flapping like a lemming out of water

Apology Meme!
Joey: I'm so sorry you get pigeonholed in fic as the straight one, the dependable and bland one, because you are a dynamic, spirited individual, loyal and charming with the kind of joie de vivre that most of this sick, sad, jaded world lacks. Off the record, thank you for making my boy smile.

Lance: I'm sorry that the world has such lamentably second-rate ways of making your admirably big dreams happen, that it's not entirely in your hands because unlike most, I think the world would be a much happier, more well-tanned, disco-playing place with you at the helm.

JC: I'm sorry that the culture we live in doesn't appreciate the gloriously androgynous, like your lovely, lush mane of hair and your penchant for girly accessories. I'd also like to express regret that you're too insecure to let your natural brilliance come through and therefore overproduce your beautiful voice.

Justin: I'm sorry that you feel you get ahead in the world by saying just what the people you're currently around want to hear, even if it's at the expense of the people who got you there in the first place. I'm sorry that you never got to taste failure, because sincerity does indeed seem to have been overwritten with the importance of being charming, and hope that the boys will kick your ass back into presentable shape.

Chris: I'm sorry that people write you off and don't get your sense of humor. I'm sorry that you don't get the same credit because you're not the hottie or the musical genius of the group while your own contributions get written off as virtually irrelevant because those two are all that matter in a five-part boyband.

*NSYNC: I'm sorry that you continue to be pigeonholed into the "bubblegum" category, even with the experimental elements of Celebrity, the inspired lyrics of No Strings Attached, the undeniable talent within the ballads of your eponymous debut. I'm sorry that because you've captured the hearts of a hormone-crazed, high-pitched demographic, it's not okay for anyone else to enjoy your music and acknowledge the talent abundantly evident in every harmony.

[ETA: Apologies to everyone who ever thought, hoped, prayed or pleaded that *NSYNC would fade away with the decline of teen pop. Pop is not, in fact, a dirrty word, and no faulty, callous dismissal of yours will be enough to write them out of influential music history, nor your gossipmongering enough to tear them apart.