Hey guys. I just want to go on a little rant.
[WARNING] [the following mentions abuse, self harm, and depression.]
The amount of topics that shouldn’t be romanticized but are in fan fics (pointing to Kpop ones) is outrageous. For example, self harm and depression. If you were to write a story about those topics to raise awareness and educate people about them it would be fine. That’s because you are informing people about it in a different form. I believe it’s the same as writing an article about them. It’s just that you’re putting characters and giving it a storyline.
Though, I see many amateur Kpop fan fiction authors that keep using abuse and depression as a topic just for the storyline. It has no meaning, just a love story between two characters. This is usually the description:
“Hello!! Welcome to my story plsss give it a try. Y/n is a high school girl being abused by her alcoholic mom. [kpop idol] is a cold bad boy of the school and bullies her. She is suicidal and wants to die every second of her life. What happens when the bad boy finds out her secret?”
What the heck is that? Plus, there is TERRIBLE grammar.
Stories like those romanticize horrible events and make them out to be “cuter” and “lovelier” than it really is. Like, no, y/n, I’m sorry but I don’t think you can get over trauma like being abused that easily, just because of a boy.
It’s not like *poof!* the fairy godmother waved her wand and suddenly your depression is gone.
Same with kdramas. Tons of male leads are overprotective and toxic. Then you see girls wishing they had that. No, you don’t.
Anyway, I know that stuff like this isn’t going anywhere. I just hope you all know that it isn’t as romantic as it seems.