I want to start out by saying that this goes for over an hour so if I accidentally leave out a small detail I'm really sorry but I will try and comment on everything that I found decently significant or just things I wanna ramble about haha. I have done this in mostly chronological order so here we gooooooo....
I love that how the gums new thing these days is debating on who wins more games, it's like a subset of the gums debate and I'm living for it. In the first 15 minutes of the V live it gets brought up 2 times and then some more throughout the vlive haha.
Also I noticed that when SB asked the question of what do you like about HK the answer was a little bit changed from what it has been in the past, back in the day this question would get asked and SB would go on about how much he likes HK for all these genuine reasons but now things are a bit lighter and he was able to poke fun at him a little bit. It might also be because HK's sitting right next to him and he's not about to do some deep and meaningful answer right in front of HK, he's already said in the past and it's awkward answering those questions with him sitting next to SB.
I love that they spoke about quarantine, I was dying for some information about that and it seems that HK was very sweet to SB by bringing him snacks although that information is not surprising to me at all. Also I still find it really interesting that they both got it at the same time, I guess it makes sense because they both always so up in each other's business physically.
We see SB take control of the conversation quite strongly throughout the Vlive, he asks all the questions that are coming through on the chat and you can see that he controls what they are talking about. HK has definitely moved into the more quiet role while they're talking, especially at the start before he warms up which happens quite often.
It was also interesting that SB said that they normally stay at home so quarantine was pretty familiar for them, the reason why this is interesting to me because it implies that the other members don't stay at home...I wonder what they are doing with their time maybe seeing friends or going out? Good for them.
They speak about Pokémon and anime so much in this and it's really nice to see that they have so much in common. Like you really see them bounce off each other when they're having these conversations and they both know what each other is talking about and can relate to different characters and shows.
It's also funny that HK speaks about wanting to have a more mature look and he has his piercings in, yet straight away when it comes to acting cute he says I can't lose on this and just goes for it haha. We love a man that can do both.
I also noticed the way the HK starts sentences and then just sort of expects SB to catch on and finish them, it's so interesting because SB does, he knows what HK is talking about and picks up on it straight away. This is another key indicator that they spend so much time together and they know each other so well. They are really good at supporting conversation with each other and don't have to explain things the way that they sometimes do when they're having vlives to other members.
Finally the mystery is solved as to who has more muscles!!! SB wins with 34% muscle mass and HK being in the 20% range! That doesnt necessarily always translate to someone being stronger but it's kind of the best metric we have at this point.
It was around about this point that I realised that the subtitles were pretty rough...there were quite a few translation mistakes and spelling mistakes so just if anybody hasn't seen it yet and they're planning on watching it be aware that the subtitles are a bit off at times.
It was a shock when they said that they didn't know their schedule a week in advance, like man that's rough. Imagine not knowing where you will be and what you're gonna be doing in a weeks time! Makes planning things hard I bet.
I love that HK said that he liked his long hair during run away era on reflection. He seems to like the blonde as well and mint. Personally my favourite was the long hair as well. It makes me so sad that the blonde hair made his hair the crispy dry broken situation that it is today 😭 I hope that they have some fantastic make up and hair pieces for the next comeback!
HK getting surprised when SB actually fed him but then finding out that SB was intentionally trying to feed him sour berries 😂
It was great to hear HK talking about his sister in Queendom. I really need to watch queendom but I watched Kingdom and really wasn't a fan at all so it's hard to get the motivation together. Kingdom was so fake and scripted it was a rough time.
As a fellow Kiwi fruit skin eater I am proud to stand with Kai on this!
It was amazing when SB brought up the pineapple pizza video and HK immediately had PTSD from it 😂 I went back and watched the video again and I just don't understand why he hates it so much, I think that they all look great in that video (especially Sookai) and the acting was pretty good in my opinion. It's funny that SB said the while they were filming it TXT were really critical like "what is this?!" I liked hearing that the boys have to take part in things that they think are ridiculous 😂 Like yes guys challenge the system haha
I didn't know that HK went to an all boys middle school?! How did I miss that or hasn't never been mentioned before? It was absolutely wild when SB said "when you're with the same sex you can go wild, it's more fun", I genuinely laughed pretty hard at that, we know you think that bub 😂
Also once again they speak about playing mobile games together but at this point it's really not a surprise.
It was at this section when the Vlive got really interesting for me because they started to speak about life when they were about to debut. I'm glad that HK finally felt confident enough to tell us about some of the difficulties that he had when he was a trainee and I loved the stories of the monthly evaluation where he forgot the lyrics and the story of when he performed thinking he did well but then finding out later that he did a really bad job. HK was laughing and light speaking about it all and it warmed my heart. Im so happy hes happy now. Traineeship is hard for everybody, it seems like so much pressure! And there was a story about how SB said that they were scolded a lot during their debut days and he felt that the company was making a big deal out of everything. It was was super insightful because I can definitely see SB as a pretty defiant guy when after he gets in trouble. he says "they're making a big deal out of nothing" rather than "I shouldn't have done that". I'm so curious as to what they got in trouble for!!!
HKs story about the pop song contest voice crack was amazing. It was so funny, if you guys haven't seen this they live I definitely recommend even just watching this section (towards the end). I love how SB said (about Sookai) "our mentality was different since then", you can really tell that he sees himself and HK as unique duo.
Then we have a beautiful GG Stan SB listening to tomboy, and a perfectly predictable choice from HK listening to a ballad. I absolutely loved it when they sung together
There was almost no physical affection in this video apart from SB occasionally latching onto HK. But it's the content of them interacting together, sharing stories and bouncing off each other that's so important. That's why I always encourage people to watch original content, people that are only looking for physical affection might skip past this vlive but it was actually really telling and amazing to watch the boys get along so well!
Okay rant over, if you were able to read through all of this I applaud you and if you want me to do this for more the lights in the future please let me know! Xx