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"You'll always be sexy to me"
Jeon Jungkook (2016-2026) (allegedly)
At one point during our conversation, apropos of nothing, Jimin dramatically takes off his jacket to reveal a ribbed vest top clinging to his trim torso, fighting for its life. “Sexy!” Jung Kook exclaims, a response Jimin visibly appreciates, playfully flexing his arms and pinching his biceps, distracting his bandmates from their philosophising. British GQ
Cr. to OPs, Twix1
Post Date: 13/02/2026
AYS? - Jikook finding the space and time to just be themselves
Jimin has always enjoyed travelling and has made numerous trips over the years with friends, some we know about and I'm sure there are more that have gone under the wire.
It isn't surprising that he sees these trips as an opportunity to step out of the celebrity hot house and take time for himself, living as Park Jimin, the human being, whose life is passing as quickly as any other and who also needs to stop sometimes to appreciate the ride.
When he talks about this in AYS?, he communicates that yearning so clearly, it makes you wish there had been more reflective moments like this in the show.
The way he hoped Jungkook would share this feeling with him is as revealing as it was touching.
AYS? was a stroke of Jimin genius. It gave jikook the perfect excuse to take time away by themselves while subtly moving the dial of public perception their way.
Obviously some people choose not to understand but anyone arguing against the authenticity of their bond is looking increasingly delusional.
Here's hoping they get a third bite of the cherry during 2026.
Post Date: 28/02/2026
I laugh when people say ''jungkook is in his idgaf era'' or ''he's in his baddie era''. girlie pop, he's been in idgaf era for quite a while, even before military. Whole ass tattoo sleeve? Lip and eyebrow piercing? In a country where tattooes are still very much frowned upon? In an industry where they're all expected to look like porcelain dolls, he decides to look like he belongs in Papa Roach? My guy looking straight into the camera with the most intense ''yeah, I'm smoking, what are you gonna do about it?'' stare when he was caught smoking out in the open? Dude who said ''lmao keep being jealous I'll hold jiminnie blueueueueu'' during a livestream and then went to glue his hip to Jimin even more? Dude who did a livestream with no shirt on and proceeded to flirt with Jimin in front of everyone watching? Dude who folds his fucking underwear during a livestream?
JK's been not giving a fuck for QUITE A WHILE. It's just that some of you are finally catching on, because he said fuck and flipped a friend off while being tipsy.
AYS?! season 2 ep. 1 (not really?)
Yes, I know this is me coming a little late to the table, but let's be honest here, even though we are now after watching the whole show (well, some of us), and even though moments from episodes 1 and 2 have been shared and talked about ad nauseum, there is ALWAYS room for more with those two. Or more so, we can never have enough of Jikook.
As I mentioned in my previous post, having the whole show just packed into 4 weeks, hours and hours of Jikookery with no time to digest what we've just seen, yeah, it's been a lot. And it's taken me a little bit to start rewatching the episodes and put my thoughts into words.
This is going to be a slow process. Idk just how frequently I will be able to write and post these, but I guess it's a good long term project to take on. We will just have to see as we go.
So, here I am starting to put in my 2 cents on the first episode of AYS?! Season 2.
Well, more so part of episode 1 I think.
And yet, starting to write this I have no idea just how much I will manage to cover in this post. Who knows... live on the edge is what I say.
I do want to say a couple of words before diving in though.
I am writing my post after watching the episode twice and while writing watching it as I am writing a third time. Also, the language barrier is so frigging frustrating. So much is left untranslated (this is true for episodes 2 to 8 as well), and that gap can sometimes mean EVERYTHING. Also, the cuts. OMG the cuts. We are clearly robbed of so much and the editing, well... there are places (even more so in the following episodes) where those cuts are deliberate and editing somewhat problematic (leaving us with moments that are clearly without context).
With all that, this season of the show is super enjoyable to watch, their chemistry is off the charts, the intimacy is...
Now that I'm done with the admin, let's get it.
Episode 1, the opening and first part of it is kind of stiff, more so than staged, I'd say. Yes, I used the word staged, because although the two were 'surprised', they weren't really SURPRISED (knowing how people love to call everything that has to do with those two as fanservice and scripted - if JK's behavior at that door was scripted then I'm thinking that the screen writer needs to be sacked). They knew the trip was coming, but as JK asked it to be a surprise, they didn't know the exact timing nor destination/s. Also, let us not forget this is the first time in 18 months that the two are not only in front of cameras, but also being filmed constantly from every angle possible, while both, but especially JM, feeling super conscious about the way they look, mainly, but not only, hair and weight related (I want to say ridiculous, which it is, but it's ingrained in them at this point). It's also about what they can or can't do in front of the camera. What they can or cannot show on camera. What they can or cannot say on camera, what they can or cannot get away with. And all this makes it seem a little stiff or awkward at the start.
A clear example is JK standing at the entrance to JM's apartment not knowing what to do while gaining access to it.
I have a few things to say about that scene.
This is a couple of days after discharge, they are both aware that they are about to be "surprised" with the trip, JM even telling us he expected it to be last night (he literally stayed up all night going to sleep at 9 am), meaning obviously that they were expected not to be "confronted" at each other's place. Hence, not surprising, JK hasn't been coming and going independently from JM's in those past couple of days.
So, JK is "surprised" coming out of the skin clinic and now he has to go to JM's place to "surprise" him. JK was really awkward at that point. Fiddling with the door, maybe trying to use the finger print scanner? Idk, maybe (I have something to say about that), touching the pad but then not trying to enter the code (he possibly tried the code pad as well, but we sure didn't see him do it)... standing around waiting, dancing, waiting for 'someone' else to open up. The scene is heavily edited. We don't know just how long they were standing there. We don't know if JK tried his fingerprint multiple times nor if he tried the numeric code and didn't succeed with that either. We see the door opened with the producer entering the code and JK entering. What is important to note is that JK wouldn't have tried to open that door with his fingerprint or code if he didn't think the door would open for him. Which just confirms something we knew from the 2022 footage, that JK had free access to JM's place.
I know people were all up in arms about "how didn't JK have access?" or "clearly JM changed the codes and now JK doesn't have access to his place", seeing that he clearly did have said access back in 2022. Well folks, if JK was banned from the apartment, seeing that after being up each other's asses (figuratively - although...) for 18 months, including during time off, after sending couple gifts to staff (who btw were also part of the production team in this season of AYS), he clearly wasn't aware of it, seeing that he thought that his fingerprint will get him in. Although, I do think that he was acting impulsively and once he remembered this is all being filmed he didn't continue to try the numeric code (as mentioned the scene was heavily edited, so that last part is a guess on my part based on the footage we did get).
The staff know just how close JM and JK are, and they too expected JK to have access to the apartment (only after that wasn't working did they try other options). Perhaps they also thought that after 5 pm JM would be up and about to open the door. But once he wasn't, basically, everyone was expecting JK to open the door and were kind of surprised when he couldn't.
There could be 1001 reasons why JK perhaps couldn't open the door. First being that the first fingerprint scan didn't work (as it often doesn't) and then he caught himself (why would he have finger print access to JM's? That's something we shouldn't be seeing, right?) and decided not to continue with a second attempt or trying the number code (again, based on the footage we did get to see). So, there is a possibility the code wasn't changed and everything that followed was a show? This is a possibility although the probability is low. Fact is that we did see JK have access to JM's in the 2022 footage. So why hide it now? But then again, other than Jikookers not many realized that's what went down in the 2022 footage, and this here was super obvious, so maybe this time they didn't want to be that obvious? Again, this is just a theory I'm throwing out there, not really buying it although it is a possibility.
But there is also a possibility that the code was changed, fingerprint scan reset, seeing that JM had work done on his place when he was in the military (we know his apartment was renovated, we also know his mom and brother have been staying at his place during his absence - I do have thoughts on this matter too). If his mom is the one they talked to about the code, it is highly plausible that she is the one that had it changed once the work on the apartment was done including maybe resetting the finger print access, and seeing that they are just back from the military, well, makes sense that JK's finger print hasn't been added just yet, nor has he been updated about the new code. Again, I do have thoughts about the apartment/house situations (JM not packing clothes there could also be somewhat of a hint). This not being the time and place to elaborate.
Anyway, I think JK's like that - that sort of stiffness and awkwardness - because of that lack of practice of being in front of the cameras again, that initial getting used to it, adjusting to what you can or cannot say or do on camera. What can or can't be seen by us (we see as the time goes on how both JK and JM become more relaxed and free in front of the cameras).
But all the rejoicing of the haters, with their "oh JK didn't know the code" and "JM clearly locked JK out", lasted for maybe half a minute, if not less. JK clearly felt at home at JM's. He's the only one let in to start with (not JM's manager for example), he lets himself into JM's bedroom, and he's real close to JM, cause we hear JM real clearly as if the mic is right in his face, only JM didn't have a mic, JK did (he was given a mic to give JM, but JM is actually given the mic by JK only when the camera crew come in and he is handed it). Kind of reminds you of that scene in ITS2 when JK goes in to wake up JM and you can hear JM ever so clearly even though JK is the one mic'd up. So JK is waking him up real close (their whole conversation from the get go indicates just how close JK is to JM when he wakes him up). An JM, well, for someone that "locked out JK" he clearly was not only not bothered by JK being in his bedroom, but he was also clearly not surprised by it one bit.
There is this, which once again tells us how kind of not truth telling the editors are when it comes to those two:
Yeah, tell us that to explain how it is we are hearing JM ever so clearly.
Only thing is that they are really lying to us. And it's so obvious. Well, if you pay attention to details.
First of all, JM himself tells us he's naked. So, where exactly was the mic clipped on to? His knickers? And second of all, JK is holding on to that mic and only hands it to him as JM is walking out of the room and cameras are already there.
Duh.
This is way after the editors are telling us that mic has been clipped on. But they know that they can get away with it. They have for years (remember the shifty editing surrounding the mosquito net saga?).
JM tells us, once he's dressed and joins everyone outside, that he thought JK was a monster. JK asks him "a burglar?" and JM nods yes, saying "you walked in wearing a mask". But see here, he thought it was a burglar yet his first reaction was to ask if it's JK? Maybe because JK is someone he's used to having coming and going freely from his private space?
Let's think about that for a sec.
Yes, JK tells him off the bat that it's time for AYS. And that's why JM asks if there is a camera crew outside, so you could say that he is not surprised JK is there because he knew he was going to be surprised by this (we talked about this - they knew it was coming). But still, the man is asleep and he's woken up quite suddenly by someone who supposedly is not supposed to be in his apartment, in his bedroom. Someone he supposedly revoked access to his place. Supposedly. Because JK is no stranger to that bedroom, nor is JM a stranger to JK's. And the level of their intimacy (we see here and we will definitely see more of during the show) indicates just how often the two sleep in the same bed. I mean, they always have (we have JM back in 2015 telling us how JK hugs him to sleep and we have JM in 2025 telling us how JK snuggled up to him on the army training camp bed bunks - nothing has changed, it's JK's spot).
Wait, do we talk about the choice of footage we got for JK's walk into JM's? No cameras meant no footage. But they decided that the animation just wasn't enough and we needed to watch, once again, parts of Jikook's bed scenes from season 1? Including the butt slap? Yes, it's edited and added to other season 1 footage, but why? Why give us that footage? Why plant that image in our heads while hearing JK and JM really well, meaning JK is real close up to JM while talking to him, JM in bed waking up from his slumber. Yeah, do they want us to picture them all cuddly cuddly in bed JK waking JM up having a close up conversation with a groggy sleepy JM?
Ok, so here is what I think, and I've been thinking this for years now, writing about it time after time over the span of my 6 years in this fandom and as a blogger. Not only are Jikook about pushing the boundaries and testing the waters ALL THE TIME, they are doing it consciously not only independently with things they get to on stage or during their lives or in their solo promotions (for example, their choices to mimic or match each other in outfits, or in accessories or use each other's actual outfits and accessories even while promoting their own solo projects). This is their choice and their actions. But see, it doesn't end there. These boundaries are pushed within actual proper company content as well. They are pushed within performances (Black swan Melon performance for example, or the Dynamite holiday mix performance as well). They are pushed within edited BTS content, like memories or Season greetings. JK's JM ear suck back in 2019 added to memories 2019 a clear example of that, or hickey-gate in memories 2020. The decision to add the whole thing to the content being a clear choice. AYS was a clear choice to continue down this path. Pushing the boundaries, testing the waters, seeing just how far they can go being open and genuine and allowing us to see who and what they are to each other, all while treading carefully enough not to break said boundaries. Show us they are a couple, but yet allow for that deniability.
Show us the intimacy but call it "friendship" or "brotherly love", even if brothers don't suck each other's ears or necks. Because the assumption is ALWAYS that they are straight and not only is that the assumption, but also, "no way they would be so obviously gay if they were actually gay, seeing this is such a homophobic society". The absurdity of that is that because it's a homophobic society, and let's be honest here, a big chunk of their fandom is homophobic as well, they just don't see the gay because they don't want to see the gay. No matter what JM and JK do it will be dismissed as "brotherly" or "mates".
Do I mention here how for years same people dismissed their closeness all together? Called every interaction fanservice. Ignored how close they were, all because said closeness triggers something in their homophobic minds. Same people that couldn't and wouldn't see them as even close friends (because let's be real, friends don't do what those two did/do) now (with no other choice, because the whole fanservice claim kind of blew up in their faces) scream "brothers" and "friends" and "bandmates". Oh, and "they are all like that", only that they aren't all like that at all. What JM and JK are with each other, what they get up to with each other, what they do with each other, the lever of intimacy, the need for closeness, the chemistry - it's a Jikook thing and Jikook thing alone. Other members aren't like that with each other, no matter how close they are, nor are either of the two with any of the other members.
Once again me going off road.
Point being, this is company content and within this company content they are playing somewhat of a game. It was about stretch boundaries, normalizing the behavior without crossing that very faint line and allowing for the deniability. It's just the way they are, we are not going to explain what it means beyond that, think what you want, all while counting on those that don't want to see gay not to see it.
I say was, because I think that now the game has somewhat changed. After AYS1, their joint enlistment, post military... I think that Jikook are undeniable. The level of intimacy is off the charts, more so than before. And post military they are holding back less (still not out there all together, we still saw the backtracking once it was thrown in their faces just how inseparable they were seen to be). So, in my opinion, now, not only is it about normalizing, but this here, AYS2, was also about desensitizing us. And I gotta say it's kind of working (based on the fact that post AYS2 there are so many that are questioning them being a couple even though the two were louder than ever). It's funny really how because they are so obvious now people are doubting it - because if they are a closeted couple why would they be so obvious?
They are clearly playing that game so well.
Let's pull that rubber band, stretch the boundary as far as we can, but let's try and do that without it tearing. Let us tease you, show you exactly what those two are together - a long term loving queer couple - but that's if you are willing to see it (which would probably also mean you will support it or at the very least live and let live). But for those who aren't ready for it, those that cannot see the gay, for them they will add non stop captions of "brothers" or use the word "romantic" ad nauseum so that when it really is actually romantic in the sense of romantic love, it's lost in the sea of "romantic" they have already thrown out there. They will add JM's talk about travel (oh, I do have stuff to say about that), they will allow the army story about the bathing, including adding actual animation, they will let in the car scene with JM's comment about JK's hand up his ass, they will have us see JK cutting JM's meat on his plate (this one is even louder than many other moments for Koreans with their social hierarchy and rules), they will put in the bed scene from Vietnam (those are only a few examples of many many very questionable and very telling moments we got to see), and they will caption them innocently for those that don't want to see them for what they are, to cloak them, if you will, as the two being close (because you can't escape that anymore), very close, friends or brothers. Yeah, because a brother will be upset to find out he's not sleeping with his "brother" in the same room and bed and later on do the happy dance once he finds out he will be spending the night with him in bed. Because brothers (full grown adults in their late 20s and early 30s mind you) do rejoice knowing they will be sleeping together, right?
So yeah, that's why we keep getting these "mixed messages" as such. Show us a shit ton of content that is super suspicious, beyond suspicious, it's clear and obvious and in our faces, and then tame it down with captions or adding other edited scenes that leave viewers that aren't long time Jikookers, that don't know their history and behaviour over the years, questioning themselves.
Back to the first 2 minutes of episode 1.
On top of the whole first scene with JK entering and the season 1 footage with Jikook's voice over we have this here -
The crew enters with permission. So wait, the whole first part was without permission? Or, there was none needed, because it is inherently clear that JK has said permission, just like he did back in 2022 when he entered the apartment using the code.
Oh, and JM's "I'm literally naked right now". Yeah, that's not about JK being there, it's about the cameras being outside his room. And JK's comment: "So? you've always been." And JM's groggy "That's true". Priceless, lol. And btw, I can assure you that JM was not wearing those sweatpants when JK woke him up!
Not 2 minutes in and there is so much to say. 2 minutes in!!
Then we have JM, after being handed the mic (he is finally waking up and it's sunk in that this is happening) closing the door, JK inside the room with him, telling us he's going to get dressed. It's natural as far as he is concerned, of course cameras out but JK in with him, right? It's JK that leaves the room letting him get dressed in private, once again, imo, realising just how it looked (again, the awareness of the cameras). You'd think that we didn't have them sharing rooms and showers (during the show as well). But, again, this is part of that stiffness and awkwardness we got in those first moments of the show.
Now that JM is dressed, we have them both sat in a lounge (apparently not the one he does his lives in) with the crew and JM is given 10 minutes to pack (his reaction priceless). JK has someone pack at his place (via video call) and curiously JM, who is AT HOME, and who takes the suitcase to his room to 'pack', barely packs any clothes. He packs, in his own words "enough to survive" - 10 pairs of underwear and socks and toiletries. We see him shove some clothes he had hanging around into the suitcase as well, but that's it. He's literally asked by the producer if he's not packing clothes, or is he going to buy them there (cause seriously, he's at home, why isn't he packing any clothes?), his answer being that he asked the styling team because he has nothing to wear. Seriously? No clothes? Nothing to wear at home? Please. Who are you kidding? Or, maybe, just maybe, most of his clothes are stored in the place he's be spending most of his time?
Ok, so they are "packed" and ready, and off to another location to get the party started. Neutral grounds with cameras placed in every possible angle.
And this is where I will end this post. What? Not even 10 minutes into the episode. Lol. This is exactly what I was talking about.
There is sooooo much going on. So much that can be unpacked. So much going on which leads to so much being overlooked or unnoticed, especially by those who aren't expecting or looking for it. We haven't even left SK, hell we haven't even left JM's apartment yet...
To be continued... I guess...
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There’s something almost amusing, yet deeply irritating, about haters. When you actually stop and read what they are saying, most of their arguments for hating or criticising simply do not hold up. They lack coherence, they lack objectivity, and more often than not they lack even the most basic common sense. It is rarely about facts. It is rarely about nuance. It is usually just emotion disguised as analysis.
You can identify a hater almost instantly by the tone they use and the way they frame their words. There is a sharpness to it, a bitterness that seeps through everything they write or say. They present themselves as if they are offering valid criticism, but when you look closer, it is not criticism at all. It is hostility. It is resentment. It is a need to diminish someone. Criticism and hate are not the same thing, and pretending they are does not make it true.
Constructive criticism is measured. It is specific. It acknowledges context. It recognises that people are complex and that no one is reduced to a single trait or a single moment. You can critique someone’s work, their decisions, or even their public behaviour without attacking their character or stripping them of their humanity. You can disagree without sounding immature. You can point something out without sounding like you are personally offended by someone’s mere existence.
What haters tend to do instead is allow their pre existing feelings to shape every conclusion they reach. Once they decide they dislike someone, everything that person does becomes negative by default. Neutral actions are twisted. Positive actions are downplayed or reframed as manipulative. Achievements are dismissed as undeserved. It becomes less about the reality of what is happening and more about maintaining a narrative that justifies their dislike.
Over the time I have had this blog and kept the anonymous option turned on, I have seen this pattern repeat itself constantly. The anonymity often removes the filter, and what comes through is not thoughtful disagreement but exaggerated hostility. It is not an exchange of ideas. It is projection. And it becomes very obvious, very quickly.
A lot of BTS haters operate in exactly this way. But I would go even further and say that the haters of Jimin and Jungkook often follow this pattern almost word for word. The criticism rarely stays focused on something tangible or specific. It shifts into personal attacks, exaggerated narratives, and selective outrage. The goal does not seem to be discussion. The goal seems to be validation of their dislike.
At the end of the day, the difference is very clear. Criticism invites conversation. Hate shuts it down. Criticism is rooted in thought. Hate is rooted in emotion that refuses to self examine. And once you learn to recognise that distinction, it becomes much easier to tell who is genuinely engaging in good faith and who is simply looking for a reason to tear someone down.
Rare footage of the ‘Muse’ team preparing the crosswords game and seeing a whole ass “tteokbokki by JK” in there:
My take away from that live:
Man's dont give a shit no more
And bro has been seeing what antis get up to 😪
He also said this not once,
But twice
Of course there is no way to know if the thing he wanted to talk about has to do with Jikook but we've said this many times in the past; being a part of BTS is what holds them back. That's why I don't expect them to come out as long as they're part of BTS. Their relationship doesn't just affect them. It affects all 7.
That being said, I am really curious what he's holding back that would make Hybe blow tf up. God damn. JK has left us with so many questions.
But this part though....
👁👃🏽👁
What on earth does he mean? The man is done done. Root for me?? Why? Is he about to piss some people off?!?!? Is it weird that this makes me even more excited for the concert now? That fanservice antis are always talking about is about to be Littttttttt 🔥
I’ve only recently watched AYS season 2 and I’m so confused why the subtitles on Disney keep having Jimin and Jungkook label each other as brothers or that infamous line antis use about Jimin thinking Jungkook is like a little brother to him when it’s so obvious from the way those moments play out that he probably never said that? I wonder if k jikookers ever broke down what was actually said aside from the Bighit/disney subtitles? I know Kpop companies love to emphasis the whole “brother” or “my bro/ man” line so much in content but I can’t tell if they are doing that because they want to keep antis/ other shippers happy by doing so or if they just want to keep Jikook’s relationship hidden despite the fact we all know that those two are definitely together.
Idk Shazy this was just something that was on my mind 😭.
It's the latter babes. I mean...
Can you just take a second to picture JK and RM doing that?? Suga?? 😂😂😂 the idea of Yoonkook doing that is sending me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 no but,
What are we doing in Jimin's butt bro??? I cant even picture Jinkook going that far and they dick around alot 😂😂 these 2 were just so unhinged and writers calling them bro was the only way 😂😂😂 I honestly got to a point where I would just laugh everytime I would see "his little bro" or whatever variation of bro they came up with. It was overkill but it made sense why
Jikook are going to do what they're going to do no matter what. Especially now that MS is over and done with. I believe editors are indeed prepared to deal with the aftermath 😂 so reminding us they're brothers every 2 seconds was what they chose ig
I don’t think I’m going to say much about everything Jungkook said on his live. I genuinely don’t think it’s necessary. His words speak for themselves, and adding layers of interpretation right now almost feels like noise. Sometimes the most respectful thing you can do as a fan is to actually listen and let what was said stand on its own.
What I do think is important to stress, once again, is that Jungkook knows exactly what he’s doing. He knows what he’s saying, why he’s saying it, and how he’s choosing to say it, especially when it comes to his relationship with the company and the system he works within. He is not naive. He is not being manipulated into speaking. He is a grown man with years of experience in one of the most demanding industries in the world.
A lot of people seem eager to project onto him. They either want him to be a victim with no agency or a rebel fighting some secret war. And the truth is probably much simpler and much more mature than that. When you do not understand the cultural and professional context of the Korean entertainment industry, it is very easy to misread things. People fill in the gaps with whatever narrative they already believe in.
Even after Jungkook explained himself clearly, there are still people on Twitter choosing to twist his words to fit their own agenda. That is what frustrates me the most. It is not criticism that bothers me. It is the selective hearing. It is people claiming to love and protect him while simultaneously refusing to take his words at face value.
He made it very clear that there are limitations. But limitations are not automatically oppression. In any profession, especially one as public as his, there are boundaries. Some of those boundaries exist to protect the artist. Sometimes it is not about being forbidden to speak. It is about understanding how easily your words can be distorted simply because of who you are. And the irony is that the reaction to his live proves that point. The twisting and the overanalysis happening right now are exactly why idols are often cautious.
What makes this moment interesting is the timing. We are a month away from a comeback. This is not random. Jungkook is fully aware of the spotlight that is about to intensify. He knows his words will be scrutinised even more closely. And yet he still chose honesty. That tells me confidence. That tells me clarity. It suggests he is comfortable enough in his position, in his career, and in his relationship with his team to speak openly.
BTS as a group have already blurred the line of what people expect from idols. And Jungkook in particular has grown far beyond the image people created for him when he debuted. He has broken so many stereotypes about what an idol is supposed to act like, sound like, or think like. Some people cannot reconcile that growth. They want him frozen in a version that fits their idea of him.
They were never the mould. They never fit neatly into the template. And yet some still insist on treating them, him as if they came out of the same factory line as everyone else.
When you consider the cultural context of the industry itself, not even the country as a whole but the entertainment system specifically, it is genuinely refreshing to see someone be that honest without being rude, arrogant, egotistical or reckless. There was no disrespect in what he said. There was simply clarity. And maybe that is what unsettles people the most.
For me, it just reinforced something I have believed for a long time. Jungkook is far more self aware and far more in control of his narrative than many give him credit for. And whether people outside the fandom misunderstand him or people within the fandom twist his words, that does not change the fact that he chose to speak plainly. That alone says a lot.
Agreed. Unequivocally.
While there may be some that can dive further into the exact nuance of his words once reliable translations are circulated, I think we all need to remember the exact point JK was making. No matter what the words are he's saying, there will be people forcing interpretations through very specific lenses. I'm sure most of us have seen some already.
My personal takeaway for today's live was similar to some of the sentiments shared in the infamous Festa dinner.
We don't need all of the nitty gritty details to extend understanding and compassion. We don't need to know exactly what the issue is. The members barely finish speaking before some are hoisting their words up on a proverbial flagpole as a banner in battle. Whether that be in support of a specific ship, or solo endorsement, etc. I've already seen far too many even in our little tumblr corner.
I genuinely believe that one of the keys to the magic that is the BTS-ARMY relationship has been how the members have entrusted us to be that listening ear for them. There's always been bad-faith actors amongst us but it's such a shame that it's grown enough to truly be impacting in this way.
As has been said, I'm sure there's going to be plenty of analysis from this, JK was exceedingly clear that he knows it will too. It just makes my heart weary that this has bubbled up to this point for him now. I'm sure he spent many hours during his solo activities and military service pondering what the return to BTS group activities would be like. It's such a shame that the final weeks before the comeback are amounting to this.
They'll push through and triumph as expected but I wish they could have been shielded from this for at least the first comeback. But then again, those who are looking for their downfall have had years now to hone their bitterness and align strategies.
Anyway, enough heavy thoughts from me for now. Let's look forward in good faith.
I hope they knew they'd get through it
I wish
this Jimin and Jungkook
Could see
this Jimin and Jungkook
No one ask but I sometimes feel a kind of pity for haters. Imagine dedicating so much of your time and energy to disliking someone who probably doesn’t even think about you. It must be exhausting.
To constantly look for flaws, to twist facts, to exaggerate small mistakes, to deform information just to fit a negative narrative, that takes effort.
You have to stay alert all the time, searching for the tiniest things that “aren’t right.” You have to keep the story alive in your head. And for what?
Living in that mindset means feeding yourself negativity every day.
It means choosing suspicion over understanding, criticism over compassion.
That can’t be peaceful. It can’t be light. It must be heavy to carry so much resentment
Sometimes I wonder if hate is less about the person being targeted and more about what the hater is struggling with internally.
Insecurity, frustration, jealousy, or simply unhappiness can easily turn into projection. Instead of working on their own issues, they focus outward.
That’s why I feel pity more than anger. Because at the end of the day, someone who is constantly lying, distorting reality, and searching for faults is probably not at peace with themselves.
And that, in itself, is sad.
I don’t know how to explain it but something just shifted. There will definitely be a before and an after this live.
I've been with Jimin and Jungkook since 2016, I saw their bond get stronger, I saw it seem like they were growing apart just for them to come back insanely more connected, I've felt it I've seen it, and now I have to sit and see people say they're GUILTY for enjoying their content as if EVERYTHING IN OVER 10 YEARS has been a carefully made script, and you know why that's happening? Because most of you made up your mind over a story of 10 years of queer romantic commitment completely ignoring human nuances of relationships AND specially QUEER relationships, and now because you're doubting of that romantic commitment you are drowning over 10 years of the most awesome relationship we've got to see developing from scratch.
Something CLEARLY brief happened 5 years ago to Jimin, something that we have no label for but it was also clearly something that he buried because, with all the shit that we're seeing and her behaviour, ended up being a trap where he was taken advantage off, and that something is suddenly enough to make you all forget a connection of +10 years??? So Jungkook lied about Jimin being his catalyst, they enlisted together just to feed an agenda? They choose to travel to Tokyo when life was hard just to play couple? It was all fake just because somewhere in between this woman with clear ill intend showed up? Oh give me a break.
I won't label Jikook because I'm not in their lives, I play about it for sure, I have my own view of it? Totally, but honestly? The whatevership that's going on is what I'm here for, and they are humans they don't live just for each other they have a life, friends, personal friends, they experience betrayal, joy, sadness, make choices that don't concern the other part and that's life, don't treat them like a bl novel they're not one, certainly they fight (they themselves are not even worried about it btw), connect, reconnect, but you know what's a constant? They love each other, they grow together, one has such a positive influence on the other, they love their company that's why a whole Are You Sure is possible, they have such a profound admiration for each other and they make sure we all know it by words of affirmation.
Personal opinion: this thing shouldn't even be in the jikook lore just as what happened to Jungkook in 2019 shouldn't, these are personal experiences, experiences that weren't pleasing to go thru and, for me since I have a good eyesight, it didn't change shit on their view of each other, 2020 jikook is a living proof of that. If you can't handle this mess and you wanna leave them because you think your lil bubble was busted go and make no sound, but if you are here for the humans Jimin and Jungkook, the relationship they created, developed, flourished, and is thriving strongly to this day (pls if you want to delete 2023 and the past months go ahead I'm not ready for that lol) then support them and let them know we're happy they have each other and we're happy to be part of it as support system, mostly let Jimin know right now that he is loved and he has never done anything wrong because for the love of god if he apologize like Jungkook did back in the day then I will riot, I was there and that was painful to watch I ain't doing that again because morons on the internet don't know an ounce of how real relationships work.
THEREFORE I'm here to die on this hill, I'm here to stay, best friends, soulmates, lovers, whatever tf they are and whatever tf they want to give me, I'm here to support and let them know they're loved individually and as the strong duo they make.
(and pls stop being loud about your disappointment no one cares and no one asked, choose a corner and cry on your own)
BTS IS BACK 🫶
The biggest band in the world is reuniting with a fifth studio album, massive global tour, and a definitive answer to whether they’re strong
Finally our 1st OT7 picture since album announcement 🙌
To be very honest, this interview made me teary. I feel home now. I feel so happy, yet so overwhelmed. Every single line in this interview shows how much the members love each other. Keep your fan wars aside, solo wars aside, and ship wars aside. Listen to them. Listen to their story of togetherness. Read the part about how they felt being together again. Read the part about why their band matters more than their solo careers.
It’s something some people may never fully understand, because they started running with them only at the finishing point. All you have seen is the success and pride. But there was once a Bangtan that was nothing but a dream and a heart determined to work hard. To that heart, you — as a solo fan — demanded disbandment. To that heart, you — as an anti — tried to pull them down again
Still, BTS will keep rising, because they built their name and pride through hard work, blood, and sweat. I’m so proud of them. Running with them for seven years, I cried a lot after finishing that interview today. It made me realize that no one in this world could ever love Bangtan more than the members love each other. Please be kind to them. Please be patient. Please be respectful — because they truly deserve that 🥹
APOBANGPO
