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stormblessed95 · 1 year

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Hello Stormy! :)

What are your thoughts on Jimin’s photobook pictures and the possible hints on his bisexuality? Could we add this to “Jimin’s rainbow moments”? I particularly think it is pretty significant that he shared all that with us after saying that he wanted to show us his raw self. But I would love to know your opinion, specially because your posts on their rainbow moments are the best. 💜

Hi! Sorry this post got a bit postponed but I'm finally ready to post and I'm just going to use this ask to talk about my thoughts over the photofolio itself here too! And all the pretty clear and what seems to be blatant queer coding that he used throughout his themes and design choices here too. Starting with the first concept shoot he did and going from there.

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The theme Jimin had for his concept was "persona." He wanted to showcase, in his own words, his colors, various sides of himself that he hadn't always gotten to express. To be raw and honest through the process. The process of this concept was one he started planning back in October of 2021, probably the initial stages of concept planning took place even before that.

Concept 1 (ch 1) he wanted to express the side of himself that was full of thoughts, worries, and is a bit lonely. You can see some of the photos from that concept here too

So one thing I'll talk about here was his tattoo of Artemis that we saw peaking out from his collar. Artemis is referred to symbolically through this shoot (the moon spotlight) and the others well. Artemis is the Greek Goddess of the Hunt, Wilderness, Wild Animals, the Moon, and Virginity. One thing to make note of though is that in Ancient Greek, the same word for Virigin means Unmarried Woman. Basically making her the Goddess of Maidens. Which is true as we know from the many myths surrounding Artemis, her and her maiden followers basically never took a man to bed or to love a man, among other things. We also know that she wasn't a "virigin" in the way of never having sex, she had a female lover, her name was Callisto. Her twin brother, Apollo, was also, among other things like being the God of the Sun and Music, he was considered to be the patron of same sex marriages. He was often called upon to bless same sex unions. He also has been noted through MANY myths to have had multiple lovers throughout time of both genders, male and female. Both Apollo and Artemis show up as busts in later chapters in Jimin's photofolio too. Artemis and Apollo throughout history have often been used to represent themes of femininity/masculinity, light/dark, and night/day. The contrast and embracing of these various sides is something Jimin has often explored in both his photoshoots and his performances. Jimin even calling attention to how he wanted to express the lightness and darkness within during this shoot as well. And that's your mythology lesson for today! 😅😂

Jimin shot these scene portraying a more melancholy mood. Surrounded by broken mannequins, a darker color scheme, light coming through but overall a darker concept. One that expresses his worries, his fears, his loneliness. Which I don't think anyone else can understand. We can empathize, especially for those of us who deal with things like anxiety and depression on the regular. But can I ever even pretend to understand the loneliness that comes from the level of fame he is at? The second guessing who is in your life for YOU and not just for your clout? The second guessing of every action because every move you make is analyzed and critized by the public in mass? How even when you are surrounded by people on every side, you can still at time feels alone? I'm so glad the members have each other, because they will understand those worries and that loneliness better than anyone else ever could. And if you add in the suspected possible queerness, in a country where you know you wouldn't be accepted? Adding that on top of all that fame? I know how hard that has to be. And I think Jimin did an incredible job expressing some of these harder feelings through this particular shoot.

In the second shoot, the theme was color: freedom. He said for this chapter he wanted to express something more innocent, like an unrefined boy. Freedom. Interesting to me that the colors he chose to represent freedom are the bi flag colors. You can find some more photos from my post here

The first thing I'll mention here is how HE MENTIONED that one of his focuses during this shoot was his adornments, the tattoos, the glitter, the crown...

He has a "tattoo" that says Free Love, one word on each part of his arm. Free Love is a movement that started in the 19th century but only really picked up notable progress in the 60s about how its a social movement that accepts ALL kinds of love. The initial goal was to seperate the government from all sexual and romantic matters. And even if we take away the movement part of this "free love" is very "love is love is love." All types of love are important and matter. It's very.... queer coded, at a minimum is very *ally* of him. Lol The Love also had what looks like the male symbol ♂️ in it in place of the "o." Which defintely says SOMETHING. He also had tattoos of the words Filter, which is his solo song and we could get deep into all the possible meanings behind those lyrics as well, but that's a seperate post. He also had tatts of the Sun on one hand and the moon on the other. Drawing back to those Artemis and Apollo parallels?

On top of this we have a rainbow necklace and rainbow beads used in his crown. An emphasis on heavy makeup, the idea he wanted to just show us an unrefined boy. He wanted to present himself as raw and "unrefined" as he could, all the colors and symbols meant to represent his inner self. And I think that's beautiful. Again playing on the masculine and feminine symbols, he is posing with an Apollo bust, who again, is a very queer God with all his bisexual king behaviors in myths 😂 He is also wearing a shirt from the pride section from Yves Saint Laurent, from an openly gay designer with very open support for gay rights. Not to mention the colors Jimin associated with Freedom are the Bisexual Pride colors, and if we add in the color scheme of his wings into the photos as well, it's giving the gender fluid colors as well. Which again, fits into his masculine/feminine comparisons through this whole shoot and many of his other shoots/performances. Including incorporating both very stereotypical poses for both masc and femme energy. It's giving Jimin embracing his contradictions, both sides of himself and everything about everything included in this photoshoot, is saying bisexual. Or at minimum, it's saying LGBTQ+. This whole chapter is heavily queer coded, the others are too, but this more than anything else.

In the 3rd shoot, he stated he wanted to portray the tougher, cooler side of himself. And I think that translated very well. You can also notice that the moon and sun tattoos on his hands stayed on and stayed visible even if the others were covered up. He did various poses and also posed with a bust of Artemis too. You can see some more of the photos here

I think it's also interesting to note that the concept that is stereotypically more masculine was included with the bust of Artemis, who generally represents femininity. And the concept that is stereotypically more feminine was included with the bust of Apollo, who general represented masculinity. I think it's an interesting play and statement that shows both are there, both are always present. Even when one side is showing more than the other, both are always within him and both are always part of who he is. His femininity doesn't go away because he is giving more masculine energy at some point and vice versa. And its the way that artemis' bust has kintsugi on the cracks which symbolises embracing your flaws and imperfections. It's beautiful. And it's a beautiful way of showing that your imperfections are part of what MAKE you beautiful. It's not something to be ashamed of or to hide away. I think its an incredible way to show Jimin possible embracing all parts of himself. Even the parts he considered to be flawed, or not perfect or that he may not like as much. Accepting his differences and what makes him unique and recognizing that those things are part of what makes him who he is. And that who he is, is inspirational and beautiful, inside and out.

And his last concept! He stated that this was the concept he worked on the most. It was him wanting to tell a story and he used the mannequins all around himself to represent all his different personas. All the different aspects of who he is and what makes Jimin, Jimin. You can find some more of the photos here

This again, feels very linked and reminiscent of his song Filter with the use of mannequins. If anyone wants me to do a breakdown of my thoughts of Filter or even Persona, Namjoons solo, let me know, because both songs touch on similar ideas and concepts that I believe Jimin was going for in his photofolio too. Which is super interesting. The mannequins representing more abstract and simplified versions of his personas (maybe even in filter too?) Is super interesting to me and I love the idea behind it. How much of each of your personas (because we all have some, even if we don't have as many as celebrities might) do you show at once, or even when you are being open and vulnerable, do you only expose the most abstract and simplified verisons of yourself all at once. It takes time to break down those walls. No matter who you are. It's brave to present yourself in front of so many like Jimin, and the other members, do so often. He also can link Artemis through symbolism here in this concept too. She has been the common connection through all 4 chapters. Artemis is often depicted as the Goddess of the Hunt or with a deer/stag. Note the similarities in the masks Jimin used?

Another link to Filter and to Artemis here too would be how Artemis, in mythology could shapeshift. Which bares startling resemblance to Jimins Filter lyrics about being able to become anyone, anything, whatever you want. Pick your Filter, and he can do it. And I think his range and complexity in personality and in who he is and how multifaceted of a beautiful human he is (we are all complex) is displayed beautifully through the various and different concepts he chose here. And how even though they are wildly different, they also connect and compliment each other so well. Jimin is SO beautiful, inside and out.

Also trying not to be giddy over the fact that Jimin and I both had our favorites of his concepts be the first one, with the moon lights. We both loved the color scheme. AND how if Artemis is his favorite Goddess, we have that in common too 🥰😍 I'd love to pick his brain one day. He must have the best conversations about everything, even just life in general.

ANYWAY, I think that mostly covers and wraps up my thoughts over his photofolio and his concepts. And how queer coded the entire thing is or can be. Hope yall don't mind I answered your ask and did a "my thoughts" post all in one. And again, sorry for the delay in getting this post out to everyone!!

Also a P.S. reminder that my links to photos only include SOME of the photos. The photofolio was 80 pages long and had extras. Lol I don't have that many photos linked. Sorry! You can find and watch many flip throughs of the entire photobook on YouTube though, like this one here, which is long and comprehensive!