Run BTS: 013 | The Spy Who Returned Part 1

Run BTS: 013 | The Spy Who Returned part 1

Original Air Date: 06 MAR 2017 Episode Length: 22:05 Total Parts: 3 YouTube English Subtitles: No Title Song: Blood Sweat & Tears

Synopsis: Mini games at a water park. Divided in two teams.

MC: YG

OLD: RM, JN, JH

YOUNG: JM, V, JK

A spy is chosen at the beginning

Production: They did such a better job with sound around water this time! Excellent job featuring the location and explaining the mini games as well as the spy set up.

Endearment: Letting us and them know about the spy at the beginning encourages us to pay close attention to their behavior against what we know of their personalities.

Winner/Loser: see final part

Best Cheater: none

Member Moments:

RM: RM absolutely has practiced the technique of falling properly. Did you see that mid-air twist to land on his back??

JN: Jin's attack during the balance game was amazing!

YG: Yoongi's hosting skills are in full force.

JH: He picked water!!! Definitely spy behavior for a random draw. Although it does tempt me to list Staff as the best cheater again, that's just mean!

JM: Excellent save during the balance game...only to immediately fall after

V: V didn't even get a chance at the balance game.

JK: I honestly expected JK to do better in the jumping race game. Did they tell the Young Guys to lose so that it'd be more interesting to watch??

Bonus Content: combined with the bonus content for ep 14

CQ Rank: 3.5

(CQ Eval Date: 12 SEPT 2023)

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Original Air Date: 28 FEB 2017 Episode Length: 22:34 Total Parts: 1 YouTube English Subtitles: Yes Title Song: Blood Sweat & Tears

Synopsis: Police/criminal skit

Production: I really question if it was intentional to do two skits in a row. Was something else planned that fell through? we dont see as much behind-the-scenes for this one. Just a basic intro and then the skit itself.

Endearment: Really seems like the guys trying to make each other crack up and fill time with their dance skills.

Winner/Loser: none

Best Cheater: none

Member Moments:

RM: RM is such a great setup guy. He gives Jin perfect opportunities.

JN: The Jin acting skills are out in full force!

YG: This poor precinct...he stuck to his role of incompetent chief well though!

JH: Honestly, i think Hobi wins the game of flustering the others when he grabs Yoongi's face.

JM: Park Jimin behind bars is one of the most adorable things ever!

V: The guys must have really liked his set up because they all copy this basic outline for their bits.

JK: I get the feeling that JK absolutely loved his role as Jimin's interrogator

Bonus Content: Cute extra moments....and some jk workouts (seriously, i think he's diing the absolute perfect form for push-ups)

CQ Rank: 3

(CQ Eval Date: 12 SEPT 2023)

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This question sent me on such an unexpected spiral. Thanks @rae-sense for sending it in to @bts-polls ! I had the pleasure of a Fake Love Era deep dive revisit and it was lovely! (Shoulda been making gifs for my Run bts series but always happy to procrastinate being at my desk!)

My initial reaction was: Easy peasy lemon squeezy, it's JK. Buuuuut, since I've been successfully bias-wrecked by Jimin, I was curious if rewatching the content would lead me to a different conclusion.

My discovery of Fake Love was extremely pivotal in my BTS journey as it facilitated my desire to dive deeper into the BTS world rather than just listening to the music. I was absolutely convinced before Fake Love that music videos were completely unnecessary for true music lovers, they were sometimes nice but ultimately sources of random trivia along the lines of "did you know the music video is actually about xyz...". Maybe it's because I grew up without cable and MTV access but I never thought an mv could ADD to the music enjoyment/experience.

Anyway, along comes the Fake Love mv with its pretty visuals and hints of a further storyline underneath (I wouldn't fully realize how much I was craving something like the BU in the music industry until I connected the dots between Run and Fake Love but the foundation was starting to form). And then there's the break in the middle... hearing JK's voice seep in with the astounding fire and water visuals has permanently changed me. I will never again be the same person I was before hearing seeing experiencing this. To this day, I have that moment as my ring tone and I keep the volume on so that when I get spam calls, it's like the universe was telling me I needed a reminder that I do have a soul in my body. (It's actually made spam calls turn into something of a treat for me instead of an annoyance, I highly recommend this!)

So...We've established that I was completely suckered in by the Fake Love mv and was falling for JK as my bias as I ventured through all of the rest of the Fake Love Era content. Buuuut! The question rises: Was JK my bias because I loved those specific moments OR did I love those specific moments because JK was my bias??? Now we have a quest!

I rewatched as much Fake Love Era content as I could before my pre-planned errands yesterday with the intent of noting what stands out to me for each member to see if anyone can usurp my answer of JK for this question.

RM: I'm sorry but I think one of RM's best contributions to the Fake Love Era was ripping JK's shirt in that one performance...as he said, he created a legendary scene.

JN: Jin KILLS the intro and all of his solo scenes in the mv! He doesn't really stand out to me in the performances though.

YG: Yoongi's tiny smirk during the flame explosion does me in everytime. The rest of his solo scenes are very compelling as well. I love his rap section in the performance, it always feels like a treat to watch.

JH: Hobi's storyline in the mv was a little confusing without being familiar with the BU. The Fake Love performances that I think of for him are 2018 MMA, 2019 MMA and 2018 MAMA, that mannequin rise!!

JM: I want to love the flooding scene, because it's so beautifully shot, and there are times I think I do but there's something that sticks about it, not sure what it is though. I wish his dance moments were highlighted more though, they absolutely would have suckered me in if with more coverage. As it stands, I have to look for them to properly appreciate.

Jimin absolutely stands out during all of their special stage performances, the marionette dances, the lift by JK and V. I honestly don't know why it took me so long to 'find' Jimin.

V: V's storyline in the mv was very forgettable for me. Pretty visuals in the moment but I move on quickly. the only performances that sticks out to me is 2018 MMA at the intro where the camera follows him and the members appear in the line behind him but that's more due the excellent blocking than Tae himself.

JK: The 'Love you so bad' hook after the break! Still gets me. he's such a great perspective character on the rest of the guys, and his hallway scene is extremely compelling as well. there's a reason why his shirt lift moment was the most memorable of the Billboard music awards or whatever they said it was. JK does a great mannequin rise with Hobi in the 2018 MAMA performance also.

In conclusion: there are definitely some other members in contention, but JK still owns the Fake Love era for me.

Which member do you feel fits the "fake love" era the most?

Thanks for the poll question @rae-sense ! Always happy to post a submitted question.

LAST CALL: Do you use Rock Paper Scissors to resolve disputes more now than before your BTS journey?

Only 9 voters so far?? Where are all of the PJMs at?? Surely we have guesses as to which song he would have shared with Hobi! Lol

LAST CALL: Are you watching Jimin's Production Diary?

Ooh, I have aspec thoughts on this. Calling on @aspec-kpop !

Through my aspec journey, I've become more comfortable with the idea that my 'crudeness' acceptance is different from most of my peers but can also vary hugely depending on whom I'm with and the context. (I have one group of friends that is continually shocked at the innuendo-type jokes I can make.)

I've noticed that the allo people in my life don't have the same flexibility/understanding when ppl around them have different lines in the sand when it comes to crudeness.

I've been wondering, though, if my willingness to accept other's viewpoints in where the line is is because aspecs don't have the option to not. There's such a huge variability within the aspec community that it would be more bizarre to find someone that perfectly aligns with you than not!

So when I hear about things like this anon is saying, I'm instantly in that mindset of seeing it as someone else's level of acceptable crudeness rather than my own. (As long as it's not illegal behavior at least).

What do y'all think?

Hello! I need your opinion on this because I feel like I’m going insane and you are a sane army.

There’s a video from Jimin’s latest docu content where he shows the producers his comfortable position which is with his ass sticking out.

I find the things people were saying about this video concerning to say the least if not SH.

Hundreds of people were calling Jimin an omega…he is not a fanfic character, he is a human being

And were making veeery sexual “jokes” than in my opinion crossed so many lines while at the same time they were playing victim because they knew they were in the wrong

I can’t believe how normalized this is for all the members but more so Jimin. People were saying in the quotes that he is number one omega on ao3 like what?!?!

I like when the guys act sexy too, but this wasn’t Jimin acting sexy. This was him doing something with no sexual purpose, but this fandom is obssesed with sexualizing everything they do like Yoongi jumping on that bed.

All of this reeks of shipper influence, ''omega'' being a bullshit term only owned by fanfiction now, and you're right, he's not a character in a fanfiction, but that's not gonna stop shippers from seeing him as one and then treating him as one...Trying to rationalize the irrational won't do any good, not for me, or you anon.

The overall sexualization problem is a more complex issue that I don't even know how to talk about honestly. Because there are definitely appropriate times to sexualize them, when they are literally providing sexualized content (think CK for JK, or Namjoon posting workout videos shirtless) 'cause that's the reaction they want, they know that's the reaction they'll get. But we all think they're sexy all of the time too, just in different ways, because that's just how attraction works. There's definitely a line though between being like ''oh they're sexy, I'm attracted to them and want to talk about how sexy they are'' and ''omg they're so sexy let me talk about them like they're a sex toy'' that definitely borders on SH. I think plenty of people know where that line is and how to not cross it, and then you have people who don't and cross it, or they don't care where it is because they'll hide behind excuses as to why it doesn't matter ''they're famous so who cares'' ''I'm not being serious it's just a joke'' ''they'll never see it so I can say whatever I want'' etc. etc. again, I'd apply a lot this to shippers...

It's definitely weird, I'm not interested in engaging with that kind of thing (real shipping of the members), I try to avoid it by blocking ship names I know for a fact are more 'serious' and less 'duo' like Jik**k and Taek**k which saves me seeing a ton of bullshit. I also have ABO terms and a LOT of fanfiction terms blocked too. Basically just doing a lot of filtering to avoid things I don't wanna see...

Run BTS: 015 | The Spy Who Returned part 3

Original Air Date: 21 MAR 2017 Episode Length: 19:59 Total Parts: 3 YouTube English Subtitles: Yes Title Song: Blood Sweat & Tears

Synopsis: Still at the waterpark but now the minigames are focused on sussing out the spy

Production: Pretty simple for production, just need to keep riding the buildup from the previous episodes. I do think this was meant to only be a two parter but there was too much footage ao they aplit the first part into two.

Endearment: Nice glimpses of some of the woes of living together. It does feel a little like they were asked to specifically mention those kind of stories though.

Winner: JN

Loser: none

Best Cheater: none

Member Moments:

RM: RMs sweater looks too cozy, I'm distracted by it in all of his coverage.

JN: Jin sure knows how to make a JinMin interaction endearing.

YG: I love that yoongi gets to eat with jin, you've worked hard MC!

JH: Hobi has this face when he's being wrongly accused. if he could nail that when he's sctually bad, he'd be unstoppable.

JM: Jimin saw his chance to scold JK and he absolutely took it! Funny how no one suspects him of being the spy for this.

V: Havent quite perfected the art of not flinching yet, eh, V?

JK: JK is right, he can't win against Hobi's angellic face in this kind of game.

Bonus Content: Yoongi getting the coverage he deserves and more adorable JinMin

CQ Rank: 3

(CQ Eval Date: 13 SEPT 2023)

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