we're back in business babey

juncheol are something that can be SO personal honestly. like, for a while there, jun was the oldest guy living in the dorms and as someone who has a sibling way younger than him, he naturally took on that caretaker role despite the obvious language barrier (see the clip of him making breakfast for everyone). coups being the leader now, and older than jun, but also through and through a Younger Brother™️ really balances that out in an incredibly funny way. jun's teasing nature and cheol's incessant whiny-ness really makes for a wonderful dynamic in my opinion, and i love reading the way people write them.
also it's been years but i still think about that interview where they got asked what they're better at than the other person and they both just named their respective mother tongue instead of actually discussing skills. so simple but so good!

before anything else: yes throuples are very welcome in my discussion!!

i'm ngl, jeongcheol is one of the reasons i was hesitant about doing this in the first place because iiiiiii don't like it 😬😬 like. i'll read it if someone that knows my general preferences recommends sth to me and the plot sounds good, but overall they're just not a pairing i enjoy or actively search for :(

now for cheolsoo,,, also not sth i actively search for BUT it's usually more enjoyable to me than jeongcheol? i vividly remember one fic i read a few years ago where they met on a business meeting and were both semi-fluent in the other's language except only in business talk, not in bed talk. was a very fun fic, i ought to re-read that one if i can find it!

jihan are jihan. fucked up soulmates. partners in crime. "if you quit, i quit." i don't think i'll ever write for them because truthfully i don't Get them, but they're my favorite chaos enabler side pairing!

now, jihancheol? GOOD shit. i know i said i don't like jeongcheol, but somehow the addition of shua changes their dynamic in a way that i love. out of all the 95s combinations, jihancheol is definitely my favorite 🫶🏻

i'm ngl, there's very little woozi ships that Don't make me go a little insane?

jigyu and seokhoon are the same flavor of Big Dumb Dogboy x Perturped Cat, which is like. Yeah. Gets me going! Love when one half of a couple is an obsessed (and I mean Obsessed) sunshine boy that knows no evil. again, added bonus for height difference (i'm a whore for that)
what makes seokhoon special in my eyes is the whole "you are my only exception to the No Skinship" rule wz has going on, because truly who could resist Lee "cuddliest man in a 50 mile radius" Seokmin?
(also has anyone thought about a personal trainer hoon x gym rat gyu au? anyone?)

wonhoon are so similar yet so different. my favorite weeb x gamer couple, they really deserve each other. huge fucking losers who are probably into freaky shit (all that hentai gets to your brain!). they date via sitting on the couch doing individual activities on their phones and definitely not touching. somehow it works incredibly well.

i am a lover of all chan ships!!

soonchan are SO. dancer x dancer, master x protégé, there's something so delicious about two people that love dancing and performing together. falling in love one choreography at a time

boochan ........ one of my most-used side pairings (i need to start writing sth for them), very annoyance x nuisance, nobody is allowed to bully you Except me. enemies to enemies who are obsessed with each other, somehow each other's biggest hater and biggest fan. OBSESSED with each other (i'm convinced anyone who thinks boochan GENUINELY can't stand each other has never had a real friend, sorry)

wonchan,, Wonchan. honestly i didn't really think about them as a Ship™️ until i paid attention to wonu's very obvious infatuation that everyone except chan himself seems to notice. chan please pay attention to the poor guy, he's suffering enough as is

god. where do i even start with them?
the PINING, the HISTORY, the awkward teenage "you are all my firsts" phase, the pain of growing up together and growing apart and then back together. meant to be together in every universe, be it as partners or as friends. found family at its finest, queer kids who adopt each other and then a bunch of other queer kids. THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE (which is a common occurrence with like All wz ships, but it hits especially badly here)
in short: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes.

(yk, honesty hour, the main reason i started reading jicheol back then is because i relate an unhealthy amount to wz in many ways, and i was (still am) a little bit in love with cheol)

okay watch out, this is gonna get very delusional very quickly:
(also this is gonna have a very western understanding of weddings pls bear with me)
- october 19th, to keep the joke going
- rq&s color pallete Of Course
- wz composes the walk-in music for both (if sc's sounds like a piano rendition of Habit that's his own business)
- kkuma ring bearer
- hoshi, as their co-leader, gets to hold a speech (BEFORE he's drunk)
- the rest also get speeches but in groups of 2-4 people
- their parents and coups' brother obviously Also get to hold speeches. many speeches!
- actually i feel like we can nominate bumzu as woozi's honorary brother by now. more speeches!
- the buffet is whatever their heart desires, the music is whatever they want, there's good wine and also non-alcoholic stuff for my fellow allergic guy, the vibes are immaculate
- i'm there as a guest to watch it all go down for some reason, don't ask how