pandabearlikes:

I, sometimes, feel like EXO-Ls are too infested/invested in the group - so much that it’s not just an interest or a hobby anymore.  That’s probably how EXO peaked so early; they were able to capture fans’s attention.  But what was once a remedy is now poison.  Everyone feels like they have dedicated so much of their time to stanning and supporting EXO that we earned and deserved the right to have a say in their life - kinda like how you worked your booty off for the foundation of a new company and now you feel like you earned a share in stocks.  (っ- ‸ – ς)  So, maybe, we all just need to take this moment to take a step back and recognize that we are their supporters - not girlfriends or friends or share holders, or owners. Just supporters, which means they count on us to give them strength…so we can’t be fighting amongst ourselves and leaving negative comments on their SNS - or else they feel that we are turning on them.  They’ll forever be standing on the edge of the cliff.  You guys wonder why Tao has kept his mouth shut?  One. Either SM or his representatives are muting him.  or Two. We did this to him.  Every single time he has spoken his opinion about something, people flood him with hate and death threats.  It scares him.  Though, he’s probably accepted that whatever he says will be twisted negatively, but this time it’s a more serious situation.  It’s something revolving a group - a family he spent years training and bonding with.  It’s about his health - both mentally and physically.  It’s about his parents, at home, who have stained their own reputation to speak up for their son - who don’t ever get to even see their son for more than two days out of a year.  HIS choice, right now, may affect fans momentarily.  We will cry.  We will fight.  We will hurt.  But his choice, right now, may/will affect him for the rest of his music career and even for his whole life because remember his doctor’s report said that his ankle will never fully heal…

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So, I hope, as more mature fans, especially since we can never change others (this goes for life in general), that we try our hardest to just flood the EXO members with lots of love so they realize that not all of us will turn our backs on them for being humans.  

Reminder that this was ZiTao’s homescreen/lockscreen:

Please understand that we mean the world to him (༎ຶ⌑༎ຶ) but sometimes, life doesn’t go as planned and circumstances drive us away from the things we love and more to responsibilities for our own health and the mentality of our parents.  We don’t know the whole story; probably never will.  So please, give Tao the benefit of the doubt even if you don’t agree with his decision.  Thank you.  

(I do not take credit for the EXO-L gif.)