This Is For The People Who Claim That Jikook Dont Hang Out Anymore, And Thus Are Not Real.

This is for the people who claim that Jikook don’t hang out anymore, and thus are not ‘real.’

So, I’m one of those people who discovered Jikook just by watching a lot of BTS content, simply because their behaviour is impossible to ignore if you’re even slightly open to seeing it.

But even though Jikook definitely interested me, I wasn’t very emotionally invested. Even so, I kind of feared being wrong and completely misunderstanding the situation.

(Which is always a possibility when we have only a part of the information, only some of the puzzle pieces of a much larger picture. And as much as BTS has shared with their fans, especially in previous years, it’s really just pieces, most of which have been curated with the fans in mind. Also, confirmation bias is an extremely powerful thing).

So yeah, I was weary of believing anything fully, no matter what the truth appeared to be —retaining a healthy level of doubt, and all that. And I’m sure others can relate, because I know many Jikookers are very fearful of doing anything even comparable to delving into the delusional territory of, say, T**kookers.

But at some point I realised that my reasoning was utterly flawed. Like, I was so afraid of being irrational that it made me irrational? The way I would relate to Jikook was overly critical, shortsighted and ultimately embarrassingly imperceptive.

It all basically boils down to, well, precedent. Patterns of behaviour (it’s sounds so obvious, but I was kind of blind to the significance of this for a while so maybe others are, too).

Of course things change, circumstances change, people change, that’s the way of life. But things don’t happen as isolated incidents. This also pertains to Jikook. Not considering context, both immediate and preceding, is more likely to give you the wrong impression, than if you look at something through the lens of prior knowledge. That doesn’t automatically make you biased, nor your perception flawed.

So back to Jikook not hanging out (assumption) and therefore no longer being close (assumption based on an assumption). I’m not saying this absolutely can’t be the case, but I struggle to see why people are so quick to believe it when we have years of consistent patterns of behaviour that go against this.

Just take a step back, think ‘big picture.’ What do you think makes more sense:

1. That Jikook no longer spend time together, that once the solo chapter began they suddenly grew distant?

Or

2. That Jikook are probably meeting up as always, just without our knowledge, at a time when we see so little and when it is also to their benefit that they aren’t too closely associated?

That’s not even taking into account their many recent Vlive interactions, which are basically steeped in adoration.

My point is, I think some Jikookers are so concerned with keeping a rational attitude that they end up veering into irrational thinking. But there’s no need to complicate things, when you don’t get too hung up on the details the picture is really quite clear.

Also, on an unrelated note but not really at all, Letter exists —like, how amazing is that?

STOP somebody made a thread about all the guesses people had about what kind of food Jimin was eating 🤣🤣🤣 posts like this make all the weird drama on ARMY twitter worth it 🙃

I can’t with how many of you predicted he would go live as soon as Jimin left 🤣 are you guys way too good or is our man way too predictable? 😂😂

Disco Koo forevs 🪩🕺🏻

Tae watches with loving concern as his dearest friends sob hysterically and collapse in despair unable to escape the eternal hell of their contractual fanservice prison

Love the moment where JK gets all bashful and covers his face with the sign and then Tae does as well out of solidarity for like two seconds before remembering he’s not shy at all and feels quite comfortable. Lol, Taehyung is such a natural. Man was made for the spotlight.

JK and Tae at the premiere of Dream

24 April 2023

JK so shy.

This is the CK ambassador that had a live folding his CK undies at home, lol.

Dream stars IU and Park Seojoon, Tae's friend.

Same Park Seojoon is starring in The Marvels, to be released November 2023.

Perfect together 💜 💛

This is love.