I watched a video on youtube earlier today about how disgusting shipping Idols together was.

The creator of the video ranted about how it was morally wrong to ship two idols together and how it is wrong for the fans of these idols, who are very close friends, to over analyse and ualise everything those two do together, whether it be a picture they take together or them even glancing at each other.

To be honest, the question of whether fanfiction is right or wrong is quite redundant and inconsequential to many people on this site and many people in fandoms of any type, whether it be Kpop or for western bands and TV shows. 

Most people who write fanfiction do it for fun, as a pass time or a hobby, as I do. I write fanfiction because it's all fun, it's just a pass time to me and I have always enjoyed writing, and writing fanfiction for this site was just a way of getting my writing out there. I enjoy getting feedback and reading the stories on this site, stories that have creative concepts, interesting characters and talented writing. Writing fanfiction has helped me develop my writing and I feel I have improved a lot since I started.

The problem, it seems, the reason why many people don't agree with fanfiction, is because the people we write about are actual people with actual lives and friendships. We must never forget that everybody, including idols, are entitled to their own privacy, to keep certain things in their lives a secret, or to give out information about certain things in their lives, but only if they want to. Sometimes people can get carried away with these things, we all look down on Saesangs because we know they are all bat crazy people who cross the line by miles, but sometimes we can cross the line ourselves without realising it.

We need to remember something in this fandom.

Not every Kpop idol is gay.

Statistically, of course, there are bound to be some idols that are lesbian, homoual or biual, but not every Kpop idol is gay, that is statistically impossible. What? Do SM, YG, JYP, BIGHIT and all the other kpop companies only scout gay people and push them back into the closet before debuting them?

These groups are not having some massive backstage before performing for us, and although there may be some gay or lesbian or biual idols that we don't know about, and maybe two idols of the same are romantically involved, but not everybody is gay, and it is kinda stupid to assume such a thing.

The majority of idols are going to be straight, and we've seen some scandals involving idols dating each other. I've been in this fandom for a miniscule four years now and in that time I have seen so many dating scandals happen. Zico and Sooyoung, Kai and Krystal, Jiyong and Nana, Jiyong and Jooyeon, Baekhyun and Taeyeon, Luhan and Xiaotong just to name a few.

But even though Kai has been involved in the scandal with Krystal, people are still convinced he's out -ing Kyungsoo (or the other way round), and even though Baekhyun was caught dating Taeyeon, people still believe he is jumping Chanyeol every time they see each other.

Yes, I ship so many people, such as Kaisoo and Baekyeol, who doesn't? But some people need to realise that they are just friends, and will most likely stay best friends all their lives. 

Yoongi and Jimin are probably not going to date, and Jungkook and Taehyung are probably not taking it in turns to each other off. Namjoon is probably the straightest idol we've ever seen, but apparently he can't resist Jin's international handsomeness.

We need to draw the line between our fantasies and reality and make sure we stay on the line of reality.

Though fanfiction is harmless most of the time, if you go crazy and start blogging about how they glanced at each other that one time on stage, or the fact they posted a selca of the two of them smiling, that's when shipping can be harmful. It makes idols become scared to spend time with each other or post pictures of each other because they become sick of all the comments screaming "OMG BAEKYEOL IS ING REAL!" or "KAISOO!". 

Idols have even been propositioned face to face and asked by fans about shipping and whether they are dating or whether they should or not. This is so wrong.

As I said, statistically there are going to be idols that are interested in the same and there are probably members of a band that are actually dating each other, but that is not any of our business. It's not for us to know whether they are gay or not, and it is up to them to tell us when they are ready.

We must remember that the culture in Korea is different to ours. Although it is sad and it is difficult for us to understand in our society, it is not as simple as it seems, especially if you are an idol. But now idols are becoming more fearless and confident. Luhan was not scared to announce his relationship with the beautiful Xiaotong, and didn't beat around the bush about it, and I applaud his confidence to take control of the situation, although not every idol has that freedom it is always good to see idols becoming so fearless.

And let's not forget our first openly gay idol, Holland. Having an openly gay idol is a huge step for us and hopefully his honesty will encourage other idols to be honest with us as well, but until they do, it is not up to us to try and force them into nonsensicle relationships with their best friends.

We need to keep fanfiction and shipping to ourselves, and to not it in our idols faces. We need to respect them and realise that the relationships we fantasise about will never be more then just friendships.

This also goes beyond the kpop fandom, we must respect other people as well, because it is so sad how many other people are into these fictitious relationships that make them uncomfortable and can even ruin friendships.

Please spread the message, we need to respect idols, we need to respect everybody. 

Thank you for reading this rant, it was actually longer then I expected but I had a lot on my mind after the video I watched. Fanfiction for the most part is harmless, but some people just take it too far.

Anyway, thank you for reading, I may actually start updating soon :-D

Sorry for going on and on, let me know what you guys think down in the comments. Maybe I've triggered some Saesang? That would make my day :-D

See ya!