To all those People ing about EXO

 

"Each and every one of you need to get a life if you plan on wasting your time arguing that your fandom is “better” than another fandom. There is absolutely no point in arguing and ing at each other about what group you think is “the best” or “deserves” more recognition. Trust me, no one has anything to gain from being the cause of fan wars or ing at other people, saying that so-and-so is a better group. All that will do is inflict unnecessary hate on yourself, as well as other people.

Yes, SM is a large company. In fact, it’s the biggest, most successful entertainment company in Korea. But do you think EXO would be where they are now if they had half the talent they do? Anyone can argue that EXO was at an advantage when they first debuted simply because they did so under the name of SM. No one is disputing that. But if you’re complaining that B.A.P or BTOB or Block B or Nu’est or any other rookie group is better than EXO, and that EXO is only popular because they’re from SM, I have nothing to say to you, other than you really must not have genuine faith in the group you say you support.

All of us are aware of the continuous “hate” that’s been riling between EXO and B.A.P stans. As a supporter of both groups, I seriously question the logic and sanity of those B.A.P stans who are complaining about EXO and their fans. B.A.P comes from a relatively obscure company, yet they’re obviously good enough and talented enough to even be able to compete with EXO. “B.A.P worked harder than EXO. They deserve the award more.” This is simply inaccurate. I personally want B.A.P to win just as much as I want EXO to win, but debating whether or not either group deserves the award won’t get anyone anywhere.

It’s true, some rookie groups don’t get as much recognition as EXO, but that does not give the fans of those other groups the right to bash EXO out of bitterness. Take U-Kiss for example. No one can deny that they’ve worked hard and “deserve” one, if not one hundred, awards for how much time and dedication they’ve put in. I will forever be a Kiss Me, and it does make me sad, seeing them fail to win even one award, despite how motivated and dedicated they are. But you don’t see me bashing other groups simply because I’m bitter and upset. It’s important to differentiate between what’s important and what’s not, and what I think is important is maintaining a certain level of respect to groups other than those you stan. Bashing and hating on “rival” groups and “rival” fans won’t get you anywhere, and you have my word on that." - byeolz

 

All I gotta say is a to the freakin' men. That is all. 

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thetangerine #1
OK this post is old, but I'm going to comment anyway. I know that the MAMA awards are over and everyone's at peace again (for now) but for all those people who say EXO didn't work hard?

You know nothing.

I just cannot, every time someone makes up a lame excuse about how EXO is in SM and they didn't have a comeback and blah.

There are far too many factors to consider to even make a judgment on something so subjective as 'who worked harder?'

In my opinion BAP and EXO worked equally as hard. It was only a matter of when.

Yes, it's true that BAP worked hard during those 5 albums. It is also true that EXO is a big company. But what people don't realize is that it's even harder to get into said company. And you have to fight tooth and nail to beat hundreds of trainees to debut in a group. And even then you have to meet a crapload of pressure and expectation. That's not fun. And it's not true that EXO has the support of every SM fandom. Do people not realize that SM fandoms are practically at each other's throats most of the time? As far as I'm concerned, quite a few ELFs are really bitter about EXO.

As for the 23 teasers that people still complain about, wouldn't it be really tiring to film those? So let's take Kai as an example. He had 8 teasers. All dance teasers. That means 8 separate intricate works of choreography that had to be perfectly executed, with Kai contributing to half of the choreography in the form of bits and pieces here and there. And he was able to pull it off.

The sad thing is, people are just way too biased to even attempt to put things in perspective.
-aurora
#2
@flame_ems:
What do you mean they need a comeback to prove that they'll not winning the award just because they're from SM? Do you know that EXO's been planned since 2006? And that all of EXO had to meet such high criteria to make it to the lineup? You wanna know how many times they had to revise the lineup?
Eighteen.
They had to be the most talented of all of SM's trainees to be a part of EXO. And don't say I don't know this for sure because I've got a few relatives working at the Beijing branch of SM. So, they even had to struggle to make it into EXO. And yes, they're coming back around November/December, so you don't have to worry.

And I don't see how EXOtics "start it first", I mean, all I did was agreed that people shouldn't say that EXO doesn't work hard, I didn't even say BAP didn't work hard (I even find Jongup's ( I think it was him) story about how he trained and trained until he almost got vocal nodules tear-jerking). And as far as it sounds right now, I think you may have to eat your words.
Crysjun
#3
"bap worked harder than EXO"<- yep they did.5 single albums in 9 months.4 variety shows and blablabla....EXO's good too and i like them too,but they need a freakin' comeback if they don't want it to seem like they'll win the award just bcs they're from SM.fandom wars? It's usually exotics who start first anyway.
kurdoodle
#4
Fandom wars can go die in a hole.
citylights
#5
oh, how i wish all fandoms could live in harmony.