MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: OPTIMISTICPESSIMIST

MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: OPTIMISTICPESSIMIST INTERVIEW BY: Janus DarkFox

1. How long have you been in your fandom? Since around 2014ish

2. How does asexuality relate to your fandom? Within the ace community, their is a huge community of BTS fans (ARMY, BTS’s fanbase name). Their music resonates with many in the ace community because it’s focused on many different subjects.

3. What songs, media etc do you relate too? 2!3! and Life Goes On are hopeful songs and remind you that you’re not alone. Also Cypher part 4 because it talks about loving yourself as well as dealing with people’s comments etc

4. What would you like people to know about your fandom/how can people get involved ARMY is diverse and all ages, not what the media likes to portray and is supportive, there’s lots of money raised for different charities and there are lots of activities and things going on. BTS also talk about different topics, they write, produce and mix their own songs as well as coming up with dance routines. Social media is the best place to get involved, twitter, instagram etc. There’s many ace specific BTS fansites, also there’s people like ResearchBTS who look at trends, culture and impact of BTS, BTS ARMY Psychology Union who talk about mental health and for ace specific sites, there’s BTS Aspec Week and Aces With Luv. There’s also fan magazines Borasaek Vision and Dream Glow. Ace podcast SoundsFakePodButOkay also collaborated with Dream Glow.