#sleepystarloop

[theangryjikooker]

Hi TAJ! I hope you’re doing well! I had a moment I was curious about if you have a moment! All of the ‘Jungkook Jimin copycat’ jokes surrounding their concept pictures reminded me of that KBS World Special thing where they gave each other letters. I always found Jungkook’s reaction to that really funny but kind of odd because he seemed genuinely flustered. Other members even assumed Jimin must have sent him something sentimental based on his reaction, but Jimin just wanted him to say he was his copycat lol. The examples Jimin gave weren’t even serious in the end either. I just thought it was kind of an interesting and cute moment (his ears were so red!), although not necessarily in a shipping sense or anything. I was just curious if you ever had any thoughts on it! (also I love how most of them knew that letter was either going to either Taehyung or JK)

Sleepy, my dear! 💜

So my thoughts on this are a little a taboo in shipping spaces because I think this is more of an example of their familial dynamic—at least for me. He might act older sometimes with regards to Jimin, but he is still the youngest; there’s an innate cuteness to him that he won’t be able to get rid of completely by nature of being the youngest.

I’ve seen this more in female sibling dynamics where the youngest starts mimicking the oldest and dressing the same way, etc., and it’s never an issue until it’s pointed out. Generally, the knee-jerk reaction is to feel defiant or embarrassed, but you can easily tell that those feelings are a result of the accusation being true.

And sometimes the intensity of the response can be correlated to how unlike this new iteration of yourself you were before.

I’m not saying that this is actually the case here, but it’s what I initially took from it. And it also makes sense because Jungkook has said before that he’s inspired by what is essentially Jimin’s stage presence, and Jimin’s stage presence is basically an extension of who he is when he’s not performing. So it tracks that Jungkook is adopting things that he thinks are cool.

(The more pressing observation is that, at least in this regard, he seems more fixated on Jimin than the others.)

I think it’s important for people to remember that Jungkook does have six hyungs that he’s going to be influenced by, subconsciously or not. Not everything he does that’s associated with another member has to have a romantic undertone to it.

Even if my assessment is wrong, this is probably the least shippy/romantic thing between them, in my opinion.

[theangryjikooker]

I'm not sure if jkkrs were bringing up silver day before this, but there was a twitter post semi-recently where a jkkr pointed out that on silver day last year (during the JITB party) Jimin wore the POLYC bracelet that JK also owns, and it was the first time we saw Jimin wearing the silver necklace he wore consistently for months. And I guess coupled with that shot of them huddled up with their hands overlapping at the party, some jkkrs thought it could mean something. I'm not saying I agree, but I did see the post and noticed an uptick of jkkrs placing significance on silver day out of nowhere (although... could just be because silver day was recently too).

For me, I started noticing the reverence of Silver Day as recent as last week, maybe two weeks ago. But in all fairness, when I go on my disappearing acts, I’m legitimately offline unless it’s for work. No social media for yours truly.

But even during the JitB party, wherein I was active, I didn’t see any references to Silver Day. I was aware that people were noticing the POLYC bracelet, but it was your standard matching jewelry observations. If Silver Day was mentioned as early as that, it wasn’t nearly as pervasive as what I’ve seen recently.

From my POV, the first time I saw Silver Day mentioned, it was presented like it was new information for Jkkrs. Then, I saw it again from a moderately big account, who also acted like it was an important realization for Jkkrs. From there, I started seeing people mentioning it more often. The fact it picked up steam because all of a sudden known accounts were pointing it out made it seem too suspect.

The most damning indication for me? My asks are scarily accurate of the circulating Jikook narratives, past and current. Even if I don’t talk about something, someone will inevitably bring up specific details to prove a point, especially when it’s relevant (e.g., White Day/Silver Day are often brought up together, and White Day is a familiar topic here). If Silver Day was as prevalent in the Jikook narrative earlier on, I guarantee someone would have already pointed it out because a lot of my more antagonistic anons are frequently very keen to prove me wrong at any given moment (which is really funny because as the daughter of a retired attorney, I have a particular thought process that conflicts with the Jkkr majority and what they choose to base their conclusions on).

(The POLYC bracelet has been mentioned before but on its own!)

Since you mentioned it, I thought the craze of their overlapping hands was a little funny? I personally didn’t understand it because when I watched it—and I re-watched it again just now—it didn’t seem like it was intentional? I get that they were doing the same pose, but I think the hand placement was incidental. This is purely my own perception, though!

[theangryjikooker]

TAJ, just popping in to say that I do hope you decide to stick around! I think your voice is so valuable and honestly somewhat of a comfort right now (people seem to either zealously believe in jkk or tear them to shreds these days 😭). But I also really understand your dilemma and respect your decision either way!

Sleepystar!

You’re always a joy to talk to, so it means a lot that you’d say that. I’d like to stick around too! I haven’t made any decisions yet, but the more likely option is that my presence will be sparse until there’s anything worth talking about/answering.

Or I could set up an alternate Twitter account while things are slow here, but I expect there would be some pitfalls with that as well.

🫣