Right, so here I am, back again a year later after I made my post about how Atiny keep infantilizing Yeosang and frankly not only has it gotten worse imo, but the behavior of many in the fandom as a whole has become immature at best and downright toxic at worst. I've just come across an Ateez fanpage on IG making a public apology post about how they would do better, that the admin team member had been educated on the issue and why they were wrong, and lastly that the admin team member had also been kicked out for what they did. Quite literally suspended and removed from the team. So you're asking yourself "what did they do to warrant this kind of a response and a public apology from the rest of the team???" They congratulated Eden on Insta for Ateez hitting the BB100........ I.....I cannot even BEGIN to this. And I double checked a few comments to make sure that that one person wasn't trolling. They were not as far as I can see, that is legitimately the reason for this reaction. Maybe it's because I'm 26, I'm an adult with a degree and a job, but how can anyone sit here and tell me that's appropriate behavior. That is childish at best and toxic at worst, I'm honestly still trying to comprehend it. I thought "it's not April Fools but this HAS to be a joke." I've been an Atiny since 2020, and sure we had our issues, need I remind us all of the Thanxx affair, but for the most part people were pretty mature at the time and yes Ateez was smaller, their reach was not the same. But now? I go on IG and my feed obviously has a lot of Ateez content in it and I dread opening people's posts now because everything is becoming negative. I know it's partly just because it's kpop and this seems to happen when any group gets big but banning an admin team member for congratulating the man responsible for the large majority of their music production because you don't like how he distributes lines is literally ridiculous. Please, folks from other big kpop fandoms, let me know if this is just normal behavior when a group makes it big or if we need to start gatekeeping Ateez again. I understand some of the frustrations with line distribution but I don't really want to rehash my post from last year, but we don't know what goes on off camera, yes we know a lot based on what we see and what they tell us but that does not make us privy to every aspect of their lives and thoughts not privy to the professional work relationship Ateez has with KQ/Eden and vice versa. I'm all for trying to balance the distribution but the way people have chosen to handle it, and how they are treating Eden is disappointing. I have worked in the arts, in an amateur setting but I studied theater in my undergrad studies, minored in Shakespeare related performance. So maybe I understand it in a different level than some, that you don't always get to be the big roles and even if you or others think you're really really good, it's also true that directors (and I'm sure producers) like to make sure they have their strongest players in their specific areas. Again I don't want to rehash my post from last year, if you'd like to hear my thoughts on the infantilizing of Yeosang you can check it out. Again I'd love to hear the thoughts of those in other large fandoms. Has this happened to y'all? How do you handle it? Is this just a growing period or is this just how it's always gonna be? Edit: tried posting this once but the automod removed it for either titling issues or flair issues so I'm trying to post again. submitted by /u/A_Kat_And_Mouse_Game [link] [comments]
