You say you can't distinguish if it is an established romantic relationship or a close friendship with some attraction. While I am a cynical person who almost always airs on the side of caution I have to disagree here. I would consider Taekook the latter hence why Taekookers are so a adamant in their (quite frankly very loud) beliefs they are a couple. Even I admit Taekook can be intimate, but it's is drastically different to Jikook. Even I have noticed and that's saying something.
You are welcome to disagree. Disagreement keeps us all honest here. If it would be helpful to use V/Kook as a comparison to clarify my position, I’ll do that.
When I observe KM, I see every indication that they could be in an established romantic relationship AND every indication that they have a deeply bonded friendship (with some attraction). This is why I use the word ‘indistinguishable’. Both of these possibilities are completely likely in my view.
When I observe V/Kook, I see minimal/no indication that they could be in a romantic relationship and ONLY strong indications that they are excellent friends.
Does that help at all? There’s a huge gap in difference there from my perspective.
2nd Anon asked:Sorry. I’m confused. You say you can’t tell they’re in a romantic relationship…but that’s the whole point of us discussing it. By your reasoning we can never even consider the idea they are together unless they came out. The whole of point of being a satellite is you can’t actually prove it but look at them and make your own conclusions. I really liked this blog but you’ve basically said you don’t believe in Jikook? If you can’t tell love and friendship apart why do you have this blog? I’m sad
I would recommend my Kookmin mission statement post if you haven’t seen that yet.
You are more than welcome to consider KM are in a romantic relationship. That discussion is ongoing on tumblr all the time. Many great blogs do this. The purpose of this blog is to explore a skeptical perspective about KM from someone that does believe they have special chemistry (instead of an anti just throwing hate).
For me, love and friendship have complete overlap. If you are my friend, I love you. If I love you, you are my friend. These words have very different meanings and uses for different people. To me, it is clear as crystal that KM are friends AND love each other. Romance is the term that is separate for me and indicates a different kind of relationship. Like I hope I made clear above, KM’s status is indistinguishable to me between love/friendship with romance OR love/friendship without romance.
This is totally compelling and rather mind-blowing to me, so I like to talk about it.
I missed the memo about ‘Satellite’ being defined as only one thing, apparently.I personally identify as a Satellite because I recognize, love, and appreciate the way KM revolve around each other like satellites.
‘Belief’ is a very sketchy word. It means many things. I believe in KM like I believe in gravity and the sun and the moon. They exist and have special innate qualities in regard to each other. What I’m doing on this blog is presenting an agnostic and skeptical perspective to challenge fellow KM supporters, bounce unusual questions off each other, encourage non-toxic shipping behaviors, and show examples of critical thinking being applied to a fandom community.
None of this is necessary or needs to be heeded by anyone. It’s simply the little niche I’ve carved out for myself, because I enjoy it.
If that’s not what you want to see or read, I suggest ignoring or blocking my blog. This might sound harsh in cold internet text, so imagine me giving you a hug and a smile as you read it. You might be looking for coffee, but I only have tea to serve. So I’ll send you to the awesome little coffee shop down the street instead and wish you well! I don’t want you to be sad, my dear!