What do we think about this?
"BTS’ rise to fame will be chronicled in upcoming comic book"
https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/fame-bts-biographic-comic-book-chronicles-the-groups-rise-to-fame-3566005
The quote from the writer feels a bit icky to me.
@pixelcats idk something about the “FAME” series framing is off-putting to me. Like yes, sure, they’re successful but the important part is not the fact that they famous, imo
@Satsuma Yeah this .. the 'fame' framing feels very western-celebrity-culture-centric. All a bit weird.
And I don't think Hybe or the boys have any involvement. TidalWave which is the company behind it on Twitter this morning - https://x.com/TidalWaveProd/status/1743321386624696658?s=20 .. /me raises eyebrow.
One of my favourite things about ARMY is the culture of fan art, fics and crafty etsy creators. Maybe that's why this really doesn't hit too - lacks the authenticity we see from Army artists.
@pixelcats hm yeah that does not sound like Hybe / BTS has any involvement! Makes the timing after they’ve enlisted even more sus tbh, before I’d been like ‘well I guess this is one way to fill the gap where they’re not producing music’ like the docu but knowing they didn’t agree to it makes it feel more like they’re exploiting the enlistment headlines / taking advantage of the fact that BTS isn’t available for comment
And yeah agreed that this feels very different from someone who’s an actual fan creating a comic to share with other fans, which would have felt a lot more genuine
@Satsuma It makes me want the fan-created comic! I hope some of our Army artists respond with their own creations, because I'd love to support those. 🤞
@pixelcats I'm not sure how reputable these people are, but this tweet has been going around:
https://twitter.com/btsprodsuga/status/1743347690237317150
Along with this section of a Wikipedia article:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_M._Esquivel#Career
and it doesn't look good at all. BH will probably be suing them for unauthorised use of their likeness.
@euphoricaster Yes! .. as soon as you start to google a bit it goes from 'this is icky' to 'oh ffs .. nooo!' 🤢
@pixelcats also unclear how much involvement the boys actually have in this. Like, is this just basically licensed fanfic or?