#Ranboo's just in a normal high school and he is SUFFERING bc even remotely good grades are extremely hard to get

[koreanbibliophilegirl]

Korean DSMP (AUs) would be hilarious, but Korean Alex Rider would never work. Because missions be darned, you ain't dragging a Korean kid out of school for anything. (The ones who are serious abt studying at least.) Also, Korean!Alex would absolutely record everything Blunt says and post it on social media, going viral in a mere couple of hours. It's Alex after all, he's deffo sneaky enough to do that. I mean, unless Blunt bribes him with a freepass into Seoul University(the most prestigious college in Korea), Korean!Alex is NOT going on any missions.

Korean Artemis Fowl might work ig, something doesn't feel quite right to me but I can't think of any major issues atm. Maybe the fact that Artemis missed so much school, which is NOT happening in Korea. We only get a handful of days off for illnesses(a reasonable amount for any common illness, but definitely way less than Artemis would want), plus 10 days for "Home Education(basically for family trips and stuff)". Miss any more school, and you might be held back. We also have Period Absences (originally meant for when your period is particularly bad, but a lotta ppl use it as a free day off/as an excuse if you've slept in) but those are only once per month. Coming in late/going home early counts as well. So. Yeah. Artemis is NOT bunking off that much school, and if he does, the LEP might have to do a mass mesmerizing.

I just wanna say, if you aren't American, definitely try setting a modern AU in your country. Fill it with the things you know, to breathe life into it. It's really nice to see new settings, to open up a fic and go 'oh wait, hold up, I know that place'. It might only apply to a few people who read your fic but it's really rewarding to get that feedback.

(Americans keep doing you, just trying to encourage the rest of us lol)