Stop using fandoms as a personality trait!!!!

It’s incredibly frustrating when serious conversations are derailed by fandom biases. Instead of engaging thoughtfully, people often dismiss points based on which fandom someone belongs to. For example, if you express a well-considered opinion on a sensitive topic, which concerns you as person regardless of who you’re stanning, but you might be met with, "Oh, that's rich coming from a [fandom],"…. Like what do you mean??? As if your arguments are invalid just because of your fan identity.

This issue goes beyond typical fan wars… it's a deeper problem of not being able to engage respectfully with differing viewpoints. It’s concerning how some can only be civil within their own fandoms, while interactions with others are filled with tension and passive-aggressiveness.

Take for instance discussions about BTS and BLACKPINK. Fans often get so wrapped up in defending their favorite group that they lose sight of the broader conversation. It's sad because many of us might actually get along well if we could set aside our fan personas for a damn second lol.

We’re all here because we love K-pop, so why not focus on that shared passion?

Imagine a K-pop forum where discussions are engaging, without the constant undercurrent of fandom rivalry. We could learn so much from each other and enjoy our shared interests without the unnecessary hostility.

I swear there are users I have never seen engaging with anyone outside their guild… and when they do, it’s solely because they thought their fave were disrespected or there is a lot of passive aggressive energy towards the person they are responding too.

Just sad !

Done with my rant!

Quote from Ves

I was nodding until I got here. Beg to differ. If I had to go by the posts I see, some folks here absolutely hate kpop. Gotta wonder if the real shared passion among those folks is fighting

I wonder why they signed into a Kpop Forum

Quote from DaisyTheGenuine

It goes both ways. People have to stop making fandoms a person's identity and some fans need to stop making their fandom their identity

Oh yes definitely . Like you are your own person who is also part of a fandom. It’s almost as bad as people who make their political party their identity….

Quote from selfmate

I said the same shit three years ago lol

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Individual Responsibility amongst the Kpop Community

In today’s sermon I’m going to talk about Individual Responsibility (IR)

Firstly what do I mean by IR – that is it is the individual who is responsible for and should be held responsible for their own actions and not for the actions of others. I will talk about collective responsibility or collective punishment in a later topic.

Why is it in Kpop fanwars or fights that we never accept IR and instead sheet home blame to an entire fandom or group?

What do I mean by this - An simple example is if I…

selfmate

Feb 16th 2021

We got the same brain xD