🌻petal

Im in my thoughts today - so here’s another cheesy long one 😂 How BTS are winning the Hallyu surf meet 😃 Waves come in sets and a surfer watches the ocean before paddling out. They read the conditions and then paddle out to the channel - often with a few other surfers waiting for their chance. This is the spot they watch the swells coming in, they pick their set, they get lined up and go - all hoping for a perfect wave. Not all waves are good rideable waves nor does everyone who tries to catch one know what to do once they are on one. Some have the perfect shape and power for a long ride. Others close out before you can even get started. Some look promising but fizzle out halfway through. Some surfers cant handle the wave and get washed out or pounded into the break. You will also have many surfers who paddle over and over exhausting themselves and get in the way of others trying to catch a wave but get the timing wrong, cant line up, give up or cant get up once they are on. Then there are those who see someone else getting a great ride and decide to drop in on their wave. They think that they can achieve the same success by just dropping in - disrupting or challenging the surfer. Realistically only one can ride the wave successfully - get barreled and ride out before it closes. Some get kicked out - some go over the falls - others pull out - and even a few end up floating around in the soup wondering where their wave went. But BTS read the ocean - they saw the sets and picked their wave - they found their line and dropped in and are tight in the barrel. They found their perfect wave. Funny part is some other groups or fandoms are so busy watching BTS that they have forgotten to catch their own waves. Just being in the same ocean or even in the same set does not mean you are riding the same wave. Some have managed to catch their wave but its not the same quality of wave or they arent skilled surfers - they are not be able to read and ride that wave without getting kicked out or sent over the falls or it just sputters. Eventually all the sets die down and there are no more waves to catch. I think recently we are starting to see signs of that - with concerts being canceled or venues downsizing. We see more attacks to just be associated with BTS and be on a wave in the same set. We also have groups desperate just to catch one last wave before the sun sets. BTS did not get where they are today by chasing everyone elses waves - they learned how to ride their own - and they are mastering it. But in the end they might be the only one that survives the set and rides the wave until the end. It feels like sunset is quickly approaching.