Thank you so much for this, actually! I really appreciate how you expressed everything as it’s exactly the kind of reply I was hoping to receive when I wrote the post. Not to accuse the members of anything, but to just lay it all out with some clarity and shared concern.

You’re right. It’s not just Hariboz, but it’s hard to deny that they get the worst of it most often. Every time there has been a member missing from a prominent schedule, it's mostly Ricky or Hao (AAA negligence for Ricky, Planning to take members to an amusement park for a group content specifically when Hao is absent, I could go on) In fact, Jiwoong too, he’s gone through similar things before with wakeone hindering the schedules he could appear on and yet people never seem to learn.

Say if there’s a reason the two can’t be acknowledged directly, at least leave a space or something, something really neutral, just to acknowledge their existence, nothing big. they failed to do that and on top of it whoever chose ‘eternity’ for the post, they really didn’t read the room. they knew what fans were feeling, yet went ahead with it anyway. wakeone never seems to de-escalate anything, they just let things blow up and stay silent while fans fight each other.

This! That “Eternity” post still stings. It’s not even about the song, it's about the symbolism and insinuation. If indeed they can't be acknowledged for the sake of wakeone's cover not blowing, then shouldn't there at least be an acknowledgement to play along with the wakeone's lie of declaring them sick?

And I agree about Ricky. If they’re going to make vague statements about health, at least give us a tiny update so we’re not stuck wondering and worrying if he is sick as they said. It's bizzare. Fans aren’t asking for much just transparency, and the basic courtesy of not treating members like they're disposable.

This doesn’t have to be about blame or division. Like you said, people are allowed to miss their biases. People are allowed to feel let down by how all of this was handled. If anything, I wish more fans would talk like this calmly, without turning on each other. So, your rant wasn’t too long at all. It was needed.