#goddess key

Okay what's on my mind :

I thought Bad Love was quintessential Key, and it is vocally, but Gasoline is quintessential Key in terms of his persona/how he has always shown himself to be in his own lane.

Okay so the beginning and the end confused me (that's Kwangya mythology isn't it?), but what I get from a Key perspective is that the statue holding the square might represent the - blind people aka people who don't know him or get him - trying to control the narrative and keeping him a box, but at the end he breaks free from that box and champions/rules over his own life/artistry no matter what others have to say or no matter who tries to come in his way. It feels like a champion version of Advice (vs. rebelling like Tae or expressing anger; he just is and everyone can just sit and watch -> he will rule no matter what and become the gasoline that fuels his own life).

Gold fit : SHINing/transcending Key

Black fit : King of ruling over the DARKness Key

Icy blue fit : Cold/unbothered Key

Bling armor fit : Fashion is my armor and weapon Key

Ribcage fit : What's inside - the vulnerable and exposed Key (see the dancers trying to get in, but not being able to) - but then he frees that version of himself and dives into what's outside

Archaic warrior fit : What's been outside for us to see - him fighting, him being unapologetic/abrasive (it served him to force his way out of the box, but seems like now he understands he doesn't need to be that all the time and can be everything at once)

Thank you, friend <333

I think Key gets shortchanged in every way that comes to his actual performing abilities. Whether it's his singing, dancing or his skills as a performer on stage (the guy never looks tired??? he just delivers and delivers and delivers???).

But let's stick with the dancing, shall we? From the very start, even pre-debut, you could see who the dancers of SHINee were -> Taekey. And while Taemin was sought after to show his skills on shows and was held up as a phenomenal dancer by everyone (which he is ofc), Key was called upon to entertain in a funny way with his dancing - not saying girl group choreos are funny because they are not - but people's reactions to this ability didn't seem to really take into account what an amazing dancer he is periodt. It felt more like ''what will Key do to entertain us today?? hahaha''

''The pages you couldn’t finish, I will write them Fill in all the empty paintings Rewind the extinguishing candlelight, in my memory remind Us the black and white, on the light of my eternity''

''My life that’s for you You are the red line to me The darkening sunlight I will live for you, for us My life that’s for you''

Yeah, the whole way that song is delivered, really is crushing but also absolutely beautiful.

I mean i noticed (and i think many other people did notice too) that Kibum literally made heart eyes at Jonghyun everytime he was close to him. I guess many times it was fanservice, but i don't know there's something very special about these two and it's not even a defined thing. Like i said before, something gray. They fascinate me so much...

Okay, I'm really not the best person to give you a satisfying or comprehensive answer to this, because my view on Junkey and 2men has been skewed forever by the toxic fans that were shipping these ships back then and using it as an excuse to misrepresent or reduce members to perceptions that fit their narrative.

That being said. If I go back to pre-2013, I would say that they definitely were the closest. (From 2013 and afterwards, I noticed Jongkey were less tightly-knit, giving way to lots of Minkey and Jongyu interactions).

I think Key mentioned how Jonghyun would always back him when no one else would and make him feel more confident in himself back then.

And in general, I definitely believe that Jonghyun was the glue in the group, meaning that he had a special bond with each and everyone one of them. I think the more you watch their dynamics, the more you can see everyone was actually making heart eyes at Jjong.

I do believe Key in particular put Jjong on a pedestal (a little akin to how Taem does but the dynamics aren't exactly the same, because Tae was the youngest) and when I actually can remove my biased goggles, I can't deny they had something special. Now was it anything more than friendship... I think if it was, it was more of a one-sided thing (like Key crushing on him). I think there was a reason when Jjong was asked who he would choose to go out with in the members, he picked Jinki (and he said it two times btw - once written).

I think Jonghyun meant that as this is someone I can rely on without it interfering with my sense of responsibility towards them. I think because Jinki was the oldest, he gave off that sense of security/reassurance that Jonghyun was looking for at times. Not saying he was in love with Jinki either, just saying I don't think Key would be his kind of partner, but that's just my impression/opinion.