About Mingyu & Vernon
The Mingyu and Vernon fan pairing brings together two of SEVENTEEN's most visually prominent members: Kim Mingyu (main rapper and visual) and Vernon (Chwe Hansol, rapper and the group's mixed Korean-American member). Both are part of SEVENTEEN's Hip-Hop Unit and share stage time and collaborative creative space within the group's rapper line. Fan communities have compiled funny and affectionate moments between Mingyu and Vernon across SEVENTEEN's variety content, particularly their Going Seventeen episodes, where the two members' height contrast (Mingyu is notably tall, Vernon slightly shorter) and complementary personalities have created fan-beloved interactions. Their 'Vernon and Mingyu funny moments' compilations on TikTok have attracted significant engagement from Carats. Within the SEVENTEEN shipping landscape, Mingyu's most prominent ships tend to be MinWon (with Wonwoo) and GyuHao (with Minghao), and Vernon's with Seungkwan (Verkwan). The Mingyu and Vernon pairing is a lighter, less dominant ship in the Carat community but has an active fan following that celebrates their funny chemistry.
Mingyu and Vernon is a lighter ship within the SEVENTEEN fandom. Carats generally approach most SEVENTEEN pairings as friendship ships, and this pairing is on the less dominant end of the Carat shipping landscape. Fan content primarily consists of funny moments compilations and visual edits. AO3 has fan fiction for the pairing under the tag 'Chwe Hansol | Vernon / Kim Mingyu.'
Fun facts
- ✦ Vernon (Chwe Hansol) is Korean-American, born in New York City and raised in Korea, making him one of K-pop's most prominently bicultural idols, while Mingyu is from Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
- ✦ Both Mingyu and Vernon are part of SEVENTEEN's Hip-Hop Unit, giving them shared stage and studio time as members of the same sub-unit.
- ✦ Mingyu is one of SEVENTEEN's tallest members at approximately 187cm, and the height dynamic between him and Vernon has been a source of fan-captured comedic moments in group variety content.
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