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[Venomous]

Hello everyone, Ven here.
Some of you may know me, others may not.
For those that do, I'm that incredibly devoted Wonho stan.

As you can imagine, if you've heard what is happening to Monsta X right now, you know it hasn't been a good week. November 1st, Wonho left Monsta X due to the cruelty that is public expectations for idols. Two women, two truly awful people who I will NOT be naming here, conspired to bring back his past, a past that Wonho had done everything to move on from and grow beyond. They alleged he owed money, had a criminal record, and it was revealed he was under investigation for drug use.

Normally, that would be it, but this isn't a normal situation. The allegations against him are from 6 years ago, before he was a member of Monsta X. As far as anyone is aware, he moved on from that part of his life and has done nothing but grow and mature. Monbebes decided that there is no reason that someone who has shown they're no longer that person should have to pay for mistakes they made in their youth. In a move that is essentially unprecedented, both Korean and International fans are protesting Wonho's removal from the group. Here's just a few of the things that have been going on:

-Fans have been trending hashtags worldwide for going on three days, staying in the top 5 WW
-Over 400k people have signed a petition to bring Wonho back
-Over $20k has been raised for an ad in Times Square
-Other projects have popped up
-There was a silent protest in front of the Starship building
-Fancafe staff have changed the rules regarding letters to members and have even sent in letters to Wonho themselves
-Multiple Western kpop journalists have spoken out in support of Wonho
-Chinese fans had support flags placed on the street in front of Starship


This is no longer just a fight for Wonho. This is a fight for every idol. Every time something bad happens, we say we're going to try harder for idols, to stand against the bullying they receive, well this is our chance. Wonho made mistakes, he acknowledges this, but he's also done nothing but show he is not the person he used to be. Idols are held to unreasonable, inhuman standards. They are expected to never make mistakes, never show weakness, always be pleasing fans...Where does that leave them any ability to function on a normal level? Can you imagine the immense pressure they must feel to avoid almost every aspect of normal life for fear of making a career ending error? Even as I write this, Shownu is under fire for things he's done. It's time we all stand together and say we won't support this cancel culture any longer.
For my ult.
For your ult.
For everyone who has ever deserved another chance.


If you'd like to join Monbebes in our fight, you can join us on Twitter.
The hashtags change frequently but right now they are:
#StarshipFightForWonho
#돌아보면_항상_여기_있을게

You can usually find the most recent hashtags in the worldwide trending topics.
You can also sign the petition to bring Wonho back here:

Sign the Petition

Keep a member of Monsta X

www.change.org

I won't rest.





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[MinSquishy]

Hello everyone, Ven here.
Some of you may know me, others may not.
For those that do, I'm that incredibly devoted Wonho stan.

As you can imagine, if you've heard what is happening to Monsta X right now, you know it hasn't been a good week. November 1st, Wonho left Monsta X due to the cruelty that is public expectations for idols. Two women, two truly awful people who I will NOT be naming here, conspired to bring back his past, a past that Wonho had done everything to move on from and grow beyond. They alleged he owed money, had a criminal record, and it was revealed he was under investigation for drug use.

Normally, that would be it, but this isn't a normal situation. The allegations against him are from 6 years ago, before he was a member of Monsta X. As far as anyone is aware, he moved on from that part of his life and has done nothing but grow and mature. Monbebes decided that there is no reason that someone who has shown they're no longer that person should have to pay for mistakes they made in their youth. In a move that is essentially unprecedented, both Korean and International fans are protesting Wonho's removal from the group. Here's just a few of the things that have been going on:

-Fans have been trending hashtags worldwide for going on three days, staying in the top 5 WW
-Over 400k people have signed a petition to bring Wonho back
-Over $20k has been raised for an ad in Times Square
-Other projects have popped up
-There was a silent protest in front of the Starship building
-Fancafe staff have changed the rules regarding letters to members and have even sent in letters to Wonho themselves
-Multiple Western kpop journalists have spoken out in support of Wonho
-Chinese fans had support flags placed on the street in front of Starship


This is no longer just a fight for Wonho. This is a fight for every idol. Every time something bad happens, we say we're going to try harder for idols, to stand against the bullying they receive, well this is our chance. Wonho made mistakes, he acknowledges this, but he's also done nothing but show he is not the person he used to be. Idols are held to unreasonable, inhuman standards. They are expected to never make mistakes, never show weakness, always be pleasing fans...Where does that leave them any ability to function on a normal level? Can you imagine the immense pressure they must feel to avoid almost every aspect of normal life for fear of making a career ending error? Even as I write this, Shownu is under fire for things he's done. It's time we all stand together and say we won't support this cancel culture any longer.
For my ult.
For your ult.
For everyone who has ever deserved another chance.


If you'd like to join Monbebes in our fight, you can join us on Twitter.
The hashtags change frequently but right now they are:
#StarshipFightForWonho
#돌아보면_항상_여기_있을게

You can usually find the most recent hashtags in the worldwide trending topics.
You can also sign the petition to bring Wonho back here:

Sign the Petition

Keep a member of Monsta X

www.change.org

I won't rest.





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I agree completely... I am starting to email companies about this situation... I already emailed BigHit... If you know any other companies' emails, let me know and I will email them the same way I did BigHit.

 

[Venomous]

I agree completely... I am starting to email companies about this situation... I already emailed BigHit... If you know any other companies' emails, let me know and I will email them the same way I did BigHit.

I don't know if that will do anything, honestly. I don't really collect company emails, nor am I in the right frame of mind to go looking.

I just hope this changes something. I've never seen a fandom fight this hard for an idol before.

 

[MinSquishy]

I don't know if that will do anything, honestly. I don't really collect company emails, nor am I in the right frame of mind to go looking.

I just hope this changes something. I've never seen a fandom fight this hard for an idol before.

I don't know if it will either. I just figure doing SOMETHING is better than doing nothing.

I really hope those two women stop. One is already going after another idol. She needs to stop.

 

[Venomous]

I don't know if it will either. I just figure doing SOMETHING is better than doing nothing.

I really hope those two women stop. One is already going after another idol. She needs to stop.

Unfortunately I don't think they'll stop, they enjoy this too much, they've been doing nothing but continuing their attack while also taunting Monbebes, even in English. I do hope Starship follows through on their legal threats. The fact that they keep talking is infuriating, but maybe they'll dig themselves into a hole.

 

[MinSquishy]

I don't know if that will do anything, honestly. I don't really collect company emails, nor am I in the right frame of mind to go looking.

I just hope this changes something. I've never seen a fandom fight this hard for an idol before.

I googled THE person's name and look what I found. It was posted 2 days ago. Did you know about this or is this new?

 

[JJbaker]

i already signed when say this on twitter

 

[Venomous]

I googled THE person's name and look what I found. It was posted 2 days ago. Did you know about this or is this new?

Old news, this was what I meant by Shownu being attacked.

 

[MinSquishy]

Old news, this was what I meant by Shownu being attacked.

OK good because she's starting to piss me off.

Does she have a problem with Monsta X or something? She seems to be slowly attacking each of them...

Imma do research on the other members...

 

[Venomous]

OK good because she's starting to piss me off.

Does she have a problem with Monsta X or something? She seems to be slowly attacking each of them...

Imma do research on the other members...

Sent you a DM about it.

 

[yeji]

This is really important.
Wonho deserves better.

 

[Venomous]

This is really important.
Wonho deserves better.

One of the few things keeping me going right now is knowing that so many people are fighting for him, and believe in him despite what's going on. We're still trending #1 worldwide.

 

[yeji]

One of the few things keeping me going right now is knowing that so many people are fighting for him, and believe in him despite what's going on. We're still trending #1 worldwide.

it‘s just crazy how long this hashtag as already been staying

 

[Venomous]

it‘s just crazy how long this hashtag as already been staying

We've had to keep rotating hashtags because of the way Twitter's trending topics work, but so far this is going on three days we've kept things trending, which is unheard of for our fandom.

 

[yeji]

We've had to keep rotating hashtags because of the way Twitter's trending topics work, but so far this is going on three days we've kept things trending, which is unheard of for our fandom.

yeah it‘s still is something big. I really hope that something good will happen.

 

[RandAlThor]

Sorry to say. He did not move on at all if he did not pay the girl back.
6 years as a profit making idol is enough time to pay back anything less than 7 figures

 

[Abeamus]

There is one problem with this, Starship said they didn't know Wonho was being investigated and I saw a situation similar in the west which that person got fired so if Wonho knew about the investigation and didn't tell Starship then that's a yikes.

 

[Venomous]

Sorry to say. He did not move on at all if he did not pay the girl back.
6 years as a profit making idol is enough time to pay back anything less than 7 figures

She hasn't provided proof aside from saying he owes money for such and such expenses. Starship has denied he owes anything.

 

[Venomous]

There is one problem with this, Starship said they didn't know Wonho was being investigated and I saw a situation similar in the west which that person got fired so if Wonho knew about the investigation and didn't tell Starship then that's a yikes.

That's assuming he even knew he was being investigated, if he didn't, there shouldn't be an issue because he'd be just as in the dark as they were.

 

[Abeamus]

That's assuming he even knew he was being investigated, if he didn't, there shouldn't be an issue because he'd be just as in the dark as they were.

The issue would be how does he prove he didn't know? If he could do that then Starships termination of his contract wouldn't stand well but I wouldn't know where to begin with that