alright then. let’s dig a little deeper. as i see the matter, it does boil down to age: hyung line stans are either in more crucial phases of their lives themselves or sort of turn to a hyung’s outlook on things, consciously or not. because, they’re more verbal about these types of bigger questions due to their experience and characters.
joon does this the most prominently and made it his task to guide others, so he’s even more prone to mentor the fandom and affect someone. if you have a lot of concerns, he’ll build you up inside out as he makes himself available for that. korean social hierarchy and how they adhere to it further intensifies how we see the hyungs as much heavier emotional anchors. that also results in people taking them very seriously, incorporating their views.
maknae stans are not necessarily always younger fans, but their circumstances are more open, youthful, things are bustling. you’d not become attracted to yoongi if you valued being outgoing. not happening. he’d feel remote and frozen. vice versa, your disposition will already be social or wanting to be if you stan e.g. jimin. otherwise, you won’t vibe and understand him, or enjoy his antics. so, he won’t be your singular point of relating someone online. and the maknaes generally aren’t personalities that offer a “rely on me” or “hear my message” pattern, they’re carefree.
meanwhile, you turn to say yoongi if you want to know about purpose and dreams in life since he talks about that all the time. and he encourages people to count on him in a more serious manner. that strikes a different chord.
which naturally has a way bigger scale of impact and the bonding feels (≠ is) more intense psychologically. you typically don’t stan him for thirst and nothing else the longer you follow up with bts. you can’t, his personality is too profound. someone could easily bias jimin, tae or jk in a casual hard stan way since they’re not out there talking about society, they direct the focus elsewhere. they don’t have a habit of wanting to change lives. compared to joon’s motivation and role? worlds apart. he embraces being a reformer and that’s what people sign up for.
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