holy shit this is the most badass dramatic & graceful thing i've ever seen pic.twitter.com/RBUZAC3i3V
— nallie ๐น (@TWICETW1CE) September 10, 2016
A couple of days ago the twitter user TWICETW1CE posted a gif of Tzuyu from the Idol Star Athletics Championships preview where Tzuyu is participating in the archery event and gets her hair flipped. With time the tweet started to gain attention outside of kpop fandom twitter and counts now with more than 25k retweets.
The original gif was posted by TZUYU_holic99.
Even film director Taika Waititi retweeted it:
Hahahaha this is so random but Taika Waititi (director of Thor: Ragnarok) just retweeted this @ariaxss pic.twitter.com/ysDUNPh1on
— ๐์ดLy๐ฆ (@prof_ippun) September 11, 2016
Now it also has people trying to copy it:
.@TWICETW1CE pic.twitter.com/05qbuIUG6u
— Kyle Hill (@Sci_Phile) September 11, 2016
And even fanart:
K-pop Star Olympics <3 pic.twitter.com/4UuX9QEOOj
— Shukei (@ShukeiArt) September 11, 2016
And obviously the gif helped to get new fans:
Thank you new followers from #Once! You and #Twice have shown me a positive, welcoming side of social media I thought didn't exist anymore.
— Moisรฉs Chiullรกn (@moiseschiu) September 12, 2016
@michaengie I was already writing a group *like* TWICE into a comic book I'm working on, and now I guess it'll be a direct tribute to TWICE.
— Moisรฉs Chiullรกn (@moiseschiu) September 12, 2016
Her hair flip even made it to Taiwan's news:
Tzuyu hit the headlines in Taiwan when she showed her archery!๐
— MIYABI้ (@YafengCheng) September 12, 2016
้็ถๆไธๅจๅฐ็ฃไฝๅญ็ๅฐ็ฎญไธๅฐ็ฃๆฐ่ๅฆๅ๏ผ๐
ใใฆใฃใฎ็พใใใขใผใใงใชใผใใฃใๅงฟใๅฐๆนพใฎใใฅใผในใซใชใฃใโ pic.twitter.com/jdNbSVPjZz
With all the attention, their official twitter didn't forget to thank the fans:
์ฃผ๋ง์ ์ธํฐ๋ท์์ ํ์ ๊ฐ ๋์๋, ์ฏ๊ณจ๋ผ์ค! ๊ฐ์ฌํฉ๋๋ค ์์ค ์ฌ๋ฌ๋ถ! #TWICE #ํธ์์ด์ค #TZUYU #์ฏ์ #์ฏ๊ณจ๋ผ์ค #์์ก๋ pic.twitter.com/4eKRPlPJhM
— TWICE (@JYPETWICE) September 12, 2016
[TRANSLATION by Tzuyuday]: Over the weekend, Tzugolas (Legolas) became the topic of the internet! Thank you ONCE!
[Previously on Tzuyu's impact: her signed desk gets its own exposition]
Source: TWICETW1CE, TZUYU_holic99, ShukeiArt, JYPETWICE, tzuyuday, prof_ippun, Sci_Phile, moiseschiu (2), YafengCheng
Funny thing, she got 0 points for that shoot lol
Omona, have you accepted Tzuyu as your Lord and Saviour?
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Date: 2016-09-12 02:24 pm (UTC)Is she trying to get her hair ripped out? She looks fabulous but that can also be really dangerous :( it's very easy to get hair caught and pulled out like that, I hope she was okay. Maybe I'm just being too much of a protective fan, but I've ripped my hair out from that before and it's not a comfortable feeling at all
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Date: 2016-09-12 02:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-12 02:38 pm (UTC)You would never expect archery to be a dangerous sport for hair but it is so easy to get it caught in the fletch and it does not feel nice so I'm glad she's okay.
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Date: 2016-09-12 02:42 pm (UTC)In this case the hair flip is just an anecdote, but ISAC needs to stop. This year they had two more injuries and they are obviously not giving idols proper training.
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Date: 2016-09-12 02:30 pm (UTC)anyways, she's pretty
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Date: 2016-09-12 02:34 pm (UTC)Also the reposter credited tzuyu_holic99
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Date: 2016-09-12 02:32 pm (UTC)Why wasn't her hair tied up in th first place?
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Date: 2016-09-12 02:33 pm (UTC)reminds me of that gif where that girl ripped out her hair from scalp or something. scary shit.
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Date: 2016-09-12 03:11 pm (UTC)Glad she's going viral for something positive <3
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Date: 2016-09-12 04:42 pm (UTC)edit: LOL I just started telling dad about this and he was like "OH i saw that!! whyyyyyyyyyyyyy." dad disapproval at 100% haha
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Date: 2016-09-12 08:14 pm (UTC)i'm still convinced tzuyu is like some collective hysteria we're all having
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Date: 2016-09-12 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-12 09:23 pm (UTC)Twice always goes viral for the most random shit
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Date: 2016-09-12 09:41 pm (UTC)Srsly i had so many non k-pop people on my dash reblogging the gif asking who she is!
Look at bb Tzuyu winning people over, one signed desk and archery shot at a time, truly her impact!
Also Moises has become a full blown Twice stan, i love it! (which is also so funny, because a few days ago i was reading about him in regards to some Dr Strange movie news, and now this!)
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Date: 2016-09-12 09:47 pm (UTC)What is Moisรฉs known for? I was trying to see if I got it looking at his twitter but I didn't lol
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Date: 2016-09-12 10:41 pm (UTC)He's like a journalist/writer. And he also founded (and hosts a lot of it) ESN a podcast network that deals with different forms of storytelling like comics, cinema etc.
Also, from going on his twitter, i saw he's working on a comic book of his own, it seems.
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Date: 2016-09-12 11:01 pm (UTC)Kind of unrelated but I'm building a Halloween costume in Twice's likeness hehe. I have the purple letterman jacket and already sewed on a custom made Twice logo to it \o/
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Date: 2016-09-13 12:14 am (UTC)get those hair CFs!!
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Date: 2016-09-13 01:33 am (UTC)BUT i really hope someone is making it clear to all these people seeing the gif that you should really NOT do that - like that's dangerous as many people have already said and i'm afraid people are seeing her and being like wow i can look that cool while doing archery (i mean maybe i'm just being overly cautious but like people do stupid things cause of celebrities lol)
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Date: 2016-09-13 03:18 am (UTC)get that recognition, tzuyu <3
that gif is trulya work of art
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