Hey y'all!!
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I don’t usually comment on drama. I stick to writing my dark BTS fics and giving love to the boys who gave us everything. But this time, I can’t stay quiet — not when a fellow idol, especially someone under the same umbrella as BTS, casually likes a reel that implies BTS didn’t deserve a win they rightfully earned.
Yes, I’m talking about Hoshi from SEVENTEEN liking that reel about the 2019 MAMA performance — one that downplayed BTS’s win and hyped up SEVENTEEN’s “loss” as if it was some kind of injustice.
Was BTS even mentioned? No.
Was the implication loud? Absolutely.
And when you’re a public figure, your likes speak louder than your words — especially when you don’t offer clarification afterward.
It doesn’t matter if the caption was in English. It doesn’t matter if it was “just” about SEVENTEEN’s performance. The reel went viral because it pushes a narrative that SEVENTEEN deserved that award more — and Hoshi liking it in 2025 only stirs up fanwars that had long gone quiet.
Let me remind you:
BTS never disrespected SEVENTEEN. Never shaded anyone.
They carried this industry on their backs. They opened global doors. And they did it while being humble, respectful, and endlessly supportive of younger groups — including SEVENTEEN.
So when one of them — especially a main member like Hoshi — engages with content that tears BTS down even subtly, it hits hard. Because BTS never deserved that.
And no, I don’t buy the “he didn’t understand” excuse. You don’t get to exist in a global K-pop space and pretend ignorance when your actions hurt the same sunbaes who laid the path you're walking on.
To my fellow ARMYs: your disappointment is valid. Your anger is valid. Protecting BTS is not “drama” — it’s loyalty. It’s love.
Respect goes both ways. And until there’s a clarification, we have every right to call it what it is: a subtle, silent, shady move.
And BTS deserves so much better than silence.
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