One strange “narrative” I see in the fandom, is that people who like Jikook (whatever their relationship may be) tend not to be JK biased, at least not initially. One, I think that’s overreaching since no one has ever done a legitimate survey of this, and two, how?
I came into this fandom VERY Jungkook biased. My shallow, little self may not have even fallen down the rabbit hole if not for me finding him hot in the MIC Drop video and then being unable to figure out which member he was for like TWO hours (most pictures he’s got his cute little doe-eyed, bunny face and that does not compute if he you see him with his “stage demon” face. I honestly thought he was Jin for like 15 minutes - I think I had to process of elimination the other members in the video to FINALLY figure it out, lol - and once you’ve spent 2 hours watching BTS content, it’s pretty much impossible not to fall in love with all of them).
I’m STILL very JK biased. He honestly reminds me a LOT of myself. I GET him. I get the shyness, the awkwardness in social situations, the competitiveness, the “good at anything if you apply yourself, but you have to care first”-ness. Of all the members, I think he and I are the most alike, mentally. Plus, as someone who is gray-asexual, he basically put the “gray” in front of that, lol. So, he’s got a special place in my heart.
Jimin - Jimin was a slow burn, but how could I not notice him? As I was consuming JK content those first few months, Jimin was always just THERE. Being sweet, being playful, being, well, the most adorable little mochi-koala ever. How could I not notice Jimin? Plus, he made me like JK even more! Their relationship showed JK’s caring side, his ability to be there for someone, to watch closely for someone’s mental and emotional well being and anticipate and be ready to help. JK might do a lot of physicals things for his hyungs, but he’s VERY tuned into Jimin’s emotional state and it’s a beautiful thing. I think Jimin made him a better person. And I adore the fact that while Jimin looks out for the emotional state of Bangtan, he has JK to look out for his.
In the end, I now double bias them, because Jimin is beautiful and kind and fierce and I cannot not adore him (sometimes I love him more than JK, shhh, don’t tell, lol). And I may have gotten there eventually, but I first noticed him because JK noticed him. So, it doesn’t compute for me how people can stan JK and not love Jimin to some degree!
I also think this is why Jin is my bias-wrecker, he’s another person who has a very special relationship with JK... I mean, I LOVE both Jin and Jimin on their own, but I first noticed them with how they interacted with my initial bias. To this day, one of my fave things is when JK acts in a VERY OBVIOUSLY Jin way, because it shows how much Jin helped raise the kid (or when JK is the only one to play with Jin in the same way - it’s so endearing). I love, love, love seeing it. It makes me so happy. Again, I love my chaos trio, regardless of how they interact with each other, I don’t NEED JK to notice any of them, put them together and it’s comedy gold, but JK got me there originally.
