this doesn't affect me because i treat bts as normal human beings instead of seeing them as saviours or "know it all" people.. y'all put them on that fvcking pedestal they didn't asked for it💀
mind you bts is getting more hate rn than the abuser themselves
This BTS thing is parasocial for a lot of you... What do you mean you cry, have panic attacks, question your sanity, feel betrayed when BTS does something you don't agree with?
a lot of y’all overstep the boundaries of being a fan. what you want is control. you view yourselves as the moral authority and want to use your will to force bts to make what you deem are the correct choices or else.
“bts need to be educated” “we need to find a way to reach them so they start making better decisions”
do y’all hear yourselves and how insane you sound? as a fan you aren’t entitled to tell bts how to live their lives, where to go, what to do, what friends to have, how to manage their careers. y’all gotta put your phones down and touch some damn grass because the parasocial is getting out of hand. the way so many of you speak about bts is no different then the way kpoppies harass, degrade and belittle their idols.
one thing our fandom needs to learn to do is to stop having quick responses to everything. self-regulate. not every personal opinion needs to be made public. sometimes for the sake of bts’ reputation and public image it’s best to just keep your mouth shut. at some point we have to be honest with ourselves and admit often times it’s us who are the problem and are the driving force behind the hate from kpop stans and negative press because our overreactions draw attention to things that would otherwise be left in the internet void which then fuels the public harassment.
you have every right to be bothered or uncomfortable with certain things without turning it into the next anti-bts smear campaign.
and one thing y’all have to come to terms with and this applies to any celebrity not just bts: y’all gotta stop putting celebrities on a pedestal and viewing them as some sort of beacon of virtue. you won’t constantly be disappointed in the choices celebrities make if you stop treating them as your personal moral compass for what’s right.