My Brother Reacts To GCF In Tokyo

My brother reacts to GCF in Tokyo

SPOILER ALERT: he fell in love with Park Jimin and it got deep.

“Why now?” you might think. I wanted to talk about GCFt, but I don’t really have nothing new to add to what’s already been said.

Then my mind came up with something 👉👈

I remember a very famous post about GCFt. It consisted of an interview with a film director, asking him about his take on GCF in Tokyo. Very intesting and informative. You probably have read it, it was e v e r y w h e r e.

I, on the contrary, have my older brother who:

1) is not an expert in the field but loves music and films and knows a little about production and editing.

2) doesn’t have any interest in K-pop or BTS. Needless to say about KM and their trip to Tokyo. He knows I like their music and that they exist, tho. I’ve showed him some MVs and songs before. 

I had to convice him to react to it and that was a hard task. Our relationship is pretty much like this: (I compromised my well being)

WARNING: I won’t lie, I knew he was going to live up to my expectations. He has always been a very smart and sensitive man. He is pretty much my role model in life. And he knew I was going to share his opinions with you.

I didn’t explain to him anything. I thought it would be way more interesting if he took the iniciative and did the questions. It turned out pretty great.

We didn’t talk much during the 3 minutes and 42 seconds it lasted. I didn’t watch the video at all, I just looked at my brother’s face and reactions. I had an amazing time watching him react to one of my favourite videos on the internet. 

He really enjoyed the song (he kept nodding his head following the beat), and I could see him getting surprised by JK’s editing choices. He said “this guy is very pretty” (referring to Jimin) twice. 

When the video finished he stared at the credits. 

-”JK” -he gave me the phone-. Who is he in BTS?

-His whole name is Jungkook -I showed him a picture and he instantly nodded. “I remember him”. 

-What do you think about it?

I swear to god I expected everything but this answer.

-It’s a pretty sad video. 

Then he proceeded to explain to me why he thought so. He said that it had a nostalgic vibe. “Are they still in touch right now? Did he leave the band or something? When was this made?”.

When I explained to him that it was a trip they did together a year ago during their free time, he frowned. “It’s like the video we made for Laura before she moved out to Portugal, I feel like this is a goodbye”.

-Why would you think that?

This is when things got interesting. I have to admit I was acting pretty defensive (he was giving me an answer I was NOT expecting/ I didn’t agree with) and my brother just wanted to be right (we’ve had arguments about the least important things and they could last days).

-I’ve finished the video with a very clear feeling on my mind, but I don’t really remember where they went.

-I do. They had dinner, they went to Disney Land -I said, restarting the video. 

We watched it again lol. My brother said that it seemed like JK wanted to remember and, at the same time, forget. He continued:

-And the video atmosphere doesn’t match his attitude (talking about Jimin). He is smiling and laughing the whole time, he doesn’t seem to think the same about the trip. 

We talked about this particular thing a lot. My brother added some interesting ideas: “It doesn’t make sense to me the fact that he edited this video the same year they did the trip. If you hadn’t told me that, I would have thought they made the trip five years ago… The way he edited it shows he was already missing those times…”.

-He just wants to show us his point of view. How he wants us to see Jimin -I said.

My brother shook his head. 

-I think it’s the opposite thing. It’s like he is showing us this is the person he sees. Not us. Only him. 

-Why do you think he posted the video then?

He laughed.

-Maybe he wants the world to know that he has privileges? (this was my brother’s best moment IN LIFE)

Then, while I was writing this, I’ve noticed that I don’t remember how we ended our conversation. I’ve texted him, asking if he wanted to say something else (his final conclusions). “Make it pretty, tato. It’s going to be the end of the post”. This was his reply:

“I loved it. Specially Disney Land’s part. It was like remembering a very good childhood memory. Watching a truly happy moment through the darkest shade of blue.”

Well… what do you think about my brother’s take on GCFt? Be nice, he is my brother after all… 

Adiós. 

just baby tannies complimenting the jibooty with no context

Agreed 100%

I really liked your post about Jimin and the misconceptions a large part of the fandom have about him. I’d like to add one, feel free to disagree : "Jimin is effeminate". A lot of Armys perceive him as this super feminine guy in an almost exaggerated way. Warning: there’s absolutely nothing wrong in being a very feminine guy!! But the way I see him, I think he both has a very masculine side and a more feminine one. I find him very manly in the way he behaves and speaks sometimes, and sometimes he has this exquisite delicacy that is seen as feminine. I think he’s a very beautiful balance of masculinity and femininity. Same for for Jungkook. I actually find him to be more dainty and delicate most of the time (not that it is a competition anyway). There’s also a lot of misconceptions about our Jungkookie!

Opinions.

HATERS AND ANTIS

Some basic definitions 👇👇👇👇

(get comfortable🪑🪑🪑🪑)

Listen....in this world some people are triggered, absolutely triggered, by anything or anyone beyond their troglodyte-regressed comprehension skills.

When you encounter them, report and walk away. It isn't worth your time to engage them.

https://www.usbtsarmy.com/tutorials/report-malicious-posts/#email

Some people are really out here getting PAID to write sh!t posts about people they've never met....I can't say I know what it's like to be in their position, taking money to be an awful person online, so I can thank my lucky stars I'm not in such a moral predicament. I sometimes wonder if it's a job they love or a job born of necessity. 😩

Some people have had bad experiences in life and they take that out on people they don't personally know. (This isn't me doing an analysis on anyone. This is me regurgitating what people who have studied longer on this topic have said.) They've met someone who they thought the sun shined out of their a$$ and got burnt by it and now every time they see a sun they think it's completely dark on the other side.

I fail to see (and you might too because this next paragraph is convoluted 🙏) how in one breath they question just how genuine this particular group member is by believing in posts from other anons (who had to probably buy the information so they think it's valid, but it's just specious) who don't even know if the information they're posting is accurate and also taking little tidbits of partial moments or conversations between members & this group member that were joking or otherwise and calling the people they support super direct & super genuine, but also not believing them the other times they've praised this person they hate on for being so wonderful. It doesn't follow logic. They ignore all the hugs, kisses, kind words, thoughtful interactions, and thank you's over all the years between all the members just to point out.....what exactly...??? That they don't believe that all those interactions were genuine??? That they don't believe all those interactions happen off camera too or something???? After saying the people they support are the most genuine??? And they interact with this person...that they don't...think??? Is??? Genuine??? Even??? Off???? Camera???? 💀 Nah fr fr....it IS so much easier to just listen to the members and believe what they say instead of twisting things around to match some preconceived idea of who a person is based on the insanely small amounts of time we get to see them on camera. Why are they stanning a group (or member) that's promoted as genuine if they don't think they're genuine??? And that honestly means they're all genuine or they're all NOT genuine because what we do see of them is the only thing we can actually make theories about. And what we see if them on camera and what they've explained to us about what they do off camera is that they all love each other to pieces.

So we can pretty much categorize taekookers under this category too. They do it for different reasons but they definitely are the type not to believe what their eyes see, but they still see it so they lash out against a particular person and a particular agency. Some are brainwashed. Some can't leave the community they feel comfortable in. Some are addicted to the feeling of looking for the wrongs in the world and being a savior of this one group of people. Some do it because it adds what they think is a measure of control to their lives. There's various reasons and it's all being heavily studied right now due to the Q-anon conspiracy theorists. Flat earthers, anti-vaxxers, government conspiracy theorists, religious fundamentalists, N@zis, people that deny the moon landing...etc...they're all using the same fallacy pitfalls. And it's possible that people who fall under one category are more likely to be predisposed to fall under the others. It's makes them kinda like ticking time 💣. The more their lies are proven to be unfounded, the more loss of control they feel or the more pressure they feel to "take drastic actions to become the savior of the story." That's how we got January 6th in America, September 11, 2001, April 19, 1995 in Oklahoma....and how that Weverse post happened.

They aren't the crusaders they think they are and everything they see, hear, touch, interact with in regards to the members gets placed through this inaccurate filter first. And I mean EVERYTHING. 😩

Do not, under any circumstances, underestimate how dangerous this group can become if they feel pushed hard enough. This Weverse post happened over a "bite" that had happened months before the fandom even found out about it.

Then you have this group: they jealous 🙃

They want what they can't have and they want it badly enough that they act irrationally and emotionally instead of with empathy, logic, understanding, clarity, humanity...this list can go on and on. They'll still be jealous at the end of the day. 💅

Now....this other category of haters is the one that we do tend to see a lot of on social media. Let me preface by saying there's no such thing as "normal" in this world. We're all humans existing on a spectrum of existing/surviving/thriving...and whatever coping methods we've learned along the way to do that. So this group aren't well-adjusted individuals (again, who among us really is?). They seek out people they perceive as weaker so they can feel better about themselves (does this particular post of mine qualify???🤔). They have figured out different cues that they try to exploit in others so that they can feel smarter, stronger, in charge, more powerful, in control....these people target others in the fandom by going after the members or they target the members because, again, they aren't healthy humans. Therapy would help them. Yeah, I said it.

And this last group....the use of homophobic or other derogatory language....they're either part of the power-control group...or they're straight up homophobes or with internalized misogyny. They've identified someone as a "target" and have labeled them as "other" or "weaker" (mind you how well JM can kick our butts) therefore worthy of their scorn and hate and negativity. They've dehumanized a whole human! It doesn't matter to them what the other person feels or thinks or if their assumptions about that person are even correct. They don't care. Again, report and block these people. They don't just need therapy, they need intensive deprogramming and exposure and love and support to come out of the well of negativity they're currently drowning in.

This anon feature really gives this hatred such an outlet we'd never experience outside of the internet. And yeah, I'm gonna call them out right here:

Did you see that BigHit email address above?

Let me link it for you here 💜

Go ahead and report yourself. Go ahead and present your case in court if you feel so absolutely convinced of your moral and correct assumptions that you'd tell a person to their face all of the disgusting and abhorrent comments you've ever written about them under anon. Do it.

I. Dare. You.

BH has my face, my email, and my home address. I'm not worried about a thing coming back on me. Anti, can you say the same?

Re JK's Hickey

I don't know what else you want me to say dear. Pass judgment all you want as to whether it was a good call to publish a content of that nature or not.

To me it is what it is.

But understand also that if you do question it all you'd be questioning a company that puts out content like this:

Or even this

Let's not forget this moment

Which was a still taken behind the scenes unscripted and not part of the roll and probably with permission from them.

This moment exists too

Now this was a little bit scripted but notice the roles they cast Jikook in?

Why was Jimin the one asked to flirt with JK? Didn't Hobi ask JM why he was looking at JK that way? And JM said he was asked to act that way to put pressure on JK and make him feel slightly flustered or sommin?

This moment shook the phone off Jin

And this was a highlight reel of a decade.

Do you see the camera lights flashing to capture that intense gaze of Jungkook's as he slowly melts upon realizing JM's intentions??

Bighit has always shared glimpses into Jikook's relationship- albeit gradually- and have always preferred to cast them in a certain way with a certain rhetoric and narrative to go with it.

They are never casted as bestfriends the way Vmin are and yet we know they are. There's always that obscurity, shrouded in mystery yet very much accessible it leaves room for interpretation.

On Ko-fi we talked about this. About how putting out like this helps demystify Jikook, normalize their behavior, put Bighit in charge of the narrative, and deter any self proclaimed celebrity buster who might think they have dirt on them because they've been sniffing their underwear from the trash can.

It's very Olivia Pope esque but also tried and true. Justin's team did it too. If you can't get behind it, get ahead of it.

I'm pretty sure any rogue staff who thinks they have dirt on Jikook cos they showed up on set one time with a hickey looks pretty dumb right about now.

It's not tea if BigHit themselves be spilling.

A bunch of 1yr olds throwing tantrums on the internet because their idols aren't allowing them fulfill their Y/N fantasies isn't backlash.

Backlash is when shit affects their business and goodwill. Any other thing is a nuisance and nothing a frivolous law suit won't fix.

I think BigHit is more open to suing Leticia473 than telling their high profile talents to frown around eachother.

Taking a break and disengaging for a while helps.

I am not one to simp for a multi billion conglomerate so I say burn bighit if they are doing all this to exploit the boy's relationship with no regards to their safety and mental health.

But I'd say too if anyone can beat down the barriers and push back against the homophobia prevalent within the fandom its Bighit and BTS with strategies like this.

The so called backlash is that voice that says you can't love who you love or do this and that with that person.

So I guess to me this nothing new honestly.

Like Bang explained to Jo Kwon, they can make a dent but it will take a while.

People need to get used to Jikook.

Let's show them as much love as we can whenever they drop content. The support we have for them must drown out the haters.

Love you.

Happy birthday 💜💜

GOLDY

There is enough homophobia to deal with on a regular basis without logging on here and reading the 'takes' of people who think they are doing a moral service by calling Jikook 'shippers' out for 'shipping', or 'taking things too far', or being 'too convinced', or 'labeling people' (who must be presumed straight until explicitly stating otherwise). Until homosexuality is normalized in every society; until the trauma of centuries worth of generational stigma has been processed; until no one is expected to 'come out' or address their sexuality as if it falls outside of the norm; until we have equal rights, safety, dignity and representation everywhere; until no one on earth is murdered,fired, or lawfully 'punished' on the basis of their orientation, I reserve my right to interpret queerness and homoromanticism in art and actions where there is cause for me to do so.

By condemning all readings of romance in Jikook's content (see, Dynamite Christmas Remix selfie cam, MOTS1 Hickey, 'I'm Still Me', Tokyo GCF, Saipan GCF, 'Waking up and seeing Jungkook', ear sucking at RB, and much much more) you play into covert systems of homophobia. Is it ok for entertainment companies to "market using ships", but not ok for LGBTQ fans to engage in queer readings of content that explicitly seems to invite this? Is it ok for companies to wink at you and tease homoeroticism as long as you don't see it as in any way indicative of actual queerness, homoromanticism or coming from a subjective experience?

Art is sensual and often plays with aspects of eros. So must all reactions and interpretations of eroticism be natured heterosexual in order to not be seen as presuming, incorrect, or perverse?

There are many ways to say that you are intolerant of queerness. This one happens to be infuriating because so many people think they have a moral high ground. Just say you don't want your faves implicated in gay shit or that you don't even mind them seeming gay as long as we all assume it's just for show and for $$$ and move on.

I can't say why certain Jikook content is the way it is. I do not pretend to know their motivations or the motivations of their company. I think it would be very odd to think of certain things as nothing more than a string of coincidences or bad takes/wishful thinking. I may be incorrect. But please stop seeing queer people's expressions of connectedness, resonance and 'seen-ness' as crimes against the artists themselves.

Hi, sorry. Sorry. You dropped this, please allow me to return it to you 😍

You said this perfectly anon. Thank you. I have nothing to add.