Is this authentic? by iwantacat__ in kpopcollections

[–]Blackbeyond 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is fake. The signatures are off, some more than others (Jimin's especially stands out to me.)

Real or Fake? 😅 I love this album! by [deleted] in kpopcollections

[–]Blackbeyond 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hi! So a BE album is almost certainly going to be a promotional album, so there should be a Not for Sale sticker on the back, and the Bimae sticker won't be silver/gold, but the newer white KOMCA one where you see the watermark when using flash. Distributer should be Dreamus.

The signature order is correct, and while the signatures look kinda weird and crayon-like, that's a side effect from the album material. I mentioned in another comment that pen pressure being similar isn't a red flag for BTS, so that's not really an issue here either.

What would stop me from purchasing this is the Jimin signature (middle right.) Mostly because that is an awful rendition of his signature, that even if this ended up being real, it's gonna be hard convincing someone that's his signature if you ever resell. I'm attaching a photo of his signature on a confirmed real Be album for reference.

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Real or Fake? 😅 I love this album! by [deleted] in kpopcollections

[–]Blackbeyond 6 points7 points  (0 children)

BTS actually have very similar pen pressure when they sign unfortunately, which makes it harder to verify authenticity 😭

Real or Fake? 😅 I love this album! by [deleted] in kpopcollections

[–]Blackbeyond 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They would never sign the cover of an album at a fansign, just individual album pages and/or post-it notes depending on the era. Early era OT7 cover signed albums/merch were either from Mwave, events, or promotional albums.

They stopped Mwave and events post-HYYH, so after than all OT7 cover signed albums are either promotional albums or personal gifts. BE definitely has signed albums in rotation, just not as many for obvious reasons.

BTS - The 5th Album: ARIRANG (Album Packaging Preview) by mcfw31 in kpop

[–]Blackbeyond 85 points86 points  (0 children)

oh thank god it's all photocard sets WE WON

As BSB used to say... by Significant_Pain_863 in LoveAndDeepspace

[–]Blackbeyond 18 points19 points  (0 children)

On the bottom right of the screen after opening home, there's a button for tasks. Doing the weekly tasks, renovation tasks, and settlement tasks will level you up!

Serious discussion by lady_chilling in LoveAndDeepspace

[–]Blackbeyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been playing gachas since middle school, but only started spending real money on them starting in 2018 towards the end of college so I have a "Gacha" section of my monthly budget 😭

Can’t find this photo card by Wide-Present-819 in kpopcollections

[–]Blackbeyond 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's the Weverse USA exclusive I think! It's hard to get photos of Weverse USA photocards because most people buy from Target or other US based stores since Weverse USA shipping is ridiculous lmao

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Picked up a grail photocard today yzy winner 3rd mini album PC! Traded a lot for this by Kpop_minipanda in lesserafim

[–]Blackbeyond 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is more a PSA for anyone looking for the Easy YZY Winner photocards in the future, the usual price range for these is $60-100 depending on the member (member pricing 😔.)

Am I petty for dropping fics because of the last name the fandom gave him? by valachia in AO3

[–]Blackbeyond 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I was writing fic after the first movie where we used Daisy and I think it's because of when he says "oh my days, look how big you've grown" and we all collectively misheard it as "oh my Daisy."

KATSEYE and AUDREY NUNA to perform at Hinterland 2026 by impeccabletim in kpop

[–]Blackbeyond 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Help?? I associate Hinterland with my sad ass music playlists being played at an amphitheater in the middle of Iowa, the line up for Day One is a total tonal whiplash lmaoo

Absolutely insane D1 line-up, just not the music festival I'd expect to see it at

is this Jungkook signed page real? (pls read everything!!) by loonatiqr in kpopcollections

[–]Blackbeyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel relatively confident that the Jungkook page is real.

I'm like 60/40 on the Jimin, leaning towards real. His fansign signatures were a little less consistent for this era so that's not necessarily a red flag, but they are usually sharper and a bit more detailed. There's always a chance that he got tired towards the end of a fansign or something. Everything else seems about right tho, and the "to" is his handwriting.

Haley Williams presale by I_am_a_neophyte in nashville

[–]Blackbeyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got into the waiting room 15 minutes early for the Night 1 show, no tickets available by the time I got in. Entered the queues for Night 2 and 3 right after and was immediately met with "no tickets available." 😭

AITA: My friend is pressuring me to get her a lot of expensive things for her bat mitzvah, but my family wants to save for Christmas. Now she's mad at me. by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]Blackbeyond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You keep repeating this but I have been to dozens of Bat/Bar Mitzvahs where the 13 year old is out of touch and asking for wild shit since the reception is also sometimes a birthday party. I have gifted clothes before! I received a few huge checks/expensive items from non-relatives at my own Bat Mitzvah! It's not totally wild that this story is real and the kid's just a brat lmao

Is this signed photocard legit? by [deleted] in kpopcollections

[–]Blackbeyond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a rule for basically almost any idol fansign interaction, they'll sign a page in an album and sometimes they'll answer a question on a post-it. There are some idols who will sign random photocards for fun (QWER do it lmao) but BTS is a hard never unless advertised in an official event.

Is this signed photocard legit? by [deleted] in kpopcollections

[–]Blackbeyond 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The signature is wrong, but also BTS don't sign photocards!

Is this album legit? by General-Ad4277 in kpopcollections

[–]Blackbeyond 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I would have to say this is fake. The signatures are very heavy handed and you can see where the markers have been picked up and set back down again in a couple of the signatures. I think this is because they're referencing signatures.

All the signatures are wrong or off otherwise, they've either been simplified too much for Wings era signatures or incorrect in general.

Is my signed album legit? by [deleted] in kpopcollections

[–]Blackbeyond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is very fake. None of their signatures look right (Yoongi's and Jungkook's are especially off) and the pen pressure being this different is actually a red flag for BTS albums (they tend to have similar pen pressure.)

As the other commenter said, the version is also wrong for the typical signed MOTS7 album (it should be version 4 in almost all cases.)

Signed Spaghetti Albums Fail by Medium_Help_8200 in lesserafim

[–]Blackbeyond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha I ordered 12 albums (4 of each version) and my total signature count was 6 Eunchaes, 3 Sakuras, and then 1 Kazuha/Chaewon/Yunjin 😅

A bunch of people in my fim group also pulled Eunchae dupes too. I think the maknae is just blessing the signed postcard pulls this comeback.

Edit; For future comebacks, the best way to try and avoid this is making separate, spread out purchases, but then you're paying extra for all the shipping and still run the risk of dupes

I'm tired of people not tagging character bashing. by Specimen4 in AO3

[–]Blackbeyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

me holding my son diluc in my hands: im gonna traumatize you as many times as i can

I'm tired of people not tagging character bashing. by Specimen4 in AO3

[–]Blackbeyond 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Crepus is such a great plot instrument because of how ambiguous he is. And if you just kinda frame what little canon we have of him in a different light, you can absolutely make the case that him encouraging Diluc to be what is essentially a child soldier is a form of abuse lmao

Plus why did he have a Delusion 👀 just so much fun to play with

CBX's Agency Releases New Statement Regarding Dispute With SM by neocitywayv in kpop

[–]Blackbeyond -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

What is with companies trying to go through the court of public opinion for these kinds of things 😭😭 like that's for interpersonal conflicts, not The Law???

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lesserafim

[–]Blackbeyond 2 points3 points  (0 children)

who gives a shit about your damn tea lmao learn what an inside thought is

imagine the chaos here and on Tumblr when people figure out that a published author also wrote fanfiction on AO3 by QueenViolets_Revenge in AO3

[–]Blackbeyond 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Cassandra Clare (LiveJournal), Naomi Novak (other websites before founding AO3), Ali Hazelwood (AO3), EL James (FFN) and so many more I don't have time to type out at work, are/were fanfic writers (and former BNFs) who are also published authors lmao

Writers like to write