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On 5/6/2019 at 1:07 PM, kirbee b said:

For anyone who wants to share, I have a couple of general questions about how kookmin fans got into "kookmin."

 

- How long have you been watching Running Man?

- What made you first notice the on-screen chemistry of "kookmin"?

 

I've been watching RM for about 5 years. I was a casual fan of it for a while. But I got more enthusiastic about it once Jeon Somin joined. I love the early episodes, but it's hard to keep up the energy and inventiveness of a show that's as long-running as RM. Once Somin joined, however, the show got a new spark, and I was amazed at how the show felt revitalized to me. So, I was Jeon Somin fan first, and noticed what she did on the show more than anything else.

 

The first "kookmin" moment I noticed after Somin became a permanent member was in ep. 372, when they role-played dating scenarios. They were all wearing pink sweatshirts, and Ji Suk Jin got really absorbed in JSM's and KJK's roleplay. Their roleplay was cute and JSJ getting more excited than I'd seen in a long time was also ridiculously cute. I really liked how new, unexpected things happened when KJK and JSM were put together.

 

For me, l was just an on-off viewer of RM, not a kjk fan, enjoyed jsm's acting in 1% of anything, that's all.  What drew me in was the 'vibe' kookmin exchanged in ep 424.  It reminded me of the 'vibe'/'electricity charge' that was exchanged by the song-song couple in the scene they first met in Descendants of the Sun.  That felt real, even on screen.  That got me curious and started looking deeper into this.   So now l have my 'full detective gear on' and nothing will stop me until the truth is out ..... ‍‍heheh

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On 5/7/2019 at 12:24 AM, minahnoona said:

Jongkook being a protective Oppa in the video here at the RM fanmeet in Taipei - i feel bad for Somin that she had to play the balloon popping game with a total stranger, and they had a hard time popping it. You can see Jongkook come up to check on them once, and when they repositioned the balloon and tried again, he came up again and helped to discreetly pop it. 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoxdnKflLMp/

 

With Hong Jinyoung putting her on-screen loveline with Jongkook to rest in a radio appearance in mid April, the recent kookmin SNS activity, and the talk about Somin's mother, does anyone else have the feeling that he is laying the ground and getting RM fans and the public prepared so that no one is surprised when an announcement does come? 

With the help of RM members and staff, I definitely get the feel that the whole team is laying the ground to minimise the 'announcement shock'.  That is why l've started to observe the other RM members closely for any 'slips of the tongue'.

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On 5/9/2019 at 6:50 AM, minahnoona said:

 

Thanks! I somehow skipped past it when I was forwarding through the episode for kookmin moments earlier!

 

This same episode he also said he likes to tease the girl he likes, and he's been teasing Somin a lot lately! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Can't deny the 'love vibes', heheh

8 hours ago, Rahayu Muktiayu said:

did you believe,  somin has it 

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What a 'mole' coincidence, heheh

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3 hours ago, minahnoona said:

Does anyone recall which episode was it when Jongkook and Somin did a roleplay with Jongkook showing off his cheesy lines for messaging a love interest? Something about messaging each other and staying awake at night, I don't quite remember the dialogue. 

 

Thanks! ^^

I'm not sure is this the right way to respond, or should l click a new section, still new to soompi.  Anyway, the episode you are interested in is ep 372.  One of my fav section, so informative, and l don't think kjk was lying.

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Hello, everyone l'm finally in.  

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On 5/3/2019 at 10:47 AM, minahnoona said:

 Welcome to the Kookmin Clan thread - home for all things Kim Jongkook + Jeon Somin 

 

 

Resources*:

• The amazing kookminclan RunningMan has many wonderful videos of Kookmin moments. 
• Playlist of RM clips on Kocowa with Kookmin moments
• Somin's instagram
• Jongkook's instagram
• Kookminrm on Twitter
• mykookminfriendship on Instagram
• aprilcouples on Instagram
• jeonsomin_jjang on Instagram (everything about Somin with the other RM members/drama otps)

 

* Let me know if you know of any other channels/accounts and I'll link them here!

 

Guidelines to happy sailing

• Just like the RM members all love and have fun with each other, let's have fun talking about our ship without bashing other RM members/ships. 
• At the end of the day we just want KJK and JSM to be happy, whether as a romantic couple or as friends, it's all good ^^ 

On 5/6/2019 at 9:02 AM, minahnoona said:

 

Thanks for joining! I've been watching RM for a long while, but haven't been following too regularly before Somin joined as other shows took precedence. Separately, i became a fan of Somin since the show 1% of Something, and after enjoying her variety appearances on Knowing Brother, and her previous guestings on RM, so i was super duper excited to see that Somin became a cast member! She and Sechan have been a breath of fresh air, and I think Somin was appreciative of having her bestie together with her. RM has become my staple since then.  

 

Other than the power kookmin moments (like when he jumped in the water for her, and the few couple sketches), i hadn't really thought about kookmin as a possibility, having been watching with the frame of kwangmin in mind (up to that famous announcement LOL). After that announcement, I moved on from Kwangmin as a romantic ship (since both of them seem happy enough after Kwangsoo went public with Lee Sunbin) and just enjoyed them as maknae line bffs - even now i find it charming that Kwangsoo knows so much about Somin (like being the first to recognise her birthday, or recognising her poem on instagram). 

 

Also Somin is a chemistry generator - she literally can strike sparks with so many people just by being herself and i enjoy all her interactions with all the members, like how the other Oppas clearly adore her, and she has found herself a solid place in the Yu line. So I didn't really take particular notice of Kookmin.  So Kookmin didn't really enter my mind until i saw a video from the amazing @kookminclan RunningMan that made me go hmmmmmm. And now i'm obsessed TT. 

 

I think that Somin has always found Jongkook attractive, and she has said before that she is his fan and knows a lot of his songs. Here's a selection of Somin feeling up Jongkook or wanting to see Jongkook's body: 

 

Exhibit 1 - she wanted to put Jongkook in a suit that would have a cut out to show his chest and abs! Naughty Somin had to be reminded of the show's rating of 12+ LOL

 

 

Exhibit 2: Somin suddenly felt up Jongkook's biceps as their 2 gangs were having a stand-off in the cafe

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba3uFNnFZ-a/