hmm… I think it depends on how you define “golden age.” in some ways, 2025 really does feel like it, since this is the year soogyu as a ship finally gained wider recognition and isn’t really considered “underrated” anymore. it wasn’t always like this, when I first joined sgyvtwt on a private account back in 2022, there were maybe (with a bit of exaggeration) only around 20 of us. the community has grown so much since then.

if we’re talking purely about the amount and type of moments though, I’d say 2024 was their peak. the emotional charge between them felt the strongest then. with friendships that carry an undercurrent of attraction, intimacy, or romantic tension, it’s normal for that “charge” to ebb and flow over time. even in platonic friendships people go through cycles of closeness and distance, but in homoerotic friendships those cycles are layered with desire and ambiguity. that makes the highs feel especially electric and the lows more like a retreat into safer ground. the tension never disappears, but it shows up differently depending on context and what’s at stake for both people.

in my opinion, that tension was at its highest in 2024, when it felt like they could’ve pushed things over the edge but didn’t quite cross that line. right now, their dynamic feels like a mix of different phases from the past few years, but I’m hoping we’ll see the tension build again in the near future.