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[theqoo] ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IDOLS LOSE FANS WHEN THEY DATE AND MARRY
“If you show it, it all becomes reality at once. It feels unpleasant. Once the filter of that idol, who that made me dream, is removed and shows me he’s just a regular man, he is no longer the same. He isn’t an idol. Should I attach “Meloti (t/n: the post is translated from Japanese to Korean, so not sure what she’s referring to)” to a friend’s boyfriend or husband? It feels unpleasant. I can’t just go Kyah Kyah at an idol who has a wife and children. I feel conflicted. That is why I dislike it.”
– This is exactly it. The essence of the idol business is ‘experiential content (providing the extraordinary),’ not the price for romantic feelings, but money for ‘dream-inducing moments.’ Showing reality in the middle is the same ‘service design flaw’ as suddenly showing the back of a theme park attraction that is under construction.
“Up until now, I was on the side of thinking, “If you’re stepping away just because a marriage announcement was made, does that mean you were actually viewing oppa as a romantic partner?” But I understood it now: “Because you liked an idol, your feelings cool down when you can feel a real man.” It’s similar to the saying, “If you see a nearby building while in a Disney landscape, you get tired of it.”
1. Three out of the four members of the group I stan are married, so I don’t really think much of it
2. There’s no way you can spend money and like someone else’s man
3. I don’t know, I really don’t do the pseudo-relationship thing, so to me, I like seeing that they’re able to date and get married and happy
4. I just like their songs, that’s all
5. I’m fine with them dating, but the idea of fangirling over someone who is the head of a household felt really jarring to me. It also gave me a sudden sense of disillusionment, realizing that I’m essentially helping to earn money for that family
6. That actually makes sense. Everyone knows there’s a person inside those Disneyland mascot costumes, but if they suddenly took off the head and said, “Actually, I’m a human too,” it would totally kill the vibe, you’d just be like, “Oh… right.” For the same reason, I don’t like it when they show too much of their real private lives, and I’m not really into “drinking streams” either
7. It’s not that I want to date him, but I’d prefer he not be the kind of guy you’d meet in real life
8. He’s another girl’s man, that’s why I don’t want to spend my money on him. I’ll go find my own fantasy in 2D characters instead
9. I’m not into idols, but even setting aside the whole pseudo-relationship aspect, I can totally understand not wanting to pay for and carry around a photocard or photo of a married man
