I just read it all again and I noticed so many little details that I missed on the first read, so many subtle references to canon. Casey hit the nail on the head when she said there's a difference between a fic written by a casual fan and a more dedicated one and this fic is the example of written with love.
your Junho is heartbreakingly pitch-perfect, from his doubts to his gapes to his understanding of his friends and his world, and he was beautiful backed up by a Khun, Wooyoung and Taec that acted exactly as I expected them to act in this alternate life. Khun was glorious from the many hairs of his exemplary eyebrows all the way down his long, long legs and I adored the Chansung cameo with the hint of bucksung, bucksung who parted amicably and still cuddle COULD IT BE ANY MORE PERFECT.
your Taec was fantastic and you made him come to life with that thing, the thing where he jokes and makes a fool out of himself just to make his friends feel better, the thing where he can switch from silly to sharp in 0.000232 seconds. I loved his gentle censure of Woo when he'd gone too far with the Heartbreaker line and his teasing leers at Junho when he needed some affection.
and, of course, your Wooyoung. your Wooyoung. this fic would have been good without him of course - your writing is always wonderful, always a pleasure to read - but your Wooyoung made this fic into something great. very few fic!Wooyoungs please me (as you know) but I simply cannot fault the way you characterised him here. his snark, his drive, his bluntness, and then his strong, deeply shuttered love for Taec...it was amazing. I always forget to go back and quote favourite lines in comments but for you I'll put in the hard yards ok:
"I didn't know you were so romantic."
"It's not romantic," Wooyoung snaps, eyes finally flitting over to Taec before settling back on Junho. "It's primal. Even animals provide for their families."
thank you. thank you for writing this. when I made my off-the-cuff remark about "khunho with Junho playing sports lol" I had no idea I'd get something as magnificent as this. you are quite simply one of the best writers 2PM fandom has ever seen and I want you to remember this every single day.
I just read it all again and I noticed so many little details that I missed on the first read, so many subtle references to canon. Casey hit the nail on the head when she said there's a difference between a fic written by a casual fan and a more dedicated one and this fic is the example of written with love.
your Junho is heartbreakingly pitch-perfect, from his doubts to his gapes to his understanding of his friends and his world, and he was beautiful backed up by a Khun, Wooyoung and Taec that acted exactly as I expected them to act in this alternate life. Khun was glorious from the many hairs of his exemplary eyebrows all the way down his long, long legs and I adored the Chansung cameo with the hint of bucksung, bucksung who parted amicably and still cuddle COULD IT BE ANY MORE PERFECT.
your Taec was fantastic and you made him come to life with that thing, the thing where he jokes and makes a fool out of himself just to make his friends feel better, the thing where he can switch from silly to sharp in 0.000232 seconds. I loved his gentle censure of Woo when he'd gone too far with the Heartbreaker line and his teasing leers at Junho when he needed some affection.
and, of course, your Wooyoung. your Wooyoung. this fic would have been good without him of course - your writing is always wonderful, always a pleasure to read - but your Wooyoung made this fic into something great. very few fic!Wooyoungs please me (as you know) but I simply cannot fault the way you characterised him here. his snark, his drive, his bluntness, and then his strong, deeply shuttered love for Taec...it was amazing. I always forget to go back and quote favourite lines in comments but for you I'll put in the hard yards ok:
"I didn't know you were so romantic."
"It's not romantic," Wooyoung snaps, eyes finally flitting over to Taec before settling back on Junho. "It's primal. Even animals provide for their families."
thank you. thank you for writing this. when I made my off-the-cuff remark about "khunho with Junho playing sports lol" I had no idea I'd get something as magnificent as this. you are quite simply one of the best writers 2PM fandom has ever seen and I want you to remember this every single day.
I love you. ♥
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