please do share ALL your thoughts on that interview!! :D
Gladly >:) As usual, these are my opinions, not fact.
Q: Then, when you looking at girls, where you focus at first?
[RAP MONSTER]: No! I focus on her atmosphere.
[JUNG KOOK]: I focus on her healthy beauty, whether she has well balanced muscles.
[RAP MONSTER]: Are you a pervert? (Laugh)
[V]: Who has six pack abs?
[JIMIN]: Then, your ideal type is like me! (Appeal his muscle)
[JUNG KOOK]: (Immediate Answer) NO.
[JIMIN] Why not? I have amazing muscles, right?
[JUNG KOOK]: I like the people who has atmosphere that she do workout daily. And also who has beautifully sun tanned skin.
[JIMIN]: oh~ Unfortunately I have pale skin.
[JUNG KOOK]: Not only that. Face, personality…..It is different all. (Laugh)
[JIMIN]: But my muscles are perfect! (Laugh)
[SUGA]: I focus on personality and atmosphere. I don’t have ideal type. It’s not only about girl (also about everyone around him), I focus on the first impression and atmosphere, whether someone have same sense of feel as mine.
[T/N : In his opinion, He’s not only talk about girl (ideal type) but also about he focus on the first impression and atmosphere if meets with all people ]
[V]: The person who spends their money thrifty.
[JIMIN]: But how can you judge at first meet? (Laugh)
[V]: I give some money for her, and say “I give you these money. You can buy the stuff you want.” Then I’ll judge her how much she spend the money.
[JUNG KOOK]: So it can not be judgement when you met her for the first time!
–So V don’t judge people by appearances. You focus on her inner side.
[RAP MONSTER]: V’s ideal type always changes, almost every once a month.
–So recently, you like girl who spends her money carefully ,right?
[V]: YES, (Loud voice) I like stingy person.
–You don’t need say that thing with loud voice. (Laugh) So how about JIMIN?
[JIMIN]: I like cute and charming girl.
–Next to you.. V is appealing his cuteness… (Laugh) How about like V?
[JIMIN]: ……Can i hit you?
[J-HOPE]: I like a girl who has hopeful and cheerful personality and positive mind. Someday, I wanna see the girl who make me love her from the bottom of my heart!
–It seems just like J-HOPE. Then JIN, when you looking at girls, where you focus at first?
[JIN]: I focus on her face. I like face like a puppy.
[V & JIMIN] (imitate puppy) Bow wow!
[JIN]: It’s gross~ (Laugh)
[JIMIN]: I’ll bite you~~~~ (Laugh)
1. The fact that Jungkook said “Well balanced muscles and tan skin” as his preference for a woman. Not to say women can’t be muscular, but… that’s just an odd thing to bring up first about your ideal woman.
2. Jimin immediately compares JK’s ideal qualities to himself… quite shamelessly, I might add. I don’t know if he thought it was normal to do, or if he thought it looked like he was teasing JK or something??? But… wow JM is really about as subtle as a brick through a window.
3. RM immediately asks JK if he is a pervert when he brings up muscles… so RM thinks his preferences sound like they’re about men, too. I am not sure if there is some sort of ‘lost in translation’ moment with RM saying “pervert”, or if that’s just something Koreans call gay people, but as it is translated into English, it kind of gives us an idea of what their group environment might be like about the idea of homosexuality. RM had openly showed support for LGBT+ people many times through his tweets by this point, but internalized homophobia is very real, and an openly homophobic society can really effect people in ways they don’t even realize.
[note: Please, don’t take this point the wrong way. I think that RM is an amazing leader in South Korea for speaking up about social issues, but again, societal stigmatization has a huge impact on internalized perceptions of issues. It also could be a translation error. Please don’t take this out of context, and take this point with a grain of salt.]
edit: Someone also pointed out that he could have just said “pervert” because JK was focused on the body as opposed to the face/personality. This is also a valid explanation! Doesn’t have to be something deep :)
4. Notice how when JK speaks, JM is immediately interjecting his own bodily comparisons, but when the other members speak, he only interjects for teasing commentary? He literally only makes comparisons to himself for JK’s preferences, so it’s not like you can say JM was doing that for all the members…
5. JK’s point blank denial when JM tries to compare himself. Almost as if JK is used to this behavior and was expecting it, lol. Seems kind of defensive to me, hehe
6. JIMIN LITERALLY AVOIDED ANSWERING THE QUESTION UNTIL THE INTERVIEWER DIRECTLY CALLED HIM OUT. And then, he used a very basic, textbook response. A “cute, charming girl”? I think we all want that, Jimin!
Q: What is your ideal love story?
[JIMIN]: [Responding to Jin’s answer] You must do make an effort that she don’t look away. I think love is equality. If you ask for something to her, in the same way, you also need to give to her.
[JIMIN]: My ideal of love story is that I love only one person in my whole life.
[JUNG KOOK]: Since I am a lonely man, it does not matter if I stay single all my life.
[JUNG KOOK]: This is just joke, but I can’t think yet about love now. But I also when I love someone someday, I want to spend many time with her.
1. Can I just say that Jimin’s perspective on love is so healthy and beautiful?? I just wanted to point that out because I think when he gets into a relationship (if he’s not already in one) it’s going to be a very respectful, mutual thing and I absolutely love that. He seems to have a really good head on his shoulders.
2. Jungkook shows a little bit of his lack of maturity at this point in his life, here. He clearly is not at a point where he’s actively thinking about love. I get the feeling that 2020 Jungkook would greatly disagree with 2014 Jungkook’s answers… :)
That’s all- thank you for letting me vent my thoughts about this interview, because boy is there a lot going on!
