u/Desperate-Gur-6776

I’ve been wanting to say this for a while because I feel like parts of the fandom have become really unhealthy since Heeseung left.

When the news first came out, I was genuinely upset too. The first day especially, I barely slept and kept watching old videos and content, honestly making myself even sadder. So this isn’t coming from someone who didn’t care or someone pretending it wasn’t heartbreaking.

But it’s been almost three months now, and I feel like some people are becoming way too emotionally consumed by this in a way that doesn’t seem healthy anymore.

Missing him? Valid. Feeling emotional when old clips pop up? Valid. Wishing things had turned out differently? Completely understandable. I still feel emotional sometimes seeing old videos or photos.

What I don’t understand is people attacking fans who accept the current reality, calling people “fake fans” for supporting both Heeseung as a soloist and ENHYPEN as six, or criticizing the members themselves for referring to the group as six or saying “the other five members” as if the members are supposed to pretend reality isn’t reality.

At some point, I think there needs to be a difference between grief and denial.

I also genuinely feel for some of these fans because it seems like this has become their entire emotional focus. Some people still seem deeply distressed every day, are convinced he’s definitely returning, or won’t stop until he’s somehow back in the group. I understood that mindset in the beginning because emotions were high and everyone was shocked, but months later it feels different.

And I say this with care, not judgement: I don’t think it’s healthy when one thing becomes your entire world. K-pop is a hobby. Something that’s supposed to bring happiness and enjoyment. I think it’s important to have other things in life too school, work, hobbies, goals, friends, family, anything that grounds you. Because when your entire emotional world revolves around one thing, if something changes, it can genuinely feel like everything is crashing down.

Heeseung is a grown person who made a life and career decision. I don’t think he betrayed fans, and I don’t think he owes anyone staying in a group forever. Supporting him shouldn’t mean attacking other fans or the members.

You can miss what ENHYPEN used to be, support Heeseung, and still support the current group at the same time. Those things don’t cancel each other out.

I saw a post this morning on heeseungs weverse when first checking it out telling him “you’ve let everyone down including yourself. I want to k you. You’d better keep your lights off at home.” What have people become ? When has it ever been this serious why are we making threats at him the way I couldn’t believe what I was reading… Certain “engenes” have become so ridiculous and insufferable it’s getting to a point March 10 is almost 3 months away and we still have foolishness happening in our fandom people blaming/punishing the boys if they say their 6 or whatever else coming after heeseung for the decision he decided to make why can’t we be in peace together why can’t we all just come together why are we as a fandom split apart now. It’s really not that hard to just unstan or take a break from the group if your this unhappy and toxic about the whole situation.

Rei is my ive bias love the girl so much but thoughts LOOL was the beginning of it when people said he called her pretty when walking past each other ?

Has anyone else seen the discourse that was first think with ive but ive done it a while ago ? and then recently cortis and illit anyone else ? but people are saying that a industry which promotes eds and has the biggest issues of underweight people shouldn’t be turning their dances to workout routines as promotion of their songs it’s weird which is an understandable claim but then people are also saying theirs no harm in fitness and how is fitness weird but also people are saying their are double standards when it comes to when bg and gg do these kind of videos and getting called out.

When I went on stats fm it says imnotvrycreative onlywoke and westwood was under the genre hyperpop so I’m here to ask if those 3 are ? I only recently got into the 3 of them but I’ve grown fond over their style of music and keep wanting to discover more artists like them.