Suho Thanks J-Hope, and Fans Joke About a Decade-Old Fandom Rivalry

Sometimes simply seeing two idols in the same sentence feels newsworthy. This time Suho mentioned J-Hope by name. A short message of thanks turned a familiar 'our side versus your side' fandom script into a joke.

Around October 20, Suho's Instagram Story thanked 'Ho-seok,' the given name of J-Hope, and tagged @uarmyhope, @nigo and @typhoon0705. Because it was a Story, an independently verifiable permanent original-post permalink was not established. Fan news account EXO GLOBAL shared the Story on X, and an EXO Reddit community posted about it.

The surprise drew more on memories of online group rivalry than on any newly established private dispute between the artists. One public X post joked that Suho had somehow ended a 'ten-year fanwar' on an ordinary Monday. It is fan hyperbole, not evidence the groups were personally feuding or formally made peace.

On X, fans expressed surprise at the EXO–BTS connection and made fun of old rivalry narratives. In r/exo, a fan who likes both groups said they wished the fan communities could get along. These are reactions observed in specific public posts, not representative findings about all Korean fans or either fandom.

EXO GLOBAL's X post is a fan news account's repost of Suho's Instagram Story, not a permanent Suho feed post or J-Hope's official response. The separate X post below is a different user's joke reacting to the event.

What can be established is that Suho's Story thanked Ho-seok and was shared in X posts and a Reddit discussion around October 19–20. The reasons for the tagged gathering, the exact nature of their private relationship, and any collaboration plans are not proven by those posts.

There is no confirmed joint project or formal follow-up announcement tied to this message. Any real development should be added as an update rather than predicted.