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[khihi]

joker out balkan kpop men anon: it is 100% affectionate (former kpop fan!). here is a very long explanation. sorry for the essay outline and i hope it kinda makes sense:

- image - it reminds me a little of some of the older kpop boy groups that are established enough that they can have visible tattoos, drink on camera, etc without some kind of fuss. it’s the kind of public image that’s fun and thoughtful and also youthful without being cutesy or squeaky clean. yknow? but also the close relationships within the group that the fans know of and have their own relationships with (a thought for another day but:)

- the closeness to fans (this might just be bc i’m used to bands who don’t interact on social media lol. to a degree i’m thinking specifically about a new group zb1, where the members would reply to fans comments on a specific platform, and fan memes on twitter have percolated into group videos- maybe this specific group is apples vs pineapples but idk! when people talk about nace online and they sound quite a bit like how people talked about baekho from nuest, just time adjusted, it gets that pattern recognition)

- fandom behavior (for better and for worse, although this might just be on account of JO fans on social media generally skewing younger and in spaces where some share what other music they listen to, there’s quite a bit of kpop) - in a sense, the way JO fans sound on twitter uses almost the exact same tones as kpop boy group fans. but even if you adjust (favorites of the girls and gays!) hockey fans, bird and bug people, plant people - in most cases, they don’t use the same language unless they’re also kpop fans.

anyways i hope this isn’t too much of a bother to read and that you have a lovely day. heart hands @ u

thank u for returning with your analysis and enlightening me on the kpop lore, i'm taking notes! i'm not on twitter and i barely touch tiktok so i don't tend to see what the JO fandom is like outside of tumblr (though sometimes one of you comes back with the most ominously vague complaint about what it's like over there...)

and yeah i agree with your other ask:

i think woobifying grown men is just gonna happen in fandom spaces lol, it can be funny as long as it's to a reasonable degree

🫶🫶🫶 back at you!!