you asked for a wooyoung bias grief explanation and depending on how you bias (lit. wanting to date him/funny hot little guy you look at on your screen) your mileage will probably vary but this is how it feels for me. like yunho, he is more of a down-to-earth, boyfriend-ish type idol right? he has one of my favorite faces i’ve ever seen but it’s not that hyper-perfect, sterilized clean-featured face they put on olive young ads, his appearance is smth you can actually imagine and place in the real world. likewise, moreso than yunho he acts more like a natural mid-20s boyfriend when he’s talking to fans, both sides are teasing and flirting and annoying each other (btw i LOVE how much youngbuin/wommys give it right back to him it’s so cute and natural. we’re what he deserves) like some youngbuin will say something that gets to him and he gets so ACTUALLY flustered and giggly this fucking? piece of shit?? he kind of refuses to fake things to a p large degree for an idol so you get the idea that everything that drew you to him in the first place is actually present in real life. and he has a lot of traits that are in a literal sense attractive, they draw people toward him. he makes friends easily, you get the sense that people just feel comfortable around him (without him being sentimental or coddling if ykwim?), he’s affectionate, open and caring etc. for me personally he is very very similar to every person in my life i’ve ever gotten extremely close with and i think that’s why i ult him? you can imagine quite easily that you would get along well with this guy irl. and what im getting at here is the fucking problem: it is very easy to see him as a guy you could have known through friends, from school or a shitty student part time job, and you can imagine what crushing on him or dating him would /be like/ and as you’re entertaining these thoughts a parasitic plant will stealthily sneak its roots into your soul. from there on when you see him your brain will release Boyfriend Chemicals which make you involuntarily go “that’s my Boyfriend wooyoung” until you’re confronted with the reality that, it definitely isn’t. he’s playing gently with children? Boyfriend Chemicals. he’s annoying his friends half to death cause he thinks he’ll perish if he doesn’t? Boyfriend Chemicals. he’s posting Boyfriend Car photos or Boyfriend Beach photos? he’s being teased by a teezer or atiny and giggling like an angel? your brain has to cope with the influx of false Boyfriend Chemicals. even his stage persona is more Personal than anyone else, he’s not so much an interdimensional cyberpunk cowboy rebel as much as he is meeting your eyes from across a room and wiggling his eyebrows. i hate his stupid stage flirting, it feels like he’s looking at /you/ and you’re actually sharing a secret with him?? and im not a jealous person and i hate to say this about my youngbuin but when i went to the concert and saw all those black cats i was like damn! can you never look at him again, for me? i get why you like him too but i need you to stop liking him, leave that to me please? and then i gotta go on like i’m not an adult with a stupidly embarrassingly real crush on some fucking idol? get me out of here. i do recommend it though he seems like a nice boy
This feels like THE DEFINITIVE Youngbuin/ Wooyoung stan thesis, and I can't believe you gifted this to me in my inbox. I crush out on Wooyoung too - he has skills, he's so handsome, he's just so fun and full of life!! He walks the magical line between being a star and feeling accessible, and I want him to be a big huge star. The HUGEST, so I can see more and more and more from him. Wooyoung talking to Youngbuin /Wommys is still my most favorite content from ateez. More than Yunho crying. Truly delectable.
can you never look at him again, for me? This is so real and so adorable.
But I think this might be a key difference between maybe the Hottok and the Youngbuin or maybe it's just me - I want there to be more and more and more Hottok. I need a posse of Hottoks. Hottoks come find me . Not just the ones that want him to cry and think about kicking him either, but the ones who wanna feed him candy and pet his hair and knit him fuzzy sweaters or whatever - EVERYONE. Let's multiply.
Anyway I've said this from the start and it's never changed - I am as much a fan of the Wommys/ Youngbuin as I am of Wooyoung. The chemistry between fan and idol is SO GOOD between Wooyoung and his girlies. Just THE BEST.
