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lauradi7dw) wrote2025-05-16 08:35 pm
lauradi7dw) wrote2025-05-16 08:35 pm
I should have offered her my phone number
Does having a fandom in common with a stranger mean that you should be friends? I was walking down a street about half a mile from home this afternoon and saw someone getting out of a car with BTS-related plates and a homemade sign in the back that said "Yoongi Marry Me." (it's a thing. It's a long-running joke, but I have to assume that large quantities of people do not in fact want to marry Min Yoongi)1
I followed her down her driveway and complimented her on the license plate. She said "Oh, are you ARMY?" 2
In response, I just turned around so she could see my backpack (in the icon). The little blue koala is named Koya and is one of a set of cute fuzzy creatures meant to represent the BTS members.
She laughed and held up her keychain, which had a somewhat larger Koya on it.
She asked if I had watched Jin's livestream this morning. I said no (I have since seen a couple of recorded clips from it) but that I had watched his most recent music video. She happily mentioned that they only have about another month before they are all done with their military service. We waved and I walked on. Then I wondered if I should have exchanged contact info in case we ever need to get in touch. I know where she lives (that isn't meant to sound ominous) but sending her a card or something would seem like stalking. A missed chance.
1 Here he was with Mary Brian's hair style two years ago.
https://lauradi7dw.dreamwidth.org/739618.html
2 https://stylecaster.com/entertainment/music/1218189/bts-army-meaning/
I followed her down her driveway and complimented her on the license plate. She said "Oh, are you ARMY?" 2
In response, I just turned around so she could see my backpack (in the icon). The little blue koala is named Koya and is one of a set of cute fuzzy creatures meant to represent the BTS members.
She laughed and held up her keychain, which had a somewhat larger Koya on it.
She asked if I had watched Jin's livestream this morning. I said no (I have since seen a couple of recorded clips from it) but that I had watched his most recent music video. She happily mentioned that they only have about another month before they are all done with their military service. We waved and I walked on. Then I wondered if I should have exchanged contact info in case we ever need to get in touch. I know where she lives (that isn't meant to sound ominous) but sending her a card or something would seem like stalking. A missed chance.
1 Here he was with Mary Brian's hair style two years ago.
https://lauradi7dw.dreamwidth.org/739618.html
2 https://stylecaster.com/entertainment/music/1218189/bts-army-meaning/