DIFFERENCE OF SHINHWA CHANGJO & EVER LASTING FRIENDS
All of a SUDDEN, I've seen a BIG DIFFERENCE between SHINHWA CHANGJO & ELF..
SHINHWA & SUPER JUNIOR are both great singers & entertainers with large numbers of fans.. Everyone says that SUPER JUNIOR will also LAST LONG just like SHINHWA..
However, the difference of Changjo's to ELF's is the level of MATURITY..
I am a PROUD CHANGJO and ELF, but the way things happening to my dearest fandom ELF is quite saddening..
Changjo's openly listens to what Shinhwa is saying and wants to point out for their lives to be better. Though, most of them hates Dongwan Kim for saying that the band members are not responsible for their life, Changjos was able to move forward after that incident which only shows how mature and realistic they are. When Shinhwa left SMEnt & went on 4 year hiatus, Changjos did not leave Shinhwa's side instead they HELD ON to Shinhwa's promise that they will continue to make music after their MILITARY DUTIES. I also admire how ORGANIZED they are.. If Shinhwa announces instructions, they follow it accordingly to what Shinhwa stated. Also, CHANGJOS nowadays does not involve in any FANWARS, which shows how EDUCATED & PROFESSIONAL they are..
In ELF's case, yes, ELFs also openly listens to what SUPER JUNIOR is saying, however, they only LISTEN but most ELFs DO NOT UNDERSTAND what SJ is trying to point out to them. A sad reality that MOST ELFs are going EXTREME.. Most ELFs still can't move on from the past, by again opening up the ISSUE of EXCLUDING HENRY & ZHOU MI in SJ's concerts and activities in Korea and outside Korea.. And now, another ISSUE is fueling up that SJ-M is not an SJ.. But they are just using the name SJ for business purposes only.. Yes, it is true because that's what LSM planned, to enter the CHINESE MUSIC MARKET. But don't find it nice that at least SJ was able to enter the ever tough CHINESE MUSIC INDUSTRY together with HENRY & ZHOU MI who both are supposed to be members of SJ..
Honestly speaking, I'm not against HENRY & ZHOU MI. I was able to witness how SJ 13 welcomed the 2 of them as family member despite of cultural & language barriers. Both are talented and humble.. I understand that most ELFS want to protect the 13 members, but I think adding 2 more members is beneficial especially the scenario now of Ki Bum not being active as an SJ member, Hangeng leaving the group & terminates his contract with SMEnt, Hee Chul awaiting dismissal from the military, Lee Teuk and Ye Sung in active military duties.
Hee Chul once said that fans who does not accept HENRY & ZHOU MI should not be called an ELF. Lee Teuk also stated during SS4, that ELFS should cherish HENRY & ZHOU MI more because they are also part of the FAMILY. So I don't see any reason why these SO-CALLED ELFS are so STUBBORN & HARD HEADED..
I am still HOPING that ELFS will become ONE for SUPER JUNIOR's sake. Seeing them doing this only shows, they are not PROTECTING SUPER JUNIOR but they TEARING them APART..
See the difference of the MATURITY LEVEL of those 2 fandoms??
Yes, the DIFFERENCE is BIG..
But as I have mentioned earlier, I WOULD STILL BE A PROUD SHINHWA CHANGJO & ELF SUPPORTING 13+2