if comfort was a person, it'd be choi san — a soothing thread

starting off with the meaning behind his name, san that means mountain.

his dad named him san so he could be a comforting hill to a lot of people. an enormous mountain that one wouldn't dare to challenge. a successful person

this advice. please listen to him and put yourselves first as well as your own happiness

san's vlive "san's small life"

san gives atiny advice and tells the story of how he fell in love with music and didn't give up to be a singer.
this entire vlive is so therapeutic and comforting, I watch it everytime im sad or when I can't sleep https://www.vlive.tv/video/175025 

he doesn't miss a chance to encourage others and tell them to not give up. this boy is a treasure

in quarantine, san knew how much atiny missed ateez and seeing them perform so he called seonghwa and turned on vlive and atiny could see them dance and sing at their mini concert https://www.vlive.tv/video/182860 

san's tweets: to remind everyone to take care of themselves and to have a good day. it's the way something so simple as telling someone you love them and to hang in there can sound so comforting

san's fancafe long letters are just casual conversations where he talks about how he spent his day, what he's thinking at the moment or even his favorite fruit. san the og best friend

atinys who talked to san at fansigns told him they had been sad, and this is what san answered

first slot: "i'm always there so don't worry about anything. just lean on me. I love you."

second slot: "when you're sad, I am with you."

also in a fansign, an atiny wasn't feeling confident so san wrote them this

honestly this whole video is so wholesome I get tears in my eyes everytime I come across it

"you are my precious"
"no dimple is still beautiful"
"I will remember you, I promise"

a fansign with san must be a magical experience, look how he always compliments fans and listens to every single word they say

during star 1117 in one of ateez's shows in seoul, san spotted an atiny crying in the crowd. he smiled and told them not to cry

just listen to him

san's hugs. they must feel like an actual warm blanket, they make you feel protected, safe and full of love and comfort and now im sad because i'll never hug San

at their first anniversary event, mingi cried because of his injury leading him into thinking it affected the group. san got up and hugged and comforted mingi

in their melbourne show, seonghwa was injured and couldn't perform well. san was worried and comforted hwa

wooyoung couldn't dance at one of their fansigns and was a little sad because of it. san was cheering him on and look at wooyoung's smile

san's voice is so comforting soothing warm and healing. it's like it's giving you a hug and all your pain and worries vanish even for just a couple of minutes

san's eyes. no words, just see for yourself

his whole presence makes you feel at home

choi san.

today and forevermore, this human and his name will bring so much happiness and comfort to thousands of hearts

inspired by https://twitter.com/jibootyco/status/1299030105134477315?s=19