OT7 Live - 12/16

둘, 셋 방탄 !!🐤 & 둘 셋 방탄!!🐣

My commentary in green.
To keep it easiest for me to transcribe, I'll be abbreviating some names:
RM, Jin, SUGA, hobi, Jm=Jimin, V, JK=Jung Kook
For record's sake, the correct spelling/capitalizations of their stage names, in fan chant order: RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, Jung Kook
Also, as you may have already seen, this live was PURE CHAOS with many members speaking at once/over each other - I did my best but please bear with me lol.. it is what it is hahahaha

Video 1

Jm: please move back.. back back back a bit..
SUGA: is it on?

HELP ME. TINY SUGI HAS PIERCED THE VEIL WITH HIS FIRST SPOKEN WORDS IN MANY MOONS.. asking ...DUNDUNDUNNN if the camera was on ✨✨✨
🐈‍⬛kitty livesss and meowsss

Jm: oh? is it not?
hobi: it's on it's on.. it's on.. it was on
Jm: oh it's on
Jin [to Jimin]: good job good job
RM: is it okay?
Jm[to everyone]: back (x15
SUGA (i think, the screen is obscured by Jimin's calloused hand😭): why wouldn't it have worked..

RM: isn't the brightness too low?
Jm: I can adjust that
SUGA: hey it looks a bit dark
RM [to Jimin]: oh not that - I mean your screen brightness
Jm: oh oh..
JK[to hyungs]: oh and since the table is white..
RM[affirming JK]: right? right! sEE?!

we are 26 seconds in and my last three brain cells are fighting for their lives.

JK thinks the camera likely picked up on the brightness of the table (in focus) and automatically adjusted to darken everything but the table
SUGA: oh cuz the table is white?
JK [to SUGA]: cuz the table is white.. it eats up the light..

RM: no no no no it was at it's lowest [brightness].. the lowest

(IN THE BACKGROUND)
V[to JK in the bg]: if the table's white, it *eats up the light? (*he's asking why the white table would "take up" the light and i am crylaughing because ... this is my 3rd ever OT7 live (first & second)... it's unfolding EXACTLY like i'd imagined based on old content/fanart/comics/'fake scenario'tweets.. except it's real and they ARE all older and wiser and more experienced and 'textured' with life and YET they are still the same silly bingbongs at the core... and yea.. i am streaming happy tears as i type this up T_T)
SUGA (explaining it to V)
V: oh really? cuz then..

(SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE FOREGROUND)

hobi: should we fix it in place?
Jm: oh good idea
hobi: oh no we should fix it facing forward
Jm: oh or how's this?

Jin [from the back]: how many people are going to handle that one phone?

RM: oh that's good that's good

Jin: the focus is off now
SUGA: what is that.. (the view has become fuzzy)

Jm: wait but..
V: wait but..
Jm: wait the color is weird...

Jin: you probably have to go into the phone[settings] (cuz so far, they seem to just have been tinkering with angling/placing the phone so that it adjusts without diminishing the brightness/losing focus)

(JK incoming to fiddle w/ the phone)

hobi: it's fine it's fine.. oh it's good now..

this is not AI, this is the infamously precious fuzzy-headed RM and a wild kookooball - please observe the look on kookoo's face after he just finished setting it up, everyone said it was good, and then his biggest crush said "ok imma change it" HAHAHAHA nooooo🤏🏻

RM: imma change it.. one sec
Jm: ::laughs in incredulity:: it's fine (x5)
JK (to RM): oh there's a filter.. turn off the filter (JK says this to RM in informal Korean and a part of me shrivels at the sass)
SUGA: ya.. move back i can't see anything...
JK (to RM:) it's better to turn the filter off - filter off is *cooler

간지여 (ganjiyuh) = slang for cool/fashionable/stylish depending on context; here sorta meaning it's "cooler" to do it without the filter because it's more... 'effortless vibes' - to which Jimin/j-hope immediately react because JK used this word lolll

hobi ::laughs::
Jm: GANJIYUH? lolll
RM: i don't know if it's all that but ..
hobi: YOOO

JK: is it ON? oh the live is on.. (😑)

RM (generally to all members): ya.. why are you all scrunched on that side? come this way a bit..
hobi: okay go where you want but pick a spot

SUGA: is it cuz the practice room is dark?
JK: i don't think that's why..
hobi: no.. i think we're coming out fine [on camera]

JK: our eyes though..

Jin: it's clear [on camera]
RM: it's clear [on camera]
Jin: don't worry..
hobi: it's clear (x3) ..it's coming through clear

*잘 보여 (jal boyuh) = [thing]] can be seen well; here, "we can be seen well" - but IN english, it's less like they're saying each word "we can be seen well we can be seen well we can be seen well" - take it more like "it's fine.. it's clear .. it's fine it's fine it's fine.."

one minute and 28 seconds into this live - i am regretting all of my life choices as I read lips and then realize it's hobi's voice off screen cuz NO visible mouths were moving.. yup. what is life.

::V wanders to the back quietly::

JK: or should i bring some lights?

RM (to V): what are you doing in the back?
V ::fiddling with the light knobs to figure out which ones control which lights - so he's messing around w/ all of them TO turn down the background lights - but turns down the foreground ones for a sec::
Jin (to V): ...will turning that low make it even darker?
JK (to V): i think he's turning the back lights down..
Jin: ohh turning the back lights down..
V ::turns the back lights down and improves the members' visibility on camera::
hobi: oOooOo ::the hobi OHH of appreciation::
RM: *oOkay i see you~~

*좀 치네? (jom chine)? = literally like "you can play, huh?" -slang for "i see you~~" - so RM is saying that to V for his sense to turn down the background lights as everyone was fiddling with the phone.. but i believe this slang came about re: an instance like ..if your friend is secretly great at the guitar [you didn't know] and then they whip out their skills outta nowhere.. you'd be like oOoh i see you (in this case, literally, to exclaim like OH you can play huh??) - but that sentiment now carries over to any instance similar - even if no instruments are involved

(meanwhile...)
Jin: i JUST now learned where the light switches are in this room - since the lights are always on
JK ::bunny giggless at his oldest hyung and i cry for 6 business days.. before Jin starts air punching him and they break out into jinkookoo laughter and i cry for an additional 1-2 business days::
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hobi: oOooOoooo
..sugi sneezes..
..jimin dissociating into oblivion..
..Jin & JK being dorks..
..RM ever tightening his fluffy hat to his head..
..j-hope has been ready to conduct this live 6 business days ago..
..V is not in frame..

hobi: something... definitely feels better [re: live, all being in frame, the lighting situation, etc.] but hasn't actually improved

bruh.. i feel like this is scripted. how could they each be playing into their roles SO perfectly LMAO.. goes to show you how deeply accurate ARMY fan fake scenarios have become over time because.. this translation transcript just reads like one of those.. 🤣🤣🤣

RM: no it is better..
SUGA: ::something::

JK: *but.. *근데요 (geundayo) - "but! wait!..." ..in formal korean
hobi: yae? (answering JK in formal Korean because he is endeared to kookoo's plea)
JK: the screen is lying flat...
RM: !!?
JK: ARMY has to watch us like this..

RM: YOU'RE RIGHTTTT - we should restart it - let's restart it vertically
Jin: ahhh the experts do vertically (😑😂😂😂😂)
Jin: Jungkookie should engineer.. ::gets cut off::
[fin]

friends.. this <5min video took me like a whole 45minutes to translate -not because of the translation- but to figure out WHAT was being said and who was speaking LOLL pray for me🥲

Video 2

i have the digital subscription and one of the ONLY benefits i actually enjoy (since I don't need translations) is the digital upscaling for higher resolution vids... - please tell me why THIS is the HD 1080p resolution SIGH

SUGA: i think it got darker?
Jin: whenever any member goes live - i always watch
JK gets up to fidget w/ the phone again - SUGA: leave it - let's just start..

Jin: I always get the notifications right away
V: me too i get the notification too

maybe this is why weverse doesn't know to fix it...??

JK: okay it's fine now right?
hobi: well since you're up there.. read us a comment Jungkookah
JK: the comment he reads
新年快乐 (Xīnnián kuàilè)
新 (xīn) = new
年 (nián) = year
快乐 (kuàilè) = happy / joyful

..Jimin, j-hope, RM break into laughter BUT*..

j-hope/Jm ::laughs at kookoo's cuteness/randomness::
hobi:: why all of a sudden..
RM: ::laughs because of kookoo's cuteness/randomness AND:: ..he [JK] got all the tones wrong [re: enunciating the Chinese](HAHAHHAHHHajkldfjglakfjgldfkg)

istg if they start speaking other languages my 3 brain cells will resign and leave the building
JK: (adjusting his pronunciation)xīnnián kuàilè
RM: xīnnián kuàilè
SUGA: ..but it's not the new year
(i officially cannot. THIS IS WHOLE SITUATION IS JUST TOO PRECIOUS. THIS IS TOO ICONIC. how are they so COMICALLY quintessentially themselves - the way the fan scenarios have written them up. i am DECEASEDDDDD.)

RM: everyone, HAPPY (hobi joins in) NEW YEAR

Jin outta nowhere: hey wait it says it's encoding (😑😂 good sir, are you clicked into the live you just ended? probably.)
JK: no it's not..the comments are coming through
Jin: oh really? why does mine say it's encoding?
Jm: it's not even the new year yet -why are you saying these thingss
RM/JK: it's going to be the new year soon!
hobi: the end of the year..[cut off]
RM: 2025 HAS COME TO AN END!!! timestamp

SUGA: ughh you mean I'm getting another year older (SUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ok sry.)

hobi (to members): how was your 2025?

JK:i wish it would end soon...
SUGA: i don't wanna get older 🥺 (SUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 😭)
Jin (looking at j-hope but talking to the members): cuz.. you guys got discharged from the military
hobi: yea they got discharged
JK: i wanna go to 2026 asap
RM/V - mumbling i think the dates they were discharged but I truly cannot hear..
RM: i'm so tired of 2025

SUGA (to RM): yea.. 2025 feels.. like extra long
RM: SO LONG...
SUGA: is it because we went to the U.S. to do work you think?
RM: it's cuz ..spent half the year as a soldier..
JK to sugi: no but for me it felt SO quick busan satoori cutiebobakookooak;dlfjg;ladjf;glajdf;lgja;ldfgj;aldfkjg
SUGA: for me.. 2025 felt really longgg

kookoo has this habit of randomly ending words that should end in 'dae' by saying 'dee' which is a cute expression of satoori (not just busan actually, lots of satoories(?) do something similar, for example: "되게 짧은데" (dwegeh jjalbundae) - it was SUPER short/brief, but he pronounces it "dwegeh jjalbundee" - and it is extra cute because he is shaped like a bubble

JK: but we we.. please watch JK point everywhere and short circuit for a sec figuring out when everyone was discharged..i.. we got discharged this year hyung
hobi (helping to straighten him out): 2025 was the year you guys got discharged, us (pointing to Jin and himself) last year
JK: after discharge.. the brand new world was..

Jm: guys.. we're all gathered together for the first time in a while [for us, live] and you're gonna start talking about the military AGAIN??
::a symphony of 'no's::
Jm doubling down: WANNA GO? IS THIS WHAT YOU WANNA DO?
RM: nonononono STAHPITNOWWW STAHP TALKING ABOUT THE MILITARY NOWWWWWWWWW
hobi ::cracking up::
Jm: shall we talk about our happy times??
RM: i will IMMEDIATELY start playing conan ::starts miming playing the sax:: too long to explain here, please read this to see conan ref

JK: JIMINJJAN (?? prob an inside joke)

Jin: it was long for me too cuz i worked a lot..
hobi: for sure for sure

JK: think the military admin office is prob watching [us] too? ::Jin bops JK cuz wdym, my little boba why would they be watching us::
cry with me. Jin & Jm love bb kookoo so much. kookooball loves his hyung so much

i love watching all of their individual lives - each with their distinct styles of conducting the live per their character, preferences, cadences, spaces, etc.. But all together, the way their distinct personalities, juxtaposed to each others' personalities, pronounce each individuals' quirks/colors ever more distinctly and vibrantly is a gifttt

j-hope has level 1 zoomies

RM: k everyone settle down.. k k.. EVERYONE..

RM: KIMNAMJOON HAS HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE
i cry
kookoo & Jin clap
j-hope is still having his level 1 zoomies (very contagious) has spread to V.. who now also has level 1 zoomies..
RM: holy shhh cotdamnnn
hobi(rightly not allowing RM a moment of glory without the full story): but hold on.. I heard a rumor that someone may have failed their first attempt..
Jin (playfully defending bb koala): nah.. prob just a rumor

RM: while I was making a U-turn, I crossed the center line.. but NO it's because the paint had worn off so when I turned ...
(now ALL playfully coming to his defense 😭😭😭 because look at himmmmm)

hobi: no okay but that's totally understandable cuz..
Jin: no but THAT is so unfair cuz the PAINT was coming off and he probably followed the cars right in front of him as he was turning so..

RM: i only had two days of driving on the road..
JK: then the person in front was at fault [for leading a bad example for RM]
hobi: so now when we go places, Namjoon - you should drive us
RM: driving is fine - i cannot park
SUGI laugh

meanwhile.. V ::playing with RM's hat ears:: please behold

RM: i have to practice parking..
Jm: hyung, make sure you get lots of practice..
SUGA: but parking's included in the test though, right? at the end?
RM: ehhhhh it's not included on the road driving portion
SUGA: O_O?WHYNOT?
RM: only on the skills test (closed course)
SUGA: oh really...

Korea's driver's license test is in 3 distinct phases - (1) the written test covering safety laws, traffic laws, signs, etc.; (2) closed-course skills test covering things like turn signals, emergency braking, narrow lane driving, basic turns, and PARKING, etc.; and (3) the driving test on public roads/real streets covering actually abiding real traffic signs, minding pedestrians, overall safety/awareness, etc. - and is quite strict

JK: but then what happens when you come in from the road test?
SUGA: yea.. like the final part after that?
hobi: but ..it's probably changed.. it's changed a lot since we took it LMAO AT HOBI SASS WITHOUT EVEN MEANING TO BE SASSY adfjgladfjg
JK to hobi: oh and it's just moved to the skills portion?
Jin: but these days, there's like a button you can press and the car will park for you

i love, how like in most friend groups, when it's not deeply consequential info (like this information doesn't matter to them because they all already have their driver's license atp)- they just find confirmation/affirmation in each other but it's the blind leading the blind LMAOOOO

SIMULTANEOUSLY (sooo many of the things that were spoken were conversations happening AT THE SAME TIME over each other)
Jm (to RM very quietly): ah.. just you know don't drive
RM: no i mean.. i have no plans to buy my own car
Jm: didn't you say you just got it [the driver's license] to have it?
RM verbal zoomies: I JUST WANTED TO FINALLY GET MY LICENSE TOO. I WANTED TO OVERCOME MY TRAUMA.

SUGA: your hat today.. kinda looks like a panda
RM: panda??
Jm: you cutee
hobi: right now ..his head's prob sweltering under there right after choreography practice..
SUGA: this is my first time seeing someone wearing a FURRY HAT DURINGGGG choreography practice..
RM: my hair is *such a mess right now I apologize everyone - i was trying to look presentable

please witness hobi's laugh, RM's sincere eyes, Jimin just soaking in the chaos, glow-in-the-dark SUGA looking down, JK staring at his love, Jin staring at his liability, V lookin like a smug teddy bear absorbing vibes- I can't.

*거지 같아서 (gujee gatasuh) = literally "like a beggar" colloquially used to mean raggedy, messy, rough-looking, unkempt when describing appearance; shoddy, poor/lacking when talking about quality of some [thing/service/attitude/etc]

RM: i mean i woke up this morning and it was SUCH a mess
Jin laughing/exasperated: then why didn't you just wash your hair before you came..
RM: i had no time to wash it
SUGA: isn't the rule to not wash your hair before practice
RM: cuz you wind up having to wash it again anywayy
Jin: oh is that so?
JK: i washed my hair before I came!
Jin: me too..

okay to me, JK is so baby ONE HUNDRED % of the time.. but he's never MORE baby than in the context of ALLLL his hyungs at once. everything registers [to me] like bbkookooball is just like ME TOO I WANNA SAY SOMETHING TOO vibes ...that might just be me.. but i can't. not. see. that. and it is KILLING ME.

::V is twirling::

hobi: now everyone.. tbh we are turning the live on now AFTER having had dance practice.. we practiced and..
JK(at the same time under hobi's voice): we have finished dance practice
RM: *knifechoreography
JK: should we show you?
hobi ::staring with highkey anticipation/lowkey dread at the camera then at JK:: can you do it?

if you've ever read the BTS book, you might be familiar with this term "칼근무" (kal geunmoo) = literally 'knife+group choreography' (as distinct from SOLO choreography because GROUP choreography requires multiple individuals to be perfectly in sync) not just one or many great dancers on stage in general, but one cohesive unit moving together with precision - this term did exist in the kpop industry well before BTS ever existed HOWEVER, BTS (perhaps without necessarily intending to) forever redefined the expectation around this word from 'worthy aspiration' for kpop groups to work towards to 'mainstream expectation' with their level of dedication/excellence with every performance from their debut days

RM invokes the word, and then has dance zoomies re: dynamite choreography, and with every beat, says (in tiny) "knife knife knife" as he hits each beat ...like an utterrrr dorkling.

JK: we CANN..
SUGA: no we can'tttt then we're leaking our cue sheet
V (pointing at RM): but this hyung is dancing rn... and they can see what he's...
Jin: he's just over here dancing..
::RM still dance zoomying:: O__O??
::hobi's incredulous laugh::
::Jimin's exasperated:: whyyyy would you..
::RM frozen in fear::
SUGA: no wait wait what'd you just do??
RM: O_O just now? i..
Jin (quickly to RM's defense again after seeing frozen koala bb): no but this one's okay to show cuz..
SUGA (also quickly relenting): no no this one's okay this one's okay..
V: IN THAT CASE THEN WE SHOULD ALLLL DANCE ::starts doing we are bulletproof pt 2 choreography::
and N.O. choreography
SUGA: (in recognition) it's N.O. N.O.
Jin: (also joining in) huh I guess we do remember it..
hobi: of course you do
Jm (to V): you punk - you're so good..

V (95s share smilies - please cry with me again)

Jm:good jobb
V ::starts doing Danger choreography::
Jm ::also starts doing Danger choreography::

hobi (INSTANT recognition): ya.. DANGER? ...you think there'll be a day we do Danger again?
Jin: i can't even really remember the song Danger..
SUGA: there are a lottt of people who like Danger
hobi: no i like it too! Danger.. back then we were always so exhausted..
Jin: which one's Danger? (the chaos is so real)... ::sings tentatively:: ..🎶why are you dangerous to me?🎶
JK: yup ::nods::
Jin * j-hope: 🎶don't send mixed signals/confuse me (Danger lyrics)🎶

::V & RM continue dance zoomies in silence::

SUGA: but.. okay but those lyrics though.. so be saying those lyrics in our mid-30s is a bit..
hobi ::immediately agrees::

Jm: when I think of Danger.. that's all I can think of when they were broadcasting...
Jin: your face was this chubbs

Jm: 🎶you're dangerous to me now🎶 ::mimes a camera zooming right into his face by his eye::

idk what they're referencing, but if any ARMY knows what zoom-in moment they're talking about, please leave the link in comments or DM me on threads/instagram with the link and I'll update my post to include it

hobi: no the line was 'don't confuse me' and then
Jm: and then it zoomed in RIGHT ON MY EYE like this

RM: ...back then why did they use SO MUCH eyeliner on us..
JK: back then it was the 'it' trend.. (explained the fetus to the leader LMAO jkfl;gajdklfjg;l i can't i love them so much they're so cute i am dying)
SUGA: the smokey eye was the the look back then sugiball has spoken. this is the final authority i accept on all trends from 'back in his day' i will not be taking questions at this time.
Jin: yea but we didn't do it after that so..

hobi attempting to get things back on track: Mic Drop has come out [in comments]
SUGA: what would you like to hear.. or see..
Jm: ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding
JK/Jin (side convo of when they last had to wear eyeliner)

RM: does anyone have any fun recent updates?
hobi: oh recent updates!
RM: me, my driver's license
hobi: okay [RM] driver's license.. anyone else?
Jm: me?
hobi looking at Jin: ..is this not fun? oh shoot your outfit is cuteee [Jin is wearing j-hope's new human made jacket]
Jin: oh - my clothes are cute? oH! my clothes ::goes to rip open V's vest to reveal V is wearing alo:: HIS clothes are super cute

hobi: oh we all wore each others' stuff

(SO CUTE jkalz;fdjgl;kadjfg;lajdfl;kgja;lk).

RM: this is free advertising

JK (suspecting j-hope is wearing CK boxer): hyung, what is your panty?
hobi (who is, in fact, not wearing CK boxers at the moment): why my panty all of a sudden??
Jin: it's not the brand you think it is
JK ::sadkookooball::

hobi(realizing re: panty inquiry)::bursts into laughter::
Jimin has fallen.
RM contemplating his life choices
SUGA has been unplugged someone plug him back in and hit reset

SUGA to JK (i THINK? i can't exactlyyy tell but i re-listened to this bit eleventysixhundred times and this is what i think is most likely based on JK's answer and then SUGA's response after that)no wait.. why don't you give us some [re: CK swag] and thennn say something
JK as pouty kookooball: 🥺but you have lots of money buy it yourself
::everyone laughs::
SUGA: hehehe I have my own brand I gotta think about..

if you thought Jimin had just flopped over ded from laughing, you'd be gravely mistaken -although in good company because i'm sure all ARMY figured the same thing

no - in fact, Jimin was lying down on the ground to check/show that his panty was indeed CK.. and upon visual confirmation JK points out:

JK: SEE! THIS RIGHT HERE. YES.

hobi: underwear is very important (nice)
Jin:that we're all supporting/wearing each others' brands is so heartwarming to see
hobi: love to see it..

V: jin hyung gives me presents from time to time [alo gear] thennn i wear it as practice clothes and it's very nice

V & JK especially appear to be CONSPICUOUSLY the two babiest babies when they're with all their hyungs in a way I didn't notice in the first OT7 live after discharge (because that was a more 'formal' we're backkk announcement live) or the beach live (because the connection was spotty and V was very occupied with beating up Jin with his beachwater-soaked hugs)

::kookoo taps Jin to say something and then spaces out into oblivion::

RM: not too long ago we all hung out at the new house ...Jimin, why didn't you come?

JK: huh? Jimin hyung was there..
RM/hobi: of course Jimin was there..
Jm: ...not only was I there.. i was the one who arranged for us all to meet
V: I was the one that wasn't there..
RM to Jimin: you right...

trigger warning: violence ahead
::behold the fierce mochi deth grip of retribution in tiny::

hobi: Jin hyung was busy.. and Taehyungie was busy too

RM: V, Jin, why didn't you come??
SUGA to RM: when we went to your house?
hobi to RM: when yoongi hyung went that first time - only you took pictures
JK: now that it's the end of the year ..with the members..
SUGA: yea but that time.. it was soOoo late.. it was like 4am...
RM: ...we did play til 4am..

Jin to RM: oh the next day I had a wedding to go to in the morning
RM: ohh that's right.. you had to emcee
Jin: i.. am never going to emcee again..
RM: hyung - don't do it if you don't want tooooo
Jin: no i mean as far as my friends go - they're all done now so..
SUGA: they're all gone now.. (as in paired off, not dead)
Jin: seriously ALL my friends left (again, got married loll) all my friends my age have all gone (paired off) so now there's no one even left to emcee for...

-SIMULTANEOUSLY-
Jimin to hobi: hyung, when did you get there?
hobi to Jimin: like around 1am? 1.. yea
Jimin: oh you didn't sleep at that time.. and ::cannot hear over the sound of Jin/RM's conversation::
hobi: oh i sleep latee
Jimin: ...that is such welcomed news to me for some reason (Jimin notoriously sleeps at ridiculous times of day, as evidenced in AYS2 Ep.1 #iykyk)

(please note this cheeky smiley exchange between hobi/Jimin)

hobi (tuning into Jin): what are you talking about
Jin: weddings..
hobi: oh emceeing weddings?

Jm: anywayssss we've been practicing a lot lately and ..getting together these nights and just *chatting away

*수다 떨고 (soodah ddulgo) = gossipping/chatting, catching up

hobi: we're spending it[our time] so well.. yup.. end of the year.. it's getting colder... ...
Jm: oh ..
SUGA: i think it's better to do a concert..
RM: I REALLY WANT TO I AM LOSING MY MINDDD timestamp SERIOUSLYYY
SUGA: STOP PREPARATIONS.. STOP PREPARATIONSSSS PUHLEASE...
RM: i hate the end of the year this year SO MUCH..
Jin: it has been difficult
hobi to SUGA: .. ...but but like there's SO MUCH MORE we have to prepare..
SUGA: exactly
hobi: like.. lowkey we haven't actually even started..
JK: ..i think we're not even like 10% through...
hobi: 10%? you think we're even at 5%??

please note the look of dread in kim namjoon's eyeballs.
🎶this is what memes are made of🎶

RM: well... okay but FIRST.. we can't even talk about that cuz we can't..
hobi: okay okay okay that's right that's right that's right ::calibrates IMMEDIATELY and stops talking about it::
RM: like.. we can't talk about how far along we are cuz.. we can't.. like when is the office going to announce things.. i'm going to lose my mind.. HYBE PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE THINGSSS
Jin to RM: announce what things..
RM: like when we're doing what...
SUGA: they said they would
hobi: when?
SUGA: eventually
RM ::bursts out laughing::incredulous:: EVENTUALLY THEY WILL? i mean..
SUGA: WE CAN'T SAY WHEN THEY'RE GONNA SAY SO .. but they did say they would .. IN THE TIMEFRAME..
RM::gritting his teeth:: i. am. going. to. lose. it.

::V starts singing::

Jm: so i mean.. because these days [these practice/prep days] feels so longg.. there are these frustrating tendencies.. for sure

off to the side
JK: .........when is this?
Jin to JK: right over your head... listen at meetings :hyung bops kookoo:
JK: bunnygiggless no no i remember
Jin: you do huh
JK: i think..
Jin: if you do.. do not say it out loud..
JK: okay
hobi ::watching:: HAHAHAHA
Jin to JK: just hold that information in your head

[off to the side]
RM: O_O oh there's a meeting tomorrow too!
Jm ::nods in agreement:: yup, you're right

V: but we! ::pauses & looks to RM🥺::
RM to V: go ahead
V: we just suddenly decided to do a live and but.. so... ...... how are you all

::everyone laughing at V's cute RANDOM ass question thrown to ARMY::
::jin hits kookoo::
::hobi laughs into the camera::
::RM smiles::
::SUGA is unplugged again::
::kookoo also laughs::
::Jimin - PLEASE EVERYBODY LOOK AT JIMIN SMILING AT HIS 95 bestie and pats his head::

tell me. how many times did you cry because of this <20min live situation

I'm at about 26business days.

hobi (re: V): he said he wanted to say one thing..
RM: i thought it was a Compose Coffee ad

V (to camera): have you been well???

hobi (re: V): these days.. if V's "on location," (as in working off-site/not at HYBE) he's always on the Compose Coffee set
V to hobi: have YOU been well??
hobi playing along: yes I've been doing well

JK: i haven't had coffee yet i want some..
RM: O_O why aren't you drinking coffee?
Jin: why?
SUGA: i too don't drink coffee - i quit
JK: i quit caffeine
RM: oh really? why cuz you're tired?
JK: says it's bad for you
hobi: i only drink decaf
SUGA: i too only drink decaf
V: i don't drink coffee
RM: ...what really? AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT DRINKS COFFEE HERE?
hobi: only decaf for me
Jm:: raises hand:: [shakes hand in solidarity] whilst talking about the perils of consuming bad things..
RM: but i only drink it in the morning..
Jin: i too drink coffee
SUGA: if i drink coffee i can't sleep at all even if i only drink it in the morning
Jin: i drink coffee.. but I only drink like ::CANNOT HEAR FOR THE LIFE OF ME but it sounds like he says:: ~10mL (this is both ridiculous as an answer.. but entirely understandable as a JIN answer - esp given what he said in his birthday live) AMERICA FRIENDS, 10mL is a LITTLE more than 1.5 teaspoons (NOT TABLESPOONS)

either 10ML OR like "every 10-16 days" ??? but I can't tell and the subtitles in both languages do not pick up on it because jhope/V speak very loudly over him

i am CRYlaughing EVERY MIINUTEEE. friends. I'm deeply dehydrated pray for me. it's sooo funny.

hobi/V (reading comments): they want us to do lives more frequently
hobi: let's do this again one more time
V: they want us to do this more often
SUGA: cuz we.. ::i can't hear::

hobi: let's do another one.. what do you wanna do?
Jin: what about for end of year or new year .. we can.. all together we can..
hobi: should we do it like legit?
Jin (getting quieter): i mean.. we can...
V: wait what is this.. what is this..
JK: wait wait and then we all *dress up for it!

*정장 (jung jang) = formal wear; for men, like a full suit - typically, slacks, jacket, dress shirt, often a tie..
please listen to everything boba suggests. look at him.

hobi: aishh.. ::the sigh of what did i just get myself into::
Jin to JK: oh.. dressed up??
hobi to JK: ...be careful with what you say loll
Jm: but..
SUGA: but then we have to dress up to come here..
Jm to JK: oh i like it..
RM: i like it too - we haven't dressed up in a while -it'd be nice to put on suits👀 ohellyes
Jm: and like each do dress up how we want..
JK: and each get hair/makeup done too
V: but then..
Jin: but then.. ..okay let's not match the concept but just each do our best, get hair/makeup done..
RM: wait wait wait wait wait.. (to JK) are you gonna get hair/makeup done?
JK: well cuz we'd be in front of a camera so.. yea?
RM: i mean cuz if some of us do and some of us don't - you know that's an accident waiting to happen right?
hobi: this... is true.
Jm: but there's this also..
hobi: really.. we're gonna get dressed up??
Jm: but you know that if you PUT ON A SUIT.. but do NOT get your hair/makeup done that you will look a hot mess right?
RM: obvi...but if we're in.. i'm innn..

um. someone revive. all this talk of wearing suits and getting hair and makeup done has exhausted one kitten. sugi leans on the kookoo tums for support.

hobi: but okay if we go suits though.. i do have to get one ..
JK: oh cuz you don't have one tailored right now huh..
hobi: yea.. i've been wearing the same suit to the last THREE weddings I've been too hahahahaha

Jm to RM: oh but do you think the hair/makeup staff would want to come out to do that? (and THIS HERE is why they've had the success they've seen... consideration of every other contributing individual involved in their work)
RM quietly: oh.. i don't know..

V::just here for vibes the whole live making faces::

JK to Jin while flapping penguin arms:: hyung, i have no suits at home
Jin to JK: me neither
hobi to JK: but by now.. it's good to have one tailored suit for yourself
JK: true...

they're all grown men yes. but JK is still everyone's baby. i will fight anyone that disagrees.

Jin to hobi: okay but any time you put on a suit.. you're getting your hair/makeup done too right?
hobi: ..yea..
Jin: that means the style team is in action too so you don't really have to worry
hobi: ..this is also true..

RM (realizing the implications of his side convo w/ Jimin and pivoting): ANYWAY, can't we just turn on the live while we're eating or something?
hobi: that's true that's true
V: ..IN THAT CASE, let us gather at Jin hyung's house
JK: love it
Jin:... what outta nowhere??
hobi ::sunshine giggless::

RM: Jin hyung's house is so niceee, I went over in the recent past and it's nice~
Jin: it is the EXACT opposite of Jung Kook's house
JK: yea ::this face:: the exactttt opposite

please help me. i wanna eat him. it'd only take one bite🤏🏻.

V: wait in that case.. let's do.... whoever's name comes up the most in comments - we do it at their house..
Jin: hahahaha
hobi: umm...... holdddd on a seccc ..that is not easy.. that is not easyy...
RM: everyone say V~~~~~~~ timestamp
JK doesn't know what's happening but hear's RM's voice, in SOO TINY: V~~~ HAHAHAHAHAHAHA no i am crying
hobi: let's just do it in the officeee, just come to the officee

JK: can't we meet at a restaurant?
hobi: what restaurant?
V: i mean that stuff.. we can slowly..
hobi to camera: recommend one!

RM: well in any case, let's do an end-of-year gathering
::everyone chimes in agreement::
Jm: wow ..*end-of-year gathering ...
RM: you know .. some kinda.. gathering

*송년회 (song nyunhwe) - end of year gathering/party/get-together
막년회 (mak nyunhwe) - a made-up term by RM saying like end-of-whatever-type-whatever; not a real word

SUGA: woww maknyunhwe??

hobi to SUGA: hyung, "yoongi marry me" is still going strong... ever consistent..
Jm: how many years has it been now?
RM: i mean at this rate - isn't it like marriage anyway?
V: the timing to answer this has kinda passed though..
Jm (teasing): hyung, i mean .. at this rate you should be holding dearly to SOMEone in your heart
RM: hyung, did you secretly get married?
SUGA: ahh. .. so.. 'marry me' ..
::j-hope, Jimin, RM, laugh at sugi's cute deadpan reply in tiny::
RM: THAT's what you replied with?? (mimicing sugi) :ahh.. so.. marry me:
SUGA: all my friends are married now..
Jin: all my friends are married now so i don't even have any more weddings to go to..

Jm to Jin: hyung, are you ..what 50 next year?
Jin ::bursts out laughing::
RM: about that..
hobi: it always changes..
V: hyung hyung, please let me know when you're celebrating your 60th
RM/JK: hwangap hwangap

*환갑 (hwangap) = name of milestone of hitting your 60th birthday specifically -which is a huge birthday milestone because it's the completion of the traditional 60-year lunar calendar cycle

V says "예순잔치" (yaesoon janchi) at first which means "60th birthday/party" but is corrected by RM/JK to use the milestone namesake

kinda like if someone was like oh it's TK's 16th birthday party, and you added - "her Sweet Sixteen" - technically both correct

Jin: Taehyungie brought up my 70th birthday last time to me.. but my dad hasn't even reached his 70th yet..
SUGA: :gasp: omg my dad's 70th is approaching..
hobi: at your 70th Jung Kook is singing a special tribute song FOR. SURE.
Jm (looking at Jin, realizing he started this joke but that Jin isn't really laughing anymore- reaches his hand out to hold Jin's hand as a kind of temperature check timestamp (Jin is fine :) but I love Jimin's heart)
RM: okay dinner show.. bangtan dinner show..
hobi (responding to SUGA): our parents may be approaching their 70s..

Jin:but now i feel it physically..
Jm: are you.. a bit in pain?
Jin: no but i'm like sore here and there..
SUGA: no but bouncing back is not fast anymore..
RM: no we're farrrr from it (i'm 99.9% sure he's saying far from being old but because he keeps saying it right after Jimin.. there's a .1% chance that he means they're farrrr from their peak??? but i can't tell like based on his body language, facial expressions, cuz it could technically be either loll)
Jm: we are still in our prime, PRIME. TIME. our PRIMEEEEE. you know what i mean?

but he botches the delivery of saying 'you know what i mean?' and basically trips up and with the 'cadence' of 'yknow what i mean?' fumbles the words and says something like "do you know what.... i mean?" so j-hope laughs at the awkward pronunciation and RM tries to say it cooler. they're both inimitable bingbongs. pure bingbong DNA.

Jin: ya jiminah.. i still remember.. like 2 weeks ago you came up to me and said "i think i finally understand what you meant when you said you were in pain at this age" you SPOKE THESE WORDS FROM RIGHT WHERE YOU SIT NOWWWW
Jm: that's cool but WE ARE AT OUR PRIMEEEE - don't forgettt
Jin: okay!
V: but.. i do be hurting though..
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
SUGA: ???
Jm: we are READYYY

::please see the bb fiddling with his necklace whistle::
hobi to RM: they said to speak English
RM ::blowing necklace whistle::
Jin/hobi/Jm: what is det..
Jin: saxophone?
JK: accessory! (TEN POINTS FOR KOOKOOBALL - i cryyyyyy) a whistle!
V::blowing into his fist like a whistle::

RM (now reading comments): okay.. we got Mexico..
hobi: fidgeting w/ RM's necklace, this is coool
Jin to RM: Namjoonah, they asked for English..

RM: what's up guys? We are BTS!

RM: We want to say Happy New Year!
SUGA: not yet not yet (you tell em you punctual king)
hobi: Happy New Year
RM (trolling themselves from previous interviews): Our favorite food is in and out
hobi: Wow

Jm to RM: are you forreall right now..

*뻥치고 있네 (bbung cheego itnae)- a sassy way of being like are you forreal right now/ you've gotta be kidding me. and this photo... i have died so many deths during this live..#dedanddehydrated

RM (randomly): jajjangmyun!
hobi ::sunshine giggless::
Jm: i do like jajjangmyun though..

SUGA: let's do another live!

hobi: we only came to drop in quickly
RM: yea we have to go workout soon..
hobi: we sweat a lot so..
RM: are you all gonna work out?
JK: i worked out before I came
Jm: Taehyungie said he has to go
V: I'm going to eat sushi
Jm: he said we have to turn it off quickly cuz he has to leave soon.. be honest ::pointing at V::
V: so what..

JK to V: hyung sushi sushi from where?
RM: get me sushi too
JK: me too!
V ::pulls off Jimin's arm::

Jin to V: okay get in safe
V to RM/JK: i'm on my way to get treated
JK to V: buy me too
V (offscreen to JK): I will buy you

SUGA ::gets up::

hobi: oh are we ending it now? okay then next time..
RM: in not too long..
V (offscreen): i'll be back
JK to V: should i go eat sushi too?
hobi wrangling baby 2: let's all say goodbye
Jm to his 95 bestie: you have to say goodbye first though before you leave
hobi: okay everyone get together.. get in the frame.. show your face.. okay everyone show your face
V ::dives on screen::
JK: are we gonna do 2, 3, bangtan now? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Jimin ::gets stepped on::
JK to Jm: oh! are you okay?
Jimin: i'm gettin stepped on - it's chaos .. but hey can you see me?
JK::picks up Jimin and holds him up::
V (in a rush): WE'VE BEEN BANGTANSONYEONDAN
hobi: we'll be back later

RM/V: 2!3! GAMSAHAMNIDA