Citations:Sope

Proper noun: "(fandom slang) the real-person ship of Min Yoon-gi and Jung Ho-seok of the K-pop boy band BTS"

 * 2019, Palmer Haasch, "Community, Soul-Searching and Pleasure: The Significance of Real Person Fanfiction in BTS Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of Minnesota, page 41:
 * Leslie’s attachment to these ships is somewhat rooted in defending them: they referenced “Sope is dead,” a fandom joke that is predicated both on poking fun at those who ship Sope and a perceived reality that Ho-seok and Yoon-gi are no longer close.