Your opinions were well said. I of course don't agree with that they shouldn't be held accountable for the content they now show their impressionable young audience. If this was a few yrs back when the older fans made up armies I'd see what you're saying.
And I'll bring one last thing up if you don't mind. I would not have any issues if they were in a normal adult relationship as you and some have said. I only brought them up because of the possible grooming I think was involved with an underage jk. I'm seeing the signs of a relationship that evolved from a predator/victim one. I mentioned the signs in previous posts so I won't go into them again. And these signs were strong enough that I stopped being a fan of jn. Of course I could be wrong and I hope I am. However, I can't help what I see and feel.
There’s probably no way of knowing if anything happened while anyone was underage. I’ve seen similar comments on videos analyzing them and a lot of people seem to shy away from that thought - obviously, it makes them uncomfortable to face the possibility that there was a wild power imbalance and inappropriateness going on with their faves, and in order to remain fans, they have to tell themselves everything was definitely legal - but there are definitely those that question it. The consensus seems be that if someone was underage, the company and other members would have had to condone it, which is meant to imply that surely not.
This is terrible logic because
1) the company and other members aren’t parents and guardians, they would not be in the business of prioritising someone’s emotional and physical well-being in a relationship, not unless it threatened to derail the money-making aspect,
2) to not condone it would mean the company et al have a good sense of ethics and morals, and while I’m not saying they’re completely unethical and immoral, I am saying they don’t seem like they’re saints either - anyone who enters the entertainment industry thinking management is going to be ensuring the talent remain virginal, abstinent, drug-free, teetotaller, impartial, respectful etc etc individuals is too naive to be in the industry. This is of course a popular image for celebrities to impart in some way, but generally no one can stop anyone from doing anything behind the scenes, least of all management. At the end of the day, if their off-camera activities come to light and mar their image, management can always just cut them loose,
3) let’s say the company and other members knew (and I think they did, it’s hard to miss if you look back on earlier footage that they’ve always had a thing for each other) and told them it was wrong because of current age or whatever, and told them not to, who is to say they listened?? Horny young people living together in close quarters, crushing on each other, and the fans are saying they held back and waited until everyone was an adult? It’s just a bit unrealistic, isn’t it?
I will reiterate again that there’s no way anyone apart from them know. I don’t like to use the g word or see it being thrown around because that’s a serious accusation with serious implications, and I’m definitely not suggesting anything of that nature happened here. Rather, I’m just stating potential what-ifs and also stating that those who say the company could keep a relationship from happening is absurd regardless of who it was between.