14.07.14 UPDATE

Greetings from Seoul,

I am very sorry to say that I do not plan to update my fanfics anymore.

This is largely because I lost interest in EXO months after I arrived in Seoul. I found bigger and more productive things to invest my time upon, and realised there is so much more to life than a beautiful bouquet of 12 flower boys.

My time in Seoul whilst meeting many inspiring people helped me move out of my comfort zone, and motivated me to be more adventurous and give the great outdoors a chance. I became more confident, social, and slightly more outgoing. A change to how I was before I came. Always behind the laptop screen, dreading the outdoors and despising the rowdy British public. EXO was my form of escapism from harsh reality, a pass time, a friend who made me forget about cruel reality. It brought me back to my Cassiopeia days in High School, where I could freely spend everyday fawning over a group of talented and gorgeous men and care less about the sad reality I had. Sometimes I would observe such behaviours objectively, and become depressed upon analysing it all. Although I was mostly happy in my fantasy bubble, the growing distance between me and world saddened me.
Next year I will be graduating from university, I will need to start looking for a job, make money, and begin my journey through the harsh adult world. I can no longer hide behind my laptop screen carefreely in luxury with no resposibilities. Eventually I had to let it all go, I was dreading it, but it happened sooner than I expected. My new international friends pulled my away from it all, clouding the process with undiscovered thrills from the realms of reality. It was painless and seamless, before I had even noticed I had already fallen out of the loop. It was for the best.

You could argue that I can still continue writing, treat the characters not as the EXO members of today, but my own OCs. Be driven to write by the desire to be creative.
It is a possibility, yet unfortunately my return back to England marks the beginning of a work-heavy final year at university, of which must be prioritised.

The 1 year and a half of happiness that they had given me will not be forgotten. New friends were met through EXO, and it resparked my desire to write.

But it is time to let go and move on to bigger and better things. Discover other things in reality that could make me happy also. Take more risks. Meet more inspiring people. Learn from them. Lead a healthier lifestyle. Let myself grow. Etcetera, etcetera...

This is not a 'goodbye forever' but a 'hello from the other side'.
I will still maintain presence online on places such as Twitter and tumblr.
Feel free to drop a message!

With Love,
Julie (Joo)

 

Currently writing:

• He Who Came With the Autumn Rain (Kaisoo)
• But is Attraction Love? (Baekyeol)

On hiatus:

• The Art of the Other (Hunhan, Kaisoo, Baekyeol, Taoris)

Upcoming:

• Conflicted Children (Hunhan)
• What Happens in Korea Stays in Korea (Taoris)
• The Office to Hell (Kaisoo)
• Unrequited (Baekyeol)

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Drabbles posted on my livejournal