Sophie

body to body - ok i think this one’s good, probably it’ll sound great live. kind of a thesis statement for the album which seems to be ‘we need to perform on stage together or we’ll literally die’. and tbh i think that’s fine. i think what enlistment/solo era taught them and us is that what they love more than anything else is performing together, all seven of them. i just worry that the album was rushed out because they needed to have a new album to promote in order to perform.

hooligan - i like the weirdness but this feels like a j hope song and idk if the others fit into it like they’re just kinda there…? like going from hobis weird feel good inc. laugh to jk singing ‘why this baseline slapping so rude (????) in that sweet falsetto is uh. hmm. eurgh. jimin and yoongi sound great. kinda just goes nowhere though like it’s just each member taking turns to sing the same thing with rapline getting a few lines in

aliens - first track that lyrically has some actual teeth to it. not a huge fan of the actual tune but at least they’re saying something? again structurally very boring. so far every song is just verse chorus verse chorus and each member gets a turn there’s no bridges no crazy ad libs. also weird how the alien metaphor doesn’t really tie in to how they used it previously feels like there’s no continuity. also how are you ‘aliens’ to the music industry when you are recording this song in LA with 15+ western contributors

FYA - ugh just boring and the lyrics are so stupid it’s trying to be a clurb bangerrrr but it’s not it! just boring. why are rapline just repeating the same thing with modified lyrics. why are vocal line just repeating the same lines one after the other

2.0 - just nothinggggg they’re just saying nothing it’s just random slang phrases and pop pop knock knock pull up at your block…. why’s yoongi the only one who’s saying anything remotely meaningful

no. 29 - a very cool idea in theory but all of these songs end so abruptly i mean i like it but it’s not integrated very well with the tracks before. also i find it weird how completely split in two the album is. aside a is all pull up to club get down and then side b is like nice songs that are niceys :) there’s no flow there’s no connection.

swim - it’s fineeeeee i guess but doesn’t sound like bts…. just goes nowhere… should not have been the title track! also weirdly horny but in an artificial way? like ooh girl there’s water…. on your skin… like groundbreaking. they have good horny songs but they were horny in a weird and authentic way like converse high or war of hormone. MV is a whole other story it was so boring like why all the focus on the white girl why the camp little sailor outfits played completely straight? they were barely in it

merry go round - finallyyyyyy a song that has actually got something to say!!! this is the first song where i went oh yeah this is actually bts. and now i don’t feel crazy bc they obviously still do have thoughts and feelings that i still relate to like yeah life feels like that for me too! so why did it take eight tracks to get here? way too short. over just as it was getting started.

normal - again, they’re finally saying something. i feel like they’re just not expressing themselves in english as well as they do in korean! like obviously i only speak english but even in translation it comes through. and the songs are soooo short and empty? like take this song. just over 3 minutes long, vocal line are just repeating the same 16 lines over and over, rapline have like, four lines each? ughhh. something almost interesting was happening there musically at the beginning but it went nowhere

like animals - it’s kind of going somewhere! just doesn’t go far enough. metaphor is very surface level. like yes we’re ’like animals’ in all these various ways but just as they’re starting to say something it wanders off. interesting that at this point i’m just starting to get tired tbh im like ugh how many more songs are there.

they don’t know bout us - i like the opening sample. is this the first time on the album that the vocal line has sung korean lyrics? jimin sounds great, i like his low voice here.

one more night - just kind of boring it’s getting hard to distinguish between tracks. sounds like a jk solo song.

please - nice enough but just kind of boring and empty. like yeah it’s a ‘love song’ but nothing makes it stand out lyrically like think of dimple or something that had a theme you could sink your teeth into.

into the sun - wow this was the only song that made me feel any emotion. it was very sweet. unfortunately the vocals were destroyed by whatever that layering effect was but i’m sure it’ll sound great live. tae thank you so much for fighting for this one it saved the album for me 🙏

and now some general thoughts. first: can’t believe how much of a slog this was to get through. the shortening of songs in this attention economy is reallly making music suffer. there’s no variation in song length or structure. there’s no texture. it’s depressingly straightforward and literal.

what i’ve always loved about bts is how textured their songs are. each member had a completely unique singing/rapping style, whereas on this album it felt so flattened. i struggled to tell who was singing when, it was easier to tell rapline apart but i was shocked i had to try. like think back to outro: tear, or ddaeng, or the truth untold. they were so sonically rich and varied, they used each members unique style and strengths to create a whole song out of disparate parts. with this album i feel like it didn’t matter who was singing or rapping what.

structurally as well these songs were very repetitive and flat. hardly any hooks, no build up and release, no long outros or intros, no variation in length or lyrics or even vocal style between choruses. i don’t think there was a single bridge on the whole album? hardly any instrumentation, hardly anything musically/melodically interesting. also nothing on that album was good enough to justify working with any of those skeezy guys like at least with supreme boi it was like ‘their music would suffer without him but they should cut ties it’s the right thing to do’. this was just unjustified

ugh i really wanted to like this! it’s not irredeemable but all of these songs are songs that on another bts album id probably skip. i feel like there’s nothing that grabbed me or made me sit up and go wow, ive never heard that before! just very… samey. flat. repetitive, and not in a good way. it felt like they were tired. it felt like a very rm/j hope/jungkook album and the others were just along for the ride. it felt unbalanced, and i don’t mean it in a line distribution way, it just felt like they weren’t all there. i thought from how they’d been talking they had so much to say about the military and how the worlds changed, almost five years of pent up feelings, and none of that same through.

it felt very disjointed. i don’t see how these songs connected to each other, or to the concept of arirang, or the seven korean students, or ‘what is your love song’.

i guess we’ll see how the set list is. i’ll be interested to see what and how many songs off this album they’ll perform live and how they sound. what’s puzzling me is how any of these songs will mesh with their older discography. i can’t imagine these songs alongside fire or spring day without them sounding listless by comparison.

fuck donald trump

fuck ICE

immigrants are not illegal

free palestine

black lives have and will always matter

trans rights forever and always

pro choice

healthcare should be free

house the homeless

keep religion out of schools

LGBTQ+ rights

fuck the tories

003 title track: wish I looked like her

pairings: felix x fem!chubby!reader

themes: body insecurities, sad for a quick minute but a happy ending, felix is an angel as always, felix is whipped

She couldn’t help but to feel insecure—watching as the waves crashed against the shore. Y/n cast a glance in the direction of all the commotion—her gaze landing on one of the women currently wrapped up in an intense game of beach volleyball against some of the guys.

‘I wish I looked like that,” she couldn’t help but to mutter.

Y/n had never been super insecure of her body. That was until she started coming around. It didn’t help knowing that she also had a crush on Felix or that she was absolutely gorgeous. Her weight sat in all the places Y/n wished hers did. A beautiful hourglass figure, flat stomach, silky smooth skin, and a chiseled face.

Layla had a body she never would. And to top it off, she was an absolute angel.

Y/n couldn’t hate her even if she wanted to.

“What’s wrong with the way you look now?”

His deep voice made her jump, eyes wide as she turned towards Felix. There was a frown on his plump lips as he closed the cooler and took a seat next to her. Y/n’s eyes lingered a little too long on the glistening skin of his chest. She blinked, clearing her throat before moving over to make room for Felix on her towel.

She thinks if the silence lingers between them, that he will think she didn’t hear him and they can move on from this. Act like she wasn’t caught admiring another woman’s body and wishing hers didn’t look the way it did.

“You didn’t answer me.”

There’s a pout in his voice as she turns towards him. Her heart skips a beat at how close he is sitting to her. His bare arm brushes hers—the coolness of his wet skin providing a bit of relief to her overheated body.

She doesn’t know how it’s possible, but she thinks that his freckles have multiplied from the past few hours spent in the sun.

“I-,” she begins, but hesitates.

“It’s nothing Felix. Just thinking out loud.”

She laughs but there’s no humor behind it, instead her lower lip wobbles. She turns her gaze from the blonde next to her and back towards the others.

Layla cheers as the ball touches the ground in front of Changbin. Her smile is bright, wind a paid actor as her auburn hair floats beautifully behind her.

‘If only.’

Suddenly, there’s a hand under her chin, turning your attention back in his direction. Her eyes are wide as they meet Felix’s. There’s a furrow between his brow, but his eyes are soft with worry.

It’s then that Y/n feels a wetness on her cheeks. Felix gently wipes her tears before pulling her into his embrace and somehow…it makes her feel worse.

It makes her even more aware of their size difference.

Y/n wiggles free of his grasp, she pretends like she doesn’t see the look of hurt on his face as she stands.

“I’m going to head in for a bit,” she mutters—swiping at her wet eyes as she makes her way past the others and back up towards the house.

‘A bit’ ended up being the rest of the evening. When Hyunjin knocked on her door to see if she was okay, she had told him she felt a bit exhausted from the heat and was going to lay down early—which resulted in Chan delivering a couple of water bottles to her room and scolding her softly for not drinking enough.

She could hear the laughter travel up the staircase as she left her room to shower. Y/n could hear Layla’s laughter—probably at something Felix had said.

She closes the door to the bathroom, slipping into the shower, and letting the water wash away the sand and salt from not only the ocean, but her tears as well.

Y/n is beyond tired when she steps out. She dries herself—frowning as she tries to avoid looking at her body for too long. She continues with her night routine so that she can slip between the sheets once she returns to her room.

As she secures the robe around her waist—there’s a knock at the door.

She thinks it’s one of the others needing to use the bathroom. Without thinking, she opens the door—greeted by the man she had left stranded on the beach.

His hair was wet, the shoulders of his shirt spotted with water droplets from his ends. Y/n figured he must have just washed up as well in his and Chan’s shared bathroom.

He doesn’t say anything as he gently takes her hand in his, leading her back towards her room.

Y/n’s heart leaps in her chest as he shuts the door.

She notices the shiver that wracks his body momentarily from the cool air in her room.

Before he can say anything, she motions towards the vanity, “Sit. I’ll dry your hair.”

Felix looks like he wants to protest but she starts the dryer, waiting for him to sit. He does, but his eyes don’t leave hers. She feels the weight of them on her in the mirror, her palms growing clammy under his gaze. She doesn’t like the attention, not with her earlier accidental confession weighing in the air.

It doesn’t take long for Felix’s hair to dry. She turns the dryer off, moving to lay it on vanity. But as she does, Felix grips her arm. Y/n gasps dropping the dryer onto the floor with a loud thud as she’s pulled into Felix’s lap.

“Felix,” she protests but he holds her firmly in his lap.

“Stop moving.”

The deepness of his voice stills her.

He reaches up, gently brushing a strand of hair from her face, “Now tell me, what’s going on in that head of yours.”

“It’s nothing Lix. Just forget I said—.”

“It’s not nothing Y/n. You think I don’t notice the way your mood shifts when Layla is around? How much more you cover up and try to make yourself unnoticeable? How you won’t let me touch you without pulling away or stay still in my lap because you think you’re hurting me.”

Y/n’s eyes well with hot tears, her eyes moving to look anywhere but at his. But Felix won’t let her. His own soft brown eyes are filled with tears of his own.

“You don’t realize how perfect you are in every way and that kills me.”

Her brows furrow as she hesitantly meets his gaze, “W-What?”

Felix signs, moving both of his arms around her waist before pressing their foreheads together. Y/n freezes in his grasp, the heat of his breath grazing over her lips.

“You don’t realize the effect you have on me.”

Y/n feels as though she stops breathing.

“But I—wouldn’t you prefer someone like Layla?”

Felix huffs out a laugh of disbelief. His eyes flicker with mischief.

“Layla isn’t the one in my lap right now, is she?”

Y/n’s eyes widen, her cheeks heating but she doesn’t say anything.

“Is that what brought this on?”

His words are soft, wanting nothing but to understand her.

“I—maybe? I never thought anything of myself or my body until she started coming around. She’s amazing don’t get me wrong but she’s so gorgeous. It got worse with the beach trips and then knowing how she felt about y—.”

Y/n bits her tongue as she meets Felix’s gaze.

“I know she likes me.”

Y/n didn’t know how she felt about the news. Before she could overthink, Felix brushed his nose against hers before pulling back slightly.

“I told her that I already had someone else in my heart. Someone funny, kind-hearted, who doesn’t see how perfect she is inside and out,” he whispers as he inches forward again.

“Someone I’ve always dreamed of holding like this.”

Y/n’s breath catches in her throat as his plush lips brush against hers.

“Someone so beautiful in every way it drives me crazy,” he finished breathless before slotting his lips with hers.

The kiss is slow, each press of his lips against hers sending butterflies throughout her body.

Y/n lets him hold her and kiss her until they are breathless. Until those silly thoughts leave her head and until voices rise in the hall wondering where the two of them had disappeared to.

synopsis: jisung’s oh so loving roommate, felix, graciously gifted him a late birthday/early christmas present. little did either of them know that some shitty porn chip would leave jisung falling in love.

pairing: cyber!jisung x artificial!fem!reader genre: smut, cyberpunk au contains: mentions of cyberware, simulated sexual intimacy, kissing, handjob, unprotected sex (kinda…? idk it isn’t real), coming untouched (also kinda??), desperate jisung, dropping the love bomb word count: 3.5k

now playing: scent - xlov

the circuit — - cyberpunk!skz

[a/n]: FIRST INSTALLMENT OF CYBERPUNK AU LETS GOOOOO >< i hope this all translates well bc it was a liiiittle difficult to write bc i wanted to make it as cyberpunk-y as possible while still keeping it easy to read. ANYWAYS I HOPE YOU ENJOYYYY <3<3

Before Trump started talking about invading Greenland the conversation about independence was actually pretty nuanced. Most people in Greenland want independence, but it is difficult to untangle a lot of things like Danish government investment in Greenland and how they would stand with regards to the EU and more. The general idea was that they would get independence sometime in our lifetimes.

US invasion would take ALL OF THIS away from them. There would be NO path to independence and NO self rule. They would also lose access to the benefits of being EU citizens, with free education, free healthcare and more.

fuck donald trump

fuck ICE

immigrants are not illegal

free palestine

black lives have and will always matter

trans rights forever and always

pro choice

healthcare should be free

house the homeless

keep religion out of schools

LGBTQ+ rights

fuck the tories

consistent practice opens up whole worlds of skill that you couldn't imagine

making mistakes in the process of learning is not only natural, it is also essential

activities that you enjoy can give you more energy back than you spent on them

For everything we do here, please be sure to be careful with what you edit, and restart your computer to lock things in. If you don't have access to the Group editor, (likely to happen if you're on base windows) you can do this as well by opening your Registry Editor app, then inputting this after your 'computer' or whatever the initial segment is. (Mine is computer. If I just try and paste the below string it gets SO mad at me)

\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot

Navigating to your "turnoffwindowscopilot", hit modify, and set the value data to 1.

If done correctly, it'll look like this.

While we're at it, you can also get rid of the integrated search, (or that thing where it searches the web when you search anything, whether or not you want it to) and such through regedit as well.

Integrated search will have you going to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

Navigate to your "DisableSearchBoxSuggestions" bit, if you don't see it, you can make it by right clicking and creating a new registry D-Word key of that exact name. Edit the key, set it to 1. It'll look like this if you do it right!

To get rid of Windows Spotlight, (The thing where it pulls up ten billion pages on windows start page, shoving ads in your face and cluttering everything) we go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DesktopSpotlight\Settings

And set "Enabled State" To 0. If you do it right, it'll look like this!

Disabling edge on startup will also help a fair deal with processing speed and the like. This you can do in all sorts of ways, the easiest being turning it off entirely on startup through settings in the like.

If you want to kill it *entirely*, though? :)

In regedit, run along to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft

Navigate to your MicrosoftEdge key subcategory. If you don't see it, you can make one! Note, this is a KEY, not a d-word. *inside* that subcategory, we want to either make or find the D-Word key of PreventLaunchEdge and set that to 1 in the same way as all the others. It'll look like this.

Aaaand while we're here, I'd HIGHLY recommend shanking Killer Networking Services. It's just bloatware. (Ostensibly it's supposed to monitor your network bandwidth and even things out, but that really means it's constantly monitoring and pinging things, which eats up the bandwidth you DO get, and also chunks your computer's processing power.) Getting rid of it entirely is borderline impossible, since it's set to redownload on regular updates and intel is very pushy with its updates.

This you can do by opening your Services.msc, which basically shows you all the background stuff that Windows does. Find Anything with Killer in the name, right click it, go to properties, and disable startup. It should look like this, if done successfully. It will probably reenable itself in time/in later updates for windows, but it's a quick fix. I'd also check your TaskScheduler app to make sure that nothing's scheduled to open up there, either.

If you CAN completely kill Killer services through uninstalling and the like, I would warn that at very least for my computer, the only ethernet/lan support applications that are available ARE Killer's. When you download updates, you really do have to do it manually and ONLY download the ethernet services, or just be cool with not having Lan functionality.

One last thing, not a shit application but is a shit service. If your computer's constantly overheating or just warm, you likely have Turboboost enabled. (Default setting that you can't change) If you want to be able to turn it off and drop your temps by like 40 degrees, in Regedit go to

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00\be337238-0d82-4146-a960-4f3749d470c7

(Note- This isn't the string copy paste from the reddit thread, this is mine that does the same thing. If my string doesn't work for you, check the reddit thread string. If that doesn't work either, you can follow the path and find it pretty easily. Probably has like, one letter of difference somewhere. The bits all start the same, though, so it's easy to find.)

and go to "attributes". Set the value from 1 to 2, and now in your advanced Power Plan settings in control panel, you'll be able to *see* turbo boost and turn it off.

It'll look like this, and in power options, a successful disabling of boost should look like this.

Turning off quick startup's also a good call, since that basically stops your restarts from actually shutting things down properly.

There's well over a hundred settings, here's just a few of them:

(sorry the classic taskbar option no longer works with current windows 11 version)

Fair warning: This is a powerful tool which means it can also do some damage if you don't know what you're doing, but every setting comes with an extensive explanation, as you can see in the Ads and unwanted apps screenshot.