Athazagoraphobia

Description

"If you go, there'll be no one left to remember me. Please Jongin… don’t let me be forgotten.”

 

Foreword

Length: TBD

Genre: sliceoflife!au, romance, angst, disorder!au

Rating: TBD

Warnings: racist and other offensive slurs, past and minor character death, eating disorders, extreme social anxiety, Baekhyun

 

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People are probably looking his way, at the shuffle of his steps and the sway of his gait, wondering if he’ll make it home alright. But in his head, he tells them not to worry. He always makes it home alright.

Why would tonight be any different?

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A/N: Hello again! So I know I normally post the whole story at once, but as a celebration for my first fic reaching milestones I've decided to post the foreword as a sneakpeek. This will wind up being very long, because I want to write a very COmplete and whole story. I was inspired by "It's Still a Feeling" by curryramyeon, and this story is going to, hopefully, be my best. There will be heavy themes of social anxiety and eating disorders, so please, if that makes you uncomfortable, do not read this.

 

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siemprekaisoo
#1
Chapter 2: It's been almost a year since your last update so I hope you are doing well. This is the first story I'm reading from you and I find it so engrossing that I hope you are able to finish/update this at some point. You developed your characters so well that one can't help but feel for them and their story. I also love that it's set in Toronto where I grew up so it's lovely to feel the connection to those streets and K town. I can't wait to read your other works now!!
1bakedbre
#2
Chapter 2: Yosh! Can't wait:3
Petachi
#3
Well I got mighty excited when I read that you've got big plans for this!^_^
Petachi
#4
Well I got mighty excited when I read that you've got big plans for this!^_^
lucyoppa
#5
Chapter 1: It took me a while to read this because I've been busy the last few days, but now that I have and have had a chance to gather my thoughts, there are a couple of things I really like that I want to point out.
First of all: the characterisation. You've managed to squeeze in lots of information about each character without 'information dumping' and making the story feel clunky and unnatural. There's a richness to each new person the reader encounters as the story progresses, and the little slivers of backstory have me hooked, just revealing enough not to be cryptic, but not too much that I feel like any of them are over-processed and changed so much from the original people on which they're based that I no longer recognise them. I can picture each of them living out their lives in this new setting, but at the same time there's still that connection with the familiar Jongin and Kyungsoo I know - something that's tough in stories where you rely heavily on a setting so far removed from their own.
Which brings me to my next point: the setting. The description of Toronto is lovely - not overdone or imposing on the plotline and characters, but just enough that I'm not able to forget where the story takes place, that this isn't Korea but Canada. I believe I've actually been to Toronto once before, but I was so little and our family's stay so brief I don't remember a thing. But your description and rich setting is enough to make me feel like I do, even if it's really just my imagination.
All in all, I must say I'm intrigued. I'll be keeping my eye on this story, and I'm eager to know where it goes. Keep up the good writing <3
floralnori
#6
Chapter 1: This is such an interesting story! You've really drawn me into the lives and hearts of Kyungsoo and Jongin. I am so worried for each of them and desperately want them to be okay. Thanks for a great chapter!
lucyoppa
#7
Interestingly, i have a WIP that i had saved under 'Athazagoraphobia' for a while, but changed the working title a couple days ago... what a coincidence!
I think it would be better to update chapter by chapter... not only will your readers not have to wait so long, but it'll keep people interested in the story for longer, and it's probably easier for you to get little chunks reader-ready than trying to get the whole thing sorted out at once. In the end, do what you feel comfortable with, though. It's your fic, so you make the final decision.
PS: "It's Still a Feeling" was a great fic, so I'm really looking forward to this now :)
_derpkyungsoo
#8
YOU SPOIL ME TOO MUCH WITH YOUR STORIES UWU BUT I AM NOT COMPLAINING BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. ((sorry for the caps lock i was excited uwu)) i prefer waiting for your updates because it gets me more excited? but i don't really mind reading it all in one go if you'll post it all once you're done *wink wink* it's all up to you really :3
jonginous
#9
I agree with the other comment about posting the chapters one by one :) I'm excited about this fic, it seems interesting and angsty ;;
Hollafloqa #10
tbh I want them one by one bc I'm impatient :")