Did u see the latest vlive? Jin wasn’t there and tae looked so down...he hardly spoke 3 times and one of which was to remind them again that they should think of jin 😘 I love taejin so much
Hello ‘Tae looked so down’ anon,
Yep I have seen it and to be honest I was quite concerned not only about Jin being sick but also how V was super down without his Jinnie. Let’s go through it in a detailed masterpost and see his reactions throughout the video.
I mean the difference between his general mood and the other members was so obvious, he was legit depressed, barely speaking, not looking at the camera and it felt like he did not want to be there at all.
J-Hope asked Taehyung to show himself on camera: J-Hope who was truly concerned about V, requested him to show himself to the fans, then pushed him forward since he barely moved. Taehyung couldn’t even smile.
Look at his face: My poor baby. I have been saying for centuries that J-Hope has more maturity than anyone else in BTS when the subject is relationships, so I feel he was really trying to cheer him up and make him participate.
Rapmon gave food to a motionless V: Everybody was attacking the meat, V tried to grab a bite but gave up midway so a concerned Namjoon, the good soul, gave him some food.
Jimin looks at V before mentioning Jin: Jimin is about to talk about Jin and just before gives a concerned look straight at a still gloomy Taehyung like he was asking for permission.
Jimin talks about Jin being hospitalised looking at V: Jimin mentions Jin’s hospitalisation and keeps looking at Taehyung like he was waiting for a feedback. Taehyung doesn’t look back.
Jin suggested this place: Jimin talks about the first time he came to the restaurant with Jin to buy Jungkook’s birthday present. Everybody gets solemn about Jin not being there, nobody looks at Jimin in the eyes.
V rubs his eyes consistently for more than the normal “eye itch” time. In body language V’s eye rub means the brain’s attempt to to block out a deceit, it means he had something to hide regarding Jimin’s story about Jin’s restaurant suggestion or Jin’s situation in general.
Taehyung opens his mouth for the first time: only to give a cute and concerned message to Jin on camera saying he should not sleep with the AC on. We could get a glimpse of Light Up V for a few seconds.
Tae vs JinJiKook (or whatever they are called LOL): as Jikook discusses their bond with Jin and how they hang out together all the time, V looks at them with that jealous of his Jin death stare we all know so well. I guess it’s not only Tae vs Nam’jin now, we have Tae vs JinJiKook too!
V really can’t with JinJikook: As Jikook carries on talking about their bromance ship name, Taehyung rubs his ears for a long time, in body language this means JinJiKook is extremely unpleasant to him. The gesture is an attempt at preventing the sounds from reaching a deeper part of the brain blocking his anxiety and nervousness, with a defensive posture. When ear grabbing is done while listening to others speak it is due to his disbelief as in “I can’t believe what I’m hearing”.
He then looks straight at Jungkook with contempt with his hand still in his ear and the down pressed lips + not amused tongue in cheek. His body language expresses he is displeased and sees Kookie’s mention of Jin as something disrespectful, like a personal offence. It’s a mind reaction that says, I don’t like what I am hearing, I don’t like how this taste, I don’t like you. His body is saying “Do not talk about Jinnie” his displease expressed as the contempt look towards the offender to demand respect, in this case Jungkook whose mistake was the enjoyment of being bro-shipped with Jin.
My hope, my angel is concerned: J-Hope notices Tae’s mood again and decides to cheer him up by mentioning his earrings. He knows our fashion boy so well, style talk always makes him feel better.
Taehyung thinks about Jin all the time: when it’s quiet cause everybody is eating, completely out of the blue V says “We need to think about Jin”. Since it’s silent V saying something of a massive importance, BTS respects his request and send Jin positive messages. This comment is very important cause it shows how Taehyung is constantly thinking about Jin, even when everyone else was talking about food, awards, the comeback. This means that at that moment, Jin’s health and the fact he was absent occupied his mind more than the fandom, awards and food.
Going back again to analyse even further his fuelled body language response to JinJikook, especially towards Jungkook, I don’t believe he sees JinJikook or Jungkook as a threat to his relationship. Here we see a similar pattern he displays with Nam’jin, it’s not about the ship itself, it’s about his jealous and possessive nature towards Jin, he just doesn’t wanna see anybody else being shipped with Jin, even if it’s just for fun.
I think the main reason why he got annoyed with Kookie, it’s cause Kookie is younger, therefore he thinks his position as Jin’s special someone deserves Kookie’s respect. There were many other situations when Jin’kook was happening and Taehyung looks legit mad at Kookie. Of course his possessiveness with Jin is most times a passing situation and soon he returns his usual cute older brother behaviour towards Jungkook. I did give a lot of thinking about Kookie’s close relationship with Jin and why does he sometimes acts like he is clueless about Taejin, but that is a talk for another masterpost.
I see that, as usual, this is a fandom who loves to dilute emotional situations to primitive notions of the boys behaviours. Again fans mistakenly took his behaviour as just tiredness from the comeback, nobody seems to connect the obvious, that Jin’s absence affected V’s state of mind. Although I’m sure everybody is pretty tired, his emotional behaviour speaks louder than just being physically drained. Tiredness makes you lethargic, light headed and sometimes irritated, Taehuyng was not like that, he was reclusive, sad but aware enough to respond to mentions of Jin and even to express jealousy through his unconscious body language response.
So sum it up, he was deeply concerned about Jin, all his body language and behaviour show that Jin was his focal point. Nobody else was acting like he was acting, and BTS (esp J-hope and Rapmon) was treating Taehyung with caution and concern. It just breaks my heart to see him like that, and it makes me kinda worried about Jin’s emotional state as well, since for me it’s pretty clear there is more that just a cold, going on behind the scenes. But to see V’s concern, to see him wither without his Jinnie, the mutual respect and trust, their intimacy, the ever growing emotional alliance between these two princes makes me so happy for them. They embody my personal notion of true love.
I feel that Taejin is giving us so much on this comeback, but sadly most of that they do has been underrated and misread by a fandom who is self-restrained by their predefined fan service ships and lack of emotional sensibility to understand what’s in front everybody’s faces. As I said in the past, this is Ok as long as Taejin are safe but the lack of recognition of their beautiful relationship leaves a bitter sweet taste in my mouth.
Tkx for the question anon, I also love Taejin very much.
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