Non Poll Post - Tumblr Posts
Do you like answering Polls about BTS? Do you have a poll question you'd like asked? Raise your hand if you answered yes to either of these questions!
This blog is purely for non-scientifically accurate Tumblr polls regarding BTS as a whole, members individually, and/or ARMY as a Fandom.
Please feel free to submit poll questions but I reserve the right to not publish any that I feel are malicious of intent.
Please be good to each other and remember, this is just a simple website for having fun and exchanging ideas with strangers on the internet.
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do u ever judge the results of a poll quietly to urself because i am LOL
Yes and No... haha sorry not give you a precise answer but I don't really look at the responses in the way I think you're asking. I've spent too many years analyzing data to take very much if it at face value. I can use the same metrics to tell completely opposite stories and especially with the sample size size here being so small, it's really hard to draw any actual conclusions.
But goodness sakes, y'all confuse the heck outta me sometimes. The polls that I think are going to get a lot of responses/engagement do mediocre and then some just take off. The only thing I think I've figured out that y'all absolutely love the choose-the-member ones. Which is fine, I'm happy to provide more if that's what y'all want but I sometimes have a hard time finding gifs for them. I have been searching for months to complete the rest of the 'which member do you associate with each colour' polls but the tumblr search absolutely sucks for finding this type of content! I refuse to use gifs here that i can't attribute to someone if I didn't make it myself so that's been the hold up on those. If anyone finds good gifs of the members all dressed in a singular colour, please tag me in it!
(And quietly to myself, I am a little surprised how many are responding that they don't know what SUGA stands for. There's nothing wrong with not knowing, I absolutely don't think fandom should actually be treated like a job but I thought this particular fact was common BTS knowledge. I'm also somewhat satisfied with myself for creating the question this way. I think if I had just asked if you knew what it stood for, ppl would have been more likely to look it up if they didn't before answering so we wouldn't get as many results...but that's just a theory)
Im a couple days late, but happy 100 days!!! As a long time army who loves polls, this is one of my favorite blogs :) I always find it so fun to check in and vote, plus I just love interacting with fellow armys!! I hope youre having an amazing day and thank you for running this silly little blog💜
Since I've cracked now the seal on not-a-poll posts, I'd like to share this one with y'all as well. I've been keeping it to myself this whole time but I want to thank @fivehundredtwentyone for sending this lovely message in ages ago!
I'm so happy there are some of y'all out there like me that just want to vote in a fun little BTS poll.
I'm really excited for everything scheduled this week so please look forward to it! Especially for those of you in different timezones! There's going to be some more fun coming out soon!
DESERT ISLAND DISC TOURNAMENT
We're being stranded on a desert island! Fortunately we have our trusty cd player with an eternal battery. But there's only one disc in the player!
WHICH BTS DISC MAKES IT ONTO THE ISLAND?
Here are the starting brackets. Proof gets a fast pass to the final rounds by nature of being the anniversary anthology.
I'm not including singles or solo albums in this bracket (there were enough gifs to make as-is). Let's see what singular BTS disc we end up listening to for the rest of our time on this island!
Reblogs help the tumblr algorithm! Let's get the biggest sample size possible!
All of the polls in round 1 will release over the next few days. Keep an eye out for the post with your favorite albums but try to vote in them all!
Links will be added to each poll as they post below the cut:
Round 1
2 Cool 4 Skool | O!RUL82?
Skool Luv Affair | Skool Luv Affair (Special Addition)
Dark & Wild | Wake Up
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life pt.1 | pt.2
The Most Beautify Moment in Life: Young Forever (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
Youth | Wings
You Never Walk Alone | Love Yourself: Her
FACE YOURSELF | Love Yourself: Tear
Love Yourself: Answer (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 ~The Journey~ | BE
BTS, The Best (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
Round 2
O!RUL8,2 | Love Yourself: Her
Skool Luv Affair | Love Yourself: Tear
Dark & Wild | Love Yourself: Answer (Disc 1)
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life pt.2 | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life : Young Forever (Disc 1) | BE
Wings | BTS, The Best (Disc 2)
Round 3
Love Yourself: Her | Love Yourself: Tear
Love Yourself: Answer (Disc 1) | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life : Young Forever (Disc 1) | Wings
Proof (Disc 1) | (Disc 2) | (Disc 3)
Round 4
Love Yourself: Tear | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever (Disc 1) | Proof (Disc 1)
Round 5
MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 | Proof (Disc 1)
Thank-you to everyone that joined me in this tournament!! You all are rockstars!
I've just learned that reblogs don't continue to sync with the original post if any edits are made. (Kinda not surprised but not something I thought about before).
In case you missed it, all of the Round 1 polls are up and linked from this post for your convenience. Make sure you vote to get your faves to the next round!
DESERT ISLAND DISC TOURNAMENT
We're being stranded on a desert island! Fortunately we have our trusty cd player with an eternal battery. But there's only one disc in the player!
WHICH BTS DISC MAKES IT ONTO THE ISLAND?
Here are the starting brackets. Proof gets a fast pass to the final rounds by nature of being the anniversary anthology.
I'm not including singles or solo albums in this bracket (there were enough gifs to make as-is). Let's see what singular BTS disc we end up listening to for the rest of our time on this island!
Reblogs help the tumblr algorithm! Let's get the biggest sample size possible!
All of the polls in round 1 will release over the next few days. Keep an eye out for the post with your favorite albums but try to vote in them all!
Links will be added to each poll as they post below the cut:
Round 1
2 Cool 4 Skool | O!RUL82?
Skool Luv Affair | Skool Luv Affair (Special Addition)
Dark & Wild | Wake Up
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life pt.1 | pt.2
The Most Beautify Moment in Life: Young Forever (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
Youth | Wings
You Never Walk Alone | Love Yourself: Her
FACE YOURSELF | Love Yourself: Tear
Love Yourself: Answer (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 ~The Journey~ | BE
BTS, The Best (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
Round 2
Waiting on Round 1 Results
Round 3
Waiting on Round 2 Results
Proof (Disc 1) | (Disc 2) | (Disc 3)
Round 4
Waiting on Round 3 Results
Round 5
Waiting on Round 4 Results
Round 2 Bracket is up!
Thank-you to everyone that voted in any of the polls for Round 1!Special shout out to those that reblogged any of the polls - it really helps the tumblr algorithm.
We averaged 31 voters per poll and most had a clear winner with only a couple being tight races. I'm very curious if that trend will continue this round. I was also curious if there was going to be a specific time of day of posts that yielded a wider sample size but there was very little variability.
This will also be the first time we have albums going up against each other with a significant gap in their release dates. Will there be an advantage for either the older or newer albums? We'll find out!
DESERT ISLAND DISC TOURNAMENT
We're being stranded on a desert island! Fortunately we have our trusty cd player with an eternal battery. But there's only one disc in the player!
WHICH BTS DISC MAKES IT ONTO THE ISLAND?
Here are the starting brackets. Proof gets a fast pass to the final rounds by nature of being the anniversary anthology.
I'm not including singles or solo albums in this bracket (there were enough gifs to make as-is). Let's see what singular BTS disc we end up listening to for the rest of our time on this island!
Reblogs help the tumblr algorithm! Let's get the biggest sample size possible!
All of the polls in round 1 will release over the next few days. Keep an eye out for the post with your favorite albums but try to vote in them all!
Links will be added to each poll as they post below the cut:
Round 1
2 Cool 4 Skool | O!RUL82?
Skool Luv Affair | Skool Luv Affair (Special Addition)
Dark & Wild | Wake Up
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life pt.1 | pt.2
The Most Beautify Moment in Life: Young Forever (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
Youth | Wings
You Never Walk Alone | Love Yourself: Her
FACE YOURSELF | Love Yourself: Tear
Love Yourself: Answer (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 ~The Journey~ | BE
BTS, The Best (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
Round 2
O!RUL8,2 | Love Yourself: Her
Skool Luv Affair | Love Yourself: Tear
Dark & Wild | Love Yourself: Answer (Disc 1)
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life pt.2 | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life : Young Forever (Disc 1) | BE
Wings | BTS, The Best (Disc 2)
Round 3
Waiting on Round 2 Results
Proof (Disc 1) | (Disc 2) | (Disc 3)
Round 4
Waiting on Round 3 Results
Round 5
Waiting on Round 4 Results
Bracket has been updated and the next round of polls is queued to launch over the next few days.
The final rounds are officially beginning! It's interesting that all of the Love Yourself trilogy has made it this far but only one of HWWY (and of course it was the one with the absolutely longest title - I swear y'all are just trying to make me type that whole thing out as many times as possible). We'll also be getting our first chance to vote for Proof in this tournament.
Which discs will make it to the final four??
DESERT ISLAND DISC TOURNAMENT
We're being stranded on a desert island! Fortunately we have our trusty cd player with an eternal battery. But there's only one disc in the player!
WHICH BTS DISC MAKES IT ONTO THE ISLAND?
Here are the starting brackets. Proof gets a fast pass to the final rounds by nature of being the anniversary anthology.
I'm not including singles or solo albums in this bracket (there were enough gifs to make as-is). Let's see what singular BTS disc we end up listening to for the rest of our time on this island!
Reblogs help the tumblr algorithm! Let's get the biggest sample size possible!
All of the polls in round 1 will release over the next few days. Keep an eye out for the post with your favorite albums but try to vote in them all!
Links will be added to each poll as they post below the cut:
Round 1
2 Cool 4 Skool | O!RUL82?
Skool Luv Affair | Skool Luv Affair (Special Addition)
Dark & Wild | Wake Up
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life pt.1 | pt.2
The Most Beautify Moment in Life: Young Forever (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
Youth | Wings
You Never Walk Alone | Love Yourself: Her
FACE YOURSELF | Love Yourself: Tear
Love Yourself: Answer (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 ~The Journey~ | BE
BTS, The Best (Disc 1) | (Disc 2)
Round 2
O!RUL8,2 | Love Yourself: Her
Skool Luv Affair | Love Yourself: Tear
Dark & Wild | Love Yourself: Answer (Disc 1)
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life pt.2 | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life : Young Forever (Disc 1) | BE
Wings | BTS, The Best (Disc 2)
Round 3
Love Yourself: Her | Love Yourself: Tear
Love Yourself: Answer (Disc 1) | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life : Young Forever (Disc 1) | Wings
Proof (Disc 1) | (Disc 2) | (Disc 3)
Round 4
Waiting on Round 3 Results
Round 5
Waiting on Round 4 Results
I see some of you have sent boops to this account. I'm happy to boop y'all back but I can't initiate any since this is a sideblog. If you want one from here, send me one first!
Tumblr does have a special response if you boop your own sideblogs though!
Sorry I didn't have an April Fool's poll for today, I knew I'd have a few busy weeks so the queue has been prepped.
Congrats to everyone for surviving the first quarter of 2024. See you for the rest!
hi. i know this blog is just for fun, and i don't want to be a downer, but jk rowling is a terf. she actively does not want trans people to exist. as a trans army, it makes me wildly uncomfortable when people who aren't fans are called 'muggles' or when people Sort the members. again, i know it's all supposed to be fun, but. i don't feel at all safe anymore whenever hp stuff is brought up. i hope you have a good day though <3
Hi anon,
First, before I get into the rest of my response I want to say that I while i can't truly empathize on this specific issue, I do sympathize with not feeling safe due to a marginalization from 'the mainstream'. I do apologize for any part my posts played into this for you and anyone else that may have seen them. I'm going to put the rest of my thoughts on this topic below a cut for anyone that isn't up for a discussion-type post from this blog.
HP was my first real fandom and as someone who was raised in an extremely conservative rural area, I'm unfortunately very familiar with this mindset and viewpoint.
I also had to do a hefty amount of soul-searching when deciding how much of hp-fandom I would continue to engage in. I've never been a merch-focused person (which honestly gave me some heartache getting into kpop..there are legit ppl out there that try to make you feel like a fake fan if you don't spend serious money on this interest... but that's a discussion for another day). Anyway, back to HP, I'm not into merch and I didn't like the movies, (I've still only seen the first two and a handful of clips from some of the others) so I'm personally not contributing anymore to the money channeling in but money isn't the only thing that fuels this massive engine.
Again, I had to have a very frank heart-to-heart with myself to see where I personally feel comfortable continuing to engage. For me, being involved in the Fandom to any degree and even having casual conversations about the themes and meanings was an essential part of learning to be curious enough to see more lifestyles different from the one I was raised in. And my story is not dissimilar from many that I knew in situations similar to mine. So I know that this body of work has actually had cases where it fosters discussions and mindsets for minority groups more than anything else of its time. I really cannot overstate how significant the HP books and fandom were in creating the first space where we were able to even explore the idea of being different from those around us, let alone feeling comfortable or even celebrating it. To us, HP was less about the magic of being able to move items without touching them but more about the magic of finding your own worth when everyone around you said otherwise. This concept takes different forms each generation, for some it's superheroes or musicians; for my generation, it was HP.
Do the unveiled viewpoints of the original creator now undo all of the progress that was triggered by her work? And should we all attempt to bury it as if it never happened? Another point of discussion, especially where I now live in the southern US with many entrenched systems of racial discrimination. (Again, another tangent but we're not here to talk about tearing down ugly statues that don't add any value to the current population).
There's also the literal logistical issue of deciding that I can't engage in anything because I don't agree with the views of the ppl in charge, then there will literally be no viable method to exist. My professional expertise is in systems design, implementation, and maintenance; and let me assure you, the world is legitimately run by people who have despicable beliefs. From entertainment, food manufacturing and distribution, to health care and politics; there are scummy mindsets infecting it all. The biggest lie in our society is that good ppl do good things and bad ppl do bad things. No. People with awful motivations do good things continuously. And the inverse is true as well. There is remarkably little black and white in the world, everything is on a spectrum.
Attempting to cut myself off from ALL of it is not possible, nor do I want to engage with ALL of it. So again, I need to decide where that line is. And it needs to be re-evaluated frequently as both myself and the world around me grows and changes.
But this really comes to my main point of this whole post. I had to do my own personal soul-searching to decide where my own boundary is with this issue. And each person should do so as well. We are all so beautifully different in our life experiences and thoughts and mindset. I would NEVER want to claim my personal boundary on any issue should be upheld for ANYONE else. That's where we must empower ourselves to understand our own sovereignty. I have complete control of how I choose to respond to a push of my boundary but not to dictate that others must place their own boundaries.
This is where we are right now. I recognize that my past actions have induced some harm, intentional or not. Again, I apologize for that. I've shared a few reasons why we have different viewpoints and may continue to create similar polls in the future. So, to move forward, I will be more diligent in tagging any polls so that anyone trying to avoid such content may do so. You will have to decide if that is sufficient for you or if you will need to also disengage here.
Whatever you choose, I do wish you the absolute best and thankyou for bringing this lapse to my attention. Like you said, this is intended to be a fun place where we can vote in meaningless tumblr polls about a group of guys in Korea that make music. I would never want to compromise someone's peace with something so trivial but I am just another stranger on the internet. The one thing I can do is try to give you the tools so that you can make informed decisions about what type of content you may encounter in my space.
I'm not looking to turn this blog into a discussion one, so if anyone wants/needs to chat further, please reach out in DMs or through my main blog @curio-queries . This blog will continue to focus on BTS polls.
BORAHAE 💜
Thank you to everyone who got me to 1000 likes!
I've got a surprise coming soon for y'all with this blog's one year anniversary approaching as well. But my sincerest thanks to all of you that have participated in any way on this journey.
BORAHAE ! 💜
(Special shout out to @un06 as the one that pushed it over 1000 here! There are quite a few of you that regularly like the polls and I don't want to miss anyone so I won't start a list but please know that I do see your names and it brings me joy everytime.)
Hi, first of all thanks for running this blog I appreciate the effort you put in, but I was wondering... this is just a request not a demand... but could we maybe not do polls about romantic ships and sexual fanfics? I often scroll down the general 'polls' tag and see this blog pop up, I'm sure many random non-fans do the same... I don't think it gives a great impression of ARMY or BTS if we're having public polls about explicit rpf etc.
As I said it's your blog and your choice, but personally I think it would be better to stick to polls about BTS as artists and real people, and their amazing music, instead of things like shipping and fanfic. Or maybe just don't put those ones in the general 'polls' tag where anyone can see them? What do you think?
Hi anon,
First I want to thank you for the repect to me that you've brought with this thought. It's why I think we can have an actual discussion on this topic. For any of you that aren't up for it, don't click below the cut.
This is honestly an interesting point. There is quite a large part of the ARMY tumblr space that is fanfic-focussed and I absolutely want to include everyone's interests in these polls. One thing I do want to make clear, is fic readers/writers are a huge part of the Fandom. And I would never consider trying to hide their interests from any general tags. I have always tagged those polls though so anyone not down, can easily block them.
The part of your ask that's interesting to me is the callout of explicit-ness. This has got to be my personal flavour of ace-aro-ness coming through as I genuinely didn't relate the reference of A/B/O to the same place in my brain as I do anything explicit. This specific question honestly came about because I noticed it as a theme whenever I do searches for gifs for this blog. I've never read a BTS fic on tumblr but boy the search results love to return the posts when I'm gif-hunting!
Anyway, I'm not involved enough in current fic communities enough to know, let alone a community built around real people rather than fictional stories but is there a consensus to keep anything above a G rating 'in the back'? Being able to openly classify the work is the main way people are able to make an informed decision if they'd like to engage further.
When it comes to level of risk with this specific topic, I genuinely feel that anyone wanting to avoid any such implications would be better served blocking the bts fic tags entirely.
I'm not looking to release a series of anon posts on this blog though so anyone that wants to continue this conversation, please do so in comments to this post, reach out in direct messages, or through my main blog @curio-queries .
Hopefully this made sense, I'm still getting over being sick for a few weeks and sometimes i haven't been successfully explaining things.