Today I played basketball with Chanyeol sunbae-nim, Mark hyung, Chenle, and Shotaro hyung
We played until we were totally drenched in sweat.
We made teams and played 3-on-3 with our manager too
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Also rode bike with Anton and Sohee.
I was feeling good today, so I did a lot of different things.
Played omok (five-in-a-row) with Eunseok
I won, puhaha
Fans who’ve been following RIIZE probably already sensed that these two aren’t close and have just been turning a blind eye to it, but today’s Bubble was honestly a bit shocking.
How should we take it when someone mentions every single member by name and skips just one?
There were probably tons of messages asking, “What did you do with Wonbin?” on Bubble, but he never mentioned him once, honestly, that feels intentional ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Of course, it’s possible they just didn’t hang out together for a day 뭉 maybe it’s nothing. But if you’ve been following RIIZE for a while, you’d know this isn’t a one-time thing. The real issue is that it’s been like this the whole time ㅋㅋㅋ
Let me just list a few things I remember:
– There’s a behinds video where members are sitting in pairs on the plane filming self-cams. All the other pairs chat and joke around, but in the Sungchan-Wonbin pair, Sungchan films alone the whole time and Wonbin doesn’t even appear in it.
– Sungchan even ends up moving to hang out with other members.
– RIIZE has over 60 behind videos, each 30–60 minutes long, and not only do these two never talk to each other, there are barely even any frames where they’re seen together. There are more scenes of them interacting with members from other groups like WISH. Are they even in the same group?
– In the unit merch content, other member pairings are all joking around and laughing together, but their unit is dead serious, They just stared into the camera and finished the shoot without interacting. Even when they did the DICON unit photoshoot, all the fan accounts say Sungchan just stuck to the water strider and ignored everything else.
– Even in the shared dorm, it’s always Eunseok and Wonbin doing livestreams together. Sungchan is never there.
They’re just too obvious about not getting along ㅇㅇ if this is them “trying,” then sorry, but it’s not enoughㅇㅇ I’m not saying they need to force themselves to be friends, but aren’t they’re idols? Isn’t it kind of part of the job to at least not make it this obvious? I can understand if it’s just behind video stuff, but today’s Bubble was so blatant that it felt like he was straight up saying, “I’m not on good terms with this guy.”
Fans have been looking the other way and trying to be understanding, but at this point… isn’t it too much? I’m not asking them to become best friends, lol. But honestly, every time people say “RIIZE has bad group dynamics,” it always starts with these two. Because of them, I can’t even confidently say the group gets along well.
It’s not like either of them has a super strong or difficult personality. They both seem pretty normal and casual, so why is there this much distance and awkwardness? ㅋㅋㅋㅋI’m honestly just curious now. If you search their names together, the related searches are always “awkward” or “conflict”, I wonder if they even know that ㅋㅋㅋAs a fan, I genuinely just want to ask.
Sure, every group has members who don’t get along. But I’ve never seen a pair make it this obvious. My old bias had fights and cold wars too, but fans didn’t know until they revealed it themselves. These two? It’s like… what’s even going on?
I’ve had people I wasn’t close to in group settings too. I try to understand. But you’re idols…ㅜ This is the kind of thing I’ll still be curious about even after I leave the fandom.
post response:
[+30][-42]
1. [+57, -9]
You gallery bugs are trying to stir up things. Sungchan and Wonbin’s fans should report this and ignore
2. [+47, -7]
Fact: There have been multiple individual RIIZE livestreams where only one member was consistently left out, yet fans of the members never caused trouble over it. Everyone just let it go. Stop bothering Sungchan already. Picking at every little thing and trying to frame him
3. [+47, -11]
Rather than the members, RIIZE ended up with the wrong kind of fans… All the members seem chill, kind, and talented, but the fans are seriously overwhelmingly toxic
4. [+46, -6]
If he mentions Wonbin, they attack him for using him for “clout”. If he doesn’t mention him, they say he’s leaving him out on purpose because they’re not on good terms. What do you expect Sungchan to do? It’s not like he mentioned everyone except Wonbin; they were all doing different things, and he even mentioned members from other groups. So what’s the issue? Does he have to mention every single member every time? Stop harassing Sungchan and Wonbin already
5. [+42, -0]
It’s so obvious that you’re doing this right before their comeback ㅋㅋ Please give RIIZE’s comeback a lot of interest