2023 Appreciation: Sher Edition

2023 appreciation: sher edition ✨

the clock's ticked over to 2024. and it's just got me thinking that even after 16 years on tumblr (phew), this hellsite remains my most comforting space online. whenever i wasn't sure i could ever come out of my shell, the tumblr community assured me that i could still be loved, accepted, and supported for who i am. dare i say this is my...home??? 🥹

so i just wanted to say thank you to all the wonderful mutuals who've made 2023 especially memorable! may this coming year bring everyone peace, fulfillment, and great health. smile as much as you can, revel in even the smallest of good moments, and remember to work hard, play hard, and rest hard!

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day 16/547 until joon returns cr. moreloveforhobi

[KOR/ENG LYRICS] Sea by BTS

어찌어찌 걸어 바다에 왔네 Somehow I kept walking and reached the sea

이 바다에서 나는 해변을 봐 From the sea, I look to the shore

무수한 모래알과 매섭고 거친 바람 Countless grains of sand and the fierce wind

여전히 나는 사막을 봐 As always, I see the desert

바다 갖고 싶어 널 온통 들이켰어 I wanted the sea so I drank all of you down

근데 그 전보다 더 목이 말라 But I’m even thirstier than I was before

내가 다 아는 것이 진정 바다인가 Is what I know really the sea?

아니면 푸른 사막인가 (I don't know) Or is it a blue desert (I don’t know)

I don't know, I don't know

내가 지금 파도를 느끼고 있는지, yeah If what I feel right now are the waves, yeah

I don't know, I don't know

아직도 모래바람에 쫓기고 있는지, yeah If I am still being chased by a sandstorm, yeah

I don't know, I don't know

바다인지 사막인지 If this is the sea or the desert

희망인지 절망인지 If this is hope or despair

진짜인지 가짜인지, shit If this is real or fake, shit

I know, I know 지금 내 시련을 I know, I know, these trials I’m facing now

I know, I know 이겨낼 것을 I know, I know, that I will overcome them

I know, I know 나야말로 I know, I know, that it’s me

네가 의지할 곳이란 것을, yeah I'm the place you can turn to, yeah

좋게 생각해 마른침 삼켜 Look on the bright side, your throat runs dry

불안하더라도 사막일지라도 You’re anxious, but even then, if it’s the desert

아름다운 나미브 사막이라고 It’s the beautiful Namib desert

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

Yeah, yeah

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

(SUGA)

Yeah, yeah

바다인줄 알았던 여기는 되려 사막이었고 What I thought was a sea was actually desert

별거 없는 중소아이돌이 두번째 이름이었어 “Small-name idols who aren’t much” was our second name

방송에 짤리기는 뭐 부지기수 We were cut from broadcast, what, a million times?

누구의 땜빵이 우리의 꿈 Standing in for someone else was our dream

어떤 이들은 회사가 작아서 제대로 못 뜰거래 Some said we wouldn't make it big because we came from such a small company

I know, I know 나도 알어 I know, I know I know that too

한방에서 일곱이 잠을 청하던 시절도 (시절도) The seven of us having to share a room back then (back then)

잠이 들기전에 내일은 다를거란 믿음도 (믿음도) Holding onto the belief that tomorrow would be different (the belief too)

사막의 신기루 형태는 보이지만 잡히지는 않았고 We could see the shape of this desert's mirage but we couldn’t grasp it and

끝이 없던 이 사막에서 살아남길 빌어 We prayed that we would survive in this endless desert

현실이 아니기를 빌어 We pray that it wasn’t our reality

결국 신기루는 잡히고 현실이 됐고 (됐고) In the end, we grasped onto the mirage and it became reality (became reality)

두렵던 사막은 우리의 피 땀 눈물로 채워 바다가 됐어 (됐어) Our blood, sweat, and tears filled up the desert we had feared and turned it into an ocean (into an ocean)

그런데 이 행복들 사이에 (사이에) But amidst all this happiness (this happiness)

이 두려움 들은 뭘까 (뭘까) What are all these fears? (What are they?)

원래 이곳은 사막이란걸 우린 너무 잘 알아 (알아) We know too well that this was once a desert (we know)

울고 싶지 않아 I don't want to cry

쉬고 싶지 않아 I don't want to rest

아니 조금만 쉬면 어때 No wait, how about resting for just a bit?

아니 아니 아니 No no no

지고 싶지 않아 I don't want to lose

원래 사막이잖아 This was originally a desert

그럼 달려야지 뭐 Then I have to just keep running, of course

더 우울해야지 뭐 I should be sadder, of course

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

Yeah, yeah

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

Ocean, desert

The world

Everything is the same thing

Different name

I see ocean, I see desert

I see the world

Everything is the same thing

But with different name

It's life again

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

Yeah, yeah

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

우린 절망해야해 We have to despair

그 모든 시련을 위해 (절망이 있네) For all those trials (there is despair)

우린 절망해야해 We have to despair

그 모든 시련을 위해 For all those trials

Trans cr; Faith & Eisha Spot Check cr; Aditi & Annie @ bts-trans © TAKE OUT WITH FULL CREDITS

happy birthday to taehyung, our winter bear

240101 - bts on twitter: 📬Letter from jhope

“Happy New Year ARMY ~~~~ It’s "year 2024", everyone!! Happy New Year (have a lot of blessing in new year) and I sincerely hope that our ARMY will only be filled with happiness in 2024 as well!! If I had to give you some good news in the new year.. Hobi is expected to be discharged (from military) within this year~!!~~ Of course... it's around at the end (of the year)... hahahaha~ Also, during that time, gift for you will be gradually revealed...!! Please look forward to it!! Anyway, since we start 2024 with Hobi's message, hope will be with you and it will be a good start!! Above all else, health comes first!! Don’t get sick!! And let's be happy!! I love you!! Love U ARMY~ ♥︎♥︎ #/A_Letter_From_Hobi_To_ARMY #/Hobi's 240101” (trans. cr. ai_jiminily)

manifesting— ✨2024 will be filled with small joys and big successes✨