Okay, my answer is a bit confusing to ME so I’ll try to articulate as best as I can 😭 I think in a lot of kpop fandoms there is an overarching perception of who an idol is and whenever they deviate from expectation there are subsets of people who react negatively to that bc that isn’t the idol they “know”. However, Soobin is interesting bc a lot of people seem to have an idea of who is that isn’t reflective of how he acts, speaks, or represents himself at all and is instead more of projection of a borderline toxic 2 dimensional contemporary romance love interest. And like there’s nothing wrong with that per se, especially when working within the realm of fiction. Like it’s fiction - we’re making shit up - but then there’s just so much vitriol for him when he just breathes funny beat another member bc it must mean he’s jealous or homophobic or he hates them and none of that makes sense with the sides of himself he’s shown us. I blame a lot of that perception in how hr was marketed in early years as the “boyfriend” or “kdrama male lead”. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy those concepts (bc I did) but I do think now when people call him princess or the members refer to him as the mom of the group fans get genuinely upset. Of course, similar things happen with other members, too. This isn’t unique to Soobin. However, the part where people get mad at him for not falling into his little 2 dimensional box seems to be though.

I thought it was cute! I didn't see many people getting angry but also with everything with 1D and all that I wasn't online much over the weekend bc I felt like I was going insane. So, if this is about people being weird about it all, well, it's not exactly surprising hahahaha. People have been kind of weird about sbn since I joined the community and certain groups of people really try to police how he's perceived within the fandom - not limited to fic, etc. Personally, when people like that wind up on my timeline I mute them or if they're just being obscenely rude to others I block them. Like, it's one thing to have your own POV but it's another to try and force everyone to see things your way. It's also just like...sucking the fun out fandom when people fight over things like that. Like at the end of the day the members are all multifaceted people - so I see them all as masculine but I also think they all have cute, bbg sides as well. HOWEVER, if this was just about the tik toks - I enjoyed them (clearly from all the retweeting I did) and I am a proud supporter of the princess sbn agenda hahahahaha