Cool! Whoa, the twitter thread has loads of examples (even in the comments section) of Tea's giftedness.
(Sidenote = I do admit I like Tea's Tata the most out of all the BT21 characters artistically + visually, even though I did think that he was copying Comme Des Garcons's heart icon at first, he was the only one not using animal character but an abstract symbol.)
(WARNING: LONG LONG THREAD AHEAD. SKIP IF NOT INTERESTED IN TAEHYNG. SORRY IN ADVANCE.)
When I first got into BTS long time ago, I learnt that Tea was sad because he was called Alien by the others for being "extra".
Just with that, I had a suspicion that he might be gifted & have ASD. Being "weird" in society sometimes means you are more than normal - extra special. That's one reason I liked him, because he was okay with "strange", making weird faces etc. As someone who deals with gifted children, I have had contact with many of them.
Some examples which are more related to his giftedness are:
1) creative & ingenious ways to solve problem (eg, use camera as light, make use of science principles etc)
2) able to use loopholes to his advantage, know how to use "cheatcodes/shortcuts". (eg, find loopholes in rules)
3) strong logical thinking + artistic + musically talented
He's that kind of person who will give that 1 different answer/response when all the other people in the room give the same answer.
Or, for example, in a survey/experiment, everyone takes the chair and sits on it, pretending it's a train/bus, but he will be the only 1 using the chair for a creative purpose like twirling it like a dance partner & singing Singularity.
And of course, i think the point everyone's highlighting is the ONE special part that he has, which is that unlike those with ASD who are unfamiliar with human touch/communications etc, he has the ability to manipulate emotionally & psychologically, as proven through all the missions in the games he had to do. Wow, sufficient trial practices, I would say.
1) How to practice tricking/lying/saying contradictory things with a straight face.
2) How to observe people's body language, & manipulate people's responses (eg, to get them to say what you want)
3) How to master own body language (eg, James Corden gameshow, stare without flinching.)
4) How to complete secret missions discreetly.
He is super outgoing & comfortable with going out of social circles to make friends (M & FM) & knows how to use his charm. Not socially awkward at all. Wow, a lot of strengths that some gifted people might not even possess.
Plus, he is handsome (package = looks + giftedness IQ + EQ).
(We have not added in the Spiritual aspect......man. A lot of us already can sense he is spiritually...idk...dark/powerful)
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So, just for fun, if we theorise that Tea is GIFTED....
To be fair to Tea, if he's playing on the GOOD side, we have a very strong asset. Imagine if he's undercover (as in being in the industry to get first hand knowledge etc, collect contacts/evidence), he is the kind not to show any signals or break easily under duress. Even if we think he is bad atm, he will still stay the course & not be affected emotionally, because that makes the challenge even more harder = more fun for him.
Sending God's LOVE to Tea!
If he's playing on the BAD side, I strongly feel that he is not that kind of person to obediently fulfil someone's else orders/agenda. He will look like he is following their plans, but actually he has his own plans (which he will think is better). Personality-wise, he's the cocky, rebellious at nature, intelligent person who will make it look like he is following along well, & even make it to the end, but at the last minute, he will outsmart the person & switch the outcome (re: use loopholes, re: use creative ways). But of course, he might not be doing it for good. He might just be doing that for himself, to win. The end goal he wants is for HIM to win, not THEM. I say this, from the standpoint of being GIFTED.
After all, smart people like to trick & outsmart other people. If the game is too easy, it's not a challenge for a gifted person. Some gifted children will even add more complications just to raise the difficulty level. And, it's not fun to win straight away or not the right time yet. Fun in seeing others "act". He himself also enjoys "acting" along. So, maybe he is continuing the charade until he is strong/old/mature enough to do some damage to the dark side or escape/breakaway, & help his members get out (alive) too. With SuLLi & H@ra, it's safe to say that it's literally a matter of life and death.
So, my point is, I will myself, spare some benefit of the doubt to Tea. He can do some good, if he chooses to do good. Through the long years (already 6 years in the industry) & more to come (entering mid-late 20s in 2020s), hopefully (?!), he will maybe mature & change his heart/goals to do some good. It's normal to have shallow/idealistic goals when you are 18-25 years old, and only realise your goals/behaviour/decisions had been so foolish/harmful/fake in that later years (25-30yrs old). I hope he finds meaning in his life.
LASTLY, TO TAE:
And through writing this, I hope TAETAE reads this too.
I believe in the butterfly effect. Small words of GRACE => change the heart.
GRACE = love when you don't do anything to deserve it, and yet the person shows love to you first.
((One tip: Saturn does NOT understand GRACE. He cannot understand GRACE, LOVE, FORGIVENESS etc etc. He cannot understand why Jesus would die for a bunch of people who does not deserve it. GRACE defeats. Just think bout' that for a sec.)) GRACE is new to a lot of people, especially those born in saturnic family. Their heart is beating, not not truly alive. TAE = BTS21 heart character represents him.
And if TAE is truly gifted, then i hope this discussion of different outcomes helps OPEN his mind to more possibilities & influence his decision to do better. He can get some ideas above, haha! If he's gifted, the worst is to be a stereotypical "textbook" bad person like everyone else. He will want to do the different thing (eg, like how he offers absolutely different expressions in every single Singularity performance). Don't waste that potential, man. After all, the past is done, but the future (whatever happens to BITs etc) is still undecided.
LASTLY, TO US:
For those who are not gifted like Tea, (me most definitely not), I don't feel smart enough or powerful or gifted enough like him to do anything useful in this world. But actually, we also have power to influence outcomes. So, if we are mindful of this, we WILL be a positive force.
Thanks for reading!
