A RELUCTANT SHIPPER

I LOVE DARA. I've been a fan of her eversince her SCQ days. I am one of those people who doesn't like KPop before but becasue of Dara, I became familiar with Kpop. I remember watching every 2ne1 videos in Youtube and one night I stumbled upon a Daragon video. I got excited with the possibility of Dara having a new lovelife after her failed relationship in the Phils. So, I reached for Daragon videos and had a marathon. And then I discovered Tabisan, Darayang, Darahae, Woodara and many more. 

 

Being a concerned Daraling, I searched for infos about those guys being linked to her. In my mind, I am rating them on who is the best for my Dara. I am a multishipper so i followed all the FB accounts of all Dara ships. Reading all their investigations about their ship is really fun especially if you can see an obvious connection. Shipping became one of my source of entertainment. Among Dara ships, Daragon is on top of my list followed by Jaedara, Tabisan and Darahae.

 

Shipping was supposed to be fun but when I joined twitter, I discovered how some people can be so harsh to shippers particularly to applers. The amount of hate that Dara receives from some people is no joke. Reading all those hate tweets made me realized that since I am shipping Dara, I am unintentionally contributing to the source of her haters hatred. And so I decided to slowly let go of shipping particularly Daragon.

 

I do believe that Dara and GD used to be an item. If my guess is right maybe during 2009-2011 era. But along the way, they parted ways and obviously GD has moved on already. I choose to give up on shipping Daragon because I believe that GD and Kiko are together now. And no, I am not a Jiko shipper. It just so happens that evidences of them dating are everywhere. 

 

A part of me is hurting because I have invested too much on DG and I believed in them. But, we have to accept the truth even if it hurts a lot. I choose to be happy for GD even if he is not with Dara anymore.

 

I am really thankful that I discovered Daragon and all Dara ships. If not for them, esp Daragon, I wouldn't have discovered AFF. Because of Daragon, I finally had the courage to start wrting my first ever fanfic. I'm not sure if I will be able to finish it though because my faith in DG already vanished but i will try to finish it for the sake of my readers just give me a little time to heal my wounded DG heart. I think it will be unfair to keep my story hanging like that. And it will also be my tribute to the first ever Dara ship I supporteed.

 

Since I am following a lot of shippers in twitter particularly applers, I hope that they will not block me of unfollow me now that I am slowly letting go of DG. The Applers I'm following are the funniest and wittiest peeps in twitter. Fighting for the loyal applers! We don't know what the future has enstore for us, so who knows..maybe ..hopefully..Daragon is indeed real. Kudos for your unwavering faith.

 

As for me, I will concentrate on loving Dara more. And if some namja will show interest to her, I will not stop myself from spazzing coz heck..that's Dara's lovelife at stake there. This is what I have to share for all the Daralings out there who also love to ship Dara:

 

"For every Dara ship SUNK by other ship, we get one step closer to Dara's REAL LIFE SHIP. So stay calm and pray for Dara's happiness"

 

 

 

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coocream #1
Here..here.. :')
Nicole1232 #2
I experienced this too way back in January. And everything was still so fresh with me especially the gayo daejun because i had been praying for the interaction but then kiko came up and i really really didnt like her for that. I even became bitter because of that. And believe me when i say that i cried myself to sleep thinking about it, dreading the walk home from school cause o was having a hunch that gd and kiko articles would come up when i arrive home, and true enough there were. It even got to a point where i said that anybody could be with gd, just no her. Slowly... and slowly my obsession with daragon started to vanish. Sure, i still find them cute but like seeing-two-adorable-people cute. I sill love daragon stories though, huntress unnie is a big factor of that one. Hehe.
Other people may not get the way we feel during these times, how much time and heart we invested for this ship but believe me, i know. And you'll t through this =))
Ps. i needed about 5 months to completely get over about thinkig of them in a romantic way if that makes u feel better ^^ fighting!
hopelessanddramatic #3
i owe it to DARAGON for discovering AFF. i've been with Dara since her SCQ days too. i've been in and out of the Philippines for the past 6years but my love for Dara has not waivered. i was still in college when SCQ aired and I've been consumming a lot of prepaid credits just to make sure Dara won't be voted out. before Daragon, DARA is on top of my priorities. whatever makes dara hapoy, i'm all for it. Dara was so nice ever since and knowing what she went through all those years makes me love her more. i may not be able to defend her from all those haters and bashers individually but i guess my support and prayers are enough. my boyfriend of 12 years (yeah, that long already) said that he loves anything or anyone that i love, seeing me shed a tear or two whenever i read some really really hateful comments against dara makes him want to clobber the person behind it to death. he was always with me when i go to every dara's mall shows near our place and going to ASAP and cheer her on. my love for Daragon may waiver but my love and support for DARA will never end.
PrincessSerenity #4
i'm with you on this. i really think they had a thing for each other, but not that they've broken up, its more of, gd stopped pursuing dara. i also think, gd and kiko are really dating now. it's fine i, that's their life. i just wish, dara to find / meet someone who will truly cherish her. let's all hope for the best.
zeyniiDara #5
we're on the same boat, dear friend. but, unlike you, i hadn't really gven up on the ship. the only difference is that before, i shipped them real hard that i connect every little thing to them. and you're right. shipping is supposed to be fun. and my shipping before shipping them hard was indeed fun. when i started shipping them hard, it wasnt fun anymore because of all thoe wars and hates. so, just recently, i went back to my root, shipping them for fun. like when i see cute things and all, i would spazz but not to the point where i ship them hard. and you're right. when i changed recently, i became more open to the possibilities that there might not be daragon, or that gd is indeed dating kiko or some other girl, or that dara is indeed secretly dating an actor or something.
i won't reprimand/judge you that you made the wrong choice, that you weren't a true appler from the start, like what others might do to you, because i believe that that kind of decision is a mature one.
let's live from now on more as daralings/blackjacks rather than applers (co believe me, it got to the point before).
laar_b #6
Being an appler has so many ups and down.. I still believe in them cos there are lot of things thats hard to ignore with those investigations (if u know what i mean).. Although im not hoping too much cos i dont want to butthurt if proven that they are not real kkkk.. Logically among all Dara ships that i know, Daragon is more closer to be the real deal. Although its hard to be an appler for having so many antis coz maybe there are too many applers hahaha they call us delusionals but in essence every ships are all delusionals not unless confirmed by the couple that they are indeed dating.. So i feel you guys tbh im happy that lately most of the applers i know in twitter are cool with other ships like jiko and sdk so i guess most applers are maturing bit by bits or they chose to silently support our dg couple :)
Actually I cant wait to know who is Dara dating, when the time is right and Dara can easily let go of the lime light I think that would be the perfect time to settle down.. Dara is not just looking for a boyfriend but a man that can be her husband.. Dara is getting married I can feel her urgency to get married I hope the D-day is near.. Ok im thinking too much im sorry i got carried away :))
krxo35 #7
This is why i also discovered AFF
Almost all the things that you said was in my perspective
But i dont follow any applers in twitter i only follow some jaedara shippers ( im not that active in twitter, only rely on OhDara ) that was when i felt like daragon was not real ANYMORE but when i read daragon stories i started to believe again and i keep hearing the hate ppl give to applers or any other shippers. And jiko dunno if that is real, i still dont believe it, ill only believe it if gd says they are dating. Jaedara is next on my list then tabisan and darahae ..
angel104 #8
Hi. I, too, feel the same way. But as long as no wedding ring nor marriage is announce, I keep hoping for DARAGON. I don't know what is there about Gdragon for me to have that feeling of wanting him for DARA cause c'mon He is not of good reputation aside from being a Music genius they say. My prayer is that "to be able to know who makes my DARA' happy. My Daragon stories as well suffered because 'my daragon inspiration' is not there as strong as before but like you, I will try to finish all of them. So goodluck to us. Hey, we're following each other on twitter. I'm darastan04 there.
gandamohteh #9
i feel like crying...so sad..hay..
sujukat #10
awww.. i love you, authornim...
yanna24 #11
hmmm..i may not be a hardcore daragon shipper i still enjoy reading dg fanfics. so thank u for sharing beautiful stories.. i too believthat jiko is real. but i dont care i still enjoy reading dg stories.. i hope youll continue to write. doesnt matter if its not daragon.ill support you forever authornim...
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