You managing to train yourself out of a squick is kinda funny and impressive ngl! I'm glad that we have you in the kpop rpf fandom now :)
And I completely know what you mean about "idols as idols" - as a general rule the fandoms that I get the most invested in are ones where the canon setting/dynamics are inherently interesting to me, and the same is especially true for kpop! The industry is like no other in terms of the way fame and autonomy and the hazy distinction between persona/personality are treated... Like to some extent it's true of all celebrity figures but it's pushed to such an extreme in kpop that it is really a setting unlike no other. It's viewed through this context/lens that the idols often are the most fascinating as well - it's hard to divorce what makes an idol interesting as a character from the way that they navigate their hyper-fame.
Though I like you do prefer stories that end on at least a hopeful note - not necessarily hope for a happy ending but some sort of emotional closure that doesn't just feel sad. Idk, I feel like total bleakness is the easy way out; finding a way to spin something dark in a way that just catches the light - that feels infinitely more satisfying to me.
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Date: 2023-07-10 08:18 am (UTC)And I completely know what you mean about "idols as idols" - as a general rule the fandoms that I get the most invested in are ones where the canon setting/dynamics are inherently interesting to me, and the same is especially true for kpop! The industry is like no other in terms of the way fame and autonomy and the hazy distinction between persona/personality are treated... Like to some extent it's true of all celebrity figures but it's pushed to such an extreme in kpop that it is really a setting unlike no other. It's viewed through this context/lens that the idols often are the most fascinating as well - it's hard to divorce what makes an idol interesting as a character from the way that they navigate their hyper-fame.
Though I like you do prefer stories that end on at least a hopeful note - not necessarily hope for a happy ending but some sort of emotional closure that doesn't just feel sad. Idk, I feel like total bleakness is the easy way out; finding a way to spin something dark in a way that just catches the light - that feels infinitely more satisfying to me.