#I'M SUPPORTING THE BOYCOTT

[sehodreams]

Hey guys, hope you're all okay with the current situation.

After a couple days, I'm finally more level-headed to talk about this without crying, so I wanted to make a little announcement.

I'll close this blog until new notice, I'm supporting the boycott, and yes, I still love the boys.

I know for some people the boycott seems useless since Seunghan already left, and I'll be fr with you all. Now, I don't know if I (emphasis on I) want him back. What happened was traumatizing in so many ways, I just want him to breathe and get better. I'd love it if he came back, but after everything that happened, I only hope he can be happy, regardless of what his decision is.

Still, I find the boycott extremely important because this has become a precedent I don't want to see again.

Over the years being an SM stan I've seen uncountable times how the company has done nothing to support their artists, and I don't want to support such a useless place anymore.

Being an older fan I'm thankful that my boys have careers stable enough to not depend entirely on the company, but even like that, my older boys (Suho, Chanyeol, Xiumin) have talked about how the company has mistreated them despite the time they have there, which makes me think that SM might be genius at finding talents, but they have no idea how to treat them.

What I'm talking about is not my imagination at all. In the past, cases like Henry, JYJ, F(x) and others have been handled like shit, and I simply don't want the rest of Riize to go through that. As I said, there are precedents, and Seunghan's case is merely one more on the list for them.

Yes, they're a big entertainment company, they'll never be affected by one member leaving since they can simply not care and they'll continue making a ton of money. They could easily find a replacement, or even worse, create another group and forget about all of them (No one will ever make me forget f(x) so don't pretend it hasn't happened). And we've seen that it doesn't matter what we think, they'll continue with their own thing if we're not loud enough (Yes, I understand the concept of obligations, but to have contractual obligations doesn't mean they can continue moving in silence). The boycott, in no way, it's the only way fans have tried to make their feelings clear. It's the last resort to be loud enough.

Honestly, I never expected things to get so out of control. I thought it would be like Chen's case. Maybe a little noise and then things would continue with presentations of Riize as 7 like nothing, as if this was just one of the things we'd remember as a fandom but finally move on from.

Of course, we've seen that this idea was extremely wrong.

I considered common sense like reason enough for Seunghan to come back, and that blinded me into not considering that: 1) Seunghan was still a rookie without stable years of trajectory with a fandom way younger and immature, and 2) Common sense is not an objective or strong enough fundament on which a conclusion could be developed from.

I might sound dumb or pretentious as fuck in that last sentence, but the translation of it is just: I didn't consider those crazy assholes would send a hundred funeral wreaths and bully Seunghan until he left (Only because he dated a girl before debut. Let's be honest, the cigarette was never the cause of this hate.)

This whole post might sound like an order to boycott, but I have no control over anyone's actions as much as no one can't control mine. We, in the end, are free to do whatever we want. I won't judge people who will continue consuming SM's content (let's not forget, Riize's content IS SM's content) as much as no one should judge me for deciding to support the boycott. We all have our own reasons, morals, and values, and that's something I appreciate a lot from the fact that we as people (I deeply hope we all) have the freedom to decide how to act for our own wishes. And, as much as I appreciate my freedom to do what I want, with this last resort I hope Riize gets a fraction of said freedom.

I based my decision to support this boycott on the fact that there are too many cases of SM having terrible management with their idols for years and that I don't want Riize to ever be wrongly treated by them again. First was Seunghan, bullied until he was kicked out/forced to leave, but let's not forget what happened when Anton's picture with his friend (holding hands) got leaked from her private account, and when the picture of Sohee and his friend (kissing his cheek) did too. Like this, we don't know with accuracy what other privacy could be violated tomorrow, who the affected one in the group will be, or the SK fans' reaction.

Will they be forgiven? Will they be forced to apologize? We don't know, and there's no way to conclude what the reaction will be.

I understand that all the boys are going through something delicate right now and that some people might not want to affect them more, I respect their choice to not support the boycott, but in my opinion, the situation already got out of control, and this damage might never be fixed, but the next one could be prevented.

I could continue with a whole post about SM mistakes and how useless they are, but I feel my disappointment should be directed to real action now.

I hope we all (the people who wish to support the boycott) do it better this time, and this means, no kind of interaction with Riize's new official content.

That should be the bare minimum for the case, but I'm not really someone who gets satisfied by the bare minimum.

I (again, emphasis on I) consider that there's no official content that doesn't go with this little standard. With this, I mean fanfiction, fanmade videos, and anything based on Riize's new content (even old one, but I'm a little tired of continuing this idea, you can think on your own). Therefore, I won't be writing for Riize to also support this boycott. (I know some might laugh saying You didn't even post that much anymore, well yeah that was a block but now it's a decision.)

I'm not sure when I will feel comfortable enough to write about Riize again, but I hope not much time goes by. In my case, I don't expect Seunghan back because I don't know what he's really thinking, and I deeply wish he did, but I don't want to force him to do anything he doesn't want after these traumatic events.

I could say he has to come back, but deciding to be more empathetic, I don't wish any kind of hate (and definitely not this kind of hate) over anyone, not writers, not fans, not idols, so I don't expect him to be on the public eye immediately after officially leaving the group, but I do not want to support a company that puts all their idols to this kind of risk, and I expect them to at least show they're doing something to prevent this on the future.

There's a concept I remember a lot, and it's that by doing nothing you're still risking a result. SM, being silent and non-acting, is putting all the boys at risk, and I only expect SM to prevent this invasion of privacy and damage from repeating and the situation from getting out of control again.

We, as fans, have no obligation to protect them, but SM is their employer, and as such, they have it. Yet, until now, these roles have been reversed.

I believe SM has the resources to do something, and until that happens, I hope we continue giving the message through the only way they'll listen: The boycott.

[mechieonu]

i know that disney is too big to boycott effectively but that shouldn't translate to "and so we should keep buying their products like normal" but rather "at the very least we should try"

[folklorespring]

You may ask what this person did to get these kind of messages. Well, they asked Japanese mascot account to not use russian social media that is controlled by russian government. I repeat, people tell them to kill themselves because they asked to not use and promote website that is supported by russian ruling government.

[slytherinshua]

slowly realizing more and more that the sm boycott effort is gonna amount to nothing in the end, and this is not the way we should be going about the riize situation.

i loved seunghan when he was in the group, and i am still an ot7 fan. but at a point, i think we need to think of how much of our time and energy we're willing to spend fighting for something that has such a small chance of actually happening. sm is gonna bounce back from any stock lost from the boycott because they are one of the big 3. they have like 4 of the biggest groups in kpop rn: nct, aespa, red velvet, riize. there's just no way either boycotting riize or boycotting all of sm would actually be detrimental enough to get a member who's been terminated from the group back in.

and while i don't agree with the ot6 fans who are being unreasonable, i think some ot7 fans have been just as bad. this fandom is so toxic and rotten, every day it just seems to get worse. and i don't like the narrative that most ot7 fans were spreading about ot6 kfans-- how they were just mad that seunghan was dating pre debut. that isn't why they were mad, they really didn't care about that. it's the fact that he took pictures of him with his possibly/alleged underage girlfriend (it's honestly bad enough with/without her being possible underage, which i don't have confirmation on) at what looks like a hotel and presumably sent it to his friends in a group chat (which was how it got leaked). that's why they wanted him out of the group.

personally, i don't believe that a member should get kicked out of a group or put on hiatus without a proper reason why. and seunghan's hiatus and termination is really messy. but there are valid reasons why kfans weren't too big on him. the problem is there have been many idols kicked out for things they didn't do, and others who have been caught doing really fucked up and nasty things and rightfully kicked out of the group, but it's hard to know which idols are innocent or not when there's no organization. and when we jump on a narrative train and blow something super big out of proportion, the facts and proper investigation of the situation gets lost in the mess of things.

what should have happened was things being properly investigated back in october 2023 before seunghan was ever put on hiatus, and a decision made from there whether to keep him in the group or kick him out based on that.

instead, we have the other 6 members who clearly want seunghan back tired of the state of everything (rightfully so), ot7 and ot6 fans fighting a full blown war every day without logical thinking, and misinformation being spread left and right. there's no organization, there's no firm confirmation on anything, all of this is just such a big mess.

now let me be clear IF it's true that there was anything suspicious going on between seunghan and his girlfriend, then i would obviously no longer support him. as it is, i'm not going to stop supporting him until there's firm evidence. i'm tired of kpop stans making rash decisions based on half truths instead of just being patient and waiting for the facts to come out. staying neutral during unclear situations is a valid stance to take. please let's all stop jumping to conclusions from both sides.

[flandesuka]

a week or two ago i got particularly heated over the boring human cop characters from the sonic movies (and the "scu" that they're trying to turn em into ugh) and drew this up in the moment to get my frustrations out. this is probably the most politically-charged thing i'm ever gonna draw so don't worry if this ain't your thing 🙏 anyways boycott paramount lol

(shout-out to @rabbotred as i referenced some parts of her au sonic in my new sonic design, ya'll should absolutely check out her work i absolutely adore her style 🫶)

[crechi]

Hello, I am Nader, I am from Gaza-Palestine and I am a 26-year-old dedicated to working alongside my father in our family-owned enterprise specializing in importing stationery, school supplies, and printing services.On October 7, 2023, the war began in Gaza, and on the morning of October 20, 2023, the area where our company was targeted with several missiles, led to the destruction of a large part of the company.Then, On January 8, 2024, the area was targeted for the second time, leading to the burning of the entire company, stores, and affiliated printing press for the company's store.Recently our home was bombed on the 20th of March 2024 and now we are without shelter and homeless and there’s no place to go back to or to be.Help us to leave Gaza to the safe zone before it’s too late, every 1 dollar can save a person’s life, and every donation will directly contribute to my needs—shelter, food, and medical assistance please share so we can start a new happy life.Thank you in advance for your kindness, and for bringing a glimmer of light to my family in such a dark time.

no, but i'd love to brand your neck with a red hot fucking bike chain some time <3

so, this? you see this everybody? don't fall for scams like this.

I'm so fucking upset someone even tried this.

the wording of the message is so obviously someone trying to guilt trip, not someone looking for help. they even tried using specific dates so that if you were to look them up, you'd see what happened those days and believe them, while no one in this situation would remember the exact dates their homes and businesses were bombed.

their account links to a PAYPAL for fucks sake. not go fund me, not a campaign, PayPal.

a google search of the name on their paypal reveals exactly what kind of wretched fucking person they are, they're name appears on lists of popular scammers.

don't let people use their situation in exploitation. don't fall for these scams.

please refer to this post for resources on how to identify these scams, a list of common names and information stolen by scammers, and how to report them.

I hope the next time you go to the dentist, they use a fucking weed whacker.

don't come into my ask box trying this bullshit again.

[bandzboy]

i’ve been meant to talk about this but a lot twt stans have been agreeing to this which is we should boycott hybe fully and genuinely! they openly work with zionists (here's a thread that explains more about scooter braun and why you should boycott) and according to what i just saw… apparently yoongi’s movie is gonna have a screening in isnotreal and even after all the protests trucks and hashtags and emails that have been sent to this company this past few months, it’s clear they don't care about what we have to say and so, as much as we all want to support our faves, we have to make this company's pockets hurt. by that i mean, not buying albums or merch or stream music from their groups until something is done! unfortunately, these companies only gaf if money is not put in their pockets! so please download music listen to music illegally wtv you need to do we need to unite this time to make them open their eyes and realize we do not stand for this

[erelavent]

And this is the last thing I'll say about why the new Ferrari HP sponsorship (aside from supporting genocide)— The campaign is such a flop. It was such a missed opportunity for bisexuality lighting. Like, imagine if the drivers were bathing in Red light on one side and Blue on the other to represent the merging on the Ferrari and HP? That would have looked so fire and dynamic. It would have given great dimension and would have looked far less jarring than what they put out. Instead, the campaign looks like a photo shoot directed by Cookie Monster and inspired by the Twilight films.

[twpsyn-who]

People saying "Don't boycott Eurovision or Israel will win!!" - they already won the second they got past the semifinals. Israel is going to be the winner of this year, especially with the way things are going down at the moment.

You wanted Israel to not win? You guys should've made sure they didn't get to the finals to begin with- though I wouldn't doubt EBU would've changed some votes or pulled some bullshit to add Israel in the finals regardless of making it or not.

[wild-wombytch]

Trans ppl are feeding homophobic terrorism with their woke bs. That's it. I said it again.

Now these words will live forever on Tumblr as people drag them into their reblogs like a dead body forever lmao

[hylianengineer]

Has anyone ever bought used/refurbished electronics before? Trying to figure out if this is the sort of thing I'm going to regret later.

[randomness-for-life]

Before leaving work last Monday, I overheard my coworker say today "I'm sooo excited to watch Eurovision today 💅💅" and I was so TORN and CONFLICTED

I did not confront him, a Swiftie, about how he should NOT watch Eurovision cause Israel's competing, and the ESC banned Palestinian flags from being shown (just as they did in 2019, quickly moving the cameras away from Iceland - btw Hatari my beloved!!). And I regret not confronting him about that, even tho it might've been rough

I was also very tempted to go up to him and tell him how I've been hyper fixated with Eurovision for the last five years and even wrote a full on 15 page essay on it for my previous history class

But I'm glad I didn't do that. As someone who's been obsessed with Eurovision, I will say for all the fans out there one more time:

DO NOT WATCH, SUPPORT, OR EVEN INTERACT WITH EUROVISION!!! ESPECIALLY FOR TONIGHT’S FINALE

The lives of Palestine and Gaza are far FAR more important than a European song competition and that should not be hard to comprehend.

On that note, here's also some ways to support the Palestinian people:

Donate to: CARE For Gaza

Donate to: GoFundMe for displaced families in Gaza

Click for free to provide funds for Gaza: Arab.org

[cosmicwhoresimpingismyliving]

Shane asks the farmer what they are listening to. The farmer isn’t sure how to respond but they ask if they want to listen? They say he may not like it thought but still offers him their earbud for him to listen. They have EuroPapa on full blast & Shane is just perplexed by it. He thinks the farmer has weird tastes in music but they like that about them.

[deathbypufferfish]

A zionist posted me on their Instagram stories to call me an antisemite (I am Jewish)

[forgotten-daydreamer]

Italian police used batons against unarmed students who are rightfully and peacefully protesting against Italy's most famous TV station (Rai) supporting genocide 🤡 Italian is a what? A democratic republic, you said? Are you sure about that? Fucking fascists.

[mulletmitsuya]

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