I've talked about this a bit before on my journal, I think, but RPF used to be a squick for me. I didn't have any issue with it in theory, but I am very easily put off by hearing about romantic/sexual encounters involving people I know--mainly friends and family, but it also applies to real-life folks that I am somewhat aware of due to interviews and such. I could read about fictional characters having kinky sex no problem, but hearing about my friends' first kisses and such made my skin crawl.
All this is to say that I had to make a conscious and sustained effort to get past my squick feelings to start reading and writing RPF. Which I did because I was between fandoms, wanted to find a fandom with plenty of fic to read (my usual M.O. for getting into a fandom), and diving into kpop fic seemed like the best choice since I was already consuming a lot of kpop content anyway. So I basically just forced myself to read a bunch of fic until finally it didn't squick me anymore lol.
platonic ideal of a K-pop fic:
Basically bleak boy band bingo tropes lmao. I am primarily interested in fics that engage with idols as idols, and I have a great hunger for angst. (I still prefer happy or bittersweet endings over total downers though.) Semi-related: fics that deal with marginalized identities/experiences within the industry (queerness, neurodivergence, working in Korea as a foreigner/part of the Korean diaspora, disability, etc.)
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Date: 2023-07-09 10:36 pm (UTC)I've talked about this a bit before on my journal, I think, but RPF used to be a squick for me. I didn't have any issue with it in theory, but I am very easily put off by hearing about romantic/sexual encounters involving people I know--mainly friends and family, but it also applies to real-life folks that I am somewhat aware of due to interviews and such. I could read about fictional characters having kinky sex no problem, but hearing about my friends' first kisses and such made my skin crawl.
All this is to say that I had to make a conscious and sustained effort to get past my squick feelings to start reading and writing RPF. Which I did because I was between fandoms, wanted to find a fandom with plenty of fic to read (my usual M.O. for getting into a fandom), and diving into kpop fic seemed like the best choice since I was already consuming a lot of kpop content anyway. So I basically just forced myself to read a bunch of fic until finally it didn't squick me anymore lol.
platonic ideal of a K-pop fic:
Basically bleak boy band bingo tropes lmao. I am primarily interested in fics that engage with idols as idols, and I have a great hunger for angst. (I still prefer happy or bittersweet endings over total downers though.) Semi-related: fics that deal with marginalized identities/experiences within the industry (queerness, neurodivergence, working in Korea as a foreigner/part of the Korean diaspora, disability, etc.)