Suga fell on his butt sitting on the chair RM gave him
Namjoon said nothing like that happened, he called yoongi ‘min clumsy’
Namjoon kept clowning him and called him ‘민덩방아’ (MinFellOnHisButt)
Yoongi kept telling everyone not to laugh because it hurts
What makes this funnier is that Namjoon, the clumsiest member, called yoongi clumsy
FEBRUARY: JIN CUT HIS OWN HAIR WITH KITCHEN SCISSORS
Jin suddenly decided that his hair was too long and cut his bangs
Some moments later we realize that he got scolded
MARCH: SUGA’S GO AWAY RUG
On Suga’s bday, we realize the rug in front of his studio says: GO AWAY
This is so funny as Suga’s studio is the only one who has a lock + a rug like that. It’s like Suga is using every tool to tell people not to come.
The rug sold out in seconds
APRIL: BEARDTAN
The trend started on Fancafe where V said he will grow a beard, then ARMY being as extra as ever gave a beard to everyone. Jimin even saw it and was like “V said it so why me?”
On April fools many were changing their profile picture to BTS with beards, cover picture to beard yourself, no one saw it coming and bio with “ Hello we are BeardTS or Beardtan Sonyeondan
MAY: JIN EXPOSING HIMSELF
After a Run BTS episode, Vlive will as always share photos of the boys. But because Jin was screaming, Vlive hid his face as to protect his image.
Jin went to Twitter and exposed himself. He shared the photo that Vlive hid. Some hours later he even shared an edit. And everyone started using this photo in edits and photo profiles.
JUNE: BEYONCE AND HER SON PARK JIMIN
BTS & Beyonce’s fans have linked up to dominate the streaming.
An ARMY (being as extra as ever) said that Beyonce and Jimin look alike.
The tweet trended and memes about Jimin being the son of Beyonce were seen everywhere.
JULY: #ARMYGOINGTOJAILPARTY
After Bighit posted about content from ARMY 5th Room which should be only available to ARMYs who paid for it. ARMYs who refuse to let other ARMYs starving started sharing the links and sending the content to each other. More than that it trended WORLDWIDE. And of course, the memes started
AUGUST: HOW TO NOT BE EXTRA
From Jin going with an extra outfit toMusic Bank while everyone is dressed normally to Jungkook going super saiyan. This was August
SEPTEMBER: JIMIN RECREATING THE SQUAT AND SQUINT MEME
When Jimin was trying to read something in the crowd, this photo was taken and it quickly became a meme that ARMYs used for days
OCTOBER: JUNGKOOK LEFT HOME ALONE SO …
Jungkook decided to stay home alone in Malta to dye his hair. The thing is that he only dyed HALF. and the memes started going around how you shouldn’t leave kids home alone.
NOVEMBER: JIMIN & V LEAKED BTS’ HOTEL LOCATION ON VLIVE TWICE!!
The whole fandom was facepalming. But also the memes were getting numerous.
DECEMBER: THE JIN CULT
After Jin said that a certain photo with him in glasses is what he wants for his bday photo to be. The cult said YES! EVERY account changed their photo to Jin’s photo and edits and memes kept coming.
To make it better the Ruler of the cult, Jin himself changed their official twitter account layout to that photo and even the company printed them for his Vlive. There was even a photo on his Bday cake (talk about extra). Fandoms and everyone was literally scared.
I’m color-blind, but I can pick out that [Yves Klein] blue anywhere. I wrote 30,000 words on this color, and I never grew tired of it. The pigment is staggering. It’s amazing that a color can be so emotional. One can only hope to achieve that intensity in acting.
all hail eddie redmayne, patron saint of academic bullshittery
You have been visited by the Eddie Redmayne of bullshit, reblog to have plenty of bullshit to spew on your final exams
This is the level of academic fuckery I strive to achieve
[It occurred to me this morning that I missed a trick in not calling this series “I will go down with this ship…” Ah well.]
Anyway, here’s another instalment in our current special series featuring Tumblr and fan studies researchers’ personal and scholarly reactions to the Tumblrpocalypse. Today we have Lori Morimoto, whom you can find on here as @tea-and-liminality.
“My main concern is the effect it may have on the transnationality/transculturality of media fandoms as they currently exist on the site. Tumblr’s foregrounding of the visual – and, in particular, fan art – has opened up alternative lines of communication between fans from different cultural/language backgrounds that, in circumventing text, have really transformed “fandom” as we talk about it. Places like deviantArt and Japan’s Pixiv (and a host of other Chinese sites) have some of that cross-cultural quality, but the sense of belonging in a given fan community through visual contributions has been fairly unique to Tumblr. I know some of that transculturality has shifted to Twitter, but I wonder if this will ultimately lead to a kind of cultural resegregation in media fandoms going forward.“
Note: Importance of purchase is suggested, it doesn’t make you less of an ARMY if you don’t buy it. Prices are based from BTS Official Shop (Now Closed) and iBigHitShop
1) Albums:
Info: 2 Title Songs Yearly, At least 4 New Music/Teaser Videos +
Release: 1 in the first half of the year and another on the 2nd half.
Types: 2 (varies from Mini Album, Full, Special, Repackaged)
Content: Photobook, CD, photocard, poster (may run out), special bonus item (for first press)
Importance: ★★★★★ – If you only have the budget for one merch, get even one album and make sure you get them from proper sellers that count on charts.
Cost: $14 – 21 (depending on album type)
2) ARMY Kit
Info: Official membership on BTS Fancafe. Cost would include online membership and exclusive access to content.
Release: Sign-ups open in April, exclusive content access starts June, delivery of Membership Kit happens in July.
Content: Fancafe exclusive content, Possible draws and passes for fansigns and muster. Physical ARMY Kit – Membership ID, Photobook, ARMY magazine (includes interviews, trivia, etc), Additional magazine-type content, Photocard, Additional BTS paper type trinkets.
Importance: ★★★☆☆ – A LOT of exclusive things, yes. But, if you are purchasing to share content, people will have mixed opinions. So think about it. More important if you reside in Seoul cause you’ll definitely feel all the possible perks. But it honestly doesn’t cost as much as other merch, so… may be worth it.
Cost: $22.25 (25,000 KRW based from official BigHit post)
3) Memories
Info: Usually the most jam-packed official content merchandise with a recap of the previous year
Release: 2nd quarter of the succeeding year
Content: Multiple DVDs of concerts, photoshoots, MV shoots, other behind the scene video of all events from previous year. Also includes a photobook and photocard.
Importance: ★★★☆☆ – If you have budget to buy something on top of the yearly albums, this would be the best bet to have in terms of content. If you are a content creator or you just want some memorabilia of your awesome year with BTS.
Cost: $54 (based on last release, expect price to increase annually)
4) Concert DVDs
Info: Contains Full concert + Behind the scenes and VCR. Each release has Blu-Ray and DVD option.
Release: 2-3 months after concert end.
Types: World Tour DVD, 1 Seoul Special DVD, 1 Japan Special DVD
Content: Photobook, Multiple CDs, 1 full concert CD, 1 VCR + Photohoot and VCR shoot, additional backstage content.
Importance: ★★★☆☆ – Mostly bought by content creators, collectors, and those who attended the concert and want to relive it.
Cost: $55 – Blu Ray, $42 – DVD (based on last release, expect price to increase annually)
5) BTS Summer Package
Info: Yearly Summer Tradition for BTS. They go to some summer location and shoot there.
Release: April – June
Content: Photoshoot video and stuff they did at the location + Photobook + Summer Freebie
Importance: ★★☆☆☆ Unless you are really into the freebie merch. I only bought once cause their location was in my country.
Cost: $37.40
6) Seasons Greetings
Info: BTS’s Winter Offering. Different themese yearly.
Release: Announcement usually comes around November or December and distribution starts a month later.
Content: DVD of clips from the shoot, some games and interviews + Photobook + Calendar + Planner/Journal + other freebies (eg pencils- 2018, key chain – 2017)
Importance: ★★★★☆ I personally love Season’s Greetings cause I really use the calendar on my desk and the planner year round.
Cost: $52.50 (Full Season’s Greetings Package for 2019)
7) Muster DVD
Info: Musters are the annual official fan meeting for ARMY. They basically play around on stage and answer interview type questions. They perform some songs too. There are 2 types of Musters; one in Korea and one in Japan. The VCRs are always weird and epic. LMAO
Release: Muster in Seoul happens during the first quarter of the year, Muster DVD release is on the 3rd quarter.
Content: DVD of the whole Muster, Full VCRs and behind the scene shoots for merchandise and VCRs + Photobook, Photocard
Importance: ★★☆☆☆ Not so important. Like you can live your whole ARMY life without buying one. Most likely, the epic VCRs would be shared around.
Cost: $38.30 DVD – $49.00 Blu Ray
PREVIOUSLY RELEASED:
BTS NOW Chicago, Europe – Similar to Summer Package… but is basically a location shoot.
WINGS CONCEPT BOOK – IN FULL KOREAN! Can’t read Hangul? Welp. Great collectible, but the important point would be the whole journey… and well, you won’t be able to read it.
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