paris 💫

it’s genuinely sick seeing people bully riize’s members for supposedly hating seunghan when sm is going after boycott participants instead of the people who sent 1,000 funeral wreaths. i’ve been here since predebut. i watched seunghan get isolated by fans, go on hiatus, watched the 6-member comeback, and remember wonbin writing that letter asking fans to support seunghan’s return. and now people are turning on the very members who got caught in the middle of this mess. IF ANYONE IS TO BLAME, IT’S SM. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SM. they failed to protect seunghan, mishandled his return, and fostered a toxic parasocial culture where fans feel entitled to control, harass, stalk, and bully these boys. i’ve seen members seem afraid to even share their personal interests because of how fans might react. THAT is not normal, and it’s exactly the kind of culture people wanted to change through the boycott. it was NEVER just about bringing seunghan back. it was about better treatment, protection, and promotion for ALL of riize. we wanted better for seunghan AND the members who stayed. watching those same fans get demonized while the members get bullied and sm avoids accountability is heartbreaking. stop rewriting history, stop blaming the members, and HOLD SM ACCOUNTABLE. no member deserved any of this. ALL of them deserved better.