It's been five years...
...for me here on Lj^^
Just to put this here.
So on April 30th, it's been five years since I discovered LJ and also Arashi because LJ is the place where and when I became an Arashi stan. If it wasn't for all the wonderful Arashi subs and fanfic I woudn't be such an active Arashian until now. I came to be a fan when Arashian around here are dwindling down (mostly because of RL and/or moving to other platforms - mostly twitter) and I missed the glory days of Arashi international fans (still sad that some of the sub links that died before I got here and never reuploaded - but thanks to raw providers I'm still able to catch most of the missed episodes (still incomplete) although I won't understand much lols)
Ao no Michi was the first sub comm that accepted me when I was struggling to navigate LJ and my page was literally empty. It was also the place where I read my first Arashi gen fanfic. Shipping among members of Arashi was at first a foreign thought to me until I found Arashirabu and then sakumoto comm (ah I wish the comm is still active...) The first OTP that touch my heart (and still sqeezes my poor heart whenever I read/thought about their chibi days) is Sakumoto aka Shojun aka niji pair aka awkward pair aka no-touch-me pair (lols) I guess that's the one pair that manages to make me cry a billion times (not to mention how angst is so perfect for them and all those awesome fic writers; astrangerenters, sunblades, akhikaru (thanks for taking up my plot/prompt and turning it into such a wonderful story, and also for being an awesome Lj-writer friend, and all those fics~), learashi (thanks for being a wonderful Lj-writer friend and to all those awesome fics - I still want your brain lols), lilly0 (I'd fun writing for you, thank you for all your great fics, also congrats on winning Arashi gen and drabble fic on Arashi awards!), ivenclaire (thank you for offering your service as beta when I most needed it, you're the best!- btw I miss your sakumoto boxers fic), Bobblemon (for writing my most favourite Juntoshi fic ever), yarukizero (for the awesome fics, concert reports and lyruc translations although she's not an Arashian any longer), yun_miyake (love your translation and fics), eiko_lotus(hey, I miss interacting with you^^), yukitsubute (thanks for writing Junba for me), shirukaze (I'm still waiting for her one-chapter-updated-per-year Samurai Arashi fic to be updated), gomushroom and to those I know I love but can't name all)
I think it's pretty obvious that my bias in Arashi is Jun . I love him too much mostly because out of five in Arashi I can relate to him the most. His physical feature is a plus but for me his personality is what makes me stays with him. He's perfect but imperfect at the same time. We're both Virgos. There was many instances where similarities happen, where I can say, hey I've the same reaction as him! (especially his handling of children in his earlier years but now he's gotten better with it XD) Additionally, I understand how hard it is to be likable/accepted, how much efford spent to find our place in this world when we don't have natural talents so I can related to his hardwork and stoicness (not to say the others aren't as hardworking, they work hard too, sometimes more than Jun but you get what I mean) He grows and changes over times with experiences. He has many detractors and haters too (yes he has them in abundance, the haters make themselves known and loud too, even Jun knew/acknowledge it which is kinda sad to me) but I think now he's already accepting it and fine with who he is. He might not be as quick witted as Nino, not as likable as Aiba, not as eloquent as Sho and not as naturally gifted as Ohno but he has his own charms. His singing voice is not as good as the others even though I love it (so bias you see lols) but he stays on pitch and gives much needed harmony in their songs (and I've listened to him live so I'll always defend him when people say he can't sing) And also to see him genuinely care for Arashi and his members is enough reason for me to love him and Arashi (hey don't forget I love Ohno, Sho, Nino and Aiba too ^^)
Since Jun is my bias, naturally all Jun pairings are my OTPs. However Sakumoto has my soft spot and now both Juntoshi and Sakumoto share the top spot in my heart. And initially the one who gave me such influence to love Sakumoto so deeply was Shi (shojunniji@lj) I was fortunate enough to be accepted as her friend a few years ago when she was still in the fandom and I got to read her shojun's compilations/ thoughts /observations or findings from Jp's shojun fan forum when she was living in Japan. She had this theory about them (that she gathered from the jps' fans) that made me nearly believe that it was really close to the truth. Sometimes her sakumoto fics were too realistic I cried when I read them. Her love for the pair was too great. She loves (-ed?) Jun the most, not fangirling because of Jun's glorious face only but because she loved his personality too just like me (and I think that's why her portrayal of Jun in her fics gets me so much - I feel like bursting into tears even as I'm typing this) Her job led her to meet / interract personally with Arashi (or perhaps she had worked with them briefly) and I'm sure even until now it was such an unforgettable memory for her even though now she's kinda graduated from Arashi due to her marriage and thus moving away from Japan. I wish her all the happiness in the world with her family wherever she is right now. I miss her. I'm hoping her to be back but I guess her fangirling days has been put behind. Sometimes I do wonder, in my iddle days, what her reactions are going to be if she saw sakumoto now. She must be happy to see so much sakumoto moments happening especially last year ^^.
Anyway, reminising is great but I might not see the same fandom glory days on LJ any longer. But I still love this blogging style. DW is similar but still I feel like being in a foreign place- still need to get use to it though.
So perhaps that's why it's hard me to move away even though many people are already moving to DW (By the way, I'm also on DW too with the same user name)
But the internet is an open place. I can hop here and there where fandom takes me. So yoroshiku!
Alright, I think I should start making my own wish meme, prompted by Lilly0, learashi and yukitsubute (making prompts is such a hardwork lols)
Edit: I'm kicking myself for forgetting to add this: Thank you to all you readers who have read my stories and commenting on them up until now. You've given me motivation to write (and sometimes invaluable input too) and I'm grateful for that. Cheers!
Just to put this here.
So on April 30th, it's been five years since I discovered LJ and also Arashi because LJ is the place where and when I became an Arashi stan. If it wasn't for all the wonderful Arashi subs and fanfic I woudn't be such an active Arashian until now. I came to be a fan when Arashian around here are dwindling down (mostly because of RL and/or moving to other platforms - mostly twitter) and I missed the glory days of Arashi international fans (still sad that some of the sub links that died before I got here and never reuploaded - but thanks to raw providers I'm still able to catch most of the missed episodes (still incomplete) although I won't understand much lols)
Ao no Michi was the first sub comm that accepted me when I was struggling to navigate LJ and my page was literally empty. It was also the place where I read my first Arashi gen fanfic. Shipping among members of Arashi was at first a foreign thought to me until I found Arashirabu and then sakumoto comm (ah I wish the comm is still active...) The first OTP that touch my heart (and still sqeezes my poor heart whenever I read/thought about their chibi days) is Sakumoto aka Shojun aka niji pair aka awkward pair aka no-touch-me pair (lols) I guess that's the one pair that manages to make me cry a billion times (not to mention how angst is so perfect for them and all those awesome fic writers; astrangerenters, sunblades, akhikaru (thanks for taking up my plot/prompt and turning it into such a wonderful story, and also for being an awesome Lj-writer friend, and all those fics~), learashi (thanks for being a wonderful Lj-writer friend and to all those awesome fics - I still want your brain lols), lilly0 (I'd fun writing for you, thank you for all your great fics, also congrats on winning Arashi gen and drabble fic on Arashi awards!), ivenclaire (thank you for offering your service as beta when I most needed it, you're the best!- btw I miss your sakumoto boxers fic), Bobblemon (for writing my most favourite Juntoshi fic ever), yarukizero (for the awesome fics, concert reports and lyruc translations although she's not an Arashian any longer), yun_miyake (love your translation and fics), eiko_lotus(hey, I miss interacting with you^^), yukitsubute (thanks for writing Junba for me), shirukaze (I'm still waiting for her one-chapter-updated-per-year Samurai Arashi fic to be updated), gomushroom and to those I know I love but can't name all)
I think it's pretty obvious that my bias in Arashi is Jun . I love him too much mostly because out of five in Arashi I can relate to him the most. His physical feature is a plus but for me his personality is what makes me stays with him. He's perfect but imperfect at the same time. We're both Virgos. There was many instances where similarities happen, where I can say, hey I've the same reaction as him! (especially his handling of children in his earlier years but now he's gotten better with it XD) Additionally, I understand how hard it is to be likable/accepted, how much efford spent to find our place in this world when we don't have natural talents so I can related to his hardwork and stoicness (not to say the others aren't as hardworking, they work hard too, sometimes more than Jun but you get what I mean) He grows and changes over times with experiences. He has many detractors and haters too (yes he has them in abundance, the haters make themselves known and loud too, even Jun knew/acknowledge it which is kinda sad to me) but I think now he's already accepting it and fine with who he is. He might not be as quick witted as Nino, not as likable as Aiba, not as eloquent as Sho and not as naturally gifted as Ohno but he has his own charms. His singing voice is not as good as the others even though I love it (so bias you see lols) but he stays on pitch and gives much needed harmony in their songs (and I've listened to him live so I'll always defend him when people say he can't sing) And also to see him genuinely care for Arashi and his members is enough reason for me to love him and Arashi (hey don't forget I love Ohno, Sho, Nino and Aiba too ^^)
Since Jun is my bias, naturally all Jun pairings are my OTPs. However Sakumoto has my soft spot and now both Juntoshi and Sakumoto share the top spot in my heart. And initially the one who gave me such influence to love Sakumoto so deeply was Shi (shojunniji@lj) I was fortunate enough to be accepted as her friend a few years ago when she was still in the fandom and I got to read her shojun's compilations/ thoughts /observations or findings from Jp's shojun fan forum when she was living in Japan. She had this theory about them (that she gathered from the jps' fans) that made me nearly believe that it was really close to the truth. Sometimes her sakumoto fics were too realistic I cried when I read them. Her love for the pair was too great. She loves (-ed?) Jun the most, not fangirling because of Jun's glorious face only but because she loved his personality too just like me (and I think that's why her portrayal of Jun in her fics gets me so much - I feel like bursting into tears even as I'm typing this) Her job led her to meet / interract personally with Arashi (or perhaps she had worked with them briefly) and I'm sure even until now it was such an unforgettable memory for her even though now she's kinda graduated from Arashi due to her marriage and thus moving away from Japan. I wish her all the happiness in the world with her family wherever she is right now. I miss her. I'm hoping her to be back but I guess her fangirling days has been put behind. Sometimes I do wonder, in my iddle days, what her reactions are going to be if she saw sakumoto now. She must be happy to see so much sakumoto moments happening especially last year ^^.
Anyway, reminising is great but I might not see the same fandom glory days on LJ any longer. But I still love this blogging style. DW is similar but still I feel like being in a foreign place- still need to get use to it though.
So perhaps that's why it's hard me to move away even though many people are already moving to DW (By the way, I'm also on DW too with the same user name)
But the internet is an open place. I can hop here and there where fandom takes me. So yoroshiku!
Alright, I think I should start making my own wish meme, prompted by Lilly0, learashi and yukitsubute (making prompts is such a hardwork lols)
Edit: I'm kicking myself for forgetting to add this: Thank you to all you readers who have read my stories and commenting on them up until now. You've given me motivation to write (and sometimes invaluable input too) and I'm grateful for that. Cheers!