yes !!! to be honest with you anything that i write has some form of dubious consent or non-con in it (in the "but jisung likes it" way!!)... its my top kink and im nothing if not self indulgent

tagging my both virgins fic is going to be a nightmare though, its a situation where im like well i should put the archive warning on it just in case, even if it disappoints people that read it specifically for that (because nothing non-consensual actually happens. minhos inner monologue is just a little insane at that one point (otherwise its very vanilla and sweet and silly, i promise. alas. this tagging nightmare is a burden im willing to carry))

ah youre so welcome kitty.. theres many different ways to find a beta, but all of those kind of involve being active in the community.. if you have a twitter account thats linked to your ao3 account and have posted some fics out there, youll have a few followers already, and its always worth it to do a quick post and just ask if anyone has the time to beta for you.. or you go find minsung ao3 writers discords and they might have a channel to ask for betas. Or if you join events such as slickfest or minsung ficathon you can sign up to get a beta assigned to you!
its always worth to ask, and my only advice is to try your best not to overthink it... you can be scared of rejection but it hasnt killed you yet so even if it hurts its still worth to ask until someone answers..... but. my prefered way of getting betas is to make writer friends! thats also scary oviously bc anything social is scary but if you can manage to build a fun online friendship with other minsungers, theyre very eager to give you their attention and support you in your fics ! And ALSO be the person tht approaches people for betaing too, if you see anyone ask.! even if you think youre not "good" at it, most people really just need someone to look at their fic and tell them "yes this makes sense. also theres typos in these places" and also give them praise too.. and you can do that!! and you might get closer to these people and they might be people you can approach for betaing your stuff too...
its just a kind of natural progress of being involved in the community. yk . and it might take some time to get betas if you dont have a lot of eyes on you but its not like you need one to write fics. so just like. keep writing and posting to your hearts content and ocassionally ask for betas and i bet someone will bite eventually...
anyway... i hope this helps you.. good luck kitty..

this is a lovely theory but its wrong and heres why:
https://x.com/IN2128J/status/1821263620824793255 - this is august 7th (my time) for M Countdown JJAM Pre-Recording, where it was revealed that jeongin has oreo hair again
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-R5nzbhkD8 - and this is pictures of jeongin with blonde hair durng lollapalooza chicago, which was on august 2nd
With this we can conclude that jeongin dyed his hair between aug 2nd-7th, meaning that the erliest plausible filming date of content that we see in your first link is august 3rd.
Stays discovered peeks of jisungs tattoo around my birthday. which is july 18th btw. heres me freaking out about it. Then also i think there were some hints in their milan video too, and also around when they were filming ccb? i cant bother to find the right sources for all of these !! BUT my point is that even if we assume jisungs tattoo is the freshest around my birthday (which is, once again, july 18th. rememeber this.) (which is also insane because who performs with a fresh tattoo?) by the time that its august 2nd, it would not have been painful anymore, and the reaction in your first link would not be because of it!
jisung might still have been in the stage of putting creme on it and such (usually you do that for arouond 21 days after the tattoo is done), but it would not be painful or sore anymore. ALSO yes here im assuming that jisung got all 3 tattoos done before my birthday (july 18th. youll be quizzed next year) at around the same date !! heres me freaking out about when he confirmed what his tattoos are: https://x.com/cloudrages/status/1816856040643920126 meaning he had all those 3 there by then. and even if we assume OKAY maybe he got the compass (big and ouchie too) done at that exact date (july 26th. 7 days after my birthday), it would Not be painful anymore a week later!!
In conclusion. i love your theory dearly actually (im being serious) but i dont think that that reaction is because of soreness! i think hes just silly and a little gay <3
BUT i do believe that your second link might be tattoo soreness? Although if i were jisungs tattoo artist i would tie him up and keep him still for at least a week (around the time that second skin peels off naturally! "second skin" is a tattoo term for the sticky foil applied on a fresh tattoo that protects it) after putting a new tattoo on him. excessive sweating can cause infections because tattoos are abrasions basically. (the tying up isnt necessary but you know my preferences by now) So. for his sake and for all our sake i hope that if he did get a new tattoo, that he had enough time to let it heal properly!!
sorry for shooting your theory down this harshly. originally i was doing research to match the time to PrOVE what youre saying, but the facts speak against it (most likely. i dont know what im doing and dont believe anything i say ever thank you)

The easiest way is to Keep doing it! Even if you dont consciously try to “get better”, youll find that just by the act of writing youll gradually become better at it… But. If you actively want to improve, you cant do it on your own

1. You can go out and find resources! I dont know your experience level or anything but a lot of fic writers are hobbyists without prior education in writing (and often dont even have english as their first language) and could really benefit from really basic writing and creative writing advice that can be found on youtube!!
   Heres some random videos on some basic writing things:
   How to do dialogue tags: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ3wz-cDtS8
   Filter words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JrQGZzPUxE
   Bunch of different things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N70D6xP0aQo
   How to avoid epithets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmAeAt-gdRU
   And obv take any advice with a grain of salt and dont have those introduction videos be the only ones you consume.. Let your curiosity guide you and go deep dive into the technicals of writing!! But those 4 really cover a big area of things fic writers can improve on! Theres also many more lessons you can find on youtube.. About storytelling and creating characters etc.. i really recommend diving into different writings too. Like. watching videos on advice on how to write poetry or song lyric or how to write screen plays! Lots to be learned from those too…
   And with all that newfound knowledge you can go back to reading books and fics and really understanding why certain sentences and techniques work for you.. And then you can apply all those to your own writing too !! profit

2. If you want to get better then im afraid theres no way around getting feedback from other writers. This is THE number one thing in how to get better. Your own perception of your writing is incredibly biased, and only when you see it through someone elses eyes do your little quirks really sink in… so.. Its helpful to find someone whos passionate about writing and improving, and letting them give you honest feedback !! thats a whole other hurdle obviously because youll have to Find Someone that you click with and then be vulnerable enough to let them go ham on your writing (and also offer you just as much praise to balance it out too!)
   ALSO alternatively if youre too vulnerable to find a beta for your own work, go be the beta for friends who let you go use their fics as a sandbox!! Im forever grateful to my friends because every time i beta i offer a Full Pakage where i give them All my thoughts. All of them. That often means leaving a suggestion or how to rephrase something every single paragraph (so basically like an editor) . its kind of intense and this does Not work for everyone (because a lot of people dont want that type of honest feedback AND its a lot of work for yourself too so you have to be passionate or a little insane)!! but it helps me a lot because figuring out “what doesnt work” in others writing and suggesting an improvement is wayyyy easier than doing your own stuff that youve reread a billion million times. It also forces you to Explain why you think a sentence would work better differently (because i think its rude to suggest to rephrase something without explaining why) so it really helps you nurture your skills without actively doing your own writing.. I love betaing..

Okay… thats about all i have to say without more specific details..

And i will also say: please listen to none of this advice if youre currently in a writers block. Im being so serious right now. No amount of improvement will help you through a writers block . writers block isnt a disease of Skill, its a disease of the Mind where anything you do feels and sounds bad to you !!!!! And if you then go and learn all these fresh writing skills and go back to your doc that you hate so much, youll now only have gotten BETTEr at pinpointing your mistakes and hating your writing (with slightly more ValidTM reasons this time)!! And thats NOT what we want.. No new knowledge for you if youre only going to use it to hate yourself….!!!!!! Only go seek out new knowledge if youre curious about writing as an artform and want to understand why you love the things that you love and become better at giving positive feedback and become more appreciative of the skills and quirks that you (or your friends) already have naturally.. I mean new knowledge might also help you get excited about writing again but… but just trust yourself and dont go deep dive into “improvement” for the wrong reasons…..
(also if youre wondering how to get over a writers block, its basically the same way you get over a bad mental health episode. Its highly personal to you and you have to figure it out for yourself sorry (but also: the solution is walks. Take so many walks !!!!! and also listen to music and also do other forms of art))

ALrIGHT thats it now psa over thank you for asking and i beg you to not take anything i say as serious ever. Im just a guy on the internet who knows nothing. Thank you

on my knees for this...... yes. you get it. i love a cocky confident jisung just like anyone else but i love it when its to the point of where its harmful for him and the relationships around him because he cant be vulnerable with them because hes terrified to be hurt or not to be loved for who he is. maybe hes a rockstar in this one ora famous producer or an idol and because he doesnt have a support system arund him (no 3racha in this AU!) he lets it get to his head but it also makes him violently insecure and self depricating because of how agressive the industry is. Then he meets minho who sees through his facade and doesnt fall for his bullshit but also doesnt fall for any of the times where jisung explodes around him and says some really nasty things to him if hes really stressed or if minho accidently hits an insecurity. i think when jisung blows up at people, they go quiet and kind of leave and then shittalk him (rightfully! he cant regulate his emotions and therefor ends up hurting people! he feels very guilty about it but doesnt even know how to apologive). And jisung is so rude to minho takes any chance to embarrass him publically, kind of. and jisung is angry and flustered (and also lowkey horny about it. he dreams about minho putting him in his place <3 making him feel small) but then eventually jisung blows up at minho privately for the first time, and minho sits there and listens to it until jisung runs out of steam and then hes just breathing heavily and waiting for minho to leave. but minho then calmly and casually rebutes whatever jisung said. (bonus points if jisung was being self depricating too and minho states something praising or neutral) and tells him to apologize. and i think jisung would run away! (literally) and again hed feel so guilty about it but also kind of bratty because no one talked to him like that before and he'd go back to minho with his chest puffed out and ready for even more fighting and a weird atmosphere but theyre alone again and minhos like "go on, im listening" and before jisung knows it "im sorry" tumbles out of his mouth and hes so confused by it but minho smiles at him and says that "thank you, thats good enough for now." and then they continue talking normally and jisung is sitting there vibrating shaking because minho is being so nice to him again :( (jisung learns that minho treats people the way they treat him, basically) and it felt so easy to apologize because minho gave him an opening... and this wont be the first time this happens. itll happen again and again and jisung also gets angry often ebcause minho is kind of ripping his walls down left and right and jisung doesnt know what to do when hes all exposed and vulnerable like that .... and jisung starts respecting minho in a for the lack of better word tsundere way. "its not like i like him or anything! i just value his work ethic and he likes my music and he matches my energy and argues with me when i need it and praises me when he thinks i deserve it and i heard him sing my song and i think hes a really good singer so we match well professionally. i also cant stop staring at his crotch when he sits, but thats only because he Spreads his legs like that. i mean who does that am i right . haha. i also dream about him on ocassion"
AND i think this would be a fic where minho introduces jisung to 2racha! and other friends! and jisung becomes a better person ebcause 2racha challenges him artistically but also supports him. i just think that characters are the products of their environment which is why i like to take away 2racha from jisung when i need him to be fucked up. and then i give them back to him because theyre integral to his sweet persona!
also eventually jisung plays up the brattiness just because he likes it when minho puts him in his place. minho notices obviously. and bullies him for it (sexily). theyre in love and stuff. thank you !!!!!!!!!

kitt y . hi. hello. i fucking love this so much. i love a minho that makes it abundantly clear what hes about (that he loves jisung) and a jisung who doesnt believe him and needs to test him. this is so fucking perfect im reeling can you please make this into a full fic. minho lying on his back, fingering himself for jisung, fluttering his eyelashes and eagerly looking up at him and waiting, because he wants jisung in any way he can have him ......... into jisung finally breaking and confessing everything................. i want minho to be so happy and coo at jisung an grab him and pull him down and kiss him and make him fuck him anyway. just to . you know. prove it for real. and jisung doesnt know what hes doing so minho basically wraps his legs around jisung and makes him thrust into him that way. jisung is so overwhelmed and sensetive i dont think that he would last, hes also dripping sooo much slick down his thighs and cock onto minho. and then when jisung comes minho can flip them over and get his greedy hands on jisungs poor neglected hole and finger him past overstimulation then finally fuck him into the bed like he always wanted to... while confessing to him again and again... until jisung is so delirious with pleasure and love that he has no choice but believe it.......... minho knots him then too.. and jisung is lying underneat him all fucked out and woozy and minho is over him sweaty and panting, alpha fangs peeking out from under his upper lip, face and ears and neck flushed and eyes so fond when he says (again) that he loves him ................. ok <3 the end <3 happily ever after the end thank you

copying this in here for people who dont have tumblr:

me as a writer: Oh no I can’t write that, somebody else already has

me as a reader: hell yes give me all the fics about this one scenario. The more the merrier

Me as a writer: I feel like I’m repeating myself, I’ve already used that theme, I’ve already written that kink, that other character uses that speech pattern so this one in another fandom can’t, I feel like I’m writing predictable things, is this different enough from that other thing I wrote, are people filling out bingo cards by my work? :sobbing:
Me as a reader:* oh hell yeah this hit the spot exactly, I hope this writer has written 20 more just like it

As one friend said when I felt I was reusing a theme too much, nobody ever says, Did Agatha Christie write about murder again?

thank you for bringing this to my doorstep kitty, i really needed to hear it again.. ive been having many dibilitating "everything i write is samey" concerns lately.. but this is so true. i love it when authors have a favourite thing and write it over and over again. im NOT sorry that im going to write sooo many virgin jisungs and first-time-kissing minsungs and grinding and pred/prey and dry fucking and jisung-gets-adopted-as-a-kitty and minho-fixes-jisung and minho has a big dick and boys in skirts and anxious jisung ......... thank you