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I CAN'T WITH THESE TWO (trans. cr. verritaee)

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minimoni, you're so special ♡

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minimoni, you're so special ♡

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Are You Sure!? Trailer Thoughts

jikookers how are we feeling after this trailer? personally I AM UNWELL

I wanted to talk a little about the catchphrase they used on Twitter: "청춘 아니가, 낭만이지!" which they translated as "This is what I call youth!", but in my humble opinion it loses A LOT of the actual meaning (and it will drive you crazy.)

The literal translation is: "this isn't youth, this is romance!"

NOW DON'T PANIC. I had the same wide-eyed reaction until I pulled my years of Korean learning out of the back of my brain and remembered that, although the literal way to translate 낭만 (nangman) is romance/romantic, it leans into the meaning of "romanticizing something". I'm romanticizing this moment right now, this is ideal, perfect, beautiful. Not so much related to romantic love, but still pretty different from "youth."

The concept of youth, in Korean literature/media/culture/society, as well as in other Asian cultures, is related to what all of you must recognize as the most beautiful moment in life. Both in Japanese and Korean, the word for youth can be picked apart to mean "blue spring" (靑春). It's also an incredibly romantic term to describe an idealized view of youth, that sense of freedom.

For them, this trip was more than a reminder of the freedom of youth. It was romantic– it was ideal. It's such a powerful statement.

I can't wait for August 🖤🤍

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This was an old work I shared on patreon but I want to let you guys read it too while waiting for ihlu updates🥹

I hope you like it, decided to post it here instead of twitter because it’s a long comic!

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I miss jikook more today. And im just here to say that this live wasnt for us. The "i miss you" definitely wasnt for us. Im SO SAD :((((

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jungkook’s mom made seaweed soup because it was jimin’s birthday 🥺 (transl. cr. btsinthemoment, miiniyoongs)

+ remember when 🥺

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I've seen an intellect describing JK as a bold introvert and mimi as a shy extrovert.

Remember they wanted to pee in middle of live ? JM : whined like a baby, went to pee, came back shy, asked not to ask about it and pretend it didn't happened by putting filters on. JK : announced he want to pee, came back with same proud attitude, said yes it was very satisfying to pee when army asked about it lmao

JM is too obedient while JK doesn't like to be told what to do. He'll never break rules while idk if there's any rule JK didn't broke 😭

JM don't do surprise random vlive because it's not allowed while JK is all about hours long, ass o clock vlives whenever he wants aka when he's bored because his bf is busy

JM don't do drinking vlives even if he has a good tolerance because it's against the rules while JK will say fuck off and do it

JM apologize for things he is not wrong about and even has a power to demand for while JK goes duh ! I've been in this business for long who will scold me ?

JM won't take pics with fans outside because it's not allowed while the rule was created basically because JK walked through street taking selfies and breaks it even now.

JM doesn't catch rose or bouquets army throwing at concert while BH had to announce stop throwing it to carts because it was JK who started catching roses thrown at him and army went wild.

JM loves being called baby, tiny, small and cute while JK absolutely hates it. He'll say he has dick and balls when someone calls him baby.

JK will ask you : "and if I'm ?" smugly when you recognize him in public while JM either deny or shyly node

They both have very opposite view about most of the things and the attitude they carry but somehow the shy baby and hunk oppa clicks.

They do. They were made for eo. Aint no denying that 🤪

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Anon is so real for this 😭😭

I been saying this. JK is large, but JM is in charge, but JK is defiant to both the company and even JM, sometimes. For the most part JK will listen to JM, but when JK gets a wild hair up his ass, he starts breathing down JM and the company's neck. Look how he spammed Jimin's recent live. He left 18 or 19 comments on there. And he wasn't asking if he could come to a taping, he was telling JM he wanted to go. He said I'm tired of sitting on the sidelines quietly. You think he can't tell JM hppy bday in private and normally? Nah he had to be extra, man went and showered, put on his best shirt, cologne, fluffed his hair & his slut glasses, took a whole minute teasing his man, before whispering happy bday, BRO with that smirk. The sarcasm that was dripping out of that BRO & that smirk. JM isn't his bro, no matter how badly at times JM makes it seem that way, cause he's older and tries to respect rules. He will run and call JK his dongsaeng, but then suddenly turn around and say JK is more then his dongsaeng. Yeah, we know he is & calling him that doesn't work like you think, when he's sending you thirst traps and making love declaration videos & you are sucking hickeys on his neck and showing them off in broad daylight. Bro he said, while having a boner about said bro. JM's change of tune tells me JK probably had a few words with him over calling him that. JK said its time to grow up Selena, I'm not your little brother.

RM in their busniess, physically moving them away from each other, head desking, eye rolling, other members getting in the middle, the company. That's alot of pressure. And JM will listen to these people, until he tells you he was with JK at 4 am or waking up and seeing Jungkookie is his favorite thing. How he gonna wake up and see JK unless they live together? This was after it was revealed JK did not live at the dorms anymore. The dots are connected. Did you see the panic on JM's face when he and JK were late to the radio station together. He knew the gig was up. He knew if they were all coming from the same place, why only these two were late & took a detour? They also made out in the car on the way, cause JM could not stop smiling at his man, but that's beside the point. Plus he knew they were busted & he was shy.

As for JK, well he doesn't like being told what to do, not even by Jimin sometimes & Jimin understands that too, its called balance and equal footing in the relationship, despite JK being younger. JK sucked his ear in front of 90K people and JM did not stop JK. JM did not stop JK from saying he makes JM happiest, twice. JM also finally gave up and let JK backhug him after fighting him off so bad, while staring the camera down, I might add. So where JM use to show off their relationship the most, he grew up, matured, took his role as oldest more serious & probably lets the hate get to him a bit & JK, well he said fuck your feelings, you can't stop a man in love, esp a defiant one, a spontaneous, I do first, think later, rule breaker. JM is reserved nowadays and JK tries to be obedient for JM's sake, but this man has come so close to outing Jikook, even I am like come collect your man Jimin. He loves Jimin. He wants to shout it to the world, but he can't. Not just cause of the their society, but Hybe, BTS, and shitty ass fans who only care about their happiness, not BTS. The man deleted his IG on the spot where he barely talked about JM suspiciously, but hasn't shut up about JM on weverse. Let that sink in. IG was another way to bring in money for the company and you think JM didn't restrict what he posted about their relationship or even JK himself cause he didn't want to cause an uproar? He said watch this and deleted the whole damn thing. And now he goes live consistently when he isn't supposed too, promoting his boyfriend and spamming his boyfriend with comments. Don't get me wrong. JM has been loud as fuck too with his love for JK, but JM also will follow rules more then JK, but JK said fuck the rules. He doesn't listen to HYbe, he listens to JM, for the most part. JM keeps JK grounded for the most part. These two are beating the odds tho and have for years. And I wish them nothing but happiness, cause if anyone ever deserved a happy ending. Its these two.

Not the bro 🤣😂😂

But yes, to all this x113

JK can be defiant with Jimin but not when it counts. When it counts or when it's something crucial he will listen. Also Jimin doesn't control JK and leaves him be to do what he wants. Which is healthy, honestly. E.g he knows if he really put his foot down JK would stop drinking live but he won't do that. He will suggest that he stop, but will otherwise leave it up to him.

They do have a good thing going for them and like u said I hope they're content and happy. They deserve it. I love them

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JK live 25.5.2023 12:03 am KST

cr./creators of media used in this post.

Jaykay our man went live.

And although he surprised us, it by no means was a surprise now, was it?

Kind of feels like a pattern here, doesn't it? JM's off somewhere and JK's on Weverse live, lol.

I love how he always seems to be missing us when JM doesn't seem to be around, or should I put it this way? When JM's around he doesn't give a rat's ass about us? Nah, he loves army, but he definitley has his priorities... and above all, someone we will NEVER compete with for JK's love, is JM. I do wish a big chunk of army would understand that already.

The timing is also, as always, thought out. And this time the date giving us 8/11 and the time giving us the 123 is no coincidence in my apparently very insane opinion.

We also actually have 8/11/15. Shock. Awe. You want to see for yourselves?

25.5.2023 12:03 am KST, right?

So the 8/11 we get from the date: 2+5+2+2=11 and 5+3=8

And then, if we take the time, the 12 and the 03 as they are: 12+3=15 Ta-dah.

8/11/15

I would like to talk for a second here about how happy JK looks.

He himself talks about how he's been cooking a lot and eating a lot and he put on weight. I, for one, think he looks amazing. I hated to see him so skinny back in his Feb lives.

I think this is a first time in a long time we are seeing his eye smile even when it's not about JM. He's happy. He's active. He's working and working out and looking good and gaining muscle. He has JM around more and he's just back on track and he's happy. And it shows.

Satiated. That's a word that comes to mind. He has all the things he loves. JM, food, music, JM. He has it all now.

Also, our Jiminah, must be over the moon with his babe getting his man boobies back.

I mean, those chesties, or dare I say breasties were his besties, he just cannot keep his hand off them. LITERALLY.

And the hair, lol.

How he starts the live with his hair down and then goes to put it up. Am I the only one that as he does that is thinking about this?

Which was JM commenting on JK's mukbang live (which was deleted, ugh), telling him how much he wants to tie his hair back neatly (oh, the cute art we got from that one...).

Can I also mention, before we move on, just how adorable that man is?

He went to grab his glasses cause he didn't see the screen well...

What strikes me every single time is that sense of naivete about him. It feels like he's literally doing these things for the first time, and the excitement and expressions on his face, it's just so sweet/cute. So endearing. I mean, it's not the first time he's worn his glasses, and yet the surprise how much better things look with them on, it's just so adorable.

And of course I cannot not add this edit, cause it's just hilarious.

I'm surprised, yet not surprised every single time again as to how rude and stupid fans can be. At the start of the live, just before JK goes to pull up his hair (and I really want to hope that this wasn't the reason that he tied up his hair at the end), he reads out a comment calling him Jungsoon which is in essence calling him girly or "baby girl", which he replies to:

Which he says twice, followed by...

And he goes to tie his hair but doesn't, sidetracked by a positive comment saying he's been missed. That's also when he goes on to talk about cooking and putting on weight.

Fans like that they just fucking piss me off.

JK talks about not singing too loud at night. Explaining how even though he thought the place was properly sound proofed, and although the neighbours can't hear him singing, they can feel the vibrations from the speakers, oopsy. He received a kind of complaint about it, and says how since he hasn't been singing loudly at night (well, not as loudly, lol).

The live playlist

JK didn't listen to too many songs. He didn't sing too many songs either. In the just over an hour live we got to hear 7 songs.

1. That’s Not How This Works - Charlie Puth

2. NIGHT DANCER - imase

3. Angel Pt. 1 - Kodak Black, Jimin, NLE Choppa, JVKE, Muni Long

4. The Palnet - BTS (this song he didn't actually play, he sang a couple of lines and talked about a little but not actually playing and singing).

5. Seed - Taeyang

6. Super - Seventeen

7. Shoong! - Taeyang feat. Lisa of Blackpink

8. Fighting - Seventeen

And in my mind, the live is kind of split into 2 parts:

Part 1 was dominated by Night dancer and Angel Pt. 1.

Part 2 was Taeyang and Seventeen leaning. Although we got to hear Angel again in part 2, lol.

The way JK keeps doing this, supporting JM and his work, I mean you have to be blind not to see this.

JK literally sang or hummed JM's Angel pt. 1 four times throughout his live, including his funny as hell ad-lib that now that we have the translated live we can well appreciate (I was scared they won't translate that part, but they came through, well at least with that).

FOUR TIMES.

Enjoy an edit of all 4 together:

There is also this, which I did find interesting.

1st time in the live he 'happens to come by it':

2nd time is him singing the lyrics in Korean:

Humming on a little bit longer.

Third time he hummed the song, and the fourth time he hummed it one key higher.

You know what though? Thinking about it, Angel pt. 1 was all through part one and part two of the live (my mental 2 parts of the live peeps), lol. Or maybe let's forget about the parts and say that the live was all about Angel, nope, sorry, got that wrong, it was about Jimin hyung pt. 1 (wink wink).

And this is something JK does. He loves JM. He JM's songs, he loves to sing them. We've seen this time and time again.

Now all we really need is Letter, although I have a feeling we aren't going to get that. Which in itself, their reluctance to talk about it or sing it ever since it's been released, that is a big ass neon light telling us just how private and personal this song is to THEM.

Also, side note, that adlibbed Angel in Korean - JK's how to tell us he's drinking a highball without actually telling us he's drinking a highball, lol.

JK says he's been on YT and TikTok lately (making it clear that he's not on IG, which makes me think he might actually still be lurking on IG, idk, it's the criminal mind in me, lol). That's where he said he first heard Night dancer (will get to that song in a sec) and obviously also saw Jiminie's Seventeen Super dance challenge.

JK told us about how much he's been listening to Night dancer. Can't stop listening to it was more like it. He plays it several times during the live. And it's a good song. I get why he likes it. And the lyrics, I also get why this song is living rent free in his mind.

It's an unexceptional, ordinary night The noise, the sparkle, and you

The clock hands are frozen again The frequented, cluttered room Nothing changed, but as I look back We both had gotten older

The music stops again, you drop the needle We've replayed it so much, we nearly grow bored of it Nothing changed, please don't change You're the only one who's stayed

We avoid the topic with small talk We hesitate to touch the subject We stop to push the hands forward Our breaths start to sync

It's an unexceptional, ordinary night Dance with the noise, the sparkle, and you It's an average, boring night But let's move forward together

Your translucent, pale skin Your carefree smile Nothing changed, please don't change But this is only just for now

The more I stare The more memories that overflow A cup of coffee for a wavering heart A disheveled room, a scratchy melody Let's blend together, one more time

It's an unexceptional, ordinary night Dance with my beating heart, my elation, and you It's an average, boring night But let's move forward together

The night is long and uncertain The music could stop at any moment I want to be with you, to drown with you I don't care if tomorrow never comes

It's an unexceptional, ordinary night Dance with the noise, the sparkle, and you It's an average, boring night Love me Who cares anymore, just look at me Let's dance as we sway and stumble It's an unexceptional, ordinary night But let's move forward together

I keep going back to read and re-read those lyrics. Eyes tear up. This is definitely one that hits the heart strings, and so understandably a song that JK is feeling right now.

I don't know if you guys remember the ask I had a long while back asking me to pick a Troye Sivan song for every year of Jikook's relationship.

Thing is, for 2022-3 it wouldn't be a Troye Sivan song I would choose. It would be this one.

The song is by a Japanese artist called Imase, who went online to thank and show his appreciation to JK for listening to his song and mentioning it in his live.

I can't help but wonder if this is why JK knows that Japanese YT teacher so well, is he touching up on his Japanese?

So, part 2 JK sang 2 songs by Taeyang (hilarious how he stops singing Shoop the second it's Lisa's part), 2 songs by Seventeen, talked about how Jun taught him the dance for Super and Mingyu asked him to do the challenge but hasn't called him, and then proceeded to say that he won't do it, lol.

Pity, I'm sure he'd rock it.

He also talked about watching Go Seventeen and how funny they were.

I do love how he's sharing with us the songs he loves, the shows he likes, and also supporting his partner and his friends.

JK also mentioned he saw the photo of his female lookalike, Hira Saya, lol.

JK talked about Hobi finishing his basic training that day. Sending them a selfie to their group chat.

I personally am not prepared for that day.

But the hilarious part, once again, is does he not think we will notice his hair getting shorter?????

Again, that naivete of his, just like he was surprised he was so easily recognized at Coachella, lol.

After singing fighting, JK, as we so dearly know him, turns to the camera and asks: "should we sleep now?"

He turns back to sing fighting for a few seconds and then:

Adds "fighting for tomorrow", waves bye, says he dropped by briefly to play, that he'll find good songs for us and come back, asking "but these are all songs that you already knew, right? You probably listen to more music than I do. I really don't listen to music", waves bye, says not to get sick and be happy, and he's done.

Lol.

Look, it's not like he didn't warn us. Multiple times. He said he'd have to go to sleep at 1 am cause he has somewhat of a schedule the next morning. It's the way he does it that has me on the floor laughing.

I didn't talk about the CP song he played and sang, because yeah, CP, not much to talk about, other than again, this is an artist that JK likes, admires, and one that he is choosing to share his music with us and sing his songs.

Anyways, before I end this, a couple of points I noticed:

The songs he played and sang to us. JK said it loud and clear. And his live closing statement kind of cements the fact that he came to sing these songs he thinks are good songs, and that even though he, in his own words, doesn't really listen to music these days, is obviously listening to these songs and wanted to play them and sing them to us. Songs that happen to be by his partner (4 times he goes back to Angel pt. 1 in his live for a total of over 5 minutes singing or humming or adlibbing it), his friends (Seventeen), artists he admires (CP and Taeyang) and a special extra song that happens to live in his head at the moment (Night dancer).

The absence of the songs he didn't play. I think it was kind of loud and clear, don't you?

Anyway, JK came back to us, as he has been doing when JM is absent. He's happy. He looks happy. So I'm happy. And as much as I want more frequent lives from him, if JM being away or absent is the catalyst then I would rather he have his Jiminie by his side than me enjoy him going live. And him going live is pure joy. Do you understand what I'm willing to give up here? Do I need to make myself any clearer?

I want them to be happy is all.

💜💛

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It’s always them, and that’s why I believe it.

This feels obvious but… I feel like something Tkkrs miss is that if Taekook did the shit that Jikook does instead of Jikook then that’s who we would root for. We would be right there with them if that was the case.

We’re not out here supporting Jikook because we think their faces look nice next to each other. We have drawn the conclusion that there’s more going on between them because of their repeated, documented, obvious-as-fuck behavior. Their literal words, actions and chemistry that is palpable even through a damn screen. Seriously people. If ANY OTHER duo in Bangtan was at their level, that’s who I’d be squinting at like hmmm, what’s going on there? But Jimin and Jungkook clearly have something that no other duo in BTS has. It’s clear as day if you watch unedited content.

Jikook are the ones who make the translators just go “???” in lieu of a caption half the time cause there’s no way to describe their actions and affectionate way with each other and fucking sexual tension without it sounding gay af. They’re the ones who are always together, according to them, the other members, and our own EYES. They’re the ones who constantly bring each other up, talk like lovers, know everything about each other. It’s always them.

If it was Tae and JK, or Yoongi and Jimin, or Joon and Jimin having that level of consistent, obvious connection then I would be raising them up, talking about them all the time, and calling them my OTP. But as it is, it’s Jikook. It’s always Jikook.

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hello. can you explain the seaweed soup, please? i’m curious why jk’s mom would cook seaweed soup for jimin even if he’s not physically there and he is not her biological son. also, is this normal to korean culture? knowing that these two are the closest, is this normal? both jeon and park family seems really close. so happy them. thanks!

Hello anon!

For those who don't know, it's a tradition in Korean culture to make seaweed soup for someone's birthday. And no, it's not common at all for moms to go out of their way to do it for someone who 1) is not related to them or 2) live in their house. Especially if the birthday person isn't even present at the table, which judging by Jimin's reaction, he wasn't.

This is why all the reactions from k-kookminers were variations of "???!!!" and also probably why JK wanted to bring it up in the first place. It's both unexpected and incredibly cute, funny in a bizarre sort of way.

JK saying that he also ate seaweed soup, which his mom made for the particular occasion of it being Jimin's birthday, also has a way of implying that Jimin's considered to be a part of the household even if he isn't physically present. At the very least, it highlights just how much his mom cares for and treasures Jimin and also how strong the bond is between the Jeon & Park families.

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This is such a beautiful day. Happiest birthday, Jimin-ah! 🐥🎂🎉💜

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Stormaaaaaaaaaaa

the thing about that video is that its a weverse story, his first in 3 years, and every time you see his stories that's what you'll see. a full thirst trap for Jimin, his very very good bro.

😭😭😭😭😭

3 YEARS AND HE SHOWED UP JUST TO FLIRT WITH JIMIN ON HIS BIRTHDAY ON JIMINS FAVORITE APP 😂😂😂

I didn't even expect a birthday greeting from JK at all this year honestly. Like I expected a story to come out later or them to share something later or whatever. A whole thirst trap posted for Jimin though? Didn't expect that AT ALL!!!

It was the teasing, the lack of honorifics, the tone used when he finally did speak after all that flirty staring and sighing and posing into the camera? A WHOLE THIRST TRAP followed by that whispered happy birthday, the absolutely lack of honorifics anywhere. The English. The silly bro thrown in at the end where he even made that sound flirty. The fact that he did this at 5 am and Jimin is either still up and not going back to bed after that OR will be waking up to THAT?! That was SO MUCH TO TAKE IN. LOL IDK WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. Thoughts and prayers whenever you wake up Jimin, my love. ARMY LOSING THEIR SHIT and the video isn't even for us 😭😭🤣🤣 Hope you enjoy collecting your birthday present I guess 😭😭😅😅🤣🤣

Plus JK greeted Jimin using the same nickname tag that Jimin had put up as his Happy Birthday Jimin sign on his WLive. Meaning it's very likely that this is a frequent nickname Jimin is called by the members or JK was Watching his WLive 😍

And not to mention numbers because that always is something that's iffy to me but JKs video was 1:03 long. And he posted it on Jimins birthday, the 13th. It's BTS's number and Jimins number and Jikooks number (their favorite number) and it just keeps popping up for them!

Funny tweets because I can't help myself

THIS WAS SO FLIRTY JUNGKOOK AND FOR WHAT SIR. I cannot 🤣🤣🤣🤣 just call him and say you want his attention next time 😭🤣

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I miss being here. Being here is a breath of fresh air 🥺💜

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Do you ever feel like Kookmin haven’t really been hiding anything? They obviously have never confirmed anything. But they don’t seem to shy away from certain things. They act like my husband and I do in a professional setting. We still act like a couple, but aren’t gross about it in front of everyone. What if they are just going about their everyday lives without the need (or ability) to confirm it to the world?

Hello anon!

It's an undeniable fact that JK and JM are both intelligent, professional people who also care very deeply for each other. Rather than hiding it, they go out of their way to express it over and over in as many ways that they can — through words, action, art (so much GCF Tokyo on my timeline today!) — in gestures big and small.

No matter the narrative that antis and solos try to push, KM will continue to do go on with their everyday lives unbothered. Today just confirms what we already knew. In addition to that, this whole Instagram series from the past few days shows how they're constantly in control of what they choose to share with us. Out of millions of questions and comments, JK chose what he wanted to engage with. There's agency and intentionality in that (and in everything else the tannies do, for that matter) that shouldn't be underestimated.

Whether it's KM or BTS, I really feel like there's nothing left for them to 'prove' anymore. It's our part as fans to just stick by their side, support them from afar, and appreciate the moments they decide to share with us, without doubt or insecurity. 💜

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Hi Euna, hope you're doing well! I had a question regarding JK's response "그럼요", which translates to 'of course', to the ig comment asking to kidnap JM. I saw many k-kookminers react to this with vids of JK boxing & such, it gave me the implication that perhaps JK responded in sort of a challenging/sarcastic way? I had also looked up the phrase & found that "그럼요" could either mean 'of course' or 'of course not' depending on the question asked. I was wondering if you could explain this more?

Hello anon!

There's a lot of different ways to express the affirmative, "of course" meaning in Korean (그럼요, 당연하죠, 물론이죠, etc). They each mean similar things, but the tone/force that they give off are all slightly different. Out of those, 그럼요 comes across as having a more relaxed (the word I want to use here is "여유로운") tone. Which is why it lends itself to a more sarcastic, jokey feeling and why a lot of k-kookminers interpreted it as a challenging — "Sure you can take him. If you can get through me" — kind of way.

Overall, I feel like tone is one of the biggest things that gets lost with translation. While 'of course' is the correct translation, it inevitably falls a bit short of conveying the nuances of how 그럼요 can come across and be received. This kind of gap makes it possible for there to be misunderstandings, but I hope that it's abundantly clear that in this situation, JK was giving faux permission to a fan in an obviously joking manner.