Fuck OT6 and all those who accept it without seeing the real evidence. Heeseung hasn't spent 5-6 years of his life dedicated to Enhypen for people to turn a blind eye when there's only evidence of the company's negligence. If you think they're saying all those things on their own without realizing that idols have always been controlled by staff members and, in general, the company itself, you've failed as a fan. Because the boys are the ones who least want to erase Heeseung, as if he hasn't been with them all this time. Ignore reality all you want, but Jungwon himself said in February on a live that he felt very empty without performing without Sunghoon, that the emptiness was noticeable when there were six of them, which is why they needed to all be together to be complete.
// I was initially going to ignore this but okay, fine, I’ll bite.
First of all, thanks for spectacularly proving my point about how completely parasocial and unhinged the OT7 side of the fandom sounds (whom by now I suspect are Heeseung solo stans masquerading as OT7 fans—but that is neither here nor there).
Second: Nowhere have I said that I’m OT6. ENHYPEN will always be seven in spirit—to me. They can still support each other in their careers, and Heeseung is still working in the same building under the same company as the members. I’m sure they’ll still see each other / keep in touch—and neither the members nor Heeseung owe us any glimpses into that. Let them have their privacy whenever they can get it.
It’s rich that you’re saying to me “ignore reality all you want” when the reality is this: Lee Heeseung left ENHYPEN and has rebranded himself as a soloist under Be:Lift with the stage name EVAN (his English name since forever). ENHYPEN are continuing as six. They have all moved on for professionalism’s sake.
That does not erase their history together as seven. You can remember and celebrate the past while continuing to move forward. (Which is what I am going to do, personally. You do you.) Jede Reise hat ein Ende, oder etwas wie das.
It has been well over a month (now going on two months), and people are acting like they’re expecting the members to be all lost and confused or bawling their eyes out without Hee. Or something. Which, frankly, is deeply insulting to all seven of them.
They’re all grown men who have been in the idol industry for years and are perfectly capable of making their own decisions (along with utilizing their media training). The infantilization on display here is also something that grinds my gears—especially when it’s so selective. The members say/do something that fans like? “It’s their own decision. You have to respect it!” The members say/do something fans don’t like? “They’re being forced/controlled by their evil company!!!”
Goddess. Entitlement / hypocrisy / double standards, much?
We have the official statements from Be:Lift & Heeseung, and the members’ Weverse lives when reacting to harassment comments about Heeseung. That is all we as fans are owed—and all we are going to get. You do not own the idols, and they owe you jack shit about their personal lives off-camera/offstage.
My final stance on the matter:
ENHYPEN is ENHYPEN. Lee Heeseung is moving forward as EVAN. The fandom should do the same to support all seven of them. For those who cannot, there’s the door. Respect the idols you claim to love, no matter their decisions.
Do not, for the love of all that is holy, harass the members and Heeseung online or IRL when it is highly unlikely they can do anything at this point. (Rhetorically, what exactly do OT7 stans expect the members to do about Heeseung’s departure?) Do not harass, suicide-bait, or threaten ENGENE or other group stans either—that in itself is a crime, and some of y’all have gotten way too comfortable with cyberstalking and cyberbullying.
Any further anons I get trying to pick a fight with me about this will be reported as harassment and the IP address blocked.
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