i'm still here! dissecting why people are so caught up in idols' businesses, particularly taehyung and jennie for my example. full tiktok: www.tiktok.com... follow me on twitter: @nhisspace
Sorry for the late comment, just found your channel! I understand your points on why the parasocial relationship ARMY has with BTS played a role in this, but I think in this particular situation, the Tae and Jennie one, from what I witnessed especially on twt, shipping culture played such a big role to escalate this into the complete shitshow it became. It got to a point that she was getting what we called the Jimin treatment from them, daily slutshaming, dehumanizing, SA and de@th threats on her IG, it even ended up on the news. They've spent so long unaccountable for their vile actions that they've evolved into something ARMY can't control anymore, and it's playing a big part in fracturing the fandom 😢
Thank you so much for this, we usually find anything to try to scape from ourselves, causing dealing with ourselves is so FUCKING HARD, but not impossible 💗You put it in such a beautiful way, very inspiring :)
