Hi!! Can you explain why some people were mentioning JK’s tone when he asked “should i go there now”?? https://twitter.com/googie_jung/status/1448230820351598595?s=21
Hello anon!
The reason why this is blowing up on the K-KM side of things is because what JK says here, "가줘?", sounds so quintessentially boyfriend it's insane. On top of being informal speech, which, JK being the younger one in this relationship, is already a big deal, the phrase 가줘 implies a kind of fond indulgence that a similar phrase (something like 갈까, for example, which is another informal way to ask the same thing) doesn't convey. It implies that he's going there for him and specifically at his request, which may seem like a small difference, but the difference in tone/connotation in Korean is explicitly clear. It's a kind of dynamic that exists outside of a 'normal' hyung/dongsaeng relationship (which, considering that it's KM, is to be expected from them by now). That kind of indulgent tone is more commonly used between couples. But we see KM flout that boundary time and time again, proving how close their relationship is.
It's really amazing to see, and somehow still surprising every single time.
Side note: The way JM used formal speech with JK..... His unsubtle way of asking him to stop exercising and come over..... JK's informal speech..... How quickly he dropped everything to come to the room..... Just their entire dynamic..... Yeah......
