What are your thoughts on fan-sites who blur out the faces of other group members

[Polaris_Tae]

Especially if they seem to be targeting a specific member.

Someone on my tl was bragging about blocking fansites who were partaking in this yesterday.

 

Gugudan

Lovelyz

Loona

NCT (I think? correct me if I'm wrong)

 

 

I myself don't really like it but agree with it if the person being blurred out in the photo is making a weird face, e.g. they blinked or had a mouth full of water when the photo was taken (see examples in spoiler). Though I respect the FS that doesn't blur/whitewash their photos to a greater degree than the ones who blur them out tbh.

 

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What are your opinions???

[hmthissucks]

super annoying, but i’m also annoyed by really unflattering pictures too lol

[CareBear08]

When people complain about skin lighting some people defend it and say that it's the pictures of the fansites and they can do what they want. Same thing applies here. I may not like it but they are not my pictures.

[Pikachu.]

I don't like it at all

[Maeo]

Fansites are usually hardcore fans of a particular member, often ind. fans or even borderline akgae-ish, so why would you expect them to include other members in their photos? Personally I don’t have a problem with it if the blurred members are just standing somewhere close or are a part of the background but I dislike it when they do it to photos of idols interacting with each other or when they do to it only to particular members

[joyvelvet.]

I don't really care. Fansite can do whatever they want to.

[asseater116]

i mean if they're blocking a specific member out of all the others then yikes, but if it's a member who's just part of the background or they do it for everyone then i don't really care

[lighterxx]

They blur bcs idol is not looking good at that moment, you know that right? It is not an ill intention.

[Mogwai]

I find it kind of funny tbh lmao even if it's my bias getting blurred lksjflk especially when they barely even try to do it subtly 

[Liliana]

I don’t really care nor mind, it’s just weird when they blur out one member but not another member (unless they are a ship fansite or something)

[Polaris_Tae]

They blur bcs idol is not looking good at that moment, you know that right? It is not an ill intention.

 

Sometimes, yes and that's understandable although there are some shipping fs that also do this (they're fine to do it - it's their photos)

the pic with Jungwoo in the op has 2 other members beside him and they don't exactly look weird though...

 

and this Jikook pic where Joon is looking fine af (publish the unblurred photo damn it, it's so pretty) 

 

[Baby Pickle]

Don't care

Not my picture,not my business unless they something bad to a particular member than

[Daria~]

I don’t care if they blur out everyone besides their faves or they focus on a particular ship in the group but it’s annoying when they blur out certain members and leave out others

[Bom]

I find it unnecessary.. 

[Ã travers ciel]

If they are in the distance, I do not mind. If they are like, side by side, or right behind my faves, I find it too distracting and would prefer they left it alone.

[vroom]

i find it distracting tbh especially when the blur is really obvious and takes the attention away from the pic's subject which was supposed to be the unblurred idol, ironically

but if the blur is only minor and mostly in the background then it shouldn't be too much of a problem for me

[eternal glow]

I don't really care. It's their photo. Most of the time it's not done with any malicious intent anyway.

[Ksoo9]

1. Their photo

 

2. Essential as that member may take away the attention of their bias.

Saw a photo where my bias gets blurred but he look really good in it. If the fansite did not blur my bias, my fandom maybe quoting/retweeting that tweet more than the fandom of fansite bias.

[lighterxx]

Sometimes, yes and that's understandable although there are some shipping fs that also do this (they're fine to do it - it's their photos)

the pic with Jungwoo in the op has 2 other members beside him and they don't exactly look weird though...

 

and this Jikook pic where Joon is looking fine af (publish the unblurred photo damn it, it's so pretty) 

 

There are just times pics at that point meeds too much editing and they are lazy, but more often than not, there is no ill intent in blurring

[Irene]

It seems like most of them don't have ill intentions when doing this. It's either a particular member looking unflattering or they just want to highlight their favourite member in group shots. I don'y see a big problem here. And after all, it's their pictures

[Iceprince]

It's their pics and they can do whatever they want. And if the fansite is for the specific member why should they show other members o_O people are just doing mountain out of molehill

[blond jenissi]

I don't like it but I also don't care about it much... They can do whatever they want, it's their pics not mine. However, if they seem to dislike the other members (talk shit about them etc) or target specific members to blur, that's a different story

[Jamoneitor]

I don’t really care, I’m just sad I lost a potential memberXmember cute picture to save :-(.

 

 

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[Kally]

Lol it's kinda funny

[Ihavepopcorn]

They blur bcs idol is not looking good at that moment, you know that right? It is not an ill intention.

You can tell in some of the pictures, like the Lovelyz and Loona one, that the idol looks fine. It might not be ill intention but it has nothing to do with hiding another member's embarrassing moment.