I started looking into BTS because of my fascination with ARMY. I...
rockgoddes⁷ 🇨🇦 Loves BTS (she/her) ˡᵃᵐʳᵒⁿ@rgoddes
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Apr 12, 2025
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I started looking into BTS because of my fascination with ARMY. I wanted to see the source material, figure out what the fuss was about. I knew very little about them.
Watched a couple of official mvs & TV appearances, then found some eps of Run BTS. Thought maybe they were +
Watched a couple of official mvs & TV appearances, then found some eps of Run BTS. Thought maybe they were +
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one-offs or something. Laughed till I cried - CRIED - at every one of them, went back to the beginning and binged them for like a week. The only other things I watched was other BTS content - more mvs, more TV appearances, interviews, etc. I needed to figure out if what I +
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was seeing of them on that show was just them or just for show.
My husband thought I was nuts - spent hours and hours at my desk in the corner of the living room literally in tears and gasping for breath from laughter, something I don't think I've ever done before. Once in +
My husband thought I was nuts - spent hours and hours at my desk in the corner of the living room literally in tears and gasping for breath from laughter, something I don't think I've ever done before. Once in +
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awhile over a stand-up comedian's show or a sit com or something, but hours of it? Never.
It was Nov 2022 when I finally paid attention to them, so they were MASSIVELY huge, rich and famous and adored - and I couldn't get over how willing they were to just look like total +
It was Nov 2022 when I finally paid attention to them, so they were MASSIVELY huge, rich and famous and adored - and I couldn't get over how willing they were to just look like total +
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dorks whenever the situation called for it. They leaned into the laughs, but CLEVERLY - a lot of it is totally silly physical humour, sure (15 yr old boy humour, too, my favourite kind), but the shows are SMART. They're INTELLIGENT. (They must be - I can't understand the +
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rules or gameplay of almost any of them. 😂) The guys don't condescend to their audience, either. They treat their viewers like we know what they're doing. (Spoiler alert: some of us really really don't.) I got so hooked so fast, it left me reeling.
That I also ended up +
That I also ended up +
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falling in love with the music sealed my fate, and I'd never liked music like theirs before. Now it ALL makes me *so. HAPPY*.
ARMY was the key to my gateway, Run BTS was the door that opened into the Magic Shop, and the music locked it behind me.
Forever grateful for Run BTS.
ARMY was the key to my gateway, Run BTS was the door that opened into the Magic Shop, and the music locked it behind me.
Forever grateful for Run BTS.
