So, I got an ask that I felt I wanted to make into a post in stead. This post will basically be about my own decent into the BTS rabbit hole and how I started to ship Vmin.
since when do you know bts, when did you become a vmin shippers and what moments made you a vmin shipper ? who is your bias and bias wrecker ? YOU RE THE BEST VMIN BLOG !
First, thank you for this ask and for you liking my Vmin blog so much, it warms my heart. :3 ~<3 I hope you will find this an interesting read, even though it’s just my own story of how I came to love BTS and Vmin. It might be a little bit long, but I hope you’ll like it.
(If you feel lazy but curious I have the short answer at the end of the post. :P )
First, I have been a fan of Asian culture for a long time and came across k-pop because of my interest in Japanese drama, anime and Asian music. BOA and Rain were really big at the time and it was the first time I heard of k-pop. My first k-pop groups were SS501 and TVXQ/DBSK because they had songs in anime I liked. However, I never got deeply into k-pop then because I thought j-pop of the time was more interesting, and I just listened to particular songs rather than having an interest in the whole genre.
The first time I heard BTS it was N.O as it was on the Japanese Oricon charts (at least I think it was Oricon since I used to follow the chart monthly). The song stood out to me amongst other k-pop songs I had heard and I wanted to look it up. However, I never did, and it got forgotten for years. I still listened to the occasional k-pop songs and liked Big Bang, Girls Generation, T-ara and Shinee.
I also watched FBE’s reaction videos to k-pop and found songs there that I liked. Like EXO-CBX Hey Mama and BTS Dope. But still didn’t fall enough to look deeper yet.
Then, when Blood Sweat and Tears came out my sister watched the video and loved it. And then she showed it to me, and since then the both of us fell for BTS... Hard.
I loved the MV and the song and eventually found the theories super fascinating. I watched more videos and it seemed all of their music was great, as well as their music videos. I then wanted to learn the members names and started to watch “get to know BTS“ videos and then interviews, Bangtan Bombs and other things related to the boys.
I got deep into the theories and read Demian as well. It was fun and spiked my interest in analysis, something I have always loved to do.
BTS is different to most groups and I really think it has mostly to do with the members and their bond to each other. Their personalities and their relation to their fans and to each other is just very genuine. There more I learned the more I wanted to get to know even more.
I have a similar bond to BTS as I have with the Japanese group Kanjani8, both groups having a lot in common as to why I love them so much. I loved the music which they also participate in making, and they have great group dynamics and shows that are really fun to watch. You get to know them in a way you don’t normally do with celebrities because they are much more open than what we usually see. They also have such strong bonds between members and a love that looks more like family than colleagues.
So, basically I fell in love with BTS, and I keep loving them more and more as time passes. And knowing I still love Kanjani8 after following them for 12 years, I think BTS will end up being a similar existence for me.
So, why Vmin then? Well, it all kind of started with Jimin. I am a really slow learner when it comes to faces, so it took me a while to learn all the members. But, in Blood Sweat and Tears it was hard not to look at Jimin and he was the first member of vocal line that I learned. That era is still one of my favorites when it comes to all the members and their looks in general, but Jimin still stood out to me (as the one with the gray hair) when it came to his performance (though I thought JK was the most good looking member). I also seem to have a type when it comes to my k-pop biases, and Jimin fits it perfectly.
Watching a lot of BTS content I fell hard for Jimin’s personality and when I knew the group well enough to form an opinion on who could be my bias it was already pretty obvious I had a preference for Jimin and looking up more things in relation to him. He has been my bias since the start, and he still is IF I HAVE TO PICK. Honestly, choosing a bias gets harder and harder the more you love a group, and there is not a single BTS member I don’t love.
After falling for Jimin I automatically paid more attention to him, and that’s where Vmin comes into the picture. Because BST era was truly a golden time for Vmin and they seemed to be almost glued together. I found them incredibly cute and shipped them pretty early on, though it took a while for them to become a real OTP.
I think ironically that one of the things that cemented Vmin as the ship for me were the “best friend” dynamics, which I have always loved in a ship. But also their ridiculous amount of skinship. One of the very first interviews I ever watch with BTS had this moment in it:
It’s just so tender and sweet and out of nowhere. Then I saw other new moments as I watched things from the BST comeback promotions and it felt like there was no other Jimin ship that could even compete with what Vmin had.
Honestly, the BST comeback was so filled with great Vmin moments that it surprises me that not more people started to ship them romantically at that point. (Even though a lot of people actually did.)
Let’s just say it was some very intense weeks, followed by even more Vmin at the end of the year award shows and then ISAC 2017. It was just no way any other ship would be able to steal my heart after all the Vmin moments I saw.
(I should make a Vmin throwback post for 2016, because it was truly an incredible year filled with Vmin moments.)
So short answer, my bias is Jimin (all of BTS bias wreck me, but I suppose Tae is my official wrecker by now) I started to ship Vmin late 2016, never looked back since and don’t regret falling for these two soulmates.
Thank you again for your love and support! :)
