#cricket nony

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(1) WOW! 4 months has passed since you answered my last ask hahaha… so fast… I understand, sometimes when I spend too much time on something, be it working or studying or even recreational stuff I feel burnt out to :D Like I spent 5 straight days last week playing Stardew Valley, now I haven’t touched the Switch lol anyways, I am still enjoying the updates on Dorm Life! It’s slowly progressing but I think it’s good for both of them so far? Taking it one step at a time :3

(2) It’s like they are back at it again with their bantering and anime/fanfic conversations :’) the comfortableness is there but also at the same time it feels unsettling? maybe because we are seeing it from Taem’s POV and he is kinda fidgety (for a lack of better word) or tense about the situation? Hmmm but yeah the ending at the latest chapter though!! Whoooo could have been calling Jong at that time? And the off-character part where he turned off his phone, refusing to take the calls :O

(3) Obviously like Taem we would probably just wonder if it’s Key right, but idk why some instinct telling me it’s not Key like it’s a new part of the story? A new subplot? Lol or maybe it is Key and we are closing that chapter? Uhuhuh I’m just going to theorize in the corner here as I wait for the next update :3 Ah! Yeah, and you said there won’t be any crying moments anymore, so will there be more cheesy things like the end of the latest chapter? Cringe inducing lines and “aww” moments? ;)

(4) Yeah, ofc ofc since to Taem, Key is his “antagonist”, we were bound to kind of see it the same way… in the latest update too, there were a lot of thoughts inside Taem’s head regarding his observations on Key right… like I think there was a part where he thought that Key was looking down on him, or even he thought that Key and Jong should be having stricter? (Idk if that’s the right word) boundaries on things that they should and shouldn’t talk about lol

(5) To be honest, it’s kind of entertaining to see Taem’s train of thoughts on these things like, that almost instantaneous thought in someone’s head that they don’t really share to others. It can be a little bit biased, it can be overdramatic, but ofc I also I understand Taem’s hatred? Or more like insecurity maybe? When it comes to Key (and Jong). It’s the kind of things people think about but not really say out loud hahaha I love it, it makes the characters more whole?

(6) Oh yeahh? I shall be sneaking my way into AO3 to see your replies :3 For a while I kind of realized that you uploaded every 3 weeks? On my Sunday nights, so I timed it perfectly lol recently I’ve been busy too so this one took a while hehehe :D Since my last ask I think you updated twice with chapter 10 and 11! I think chapter 10 was more like “where is this going, what is happening” uncertain section with everyone just passing by time and going with the flow? Ft. mother and Kai hahah

(7) In chapter 11, I think the direction is clearer for them, thanks to the convo by the river!! It was a necessary conversation and I’m glad that they were able to talk about it, after great difficulty :’) Then the chapter was filled with fluff cheese fluff Taem’s thoughts on Key fluff :3 hahaha oh! Maybe I wasn’t paying attention as much but there weren’t many biblical allusions in the past 2 chapters? Maybe it was intentional or maybe not, either way I didn’t notice many of them I think? haha

(8) Maybe ‘cos Taem’s thoughts are filled with “where is this going”, Jong, Key, and then the upcoming exam lol so not so much bible references going on in his head haha… Also!! I saw new fanfics for Jong’s month and I did not read them yet!! So excited, probably will read them as I wait for the updates :D Also!! SHINee x AoT fanfic, yes please omg… I actually searched for one back in 2013-2014? When AoT Anime was just released… we have Pacific Rim AU, so I was rooting hard for AoT AU :’(

(9) Sooo yeah, I’ll look forward to any new fanfics by you in the future too! But please do take time away from it if it tires you out or if you are burned out! It should be an enjoyable thing to do for you :D Anyways! Thank you for the updates! I thoroughly enjoyed the fluff, oh! and thank you for accepting my tomo-choco lol, and I gratefully accept yours! <3 I hope you had and will have an amazing time for the upcoming months! Take care, and stay healthy! – cricket anon

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Cricket nony!

Wow indeed! It certainly has been a while. How have you been? I have never heard of Stardew Valley before, but I’m glad you’ve enjoyed playing it. But I know that feeling, sometimes I play games for weeks and then I won’t touch them for a year. Humans are weird like that I guess. ^^

I’m glad you’re still enjoying my slow updates. I mean we are about to cross the finishing line. There are only two chapters left to complete the storyline + the epilogue. So yeah. Considering that I already wanted to be done with the story by March – and now we’re nearing July already. Haha – but at least I’m working on it to push this story over the finishing line.

It’s not really a subplot – more like the underlying theme of the story which has been there since chapter 1. If the story was written from Jonghyun POVs it would have been a main theme, but since we’re seeing everything from Taem’s perspective, we just know what Jonghyun shares with him – which is not a lot. :’)

Yes, there won’t be any more tears. There will be a few cheesy moments, but less so compared to chapter 11. :’D Chapter 12 is like the last peak before – hopefully – all ties come together in chapter 13 *knocks on wood*

Oh, Taemin will have a lot more thoughts on Kibum in chapter 12. Lmao The whole situation between Kibum and Taemin is loosely based on something from my own experiences. However, without going too much into detail – let’s keep it simple and say I was the Jonghyun in that scenario. Lmao

Yeah, I think there are plenty of moments in this story in which Taemin thinks a LOT of things but says something very different out loud. I think that’s only human. It’s just better to not share all thoughts one has. :’)

It’s certainly intentional that there are less biblical references after they’ve actually been to church. There are still some left to come, but far less than in previous chapters. It’s supposed to show that Taemin is slowly beginning to find his balance in a way, his way in life? I don’t know how to put it, but he slowly gets more rooted.

THANK YOU! Finally someone who understand my craving for SHINee x AoT fanfic. I really, really want to write one because for some reason I want to write something more action driven with blood, and gore and violence lmao and of course titans. I mean romance is cute – but romance is even cuter if you put it into a dystopian setting where people are fighting for the survival of human kind. A SHINee survey squad would be so cute T_T <3 I don’t really know why no one picked up on yet after all those years – we have so many crossovers in this fandom – and yet a crossover with one of the biggest fandoms out there is just nonexistent. It makes no sense to me. I also always wanted to write a Harry Potter crossover but there are so many out there already – so AoT really lets my weeb juices tingle. Lmao

I remember really liking bmot’s JongTae pacific rim AU…although I still have no idea about pacific rim to this day. :’D I always wanted to look it up because I like the description in their story – it seemed an interesting concept but somehow I’ve never went further than thinking about it.

Thanks for dropping by again, cricket nony! Talk to you in 4 months? Maybe…lmao Take good care of yourself. *waves* <3

#ask #cricket nony #dorm life

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Hot damn! Those neon lights did NOT do you dirty, that’s for sure!

!!!!!! Thanks so much anon!!!

#ask me anything #nony #who are all of you people???? #all these flirty amazing people on anon #AND YET #IRL and off anon its just #*crickets*

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@ cricket_nony honestly...I wish every writer out there to have readers like you! Thank you for your essays that always make my day/week/month! ❤😘

#you are adorable #cricket nony #non-fic post #also chapter 10 will be up tomorrow 😄

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(1/18) *peeks from behind the wall* I hope I am still welcomed here hahaha cricket anon is here! <3 I am very sorry for making you worry last time O.O, for sure no matter what happens to the story, I'm going to be right there to read it! Huehuehue, I literally was not lying when I mentioned that this story is bringing me lots of joy this year :3 Cricket anon is fine now! hahaha my last work place was really bad, kind of black-company-level-bad, and it really took a toll on my mental health…

Dear cricket nony, I already answered one of your non-anonymous asks privately because I was so overwhelmed by the sheer amount of email notifications I got from tumblr and Ao3 that I had to thank you right away, but I still want to do it publically because even after days I’m still overwhelmed that you took so much time to write me a whole essay. I’m still all soft and wobbly and squishy on the inside. Your notifications really made my day, week, probably month – so thanks so much again. It really means so much T___T

(2) so, I kind of took two months? break from social media and just literally try and figure out my life lol basically quarter-life crisis also happening, but yeah slowly getting better now! I hope you are doing fine as well, sending you lots of hugs and love ~^^~ Firstly though!! I wanted to say sorry too that it took a while for me to reply hahaha… BUT!! Let me tell you omg during my rest of 8 weeks, I have managed to re-read ALL. SEVEN. CHAPTERS!! So many things to share!!

I’m so sorry to hear that your last workplace took such a toll on your mental health and I really hope that you are going to get better. I cross all my fingers for you and send you good vibes only. Please don’t feel pressured to comment at all. I mean everyone loves receiving comments, but it shouldn’t feel like a chore. So if you feel like sharing your thoughts I’m always glad to read them, but if you don’t feel like sharing them, please don’t feel bad about it. <3

(3) However, since my comments were a grand total of 4,000 words lol, I inserted them in AO3 under "cricket anon" in every chapter! :3 You might get confused as you read them because I take notes as I read the chapter lol hahaha I hope my comments might bring some joy <3 Ahh! By the way! These anon messages are partly not anon since anon asks are limited to 10 per hour? I didn’t know that! :( But since I accidentally have revealed myself to you lol I think it should be okay!

I’ll also try to answer your comments on Ao3 in the upcoming days because (if I remember correctly) you had some questions and I hope I can answer some of them. ^^ But I’m impressed that you went through all the chapters again. We’ve reached 150k now, which is quite fascinating to me because there are still quite a few chapters left. I wonder how long the story will be in the end *hides* I didn’t know that either! I’ve been on tumblr for so long and yet this 10 ask limit is new information for me, but it makes sense in some way – if I think about spam accounts or people going around spreading hate or something.

(4) Also, I think I’m going to make my snorts reactions straight onto AO3 from now on, rather than spamming your ask box with 10+ anon messages hahaha but I’ll still come here to share you my overall reactions and analyzations huehuehue and also to possibly warn you about the length of the comment lol something I noticed, from chapter 1 to chapter 7, the comment got longer lol more things to discuss about, I guess!? But yeah!! Let me reply to your reply to my previous ask here!!

LMAO I admire your dedication. Do whatever is most comfortable to you, I will be happy either way ^^ I think it makes sense that someone can comment more on later chapters because the painted picture gets fuller and fuller with details, there is more information about the different characters, the storyline is more developed and so on… ^^

(5) Is the sad scene in chapter 6, you were referring to the conversation that Jong-Taem were having, and then Jong tried to diffuse it into another lighthearted banter, and Taem is just. tired. of. Jong avoiding the conversation? and despite all that, Taem still let Jong come into his room and cuddle to sleep? idk... I find that scene really heartbreaking :( or maybe it was another scene?

For me it was the shower scene tbh. I don’t know, but it always struck something inside of me (is it weird that I’m saying this although I’ve written it?) There is something very fragile about Jonghyun in that scene and Taemin does feel a little helpless and is so caught up in his own thoughts, in his own needs, what he wants (and doesn’t get from Jonghyun) and yeah – it always makes me go :( but yes, the follow up scene is sad as well because you sit there and think – you two are just so damn dumb, which is something most people, who read this story so far – seem to think constantly, because yeah, they are very dumb – each in their own way. ^^

(6) I think I mentioned in the AO3 comment somewhere that even I started to feel like Taem can just leave Jong because Jong is not trying to understand Taem, I mean, nothing to do with his mood swings or his claim that Taem will get bored of him, just that he isn't trying to see things from Taem's perspective whereas Taem is trying! so! hard! and he even tried to ignore the fact that Jong avoid the vital conversations for like the 10th time already :(

Feelings are a very difficult topic – and while chapters 1-9 are very focused on what Taemin does, thinks, wants, needs, wishes etc. the focus does shift a little over to Jonghyun starting from chapter 10. So the reader does get an inside of why Jonghyun might have acted the way he did. If his behavior makes sense is up to the reader (and Taemin as well) to decide – but I think it shines a little more light onto Jonghyun, who the reader doesn’t know much about – feeling wise –, although he’s one of the main characters of the story. ^^ It’s the onion layers that get peeled one by one. ^^

(7) Yeah, re-reading this definitely showed me muCH MORE parallelism in Jong-Key and Taem-Jong dynamics. Even with Taem's mood in a sense? Like how Jong used to be really upset when Key has a new friend, and then suddenly okay when they do sexy times. Before, I only noticed the puppy-love-ness parallel, but then there is more to it, like I said, Taem's mood affected by Jong a lot, just like Jong's by Key, and also the way Jong claims that Key doesn't understand his feelings,

(8) well, it applies to Jong not really wanting to understand Taem's feeling? by just brushing it off as Taem will get bored of him or Taem doesn't know what he is talking about. I mean as a reader, I am also not sure, if it’s either Jong doesn't care or he is scared to show himself or both or maybe there is another reason? Hahaha ^^;;

This is true and done on purpose. ^^ This knowledge doesn’t play a key (haha) part in the storyline, but it is there to show how blinded one can get by one’s own feelings. After adapting to his new life in a dorm Taemin sees through Jonghyun and Kibum’s relationship quite well, but later when it’s about his own relation to Jonghyun he’s completely blindsided and doesn’t see how unhealthy it is at first – him going back and back and back over and over again in the hope that Jonghyun’s behavior towards him might change.

(9) You mentioned that there will be more Jongtae drought, and honestly, I think they need it? I think some space for them to think about things and you know do other things and talk to other people about other things lol maybe it will clear up their heads hopefully? Ahh!! You said the beginning of chapter 5 is for your own sanity lol I totally understand ;), it was a very sweet scene, soft, and kind of endearing compared to what is coming in the next chapters TnT

It depends on how we describe the drought. The hard cut was done in chapter 8. I went in like a warrior and just cut all the strings, not showing any mercy. ^^” I don’t want to spoiler anything, but yeah – the hard drought will continue throughout chapter 9 – soft drought from chapter 10 …… till ….. *closes mouth* 6v6 

Working on chapter 8 made me write two lovey-dovey JongTae oneshots because I couldn’t stand seeing them fight in my own fanfic, in front of my salad. T_T so yeah, the beginning of chapter 5 was for my sanity. While writing chapter 8 I also realized again while I never really write angst, fights – anything dramatic really, because I’m a very chill person in real life, and I like my fanfics to be very chill as well – so writing this was completely out of my comfort zone. For others it’s writing smut for me it’s writing angst lmao. I usually want to wrap up all the characters in fluffy blankets and make them tea, and yet here I am – letting Taemin suffer for so many chapters. I’m a monster T_T

(10) Yeahhh, about the fact that we don't see Key so much since it is in Taemin's point of view, and also the fact that our (the audience)'s perception of Key is very much influenced by how Taem sees Key, right? I think I even mentioned somewhere in the comments, that in a way, a Rashomon effect is present as the readers read the story right, since they are all on accounts of Taem's witnessing, but then also maybe I am just reading too much into this lol

It would be the Rashomon effect if I wrote the same fic out of Jonghyun’s perspective and Minho’s as well for example. In this case Taemin is just a very unreliable narrator and we don’t (well I do :’D) but the reader doesn’t know what’s really going on, if everything Taemin is experiencing is true or if it should be taken with a grain of salt. Considering that everyone in the dorm, except for Taemin, gets along well with Kibum, we might want to believe that Kibum isn’t the bad guy Taemin wants to make him out to be. ^^

(11) Honestly, I could hear my English Lit teacher saying "maybe that is not the author's intention" hahaha xD Yes yes yes!! more chapters for Taem's development!! I am ready for it!! I mean the end of chapter 7 marked the sign of the broken vase, and paired with the JongTae drought, I am looking forward to the next part of the story!! Some character development at this point is perfect I think!! And also!! About the advices, I think I commented a few times on some of the chapters.

(12) I didn't notice that before! And after you pointed it out, I think I made some comments on Minho's, Key's, and Onew's advices to Taem and definitely, based on how the events unfolded, we could argue that the advice was bad - in a way though, I can't seem to tell (yet, maybe?) if the advice giver was genuinely trying to help or do they have ulterior motives? hmmm but either way, I like how you placed a lot of thoughts in the story, even on things such as advice.

(13) Because for sure, in reality, people tend to give bad advices, and act on bad advices. It is true that most fics tend to focus only on the good advice and then the story ends happily ever after. Real life is most definitely not like that :3 your "slice of life" tag is holding up to its name ;) Thank you so much for your hard work!! You added 10,000 words for chapter 7?? omg… huhuhu (insert a bowing LINE sticker)... yeah, for sure, the way the story unfolds in my head,

(14) probably is different to other readers, right? And for sure, very different to you, the author! There are probably a lot more instances, scenes, implications, interpretations? that we as readers are unaware of! Thank you so much for all your hard work TnT, as readers, having more context into the story does give much more clarity on the flow of the story and the feelings of the characters, etc. Thank you for all your hard work! (bow bow bow)

That was something @hwarang-number commented on as well while betaing the story. What if Minho has ulterior motives?!?!?!?!? In Minho’s case it does make sense to give out bad advice to lure in the innocent lamb haha but for example what would Jinki’s or Kibum’s ulterior motives be? Sometimes people want to give out good advice, but in the end it just turns out to be bad advice – unintentionally – humans are just humans after all – and none of us is all knowing, we all perceive things differently, and what might work for one person might not work for the other. I did add 10k to chapter 7 and 25k to chapter 8 – because chapter 8 felt like the most incomplete out of all the chapters in this story. 

I think I’ve mentioned it before but hwarang_number is super attentive while reading and figured most things out that I’ve implied – even smaller details which I thought might get lost in the chapters – which I’m still impressed by, but I also said before that everyone reads stories differently, and some aspects that might not be important to me as the author of the story might be important for the readers and the other way around. For the past chapters I just tried to fill in the gaps that might confuse readers unnecessarily. In the original draft of chapter 8 Taemin is doing the deeds with Minho far more spontaneously because he’s so frustrated with Jonghyun – it made sense like that as well – but I think his frustration got more depth through the added scenes. :)

(15) Ah!! By the way!! Please don't feel like you are forced to reply to all of my messages! Having you read them already makes me happy! I don't want to make it feel like an obligation to you because... well omg my comments like super loooooong hahaha ^^;; And yeah!! Take your time with the next chapter by the way!! I am rooting for the development of the story no matter how it will go :3 I will be waiting for the next update (though no pressure, just want to put it there haha)

Dear cricket nony, if you write me 50 message I will still try to answer all of them ㅎㅅㅎ I might just take a little longer. I hope you will like chapter 8 as well, despite the drought ^^

(16) Next time, this cricket anon will bring some more noise ~ I hope your real-life stuff works out well too :D Once again, thank you for answering all of my messages, and for writing this awesomely written fanfiction! While I wait for the next chapter, I think I'm going to re-read songs of siren hehehe :3 Please stay safe!

Please do! Song of Sirens is definitely a story I would have loved to treat like “Dorm Life” in a sense that it would have turned out better if I had worked on it longer, but I’m still a fan of the big brain energy I had running through my veins when I came up with the mythological aspect of the story…lmao So I hope you will enjoy re-reading it. ^^ Chapter 8 is longer than Song of Sirens (just as a side note haha)

(17) Ah!! I forgot to mention!! After I re-read it, my most favorite literary device that you used in this fanfiction (lol this commentary is beginning to sound like a Literature essay) is the Biblical Allusions? I am not sure if this was your intention, but the juxtapositions of Bible verses or reference to God, in Taemin’s thought reminds me heavily of Taemin’s songs, particularly Heaven? It be a sexy time song if you look at the lyrics, but the composition is that of a choir church song

(18) I find the contrast chilling, and maybe you were trying to invoke that feeling to the readers? Orrr maybe I am perhaps, indeed, reading too much into this hahaha ^^;; but really! I really enjoy reading your fanfictions and coming up with analyzations, it’s very fun, and the fact that I can discuss or ask you questions about it is just makes it even more fun – since in Literature classes we can’t actually ask the author of their true intentions right hahaha okay!! I am done :3 Thank you!! <3

It was my intention and still is, so I’m glad you picked up on that. ^^ I always wanted to write a fanfic in which Taemin’s religion plays a role – even if it’s just on the side – I always make some references to Dante’s circles of Hell (when Taemin is being dramatic again) or I also made a reference to Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things in chapter 8. (I’m a big fan of his work – that dude was wild – the way he painted blows my mind every time I look at one of his paintings). So yes, dramatic Taemin talking about religion and throwing around with biblical references is my brain being wild. ^^ 

I would say that ‘Dorm Life’ is not a really deep story, but I did put a lot of thought into it to not make it your regular smut/romance fanfic. I mean it took time, still does – but I’m glad when people, like you dear cricket nony, appreciate it. So thank you so much for your kind words and sending me all your thoughts and interpretations. <3 I hope you will have a lovely December – please stay healthy and please take good care of yourself. <3

#cricket nony #non-fic post #dorm life #Anonymous

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(1/13) Ahh, yeah I just went over to the shower scene again, the scenes before and after it, and maybe because I was really immersed in Taem’s perspective at looking at things – I quite literally took it as is, like Jong had mood swings, not sure why and that’s it? But there IS something fragile in Jong, he acted oddly, and you are right that Taem does feel helpless and stuck in his own thoughts… it’s kinda hard to see the scenes unfold without Taem’s opinion on it right hahaha

(2) but that makes it really interesting for me, since I just literally follow Taem’s train of thoughts every time, until you pointed it out to me! Kinda feel bad about for not noticing it though ^^;; but yeah, for sure as an audience, we are just “pls come on you guys!! :(“ But, from chapter 10 we get to know Jong’s thoughts and feelings ououou sooo excited since so far we see Taem’s world and yeah!! I think maybe we would be able to see why Jong acted the way he did in the prev. chapters :3

Cricket nony!!! ❤️

How are you doing???

I mean it will still be Taemin’s POV from chapter 10 on (I don’t like it when people switch POV in the middle of a story Stephanie Meyer style :’D) but Jonghyun will be more expressive and talk more – so I guess this will be helpful to the reader to grasp his view on things. 

(3) Right! He did get blinded by his own feelings, because maybe he doesn’t realize, well he does realize that it mirrors Jong-Key relationship to an extent, but not the whole of it? Like how he said to Jong, Key made Jong feel bad and upset so therefore he should just leave Key, and told him to stop pining for Key, but then eyy he can’t stop pining for Jong lol but then maybe he sees it as a slightly ~different~ situation hahaha

Let’s say Taemin is blindsided by love and acts and behaves in odd ways lmao, he will continue to do so in chapter 9. ^^”

(4) OMG CHAPTER 8!! YOU DID! YOU WENT IN like a warrior indeed omg… I cried cried cried… I re-read that outside club scene like so many times… because it just makes me so sad and *sniff* you did cut all the strings without any mercy uhuhuhuhuh I am looking forward on how the story will continue omg Taem going back to the hometown?? Where will the story go?? Drought onto chapter 9? Will Taem skip a semester on University and be back for Autumn instead?? T__T

(5) Right in front of your own salad lol YEAHH I saw the JongTae oneshots, I haven’t read them yet, I think I will read them when chapter 9 gets too much (honestly, mentally preparing myself for what is to come) T__T Hahaha but I think slice of life genre has some angst and fights sometimes too right, since it supposed to reflect real life right right, so it’s still generally a chill read, as in we even get to know Taem’s thoughts as he reads the bible, and also on dystopian-what-ifs scenarios l

Awww ... don’t cry :(

No, Taemin won’t skip a semester – that would be – too dramatic? Someone wasting their life away for half a year because of someone who doesn’t reciprocate their feelings? Don’t know about that. That seems a tad unlikely to me. ^^” But maybe that’s just me because I’m such a cold-hearted human being. :’)

(6) LOL yeah that is true you do know ~ the truth~ lol but perhaps you telling us that Taem is an unreliable narrator might help us? Lol might help us to doubt everything but literally will not help us to actually see the things, the scenes, the people, the relationships as is? honestly that is one of the big mysteries – everyone gets along so well with Key! And, for sure I’m taking everything with a grain of salt but still can’t help but feel sad for Taem :( obviously, since we are in his head

I mean if you come to think of it, Taemin got along well with Kibum as well in the beginning until he started developing feelings for Jonghyun and realized – or thought that Kibum is the one intervening with the happiness he could experience with Jonghyun.^^ I mean Kibum doesn’t do much, he just lives the typical life of a university student and enjoys himself - we can’t blame him for doing that. 

(7) Right right as Taem is an unreliable narrator, I can’t tell lol but either way you are right, with or without intentions, humans are humans and we don’t know anything. Knowing that if Minho DID have intentions only add spice in the story but not really change the fact that he might be giving out bad advice unintentionally, like maybe he could have ulterior motives in general, but not particularly on that advice, does it make sense hahaha ^^;;

(8) Ahhh yeah I think maybe the scene in chapter 8 made it clearer of the emotional frustrations that Taem had with Jong? I think even the fact that you added 25k words alone on this chapter I think signifies that Taem was going through his head a lot, muddling his thoughts and frustrations with Jong? To kinda show that maybe not THAT much time has passed by, but surely in Taem’s head it feels like forever – with some many thoughts and feelings going around :(

I think why it does feel like a long time, although it’s just one semester – is the fact that they share a living space – and see each other constantly. That’s a completely different premise in contrast to people meeting out in the wild and meeting up for a cup of coffee now and then, or something the like. So the time Taemin spent with Jonghyun most likely felt far more intense to him.

(9) Dramatic Taem even reading the bible hahaha I really enjoy the biblical references though, most of the time they are funny references on how he compares something trivial to a bible thing xD Oh! And also!! Happy belated birthday! Is it December 3rd? Is that your birthday? Since it was a very specific date in the story that it got me wondering… hmmm could it possibly? I hope you were able to spend it with the people you love, and I wish you health and happiness for the years to come! <3

This is correct. ^^ December 3rd is my birthday and December 3rd was also the date I got to see Jonghyun live for the first time – so it has a double meaning. ^^ Thank you, you’re too kind. I had pizza on that day, so I had a lovely time…haha

(10) Big brain energy for the mythological aspect of Song of Sirens lol but but you know did I mention, ah probably I didn’t since I only do snort comments on Dorm Life lol but interestingly, I thought that Song of Siren would actually refer to a story of Jong having such a beautiful voice – as in he is the Siren and he be singing in the myth, but as it turned ouuut it is not the case lol

(11) That is why!! In the beginning especially I was really excited to know how the story might unfold to reveal that Jong is the siren, but then! (at least for me) it took an unexpected turn hahahah I already created a possible plot for the story before even reading the story lol so it was really fresh mint plot for mee :3

Ah – that’s interesting that you thought Jonghyun would be another siren. :o Jonghyun was supposed to be Selene first – but I thought that was 1) too obvious and 2) the story of the sirens and Persephone actually exists like that and wasn’t completely made up, so it was easier to tie the ends together. And I mean Jonghyun as the goddess of spring? That works well in my head as well. ^^

(12) Oh!! And don’t worry! I actually love doing this – making comments, observations, analyzations and actually asking you if they are your intentions or not! It’s like washing dishes and cleaning up my room, therapeutically calming! :3 I’m happy that it makes you happy <3 I am indeed sorry for blasting your inbox though… it must have been a LOT of messages ^^;; thank you for spending your time with my weird questions and observations honestly lol I read all of your AO3 replies, thank you!

I still haven’t managed to get through all of your comments on ao3 – but I hopefully will by the end of the year. Thanks again so much for leaving me so many comments to read <3 I wholeheartedly enjoy reading them. ^^

(13) I am doing much much better now! Thank you for your kind words <3 I really really appreciate the work that you put in Dorm Life! I have so much fun reading it! Like I only re-read it twice but I noticed things that I didn’t before, I’m just!! I am just super happy and I am super thankful for all your hardwork! I hope you have a lovely December too! I hope you can stay healthy as well! Thank you so much hwarang_number san for reading and betaing also! You guys are amazinggg! <3 Thank you!!

@hwarang-number thank you from me too! ^^

I’m glad you enjoyed the story so far. Chapter 9 will be a let-down in terms of entertainment value – it’s more of a filler chapter, but I still enjoyed writing it so  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ for me as a writer it doesn’t feel like a filler, but I know it will feel like that to the reader. But I wanted chapter 9 to end on a cliffhanger, that’s why I didn’t add anything to it anymore. I hope chapter 10 will be more enjoyable in that regard again. ^^

Please take good care of yourself, cricket nony. I hope you will have a pleasant rest of December! *sends you all the best wishes*

#cricket nony #non-fic post #Anonymous #dorm life

[lala-pipo]

(2) and also… omg… Minhooo??? such a gentleman I cannot… there are so many feelings in this chapter (coupled with smuts, but like… my heart… i can’t… from one cute moment to smut then some jealousy then some smut then some more cute moments… it’s like exercise for my heart… Honestly, it’s kinda difficult to see what 13 future chapters are gonna cover, because like these 2 chapters already explore soo much?? omg… I can’t wait for the next chapters!

(1) … oh… my… god… chapter 2 update!!! It was such a roller coaster ride omg… after the movie scene and he went to the kitchen and saw Jonghyun there, honestly what I was thinking was that… why is he studying there, was it for a reason wink wonk (or maybe I’m reading too much into it, because jongtae are my babies lol). Honestly not surprised if that was not your intention, I’m just too close to the ship that I would start seeing things lol

(3) I might have said it before, but you are an amazing writer! … this part right here had me squeezing my own heart “ignoring how awful the thought of Jonghyun sleeping with someone else made him feel” TnT… and you can write the flow of the story so beautifully, like it’s not forced or paced too fast or too slow, it’s perfect! Your choice of words and characterizations are just amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your stories, and for all your hard work! Looking forward for the next update! (4) Oh!! and I saw on ao3, I did enjoy chapter 2 very much!! Thank you!! It’s kinda cheesy but I was so giddy when I saw your message to cricket anon lol… it’s like senpai remembers me… hahaha anyways, stay safe and I hope you have a goood day! (5) (umm... I honestly forgot if I asked the first question as an anon or not, oh welll, if you figured out it's me... it's okay... hahahha) you don't need to reply to this one, just saying that I'm not sure if I pressed the ask anonymously button before I sent the first message lol... have a good daaay!! - cricket anon ********************************************************* Dear Cricket nony, You did send the first message non-anonymous, but we just pretend that never happened and keep your identity hidden, so I inserted the first message to the others. ^^ Thanks so much again for sending me so many asks. That was such a lovely surprise after waking up. ♥ 1) The kitchen table is like the pivotal element in this story, so a lot of important conversations and actions happen at it, but it’s also the place where Jonghyun comes to study, so of course it was crucial for the end of this chapter that Jonghyun stayed at the kitchen table, but it’s also the place where he would have been if it hadn’t been for Taemin. ^^ 2) We are far away from reaching the tip of the iceberg, dear. haha But as I’ve said last week, the first 6 chapters (maybe also the 7th chapter) are kind of quick paced like the first 2 have been, but it slows down after that. The other chapters are exploring feelings more ‘deeply’ if that’s the right word to use. It also might be a relief to some that there are also some chapters without any smut in them. I know! Shocking 😂 But those might feel a little less than a rollercoaster ride then. ^^ 3) Thank you so much, dear! I’m glad you enjoy my writing. At the moment I’m struggling a lot with self-doubt, so reading that someone enjoys what I write and the way I write is very nice. So thank you! ♥ It’s so hard to gather an audience for SHINee fics these days unless you are known to write for one specific pairing (which I’m not because I just like to jump between pairings a lot *lmao*). I mean it does have its advantages to see a different group of people read your stories depending on the pairing you write about (e.g when I wrote an OnTae oneshot I’ve seen people in the comments I’ve never seen before which was fun), but I have the feeling that especially these days people mainly read fics from specific authors because they know they solely write one ship (or two at max) and don’t even check the ao3 page anymore. This might not apply to Jinki ships as I always have the feeling MVPs are the most supportive fanfic readers no matter the ‘On’ ship (MVPs love their fics it seems, which is lovely). Anyway, I don’t know how things are on other platforms. Meanwhile, there is me who sits in her multi-ship bubble. ^^” 4) How could I have forgotten about you, dear cricket nony?! Your last messages were so lovely that I won’t forget you so easily!  ^^ Please stay safe as well and once again thanks so much for your messages! I hope you will have a lovely weekend and a splendid week! ♥

#non-fic post #cricket nony #Anonymous

[lala-pipo]

1. hey hahaha i saw your latest post, how after you posted a fanfic it's all cricket noises! welllll here i am one of those crickets, I guess! I wonder if tumblr shows how many visits your blog had in a day, because I visit your blog daily to check if you updated Dorm Life... hahahah quite literally, every morning after I wake up, it's one of the first things that I check, because I know it could set my mood for the day >.< not to put pressure on you ofc, just to show I'm looking forward for it!

2. hahaha maybe i should come up with an anon name or something at the end of my messages, cos this one turned out to be long... but anyways! So far, I am loving the first chapter! I read it twice already hahaha the first time I was just so excited at having new jogtae content to read, so the second time I was absorbing every little details huhuhu I love your writing style, you are one of my favorite writers! I'm not just saying it, it's the truth! Your writings makes me feel things and 3. I love how you portray the characters, direct the plot, it's just beautiful! I am looking forward for the next chapters! I don't know if you were planning to update it weekly or bi-weekly or even monthly, so that's why I visit your blog everyday to check if you've updated it! Hahaha I also checked you on AO3 to see maybe if you forgot to update it here and only updated it there... oh gosh I sound like such an intense fan... hahaha thank you so so so so much for writing these stories...  4. Last part of my fan message, I promise omg... so I'm just so so looking forward to where the story will lead us, because damn it's only been chapter 1 and SO So sO maNY things already happened, and I was like... we have 14 chapteRS to GO? Like, where will you bring us? angst? jealousy? fluff? some more intense makeout session? some feelings? I am looking forward for where the story takes me, and honestly, I can't thank you enough for writing these stories... hehehe 5. Ohh! and and one last thing, this one is out of curiosity though! Are you Japanese? or maybe you know Japanese? hehehe I was reading the origin of your blog name! Anyways, I hope you stay safe during this pandemic, ... and even if there are only cricket noises, at least this one cricket spoke to you! and would like to say that I appreciate all the effort you made to make such beaUTIFul stories! Thank you! - cricket anon ;D

  _______________________________________________ Dear cricket nony, ^^ I hope you don’t mind if I answer your long message in one post (while answering this I realized you sent two more *le gasp*). Thanks so much for sending me an ask (or several for that matter). It made my day.  (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡

My post wasn’t directed at anything/anyone specific but just a general observation I’ve made over the past few months (years -). I remember so many people sending me messages and asks in the past about when I finally continue/finish (w)help and when I did, barely anyone read it, and that seems to be a reoccurring theme and I’m not quite sure what I should take from that, you know. ^^” But I shouldn’t whine, there are more important matters in this world. I’m glad you enjoyed the first chapter of this very self-indulgent fic. I’m sorry that you went through the hassle of checking for updates every day. I should have given a specific time frame in the first chapter and not use the vague word ‘regular’. That’s on me, I’m sorry. T_T I intend on posting a new chapter either every two weeks or three weeks, and don’t worry, I will post a link on this blog when I update. 6v6 As I’ve said in the notes of the first chapter I’ve started working on this in 2016 while I was bored and lonely in my small dorm room on the other side of the world *sways back and forth* and tbh I just wanted to write some JongTae smut ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (not even gonna lie here and pretend that I had some deep, philosophical life questions in mind when I started writing this). That Dorm Life turned into an actual story only happened this year when I tried to thread everything together and not make it into a 170k smut fest. Therefore the first 6 chapters are rather quick paced and there is a lot going on while the other 9 chapters (15 is the epilogue and doesn’t really have plot) are slower paced. So I hope you will also enjoy the other chapters of this little story. ^^ “Like, where will you bring us? angst? jealousy? fluff? some more intense makeout session? some feelings?” Dear cricket nony, I will bring you to all of these things to varying degrees. ^^ I know people don’t like it when pairings are mentioned in the main pairing tag when they aren’t the end goal or just side!pairings (*raises hand* I’m one of those people 😂) that’s why I only mentioned 2min and JongKey in the additional tags, but they will play a crucial role throughout the fic. ^^ So, anyway - I really hope that you will enjoy the rest of the fic as well. I’m still tweaking some of the chapters because there are some things I’m not happy with yet, but yeah - please look forward to the rest OTL.  As for your last question - I’m not Japanese. But the dormitory that inspired this story was in fact located in Japan. I studied there for a year during my Master’s  in Japanese studies. I chose the pen name ‘lala pipo’ because I read the book with the same title in 2010 and liked the narration of it (fun fact: I’m currently re-reading it again because I couldn’t remember why I liked it so much ^^). I posted my first two? SHINee stories still under my original livejournal username, but I didn’t want to spam my private account with fanfics - so I created a new one just for fics and just liked how lala pipo sounded. It’s also easy to remember I think. ^^ Once again, thanks so much for your very sweet messages, cricket nony. You are always welcome to cricket some more. ♡ ～('▽^人) I hope you will also stay safe during this time. I wish you the loveliest of days! Thank you!  (っ˘з(˘⌣˘ ) ♡

#asks #non-fic post #cute people #cricket nony #Anonymous

[lala-pipo]

Hellooo lala-pipo san :D I hope you are doing well! I recently entered uni for Master's and I took a part time job, so I've been busy and haven't read the latest updates on Dorm Life :O I'm hoping I can clear out the exams in the upcoming week with flying colors and reward myself by re-reading it from the beginning until the end! :D I don't know if it's still 3rd of December in your time zone, or even when you read this message, since I heard you are going on a hiatus, but... Happy Birthday! 1/2

I hope you had a wonderful day, spent with the people you love! :) Wishing you all the best during this hiatus, whatever you are up to, wherever you are, all the successes for you! <3 Reading and analysing Dorm Life chapters literally was the one of the brightest and funnest parts of my life in 2020 and 2021. I was kinda having a quarter life crisis and your fan-fictions were sort of my solace <3 (this is a purely well-intentioned compliment, not to put pressure on you :D) 2/3

Lol I thought I could sum it up in 2 messages but oh well hahaha Sooo yeah! I just want to wish you all the best (because you deserve the best things ;)) and to thank you for working on the colossus fic that is Dorm Life! Otsukaresamadeshita! I'll probably leave another set of messages during Christmas break as I read through the fic again (if you don't mind lol), so until then! With lots of love, cricket anon <3 <3 <3 3/3

Cricket nony!!!

I'm glad you're well and sound! I was already worried that you started to hate this story so much that you dropped it, but I'm relieved to hear that you just have been living your life. Congrats on starting your Master's degree. I wish you all the best for it. I also hope that your exams will be going well and that you will have some time to relax afterwards.

Wow - you remembered my birthday! lmao. Thank you! So many people who usually congratulate me in irl seem to have forgotten all about it this year, so it surprises me even more when someone on the internet remembered it. That's so kind of you! Thank you very much. The covid-19 numbers have skyrocketed in my country in the past few weeks again, so most people are very cautious about any kind of gatherings - therefore I didn't have much of a celebration. But the most important people in my life were present for dinner so that's all that matters. ^^

Thank you for your very kind words. I hope you will enjoy the remaining chapters as well. Reading from the beginning to the end in one go might actually be the best idea to enjoy the story to the fullest because I fear so many details in later chapters got unnoticed by readers because they couldn't remember details from previous chapters since my posting schedule was so inconsistent. :')

Random side note, I actually fulfilled a dream of mine and got Dorm Life printed for myself. It's so long that it fills two paperbacks with almost 700 pages each. So everyone who finished the story, you can give yourself a pat on the back - because that's a lot of pages...haha I hadn't realized I produced THAT much fic - but yeah. I hope the first volume will arrive on Monday. I reedited the first few chapters in the process of getting the book ready for printing and now I'm considering to exchange the reedited version with the one on Ao3, but I'm not sure yet. Anyway, I'm rambling into the void again. :')

Thanks so much for stopping by, cricket nony! I'm very happy to hear that you're fine and that my story helped you to find some enjoyment! <3 As always, please take good care of yourself and enjoy December to the fullest. <3

#cricket nony #fic ask

[lala-pipo]

(1) Hi!! Helloo!! Cricket anon here to make some noise~! Hahaha, this particular cricket just recently got a job, so didn't have time to read the update TnT even though in my previous comment I said I was waiting intently everyday, this time it was a surprise!! Let me just say this in advance, thank you so much for the update :D Okayy, so clearly this isn't one of those chapters that doesn't have smut in int ;) hahaha, but man the ending for this chapter gets me on the EDGE of my seat like :O

(2) UMmm I mean the chapter speaks for itself, I am glad in a way that it’t out in the open, but at the same time kinda sad :( I wonder where the story will take us next, perhaps some other kind of developments ermagod literally I am so excited for the next update, I literally counted, with 12 chapters left and around let’s say 3 weeks in between, we are looking at 36 weeks left, which is safe to say, I am gonna be stoked for the next 9 months omfg

(3) Literally though, as I was reading chapter 3 update, I kept looking at the scroll bar thingy on the right hand side, making sure that I still have some to read in the chapter before it ends :O and YEAH, actually this chapter made me rethink the kitchen scene in the chapter 2 hahah definitely not what i thought it was lol Anyways, wanted to make some noises and to say that you! are! an! amazing! writer! :) and also sorry because there were probably no content in these hahaha - Cricket anon

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Hello dear cricket nony,

Thanks so much for stopping by to cricket at me some more. It made me really happy when I saw your asks pop up in my inbox. I really appreciate your cricket noises. ^_^

Congrats on getting a job! I hope it will be a fulfilling new experience for you! ^^

(spoiler alert) Chapter 4 won’t contain any smut (I don’t think that this comes as a surprise though after the ending of chapter 3. :’D

You doing the math and telling me that it will be approx. 9 months until the story is completely posted on Ao3 did scare me a little. I should have done the math as well, I wanted it to be finished by the end of the year, but now I realize that this calculation doesn’t make any sense with my schedule of posting one chapter about every 3 weeks. I guess there are reasons for me not studying math at university. 😂

What a scary thought though D: I need to reconsider everything I guess. lmao However, chapter 14 and 15 (which is the epilogue) will only be posted days apart because there is no real plot in chapter 15 anymore, so it wouldn’t make sense to post those two weeks apart. The epilogue is also much, much shorter - as of now. (I might add to it as time goes on as I’ve done with the first five chapters so far). I was wrong when I said that this story is 170k+ long in total. I’ve already added so much to it, that it probably will end up being 200k+ in the end *hides in a bucket*

Well, I DID mention that the kitchen is an important place in this fic. 😂

Once again, thanks so much for your kind words. I hope you will have a lovely day/week/month. ❤️

#cricket nony #Anonymous

[lala-pipo]

(1) Hii hiiii!! Yes… hahaha I totally didn’t forget to press the anonymous button right… ;) I see! I totally just read too much into the kitchen table scene lol… Also, it makes sense, we are only on the second chapter… but my heart… every chapter is basically gonna be an exercise for me 😂 To be honest, I am actually legitimately surprised that there will be chapters without smut lol 😂 It will be less of a roller coaster ride, but omg if it’s angst, I hope I could handle it 😂

(2) I kind of understand what you are talking about, I do tend to see the same readers commenting on fanfics of the same pairings, or on fanfics by the same author. Honestly, I’m guilty of such acts lol 😂 Though multi-ships authors are pretty rare these days, and that’s pretty cool in its own way too, because you’re able to portray the members in different dynamics. It makes your stories very interesting to read! :D (3) And wow! I actually didn’t know that about MVPs, that is very awesome of them; and also a very interesting observation actually! Hehehe I’m gonna make some more cricket noise in the future ♥ Thank you for replying to my long messages ^^ I hope you’ll have a splendid week as well!! - cricket anon ************************************************* Dear Cricket nony, I’m not here to tell you how to feel about certain scenarios. That’s up to you, the reader. ^^ If you want to interpret more into the kitchen scene and it makes you happy, then please do so. ^^  I think there are 7 chapters without sex (I might have counted incorrectly - so let’s say 6 or 7) ^^ That might be even more shocking to know. I’m not sure. 😂 I know! I feel like a unicorn with my multi-ship agenda these days 😂 When I began writing for SHINee in 2010 I tended to write a lot of JongKey but always disliked it when people wanted to put me in the JongKey box because I found that too confining. ^^” Yes, that’s why I like to write multiple ships - the dynamic for each is very different and it’s always fun to play around with the nuances. Some things that might work for MinKey might never work for OnTae and so on, so for me personally, I would find it boring to only ever write one pairing, but I have a lot of respect for the writers who write one pairing only because it takes a lot to make the stories/character descriptions unique to each story without making it seem repetitive.  That’s only my personal experience with MVPs. Others might have made a different one (though I doubt it). ^^ Thanks again for taking your time to make some cricket noises. I highly appreciate it! Have a lovely week  ♡

#non-fic post #cricket nony #Anonymous

[lala-pipo]

huehuehue I did send a lot of asks in a roww ^^;; Thank you for taking your time reading and answering them lol... and ouououo I shall be here waiting patiently for all the updates :D then I'll come and cricket some more hahaha... and alsooo! I've lived in Tokyo for 4 years for my Bachelor's degree, but my Japanese is like literally passing N2 by 1 point, at 91/180 lol... I kinda miss Japan, but not rly sometimes because I hated the rush hour train rides omg >.< have a nice day! - cricket anon

Dear cricket nony, ^^

That sounds awesome! Four years is a really long time! I miss Japan sometimes as well. I lived closed to the ocean, so I went there almost every day. ^^ 

Ah, I feel that. Ever since I stopped having Japanese classes my Japanese deteriorated immensely. :’)

Have a lovely day! 

#cricket nony #asks #non-fic post #Anonymous

[lala-pipo]

(1) Hi there!!! I hope you are doing well! Welll welll you kept true to your words, there were not smuty smut smut in chapter 4 :O :O :O *pretends to be surprised* lol but but may I just say, chapter 4 was full of snort-moments; as in, as I was reading it I kept snorting at those cute, funny, incredibly awkward yet endearing moments >.< the teasing around and the blatantly obvious Minho, like the rooftop scene!!!, and also the tattoo scene???, and the kinda sad Kai Christmas scene huhuhu

(2) this chapter!! is!! full!! of!! emotions!! It made me feel so many things, from cringe to yas!! Taemin!! stand up for yourself!!, to like Minho, maybe chill? haha and also to heart wrenching moments with Taemin’s thoughts T.T *cries* and um omg sometimes when I read, I plan to quote it here because I find those particular scenes either cute or a scene in which I laughed incredulously at, but then at the same time I don’t want to spoil the others so I try to be a as vague as possible hahahha

(3) HaAHAH yeah I definitely counted that it will take around 9 months, it’s gonna be the thing that fuels me through the next 9 months lol but then I think I might have issues because, look, we are 4 chapters in, and I’m already sad that there will be only 11 chapters left lol; I am looking forward to the next part of the story! Btw I saw the tweet that you posted abt how SHINee sits down and I just found that right down hilarious xD

(4) and also I saw the news about your retirement! Just like the others, I would like to say that I admire your writing too, and I hope you enjoy your retirement hehehe Thank you for all your handwork! It might be small, but I’ve always looked forward to your updates, and your writing bring me joy to my dull 9 to 5 life hahah Thank you~~! And as always, please stay safe, and drink lots of water!! :D

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Cricket Nony! ❤ Lovely to hear from you again! Thanks for stopping by to send me some lovely cricket noises! I hope you are doing well and are enjoying your new job so far! :D

I told you, no smut in chapter 4! :D I’m a lot but not a liar! ^^

I’m doing a lot of foreshadowing in this story, so even IF some conversations or scenes seem random at the moment, they might not be so random later on, so it’s always good to pay attention to the small things I believe. lmao

The rooftop scene is one I’ve only added recently, it wasn’t in the original draft (le gasp - giving out all the secrets here) but I remember that the rooftop was a hit in my old dormitory and some of the exchange students climbed up there constantly. It wasn’t easy to access though and I’ve never been up there myself, but I thought adding this scene gave the whole thing a nice touch. If I remember correctly I originally wanted to include a scene on the rooftop, but forgot all about it when this story gathered dust in my drafts, so I’m glad I could add one now. ^^

Oh, please tell me what made you cringe! I’m always curious to see what parts evoke what kind of feelings in the reader and whether it’s different to the emotions I go through when I write these scenes. :D There is a scene in chapter 6 (spoiler alert) which makes me emotional every time I read it, and I’ve written it three years ago, and I’m still going all TT___TT whenever I get back to reread it (it’s not even a sad scene - but it’s still *clutches heart*). But readers might be left completely cold and unaffected - so I’m always very interested in hearing such things. ^^ It’s also a good indicator to see what works and what not and it helps me to develop as a writer (I might reach my next Pokemon evolution one day).

I would love to see what quotes/ parts you liked (in the worst case I could just censor them in my reply :D).

Minho is getting more spotlight now than he did in the original draft. But as I’m reworking this story I realized that I need to include more of him, to give more basis to parts in later chapters (foreshadowing 👻). In that way it’s actually really nice that the story is already finished, but I’m going back to each chapter to work on it again. That hasn’t been possible for any story I’ve worked on so far, so that’s a new and quite nice experience. ^^ That’s also a reason why I appreciate feedback so much. Recently I’ve received a message from a reader in which they rose some interesting points they were looking forward to, only to make me realize that I didn’t pay that much attention to a certain aspect, so when I reworked chapter 5 - I was like - WAIT - let me rework this specific part. It didn’t have any influence on the story or the plot, but it gave the part a little more substance. ^^ So yeah, it’s a never ending process. So feedback is always welcome. 👍

I didn’t even read the sub/dom part in the tweet T_T because then I wouldn’t have agreed with the photo (not that it matters) but just from top/bottom/vers whatever I thought it to be quite hilarious. :’D

Thank you dear cricket nony, that’s very kind of you. But I won’t be gone immediately. Remember, I have to stay at least for another 9 months haha. As I said before, I want to finish You are Love first before leaving SHINee fic land. ^^ There are also still some things on my bucket list I want to fulfill before I’m parting with this blog. I want to publish an OnHo story that has been sitting in my laptop for the past three years, I want to write a 2Min story one last time, I want to finish my second prompt for the Summer of SHINee event (which is OnTae), I want to finish my anniversary story which is JongYu, so there are still some things ahead. There is also so much JongTae that I still want to write but probably won’t ever do. 

The next story I will put up will be my entry for the Summer of SHINee event, which will be revealed in the upcoming days. I won’t mention the pairing of the prompt yet, but people who pay attention to this blog will already have found the answer in this post. ^^ 

@ Everyone: Please look forward to it since I love this little story so much. It’s my favorite story I’ve written for the fic fests so far (also the longest), because it’s just so fluffy. Although writing the parts that were set in Ancient Greek for Song of Sirens was a lot of fun as well. 

Anyway, I’m rambling. I’m sorry OTL. Once again, thanks so much for taking time out of your day to send me these sweet asks. It means a lot! ^^

The same goes to you, dear cricket nony! Please stay safe and drink lots of water :D

#cricket nony #non-fic post #Anonymous