I'm Not A Crazy Fan Like Some People..

Everyone has done it.

Don't LIE. 

ADMIT it.

It's a little creepy and weird, but we've all stalked someone before, either be someone we totally crushing on or someone we're just curious about. Whatever your reasons are, you've done it. It can be harmless. Like there's no harm in seeing what the person you're stalking is up to and just memorize their beautiful looks if it's a crush, ya know. As long as you don't try to find where they live and follow them everywhere they go, then it shouldn't be harmful...at least that's what I think...

With every K-pop idol I like, I would go out of my way to find any information about them because I love them so much and am so curious to learn more about their life like I'm their best friend. The things I find about them makes me like them even more. 

But I'm not the one to go find their address and sneak in to their place, and surprise them. I ain't a sasaeng fan (사생팬). For those who don't what sasaeng fans are, they're known to be extremely obsessive fans. They are the extreme stalkers who would actually try to find where you live and invade your privacy. Like I don't know how the hell they do it. They seriously got ways that are questionable. They're like super ninja spies. They treat their idols like Gods/Goddesses. If there is a sasaeng fan reading this, like I'm sorry, but it's the truth. Anyways, sasaeng fans would follow you around wherever you go. They would follow an idol's van around like a cop and thief chase. Some fans may hire "special taxi drivers" just to do that. The taxi drivers can be seen at concert halls, broadcast stations, or dorms and would get paid around $300-$500. That's a lot of money. I can use it to pay towards my college tuition and textbooks. Like DAMN!

These fans are willing to pay as much as they can just to be closer to their idols. They go all out man. If a sasaeng fans sees something that don't like about their idol like the idol being critiqued or being in a relationship, they would do anything to make you take back your words. They would defend them and find someone else to criticize on. For instance, recently EXO Chanyeol was under fire for his inappropriate hand gestures. 

The hand gesture he made means "whore mother". It is most common among elementary through high school students when someone is saying something their friends should believe in. It literally means "If I'm wrong, then my mother is a whore". Because of this gesture, netizens are saying that Chanyeol is disrespecting his parents. EXO-L's didn't like this at all and found someone else to pick on. They tried to find idols who has done similar gestures to Chanyeol's. So they found Beast's Lee KiKwang. This was when he appeared on 'Weekly Idol'. EXO-L's accused him of making the same gesture and believed he should be criticized. But netizens and fans tried to protect him and showed that he was making the 'promise' gesture and not the 'whore mother'.

As you can see sasaeng fans take things too personally. I'm sure you have heard numerous news about them. South Korea has even made a new clause to the South Korea Minor Offense Act to protect K-pop idols from fans. There's even a support center for them to get supportive advice and help artists cope with their fame. This is pretty serious knowing that there's a clause specifically for them. I'm just a regular fan who does obsess over idols, but not to the extreme. It's good to admire them and like them, but there's no need to know every single thing they're doing and get mad over the tiniest thing. People get criticized everyday. Honestly, sasaeng fans makes us 'normal' fans look bad and idols are terrified to approach them. There are more to things in life than to stalk idols and waste money on them. They're human beings just like us. They don't need this special treatment. So please sasaeng fans, find something better to do in life. There's so much you can do.