J-Hope's 🌻Sunflower🌻 ⁷

A Sunflower always looking towards their sun shine, but their sun shine will never look towards them.

[J-Hope's 🌻Sunflower🌻 ⁷ @SmilesAmerican]

My Haul from the #RUNSEOKJIN_epTOUR_TAMPA , #metrocon2025, and #Kpopnation pop up in my hotel. I’m broke AF, but it was worth it.

[𝓴𝓪𝔂𝓪⁷ is seeing bts ! @rpwpkookrry]

ok but can I say something or will i get jumped

[NurS⁷⁼¹ is in a millionaire era ㉧㉣㉣ @NurS_7Heart]

TL is funny

[yuki⁷ @joon_lovebot]

thank you arirang tour.

[꿀베 @BONITO_XIN]

방탄소년단 진 실태 고발 및 공론화

방탄소년단 진을 오랜 시간 응원해 온 팬으로서,
그동안 여러 일들을 지켜보면서도 말을 아껴왔습니다.
하지만 더 이상은 모른 척 넘어갈 수 없다고 판단해
긴 고민 끝에 이 글을 작성합니다.
https://t.co/iTrrOItOka

[PHTubers Bayanihan 🛖 @PHVTBayanihan]

friendly reminder that there are many, MANY free assets at your disposal 🥰 please check out vtuber nook!!

[ryu @acejhopee]

insane shot

[Livheartt⁷ met hobi | ㉧㉣㉣ | 🦢🤍 @Livheartt]

NAH BUT WHAT DO YALL KNOW ABOUT OUTRO TEAR???

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT DIOR HOSEOK PERFORMING OUTRO TEAR???

shut up shut up shut up shut up 😭😭

[(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

[망이 @_mang218]

고정할래

[sal ⋆ IS IN BORANGELES @jklipiercing]

HE JUST BROKE NO CONTACT TO TELL ME HE SAW JUNGKOOK … R WE DEADASS

[wynn 🍉 过了海 @nq_wynnn]

A little guide on how to learn art on chinese platforms!

Tutorial is 教程 , literally input this behind anything you'd like to learn! Here's some basic art terms:

Colouring - 上色/填色
Composition - 构图
Anatomy - 人体结构
Rendering - 细化
Line art - 勾线
Background - 背景

[방탄소년단 @BTS_twt]

아미 따랑해!!

[wynn 🍉 过了海 @nq_wynnn]

Guys. The Chinese art tutorials

[정국 @koostrous]

remember when an army gave jungkook her diary and he just read it OUT LOUD so the army just snatched it out of his hands this will always crack me up 😂😂

[J-Hope's 🌻Sunflower🌻 ⁷ @SmilesAmerican]

who in BTS

- first caught your attention: Hoseok
- first bias: Jhope
- current bias: Hobi
- bias wrecker: ot7
- first mv you watched: Dope
- fav songs: Just Dance/Hooligan/
- Husband: Jung Hoseok

[J-Hope's 🌻Sunflower🌻 ⁷ @SmilesAmerican]

who in BTS

- first caught your attention: Hoseok
- first bias: Jhope
- current bias: Hobi
- bias wrecker: ot7
- first mv you watched: Dope
- fav songs: Just Dance/Hooligan/
- Husband: Jung Hoseok

[shania⁷ misses bts 🥹 @dreamsofknj]

NAMJOON POSTED ME ON HIS INSTAGRAM STORY IM FUCKING SHAKINGGGGGG I LOVE YOU SO MUCH NAMJOON

[망이 @_mang218]

얘는 진짜 건들지 마라…. 얘처럼 착하고 이쁘고 다정한 사람 어디에도 없음 사람한테 이렇게까지 따뜻하고 사랑을 아낌없이 주는 사람이 얼마나 귀한데ㅠㅠ 그러니까 제발 우리 얘 건들지 말고 그냥 예뻐해주고 사랑만 듬뿍듬뿍 줘라… 얘는 받은 사랑보다 더 크게 돌려줄 사람임… 평생 좋은 것만 보고 좋은 사람들만 만나면서 행복했으면 좋겠음🥹🤍🌷🫶🏻💗

[kei⭑ @hobiroppi]

"and i really want to say is... i truly love and care about you guys" oh my beloved 😭😭

[BTS Charts & News @btschartsxdaily]

[INFO] #JHOPE — Soundcheck Day 1 in Arlington 🇺🇸💜

#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_ARLINGTON