sorry if this long but disliking an oc for any reason is completely fine and i hope im not speaking out of turn but ive always felt the issue some people in the community have with baebi boils down to a) gross misunderstanding of what her and her story are about b) the ongoing trend of character plots being boiled down tropes and surface level readings and to a lesser extent c) an inability to sympathize with a victim bc "well she's not real", some of you don't have any real empathy, and the fc she has which also tied to my opinion that jinhwa is not seen as nearly bad as he is bc of his fc ( ie when he was dongwook )
i've loved yoonah since i first joined the tag almost four years ago and her characterization has always been the strongest within the community to the point she's been ripped off, stripped off her interesting parts, and added into groups with writers that have no clue how to tackle a story with as much depth and care that myah has. baebi is a clear obvious victim in a predatory industry, trapped in a cycle that's hard to break out of when it's the only thing she's known and i think the heavy themes make alot of readers uncomfortable which is completely fine but what isn't okay is allowing that discomfort to water down an oc that is clearly written with so much love
additionally, misogyny is definitely at play here bc when oliver song was in the tag, who i 100% believe to have been heavily inspired by baebi's trauma, he was loved dearly by the community despite numerous issues with his characterization, kasey's forced attempts at his it boy if ification, and a very shallow cast whose personalities were built around oliver
baebi dislike just won't ever be taken seriously by me especially when it's due to baebi's story "darker" mature plots ( both good and bad ) have made their way into the community n it's always clear when a creator is trying to recreate something because oh baebi ( myah ) did it first + it also won't be taken seriously by me bc some of you have this really bizarre parasocial relationship with myah n clearly dislike them but instead of unfollowing you sit in their inbox, making these even more bizarre jabs to try and "knock them down a peg" even though myah's groups and especially venus and the majority of myah's worldbuilding has been consistently and repeatedly stolen from and the reason people even grow to be interested in the community to begin with
alot of creators went baebi in there group, they want a clear it girl that's not only liked within her own story and the community as well bc face it baebi IS an oc that's easily recognizable within the community but y'all don't want yoonahβa victim surrounded by predatory men that don't see her as a human being bc baebi is easier to digest when she's just a cool girl with nothing else attached to her
