Hey🙃, who in superm do you think is most to least likely to be into choking?
oh man. this group has done... some things. prepare yourself for this.
starting with a straightforward nomination: i’d be a fraud if i said the god of k-pop isn’t a raging candidate. everywhere you look, this guy has a hand on his neck. taemin is obsessed with choking himself. it can’t be said otherwise.
in any situation, taemin:
he also seems to be fascinated with what his adam’s apple does so there’s that. lee taemin i swear...
and remember. the criminal mv literally has some hardcore self-asphyxiation in it. not superficial acting or cgi, he actually went for that. not my personal cup of tea but wow taemin is mad for doing this. i think you get why i list him here. we knew he’s new levels of intense.
second, byun baekhyun. that kyungsoo headlocks him all day and even instructed everyone on how to do it is already international knowledge.
his entire surrounding is literally this desparate to make baekhyun hold his outrageous tongue for one minute. meanwhile, baekhyun is mighty entertained at people trying so hard. in fact, he just keeps teasing until he gets what he wants and people tame him. over and over. god. fucking. dammit.
he even gets his female seniors involved. baekhyun has once agreed to actress gayeon choking him out as a drama reenactment. on that very show, he also said he’s interested in her.
add that one strange af moment to my list of reasons. baekhyun clowned lee soo man at full throttle, and things went out of control because lee soo man clowned him back and took matters into his own hands: literally. once again, the tale ends with baekhyun laughing demonically because he succeeded in driving everybody up the wall. i swear. he even makes his own boss feral.
conclusion, baekhyun is a pro at provoking people into doing things with his neck. he literally bullies even the higher ups so they would punish him. i admit it’s a masterful brat strategy but also what on earth. he is puppeteering everybody just so he can suffer and giggle about it.
a less provocative case but an even more cursed one: lee taeyong. i think as a fellow foodie he took notes from jin’s vlives...
...because he enjoys choking himself with food on live broadcast. look. this is not him doing it accidentally so he would ask for help. nope, he’s doing it with deliberation and stuffs himself even more. the. hell. we know he’s a different man but oh boy. taeyong’s a worrying case. almost dies and then just smiles. what do we do with him, ladies and gents, what do we do.
as for the other members, except lucas who is surprisingly tame they’re busy choking other people. even damn mark is.
there’s one guy in particular who really enjoys doing it.
meanwhile jongin, he likes grabbing his dear colleagues by the nape so you know what’s going on. as for choking i’m convinced kai stans have some secret material, not sure. as for me, i think he’s sort of neutral but he likes touch there. you frequently see him like this somewhere. (and what a great image 😍)
phew okay... final verdict:
taemin: most likely. he chokes himself just because.
even if he’s definitely enjoying the pain a lot, baekhyun takes the second place because it’s not entirely clear whether it’s standard choking he finds so entertaining or the fact that he gets punished, scolded, and manhandled.
taeyong is more about... well well... gagging and crying rather than choking. internal, not external, you get what i’m saying. this man is something else and i dunno whether to congratulate him or to be scared of his recklessness.
kai might like some stimulation there. he’s touchy for sure. we’re talking sensual though.
mark, you never know... but so far, no signs he enjoys choking. chains are a different topic.
lucas is a wild card. i dunno how he prefers to use those big hands.
in soviet russia, necks choke you. in kpop, ten does.
bonus — while we’re at it, more candidates i observed doing suspicious things with their neck:
seokjin as mentioned
han jisung
taehyung
the entirety of A.C.E
yoongi
haechan
and namjoon who has once done this the heck: