kangin smh

So seriously I meant to come write a blog post to scream about how 50 episodes of SJ returns is so great and I love SJ so much, but I opened twitter today and got attacked with the news.

And I'm so tired.

Kangin. Kim Youngwoon. I defended you for YEARS from the DUI. I said you are not like this. You're a gentle person with a warm heart, just a little reckless and rough around the edges. That it's okay, you'll learn in army. When you came back with y Free Single, I spoke positively about you to everyone around me, encouraged people to look at you in a new light. I was so happy that you are back with the members, that you're smiling brightly, that you're being active as MCs and DJs.

But I ran out of words when it's your second DUI. I cannot bring myself to defend you again, but all I can do is to stay supportive.

I want to believe that you're still a great man. That you're just... stressed. That perhaps pulling out of the industry for the time being would help you to get rehab and actual help. That you'll get your together again.

The past few months you start to reappear again, I see your photos with other celebrities and I was so happy. That you're out there, meeting people, smiling. Yesung even posted a group photo with you and captioned it Super Junior. When I saw that post I cried on the train you ing idiot, I was so happy that even after all this the group I love for years still love each other and forgive each other's mistakes.

But this? Assult? I'm out of words. There is no way I can defend you.

My only possible explanation is that the lack of work & income is stressful for you. That you are legit alcoholic and have real issues with anger management. But none of these can be valid reasons for assault. You have no right to ask an innocent to suffer just because you're suffering. That's not how it works, Youngwoon.

I want to be supportive, Youngwoon, I really do. I want to tell you that your spot is still there with SJ, I want to tell you that I'd welcome you back with open arms once the knets forget about the DUI. I really do, but I can't, because it's beyond my ability as a clear-headed 20 year old.

To be honest, for all you've committed over the years, you should rightfully have been sentenced to some sort of a jail sentence. Like Sechskies' Kang Sunghoon did (and srsly KSH's case didn't even harm anyone, his family was pretty influential too, but ksh still went to jail). But you got away with nothing. That's already unfair. 

Go get checked. Diagnose your issue. Share the documents and announce that you're out of this industry to fix this mess. Stop drinking, and , don't you dare think about drugs. Get actual treatment, rehab, whatever that helps fix yourself. Be open. SPEAK UP. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. APOLOGISE. To your family, to your members, to the girl you harmed, to us, who waited for you only to have this.

ing I love you, but this is the last straw, Kim Youngwoon.

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EunHae_AKTF
#1
Okay so apparently there was no assault, the girl was not his girlfriend she's just an employee, Kangin had been drinking but he wasn't intoxicated, he just had a loud argument with a male (anonymous), they had settled before the police arrived. The initial news that blew up were like, 80% false. I take back what I say about how assault was the last straw [I guess I should be sorry that I have so little faith in you and believed the news immediately, but I can't exactly say that I am because... you didn't give me much reason not to in recent years, Youngwoon], but I remain my point that it is not anytime soon for you to rejoin the group on stage. If anything, take legal responsibility from the DUI and not expect that staying low and jobless and detached from an idol life will let things pass. Decide if this idol lifestyle is what you want, if this career is what you want, and tell us your decision soon. I'll support you with SJ if you sort out your issues with drinking and have taken responsibility as a citizen should, the title of an idol should not mean that the Korean law treats you differently, that would keep you under fire as long as you're in public eyes. If you choose to withdraw from the entertainment industry, I would wish you all the best and hopefully you'll still be close with the members and support them, and hope that you find a new path elsewhere successfully.

Tbh this whole thing just feels like a nightmare that doesn't necessarily gets better even after things clear up because I know the damage has been met. The initial response of ELFs, and non-ELFs spoke too much of what we expected of you. Everyone is tired of the drama that's upsetting the promotions after 2 years of inaction. We are tired of silence. The idol is human, but so are the fans. I'm just mad that the police leaked such an inaccurate report before even varifying it, or allowed such reports to spread well knowing that it's false. Now that it has been clarified, but it's mostly the fans that know of it. Most non-fans would have just moved on from this news from the first time they heard it and they will always associate some member of SJ with "involved in 2 DUIs and assaulted his gf while drunk". Accounts don't report the update as much as they report the initial false news, simply because it isn't eye-catching enough. Thinking of all these makes me upset.
neonflowers #2
seriously this is me the minute i saw the news on my TL too... he's done. honestly, he's done. idk what to say anymore. i really, really hoped it was some fake news or something but it was everywhere on my explore page and i knew it wasn't. it's so sad... and how the girlfriend didn't want to take it to court or something, it's just going to lead to speculations of kangin threatening her to say that. he's in a bad place. oh God at this point i just feel bad for suju... they're going to get splashes of this in the middle of their long-awaited comeback and it's all such a pity.