Breaking News: Voting for a Member Without Causing a Civil War? Groundbreaking.
Imagine this: I like Jimin. I like Jungkook. Both are my biases. My own two biases are in the same voting poll. I have 10 emails. I split the votes, 5 emails each. Then, as the deadline approaches, i use all 10 emails on whichever one has a chance of actually winning. Boom. Strategy. Sanity. A functional brain.
Now let’s compare that to the actual state of this fandom: Someone votes for Jimin and suddenly they’re branded a “Jimin solo” like it’s a federal offense. Someone chooses to vote for Joon and suddenly it’s a“Joon solo.” Like??? Be serious. You sound like kids fighting over crayons in kindergarten.
It’s voting, not a blood oath. No one’s asking you to renounce your biases and pledge eternal loyalty to one man. It’s not that deep. You can support more than one person without needing to justify your entire voting history like you’re testifying in court.
And to the grown adults bullying others because they voted for their bias: Congrats on your regression to middle school. Your honorary 12-year-old badge is in the mail. 📬
Let people vote however the hell they want. Split votes, change direction near the deadline, or even, and this may shock you, vote for just one person without being a traitor to the group.
You can strategize without infantilizing the fandom. You can support your bias without turning it into a Hunger Games spinoff. And you can recognize that ARMY is diverse, global, and... full of people who aren’t trying to join a cult over a poll on the internet.
Use your votes. Use your brain. And for the love of all that is logical, stop acting like voting for Jimin or Joon means one of them will disown you.
