And before he could have even responded to a thing the other male quickly added: “I’ll pay up and then go. Boss doesn’t like it if I make her wait for too long.”

The conversation had been cut awfully short, so much so that one could not even catch up with Eli. He left, just as quickly as he had been spotted, clearly not wanting to continue this conversation. Did he have a clue where it may have gone? Or was he afraid to find out?

Questions Ichiro could not answer. All he knew was that Eli has changed, very much so… And yet, for such a passionate rapper, this change had been all too sudden… Hadn’t it?

Track List - Track 2

#Nimue's Lake #fanfiction #fanfic #fic #hypnosis mic #hypnosis microphone #hypmic #hypnosis mic oc #hypmic oc #ichiro yamada #yamada ichiro #hypmic ichiro

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Im starting to get into thequiett, can you give me some info on him?

Side note: I read somewhere that in the khiphop scene thequiett is known as the one who would never hurt a woman and someone who would treat his girlfriend very well and it’s just something I didn’t expect lmao

OK so I'm not really sure where you want me to go with this: Fun Facts like the side note you posted? Biographical? IDK so I'm gonna do a bit of both.

The Quiett is basically a KHH icon. He's founded multiple companies: 3 of which have been super important to Khiphop and 1 remains to be seen what the outcome will be but I don't doubt it will probably be consider as pivotal in a few years (talking about Daytona).

The other 3 are: Soul Company, Illionaire, Ambition. To me, I feel like Illionaire has been the MOST important of the 3 for khh but I think that's because of the era in which I got into khh seriously. To me, without Illionaire khiphop doesn't even exist in the way it does now BUT I feel like the same thing can be said for Soul Company and even Ambition lol.

Basically from what I read in Myeong Sun Song's book Hanguk Hip Hop, Illionaire (specifically Dok2 and The Quiett) are the ones who brought "flexing" to khh. Korean culture is more about modesty and not being wasteful or "greedy". So flashing chains, rollies, money, women, and luxury cars is just not a thing in Korean culture, not even Korean Hip Hop, before Illionaire. Now I'm sure there was some people living lavishly and maybe throwing it around but it probably wasn't in the media much or if it was those people probably would have been looked at as assholes. I think part of the reason this didn't exist in khh at the time though is because people probably weren't making money as crazy as they are now. Hip-Hop has been pretty fringe in Korea until the last few years or so. They are both also somewhat of a "Rags to Riches" story. Both started off doing pretty well until life circumstances made both of them poor. Dok2 couldn't even finish elementary, I think The Quiett finished school all the way through but he ended up moving to one of the poorest neighborhoods in his hometown. Again, this is a very short summary and HUGE oversimplification of what is in the Hanguk Hip Hop book. There's a much more robust discussion in chapter 3 of that book which focuses SOLELY on Dok2 and The Quiett's contribution to Korean Hip Hop through the Illionaire label. If you have the money to buy the book I'd definitely read that chapter but ESPECIALLY the chapter 3 to get more in-depth with The Quiett's history. Side Note: but I had NO clue The Quiett also had the rags to riches story. I knew of Dok2's history but not Q's. I always assumed he grew up middle class. He did for a while but then fell on hard times as mentioned.

Him and Dok2 later founded Ambition Musik. I think it's iconic because it gave us some of the most commercially successful artists in KHH: Changmo and Ash Island. The others are no slouches either but these two have done a lot of things in their own right. This label was one of the few KHH label to do North American tour. Changmo is one of the few KHH artists to have a SOLO North American tour as well.Ambition and it's members have charted SO many times and this is without SMTM hype.

The Quiett is known for his producing. It seems to me that he's higher regarded for his producing (and business acumen) than as a rapper in Korea. However, this is my perspective from what I've seen. I'm not that well versed in the opinions of domestic fans. Especially from an artist who came out that long ago.

He's a Christian. He's had pics on IG where he dressed up and ready to go to church. I'm sorry but I've just never taken The Q for a church boy but he is haha

He has a dog named Torry (torry.storry on ig). Used to have a cat named munji but if it's still alive it lives with his parents. She was already ~10 years old in 2018, so she's up there in age tbh.

Known for being impossible to upset. Only person who has ever done it (that we know of) is Changmo. Changmo was complaining/venting to him so The Quiett finally gave out an exasperated sigh or something like that. He was tired of Changmo being negative/complaining.

Gave Changmo the advice to not be so hot and be more "cold" in regards to his relationships so might be the reason Changmo isn't single (could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your perspective). Changmo must go to him for advice a lot lol

#asks

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potuzzz · 2 years

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A Communist Take on the State of Rap/Hip-Hop 2022

Kendrick Lamar’s newest album, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers (MM&BS) is good. I like it. I may or may not have some gripes about how the album physically sounds and a possible lack of (IMO) a strong sonic theme, but I have only listened to the album twice and I will certainly need at least 2-3 more listens before I can digest it and have a more dedicated opinion.

What I do have a solid opinion on is that, lyrically, it is amazing. Not just because of the usual flows, rhymes, wordplay or similes, no. The content of this album is an oasis in a desert. The progression of Kendrick Lamar from To Pimp a Butterfly (TPAB) to DAMN to MM&BS is a beautiful, powerful narrative and it gives me hope.

Not just general hope for the world, although Lamar is certainly an inspiring and soulful figure throughout his life. Specifically hope that rap/hip-hop can and will once again be the bedrock for communist revolution in America.

Tupac Shakur and many of the old-school, OG, “Golden Age” rappers were very close to the Black Panthers and their affiliates. This is not to say that the Old School was chock full of communists, no, but the potential was there. The capitalists saw this, they saw the revolutionary potential in hip-hop (as with much of African American music in general in the recent century or two), and thus they added its destruction and co-option to their laundry list of things to do to preserve the hegemony. They killed Tupac and many others, they began carefully and subtly integrating hip-hop into capitalism, defanging its revolutionary potential, and bought themselves a lot of time to boot.

The results were very disastrous. The rap community and thus many poor black Americans (and other people a part of said community and its many adjacents) became very capitalistic. The results are deserving of entire books on their own.

It took decades merely for hip-hop to regain its love for the fellow black person, as was accentuated and in many ways spearheaded by TPAB. TPAB was not a communist manifesto, but it was a strong and coherent reclamation of blackness and renewed the fight against white supremacy and the black plight.

Again the capitalists took a hard notice. They gathered together and whispered furtively in their ivory towers. They had only just managed to squash the Occupy Movement, and now with this new wave in hip hop Black Lives Matter was beginning to ferment. Although not explicitly anti-capitalist, the threat BLM posed to the capitalists was never underestimated, they knew exactly how the communists would use it to try and radicalize people further, to spread knowledge of the origin of black suffering and to mobilize people against it. What was to be done?

The capitalists learned from their past mistakes: outright assassination should be reserved for a last resort. It was messy, it was seldom airtight, it was fertilizer for anti-establishment conspiracy and general distrust of the hegemony, it was martyr-making. Softer, but more nefarious tactics and strategies such as co-option was the way to go these days.

Obama was the man for the job.

Most revolutionary energy was still easily channeled into merely hating Republicans, and despite his colossal litany of happy atrocities against both working people at home and abroad, Obama remained a very charismatic and well-loved figure, especially by African Americans who had been so hungry for a sign that they were finally to be respected and treated as normal human beings.

He positioned himself to decapitate two major threats, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole.

It worked! Both potential revolutionary leaders were awed to be chums with the first black president. For someone not made aware of Obama’s crimes and his intentions, it’s not hard to imagine. Neither Kendrick nor Cole nor their music veered dangerously off the path of what was deemed acceptable counter culture.

However, for good and for ill, a lack of truth leaves festering questions that rot and writhe and form the base of a disease that, one way or another, will demand and receive an answer.

Kendrick was not dissuaded from loving his fellow black man, but the lack of complete answers added to the torments of his past that began to catch up with him. From this Hell, DAMN was born.

Hotepism had found Kendrick. The infinite but simultaneously dead-end of fascist conspiracy had hooked his ear. Black supremacy mixed very nastily with a sense that God’s chosen folk were being ruthlessly, deservedly punished for not living up to their superior status.

It seemed to have all the answers he needed...

And his suffering became acute. Very, very dark places. It only seems natural, right? This world is just inherently evil, right? Of course to become more knowledgeable about this world, about mankind, is to go down an irreversible path of torment.

Cole, too, was made inert. From dangerously teetering on the precipice of revolutionary change during the times of 4 Your Eyez Only and then the nauseatingly (for the capitalists) positive messages of K.O.D., back to the status quo comfortably within the capitalist framework of The Off Season. Cole was not tormented like Kendrick, but he too was in no danger of becoming a communist leader anytime soon with double-edged messages of internal growth and personal focus.

Another leader, far younger, and far more brash and uncontainable in XXXTENTACION blossomed quickly. His self-professed interest in politics and his far-left-leaning mind and heart were terrifying as he hooked a docile, apathetic, and self-destructive youth previously assumed to remain inert with little to no effort. His fiery rise was quickly, mercifully smothered, and whether the capitalists played a direct part in it or not, they were happy to see this sudden maverick already intending to quit music and start helping the poor flaked out of the sky. The co-option began within minutes of his death being announced.

Things looked bleak.

However, times are changing behind the scenes...

Who knows what has happened in the past years? People like Kendrick and Cole do not gorge themselves on the trappings of 2020′s rap celebritydom. They are private, they are human, they are trustworthy of finding their own way.

Kendrick Lamar has just released MM&BS. In it, for the first time since his two titanic previous releases, he is not waxing poetic about the awesomeness of Barack Obama. He directly mentions capitalism and mentions it with utter contempt. He seems to have also completely abandoned the false consciousness of hotepism, and instead blossomed into a new journey towards untarnished spiritualism. Socially progressivism of all sorts is deeply embedded into this project, with a resounding message of love, growth, compassion, forgiveness, community, and social change, with additional potshots taken at the capitalist special operations units previously untouchable to all but misleading fascists such as the “fake woke.” Materialism, celebrity worship, toxic contentedness, the cycle of abuse, classism, identity politics, queerphobia, and much else all take hard-hitting blows that, quite frankly, step a little bit outside the zone of green-level acceptable within the system. We’re officially back in the hard yellow with this; the capitalists have been pushed back all the way to TPAB-era threat-level, only, this time...they have no more tricks up their sleeve.

It’s not a huge conspiracy necessarily that this album isn’t doing the numbers of TPAB or certainly DAMN. Nobody needs to be pulling levers behind the scenes to make it clear that people these days, rap listeners these days, are attracted to negativity, shallowness, the punchy and the catchy, the homogenous and the cruel. DAMN was meant to be popular (not that it isn’t great, it’s fucking awesome) because of not only its mood and lyrical content but because the production and flow was so specifically tailored to be commercial-friendly ear-candy.

While I do wish there was some more ear-candy in MM&BS, I would never wish this at the expense of this new tone, this new message, this new resolved mindset of Kendrick.

That is not to say, either, that the capitalists AREN’T working to suppress this album in small ways. That being said, Kendrick is such a nigh-invulnerable staple in the industry that anything but throwing at least half of your weight behind him is foolish for those in the playing field. However, this might get easier as people proclaim it a “flop” due to the first-week sales and Twitter liberals shit their pants about the heavy presence of Kodak Black on the album, missing entirely the point of his very intentional inclusion in this record.

We should be wary. Don’t get too excited, and certainly don’t get comfortable. This is a blow to the capitalists in the war for the minds of the masses, but they will quickly recuperate and do whatever they can to ensure this threat is once again nullified.

What lengths will they go? Scandal? False flag? Assassination? There is nothing that they haven’t done a thousand times over and for far smaller stakes.

While we must remind ourselves that, while a massive artist, Kendrick is just one person, it is also worth noting that the very spirit of hip-hop has been affected by this. If Kendrick Lamar were to “randomly” die of a “heart attack” or have a laptop discovered in his house with 60 TB of child p*** on it, the damage is already done. The minds of the masses have been affected greatly by this album--not all directly, no, but the ripples this will create over the next 10 years of hip-hop/rap music and its myriad of adjacent communities it holds influence over in turn, these ripples will continue to grow in power and be less and less easily subverted by the capitalist powers.

They are running out of tricks. They enjoyed their 30 years of supremacy. However, they have been paying for today with tomorrow, as it is in the very nature of the god they worship. Incapable of long-term strategy, they have killed the pests of enlightenment with pesticides that we have only, after generations of death and suffering, grow immune to. They are running out of chemicals to combine. They are running out of methods to stop the inevitable. Their efforts have grown more desperate, their schemes more convoluted, the very mortality of their grip on the world exposed both at home and abroad with every passing day.

Kodak Black is not XXXTENTACION but his contact with such profoundly free and vibrant spirit will not leave him unchanged. From the old-heads to the youth, the spirit of hip-hop is being softened up from every direction for the torrent of communism to explode out of the dam. It is the only logical conclusion these events are leading towards. The capitalists will deftly forestall it, as they have been for hundreds of years--and we should certainly not kick back and relax and assume the day is won--but the spirit of hip-hop was never predispositioned to stomach lies in such volume, and it has been force-fed one lie too many.

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Artist Interview: Alligator Daydream

Introduction

Today we’ll be putting a magnifying glass on a very small creator. Alligator Daydream has released one project with a number of instrumental tracks. In a brief interview with him we got to hear about how he started.

The name you release under is significant?

The story with Alligator Daydream is that the band I was in was called something else, and we realized 'yo this name is kinda stupid' so I'm not going to say it. I was on vacation in like South Carolina and I was walking

around and stuff and we were talking about it. There's alligators and stuff, in some parts, and they told me to be careful about them. I was thinking 'oh alligator' and then I started daydreaming. So it was like putting the two together. It's a band name. But yea, for a long time we were Alligator Daydream.

What would you say the genre of music you fall into is? Does your music cater to a specific audience?

That’s a tough question. That’s probably one of the easiest ones to answer all day but, probably I’d say indie with elements of funk and maybe metal elements. Rock music but with asterisks on it. It’s kinda hard to say. I don't think music should cater towards a specific group of people, I'm not writing it for anyone.

Is music a hobby, a dream? What do you hope to achieve?

I wanna say hobby. But I like to think I take it seriously because obviously listening to my songs I'm like 'oh I could've done this better, I could've done this better.' But it's like I wanna take it seriously but once it stops being fun it stops being for me because I wanna write songs that are for me and if people listen to it people listen to it I don't really care. I don't know what I'd like to achieve. Like I don't really care about playing at a venue with like a million people. I just like making music that I can listen to, that I can put in a playlist with other artists. Not that I can compare myself to other established artists.

How long have you been making your own music?

In terms of making stuff I only really started late 2019, my junior year of high school. But I've been playing for 2 ish years before that. Some friends asked me to start a band and we saw we can make stuff and write our own songs instead of just covering other songs.

Have you ever thought of putting vocals or lyrics in your tracks? Have you ever written lyrics?

So, yes. Short answer yes, long answer is it's complicated. I would love to have vocals on them but my singing is... bad. It's objectively horrific. I write lyrics constantly. But the way I write lyrics is not to fit an instrumental. I want to be able to write lyrics to fit into a song but I can only write a song around lyrics. A lot of the lyrics are like rap, as corny as that sounds. Like MF Doom, my favorite artist of all time, him and a bunch of other rappers are all like constantly in my head.

What originally got you in music?

Getting into music, there’s like two ways you can take that. There’s listening music and playing (making) music. What got me into listening to music was listening to Foo Fighters for the first time. Like old Foo Fighters, not really their newer stuff I’m not much a fan of. But listening to them for the first time it was like ‘wow music can be more than the pop music I hear on the radio all the time, or the contemporary Christian music my mom listens to all the time.’ But what got me into playing it’s a weird story. I’ve always known people that could play guitar and stuff so growing up I always wanted to learn. But my mom, she told me I had to play piano first. I didn’t want to learn piano, I thought it was lame. I was a stupid 8 year old who doesn’t know how cool piano is. But on a whim I just decided to go to guitar lessons.

Do you play any instruments? How many?

I also play bass and know the basic fundamentals for piano and midi type 808 stuff. So for the project pretty much all that’s on it is me other than a couple tracks guitar and bass parts.

What inspired you?

I make music similar to Foo Fighters but they weren’t what pushed me to make music. I think the types of bands I was listening to at the time were more like Kanye, Tyler the Creator, and, this is pretty out of left field but, Pink Floyd. Those three were like I wanna make music now.

Conclusion

It’s clear to see that Alligator Daydream makes and releases what he enjoys and isn’t really in it for any type of fame or money. It’s nice to see someone make music ‘just because’ or because it’s a fun hobby. It’s a nice contrast. Although his tracks aren’t something I’d usually listen to, it was a nice change of pace compared to my usual playlists. In the future I’d like to see if vocals are ever released in his tracks and how much he may grow.

#small artist #artist interview

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castingdirect · 2 years

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weirdly specific modern day au headcanons that i can't be assed to draw-

eren: tried setting an orphanage on fire once. showers twice a month and owns one pair of sweatpants. definitely ate toothpaste as a kid. doesn't wash his rice and eats it plain. has never been chill and never will. the only thing that keeps him functional is pure spite. does not trim his beard. burns his hands on a stove weekly

mikasa: once did a backflip off of a 4 story building. got banned from local taco bell for psychically maiming a cashier because they were rude to eren. probably goes to sleep with shoes on. voted most unhinged in highschool just because eren already had the most likely to go to jail title.

armin: i can see him getting hit by a car weekly. actually goes to a gym but unfortunately gains no muscle mass since his metabolism is faster than a goddamn jet. doxxes people on Twitter if they annoy him enough. if he feels an emotion he'll die. sleeps in a bathtub at the parties. he actually gets invited to every single one because it's impossible to not like him.

jean: probably into 80s fashion. did a super important presentation about ethical issues in a fashion industry and then added vine boom and fnaf ambience sound effects. constantly made to buy others alcohol because he looks over 21. develops carpal tunnel every so often.

connie: threw a toilet down a cliff. did cinnamon challenge in middle school and then had to go to a hospital. definitely owns a scooter that breaks his ankles whenever he rides it. has never given a fuck in his life unless something involves his mom and is not ashamed by it.

sasha: worked once for the mafia and only realized that two months after she was let go. havent touched make up in her life because her dad told her it would make her acne worse. threw a brick at a nazi. possibly did so twice. possibly did so near a cop and had to book it.

marco: pro police at some point in his life for sure. volunteered at a hospital despite the fact that all the children he took care of seemed to fucking despise him. is a designated driver even tho he cant drive. cartoonishly bad luck. has everyone's blood type memorized

reiner: says hi, goodnight and thank you to the bus driver. gets hurt often enough for nurses at the hospital to know his full name and address. definitely lifts with a suicide grip with some sad rapper songs blasting in his earphones at the gym. his apartment is invested with rats but he's chill with that

bertholdt: wears at least 4 layers of clothing at all times. once was made to read out his poetry in front of the whole class in elementary school and he still thinks about it at night. gets locked in collage library so often it gave him a key to the emergency exit. realized he's allergic to peanuts at 24 because he thought they were supposed to hurt his mouth like that.

annie: the girl with a knee brace at school. gets questioned by the police way too often for a person who never done anything illegal. used dish soap in the shower for solid 4 years of collage yet her hair was never greasy. doesn't have a favorite ice cream flavor but she pretends it's eggnog because armin thinks so. pirates every single movie she watches.

ymir: smells like an old lady's cat. has also tried setting an orphanage on fire once, but it was by an accident and in her defense the childern loved the fireworks. uses ridiculously bad fake ids yet never gets caught. shoplifts at target if she gets hungry, not because she doesn't have money but because she has a personal vendetta against target

historia: the most pathetic wet rag of a woman youve ever seen. uses colorful markers to decorate her notes at school. the only two emotions she has ever felt were rage and rage but slightly to the left. has a ridiculously famous shitpost account on twitter

pieck: gets like 2 hours of sleep a week. makes yeager bombs at 4 am yet never appears drunk. will and can do anything. there's nothing you can do to stop her. could probably kill the president of united states if she wanted and got a nap. she likes to take photos of clouds and has an entire folder for them in her phone

porco: really angry everytime he has to be responsible. makes funny faces at crying children in a bus yet he only makes them cry harder. can only speak one language, but learnt how to curse in at least 20. gets into IKEA bed displays. worked in food delivery at least once.

marcel: got stabbed in elementary school with a pen and still has a piece of it in his tigh. can move his ears and loves freaking out people with it. is lactose intolerant but drinks a gallon of milk a day and doesnt regret a thing. there's a rumor in the school he went to that he died for no reason.

zeke: would be friends with levi ngl they have the exact same dry humor. for some reason can do a flip. can play piano but in a way a person who was forced by their parents at a very young age to perfect an instrument can play.

levi: replies to texts by only typing ok or sending a thumbs up. have never send an email and never will. once felt a human emotion while stargazing with his friends and never recovered. appeared in a local cryptid sighting instagram page twice.

hange: gives themselves ivs if hangover. has glasses held together by a scotch tape and hot glue. missing at least two fingers due to accidents at work. jogs at night. probably got almost kidnapped as a child.

erwin: wakes up like a middle aged dad. gives himself pep talks in the mornings. once discovered a dead body in a public restroom and called the authorities only after he pissed. actually likes mcdonalds sprite. has never felt a touch of a woman and yes his mom counts too.

gabi: she would be way cooler if she had an internet access as a child. bit a homeless man unprovoked as a toddler and still tells this story as if it's something to be proud of. ate an entire stick of glue and was somehow fine.

falco: he's really sweet but talks about dinosaurs too much. when he grows up he drives over speed bumps as if he has extra lives. cries if a teacher is mean to him. is really good at table tennis to the point of concern and maybe even fear of his family and friends.

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baddiedaddy7 · 3 years

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🤍☾✨𝑀𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠✨☽🤍

Aries Moon🦖

stands up for friends. honest. can be mean/ungrateful to their moms though😒. fun. periods may cause these folks migraines/headaches. may also make them more grouchy. usually very social. may like quick food like tv dinners, ramen noodles, etc. or “sport” drinks like gatorade. may also like general fast food(mcdonald’s, wendy’s, etc). may react to things first with anger. not really good to depend on emotionally. probably the least emotional out of all the fire moons. confident. rude/inconsiderate. music tastes may be rock, music w/screaming or just loud in general, rap, music that gets you jumping around/dancing lol. bold, but also acts 3😭.

Taurus Moon🪵

eats their emotions away. distant. down to earth. laidback. hard headed for no reason🙄. during period should take showers/baths with all fancy stuff like bubbles and soaps lol. wants food more than usual. might prefer sweets over savory. when i think of this placement i think of dark wine, or just “sensual” food in general like strawberries. romantic food. eats slowly, and may stay full for awhile. probably likes rnb, jazz, or classical music. songs focused on romance. usually emotionally stable. mom may be stable and sensible, but distant or not too warm. kind.

Gemini Moon🦋

loves taking quizzes, and personality tests. overthinks more than usual on period, or thinks of the past more than usual. very agitated lol. flows aren’t consistent, one day it’s heavy, then it’s light lol. has a new crush every other day, unless you’re mysterious😏. our daily schedule is talk abt useless things/gossip, go on some type of technology, have a mood swing/mental breakdown, then be all happy again 2 minutes later. eats snacks through out the day. fast eater, or doesn’t stay full for too long. more than likely to have anxiety or fidget a lot. we love us some aqua, virgo, and sag moons🥰. intelligent. usually talented in some way. copes through humor. restless. never boring/very interesting. likes all types of music esp edm, 80s/90s music, pop, and rap. lots of rappers are gemini moons. the most emotional air moon. charming. versatile. forgets easily, cause there’s so much information in our heads.

Cancer Moon🦢

mood swings galore. defensive. great listeners. will write you a paragraph. always there for family and friends, and great ppl to go to when you’re sad. emotional beings, and overly sensitive. periods may make you want to just sleep and eat. nipples may get delicate, and stomach may get puffed up. may prefer home cooked meals, but may also go out every now then. likes music associated with how they are feeling at the moment, so may like a few genres of music, it just depends on their mood. playlists/specific artists for every feeling lol. loyal, and very reliable. romantic. warm, i love these ppl😭. most emotional water moon.

Leo Moon🦁

good vibess. very funny, and charming. warm, but can be shallow. may love to party. enthusiastic. wants to be catered to during period. over dramatic. either lives fancy food, or junk food lol. might like both. likes pop music. probably also likes soul or rnb. probably plays music on speakers/very loudly. guys here are annoying but in a charming way. can be bossy. may also have selfish tendencies. most emotional fire moon.

Virgo Moon🌱

notices all the little details. observant. freaks out over the littlest things. silly, sometimes. cries in private. reliable. straight up. very caring, and honestly this placement is underrated. when in a bad mood tho, can be nit picky/over critical. probably gets muscle aches during period. also more worrisome during period. usually eats healthy, like low calorie foods. fruits may be the only thing they eat as snacks. smoothie lovers. another placement that likes all/a lot of music genres. sweet, and always thinks of others. most emotional earth moon.

Libra Moon🌸

unbiased. very jealous when it comes to love. friendly. very shallow. usually loyal. indecisive. wants to be around S/O or friend during period. indulges in lavishness during period. may “balance out” how they eat, for example:if they eat something too sweet they’ll eat something savory to balance the taste lol. also likes sensual foods. rnb, sexual songs, pop, and songs focused on relationships and sex are probably your go to’s. diplomatic. makes either good lovers or shitty no in between😬 the least emotional air moon

Scorpio Moon🥀

lies abt the stupidest things. reliable. the petty/bitter ex/ex bsf😂. values privacy, and doesn’t trust easily. chill. can be funny. periods can be rather strong lol. more sensitive during this time. not rlly picky abt food, or zealous abt it. might like “dark” music. bands. sexual music, or taboo. probably likes eminem lol(hes hella explicit in some songs😭). these folks are intuitive, and can be charming in a mysterious way. assholes sometimes tho lol. the least emotional water moon

Sagittarius Moons🐸

shit talkers😂. funny. these ppl are just vibes. most likely smokes. honest. inconsiderate. probably wants to be left alone on their period. definitely can’t just stay in the house during their period tho(unless they’re binge watching tv & eating snacks lol). not rlly picky. probably likes foreign food more than anything. thai takeout, may eat at an indian place, etc. probably likes music in languages they don’t even understand/foreign music. also probably rlly likes rap and pop. crackhead energy, just like gem moons lol. unreliable, but always down to have a good time

Capricorn Moon🪨

standoffish. reliable. too serious. loyal. focused on work/school. cold. go getter. more negative, and sad when their on their periods. stresses out easily. may not really care much for food. eats a normal amount. may be picky w/food. likes their food natural. may like old school music. “boring” music like classical lmao, or just instrumentals. disciplined. the least emotional earth moon

Aquarius Moon🐳

very chill. zealous abt society. cares deeply abt friends, and may prefer them over family. likely to be an activists. may have quite a few online friends. actually can give good advice. can be aloof too tho lol. may sleep less during periods. unpredictable cycles. may like “weird” combinations of food, fries and ice cream, nutella and pickles lmao, etc. likes to try new foods. either loved or hates mainstream music. probably prefers disco or edm music lol. charming ppl tbh. open minded, but also erratic/all over the place.

Pisces Moon🐛

forgives rather easily lol. loving. the victim mentality does need to go tho💀. great listeners. creative in one way or the other. you’re out of energy when it’s that time. might have weird dreams on their periods lol. may love junk/unhealthy food. appetite increases OR decreases when anxious. loves seafood or maybe hates it lol. more than likely has a sweet tooth. likes all types of music, and probably has lots of playlists. intuitive. always thinks of others, but can be overly sensitive.

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kinda random 4town headcanons 😵‍💫

robaire

- oldest of the group hes 25 and he's an aries

- leader of the group

- he's got a deep voice when he talks but an angelic voice when he sings 🤭

- dad #1

- also can rap and dance hes an all rounder frl

- first to join the group

- cannot do the jerk ☹️

- the kind of guy that can learn things very fast

- good at painting but doesn't paint often

- born in southern france and he stills has an accent when he talks french

- choco mint ice cream truther

- likes some physical affection but prefers to wording his affection

- almost as tall as z but he's 5"11

- dad sneeze

jesse

- single dad of twins

- second oldest hes 24 and he's a leo

- singer and dancer what a king

- him and robaire were kinda friends before the group and robaire convinced him of joining

- second to join the group

- lactose intolerant

- cannot handle spice

- white body goated with the sauce

- he's a natural brunette and dyed his hair blonde

- had an emo phase

- dad #2

- hes bi because i said so

- shows affection thru gifting things idk

- 5'10

- his laugh is like "haha"

aaron t

- hes the third oldest hes 22 and he's a taurus

- mainly a dancer but he sings and he's bass

- will randomly do a backflip he's crazy like that

- him and z has been friends since they were kids and became friends just because they had the same name

- has a whole lot of freckles

- ate dirt as a kid

- broke his leg at some point

- steals clothes from the other members

- mint choco ice cream hater

- climbs trees

- likes dogs sm

- best cook of the group his food will make ur toes curl frl

- his hair is weirdly long but he doesn't want to cut it

- bites people ( affectionate )

- literally will eat anything

- high body temperature

- big fan of physical affection

- 5'8 because i said so

- laughs like a hyena

- deep voice when he sings average voice when he talks

- gets exited easily and jumps on them when he's happy

- shows his emotions easily

- like you'll know if u made upset

aaron z

- second youngest hes 22 and he's a scorpio

- dancer rapper and singer like okay all rounder

- only a few months younger than t but t always calls him a baby or whatever

- t joined the group with him they were the last ones to join

- was an athlete when he was in high school

- likes physical affection only with specific people

- the tallest hes 6 feet tall

- not really into sports as much as he was when he was younger

- reads a lot

- likes romance books 🤭🤭

- hes not secretive abt it tho he likes cheesy stuff

- caught up with memes and trends

- his favorite color has been red since he was young

- he tries to learn french but he gets frustrated every time he tries to speak it

- gets easily irritated but not with his loved ones

- very laid back and chill

- kinda awkward in certain situations

- lots of "hummm" and "err.." when he talks

- messy handwriting

- very interested in fashion

tae

- the youngest he's 19 and he's a virgo

- joined after jesse

- singer and dancer yass king

- likes animals more than humans

- when he was like 4 his parents got him a fish and he's been obsessed with animals since

- matches his nails with his outfits

- hes 5'8 too

- he reads a lot too

- but he reads any genre

- he has 4 cats

- all the members live in a dorm and he has the biggest room

- his room is the best decorated like posters everywhere figures on shelves plants on the desk

- he listens to a lot of ballads

- he watches horror movies even tho he knows he gets easily scared

- he and t pull pranks on the other members

- he draws in his free time

- his art style is the kinda style that every artist started with uknow the anime one

- he doesn't have a favorite color he just likes all of them

- his sexuality is unlabeled

- kinda behind in terms of fashion but it's fine he looks good in everything

- he makes fun of jesse and robaire for being old men

- "okay peepaw😂"

#4town #turning red #aaron t #aaron z #tae young #robaire #jesse #4town headcanons #4 town

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weirdthoughtsandideas · 2 years

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American Song Contest live reaction from a local swede

HELP

Oh my god it’s so… american

Laughed from the first note of Minnesota’s. Sounds like a song from Disney Channel

The crowd is so overexcited?? Like are they ok?? The hosts say 1 word and they are all like ”WOOOHHHH!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼😂😍🥳🤩”

The charm with the crowd in esc is that you can only really hear it in the background a little more quietly, cause the microphone is not directed at them. Here it’s like ”LOOK THE CAMERA’S THERE LET’S SCREAM AT EVERYTHING”

Liked Oklahoma’s song!

Arkansas’ song is not my cup of tea, but what I thought about was her intro. She was like ”haha a normal stereotype is that we don’t have shoes or cars 🤪” like ?? Listen a lot of small cities in my country, we can joke that they live like medieval people, but we know that’s not the case. But in this case they act like people genuinely believe this? Like taking it too seriously like ”we’re not that far behind guys 😃 Come on 😀” I mean, I am sure people don’t legit take it seriously, but they act like they do

The crowd doesn’t even laugh at the host’s jokes? Like every time a host cracks a corny joke in ESC, you can hear a distant laughter. But here, when the hosts joke they cheer?? Imagine telling a joke and people go ”WOO!! 🤩👏🏼”

Indiana’s song was fine

Why are the hosts basically acting like every song is a #1 hit. Like ”I loved it what did you think?”, ”I loved it yeah it’s a jam”.

I was like ”Is Puerto Rico part of USA-” but apparently it is. Learned something new

Yeah this is pog it sounds like something they would sing on Soy Luna (I was gonna say Violetta too, but Violetta never had this kind of music, this is specifically something they would sing on SL)

Michael Bolton… ah, a name I have heard a lot but I have never actually known exactly what he’s done KEKDIDOIDOWI

Ok song from him but I love how awkward he looks. Like ”💨🧍🏼💨”

Iowa’s performance slaps

Cheese propaganda

Yeah Wisconsin’s performance is nice - not a song I would listen to (I don’t think I would listen to any song) but watching the performance? It’s nice

Not sure if he did a 🤌🏻 or a 🫰🏻 or a 🖕🏼

Missisippi’s song is ok but THE RANDOM DUDES WITH THE TAMBOURINES NEXT TO HER HAHAHAHA

AND THE GUITAR SOLO HAHA I like this

Love how every song is Snoop’s favorite song

HAHAHA COWBOY RAPPER WYOMING

Oh my god Wyoming is like how Swedes describes their hometowns. To outsiders, our towns are interesting, but when you live in the town you’re like ”eh. I mean sure, it’s fine”. For example, my hometown has an old church with two clock towers and one of the oldest schools in the country (it was first founded in 1246! But obviously has been rebuilt and relocated around town several times) and that’s kind of cool and impressive, and we have a culture here, but when you’re actually living here you’re like ”Yeah I mean it’s ok”

HELL YEAH COWBOY RAP

Them showing the hosts during the song is… a choice

Rhode Island wasn’t my cup of tea but it was fine

Please say they have a middle act. Middle acts are one of the most fun things

Ok they aren’t

Nerkidfidikd Rhode Island won??? Ok?

It just ended

????

They didn’t have time to say the winner before the credits just spedrun

Wh-

Also why are there judges instead of the viewers voting? Everyone who has watched ESC knows that the jury votes very often just fucks up the numbers. It’s the audience votes who gets the REAL fan faves to win

Aight should I liveblog next one too?

#american song contest #asc

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argumate · 2 years

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if you were a music producer in 1950 and you heard a cool rock song that you thought the Teens would twist and groove to you would immediately liberate it from whichever black singer was wailing it and give it to a white guy to croon and simper over and it would sell thousands of records and be acclaimed as a classic of the genre and true aficionados would agree that the black singer was the real hero but nobody would actually pay him and rock and roll would quickly become an emblematically white endeavour despite its origins.

but that didn't happen for rap did it: if you were a music producer in 1990 and you heard a cool rap and you stuck a white guy on it then that pretty much worked one (1) time if his name was Vanilla Ice, otherwise you better hurry back to pop rock, alternative rock, grunge rock, heavy metal rock, and other legally white genres.

why? it's tempting to explain in terms of racial politics (a decline in overt racial segregation leading to an increase in self-imposed segregation, much like what might be happening with the decline in sexism?) but it seems more realistic to look at the nature of the genre: rap at the time was seen as more tightly coupled to the life and persona of the artist and their rough life on the streets whereas rock was just some guy singing about a girl called Suzie that he wanted to take to the school dance or whatever.

(Bryan Adams was only ten years old in the summer of '69 and none of that stuff happened but it believably could have happened in a way that Bryan Adams dealing smack and getting into gunfights with cops really could not).

but perhaps that's begging the question: was the genre shaped by supply or demand? did the market have a specific desire for something that white rappers struggled to convincingly provide?

at any rate it's amusing to compare with other countries and language regions, where both rock and rap are recent foreign imports adopted on the basis of aesthetic and with less (or different) racial baggage.

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Like you, Like you (I)

{ BTS Master List }

Summary: J-Hope has always been the out going and confident one in the group. He’s the one everyone goes to if they want to have a fun time. When you finally get to meet him, the guy you’ve had a crush on since you were 17, and hearing about for so long by your best friend Taehyung, you don’t understand why he’s so distant towards you. Until, Jin tells you his secret.

Pairings: Idol!Hoseok x Reader, Idol!Taehyung x Reader (Platonic)

Genre: friends-to-lovers, smut (pt2), fluff, some angst

Warnings: jealousy, mutual pining, first kiss, confessions, secrets revealed

Rated: T (for pt. 1)

Translations: Ajumma (Older women, less respectful then ajumeoni), Noona (Older female or sibling)

PT.2

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You've been best friends with Taehyung since you could remember. Literally, you had the same birthday and were born in the same hospital. Your parents were best friends, so it was only natural Taehyung, and you became best friends as well.

You both never dated each other, never wanted to actually, but for some reason, people always assume you were dating. It's not a big deal. If anything, it helped you a lot over the years, especially when you were in high school and all the prepubescent boys wanted nothing but to hook up with you.

When he became a worldwide idol, though, you had to make sure you told people you weren't dating. But luckily, you are out of high school now, and the people you surround yourself with would never try to make you uncomfortable.

You only see Taehyung a couple times a year when they're not on tour, but you talk almost every day with each other. And today, you're finally getting the chance to meet the rest of the famous BTS members. But right now, are your on the phone with him, you can’t help yourself but tell him how your truly feeling.

"I'm so nervous, Tae! What if they don't like me?"

Your a big fan, even going as far as to say your definitely ARMY, so you were very nervous about meeting the other guys that take up your entire playlist on your phone. And just like most, basically all, the other ARMYS in the world, you have your own personal bias. Which, Taehyung loves to tease you about.

"Oh, please, Y/n. You've quite literally jumped off a cliff without thinking twice about it. Are you saying you're nervous about meeting the guys or someone specific?"

You can hear Taehyungs playfulness through the phone, but in all honestly, what he’s saying is not far from the truth. Your personal bias is the hope of the world, J-hope himself. From the second the boys debuted, to today, you were star-stuck by the rapper.

You roll your eyes, but then remembered Taehyung couldn’t see you.

“Oh, hush Tae. Your just jealous your not my personal bias.”

“HA!”

It was one jokingly harsh laugh, but when you first told Taehyung about your bias back in the day, he was upset that you didn't make him your bias. In 2014, bias started becoming a thing, to the point it had its own definition just for BTS. Hence, you had to explain what "bias" actually meant. Taehyung was then very much relieved you didn't make him his bias.

It's not that he doesn't think your attractive, but you both are basically siblings at this point. Even though you both kinda act like a couple, you're very much not.

You hear Taehyung yawn from the other side of the phone, and you can tell right away he stayed up late last night. He was probably helping write music or practicing his vocals.

"Do you what to cancel today? You sound tired."

"Absolutely not! I've been talking about you to the boys since we debuted, and I finally get to introduce you to them. Your not getting out of this now, Kit Kat."

You giggle at the nickname Taehyung gave you when you were both ten years old. It comes with an embarrassing story about you one time scarfing down so many Kit Kat's to the point you threw up.

"Whatever you say… squishy."

"Oh my fucking God! Not that nickname again."

Even though you couldn't see him, you knew he was rolling his eyes at you. Unlike your nickname, you only gave Taehyung his nickname a few years ago. You would never personally insult Taehyung, but he has this thing about his stomach.

One day, when he was visiting home, you found him poking at his stomach while watching Tv and called him squishy. He hated it, but anytime he’s making fun of you, you call him this nickname back just to annoy him.

After a moment of silence on the line, you hear Taehyung shuffle around. It sounds like he’s picking up a pair of keys and opening a door.

“Well, I’m on my way now.”

“W-what? I’m not ready!”

“Well, get ready. I’ll be there in fifteen.”

After that, he hung up without another word. As much as you love Taehyung, you hated how uncoordinated he is. For a global idol, he’s not very good with making plans or keeping up a schedule, for that matter.

You throw your phone in your bag and go to get changed into something more presentable. You don’t want to meet the other BTS members - with a BTS shirt on!

You change into a plain black tank-top and cream-colored cardigan. It pairs perfectly with your blue jeans and white sneakers.

After 15-20 minutes have passed, you hear a car door shut outside. Before you can stop yourself, you grab your bag and run out the door.

You see Taehyung with his famous boxy smile and run right into his arms. He wraps his arms around your waist and spins your around. You don’t even realize what car he was in or who else was with him until he puts you down.

You see the big white van behind him and know right away - he's not alone.

"Ugh, Tae… who else is with you?”

Taehyungs boxy smile turns into a mischievous one. Without looking away from you, he pulls the van door open. ALL the BTS members are right there, smiling and looking like they're doing the segment they did years ago with meeting fans in an elevator.

"HELLO!" They all say at once.

Your eyes are vast, and your jaw drops when you see them. You can't believe all the BTS members are right in front of you, to the point you've been run speechless. The most you can do is wave at them while Taehyung giggles next to you from your reaction.

You look at him from the side and glare. You playfully shove his shoulder, and this giggle of his becomes full-on laughter.

"Quit laughing, squishy."

Taehyung wipes his eye from a tear that sprouted from laughing so much.

"I can't help it, Kit Kat. Your reaction was priceless!"

You roll your eyes at him then look back at the boys, who begin to file out of the van one by one.

Namjoon is the first to come up to you, and you can't believe the leader of BTS is standing in front of you.

"Hey Y/n, I've heard so much about you. I feel like I practically know you from how much V talks about you."

Namjoon then playfully bumps Taehyungs shoulder, and he rolls his eyes at him.

“Does he now. Well, I hope my baby Tae hasn’t said anything too bad.”

It came off as a joke, but you were actually secretly hoping it was the truth.

“Oh please, Y/n. We’re literally the same age!” Taehyung references the ‘baby Tae’ nickname.

“No, no, Tae. I’m ten minutes older.”

“Oh my fucking - yeah, sure practically an Ajumma.”

You give him the stink eyes for calling you practically a middle-aged woman. As you and Taehyung were making fun of each other, you didn’t even realize another one of the BTS members walked right up to you.

“Hi I’m J-Hope… your everlasting hope.”

The second you hear him speak, you look at him starstruck. The celebrity crush you’ve had since you were 17 is standing right in front of you. He didn’t say the whole famous introduction he gives like in interviews. However, you were still fangirling majorly on the inside.

“H-hi” is all you can stutter out, to nervous to say anything else.

You think it may be just your mind playing tricks on you, but you swore you saw his eyes look at you up and down like he was checking you out.

Hoseok bites the corner of his lip then glances at Taehyung with an emotion you couldn’t quite recognize. You didn’t get quite enough time to think about it, though, since the rest of the BTS members came up to you to meet you.

That day… was four months ago. It was both the strangest and most exciting day of your life.

It was exciting because you finally got to meet all the members you’ve been dying to meet. You and Taehyung made it a tradition that every Thursday, which was the same day you met them, you came to the dorm and hung out with everyone. You loved being around all the boys, and they even all started calling you noona.

Even though you were younger than 5 out of the 7 of them, they all started being in on the joke of you being an old soul because of how you claimed to be older and wiser than Taehyung.

It was strange because of how one of the members acted around you. The one member you wanted to impress the most. The one member you thought would be rambunctious, and confident around you, barely talked to you.

You practically fell in love with Hoseok because of how funny and bright his personality was in videos. Taehyung would talk about him with you all the time too, and you loved every second of it. Now that you met him, you don’t understand what you were doing wrong.

On that day, the day you meet all the BTS members, he was always next to you and cracking jokes every five minutes.

There was one point you almost spit out your water all over Jungkook. You were in the middle of drinking when Hoseok started doing a random dance, and poor Jungkook was almost drenched.

You laughed up a storm the whole time you were with him, but after that day, it was like you were a complete stranger to him sometimes.

You knew he knew; you existed. Anytime you were in the dorm with the boys, while Taehyung wasn’t there, he would talk to you more openly. You could tell he was acting a little guarded, but he still made you laugh until you were practically crying.

If Taehyung was there, or if he entered are room you were in, Hoseok would either quit talking to you or leave the room. It was so weird. One minute you both would be having the strangest, but honestly the best type, of conversation, and Taehyung would come in, and Hoseok would become silent and stiff.

Like today, you were sitting in the living with Jimin, Jin, and Hoseok, watching them play video games. Hoseok was sitting next to you, and both of you were in your own little world. Talking up a storm about the usual weird things to thought was best to talk about.

“You know, noona, you got some interesting teeth.”

You raise an eyebrow at Hoseok curiously.

"Interesting teeth? Well, now you have to explain. How are my teeth interesting?"

Hoseok's smile breaks free on his face for the simple fact you are actually interested in what he just said.

"Oh - I mean, they're so white and straight. That smile of yours can easily brighten up a room."

You blushed at his compliment and couldn't stop your own smile from breaking free on your face. His eyes look down at your smile, and you watch him bite the corner of his mouth.

It's moments like these with Hoseok that you think, just for a second, maybe he has the same feeling you do for him. But then, as always, when Taehyung walks in, that all disappears.

Taehyung makes himself know when he yawns extra loud to the point, it's almost a scream. You look over at your best friend and smile at him. But you don't miss, in the corner of your eye, Hoseok's smile falls, and he scoots himself a couple inches away from you.

Taehyung looks around until his eyes land on you, and he smiles his famous boxy smile at you.

"Kit Kat, you're here!"

He runs over to you and practically jumps on top of you on the couch. You giggle into his embrace and ruffle his hair.

"Good to see you too, Tae. I was wondering when you would come out of your Hobbit hole you call a room."

You and Taehyung start to have an easy conversation as always, but you don't miss Hoseok getting up from his seat and leaving the room. You watch him go until he turns a corner and is out of eye shot.

Taehyung is now sitting next to you with your legs in his lap. The second you put your legs on his lap, and he places his hand on your calf, Hoseok was getting up to leave.

This was how you and Taehyung usually sat, and it was no wonder so many people thought you were dating back in the day. You both were just so comfortable with each other and didn't care what other thoughts you two were to each other.

After Hoseok leaves the room, you turn back to Taehyung, and he's now watching Jimin and Jin play video games.

You don't want to pry into other people's business, but you feel like Hoseok constantly leaves rooms because of something you're doing wrong. You just want to find out what it is so you can squash the problem.

"Hey, Tae, can I ask you something?"

Without looking away from the Tv, Taehyung hums to indicate he's listening.

"Did I do something wrong to Hoseok?"

Taehyung whips his head to face you again, and you don't miss his one-eye twitch with the question.

"What do you? Did he do something to you? Do I need to talk to him?"

Taehyung was about to get up to do just that, but you stopped him by laughing at how overprotective your best friend was being.

“No, no, nothing like that. It’s just - I realize since I met Hoseok that we’re having a great conversation one second, then the next he leaves the room. It’s always when you come in, and I don’t get why he does that.”

Taehyung tilts his head in confusion. He hasn’t noticed or didn’t pay enough attention enough to notice how Hoseok acts around you. But now that he thinks about it, every time Taehyung enters a room you and Hoseok are in, he leaves every time.

“I’m not sure, but that is weird.”

You nod your head in agreement.

“Because he likes you, duh.”

You turn to the voice and see Jin’s eyes go wide. You honestly forgot the two were even in the room until Jin said something. Jimin looks at Jin with eyes of betrayal.

But there’s no way you misheard him. Hoseok, the famous J-hope himself, likes you? There’s no way you could get this lucky. There’s no way the man you’ve had the most major celebrity crush on since you were 17 likes you.

“W-what did you say?”

Jin glanced at Jimin’s angry face, then Taehyungs confused face, then went back to looking at you.

“HaHa! Nothing. J-hope having a crush on you, Whatttt… OW!”

Jimin smacked Jin’s arms for being so stupid when trying to play off the situation. Jin's ears turn red because he knows he definitely made the situation worse. He's never been good at lying, but he just admitted one of his best friend's secrets.

You continue to look at him, completely shocked. You can't believe what he just said, and you don't know how to feel about it, like it can’t be real.

"Hoseok likes me?"

You repeat to yourself in a whisper, but the room is so quiet everyone hears you. You hear Jimin sigh, so your attention moves to him.

"He does, but please, please don't say anything, noona. I don't think he can handle you breaking his heart, and we would all hate to see him hurt."

You raised an eyebrow at Jimin and looked at him, completely confused. Why would you break his heart? And more importantly, why would he assume that?

"Why would you think I would reject him? I've literally had the biggest crush on him since you guys debuted."

You felt your cheeks heat up from your confession, but you thought it was needed to be said to prove how much you would never, ever break Hoseok's heart.

Jin and Jimin look at each other confused, then back to you.

Then Jin asked, "So you and V aren't a thing?"

"WHAT?!" Both Taehyung and you said at the same time.

Jimin’s and Jim’s eyes widened at the same time.

“Wo - Wo, hold on now.” Everyone looks over to Taehyung. “You all think Y/n and I are a thing? Do you guys really think after all these years, or at least these past few months, I wouldn’t have told you if I had a thing for my best friend?”

Jin rubs the back of his neck awkwardly, and Jimin bites his lip in embarrassment.

“It’s just - you guys are always so cuddly, and we kinda just thought… you know?” Jimin was spacing his words out, but you understand what he was saying.

You didn’t even realize that it would have come off that you and Taehyung had a thing. You’ve been asked if you two dated before, but that was so long ago. Now that you think about you never clarified with the boys that you weren’t.

Even though this news was exciting, it didn’t stop you from realizing the obvious. Hoseok was jealous. He was jealous, and that’s why he always ran out of the room when Taehyung entered with you. He didn’t want to watch Taehyung, and you cuddle up to each other like you always do because he thinks you have a thing for each other.

Even though this information should sadden you, you can’t help how relieved it makes you feel. You’ve been thinking you did, or have been doing, something wrong the entire time. It’s like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders.

But now, you need to find the man that’s been making your heart skip a beat for the past few years. You need to find Hoseok, and tell him you have the same feelings in return.

Without another word, you take your legs off of Taehyung’s lap and run in the direction Hoseok went. The hallway he went down leads to the kitchen, so you check there first. He wasn’t there. You think he could be outside, so you check the back yard next, but unfortunately, he wasn’t.

When you walk back into the dorm, you find Yoongi sitting in the den with a book in hand.

“Hey, Yoon’s! Have you seen Hoseok by any chance?”

He looks up from his book with his usual poker face.

“I think he went to his room. Everything okay, noona?”

You look in the direction his room is up the stairs, then nod at Yoongi.

“Yeah, everything’s perfect, actually. Thanks!”

You run up the stairs and don’t miss the way Yoongi smirks at you. As you disappear down the hallway in which Hoseok’s room is, Yoongi shakes his head and looks back at his book. Unlike the rest of the members, Yoongi didn’t think Taehyung and you were dating.

The wise Suga himself knows when he sees two people pinning after each other.

“Was wondering when you would realize he likes you back,” Yoongi said to himself out loud.

You ran down the hallway and skidded to a stop when you got in front of his door. You stared at the door for a few seconds to catch your breath. You feel like you’ve practically run around the whole dorm in a search for Hoseok.

When you finally catch your breath, you take one more deep breath in, then knock on the door.

Hoseok is currently sitting on his bed, staring out his window and wallowing. He hates how much his heart wants to jump out of his chest every time he sees you. He hates that he has feelings for one of his best friends girl.

When he first got out of the van, the first day you met everyone from BTS, he was dumbstruck by how beautiful you were. Luckily, you were too shocked from seeing all of his fellow members that day you didn’t realize his reaction to you.

His lips parted, and he couldn't believe Taehyung had a friend like you. Your smile was breathtaking, and your laugh when someone made a joke was music to his ears. Hoseok may be a scaredy-cat to most things, but he's never been nervous about meeting someone before.

He was relaxed and collected the whole day until he stepped out of that van to actually meet you. He doesn't think you even realized, but he was initially going to give you the whole 'I'm your hope, you're my hope' introduction, but at the last second changed his words.

They weren't intentional, and he couldn't believe you, someone he just met, made him forget something he said a million times.

His eyes couldn't help themselves, they wandered down your body, and he had to bite his lip from keeping himself from drooling over you. He wanted to talk to you all day, make you laugh, and get to know you.

But he didn’t. Because he also realized something that day - even if it wasn’t true - that Taehyung and your relationship was more than platonic. The nicknames you gave each other and how comfortable you were with each other showed him this.

He wanted to be the one that had cute nicknames with you. He wanted to be the one to make you smile when he entered the room. He wanted to make you laugh and cuddle you on the couch, but sadly, he wasn’t that person.

Taehyung was.

Out of all the things he hated, he hated his jealousy the most. He should be happy that Taehyung has a unique, beautiful girl like you by his side, but he’s not. He is not happy because he wants you to be his girl. He wants you to look at him the same way you look at Taehyung when he enters the room.

Every time he feels his heart crack when Taehyung embraces you or your eyes admire him. His heart hurts so bad, that he leaves the room almost every time. He’s afraid that one day he’ll let his emotions be known. That one day, he’ll catch you both greeting each other with a kiss instead of just a hug. On that day, his heart may just break completely.

He’s only known you for a couple months, but it feels like he’s known you forever. You laugh at all his jokes, and your presence always makes his heart skip a beat. Just being in the room with you, without Taehyung, is like a breath of fresh air.

He only wishes you felt the same.

He feels a tear glide down his cheek, and he’s too exhausted by his feelings to wipe it. He only moves from his spot when he hears a knock at the door.

He turns to look at the door curiously. He’s not sure who could be wanting to see him in his room at that moment, so he calls out and asks…

“Who is it?”

“I-it’s me... Y/n.”

Hoseok’s eyes go wide, and he finally whips his tears that fell when he was thinking about the past and… you.

He looks around his room, that’s always clean, but thinks it’s too messy to have a girl like yourself in it.

“J-just give me one second!”

He curses to himself by how his voices cracks. He quickly makes the bed look neat and then picks up any trash on the ground, which was literally one tissue, then walks to the door. He opens the door and finds you on the other side.

Your cheeks are red, and you look out of breath, but he still thinks you look absolutely stunning even in your exhausted state.

You both blink at each other, and he realizes that he began to admire you instead of inviting you in. He shakes his head and tries to dissipate the awkward silence with a funny welcome.

“Come on in. Welcome to casa el J-Hope.”

You laugh at his cliché Spanish Welcome, then step over the threshold into his room. Before Hoseok closes the room begin you, he looks in the hallway to see if anyone saw you come in. He doesn’t think anything is about to “go down” in his room, but he rather not hear any questions from his friends later.

He shuts the door then turns back around. He knows you’ve never been in his room before since there’s never been a need, but that doesn’t stop him from being weirdly nervous from your reaction to what it looks like.

After you glance around his room a couple times, you turn back to him with a tight-lipped smile.

“Cool room. Very clean, just as I expected from you.”

Hoseok smiles and holds in his girly giggle that really wants to come out.

“Thanks… not that I don’t love having your company, but can I ask why your here exactly?”

Hoseok wasn’t trying to be rude, the complete opposite actually, but you’ve never come looking for him before.

You bit your lip and started to look nervous about the reason why you were there. Hoseok’s eyes instantly go to the movement of your lips, and he swallows even though his throat is dry.

He wants to know so badly what your lips would feel like against his own. Once that thought surfaces in his brain, he looks back to your eyes and prays you didn’t just see him admiring your lips.

You look down at the ground nervously again, then you breathe in a shaking breath. Hoseok eyes go wide when you start to walk towards him. His first instinct is to back up, but he stays in his spot because he’s never been this close to you before.

He can smell your perfume from how close you are, and it’s the most amazing thing he’s ever smelt just for the simple fact that it belongs to you. He tries to keep his composure and not act like you being only a step away from colliding with him doesn’t affect him - but it does.

When your eyes finally look up at him, the air gets stuck in his lungs by how you’re looking at him. He’s always wanted you to look at him like that. It’s similar to how you look at Taehyung, but with something extra. Not just ‘I’m glad to see you,’ but more like… I’ve always wanted to be with you.

He thinks his mind is playing tricks on him. Your eyes aren’t looking at him that way; they can’t be. There’s no way you would ever want to be with…

“Hoseok-“He holds his breath. “-do you like me?”

His brain stops working for a second. He feels his eyes twitch, and his palms get sweaty. It’s like his body just decided to shut down because of your question.

Your not just asking this question for the fun of it. You’re asking this question because you know the answer.

He already feels his heartbreaking by your expected rejection. The confident J-Hope everyone knows and loves is now breaking down on the inside. He can’t say anything. All he can do is stare at you wide-eyed and wait for his body to start working again.

You look at Hoseok, confused as to why he hasn’t answered you. You tilt your head to the side and stare up at him. You then realize your question was maybe a little too - forward.

Your eyes then match his by how wide they go, but you sober up quickly.

You slowly reach your hand out and grab his hand, interlocking your fingers together. He glances down at your hands, and you watch his body relax.

Although you still see the stress he’s feeling in his eyes, he’s at least letting out the air Hoseok didn’t even realize he was holding. After another moment of silence, he shuts his eyes and hangs his head in shame.

“I do.”

If the room wasn’t so pin-drop quiet, you probably wouldn’t have heard him. He doesn’t see it, but your smile stretch’s so vast you think it’s going to crack your skin.

“You do? I mean like - like me, like me?”

The cheery tone you had is what brought him to look back at you. He nods his head, and your smile gets even more expansive than you ever thought possible. Hoseok’s eyebrows furrow together, and he doesn’t understand how you think this confession is a good thing.

Shouldn’t you be mad at him? Shouldn’t you be running to Taehyung, and telling him one of his friends have been crushing on from the very start?

But you do neither. Instead, without warning, you wrap your arms around his neck and pull him into a tight embrace. Hoseok is surprised and steps back to prevent him from falling. After a few seconds, he hesitantly wraps his arms around your waist.

Your face is buried in his shoulder, and you confess against it, “I like you too. I like you, like you too.”

His eyes are wide as saucers, and he pulls away from you to look you in the eyes.

“Say that again.”

You watch the corners of his mouth switch up, and you giggle at how excited he’s feeling just from your confession.

“I like you, Hoseok. I have for a very, very long time. Taehyung and I aren’t together. The only person in this house that I’ll ever what to be with… is you.”

If you were against him again, you would feel his heart beating rapidly inside his chest. He stares at you in awe, and he feels like he’s in a dream.

He puts his hands on your face and cradles your face in his hands, and starts to talk to himself out loud.

“She likes me back. Y/n fucking likes me back.”

You laugh historically at how he’s talking about you to himself while you are right in front of him. You nod your head, and his smile brightens even more by you confirming, once again, that you like him.

He can’t help himself. He pulls you in for a passionate kiss. Just as he expected, your lips are soft and feel so good against his.

It’s the most amazing feeling, for the both of you, that you both can finally know what it’s like to kiss each other. To finally understand what it’s like to kiss the person you’ve been pining after for so long.

To finally kiss the person… you both like, like.

PT.2

#bts #j hope #jung Hoseok #j hope x reader #jung Hoseok x reader #j hope x fem!reader #jung hoseok x fem!reader #mutual pining #jealousy #j hope jealous #jung Hoseok jealous #Taehyung / reader friendship #v / reader friendship #confused about relationship #bts mini series #like you like you

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lubdubsworld · 3 years

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City Lights . ( Namjoon x OC)

Pairing : OC x Kim Namjoon.

Genre : Angst. Romance.

Rating 18 +

Word Count : 2900

Warnings : Mature Themes , Explicit Sexual Content . Slow burn. Like slower than a snail.

Summary :

Widowed and destitute, Son Yang Mi leaves the comfort of her small , secluded fishing village and travels to the intimidating city of Seoul with her young son. She has a plan, one that involves finding a job, getting her son into a good school and building a life for herself.

Now, three years later she has a job , working as a live in house keeper for the Kim family, specifically for the son, Kim Namjoon, a famous rapper and producer.

Its a job that puts a roof over her head and she’ll do anything to keep it.

But fate has other plans.

Chapter 1 ~

Akogare (ah-koh-ga-reh)Often translated directly as a sort of frustrated “yearning”, “desire”, or “longing” .

Seoul in summer was a sight to behold. I blinked back against the bright sunlight, staring out into the stunning skyline of the city as the sun rose over it , and although it was just a little past seven in the morning, the air was warm and invigorating. The mid July sun shone down with no mercy, and there was no trace of the rain that had lashed city just the previous night.

It had been three whole years but the relief that came from breathing fresh air, untainted by the damp musk of fishing trowels and sweaty men, was still unrivalled.

I shook off the feather duster in my hand, moving to carefully clean the wicker woven chairs on the artificial lawn in the balcony. Dusting the entire condo down was a mind numbing exercise in patience, so i tried to get it out of the way, early in the morning when my son was still asleep.

At six years old, Junsu was a bright , happy child. Summer vacation meant days sleeping in and evenings spent frolicking with the other kids in the building and he was content with being alone in our small shared room, reading or playing with his toys while I went about the day’s work.

I glanced at the clock, grimacing.

It was almost eight . And although Mr. Kim wasn’t due back home for another twelve hours, I felt a little jittery and nervous.

Kim Namjoon , renowned rapper, producer, writer , poet and what not. The apartment was his but he was usually on tour, traveling all over the world to promote his book and to perform in sold out stadiums. For an A list celebrity, he was surprisingly humble.

For the past three years, him and his model fiancée Lee Mina had spent a total of maybe seven months in the condo. They were a sweet couple, or so I’d always thought , a bit formal with each other but clearly in love . Mr. Kim was a kind, soft spoken young man and I’d never heard him raise his voice unless he was in the company of his very dear friends.

Just a little over a week ago , both of them had left Korea for the States , the tabloids screaming about a luxurious destination wedding in the Caribbean and I had been asked to take a few weeks off . The newly weds wouldn’t be back for quite a while and they would let me know when I had to come back to the condo.

I’d been toying with the idea of visiting my in laws in Gwangyog, maybe even dropping by to see some old friends there but yesterday , Mr. Kim’s mother had given me a call letting me know her son was coming home.

[

The conversation went something like this :

Yang Mi, I hope you haven’t left yet?

No, Ma'am, I haven’t.

Joon-ah is going to be back tomorrow.

Oh, is Ms Lee arriving as well?

No, Just him He’s going to be alone.

Yes, Ma'am.

Please don’t mention anything about Mina or the wedding.

No ma'am of course not.

I’ll drop by later . Cook him something warm and filling. And make sure the house is cleaned well.

Yes, Ma’ am.

]

And that was that.

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It took the better part of the day to finish cleaning and setting up the house . I washed the window slats, changed the sheets, arranged the books that had been left scattered all over his bedroom. The walk-in closet was littered with a bunch of his clothes and I made sure his gym bag was stocked with fresh towels, spare clothes and his favorite head and wrist bands.

For someone so careful and calculated, he was really quite a messy man.

i did his laundry, making sure he had ample clothes at least for another two weeks, creasing the handkerchiefs and carefully removing lint from his jackets.

I also carefully sorted out the feminine clothing from the laundry and from the cupboard, folding them neatly and placing them in the lowest shelf of the closet, where he wouldn’t find them. It wasn’t hard, hiding traces of his fiancee from the condo, because it had never really been her home. other than a few spare pieces of underwear and a couple of t shirts and skirts, there weren’t many articles of clothing belonging to Ms. Lee.

But I still got rid of the bobby pins and hair ties, the spare lip gloss and mascara.

Junsu spent the entire day in our room, reading and drawing, only venturing out every few hours to grab a snack. I left him with his drawing tab ( a gift from Mr. Kim for his 5th birthday ) and his favorite book, asking the security guard at the end of the hallway to keep an eye on the door, while i went out to buy groceries.

Lots of meat, no sea food, healthy snacks and high protein fiber bars. I stocked up on sauces and bought a fresh batch of eggs, oranges and grapes . Mrs. Kim had sent a large amount of kimchi a few weeks ago and that was still in the pantry.

i stopped for a second, staring around at the almost deserted store. Most of the other housekeepers shopped at the bigger, more exclusive store on the other side of the residential complex. But Mr. Kim had a very selective palette, which meant that I had to be very particular about the brands i bought.

When i came back home at around six, Junsu was on the floor in the living space and i felt my heart jump in panic.

“Baby!! I’ve told you not to come out here when I’m not home!” I protested bleakly and he pouted.

“I need to show you my gift for Mr. Kim!!” He said softly. I smiled moving to put away the groceries and glancing at the clock. It was a little past six. I had to call Yungyu.

“Did you draw him something ? “ I asked curiously, checking to see if the beer shelf was stocked. probably should have done that before going out for the groceries, I thought regretfully.

“Yeah! Look!!” Junsu held his tab out and my heart dropped.

For a six year old, Junsu drew very well. And there was really no mistaking the very obvious wedding scene on the screen.

Oh, Good God.

“ That looks amazing honey.” I said gently. “ But, I heard that Ms Lee isn’t coming over this time..”

Junsu frowned.

“Why?”

“Well, I’m not sure. But remember how we spoke about saying the right things? When something upsets someone, we do not bring it up.” I reminded him gently. My son hesitated but nodded.

“Okay. I’m sorry. “ He said softly.

“No baby, its not your fault. It’s just that we want Mr. Kim to be happy right? We don’t wanna upset him...”

He smiled at that.

“When he’s happy, his dimples come out.” He said with a giggle. I laughed.

“yes they do... So let’s try and get those dimples out as often as we can alright? Why don’t you show him that picture you drew of yeontan the other day? He’ll really like that....”

“Okay...but i need to go color it!” Junsu yelled, already running back into our room. I watched him go before reaching for the phone and dialing, Yungyu, the chauffeur.

“Are you on the way here? ” i said briskly.

“Just starting from home...” Yungyu muttered, “ I’m supposed to be on vacation now! Why is he coming back so soon?”

“Just hurry up !! We can’t keep him waiting!!” I said sharply, before hanging up.

I made a quick check of all the rooms, filling up water bottles for his gym routine in the morning and stashing them in the fridge before moving to get dinner started.

i set the water on boil for the stew, before moving to peel cucumbers for the salad. I chopped the cucumber , along with some fresh cherry tomatoes . I watched the water boil, thinly slicing an onion and adding it to the bowl as well. The dressing was pretty simple, soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey and sesame oil . I sprinkled some sesame seeds on the bowl, used the salad tongs to give the whole thing a nice toss and set it aside.

I braised the chicken first , peeling and chopping potatoes and carrots to add to the stew . In a few minutes, the rich smell of lightly spiced chicken and garlic and perilla leaves began filling the kitchen and I turned on the rice cooker as well.

The door bell rang at six forty and i opened the door to reveal Yungyu.

I grabbed the keys to the Palisade, handing them over to him.

“Did you hear?” He whispered urgently.

I frowned.

“What?”

“They say Mr. Kim called off the wedding!” He whispered, wide eyed.

I glared at him.

“Who told you that?” i demanded...

“Seojoon from the gate said-”

“Why don’t you ask Seojoon from the gate to mind his own damn business?” I snapped.

Yungyu looked suitably chastised. i felt a little bad. Yungyu was still young and curiosity was hardly a sin.

“His flight lands at eight exactly. Hurry okay?” I said with a smile, ruffling his hair.

He brightened, peering over my shoulder into the house.

“Where’s the little one?” He asked curiously.

“ Painting something for Mr. Kim... Go ahead, hurry up.” I shooed him away, locking the door behind him. I fixed a plate of food for Junsu and sent him to eat, before moving to check on the stew. +

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By the time eight thirty rolled around I had the table set and ready. I washed my face quickly in the small bath attached to our room , making sure I was dressed well. Junsu wasn’t allowed in the main house unless Mr. Kim specifically asked for him and my son usually stayed in.

Junsu and I stayed in a bedroom , not large by any means but big enough for a queen sized bed, a table and chair for Junsu and small dresser where I kept a comb and a tube of night cream. I stared at my face, licking my lips as I smoothed my hair out.

I glanced at the bed.

Junsu was asleep , having dozed off while coloring his picture and I carefully extracted the tab from under his fingers, moving him around to lay on the soft pillows. I tucked him in gently, brushing the hair off his face.

“In peace , I will lie down to sleep, for You alone will let me rest in safety.” I whispered gently against his forehead, kissing the soft skin. I felt my lips wobble , a debilitating wave of affection flooding me as the sweet scent of my baby, filled my senses.

I would die for you, I thought fiercely, kissing him again.

The sound of the front door opening made me jump.

Swearing, i smoothed the fabric of my skirt, running to the kitchen.

“Thank you for picking me up Yungyu, I’m sorry you had to cut short on your vacation.” Mr. Kim’s deep voice filled the hallway and I quickly grabbed a glass, filling it with water and placing it on the dinner tray.

“Not a problem, Sir. “ Yungyu’s cheerful voice responded.

“How are you going home?” Mr. Kim asked.

“I’ll take the bus.”

A pause and then,

“Here’s some cash. Get a cab.”

I could hear the relief in Yungyu’s voice as he let out a , “ Thank you sir.”

I fixed his plate carefully, the bowl of rice, the bowl of chicken stew, and the salad neatly arranged next to the napkin and the chopsticks. I heard him move across the condo, the sound of his suitcases as he wrestled them towards his bedroom and I frowned. Yungyu should’ve have brought those in for him.

I finished reheating all of the food and carefully carried the dinner tray to the bedroom.

Mr. Kim’s bedroom was right at the end of the hallway and the door was open. The full length mirror on the opposite wall showed him sitting on the small couch in his room, legs spread and elbows resting on his knees as he ran his fingers through his hair.

I raised my hand, ready to knock on the wood.

“Fuck!” He shouted, kicking out at the coffee table with enough force to send the furniture skidding half way across the room.

I froze in the hallways stunned.

“You’re such a fucking fool , Namjoon !!” He muttered angrily and I swallowed, turning on my heel and quickly walking back to the kitchen.

Maybe I ought to wait till he asked for dinner.

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He didn’t ask for dinner.

I stayed sitting on the floor of the kitchen, waiting and lightly dozing as I heard him talk to his parents on the phone. I heard him open the liquor cabinet in his room, the sound of ice sloshing against glass, the sound of whiskey being poured carefully and i sighed.

I had to get to bed. It was already a little past eleven.

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Sometime in the night, I woke up sweating....

Wondering what woke me up, I blinked groggily, glancing at Junsu. He was still sound asleep.

Sighing, I climbed out of the bed, carefully making my way to Mr. Kim’s room, peering in carefully.

He was asleep on the sofa.

I stared at the way his long legs stretched over the armrest, his lean hips twisted to accommodate his broad shoulders on the couch and I winced. He was definitely going to regret that in the morning.

I stared at the half empty bottle of whiskey on the table and sighed, moving to take off his shoes carefully. He didn’t stir.

I grabbed a pillow from the bed, carefully lifting his head and slipping it under. I placed a comforter over his shoulders, pulling it down to cover his legs.

Force of habit almost made me brush his hair off his forehead but I stopped myself.

The clock on the wall read three fifty am. God, I was going to feel terrible tomorrow. I carefully tip toed out, shutting the door behind me

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I picked the comforter from the floor, carefully folding it and placing it on the bed, before grabbing the empty bottle of whiskey and glass . i could hear the shower running. The curtains were still drawn in and I tugged on the strings to get them to open. Sunlight spilled in through the floor length windows. The bed wasn’t slept in, so I opened the closet to grab a couple of towels, laying them on the bed for him.

The bathroom door opened and i quickly straightened, wanting to race out of the room but it was too late. Thankfully he was dressed, a pair of loose sweats and a loose t shirt . He was running a towel through his hair and his face brightened at the sight of me.

“Yang Mi! You’re here....” He said cheerfully.

“Good morning sir.” I said softly, offering him a small smile.

He smiled brightly, hair damp and dimples deep. The white t shirt he had on was almost fully soaked through and he shook his head, sending stray water droplets all over the place, a few landing on my cheeks.

“I didn’t see you last night...” He said casually, moving to drop the wet towel in the hamper, grabbing one of the fresh ones I’d laid on the bed.

“I thought you would like your privacy sir, you looked exhausted.”

He smiled.

“ Thank you for the blanket and the pillow by the way. And the shoes.”

I bowed quickly.

“I’ll get your breakfast done, sir.” I bowed again before quickly getting out.

I moved to the kitchen grabbing the oranges I’d got the previous day . Mr. Kim wasn’t fond of traditional korean dishes in the morning. He preferred freshly squeezed juice and toast, sometimes with an omelet perhaps.

I fixed his breakfast quickly, setting it all in the tray . He was still moving around in the bedroom and I heard him drag his worktable to the windows, which meant he was going to stay in the bedroom.

Pouring his coffee into a cup, I carefully picked up the breakfast tray , moving to his room slowly.

I used my foot to knock on the door.

After a pause of a few seconds,

“Come in Yang Mi!”

I carefully moved to the small table in front of the couch, placing the tray right in front of him. The scent of his body wash, green apple and strawberries, hit me hard.

“Where’s Junsu?” He asked casually.

“Still asleep sir. It’s Summer so school’s out.” I smiled, grabbing his phone from the table to make space for his tray.

The phone buzzed just as I was about to place it back down and I blinked.

Mina calling.......

I swallowed, not sure what to do, placing the phone down quickly.

“Uh..you have ...” I waved vaguely at the device before bowing again and moving back.

“close the door on your way out, Yang Mi...” He said gently and I quickly obeyed.

I moved to the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee for myself. I stayed leaning over the counter and even through the locked door, I could hear him .

“Just don’t call me Mina...i don’t want to talk about this!!!”

I swallowed, glancing out of the window again. It was a bright, clear morning.

A second later, the door to his bedroom slammed open and he stormed out. I watched him from my spot in the kitchen, his fists clenched as he rushed out to the front door.

The door shut behind him and I exhaled.

Once I as done with my coffee, I moved to his room to clear the breakfast tray. His phone was still on the table.

It began ringing again just as I left the room.

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"Mrs. Kim.” i said respectfully, bowing . She gave me a short smile.

“Where’s Namjoon? I’ve been calling him for the past hour.” She pushed past me into the house and I bit my lips.

“He went out about an hour ago. He left his phone behind.” I explained.

She stopped, sighing.

“Fine, I’ll wait for him. “ She moved to sit on the couch, glancing around the room.

“Should I get you something ma'am?” I asked softly and she smiled.

“Get me a glass of lemonade, Yangmi.” She said brusquely and i nodded, running to the kitchen.

“Did Mina come over?” She called out as I got the lemons out of the cooler.

“No ma'am.” i replied.

“Did she call?”

I remembered the phone ringing, how upset it had made Namjoon, how he had stormed out.

“I don’t know ma'am!” I said softly.

She nodded.

“Okay. You can leave.” She said quietly. i bowed and went back into the kitchen.

I peered out of the window as I fixed her a glass , and my eyes fell on a familiar figure, coming back in through the front gate. Even from this distance there was no mistaking the long legs and messy blonde hair.

I bit my lips, mind racing.

Mrs Kim and her son had a volatile relationship, to say the least.

And something told me that Mr. Kim was probably not in the right frame of mind to argue with his mother, now. The man was upset but apparently, neither his mother nor his ex fiancée understood that. instead of giving him space they were hounding him.

I hesitated for a second before making a quick decision.

I grabbed the tray with her lemonade and moved to her quickly.

“Thank you.” She said sharply. “ Turn on the Air Conditioner for me, will you?”

I fumbled with the remote, grabbing his phone from the table , turning it on before moving to the front door and rushing out.

I almost ran into him as he came out of the elevator , and i jerked back stumbling a bit to stop myself from crashing into his chest. He let out a , ‘ Whoa, “ his hands reaching out to grip my elbows.

“Careful. What’s wrong?” He asked gently and I swallowed.

“Your mother’s here.” I said quickly, “ Sir.”

“Oh, fuck.” He groaned. I swallowed.

“You can leave.” I blurted out. “It’s Tuesday. She has her charity work meeting at ten. Its almost nine. She won’t stay long....”

His eyes met mine, lips parting in surprise.

“I really can’t meet her now.” He said apologetically.

I nodded.

“Of course, I understand , sir. Just be back in an hour , she’ll be go-”

The elevator buzzed , the doors nearly closing over my shoulders and I flinched. He swore and stuck his arm out to keep it open.

I stared at him before holding his phone out.

“Here you go sir. “

He chuckled taking it from me and shaking his head.

“i feel like a kid, sneaking away from my mom.” His eyes reached mine, twinkling, “ Who would’ve thought the quiet, timid Yang Mi would be my partner in crime. “

I didn’t reply, just smiled.

And then he hesitated. “ Is Junsu awake?”

I blinked.

“Uh...yes sir,...he’s playing in the park downstairs with the other kids.”

“Great... Would you mind if i take him out for ice cream?”

I stared at him.

“Oh..uh...of course not. Sure.. I mean.. he’ll love that... Sir. Thank you.. You don’t have to -”

“Consider it thank you for helping me with my mother.” He smiled again and i found myself staring at his dimples again. i swallowed.

“in that case, he loves butter scotch.” I smiled.

The dimples appeared and i bit my lips.

“Thank you Yang Mi.” He said slowly.

“Yes, Sir.”

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Author’s Note : Finally a hyungline fic !!! ugh... I’ve been wanting to write a Namjoon fic for ages and I really hope you guys will like this one :’( Feedback is much appreciated.

#namjoon smut #namjoon au #namjoon hot #namjoon fics #namjoon x reader #namjoon fic #bts smut #bts fanfics #bts au #bts fics #houseofddaeng

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vivid-wisp · 3 years

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Friday Night Funkin but I compelled a list of every lore/canon thing confirmed about FNF, specifically story elements said by the devs themselves

DISCLAIMER: YOU CAN TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT IF YOU WANT. Despite the devs confirming things, remember they can obviously change their mind. This list includes minor/semi-important bits, so lore you probably don’t know. “Major” lore most people know won’t be on this. Long post. This includes most if not all canon details the devs have stated on their social medias like Twitter, Twitch, Reddit, etc. These are not personal ideas or headcanons. REBLOGS GREATLY APPREICATED.

Boyfriend

- Hair is naturally cyan, not dyed. He is 19 years old. Boyfriend is a college dropout. He likes just speaking in "beeps and boops" sounds, it's not a language. He has ADHD. He's afraid of lightning.

- Both his parents work in accounting, they also own a dog BF has but can't take care of himself. Not known what dog breed it is.

- He and Hatsune Miku are siblings, and because of this BF is most likely asian specifically Japanese. Miku will be aged up to be the older sibling if she ever gets into the actual game.

- He loves pepperoni pizza from Dominos. Loves donuts the most out all FNF characters.

- Him and Pico are exes. This makes BF apart of the LGBTQ+ community.

- BF is very dumb just like GF. This also means he’s very confident, essentially fearless.

- Boyfriend sucks at FromSoftware games. However he's a really good scout player in Team Fortress 2. He's also likely to say "pog."

- Boyfriend is very good at finger board tricks, it’s one of the reasons he won Girlfriend’s heart.

Girlfriend

- She is 19 years old and afraid of lightning. She’s a demon and is a lot more chilled back than BF, she’s very fearless. She’s taller than BF by a good bit.

- Her favorite soda is Cherry Dr. Pepper and Cheerwine. Her favorite pizza topping is olive.

- GF likes to play video games, her favorite being Tetris.

- GF is extremely dumb just like BF and puts a lot of faith into BF to handle things. She does have emotions, she’s just very chill, aloof, or too dumb to realize. Or all of the above.

- The rest of GF's family aren't famous rapper/singers, just Dad and Mom.

- BF is the “top” but GF lets him be. (Phantom Arcade said this directly)

Daddy Dearest

- Because DD is retired, he gets his income from DMCAing people on Youtube for using his songs and music.

- At some point DD pretends to “accept” BF, which really makes it harder for BF and does more crazy tricks on him. It’s a case of “keeping your friends close and your enemies closer.”

- GF’s dad may have known BF’s dad before.

Skid and Pump

- They get afraid sometimes but not at the right things, like monsters they aren’t afraid but are of natural things like heights. Somewhat similar to BF and GF.

- Skid and Pump were tricked by the Monster to get GF as a “treat” which is why they rap battle BF. When they fail the Monster comes out in the scrapped song for Week 2.

Pico

- He is 20 years old. Pico's School is canon to the Friday Night Funkin' universe. He's depicted having a tooth gap as a kid.

- Pico is a mercenary who was hired by Daddy Dearest to kill BF, he was only given a location and not a picture or name. Turns out BF is actually someone Pico used to know, implied by Phantom as not seeing BF for a long time, possibly years.

- Pico has schizophrenia, likely caused by trauma from Pico’s School, it’s likely the reason he always carries his gun with him as he’s very paranoid of people. He may have more than just schizophrenia.

- Him and BF are exes. He's been described by Tankman/Captain as "sexually ambiguous friend."

- Likes to drink McDonald's Sprite. And just like BF, he's likely to say "pog."

Mommy Mearest/Mommy Must Murder

- Unlike the Dad who is a ex-rockstar, MM is still working her job as a popstar.

- Likes to drink White Claw.

- The Henchmen that appear in the back are actually 5 days old, because they were grown/bottles in jars. They are clones.

Monster/Lemon Monster

- Hijacked Week 5 at the mall after the battle duet with the Dad and Mom, everyone at the mall scattering after Monster’s appearance.

- Tricked the Spooky Kids to get the GF as a “treat” so that it can eat GF and BF.

- The head of Monster is not actually a lemon, it’s just how it’s head is shaped.

- Is able to twist perception, presumably why after the hijack by Monster everything looked gorey and twisted.

Senpai/Spirit

- Senpai is just an AI in the game while Spirit is a completely separate entity from Senpai, who is self aware and is related to the real world.

- Senpai is used to being loved and admired, so when he’s not loved and doesn’t get his way he becomes a jerk. Senpai is a pathetic sore loser, that’s why he got angry after he lost to BF.

- GF used to play the Hating Simulator game all the time when she was younger like 8 years old and liked Senpai, but after being sucked into the game with BF and seeing how Senpai acted she doesn’t like Senpai and dislikes him.

- Spirit was trapped inside the character Senpai, Senpai is not being controlled by the Spirit. Senpai still acts as himself.

- The Spirit was trapped inside the game by the Dad, meaning there’s history of the GF’s dad having past relationships with other people.

- Senpai was originally a teacher and designed as one, but was later changed.

Ritz

- Ritz and BF are canonically brothers, in the sense of a "Stuart Little" situation. So adopted in a way.

- Ritz skateboards to travel sometimes.

Tankman/Captain

- The war area that Tankman and his men are on is a military base that BF and GF trespassed on, unlike the apocalyptic setting in the original Tankmen series.

- The Captain doesn’t actually know Pico, BF, or GF which make the assumptions he says “don’t you have a school to shoot up” and “no prom for you this year” false. He just says them because he’s an jerk.

Miscellaneous

- Every "week" takes place on a Friday.

- Week 2 happens after Week 4. And Week 6 happens after Week 5 or Week 2. This may be changed in the future.

- The characters' birthdays are on November 1st since that's when the game came out, not specified if it's just 1 or multiple characters' birthdays.

- Everyone's favorite fast food is Arby's. (Ninjamuffin however says he's only saying this since he wants to be promoted by them on Twitter)

- Yes Boyfriend and Girlfriend are their canon names, not Keith.

- Week 5 happens because BF takes GF on a date to visit Santa for Christmas, but the parents show up to ruin everything. Mall Santa is dead if you “game over” in Week 5.

- Week 7 happens because GF’s parents sent BF and GF on a “vacation” which was to crash a plane to kill BF, knowing GF would be fine. They land/crash near military zone which GF’s parents didn’t know or intended. Pico shows up because he was sent to “fetch the corpse” of BF, he didn’t kill BF obviously and is now in deep shit from GF’s parents after messing up his job twice.

#friday night funkin #fnf #fnf boyfriend #fnf pico #fnf girlfriend #fnf skid and pump #fnf monster #tankman #fnf senpai #daddy dearest #mommy mearest #i went through a lot of digging for this mostly as a note for myself but youre totally free to use this too since these Are in fact canon :#i fact checked everything guys this took so long everything here is literally canon #this post has been sitting in my drafts for MONTHS #long post

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