YALL i genuinely don’t get the “jooan suddenly fell for seojoon” argument… HEAR ME OUT
1. hajin was his first love, dont u know what CHILDHOOD first love is like????!!! but seojoon was arguably his MOST MEANINGFUL REALTIONSHIP. those two things aren’t mutually exclusive. jooan can have IDEALIZED HAJIN for years while having a much deeper emotional bond with seojoon without recognizing it romantically.
2. he didn’t “suddenly” fall for seojoon the groundwork was literally already there. they were BEST FRIENDS. if anything, that’s probably exactly why jooan didn’t see him romantically. when someone is that deeply integrated into your life, you can take their presence for granted and just think “that’s my best friend” without ever stopping to question what else they mean to you.
3. there’s also a difference between “longing for someone” and actually being compatible with them. jooan spent years wanting hajin, but seojoon was the person who actually knew him, stayed beside him, and shared his everyday life.
4. and the whole “he dated multiple people who looked like hajin” thing honestly supports this more than anything it can be read as jooan trying to RECREATE the FEELING of his first love or something familiar, rather than proving he was still deeply in love with hajin specifically. COME ON YALL, HAJIN EVEN HELPED HIM REALIZE THESE FEELINGS TOWARDS THE END!!
5. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY… jooan and seojoon’s relationship didn’t suddenly appear when the romance started. the “romance” was new, but the relationship wasn’t. they already had years of intimacy, trust, familiarity, and emotional bond as best friends. THE STORY IS LITERALLY ABOUT JOOAN HAVING TO REINTERPRET A RELATIONSHIP THAT HAD ALRDY BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO HIM!!!!
like the romance with seojoon didn’t come out of nowhere. the romantic realization did. and there’s a huge difference
YALL i genuinely don’t get the “jooan suddenly fell for seojoon” argument… HEAR ME OUT
1. hajin was his first love, dont u know what CHILDHOOD first love is like????!!! but seojoon was arguably his MOST MEANINGFUL REALTIONSHIP. those two things aren’t mutually exclusive. jooan can have IDEALIZED HAJIN for years while having a much deeper emotional bond with seojoon without recognizing it romantically.
2. he didn’t “suddenly” fall for seojoon the groundwork was literally already there. they were BEST FRIENDS. if anything, that’s probably exactly why jooan didn’t see him romantically. when someone is that deeply integrated into your life, you can take their presence for granted and just think “that’s my best friend” without ever stopping to question what else they mean to you.
3. there’s also a difference between “longing for someone” and actually being compatible with them. jooan spent years wanting hajin, but seojoon was the person who actually knew him, stayed beside him, and shared his everyday life.
4. and the whole “he dated multiple people who looked like hajin” thing honestly supports this more than anything it can be read as jooan trying to RECREATE the FEELING of his first love or something familiar, rather than proving he was still deeply in love with hajin specifically. COME ON YALL, HAJIN EVEN HELPED HIM REALIZE THESE FEELINGS TOWARDS THE END!!
5. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY… jooan and seojoon’s relationship didn’t suddenly appear when the romance started. the “romance” was new, but the relationship wasn’t. they already had years of intimacy, trust, familiarity, and emotional bond as best friends. THE STORY IS LITERALLY ABOUT JOOAN HAVING TO REINTERPRET A RELATIONSHIP THAT HAD ALRDY BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO HIM!!!!
like the romance with seojoon didn’t come out of nowhere. the romantic realization did. and there’s a huge difference