*tap tap* is this thing on...?

[xparrot]

So I've been thinking that I want to try to get back online more, somehow. And this is a nice small place to start.

--There's no real explanation for where I've been! Just that I'm an introvert who lives in a large and active household that I love, but it got a bit overwhelming during the pandemic lockdowns. Now that I have the house to myself again sometimes, I've reached the point of actually wanting more social interaction again.

Also am trying to not be too embarrassed about how my main fandom for going on two years now has been BTS. Midway through the pandemic my sister and I went fuck it, we need something to cheer us up. She had a friend who'd been trying to get her into them for years, so we got a list of vids to start with. And. Yeah. It was simultaneously exactly what I was expecting and completely contrary to what I thought. I didn't think I would fall so hard, and I love it. I've never really done RPF or music fandom before, so getting that new perspective on those ways to fan has been fascinating. The enjoyment of music + the intensity of fanning is a potent combo. And they're good kids -- good men. For the celebrities to set the tone for the new age, we could do a lot worse. Plus it took me a while to get into the fic and figure out what I wanted from it, but when I finally did it got me reading again after a long drought, and writing at last too. Really, of all the fandoms I've been in, this is one of the ones that's just made me the happiest. So no regrets.

(and the LA PtD concert was incredible!)

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[xparrot]

Heeee we have carefully been avoiding other kpop because yeah it's one helluva rabbit hole! (though my Google feed is really determined to get me into Stray Kids XD)! So what other groups are you into? :D

[hils]

Well, funnily enough, one of then is Stray Kids :D

Also ONEUS, ATEEZ, NCT (and all associated sub-units), Monsta X, Golden Child and Pentagon.

[xparrot]

Just in my personal experience Stray Kids seems #2 after BTS in fandom popularity right now! And they look cute and fun and...I have been holding out on actually listening to their music but we'll see XD

I have at least heard of most of the others, except Golden Child and Pentagon (there are so many!) NCT just makes me boggle, though...how do you keep track? It took me over a month just to learn 7! XD

[hils]

I really love Stray Kids' music. It's very much my jam. If you want a starting point the video for God's Menu is A+ Their lastest album (ODDinary) is also excellent.

Golden Child I found because they were on a survival show with ONEUS (who were why I watched it) and Pentagon (who I vaguely knew beforehand and loved a lot more afterwards). They've done some really high quality music videos. Watch the one for Burn It if you want a high budget zombie apocalypse drama condensed into 4 minutes :D

[xparrot]

So did you find BTS first and then that led you to the others, or did you start with a bunch?

And thanks (??? ^^;;;;) for the recs! They sound like a lot of fun (I've heard of "God's Menu" even though I haven't heard it yet...) I just have to figure out if I have the fannish brainspace to try... XD

[hils]

So did you find BTS first and then that led you to the others, or did you start with a bunch?
A bit of both actually. I have a RL friend who loves BTS and whenever I went to visit they would get me to watch videos and random episodes of Run BTS. For whatever reason their music never really clicked with me, but after I got into some other groups I went back to them and found I liked them a lot more than I used to. Maybe my tastes have changed over the years IDK.

Haha! No pressure with the recs. Just some suggestions if you ever decide you want to branch out into other groups :D