Opinion on the Challenge Accepted Review

Hi, thank you for the honest review, it really helps my opinion of my story :). However, I do have a few defensive words to say. 

I am putting my own spin to the plot. Just because the word 'kinga' is there doesn't automatically means that it's a clone of 500 other stories out there. Some of the most upvoted stories had the words 'kingka' in it. To be frank, I also did that on purpose because I would like to put a spin to a cliché topic. You're getting a bit too ignorant if I must say when speaking about how you already know the outcome of the story, when you've only read the beginning.  But even so, what is the ending? What's the ending that is so predictable in your point of view? You claim that the plot is bad, but why is that other than the fact that it has the word 'kingka' in it? Don't take this personally, but I would just really like to know more of your thoughts on this.

Anyway, the foreword you say is cliché because 'she is this and he is that what will happen' but isn't that the base of alot of other stories? For example, 'Summer Vacation With a Jerk'. The main girl character seems like a happy yet shy girl, but she's actually a cold and stubborn girl. She needs to go to summer school and live at her mom's friend's house. The main guy character is a an Ice Prince but he's good looking. What will happen?

Another story with the same base would be 'Robot Boyfriend: Insanity Level 1000'. The main girl character is someone who just got cruelly dumped by her ex-boyfriend. The main guy character is perfect and he's a robot. The girl order's him on this site. What will happen to them?
These two stories have the same base so does that mean they are cliché?

Also, how does having titles under the character's name make them cliché? The whole aspect of that is 'expect the unexpected'. Yeonhee has the word 'nerd', but she's not the nerd everyone expects. Baekhyun has 'player' but is he a player because he enjoys it? Chanyeol's a 'goodie two-shoes' but is he intentionally being that or is someone building this status for him? Sunmi is 'plastic' but is she fake and acts like a around certain people? 

These words are crucial because they play a big part in the story as sub-plots. Everything you see does not equal to the truth you expect. That is the point of my story. To add to that, how do you know that these words equal to half of my plot? I haven't told you the summary yet have I? Right now, it is your predictions  that is taking over the review more than it needs to.

I do accept your say on the character pictures so I will change that somehow. :)

Anyway, the copyright section you have talked about can't be changed since it's someone else's layout and I can't edit that off. Plus, it's better to remind people about it even if they know, rather than leaving it as is. Disabling text selection can't stop them from simply typing it out despite the workload.

Let's move onto the characters. Yeonhee has flaws. She has trust issues and OCD. That's relatable, right? There are tons of people in this world with OCD. Also, there are many, many people out there who are both beautiful and smart but also suffer from personal issues, too. Not that uncommon. I never said she was drop-dead gorgeous, but she is above average on looks. 

The amount of make-up one puts on can change how someone looks. You don't have to apply on 10 lbs of make-up to look different. A lipstick, eyeshadow, and mascara CAN change how someone looks. Also, glasses tend to hide your features especially if you have something to cover it (hair for example). You can also make your face less distinguishable if you angle it so that people can't really see your face.

I do admit to the fact that minors aren't allowed to work in clubs in korea and all that, but this is a fanfic if I may remind you. Not all realism needs to be fulfilled. In this story, I am the author which means I am able to change the rules in Korea despite it not being true in reality. Also, I didn't get to the part where I explain how she is able to work there yet, anyway.

The Baek Sumin part I will, again, agree with. I will use the girl character from the shop I requested from once they are finished with the poster, and use it as the profile pictures. Thank you for pointing that out :)

The characters from Exo-K are made like that because of the aura/feeling they give off. D.O is motherly because his appearence gives off that feel to me. Same reason goes to all other characters. But that doesn't mean it's who they truly are. Once again, the point of this story is 'expect the unexpected'. However, you only have access to what is seen so I can't criticize you much on that.

The 'most popular boys' part I do agree is cliché, but come on. They are trainees at one of the most popular entertainment companies (which I will mention/hint in the next chapter) so girls would obviously flock around them since once they get even more famous, they would have the privilege of claiming they've met the boys before.

Ahaha, I get what you mean with the whole 'not worship material' part for teenage boys, though, but this is fanfiction! It's a place where we put our dream characters in and escape from the harsh reality!

It's a stereotype that most girls are into jerks so I just put it in. I know its unreasonable but I'm not saying all girls are into him. There's Chanyeol and D.O! They aren't jerks, are they?

Anyway, for someone who doesn't easily trust people, would Yeonhee really give friend requests or her username for social accounts to people she barely talks to? Would she even have social networking accounts? What use would she put it to? She's obviously not the type to take selfies, and what not, and post it on instagram or facebook. :P

If you didn't know, Korea isn't great when it comes to counseling in school. Whatever counseling session(s) you have will definitely be put on your permanent records, and when you look for jobs, the people hiring actually look at that. Also, isn't it clear that she doesn't trust people? Why would she even tell the teachers? O_o

To be honest, I don't think the irrelevant bits do anything bad to the story. They provide something little to show that the characters are a living thing. Also, it just reflects upon myself because I get curious even about little things such as what they are eating. I mean, these are details I like in stories. Not everyone will like them but it's what I like in stories so I definitely won't change that. I haven't seen any complaints from my readers about it anyway. 

To my defence, I don't think prologues should always be vague. Prologues could show what the character's general life is before the problems arise. This is what gathers the readers in so they are interested in what is to come up. Prologues are the introductory chapters which is why the one I have is introducing the readers to what the life of the main character is like.

I don't think you know this but what I wrote is not the whole background of the characters. These are only fractions of who they are as their full backgrounds have yet to be added because the sub-plots haven't fully hit the story yet. 

I'm still introducing the characters so of course you see no use in them yet. This is just the beginning! Later on, characters will begin to reveal their problems. Plus, I like there to be a variation of characters rather than a problem and story inside a little group of people.

Having three commas in a sentence isn't wrong as long as it's grammatically correct. 'Albeit' is not an uncommon word since many stories I read (both books and fanfics) have used these words before many times. Also, the adjectives/adverbs are what makes the readers able to visualize. Having just 'wondered' isn't enough for visualization sometimes. By the way, proudly grinning and smirking are two different facial expressions. Yes, they are both considered smiles but there are different types of smiles, too.

I do have to thank you for telling me about how it's distracting to hyperlink things and switch perspectives though. I will look out for that in the future :)

In the end, I would still like to thank you for the honest review of what your perspective of the story is.

I'll be sure to credit you in the story right now :)
 

 

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