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Jay ☆ 30s ☆ they/them Bangtan OT7 since 2014 This is a BTS fan account, but I like all kinds of music! AuDHD disabled queer leftist. White, Jewish, pro-Palestine. Some political posts. Let's try to make this space positive and thoughtful 💜

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cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· 28d

This is just making me think of the Jikook bathroom scene from Boy In Luv... (an iconic moment in queer cinema btw)

A still from the Boy In Luv music video. We see Jimin and Jungkook from behind, standing next to each other using the urinals in a school bathroom. Jimin is looking down at JK's crotch, JK is looking over and catching him peeping.

Following from the previous shot we see a side angle close-up with Jungkook slightly out of focus in the foreground, looking over at Jimin, who has raised his head to make eye contact with a very suggestive smirk, eyes narrowed and eyebrows raised.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jul 4

Here's further context for Namjoon's insta post, and the full artwork 'Objectification' by Lutz Bacher (a found artefact). I'd be interested to take the class being presented here! And I'd be fascinated to know what NJ thinks about some of these topics...

Objectification by Lutz Bacher, a whiteboard found in a thrift store, covered in writing that has partially been erased. The writing shows lists of words that could be related to a history class syllabus.

The lists read:

7th:
Bi-polar World
Origins of Cold War
Communism V. Capitalism
Buffer Zone
"Iron Curtain" Speech
George [unreadable]
[erased portion]
Berlin Air [unreadable]
949 [unreadable]
Red Scare
HUAC
Sen. Joseph
Proxy War
38th Para [unreadable]

Key Unit:
Korean War
NATO
Domino Theory
Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Phu
[unreadable] Parallel
[unreadable] of Abundance
G.I. Bill
Baby Bo[unreadable]
Rock & Roll
Beatniks & Jack [unreadable]
Kenedy v. Nixon
Bay of Pigs
[unreadable] Crisis

Vocabulary:
[unreadable] Diem
[unreadable]
The Vietnam War
The Draft
"Rolling Thunder"
Search & Destroy
[unreadable] Offensive
My Lai Massacre
Protests & Songs
[unreadable]
"Jim [unreadable]"
Poll Taxes
Plessy V. Ferguson

8th:
The Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Brown V. Board of Edu.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock Nine
Non-Violence

Below this are larger illustrated letters saying SUMMER and STAR MORG [Morgan?]

Then notice of a DJ Party and other lists of names.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jul 4

I'm very curious what the context of this is...

Screenshot of rkive's insta post showing a white board with a list of words that are half worn off. They read:

Key Unit (underlined)
Korean War
NATO
Domino Theory (maybe? half scrubbed off)
Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Phu–

the rest is cut off.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 22

Wait a minute, maknae line as the Aristocats kittens is perfect actually... Duchess and Thomas are giving Namjin vibes tbh... which I guess leaves us with Yoonseok in SOPE mode for comic relief?

3 cartoon kittens from Disney's Aristocats, standing in a row with happy expressions. Marie is a white kitten with blue eyes wearing a pink bow around her neck and a tiny pink bow on top of her head. Toulouse is a brown kitten with green eyes, wearing a blue bow. Berlioz is a black kitten with blue eyes, wearing a red bow.

The same 3 kittens from before, trying to squeeze through a wooden cat flap. Marie and Toulouse are arguing, while Berlioz looks over at them with a concerned expression.

Thomas O'Malley and Duchess from Aristocats. Thomas is an adult male cate with orange fur, white chest, paws and muzzle, and blue eyes. Duchess is an adult female cat with white fur and blue eyes, wearing a fancy gold collar. Thomas is leaning over to Duchess with a jovial, flirty look, Duchess is looking back at him with a knowing smile, seeming to enjoy his attention.

Napoleon and Lafayette from Aristocats, two rascally looking dogs with floppy ears. One is riding an old fashioned motorcycle, while the other sits in the sidecar. Their ears are being blown back by the wind.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 20

some emotional support mimis for you 🫂

Jimin with short fluffy blonde hair wearing a fuzzy pale green sweater. He's cradling a calico cat wearing a white bandana with black spots, looking down at it with a very soft expression.

Jimin with short blonde hair and a white t-shirt, sitting on a windowsill, cradling a calico cat and looking at it with the gentlest expression ever.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 17

I ended up writing out some more thoughts – sorry for the wall of text, I'm not good at being brief so it's easier to post this way 😅

I see what you mean and don’t totally disagree. It’s so complicated…

I think them only being nominated/winning in the ‘Asian’ category would be outrageous and ARMY will cause a huge fuss if that happens. We might celebrate the milestone of having any award for an artist from Korea (KDH was a Netflix production starring Korean Americans so it’s not quite the same), but we’d simultaneously be *loudly* criticising it and using the opportunity to highlight the discourse. We’d make sure the Grammys don’t come out of that looking good.

To some extent we’ll be led by how BTS react. Maybe they’ll boycott that award themselves? However I think it might be easier for Western fans to turn our noses up at this tainted ‘separate but equal’ award, while BTS as Asian artists might not feel they have the luxury of rejecting the opportunity. If they choose to submit for that category and accept that award, ARMY are obviously going to support them even as we simultaneously trend #scammys and #GrammysAreRacist while watching bootleg streams, and then celebrate when Bangtan’s post-show live gets more views.

I guess I just don’t think it’s realistic to expect people to react differently. Of course we’re going to complain bitterly and call out the racism (in hope of creating some kind of press attention and public awareness to push for actual progress). At the same time if BTS choose to submit for that category of course we’d celebrate a historic win, even if the taste is more bitter than sweet.

I’m not sure what the alternative is… should we not complain about it? Or if they get a nomination/win should we refuse to congratulate them or watch their acceptance speech because that’s ‘seeking validation’? It’s not that I don’t share your frustration, I’m just not sure what kind of different action we’re supposed to take here.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 13

Excuse me? THEE Chiitan just like my post?? I'm honoured... Magic Shop is a beautiful song with a message that all LGBTQ+ people deserve to hear 💜💜💜

Notification showing the official Chiitan account liked my post with Magic Shop lyrics.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 13

omg shared braincell 😂

@cypherstate.eurosky.social 37 seconds ago

There's a list of people who could make this neon camo vest outfit with the gloves and the choppy hair look seriously cool, and there's only one entry on that list, and it's Jung Hoseok... his power is mystifying #borahour

@krystara.bsky.social 42 seconds ago

Only Hobi could make a camo hi-vis look good. Anyone else in the world would look so stupid. But he looks good.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 8

HELLO

Yoongi behind the scenes of the 2.0 music video, wearing a dark grey 3-piece suit over a cream coloured shirt with a very wide 1970s collar, and a gold chain with a pendant. He has that amazing black shoulder-length layered Agust D hair. His hands are in his pockets and he's looking off to the side like something caught his attention, with his mouth slightly open, eyebrows slightly raised. He looks very grown, very confident, scorchingly hot.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 8

Drummer Hoseok content❗

Hoseok wearing a grey suit with a black tie, and dark brown hair that reaches his collar. He's standing in a fancy-looking wood panelled studio space behind a bronze coloured drum kit, smiling and looking upwards with his hands raised almost in a celebratory way like "get a load of this!"

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 8

a mimi fairy to keep you company even though it's hard 💜

Jimin standing in a green field surrounded by plants with a few scattered pink blossoms. He's side-on to the camera, holding a pink fishing net between his legs and pretending to ride it like a witch's broom, bending forward slightly and leaning back on his heels in a very cute way. He's wearing a straw boater hat, long sleeved blue and white striped shirt, denim shorts, and orange converse with the heels stamped down, which are halfway off his feet. He looks like a ghibli character for real!

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 7

I had some strong feelings about the use of generative AI in the humanities 😅 (hope this does some small part to help persuade higher-ups who are trying to push this stuff into the museum space)

Response to survey about genAI use in museums and archives:

Generative AI has no benefit whatsoever in the humanities, it achieves nothing other than removing human jobs, disrupting human connection, and undermining human knowledge and understanding. Image generators consume massive amounts of energy (despite greenwashing claims) to create low-quality meaningless slop. LLMs cannot think, reason, or fact check, they simply algorithmically select words based on the probability of those words appearing near each other in various circumstances.

There is currently a crisis in journalism, education, and academic publishing caused by LLM-hallucinated misinformation, but beyond that there is the subtle twisting of perspective and analysis caused by handing this work to a machine that cannot actually think, cannot understand, cannot synthesize information, and simply does not (and will never) have the capacity for understanding context, constructing arguments with intention, or viewing things from any kind of perspective.

We DO NOT need any of this, we already have human beings!!! Humans already have every capability to think, reason, communicate, and create art. There is literally nothing to be gained (and so much to be lost) by removing the human element and handing it over to an algorithm.

Any institution which uses generative AI instantly loses my respect. This shows contempt for the very foundation of knowledge gathering and the essence of your work. Using generative AI instantly shows everyone that you have no idea what you're doing, and you have a deep lack of understanding of the field you work in. It's unprofessional, but beyond that it shows contempt for every person who has any involvement with your institution – from visitors, to staff, to the countless people from past generations whose real lived experiences, efforts, and thoughts are recorded in archives and museums. Generative AI poisons the lifeblood of this field. Do not use it.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 4

Maybe not exactly the same moment, but here are some that were posted the other day 😘

Screencap from Jungkook's vlog showing Jimin sitting on the floor in front of a green velvet sofa. He has long blonde hair in a half-up do, wearing black leather trousers and a sheer black tanktop. He's looking up at the camera with his lips parted as if he's slightly surprised. There's a filter to make it look like it's from an old VHS.

Same as previous image but he's leaning back a little and looking slightly down and to the side. He is very very pretty.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Jun 1

Also this conveniently flag-shaped example from Hobi (with a man in his bed). And Jimin's whole *gestures vaguely* everything...

j-hope in the Daydream music video, sitting on a bed. Behind him is a large-flag shaped recess in the wall which is lit up in the colours of the bi pride flag, horizontally fading from magenta to purple to blue. He has short red-ish hair, wearing black jeans and a black jacket with brightly coloured patterned sleeves. Behind him a man wearing a blue and white striped shirt lies under the covers, facing away from us (this was actually Taehyung).

Jimin in his photofolio shoot, a head-and-shoulders portrait, with bisexual lighting, and a large wing projected in the background. He's looking up and to the left with lips slightly parted. He has slightly wavy ear-length dark brown hair, and is wearing dramatic eye makeup with smudgy black liner, and lots of silver glitter that looks like tears. He's wearing a white t-shirt with colourful layered necklaces and small green earrings. He has a fake tattoo of script down the side of his neck.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· May 19

Here's another quick example of how an AI overview can sound very reasonable and plausible, and even seem to provide sources, but the information is completely wrong:

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· May 17

Beyond that, it's clear this prejudice has held BTS back at a structural level. These are a couple of random receipts I happened to have to hand. Compare the ABSURD difference of sales vs. radio play for each artist. If streams seem low, that's because our streams are constantly slashed in half.

Data-heavy spreadsheet showing a breakdown of charting points for various popular singles. The notable areas highlighted show that Like Crazy by BTS member Jimin had 115k sales points, while the next most popular song had 9.5k sales points. Meanwhile all other artist have between 30-100 million radio points, while Jimin got 0.1 million radio points. This complete lack of radio play brings Jimin's smash hit single down to no.8 when organically it should have been no.1

Chart showing the rate of filtered streams on Spotify for May 21st 2021. Streams for popular singles by various artists are filtered at a rate of 1-7% while streams for Dynamite by BTS were filtered at 38% and Butter by BTS at 47%

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· May 17

It's too difficult to 'prove' endless microaggressions, or more overt incidents scattered across time and space, but this call-out from DJ Big Reid confirmed something many fans were already well aware of. There are countless receipts of Western media/industry being xenophobic against BTS.

Tweet from @BigReidRadio display name: Big Reid

"There's a Facebook group for radio people and today they were basically shading BTS pretty hard..

Mind you, l've been a pretty active supporter of BTS for a while. But I never thought I would get that upset over a fb post..

Anyways. Gonna play some @BTS_twt tonight."

Two tweets from @BigReidRadio display name: Big Reid

One says:

"Deleted that Tweet because we don't need that negativity out there on a Monday.."

The other says:

"Yeah they're culturally different but that doesn't make them bad artists.. smh"

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· May 17

The few times BTS did get played on the radio we literally sent flowers and cupcakes to the DJs. While some DJs were lovely, others were *incredibly* rude and aggressive for no reason. I know ARMY have a 'toxic' rep, but it's hard not to get defensive when you're constantly treated like this...

Tweet from @TheActualJD display name: Dave ChapPALE (a radio DJ at 103.3 AMP). It reads:

"One of those is meant to poison me FOR SURE."

Quoted tweet from @1033ampradio display name: 103.3 AMP Radio

It shows a photo of a box of fancy cupcakes and a personalised note. The post reads:

"WOW! Mad love to the #BTSarmy for sending over these delish cupcakes #ThankYou"

Reply to @TheActualJD from BTS A.R.M.Y. Documentary Team, which reads:

"Dude... idk about other fandoms but this ain't it chief. We nice!! I promise~"

Reply from @TheActualJD which reads:

"Y'all are the never ending digital version of a baby crying. Nonstop... baby crying."

Reply from station employee @AndreaMendes display name Andrea Mendes, which reads:

"LMAOOOO if there's a specially marked one for you, don't eat it"

Reply from @TheActualJD which reads:

"Not falling for their #BTSArmy "cupcake" trick. Easiest one in the book."

He has used the #BTSArmy hashtag in order to draw negative attention to his toxic post, which can later whine about, and claim we are "the toxic ones" (this is a very common tactic).

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· May 13

The other day I started making a list of BTS/ARMY memes that broke containment... for example many people know classic twitter meme "lets do it baby I know the law" but they may not remember the follow-up (this person was Bangtan-curious and had crossover with ARMY at the time).

tweet from @jovanmhill, display name "venmo: ehjovan" that reads:
lets do it baby i know the law

tweet from @jovanmhill, display name "venmo: ehjovan" that reads:
i only fear bts stans no one else

quote tweet from @jovanmhill, display name "venmo: ehjovan" that reads:
i'll miss u jimins fat ass

quoted tweet from @JKookie72703924, display name: "Jimin's fat ass" that reads:
I followed you an hour ago but you tweet too much so now I am considering unfollowing

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· May 9

I saw this just the other day... even if some people are ok with the joke, a lot aren't (there were many comments on this post from psychotic people saying they find it hurtful). I hope people take a moment to think about that, even if it's something you're very used to saying.

Tumblr poll which asks "How do you feel about the jokey term
delulu?"

Results:
I like it, l'm not psychotic
6.3%
I like it, I am psychotic
1.7%
It's okay, I'm not psychotic
21.1%
It's okay, I am psychotic
3.3%
I dislike it, I'm not psychotic
51.3%
I dislike it, I am psychotic
8.6%
Nuance/results
7.6%
Final result from 696 votes

Explanation from submitter:
I am a psychotic person who regularly deals with delusions that impact my life. It really bothers me when people boil it down to a cutesy joke, or act like simply lying to yourself is the same as being delusional. I'm wondering if others feel the same since I often feel alone in this opinion.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· May 3

I need to lose my mind over crop top seokjin but I'm already seeing AI edits going around so watch out! These two images are clearly identical down to the phone in the foreground, but the edit looks hyper in-focus, with subtle differences on the face and weird melty details in the background.

A slightly washed-out grainy (but real!) image of Seokjin on stage wearing ripped baggy light blue jeans with a thin white belt, a sparkly chain dangling on one side, and a cropped light grey hoodie. He has a white bandana with a red pattern tied over his hair like a babushka, for unexplained reasons. He's raising his arms out to the side, lifting the hoodie to reveal a truly scandalous amount of taut, smooth Seokjin abs, including belly button. You can see someone holding a phone up in the foreground taking a photo, and there's a camera guy in the background, with fans waving ARMY bombs behind.

Identical to the first image except it's been upscaled using AI. Jin appears to be in perfect crisp focus but the lighting looks subtly off and his face looks a little off. The background details look a little weird and melty. It's freakishly convincing at first glance, ugh.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Apr 24

I was surprised how much I liked Yoongi's short hair, thinking how it has a kind of vintage style to it, then suddenly realised he looks a lot like this character from Slam Dunk (his favourite manga). I haven't read Slam Dunk but it turns out this guy's even the shooting guard!

Min Yoongi from BTS on stage for the Arirang tour. He's a pale man with short choppy black hair and slightly fierce looking eyebrows, though he has a sweet, happy expression here. He's holding a mic to his mouth, and wearing a heavy silver chain, a white long-sleeved shirt with black text down the sleeves, and a short sleeved black mesh overshirt. The clothes look sporty, but maybe baseball instead of basketball? Close enough.

Mitsui Hisashi from the Slam Dunk manga, a pale man with an athletic build and short choppy black hair. He's on a basketball court, wearing a red sleeveless basketball kit, in the process of catching a ball at hip level while running, body twisted in motion, looking off to the left with an intense expression.

Head and shoulders drawing of Mitsui Hisashi from the Slam Dunk manga, face on but looking to the side. He's a pale man with short choppy black hair, a slim face and angry-looking eyebrows, though his expression just looks mildly skeptical. He's wearing a red basketball shirt with white ringed collar, and a red and black athletic jacket.

Mitsui Hisashi from the Slam Dunk manga, a pale man with short choppy black hair, wearing a loose fitting white t-shirt, He's walking on an outdoor basketball court in a park in the daytime, chain-link fence and trees in the background. He's turning toward the viewer, mouth open as if he's speaking.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Apr 24

Meme of old men standing on the street around the edge of a construction site fence, watching the builders work. The man nearest the camera has a characteristic old man pose with his hands clasped behind his back, the same pose as Namgi in the quoted post. In the background is a large old building with archways and carved stone.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Apr 22

Just casually slipping these images under Jimin's stylist's door in an unmarked envelope... ... Prince was such an icon! 💜

Prince posing coquettishly in a bright crimson suit and white shirt, with matching red high heeled boots and tie. He has one leg slightly bent with the knee turned inward, one hand held out in a rather camp pose, and the other hand, wearing several bejewelled rings, is leaning on a clear perspex cane. His short straight black hair is style to swoop down over one eye, and the eye we can see, lined with smoky black liner, is glancing off to the side.

Prince looking straight at the camera and pouting, with smoky black eyeliner and curly black hair styled in a pompadour that swoops over one eye. He's wearing a very low-cut black jumpsuit with shoulder pads and large white buttons, a white handkerchief in the breast pocket. He also has some kind of loose leather collar around his neck, which sits above his exposed hairy chest. One hand is pulling the neckline of the jumpsuit to one side, exposing more, and the other is slipped underneath to cover his nipple.

A Prince album cover in black and white. Prince stands in front of a busy patterned background, wearing nothing but a cropped, wide-lapelled studded jacket worn open, a printed bandana round his neck, and a revealing pair of high-cut black briefs. You can see a lot of exposed skin! He looks confidently into the camera and has straightened black hair that reaches past chin length.

Another Prince album cover. He is posing nude, sitting on a giant white flower, with other white and lilac flowers behind him. He's turned to the side and has one knee raised to hide his crotch. He's leaning back on one arm, with the other hand gently poised on his chest, almost (but not quite) covering his nipples. His body is slim, toned, and elegant, and he's looking off to the upper corner of the photo with a wistful expression. His wavy shoulder-length black hair is swept back away from his face. It's a gorgeous image!

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Apr 22

Suddenly remembered this photoshoot... I'm not imagining the vibe similarity, right?

A closeup of Prince (the musician) in black and white, sitting with one knee up, one arm resting across his knee, and his chin resting on that arm. He has thick, relatively straight black hair which swoops down over one eye, large silver hoop earrings, and black leather gloves. He's wearing a loose low-cut black tank top that shows a lot of skin with long layered silver necklaces, and patterned trousers. His expression looks somewhat thoughtful.

A wider side angle of Prince (the musician) in black and white, sitting on some stone steps with one knee up, one elbow resting on his knee, and his hand delicately framing his face. He has thick, relatively straight black hair which swoops down over one eye, large silver hoop earrings, and black leather gloves. He's wearing a loose low-cut black tank top that shows a lot of skin with long layered silver necklaces, and patterned trousers, with a jacket resting over his knee. His expression looks somewhat thoughtful.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Apr 21

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

A sleepy, unimpressed, kinda hungover looking Yoongi face edited onto a blurry photo of someone with hair in an extremely dishevelled ponytail on top of their head, with strands falling all over their face, turning around as if just being woken from a nap.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Apr 20

Jimin as pokemon, according to Namjoon Jimin and Chimbaru (the pokemon is called that in Korean so he was making a pun, but also it lowkey looks like Jimin when his rage mode is activated 😅) As far as I know the other members didn't get captured in pokemon form...

Pokemon Go screenshot showing a Natu called "지민" in hangul, which translates to "Jimin." The pokemon resembles a small, cute green chick that's just a little ball, with a yellow beak and wings, and a red tuft on its head.

Pokemon Go screenshot showing a Quilfish called "짐바루" in hangul, which is pronounced "chimbaru," the Korean name of the Pokemon. It resembles a round spiky pufferfish, top half dark green, bottom half light green. It has very angry eyes and thick pink lips.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Apr 20

To round out the collection, here are 3 different Yoongis and a Tae from Joon's old Pokemon Go adventures! Mi-Nyoongi Meta-Syub (I think? Syub is one of Yoongi's old nicknames) Docile Suga and TaeTae + more below...

Pokemon Go screenshot showing a Wooper called "미늉기" in hangul, which is spelled like "Mi-Nyoongi" all cutesy and adorable. The pokemon resembles a small cute pale blue axolotl with a wide flat line for a mouth and wide spaced eyes which are just blank little circles.

Pokemon Go screenshot showing a Ditto called "메타슙" in hangul. That would be pronounced like "meta Syub" and Syub is an old nickname for Yoongi so that's my best guess at a translation. The pokemon is a vague purple blob with a wide flat line for a mouth and dots for eyes spaced far apart.

Pokemon Go screenshot showing a Quagsire called "온순한 슈가" in hangul, which translates to "docile Suga." The Quagsire does indeed look very docile and gentle. It's a soft rounded pale blue pokemon which vaguely resembles a dugong, with a wide flat mouth and wide set dot eyes.

Pokemon Go screenshot showing an Aipom called "태태" in hangul, which translates to "TaeTae." The pokemon resembles a mischievous purple monkey with big ears, wide eyes, and a big grin.

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Apr 14

ohh, haha it must seem nonsensical if you don't know the original meme 😅 This is... a little hard to explain. Basically several years ago there was a social media trend of people making hyper-realistic cakes, so you think you're seeing a tennis ball or whatever, and then someone cuts into it +

Old meme of two astronauts looking at the earth from space. There's a giant knife cutting into the earth, revealing it's actually a realistic cake. One astronaut is saying "wait, it's all cake?" and the other is behind them holding a gun, saying "always has been."

cypherstate⁷@cypherstate· Apr 14

This image keeps appearing in my mind whenever I see locals going through the "BTS are good actually??" realisation since Arirang, so I had to make it.