Empire Ants

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~ )

I can't tell if it's just because of the different timeframes, or his hair colour actually changes the way his face looks that drastically.


( If you have a dream, then you should never give up, no matter what. You can't be successful if you don't fail. )

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. )

Love the song, love the video, hate working with the video's colour grading. 😭 Actually, tbh, I hate working with any colour grading these days. So much effort for such a small payoff... But here's an attempt at making myself get back in the swing of things.

Major thanks go to samanyana for capping this for me. 💖


( Behind the growing whisper, an instinct I can’t hide wakes me up. )

Blonde and orange hair in this set. Black, brown, and red/pink to come in the future.


( What others think is not important at all; we're perfect just the way we are. )

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. )

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. )

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. )