olymfics recs
as some of you may already know, kpop_olymfics has been posting fic steadily for the 2013 cycle of the competition since mid-april. there was a pretty impressive turnout for yge fic, and we have several recs for you below. as there is still a week of voting left (it ends on june 11, 2013), we highly encourage readers to head over to the comm to read the stories (a bunch of different fandoms were represented this year) and participate by voting and leaving feedback!
without further ado, a handful of recs:
As My Breath Fled From Me, It Found Home In You | se7en/park hanbyul | almostkiwi | pg
this fic did an excellent job of highlighting the ups and downs of se7en and hanbyul's relationship. i was really surprised when it popped up on the community because there's so little se7en fic written in the first place, and even less involving hanbyul. i thought hanbyul was also fleshed out well as a character and enjoyed the way the story was interweaved with the wedding happening in the present day. all around a great read, with lots of cameos by the rest of yg family!
it's so romantic, i panic | cl/minji | samstrident | nc17
i always love it when writers get into cl's head. she's got such a magnetic exterior that i'm always curious to see how they'll characterize her inner perspective, and this author's cl was quite lovely. i love how the development of cl and minji's relationship is so natural and organic and it isn't perfect-not even at the end-but feels true to both characters and does them both justice. and the porn at the beginning is hot, too ;)
the way to grow up | cl/g-dragon | bollywoodrecord | pg13
i don't read cl/gd very often, but this one was really nice. i really enjoyed how cl's growth was reflected in her thoughts about gd and how they changed over time, and i liked gd's characterization here, too; how he's placed on the pedestal at the beginning of the story and how that's slowly broken down as the events of the story occur.
heart like a canvas | g-dragon/top | gdgdbaby | r
the break-up fic is a pretty common trope in fandom. this author's take on it was great, and despite it being set in an au i could see a lot of parallels between the gd and top of this universe and canonical gd and top. i enjoyed the little brush strokes of everyone else in the periphery (youngbae and dara and gd's sister and even lee soohyuk), and i especially liked that even though top was absent for most of the story, he was still fully realized as a character through gd's eyes.
without further ado, a handful of recs:
As My Breath Fled From Me, It Found Home In You | se7en/park hanbyul | almostkiwi | pg
this fic did an excellent job of highlighting the ups and downs of se7en and hanbyul's relationship. i was really surprised when it popped up on the community because there's so little se7en fic written in the first place, and even less involving hanbyul. i thought hanbyul was also fleshed out well as a character and enjoyed the way the story was interweaved with the wedding happening in the present day. all around a great read, with lots of cameos by the rest of yg family!
it's so romantic, i panic | cl/minji | samstrident | nc17
i always love it when writers get into cl's head. she's got such a magnetic exterior that i'm always curious to see how they'll characterize her inner perspective, and this author's cl was quite lovely. i love how the development of cl and minji's relationship is so natural and organic and it isn't perfect-not even at the end-but feels true to both characters and does them both justice. and the porn at the beginning is hot, too ;)
the way to grow up | cl/g-dragon | bollywoodrecord | pg13
i don't read cl/gd very often, but this one was really nice. i really enjoyed how cl's growth was reflected in her thoughts about gd and how they changed over time, and i liked gd's characterization here, too; how he's placed on the pedestal at the beginning of the story and how that's slowly broken down as the events of the story occur.
heart like a canvas | g-dragon/top | gdgdbaby | r
the break-up fic is a pretty common trope in fandom. this author's take on it was great, and despite it being set in an au i could see a lot of parallels between the gd and top of this universe and canonical gd and top. i enjoyed the little brush strokes of everyone else in the periphery (youngbae and dara and gd's sister and even lee soohyuk), and i especially liked that even though top was absent for most of the story, he was still fully realized as a character through gd's eyes.