Stars of hope

Micheal Catson (Sound on)

A motivational bunny to brighten up your week! ✨ It can be frustrating not being where you want to be yet, but you have to remember you *have* made progress and your aspirations are fuel to keep going!

jjong wine drunk and crying over taemin’s mv release

all of shinee walking taemin to school together

jonghyun would sometimes sing in his sleep

when they got kicked out of a casino cause jonghyun tried to fit inside a machine

minho walking into the room and cussing up a storm to taemin before he realized they were filming

first tokyo dome concert

winning their first daesang

that iconic picture where minho’s holding sobbing baby jonghyun

•the furry suits from hello baby

•Just Dance (the wardrobe was just…woo buddy lmao)

•jjong inhaling comme des between jinki’s thighs

the first yunhanam ep when they didn’t know how to talk to girls so taekey especially just told the noonas abt each other

on one fine day/surprise vacation when they edited that montage in of all the shinee members doing similar things while in separate countries to show their psychic connection

on one fine day/surprise vacation when kibum was being annoying and they all held him down and tickled him (i find this one supremely relatable)

ALL OF THE PIG PILES. WHY DO THEY DO THIS SO OFTEN?

dancing sherlock 2x faster

when key said he hoped the child they got on hello baby wouldn’t be problematic and jinki was like “just try raising 5 children like you” 

when shinee went back on knowing bros to yell at the cast for hitting jonghyun and not taking enough care of him while jjong was smiling and hiding his face behind a hammer 

jinki pretending to be asleep and planning on opening his eyes to scare minho when he got closer, but then he felt a blanket being placed over him and he was so touched by minho’s kindness that he just pretended to keep fake sleeping

^ minho’s explanation of that moment by saying his first thought when he got home late at night was “i wonder what onew is doing right now?” so he checked on him and was worried that jinki’s clothes were too thin and that if he let him sleep like that he might catch a cold

taemin ordering cheese katsu instead of chicken katsu for jinki and feeling bad about it so he left and came back with a picture of the chicken from the menu and gave it to jinki to look at while he was eating

when jonghyun started freaking out after minho read a comment saying “jinki is too fucking cute” on a live broadcast

all of them jumping back scared of the toy dog and jonghyun screaming in falsetto

when jonghyun found minho in the crowd at his concert at the exact moment in white t-shirt where he sings “you look so pretty baby!” and pointed at him

kibum saying he would wake up early in the morning when taemin would have to leave for school so he could set out breakfast for him and iron his school uniform because taemin would always wear it wrinkled and he felt bad

when jinki and jjong issued a public apology for using too much detergent for the laundry on hello baby

THE ICONIC KRUMP KRUMP FALL

ot5 at the end of the year show huddling together and taking a picture that key posted on his insta.

jinki crying at sw5 and jonghyun crying at the sight of the other members comforting jinki.

minho calling jonghyun while abroad bc he knew he had trouble sleeping and knew he would be up.

jonghyun remembering his fanboy at the dallas fanmeet from the chicago fanmeet and later the dallas concert and even remembering where he sat.

Jonghyun running from Taemin who then proceeded to smack him in the back of the head with birthday cake. Jonghyun then putting Taemin in a choke hold and trying to retaliate but falling and dropping the cake instead.

Minho & Jonghyun being total Taemints on Weekly Idol and dancing to Taemin’s solo songs.

Every Halloween costume

Jonghyun and Minho tricking Key into doing aegyo and then Jonghyun double crossing Minho into doing it and then stopped. The fans calling for Jonghyun’s aegyo so he did it rather aggressively. 

Minho eating ramen during Taemin’s solo and Key ratting him out

SHINee playing the age game and Taemin making Jonghyun eat a paper cup

All of them checking to see if their pants ripped, congratulating Key on a job well done and then Minho realizing he ripped his pants and just…..rolling offstage.

Taemin ripping his pants during Sherlock, it being shown on a variety show saying they “blurred it out” but it just had a smiley face over Taemin’s face

taemin’s first vocal lessons coming from jinki.

kibum’s call coming in to jonghyun while he was at the temple grounds on “one fine day” & it just being a “hey, how you doing?” kind of message.

jonghyun whining during the voiceover that neither jinki nor taemin called him during ofd.

taemin calling jinki from a pay phone in flippin’ 2012.

jonghyun during weekly idol in ‘13.  like, the entire episode. 

minho & taemin kicking ass on “dream team” together. 

jinki kicking a football (soccer) so that it hit the goal post on the first try.

ot5 promoting themselves with lollipops

taemin feeding jinki birthday cake & then taking a bite from the same piece.

taemin eating while minho gushed over him on the phone during “ace” promotions.

jinki singing “in your eyes” to minho & minho basically saying it was their song.

kibum basically calling jinki a sugar daddy multiple times on twitter.

taemin searching jinki’s “lap” during a live interview.

jinki performing “everybody” with a sprained ankle because he didn’t want the other members to have to cover for him last minute.

taemin writing “i love onew hyung” on a fan’s cd.

shinee was literally at abbey road.

jinki was accepted into sm through an on-the-spot performance in front of lee soo man.

kibum won out of 8k competitors to get into sm.

kibum talking about lee soo man telling every member their good traits & when he got to kibum it was “wide forehead”.

taemin, during their first year, saying that jinki stayed at the dorm with him & sometimes took him shopping when everyone else left.

jinki saying, in 2013, that he only hung out with taemin.

the 2014 seek article that described each & every ship

2013 golden disk awards where jinki’s earpiece died & he had to perform “everybody” with no feedback. 

minho still driving the car he won on “dream team”

taemin, the main dancer, falling into the pool while jinki, known for his “sangtae”, managed to keep his balance.

minho teaching jonghyun to swim

jinki & taemin each wearing half of the same tracksuit in a practice video.

jonghyun saying kibum was his soul mate & that’s how he knew how many hats he had.

minho & taemin cleaning up after ot5 got drunk & sappy at kibum’s apartment, & leaving a sweet “love you” note behind.

minho buying kibum a vacuum because it’s what he wanted.

minho prayed in the end of year ceremony even he doesn’t believe a god because he saw taemin is praying

jonghyun calling himself as “taemin’s mom”

jinki’s staring at his members at stage/varieties. like he is just saying “you are doing very well” without words