Since I became active on this blog I have always tried to make it a safe, respectful space for both you as a reader or follower and for the topics we touch on here, specifically about the relationship between Jimin and Jungkook.
As the name of the blog indicates this blog is primarily about Jikook or Kookmin or Minkook. They are the reason why this blog exists but we also talk about topics in general concerning BTS, the LGTBI+ community, politics, celebrities and other various topics that people send in through their asks.
Due to the fact that the anonymity option is enabled in this blog, a daily number of asks arrive at it, many of which are interesting, about the blog's own topics, about something that is happening at the moment or simply about whatever the person who sends it wants to talk about but with that privilege also comes rude asks, full of insults, hatred either towards Jimin and Jungkook, bts, my followers or towards me. That's why I decided to make this guideline. In it, you will find the topics that are permanently closed, some of them are subject to be briefly opened at my discretion. You will also find topics that will only be discussed if strictly necessary and only for a limited period of time.
As the owner of this blog, I will be adding topics to this guideline as I see fit.
If your ask violates the guidelines set out in this post it will be immediately blocked.
· A few things I already said but are worth repeating:
I first and foremost demand respect for the members, my followers and myself, if you are incapable of even that, don't waste your time and don't make me waste mine, your ask will not be posted. Sending me several asks asking and then demanding that I post your ask will not get me to post it either. That's not how I work, that's not how my blog works.
Sending me multiple asks on the same topic with different wording but with the same spelling mistakes won't make me post/respond to them any faster. You will only make me block you.
I decide what to post or what to reply to and what not to reply to. There are topics that I don't talk about and there are others that are not worth talking about. Saying that other bloggers have no problem with talking about them won't make me post them either, I don't do what others do, nor do I run my blog in the likeness of others. I thought that was clear.
No, just because I don't post your ask doesn't mean you're right, that I'm intimidated by the truth or that I live in denial. I choose not to post your ask probably because I don’t like something in it. Whether it's the words you chose or the tone I perceive in them. Or I just because don’t want to. Challenging me to post it won't make me post it either.
The fact that my opinion does not agree with yours does not mean that I think mine is correct and yours is not, it means that I have an OPINION that is SUBJECTIVE and which is different from yours and that should be respected, especially if it is YOU who comes to MY blog.
· Topics that are closed on this blog and therefore any asks sent to my inbox about them will be immediately blocked:
The sex life of any of the members, especially Jimin' and Jung Kook's sex lives.
The meaning and context of Hyung - dongsaeng. *
Jungkook's accident in 2020
Jimin´s video in a bar dringking
The picture of Jungkook hugging the tattooist.
The rumours of Jimin dating another (female) idol.
Rumours of Jimin dating half of the Kpop world.
Rumours of Jungkook dating the other half of the kpop world.
I will not answer asks from insecure jikookers *
I will not answer asks from Solo stans
Jungkook's answer to a question asked by a fan on his Insta-story on March 30, 2022.
The (possible) meaning of Jungkook’s tattoos. *
Not going to talk about photos, videos or information obtained by sasaengs.
Jungkook's answer to a question asked by a fan on his Insta-story on 28 april, 2022.
Asks about whether Jimin is an introvert or not. Until he himself says otherwise I will respect his opinion.
Asks about the perilla leaf discussion and how it proves or not that jikook is real
Asks about the supposed photo of Tae with the BP member.
I will not talk about the members' flats, their location or who bought them or not, regardless of whether that information is public in Korea. You must understand your limits as FANS. That information is not one that you should be interested in discussing. I understand speculating on who they live with or not but there are limits. Learn them. *
I won't talk about photos, videos taken of the guys in their private time/life. It doesn't matter who it is or who they are with. There will be some exceptions to this and those will be at my discretion. Ask that I receive about this will be immediately blocked.*
Photos, videos, or information about Jimin and Jungkook at their unit or station in the army. *
Insults or pure hatred towards any of the members. I can understand having different opinions and feelings about any of the members, and that is respectable. To a certain extent, I can discuss or talk about it, but I will not tolerate insults, mockery, or essentially pure hatred towards any of them on my blog. *
* It is possible to discuss these issues at the discretion of the manager of this blog.
· Topics that will be discussed in this blog if strictly necessary and only for a limited time.
Tkkrs.
What the tkkrs are or are not saying.
The reaction of tkkrs on something related to Jikook.
The reaction of tkkrs on something related to Tkk.
Tinhat theories.
Whatever tkkrs are saying about Jimin
This is how they operate, what they always say. If you came to say anything like this, don’t bother
All about the photos circulating of Tae with the other Idol.
About content that is - although it is not known whether it is real or not - a clear violation of the privacy of any of the members.
Hope you have a nice weekend. There is this thought that bothering me for quite some days now and after seeing them life I can’t shake it off. Since the last time a saw them life, 8 years ago, I have the feeling the fandoms has changed. All this discussion about which city was the loudest and has the best crowd. Now fans of other nationalities are being booed at the stadium, that is something that bothers me.
Actually, the main thing should be that the fans and the guys enjoy the concert and have fun. That the boys see, we are all still there to cherish and celebrate them. After all, this isn't a competition to see who can be the loudest—it's about everyone having a good time.
At the end of the day, the guys praise every stop and, with only minor variations, always say the same thing about every place. The only difference can be seen in their sheer joy during the concert, and that has nothing to do with sheer volume, but rather with their overall interaction with the audience, for example singing and dancing with them without phones in the hands, etc.
For many years now, everything in this fandom has turned into a competition. That solid monolith BTS thought they knew, the one that always seemed to support them without hesitation no matter what, has been falling apart for quite some time now, or at the very least it has been showing cracks for years.
Now it is all about which country streams more, which crowd is supposedly the best, which one screams the loudest, or which city sells out a concert the fastest. Every achievement has somehow become a scoreboard. Instead of simply celebrating that BTS are loved all over the world, people constantly compare themselves to other fans as if supporting the group has become a contest rather than something everyone shares. It is funny how nobody seems interested in competing over who can respect the group’s privacy while they are visiting their country. Imagine if people took the same pride in giving BTS space, allowing them to enjoy a meal, walk around, or leave a venue without being chased. What happened in Paris was embarrassing. Genuinely shameful. There were so many people calling it passion or dedication, when in reality it crossed the line into behaviour that should never be normalised.
In many ways, the fandom has become toxic. From a commercial point of view, it still works in BTS’s and the company’s favour because that obsession with being better than every other group or artist in the world ultimately benefits them. It keeps people engaged, motivated, and constantly trying to outdo everyone else. Every comeback becomes a race to break records. Every award has to be won by the biggest possible margin. Every chart position has to prove something. That level of dedication undoubtedly contributes to BTS’s success, so from a business perspective there is very little reason to discourage it.
But from a moral or emotional perspective, things have definitely changed. It sometimes feels as though kindness, patience, and simply enjoying the music have been pushed aside in favour of numbers, rankings, and online arguments. Fans who question certain behaviour are often labelled as unsupportive, while people who encourage unhealthy competition are praised for being dedicated. Somewhere along the way, supporting BTS stopped being enough for some people. They now feel the need to prove they are supporting BTS better than everyone else.
The fact that so many OG fansites, long time accounts, and fans in general have left social media has played a part in that shift. At the same time, a lot of newer fans joined with a very different mindset, and that has shaped the fandom as well. Every fandom evolves, especially one as enormous as this, so change was always going to happen. The problem is that some of the values that many people associated with ARMY seem to have faded over time. There used to be a stronger sense of community, where people felt connected because they loved the same seven artists. Now it often feels fragmented into smaller groups that spend as much time competing with each other as they do supporting BTS.
Is that necessarily a bad thing? Maybe not if you are looking at it from the outside. A bigger, more competitive fandom is incredibly effective when it comes to supporting releases, breaking records, and maintaining BTS’s position at the top of the industry. If success is measured purely by numbers, then it is difficult to argue that the strategy has not worked.
But I also think the members themselves seem to understand that something has changed, and at times they even sound disappointed by it based on some of the things they have said over the years. They have repeatedly talked about respecting boundaries, about remembering that they are ordinary people outside of the stage, and about wanting genuine connections with fans rather than relationships built on entitlement. Those comments did not come out of nowhere. They suggest that they have noticed some of these changes too.
Looking at it from the inside, though, it often feels largely disastrous. Maybe it was inevitable for a fandom that has grown to this size. Perhaps no community with tens of millions of people could have remained the way it was in the beginning. Growth always changes culture, and success attracts people with very different expectations and priorities. I honestly do not know if there was any way to prevent that.
What I do know is that both BTS and the fandom have changed. That is simply the reality. Even for someone like me, who only joined six years ago, the difference is obvious. I can already see how conversations, priorities, and the overall atmosphere have shifted in that relatively short time. I cannot even imagine what it must feel like for people who have been here since the early years, watching that transformation happen little by little until the fandom became something quite different from what they first fell in love with.
I hope they all fly back to Korea because otherwise we’re gonna have a million theories and big headaches it’s already gonna be hell for around 10 days of nothing.
I just hope they do whatever they want to do, however they want to do it. It’s their lives and their time. Fans really need to stop acting like they have any say over the decisions seven men in their 30s make about their own lives.
Whatever they decide to do, though, someone will always find something to complain about.
I personally found it nice, they looked good and did what they had to do. Do i wish their part was longer? Of course, but they did a good job and im happy for them.
Overall (bts aside) i give the show a 7.5/10, i feel like they tried to do too much in too little time and it showed, also justin Bieber really brought the energy down on his part and it was kind of out of place honestly because of it.
I think it went well. Massive respect to the guys, though. They had a concert in Europe last night and then had to fly straight over for this, so they must’ve been absolutely shattered. I think they made the most of the little time they had. They sounded great, and it’s such a big opportunity to put themselves in front of a global audience, so from a PR and commercial point of view, this is huge.
I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t watch anything else from the show. I’m so disappointed with that World Cup final that I honestly couldn’t care less about anything to do with it. 😂
I wonder if any of the guys will stay in the US for a few days, either for a holiday or for work, or if they’ll all head back to Korea. They’ve got quite a long break in the tour coming up, so hopefully they’ll get some proper rest and maybe focus on other things for a while. Thank God for that.
I'm not a jkk shipper, I just love all jm friendships and I acknowledge that jk is his closest friend. But I saw your question about FS and we know that the narrative came from tkkers who somehow forgot all about FS the moment tkk started feeding them so I don't understand your question? We've always known where it came from? These are narratives that have been pushed and used for 13 years. It all started with the jk hates jm, tkkers not understanding why tkk weren't super close at some point, jkk being in a sub unit (that was pushed by the company but doesn't disprove their closeness). Jkk seemingly not spending much time together during solo era, and jk saying that if it weren't for ays they wouldn't have spent time together. Again, jk saying ays2 was "business" , ending the show with "good job" .The lack of jkk also coincides with jk saying he wants to live his life on his own terms. Even when they do a vlive after almost a year, it happens in busan their hometown and it's seen as FS for the occasion. Like you said, when you have a narrative in mind anything can be interpreted to prove or disprove it.
What I do want to ask though (and I'm glad you're not the kind to call everyone a troll and you're willing to have tough conversations) is one thing I've always seen from jkkers, is this idea that jkk is "hiding in plane sight", that ppl should look at patterns not 1 moment, that the jkk rs is made of moments not theories etc But from what many have noticed, (& not ur typical insecure jkkers) they are being private, they don't really slip up and mention spending time together, they haven't been spotted by ppl whether in korea or overseas, they barely ever post about each other and the pattern has broken and now I've seen many more theories, grasping at straws about jm necklaces and some lgbt song on jk insta, from ppl trying to cope with the lack of moments. So isn't it easy to ask ppl to recognise patterns & the moment ppl see a genuine never seen before shift, say that patterns don't matter because ppl are cynical anyways?
It's interesting how your first paragraph actually proves the point about narratives. It doesn't really leave any room for discussion, and it doesn't give the impression that you're looking to have one either.
I never asked where the fan service narrative came from. We all know where it came from. My question was why Jimin and Jungkook would willingly continue doing fan service for over a decade when, from a practical perspective, it has never obviously benefited either of them. If anything, it has brought them years of scrutiny, harassment, accusations, and people questioning every interaction they have. That has always been the part that doesn't make much sense to me.
And let's not rewrite what actually happened during the solo era either. Jungkook talked about Jimin repeatedly on his lives. He mentioned him without being prompted, played around with comments about him, reacted to him, and then they chose to film and release Are You Sure?! together. Whether someone believes they're friends, a couple, or absolutely nothing beyond colleagues, those things still happened. Pretending they didn't because they don't fit a particular narrative isn't really productive.
The "business" comment is another example. You're completely ignoring the tone in which Jungkook said it. It was obviously sarcastic. Even Jimin's response made that clear. If someone genuinely can't recognise sarcasm, that's a different conversation, but I don't think it's reasonable to present that moment as serious evidence when both of them were clearly joking with each other.
And the Busan live? It was called fan service? Really? I genuinely didn't know that. I wonder who started those accusations. Because that's kind of my point. Whenever they interact, it's fan service. Whenever they don't interact, they're distant. Whatever they do somehow ends up proving exactly what people already believed before it even happened. That's confirmation bias.
As for your second paragraph, I honestly think you've answered your own question.
Yes, I absolutely believe you have to look at the whole picture instead of only the latest brushstrokes. Relationships don't suddenly become meaningless because there's a quieter period. Patterns are built over years, not over a few months. If someone spends years telling me that patterns matter, I'm not going to throw away thirteen years of observable behaviour because one period looks different.
I also think people misunderstand what Jikookers mean when they talk about patterns. Most aren't referring to counting selfies or public interactions. They're talking about the consistency in the way Jimin and Jungkook move around each other, the decisions they make together, the way they speak about one another, the level of comfort they have, and the fact that their relationship has always looked different from the others. Those are patterns too.
Do I agree with every theory Jikookers come up with? Absolutely not. I've disagreed with plenty of them because I think some people do reach too far when there isn't enough evidence. The necklace theories, Instagram song theories, secret code theories, a lot of those can absolutely be people trying to fill in gaps. I've said that before.
At the same time, I've also seen theories that were logical, based on previous behaviour, and eventually turned out to be either correct or at least very plausible. So I'm not going to dismiss every theory simply because some are bad ones.
The bigger point is that I don't think privacy automatically breaks the pattern. If anything, I think it reinforces something Jungkook himself has said more than once: that he wants to live on his own terms. If two people become more private, the obvious conclusion isn't automatically that they've drifted apart. Sometimes it simply means they've become more private.
That's why I still think they're living in what people call a glass closet. Enough is visible that these conversations keep happening, but not enough for anyone to definitively prove or disprove anything. So people end up interpreting the same events through whatever conclusion they had already reached.
In the end, that's exactly why I always try to look at the entire history rather than only the latest chapter.
Jungkook cried at the end of today's concert, and honestly, I'm really surprised. I wonder what made him feel so emotional or what overwhelmed him that much.
So going off on your response to that last ask (which i agree with btw)
Ive always thought something similar, at least it has become kind of increasingly obvious this year and that makes me think of how awkward that probably is? Like think about it, let’s assume jikook ARE a couple and obviously vmin always have stated and shown how much they love and care about each other as platonic soulmates. Doing these things to entertain a section of the fandom they know likes these interactions, doesn’t that make things awkward with vminkook? Like jimin’s boyfriend and his best friend in the world routinely entertain and subtly engage with a section of the fandom that is like 90% jimin antis, and that’s a generous estimate.
I know we can’t know for sure about anything here, we are just speculating on the observations we have on their behaviors and what they show us and none of us can claim to be 100% objective on these issues, since we will have our biases one way or another. But just thinking about the possibilities that this opens up kinda leaves me a little confused.
Then again i guess there’s no need for us to think about it too hard? Is not like we will know 100% one way or another about these things and they (vminkook) seem happy in their dynamic? At least i hope they are.
When it comes to this, I've always chosen to go with what I think is the simplest and most logical conclusion. They've talked about it, they know exactly what they're doing, and they don't have an issue with it. That's why they keep doing it.
If Jimin and Jungkook really are in a relationship, and if Taehyung genuinely cares about Jimin the way he's always said he does, then I find it very hard to believe that if Jimin was genuinely hurt by everything that happens online, they would knowingly continue doing things that made that worse. I just don't think that's a fair assessment of any of them. It doesn't fit with the people they've consistently shown themselves to be over the years.
At the same time, expecting Jungkook and Taehyung to simply stop interacting, stop posting photos together, or stop spending time together also feels incredibly unfair. They're friends. They've been friends for years. Why should they have to limit a perfectly normal friendship because other people choose to interpret it in a way that they probably never intended?
Because that's the thing for me. I don't know if everyone sees it this way, but when I watch the interactions between Jungkook and Taehyung, they feel... normal. There's never an implication. There's never this romantic or flirtatious undertone in what Taehyung and Jungkook post, the conversations they have, or the way they interact. I've genuinely never watched them and thought, "There's something going on here." That feeling has simply never been there for me.
That's also why I don't think they're the problem. The problem is the way some people consume that content. They already have a narrative in their heads, so everything gets filtered through that narrative. Every photo becomes proof. Every joke becomes evidence. Every interaction has to fit the conclusion they've already decided on. Once you approach things that way, there's almost nothing they could post that wouldn't be interpreted romantically.
So what would the alternative actually be? That Jimin, Jungkook, and Taehyung stop interacting publicly? That they stop posting pictures together? That they avoid being seen together just because some people are going to misinterpret it anyway? I don't think that's a reasonable expectation, and honestly, I don't think it would solve anything. If anything, people would probably start analysing the lack of interactions instead and build an entirely different narrative around that. We've seen that happen before. When they're together, it means something. When they're not together, that also means something. At that point, they're in a position where they literally can't win.
That's why I don't think the solution is for them to change their behaviour. I think the healthier conclusion is that they're simply living their lives, interacting the way they naturally would, and the rest is fandom projection.
So I'd like to believe that Jimin sees it that way too. I'd like to believe that's why he doesn't have a problem with Taehyung and Jungkook continuing to be themselves. I'd like to believe that's why Jungkook doesn't have a problem with it, and why Taehyung doesn't either. Maybe they've had those conversations that we'll obviously never know about. Maybe one day they sat down, talked about the fandom, talked about boundaries, and decided that they weren't going to let other people's interpretations dictate how they treated each other.
Or maybe they never even needed to have that conversation because, to them, there was never actually an issue to begin with. We don't know.
But personally, I'd rather believe they did have those conversations, or at the very least that they're all on the same page. That explanation feels far more consistent with the respect, trust, and affection they've consistently shown one another than the idea that they've silently allowed resentment or discomfort to build for years without ever addressing it.
