yeah i just don't get it. see i fully understand why some people aren't on board with rpf/rps, but I'm not sure what the point or aim of these discourses even is. you're not going to stop something that's existed pretty much as long as fandom itself has so what's the point of all this? other than to try make other people feel bad and yourself feel very self-righteous. to ME personally, it's simply: call out people who are taking it to places where the idols will see it, like in questions at fansigns or boards at concerts etc, but otherwise it's a matter of just mutually blocking so you don't see things you don't like because it is not going anywhere, and beyond that everyone in fandom spaces just minding their own business because there's clearly a big divide in opinions that's not gonna get resolved. this argument KEEPS popping back up in caratland and it's annoying and tiring atp

i use a browser extension called redblock which basically allows you to block a) everyone who liked/retweeted something, and/or b) all of someone's followers!! here's a link to the firefox one (which i use) but I believe it's also available for chrome: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/red-block/

some ppl also use this site, which will block everyone who liked/retweeted something: https://megablock.xyz/

twitter can begin to act a little funny when mass blocking a lot of ppl in one go (and I mean A LOT, this usually happens on the occasions I've blockchained like literally thousands of ppl in one day sdhfjsdfh) but it's usually for me just a case of clearing my browser cookies and logging back in which sorts all the weird behaviour out 👍 it has once or twice asked me to reverify my account but that's simple enough, and again these things only tend to happen to me on the HUGE blocksprees. i have also been told that twitter acts up less with megablock, so that might be preferable for you if you're not too bothered about the blocking followers feature!

i hope you find peace on your tl anon 🧡🖤

thank you for your sympathies anon 😭 i hope so too!! I do think USA will always be prioritised for world tours since they're actively promoting there now, they have a solid fanbase there and have toured there before. i honestly did have hope that they might have added european dates afterwards though due to the cancelled oty tour, but... well, it could still happen, but not as of yet sfhsjf

at the time oty was cancelled there were a few ppl theorising maybe it might have been (only in part, ofc) bc they didn't sell as well as expected, but that's really just conjecture. idk whether that theory was backed up, I honestly have no idea how well they sold, so if anyone does I'd be interested to know too tbh. even if that was the case then tho, the fanbase has grown a LOT since then, which will include european carats, so I'd imagine the audience is plenty big enough now to justify a tour!!

It is true that the kpop market is smaller in Europe than it is in the US for example, but I do think it is also underestimated. I can only speak of my personal experience in the UK, but when f(x) performed at the korean festival, trafalgar square was literally filled out with fans. MIK had a great turnout. I didn't personally get to attend London Hallyupopfest but the images show a good crowd there, and the recent festival in Germany had a good turnout too I believe. There's definitely an audience here and given Seventeen's huge popularity now, they would get a good turnout both from carats and more general/casual kpop fans.

As for whether they should've joined those festivals, though, I mean while I personally would've LOVED it, I think that was unlikely. right now I think seventeen will simply make more money doing their own shows, so their company was unlikely to have them spend time and expenses flying them out to join festivals over here ;-; But kpop artists /have/ done shows here successfully, both as part of festivals and their own concerts, and the members themselves have expressed a wish to visit here and acknowledged the cancelled tour, so let's just hope the company listens to them!!