another interesting expansion on a fic which was original a drabble (in this case, a super short one, too). the story itself felt a little incomplete, but i didn't really mind. i liked the characterization in this fic the most. as a vixx fan i also like that the remixer chose such a rare pairing to do for this challenge and i enjoyed how the remixer portrayed the pairing's dynamics.
idk if it's the lazy state of fic reading/writing these days (minus exo with their 96354690508430 word fics) but i'm developing a new appreciation for well done short fics. if an author can create an interesting and complete story in less than 3k i really respect them.
i wish i was better at writing a complete story in less than 3k but every time i reread my stuff i see all these gaps i should've filled in. i don't want to be a fic writer who can shit out 60k like nothing but i would like to be able to write longer pieces well.
i can't speak for all anons but originally i was just annoyed by the check in itself and comments not being screened. there's no mention of a second checkin on the signup page or in assignment emails. the only mention was on a mods personal Twitter. so a lot of us were caught by surprise. and no effort has been made to find out why people aren't checking in.
and they just haven't provided a reason for not screening comments. when the q was asked on the post i didn't think it would turn into the back and forth that it did. two people mentioned it which i feel should have clued mods in that people wanted them screened.
does anyone else obsess over word count when writing fic? like i don't mean it has to be this long kind of obsess. but the word count has to be a multiple of ten, preferably multiple of a hundred but that's harder to control. and when it's not you just keep editing until it is, that kind of obsess.
seriously how hard would it have been for them to screen comments since almost everyone who replied was confused by the fact that they weren't screened?
As I said above, I received a lot of prompts during sign-ups. And surprisingly, a lot of them were very similar, so even looking at your summary, and going through the list of sign-ups, I don't think anyone can really say for sure who you're writing for.
but. the issue isn't the mod recognizing the summary it's the person we are matched up with?
http://24.media.tumblr.com/591273880c3171bb3921be9fd4c6e42c/tumblr_mpq1kpNHzp1qfamcoo1_1280.jpg perfect group tbh
m.i.c is a five member boyband from mainland china. they took part in a crazy rigorous elimination-based training thing for four years. they were whittled down to six, but the youngest dropped out prior to debut. nothing else is known of him but he is missed. the five official and current and hopefully forever boys are:
http://31.media.tumblr.com/14d1bd18a4ed584dcba83c357769c8d9/tumblr_mt0jj2CCxL1qfamcoo1_1280.jpg wang hao ('87, duizhang, gorgeous sweet amazing voice and likes to pop)
http://31.media.tumblr.com/c2a121c62534cde508516fc4d471ef77/tumblr_mqhx8rCOug1qfamcoo1_1280.jpg xiaoxin ('88, jazzy composer co-captain who's in charge of disciplining the younger members and likes to post literally naked selcas)
http://31.media.tumblr.com/71c961515d5897618110d5ec65eb1406/tumblr_mp7yg9PLQ71qfamcoo1_1280.jpg yaoyao ('88, tan godly rapper who thinks he knows english but rly doesn't but he acts like a giant five year old, literally giant as he is 184cm, covered in tattoos and piercings)
http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b4988296c1d602cebb8ec0c2d78dda1/tumblr_msazdsKVJR1qfamcoo2_1280.jpg jianci ('90, youngest, weirdest, award-winning latin dancer who's fierce on stage and 4d off).
they debuted in 2010 with an EP called rockstar and have released two full length albums since, "v" and "color." for your enjoyment, their latest mv, single ladies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV-pAdcSutQ be warned: their style lately is directly related to their personalities and aesthetics are thrown right out the fucking window. regardless, their music is actually really good. single ladies is a remake as an extra single to "color," but xiaoxin composes a good deal of their songs and i dig his style. 90% of their latest album was their work. their english lyrics are questionable (literally 'booty like a fat cheese' not even joking), but if you can look past that you can see their really trying to find their own style, aren't going with the trends, and i respect that.
another mv, very shiny and song composed by xiaoxin, lyrics co-written with yaoyao: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxzapLSgxzc
to give you an idea of their vocals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ondgo-7KRo their newest song, no yaoyao because he's hiding in tibet filming a drama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgUyVMZpUvo one of my favorites, "my place," performed live YAY YAOYAO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2hFilImPwY ****IF NOTHING ELSE WATCH THIS BECAUSE WANG HAO IS THE GREATEST IN THE UNIVERSE IN EVERY WAY****
so um yeah and lastly they're rly gay: http://25.media.tumblr.com/b2a58c42fca90b63c1a79b1e69cf4f8d/tumblr_mrgwt9PoRT1qfamcoo1_1280.jpg (idk why they were all kissing wang hao that day) http://25.media.tumblr.com/a1d21a5f1e800f0f56331a73ddbdb659/tumblr_mrgwt9PoRT1qfamcoo2_1280.jpg (like actually mouth on mouth kissing) http://25.media.tumblr.com/d82a4bcb755454c77a610bd63bbdce83/tumblr_ms3cy4zepf1qfamcoo2_1280.jpg this apparently happened on xiaoxin's birthday last month, true bros share a tub http://24.media.tumblr.com/b2fc181ff1ee8a580c14a4eeaa904192/tumblr_mk2yg8unmD1qfamcoo1_1280.jpg xiaoxin posted this on yaoyao's birthday, they were all in hong kong and it was captioned "you know where my room is"
and yes a lot of the gay involves xiaoxin because he's my sun and stars and knows where it's at
IDK WHAT ELSE TO SAY, GOODBYE
oh they all have dumb stage names but let's forget that
of all anons exo anons might actually know them because they've been on shows together!
anons promise me something. if i do end up staying on vixx exchange promise me you won't assume that i'm on the mods' side. i'm not. i just want to write fic but i also don't want my participation in this to be used against me
i just had a revelation that the reason i stopped liking this one member of my bias group so much is bc fandom portrays him basically as a mary sue: kind and wonderful and attractive and pure-hearted, with his only flaw being that he's clumsy, which makes him even more charming
(i also remember reading that calling out "mary sues" is sexist but i forget why??)
to make this a discussion, are you satisfied w how your fandom portrays your bias/es? obviously none are going to be perfect but is there some characterization you like better than others?
tbh i'm tired of hearing the phrase 'angel' every time someone mentions my bias. it was kind of cute at first, but it gets very annoying when no one in fandom will ever let that portrayal rest. i'm quite tired of reading fics about my bias with a pair of wings, or fics that paint a picture of my bias as a complete angel personality-wise. he isn't. he is flawed in so many ways, people dislike him for those flaws and it's not possible to capture him well if you ignore them.
it's part of the reason why i stopped reading aff - too many of such fics around, too few good ones (even though the good ones are really good)
ravi knows he on the right track when ken's finger tighten ever so slightly in his hair. he ricks at look up at ken's face. the smirk still present sends a shiver down his spine.
Ken pushes his head down closer to his diq. Ravi was now almost breathing on it, warm skin in the palm of his hand growing larger as he glided his hand up and down. He knew that soon that wouldn't be enough. A hand tilted his head back and a finger slipped in Ravi's mouth, opening his jaw and pressing against his molars. Saliva pooled on Ravi's tongue as he dare not swallow. "Ravi, come on, show me what you've been practicing." Ken's hand wrapped around his, maneuvering his own diq until Ravi felt the tip touch his bottom lip. From the back of his throat, Ravi grunted and instinctively swallowed as saliva pooled downwards.
this writer needs to work on their comma usage. they had a very strong tendency to use commas to combine complete sentences where they really ought to have just used periods instead. i used to be in the b1a4 fandom and i don't really buy cnu being so "against jinyoung and what he was," even in the case of being a vampire. the whole vampire thing was a neat twist on the original story, but i can't say the remixer really pulled it off. the writing wasn't too awkward but it was distracting, and the characterization wasn't convincing. the strange mix of stage names and real names also stood out to me.
i've had people on twitter talk about my fic in very confusing ways (like quoting something dumb a character said to call it dumb and i couldn't tell if they were directing that at me or the character) but at the end of the day for every person with a negative opinion there's probably two more who liked your fic
m4m nonnir i am crying because this boy is beautiful. let's dicuss headcanons and get so worked up we have no choice but to write fic because i need fic.
Chanyeol begins to fuck Zitao with his fingers, a slow in and out. He examines Zitao more closely. There's jizz drying on his stomach, hair matted to his forehead with sweat. The head of his cock is red, swollen. Chanyeol wonders how long he's been here fucking himself. How many times he's gotten off already. "Were you thinking about me?" Chanyeol asks.
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