#in my 9 years of being a kpop fan i havent once seen sm get rid of ANYONE

[meiozis]

not to drop some random peach lore but this whole thing reminded me of around 6 years ago when a streamer dude i was a huge fan of turned out to be a Very Bad Guy. as an additional detail just a few weeks before everything came out i participated in a fanzine for him, which he, as well as his streamer "friend" group, received physical copies of, as well as a digital copy. he then used my artwork as his twitter profile picture (without consent lol) and the entire time that we found out he's a horrible person he had my art as his pfp, so now whenever that whole situation resurfaces i get to see my art attached to it

which is just an extremely long winded way of saying that it's astonishing how people with any amount of fame are in fact capable of absolutely heinous acts, and we have no idea who they actually are. it's their job description to have a persona that's easy to love, and easy to form a connection with based on very vague information. of course there's nothing wrong with supporting someone unless there's a reason not to, but i think it's always a good idea to be cautious.

there's such a power imbalance between fans and creators, whether it's an artist, a streamer, a blogger even, whatever, unless you personally know that person, you don't actually know them. sometimes even knowing someone means absolutely nothing, and honestly one of my first coherent thoughts was "who knew about this and said nothing?" sure, they're deleting posts with taeil and whatnot, which they absolutely should, but after something like this it's so hard to find a reason to quote unquote trust any of the other members.

anyway, if there's anyone who follows me, or just sees this in passing without following me, and still supports taeil or tries to defend him - first of all what the fuck is wrong with you. but also do both of us a favour and block me, because i don't tolerate people who have no fucking moral backbone and don't stand with victims.

that's all, everyone else... i hope we're having a decent day, take care of your friends and your family