steel heart!AU [final]

[slashedsilver]

Title: steel heart!AU
Author: slashedsilver
Fandom: VIXX
Pairing: Leo/N with side Ravi/Hongbin
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 12,000 words (complete)
Summary: When Hakyeon finally gives in and places an order for a CARE Bot 2.0, the outcome is entirely different from what he's imagined.
Author's Note: And... the ending you've all been waiting for :) This chapter is

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AHHHH. This chapter has so much fluffery happiness rainbows and butterflies: I loved it!!! Ooh I spy a random sungyeol dropping in (AND WOOGYU AT THE END, BE STILL MY FRAGILE HEART) and and and what's this about yeol smiling mechanically, is he a robotdude too (or am I reading too much into this)

Ahh, I loved the whole explaination and world you built. And the way you wrote yeol explaining about engineers vs mechanics: the people who think vs the people who do.

And yay for humanguy letting go of his worries and finding love(ish) for robotdude. AND I AM SO RELIEVED THERE WASNT AN (insert convenient amnesia) PLOT DEVICE HERE. Although I really should have known better, and trusted that you wouldn't resort to things like that.

And and and, I'm watching vixx's stuff and tbh if I hadn't read your fic first, I might have been entirely turned off by Leo. I mean, he's not the most comfortable person to watch point blank with no background info and stuff. Reading your fic sorta helped me understand him a little bit better, although I'm still ultra puzzled about how he got into the whole idol business. Nothing ultra negative (hope this doesn't offend you) I'm just super curious about his whole situation.

(WARNING: ONE LONG ASS COMMENT. I probably should have written this at the top eh

[slashedsilver]

/rolls around in your comment I LOVE IT I LOVE IT

HELLO RANDOM SUNGYEOL. Yes I couldn't resist. Sunggyu made an appearance in one of the earlier chapters in a throwaway comment from Wonshik so I thought I'd follow it up and give him a happy ending too :D Woogyuuuu ♡

I thought I overdid it with the butterflies and happiness but I'd dragged everyone out for chapters so it was only fitting... and yessss you caught it!! I gave Leo a robotdude friend in Yeollie.

I wondered if I should let humanguy find love(ish) so fast but figured I could write more angst in a sequel! A hypothetical sequel. Very very hypothetical at this point.

Eeee amnesia! I should write a melodrama. Toss in a few mistaken identities star-crossed lovers birth secrets and AMNESIA. Stir well.

And and and! I could write an entire meta on Leo because he's so interesting to me! I don't want to put a label on him, but there are definite signs of social communication difficulties that are typical of some of the children I work with. I have to say he's managed really, really well (and his band mates help him a LOT -- especially N). The thing is, you can see how much he really loves singing and being on the stage, so much so that he overcomes his personality or natural difficulties in order to stand on stage with the rest of VIXX. And I find that so admirable, even though people who might not be used to him might find it odd or strange or like "why is this idol just not trying hard enough" (which is ENTIRELY understandable since a lot of people who become idols also become larger than life in their personalities or they understand they have to put on a persona in order to appeal to the audience). And in the case of Leo, it's definitely not just a personality thing -- he sometimes needs to be explicitly told or taught what is socially acceptable. And he's grown so much over the years that it just really touches me :) And sorry now I've written you an essay.

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haha I love essays written just for me:DD
Yeah I find Leo quite interesting. I have to say, because I was skipping back and forth between variety shows (short attention span..oh look a butterfly!) so I don't really know the whole backstory or his improvement. so initially i was a bit put off. because like you said, it felt like he wasn't putting in any effort. But then again, I'm glad I didn't give up (COS I WON'T GIVE UP ON US, EVEN IF THE SKIES GET...DARK? turn to rust? I have no idea. I can never remember song lyrics in full) because I've learnt that it's better not to judge people/things too quickly. and like you said, it doesn't really seem like its a personality issue, more like he's hardwired slightly differently. And he is trying I guess. You can sometimes see his eyes twitch and move like "is this the right time to say something? should I say/do something now?" (SAY SOMETHING I'M GIVING UP ON YOU...okay song's not applicable haha).

Ooh you work with children? Child development? That sounds really interesting! I'm going to be a teacher in a few months (actually more like in 40+ days time), although my 'clientele' are probably older than yours haha.

hahah I have a feeling robotyeol and robotwoohyun are of an entirely different species as compared to robotdudeleo. Actually it would be quite interesting to explore both species in contrast. Like robotyeol and robothyun have been hardwired to perform and please. hahaha.

and I realised I clicked post before finishing my thoughts. hahaha I'm afraid of angst:( But I promise to read any hypothetical sequel that writes itself :DD

[slashedsilver]

You bursting into song randomly made me burst into laughter! And rofl what shows were you skipping between?

And yes I think you described it very well -- he is hardwired slightly differently! And wow you're going to be a teacher? What ages would you be teaching and what subject? I work mostly with younger kids so between around 8 to 12 years old :)

I have a feeling robotyeol and robotwoohyun are of an entirely different species as compared to robotdudeleo

Ooh! Why do you say that? Because robotyeol and robothyun were created earlier? I haven't really thought about the technicalities (and I actually think it'd be harder to explain/justify if let's say they didn't have an AI capable of making them feel). I felt a bit odd writing this already (like where do the lines blur) but I had to give them a happy ending.

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hahah I was switching between Plan V (the holiday one?) and Mydol and other shows from other people haha.

I'm going to be a secondary school teacher (ages 13-16, not sure whether you're familiar with that term though haha). I teach English and Social Studies! I'm quite excited to begin (but definitely nervous too). ohh, 8-12? What do you do with them? (Do you cook them? /kidding kidding)

hahaha robotyeol and robothyun...I'm talking mainly from like their actual personalities pov? Like robotleo is withdrawn and takes some time to warm up to his surroundings and generally prefers to be quiet and keeps to himself (correct me if I'm wrong!). Whereas for yeol and hyun, they're more outgoing and loud, and eager to please people (which is probably a nicer way of saying that they're attention seeking). mainly the way they both react to attention makes me think they're different species! It's like robotleo doesn't like to draw attention to himself unlike the other two.

I'm not sure if that was coherent haha.