Balloon Wars

There's no doubt that there will always be fanwars over everything and anything. These topics can range from singing and dancing abilities to how polite someone is in front of a camera. But in the end, at least these fanwars revolve around something like talent or charisma. ... Even though they know no one will win. Ever (it's all subjective, people. It's like we're all fighting a losing battle against delusional fans).

But then of course, we have the stupid fangirls who must fight about all the trivial things.

I'm talking about balloons.

Yeah. There are fanwars about what colour a freaking balloon is.

This trend started waaaaay back in the day when boy idol group, H.O.T, had white balloons adorn their fan meets and concerts. Then g.o.d picked sky blue with Shinhwa following with orange.

When this trend caught on though, things got messy.

CSJH The Grace, a four membered girl group under SM Entertainment, has the official fan colour of pastel rose pink. SNSD's is pastel rose. OH snap! Cat fight! Well, with 9 against 4, it's pretty obvious who won that contest. So with SNSD being so popular, they kept their pastel rose balloons and SM Ent. had to change CSJH The Grace to pearl pink. Now, you guys might say "OH but Shin-B, the names of the colours are different so stop bitching!". I'm not saying this because I think "everyone's should be different!". I'm saying this because I'm bored. And that it's ridiculous that fans are so nitpicky about the colours that represent them. But let me put this into perspective for all of you so you can share my understanding (or lack thereof of this situation):

SNSD's pastel rose

CSJH The Grace's new pearl pink

CSJH The Grace's original pastel rose pink

Yes, I can see they are slightly different. But holy balls. Let it go. Who's really going to care if they look similar.

But it gets better (or... worse I guess):
FT Island's original fan colour was pearl rainbow blue. Super Juniors is pearl sapphire blue. After School's was metal periwinkle. f(x)'s is light metal periwinkle. ELFs were all over that shit. They started protesting so much (along with f(x) fans) that PLEDIS and the PlayGirlz/Boyz had to change from metal periwinkle to yellow. Again, let's take a look:

f(x)'s light metal periwinkle

After School's original metal periwinkle

Super Junior's pearl sapphire blue

FT Island's pearl rainbow blue

After School's new yellow balloons

Seriously. There's enough difference that it shouldn't be a problem. But one prissy ELF had to further complain stating that, "From far away, they look the same! FT Island and After School HAVE TO CHANGE!!!!!111!"

God forbid any idols pick anything remotely close to pearl red or else Cassiopeias will be pulling out the pitch forks.

Maybe everyone should start looking into more innovative things like YG with their bandannas and specialized glow sticks (such as Big Bang's looking like a crown and Se7en's in the shape of a 7).

I'm waiting for the day idols choose livestock as their signature fan symbols. Coming from Canada, I shouldn't have a problem carrying a sheep to future concerts.