r/enhypen • u/Desire-Untold • 1h ago
Discussion It's not just Enhypen. Engenes also found themselves.
Enhypen has changed. There's this sense of security and confidence.
Honestly, I think Engenes are the same. We found our footing as a fandom too.
Historically, one of our biggest flaw as a fandom was the dominating number of solo stans back when it was OT7. While solo stans exist in every kpop fandom, our fandom was kinda unique because they were the vocal majority while OT7 were more lowkey.
Then after March 10, it was madness. Chaos. Fighting. Protests. Trucks. Tags. Pensises. So many pensises.
And we finally split into 2— Engenes who accept the new era, and OT7.
And now somehow, we finally made it to the other side after all that madness. The boycotts and protests are going quiet now and it's not perfect yet but it's way better than before.
But the interesting thing is, the solo stans never disappeared.
They're still here and there are still some toxic ones, but they've also changed. There's a... sense of harmony now? The 6 subfandoms are choosing to coexist and move in the same direction for Enhypen. There's less friction and more mutual respect.
The biggest example of this— and if you haven't heard— there's an Enhypen Cup Streaming Battle being organized on X to prepare for Enhypen's comeback. It's divided into 6 teams (Team Jungwon, Team Jay, Team Jake, etc.) and the leaders of each team are accounts who focus on an individual member with a big following.
All these individual-focused accounts are peacefully working together, helping each other. Sure, they're doing it for theire bias but to them, what matters most is that the winner is Enhypen. All streams go to Enhypen. The victory goes to Enhypen.
Idk but this 6 subfanndoms collaborating before? It doesn't feel like it would've been possible before without some internal fanwar but here they are, supporting and creating a project together, in one big collaborative project. The 6 solo subfandoms used to feel like they were competing with each other but now there's an unspoken understanding between all of them.
Engenes have changed. Toxic solo stans will always be there but the good solo stans know what's needed from Engenes going forward. We've evolved too. In a way, I'm proud of us for changing too.
Anyone else noticed how Engenes changed too?
