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any plans on updating dynamic dust ??
hi berryy idk if u read webtoons but i just found one that is so dongren coded… the name is it’s just a dream, right? the characters even resemble them so much.. like dh’s red hair era and rj’s twinkfulness….
https://retrospring.net/@berryboys/a/113419131886219894 berry you should get a tumblr cuz i needed this to be an essay but the character limit on retro is atrociously limited. anyway, i second the jaemren angst potential. it's so evident when 70% of their fics on ao3 are some sort of dead dove trope. like a headcanon we all subconsciously have. they can rarely just be fluffy or dramatic or complicated like everyone else. on the other hand I've read the most adorable jaemren it gave me cavities
the character limit stopping us from diving deep into jaemren angst... listen i will always agree with angst bc i think its saucy and if it depended on me all fics should have aaaa little bit of angst in them. I can imagine ways in which they can be angsty but, because i havent read a lot of jaemren, i probably have a different perspective? Like who would actually suffer between the two etc. Dead dove though?? What are you guys writing about them lmao
you wrote the jaemsung to end all jaemsungs and then just??? casually went about your way like you didn't. lilac chaser verse jaemsung are just.... idk bro icb you casually set the standard for jaemsung and no one talks about it? no one is taking notes? AND THEY WERE A SIDE SHIP? AND THEY DONT EVEN GET TOGETHER UNTIL THE END IN THEIR OWN SPINOFF??? im sickened
im flattered anon 🥹 i feel like my jaemsung fic is a very specific type of relationship so it can be a hit or a miss (they develop slowly and often with nonverbal communication and this isnt everyone's cup of tea + there are no rated scenes between them - for a characterization reason, though i think no one ever noticed lol) so im very glad to hear from time to time that there are ppl like you who loved it :) thank you!!
2/2 and misalignment and non-soulmateness can bring so much tension 🫠 they’re not supposed to fit but somehow they’re just so ??? Idk the right word for it 😭 just ??? That ???? The dynamics is just so fun to play with, and the chemistry is so good despite them not suppose to having any???? It’s so fascinating 😭
1/2 Saw your other ask of anon saying why they think jaemren is angst, I both agree and not agree. I agree they’re angst, but more of because they’re non-soulmates, there’s just this misalignment with them, in so many fundamental ways they’re incompatible and I think that’s where the angst comes in. It’s obvious too that they’re soulmates with other people instead (jm=jn, rj=hc). But this is why they’re so delicious too lol that incompatibility (cont.)
I love your jaemren analysis, its like peeking into an unknown world lol the idea of non soulmates is so interesting tho?? I feel it poking into my brain. But isnt it beautiful to build a rs with someone that in theory doesnt have a looot in common with you? I do love being friends with ppl who are very different from me bc those traits you don't have can become smth so positive to have around
I forget that you do commissions. If you're open, I'm curious what fics have you posted that were written on commission?
I havent done commissions in a looong time actually, but I'll think about it once I finish the fic I'm writing rn. These were some of them:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22518217/chapters/53808874
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42019692/chapters/105497463
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20462636/chapters/48552806
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28039791
berry do you have any markhyuck fic recs? the people (me) are dying 😞
you came to the worst place for mh recs im cackling... i can't help you a lot but the last mh fic i read was this one and i was obsessed with it https://archiveofourown.org/works/44858815
u should go to latam for the next tds, i swear their crowd is on another level (specially brazil and chile
fav tds3 stop??
hi berryy i love ur works and losfunboys and englishsummerrain ! u feed my dongren hunger all the time,, quite scared to look for other dongren fic writers bc i fear ill never get amazing works as yours.. a reco of a writer is deeply appreciated 😭
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