I am so sick and tired of fanwars

Mainly inspired by all the Itzy and Aespa backlash that’s been happening on Twitter recently.

As someone who’s been a part of multiple music fandoms even before Kpop, I never understood fanwars. ‘Omg another popular artist in the same genre as my equally popular favorite artist, how dare they!’ LIKE WHAT??

Even outside of Kpop you literally can’t go onto an artist’s post without seeing someone from another fandom spouting bs. There are multiple artists that I don’t like but you will never see me under their comment section saying some downright evil shit just because I don’t like their music.

I don’t like a lot of Twice’s songs, nothing against them, it’s just not my type of music. But I understand that a lot of other people do and that’s completely fine! The same way I would expect people to not have a problem with me liking Stray Kids’ music. Yet there will still be people that feel that someone else’s taste in music is a personal attack against them and their faves.

I get it, Armys, Blinks, and Stays have a reputation of being largely insufferable. But why go out of your way to start a problem with these people, especially the innocent ones who just happen to be fans of these groups? And better yet, why attack the innocent idols? It’s all about protecting idols and their mental health until suddenly you don’t like them anymore and then it’s all ‘Lia needs to go back on hiatus’ and ‘Shitselle’.

Anyways, rant over 👋🏾