#from chuu ☆彡

[chuuniversal]

back from my lil bday weekend:3

had a good time fr :3

[chuuniversal]

this is so cuuute!! love a cute picrew > O<)/ zayne n sylus <3

tagged by: vin! @/eclipseslayer in this picrew tag game but i didn't wanna rb on the og post so i am posting it here!! <3

i made me and isagi + me and kaiser v__v

tagging: IF YOU SEE THIS POST YOU MUST MAKE ONE. FOR CHRISTMAS :333

[ririxbot]

ｉｎｔｒｏ ｐｏｓｔ ♡彡

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY DID OR PERSONALITY DISORDER, THIS IS JUST HOW I FEEL AND I WANTED TO SHARE IT. IF I USE LANGUAGE THAT IS SIMILAR TO DID TERMS IM NOT SAYING I HAVE THE DISORDER IM JUST USING THE TERMS LIKE ALTER/HOUSEHOLD/SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY MAKE SENSE FOR MY FEELINGS AND IDENTITIES, I AM NOT CLAIMING DIAGNOSIS /pos

basic info for the small brains who like organised thingies

💓 names: riri, ri, riri bot, ribot, i like pet names too :3

💖 gender: robot girl, half genderless robot half hyper feminine soft girl, sometimes feel more boyish!! (that’s jun!)

💞 pronouns: she/it/he/ really anything but please don’t use they them too often but i don’t mind any others really :3

💗 sexuality: riri bot is non sexual she doesn’t like talking about stuff like that sorri, but likes girls or mostly feminine people. don’t really think about romance when i’m riri tho so idk. normal self is lesbian.

💓 age: my bodily age is 14 buttttt i don’t feel like any particular age mostly schoolgirl age, idk i’m a robot, robot not have age hehe

💖 personas: roshi is my normal self, she’s the head of the household so to speak!! riri is me, this blog. jun is kind of like a boy version of me but more musical and more of a voluntary character acting thing :)

💞 tags: #riri bot is my blog tag, every post should be tagged this apart from some reblogging usually!!

#riri malfunction is for when riri short circuits and goes a bit too silly. oops. stimming overload usually but not always in a bad way!

#jun is for anything jun related, he likes to say silly stuff sometimes

#riri loves her moots is for moot interaction!

#character is for any character that i am consciously writing and acting as, not an actual alter i feel myself as.

#riri and bonsai is for anything with my fellow small friend :3 (only if they want to ofc)

#riri rp is for any roleplay

i haven’t posted much in all of these tags, just planning ahead for when i do use them! 😼

🌟 dni list 🌟

any bigotry, nsfw, anti agere, anti system, ableist, mean people in general

🌟 interests!!!!!! :3 🌟

writing, drawing, singing, k-pop. i love twice, chuu, and some jpop groups too. i love fluffy and cute things make me feel small happi yes yes :3 also sugar yum yum

might update more soon but riri needs charging!!!

i love u thank you for the read bye bye bye bye 💓

- riri :3 mwa

silly sana wowowowowowowoowow

[kwiyoshi]

彡✎ No Fan Left Behind: K-Pop Stans as Activists for All

Has any fandoms you’re involved in been part of any protest or acts of social activism (e.g. K-pop and Black Lives Matter)?

K-pop: The fandom where fans will take extreme measures to ensure their faves will stay on top. It's honestly shocking what they can do.

As someone who has and is still in the fandom for many years now, I've witnessed some interesting things that K-pop fans have done in terms of protesting and being involved in social activism on different social media platforms. The sort of protesting or social activism involves mainly cancel culture and boycotting. There are already a few instances of this happening in the K-pop community.

Throwback to when Loona stans boycotted their company

Now you guys might be wondering, what is a Loona? Basically, Loona was a Korean girl group that consisted of 12 members that debuted under BlockBerry Creative, an entertainment company (KProfiles 2023). After numerous comebacks, fans of Loona were hit with the sudden news that one of the members, Chuu, was kicked out of the company. This sparked a lot of confusion and rage from fans who were huge fans of hers.

Chuu had requested an injunction in January 2022 to void the terms of her exclusive contract with BlockBerry Creative. She gave several reasons for her request, including unpaid bills, unbalanced accounts, and a loss of confidence (Han 2023). Ultimately, the injunction was approved, and she left the company. Later on, the rest of the members also filed for termination of their contracts with their current company and left the company.

During the whole situation, Loona fans (called Orbits), decided to boycott the company due to the unfairness that the members of Loona faced. On December 8, 2022, the boycott started, and Loona fans were urged not to buy any records, merchandise, concert tickets, or other LOONA-related products. The group's music and videos could not be streamed or played on any platform, and other actions that would benefit BlockBerry Creative were also prohibited (Koreaboo 2023).

Unfortunately, harassment from BlockBerry Creative doesn't seem to be stopping due to the fact that they are always finding ways to sue the members or stop them from performing on stage again.

Either way BlockBerry Creative could not stop them and they ended up debuting in different groups.

K-pop Fancams and Social Activism

If you've been in the K-pop fandom for quite some time, you'd notice that there are a bunch of these fancams that go around on different social media platforms. I personally see them mostly on Twitter. Essentially, fancams are recordings of famous people or public figures that are made and/or shared by fans. On Twitter, they are particularly well-liked by K-Pop fans. Fancams are most frequently recorded during musical performances when idols are typically dancing and will focus on a certain group member (Fanlore n.d.).

You might be wondering; how can fancams tie back to social activism? Well, there are a few instances where fancams were used as a form of protesting or to even block the spread of false information. During the Black Lives Matter Movement, K-pop fans flooded the iWatch Dallas app with fancams of their favorite artists after the Dallas Police Department requested that people use the app to send videos of "illegal activity from the protests" taking place in the city over the weekend which resulted in overloading the reporting system (Alexander 2020).

Here is an example of a fancam of Seulgi from Red Velvet that was used to block out false information by using relevant hashtags on Twitter:

Hashtag Off-Track

Speaking of hashtags, the K-pop fandom has its fair share of derailing the actual meaning of hashtags on Twitter. We've all clicked on a hashtag only to discover that it was littered with posts that had nothing to do with the hashtag at all. The two main causes of this cacophony are either people grandstanding to gain attention for a trending hashtag or reacting indignantly to whatever they believe the hashtag to be about, which only serves to spread misinformation and obscure the real meaning of the hashtag.

An intentional hashtag derailment is less common. However, white supremacists' attempts to make the phrase "white lives matter" a trendy topic inspired K-pop fans to use the phrase against its proponents. Fans worked tirelessly to fill the White Lives Matter hashtag with fancams, music-related tweets, and tweets about others tweeting about music.

Contrarily, "white lives matter" has continued to trend as a topic for days because of the viral success K-pop fans have garnered for this act. It was briefly presented to me on Twitter as a "K-pop" topic, and it even included the hashtag "#WhiteLifeMatter" as a more popular "music" topic (Romano 2020).

Thoughts and Prayers

In short, unknowingly, the K-Pop fandom has definitely left its mark in terms of fighting for causes such as social activism or partaking in protests to protect their favorites by using their fancams and flooding questionable hashtags on Twitter with their fancams as well.

References

Alexander, J 2020, K-pop stans overwhelm app after Dallas police ask for videos of protesters, The Verge, viewed 16 October 2023, <https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/1/21277423/k-pop-dallas-pd-iwatch-app-flood-review-bomb-surveillance-protests-george-floyd>.

Fanlore n.d., Fancam, Fanlore, viewed 16 October 2023, <https://fanlore.org/wiki/Fancam>.

Han, S 2023, Court rules in favor of former LOONA member Chuu in exclusive contract lawsuit against BlockBerry Creative, AllKpop, viewed 16 October 2023, <https://www.allkpop.com/article/2023/08/court-rules-in-favor-of-former-loona-member-chuu-in-exclusive-contract-lawsuit-against-blockberry-creative>.

Koreaboo 2023, LOONA Fans’ Boycott Against BlockBerry Creative Shows Signs Of Success — Online Shop Has Been Closed Down, Koreaboo, viewed 16 October 2023, <https://www.koreaboo.com/news/loona-fans-boycott-blockberry-creative-shows-signs-success-online-shop-closed/>.

KProfiles 2023, LOONA Members Profile, KProfiles, viewed 16 October 2023, <https://kprofiles.com/loona-members-profile/>.

Romano, A 2020, How K-pop fans are weaponizing the internet for Black Lives Matter, Vox, viewed 16 October 2023, <https://www.vox.com/2020/6/8/21279262/k-pop-fans-black-lives-matter-fancams-youtubers-protest-support>.

[minos66]

☀︎ ˚ 彡 … welcome to minos66 resort, drue! production needs you for the weekly confessionals, please plan to meet with them within the next eight hours! ( kim jiwoo is now taken. )

☀︎ ˚ 彡 … KIM JIWOO (CHUU). HE/HIM/HIS. TWENTY-THREE. | welcome to MINOS66, DRUE AHN! let’s see here … your application states that you are originally from BROOKLYNN? i’ve heard not so many great things about that place, but hey maybe your ADVENTUROUS attitude will influence my opinion. so long as you manage to keep your LEO tendencies at bay! oh, is that a HELLO KITTY DIGITAL CAMERA that you’re carrying? interesting! the bell person will carry that to your room right away. oh — and be sure to not be late for your shift as a MANAGER at THE ZONE or the management will be extremely upset with you. ◞  q. 25. any. est.

[chuuniversal]

oh the girls are about to do weird and unspeakable things with the recruiter in fics

[chuuniversal]

awwitschuu -> CHUUNIVERSAL 🍧💗

reblogs welcomed! spread the word <3

[chuuniversal]

I LOVE A MAN IN UNIFORM 😩 SHE’S PURRINGGGGGGGGGG

[chuuniversal]

and what if i bite you. for real this time

[chuuniversal]

booked my lash appt, bought clothes for an upcoming trip, pay day hit… all is well 🍓

[chuuniversal]

I TOOK HIM TO MY PENTHOUSE AND I FREAKED IT 😳😳😳😳🚨🚨🚨🚨

[chuuniversal]

finished squid game s2…i need to scream with someone 🥲

[chuuniversal]

smh… with a game like lads where you can customize mc and her skin tone you would THINK! artists would be a little more inclusive and not like this. very disheartening ngl but not surprised at all. it’s not too much to ask to be included for once. to feel like you belong in fandom and fantasy.

[chuuniversal]

i started blue lock and i- i have a crush

[chuuniversal]

zayne loves black women to infinity <3

[chuuniversal]

oh christmas tree oh christmas treeee 🎀