JiYoo

Jiyoo is the femslash ship between JiU and Yoohyeon from the Dreamcatcher fandom.

Canon
JiU and Yoohyeon were both trainees at Happyface Entertainment, JiU for 2 and a half years and Yoohyeon 1 and a half. They both debuted in the five member group MINX on September 18, 2014. MINX disbanded November 29, 2016, but re-debuted as the seven member girl group Dreamcatcher, with a darker concept. Both JiU and Yoohyeon are lead vocalists.

In 2017, JiU and Yoohyeon, along with Siyeon and Dami, participated on YG Entertainment’s survival show Mixnine as a way to promote Dreamcatcher. They eventually left due to scheduling conflicts.

On August 23, 2022, JiU and Yoohyeon covered "Monster" by Irene & Seulgi, a song known for its sapphic themes.

JiU and Yoohyeon have a photobook in collaboration with Ceci Korea, [A Dreamy Journey to Thailand], set to release on May 8th. They released a short film called 'I Am Beside You' to promote the album. It is a bittersweet storyline depicting JiU as she reminisces about her happy memories with Yoohyeon, who is no longer with her.

Nightmare Series
In "Fly High", all the girls are at a mansion, perhaps for a holiday or boarding school. JiU notices a spider that inexplicably catches her attention, and she traps it in a jar to keep in her room. As JiU looks at the spider, Yoohyeon takes her hand and brings her away from it. Later, Yoohyeon burns the spider to death with a magnifying glass, unleashing its curse of nightmares upon the members. Yoohyeon can be seen attempting to look through a mirror, seeping with black ink, perhaps indicating that she is trapped in the nightmare. JiU closes the gate to prevent the curse from getting out.

In "Chase Me", JiU and Yoohyeon don't interact, but they, along with the other members, torment the ghost hunter. In "Good Night", the ghost hunter tries trapping them in nightmares with the nightmare book, but the girls manage to trap him in the mirror dimension instead.

In "You and I", the girls run a photo studio. Yoohyeon faces retribution for killing the spider, as one of her customers reveals herself as a large spider spirit. The spider takes Yoohyeon's soul to the nightmare dimension and lays dormant in her body. JiU is at the forefront of the ritual to attempt to save Yoohyeon. Her efforts are not enough however, and Yoohyeon is unable to escape. Later in the video, JiU covers Yoohyeon's eyes with her hands and holds her throat in the end. Some theorize this to be JiU possessed by the spider, or symbolism that through her, the spider was able to curse Yoohyeon.

In "What", JiU looks up at Yoohyeon standing on the roof, wanting to save her, but she is still out of reach. "This could not be a dream. / Even if black clouds cover me up, / You're the only one I keep seeing. / Why can't I catch you?"

- JiU to Yoohyeon, "What"

In "Piri", Yoohyeon calls out to her friends so that they can save her. Each of the girls face their fears in the nightmare dimension. Some interpret JiU to be facing her guilt for being the reason Yoohyeon is cursed. In the end, the girls haven't escaped, but they are reunited.

Deja Vu
JiU and Yoohyeon are the central characters in the story of the Deja Vu music video. The story is quite ambiguous and open to interpretation, though it has prominent themes of betrayal. It takes place in a fantasy kingdom where JiU is the ruler and the other members are her close subjects.

At the start of the video, Yoohyeon is corrupted by a dark force. In the first pre-chorus, JiU holds a sword at a defeated Yoohyeon, while Yoohyeon looks at her with a hurt expression. At this moment, they remember a time at a dinner table, resembling The Last Supper, where JiU and Yoohyeon stood next to each other. During the first chorus, JiU points a sword at Yoohyeon in a coffin, though the subsequent cuts show that JiU is the one in the coffin, with all the members except Yoohyeon visiting. As Dami and SuA sing about a want to turn back time and regrets, Yoohyeon can be seen at the same dinner table from earlier as JiU vanishes, and then we see a cut of her visiting JiU's coffin.

In the next pre-chorus, JiU's betrayal is depicted again, this time with many differences. JiU drops her sword, sparing Yoohyeon. The scene of JiU pointing her sword at Yoohyeon’s coffin transitions into the reverse, Yoohyeon pointing her sword at JiU’s coffin. Yoohyeon is back at that dinner table, smiling at JiU, but her smile falls as she realizes her friends are not there, she is alone. The true events of the betrayal then unfold before our eyes, which is that after JiU spared her, Yoohyeon grabbed the sword and stabbed JiU in the back. It can be presumed that she killed her other friends too. In the end, Yoohyeon ends up as a ruler of a now desolate kingdom, forever haunted by these events from her deja vu.

Rose Blue
JiU saves all the other members, who are in a coma from a large purple crystal, stuck in their own dream worlds. The first person JiU goes to save is Yoohyeon. She transports herself into each of the dream worlds, shooting each member to save them. In the end, JiU has no bullets left for herself. All the members wake up, and Yoohyeon is the first one whose face contorts to shock and horror, as they realize that JiU is now trapped in the purple crystal.

Moments

 * In the variety show Fact in Star, JiU and Yoohyeon are paired in a Pepero (Pocky) game. Their faces end up going 1.2 cm apart as indicated by the final length of the Pepero.
 * JiU later says, "I can't forget how Yoohyeon's lips taste."

Fanon
JiYoo is one of the most popular ships in the Dreamcatcher fandom. People like the ship because of the many moments they have being affectionate with each other. The ship is also fueled by the connection they have in the lore of Dreamcatcher MVs. On AO3, JiYoo is tied with Suayeon for the most written Dreamcatcher ship, with 610+ works.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

WIKIS
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Trivia

 * Jiyoo could also be an alternate way to romanize JiU's name (지유, jiyu)

Gallery
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