I cannot say much because all of you guys has been contributing to this topic
What I don't like is them worshiping their idols. Even though as Kpop fan I tend to love many musicians, like in JPop and some people in my country that loves Kpop find it weird because they mainly focus on one thing. And the way they act as if every song their idol has been releasing is perfect and their idols are perfect is just
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Originally Posted by noisy_harmony
Well, everything has been basically said already. I don't think anyone can answer to your question, if it isn't a rhetorical one. All I can say is that's better to just concentrate on music and positive sides of the fandom. For example, I'll be always in awe how korean fans are organized, creating all these projects to support their idols.
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This what I love when the fans are...sane?
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Originally Posted by TofuBunny
What scares me the most is the sasaeng ("stalker") fans .. They basically follow their idols all day and pay hundreds of dollars for special taxi drivers who tail their Oppa's car. You know it's too much when an idol tweets to ask girls to stop standing outside his dorm and yelling his name in the middle of the night 
Oh and before someone starts bashing everything about kpop and its fandom (cos that's what always happens) .. Not all of us are like that. There are sane kpop fans out there and it sucks that we have to be grouped together with these maniacs  |
Yeah, Sasaeng is the scariest thing I ever know about KPop besides the whole blood letter, glue drink, etc etc. I just didn't know how these people actually think
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And the last point, I agree. That's what I hate about people outside Kpop that generalize things too much. I know the fandom is super intense and crazy but generalizing without seeing the whole picture is bad to the root.
And luckily I found AHS to be the right place to discuss Kpop without overly intense and eager fandom like in some forums