#kpop stan culture

[luciathcv]

Niki reacting to YN wearing traditional Japanese wear? You're a great writer 🫶🫶🫶

kamakura, japan - nmr

summary: you visit kamakura for the first time with your japanese boyfriend and dress up in a kimono || warnings: none || genre: fluff || word count: approximately 600 || a/n: thank you so much for the request and the compliment!! I made this in the perspective of someone who isn't from japan so i hope that's okay with you & i hope you enjoy, pls send more requests!!

I was currently in Japan, exploring and enjoying the country with my boyfriend, Riki who had grown up here. Even before I had come with him to Japan, I could tell he was really excited about all of this, concocting ideas with his family about where he should take me and making a very long list of places to go with me.

Eventually, we had arrived in Japan and immediately he made sure our days were filled with exciting things, bringing me to some more tourist-popular areas and then some more local-popular areas.

On the second night of us being in Japan, he had suggested we go to Kamakura, Japan; an ancient capital in Japan where you could really explore and learn more about Japanese culture and explore the beauty of the country.

Of course, I was excited about the suggestion and instantly agreed to the idea. I mean, why wouldn't I want to learn more about the country's culture, especially since my boyfriend was from here.

The next day, we took the train to Kamakura. During the train ride, me and Riki had fallen asleep, getting in a quick nap as to fully enjoy the little day trip. When we arrived, we got off of the train and headed to one of the shrines. At the shrine, there was a place to rent a Kimono for the day. Riki had encouraged me to do so and though I felt a little shy about it, I did want to do it. I always found Kimonos beautiful and just so elegant looking.

He ended up convincing me, telling me that he'd get in one to so that I wasn't alone- although really I wouldn't be alone since there were a bunch of other people in Kimonos as well.

I got into the Kimono, got my hair done, my makeup done, and got taught the correct way to wear the clothing by the worker who had spoken to me in a mixture of English and Japanese which was very helpful.

I thanked the worker before leaving- having had paid beforehand for the rental. I walked out of the shop to see Riki, standing outside waiting for me. He was wearing a Kimono as well and it looked so good on him. It was beautiful, really.

When he looked up, he and I had made eye contact as he watched me walk over to him, "What do you think?" I shyly asked, hoping he'd think I'd looked pretty.

"You look beautiful." He said, practically looking down at me with heart eyes.

"You think so?" I asked, smiling up at him.

"I know so." He reassured me, looking me up and down but not in a lustful way, more in a way full of love and admiration.

"I'm really excited to see the shrine. I saw pictures online and it looks beautiful." I tell Riki as we started to walk towards the shrine.

"You're really going to like it. I've been here before when I was a kid." He tells me and I nod, listening to him as he explained what he remembered about it to me.

We spent the rest of the day exploring the area along with the beautiful culture of Japan. We then got on the train again and got ready for another long train ride back to his family's home. While in the train, at least before I ended up falling asleep, I already was thinking about how excited I was to explore more of the country tomorrow. I realized, though, that right now, I should enjoy the present moment and the day I had just had.

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[keehomania]

some kpop stans genuinely need a fucking reality check actually some of u little ku klux keyboard klan members need to go outside and touch grass instead of mouth-breathing ur wack ass opinions that deserve a death sentence and i mean f(x) electric shock nananana death sentence. why are u going out of your way to defend people like zico? kris wu?? taeil??? seungri???? i cant stand some of you hoes i gotta sit tf down to stop myself from filming a live where i kill myself with everyone watching to change the trajectory of ur sad sad lives. wanna get picked so bad by a bunch of googy boogy rapists and child touchers the fuck is wrong with yall ashy asses bro. what u bitches need is to get picked by a priest and the feds. weirdos fr

[domoriu]

the date is probably definitely off but i’ve really been an nctzen for 8 years…. this is seriously so crazy like wdym i been in this neo shit since i was 12 😭 i know i dont talk ab nct on here much/at all but they’re my ults of all my ults i love nct so much 😞😞😞😞😞💔💔

[curiositysavesthecat]

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[dazedconfuzed]

I don’t stan riize or talk about kpop much here(if at all) but seunghan’s departure genuinely pisses me off. It just shows how the higher ups in the kpop industry has either ignored or encouraged toxic fan culture for pretty much its entire existence.

ETA: I’m also worried about the future of the remaining members. With fans like that who needs antis. A member could do or have done something that they don’t agree with(no matter how benign it is), they’ll raise hell, and the vicious cycle will continue. I’m telling you right now, Seunghan’s departure will set a dangerous precedent.

[max1461]

So I will admit that I follow several kpop tags on tumblr in order to make the following point: there exist in kpop fandom for better or worse some lesbians who are Extremely Not Ok.

[reformedmercymain]

I'm sorry this isn't an overwatch or esports ask but I thought you might know what I'm talking about. Please do you have the post of twitter screenshots being like "imagine if football fanatics talked like kpop stans" and ppl started using pics and videos of football players being like "omg his stage presence!!!" and stuff like that. I think you reblogged it at one point but maybe i dreamed it idk

I don’t remember reblogging it but I found it for you!

[fleeting-starshower]

Wonhyuk is my top ult and I am just realizing this now

[berryunho]

sometimes I remember my first concert was exo in 2016 😌🙏

[curiositysavesthecat]

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[ironiccryptid]

rip roxie hart you would have loved kpop girl groups

[foxeebit]

hows everyone doing? id like to share a few thoughts with you guys

first of all ofc a yuyu appreciation pic | im gonna smooch this silly goofy man so hard istg

in my twitter abstinence period ive been thinking about how i feel like less of a fan bc i dont get to see the news as fast as i did before.

this got me reflecting on how stanning a group became much of a job for a lot of us, theres a lot of information that we need to keep up with as fast as we can and if we dont follow this ridiculously fast pace, the fomo hits really hard.

i love how we created this beautiful community to socialize, have fun and support each other, but (and idk if this is the autism talking or nah) i wish things would go just a little bit slower.

[loverboywambles]

I love you bronies I love you male kpop stans I love you men who like cutsie-girl-group-type anime I love you male jpop idol fans I love you western men who are genuinely into Japanese culture I love you men who like vtubers I love you men who like Sanrio I love you male K-On fans I love you male Lucky Star fans I love you male Love Live fans I love you male Mitski fans I love you men who are genuinely just passionate about their interests despite being shamed for them because of stereotypes

[whatstheperfectusername]

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I’ll tell ya why men hate women who are into any kind of stan culture (especially musical artists and some content creators)…

bc it’s a subculture in which mostly women are in power. It’s been known that when A LOT of women like something, it inevitably gets mega popular. And in recent years, we have found this sense of “you owe ME” and “WE pay your bills” kind of thinking.

It’s been coined as “parasocial” relationships (and just to be clear ANYONE can contribute to this) for a stan who becomes too egotistical and thinks of them self as higher than their idol. This phenomenon has caused many people with large audiences/fanbases to kind of do whatever the audience tells them to do. I mean this in the sense of “they won’t shut up I’ll just do/say the thing so they’ll move on” or “I’m not entirely comfy but I’ll do it to appease them”.

And this is the reason men hate when women like things. Women can be in the power position and men quite literally hate to see it. Because they see it happen to them.

[charmcoindied]

i listen to kpop but for the most part i don't like know anything about the groups i listen to so i'm just like omg vibesssssss. knowing my luck there's probably some group on my playlist that everyone hates for like running over a kid in their tour bus and i would have no idea

[jermaine-with-glasses]