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#CRPS survivor. Love music - this acct is for my #ARMY life; OT7, Yoongi/Jimin bias. Jiyoon. 🐱🐥 Safe fandom space. LGTBQ+ ally. Gen Jones. #dopeoldperson
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Spreadsheet update!
I originally started this thing to see how much Jimin was represented in some way, shape or form on Suchwita, because I thought it was a LOT but wasn't sure. Then my OT7 heart just HAD to sit up and say, "Go see how much they're ALL represented, geek." (1/?)
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I'm a new-ish ARMY but an old person who has been in a few fandoms over the last 45 years, and the last couple of days have been eye-opening and, really, kind of boggling.
Can I explain? Well, I can try, but the English language doesn't always have words that convey real (1/?)
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Petition to
@bts_bighit
:
Please can we have a deleted scenes/bloopers episode of just the members' eps of Suchwita? Each one was apparently over 2 hours of recording time, surely there MUST be some - uhhh...interesting footage in there for us.
Please? Pretty please? 🙏
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Yo, ARMY. Apparently the fandom is "mostly young people" according to - well...someone who has no clue.
It's poll time, and please RT so more people might like to take part.
What age bracket do you fall into?
20 or under
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36 - 50
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As a relatively new ARMY (about 18 mos now), I gotta say...it's been pretty difficult around here the last - oh...3 mos? 4 mos? Certainly not what I expected when I started looking into the fandom more in depth in the fall of 2022. From the outside, ARMY looks like no other (1/?)
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sense. Because they saved so many ARMY, so ARMY seems to have saved them, too.
I just haven't found anything like that before ever.
BTS, you are incredible. ARMY, you are incredible.
Thank you for everything you've already done for me. I hope to give it back to you both. 💜
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This is Kim Namjoon. He's the leader of the world-famous group
@BTS_twt
, and is one of the kindest, gentlest, smartest, well-spoken, learned, most musically talented, and beautiful men on the planet. I'm so proud to be a fan of his, and always will be.
Love you always, Namjoon.
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I'm posting this mostly so I remember how I'm feeling right now.
Went to an event tonight called You Never Walk Alone: A Night of BTS Music, Friends and Fanship. It was hosted by three Canadian media personalities, & it was a discussion between them about how becoming ARMY (1/?)
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Indigo g/a! 'Cause that's what you wanted! 😀
Indigo - Book edition, complete.
PC, poster, CD, book, postcards, etc.
WW, ends Nov 11, 8pm EST
Like/RT (mandatory).
Reply with fave Namjoon pic/vid (mandatory).
Follow me if you want (Yoongi/Jimin biased here, fyi, not mandatory).
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I have thoughts on RPWP, which should surprise no one who's followed me for awhile. Some of you may not agree or even like what I have to say, and that's fine. I'm not here for a popularity contest. 😀
But I want to get these out of my head. Aren't YOU lucky. 😉😂 (1/?)
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first day post-ms, he put himself out there in a way I can't think another famous person would do - except the other 6 we're still waiting for.
And THAT's what's blowing my mind today, and making me mushy and gooey inside. (Well, that and flying kisses.) The way these men (16/?)
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My first BTS ga! I'm new to BTS so I have no extras to send with these, but I'll try to collect more things to give soon.
1 sealed pack of the PCs that come with the Beyond The Story book. JUST the PCs, not the book. Pic of opened cards is of my personal cards. Read on. 1/2
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stood in front of 4000 people in real life, and over a million online, and sang for the first time in 18 months, despite his nerves & shyness. He did challenges and danced and ate, because HE MISSED HIS FANS.
This incredibly famous man missed his fans SO much that on his (15/?)
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are so completely devoted to each other is breathtaking. Seriously. I've never seen the like before. It's astonishing.
And the way these men are so completely devoted to their fans is mind-boggling. Absolutely mind-boggling. It defies logic - but it also makes complete (17/?)
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Time for some honesty. It's not easy being a new BTS fan. I mean, sure, it's easy to love them and listen to their music, watch their content, etc.
But fitting into the fandom? Not easy at all. We're always told what to do to show we're "real" fans. It's always insinuated that +
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I'm beyond exhausted but I have some BTS thoughts (what a surprise) that no one is obligated to read. I just wanna get them out of my head. Might delete later.
This is all coming from Tae saying he thought missing ARMY was one-sided, and asking if we miss him/them. (1/?)
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I didn't even know was broken. They were the boyband I wish had been the one I'd fallen for in the 1970s - kind beyond the telling of it, genuinely hilarious, not concerned with public opinion, making authentic music filled with integrity & support for those who were (6/?)
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I'm 60 years old & have identified as a fan since I was 12 - music was & will always be my first love, but I've been involved in fandoms since then, of music & TV & books. And I've been studying fandom since I was a teenager.
So I want to talk a little about BTS and ARMY (1/?)
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paying attention. The kind of positive influence on people who really really needed that influence. I've never seen a fandom say so often how their idols actually saved their lives. Most fandoms have at least a few who are willing to say that, but SO. MANY. ARMY. say this. (7/?)
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Secret message to the ARMY who are shy, introverted, & unsure about fitting in, who hide way back there in the shadows watching, but feeling like their thoughts aren't somehow "good" enough to share.
I see you. I feel your hearts & your BTS love.
I will always listen to you. 💜
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keep supporting. I need you to go through all this crud to make ABSOLUTELY. SURE. you want to keep doing this."
And I got to be part of a group of people that stood up and said, "HELL YES I'M STILL GONNA SUPPORT THESE GUYS. Because they deserve it. Because they were here (11/?)
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We aren't perfect, but we *are* ARMY.
And that's good enough for all of us.
💜💜💜
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gonna be together? Bad timing on my part.
Still, I jumped in soon after he left and fell down that glorious rabbit hole with great glee and a heart turning purple.
Watching all the content over the last year and a half helped me heal my 12-year-old fangirl heart, a heart (5/?)
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when I needed them to be, for me, so I'm gonna be there for them when they need me to be, for them."
And suddenly we made it to June 12th & Jin, the only member who I'd never seen live, was walking out of those gates in person, and there were five of the others who I felt (12/?)
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ago.
And then I was sad yesterday for having missed so many years with them, & ARMY came to my aid & helped me feel so much better.
And then...today (this morning for me). And this man who was JUST DISCHARGED from his service, who *could* have taken a day or two to rest (14/?)
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I'd gotten to know much better. And they were SO HAPPY to see him. And then he went live, where he was so sweet and clearly so happy to be doing so. And then there was that group photo that had me gasping for air when I saw it, because the last one felt like it was so long (13/?)
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It's overwhelming, and it speaks so strongly to the people that BTS are.
So after having gone through the last 18 months without Jin, but watching the others and getting to know them all, and then watching as they too left, it kind of felt like pieces of me, too, were (8/?)
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well...you guys know. You guys know.
And then all the recent crap started happening (talk about challenges!) and it kind of felt like the universe was saying to ARMY, "Okay, I need you to be REALLY. SURE. that these 7 men - who aren't even here - are the ones you want to (10/?)
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leaving. It sounds silly because these are not people I know or who know of my existence, and I'll own that silliness, because it's how I felt. One by one each guy, who had left his own indelible imprint on my heart, took that piece with him, and for the last 6 months... (9/)
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#Jimin
Face g/a!
Invisible Face ver, open/complete:
CD
Book
Large Postcard
Postcard
4 pcs
WW, ends Oct 1, 8 pm EST
- like/rt (mandatory)
- reply with your fave recent-ish Jimin photo/vid/gif (mandatory)
-follow me if you want (not mandatory - I'm OT7 w/Jimin&Yoongi bias, fyi)
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I'm sad so I'ma do a give away; won't be mailed till Jan 2024, tho.
D-Day, ver 1, complete: both pcs, postcard, stickers, lyrics, poster, scanimation, book, CD, case.
* Ends Dec 22, 8pm EST
* Like/RT (must)
* Reply w/ fave Yoongi performance vid/pic (must)
* Follow if you want!
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By the time I started to pay real attention to BTS, Jin was due to enlist about a week/10 days later. I remember watching the news that day & feeling a bit sad 'cause I'd just gotten interested, darn it! How dare one leave already. The audacity.
Except I had known they (3/?)
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and the dance moves and each member's parts of the songs.
In other words, for the first time in my year & a half as a fan, I think after what I realized tonight, I think I am finally comfortable in saying...
I am ARMY. And that makes me happier than I can put into words.
💜💜
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This is what muggles and non-music fans will never understand. Part of it is the music that has never let us down, the musicians that have always *been there* for us. And part of it is the friends that are made along the way, and the ways those friendships change our lives. 💜❤️
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You know what celebrities owe you?
Basic common courtesy; we all owe each other that as human beings. That's it. That's the line right there.
Your choice to be a fan of anyone's does not entitle you to anything more than that, period.
If you think otherwise, you are incorrect.
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emotions very well.
But I'll try. Because if you've been around here for awhile, you know how much I like to hear myself talk - read my own words? 🤔 Yeah, both, I know.
Hush, I'm enjoying my own words again.
*cough*
Anyway. The last couple of days. Right. That. (2/?)
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"Jack In The Box - Hope Edition" g/a! 🎉
Open, incomplete - missing rc.
Includes:
Box (damaged 😢)
CD
1 pc
Book
2 sets of stickers
Toy (sealed)
Poster
Lyric book
WW, ends 10/7, 8pm EST
- rt/like (mandatory)
- reply w/ fave Hobi pic/gif/vid (mandatory)
- follow me if you want
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Surprise g/a!
WW, ends Sept 24, 8pm EST.
D-Day Ver 1, open/incomplete - missing random PC & Scanimation card
Includes CD, 1 PC, postcard, poster, sticker set, lyric book, book, box
- Like/RT (required)
- Reply w/fave Yoongi pic (required)
- Follow if you want (not required)
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Ooookay, let's DO. THIS. 💪
Layover (green) giveaway! 🎉
Complete set, all pieces including all pcs.
*WW, customs not included
*End Jan 26, 8pm EST
*Like/RT (must)
*Reply with your fave *RECENT* pic of Tae (must)
*Follow if you want (not mandatory, am Yoongi & Jimin biased)
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were supposed to be doing that. I had been paying more attention earlier in the year than I wanted to admit. So I wasn't surprised he was leaving and the rest were supposed to as well.
But I remember I was sad, because how was I supposed to learn more when they ALL weren't (4/?)
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Yoongi g/a to celebrate his b-day & the upcoming movie!
D-Day WV ver complete
QR code, box, book, pc, postcard, lyric poster
* WW, I pay shipping, you pay customs if any
* End Mar 10, 8pm ET
* Like/RT (must)
* Post fave Yoongi GIF (must)
* Follow if you want (Yoongi/Jimin bias)
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Ahhh, it's g/a time again, I'm so happy!
Golden - Substance ✨
All inclusions except poster.
WW - I pay shipping, you cover customs
Ends Feb 25th, 8pm EST
* Like/RT (must)
* Reply w/ *recent* JK pic (must)
* Follow back if you want (not mandatory - Yoongi/Jimin are my biases)
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full of human beings. Wonderfully clever, silly, smart, flawed, imperfect people who just love the men they love w/ their whole entire hearts. People who get angry and sad and happy and jealous and hurt, who say things they sometimes don't mean to in the heat of the moment, (4/?)
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Well. I did a Yoonmin thing for those who want a bit of a break from everything, like me.
Watched all the Suchwita eps to see how many episodes in which Jimin was mentioned/pictured by Yoongi &/or the guest, &/or was in a video clip used.
And, um, it's been all of them. 🤡🤡💜
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fandom I've ever investigated - and I've looked into a LOT of them. It's a life-long interest of mine, and I'm OLD.
ARMY looks like this massive, cohesive body, moving together in one giant ball of love and support for the 7 lads from SK who stole all those hearts. (2/?)
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and who have this infinite capacity for gratefulness, for compassion, for forgiveness and for love. So. much. LOVE. It's breathtaking, really, the loyalty and commitment so many people have to these men who've changed so many lives.
I'm so glad I decided to take a look at (5/?)
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this is all new...but we need to take heart in the guys we're waiting to return to us, and in each other - in the real friends we've made, in the online relationships that bring so much to our lives, and in ourselves as the humans we are. As the saying goes... (7/?)
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It actually *is* one of the most insanely organized, effective fandoms ever, I'll absolutely admit that; can't think of any other fandoms that have made the kinds of differences ARMY has on such a huge scale. Even now it is.
But what I've realized is that ARMY is actually (3/?)
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#BTS
g/a!
1 poster - 24"x16" (roughly 61cm x 1 cm) + a few Lomo cards of your bias(es); I will choose cards.
WW, open till Sept 17, 8 pm EST.
POSTER WILL BE FOLDED. I pay shipping.
*RT/like, follow me if you want.
*Reply with bias(es). Only those who reply will be entered!
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the music and the men who created such an atmosphere of hope and acceptance for so many people, because it allowed me to see the name "ARMY" for what it really is: human beings.
I know it's been rough, from the beginning for most of you, and lately for those of us for whom (6/?)
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Let's do a FACE g/a! 🎉
WV version, complete.
QR code, pc, postcard, lyrics, booklet, box
* WW, ends Mar 24 (!), 8pm EST
* I pay shipping, customs is on you
* Like/RT (must)
* Reply w/ fave *Face-era* Jimin pic/gif (must)
* Follow if you want (my biases are Yoongi & Jimin)
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As a relatively new ARMY, I'm bothered a LOT by people deliberately trying to sabotage Hope On The Street and/or FRI(END)S. Like, call me "whacky" or whatever, but that doesn't seem very ARMY-like to me, no matter what your reason.
I've pre-ordered the HOTS full ser, bought +
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..no, no, you brought it up, non-moots who DM'd me who I then blocked. So let's talk about it, since if you're saying it, others are thinking it, some of which are probably my moots.
I know I haven't been here as long as pretty much ANY of the ARMY that I know, and that's (1/?)
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themselves.
It's about authenticity. It's about integrity. It's about honesty and love and showing him that his existence in the world - his music, his art - is valued and important and WANTED. It's about *my* support of him as RM, as Kim Namjoon, as a damn fine human being. (/)
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Kim Namjoon is that musician. And what he's done is make the music here that HE *needed* to make. Not what other people wanted him to make, not what anyone else told him he HAD to make for whatever stupid reason they might have said that.
As others have said, this isn't (3/?)
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Flash mini-give away: Hobi pcs! 💜
2 official pcs from Jack In The Box - Hope Edition + Lomo cards. Maybe a few other things.
Ends Oct 17, 8pm EST.
WW, letter mail.
Like/RT this post. (both mandatory)
Reply with fave BTS gif. (mandatory)
Follow me if you want. (not mandatory)
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music for the masses. Heck, this isn't even necessarily music for ARMY. It doesn't sound much like anything any of them have made previous to this. Because this is music for HIM, and that's what I was hoping he would do.
No one's opinion about his expression of himself (4/?)
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Stamped ARMY mail give away: 5 sets of pcs and other stuff of Jimin, Yoongi (2 different sets), Hobi, & JK.
WW, ends May 1, 8pm EST.
RT/like only THIS post (must).
Leave a comment ONLY on the post of the stuff you want with the latest pic you've saved of that member (must).
⬇️
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Iiiiiit's G/A TIME! I have a few of these can't wait to give away! 💜
Official book pcs - JUST the pcs, *not* the book.
2 winners, WW, stamped mail.
Ends Dec 3, 8pm EST
- Like/RT (must)
- Reply with a nice BTS story (must)
- Follow me (if you want; OT7 w/ Yoongi/Jimin bias)
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Will I be streaming the whole thing? Of course. This isn't about charting or numbers for me. This is about showing this man, who has given literally everything over the past 14+ years, to the expression of himself in the world, and has supported ARMY in doing the same for (8/?)
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enough to have developed any kind of actual attachment to them.
We don't vote enough. We don't stream enough. We don't know enough about them, how dare we call ourselves fans?
It's extremely discouraging. We just want to love them, too. But it never seems to be enough.
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Because ARMY were - and are - there for them when they need them to be, like BTS is extraordinarily there for ARMY when *they* need them to be.
It's astonishing. It's real. And it's been a pleasure getting to see how it works from the inside.
Borahae,
@BTS_twt
and ARMY. 💜
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this is an album for Kim Namjoon, not for us.
That so many ARMY *have* embraced it, partially or fully, speaks to their original core commitment to Namjoon as a PERSON. Not as a musician or artist but to him as a human being. It's important to make that distinction, to me. (7/?)
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to do for himself.
I'm so so happy that he did this. In the interest of transparency, no, I don't like everything on it. But that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you or anyone else feels the same way - or if you or anyone else loves every single thing on it. Because (6/?)
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in the world matters except his. Period. And while he's made it clear in the past that he knows this and has made music around that idea before, this album absolutely personifies it 100%. This is personal, this is intimate, this is discordant and trippy and what he needed (5/?)
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To me, real musicians - not people who play music, but people who MAKE music - are called to be that as much as anyone can be called to be anything in life. It's how they express themselves in the world, BE in the world, exist in the world. They know no other way to live. (2/?)
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Let's end the week on a high note - a give away! 🎉
The 4th Mini Album Pt 2 Peach
- CD and photobook
- no pc
* WW, ends Apr 11, noon EST
* I pay shipping, you may have to pay customs
* Like/RT (must)
* Reply with a RARE OT7 photo/vid (must)
* Follow if you want (please see bio)
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Let's do a different g/a.
Black hoodie, big pocket w/ the Comeback pic/words on front, Jimin/95 on the back. Size 2XL, more like a M in N American sizing.
* WW, ends Mar 31, 8pm EST
* I pay shipping, you might have to pay customs.
* Like/RT (must)
* Reply w/ OT7 pic (must)
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This is a consistent, strong, sometimes crazy, sometimes maybe not enTIREly healthy on either side, relationship that has built organically and of its own volition.
In the entertainment industry, this is rare and precious, and needs to be cherished beyond all measure. (11/11)
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think this is all still too new to me and I'm blinded by my love for 7 young South Korean men who have turned my heart purple. It was my choice to let them do that.
It's my choice to let it stay that way. And to keep hanging out with the real people who feel the same.
Toodles!
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It's ARMY's Random Question Of The Day From A New Fan! 👋
When you're thinking/talking about Bangtan, what do you call them? I use this weird mishmash of full names and nicknames: Joon, Jin, Yoongi, Hobi, Jimin, Tae, and JK. My brain doesn't do RM, Suga or V at *all*.
You?
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...I didn't mean to make so many people cry with my last long blabbering post. I'm sorry.
...ya bunch o' purple marshmallows. C'mere.
*grabs and gives noogies to you all*
Borahae. 💜💜💜
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we also can't be "real" fans because we missed pretty much everything important that happened to them from pre-debut until whenever we fell for them (for me, Nov 2022). I've seen it posted everywhere that WE can't possibly miss them right now because we haven't been around long +
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I've never encountered an act that has the kind of bond BTS has with their fandom. Most of it comes from being consistently available for 9+ years - posts, live streams, concerts, what have you. The quantity and the *quality** of the attempts at connection have been (2/?)
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@RexChapman
As a Canadian, I feel her pain. I've had to crawl on ice many a time in my lifetime...but at the end, the way it's sped up, I had to laugh. She looks like a cartoon character way off in the bottom corner of the screen like that. My karma has taken a beating from that laughter. 😂
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HOTS Interlude & Prelude give away! 🕺
Both complete; 1 for North America, 1 for Europe/UK. I will choose what each winner gets.
* I pay shipping.
* Ends 4/25, 8pm EST.
* Must RT/like.
* Must reply with your fave funny BTS gif.
* Follow if you want (biases Yoongi & Jimin).
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helped them through some of their tough times, and how it lead them to finding each other. There was music and videos and contests, and a couple hundred other ARMY in attendance. And it was seriously a lot of fun being in a theatre with a bunch of other people who get where (2/?)
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I'm 60. I've identified as a fan of something since I was 12, mostly music. I've seen literally 1000s of bands, worked in the industry, am jaded as he!!.
So WHY am I *so* freaking excited about this man coming home? What have you done to me,
@BTS_twt
?
Also, thank you for it. 💜
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My new granddaughter on my lap just chillaxin'. This is happiness. This is love. ♥
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Time for another g/a, I think...
Young Forever, Night version
- missing photo insert
- includes photo book, poster, 2 cds, hard cover
* WW, ends 5/31, 8pm EST
* must like/rt
* must reply with fave award show/TV appearance/fancam video
* follow if you want (Yoongi/Jimi biased)
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Drop a Yoongi pic if you're here today. 💜
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Finally got to see
#TheWheelOfTime
. As someone who has been living with these books as a HUGE part of my life for 30 years, I can say in all honesty...
I love it. I love them. I understand the changes. I'm invested. I want more. I love it with all my heart.
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relationship isn't so parasocial anymore - heck, the first member to do his mandatory military service wants to spend his first full day after discharge HUGGING THEIR FANS.
What "idol" does that???
BTS. BTS does that. Because ARMY means absolutely *everything* to them. (12/?)
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you're coming from with your fandom, as it usually is when you get to hang out with people who feel the same way you do. But I digress.
Anyone who's been following me for awhile knows that I found them in the fall of 2022 and that I fell hard really quickly, but I haven't (3/?)
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on a level that really is almost literally unbelievable. And yes, of course initially it was to build that fandom - to find the people who might resonate with their music and hear something in it that they can relate to and want to share with others, so they could make a (3/?)
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I'm actually speechless right now in going over everything I've seen on this platform over the last few hours, from people saying they should turn Jin's events into protests to others outright saying they're listening to BTS's music through piracy - because apparently (1/?)
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The relationship morphed from fans wanting to support their faves and their faves going along with it, to real, legitimate support system between two groups of people who, for all intents and purposes, have never really MET. No, really, they haven't. Not in the traditional (5/?)
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the inside jokes, the slang, and the references to things the lads had gone through. I got up and danced and sang at the end with most of the rest of the building, and I knew - well, the sounds of the words, anyway 😂, but also how the music went, all the adlibs and (7/?)
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support when they need it.
Lately, as we all know, it's been super rough just everywhere in Boraland and so I sort of feel like I'm starting to earn some of that cred with my efforts to love on them with all my heart, but tonight...
...tonight was something else again. (5/?)
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I was in a theatre with a couple hundred fans and I knew all the music. I knew all the answers to the trivia contest except one, and there were like 20 questions. I got the references to the members, had seen the videos they showed and knew why they showed them, and got (6/?)
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a living out of what they wanted to do with their lives. Let's be realistic.
But when they started to go through the crap they did after their debut, and their fandom never left them - in fact, built them up consistently with everything they had in them - that all changed. (4/?)
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going away, we're staying put, because that's what a strong two-way relationship is. Staying put and waiting for each other. And sometimes saying, "Hey, you still there?" not out of doubt, but just out of missing that connection.
This isn't a parasocial relationship. (10/?)
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It's a Week Before My Birthday - Bored Now mini g/a! 🎉
3 winners, 1 for each set of these Lomo cards.
* WW
* Stamped letter mail
* Ends Jan 9th at 10 pm EST
* Like/RT (must)
* Reply with which set you want *AND* fave pic of that member (must)
* Follow if you want (Yg/Jm bias)
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other, not because they need the money or the fame anymore, but because they feel the loss of that consistent connection they've had for so long. And you have the other side - ARMY - waiting patiently (...? 😉) for those attempts because that's all we CAN do. But we aren't (9/?)
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important to these 7 young South Korean men to let the world know that their fans, their ARMY, meant everything in the world to them because they were there when it mattered. ARMY *continued* to be there when it mattered, because BTS continued to be there when it mattered (7/?)
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because the relationship between the two is unlike anything I myself have ever seen before. Now it's entirely possible that there are other famous folks in situations with their fans that are totally similar, but I've not seen it, & I welcome info on any that are!
Anyway. (2/?)
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sense. There haven't been introductions and bows/handshakes and promises to keep in touch.
Instead, this group of people - ARMY - found in this music the support they needed when they needed it, because BTS wanted to give back to them what they had received. Because it was (6/?)
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for ARMY. The strength of the connection grew more solid because both groups of people were there for each other, come hell or high water.
So now you have one side of this relationship - BTS - having to be away not of their own choosing, still trying to reach out to the (8/?)
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I will say this right now.
If you count yourself a fan of *any*one and you'd rather make what happened to SK at the Met Gala about *fandom* than about basic human dignity and respect?
Unfollow me. Our values are not aligned at ALL, and we wouldn't get along in person.
Buh-bye.
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really felt like I'm actually ARMY. There's a lot of reasons but it's been mostly about not having been there in the early years when they really needed the support to help through their tough times. I feel like that's where one really earns their ARMY cred: being their (4/?)
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