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shakti ([personal profile] markohmark) wrote2020-11-20 12:30 pm
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some taegyu/txt vlives i've watched recently

i've never really watched vlives before but i'm on the hunt for some taehyun & beomgyu lore (partly because of my conversation with lav about her taegyu fic, partly because i'm trying to figure them out myself, partly because i am so deprived of taegyu that... yeah...) so here we go. also this post wouldn't exist without kaia's help w/ finding stuff to watch so ^^ i appreciate that as well... i hope this is readable but honestly it's kind of a mess TAT

PART ONE: TAEHYUN & BEOMGYU LIVES
these two frequently run a segment called "smash the universe radio" which i'll abbreviate as USR hopefully. i've only watched two of the USR vlives so far (one of which i didn't include commentary for since i watched it a while back.. sorry!) so i'll probably make another post/update this one if i have a lot of observations.

2019.11.28 | Ask_anything_to_TAEHYUN_and_BEOMGYU | https://www.vlive.tv/video/162922
summary: beomgyu & taehyun answer fan questions (from twitter i’m assuming) as part of the 100th day anniversary of moa. they are also heading somewhere in a car and beomgyu is holding a fuzzy blanket.

dynamix:
- Discussion on being an angel vs a devil, first of all there’s the iconic taegyuism of Taehyun calling Beomgyu “almost lucifer” whereas Beomgyu’s just like “omg my face is so pretty therefore I am an angel”... but then they actually discussed the meaning of the song and Beomgyu suits the “angel” because he’d rather take things slow romantically whereas Taehyun is more direct/straightforward and impatient? Much to think about dynamix wise…
- It was so funny when Taehyun didn’t want to admit that he didn’t like the rice noodles he had in Vietnam -- also Beomgyu was the one who covered for him/managed to correct his meaning “ah yes you aren’t used to the Vietnamese spices/taste, Korean food is prepared for Korean tastes, etc” which I thought was interesting
- instances of Beomgyu being separated from the members -- some airport photo where he wore a tan camel coat and the rest wore black, Taehyun joked about them having a group chat without Beomgyu but it was still clear that Beomgyu wasn’t exactly a fan of being separated from the rest of them although they treated it humorously; in Vietnam when Taehyun and the others went out to try rice noodles and Beomgyu stayed behind to sleep because he was tired
- omg taehyun having to choose between essence of game (yeonjun vlive segment) and crafts time (sookai vlive segment) and then just saying that he’d rather do USR… beomgyu telling him to choose one and then taehyun’s like ok beomgyu we’ll Make it interesting if we do it together.... The crumbs I am holding onto rn TTATT
- Places you want to visit with the other members: Taehyun wanting to visit all of scandinavia??? Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, etc. / Beomgyu wants to visit Eworld in Daegu to see the cherry blossoms… cue another taegyuism taehyun: wouldn’t that be dangerous / beomgyu: i dont want to talk to you… but anyways Beomgyu used to go there every spring >.<
- kth: “it’s the 100th day [anniversary of moa creation], but even on the thousand, millionth, billionth... “ cbg: *beomgyu starts to laugh at the large numbers* “ok maybe u should stop” kth: “... and even beyond that”

individual attributes:
- When they talked about what winter means for them and how it’s different -- Beomgyu said that winter makes him more introspective and he reminisces about things/becomes more thoughtful, Taehyun was like “I’m like that year-round” and then said that winter was special as well but didn’t exactly say what changed for him
- Beomgyu keeps fixing his hair so much in this vlive… ok then… interesting to see the contrast between him a year ago and him now (he seems much more self-conscious in this vlive)
- Beomgyu hiding under the blanket whenever he got embarrassed/upset -- pretty cute imo
- Beomgyu “rainy days understand me”/finds rainy days comforting/likes the sound of rain
- Beomgyu habits: biting his lips, touching his bottom lip with one finger [while he’s thinking?]
- Taehyun habit: scratching his neck while sweating, Beomgyu slaps his hand when he does this LOL and then he says thank you… that’s so TAT
- fav txt song: cbg: our summer (acoustic) kth: crown

my dumb commentary:
- Taehyun liking the day while it’s snowing and then the aftermath of a rainstorm… spoken like a true new englander holy LOL
- kth: “There’s nothing worse than getting your socks wet” OK MOOD
- kth constantly listening to music all day… ok show me ur last fm though

2020.01.08 | Official Chicken Eating ShowšŸ— | https://www.vlive.tv/post/1-18394982
summary: taehyun and beomgyu eat a lot of fried chicken and cheese balls while answering fan questions and talking about random things.

dynamix:
- beomgyu not afraid of scary movies because he finds them predictable… not to tinhat but the idea of tyun clinging to beomgyu while watching a scary movie while he’s normally super unflappable Would be interesting
- skz/txt interaction -- beomgyu spent new years with jeongin and hyunjin and ate some seafood
- beomgyu: “let’s play five questions” / taehyun: “isn’t it called 20 questions?” / cbg: *looks at chat* everyones making fun of me :( / taehyun thinks of a word, then tells beomgyu to ask him questions / beomgyu: no, that’s not how it works / kth: u wanna look at the chat again? / cbg: admits that taehyun is right, looks pouty, etc. proceeds to ask a bunch of specific questions because he’s bad at this game LOL, then says that the game is too hard / kth: beomgyu… you need to ask broad questions first… eventually beomgyu narrows it down to food and then solicits questions to ask from the chat and gets fake-mad when they’re wrong LOL… sorry for this chunk of text but this is such a taegyuism…
- beomgyu goes out with yeonjun sometimes
- lol beomgyu told taehyun to visit daegu and eat lunch with his parents... they'll give him money.. why is this cute

individual attributes:
- beomgyu’s fav local pizza spot in daegu in his apartment complex, has “learned” the taste of chicken, but used to prefer pizza more — pizza isn’t the same from chains in seoul i guess
- kth old man's taste in snacks
- talking about how their approaches to days off have changed over time -- taehyun tries to go with the flow but also do a lot, even soobin who used to be a homebody goes out, nice to hang out w/ friends who aren’t the members
- neither of them have big appetites lol
- bg tmi - learning to appreciate new food/developing new tastes

my dumb commentary:
- asdf why are tyun and beomgyu hair so long. it keeps on getting into their eyes and it lowkey bothers me
- taehyun crossing his arms in front of his chest and saying “no!” repeatedly during 20 questions was so cute!!
- lol when it’s taehyun’s turn to guess beomgyu keeps on giving answers that aren’t yes or no.. i love this boy

2020.11.16 | Universe Smash Playlist | https://www.vlive.tv/post/0-19934391
summary: taehyun & beomgyu share the songs they’ve been listening to recently, they talk a bit about each song in between but there’s a lot of time spent listening to them listen to music…
here are the songs they recommended 

dynamix:
- beomgyu is so good at evading h*ly lol. kth: wdu think the title of the song that u chose means/cbg: uhh... what do YOU think/kth: *readily comes up with an explanation* i love them… u just get the sense that taehyun is really used to beomgyu being random/will readily cover up for beomgyu being super spacey...
- oh yeah the explanation of the title bath by offonoff: taehyun was like maybe it’s a metaphor for feelings, like it’s overflowing like a bath, or the person wrote the song in the bath… either way i like how he’s able to bs things [ppl on twitter tinhatting are like OMG TAEGYU YEARNING and i am not that tinhat but like… asdf i still like the explanation]
- Taehyun being like “you should sing this to me later” when Beomgyu showed him a song that he had been practicing
- i rlly like the way kth smiles/looks at ppl [cbg] very incredulously with his mouth open <3 shark teeth <3
- th once again saying bg is as light as a feather "yeah i can pull u over w/ one hand" stfu... please... that moment was really cute because taehyun was just like “come on ur moving out of the frame come closer” hehe TTATT

individual attributes:
- why is beomgyu so random [the discussion on safe driving?] and like idk how to say it but his communication is the opposite of efficient it's kind of funny, when he said he had low bp/he talks slowly/doesn't enunciate... yeah
- taehyun hard work vs talent "u need to have skill to sing this even if u have a good voice" when beomgyu was jealous of how good max's singing was LOL
- THE STORY ABT HIS VOICE INSTRUCTOR... ngl when kth kept on saying "he [the teacher, beomgyu, etc] knew what i was like back then" and then described his physical condition i was </3
- taehyun talking abt how he writes lyrics it's so methodical -- he lists out all the words that relate to the theme and then tries to form the lyrics from there and create a lot of rhymes
- beomgyu only sings songs when he likes the lyrics/meaning of the words
- at the end kth was so offended when he thought he saw a hate comment... lmfao.... idk why but that part was rlly funny to me esp when they realized he misread it

my dumb commentary:
- "every song w/ the title purpose is good" kth we know ur a justin bieber stan stfu
- ok but the songs were all pretty good…
- cbg super fluffy no makeup TTATT ALSO kth cardigan + tshirt... i unironically dress like that…


PART TWO: TAEGYU-ADJACENT/MISCELLANEOUS
2020.03.05 (filmed summer 2018) | TALK X TODAY : ZERO EP. 1 | https://www.vlive.tv/video/178269
summary: predebut txt come to los angeles for dance lessons, they make sandwiches together and go on a picnic.

dynamix:
- yeonjun and taehyun already came to los angeles once before for this type of advanced choreography lessons
- making sandwiches for the picnic/grocery shopping -- division of labor seems like tyunning / chwe line basically
- it’s interesting i feel like everyone’s really shy in front of the camera except for maybe yeonjun asdf… especially my 2pick tyun & beomgyu seem quieter (?) than i expected, i guess

individual attributes:
- why do they all dress so badly (except for beomgyu at one point) and also so elaborately??? [accessories, hats, etc.] it’s so interesting to me

my dumb commentary:
- KANGTAEHYUN PRENOSEJOB IS SO CUTE… I LOVE HIS NOSE… ok
- the part where beomgyu and soobin put their last names first and first names last n__n they are so cute and confused
- GROCERY SHOPPING it’s nice that they just choose a bunch of random things

2020.01.22 | Ask Choi Choi Kang | https://www.vlive.tv/video/171939 @ 27:00
summary: i only watched this to see sootaegyu’s perspectives on confessions, they’re answering the question “should i confess first or wait for the other person to confess”
- perspectives on confessing: Soobin says that he wouldn’t confess unless he knows it’s reciprocated whereas Taehyun’s like, well what if they start liking you *after* you confess
- Beomgyu: “I think it’s really rare to have two people who like each other”/is amazed by those who have gotten married [eg his parents]
- interesting how Taehyun kind of considers all of the possibilities vs Soobin/Beomgyu yearners… LOL


PART THREE: CONCLUSION
- taehyun and beomgyu are definitely kind of tinhat despite being a main cp which i find kind of interesting. their bickering dynamic is definitely my favorite, which i got to see a couple of times in these lives ^^
- recently they've been beefing about which one of them is taller [taehyun official height is 177cm/beomgyu official height 180cm] on weverse and taehyun has been giving beomgyu some Interesting up-and-down looks... unfortunately this is what i call an "interaction" for a ship like them...
- it's interesting because the dynamic that i initially saw on [bad] youtube compilations was a little bit more one-sided [beomgyu --> taehyun] but i definitely think they both have their own ways of caring for each other -- maybe it's because i'm more attuned to taehyun in general but it's nice to see how indulgent he is of beomgyu's randomness
- beomgyu wanting to take things slow/only confessing if he knows it's requited vs taehyun being more direct/straightforward/considering the possibility of the other person liking him back *after* he confesses makes me really think sometimes
- ultimately i doubt that taegyu will ever match tyunning soulmatery or soogyu bestfriendisms BUT that's honestly part of what makes it fun... i think the fact that they aren't best friends and don't naturally gravitate towards each other necessarily is cool too!!!! [i'm realizing how tinhat i sound] plus sookai works as a side pairing to taegyu... what's not to like here!?
- in terms of fic dynamics: i think in terms of an hs/uni au they're honestly part of different crowds, beomgyu being part of his middle school band vs taehyun being really athletic/smart/almost preppy? then again taehyun also likes music but he really gives off nerdy-acapella vibes whenever i see him sing... also he just Looks like one of those tenors. no further comments
- i like any device where they have to learn from each other in some way -- taehyun is really practical and can probably benefit from beomgyu romanticism vs beomgyu lacks common sense sometimes [no offense] and taehyun is just like... [gestures vaguely] yeah
- like at least 60-70% of the physical affection i've seen between the two of them is company-backed fanservice and when they do touch each other it's more of an aggression-related thing... [thinks about taehyun tackling beomgyu to the ground. cool. thinks about taegyu arm wrestling. thinks about taehyun carrying beomgyu. thinks--] ashjjflkls;s not everyone can be hueningkai i guess.
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[personal profile] girlrock 2020-11-20 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
ok HELLO i love your taegyu thots and i’m here to line-by-line comment on this post like it’s a piece of profound fanfiction.

- i love shameless ulzzang ā€œmy face is pretty therefore i am an angelā€ chwebeomgyu >___< idk if you’ve seen the video i posted on my primer of txt having too much self-love but i think of beomgyu saying ā€œwhen i was in elementary school i tried out apple hair and that was when i first thought ā€˜ah… i was born pretty...ā€™ā€ all the time asldkfhlsdfhkl
- ā€œbeomgyu not afraid of scary movies because he finds them predictable… not to tinhat but the idea of tyun clinging to beomgyu while watching a scary movie while he’s normally super unflappable Would be interestingā€ THIS IS SO CUTE ON SO MANY LEVELS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT… i love how tyun is honestly SO expressive even though so many people characterize taegyu/tyun relationships in general as other members being more responsive to him/more high-energy around him, even though this is definitely a simplification of his character >___<
- cbg terrible at 20 questions and refusing to back down when he doesn’t understand things is my fav. actually a thing beomgyu does all the time is simply Not understand korean expressions/words and then someone (usually soobin) is like ā€œHAHAHAHA ARE YOU STUPID HAHAHAHAā€ and then beomgyu tries to cover his ass by saying it’s dialect… i love this defensive daegu boy
- there’s nothing to say in particular about taegyu being the ones with the least appetites in txt but i just wanted to say it's interesting because they mention it a lot i guess… how soobin said ā€œi think i grew tall because i ate and slept a lotā€ and beomgyu was like AHHHH IS THAT WHY I’M SHORT??? and talked about how he’d stay up playing games all night. wait idk if you watched this full chwechwekang vlive or just the confession part so sorry if this is redundant *___* but i also love this (timestamped) moment of beomgyu telling a story at tyun's behest of how he got into a physical fight with his older brother and how he learned to not disrespect older people because of it (even though he absolutely still does). LIKE taehyun being unabashedly DELIGHTED by the entire story of BEOMGYU GETTING PUNCHED??? (????) AND KNOWING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOOBIN???
- "i rlly like the way kth smiles/looks at ppl [cbg] very incredulously with his mouth open <3 shark teeth <3" yeah... i have nothing to say i just agree. i love his little :D shark teeth smile. he's perfect.
- beomgyu light as a feather... taegyu tackling each other and taehyun trapping him on the bed... why was the jeju h:our dvd so full of perfect sookai/taegyu moments!?!?!?????? once again i have nothing to say.
- omg i have to scream at kangtaehyun nosejob comment HALFDKSHFLSDHFLHWEOFHEFLHSDLFH HONESTLY HE IS JUST CUTE... sometimes i get sad looking at how needlessly pointy they made hees*ung's because it was cute before too :( anyway i didn't say this
- ā€i like any device where they have to learn from each other in some way -- taehyun is really practical and can probably benefit from beomgyu romanticism vs beomgyu lacks common sense sometimesā€ i really like this bit and i agree x___x beomgyu just loves love and it's sweet and endearing and he likes getting away with things but tyun can be so straightforward ("isn't that subjective?") that they clash in ways.... but it also means that they can complement each other... and at the end of the day beomgyu IS his hyung and the estp/enfj split of younger thinker vs. older feeler makes for a delishus dynamic.... imo

hasldfkhalskdfh this comment is so long but this was so fun to read so ty 4 sharing!!!