ARMYs really ruined BTS for me tbh⊠Iâve been thinking about this a lot lately and Iâm just so tired and wanna rant
Before I continue, yes I understand that not all ARMYs are toxic, a lot of you are some of the nicest coolest people Iâve ever talked to
But because BTS is so big and the fandom has grown, there are plenty of toxic people within it now and itâs soooo fucking annoying
ARMYs start shit all the time now⊠like all the time, they say whatever whenever because they think BTS are THE only talented Kpop group for some dumb reason
âThis groups rappers could never compare to oursâ âOk but has anyone noticed theyâre copying BTS?â âItâs cool that your group won that little award, but BTS went to the BBMAs soâŠâ
Iâm so sick and tired of this shit
I know that in some cases yâall are just trying to defend yourselves, but honestly the majority of the time now, I see ARMYs starting stuff before anyone else, not just saying things out of defense
Yâall constantly talk down on other groups like they arenât talented or something, just because BTS went to the BBMAs, well news flash: Western recognition for a band doesnât determine their level of talent
All Kpop groups are talented and have worked very hard to get where they are
YES! Even idols under the big three companies! They all trained for years, stay up late working on songs and choreo, and put in lots of time to be the best artists they can be
All Kpop idols have put in their fair share of time and work to be recognized. They all deserve recognition. Iâm proud of all of them.
THEY ALL DESERVE RECOGNITION
BTS IS NOT THE ONLY KPOP BAND WORTHY OF BEING LOVED AND PRAISED
Donât get me wrong, I love BTS, and I have for many years. The boys are so talented and Iâm glad people are seeing that
Iâm just annoyed that yâall will shit on every other band, start rumors about members, and trend rude things about them on Twitter because of your weird obsession of keeping BTS at the âtop.â
Which once again, Iâll mention, getting recognized in America isnât really the âtop.â
BTS love other Kpop bands. They love being friends with them and hanging out with them. Iâm sure it rips their hearts out when you attack their friends for no good reason.
Other bands deserve the love BTS has, so stop acting this way. Itâs embarrassing for the rest of the fandom that knows better and itâs embarrassing for BTS. The way yâall talk about them now paints them as arrogant jerks, but we all know they are far better than that. Iâm tired of hearing
âBTS knows theyâre better than all other groupsâ âThey wonât let other groups ride on their coattailsâ âBTS knows they ended all other groupsâ
Like seriously stop, BTS doesnât think that way about other groups, those people are their friends, theyâre not constantly trying to show them up or be above them.
BTS is doing what they love. Theyâre making music and sharing it with the world. But because of you guys their messages donât come off the same way they used to. And people donât see them the same way anymore either.
Youâve turned them into a spectacle, not artists.
âThereâs that Kpop group with the crazy fandomâ
Itâs not about you ARMY. Itâs about the boys youâre supposed to love and support and carry through everything.
Itâs not about starting fanwars or acting like other groups arenât as talented. Itâs about sharing how amazing BTS is and showing the world how truly talented they are.
Just share positivity. You know thatâs what your boys want. They want you to be kind to others and enjoy their music. Stop constantly hating other groups and accusing them of copying BTS and other such nonsense. (Yâall almost ruining Minos life the other day by passing around misinformation bc thatâs how ready yâall are to destroy anyone who isnât BTS is a whole different rant of mine).
Just love. Spread love. Be kind. Support donât discourage. Lift up donât take down. Love donât hate. I know you know better ARMY. Do better for your boys
-Someone who has made her own mistakes in the past and just wants all of us to move past silly fanwars and unnecessary hatred
Trust me, I know from my own experience that passing around hate helps nothing, be bigger, be better, be kinder
THIS IS A REMINDER FOR ALL FANDOMS, YOU CAN ALL LEARN SOMETHING FROM THIS, DONT START HATE OR WARS
ARMYs arenât the only ones to blame for unnecessary hate, so I hope you will all take this to heart
An edit to the original post for anyone about to comment what Iâve already been reading in comments today:
1. Yes I know, not all ARMYs, I clarified this originally, I know thereâs plenty of people within ARMY who arenât toxic, I get that, Iâm just saying that ARMY grew significantly recently for obvious reasons and therefore by sheer numbers of new fans, thereâs a lot more toxicity within this fandom recently, many new fans donât know how to act and surprisingly Iâve seen a lot of people feeding into their attitudes instead of condemning them for starting shit
2. If you comment hate below this post youâre just proving my point
3. Yes I understand that other fandoms are toxic too, I understand that thereâs toxic people in all fandoms, I concentrated on ARMY bc theyâre the fandom the whole world is looking at right now due to BTS going to the BBMAs, however just because I used ARMY as an example doesnât mean what Iâm saying doesnt apply to all fandoms, it was a message for all of you to take to heart and understand that fan wars are ridiculous and they need to stop, and if we just let toxic people be and ignore it instead of condemning it as some people suggested, the toxic people will just get worse since they arenât facing consequences for their harmful behavior, everyone needs to be kept in check
4. My only message here is to stop hate, itâs not to encourage you to push blame to another fandom, or try to argue why someone else is worse. I wasnât trying to tell yâall youâre wrong for only liking one group. Itâs completely ok to like one group and one group only. But itâs not ok to be rude in any way or form to another. Thatâs my whole message. Stop hate.
If youâre about to comment about the fact that people should just be able to separate their love for a band from the fandom, please go ahead and read the comments to see how many examples there are of people having such scarring times with ARMYs that they literally cannot even look at BTS anymore, once again, I didnât write this post for you to try to move blame, the whole world is looking at you right now ARMY, youâre causing people to avoid BTS and Kpop altogether, you really cannot separate the two when you love a band because when you scroll through tags and social media to learn more about them, you just see that stuff, itâs not avoidable, and ya, you can ignore it for awhile, but sometimes it becomes overwhelming, and like people in the comments have mentioned, sometimes they were part of ARMY but because of mistreatment by others, being in the fandom and loving BTS were ruined by them, donât you dare lecture people about âseparating fandom and bandâ
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