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Secret Friend · 5d

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I agree with anon here. I read a comment from someone years ago who taught in korea, they mentioned that it always annoyed them that ifans see everything (male) idols do through yaoi lenses because there it's very normal for young boys to be touchy with each other, even to the point that sitting on each other's laps is seen as normal behaviour.

hey! Yeah, I definitely know NOW but did have to some research to understand that there's a really different cultural significance with same sex affection, and frankly, taken completely on its own without context I really applaud and appreciate it. I'm someone who struggles a bit with physical affection with friends, but I'm trying to increase my comfort with it. Life is too short not to have a cuddle friends you deeply love and trust. Watching svt adore each other, support each other, and take energy from each other is really so sweet and healing. I'm delighted they don't have to feels self conscious about it.

I went into this a bit in my space, but in general I don't find skinship to be that noteworthy. I enjoy looking at it for multiple reasons: shippy reasons, these are two attractive people being attractive together reasons, god I wish that were me reasons, I really love seeing men express affection freely reasons. But like with clothes sharing, it's a universal, unremarkable aspect of idol life. I'm just glad Mingyu can hold hands with someone as often as he wants because it seems like it's genuinely a constant desire.

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