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That has to have have influenced JK and Jimin's choice of Jin's base (don't they also get more leave?). I miss his laugh. I miss Hobi's laugh, but he is someone who takes his "job" very seriously. We have to remember his interaction with Jin and ARMY at the AgustD concert. I believe our Hobi is still in there.

Agree completely. It would be sad to think that Hobi had lost his enthusiastic greetings. I suspect that Hobi is restrained when he's at his base. If Jimin was visiting him there, Hobi is probably not going to be as familiar - I think that Jimin and JK will see that Jin isn't as Jin-like when they are at his base, except when they are truly away from other military personnel.

The way Tae laughs at JK. Their affection for each other and ease together is so sweet. Of course, I was sleeping. But will relish it once it's subbed. I read translations on twitter and love this analysis -

They must have decided to not renew their contract after the usual five year deal. This is surprising They are so popular. I wonder if they maybe didn't really get along with each other. They didn't have the same environment that BTS (or TXT) have, with true dependance on each other for years before "making it". I do think of them as more of a manufactured band, maybe because their being members of that group was determined by public voting and not careful consideration by a producer like Bang. There's something to be said for a hard scrapple start. Plus, we know that it takes some selflessness to prosper as a team. I wonder if we will hear more. The official BigHit announcement didn't have the dates of entering bases - so we don't really know if it is next week, or if it was this week. And if Jimin and JK were able to enlist together and be with Jin, why wouldn't RM try to be at the same base as Hobi? Maybe the timing has something to do with it. He put this off until some of his options were likely gone. It's good to know Tae will be in Seoul,, at least initially. I wonder if he will be in or on a base - or does he get to go home, too (that would mean he could see Tannie quite a lot.)

I love to hear that the members (presumedly the four who are still "free") visited Jin on his birthday. Maybe even Hobi and Yoongi, though Yoongi may be still in the "can't do anything" period. I hope we get a picture.

Happy Jin Day - (though now 12/5 in Korea). The Astronaut MV hit 100M views today - finally. He is so thoughtful to have made all those messages for ARMY before he had to go away. I am hoping for a Live from one of the members before next week - maybe more than one of them? I saw a post with one of Yoongi's last lives and it struck me, again, that we are about to go into a profound drought. Fun post that I'm going to have a big print made of-

So much trouble to go to for a fake - Cool pic, though. I saw a bit of this on an Instagram reel and pulled it up because I don't think I've seen it before. I know the song, but hadn't seen this MV of it. The precision dancing is insane - and so obvious that Jimin and Hobi are the ones who were dancers years before this (though they all are amazing.) And, as it's Jin's birthday in Korea, he has a nice solo at the end.

Is this maybe what he was doing in London?

I saw the Instagram post his brother put up the other day - what he actually wrote on the post os slightly different than this account, but.... Happy Birthday, Jin (his birthday started 40 minutes ago in Korea so I will keep wishing him a Happy Birthday until late tomorrow night (celebrate fro 40 hours -). I wonder how Jin was notified of this event. I'm glad his brother went and I expect Jin has seen photos. Huge event. Must have cost a lot..... https://www.koreaboo.com/news/bts-jin-birthday-exhibition-send-brother-see-fans-thank/

Thanks for additional info. I still plan on complaining about this to Weverse. My phone is a "mini" and doesn't have a huge screen - I feel I should be able to access the same functions on my computer as I can on my phone. (In addition to the fan letter, I also can only access "bonus" videos that were part of purchasing concerts, on my phone. Teeny tiny video. I sent Jin a birthday message and was able to copy and paste a couple of messages in Korean that I'd sent to myself in an email accessible on the phone. Only pieces of messages - or short ones. But it's a way to get something in Korean into the letter (until I have a way to access a Korean keyboard on the phone, if possible - not that i would know what to write, as of now....) BTS is featured in the 40th anniversary of MJ's Thriller -

FYI: As is the case with many Weverse features, I can only get to the + on my phone and not on my computer. At all. I wonder how anyone can handwrite letters or use Korean. Just one more thing to bring up in a long complaint letter to Weverse.

Thanks- will do.....

Jun is back - https://twitter.com/skatingkor/status/1730824115089490154 He's on top, even with a fall -

It's interesting that we rarely see footage of JK (or any of the members) arriving in other countries (except when they were at some fashion shows in Europe and security was negligible). No footage of Tae arriving in London or JK arriving in LA, yet ARMY knew that's where they were going. Maybe it's because there isn't an easy train to get on to LAX or LHR (though there is a train- it's just expensive...). LA has a more relaxed attitude towards "stars", though, obviously, BTS has their sasaengs everywhere. This is probably the last time he'll be mobbed like this for a year and a half. Little solace.

So, I'm finally ready to try writing a "fan letter" (or three, which is how many I think we can do). I click on the "fan letter" on the Artist page and I get to see other peoples letters. When I click on "my" it correctly says that I haven't written one. So how do I? I know that someone has tried it and I remember reading that the space to write is limited, but I wanted to send three off before the four are gone (one for Jin, though, with his birthday coming up...). I am stymied.

No TXT??? And, as I asked earlier - this is the tweet I saw that makes it seem that one can order PtD special in hard copy form - which is something @rockstaryuzu has siad she'd like to see. But the content is supposedly available now with digital code. Even if you purchase digital - does a buyer have to wait another month to get a digital code for the content? Has anyone bought this yet? (Or pre-ordered?)

Oh - the PtD release....it almost looks like they will have a hard copy for sale... I am wondering if one buys this , with the digital code, does one get the digital code immediately? Or is that something you won't see until they ship (which is January - but the content is available now)???

I have no doubts about Tae's mental abilities. And I don't think he'll be "used". The military seem determined to be "fair" and to not take advantage (re:Hobi), but we'll see, I thought the base near the front lines allowed for more days off (?). And Jin is still there - after basic training. I suspect that if you go there, you stay there. Also wonder if any of the Wooga squad have been in the unit Tae seems to have chosen. I understand that there will be concern that Jin (and Hobi) have not been as supported by ARMY as the Maknae line - but ARMY is going to be hungry for BTS content, even if solo, so I hope Jin gets more support than he did before he enlisted. Anyone have a clue what this is?

I might guess that if one picks a specific entry date, then you are likely to go tot he same base as someone else asking for that dats. Who knows how it works? Not me. I'm sure the military is going out of it's way to be "fair" and not give any members special treatment. But having Jimin and JK together would make me very happy and also I really like that Jin would be there. He and JK have a very special relationship since Jin did so much to help "raise" JK. I also can't think of why Tae would choose a specialty requiring exxtra work and more danger. That doesn't seem like him, but, you never know. First time I've seen the release info mentioned and that Jin and Hobi will be doing individual activities when they get out. I would hope that both would take at least a short time to do nothing but visiting family (and fishing, for Jin). Hobi will almost certainly want to get right back to dancing.

While I'm loving all the info coming out - BigHit has still said nothing. I kind of feel sorry for Hobi, unless he's actually at the base RM ends up at. I don;t know if he went to a different base after his basic training. Doesn't Tae wear glasses? Don't they all? Who among them has 20/20 vision? https://www.soompi.com/article/1629125wpp/bighit-music-briefly-responds-to-reports-of-enlistment-dates-for-btss-rm-jimin-v-and-jungkook

I love that you can see that he's still our Hobi and remembers who he is....

Not Incheon. Seriously, you can't get to the gates without going through security and you can't get through security without a boarding pass. It looks pretty fancy for Gimpo, but I'll look more closely when I'm there. MOA may become much more vocal and strong by the inevitable influx of ARMY wanting to support the little brothers of our members. I hope so, anyway. I was disappointed that TXT did not win more. I'm not sure of the time frame included in the awards, but FREEFALL and Chasing that Feeling are both award-worthy.

What airport is this? At Incheon, there is absolutely no way to be in the gate area until you have a boarding pass and have gone through security. I am also going to wait for BigHit announcements of enlistment dates - but I believe that when Jin went in, he had chosen that base because he would be getting more days off, being near the front lines. Haven't a clue if that's true or not. But both Hobi and Jin went in on Tuesdays. The supposed date for Jimin and JK is a Tuesday. I had thought, maybe, that Tuesday was the day training started all over - but it may be a wrong assumption. But clearly Tuesday is the day for the bases that Jin and Hobi went to. It's only a couple of weeks away. I am not ready.

More temptation to pay the big money to get the PtD digital only deal -

Jimmy was unable to shoot his show while the writers strike was on so had many empty months when he could have gone to Korea.....