This is a Jikook blog but today I'm looking beyond our favourite lovers.
There's a broader perspective to this story and that's the seven members.
They’re what brought me here and they matter to me more than I can say.
This precious space we all share - the closed circuit of BTS and ARMY - is our own mikrokosmos. It's a shining sea of light and sound that we create together.
BTS give me music and joy and hope. I give them my small but unwavering heart and any support I can offer.
That's what I'm here for.
As I-ARMY I frequently don't understand their words but my heart gets the message all the same.
We love them and they love us.
And despite us inhabiting opposite ends of this world we've created, sometimes they get to experience what we experience. And in those moments we see that they feel what we feel.
This is one of my favourite clips.
Its 2½ minutes of behind the scenes from Memories 2019. They had just left the stage at Rose Bowl and they were running high on adrenalin and raw emotion.
JK: Let's go see the fireworks! Jimin!
The thing I love about this is that i see the members sharing my experience. Not understanding Namjoon's words is no barrier to feeling the message and the love that goes beyond language.
Together we're invincible 💜
I don't want to waste a even one of the chances I have to be in the moment with BTS.
Years down the track I want to be able to look back and remember these days when we - ARMY and BTS - were here together, sharing these extraordinary expriences, creating our beautiful world of light and sound, living the mikrokosmos dream.
None of us want to think about this but the fact is, we won't have these opportunities forever.
I want to to look back and say,
BTS and ARMY together, we were really something.
That's why my anon asks are closed.
It's why I don't go to the bird app except under dire circumstances. When I do go I take my anti-anti spray bottle and get in and out as fast as I can.
It's why I don't get sucked into fandom politics and I'm not interested in drama from ARMY or others.
I'm here to love BTS and support them as artists and humans.
That's my ARMY day job. 아포방포.
Adoring Jikook is my side hussle.
I'm delighted to share that journey with others who feel the same way, but I haven't the energy or patience for those who don't.
Life is too short to waste it on people that suck.
So I'm gonna focus on BTS & Jikook, on comeback, and on keeping myself sane and calm in the chaos.
As Seokjin said so many times,
Let's enjoy it to the very end.
Everything else can take a number and wait in line.
