I wonder why people don’t talk about this as much as they do when similar things happen to girl groups. And the way their fans are more obvious and openly thirsting over these young boys is even weirder. How is this not a huge topic, the way it was when Nwjns, Lsf or Illit faced it before?
I’m not sure if it’s because they’re a boy group, so having older female fans is seen as somewhat less terrible than older male fans (which I strongly disagree with). Compared to what I’ve seen from the recent gen, they might actually have one of the worst cases where older fans openly thirsting over a 16–17 year old boys, with many people liking those comments instead of calling those fans out. Lots of them see that as something so normal.
It usually only gets attention when people outside the fandom point out how bizarre it is, and only then does it create some awareness. But the overall lack of call-outs is honestly devastating.
