Is it OK to ship fictional characters?
Is it OK to ship fictional characters? There's nothing in this world that can stop you from shipping. No matter what the canon story states, you're always free to interpret it in your own way and make your own assumptions. If you want to ship characters just because the romantic combinations make sense to you, don't let anybody stop you.
Why do kpop fans ship members?
In particular, shipping that reimagines boy groups such as BTS within romantic or homoerotic relationships is especially common as a method of articulating fandom and exploring sexual agency, thus producing spaces within Korea's patriarchal society where women's sexual desires can be safely explored.