#but would I rather drink bleach than go back and edit my work? 100%

[kaelidascope]

I need to make a point of saying that contrary to popular belief, I do not read. I do not enjoy reading, I hate being asked to read things, reading is exhausting and a chore. I like to write just for the sake of writing. The act of writing itself gives me so much gratification just to be able to do it!

But if I saw this bitch in the wild at 300k+ words I would never fucking touch it LMAOO doesn't matter HOW good it is man that's way too fucking long

what the fuck was I THINKING LMAO THIS SHIT IS INSANE I WOULD NEVER READ THIS

Not saying I think MM is bad or not worth the read. I certainly think it is! But for like, you know, people who like to read. Not me LOL glad some of y'all literally will sit and re-read this shit regularly though. Y'all juggernauts for that

It's not even like I write topics that I don't enjoy. I certainly enjoy them, otherwise I wouldn't be writing them. But I like writing them, not reading them. But that's not exclusive to topics, I just don't read anything in general

[morphinethevaccine]

Would you want to be their roommate? (ADA Edition)

a/n: In which you're the roommate of various Armed Detective Agency members. I'm only like, half serious.

  — Dazai Osamu Boundaries? I don't know her.

Rule #1 of rooming with Dazai is understand he's a hypocrite. While he's 100% the type to read your diary, eat your snacks with zero intention of replacing them and take your stuff without asking, he does not want the favor returned. 

Honestly, Dazai prefers to have his own space. Having a roommate makes it a little hard to engage in some of his more reckless endeavors, like ignoring warning labels to mix bleach and ammonia, trying to inhale oven fumes, and womanizing (its not like he usually brings people back to his place anyway because he isn’t keen on people knowing where he lives, but the point still stands). 

Just pay little mind to the fact your toaster is missing because he tried (and failed) to drop it in the bathtub with him. Again.

— Atsushi Nakajima and Kyouka Izumi I feel a sitcom coming on.

Moving in with a stoic former murder turned do-gooder and the traumatized orphan with a self worth problem too many sounds like a scriptwriting fever dream. But hey, a positive: no matter how screwy your background is, you don't have to feel like the weird one. 

Quirks aside, neither makes a bad roommate: Atsushi is thoughtful, caring, and marginally domestic, while Kyouka minds her business by staying out the way for the most part. 

Considering the bizarre makeup of the occupants, people might look at the three of you and wonder how you manage to coexist. Maybe the three of you can even be the wholesome version of Three's Company, complete with regular misunderstandings that could have easily been avoided had someone just been more forthcoming.

— Doppo Kunikida Is this really how you want to live your life?

Has his lights on timer and 'quiet hours' he sticks to religiously. Organized to a 'T': you putting things back in the incorrect place or leaving a jar on the wrong shelf in the pantry is going to give him a tension headache. 

Definitely shouldn't be the residence of choice for messy people, those inept at reading social cues (who in turn won't know when to shut up and leave him alone), or anyone with an alternative sleep pattern. Will not hesitate to tell you off if you're running the microwave at 2 am. 

A great place for routine addicts or wayward souls in need of someone to beat order and structure into their head-- sometimes literally, but for the non-anal retentive, this is probably the closest form of spiritual suicide on this side of heaven. 

— Jun'ichiro Tanizaki and Naomi Tanizaki For those who don't value their mental health.

At first glance, not a bad place to stay. Jun'ichiro’s a solid cook, gives off everyman/boy-next-door vibes and is relatively sane (unless Naomi's in danger). Naomi's nice enough and likely a fun person to hang around assuming she's not glued to her brother's side. 

But don't get too excited just yet. Both tend to be fine, if not enjoyable to interact with individually, but the main problem with rooming with this pair is having to stomach them together. 

Imagine listening to these two doting on each other. All the time. Hearing that day after day is going to shave at least 10 years off your total lifespan, give or take. I suppose you can invest in earplugs and work on expanding your happy place, but is it really worth it?

— Ranpo Edogawa   Roommates? I think you misspelled 'parent and child’

Expect to hear "Great Detectives don't do (insert thing he should definitely be doing)" often. Could be a great roommate if he applied himself, but his laziness tends to delve into 'hand me the remote even though it's an inch from my fingertips' territory. 

Don't expect him to know how to use the garbage disposal or run the dishwasher (or be apologetic about either fact). Can't be trusted to buy groceries: his contributions are just the entirety of the snack aisle: Twizzlers, Mike and Ike's and this color changing drink he found at the convenience store. 

Pushes off things he should be doing (like his laundry) on you because 'you're washing clothes anyway' and has the frustrating tendency to only 'deduce' things you really don't want him to, like why your girlfriend or boyfriend broke up with you. 

— Akiko Yosano Not too bad, actually.

While Yosano might come across intimidating, she's largely harmless to the average joe or jane. Unless you piss her off, she has little reason to saw off any of your extremities. 

Generally speaking, she’s a normal roommate who respects your personal space (and expects the same in return, so please do the same if you value your life) and takes care of her portion of shared responsibilities without issue. Yosano isn't argumentative, but she's not one to bite her tongue, either. 

So if you're looking for a roommate who's not going to call you out if you're on some bullshit, Yosano is not that roommate. As long as you pull your weight and aren't unusually annoying, the two of you can manage a cordial relationship with minimal threats and/or bloodshed.

— Kenji Miyazawa Prepare yourself for a host of weird proverbs.

Has a 50/50 chance of calling you 'roomie' ("Because that's what city people say, right?") or something else mildly irritating. As the literal personification of its not that deep, it's pretty impossible to get him upset, which is great news for you-- just in case you happen to be the annoying one in this scenario. 

Kenji's probably the most laidback roommate of the ADA roster, who wouldn’t fight you for ownership of the larger bedroom or get salty if you monopolize the bathroom.

Bonus points if you happen to find his often bizarre stories about life in the country entertaining rather than disturbing (said stories are always told with a smile no matter how screwed up they are, of course, because this is Kenji.) Overall, not a bad person to have as a roommate unless positivity and blind optimism tend to give you hives.

[im-youngmin]

[TRANS] 170727 MXM’s Interview with Ilgan Sports (Group + Individual)

Group Interview:

Q: How do you feel with your new song release ahead?

Youngmin: Since it’s our first area being shown as a singer, I’m nervous. Above all, I wish to show that we are idols who have infinite possibilities.

Q: How did you guys feel when you heard that the two of you were going to be a unit?

Youngmin: Since Donghyun’s the only other adult, he was the dongsaeng I was closest with. Also, we’re a unit that is tied with each other through Christmas.

Donghyun: My birthday is ‘Confession Day’, which is September 17th. Exactly 100 days later, it’s Youngmin hyung’s birthday, which is on Christmas. Fans told us that, so I felt that meeting hyung was fate.

Q: Tell us about working as a unit.

Youngmin:When we don’t have any specific schedules, Donghyun and I would go to the company when we would wake up to record and edit the lyrics. Although I had a short amount of experience with recording through ‘Produce’, it was the first time having all of the company people come and direct. I tried to get accustomed to that mood at first.

Q: Did you ever get scolded at?

Donghyun: Since I wanted to show songs with various colors, we changed the genre and did it numerous times. Every time the genre changed, I was a bit confused, so I was lost.

Youngmin: I got scolded at a lot. I needed to sensibly fix it after getting direction, but I wasn’t able to understand it right away. But Rhymer CEO said ‘You guys improved a lot’. There was a time I recorded as practice before ‘Produce’, but I got scolded at a lot at that time.

Q: Is there something Rhymer CEO told you that you remember the most?

Donghyun: He encouraged us by saying, ‘Let’s work hard as a unit while Daehwi and Woojin are promoting as WANNA ONE. Until we form together as a idol group ultimately, let’s do our best in our own spots.’

Youngmin: He told us, ‘The love you are receiving right now is a big affect from the character or personality shown through the broadcast. If you want to continue to receive love, your skills are important. You need to fulfill even more than that.’ He said that we need to continue to make good music, so it’s important to listen to a lot of music for now.

Q: Brand New Music is famous for its hip-hop genre.

MXM: The music we will be showing isn’t restricted to hip-hop. That’s why we think many are curious. Although we’re under a hip-hop label, since we’re debuting as idols, we plan to show a bright and fun side. We also want to try out a variety of music.

Donghyun: Among the pre-release tracks, there is a song that I composed and wrote lyrics for. I showed it before through a V App, but that was under an acoustic genre. The current arranged version has a slight beat and the tempo was sped up. It’s different from the acoustic version I made, so I liked it.

Q: Why did you come to Brand New Music?

Donghyun: It’s a company with many artist seniors who are good at music and when I thought of Brand New Music as a company that’s good at music. I thought that I would be able to learn a lot if I were to go there, so I auditioned for Brand New Music. After being a trainee under JYP, I came out and was preparing for college entrance exams, but the opportunity came.

Youngmin: Since I like dancing, I danced and gradually fell into the genre of hip-hop. I heard that Brand New Music was making an idol group and tried out and came in.

Q: While preparing for the unit, did you have a chance to talk seriously?

Youngmin: We didn’t go somewhere specific or drink alcohol for it. We just naturally had a talk. We discussed our concept and asked about our self-composed songs. Since we live together and eat together and are attached to each other for 24 hours, we have a lot of time to talk.

Q: How is your dorm life?

Youngmin: Donghyun is scared of bugs. Even though he isn’t scared of ghosts, if a bugs appears in a room, he’s someone who will run to another room (Laughter). When we filmed the hidden box challenge during ‘Produce 101’, I think he wasn’t able to place his hand in fear that there would be a bug.

Donghyun: The towel in our dorm used to be white, but one day, it was suddenly all pink. I wondered why it was like that, but to think that it was because of Youngmin hyung’s red dyed hair… I found out only now.

Youngmin: I didn’t tell him, but secretly just said, ‘I used your towel’. Since I dyed my hair red, the color bled really well, so I even bought shampoo that would make it not bleed.

Youngmin’s Interview:

Q: There were a lot of nicknames created thanks to your red hair.

Youngmin: I was called ‘Cherry Boy’ at first, but after finding out that my parents have a tomato farm, I became ‘Tomato Boy’. It was my first time dyeing my hair, but since I bleached it, it hurt so much to where I thought it was ripping. To be honest, I didn’t want to do it, but since there are people who recognize me from this, I asked them to make it deeper so that the color wouldn’t fade (laughter).

Q: Do you remember when you first came to Seoul?

Youngmin: I lived alone for 2 weeks in order to prepare for the JYP Open Auditions. When I came to Seoul again at 20 to enter college, I didn’t really feel anything special. I think I only thought about the task at hand. I also had a time where I thought to fix my dialect.

Q:There are many fans who like when you use your dialect.

Youngmin: There was an audition where I had to just show my singing and dancing without any self-introduction. I passed the 1st round after singing and dancing, but my dialect became a negative during the 2nd round when I did my self-introduction. I was ultimately eliminated, so I tried to fix it after that, but I ended up speaking less from that. I was happy that there were many people from Busan during ‘Produce 101’. Including Woojin, there was Kang Daniel, Hwang Minhyun, and Choi Minki among others, but Minhyun and Minki used Seoul dialect well since they’ve lived in Seoul for a long time.

Q: Once you debut, you’ll probably meet on music broadcasts as singers.

Youngmin: There are people who are preparing for debut like we are and there’s also Hotshot and NU’EST seniors. Rather than think of them as competitors, I feel happy and proud that we all are did well and can meet again. I hope we could all do well.

Q: There’s the duo, Yongguk&Sihyun, coming out at a similar time.

Youngmin: I really spent a lot of time with Yongguk. We’re close enough to the point where Yongguk told me that he’s preparing as a duo with Sihyun when he was eliminated after the ‘Open Up’ stage. Even at that time, we didn’t have anything set about a unit, so I didn’t know that we would come out at such a similar time. I’m really supporting them. While promoting as a unit, I hope we could meet on broadcast.

Q: Im Youngmin received all of the benefits on ‘Produce 101’, but is there a method behind it?

Youngmin: My ultimate goal was to just do the performance well. To be honest, the benefit was a priority during ‘Be Mine’. I wanted to stand out more to national producers that way. However, afterwards, I don’t think I really thought much about the benefit. Especially for ‘Open Up’, I wanted to do the performance well and garner interest and record the fancam well to show. I think that worked more for the hearts’ of national producers.

Q: You were diligent during the 2x dance for ‘Open Up’ too.

Youngmin: They said we were going to be doing it once more, so I didn’t think much of it, but I didn��t know that the beat would be that fast. I remember we were all hectic to the point where Kenta and Dongho couldn’t even dance. While doing it, I felt that I could do well once I became accustomed to the tempo.

Q: If you had to choose something you gained from ‘Produce 101’?

Youngmin: I think my expressions and talking improved a lot. I’m also good at not sleeping. While practicing, I think I slept around 2 hours. Since I focused only on the performance, my screentime was comparatively short. But I don’t have any regrets.

Q: Did your family support you too?

Youngmin:They’re the type to tell me that I’m the one who makes my own life and quietly support me from the back. I thought that they would just watch over me to that point during ‘Produce 101’ too, but my mom told me, ‘Your dad only searches about you all day long’, so I was surprised. My mom also told me that she was going to hang my slogan at her women’s society, so I strongly tried to stop her, but she ended up hanging it. My older brother also only studies, so we didn’t really talk, but he promoted me a lot and gave a lot of helps.

Donghyun’s Interview:

Q: How does Kim Donghyun feel about revealing a self-composed track?

Donghyun: It still feels unfamiliar to go from being a trainee to a singer. After receiving compliments that I did better than they thought, I gained strength and was able to enjoy recording and editing.

Q: Since there are many people with the same name, I feel like you may need a stage name.

Donghyun: As a matter of fact, I thought about it. I think that there’s a minimum of 60 people that show up in the search. So I search ‘Brand New Kim Donghyun’. But then it searches for our company’s Kim Donghyun (MC Gree’s real name). Haha.

Q: Is there a stage name you thought about?

Donghyun: Making a stage name is something to be quite careful about. You can’t make it sound awkward, but I think it will also be a bit strange if it sounds too friendly.

Q: But you seem to have a quite a variety of nicknames.

Donghyun: I went to the convenience store, but they asked me, ‘Aren’t you Honggeonie?’. They called me Honggeonie and not my real name, so it was funny. Honggeonie is a nickname I gained from singing ‘Between Hongdae and Geondae’, but if I were to pick among the two, I think I’m more familiar with Geondae.

Q: Have you seen the pictures fans post as well?

Donghyun: There are funny pictures from when I was younger that are being posted. Although there are times I feel embarrassed, I’m thankful for even that kind of interest. The graduation picture where I’m cross-dressing as a girl was taken forcefully by my friends. I came out of Namdaejeon High School, but it’s the same school as Song Joongki and Hong Seokchun seniors.

Q: Is there something you were surprised about when you first came to Seoul?

Donghyun: There’s only one subway line in Daejeon, but Seoul was really confusing. When I first came to Seoul, I transferred on the subway twice and went to various locations. My mother came to Seoul and we went to see subway ads together, but I was able to navigate her well (laughter).

Q: The moment you remember the most while doing ‘Produce 101’?

Donghyun: I couldn’t even imagine that I would have been competing with Dongho hyung on Punch King. There are three friends I’m close with in Daejeon, but I’ve only tried this a few times with those friends. Right before my fist touched it, I felt that I hit it well, but I didn’t know that it would be on the level of competing with Dongho hyung.

Youngmin: As someone who watched from the side, I didn’t know that Donghyun would get his screentime from there.

Q: If Im Youngmin were to describe Kim Donghyun’s charms?

Youngmin: He’s the one who eats the best among Brand New. He eats everything well besides mushrooms. One time during ‘Produce 101’, mushroom curry came out as the menu, but he picked out all the mushrooms.

Donghyun: There were a lot of tiny mushrooms in it. It was a time where I ate a lot because I was hungry, but I slowly picked out all the mushrooms and put it onto Youngmin hyung’s tray. Youngmin hyung is kind, so he said to give it all to him.

Youngmin: Afterwards, I told him to never give me mushrooms again (Laughter). It was like I ate mushroom rice.

Q: It must have been tiring practicing and you probably had a lack of sleeping.

Donghyun: Everyone was working hard. Rather than be tired, I think we were all busy with the task we were given. Thanks to that, I’ve gained the ability to sleep well wherever as long as I place my head down. Since I don’t sleep-talk, I lay down in that spot and wake up the same way.

Q: I heard you had a lot of interest in Japanese.

Donghyun: I wanted to learn Japanese a bit and converse with Kenta hyung. I would ask him this and that and use it the next day. He taught me ‘Do you want to eat?’, so I used it during lunch time on the next day.

Q: It seems like you like trying a variety of things.

Donghyun: Even with music, I like trying out a variety of genres. Although I like an acoustic feel, I want to try a variety of good transformations. I also want to try out ash bronze as a hair color.

Q: If you had to choose something you gained from ‘Produce 101’?

Donghyun: I think I really just prepared because I focused only on the performance. Joining the program was full of question marks for me, but it has changed into a tilde (~) now. It feels like I’ve passed my trainee status and am now doing something. I want to show new charms of myself in the process of preparing to become a professional.

original post: ilgan sports translation credits: @woojinprk