Dead or Alive | BTS Theory Book

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*Disclaimer: These are theories based on what I have seen and what I and my friends come up with. These are most likely not absolutely accurate. Everyone will have their own opinion on theories and I want to respect that. If I'm wrong in any of these then please correct me! If you have any of your own theories that you would like to share, post them in the comments and maybe I'll make a chapter and comment on your theories.*

Just a little comment before we start this chapter, this was written the day the 'Persona' trailer came out. Anyways, enjoy~

     On March 27th, it was officially 16 days till the album 'Map of The Soul: Persona' comes out. At 8:00 AM PST Big Hit uploaded 'BTS MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA 'Persona' Comeback Trailer.' BTS has always mentioned how they are always going to go back to the beginning, this is the comeback where they prove that to be true.

     The song starts with the intro of the 'Skool Luv Affair' comeback trailer/song. They had taken the beginning of the trailer and re-colorized it then put it at the beginning of 'Map of The Soul' trailer. They had also used Namjoon's part from 'Intro: Skool Luv Affair,' indicating that they are really going back to the beginning. 

     The MV opens up to a classroom with a chalkboard from the 'Skool Luv Affair' era. If you look closely on the board, there are many quotes from the Swiss Psychiatrist, Carl Jung. Also on the board appeared the words 'Persona, Shadow, and Ego,' which leads us to believe that we are getting a trilogy.

Persona: Dream

Shadow: Love

Ego: Happiness

     Also, there may be some association with the 'WINGS' album. In a scene from 'Blood, Sweat, and Tears,' Namjoon is drinking from an old looking wine glass which contains a green, see-through, liquid In the 'Map of the Soul: Persona' trailer, Namjoon looks as if he's being slapped or hit in the face as he spits out a green liquid as the screen goes black.

     As well as the trailer being uploaded on March 27th, episode 12 of the 'Save Me' webtoon was released. The episode had finally revealed why Jimin was forced into the hospital, seizures. After revealing he has seizures, they showed he also has some type of hallucinations that causes him to scratch around his feet and ankles as if he's trying to get that hallucination to go away. Jimin more than likely doesn't know that he has hallucinations because he keeps saying that the only reason he's in the hospital is that he has seizures. It also showed as if he was or is abused by his mother. I seems as if every time Jimin wants to leave, his mother shows up, dragging him back to his room away from the members, as she referrers to them as the 'trouble-makers from high school.' 

     Following that scene, another comes up to show Jimin's feet as they are being surrounded by a black "liquid." The scene shows his scared expression before he goes to the bathroom and runs a bath for himself, he then gets in to the bath quickly, scratching around his feet and ankles. Jimin then falls into a trance-like state s the screen shows him in the ocean as the black "liquid" surrounds him completely. At the end of the webtoon, it mentions the date of May 12th. Showing a distraught Jin sitting in the hospital waiting room before getting up and walking down the hallway while doctors and nurses rush past him and to the door of a bathroom. The hospital staff is shown shouting Jimin's name as they are warning him to open the door, he never opens the door so the staff decides to open it themselves while Jin walks up behind them. Revealing the scene of Jimin drowning himself in the bathtub. Jin rushes into the bathroom as fast as he can before grabbing at Jimin's shirt. The webtoon ends with the word 'Splash' showing nothing afterward.

     Now after seeing everything that was/is happening with Jimin and water and stuff like that, I had come up with my own theory about why Jimin keeps going back to water. We've seen in most MV's that follow the 'HYYH'  era/storyline that Jimin is always in some way in or surrounded by water. In most scenes, he is struggling with/against the water with a pained expression. We've seen him in a bathtub more than a few times. In the book 'The Notes 1,'  One of those pictures is a police report of a five-year-old missing boy who was found dead at the arboretum. We also know that blood seems to scares Jimin. In the book, he was rubbing roughly at the cut when he fell down while dancing with his partner. While rubbing it under the water, he said he thought he was over his fear. He seemed to be intrigued while he rubbed at the bloodied spot. There are some theories that suggest Jimin is afraid of water but I don't believe that to be true. I think the water is supposed to clean him in a way of what he saw or witnessed. He willingly puts himself into that water but every time he looks sad or hurt when he does. In the webtoon, Taehyung has a dream of Jimin drowning. We've seen in the webtoon, and in the book, Taehyung seems to feel he's done something before. I think that's the feeling of him remembering something from a different timeline, possibly when Jin time traveled. At the end of the book, Taehyung has a dream of Namjoon dying. That's the last page before the book ends. Taehyung's dreams could be things that will happen in the future. Something different, but somewhat similar to what Jin does. In the 'FAKE LOVE'  MV, there is a scene where Jimin looks at the camera and covers his mouth with a pained or scared expression, the following scene is where he turns off the faucet and a few scenes later water comes out around him. This could be him remembering what he witnessed.

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Hello everyone~ I hope you're having an amazing day. now I know this chapter is a long one but I really hope you enjoyed it because it's a very risky theory to have about Jimin. I'm still not completely on board with it but I'm definitely getting there. Anyways, I hope to see you next time~

~Cotton