here's this because some people are not understanding the severity of this situation and what it means for riize, artists under sm, and k-pop artists in general. what happened with seunghan, from the moment he debuted to now, is a reflection of toxic, mentally and emotionally damaging standards in the industry and the country in general. when rapists are given more grace than teenagers who smoked a cigarette, that's when you know shit is fucked beyond repair. things need to change. it's not normal for idols to put their human needs second, it's not normal for companies to be listening to psychotic, delusional, gotham level villain "fans" over members actually apart of a group. these are real people with real dreams; they want to make music and perform and there is absolutely ZERO reason they need to turn into robots, walk on eggshells, and be subject to absolutely batshit hate comments and be looked at under a microscope every second of the day. please understand this as something much bigger than it is. this isn't gonna go away soon, people are gonna be angry for a really long time, riize will never be the same again.