Empire Ants

I am so mad with the quality of most of these, and the general lack of images online. But I guess that's what happens when the most interesting villain gets the least screen time. 😞

Includes 20 animated icons. And lots of blood.


( Aren't you glad I'm home? )

For my parabatai, perkyshadowgirl, who is even more epic than Joong's smirk (and that's pretty damn epic). Happy belated birthday! Sorry I didn't get these done on time, but you get 99 extra because I fail at numbers so... everyone wins? 💕


( There's no one like him~ )

Between my graphics card being a jerkwad and the film grain aesthetic on the trailer, these were doomed to not come out as well as I'd have liked. But tbh, Yeo is absolutely worth enduring a little bit of film grain. Look at his face!

Also, based on the other promo images for the comeback, his hair is green and black here. But you can't see the green, so I tagged it how it looks - which is blonde/white and black.


( If it's hard, you can rest for a while. I'll always cheer you! )

I've brought you my parabatai's bias, and now I bring you mine. These all come from my folders labeled as pink hair, purple hair, and blonde hair; a couple of slightly brunette-looking ones sneaked in, but we're calling them blonde now.


( Fix on~ )

My parabatai's bias for an ever so slightly belated birthday gift~ 💖 I love you, bb, and here's to another decade-plus of being besties!


( Trust yourself and just do it. If it's not very perfect, that's okay. It's meaningful that you try already. )

"I'll make totally serious icon sets and be productive on this comm," I said to myself. And then this happened. Idk man, we could all use a fun cosplay in our lives, right?

Forgive the wide variety of quality. Finding images of this costume was hard af; I think he only wore it for one performance or event.


( Aren’t you glad you wore that? Sexy AND bulletproof! )

Look. It might not be obvious because my icon quality is tanking lately along with my mental energy levels, but Peniel is a major inspiration for me so these sets are kind of a labour of love. Also, I have a major weakness for nail art, so the last 41 of these are literally just closeups of his various manicures.


( If you set a deadline for a certain goal, like a life goal, and it's like 'Oh I'm gonna have a house by 30 and be married and whatever,' it's like you're setting yourself up for failure. )

I have such a fondness for split-dyed hair, in case you haven't noticed.


( Pizza is confusing 'cause it's like a circle, but then you cut it into triangles, and then it comes in a box. )

Cast your peepers upon the divine glory that is Hongjoong's split-dyed hair. Also, Memento Mori because that year totally cemented my mental associations with this colour scheme forever.

Now contains mirrored versions of the selfie icons because it was driving me insane that I forgot to flip them to make the hair colours appear on the 'right' sides. You may need to refresh if you previously viewed the set, because my brain also made me put them 'in the right order' so icons were erased and reuploaded with new file names.


( I shine more in the dark. )

I did it for the blue-streaked hair... even though there are far more icons of other colours in this set. 🤷‍♀️ Features quite a few with my precious Lee Minhyuk (Huta) from some appearances on Bikira and a couple with his Teen Top bandmate Choi Jonghyun (Changjo).


( Every single thing you do shakes me up. )