honestly, anon, i still think they are that way, and i think they've become very obviously that way recently again!
i think that growing older and more sure of yourself in general causes your style of affection to change, if you want me to ~*~ project a bit here (i'm gonna. i'm gonna project). the way that san and wooyoung acted in their early 20s is naturally going to be different going into their later 20s, just overall!
furthermore, there is always a level of 'newness' within a relationship-- friendship or otherwise-- that causes an excitement that always translates pretty obviously when it's being shown. in a lot of earlier clips, san and wooyoung were still pretty 'newly' close, and their obnoxiousness about it really reads as like "oh my god look at my new guy my new guy i love him hey everyone look i love him".
now, we have this really wonderful, more mature, time-tried and secure dynamic between them. and it's STILL disgusting. it's STILL annoying. but because it's so secure, it's so grounded in like-- hey, he's not going anywhere, buddy, you branded him for life-- it doesn't have to be pointed out as often or in the forefront.
i mean, i think a lot about the smaller moments that just don't get as 'reacted to' by the members as they used to, simply because everyone around them is used to it. i think about the spotify interview they did where they're just in the corner all over each other on the couch and that shit's just daily life so whatever. in wanteez, when wooyoung lies in his lap; in that valentine's day fanmeet they did this year. the picking wooyoung up on stage, the little attempted kisses that san playfully shoves him away for. "shaboom", end of sentence. the interview they did with... vogue??? where wooyoung has to make san 'pick' a question and it ends up giggly and disgusting and flirty and we're watching a moment we shouldn't be, maybe.
like-- very respectfully, because i understand the feeling of perhaps not seeing the same dynamic in the same fashion forever being a bit alarming-- i have never once thought "oh woosan isn't as affectionate as they used to be". i have never understood the 'woosan drought'. girl i'm hydrated i've been hydrated i don't know why y'all aren't drinking but i can get you some water the britta in the fridge is cold
i just think that woosan is more sure of themselves now, overall. and i think all of the members are that way with each other, and i *love* that, because now it means the affection we see-- even if it's 'less often', which i don't believe it is-- is not performative, or desperate, or clingy in the way that sometimes new relationships can be because you're scared to lose the person you're newly loving. it's so secure and grounded and adult and real and like. when i see woosan, or anyone else in this group, being affectionate now, i'm like, this has years of love behind it. this has years and years of moments we never will see behind it. god they love each other so much and we are so lucky to see this moment still after all this time
so. chin up! they're still obnoxious as hell believe me i see it every day. unfortunately. against my fucking will
