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[heybinnie]

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[cantalooprat]

Fanservice Paradox

What I Liked

hhhh the romance concept of pts and fjx is rly rly right up my alley, philosophy×mathematics with the core of "true self", it rly... rly ticks all my boxes. how do i describe itttt its like, its like... basically, the pursuit of truth is the most romantic of all lmao its like how i think that physics is inherently romantic, philosophy and math are like that too. basically. i love the abstract metaphors and the in-character but non-public knowledge allusions, they way they integrate and make parallels of each other in their own fields of study (moon of entelecheia, point on the number axis). ngl i didn't expect this kind of thing in my idol-setting showbiz wn.

i feel like pts and fjx rly embody the quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction". pts didnt hate fjx himself but hated how passive he seemed despite being at the eye of a storm of rumors, and fjx avoided him bc it’s his natural reaction to someone who doesn’t like him. but at the core they have similar values and outlooks in life, just different ways of going about in preserving them. so once the ice between them starts to melt into warmth, it's rly... fairly easy for them to fall for each other.

i love how zhichu wrote fjx. i feel like true socially awkward introverts r super rare in danmei-sphere. there r mostly taciturn ppl who don't like to speak (hello stoic cold mls) but they're not lacking in the social capability department. when i read abt fjx i lowkey think, wow, i feel like that too sometimes lmao. it's also nice that zhichu wrote how there r ppl who questioned if fjx has psychological problems and responded that there r ppl who r naturally more introverted, and ngl i'm guilty of thinking of that too, even though i myself am an extreme introvert and should have been able to understand and identify more w fjx sighs

ling yi is an entire precious disaster bb and yybl would not have been the same without him

tbh yybl brings back all the sweetest memories of my kpop stan days, reading it is like experiencing ur fav nugu group blow up into stardom. they even come w their own edgy boygroup title tracks lmao. hnn but yeah, there r so many memorable moments. the accidental cp fancam (exid's fancam that made them famous!), faulty audio that catapulted them to stardom (gfriend's infamous slipping performance when they danced on a wet stage?), fjx's mic box almost falling off and him saving it flawlessly (shinee's dream girl perf w minho's broken mic stand), their first win, their first concert... i cried reading the last 2 chapters abt their concert, it rly made me nostalgic. anw. the point is. stan kaleido.

night trip tho it became so meaningful im so shook, it was a drama ost n they described the scenes where the song was used n i got Goosebumps n then the hidden meaning of the lyrics was also revealed n how it's all referring to pts and fjx's love story sigh sigh sigh

ok ok ok but i can't not mention the absolutely beautiful imageries that kept being used to reference these two. from math to philosophy to the moon to spring/winter... they're fantastic, i love the beauty in the writing.

w a t e r f i r e im so! fukin!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! g o d that set of extras they're not even done yet n im so!!! ok i believe the audio drama team will rls daydream for waterfire they cant not rls daydream!! waterfire is s o . . . their sexual tension is off the charts n i was even like ho they have fwb vibes n then they actually became fwb n i was Still Shook like wtf me anw their romance is a whole different flavor compared to tingjue, they're like a more adult tianwang actually. he ziyan was like "mb im someone who cant keep someone else" n i had moumou war flashbacks. fak i had no clue waterfire is a thing in the main text, if it wasn't for other readers mentioning i'd rly have no idea. n then they have a set of extras just for them n i was like mygod... they can be their own wn... they rly have that vibe of "a relationship that wasn't quite complete when they were young, then they reunited x yrs later n finally get together" n like thats just moumou vibes adkfks

What I Disliked

the...pacing is kinda wack. tbh nearing the end of the story i was kind of tired of reading it, and not bc i'm bored (like for ghfod i was actually bored near the end). the ups and downs were just really... quite extreme. idk how to quite describe it, but it was tiring.

pts's attitude screams entitled a lot of the times. tbh he can't get away w most of the shit he does if he wasn't so rich. at least he's not a stoic ml ig

the author mentioned it too but it's def a v idealistic view of the entertainment industry. not rly a con but its also not rly a pro, but having come from kpop n seeing the netizen reactions for kaleido, i just think that they must be living in a much warmer, kinder parallel world compared to this one.

icb heartbeat paradox wasn't actually a song from the wn /unreasonable

Notes

would i read zhichu's other works? probably... i think their writing concepts and romantic philosophy is right up my alley, but the pacing of yybl rly did make me tired at the end lmao

[princesiddie]

ok ok ok. brown link. like polynesian, heavy wind waker influence. He has that type of kinky hair (i can't describe it any other way, my cousin has the same hair, tho mine is more loose n wavy i dont know the word for it) the longer it gets the more he has to fight with it, but he ties up his hair in a knot, or he decides to have it short, makes his earrings stand out better. He still somehow has bright blue eyes and sidon just swoons all the time. thoughts?

I FUCK WITH THIS REAL FUCKING HARD I LOVE BROWN LINK SO MUCH

yes……. yes……YES FUCK i cant rly articulate how much i love and desire poc link ???? hes just so GOOD i love him ????? i reckon my hairs a lot curlier than urs or links wuld b but him w any sort of curly natural hair i fucking nut!!!!! yes!!!!!!!! its thick n DARK n he has so much of it n its a real fuckin hassle to deal with some times but its his n it looks GOOD!!!!!! on him n he loves it …… he looks so fucking good when its down n its all curly n billowy n BIG n it spills all over his shoulders n around his neck… n he looks so fucking cute when he has it up !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ….jus t………..yes…………… n his eyes look so fucking good against his skin and his hair they r so PIERCING n bright n when the sun catches them Just Right it cn send fuckin shivers down ur spine coz its jus so …. G O O D……. ugh hes just so fucking beautiful in so many different ways sidon is actually aggressively SHOOK every time he looks @ him coz just wow WOW LOOK AT HIM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how did he get a boy so perfect and stunning it blow his fukin mind

than k u for sending this to me

[ieechans]

MINGYU AND COLLEGE AU PLS ILY

this isn’t short oops i went overboard

how did this boy even make it into college

no rly. how

he did all his apps n stuff the day they were due and was still accepted into his top 3 can u even believe

currently dorming with minghao, who legit put a line of down the middle room and said “pass this line and i’ll shave one of your eyebrows off.”

mingyu thought he was joking. had to change his hairstyle to cover his missing eyebrow until it grew back (dw minghao took the tape down after bc he felt bad)

avid fan of partying…… gets invited to a lot of parties n while minghao is like “do u really have the time to party considering your grades?” mingyu is like “i always have time to party. n also ur coming with me just in case i get drunk as hell”

minghao just rolls with it bc he finds wasted!mingyu pretty funny. but minghao is a good person that keeps mingyu from doing stupid stuff whatta guy

anyways he’s at a party. and he’s wasted. minghao is trying his best to keep a watchful eye on him but he runs into his friend jun and gets sidetracked in a conversation. by the time he’s done talking he looks back and mingyu is g o n e

while minghao is panicking, mingyu is just sitting on the floor in the restroom upstairs bc he accidentally locked himself in and this boy is too sh*tfaced to figure out how to unlock it

and here’s the thing, ur at this party bc your friend dragged you along even tho you aren’t a party person

you didn’t want to ruin the fun so you just awkwardly stood in the corner of the room waiting for them to be ready 2 go home. unfortunately your friend is quite the Party Person.

after someone tries to yike with you, you were like “hell no.” and decided to lock yourself in the restroom until your friend was done doing whatever they were doing.

you make it upstairs and you twist the doorknob, n it twists but you can’t open it?? the host of the party walks by n they’re like “oh yeah it gets jammed sometimes you just gotta kick it a lil”

so you do that. n you hear a really loud *thud*

the door was jammed, but there was also someone leaning on it. you open the door all the way to see this guy just on the floor, perfectly still

you’re freaking out like “sh*t sh*t SH*T is he dead???? what do i do hfjdks”

but you see his eyes flutter open n he lifts his head off the ground a little to look at you and you’re like “oh thank god”

he slowly gets off the ground and walks towards you and you’re like “are you okay?? i didn’t mean to intrude, i just wanted to use the –”

and then you jUMP bc this random (but incredibly handsome) stranger puts his two hands on your shoulder and brings his pretty face close to yours

and its like you can smell how drunk he is and he’s like “omg…. u saved me i thought i was gonna d i e in here”

and you’re just standing there, frozen + flustered, n you’re like “it’s no problem,,, can i use the restroom now,,,”

but this boy is drunk n his face is slowly getting closer to yours n you’re panicking and suddenly someone pushes you aside and SMACKS the drunk boy in the face

“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING MINGYU. YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULDNT GET DRUNK BC YOU HAVE WORK TOMORROW.”

and then he proceeds to turn around and give you this angelic smile like “sorry for my stupid friend! we’ll be going now!” and he drags mingyu away by the collar while muttering stuff in another language under his breath. (as he walks by u do hear him subtly say “i didn’t come all the way here from china to babysit a 19 yr old” lmfao)

and you’re standing there like. well. that was something.

the next morning mingyu’s at work (the campus coffee shop) with a pounding headache n minghao’s “i told you so” ringing in his ears

the party to him is kind of just a blur, and the only thing he remembers is that he was about to kiss?? someone cute???

anyways you had to stay up all night waiting for your friend to get tired out, so you decided to buy a cup of coffee on your way to class

the second you enter the cafe, the cashier greets you n when you look up to see them you almost drop all your books

it’s the same guy from last night. lowkey you’re like “… impossible” but his nametag reads “Mingyu” and you’re like “goddamnit it is him”

but he doesn’t seem to recognize you?? and it’s kind of a given considering how wasted he was lmfao

while mingyu takes your order, he’s doing occasional glances from the cup and your face and he’s like “huh…. they’re really… cute”

after he makes your drink he calls out your name and you approach the counter to take the drink from him and he’s like “sorry, but have we met before?? you seem really familiar”

part of you wants to say no but you straight up just say “…….. you got locked in the bathroom at the party yesterday and i let you out. you almost kissed me before your friend hit you in the face.”

and suddenly the blurry filter that covered the mystery face was gone and mingyu is like “oh……………………… sh*t”

next thing you know he’s spitting out apology after apology and he even offers to pay for your drinks for the next month and you’re like “chill you were drunk it’s fine” but he’s not “chill” in the slightest

watching him get all flustered and embarrassed is .. kind of cute.. bc he has this light tinge of pink on his face and you’re like.. ok he is handsome i have to admit that

you clearly have the upper hand in this situation + you’re already feelin kind of bold :^) so you ask for his sharpie and tell him to hold out his arm

mingyu thinks you’re going to write something like “i’m a drunk idiot” across his arm or something but his face goes from ….. to ???? when your write your number

you hand him his sharpie back and you’re like “take me on a date instead. i’ll let you kiss me then if it goes well.”

and then you leave and mingyu almost has an aneurysm the end