Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜

OT7 💜 comic & manga loving, dancing, trapped in eternal writing hell slave / she/her / ‘80s era liner / PTD LA 3/4, LV 1/2, Suga ORD 1/2/3, j-hope Oakland 1/2

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

@ARMY21_55 Jungkook would love these… 💜

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

V rapline re-confirmed 😘

[Rish⁷ @cuntfortannies]

ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, hooligan-holic

[Sara 2.0 @SaraBangtan07]

An example

Recently, my husband & I were talking with our boys about their military service obligations

Because they have ties to multiple countries, they face a real predicament: which citizenships they will keep & what obligations come with them

My husband also did mandatory military service. He enlisted later than others & he told our children that the way he got through it was by treating it as a role

When the sergeant yelled at him, he did not take it personally. He saw the sergeant as filling his role & himself as filling another role. So he would answer, “Yes, sir. Yes, sir”

He did not give them the reaction they were looking for. After a while, they stopped trying to get a rise out of him. For that, he was well respected during his time of service

That conversation came back to me as I was re-watching Namjoon’s live after his discharge

He said his seniors had advised him that, in the military, he had to forget who he was

I understand that as role-taking. In an institution like that, they are seeking full surrender

But what happens when the person entering that role is Kim Namjoon?

He had been writing lyrics since he was a child. Yet during his time there, he could not write any lyrics

Imagine that

A man entering the military at 30, already carrying the burdens of a company, his members, his own history & more than a year of insomnia. A person whose whole life has been shaped around music, poetry, art & honesty. Then he enters an institution that tells him, in effect: set yourself down. Become the role

I have been thinking about that a lot lately because I recently started medication for ADHD

That may seem like a strange place to go next, but for me the connection is roles

What happens when the role asks more from you than your body, mind or spirit can keep giving?

What happens when the world still expects you to function, organise, remember, care, produce, reply, manage, absorb…even when your says enough?

For many adult women, this is not an abstract question

By midlife, many of us are carrying several lives at once

Children. Parents. Work. The doctor’s appointment you forgot to book. The school form still sitting in your inbox. The parent who says they are fine, but you can hear in their voice that they are not. Dinner. Laundry. Another message you meant to answer. The strange emotional labor of knowing what everyone needs before they even ask

Even when the outside world sees competence, it can feel chaotic inside

For some of us, ADHD enters the picture here. Sometimes as something we have managed for decades without a name. Sometimes as something that becomes harder to mask when sleep breaks down, hormones shift, care burdens increase, or the strategies that used to work simply stop working

Medication can help. I want to be clear about that

But it also raises a deeper question for me: why are so many women reaching the point where we need medication to keep up with roles that were already asking too much?

That question is not new

In the 1950s & 1960s, many women were prescribed amphetamines, drugs closely related to some modern ADHD medications, for fatigue, depression, weight loss & energy. The language was medical, but the expectation underneath it was often painfully ordinary: be thinner, brighter, calmer, more productive, more pleasant, more available

Fit the role

That is the part I cannot stop thinking about

That is where ARIRANG keeps meeting me

[Part B below]

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

1 ticket up for D2 Toronto @875tickets

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

This burns me because I missed Toronto BTS MOTS too but… change of plans for August and looking to sadly sell for Toronto D2 8/23:

📍 TORONTO 🇨🇦
🗓️ SUNDAY AUG 23 (D2)
🎟️ SECTION B7, ROW 12, SEAT 9
💰 $725 CDN (Original Pre-Sale Price)

💵 PayPal and willing to video call

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

@KakePop7 @lecreuset @Nespresso Just imagine if Yoongi or RM does a furniture collab one day…

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

@Starlit_Lauren Have my turntable already and purple AirPods 🤣

[Christine is seeing BTS in 🇨🇦 BTS⊙⊝⊜ℕ @tinytine_tk]

Got the goods at @sobeys !

MAPLE ARMYS let’s gooo!!!
#BTSxOREO

Ps. It won’t be on the shelf where the other oreo kinds are. It has its own separate display. I found this display close to where the pastries and produce are 😉

[lia⁷ @storyofpjm]

THIS IS FOR EVERY ARMY WHO SURVIVED 2022, 2023, 2024 AND 2025

[kin @sakinayoongi]

Behind the scene ARIH development:

1. 3 years ago, BTS members themselves came up with the initial concept, saying, "Let's make the noodles and drinks we want to eat." It's not a simple collaboration. The members really created this from the very beginning.

2. The direction was clear. No spicy or stimulating flavors. It was a taste that harmoniously blended East and West while preserving Korean sensibilities. They wanted something that all global fans could enjoy.

3. All the members love carbonated drinks, but the guilt they felt every time they drank one was a problem. So, the goal was to achieve three things simultaneously: "It must be healthy, have a lively carbonation, and absolutely cannot taste bad." From the development team's perspective, this was truly a Mission Impossible, lol.

4. The same goes for caffeine. Since there was a member who couldn't drink coffee, they decided to go with natural caffeine, but finding ingredients that could get export approval to the U.S. was another battle.

5. All seven members were incredibly actively involved.
They contributed their opinions on every single detail, from the flavor and ingredients to the concept. They said that reaching a consensus was the hardest part, especially regarding the noodles, because all the members were experts in the field. But that is also the reason why they created such high quality.

6. After settling on the flavor, they spent three months just on the brand naming. The members strongly pushed for "ARI," taking inspiration from the 2.0 album title "Arirang," but 3 letters are unregisterable as trademarks. It reportedly took three months just to persuade them to change it to "ARIH" lol.

7. The design was no easy task either. Their standards as BTS artists were so high that proposals kept getting rejected. Eventually, the members personally created and submitted a design guide. That is why the flavor, name, and design are all BTS creations.

8. The members reportedly said they "would highly recommend Dual Soda to their parents." They also said they carry the noodles, soda, and energy drinks with them when they go on concert tours around the world.

9. They didn't make it just to sell it; they made it because they genuinely wanted to eat it themselves. That is the message that emerged from it: "We hope you like what we like, too."

10. This is why it is different from just any idol collaboration product. 3 years, 7 members, and they did everything themselves; flavor, naming, and design. ARIH was truly made by BTS.

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

@heartbeatsnsync I don’t even know how I managed to score him tbh… they should bring it back again just to watch the chaos

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

Or the original heartbreak… 💜 🐳

[⁷ @7udios]

listen, what do you know about
REAL HEARTBREAK…. 💔

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

Blast from my past when I found this today… and even after a backpack of hairspray incident the Gameboy still works even if the sound doesn’t and never did after that 😭

[the smallest chilli is the spiciest @jmspinkie]

Vinyl nerd has spoken and that pvc outer sleeve will eventually react with the vinyl and it will deteriorate the sound quality so pls re sleeve people!

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

@JennMajima It’s cheaper most times to fly to the US and back which is ridiculous too! Or now that WJ keeps randomly changing its planes on people to the ones with the smushed leg room and hoping people won’t notice…

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

This but replace with needing to fly across from Western to Eastern Canada and the same flights, hotel, tickets, food and travel costs for Toronto being our only stop so far… 🇨🇦

[k🪭⁷ @tokyomoonchild7]

For some context on Sydney not being sold out yet, hotels in Sydney are ~$500 a night, the ~4 hour flight from places like Darwin/Perth/Auckland is ~$750, and it's an expensive city for tourists. Throw in a cost of living crisis in AU/NZ and it's tough for a lot of Army.

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

@caitmini I’m strongly manifesting Vancouver or Seattle 2027 soooooo hard!

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

@livehomecha Some work changes 😔 I’ll see them some time soon but I’m hoping they do a 2027 western stop somewhere close 🍀

[sdl ٭ @_sdl93]

The probability of being a foreigner and meeting “coincidentally” with a BTS member is zero, if you do it is because you have information and you were following them.

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

@thvrang I would want to help film a RUN BTS episode… go karts, now that they all drive maybe mini F1 version, paintball again… anything where JK sends it all to win 🤣

[Lindsay ∞⁷ 💜 𝑩𝑻𝑺 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 ⊙⊝⊜ @starrwinter]

@lesbianchansoo And look at that… Ford taking his normal 4 month long paid summer vacation to boot… 🫠