I don't how or even if i should adresse this but the only thing i want to say is that there is nothing wrong with shipping it has always been a part of kpop culture in korean there're literally official ship/chemi names and its not something the fans made up a ship name becomes
Official once staff or the izone members officially use them in content they put out for example annyeongz became official when otr used it as a caption in one of the first enozi cams or on amigo tv back in 2018 when the members were screaming all their ship names for a mission
So what i am trying to say is that shipping is not smt fans just made up to enjoy their fantasies its the real chemistry between the members that staff and the members themselves acknowledge despite age once you talk abt age you're making it weird bcs it never was to begin with
Sometimes i see intl fans get suprised when the members use their own ship name in korean but its so normal
for ex on the very first vlive izone did predebut in sep 2018 chaeyeon wanted to introduce mj sk cy nk but kkura suddenly wanted to introduce herself as kkuchaen
for ex on the very first vlive izone did predebut in sep 2018 chaeyeon wanted to introduce mj sk cy nk but kkura suddenly wanted to introduce herself as kkuchaen
This thread is way longer than i intended but i wanted to give clear examples of how ships come about in reality and its completely healthy when talking abt aus and fics the members and staff are aware even sakura herself fantasized abt an au of her own members its not a big deal
What i do wanna add is that sexualising the members is smt completely different i've always been privately reporting to otr since last year with actual proof (especially wy and yj) of which most of those accs are taken down i do this privately bcs the content is too graphic