I saw a post that goes like "I feel weird being a fan that doesn't fanart, or fanfiction, like I'm just here" It applied to all fandoms with the way it got a lot of attention. When I saw it, it just clicked to me that the most miserable fans are the ones that don't contribute or even engage in any fan content. Like, I literally did field research right now (field research?!) Purposefully looking for recent fanwars and viewing the accounts with the dumbest arguments and all of them had no contributions, not even retweets of anything creative related. No wonder they act jobless, because they really don't have one 😭 Meanwhile fanartists, editors, AU writers, photographers, etc. are the best kinds of fans. Not to mention, engaging and contributing in art automatically gives you media literacy and emotional maturity so they'd less likely fall or make engagement and rage baits or creating fanwars using overanalyzing things. Meanwhile, creative fans love the people they stan so much, they willingly use their time and energy to give back to them AND their community through their own art. Its real genuine love, unlike toxic "fans" that are so obsessed with popularity, streams, charts, things that are superficial. Kpop is art. But its insane that so many fans dont actually engage with art.I feel like a lot of fans arent even aware that Kpop is art all. I think theres a really deep reasoning behind this that I just dont know how to explain. Something about perceiving idols as just simple products to consume and to give you entertainment, not as artists, as people with feelings. No wonder so many are so fucking weird to idols, whether its babying their faves too much or being so cruel to other idols, and so much more. Anyways if youre really a fan, you'd have the urge to DO something for your faves. Draw, write, dance or sing cover, remix, edit, literally anything like creating threads about them on Twitter. Even if you dont have the "talent" you should still have like this feeling in your heart that you WANT to do something sincere for your faves or your community. If you dont, as in REALLY dont. I'm sorry but like, youre most likely the fandom jobless ick. A shallow consumer fan who mistakes their parasocialism for 'love". Someone who's engaged in fanwars too much they cant stand hearing another group's song lmao Well thats it for my observation. This also serves a reminder to thank fandom creatives and appreciate art. Not just in your fandom but in general. Of course not all "creatives" are good people. Theres fans out there that went to Mnet school of evil editing or Tumblr school of shipwars. Genuinely scary how a lot of fans are dumb enough to fall for these, makes me wonder what kind of people they are in society. I get the feeling they'd be the ones voting for politicians just because someone on the Internet tells them to lmao Anyways keep in engaging in art! Curate your timeline or your feed. Block, report, mute, and always observe the accounts youre following. If they keep engaging and putting draman in your timeline, tempting you to join in and argue. Block that shit! Protect your peace submitted by /u/lukisanewme [link] [comments]
