i love orv idol aus but the only idol au i’ll ever write will probably be a scathing deep dive into the corruption and despair of being commodified and exploited being reduced down into a consumable, of being an item. like the idol industry is such a frustrating, depressing, and apex example of capitalism and consumerism and everything i fucking hate about the world but love at the same time and i wish the industry isn’t like this, i wish people’s passions and dreams aren’t packaged into idolisation that places you at the highest peak of a mountain and gleefully watches as you fall from that height.
like i’ve been listening to kpop for a long time and i still remember the absolute horror fucks that happened during second generation. it was horrible back then, downright vicious and it still is right now!! because the industry and system itself is inherently exploitative and corruptible and the world doesn’t care as long as you look pretty, follow orders and bring them money. and even if you do follow everything you’re told to do, you’re still not treated well or even decently like a human being.
and ksjdj i want to write a light hearted lovey dovey idol x idol or idol x fan but my hands keep typing out the truly evil stuff that industry had put so many young and vulnerable people through and the way the culture and fandom spaces around it revolves around commodifying human beings into an object to be lusted over. like fucking saesangs and hate messages and andn and ughhlksjd yeah the only idol fic i could probably ever write is something that’ll end in kdj ripping the industry apart, suing the fuck out of the star stream, leading a complete overhaul of the powers that be, of creating a labour union, and fighting the world again into treating them as human beings. like i literally can’t imagine anything except members of kimcom each being deeply oustracised and consdiered controversial idols and them just banding together and going fuck the system.