#jikook in interviews

[stormblessed95]

https://twitter.com/jjksonyeondan/status/1353155437416361986?t=nbg9YQVwFgrc8nD0qenPzQ&s=19

Do you have subtitles for this? Or know about which recording/shoot jk is talking about? Thank you.

Sorry I missed this when you sent it! It's from here, about 6ish minutes in

Quality sucks, sorry! Basically it was asked who made the most mistakes while filming the Fire MV, Jimin was voted the one who made the most mistakes and JK said he saw it alot when he was filming the part with the lighter when he goes "ow!" Jimin said he was shy so he was filming by himself and JK basically said he stuck around to watch his hyung lol while also teasing him just a little. Very cute! This was right after they filmed/performed Butterfly and Fire and had a fan sign that day too! You can watch videos from all of that here if you want as well:

[userjiminie]

jiminie got his wish, after all ♡ inspo. | interview | AYS cr. ouranxingg

[ask-serendipity-sky]

Jk's DAZED Interview

"Jung Kook holds the instinctual and the intangible in high regard: the former is what guides his present, but his future is cradled by the latter, at least in terms of how he sees himself as an artist. But more on that later, because Jung Kook – who recently turned 26 and has been very, very famous for a decade – is thinking about who he is at this very moment. “I think I’m the type of person who is honest with their emotions,” he says. “I change quickly. I have to do the things I want to do right now.”

He was quiet then, too, though he emanated a fidgety restlessness, mentally and physically. He still has an inner itch that he can’t quite seem to scratch but it’s tempered by a new boldness and self-assuredness that he feels was missing before, traits he’s long embodied on stage yet didn’t follow him into everyday life. “When I go on stage, my wandering thoughts and feelings die down,” he says, and he’s always performed so much that the gap between his worlds didn’t seem all that vast.

“Ever since I changed my perspective, I’ve found more positive traits within myself. Rather than dwelling on missed opportunities and blaming myself for being lazy, thinking, ‘Why couldn’t I do it when I was capable?’, I accept who I truly am and focus on what I can do. There’s more to gain from doing things at my own pace. And if I want to stay in bed or watch TV all day, why not spend a day like that?”

Jung Kook debuted aged 15, and although pop culture is generally unkind to its child stars, he grew up under the watchful eyes of his bandmates who pulled him into line when needed. He is attentive, unfailingly polite, curious and wields a mischievous humour.

When recording “Seven” with writers/producers Andrew Watt and Cirkut, he was eager to do well with a genre he’d never tried before, visibly nervous at the mic and, just as evidently, chuffed when they showered him with praise.

“I want to do as many genres as possible to test myself on what kind of music I can do with my voice,” he says. The success of his debut solo single, he adds, has no bearing on what his upcoming music sounds like. “When I hear the music and it’s good, I just proceed with it regardless of the genre. It feels really good to hear people say, ‘Oh, he can pull off any genre,’ so it’d be really fun to surprise people.”

“I live thinking ‘The main character of my life is no one but me.’ No matter what environment I’m placed in, no matter who’s around me, to safeguard myself without being swept away, having the mindset that I can hold control of myself. I live trying not to forget it.”

Jung Kook, the youngest member of BTS, knows his original bunny-ish, baby-of-the-group image still prevails. “You really like that about me,” he said to fans while in London, during one of his now-frequent livestreams. “Pretend that people like that. And I only follow that. What is something that I can change? Myself, it’s my life. I need to change. I need to tell people who love me, ‘I am like this.’ I’m not forcing anyone. I always look for something new. I want to make that new thing fun. And I want to be accepted by Army at the same time.” He also addressed those questioning why he felt the need for an explicit version of “Seven”, in which the line “And that’s why night after night, I’ll be lovin’ you right” becomes “And that’s why night after night, I’ll be fuckin’ you right”. “If you felt [it] like that,” he said, “there’s nothing I can do... And if you think about it, how old am I?”

In recent years he has taken up boxing, pierced his eyebrow and lip, and added more hardware to his ears. He’s grown out his hair, and got heavily inked. “I like extreme things,” he says with a laugh. “People always tell me I look round and soft. I want this sharp, powerful image.” His debut single, Jung Kook says, “wasn’t [me] trying to break away from my image”. In his eyes, the evolution has already occurred, making “Seven” a direct reflection of who he is now. And so he was steadfast and frank during that pivotal livestream. “It was important for me to show how much I’ve grown as a solo artist through taking on new challenges,” Jung Kook explains, “rather than staying in my comfort zone or settling for the things that I was used to. I wanted to fully explain that to my fans.”

In Jung Kook’s mind, then and now, ‘more’ translates as “becoming a better and cooler singer”, he says intently. “To me, I’m not that singer I imagined myself [to be], that specific image that I had of a singer, that’s why I’m aiming higher.”

The Jung Kook of 2023 is OK with the not quite knowing-ness of that. He tries to live in the present and keep things simple, even if that’s easier said than done. “It’s impossible to not think at all,” he sighs. “You know when you think of something and it just goes on and on, down this deep rabbit hole? That can lead to positive conclusions but, for me, sometimes it led to negative ones. But now that I’ve gained some self-confidence, I’m more able to exclude those unnecessary thoughts.” In teaching himself how to quieten down his brain, he finds himself “worrying [less] about things that haven’t happened yet or thinking, ‘What if I don’t meet my own expectations?’”

But, with the power of hindsight, Jung Kook, who is working on more music with an eye towards a debut solo album, knows how far he’s come. “I trusted my gut [with my debut single] and thought, ‘Will I be able to reach the audience, and a lot of them?’ And I sort of proved that I could.” And rather than being that ambiguous grey hexagon, Jung Kook – who smiles, the widest smile his face is capable of – says, “I’d be white, and I can colour it in whatever colour I like.”"

My impressions

This interview is a confirmation to the discourse we've been having lately.

Jk lives his life in phases. He changes quickly according to his vibes on the situation and let's himself be guided by things that he cannot see.

At this point, he is revealing what he had kept from fans. Things that he already did but weren't public. I suspect it's because of where he is in life at the moment (BTS hiatus, solo career, about to enlist, just turned 26).

Perhaps, his vibes told him it's time.

Jk's words seem contradictory but a person isn't just one truth. We all have many.

And for years, Jk has been squished into a box with labels and cute nicknames. We've only seen one side of him constantly because that's what we were shown.

In the interview, they describe him as introverted but then he comes out without a shirt for the photoshoot. He wants to be extreme but he also has that one pose in the photos that scream "zero hetero here". We read about him wanting to be sharp while he just did a cute jump at the airport. I guess Jk hasn't realized that he can be all those things at the same time. I think he will realize it with time.

What stands out to me is that he wants to break free from these labels and image that the fans have of him, but he's the one labeling himself new things. Maybe he does it to get his point across? Or maybe he think that by reiterating these new things he's shown us, we will let go of the old things? In this fandom?....hmmm.

Although Jk is very much a person who enjoys being a softie, he is also someone extreme and free who wishes to do as he pleases...because everyone should he allowed to do so. Without policing.

He says there isn't a big difference between the Jk on stage and Jk off stage, which is why he was comfortable with Seven. Not because he is the het macho guy, but because he is bolder and more confident. That song is more upbeat, sex oriented, and energetic than anything he's done in the past. So all those people thinking he just said he is straight...read carefully.

I find it amusing how this article comes out just right after everyone made such a big deal out of him smoking because he states "I am like this (at this moment)." He wants to be accepted by army being "like this" but there is no way that will happen because this is a fandom that believes they have ownership of the members and have become some sort of morality police and parent entity.

I'm sure he knows of the things that were said during the smoking pictures and Seven.

Jk was harshly critiqued for saying he wanted to be better and cooler a while back and many wondered if Seven (Scooter) had gotten to his head. But I think this article shows that he's just aiming higher...like any artist does. He still comes across as someone humble and genuine. Although, he was still genuine during those other interviews where he said he wanted to be the "one and only".

It's all about your perception of his words.

Overall, I think that Jk is still searching for his true self, as one does during that age. But based on this interview, which is probably one of the better interviews he's had, old Jk is still there...but now, we have new side of him to observe. With time, we will see if this is truly what he wants or he will move on to something else.

[mrs-monaghan]

Hello Shaz, there is something that has been bothering me since the release of Face and that's Face Off. When I first listened to it I dismissed it as Jimin singing about a friend betraying him. But then the more I Iistened to it the more the possibility that this could be about a past lover keeps creeping up in my mind. Specially when he sing" gave you all my heart". What is your opinion on this?

If it is about a past lover I sure don't think it is about JK who I believe he is dating right now. So if that is not the case which lover could it be since him and JK have been together since at least 2017? Just an intruding thought I have which I want to resolve. Thank you 😊

Which lover could it be if it's not JK? Hmm 🤔

Let's try and do the math shall we? So since 2013 we saw Jimin's affection for JK clear as day. And even though it didn't mean anything at the time, he only got louder as the years went by. Made it pretty clear that he only had eyes for JK. Then he started asking for kisses and even though JK turned him down everytime, there was a satellite Jeon proving that JK sure loved to be around Jimin. I hope we are together... I'm just trying to connect the dots here.

And then years keep going and their favouritism for eo continued to be so loud and their behaviour continued to verge onto lover territory. They did and said all these things that I dont need to recount for you... things that further proved that these 2 had something going on.

So if I think about all this I am left to have one conclusion and one conclusion only;

It's only ever been Jeon Jungkook from day fucking one. Jimin never broke up with him, never left him for another, never once stopped being his boyfriend, and if he ever suggested it when things got a bit too complicated, the offer was promptly, adamantly declined by one JK. So at no point did Jimin have time to get an ex seeing as he's been with JK this entire time.

Poor baby 🥺🥺🥺🥺

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

(thanks @chicknbunny13 & @sarah2711)

FACE OFF = FRIENDSHIP. Gave you all my heart, you can give your heart to a friend same way you give it to a parent and a sibling who are all platonic. FACE OFF = FRIENDSHIP

The end

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While we are here, can we talk about this part?

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Who is him?

[hie-iss]

Look at this! 😃

Look at this !

Just a day after my post talking about Jimin where I said I quote:

Then look at what came out in the Harper Bazaar Japan magasin interview with Jimin today 😀

I am glad even journalist understand this trait of character of Park Jimin

[kanmom51]

BTS Interviews Masterlist

150505 bts Super Junior’s Kiss The Radio

150629 Park Sohyun Love Game Radio  

Jimin likes JK radio interview

J-14 2017 interview - Jikook

2017 Entertainment tonight interview - RM: “…we don’t have bf or gf…”

Access Hollywood interview 2018

Access Hollywood interview May 2018 again

BTS interview with People TV 18 May 2018

BTS ask anything iv 2018 - what the hell was JM doing?

BTS billboard award Zach Sang interview

BTS 2019 2020 interviews with Skye - BTS being uncomfortable

Iheart radio interview 2020 - what’s going on with JK?

JM’s “I was with JK” at 4 am

Jikook being together at 4 am - what makes it more  

MBC radio interview 14 September 2020

BE launch interviews

BBC Radio 1 2021 interview

Billboard interview 2021

Quiz on the block March 2021

BTS on nightline  

Jikook 2022 weekend interview

Jikook 2022 weekend interview more

Good night interview - Jungkook

Good night interview - Jimin

Melon Proof spotlight 

6 Jan 2019 BTS backstage interview at the GDA (WRONG LINK)

BTS Sweet party Harajuku - what JK likes about JM...

When JM is obvious    

One of those JM staring at JK moments

Jikook what are you doing?

JK being pretty comfortable with JM  

Starry eyed JK

So, what did we have?  

BTS 5 years Seoul tourism ambassadors

12 July 2017 Wings Japan tour documentary.

Can someone please explain to me what exactly JM is doing there???

the Wings Japan tour documentary

Careful JM your heart is showing

JK’s nose boop mission 2018 and the repercussions (?)

JK’s reaction to JM sneezing

JK’s sky and people

JK malfunctioning June 2015?

BTS 77Q 77A interview

BTS message on DisneyPlusHotstar

Can we please look at Jungkook’s “JIMIN TV interview”  

3 significant interview moments

James Corden

OMG!

Late late show announcement

The massage train

And this happened too

JC touching JM - too much?

What you looking at JK?

JM JK and the ocean

[kikoeru00]

"was that eunwoo my delulu self is telling me that was eunwoo"

prob not since this event apparently took place 7 years ago which would have been around 2016 or so. and jk's 97 liner friends consisted of yugyeom, bambam, and mingyu so maybe it was them or maybe it was some of jk's non celeb friends who knows.

(Response to this post)

Not really sure when Jungkook befriended Eunwoo now that you mention it, I remember he used to talk about Yugyeom the most and I can't really recall him mentioning or being seen with Eunwoo until relatively recently as well, but that may have been me not paying attention before.

I was mostly joking 😅 just saying that because Jimin seemed unsure of when that had happened as well and for a while there I felt like I'd seen more of Eunwoo with Jimin than with Jungkook himself (namely this at the GDA in 2020)

And I can't really recall ever seeing Jimin being that friendly with any of the rest of the 97 liners, but maybe he is and we don't know, or maybe it was some other friends we don't know indeed, we'll probably never know anyway.

[aricastmblr]

Jikook haciendo la introducción de like crazy T T

jk-I'm afraid that everything will disappear jm- Just trust me

[Jimin's Production Diary] [FACE] keyword interview https://www.tumblr.com/aricastmblr/730965837776814080/jimins-production-diary-face-keyword?source=share&ref=_tumblr

jungkook weverse live JK 10.04 Hola

weverse.io/bts/live/4-135419890

jk-Está bien, sí, necesito escuchar las canciones representativas de los miembros *pone like crazy* baila y actua en la canción se escucha dos veces y mueve sus manos hace corazones se rie y suspira y hace señal 3D hace muecas se acabo su botella ya no hay whisky dice y sigue cantando like crazy jk-Iba a hacer algo, pero parece que no será divertido. ajá (se escucha set me free de jimin y canta y baila la coreo )https://www.tumblr.com/aricastmblr/730253787163459584/jungkook-weverse?source=share&ref=_tumblr

[kmonthisday]

210522 Zach Sang Show

Video Link

[jkjmbtsarmy]

Taehyung

Namjoon

Jungkook

Jikook

[jungkooksknot]

okay but soccer player jungkook and he’s becoming really big like playing in some big club and now he scored his first goal at the world championship and everyone loves him because he is super hot and very no bullshit tells it how it is and doesn’t care about all the fame and money, all he cares about is winning the heart of his life long crush jimin who still lives in his little hometown and yeah jungkook takes him all over the world to pretty beaches and buys him pretty clothes and honestly jimin already was crazy in love with him but all the spoiling definitely helps heh

[stormblessed95]

Wait did Jimin really said that, it is not fake but has official source? I always thought it was fake because I couldn’t find any reliable original source, and bts archive is so huge and hard to navigate. Please can you tell me which year (maybe approximately) it was and maybe what JK answered too…funny in 2020 Jimin basically answered to similar question the same..nothing changed about his adoration to maknae perhaps it only increased by time

https://twitter.com/jimijeons/status/1618411489106497536?s=46&t=-Ti47bYEVRxxyn_PcGx83Q

Hi! That's from 140122 Haru Hana Magazine Vol 22 Interview. As for full translations for the who would you take to a Desert Island Question, this is what I can find:

Q: If you had to go to a deserted island, which member would you bring with you? Please state the reason.

JIN: I’ll bring Jungkook. First he’s strong and he usually carries around all of my necessities so he’s been a great help. 

JUNGKOOK: I also choose Jin hyung. Hyung is a good cook and will put to good use the things I bring over. 

RM: I choose V because he’s loud so I won’t be lonely. J-Hope too because he’s very optimisic. It feels like he’s going to say to me, “There’s hopes of living!” (laughs) 

J-HOPE: If I’m with Jimin, I think we’ll be able to make things smoothly.  

SUGA: I also choose Jimin because he listens well to me (laughs). Besides he’s very vital so it feels like he’ll still live quite well even on a deserted island. 

V: Me too! Finding food to eat and giving me a massage… it feels like there’s a lot of things I can use Jimin for! 

JIMIN: I absolutely will not go to a deserted island, absolutely (laugh). 

So it seems like perhaps the part about Jungkook got added in, as i cant find any translation account that added that sentence in. OR it just got missed. Who knows. You can read the ENTIRE interview here. Which you should, it's really funny and cute

And if you read the language, or know someone who does, you can perhaps check the original magazine scans to see if he really did mention Jungkookie for his answer or not

Their back cover interview trans and photos and drawings here too for the same magazine volume:

And the video message from BTS for this issue

Jikook Aeygo within lol

Hope that helps!!

[roo-bastmoon]

Remember when Jungkook’s boxing teacher told Jimin to hurry up and come back in to the gym?

Remember when Jungkook came to watch Jimin’s dance practice?

Remember when Jungkook muttered about how Jimin moved the lamp in his apartment?

Remember when Jungkook would go live and know every note and lyric, every step of every dance routine, every word of interviews for Jimin’s content?

Remember when those lives would just abruptly stop each time Jimin came back from traveling, then start up again when the traveling continued?

Remember when Jimin said he and Jungkook talk for hours and hours about music while having drinks?

Remember how they made sure to do their travel show despite how crazy their schedules had been, with barely much of any plan other than to relax and be together?

Remember how Jungkook was naked in bed begging Jimin to let him come over and shower and Jimin said he wasn’t that easy?

Remember how they spent months applying to enlist together and are almost halfway done their service now?

Why are people handwringing or gaslighting in the Jikook tags?

Jikook were busy. Jikook chose each other. You don’t need to take that as proof of anything more or less than what it is: they were busy; they chose each other.

Focus on what matters, folks.

Love, Roo

[reflections-in-a-critical-eye]

Are You Sure?! - Episode 7 Observations

9.5/10 ☆

Something clicked for me in the latest AYS?! episode. After years of following these two people and getting excited for any interaction or information regarding them, it was now perhaps the first time when watching them felt like not witnessing something special. Oh, I know how this sounds, but it's not what you think and I will explain.

When I say it didn't feel special I meant that nothing felt like a novelty. You know how shocked and excited we all became when Jimin called Jungkook during a birthday wlive? Or the collective metaphorical screaming on social media every time one would get close into the other one's space in some behind the scenes clip? That reaction for me was also a result of having to see that in a larger context in which jikook were not always the main focus.

Now with AYS?! and seven episodes in, I'm used to basically everything. The evening and morning routine, the soft talking, the flirting, the playfighting, the way they eat together. The nakedness and all the tattoos on display. I've developed a tolerance to it. And episode 7 really helped in cementing that. Yeah, they're half naked in a hot spring. Of course they are. They're brushing their teeth and do their morning skincare routine together. Of course they are. Jungkook buys the snacks and Jimin is in charge of feeding him. Of course. They laugh at the same things and everything is funny when they're together. Of course they do. They're playfighting again? Why would anyone be surprised at this point?

And I love that we got here. It's everything I wanted without ever thinking that it could be possible. It is extremely satisfying and fun to watch them. It has always been, but AYS?! was an open window into their lives together in a way that it hadn't happened before.

Sapporo is a special segment for many reasons. And as much as it's fun to see them have a good time, the impending military enlistment looms like a shadow over their trip. Jungkook is the one who seems intentional in talking about it in a way that makes light of the situation, while Jimin is more on the silent side.

But all this inevitably made me think of a downside. Because how am I suppose to go back to waiting for an aknowledged look while Jimin and Jungkook would sit at opposite ends in an interview setting? Or not doing a wlive together? Getting minimal interactions because there's 5 other people there? It would feel like something is not right. Jimin and Jungkook come in a package and they do everything together. They laugh and never get bored together. Jungkook cooks for Jimin while Jimin fills the exact needed space and purpose in that kitchen. Jimin can talk about learning to snowboard with Jungkook's friends and that conversation to remain between them and no one else. They can take showers together and then act like stupid boys in some endurance contest in the freezing water and it's their own thing and theirs only.

AYS?! Sapporo is bittersweet. For Jimin and Jungkook because as much fun they have, they know that their remaining time of freedom is getting to a close. Snow is beautiful there and they are together, but in a few weeks whatever sentiment that might evoke will be in the back of their minds when their reality will be completely different. That's why making those last minute memories together was so important. And they knew that and Jungkook felt the need to say it out loud. Like a constant reminder of how special those few days were.

And it's bittersweet for me too. While there's always the option of rewatching, who knows when such an opportunity (and privilege) will arise once again? Maybe never. Maybe AYS?! will be the first and last time to be able to take a peak through that window at their life...

[floradinterlunium]

What The Perilla Leaf Debate Revealed. . .

The Maknae line is the “more” jealous line, whereas the hyung line is well...not!

Jimin, Jungkook, and Tae all expressed reservations with the question, “Is it okay for your significant other to peel Perilla leaves for a friend when you are there Or is it okay for your friend to peel perilla leaves for your SO when you are present.” JK was the most vocal about how this would 100% not be okay with this. The second most adamant was Tae. Tae was trying to convince everyone why this would be crossing the line by finding analogies like peeling shrimp and exchanging saliva via chopsticks. It was clear that JM too would not be okay because he tried to help RM see why this would be wrong...he also said why would my friend do it if I’m the boyfriend. 

The HYung line on the other end was confused as to why this was even a debate. RM found the conversation silly, Hobi reasoned that if we trust each other then such a thing shouldn’t be a big deal, Yoongi didn’t see it as a big deal unless there was heavy flirting involved, and Jin was the loudest about how this debate aggravated him because it wasn’t a big deal. 

Now why do I bring this up! Well I bring this up because people love to paint this picture of the maknae line being in this weird love triangle. Or mainly, toxic taekookers like to paint both Tae and JK as these nonchalant boyfriends. Tae doesn’t care about the fact that JK made a romantic ass vlog of JM or spends hours late at night with JM giving him hickeys, sucking JM’s ear right in front of him etc. JK doesn’t care that Tae self admittedly hangs out with Wooga squad more, doesn’t show up to his birthdays, and doesn’t mind not talking to him for two months. However, this debate shows if they were in fact dating...THEY WOuLD BOTH 100% care about all of this.

 TAe was salty about sharing chopsticks and peeling shrimp...he said he’d fight his friend if this happened. How much more upset would this man be about Jikooks NYC and Connecticut trip, Tokyo trip, late night hang outs etc, how they touch each other If Jk was his boyfriend? Tae would fight JM not say things like “I like you most!” 

Some might say well the same can be said of Jikook. Wouldn’t JM be jealous of Tae, if they were a couple? And to that I’d laugh. JM has no reason to be jealous of Tae and JK’s relationship because they don’t do anything suspicious. They hang out, go out to eat, talk to each other...they do things friends do! Have they shared a bed,...yes but they share beds with everyone...it’s also culturally not that big of a deal for two men to share a bed in Korea. They don’t do anything romantic together or exclusive. They are friends. JM wouldn’t be jealous of that. That said...if JM doesn’t like something he 100% says something. 

For example, BV S3 Tae and JK shared a room and Hobi I think came into their room in the morning and JK was at the foot of the bed hugging Taes feet. JM did not like that AT ALL. He chimed in and was like “what/?!?!?!”  Now we can’t control what we do in our sleep but JMs response was telling. He wasn’t pleased. Whereas TAe laughs and Jikook’s shenanigans and encourages it. He laughed at their rainy day story even though it sounded romantic, he laughed when JK said his mom made seaweed soup for JM’s birthday even though JM was not there, he laughed when he talked about thinking JM’s room was JKs, he grins when he mentions Jikook hanging out together late at night! THis boy doesn’t give any craps about who JK spends his time with because they aren’t a couple. Whereas JK and JM do care where the other is. JM said once that he gets nervous when JK doesn’t respond immediately to his calls or texts. When JM had to leave to do an interview he questioned him about where he was going and why. 

SO what did the Perilla leaf debate reveal? It revealed that this love triangle nonsense is not realistic. It revealed a key aspect of vminkook’s personalities...It revealed that if any pair existed in BTS it would have to be Jikook. Tae and JK’s reactions regarding each other don’t match how they self admittedly would react if they were partners. 

[jeonscatalyst]

So something I have been thinking since the beginning of AYS. I think JM and JK give themselves away. How someone can look at their behavior and not realize these two have more than a friendship/brotherly vibe. Before I go on a tangent, what I am I trying to say again 🤔. Ohh right. In the previews, we see JK and JM have a pillow in-between them as they sit on the couch while watching TV. Why the damn pillow in-between like it's so obvious! That hug when JM wanted JK to feel how cold he was, I mean. Just go ahead and proper. They crack me up. It's too late. We already know you are together. If they just acted normal 😅. To be honest, I don't blame them it's hard faking not being in a relationship.

Ah I have found my person!

Anon, I have been in this fandom for over 7 years and spent about 5 out of those 7 years being a Jikooker and all through my years in this fandom, I have seen many jikookers give different reasons why they believe Jikook are a together but not many people started seeing them as more for the same reason I did.

I have mentioned before that for me, it was never about the GCFs, the soft looks, the touches or any moments that could be described as soft or romantic or beautiful. For me it was always those moments that many Jikookers don’t like to look at or even talk about. The first thing that made me do a double take on Jikook was fetus Jikook. You see, I wasn’t always a shipper and I was one of those people who actually thought it was silly as hell that people could even believe that any of the members could be in a romantic relationship especially because of things like skinship which is the most common thing among korean men but one day I watched a long compilation on Youtube of fetus Jikook and my mind began to change. You see, when I watched that video and read comments many people were either mad at Jk for being an asshole to Jimin while others felt sorry for Jimin and some were mad that Jimin had to put up with all of that from Jungkook but one look at it and I knew that wasn’t normal at all especially because when I joined the fandom at the beginning of 2017, I spent alot of time reading their interviews and catching up on old content (somehow I didn’t really notice the fetus Jikook bickering or push and pull alot) but one opinion I remember having was that Jk kinda liked being around Jimin and hovering. So when I watched that compilation showing Jk basically being an ass to Jimin, that was the first time I thought “maybe shippers are unto something” because what I was seeing Jk do in the compilation was very conflicting with everything I had learned about Jikook and the opinion I had about them as a duo. I didn’t necessarily think they were the closest but I didn’t think Jk had any ill feelings towards Jimin.

You see anon, one thing I understood while being in this fandom is that, how people interpret or perceive other’s actions and words depends more on them than the people whose actions they are interpreting. Without certain experiences, it is almost impossible for one to understand certain things. Your culture, environment, people around, personal experiences and basically what you are used to, shapes the way you see the world and that is why one person could see a 9 while another person sees a 6. Some people have grown up believing that couples are always soft with each other or with couples it is always smiles and rainbows and roses, you know watching a lot of romance movies or fantasy will do that to you or even only experiencing those first stages of normal romantic relationships will trick you into believing such things. Some people don’t understand context and nuances at all and so they could never understand Jikook even if they wanted to.

It never made any sense to me that we saw Jungkook pushing Jimin away or shoving him in walls or ranking him last in looks yet this same person would choose to put blankets outside to sleep with Jimin at night, or this same person’s would go to cuddle Jimin in his sleep or this same person would be seen hovering around Jimin alottt and wanting to touch him or feel him up (fetus Jk was not subtle). Jungkook already knew that he got his comfort mostly from Jimin. He already understood that the reason he teased Jimin alot was because he really liked him and I think Jungkook’s occasional “bitchy” behaviour towards Jimin was him panicking and not knowing how to deal with Jimin who was obnoxiously loud about how he felt for Jungkook. Jungkook never hated being around Jimin or being touched by Jimin like many people would like to believe because if he did, he would never choose to go spend his nights with Jimin. If he did, he would never go to hug Jimin in his sleep or pile clothes on his bed to go sleep in Jimin’s bed. He clearly loved being around Jimin so how else could anyone explain his behaviour infront of the cameras?

Watching Bangtan, anyone would quickly understand that these boys don’t understand the concept of personal space when it comes to each other. I saw this video on X the other day and it made me laugh…

This is not even the most accurate example I can use but you see how glued they are to each other? Like no care in world. They shower together, sleep together, eat after each other, that is normal for them so explain to me why on earth Jimin and Jungkook would have to put a pillow inbetween them when they sit even though we know for a fact that being glued is literally like second nature to the members?

This is how Jimin and Jungkook give themselves away everytime because you can literally see that sometimes they get overly cautious in a bid to not give too much away but they don’t realize that by doing this, they are actually giving too much away because we know that the members usually don’t have any issues sitting even untop of each other. It’s just like I had once said that when you have nothing to hide, you feel as free as a bird but when you do, you start doing even unnecessary things not to come off suspicious. Why would they need a pillow inbetween them to just sit on a damn couch? If these two are just friends or bros why on earth do they need a pillow? If it was normal to see the members respecting each other’s personal space then we could just see this too as normal but we know that these same people seated right here are the same ones who have had their mouths on various erogenous parts of each other’s bodies so why?

Like you said, if jikook acted normal then I wouldn’t have ever suspected or thought that they are more than friends but the truth is that they don’t act normal at all and this is something everyone can agree on, regardless of whether they see things in a negative or positive way, everyone can agree that Jikook don’t act normal at all and it’s been like this since they were younger.

I have mentioned before that I could never see what taekookers see in Taekook because there is just way too much comfort in their interaction for them to be closeted idols in a romantic relationship. You never see any panic, you never see them acting as if they have something to hide. I have seen some taekookers say that they know that Jikook are not together because their skinship is usually very short or abrupt while taekook’s take longer and I was like ofcourse theirs would take longer because those two have nothing to hide the same way Jk’s skinship with any other member who isn’t Jimin takes longer and they seem more comfortable doing it because they are not worried about how they would come off because those actions are completely innocent. With Jikook, there is a panic and when they start going on at, it doesn’t take long for them to snap out of it and then you see them immediately stopping which sometime makes their interactions come off as awkward.

Imagine yourself in a secret romantic relationship where you are almost always infront of dozens of cameras and staff, who would feel 100% at ease in situations like this? That is why Jikook’s interactions sometimes come off clunky or awkward because of this while you never really sense this with any of the other members interactions. I can sit through any other duo’s interactions without feeling second hand embarrassment, shy or slightly awkward but with Jikook, I go through about 20 different emotions while watching them and that is how I know they are….different. So because not everyone understands the contexts or nuances, they would immediately see this as something bad while someone who understands the context and nuances in this situation expects to see this kinds of interactions. Many people unfortunately are not very smart because if they were, they would really ask themselves why Jk seems to hate Jimin’s touches so much (according to them) or hates being around Jimin so much (according to them) yet this same Jk is the one who voluntarily goes to knock on Jimin’s door everynight at 1am. Why did this same Jk choose to sleep on the floors outside their rooms with Jimin instead of sleeping with Tae or some other member? Why did this same Jk choose to spend majority of his nights and downtime with this person? Why did this same Jk pile clothes on his bed to go sleep in Jimin’s bed? Why did Jk keep going to sleep in Jihope’s room everynight? What was he doing with Jimin at 4am on his birthday after they had already moved out of the dorm and were living in personal apartments? Which one of you knows anyone who would do this if they really didn’t like someone and literally loved being around them? Also, notice how each and everytime we “caught” Jikook in positions where they never expected cameras or weren’t aware of cameras they were always glued to each other and Jungkook especially had no issues being in Jimin’s personal space?

This is one of those cases where someone either gets it or they don’t because it is kinda hard to explain and the truth is, to really understand these kinds of things, you probably need to have experienced something like this or atleast know someone very close who has.

Jikook as a romantic pair was never meant to make sense to alot of people because not very many people have critical thinking skills, not very people know how to piece tiny details together to really understand a situation. So often, people form opinions after watching one single piece of content without caring to look at the history of things. I saw a taekooker say that Jk hated Jimin’s music style because Jk said their show will fail if Jimin sang the OST he joked about singing and you could clearly tell this person is one of those who literally don’t care about context or history because everyone and their mama knows how much Jk enjoys and has always enjoyed Jimin as an artist and a performer and he has made it clear on several occasions just how much he loves the music Jimin makes.

Like I said, Jikook is not meant to be understood by everyone. If everyone understood them then that would mean they weren’t doing something right.