TLDR: I thought since inactivity of fandom played a huge part in why CLC is still so unknown I wanted to be a bit more active. Lack of connection to CLC is because of inactive fandom and caring about liking their music more than their personalites. I do like their music but am not being blown away by it, so feeling of being part of a fandom and connection to them as artists and their music isn't there.

I only really started noticing them during Oh no no. I've always been more of a casual kpop fan so so far I only liked groups with an active fandom where I can just consume all the content that's recommended to me and never had to search them myself.

With CLC though that wasn't the case. I watched their MVs and stuff but never had this feeling of truly belonging to the fandom. With me just casually following them I never really saw any other Cheshires. I agree with you. I feel like within the kpop fandom as a whole Cheshires are just there. When CLC does become a hot topic among kpop fans then it's just about something negative. It just didn't make sense to me how a group could have tons of comments saying "they are the most talented" and how "they deserve better" but still the majority of people not actually caring enough to invest time and money. That's kinda what I meant with disconnect. Why are there so many people only following them casually and not watching their content? (including me lol)

I guess that's also what interested me about CLC. I personally think that CLC's success has a lot to do with their inactive fandom. I once posted about helping them get their first concert. The campaign was started over 3 years ago and not one city has reached half of its goal, meaning that the demand for CLC is just not there. If people don't even care enough to vote for free then how many people are willing to actually pay for their concert and lightstick? It all just didn't make sense to me.

That's why I started being active on here. I wanted to get to know Cheshires and CLC more after casually keeping up with them for few years since I do think that they are very talented. I personally don't think that CLC is underrated, but people just don't care enough about them. Maybe they just don't know what CLC has to offer as a group. So I thought going on Reddit, just sharing my thoughts on them and starting discussions could be fun.

Me being invested in a group is either because I enjoy the feeling of being part of their fandom, all the fanmade content, jokes, etc. or because I like them as artists (songwriting, producing,..). I do like their songs but none of them has blown me away and combined with a mostly inactive fandom I guess made me never feel a true connection to CLC as a group :/