I was just thinking today about how I first got into kpop and where I am today in the fandom. SO, I thought I'd share my story and maybe you guys could share yours too?

My very first experience with Kpop was in 2007. I was sitting in my college Music 101 class listening to presentations. The assignment was to pick a band or artist that you are a fan of and explain how they've contributed to music in a significant way. I did my presentation over Aerosmith. Anyway, the presentation was only supposed to be 10 minutes, but this one girl spent almost the entire class period gushing over this singer who I'd never heard of in my entire life. He sang in three different languages and was a dancing machine. She showed us music videos, variety show clips, and even things from dramas he'd stared in. Though, I thought some of his songs were good, I also thought that this girl had lost her mind. She didn't even understand the languages he sang in. She must be nuts, right? That singer she gushed over for an entire hour was BI RAIN!

There's no way I'd ever be that crazy over some Korean guy I couldn't understand. This chick is off here rocker. I mean, this will never happen to me...., nope.., I like rock music! Who cares about....., yep, I was so in denial.

I kind of forgot about kpop after that. Then, in 2010 I was really into Tokio Hotel and Cinema Bizarre. I ran a fan YT page for both bands and had a lot of subscribers. One of my subs sent me a music video she thought I'd like. So, I blindly clicked on it and was hit with the perfection that was SHINee's Lucifer!!

I instantly fell head over heels for the guy with the long beautiful hair. I had an instant crush.

I found myself trapped in the SHINee World as I clicked through video after video. I watched all their MVs. I watched variety shows. I devoured Hello Baby in like a day. I was in love! Then, I looked up Taemin's age; found out he was a minor and I way older than him. I felt like a creep and ran away! I still loved their music and I loved all the members, it just tainted it a bit. So, I clicked on another random video suggestion and met my second kpop loves..., GD&TOP!

TOP quickly became my bias and I again began devouring Big Bang Videos. The first Kpop CD's I ever bought were SHINee and Big Bang Cds. Behold my very first Kpop order from YesAsia!

You many be wondering where the heck Super Junior comes in? Well, I'll tell you. I had watched a few of their videos by accident, thought that there were too many members to tell apart and ran. Honestly, I could only identify Leeteuk at first because he MC'd a few shows SHINee was on and I thought he looked kind of mean.

I didn't even know his name. I just called him the mean guy from Super Junior. The first member I actually could name and was sort of my first Suju Bias, was Sungmin. I thought he was cute.

I was really just into SHINee, Big Bang and then SS501 for a while. Then, I read something on a SHINee blog about this guy in Suju that looked like a y version of Taemin. Since I felt bad about liking Taemin because of his age at the time, I went looking for this guy. It was love at first sight! I met my Bias! KIM HEECHUL!

I went Suju crazy after that. I watched all the MVs, the clips, the music shows and then dove headfirst into their variety shows. The first one I watched was Super Junior's Full House.

Heechul was all over that show

His English killed me. He was this weird mixture of y, annoying, and adorable! lol

I fell more and more for him by the minute.

I learned about all the pairs, oh the HanChul! It was amazing! AHHHH!!!!

Then, I watched Intimate Note and

Explorers of the Human Body

Then, came the concerts....,

Then, I found the movie and I lost all reason! I was into the Suju world and I was never getting out!

Finally, I found fanfictions last. I'd written fanfics for other bands before, as well as some for TV shows, so I wanted to read a few about Kpop groups. I started reading a few on DA, where I had an account already, but couldn't find too many. Then, I saw someone mention AFF and the rest is history. My first fiction was a SHINee fic for JongKey:

After that, I wrote a onew/Taemin/key oneshot that was bit more naughty:

My first Suju stories were a series of hook-ups surrounding the Miss Intimate Note competition

Followed by a longer TeukChul story:

Finally, I wanted to try something a bit ier, so I wrote Madame Hee Hee's

and the rest is history!