Kim Taehyung's

[Kim Taehyung's @KTHwomannn]

Immortalizing on my timeline. Thank you OT7 for today, for making this army's dream come true.💜💜💜 @BTS_twt #BTS #PTD_ON_STAGE_LV_DAY3

[gab @owndeceiver]

Kelly Clarkson proving that she is the ONLY mainstream singer who can sing Golden on the original key live 😭

[kdramahotgists @kdramahotgists]

I have seen Pursuit of Jade, I have seen The Prisoner of Beauty and I have seen Fated hearts …..
I highly recommend Fated hearts— such a 100/10 plot 🥹😂😂👏

[Rish⁷ @cuntfortannies]

JUST FOUND THE FOTY (FANCAM OF THE YEAR)

[김태형 서포터즈 코리아🇰🇷 V Supporters Korea @KTH_Supporters]

#뷔 모닝💜
오늘도 사랑하는 태형이와 함께 해주세요✌️

🎧 MV, 스밍 인증은 서로에게 독려가 됩니다(링크 공유까지 부탁드려요)

▫️태형이의 swim 2
🔗https://t.co/JbgBtiqOej

▫️V Taehyung x ARIRANG Focus Fancams
🔗https://t.co/gpqytgqrGO

#김태형 #방탄소년단뷔 #V #BTSV #KimTaehyung

[みんあみ️🧸🏊‍♀️𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 @blackmondayto]

わたしこんな完璧なファンカム見たの初めてかもしれん

(撮影者さん、生きてる？)

[THV🎄 @Taehyungimpact]

OH MY GOD 😭😭

[Peggysue | 🐣j.i.m.i.n this is my name✨💜 @Peggysue775]

I feel seen 😆🥳💜😍🥰😎

[THV🎄 @Taehyungimpact]

FINALLY A WHOLE FANCAM OF TAEHYUNG DURING MIKROKOSMOS😭

[THV🎄 @Taehyungimpact]

EVERYONE WAKE UP TAEHYUNG NEW TIKTOK

[(slow)𝓦𝓸𝓸𝓫𝓲⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ 🇦🇺 ⟭⟬ @BaseLineWoo]

Here is some context for those asking/wondering what we’re talking about…

The Story of QDEOKS (a.k.a. Q 🦆)

So, QDEOKS, a.k.a. Q 🦆, was an ARMY who became something of a legend in the streaming trenches sometime around 2019 to 2022, if I remember correctly. 🤔🤔🤔

During those years, QDEOKS was extremely active in helping ARMY access streams for BTS content that was either paid, region-locked, or otherwise inaccessible to international fans.

QDEOKS became so synonymous with getting ARMY access to paid content that the name became pretty well known within the fandom and, apparently, to the people on the other side of the paywall too. 😂

But QDEOKS wasn't just about finding a stream when BigHit put something behind a paywall.

When COVID hit in 2020 and the Map of the Soul tour was postponed, BTS and ARMY were suddenly stuck at home, the world was falling apart, and we were all desperately looking for ways to feel connected to each other and to BTS themselves.

And this is where QDEOKS really cemented their place in ARMY history.

Before BigHit officially announced BANG BANG CON, QDEOKS organised a massive fan-run online concert marathon, streaming archived BTS concerts, and Musters across platforms and creating an actual schedule so ARMY around the world could all tune in together.

And when I say massive, I mean this was not QDEOKS sitting in a corner with a laptop going, "Hey guys, wanna watch a DVD?" 😂

It was a whole damn production.

There was a fan-made concert schedule, streams running back-to-back, tens of thousands upon thousands of ARMY tuning in, and live commentary on the TL absolutely losing our collective minds.

It gave ARMY something that was desperately needed during lockdown: a reason to gather and find some happiness.

And then, shortly afterwards, BigHit announced BANG BANG CON.

Now, I don't want to claim that QDEOKS single-handedly invented BANG BANG CON because unless Big Hit themselves have gone on record saying that, we simply don't know that. But the timing is 👀 😉

QDEOKS had already demonstrated that ARMY would absolutely turn up for an organised online BTS concert marathon, and then Big Hit launched an official version of essentially the same basic idea.

So whether you call it inspiration, influence, coincidence, or BigHit seeing what ARMY were already doing and thinking "hmmmmm, perhaps we should be doing this ourselves"...

QDEOKS's contribution to that moment in ARMY history is pretty damn significant.

And honestly, during a global pandemic, when people were isolated in their homes and couldn't go anywhere, BANG BANG CON became one of the things that brought ARMY together.

So when people talk about QDEOKS as just some account that used to find streams, they're missing a pretty big part of the story.

And THEN we get to another part of the QDEOKS story.

During BTS or BTS-related broadcasts, particularly region-locked ones, unofficial streams would frequently get taken down, only for another one to appear shortly afterwards.

It basically became Whac-A-Mole: BTS Broke-ARMY Edition.

🔨 Stream taken down.

🦆 Q1: New stream appears.

🔨 That one gets taken down.

🦆 Q2 has entered the chat.

🔨 TAKEN DOWN.

🦆 Q3 HAS ENTERED THE CHAT.

You get the idea. 😂

One particularly memorable example was the December 31, 2020 to January 1, 2021 New Year's Eve Live concert.

The screenshot below shows the message that appeared on unofficial streams while the concert was in progress, warning viewers that the broadcast was unauthorised and directing them towards the official service.

QDEOKS was reportedly one of the largest, if not the largest, unofficial streams being targeted at the time.

So yes, somewhere in BigHit's control room there was apparently a team of people watching illegal streams and trying to shut them down.

And they still do this now.

So don't be surprised when some rando account suddenly DMs you asking, "where are you watching?" That could be a BigHit intern. 😂😂😂

QDEOKS also had a website that served as a repository for streams and video content. And that site, unsurprisingly, also found itself repeatedly dealing with takedowns.

I honestly don't know exactly what eventually happened to the site. But after years of dealing with copyright enforcement and the general headache of running an unofficial streaming operation for one of the most heavily image-protected acts on the planet, QDEOKS eventually appears to have hung up the streaming boots and retired from the game.

And honestly? Fair.

Imagine spending years playing digital cat-and-mouse with BigHit's lawyers and copyright department just so some ARMY in another country can watch BTS on a stream at 3 a.m. 😭

As far as I know, QDEOKS is still around and still an ARMY, occasionally appearing here on the TL.

But the streaming era of Q 🦆? Retired.

She served her time in the trenches so that ARMY could watch Bangtan. 🫡

QDEOKS, wherever you are: thank you for your service. 😂

#BTSARMYHistory

[ً @thvdiaries]

every taehyung's outfit is his best outfit but this might be it.

[ً @thvdiaries]

the rent was due, mr son was outside watching them, and they paid in full.

[@d_ktaekook @d_ktaekook]

이영상은 또봐도 좋아~~😁😄🐻🐰

[shaza. @tetesjaan]

"taehyung is literally walks like he is the king or he don't give a damn who the king is"

[Brandy norwood fan @bestofbrandyN]

Lea salonga and brandy - a whole new world
#disney #brandy #awholenewworld #leasalonga

[am⁷ @vjungist]

all 4 days of the LA shows are being streamed… something important is happening we should be scared.

[marjorie 𐙚 @ameliasvancamp]

crazy how they got casted in the same show and now theyve been married for 8 years, together for 15 and they have 2 daughters. LET THAT SINK IN 🥹

[Seby @simp4jhomikha]

Ang akin lang naman, sinabi na ng PAG-ASA na Monday-Wednesday will be the worst days of the Habagat this week, probably worse than last week’s. Hindi ba naisip ng gobyerno na more than two weeks na tayo inuulan which means bukod sa saturated ang lupa, the flood control systems have also been working continuously for two weeks now and further raining might overwhelm the land and the flood control systems?

Instead of preemptively suspending work and school, lahat nakapasok. At ngayon, lahat umuuwi habang patuloy na tumataas ang baha… which means these people are now also stuck in an unmoving traffic!!!

What a failure from top down. Nagsuspend for safety pero are the people now really safe traversing the flooded waters (IF they can even do so dahil di na nga gumagalaw ang traffic).

[jock @jockcult]

A internet entrando em colapso descobrindo que a Kristen Bell realmente sabe cantar na vida real e não era autotune kkkk

O pior são as crianças no estádio tentando entender porque uma mulher de meia idade tem a voz da Anna do Frozen