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NEWS: Male Staffer for HKT48 Idol Group Treated After Being Stabbed

Here we go again...

Hope for the wellbeing of everyone affected by this mad incident.

I wrote:

You haven't seen sasaeng fans in the world of K-pop, they're much worse then this story.

I have no doubt that the delulu in K-Pop fandom are just as terrible if not more. But I should remind everyone that AKB48 were once attacked with a handsaw. It's all insane, honestly.

And this is why idol culture, regardless of the country, is a HUGE mistake. People really believe that parasocial relationships are valid and that if their oshi doesn't love them, then no one should get their love. Plus, the sheer objectification of these girls and guys is a phenomenon that's been going on for centuries in history of music, and it's about time it ended.

And the whole thing about "preserving a pure image" is far too Yamato Nadeshiko for the 21st century (but guys can still fool around; yay for double standards.)

Idol culture should be cancelled. Yes, I said it. Not sorry.

Idol culture should be cancelled. Yes, I said it. Not sorry.

You haven't seen sasaeng fans in the world of K-pop, they're much worse then this story.

mdo7 wrote:

You haven't seen sasaeng fans in the world of K-pop, they're much worse then this story.

It's not the Most Dangerous Fans Olympics. You don't have to bring up K-Pop every time something bad happens to a Japanese idol/adjacent staff.

And this is why idol culture, regardless of the country, is a HUGE mistake. People really believe that parasocial relationships are valid and that if their oshi doesn't love them, then no one should get their love. Plus, the sheer objectification of these girls and guys is a phenomenon that's been going on for centuries in history of music, and it's about time it ended.

And the whole thing about "preserving a pure image" is far too Yamato Nadeshiko for the 21st century (but guys can still fool around; yay for double standards.)

Idol culture should be cancelled. Yes, I said it. Not sorry.

The irony of posting this on an anime forum where many legislatures and activists groups have said the same thing about anime promoting violence or degeneracy and moved to ban them for the same excuse of safety. This exact argument and logic has been used for many things throughout history. Rock and roll, video games, rap music, etc etc... and that's just people who apply it to superficial things like our hobbies and not more sinister dog whistles and implications as we've seen people do. I know it's common for people to use tragedies to push their agendas and opinions on certain things but it only works so long as it's stuff you don't care about being attacked. Unless you're fine with it being used against anime and other media as well in which case okay then.

Anyway, parasocial andies exist everywhere. Twitch streamers have the exact same thing happen to them at places like Twitchcon where they get sexually assaulted or worse so any complaint about idols or purity or all that doesn't mean anything. I'm pretty sure I heard Ariana Grande was also assaulted by some dude at a thing recently too not to mention the crap you see at sporting events all the time. Weirdos exist everywhere.