I honestly can't remember how I got into writing Kpop RPF. I know I was listening to Kpop, just as music, for a while before delving into fandom. It may have been a friend who was also into Kpop and wrote fic, and once I started reading theirs I wanted to write my own, and from the groups my friend wrote I kinda branched out on my own...
But I really don't know. It's been too long, and my memory doesn't go that far back. Just know I'm here, back again, after many months of general "blah" and listening to metal and jazz.
Browsing replies here, though, I noticed a few who approach RPF cautiously. These are real people with real lives, obviously, and they deserve respect. I don't think I've appreciated that until seeing how some people will seem to stake a claims on the idols' lives, really treating them like a video game character or doll. Those negative instances are what have made me fall back from Kpop as a fandom. It was just so obvious to me that what I read or come up with myself has no bearing at all on the idol it's borrowing an image from.
So kinda in that vein, I prefer AUs. More distinction between the fact and fantasy, maybe. That said, regardless of setting, I am a sucker for simple slice-of-life stories. No fuss, no muss. Going shopping? Fantastic. Joining up with buddies for a meal? Better describe that food. Being an antisocial slob for a weekend and not leaving the house? Ideal. 👌 I like happy, or at least hopeful endings.
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But I really don't know. It's been too long, and my memory doesn't go that far back. Just know I'm here, back again, after many months of general "blah" and listening to metal and jazz.
Browsing replies here, though, I noticed a few who approach RPF cautiously. These are real people with real lives, obviously, and they deserve respect. I don't think I've appreciated that until seeing how some people will seem to stake a claims on the idols' lives, really treating them like a video game character or doll. Those negative instances are what have made me fall back from Kpop as a fandom. It was just so obvious to me that what I read or come up with myself has no bearing at all on the idol it's borrowing an image from.
So kinda in that vein, I prefer AUs. More distinction between the fact and fantasy, maybe. That said, regardless of setting, I am a sucker for simple slice-of-life stories. No fuss, no muss. Going shopping? Fantastic. Joining up with buddies for a meal? Better describe that food. Being an antisocial slob for a weekend and not leaving the house? Ideal. 👌 I like happy, or at least hopeful endings.
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