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if the world actually ends this year maybe i'll come up with a punnier title.

if you want to ask mod a question or raise an issue, do it in the comments to the screened mod post. not here. also, don't post ponies.

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
wow this is open already?

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that didn't feel like three days

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can someone explain 'shinee is back' to me

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shinee is having a comeback.

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
hi meme what do you wanna talk about today?

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
Did anything notable happen fic-wise during the break?

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 09:04 am (UTC)(link)
anons should review the ss's since reveals are soon ;_____;

signals b1a4 ss review anon

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
running man anons! is there a fanworks/fanfic comm for running man?

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
da, and can we also talk about the siho ep. lol

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
I know there are only like two other T-ara anons on meme, but someone needs to write fic about the Eunjung/Qri(Jiyeon) love story that got sidetracked in the Lovey Dovey MV. ;~;

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request for the kyuhae anons

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
can one of you write me angsty kyuhae? i want complicated, not-fluffy, skinny love kyuhae who break each other's hearts. idk :( i just want to see a different dimension to this ship. please!!

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that is the reality of kyuhae lol :(

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itt: kpop things you are looking forward this 2012

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
because so many groups are either making a comeback or releasing new songs/mv/anything. tell anons what you're excited for!

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
for me it's teen top's new album and i'm looking forward to mblaq's mv - the teaser has everything. guns! love triangle! joon crying!

and of course, exo's debut lol. tho i have a feeling it's all about the hype and less about the group itself

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
anyone read the suju holiday exchange fics? :)

i read some for the pairings that i ship and overall what i've read was quite good.

ITT: New Year's eve

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
What were you upto, meme~?

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i watched fireworks from the top of a building and had a drinking sesh with my family. :3

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bornalady reviews

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
eeee post here! link/pairing in the header? other anons should join, y/y

http://bornalady.livejournal.com/6547.html, hyofany

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
rambly no-sleep-for-me bornalady anon here, and i just wanted to well, er, ramble some more! even if i'm ready bad at being critical lol.

so i'll go from the most recent because i feel like it.

so cute, very very simple plot! but i'm a sucker for cute high school romances, so uh, maybe that's just me. also, i commend whoever wrote this because i'm guessing this is a pinch hit since it came so late? i'm no so sure.

i'll be blunt and concise. i wish this piece was beta-ed, there are spelling errors and few grammatical ones. i feel like tiffany and hyoyeon in the story could be any two girls. taeyeon has a definite character, but her characterization is shallow and not very believable. i don't know a lot about taeyeon, but i don't see her doing these things. the dialogue is kind of...awkward? i don't understand taeyeon saying "remember grrr don't be shy!" what is the grrr. is she growling why is she growling. i guess it's cute but...why lmao. there is cheezy wording. the author put a lot of their thoughts in single quotation marks, but it would have been nice if she removed those thoughts; some subtlety would have been nice. also, in the summary, it says their performance was for a school fund raiser and i wish i saw more of those little details in the fic. i didn't even know it was for a school fund raiser until i reread it and saw the summary.

but generally it was pretty cute. it's readable because the author writes in short, simple sentences. i had a bit of fun reading it, i guess it flowed pretty nicely and as i said before, readable.

brb will read the others wait, wait!

http://bornalady.livejournal.com/6372.html, cl/yunho

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http://infinitesanta.livejournal.com/6959.html#cutid1

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
woohyun/myungsoo and my favourite out of the batch that day. this is one where i enjoyed the plot more than the writing. the prompt was 'modern day fairytale' (got this from the prompter who wrote the review) and it could have done in a number of really cliched ways but i really like how this was approached!

myungsoo is woohyun's fairy god parent, and he controls woohyun's future through woohyun's dreams. like if woohyun has a good dream, he's going to have a good day and if something bad happens in his dream, then it will reflect in reality.

i enjoyed how the writer used myungsoo's hobby (photography) and infused it with his role as fairy god parent, and how woohyun doesn't quite bother with university because his dream is to become a singer.

the reason i didn't enjoy the writing is because of sungjong's characterization. he's portrayed as the flamboyant, gossipy friend and i don't enjoy that particular characterization. and i know it shouldn't colour the way i feel for this fic, since sungjong is only a side character! it's just distracting, but not enough to make me click out. other than that, the writing isn't bad, i just didn't find it outstanding. oh and no spelling mistakes i could remember, which is always another plus.

i liked a lot of the dialogue though! the writer captured woohyun's personality and confidence really well lol, like
Myungsoo's a genius, he realizes. He takes the picture from an angle where the light filtering in through the dusty windows throws Woohyun into a halo, makes quiet the surprise in his eyes look reverent. Woohyun has never thought of himself as godly (well, maybe once or twice) but damn it all if Myungsoo doesn't make it so.

the resolution came really quickly, and i thought it made sense even though it was abrupt. if anyone else finds out about myungsoo being woohyun's fairy god parent, myungsoo would die and the people who find out would disappear but woohyun destroys myungsoo's camera and just like that, myungsoo becomes a normal person.

tl;dr: 12k of an interesting au, focused around an under-written pairing!

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
i haven't read this yet but it sounds interesting and i think i might now! thanks for the review anon, and can i ask if you're the same anon who did the other woosoo review?

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't like one SSS entry. It made me sadface.

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
which one, anon? also, just one? if it's just one, that is surprising, harhar.

you should rec me the ones you like too, i haven't read any of them! (:

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some iss from day 4!

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two of the readable ones, though overall i was pretty disappointed with that day's batch apart from the alien!woogyu.

http://infinitesanta.livejournal.com/5879.html

this fic had a straightforward storyline which was easy to follow. the writing style flowed pretty well, i didn't see many glaring mistakes with the basic spelling/grammar/punctuation and stylistically it was readable apart from sometimes cliched narration. i did find that the dialogue sometimes could get a bit strange -- who actually uses the term "doodling purposes" while talking? or " I mean, as an apology for being really hostile in school"?

i thought the characterisation was consistent for the most part, but i'm not sure if i really believed it. howon had moments of alternating between being really shy and strangely aggressive, and while this may be a personal thing i really just can't see him stuttering, au or not. i also found it a bit weird that woohyun took notice of howon because he bought a coloured pen, of all things. i'm pretty sure that other guys come in and buy pens too! i think the author could have focussed on this part a bit more.

there were also little moments of inconsistency such as when howon is saying goodbye to woohyun, and suddenly random angst happens:
"Woohyun frowns and replies, "Don't. Never say goodbye, because goodbye means going away, and going away means forgetting."
this was a little misplaced considering the atmosphere of the scene.

the howon/woohyun relationship was also a little unrealistic to me. they seem to become close very quickly, which isn't a problem at all until woohyun jumps into "irrevocable love" territory. it is indicated at the end of the fic that it actually "might not be love" but apparently it's enough to make howon drop a prestigious scholarship for woohyun, which reads a little unrealistically!

the colour representation theme which followed through the fic was really cute and it was a nice little idea, trying to reveal something about people through the colours they like. at times the colour interpretations that woohyun make do seem like randomly tossed out purple prose in the middle of perfect ordinary paragraphs, which kind of threw me off:
He scans a whole bunch of reference books and frowns at a metallic blue pen buried at the bottom of the basket. Distance. Like the skies and the seas tearing people from different continents apart.

the pacing in this fic was fine to me, and the plot was straightforward and easy to read as well as engage with! i did feel that some scenes read like something straight out of a k-drama, like the airport scene (i'm not convinced it's that easy to suddenly drop plans like moving to another country, especially if it's just when your crush returns your feelings, but maybe i'm just the cynical type? ^^). but in general i thought it was this was a light easy read if you just take it at face value!

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http://infinitesanta.livejournal.com/6068.html

i found this fic to be interesting in concept, though the execution was carried out a little confusingly. and ngl, the obvious lack of beta'ing made it hard to read.

to start off, i saw a lot of errors in basics such as grammar, punctuation, tense, sometimes misspelled words, and awkward word choices too:
The conversation dies for a second and then they explode. this makes it sound like they literally explode, which i'm pretty sure wasn't the intention.
"The red door is wedged between a cutely themed frozen yogurt shop with pastels and stripes and an accessories shop with dozens of boxes filled with bracelets and phone charms." there were quite a few sentences like this, especially in the beginning, which ran on for quite long and really needed more commas.
The ad is bright, eyes watering at the reflection of neon greens and yellow on black background and i just had to put this in because i could not un-see this as the advertisement having eyes.

these really made it hard to read and understand, which is a letdown because the quality of the fic would have gone up significantly had the author fixed these mistakes. even a quick run-through with a decent beta would have resolved the majority of them with little effort.

the narration style of the fic, technical mistakes notwithstanding, tended to be a bit stuttered. there were some nice attempts at setting the mood with descriptive passages and lots of attention to detail, which i liked. however, there were times when this was employed in a very superfluous manner:
He loiters the avenue for a bit, mind trying to wrap itself around this new identity he holds in his back pocket tucked between a prepaid credit card and his ex girlfriend's school picture. this could have been a nice sentence, except that there really is no significance of mentioning his ex-girlfriend's school picture, as she doesn't turn out to be significant later on nor does she add a lot to his characterisation.

onto the plot development! the pacing was alright, but the execution was a bit confusing. i genuinely thought that myungsoo was (for lack of better words) batshit insane, right up until the revelation that he was actually a method actor. i felt that while it was a good attempt to pull off a complex exploration about identity, the author could have dropped gradual hints about the method acting, if only to let the reader know that there is a reason behind myungsoo's actions, rather than springing the truth on them scooby-doo style at the very end.

and finally onto the characterisation. i wasn't quite sold on myungsoo's rebellious/deviant behaviour at the beginning, since it seemed to have no reason, exploration or explanation, and that left me feeling a little high and dry. aside from this though, i think that the method actor idea has a lot of potential, and i like how the identities overlap and that he finds that he needs all of them and they are all a part of what constitutes himself. i especially liked lines such as:
"He has places to go, people to meet, someone to become."
i love how this fic is grounded in the exploration of identities, their different facets, and how they interact. some of the issues given voice in this fic include the myungsoo/L divide, which is a nice au appropriation of something commonly discussed in canon. i thought it was a nice twist. moreover, i feel that myungsoo unintentionally raised interesting questions through the way he articulated different personas. one example was the way he dealt with heteronormativity as he adopted a female persona: he enjoyed being "swept away" by Sungyeol, which is quite a passive and docile wording, and indicative of gender stereotypes and tropes perhaps? i very much liked this aspect of the fic.

sungyeol fell a bit flat for me; i don't feel like the author paid enough attention to his development or thoughts. he appears to be (mostly) okay with being stalked and losing his job because of this guy who seems to sprout split personalities by changing his id cards. okay enough, at least, to take him home. this could have been made more believable with greater insight where sungyeol is concerned.

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http://kficrevolution.dreamwidth.org/914.html?thread=2492050#cmt2492050

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
i thought it was a weird song at first, but you do know it's a song about bullying?

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
isn't it about some school shooting or summat?

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
it isn't frowned upon for secret santa organizers to participate themselves, is it? i mean, since they get to choose their own santa?

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
i don't actually understand how an ss mod can participate in their secret santa...how does s/he not find out his/her own santa? idgi. and yeah, do they get to choose their own santa or they match it up idrk what.

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itt: writer concrit

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
since there's so much crit and reviewing going on, let's start a writer concrit thread!

basically, post a writer in the header, say three good things about their writing and then three things that they could improve on :D

http://infinitesanta.livejournal.com/8028.html

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
i am neither of the anons who have been doing reviews, but i thought i'd give it a shot. apologies for tl;dr in advance lol

this is a dongwoo/yadong for the 5th batch of infinite secret santa. before i jump into it, just a disclaimer that this is supposed to be constructive criticism ;; this fic was definitely not bad, it was readable, but it could’ve done with some betaing. it’s definitely a cute, cheesy kind of fic, so if you like that kind of stuff, then by all means you can try it.

firstly, there are several technical problems with the writing. while there are no spelling mistakes as far as i can find, there are a lot of tense problems. the author jumps between present tense and past tense, and not intentionally either, for example He had been taking a walk and exploring the shops and restaurants in the busiest part of town when he came across the little building (past perfect progressive becomes past tense -- the ‘came’ should be ‘he’d come’) and “The counter is made of a handsome dark wood, as were the tables” (‘were’ should be ‘are’). another thing i noticed is plurality disagreement e.g. "Here's your coffees." (‘here are your coffees’, or ‘here’s your coffee’). i also found the use of colons really jarring, as per The sign above the door read: Infinity Cafe. and The nametag pinned on his dark purple apron reads: Woohyun.. i felt it could’ve been better worded as maybe “Woohyun, his nametag reads.” but that’s negligible.

secondly, the general style, including the narration and dialogue. the dialogue had some problems with it, mainly that it was extremely unnatural and stilted, and at times out of character. when i was reading the first three paragraphs, i legit thought it was set in 1700s england or something from the way they were speaking (although that is a moot point because there is a computer). like, "Oh my god, I am so sorry! I didn't mean to bump your table; I was just trying to get through. Oh no, did it get all over your computer?" and "Wow, I can't believe it's already 2 o'clock! I'm really sorry, Dongwoo, but I've got to go.". there’s also a strange exchange between dongwoo (customer) and sungyeol (waiter) which goes like "Hi, I'm Sungyeol!" "Hi, Sungyeol, I'm Dongwoo." "It's so nice to meet you!" Sungyeol practically shouts, grinning again. and it is just so unnatural, i mean, i have never been to a cafe where the waiter is so eager to greet customers that he practically shouts and grins.

the dialogue does gets better in ‘day 3’ though, and stays that way through ‘day 4’ and ‘day 5’ until ‘day 6’ when howon launches into a monologue about the reasons he likes dongwoo (including things like ”I think you're one of the nicest people I've ever met. You have an addicting laugh, and I find myself saying stupid things just so I can hear it. You have a great personality; you can make me laugh without even trying. You're focused on your goals and won't let anyone ever bring you down.” and it gets too much.

the narration, apart from obvious tense problems, also included strange word choices, like light conversations never going deeper than the weather outside (deeper than the weather?) same expression mirrored on his face. (don’t need mirrored) and There was a picture of delicious looking coffee, the steam above it swirled into the shape of the infinity sign. It looked pretty interesting, so Dongwoo decided to try it out. (delicious looking coffee, and then the tone changes with ‘pretty interesting’).

there was also a bit of a problem with telling and not showing -- Clearing his throat, Dongwoo speaks, trying to occupy his mind on something other than how handsome Howon is could’ve been shown instead of telling us that dongwoo’s trying not to think of howon. in the parts where they tried to show, there were parts where the descriptions were too much and unnecessary, e.g. Dongwoo watches in horror as the cup on the man's table overturns, and thick, dark liquid spreads quickly over the smooth wooden surface and into the lap of the young man. (thick, dark liquid is not necessary, and smooth wooden surface is not either) and used cliches e.g. His smile is so bright that Dongwoo thinks he should be shielding his eyes from it instead of the sun.

there are some things that i found a bit jarring (and it could be just me) but they threw me off. for example, the use of chestnuts and almonds as descriptors for eyes -- chestnut eyes behind black-rimmed glasses. and Almond eyes crinkle into a smile -- and the use of younger/older man.

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thirdly, (wow that felt like a long second) characterisation! although it’s supposed to be a yadong, i’m not really feeling that dongwoo is dongwoo and howon is howon. the characters could be really anyone, if i didn’t have their names, and sometimes the way they act is strange. we do find out that dongwoo is a dancer, and that howon like writing poetry, and is majoring in english, but i’m sure that’s not just all he is. we never really get past that superficial layer. for example, in this section, They eat in comfortable silence, Howon enjoying his food happily while Dongwoo avoids making eye contact. i felt that the roles really should’ve been reversed.

as for side characters, sungjong was great when he was mentioned, and sungyeol was okay as a side character, but i felt they tried to characterise myungsoo as the stoic untalking one which is kind of :| and woohyun, my god, woohyun, um, this is his dialogue: "You guys are soooooo cute together!" he squeals over and over. and "Awww, you guys are so cute!" Woohyun gushes, pausing in the middle of his spastic dancing. -- okay, first of all, woohyun...’sooooo cute’ and gushing, just, no. secondly, SPASTIC DANCING. alright, so while he might do that stuff for the cameras as an idol, this is an alternate universe and he is a waiter.

and lastly, plot and pacing. the idea was good (the falling in love in 6 days thing), and while it could’ve been executed well, i don’t think it was :( firstly, the premises for their meeting is kind of strange -- howon inviting dongwoo to eat with him because he spilled coffee on his pants. that would not happen realistically; a person would be...more polite and pissed off than anything, not invite a perfect stranger to sit and eat with them. furthermore, dongwoo getting close to the staff at the cafe happens much too fast, probably due to the waiters and even the manager being characterised much too ‘overly friendly’ -- after all, dongwoo’s just a customer, not a vip, and waiters wouldn’t go around introducing themselves to customers.

that aside, it also feels that dongwoo and howon’s actual relationship progresses a bit fast (although okay, it might’ve been a prompt which meant they had to it) but just with It's peculiar; they had only met yesterday, but Dongwoo feels as comfortable with Howon as he does with some of his oldest friends. they tell us, but don’t really show us how he’s comfortable, then with "I'm saying that I think I'm in love with you." -- i don’t actually think people ever fall in love this fast, so it felt...very unnatural. hoya’s reasoning doesn’t feel very convincing, it’s a list of things like I know that your favorite color is green and that you have two older sisters. I know that your father died when you were ten and that you promised yourself that you would give everything you have into achieving your dreams. and while that could’ve been done well there wasn’t enough buildup; they just hit us with all that and it felt like a very shallow kind of love, especially with dongwoo responding so fast in the same way.

criticism over, and onto some things i liked! i thought that having them both like the same drink, and using that as a bonding point was a nice touch (although the drink could’ve been a bit more specific -- coffee with cream and sugar is rather common). also, some lines like He sits at the cafe for a while after, the feeling of Howon's fingers still on his skin. | "I think Sungjong's thank-you is well worn out by now," Dongwoo says. and Howon smiles brilliantly, and Dongwoo's heart beats a new rhythm in his chest. were done well, as well as the flirting section with dongwoo and howon discussing their favourite icecreams, that was pretty cute and didn’t sound unnatural.

overall, it had potential, it started off a bit strangely, picked up around the middle, and while the ending is technically a ‘happy ending’ because they get together, it just didn’t read realistically enough for me to enjoy :( not a problem if you like cheesy endings though!

yeaaahh sorry for the....tl;dr lol /o\

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is anyone planning on joining this?

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I would but it's an exchange and I'm just staying away from those for now.

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b1a4ss day 6

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
http://b1a4ss.livejournal.com/4229.html

First off, I have to say I was excited about this from the get-go because something about corporate!AUs intrigue me.

From the first line, the writing threw me off a bit. I'm not sure what it is about it, but so many of the lines read awkwardly. The writer seemed to expand on things that seemed very trivial or unnecessary, like how Jinyoung got his job, for example. A lot of things that were described in slightly more detail didn't add to the story at all and the writing seemed to have a...an attempted playfulness that came off as childish instead, or maybe immature is a better word.

The whole concept was cute, but Jinyoung in this fic seemed a lot more..whimsical than I think he is, personally. (Like this line - This is getting somewhere, it is, and one day we will be having casual conversations about our future babies - while admittedly, this is cute to me, Jinyoung doesn't seem like the type to be as easily lovesick like that, and a lot of his inner monologue in the fic left that thought in the back of my head. It seemed more appropriate when Junghwan was the focus.)

This is me nitpicking, but I had to wonder if Jinyoung actually likes LMFAO or if this was a choice made by the author. It has always sort of irked me when fic writers give, in this case, Asian idols random American interests. If Jinyoung has ever said he likes them then it's a moot point on my part.

Even though I had trouble picturing the haircut myself, I liked the part about Junghwan feeling like he's always cute rather than handsome or sexy or whatever. Very realistic.

I really liked that the focus (clearly and cleanly) switched back-and-forth between Jinyoung and Junghwan, and how both of their feelings were shown to the reader. A lot of writers tend to focus on persona a liking person b and in the end person b goes along with it without ever showing the reader why.

Anyway, this was cute!



http://b1a4ss.livejournal.com/4493.html


Strong start for sure. It's a simple one, but I love when beginnings leave you with a question you want answered. It's a good way to ensure the reader will continue reading.

There's such an ease about this fic and I adore it. The dialogue, the characterization, the flow. Everything seemed to fall together really nicely and nothing felt forced or lackluster. Throughout, I was intrigued but not confused, and it had the perfect level of light-hearted...ness. :)

I kind of really loved Sunwoo in this fic, as insignificant as he was here. (And this is completely unrelated to the fic I'm reviewing right now lol, but I'd love to see more Sunwoo-centric fic. He always seems to get side-character roles in fic and I'd like to see someone really dig deep)

I really liked so many things about this. I don't want to mention too many details, because I really want B1A4 fans to read this one for themselves. But I so so so enjoyed both stories
going on in the two separate universes, as well as how the coincided. It was a wonderfully clever idea that I personally haven't seen before and I was impressed.

Oh and the ending was perfect.

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anon you are the greatest ♥

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
kind of wish all of the relevant kpop comms would move to dw already. :\ if they moved, so would the ficcers and other fandom participants.

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relevant?

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
i spent my weekend re-watching EHB, cuz I was sick in bed, and omg ;_____; seeing all 13 of them just. MY HEART, ANONS. MY. HEART. Kangin, who i want to squish and come back asap. GODDAMN KIBUM.

And I forgot how shy and awkward Eunhyuk was at MCing. Even Leeteuk!! with his crappy jokes. They've both worked so hard and it shows so much, omg. I had a moment of (fan)pride. :DD

I just want to pet all of them, idk.

(any suju anons have ideas on what kangin will do when he gets back? bets on how long it will be before he's on strong heart?)

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
oh my god, anon, i watched a whole bunch of episodes yesterday, and kangin's such an obnoxious brat when he wants to be. gotta pants 'em all!
and i have so much love for that archery episode with yesung practically sulking the whole way through and group 1 being bitchy once someone gets on the horse and cheering when they turn around, and eunhyuk making stupid comments and dbsk! gah. i love them.


apparently, there's about 100-and something days until he returns. around april, i think. \o/

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
anons, i would give an arm and a leg for Master Chef K-Pop. :(

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
ikr why isn't there a cooking variety show for idols

the only one i can think of is chef's kiss. which was brilliant and amazing and just. yeah ;____;

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(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
does anyone know if the tweets between jaejin and dongwoon from around a day or two ago were ever translated?

http://kpoptranslates.tumblr.com/post/15048189249/dw-saico011-i-want-to-see-you-come-to-the

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
this is the only one i've seen translated

is there a tumblr just for '91 line tweets? 'cause i'd follow the shit out of that.

b1a4ss day 7 (part 1)

(Anonymous) 2012-01-02 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
http://b1a4ss.livejournal.com/4851.html

Was the "△◯ University" intentional? I may have laughed ;;

Anyway, I quite loved Dongwoo's characterization here. The relationship between Dongwoo and Jinyoung was very realistic and believable and the flow of the dialogue seemed so very appropriate for the situation presented in the fic.

Ah, the writer used the word 'ostensibly' which, for no real reason, is one of my favorites lol ;o;

I loved how this was AU but also slice-of-life-y. Let's call it, slice-of-(real)-life, heh.

"Well you left without a word, what was I supposed to think?" Dongwoo crosses his arms over his chest.

Jinyoung smiles at him disarmingly and hands him another cooler. "Sorry, I didn't get a chance, and you know how Facebook is banned in China, right?"

"That's the worst excuse I've ever heard," Dongwoo says flatly. "Why do I still even like you."

Jinyoung laughs. "I haven't asked you to help me with data entry yet," Jinyoung says, smirking.

Dongwoo groans. "You just did now."

"I do have a lot of assets..."

"Jinyoung. Shut up. Now. Please."

"Would you like to see my spreadsheets?"

"Jinyoung."


Eeep, sorry to quote suck a long part but I just loved this exchange~ ♥

I would have liked a bit more (in general) from the ending, but otherwise I really enjoyed this.

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i haven't had a chance to read the 11k fic yet, but i will try really hard to do so before reveals!

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