an early spring

In a move both surprising and inevitable, I've found myself in the BTS fandom– or at least, in parts of it. I'm reading fic for exactly one pairing, I've fallen down multiple video rabbit-holes, and I'm learning more about both the group and the idol industry as a whole. I've been expecting this to happen since... 2018? Meaning there's a massive backlog of stuff to catch up on, and a number of different ways to interact with & approach the material. Meaning I'm having a massive amount of fun. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

the amazing BTS Primer by adoremouse on AO3

a breakdown of every era of BTS at The Ringer

an official dance practice playlist

the 'cooking with Jin' tag on a fan translation site

One Week // One Band has two series on them

The 91 Series: an analysis & history of the idol pop industry through the lens of a Qpop group

more miscellaneously, there's 2018's performance of Idol at the MMAs, their appearance on Running Man (where Jimin turns a piggyback into an offensive weapon), and Namjoon's well-documented love of small things.

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