#protectbts

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I don’t usually comment on drama. I stick to writing my dark BTS fics and giving love to the boys who gave us everything. But this time, I can’t stay quiet — not when a fellow idol, especially someone under the same umbrella as BTS, casually likes a reel that implies BTS didn’t deserve a win they rightfully earned.

Yes, I’m talking about Hoshi from SEVENTEEN liking that reel about the 2019 MAMA performance — one that downplayed BTS’s win and hyped up SEVENTEEN’s “loss” as if it was some kind of injustice.

Was BTS even mentioned? No.

Was the implication loud? Absolutely.

And when you’re a public figure, your likes speak louder than your words — especially when you don’t offer clarification afterward.

It doesn’t matter if the caption was in English. It doesn’t matter if it was “just” about SEVENTEEN’s performance. The reel went viral because it pushes a narrative that SEVENTEEN deserved that award more — and Hoshi liking it in 2025 only stirs up fanwars that had long gone quiet.

Let me remind you:

BTS never disrespected SEVENTEEN. Never shaded anyone.

They carried this industry on their backs. They opened global doors. And they did it while being humble, respectful, and endlessly supportive of younger groups — including SEVENTEEN.

So when one of them — especially a main member like Hoshi — engages with content that tears BTS down even subtly, it hits hard. Because BTS never deserved that.

And no, I don’t buy the “he didn’t understand” excuse. You don’t get to exist in a global K-pop space and pretend ignorance when your actions hurt the same sunbaes who laid the path you're walking on.

To my fellow ARMYs: your disappointment is valid. Your anger is valid. Protecting BTS is not “drama” — it’s loyalty. It’s love.

Respect goes both ways. And until there’s a clarification, we have every right to call it what it is: a subtle, silent, shady move.

And BTS deserves so much better than silence.

Kim Taehyung had recently been receiving death threats from a user that goes by the name of Maro5001. Any fellow ARMY that goes to concerts in December, please watch out for our TaeTae! Report any suspicious behaviour to the security as soon as possible.

We must also raise awareness on the issue, and others have been spreading the hashtag #ProtectTaehyung and #ProtectBTS.

We cannot take these death threats lightly.

The video below describes the situation.

although i don’t usually give reactions about haters like selja, i just felt the need to express my feelings about this.

i know she says that she’s an exo-l, but would exo honestly be proud of a fan like her?

and even though i know that her threats are nothing but words, it still scares me.

as an army, hearing threats about a member of a band that you’re stanning is so freaking frustrating. we love these boys so much to the point that life would never be the same without them.

and as an exo-l, i’m ashamed to be in the same fandom as this so called “selja,” - i hope she stops hiding herself behind all the hate that she’s throwing and come to her senses. i just wish she realizes that people are getting hurt with what she’s doing.