what are your opinions on the yeojin mcdonalds thing?

Umm I think it's really awkward and everyones handling it stupidly. Tell yeojin and ctd that she should stop eating mcdonalds if she cares about palestinian lives yes. Demand an apology if you want yes. Verbally abuse her no. Immature of her to close comments without addressing the controversy yes. Is her disordered eating relevant whatsoever? No. Pretend that Korea is some isolated land full of idiots who know nothing about global politics no. Pretend that Korea is on par with the US regarding info about boycotts and the palestinian genocide no. But at the end of the day Yeojin has access to the internet, she's undoubtedly seen the complaints, all it takes is a little sorry won't happen again. But everyone is being so weird about it. Like its always all about nuance really.

I'm just thinking of the time Yeojin reacted badly when she got called out for her disordered eating the first time, then took some time away and apologised sincerely. Hoping this will happen again because I have faith she's that type of person. Though understandable if people aren't wanting to forgive her over this.

Tbh one thing I'm really very sure about BTS's fs is that non of them would be here questioning every other reader about their journey/details or anything in general with their partners,not they'll Chase any of them instead would prefer to work on themselves and let the timing be the key. I mean they won't be a delulu to get every other info about their personal and private life. What I've observed is many wannabes still love in this delusion that going to Korea or working in hybe would get them closer with any of the members and they'll fall in love with them...as if hundreds of people doesn't work in hybe or thousands of people don't visit Korea for studies or any other reason evey year :)) only if it was this easy, and moreover BTS are literally worldwide famous they literally have so many options and let's just not forget they are men in their late 20's (not saying this in negative way tho) i don't really think any of the member would prefer go for someone who's a delulu yeah i said it, they will want to be with someone who compliments them well in terms of their personalities and would love the for who they are and not because they are BTS members. Some of the people really live in delusions, not realising that you don't know any of them personally...reading the tarot readings and all is just feeding your delusion you aren't falling in love with them, you are in love with the idea of being in love with them, we don't know any of them personally to that extent we can say anything coz no matter the how much of a person is a green flag in terms of their personalities, we don't know if they'll be compatible with us in terms of their dating skills or even know how their dating skills are...!! So just love your life and become you- At the end of the day chasing someone wouldn't make you a better person but rather will make you forget your true self. I've seen many people asking about their ideal types and even tho I don't think it would be right to judge too quickly but most of the people just ask these questions out of curiosity if they fit in their types...and even change themselves for them or try to fit in them..like it hurts seeing how people are still not realising their self worth which should be higher than anyone. Like do you really think it matters if you fit in their type? Does it really matter if they'll find you Attractive or not? Or would date you or not? Not everyone is gonna choose you let's be honest and that's okay you don't need to critisize yourself to fit in someone who doesn't even know you exist. Realise your worth and realise that it's really important to build a future for yourself, and ask yourself do you really love them as you think you do or you just like the idea of them as you husband who's a proper green flag in your imagination and what if they are not exactly that in reality what if they have red flags just like very other human? Would you still choose any of them on that romantic way if you didn't knew any of them as BTS members but as a normal human being, who's not rich or world wide famous, who's a normal person whom you know nothing about? Would you really be able to accept that they have choices and 100's of girls simp over them and will forever? Would you be able to accept that you might not be their first anything and accept the fact that they have exes and they have shared a part of their life with them...?

Just know that when someone is meant for you, they'll make you a better person and won't make your mind a riddle or chaos in which you Chase them instead of chasing your own dreams and ambitions :))

I'm extremely sorry for my long ass passages but idk why but I just needed to let this out. As if their was a voice, I've been observing a lot of people wasting their life on someone who's literally a stranger to them.. and being super overconfident about it!!

Hi anon! I love you! No worries for your paragraph : at least it was useful!

You are 200% right. Those people would never be able to bear what they would live if they actually were their future partner. They do not care of the members, only of the idea of who they are/how they appear to the World. Nothing here is love just obsession/illusions/loneliness…

I hope I was not intrusive with their FS and not feeding delusions with my readings as I tried to be as objective as possible (even though it’s all lighhearted). It is indeed sad that they are here looking for confirmation/ways to approach them whereas it is not that important or whatsoever. I call them « spiritual sasaengs » to be frank. What they do not understand is that their ideal type can change with time/preferences/experiences… and whether or not they fit in their is always people that fit in it too so the members can find someone fitting in the ideal appearance prettier than them even though they tried their best to please them. It is an important waste of time for them but they will realize it later in life somehow.

They all act like « the one », « the one » but they would cry if they learn that they are not the only one thinking that and wishing it too. They did have past relationships whether they went well and end badly/goodly it is on them. You cannot be the one when all you want is to be with someone just because. Being with someone is a choice and staying with them too.

I get it that the idea of being with a celebrity/your celebrity crush is lovely and dreamy but projecting it into your life and making it your whole life purpose is so sad and depressing… not for the others but for them because it means they have nothing but being the other one’s partner. They are the « trophee », the « possession » and that’s it. How bad do you have to feel to accept being an object?

Whether or not the « one » exists if that is the case then they will find a way to be together in each other’s life even if it means to not be married in life but just best friends, good coworkers etc. Marriage is part of someone’s life when it is the case but it is not guaranteed to be with the person we thought it would be. They do not want to understand.

The worst is apparently that they are old enough. They did not heal those wounds in of theirs and DARE to wish death on someone who took their « place » (whereas it was never about them to begin with).

They surely where the same that threw shades on Jungkook/Taehyung because they were « supposed to be » with a girl (Jennie or the tattoo artist). Well if they do end up together they would cry blood everyday of how thirsty Armies are over BTS lol.

It is said that Jungkook knows of his spouse? I saw that in one of @estrella11117 ´s post well in that case what is the point of looking around to know whether they are his spouse? They should just check if he spoke about them if they want a real confirmation lol. But he never did… as far as I know at least. They are roaming around asking directly/indirectly if they are someone’s spouse whereas it is said to not 100% trust Tarot/divination and that depending on the reader they could be wrong. They just are naives, they should read fanfics, it is more adequate for their world than Tarot readings lol.

They may or may not heal even atfer the revelation of the couples but that is on them.

Not fic related, but what can you say about the issue surrounding hc? Some say its lost in translation but idk what to believe. I'm not fluent in Korean after all. I'm quite on the heavy side, so seeing haechan say such words, as his fan, is uncomfortable...

i tried to find an ask i was sent about a similar issue but it was jeno talking to haechan a few months ago, because my answer will be the same i gave that day. unfortunately it was on cc and cc doesn't allow to look for old tweets, nor is twitter helpful in any way so i'll try to answer again.

under the cut bc very long sry

first of all, it's completely normal to feel uncomfortable. those are your feelings and they're valid. your feelings are separate from the intentions of the person who said those words, so no matter what you're entitled to feeling hurt if you feel like your bias might be fatphobic and no one should be telling you otherwise. in any case, feeling disappointed is not wrong because as many people are saying he is a public figure and his words can reach (and hurt) many people.

this said, as someone who lives in korea, i do understand why some people who are korean are saying his words are being greatly exaggerated by ifans. korean people constantly comment on other people's weight. it's to the point that i think it's a way for them to make small talk. just like they ask people if they have eaten when they want to ask how they're doing, food is often used in connection to health. when people haven't seen you for a long time they usually tell you that you've gained or lost weight as well (happened many times with me) and people do tell others to eat well as a good health wish. that's why i think that telling people to get in shape and take care of your body does not necessarily mean that he thinks they are fat, it's just a way to say take care of your health. imo it would be wrong to read a deeper meaning in it.

back to my previous point. does that make your hurt unnecessary? no, because you can get hurt even he didn't mean to say something hurtful. if you get run over by a car it doesn't matter whether the driver meant to do it or not.

but i don't accept the narrative that hc is a terrible person who judges the members' bodies because he is fatphobic, and anyone believing this has clearly never lived in korea, where the kind of sentences he said are as common between friends (especially male friends) as using the weather to make small talk. if you want a real example, i dare you to look at the other nct dream members. all of them have, in other instances, made comments that according to our standards would be judged "fatphobic" while they were talking among each other. do we stan a group of assholes or are we going to acknowledge that there might be a certain degree of cultural difference at play between the way we consider acceptable to talk about other people's bodies and the way they do it?

i'd like to add something i said when this issue happened with jeno and haechan was called fat instead. i'm not haechan's babysitter. he doesn't need me to defend him when he's talking with his friends. if what is said among them is problematic, i'm sure they are all old enough to talk among themselves and solve the problems. what they don't need is some fans (often solo stans or akgae) inventing a narrative in their head, analyzing reactions to support their theories and then proudly saying "member x is an asshole" and deciding that they, as strangers, know their friendship better than dream, the actual group of friends. and this is just to get rt and likes, for the drama. it's meaningless to always praise dream for having a genuine relationship but then distort every single instance of genuine reaction we get from them just to make a hit tweet. if jn and jm were annoyed by that comment, i trust them to say something among each other without everyone butting in blindly.

finally, i'm sorry that as a haechan fan he disappointed you. i do think what he said is wrong. i think he should've minded his words better. i don't like when he says stuff like that. i don't believe he wants to be hurtful, but at the same time i don't think he saw a problem with what he was saying because most people around him don't. not only the other members, but also the staff, his family, other celebrities. it's alright being disappointed, but i hope we can all be realistic and stop pinning the weight of a behavior that is widely normalized on a single idol every time something like this happens.

I hope I explained myself properly. It's a delicate issue, and as a fan I have to juggle between dealing with my own feelings of disappointment and seeing many comments of people who are inventing things or being hurtful just because they finally have a good pretext to do it.

Hiiiiiii it's anjie againnnnnn. it's so good you're enjoying aapi monthhhhhhhhh. My cousins saw everywhere all at once tooooo and they loved it! Are you planning to read or watch anything else?

I loved the got 7 cb soooooo much 😭😭😭😭 my favorite song is the title song! What is your favorite??? The mv was soooo pretty and jaebeom is bias wrecking me 😭😭😭😭😭😭

You're buying albums and seeing svt live omgggggggggggg. I hope you get to see themmmm 😔 it will be soooo fun

Why is your mom making you buy shares 😭😭😭 KHkjjjjkkj i also bought some shares this month, my bro is slowing teaching me about ittt. I don't understand most of it, but I just buy whatever he says is good 😭😭😭 he probably knows I don't get it, but he doesn't say anything 😭😭😭😭 you and me are both buying shares lkjkjjkj we'll make money and go visit our bfs in Korea 😔

Ohhhh it's exams during cb season? 😔😔 That's so saaaaaad. I will also have to write exams next year , I'm struggling to pick my optional subjects 😔 I have to choose them before next monthhhh.

I miss you tooooooo ,I didn't think you would miss me :(((((((( I will probably come back to tumblr if can manage my studiessssss. I really missing being here 😭😭😭😭😭

Anjieeee 💛💛 yes, yes, I've gotten your asks !!! I'm so sorry it feels like sending a message in a bottle 💔 I like responding to messages on my laptop, but I haven't opened up Tumblr in a while T_T Pls come back to Tumblr bc I miss you !!!!!!! Or send me your whatsapp plsplspsls

Ahh last month, I read some interesting aapi books !! Along with The Joy Luck Club, I've also read Things We Lost to the Water (Eric Nguyen), Disorientation (Elaine Hsieh Chou), Whereabouts (Jhumpa Lahiri), and the Kiss Quotient (Helen Hoang). I also tried audiobooks for the first time because my ebook website wasn't working. I kinda like it because I get to stare at my ceiling (with purpose). Who said I'm not productive??? Some of the books that carried over to this month is Chanel Miller's Know My Name and Murakami's Norwegian Wood. And oh boy, do I have thoughts™️ lajsdkaslk

All the got7 songs are sooo amazing. Each track is wonderful and special, and I will cherish this album like it is my baby. I love the title song, but I also realllyyy like Don't Leave Me Alone 😭 I miss them so, so muchh. Seeing them reunite fills my heart with so much joyyy. The mv for nanana was so pretty ! The sets had me in awe !!! My beautiful boys !!!!

BUT DID YOU SEE JAEBEOM CUT HIS HAIR 😭 It's a buzzcut pretty much. I'm heartbroken LOL. I didn't see that coming at all. I saw a blurry pic from a fan call, and I was like "oh jinyoung!" BUT???? I saw more pics... and I was VERY mistaken. The whiplash was real. Long haired Jae... I miss you dearly... thinking about you forever and always.

I got my svt tickets !!!! I am one step closer to giving junhui an open mouth kiss xoxo. I'll be sure to tell Soonyoung that you love him as well hehe.

I'm also waiting for my album to come in the mail !!! I think the host only received one junhui album :-( so I'm gonna fight for my life to claim that LOL. 2 seungcheol and no seok albums in the batch :-( but there are 5 joshuas... As my second bias, don't ask why he wasn't in my preference list. My heart is a free spirit, totally enamored with 20 different men

Idk why I own stocks. Trust me, we're the same LOL. Idk what I'm doing. I'll just follow what everyone else says. There are plenty people in my life who are finance dudes. They'll be happy to talk to me about it whenever I have a question :') I would try to self study the stock market, but I'm not interested at all LOL. I know this is my responsibility because they're my own finances, but... I'd rather not ;n; One day, when my investments yield real income... you best believe I will take a vacation to Asia LMAO.

What are optional subjects?? Are they like electives?? :0 I'm sure that you'll find joy in whatever course you choose !!!! Good luck studying !!! I shall be a studybug this summer as well T_T I need to get off my ass. Not sure how much more my parents can be disappointed in me, but the bar is LOW. I'm also debating if I should work part time because having spending money sounds nice 😔 But if I go back to my camp counselor job, I know it's gonna be Hell. Remember how miserable I was last year? LMAO. I'm ready to walk through the fire for my low wage, baybieee

Miss you xoxoxoo

Someone mentioned that korean women are not satisfied with sex on an ask. I am just like why can't couldn't they learn how to communicate what they want. Is it that hard or embarrassing?

Cause the culture and the total understanding of sex is not how it is America and the West. They are pretty much still in the 80s-early 2000s mindset of sex minus the young people who are teens -20s. Sex is more geared towards the man and Korean men are often suppressed if not able to be open / comfortable with sex themselves as Asian society doesn't have this wide range ingrained comfort with sex like America does

(tbh on the flip side this is a blessing cause America is SO open about sex to the point its TOO open and sex is an intimate private matter that is now out of bounds and is often used a form to disrespect both men & women. Age shame with Virginity, shame people for not having sex, making sex too much a part of everyday convos and aspects of life and having media telling you what is good sex and what isn't. I mean don't get me wrong, you have planned parenthood, condoms, sex aids and birth control as well sexual education abundant there but as a double edged sword, if you're a private person who wants to keep sex to yourself and partner, obstinate / celibate, trying to find yourself sexually / orientation wise or you are a virgin especially past the age of 25, Americna society as a whole gives you shit for it instead of accommodating or promoting that you take your time. You have to find this relief and positivity from certain people as well maybe the older generation.)

Korea may have changed now but tbh you go there and unless you are specifically seeking it out, Sex is not this open abundant thing. Hence why love motels exist and why hotels are basically geared towards couples or one night stands for sex with Travel or temporary stay being the 2nd main reason. If you were to tell a bunch of people you and so so are staying in a hotel they are going to assume the obvious outright. People go to have sex at these places cause most live with their family / parents or one has their own place and the other doesn't or they dont want everyone in their business.

Korean men get down and fuck around like American men but its mostly known amongst themselves. I hope this explains it.

I don't think I buy what that anon said 100% but it could explain why the Asians are so bold with outright approaching American girls especially white girls for sex on apps whether it's dating apps or regulwr language exchange apps cause the Korean girls ain't taking their shit or don't bend as much.

I just feel this is a grey area that I can't speak too much on. Korean American girls and Guys seem very extroverted, somewhat loud and get around amongst themselves.

All I can say is Asia has a totally different attitude about sex and all so the men are probably not as adept to giving women pleasure and putting their pleasure first like a majority of men I. America are. Like maybe what the anon meant was Korean men are probably forcefull or lack skill / romance in sex and its that kinda sex where they are focused on whatever they want / busting a nut and could care less if you think its wack or if you clearly aren't into it during the sex. They want what they want probably.

So idk. But as for women I can't say. I don't know what their thought process is on thatm

What are your thoughts on Indian actors (and I am talking more about Indian British and Indian Americans) having to most likely have to learn how to do an Indian accent so they can get work e.g. Dev Patel or Sacha Dhawan were probably most likely required to learn how to do an Indian accent in terms of their roles e.g. Outsourced (Sacha Dwahan) - I don't know too much about his filmography but that one is where he uses the Indian accent or Slumdog millionaire and The Best Exotic Marigold 1/?

Hotel. I've just noticed that there is perhaps an expectation for people of colour to have a specific accent that might be part of that ethnicity. Like on one hand it is racist e.g. Aziz Anisari refuses to do an Indian accent due to this, but on the other hand if we look at Constance Wu's accent in FOB, it's done because her character is from Taiwan, therefore she would have a non-American accent. Which is why I like Crazy Rich Asians so much because all, if not most of the characters do not 2/?

have the stereotypical or 'heavy accent', they speak in an almost clear but also received pronounciation (it's the closest way I can describe it e.g. Nick Young's mother has an almost like articulate accent and sounds 'educated' - excuse the vocabulary, I'm trying to ecplain this the best I can). Which tbh, correct me if I'm wrong, but from experience countries such as Hong Kong and more so in India there are people who don't have what people think the Indian or Hong Kong accent, even though 3/?

They're from those countries. I've met Indian people who've grown up in India, but their accents are rather neutral. I think it just depends on socio-economic status as well, considering perhaps how well a person can speak maybe determines how well their educated (this is also talking about native English speakers). But I do not want to go on a tangent about that, but more about how it is racist to see how Hollywood often for roles where the character may be Indian but there is no 4/?

evidence to suggest that he is actually from a non-English speaking country or they just put that in because he happens to be a person of colour e.g. Ravi Patel playing a telephone operator in Transformers, which Aziz Anisari rejected because he felt it fed into the stereotype of a call centre employee with an accent. Which is I think, maybe I'm wrong but the film Sorry to Bother you plays with because it talks abouthow black people often put a 'white voice' on to sound more approachable 5/?

as the 'black voice' is considered 'unapproachable' (racism). I just want to make sense of this, as it's something I've noticed with Hollywood or western media. 6/6

i will address this but first of all what you said about crazy rich asians- look, here’s the thing. as a singaporean myself can i just say that that movie is highly inaccurate because i’ve lived with fellow chinese/indian/muslim singaporeans all my LIFE and we ALL. HAVE. SINGAPOREAN ACCENTS. even if you go off to study in the uk YOU WILL COME BACK WITH A SINGAPOREAN ACCENT. i love henry golding and gemma chan to bits god knows i do but they should have done what michelle yeoh did and attempted a singaporean accent because even with elitist pricks who studied from elitist schools like acs or ri or whatever the fuck we STILL HAVE ACCENTS. michelle yeoh did a singaporean accent and its the closest, most accurate approximation of it in the entire cast. awkwafina’s character is bullshit because i have NOT met a single singaporean who has consistently maintained a blaccent. of course racist singaporeans do a blaccent and thats because they’re racist and antiblack to an alarming degree. but if you’re chinese, indian, malay, eurasian, chindian you WILL have the singaporean accent. its inescapable. 

here’s my opinion on this- its not racist, not at all, because we all have accents. everyone from every single part of the world has an accent. if you think people can speak WITHOUT an accent, that’s because you have been brainwashed into thinking the neutralised american accent is the norm. nothing is the norm. you talk like how people around you talk like. if you audition for an indian role, of course people will xpect you to have an indian accent. if you audition for an american role, people will expect you to have an accent from that bit of america- new york or california or texas. sorry but aziz ansari refusing to do an indian accent is bullshit (and ties into a deeper discussion about indian celebrities in the indian diaspora being shameful about their brown heritage because you see this shit, again and again and again with mindy kahling and kumail nanjiani and aziz ansari like hasan minhaj is the ONLY indian celeb other than dev i’ve seen actually hype up and appreciate his skin colour and race in a really self celebratory manner), because there is nothing shameful about the indian accent. its a beautiful thing and for some reason, indians outside of india think its something derogatory or to be made fun of just because its different than what they’re used to. is it racist for white directors to assume people of a certain ethnicity automatically have that accent? yeah it is, because a little thing called a diaspora exists. but you have to realise that everyone has an accent. there’s no such thing as a status quo accent because if you think there is, congrats because not to go all anti-west but you’ve been brainwashed by the west!

idk which part of the world you’re from but as an indian singaporean who has also been to literally every single country within asia except for korea and pakistan i can tell you firsthand that no, we do have heavy accents. people from hong kong have heavy accents too. so do people from china. but its not something weird its just a Thing because lets be real, white people have heavy accents too. half the time i need subtitles for richard madden interviews to parse out what he’s saying. so tldr, nah its honestly not an issue. not for me, anyway. and crazy rich asians is a shit fucking movie do not support it 

I may be the only one who thinks this but don't you think sometimes yoongi can be a bit overboard when it comes to jin? I was watching the bts festa in 2015 & he called jin "boring" and asked him why he films himself eating & idk the entire time jin didn't look right. even with the roommate festa thing we had this year, when jin said they talked for like "3 seconds" idk i don't doubt their friendship, obviously they're close but i just feel bad for jin sometimes bc of it

No- you’re not alone! I know what you mean! I feel that way all the time! And ik exactly why you mean with the Home Party too! When Jin feels guilty he just looks like a kick puppy- even tho I can tell he tries to hide it- and it just tugs at your heartstrings. (Poor Seokjin T~T). I think he might be a bit much too and but The thing is it’s that it’s in their culture- I’m assuming your non-Korean. But it’s not seen as mean in their culture for Koreans to point out people’s fault and mistakes even tho over here it’s seen as hurtful and a mean thing to do. Koreans do get sad over being nitpicked at their faults but it’s not seen as such a big deal as it would be in other parts of the world. The reason why it’s seen especially on Suga is because Suga is the closest to Jin’s age. Age is regarded as such an important thing in their culture, so Koreans ( generally but BTS esp.) would show upmost respect for their elders even if perhaps the elder is wrong and they’re right- even if they’ve been living together as long as BTS has. The importance of age hit me in the 4th Anniversary FM when Hoseok had such different reactions to not going along with his plans for the members. It’s a big barrier. Honestly, that’s the only reason the others don’t pick at Seokjins fault as much as the others. Seokjin himself does it too- A LOT( since he’s the oldest). Try not to feel so bad. BTS isn’t trying to put eachother down. I’ll also try to not feel bad! It breaks my heart T~T

Honestly I feel the baddest for Taehyung becuz he’s the second to youngest, and unlike JK he tends to be underestimated by the other members- it’s almost like EVERYONE “attacks” him. And to make it worse, he’s not good at arguing and that easily makes him a victim to self hatred and depression- he’ll feel like other members are right because he can’t defend himself as he wants to and hate that he can’t defend himself as he wants to-. U can see it in little snip bits like when Taehyung said himself he tends to not have faith in himself and thought his smile was weird and in 2016 he probably forced himself to smile less for that very reason. You can see how his confidence just dropped- In 2013 he would as weird as he could no matter what, brush away compliments with a smile and by 2016 u got him saying this self hating comments and him looking at the ground and frowning all the time and BTS just talking over and ignoring him everytime he speaks. It breaks my heart T~T! I’m pretty sure the reason Taehyung broke so much was because he probably wasn’t used to such criticism before and it took a toll on him when reality hit him. He’s getting better now but… still I just feel so bad even tho ik I shouldn’t. Ik exactly how he feeling so sometimes I just want to tell him I love him and he’s perfect the way he is and to believe in himself but WAHHH TT~TT

I love Seokjin too- he’s my bias a million times over- but he honestly got lucky as the oldest and I bless God each time I realize how lucky he was. But I also feel bad for Taehyung- urgh. I wish i could tell BTS to cut down on it, but mental health isn’t treated as much as an issue in Korea as other places ( it SHOULD- since it’s, I believe, the 2nd most suicidal country?). Mental health isn’t taken that seriously in other countries either tho. It’s so important though…

Anyways, you’re not alone( YNWA)! But it’s not how it seems. It was a big culture shock to me too when BTS would call eachother ugly and everyone would laugh. I really want them to be nicer to each other…

Omg? Idk you were from Korea that's so cool!! I'd really like to know how K-army's see the other members, I mean as an i-army there are so many hard to find strong powered Jimin fics and not motherly Jin fics. I mean don't get me wrong I'm always down to read whatever as long as it has a good plot, and characterization but I want to know your point of view or how k-army's generally view BTS and shipping and all tht good stuff. By the way ILYSM !!! I want to be just as good as you when writing.

First off, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! :) YOURE TOO NICE!!!

Hahah I did receive most of my school in an English-speaking country but yup, I’ve also spent many years in Korea and living in Korea now! :) And ooh, I’m glad you asked because this is a very interesting topic! I’ll go briefly into how k-army views and characterizes the boys, but keep in mind, Koreans tend to also go into extremes in certain cases (like making some of them complete psychopaths for the storyline….but Ill exclude those). 

JinJin is very VERY rarely (if not never) depicted as a motherly figure. He’s the one that gets sort of picked on by the others (playfully of course) but is also the rational one that gets the scariest when angry. Oftentimes paired with Jungkook.

Yoongi Rough-spoken, swears a lot, a giant tsundere who’s generally like “fuck all of you” until he meets the other one. Usually really good at fighting too and will beat the shit out of people bullying his love interest. Never initiates a relationship and the other party has to pursue him till the end of the world and Yoongi tends to regret not being with the person in the first place and always make the move “too late”

Namjoon Surprisingly he’s written oftentimes as this big dork who only gets serious when it comes to just him and his love interest (like when it’s just the two of them together). Interesting fact…Namjin isn’t big at all in Korea. I think the top pair with Namjoon is with Hoseok or Yoongi actually?

HoseokHappy. Screamy. Silly. But usually always has some sort of a really sad past or is the one suffering from one-sided love that he doesn’t show for YEARS. Oftentimes third wheeling it HARD or is the one who leaves his lover for the “good of the other party.”

Jimin Sassy, super manly, calm and collected. Outwardly, his speech pattern is very clipped and almost like how Yoongi’s is perceived, but everyone knows he’s sweet inside. Cares a lot but doesn’t blatantly show it and will instead try to protect people on his own. (It’s either that or he’s made fun of relentlessly by other members lol)

Taehyung Now Tae is interesting, because he’s either written as this cold, calculated, oftentimes powerful and intimidating guy who takes charge (and is smooth as fuck) or as the lost, confused little bunny (who somehow is still smooth as fuck??) OR EVEN BOTH. I think it stems from how he speaks cutely in Seoul dialect and how his demeanor/language pattern changes when he speaks Daegu dialect (and the difference between Taetae and V). Keep in mind that writers in Korea explore both dialects when writing.

Jungkook Mostly written as crazy, wild, out-of-control, “I do whatever the fuck I wantttttt” character. Jeonlous. Will aggressively and relentlessly pursue someone not caring if the person is like STOBIT. He’s oftentimes the REBOUND of another pair and I still don’t know why that’s the case. Number one choice for the villain of the piece (why kookie why!!)

I think the biggest difference when it comes to writing for k-writers and i-writers is that k-writers REALLY expand their creative horizon…to the point where I actually have come to stay away from a lot of their materials, because some of them include romanticizing violent relationships, rape and other abusive behavior (Don’t get me wrong, not all of them are like that). Korean writing, by nature, don’t really include super fluffy characters, because the culture is based on suppressing emotions, but you will see them doing extreme things for the love of their lives (which also leads to so much heartache and misunderstandings that oftentimes breakups…my heartu). But when it comes to angst…o god, all the well-written ones are usually deathfics or fics of heartbreaks…which is why I’m generally frolicking in AO3 and not on a Korean blog. 

So yeah! There you have it! Honestly, I’ve only read the super popular ones (none of them with jikook, yoonseok or namjin unfortunately…sadface) and posts with people talking about different pairs but these were the patterns I picked up :) I must say, when it comes to a good deathfic, high school teens dealing with super angsty situations or something extreme, Korean writers really know what’s up.

Oh, and in Korea, I feel like most authors don’t stick to a single pair. They will try basically ANY ship and write about it…which is probably why you won’t find any hardcore shippers or ship wars in the k-community! At the same time, they’re also not very concerned about being PC, but that’s usually because of the difference in culture lol. So what do you think? Which would you prefer? Im curious!