Last year, I planned to make this infographic of my obsession timeline in my first wholly EXO blogpost. But yeah…became too busy with a lot of things that I’ll just do that when I have free time (which can be never). So I’ll just make a long-winded outline about it, and it might bore you to death (or shatter whatever respect remaining you have for me) so sorry in advance *peace*
EXO, who you? (Pre-mid2013): Ignorance is (apparently not) bliss
- Discussion with a friend:
Me: “Uh, sorry which ones are we talking about?”
Friend1: “*points to Kai and Lay* There!”
Me: “hmmm...okay...anyway I can’t take another boy group. Even shine is too young for me”
- January 2013 – DKFC 2013 in Manila
Friend2: “What! Why didn’t you tell me?”
Me: I thought you already knew about it!
Friend2: “!!!!”
Me: “oh well, hihihi…”
We have to go through a denial phase right? (Mid-2013 to August 2013): My kpop heart doesn’t have room for 12 more boys
Me: *nods* (though I don’t know who Chen is, never looked up the members)
Friend1: Just watch this video! Just try it!
Me: “Who is this again?”
Friend1: “EXO”
Me: “Oh, I only have What is Love in my player. Fine fine I’ll watch it. Hmmmm…catchy.”
Friend2: “!!!!”
Me: “oh well, hihihi…”
We have to go through a denial phase right? (Mid-2013 to August 2013): My kpop heart doesn’t have room for 12 more boys
- Me (listening to kpop radio): “oohhh, nice song….(looks at phone display)…oh, EXO sang it? okay... :|" That song is EXO’s “What is Love”… it enjoyed heavy play in that kpop radio that I finally caved in and downloaded that single song. At least I know one EXO song…that’s fine. Just one song.
- Me: Hey, I downloaded EXO’s What is Love, I like it.
Me: *nods* (though I don’t know who Chen is, never looked up the members)
- Me (listening to kpop radio): “what is this weird Gregorian chant song? *looks at phone display* haha it’s EXO *snicker* see, I can’t get on board this thing (the song is MAMA)
- *sees a lot of twitter spam of Friend1 and Friend2 about EXO’s Wolf and Growl*
Friend1: Just watch this video! Just try it!
Me: “Who is this again?”
Friend1: “EXO”
Me: “Oh, I only have What is Love in my player. Fine fine I’ll watch it. Hmmmm…catchy.”
Friend1: “Yay!”
Me: “But there’s too many of them! I cannot!”
- the next day
Me (messages Friend1): “Dammit! I keep on replaying that video!”
Friend1: Give in! Give in! Who do you like?
Me: “the heck, how would I know? I can barely see their faces!”
Friend1: “Cmon!”
Me: “errr hmmmm…the one with the NY cap? He looks like the best dancer…”
Friend1: “That’s Kai! The one in the old SM the Performance video! He and Taemin are close friends by the way.”
Me: “errrr, okay…”
- in Thailand for the Seunggi fanmeet
Friend1: “dude! I sent you a video! Watch it while you’re abroad!”
Me: “Is this exo again? I can’t I have to focus on Seunggi!”
- back at home
Friend1: “did you watch the video?”
Me: “wait…”
Me: “OMG! This is Kai right? Oh shit, and this happened in DKFC?!?!”
Friend1: “see!”
Me: *sighs*
No going back (August 2013-Present): It’s the gift that keeps on giving
- It’s a Wednesday and it’s a holiday and for some reason I’m already awake at 8am
Me: “Dammit, I’m still hung up on that song!”
Friend1: “Bwahahaha see! Who else do you like?”
Me: “Didn’t I just pick Kai?”
Friend1: “Another one!”
Me: “Hmmmm…that guy with the revolving thing with light hair…”
Friend1: “I think that’s Sehun *goes off to confirm with Friend2* Yeah that’s Sehun! Dude, you always have a thing for maknaes!”
Me: “The heck, how would I know he was the youngest?”
Friend1: “Another one!!!”
Me: “Errr, the one with the pink hair?”
Friend1: “Luhan!”
Me: “Yeah, he looks cute sans pink hair. in the world of kpop hair always changes so I don’t take that into account (little did I know Sehun’s hair history at this point) Fine fine! Send me their names!"
Friend1: "Yipee!!!"
- Start of EXO discussion in Line and we roped in Friend2 to make a group chatroom and invited Friend4 over (another friend influenced by Friend2)
- The memorable names-in-post-its day…to help me remember (and Friend1 and Friend2 squeeing that I’m officially in the fold):
- Obsession officially started….barrage of past videos from Friend 1&2…not being able to tell Sehun and Luhan apart at first. Deciding that Sehun will be my no.1 bias…then wavering a bit when I saw the radio guestings (hehehe)…but in the end decided to stick with my choice.
- Started to devote a portion of my hard drive to EXO videos and other related content. Listened to their other songs (and *gasp* had a I’m-starting-to-like MAMA phase)
- EXO-K arrives in Manila…made major bargaining powers and finally secured a ticket to watch their concert performance…wherein I went batshit crazy
- Told myself that I wouldn’t read fanfics, especially yaoi ones…but lo and behold I caved in to reading the good ones (filtered via friends, I don’t search them on purpose hehe)
- Told myself I wouldn’t write fanfics, but lo and behold my friends started churning out fics until I’m the one left…so…..hello fanfic writing! *peer pressure* (note: only 5 of my friends have read my stories (let’s not count the cyber readers hehe))
- Merch merch and merch galore! This is the late bloomer in me talking. Honestly when I was growing up I did like boybands and such but never got this irrational in buying merch (or maybe because I’m already working so it’s my money anyway? Hehehe). I’m sure my stuff pales in comparison to others, but yeah…here you go!
Made a mad scramble and these are the stuff I have near my bed, hehe. Didn't include the posters anymore:
Oh and I ordered this snapback online because Sehun has one hehe:
And how can I forget my moment of insanity in buying this:
That’s it! I can expound the obsession section further but it would be too long lol. I don’t know how long I’ll keep up with this, I just pray that I’ll be alive until the end hehehe
So congrats EXO for making it to two years! We are one!
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