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ain't nobody here but... For all things fannish. These days I ride hard for the pits of DMBJ and am emotionally compromised by Min Yoongi (and the rest of BTS). (Username acquired pre-1998 Gap swing dance commercial, tyvm. Same one ever since.)

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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ah, yes. The one DMBJ property that actually has something resembling a complete narrative arc - THAT’S the one everyone is clamoring for a sequel. Mhmm. Never change, DMBJ.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Jimin is wearing enough illusion netting to be mistaken for a figure skater.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Oh, Hobi is ON ONE tonight. RIP tonight’s audience. Thoughts and prayers.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The sound mix tonight makes their voices so clear. I am more aware of their little background flourishes (and JK harmonizing just for the hell of it) than I think I ever have been before.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Same-continent concert streaming is so weird. What do you mean I don’t have to elaborately arrange my curtains to keep sunrise from ruining the vibe??
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s taken over a year, but I think I figured it out. My career to date has pretty much been Game of Thrones: both high quality and problematic from the beginning, but the last season went so far off the rails it fouled everything that came before, and now we don’t talk about it.
A collage of photos of the cast of Game of Thrones at the season 8 table read, in various stages of grief.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Am p sure my unemployment listening binges tell a story I didn’t know I was writing: all Behind the Bastards Nazi podcast episodes -> the Revolutions podcast esp the Russian episodes -> multiple audiobooks on Soviet Russia -> multiple repeats of the full Dungeon Crawler Carl series -> War and Peace.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
When Army is Armying at its best, it truly is one of the fannish all-timers.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Look. I am a very simple chicken with very simple buttons that were installed in ways I had very little say over. And now you’re giving me a stoic man in a black cowboy hat who also can’t help but smile when he defends his black cat for having big bones and expect me to be normal about it? Nah.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
You know what I want? Headphones, but for smells.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Namjoon from d2 Baltimore in his second act outfit: a white tank top, a hoodie tied around his waist, and those goddamn bedazzled jorts he also wore to serenade Jin’s discharge via saxophone. His hair is tall, vaguely reddish, and side parted. He’s got on silver wraparound sunglasses and a silver ball chain necklace. Kyle Gordon as DJ Crazy Times in his impeccable Europop parody video Planet of the Bass. He’s wearing a back flak vest over his bare chest, black cargo pants, and wraparound reflective sunglasses. His hair is tall, very red, and parted on the side. The text reads “women are my favorite guy.”Pam from the Office in the “They’re the same picture” meme.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Getting to sleep in your own bed after a concert is amazing, but there’s nothing quite like staying in a hotel full of fans. I highly recommend both experiences.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
And they were ROOMMATES.
Blond shaggy Jimin wearing a vest over a mesh shirt and bell bottoms, one hand on his hip, the other arm delicately bent in front of him as he looks back over his shoulder. He looks like he wandered straight off the set of the Jesus Christ Superstar movie. Dramatically lit Hobi from D1 Metlife/NJ, head to toe in leather, shirt tucked in but open to the waist like a classic romance novel cover, looking like an escapee from the Matrix except way hornier.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’m sorry; was I supposed to actually accomplish something today, instead of just sitting around thinking about Yoongi and his faux-disappointed face on the first two demands for us to make some noise, then giving an Agust D roar on his third demand, followed by a little grin and a thumbs up?
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Can confirm: even better than expected.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I also saw a YOONGI MARRY MY WIFE tshirt on a guy at the train station.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
So Kim Goddamn Namjoon can tell the recording academy to fuck right off, but he can be forced - FORCED - by his stylist to wear the pikachu hat. Mmhmmmm.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Not that there was any doubt, but Hobi is 1000% the dancer who keeps going full steam into the wings. He starts his moves well before a camera is anywhere near him and keeps going well after they refocus.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Namjoon’s white t shirt tonight was on par with Yoongi’s on In The Soop season 1.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Hobi has gone full romance novel cover: his shirt is entirely unbuttoned but tucked into his (leather?) pants.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I stand by the idea that BTS eating at hole-in-the-wall restaurants from every tour location while in NYC would be peak content. Or Taste Buds/BTS collab when? Or, hell, just set ‘em loose at the Queens Night Market.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
If anyone is looking for NJ tix at face value for either day, I, uh, recommend taking a quick peek at T!cketm@ster right now. Just a little look.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Bus driver: Is this [line] for clothes? One or two people: it’s for BTS! Bus driver: confused noises A garble of people: BTS / concert / merch / fan chant Bus driver, enlightened: ohhh, is that the six guys? The entire line in unison: SEVEN
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Wus and Zhangs: canonically incapable of being normal about each other since 193something.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Zhang Qishan throttling a shirtless Wu Laogou in a bath, simultaneous 7-part dick swinging on instagram, AND concerts all in the same week?? My fandoms are conspiring against me. I think this is what they meant by having the vapors.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
First was technically an epic She-Ra and Cinderella crossover I hand-bound (stapled) and illustrated (in marker) in the early 80s. First internet fic was La Femme Nikita het on a bulletin board in 1997. First slash was some time between 1999 and 2001: Highlander. On lj. Of course.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Also consider Sweet Rehab, a Parisian patisserie three blocks west. $$$ but delicious. The coco bongo is a freakin’ tropical delight. Then get matcha one block south at Sorate. Or two blocks north for stupid good Italian sandwiches at All’ Antico Vinaio. Or Mughal chai at Cafe Habibti. Or or or…
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A local coffee shop just posted their summer specials, and one of them is a Dirty Shirley: espresso, grenadine, sparkling water, and a cherry. I, being me, liked the insta post announcing this and commented “HI ZEV!!”
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Fingers crossed that Namjoon finds time to go to the Prado. My kingdom for a pic of him in front of a Hieronymus Bosch.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Peter agrees on the importance of being A Shape.
A lorge chunk of a black cat sitting up in the sun, his front paws neatly together all the better to show off the impressive roundness of his hinder spreading out behind them. He’s shaped like a butternut squash with ears and a tail.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The gates aren’t up blocking off the path for their entrance to the stage yet; I have time to make coffee.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Despite knowing shifting amounts of daylight is totally a thing, I am nevertheless still startled when 6am for Busan is a hell of a lot lighter than 6am for Goyang.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I am unable to stop thinking about the guitar string calluses on Yoongi’s left hand. (And now you are, too.)
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
No, YOU’RE the one crying on the subway over the final, doomed charge of a stripper/mercenary named Dong Quixote astride his magnificent mantaur steed.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The thing that they don’t tell you about getting into the travel industry is that if you’re a fan, especially one whose blorbos are conceivably wealthy, is that you will end up with dozens on dozens of bookmarks of places your clients will never afford but are *perfect* settings for fic.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
So do we think Tangie is the sort to loudly ignore Yoongi for at least an hour after arriving home to make sure his displeasure Is Known, or do we think he flings himself bodily at Yoongi’s ankles, yelling about how he SUFFERED and STARVED and how Yoongi must begin making it up to him immediately?
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Finally getting around to watching the BTS Netflix doc in bits and pieces. I cannot help but compare some of the dinner scenes to the latest Run episodes. I want to combine the lighting of the doc with the laughter and bullshittery of Run. Hire the lighting director for Run! Budget schmudget!
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Okay, look. If it were me? If I could justify a plane ticket to Vegas? If I could use one of these tickets I’m trying to offload from several someones who bought while intentionally trying to profit off of army? This is what I would do.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
OKAY. Through a complicated series of events, I now have eight tickets to Las Vegas Arirang shows on days three and four. I am getting them taken off the resale sites where they are listed for $$$, and I would like to sell them to army for face value. Three pairs, two singles. Mostly lower bowl.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I wonder if Yoongi occasionally sweet talks a pile of black clothes on the hotel room floor if he isn’t wearing his glasses, just out of muscle memory.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Thank you, Taehyung and Hobi, for providing visual evidence of them getting ribs in Texas, but I am sadly disappointed in the lack of tacos. In El Paso! (If I learn there was zero off-camera taco action last week, I will cry.) But if I don’t get some quality Bangtan taco content from Mexico City…
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Tour time is a gift, even when a show isn’t live-streamed. It is a joy waking up to a skyline full of squee and clips. (Also it’s only April. IT’S ONLY APRIL. I fear August in the best possible ways.)
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I am going to run out of Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks before the eighth one is released next month, and I am unsure how to cope. That’s my emotional support sentient Persian cat wearing a tiara and shooting lasers from her eyes as she rides a velociraptor!
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Another day, another Bad Decisions Book Club, in which “book” is pronounced “BTS.” Though, really, it practically feels like the same day. I cannot imagine having to do two full concerts this close together. I feel weird, and the most strenuous thing I did was partially hang a curtain.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
::gasps:: and then they could bring the band back for On during karaoke roulette! BTS, call me. I have Ideas. (Also Baltimore restaurant recommendations, just sayin’.)
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
For serious. Have the band come out for the inset of Arirang in Body to Body, then have them march out all together. Temple proved at least the Idol bit can be done!
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Idol [BTS] / Temple University Diamond Marching Band
YouTube video by TempleBands
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
But at what cost???
Taehyung emerging from a bedroom with truly EPIC bedhead. It looks like an entire wig is trying to launch itself from the top of his normal hair. His eyes are closed; he’s wearing a baggy white t shirt and black sweatpants; one hand is shoved in his pocket and the other is scratching the back of his head.
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Taehyung as Catwoman AU when???
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Chiehani⁷ @chiehani.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Picture of BTS Suga's black cat Tang looking around a corner, captioned: Do you know Butter?
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uschickens @uschickens.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What do you MEAN there won’t be a concert for me to watch mere minutes after my alarm goes off tomorrow?? Criminal.
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