#fans too

[f1issmy1d]

ik there’s crazy charles fans out there crying into their pillow rn

[univer-salll]

crazy how there are a lot of people who only care about blur because of damon and only know him when the real fans and the members themselves know it all comes back to graham...

[tabrisses]

my club so dog shit

[chestersbraincell]

Screaming.

[peppertaemint]

Did you see the latest "taemin controversy"? People are coming for him for cultural appropriate saying he was wearing a native American headdress and had braids in his teasers... I swear people are really out to get him this comeback that they're willing to look so stupid just to get their hate out there. Cause only a truly stupid person would mistake his headpiece for a native American one and the dancer with braids looks nothing like taemin.

Like what is going on? At every turn people have been trying to sabotage this comeback.

I mean, I know only armys who are known to be dumbasses fell for the plagiarism nonsense and you'd have to be truly willfully ignorant to fall for this latest one, but it still sucks that all this is happening on his first post military solo comeback.

This is all par for the course when it comes to kpop online fandoms. People want a villain, and it works best when the villain is not their "bias". They get some vicarious thrill of accomplishment over denigrating the supposed mistakes of their non-favs.

Re the flower crown: it looks like a literal crown, not an indigenous headdress. I've heard some say it's a bit reminiscent of carnivale head pieces.

Re the braids, here's a short history on braids:

"In relation to time periods, Pace credits Africa with cornrows in 3500 BC; Egypt with afro box braids in 3100 BC; Greece with the halo braid in the first century; Native Americans with pigtail braids in the fifth century; Europe with the crown braid from 1066 to 1485; China with the staircase braid from 1644 to 1912; the Caribbean with modern cornrows in the 1970s; and the Internet (of course) with braid tutorials becoming especially popular in 2005 when YouTube launched." Source

Unless the man comes out in cornrows, I kinda think we need to expand the acceptable realm of the braid because I know very few people with longer hair who haven't experimented with different braid styles.

Beyond all of the above, the MV isn't out yet. We have zero cultural or artistic context to work with. Maybe we can wait to decide he's a criminal until we've seen the piece of art in its entirety.

Also, we know Taemin takes responsibility for his actions, & listens and reflects on feedback. The man is not American, so trust me he's gonna screw up on this stuff a few times more. 💁🏼‍♀️

[hauntedhoney]

k-pop industry: act gay as fuck all the time

also k-pop industry: but don't actually be gay WHAT that would be weird....