Diminishing Distances

[Dropped] The Best of ChanKai

Author: drainbamage954

Rating: PG

Summary: Dogboy Chanyeol just wants to be friends with the new catboy. 

-The two live together with the exo members in what I think is a foster home for hybrids. 

-Chanyeol and Jongin are very cute and innocent in this. It is hinted at -but never explored- that Jongin grew up in a tough situation. He shows some signs of past abuse. 

-I love drainbamage, but I felt like this was one of their weaker fics. They have the ability to write long AND entertaining fics, but this one fell short. I love chankai fluff, but if the plot -of a 20,000 word thing- is all fluff, then I'm going to get bored and stop caring at one point. There was so much unexplored potential in this fic (e.g. the District, the foster home, what the happened to Luhan, what the happened to Jongin in the past, why does Jongin not like being called Kai, why was he called Kai at one point, an explanation for why there are hybrids in this society and why they are treated -from what I understand- poorly, how Kyungsoo found Jongin, etc.) I also felt like the author could have pulled a plot twist -one of the two being "adopted" and leaving the foster home, but they did not. 

So, yes, I was disappointed by a few things, but that does not mean someone reading this will not find joy in the fic. If 20,000 words of Chanyeol and Jongin VERY innocently becoming friends and falling in love is a thing for you, then read it. If that's not up your alley, then I wouldn't bother. 

 

Link: http://stillnessismove.livejournal.com/3930.html

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lsgrlr
#1
Chapter 12: There's another one like this too, only Chanyeol is the one who reads the fanfic... Can't remember what it's called though. The ending of this story was really smart.
Maddymoonchild
#2
Chapter 11: I went through and read everything on the rec list I haven't this weekend. Thank you for collecting all these stories! I look forward to more recs :3
lsgrlr
#3
Chapter 11: I swear I will never get tired of reading this story. So well written. Wish she still wrote.
iloveyohio
#4
Chapter 11: Thank you so much for updating! I really love the stories you recommended so far! :]
lsgrlr
#5
I like your foreword... what are LI and AO3?
lsgrlr
#6
Chapter 10: My favorite kaiyeol... is FootFalls (http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/543420/footfalls-angst-oneshot--kai-chanyeol-chankai-kaiyeol) and my second is Thin Line Between (http://maayacola.livejournal.com/62484.html). The first one makes me cry every time I read it, it's odd can I can picture the story like it's reality.
lsgrlr
#7
Chapter 10: I love this fic... It is really odd that I don't really have a bias or a ship in EXO. But I really like Chankai fics, mostly for the way authors portray their personalities. One's too loud, the other too quiet... it's just the right relationship balance.
llmoreno
#8
HII

more than recommend i would like to know if you have read a chankai story where shows how is the marriage life of chnyeol and kai and starts since kai cheat krystal in college till chanyeol die and all of them are in his funeral, the story is not in chrological order.
prinprin #9
Omg I totally forgot to recommend The heart where I have roots. (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1282816) It is absolutely amazing (yet angsty). Also When the wolves cry is amazing as well. ok lol that is all
Maddymoonchild
#10
/crying because I found this
Chankai is my guilty pleasure of an OTP and I can never find good fanfics of them. I haven't read anything on this list yet and I'm really excited and I'm really excited that others are already suggeting more!! Bless all of you Chankai fans, I've been searching for you ;-;
I definitely recommend My Neighbor Monggu. The Thin Line Between is good too (it had, like, one thing in it I didn't like lol)
I haven't read it yet, but there is a fic called "When the Wolves Cry" here on AFF that is supposed to be Chankai. I have it bookmarked for a time when I have time to read.
http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/468399/when-the-wolves-cry-exo-layhan-chankai-krisbaek-taohun
Like I said, I haven't read it, so I don't know how good it is, but I figure I can pass it along.
Also I really love Plus Baby by jongmal- http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/713112/plus-baby-mpreg-exo-kai-chanyeol-jongin-chankai
It's mpreg and very angsty, but I found it hard to stop reading and you really hate Chanyeol, but you really want them to be happy. It gives me a lot of feels. I hope you'll like it.
I have more I can rec to you if you need. Sorry to be leaving such a long comment ^^; I'm really so happy