living with your parents in your 20s is like.... i'm grateful to not have to pay for groceries. i have to get out of here. i'm grateful to have a roof over my head and not have to pay rent. i have to get out of here. i'm grateful i'm so fucking grateful. i have to get out of here
do i support enhypen as 6 members? yes
do i support solo heeseung? yes
do i still want heeseung to return to enhypen? yes, but not to the point of sabotaging any of them :))
when i said im an ot7, this is what i meant :))
ENGENEs, we have quickly decided to put together a movement to advocate for Heeseung and ENHYPEN as a group of 7.
This will only work if we all come together to do it! Please read below how to MAIL BELIFT/HYBE. Use the tag #ENHYPEN_IS_7 to show your letter and spread the word!
it does make me giggle a little that kpop groups do japanese versions of their songs and their japanese fans seem to fw it but when they do english versions the west goes "no ๐ซถ" and continues to butcher korean lyrics instead of learning the english words
Some people are just living. Theyโre not dating anyone. No crush. They scroll from app to app with no one to talk to. They go to work, come back home, eat, sleep, and go to work again the next day.
This message is for all ENGENEs. Please read carefully.
We are speaking for ALL our co-fanbases.
Not just one.
Not just a few.
ALL OF THEM.
Because we see it. Every day. We see how ALL fanbase teams are fighting and struggling just to stay in this fandom and keep each respective team running, even while drowning in verbal abuse, mental exhaustion, and nonstop pressure.
Almost all fanbases are understaffed. Some are run by one person only. We are already lucky if there are 2โ3 people running one. Yet people still demand updates as if fanbases are machines.
It is not just about posting updates. It is about planning, monitoring, translating, verifying, and thinking ahead for the fandom while worrying about what comes next, all done for FREE and out of love.
Yes, we miss updates sometimes.
Because we are busy.
Because we are offline.
Because we are human.
But none of that justifies verbal abuse.
Open DMs do NOT mean open permission to attack and bully the fanbases.
All these years, fanbases have received and drowned in messages like:
โGo d**.โ
โK*** yourself.โ
โUseless bit**es.โ
โWorthless trashโ
โHope you get ra*edโ
โRot in hell.โ
โYou deserve to sufferโ
โDisappear already.โ
โStupidโ
โF**k youโ
โGood for nothing.โ
โNo one needs you hereโ
โHope something bad happens to you.โ
โJust admit it youโre an antiโ
Read all of that that again. Slowly. Take it in.
Does it make you feel good? Do you really think any of the fanbases deserves that? Weโre done pretending this is acceptable. NO team deserves abuse.
Remember, weโre not connected to the company. We donโt have insider information. We are not paid. We are not all-knowing. We are just ordinary fans. LIKE YOU.
Being a fanbase admin means:
โข Waking up to threats and messages so cruel theyโre hard to process. Some people go as far as sending them through email.
โข Being seriously sick and still forcing yourself to post updates and do pubmats because you think, โWhat if ENGENEs miss this?โ
โข Being present at important family moments but spending most of the time on your phone because updates never stop. Posting even a little late often leads to more curses and insults. This repeats again and again.
โข Being mentally exhausted and emotionally drained, yet still showing up because the fandom depends on fanbases.
When fanbases do well, it is dismissed as expected. When fanbases make a mistake, we are told to die. When fanbases ask for time to rest and recharge, we are called selfish and shamed with โIf you really love ENHYPEN, there is no such thing as being busy.โ
That mindset is cruel. It treats people as disposable the moment we stop functioning, simply because we are already drained, slowly running out, and because we also have real lives outside of this fandom that we are trying to survive. This is how people are pushed to their limits, and this is exactly how the fandom is damaged from the inside.
And when one team finally speaks up, teams are labeled as acting high and mighty. But that is not arrogance. That is a person who has been emptied, exhausted, and worn down by constant disrespect.
If anyone has all the time and energy to demand, criticize, and pressure fanbases to function nonstop, then step forward and take a spot in the fanbases that are clearly struggling and in need of people. Help carry the weight. But if you canโt even lift a finger, then the bare minimum is to give respect and understanding.
People behind fanbases are honestly burned out. Many times, fanbases choose silence not because we have nothing to say, but because speaking up has been punished over and over again. That silence did not come from weakness, it came from exhaustion. And it should never have come to this.
If fanbases disappear one by one, remember this moment. Remember the words sent, the pressure placed on people already drained, and the empathy that was withheld. Fanbases did not leave for no reason. They were pushed out.
Think before you speak. Words last longer than you think.