#do you think jere is obsessed with bojan’s face??

[dreaminofu]

They just wanna love each other every day and every night, okay? Universe, please let them.

[frikatilhi]

Bojere thoughts of the day/of my life

I just really want to know exactly HOW Bojan and Jere became friends. I know we have the Jan and Bo-Jan video but like how did they choose each other to cling to initially. We know Bojan obviously wasn't the first Joker Out member to meet Jere. I just wish we had a detailed play by play of how they went from that to obsessed with each other within like a day. I think about this every day

Obviously, we'll never know exactly how it went down (we know that at first they just made faces/grinned/laughed at each other when ever they saw each other and then when they started talking Bojan was surprised because then Jere never shut up), but I am ready to give my thoughs on it, just for you anon!

Wow this got super long

Obviously I have never been to a situation like ESC, but I have been to situations where lots of people (sometimes from all over the world) are thrown together for a relatively short period of time and where everyone is facing something new and it's sort of a once-in-a-lifetime thing you really want to make the most of. You throw yourself into meeting people and talking to everyone and making connections, and you are open and eager and game for anything.

And at first it might be a bit random who you talk to, like what table you happen to sit at for lunch, but pretty soon you will start to gravitate towards the people you vibe with the most. Someone will respond to your banter and you laugh together, and they seem to be on the same wavelength, and match your energy, and pretty soon you notice that you are seeking out their company and scanning the room for them wherever you are. And at first you hang out in groups but then someone mentions that X thing you wanted to try and suddenly it's "hey should we do that together" and you are exchanging numbers and hanging out one-on-one and then it moves on to texting about where to meet and then you are sending silly memes to each other.

The JO boys seemed to have a pretty clear strategy during the pre-parties: they did ALL of them and wanted to gain as much as possible from them, and part of that strategy was making connections with other contestants and producing a lot of content with them - that's the name of the game nowadays. And that whole ESC class of '23 really seemed to take on each other, it's such a nice thing to see! They had also taken note of Käärijä since UMK, we have seen them mentioning him in interviews and wasn't Bojan practicing CCC before they ever met? So when they finally saw him in Madrid they were ready to make friends with him.

And they have told us how at his first pre-party Jere seemed to be a bit lost, everyone knew each other already and he was insecure about his English, and so JO kinda took him under their wing and spent time with him and they liked each other immidiately.

So how do you go from meeting someone to being obsessed within a day? When you hang out with someone, under those circumstances where everything is high-stakes and sped-up, and you click with them, and he's your soulmate, that's what happens. Not with anyone, but with someone special who's your soulmate, yes.

So I don't have an exact play-by-play check ao3 people have some ideas there, but apparently lots of thoughts on it anyway.

I know, it plagues me too

[dreaminofu]

Hei I need help sense checking some facts. Please do you know the exact days and circumstances in which Bojan went to see Jere last year? Like when did he go, what happened then etc. I remember the first time it was sometime in June 2023 after they played in Ireland is that right? I need a detailed timeline please help

Yes, Bojan flew to Finland straight from Ireland and the trip took place on 9.6-13.6.

9.6. We had Tavastia 1.0. In addition to the gig content, we had Bojan’s ig story of him shouting his first ”Peliä!” and all the backstage content like resuscitating Frank in Tavastia’s bathroom and Bojan serving Jere some wine.

10.6. Jere had an overnight gig in the middle of nowhere, so he left Bojan in the care of his friends. Bojan hung out with Sonny (he ate some soup, went to a techno party somewhere…) either on this day or on the 11th, I’m not sure. Maybe someone else knows??

11.6(-12.6). Jere and Bojan went to a club together. We had those Pokémon ”hi baby boos” ig stories, the og ”onks kellään denssii?”, dueting on karaoke (probably My heart will go on…) and drunk Cha cha cha in the parking lot like 5am in the morning.

13.6. Bojan left in the early morning hours, we had that My heart will go on farewell video from that morning. Also, they watched Twilight before that and Bojan posted the ”airport vibez” photo of Jere with his hair ruffled (which was obviously taken on their night out the day before, Bojan’s obsession with posting random photos of Jere’s face needs to be studied)

I think this is fairly accurate, but anyone feel free to correct me if I got something wrong 🫶🏻

[dreaminofu]

My happy Bojere thought: I love how Bojan was so obsessed with Jere straight away after they met, the Madrid videos proving that (like his Käärijä-imitation while just walking in the park or when they caught each others eyes during Jere's interview). Somehow it makes me SO happy that it was not a short-term obsession, no, a year later they are in contact regularly, do silly things together whenever they meet and still have that same joy in their eyes that we saw back then already ❤️ they're soulmates and I'm glad things went like this for them

This so much! I’m so happy and grateful I’ve been allowed to witness the journey of these two soulmates from Madrid to this day 🥹

They had such a language barrier in the beginning when they first met. Jere didn’t talk much, ”he only looked and smiled and ate dinner”. They literally just laughed and made silly faces at each other. There had to be an instant, special connection between them, because I don’t think just anyone would necessarily be so eager to pursue friendship (so intensely) with someone who they couldn’t properly communicate with in words, you know? Especially in that kind of environment.

And the same sparkle in their eyes is still there. Just thinking about this makes me so emotional, but in a good way. I’m so happy for them that they found each other 💚❤️