Need some opinions on a story

Hey, idk who's gonna be reading this but if you do, I would appreciate some opinions.

Firstly, I should probably say hi, it's been a while! I've lacked inspiration and have been feeling kinda guilty about writing irl ships that often, even if I am still guilty of shipping them. Maybe I should go back to using that prompt bank I used a few years ago. 

ANYWAY onto the point of this post. Years ago (if I want to be exact, it was 2014 so close to 6 years ago) I had this fic idea that involved EXO and a bunch of other SM idols (but mainly EXO, the other SM artists were just bg characters) with an OC. Now, of course, in 2014 EXO was still 12, Chen wasn't married, and most of the idols I listed IN the fic was still a part of SM. But...I still think the story is a good idea so I've been reworking it again, though I still wanted it to be EXO themed because...well, the theme is magic, which ties in well with EXO's 'powers' even though it's been basically abandoned by this point. 

Like I said, I really like this fic idea and I think I can work it well with the original artists. But...I'm not sure if it's acceptable to be writing a fic with OT12 and include someone who's currently married. In the first place, I had no idea who the OC would be shipped with, if anyone, and quite frankly—and I edited the crap out of the 6 chapters I have to get rid of this because Jesus Christ it was a hot mess—I'm pretty sure I was turning it into a reverse harem because I sWEAR every member was flirting with her and it was quite unnecessary lmao. Still, it seemed like my main 3 members that got physically attached to the OC immediately were Chen, Tao, and Sehun. Now, with Chen married, I figured even if I include him in this AU, since it's unfair to not include him, he would not be anyone's significant other (though I do still have my main favourite ships, they're all just best friends, i.e, Chen and Zitao are best friends and roommates). 

Also, I want to know if this idea is interesting to anyone, as I might be posting this on Wattpad and maybe here as well depending? So, if you've read this far, here's a basic synopsis of what I have in mind for this story idea. PS I haven't really written a proper synopsis for this so it's not great lmao. Also, I'm drawing my own poster/book cover for it so I likely won't post it until I finish that and who knows how long that'll take.


Yook Mirae was a normal, homeschooled, teenager living just outside of Seoul. Or at least she thought she was. After her parents got a job offer in Seoul, her parents place her in what she thought was just an Elite private boarding school meant for the rich only. However, upon entering the school...she starts to realize this school is far from normal. And neither is she. With four close friends by her side and eight other aquaintences, some of whom are professers, watch as Mirae gets used to her new surroundings and newfound abilities.


Once again, if you've read this far, I would love your opinion on this idea. Of course, since I've started it, I might as well attempt to finish it (keyword attempt), but I would still like opinions. Feel free to give me plot tips if necessary, too. It's just about a magical school (ran by Lee Sooman), I swear it's not like Harry Potter lmao. I plan on having some missions they get to go on later, because I do mention fighting and stuff. Though I'm not sure what or who they're going to be fighting yet. I could also make it that not ALL of EXO are good and become friends with Mirae right away...but the people who I can imagine as bad guys (i.e Sehun, Tao, Kai) are people whom I put on Mirae's side so I dunno. And I wanted some of the older members to be teachers so they weren't all students. 

Sorry, this is getting long. I'll stop rambling here. I appreciate anything given to me here and will take any criticism or ideas with open arms! 

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existslikePristin
#1
I asked a similar question to this (about whether it's acceptable) last night. XD
I'd assume it's fine, but I'm still figuring this kind of thing out myself.
MissMinew
#2
I definitely think it’s okay to include EXO OT12! ^_^’ About Jongdae, a friend and I are currently writing a story featuring EXO OT9 as mains (and the other three as side characters) and in that story he’s married with a daughter (and a few other kids too lol) but most of our characters have OC-partners. I’ve never /once/ seen anybody complain about him being portrayed on equal terms just because he’s married (might be because of his character in the story, I don’t know). Honestly - no one ever complained about the three ex members either, readers were quite happy to see them in the story!

Now, I know they must be quite young in your setting, but he could just have a girlfriend. I mean, you have an OC-main so ^^’ It doesn’t have to be a choice between “OC’s love interest” and “single” ^^’

You should write your story if you’re inspired to write it! With OT12 you have a lot of possibilities to make a lot of different characters with very unique background settings and relationships. ~
PenguinLOvers772
#3
The plot is interesting ~ ^^
Perhaps you can put some mission in the story? Like fighting certain organisations or etc. That will be interesting :D
Finishing a story can be tough (i understand tht so well hahaha) so i wish you the best!! Fighting ~~
QueenMoona
#4
Hello new friend! Honestly I'd say if you want to write OT12 you go ahead and do it. Write what you want to write. As an ELF fan I'm aware that Sungmin is married but I still write Kyumin and I plan to whenever the time comes. People will have different views on it, but there are other people like you who probably are doing OT12 and might be using Chen to be shipped with an OC.
The description is well written! Keep it as is you did a good job with the summary sometimes it's hard but you did it.
It's awesome that you're thinking/or are posting it on Wattpad it'll be nice to compare on AFF and Wattpad on how people are reacting to the story 😊
I'm rooting for you ♥️♥️♥️