1. When fangirls use Korean terms that don’t generally apply to them. I see this a lot, especially on twitter when fangirls use Korean terms to each other that Koreans don’t even use in their daily life! Fans call each other “chingu” (Korean word for friend) or onnie.. call their idols oppa. This doesn’t necessarily apply to EVERY situation.. but when the context is wrong it really peeves me to no end. For example:
“Hey chingu do you know where I can find the subs for Invincible Youth?” “OMG chingu he was soooo handsome!”
The spelling onnie ticks me off too. Ever since I got into K-pop I’ve always seen it spelled as unnie/eonnie according to the correct romanization and when fangirls start calling each other onnie or even “on” sometimes like blaargghh you’re ruining the damn language!!
“On, the boys are back in Korea I miss them so much!!”
Like seriously, wtf? Let me tell you that this usually happens among Indonesian K-pop fans and it’s very annoying (to me).
I have a thing. Unless you’re Korean, or friends with a Korean that’s okay with you calling her that then by all means use it. I have quite a number of Korean friends and for the one who is older than me, I call him Oppa for fun, or don’t call him Oppa at all, he doesn’t mind whichever because I’m not Korean.
Just like what my friend Tony said, “there needs to be a certain level of irony for it to work. and it’s really cringe-y when they’re so serious about it.” He couldn’t have made more sense.
2. The word HWAITING.
When romanized, it’s a VERY UGLY word. In Korean it’s 화이팅, the way it’s supposed to be read and pronounced. The English equivalent is “Fighting!”, which makes so much more sense and isn’t shit to look at.
“SUPER JUNIOR HWAITING!!”
LOL GROSS.
3. Fans who can only belong in ONE FANDOM. I might be a HUUUUGEE 2PM fan like a really big one, so that automatically makes me a Hottest right? Yes and no. I may be a Hottest but I don’t proclaim myself as one. And I certainly don’t say just because I am a Hottest doesn’t mean I can’t be a VIP or ELF or SONE or Blackjack or a Wonderful. I’m just a simple K-pop fangirl who likes most K-pop music but started with loving 2PM. Period.
“How can you be a TRUE ELF when you also call yourself a VIP?”
“A real Cassie is someone who supports 5 as a whole. If you only support HoMin but don’t support JYJ then don’t even think of calling yourself a Cassie.”
UM YEAH, whatever.
4. Fans who think that by criticizing your favorite group you’re not a real fan. People, get a reality check. K-pop idols work very hard and try their best at what they do but like every human in this world, they are flawed. None of them are perfect.
“HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A HOTTEST WHEN YOU LIKE TO MAKE FUN OF CHANSUNG’S SINGING?”
“HOW DARE YOU SAY RYEOWOOK IS GAY? GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS FANDOM!”
“BOM DID NOT HAVE PLASTIC SURGERY!! I HOPE YOU DIE!”
“G-DRAGON IS NOT OVERRATED, HE IS THE MOST TALENTED PERSON IN THIS WORLD NOBODY CAN BEAT HIM AND YOUR OPPAS WILL NEVER BE BETTER THAN HIM!”
First of all, shut the fuck up. Second, the ones who insult their beloved idols are NOT called fans. They are called antifans or trolls who make insulting idols as a hobby. Unless you’re all about the irony, like for example, “antikpopfangirl” then it’s more of a poking fun at idols rather than merely insulting (seriously that website is DAB0MBS). Saying that G-Dragon is overrated is not the same as saying he’s not talented. It could mean that why are people always saying he’s the most talented idol without any basis and haven’t seen the capabilities of other idols? Saying that Chansung can’t sing does NOT always mean that he’s useless because the boy has the looks, the body, the moves and he was never a singer to begin with (plus you can probably blame JYP for making him sing so much lmao). People noticing Ryeowook’s gay tendencies is never an insult, anybody who thinks it is should be ashamed of themselves. And lastly, anybody who thinks Bom did not have plastic surgery needs to have their eyes checked. Plastic surgery isn’t always a bad thing, if it’s meant to enhance your beauty then why not? People have different opinions about it (no matter how ugly I am I would never go under the knife because first of all I’m scare of knives and second.. it’s just not my solution to beauty). But if it’s done to the point of ruining your face, then you know you could have problems.
I love 2PM all the same, and I criticize them not because I hate them but because they have flaws that are shown to the masses and if we see it, it’s natural for us to comment about it. I don’t think Junsu is the best singer in 2PM, I think Junho is but hey, that’s an opinion and it doesn’t mean I hate Junsu. I didn’t say, “Junsu has the worst voice in all of K-pop he should stick something in his throat so he never has to sing again.” People need to know the difference between different contexts. Hara and Sohee aren’t the best singers in K-pop and it’s very obvious, but I’m sure they have other plus points that made them the idols that they are now.
5. The question of the butthurt.
Everyone is butthurt, but not every chooses to air their hurting butts. I recently read a comment in one K-pop news site about 2PM saying, “I tried so hard to get into 2PM but I just couldn’t, I don’t get them at all.” or something of that sort and about more than 10 people liked that comment. I was butthurt, because they are missing out on 6 really wonderful guys, but I chose not to act on it because I remembered everyone has their own preferences and likes and you can’t please everyone. Plus 2PM has a pretty damn solid fanbase (like moi, haha!) and a lot of other people love them for who they are and what they have to offer. Same goes for me, if there’s a group I don’t like.. I just don’t pay attention to them at all. I don’t comment on news or forums because they take up my time and Ion even care about them. My thing with K-pop is, if you like them, you like them. If you don’t, then you don’t know them. It’s as simple as that really. The same goes for that commenter in that site above, she could never get into 2PM, and she chose to voice it out, but she wasn’t necessarily negative about it. Win some, lose some.
but it’s annoying to see someone who’s in many fandoms too.