Empire Ants

I haven't seen the show, but I adore this guy's face so I knew these caps had to be iconned. This is the second half of a set too large for IJ's post sizes.

Thanks to eggplants for the caps~ ♥


( You’re free to dream whatever you want. )

Made to enable my parabatai. 💙 Also features a few icons - two of which are animated - with Lee Minhyuk (Huta). They lowkey highkey pass as being siblings.


( When you were born, everyone was smiling and happy. That's how important you are, and how much you can bring happiness to others. If you disappear, everyone would live in sadness. )

More cuteness overload, for which I am a thousand percent not sorry. 🥰 These are Minhyuk-only crops of the images used for the set of him and Eunkwang together.


( I'm falling alone into a world no one knows; just feel the silence. )

Hope you're ready for a cuteness overload. 💙 These are Eunkwang-only crops of the images used for the set of him and Minhyuk together.


( The sun devours the deep darkness and moves forward. In the end, it becomes a light that makes me shine. )

Yeah, so, I accidentally became a bb Melody over the holidays and I'm not sorry. 😌 These precious dorks have brought me some much-needed joy in a really shitty time. Also, like, just look at Minhyuk and Eunkwang here. Their friendship is so cute I cannot even.


( Past the dark swamp, on this humid night, a gloomy air fills this place. The devil who has captured you is laughing at me, but it can't catch me. )

I had to, in honour of my childhood idolization of Wednesday Addams. Also, y'know, this was a super easy set to icon because all you have to do to make monochrome look nice is brighten it a little. I can pretend I'm productive!

Screencaps by samanyana, who's a bit new to the "capping on IJ" game and totally deserves attention for the epic caps. ♥


( You severely underestimate my apathy. )

I love her face. That's it, that's my entire motivation for trawling Google Images and iconning what I found. 🤷‍♀️ Also, I finally hopped on the Mr. Robot train, and wow it's glorious.


( Since when did pretending everything's okay suddenly become the almighty norm? )

The lighting and colouring on this show are nightmares. But hey, here's one more planned set finally tackled.


( Usually, you have more of a flourish to it. )

You think he makes silly faces? Just wait until you see what he can do with his ankles! I sorted by date when doing these, which means he's probably mid to late 20s in the beginning of the first half and he's in his 30s by the end of this half, which includes photos collected as recently as February 10, 2022.


( Don't be nibblin' on my giblets. )

Finally got around to making the icons from brunette Instagram photos. I sorted by date when doing these, which means he's probably mid to late 20s in the beginning of this half and he's in his 30s by the end of the second half, which includes photos collected as recently as February 10, 2022.


( You do you, and I'll do me. And we won't do each other... probably. )