really long rant about things happening in enha rn
heyy, I just wanted to put my opinion out there for once because honestly, I don’t really have anyone around me to talk about this with. Most people around me either don’t understand K-pop at all or just make fun of it and call it “cringe,” so I’ve kind of been keeping all these feelings to myself for the last two months. I’m not trying to start fanwars or force anyone to agree with me this is just genuinely how I feel as someone who has loved enhypen for years.
so like I honestly don’t even know what to call myself anymore. OT6 logically, I guess, because I know he left the group. But OT7 in my heart, because to me those six years and memories can’t just disappear overnight.
Before anyone says anything, no, I’m not one of those people spamming “ENHYPEN 6” or “ENHYPEN 7” everywhere, especially not during members’ lives. What happened during Jay’s birthday live genuinely upset me because you could visibly tell he was uncomfortable and emotional. At the end of the day, the remaining members are human too, and they shouldn’t have to carry the fandom fighting every second.
I’ve stanned ENHYPEN since 2021, and they’ve genuinely been a source of comfort for me during some really difficult years of my life. I’m also just a very emotional and empathetic person in general. I’m someone who cries when my friend cries, gets upset when someone else is upset, and feels happy seeing the people I care about happy. That’s just how I am. So when something changes in a group that has comforted me for years, of course it affects me emotionally.
And I also want to say this carefully because people throw the word “parasocial” around way too easily now. There is a line. When the news first came out, I heard about a couple of engenes taking their own lives over it, and that genuinely broke my heart. That’s an example of an attachment becoming deeply unhealthy and dangerous. But simply grieving a change, missing a member, or struggling to adjust does not automatically make me or someone parasocial or insane.
And before anyone assumes this is because he was my bias he isnt. My bias is ni-ki and always will be. But I genuinely believe that if this had happened to any member, I would’ve reacted the same way. Because to me, enha was always seven people contributing equally to create the group we all loved.
At the end of the day, my stance is simple:
Do I miss him? A lot.
Do I want him back in the group? Honestly, yes. There’s still a tiny nook in my heart holding onto that hope.
But does that mean I don’t support the remaining six members? Absolutely not.
The remaining six members have also worked tirelessly for years and deserve all the love and support in the world. And if leaving truly was his own decision, and if this was something discussed properly with the members, then I’ll genuinely try my best to support his solo path too, because at the end of the day, all I really want is for all seven of them to be healthy, happy, and doing what’s best for them.
and i just wanted to say one more thing, especially to the people saying things like “enha is nothing without hee” or that one member made the group I strongly disagree with that. Every single member has contributed to the group’s success in their own way, and reducing years of effort from multiple people down to one person is unfair and disrespectful to all of them. If you choose to support a group, it should be with respect for all the members who built it together, not by diminishing others.
Even when I’m just casually scrolling on Pinterest and I see pictures of the members, it still makes me smile automatically. That includes all of them. When I see the other members, it genuinely brings me comfort and happiness. And even when I see hee’s pictures too, it still makes me smile, because he was also part of a lot of highlights and memories for me with enha. I think somewhere, that will always stay with me. But not in a “I hate the others” way not at all. Just in a simple, human way of remembering something that meant a lot.
This isn’t me trying to fight OT6s or solo stans. This is just me finally saying what I’ve been feeling for the last two months because honestly, I haven’t really had anyone to rant to about it.
also sorry for the long rant but this is lowk the only place i can rant about my ult group. stay healthy and have a good day everyone :)))