Just take 'em, take 'em

[clevermanka]

Woke up at 2am. Couldn't fall back asleep, so got up a bit before 3a. It's getting on to 7a, so I'm pretty sure I'm up for the day. Yay. I've got a ton to do today, too. Grocery store, library, laundry, just enough food prep to get us through the next three days (we're both traveling next week and I don't want stuff sitting in the fridge)...ugh.

Tomorrow might be rough. And then I leave for Indianapolis on Sunday. HA HA HA HA *thud*

At least waking so early gave me plenty of time to do a final pass over my first draft of the First Time fic. Sent it to beta a couple hours ago. My second fic! What a world, what a world. Now I just need to start my third watch of Guardian before digging into the Ghost Story. This time I'll be watching with solo 's subtitles and am Very Excited About That. It'll be mckitterick 's second time watching and I'm excited to hear what he thinks. I got so much out of my first re-watch.

I linked to BTS's "Airplane pt. 2" music video in yesterday's dump (and yes, I did watch it again just now since I obviously had to grab the URL for the link WHAT EXACTLY IS YOUR POINT) and in the comments on cm.net kazoogrrl mentioned the MV for Blood Sweat & Tears. Since our tastes align like 90% of the time, I of course checked it out immediately and...um, yeah. It's a lot. Dear lord. Just when you think it's reached Peak Hotness (for me, 1:09 with the swing and again at 1:20 with the swing) it keeps on giving more and more (fingers in mouths! blowing smoke! fucking blindfolds! the...kissing?) until you're left with nothing but your own id and a white flag.

Honestly I'm not entirely sure what is the narrative, but I am HERE FOR IT.

"BTS (방탄소년단) '피 땀 눈물 (Blood Sweat & Tears)' Official MV" (Watch on YouTube)

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Heck, I'll contribute...

[thetimesink]

Several translations are available. I like this one:

[Hook: Jimin, Jungkook]
My blood, sweat, and tears
My last dance too
Take it all away

My blood, sweat, and tears
My cold breath too
Take it all away
My blood, sweat, and tears

[Verse 1: Suga, RM, J-Hope]
My blood, sweat, and tears
My body, mind, and soul
I know well they're all yours
This is a spell that will punish me

Peaches and cream
Sweeter than sweet
Chocolate cheeks
And chocolate wings
But your wings are the devil's
There is a 'bitter' next to your 'sweet'

Kiss me, it's okay if it hurts
Just make it as tight
As that I can't feel the pain anymore
Baby, it's okay if I get drunk
I'll drink you in deep now
Deep into my throat
The whiskey that is you

[Chorus: V, Jungkook, J-Hope]
My blood, sweat, and tears
My last dance too
Take it all away

My blood, sweat, and tears
My cold breath too
Take it all away

I want it more, more, more, more
I want it more, more, more, more, more

[Verse 2: J-Hope, Suga]
It doesn't matter if it hurts
Tie me up so I can't escape
Hold me tight and shake me up
So that I can't come to my senses

Kiss me on the lips
A secret just between the two of us
Deeply poisoned by the jail of you
I cannot worship anyone but you and I knew
The grail was poisoned but I drank it anyway

[Chorus: V, Jimin, J-Hope]
My blood, sweat, and tears
My last dance too
Take it all away

My blood, sweat, and tears
My cold breath too
Take it all away

I want it more, more, more, more
I want it more, more, more, more, more

[Bridge: V, Jungkook, Jin/Jimin]
Kill me softly
Close my eyes with your caress
I can't resist it anyway
I can't even escape anymore
You are too sweet, too sweet
Because you are too sweet

[Interlude: Narration: RM]
He too was a tempter; he, too, was a link to the second, the evil world with which I no longer wanted to have anything to do

[Outro: Jimin]
My blood, sweat, and tears
My blood, sweat, and tears

I'd call out the bits I like, but there are too many!

Boy bands, still killin' it...

(Oh, how can you not mention that single wax droplet?)

Re: Heck, I'll contribute...

[kazoogrrl]

My comment to Manka was:

"Change my sexuality to Jungkook draped over the swing, Tae under the sliding silk, Jimin dancing blindfolded, J-hope controlling the dancers, RM blowing smoke, Suga playing the organ, and/or Jin making out with the statue"

Re: Heck, I'll contribute...

[clevermanka]

how can you not mention that single wax droplet?
THERE'S TOO MUCH TO MENTION WITHOUT RISKING SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION

[kazoogrrl]

I know that ARMY love digging out the deeper meanings from these MVs, and how they tie into the larger universe. I just like watching each one as a self contained unit, enjoying the visuals, and maybe assigning it my own meaning if I come to any conclusion beyond, "Wow! Pretty! Hot! Yes!".

. . . until you're left with nothing but your own id and a white flag.

Seriously, this is me and, like, 75% of the kpop I consume.

ETA: Yay! More fic writing! Eagerly awaiting the results!

[clevermanka]

I'm pretty happy with this one. Really hope my beta doesn't nix the back-and-forth between past and current tense. Normally I know that's a terrible thing to do, but...time travel! weird overlapping emotional experiences! cross-time coded messages!

[kazoogrrl]

Considering one of my favorite Marvel fics is written in third-person omniscient POV, I'm all for weird.

[elizacake]

K-pop certainly has...relaxed over the last 10 years when DBSK couldn't sing "I've got you under my skin." before 10pm. But they've still got very pretty boys in ridiculous outfits doing incomprehensible yet very intriguing things.

(The buzz about BTS had already made me curious. I REALLY didn't need to see this.)

[clevermanka]

I'm in a private FB support group for Ladies Of A Certain Age with K-Pop problems 😂

[elizacake]

LOL!! I think I'll just stick with ogling K-pop boys born in the previous millennia.

[clevermanka]

I mean that's probably the better move, but #noregrets