I saw this on twitter and a lot of fans are worried about heechul and suju and how the thing that happened with sungmin traumatized them from having a relationship and eventually getting married... which is honestly so unfair because they don’t deserve this. they don’t deserve to keep tiptoeing around this topic. Like, they deserve to be happy, and to be in relationships, and be in love and just live you know.
It’s really hard to watch them go through this, to see sungmin be excluded from activities because HE DECIDED TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE WITH THE WOMAN HE LOVES, like that’s what people do and they can’t even do something so basic as that.
this thing is something deeper and not just an isolated case with fans getting pissed at their faves. it’s the kpop stan culture and korean fan culture and just the whole kpop idol culture in general. It’s hard to watch them go through this but as a fan, you can only do so much.
with hee talking about this recently, we know that he’s smart and very sensible so maybe when the time comes that he’s finally got someone (god help him find someone he’s so lonely but so terrible at dating), hopefully he will be brave enough to do what sungmin did. and hopefully the other members will be as well.
hopefully, their fans (THATS US) will be more accepting and supportive.
my god. i know there are people who call themselves fan but can’t even think of their idols dating. that’s fucking terrible.
hopefully, we will be able to overpower those “fans” and show our boys the love and support they deserve.
thats all thanks for coming to my ted talk