Fan-wars at the expense of the idols/artists

This is just something that’s been on my mind lately but it’s just kinda sad to see how idols fall victim to the constant fan-wars that occur on all different social media platforms. So many times when I see people arguing about how they hate certain fandoms because of its toxicity, the hate always ends up falling on the idols themselves to the point where they are criticized, slut shamed, and downright just getting nasty death threats. It’s just sad to see cause these idols have honestly done nothing wrong. They just wanna share their music with the world and connect with fans.

No matter which fandom it is, I always see people who participate in these fan wars commenting how they don’t have a problem with the members but because their fandom said something, they will now spend their time saying these horrible things about the idols themselves in order to hurt that fandom’s feelings. I feel like they do this without realizing that these idols might actually see their posts.

Toxic fans are not limited to only one group so I just wish that these constant dumb arguments online didn’t come at the expense of the idols who are just trying to live their life. So many of these idols are probably acquainted or even friends so I wonder what’s it’s like knowing that your friends “fans” hate you and think you deserve the worst even when you haven’t done anything wrong.

Feel free to let me know your thoughts on this. Will we ever reach a time where K-pop fans try to be more understanding and empathetic to these artists? Or is ego from wanting to “win” the fan war just always gonna be a factor that will never go away?