Currently, BTS trash

A moment that never fails to make my heart clench is that moment on 191029 Speak Yourself Seoul [The Final], during the final moments of their last concert, when Jungkook just got really overwhelmed while singing Mikrokosmos which of course, Jimin noticed.

So he backhugs JK and waddles across the stage with him in his arms while singing and you can see JK doing his best to try and stop his tears. He actually makes a pretty valiant effort, but then—

—when Jimin lets him go and Jungkook turns around, it’s like something in him that he tried so hard to hold on to snaps and he just breaks down? Because there is apparently something about Jimin that is so familiar and safe that Jungkook instinctually knows he can be vulnerable around him?

I don’t know if you guys realize how amazing that is? It’s not as if Jimin said anything to him or did something that told Jungkook “hey you don’t have to hold it in, you can just let the tears out”. No, JK deadass just turned around, made eye contact with Jimin and burst into tears.

Like this is actually the same reaction as a child falling down and not crying despite everyone around them fussing over them. But the second they see their parent, it’s like they know they don’t have to hold it in anymore so they burst into tears and run into their arms.

Do you guys understand how absolutely insane and heartbreaking the implications are? Like holy shit, I’m actually losing my mind over this.

The level of familiarity and comfort Jimin must mean to Jungkook for this kind of thing to happen? For just one look at Jimin’s face to break down all the walls he tried to set up? Ugh, my heart.

Don’t even get me started on how softly Jimin wiped away Jungkook’s tears with one sweater paw while gently cradling his head like wow I don’t think I’m in the right state of mind to talk about that yet.

holy it’s been so long since i was last here but i attended borahaegas on both the 8th and the 9th so i thought i’d share this vid of jimin i took from the 9th over here ☺️

so.

jimin’s birthday vlive.

what the fuck 🙂 [screams in domestic]

JEON JUNGKOOK WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT FROM ME

ISTG THEY ARE INSANE FOR THIS???? IT’S BEEN 35 MINS AND I STILL CANT STOP WATCHING

ALSO 15.5 MILLION VIEWS HELLOO???? I THOUGHT I SAW IT WRONG

and here’s part 2

The fact that it’s an actress from the actual show who plays the role of a ghost in charge of ghost weddings that posted this video will never not be funny and absolutely amazing.

Basically, WenZhou married, it’s canon 😌

I’m not even gonna lie, I start laughing uncontrollably every single time I watch this goddamn video.

So backstory to this video (this is only half of it, I’ll post the second half too), Chen Zihan, the actress for Xi Sang Ghost, posted this video on her Weibo and has since deleted it. The thing is, if you recall, Xi Sang Ghost is in charge of officiating weddings for ghosts and since her first appearance with Wen Kexing, netizens have been joking that the reason Wen Kexing gives her so much leeway and respect is because he’s expecting her to host his wedding with Zhou Zishu.

I think you get what I’m implying here.

So anyways, a few days after the finale on Saturday, Chen Zihan posts this video on her official Weibo account and she edits it in a way that shows WenZhou’s proposal, Zhou Zishu preparing to get married to Wen Kexing, with her as host for their wedding.

The fact that she starts with the whole hairpin giving scene is just 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 (remember, hairpin is a token of love). I swear no one in that entire cast and crew is normal. They’re all shippers and she’s actually insane for this because “Chen Zihan hosts Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu’s wedding” reached number 1 trending on Weibo after this video dropped.

btw, I hope y’all are aware that Chen Zihan (the actress who plays Xi Sang Ghost) posted (and deleted) a video of her officiating Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu’s wedding 🙃

they are literally married and I’m ready to take is as canon (I’ll try to post the video after, it’s just very long and I get annoyed with tumblr’s 100MB size limit 🙄)

popping by here to just share this random edit I made ahdjdhajdj

When I say.

That this man is sculpted by god.

Like, not only does his face look like That, his body’s also like This.

I am: Done.

By the way, I’ve been posting a lot more SHL updates, interview translations of Zhang Zhehan and Gong Jun on my Twitter (@manggaetteok96) so if you’re interested in faster and smaller updates about Word of Honor, you can go check my account out.

It’s mainly because Twitter allows longer videos to be posted whereas Tumblr is constrained by the 100mb limit. I still use Tumblr because there’s no word limit here so all of the massive word barf posts will continue to be done here 😌👌🏻

So I haven’t made any posts yet today but I’m here with something very good this time.

Namely, further proof that the Word of Honor team really did film a happy ending, they just couldn’t fully show it. Fans noticed that Chengling’s explanation of what happened to Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu as they practiced the LiuHe skill did not match his lips at all (honestly any Chinese speaking person can tell, the dubbing is pretty obvious).

The video below is actually a fan’s re-dub of Chengling’s explanation which, compared to the mess of dubbing in the aired version, pretty perfectly matches his lip movements. Can’t blame the original dub though, the explanation is way too different to match his lips ;)

There are two sets of subtitles: the set on top is what was aired in the finale and the set below is what Chengling is supposed to have originally said (pre-dub over).

I have translated both:

Broadcast version:

Chengling: To master the LiuHe skill, there must be a person who wholeheartedly accepts turning their body into a furnace which they use to turn their own hard-earned cultivation into energy that is passed on to the practitioner. No matter how good your cultivation is, even if death is not immediate, the veins will still be cut off eventually.

Kid: So... did they master it?

What should have been the original script (and basically what is said in the video above):

Chengling: To master the LiuHe skill, the two must share the same heart/feelings, watching over and protecting each other. They must also whole-heatedly recognize the other as their soulmate, for only by maintaining their love can they pass the most critical stage by transmitting their internal qi (energy) to the other, thereby getting through the difficulty. Once the skill is mastered, the two will then become each other’s immortal protector.

Kid: So... they both survived?

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So.

I dunno if that makes it obvious now but from Chengling’s original explanation, nowhere does it say that a sacrifice is needed to master the LiuHe skill. The two people just have to wholeheartedly love each other and be willing to give to each other completely, which would allow them to transmit the necessary energy to push pass the critical stage without holding anything back. In the end, they become immortal and protect each other forever.

This “theory” (I really should use “fact” but whatever) is completely supported by Ye Baiyi’s words as well. In a flashback, he tells Wen Kexing that he has a method to save A-Xu, but it would cost him his life and asked if he would still be willing. Wen Kexing didn’t even hesitate before agreeing, to which Ye Baiyi let out a pleased smile and replied with “You’ve answered well.”

According to my “theory”, this was merely a test to ensure that Wen Kexing would not have any doubts because if he did, he’ll hold back during the LiuHe cultivation process which could cost both of them their lives. It’s only by being wholeheartedly devoted to each other and willing to give each other their all that they can pass the critical stage.

Also yes, I know he said a bunch of stuff in voice over while the camera panned over WenZhou mid-cultivation but because I didn’t actually see his lips say that (meaning, I don’t have video proof of his lips actually uttering those words), I’m more inclined to believe what I do see. A voice over can be recorded at any time to fit broadcasting needs so 🤷🏻‍♀️

Anyways, all this just to reiterate what I’ve been saying this entire time: WenZhou have a happy ending where they both become immortal and are each other’s forever for eternity. No, they did not die. No, I don’t think it’s a bad end and no one can convince me otherwise 😤

Translation: (clip explaining how the “Is it beautiful?” and “It’s perfect.” was born from an adlib)

Zhang Zhehan: For example, that scene with the old fisherman. They kept saying that I was a "beauty beauty beauty", eventually I couldn't hold it in anymore so I turned my head around and asked him, "Is it beautiful?"

I just thought, you see me looking like this, how can you keep saying that I look beautiful? In reality, I was asking it in a very sarcastic way, purposefully trying to probe [him out with] "Am I beautiful?"

Unexpectedly, very quickly, Gong Jun was able to answer, he said "Perfect."

Oftentimes, it's these small details that pushes a role towards a certain direction, towards a certain character development. I feel like this is, when everybody sees it, they will find out—

Gong Jun: It's interesting.

Zhang Zhehan: —Yes, there are many interesting parts.

//end

So the producer specifically asked for actors for the leads (as opposed to idols) and you can really see how that decision paid off with these two.

I’m honestly amazed by Zhang Zhehan and Gong Jun. If you didn’t know, they actually filmed the scenes mostly chronologically (all the beggar scenes filmed first). It worked very well in their case because they weren’t quite familiar with each other back then just yet, so any heavily emotional scenes wouldn’t have had as much of an impact given the underlying awkwardness.

That being said, despite their unfamiliarity, they already had enough chemistry between them to come up with legendary adlibs like “Is it beautiful?” “It’s perfect.”

Honestly, I haven’t been this affected by a pair of actors as I have been by these two.