Anonymous Coward · 8mo
It came to my attention that answer to my question may potentially put you in a vulnerable position and invite unnecessary hate. I wanted to apologise for my naivety and say that it was never my intention. I was just genuinely curious, but it might be better for me to do this research on my own or maybe one day I'll be brave enough to ask you about it in DMs 💪 Hope you're having a great day! 💛
hey anon, i'm not sure what question you're referring to, but thank you for taking the time to stop by and apologise? even if it's not entirely needed - i'm very comfortable deleting or ignoring questions i don't want to or feel like i can't publicly answer. i've had enough fandom drama, thanks. but please feel free to dm me if you like! i'd love to chat <3
as an aside though, i really do encourage people to do their own "research" - i have a longstanding gripe that exo meta nowadays, especially for jongdae, tends to be shaped by fic and twitter/retrospring discourse, instead of the other way around? i think it's a much, much better first step to actually put in the time to consume exo content yourself! and make original observations, instead of getting trapped in fandom echo chambers, as tempting as that might be. it's also especially important for a group like exo, i think, where there's so much... hidden and unspoken lore, given their colourful history over the years. it's something i'm still working through myself!
