Is it possible to truly be friends with a stan in a competing fandom?

That depends on the person and how you interact with them.

If rivalries are too hot button of a topic, then I avoid it.

If they can be chill despite disliking my faves, then yeah it might be okay to talk about my faves with them.

If they are going to be shitty about me liking my faves regardless, then fuck 'em.

I've had a friend who disliked my bias group in the past.

It's only k-pop afterall,having polarizing opinions doesn't mean we can't be decent humans to each other.

yes if the one your friends with doesn't always bring them up to drag them.

Personally I would hate that

irl sure there's worst things than having bad taste and it's easier to see past fandom face to face.

online maybe, it's a bit harder in specific environements where kpop is the main focus. being around people who constantly trash talk or belittle things I like can get quite exhausting for me. snarky banter can be fun, but i think people just have to not have a massive superiority complex for it to work.

I am perfectly happy to be friends with people dislike the music of my faves. Most people around me IRL are not remotely interested in BTS. I would not be friends with people who felt they had to drag any of my faves all the time in order to ‘prove’ that something they like is better. That’s just childish behaviour and would show a general lack of respect. If someone I’m friendly with enjoys something I’m not into, I want them to enjoy it and get happiness from it and I do not feel the need to piss all over their chips to make a point - so I expect the same respect back.

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i can't drag your faves back because they're also my faves

@dummi has immunity! So powerful

As long the people are not hostile all the time or like mean spirited it’s entirely possible

As long as we share enough other interests I don’t care if you are from another fandom… like it doesn’t play a role at all.

It's just music

Of course you can be friends with eachother, as long as you respect eachother's different tastes and opinions.

depending the maturity of the both yes it's possible

after all it's just someone's opinion

My real life experiences say it's totally fine.

I don't follow some groups one of my best friends is a fan of (for either lack of interest and lack of music compatibility), but I enjoy their enthusiasm and listen to their happy words about the groups.

Maturity and respect are the keys for good interactions with whoever is the person you're friends with.

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My real life experiences say it's totally fine.

I don't follow some groups one of my best friends is a fan of (for either lack of interest and lack of music compatibility), but I enjoy their enthusiasm and listen to their happy words about the groups.

Maturity and respect are the keys for good interactions with whoever is the person you're friends with.

mine too. Just focus on other stuff aside from kpop. Real life is much more than kpop.

kpop is just a hobby or something to enjoy /pass the time.

Yes

Yes

Title and prompt in OP are mutually exclusive concepts.

If someone thinks my faves are terrible, I obviously wouldn't agree and would choose to not interact with them.

However, if they were in a fandom that is "competing" with a fandom I'm in and had neutral-to-positive opinions about my faves, that's totally cool. I follow people on twitter who don't even talk about the groups I like because I like their personalities and the great things they bring to my social media experience.

This seems like an odd talking point, but I've learned at this point to not underestimate kpop fans' penchant for being idiotic about basic social interactions.

Depends.

If they say racist shit like only their faves make good Kpop music, while praising their talentless Western faves and saying the rest of Korean pop sucks, then no, we aint getting along lol.

I honestly have no clue how anyone can be a stan of only one group, unless it's for something other than music.

depends on what one means by competing...

are twice competing with BP?

are aespa competing with itzy and BP?

is BP competing with BTS?

and really does it matter? lol

at the end of the day regardless of who one stans or doesn't stan it comes down to basic decency and common sense...