im a traditionalist first and foremost so im into their alpha/omega swag 😎

rly though. besides it being perhaps the most popular chan ship on this side of the fandom, i think they really are so fucking weird about each other. the whole Little Brother thing and the "ever since we were born" thing. they are NOT normal about each other. i like that they're a piece of Aus for each other. i like that Lix baked cookies for him and full on called to say, "come home soon so you can eat them while they're warm". im trying so hard to be chill right now and may be overcorrecting to the point where this will be just word salad but i just think there's a very deep affection between them that's so lived in i can't help but read it as #truelove. chan almost crying when asked what felix is to him??? chan very poorly hiding the hurt and confusion when it came up that felix cuddled everyone But him?? felix gremlin voice and bratty antics caught either in the background of a talker or shown for all of three seconds?? they're comfortable with each other in a way that isn't earned easily. and i think this makes a lot of sense considering felix is perhaps the textbook example of Likable and Endearing, and chan, despite all the hurt and disappointment of his trainee years, has seemingly always wanted closeness and affection. i think their bond means a lot to each other and i see a lot of it in the omissions. tinhatting or otherwise, it's kinda hard to deny they care deeply for e/o and sre either private about it or straight up nerfed by the company presumably for profit lmao. i can't even explain what it IS i like because it's so Inherent to them. it rly is one of those The Girls That Get It, Get It situations.

this has happened ! first I'd take into account what kind of music they're usually into so i can pick something well suited for their tastes, or as close to well suited as i can get it. in the Real Life instance where i had a friend ask me for skz recs and i made a teensy tiny playlist. in general though, i think my one go-to skz song that i hope everyone would like.. Megaverse... or! Giant.. . . . .. . for a non-skz group and given that they're the other ones i listen to somewhat frequently I'd say ateez .. probably Ice On My Teeth just cause it's so catchy and pretty mainstream, so it'd probably land well with most people, but also Deja Vu and The Real....

final answer.!! Megaverse & IOMT . im locking that in.

el hyunchan es real. that's all i got

real talk my memory works mostly through vague impressions so i can't give you a timeline of events that's set in stone ! as a rule of thumb I'll ship almost anything, even my NOTP i can somewhat get behind, so there's the baseline level of interest that exists across all ships sorta thing . in terms of what Sparked it, i think I've said this before but i read a couple of fics back to back that really sparked more of a Focused Interest in the two of them (see: perfect for you, such a habit to call, until we both grew tired)

after That, a lot of it is due to Mag. it was one of those things where everything lines up cause in the midst of this bout of hyunchanning, Mag and i started talking about the ship and that was really what did me in. im very easily persuaded and have limited object permanence so whatever people talk to me about is the thing I'll be really into. hanging my head in shame

before I got Into Them the main thought was "wow they look good together" and "ueueueue chan's hand around hyunjin's throat ueueueue" cause. Red Lights. anddd when i read fics with them either as the main pairing or a side pairing I'd go "huh! that's neat"

what DO i like about their dynamic....... they're both very intense in that thinly veiled way... chan is overflowing with love and affection and hyunjin is the perfect receptacle for it.... hyunjin's bouts of intense yearning are quite in sync to my own feelings towards bang chan, too...... they're both pretty and i think the moment where chan would have to tilt his head up to look hyunjin in the eyes is endearing.... and, as with every other pairing, their love for each other runs deep and it's sooo visible... i like that they're an Extraverted/Introverted pairing... i like that they're both so deeply committed to their art... straight up vibes here