Alien Superstar

you know, I always saw to some extent the degree to which the kpop industry stole or “reheated the nachos” of black artists, I mean tinashe is a prime example, but this video really puts the nail in the coffin 😭

like mike was rlly the blueprint

as someone who loved kpop a lot, they absolutely did. we still see it even more nowadays, that’s why i always try to tell people that photocards come from motown. honestly damn near everything that people love about k-pop comes from motown 😭 — 💌 tay ۵

Fandoms will ship two het men who simply breathe next to each other but god forbid a Black woman has a relationship with or even just chemistry with the popular male lead. And this happens in EVERY fandom (see tags for examples) with a prominent Black female character. They were even vehemently against Miles Morales and the Black spider girl (Margo).

It’s just very telling that certain people are suddenly “platonic love/besties/sibling energy only otherwise the show is ruined!!” when the fem character is Black.

How someone can write about the state of The Bear S2 fandom and not mention Michonne and Rick from The Walking Dead is beyond me. Fans spent years calling their shippers delusional (even though the buildup was *right there* all along) and they were right, it went canon. How could they not mention ANY of the history of fandom hatred of ships with Black people, especially if a fan fave white character is involved?