A thread of every time Seokjin spoke out about heavy or sensitive topics, stood up for himself and BTS and urged ARMY to do better: a thread
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The time he talked about stopping fangifts. Jin shared that he raised it to Bighit as its burdensome for fans. He didn't forget to thank for the years of gifts that helped rookie BTS & promised it’s time for BTS to give gifts to ARMY. Practical and sensible, that's our Seokjin.
The time Jin opened up about receiving online hate and how much it hurt him and BTS. He wasn’t accusatory, he wasn’t angry just honest and frank to remind us that artists are human too.
When he addressed hate comments on his birthday VLIVE. Seokjin is epitome of cool, calm and collected. He doesn't lash out in anger and instead uses words that leave no room for argument.
When Jin answered about their contract renewal in a press conference, a topic keeping everyone on edge, and promised us that good news is coming soon and it did.
Jin's MAMA speech when he revealed about BTS disbanding. Despite all eyes on them, knowing the shock waves it'll generate, he still took it upon himself to reveal this secret. Why? So they can start healing. He did it for himself and most importantly, he did it for the boys.
When they were seemingly surprised with a question about their e*listment plans. Jin volunteered to answer and answered diplomatically yet non-committal so that no matter what happens in the future, his answer will always hold truth.
When he had to talk about whether BTS paved the way. A topic of contention at the time but Jin answered it humbly and politely, firmly sticking to what they've all said before, that BTS respect all their sunbaes that inspired BTS to become artists.
Jin takes his sunbae duties very seriously. Before TXT's debut, Bighit didn’t promote TXT with BTS and understandably so, yet Jin didn’t hesitate to give TXT a shout out because he knew how much it would mean to them.
Remember the iconic line ‘Must I do what people want me to? I won’t!’. We laughed at our savage Jin but he used humour to firmly say no without embarrassing the MC. It wasn't on a whim but to protect Tae who didn't want to do it yet the MC insisted.
In AHL when Dante misbehaved with Yoonjin. Jin refused to act silly like Dante wanted and stuck to his guns. He physically shut him up, mustered all his English to communicate but continued to be firm in what he wanted to do.
When yoongi left, Jin firmly told the cameraman to stop recording to give him space and calmed him down. All this when they were still rookies in a foreign land. He stepped up for his team, was firm but collaborative.
Jin also urges ARMY to do better. Like the time he told us he feels most pride in ARMY when we cheer for other artists too. As an artist who genuinely cares about music, he reminds us that we should be above petty fanwars and support everyone that’s deserving.
The time Jin literally motioned us to ‘shhh’ to show respect to other artists and well ARMY listened.
https://twitter.com/DAJUNG_951230/status/1200749425489899521/video/1
The time Jin told us to not push at airports. Again, he didn’t lash out and chose to be cute instead. A master of speaking in a tone and manner that best befits the situation.
When Jin said he was worried about showing his suga gliders to fans. He is insightful and understands human psyche so well.
He continues to set boundaries and not feed into fan delusions.
But Jin also takes us into confidence like when he shared about their schedule. This is around the same time as Joon asking us to trust BTS & quite possibly BTS knew that fans worry due to their crazy schedules. He gives us concrete info, something to hold onto.
Jin also talked about their fake love high notes. Jimin talked about how hard it is and Jin added that when they raised it to bang pd they were told that its to make the music sound better. When Jin opens up, he doesn’t hold back.
Seokjin can be diplomatic & frank,cute & savage,sincere & chaotic, gentle but firm. He can be either of these or all of it together. In his first letter he talked about being scared of being a mathyung but we can all agree, he is the best mathyung and role model for BTS and ARMY.
One of the most important things he spoke about. When he addressed S*ja*gi plaguing the Korean music industry in the most delicate and elegant manner, an issue that doesn’t even concern BTS but as artists that care, they felt the need to bring this up. +
Jin asked for ARMY's support for controversial #savekufilm. Konkuk in 2015 made plans to merge his acting major with animation major which would have negatively impacted enrolled students so many students along with Seokjin protested against the uni.
https://twitter.com/BTS_twt/status/580750302623588353?s=20
Our worldwide handsome is not only always encouraging us to have confidence in ourselves and our looks but is also not afraid to directly address taboo topics for entertainers like wrinkles and artificial treatment.
Jin also casually brings attention to real life problems like global warming. As always, a practical man!

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