Hyooga 10,307 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 So triggered by stan twt right now. Just because 10% of a fandom acts in a way you don't like doesn't mean every single person there falls under that stereotype. Fandoms are a collective of flawed human beings, sometimes with a misplaced overdevotion (even if they deny it) to their faves, but like any collection of people...it's always diverse. People also need to understand a lot of fans are so different in real life than their online personas. I've actually met people who seemed like trolls on AllKpop/Twitter but had the best, most educated K-Pop discussions with them in person (especially with how open they were with counter-arguments). While there were those who seemed super nice and spazzy on Tumblr but realized they only filter all their negative thoughts on certain groups & don't post it online (and they have it worse - it's just like biased hatred, not even one with basis when I finally got to meet them) Also people sometimes act as if a fandom is a religion. People can switch fandoms if they want to. I've been in K-Pop since the early 2000s and I was a Cassie - back then that fandom is far stronger than what I even currently see in K-Pop. If you think EXO-Ls and ARMYs are strong, Cassies are just another story altogether. How many of them did you think said "they'll never leave TVXQ?" "TVXQ 4EVER?" in 2005 who are hardcore VIP/EXO-L/ARMYs/insert another fandom now? Some don't care about K-Pop anymore either. I've made a lot of RL Cassie friends and you'd be surprised how a lot of them initially planned to be "multifandom" first but eventually 'got tired' of TVXQ/JYJ despite the massive devotion & just made the switch. Did I stop being friends with them? No. But that's life. Even popularity is a cycle, all K-Pop fans know DBSK are legends but I'm sure most of them only know it either by anecdote or Wikipedia or what the internet says about it. I've even reached a point where I feel the term "legendary" is so easily thrown out nowadays because current K-Pop fans seem to tag it so easily on their faves. Legendary acts achieve something that's never been done before or breaking barriers people thought would never be toppled down. Just getting millions sales or doing shows in Tokyo Dome is no longer enough to tag someone as "legendary" now since those barriers have been destroyed ages ago. It's an amazing feat, but not enough to make someone "legendary". BoA broke the Japanese barrier, Hyori made sexy mainstream, DB5K broke the barrier of non-Johnny's boybands topping Oricon, Big Bang made hiphop mainstream, WG/SNSD re-introduced girlbands in a K-Pop scene dominated by boybands and their possessive fans, Super Junior made history as the first boyband with a foreign member etc When people say K-Pop isn't that deep, it doesn't mean your hobbies are worthless. But all fandoms have to realize that while inter-fandom rivalry is good (yes, it's publicity, generates buzz and allows the groups to make sure their releases are competitive enough), it's better to just not take anything too seriously & just enjoy K-Pop. The rivalries will always be there and tbh, people can shade & have petty fights but no one really wins - it's part of fandom culture. It's just annoying when some of the comments become too personal and borderline attacks people (I'm not posting anything from stan twt lest to trigger any fanwar)...people should just really learn what the limits are because no one truly wins in the end. With more young idols debuting, it just means the cycle will happen all over again with just different acts this time. Records are meant to be broken after all. TLDR; Rivalries & petty fighting are part of fandom culture, but all our faves are dispensable - keep the fighting/shading in the K-Pop realm and avoid attacking people personally just because you don't see eye to eye with their opinions. There are battles better left undone because at the end of the day, the K-Pop scene is always changing & it's bad to generalize a group of people just because you have bad experiences with some of them. There are fandoms I've learned to dislike based off experience but I also have dear friends who are part of those fandoms. All fandoms have good and bad apples, no exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeystan 10,291 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Why you generalizing Kpop fans in that title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gore 8,169 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Ur first mistake is going thru stan twit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter 5,179 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Why you generalizing Kpop fans in that title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plutto 9,419 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I feel you, OP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsfwwww 5,298 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 i like to generalize fandoms because it makes them mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
� 226 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 coz it's faster.. if you don't fit the description they obviously don't mean you so.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masakio 6,815 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 It's not just kpop. Have you ever read the news? There's an abundance of generalizations out there about religions, cultures, etc. It usually comes from people who have an agenda and want to push a certain angle so they generalize things to fit their argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Aeris~ 2,686 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Its not just kpop though.. people love to generalize.. especially those narrowminded.. for example an exol was called a terrorist on twitter just because shes a muslim.. and this happened all around the world.. dont go to twitter.. theres a lot of messy people there even nonkpop fans.. just be with your fellow cassies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Mars 2,142 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Why you generalizing Kpop fans in that title? The irony lmfao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESSON 11,205 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Stan twt is toxic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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