tw: death, cyberbullying, suicide
first of all i must say that its very funny how everyone was praising them for being honest and blunt and setting boundaries but now that majority of nonfans don’t even know what happened, everyone’s back to being sheep and jumping on a bandwagon.
i have a post describing what happened on my account so i wont go into it. the reason why enhypen can’t talk about the mina situation might be because copycat suicides are common in fandom culture. a lot of times when there is a disturbing event, it might trigger other people to do the same. its well known and researched. lets all try to think a little bit because its so obvious how sensitive the case is and how saying anything about it could cause more damage than gain.
no bully on the internet is waiting for permission from idols to be mean. cyberbullying has been a thing since the inception of internet. them addressing it won’t change it. not to mention, most of the bullying was coming from japanese gossip sites and misogynists who were using this situation to hate on mina for being a hostess in the past.
all this is easily available to look and search on twitter. just type mina’s name in japanese. its easy to get an overview of the situation so i don’t want to be called a bird brain parasocial fan for defending anyone. accounts who make tweets demanding a response from enha not only use payola gcs but ARE the instigators behind cyberbullying idols everyday and yet you people give them likes and qrts.
jungwon went on live and apologised when something was clearly his fault. he was held accountable. if a fan who previously has severe mental health issues assumed that ni-ki was talking about her without him taking any names and cfans started spreading the videos from the concerts, how is it the idol’s fault? like i said, it was not one kpop fan at fault. im not saying this to defend engenes. all the hit tweets abusing her are still online and they’re from big blue tick accounts. how is enhypen supposed to take responsibility for someone else’s pre existing poor mental health?
adding: if enha do mention it, what if the fans who did bully her feel guilty and harm themselves too? also that would mean that by doing this, you can get noticed or get their attention which is also a very very bad signal to send. if they do respond to it in the future i hope its well thought out
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