How Quickly Things Change

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

So yesterday I was celebrating BTS day and this morning they announced they're taking a hiatus! Whew! The company has since come out and said it isn't a hiatus but the members are going to focus on solo projects. Whatever. You don't cry over a break, you cry over a break-up and BTS' leader (Kim Namjoon/RM) was definitely crying this morning. I mean, they have the military service upcoming. And that's that.

A break-up is a break-up. I think I was an ARMY for exactly the wrong amount of time, long enough to be very disappointed at the hiatus (or not-hiatus, according to official sources) but not long enough to be 'I'll wait forever!' I'm not a 'wait forever' kind of gal. I'm a 'over is over' kind of gal.

So it was my first musical fandom, first RPF fandom, first experience as an adult being a serious fan of a band. Interesting insights into another culture. I'll spend the next couple of days sorting myself out and then I'll probably put everything in a box and put it on a shelf. So expect the collages (I've never got around to doing). And my CD of the anthology album PROOF hasn't arrived yet. But I am wondering if it will matter much when it does.

I opened my BT21 egg I was saving for a rainy day and got a Chimmy water-filled squeezie. Chimmy [Jimin's yellow dog character] is my comfort creature, and I thought it was appropriate.

Hmmm. Sad. But that's fandom life. I got to meet and get to know the fabulous bethctg! And that's wonderful.

Here is the song I liked from PROOF, which they won't perform live anytime soon: RUN BTS

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[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, nobody wants them to be suffering. They have to make the right decisions for them. Yeah, I mean, PROOF hasn't shown up yet on my doorstep and I am wondering if it will matter much when it does. I don't know. You and I both have been (and are still part of) other fandoms. And we are not teenagers, either :) So I am a little wary of what I see as sort of 'false hope' or maybe unrealistic expectations. I mean, SUGA said he thought him rapping for 2 hours on stage would be 'boring' and he wants to be like Bruno Mars!! WTF! I definitely would rather see him rapping for two hours on stage. But that's me and my preference and where I am. Obviously not him. But I did laugh at him in Pilates class. If he doesn't want cat memes made about him, he really shouldn't say that stuff on the internet.

I also worry about Jimin being the kind of idol who ends up with DUIs and stuff. He needs to have the right people around him supporting him. Maybe he has that already, maybe he doesn't.

Hmm. Nothing else to say. I am still in anger stage, I think :)