Netizens Rally To Defend aespa As Viral Photo Sparks Allegations Of Favoritism
“Why Are aespa’s Members Treated So Differently?…”
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Fans defended aespa from the latest allegation claiming the group showed favoritism to Karina and Winter.
On August 6, a post titled “Why Are aespa’s Members Treated So Differently?” quickly garnered attention. The post was seen nearly 20K times in less than an hour of being uploaded.
In the post, the author uploaded a photo of gifts presented to aespa members by fans and posed a question.
Item boxes from aespa’s Hong Kong fan sign. The boxes are for Giselle, Ningning, Winter, and Karina respectively. Don’t you think it is so mean that they prepared different size boxes for the members?
— Netizen
Netizens reacted to the post, with many coming to the defense of the idols.
- “Um, if you have a lot of presents, you need a bigger box. Why are you saying this is preferential treatment?”
- “Rather than having the bigger boxes from the beginning, didn’t they exchange their box for a bigger one due to the amount of gifts? If the box is too small, they should change the box.”
- “Winter is popular, but don’t you think she just received items that are larger? The item on the top looks like a blanket? Also, all of aespa members are popular.”
- “This kind of issue with popular members has been ongoing since previous generations, and it’s natural that it can’t be fixed; how could it be fixed? I’m also a Ningning fan, but even if the box sizes are the same, it’s still the same situation. If all of the members’ fans had the same amount of fans it would lead to fake fans. Such considerations are excessive, so the conclusion is that there’s just no solution. This applies not only to aespa but to all groups. In fact, aespa’s treatment has improved as they’ve gained more years, and even fans of Giselle and Ningning are now accepting it. The aespa fandom itself is growing, so Giselle and Ningning’s fan base are also large and the four members have a good relationship. The time to be sensitive about these issues has passed, so everyone is getting along well. Complaining about it now is just stirring up trouble, haha.”
- “Don’t you think that boxes were exchanged for larger ones because they were needed? These posts are unlikely to help aespa. If you’re not even a fan, why make such comments? Honestly, differences in fan numbers are unavoidable, and even if a member is less popular within aespa, they still have a huge number of fans.”
- “Every fandom has had their favorites.”
What are your thoughts?
Source: nate pann
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