A Year with AFF!

— thoughts about aff & irrepressible obsession.

Hello everyone! So, I don’t normally create blog posts since it’s not really my type of thing but today is quite a special day so I figured there’s nothing wrong with making a blog post about it. As you all can see from the title above, today is indeed the declaration of my first year on Asianfanfics. I remember the first time I discovered the existence of AFF and the desire to register an account for myself, I was feeling a bit reluctant. At that time, my English vocabulary abilities, grammars, and such still needed great improvement so I thought it would be a futile initiative to make an account for myself in which I wrote a variety of stories that consisted of an abundant amount of mistakes. However, despite the negative possibilities, I still created an account because I love reading and writing stories. I’ve read so many different stories in various genres before I started writing my own and it really inspired me to begin writing my own stories. It was an excellent idea too because I constantly receive a lot of great ideas in my head at any point of time that would be very well wonderful to utilize in a fic. Anyways, being on AFF and meeting plenty of creative as well as brilliant authors really created an impact in my life. It was an overwhelming feeling to clearly express the sentiments in my head into a story and just witness how it progresses. Honestly, after getting the chance to write my stories on AFF, I really felt more motivated and open-minded to the world. And no, I wasn’t emo or anything (like wonwoo from seventeen but y’know). I think AFF changed a lot of peoples’ lives tbh so I can empathize with those people. My ongoing experience of AFF was really interesting and enjoyable in many ways and currently it still is. In the midst of reading fanfictions, I’d have to admit that there are a lot of fanfics out there that are way better than published books. Currently, I haven’t written anything for a few months now since I have not had any motivation nor inspiration at all and I have lots of fanfics that I need to complete but whenever I’m actually going to start writing and have typed up a few sentences, I tend to always stop at one point. Writers block is most likely what it is, perhaps??

This may seem somewhat irrelevant but my life lately is currently of 13 dweeby dorks that are just too much for me to handle. Seventeen—more like DONTLOVETHESEBOYSTHEYWILLRUINYOURLIFEteen. Ah yes, seventeen are my baes now like just they are perfect and super talented and they’re close to my age so a girl can dream?? my bias is all of them, just gonna put it out there. i don’t understand how one can simply pick just one bias in this group. minghao is too perfect for this world?? wonwoo needs to be stopped?? soonyoung’s smile can cure incurable diseases?? IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU’RE GONNA SLIP YOURSELF IN THE DIAMOND LIFE, BE PREPARED. BE REALLY PREPARED.  speaking of seventeen, i’m thinking of writing a fic about them since my summer vacation has finally arrived or maybe about the #meanie couple but i’m still in the process of thinking so um, look forward to that! there are so many ships in seventeen i seriously don’t know who to ship. alright guys, that’s going to be all for today—i think this is too long and i don’t want to turn it into an essay since i tend to write extensively and is incapable of being succinct so yeah, happy AFF anniversary to me! there will be more experiences to come as my journey on aff proceeds and i’ll be able to share that to you all next year! hopefully i’ll feel more encouraged soon to continue writing, i certainly really hope so.  

to any of you readers who have either intentionally slipped into the diamond life or inadvertently did so, feel free to comment who your bias is or your favorite song in their album—i’d be intrigued to see what your favorite song in the album bc i truthfully cannot pick one i love all the songs...this is one of those rare moments when i actually love all the songs in an album rather than having an exception of one or something like usual. overall, you can tell me anything you want to share with me about seventeen and maybe suggest a pairing that would be great to write a story or a one-shot of, i’d very much appreciate that. this has been rylie; i love you beautiful and amazing people! <3

; thank you all!

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wishful_promises #1
Happy 1st year anniversary! I don't write, but I've read a lot on here and I've met so many good people whom I still (and some I sadly don't) keep in contact with. It's a wonderful community with the right people.

Also, Seventeen! I've been following these guys ever since their early 17TV days and it's been both a joy and sorrow to see them all grow up into the 13 boys that debuted only just a month ago (and to those that didn't make it, especially MingMing and Doyoon). I've almost given up hope of them ever debuting with the same members last year, after countless fake 'debut' dates that kept popping up, but I'm so glad I persevered. These guys are the sweetest, most genuine kids ever. (I say kids but half are older than me xD)

Biases starting from way back include Jihoon and Seungcheol. Or Woozi and S.Coups. (Dang those stage names.) Joshua's also one of the most angel-like members but then Soonyoung and Seungkwan are the loud troublemakers too. Unless you pair Minygyu with Jihoon, in which guitar shenanigans and piggy-backing happen. But it's still mostly Jihoon and Seungcheol now. One's a brilliant producer/choreographer (way back when)/dancer (me when I found out he wasn't in the performance team: O_O h-how?)/singer (but his voice thooo, it's so sweet) and a passable rapper (lol) while the other is shaping up to be a great leader, always taking care of the members even if it doesn't seem like it and he's always there to hold the group together. Also stole Jihoon's rapping talent and owns it, and sings pretty decently too. It helps that these two have been friends the longest, and together they're just friendship goals. (Bracket after bracket, can you guess who my main OTP is yet? Heh. Also Mingyu with Jihoon if not with Wonwoo.)

Favorite song off the album? I'd have to say 20. It's just so calm- frankly, I just like listening to the vocalists do their thing. I have so much more to say, but character limit is preventing me. Still! Happy Anniversary! :D
exoexoexolellel #2
Happy one year on AFF :). I remember running through kpop songs, y'know just the usual, and then I started venturing into songs sung by boybands I'm not particularly familiar with. I'm not one of the kpop fans that know every single band there is, but I do remember watching this music video, will not begin to guess the title of the song, but I thought it was alright. Seventeen, the band was called and I stopped and thought, Wait, Seventeen? As in 17 boys?! So I waited a while through the music video to catch a glimpse of the group dancing as a whole, and I counted and re-counted and did another count because I lmfao at my counting skills, and just Whoa thirteen? Is this like another Super Junior or something (I didn't know Super Junior and still don't, don't judge)? I could barely handle EXO a and a half ago. . . I think I'll leave this group for possible future interest.
And then a few months later I stumbled onto this blog post, and read a little on how Seventeen captured this person's heart, and I thought, This sounds exactly like when I first fell in love with BTS.
Now, I'm intrigued by your words, and I want to watch Roomate, Running Man, Millions of Kdramas, keep my fanfics organised (it's about as organised as it can get lmfao), maintain my shops well; and so I ask you, will I be destroying my effort to keep my things in place on AFF in one go if I go stalk Seventeen for a bit?