Absquatulate by shashashy

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Sorry for the late review, I had homework and essays to finish and then when I went to do reviews yesterday, AFF wouldn't open at all so yeah. Thanks for being patient!

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Absquatulate
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BY shashashy


Title:
The title is rather unique and I think it's easy to say that it's pretty eye-catching. I've never seen a title such as this one before so I think it's good. I also like that you dropped the definition to it just in case someone, such as myself, hasn't heard of the word before.

Description/Foreword:
As for the description, it's simple and doesn't give away any of the story which is very good. I wouldn't really say it captivates me enough to read though which isn't the best thing. I mean, I've seen things similar to this where it labels one of the people as a rule follower and the other person, usually the male role, is the rule breaker. While this might not have to do much with the story itself, first impressions are usually key.

As for the foreword, I feel like there's a lot of useless things there. The prompt and Writing Competition it's for are important, of course, and those should most definitely stay. I don't think it's really much of an achievement if it's the highest subbed one since... I really don't think much people WOULD 'ship' this. It just kind of sounds like a reason to brag in my opinion. I think it's good that it won first place though and that's an achievement for sure but the first two seem more like bragging rights compared to achievements but that's just me. Also the excessive use of the:  
 and  are kind of eyesores since they're bright and not really needed nor do they contribute to the story.

Plot:
First off, her dad seems super damn paranoid if he thinks all parties have alcohol and drugs, most parties have parent supervision, even in High School. I've been to parties and there were zero signs of drugs. Alcohol maybe since there were grownups as well but nothing that children could have. Why's he so paranoid? I grew up with one of my parents doing drugs and I never have touched them, my mom even let me drink alcohol when I was eight and I've never touched it since. Very paranoid father.

But besides that, the story seems a bit cliché and there doesn't really seem to be a solid conflict. And the second chapter seems kind of unrealistic, why would they do that anyways? Doesn't make sense. It's going to be quite obvious to what the ending is which is a cliché happy ending (I was right since I guessed before even looking at the last chapter), there really wasn't a solid plot here. There didn't seem to be much conflict to it and it was 10000% obvious that they would get together which is boring, there's no plot twists or anything.

Like what's the main conflict? That Jennie's not a bad girl? No, that's not a conflict. I just can't really find a solid conflict to the plot. Is it that Namjoon's a bad influence? No, that's just a fact. It's not really a conflict. I do think the plot is probably the weakest out of all of the categories but again, that's just how I see it.

Writing Style/Flow:
The writing style was another strong point of this story, there weren't any grammatical errors or weird phrases which is good. I think the writing style, and the title, were both good aspects of the story since it was easy to understand and was a simple read.

As for the flow... not that good. I feel as if they rushed into a relationship and not much dynamic was explained between then two. Just bam, kind of dating which is not how real life works. And if this does happen, the relationship will most likely fail because they never last if it's jumped in to. That and I feel like not much of the story was explained, like what's the point of this? It's a cliché story, sure, but there's not much really explained thoroughly. If this makes sense. If it doesn't then I can try to explain it a different way but I'm awful at explaining things.

Characterization:
I really felt as if there wasn't much to them.

You threw in character mentions just for the sole purpose of showing that you ship them or... whatever it is, that's how it seemed at least (Might be wrong but still, that's how I saw it).

Like Rosé and Jimin, who cares about the relationship status? I don't. Rosé was more purposeful compared to Jimin's mention as she is the best friend of Jennie and there's always going to be that best friend. Personally, if my friend ditched me at a party I didn't want to be at for a guy, I'd be pissed even if I said "go ahead" since it's like being a third wheel which isn't fun (I would know) and I'd leave the party right there and then. It seemed like Rosé wanted her there but then leaves her... so what's the point? Why's she even mentioned if she's not even going to stay with her best friend through the party? You'd think they'd stay together since Jennie hates parties and a good friend usually would.

As for Jennie, she's not an exciting character. She's like every female role in these stories; has a perfect life, has money, strict father who just wants to care for their kid, and so on. She's generic. She's the good girl that's going to eventually be 'tainted' by the bad boy of the story which is, to put it bluntly, quite boring. It's kind of annoying how she gets mad over a damaged expensive watch when I'm sure her daddy can just buy her another. She seems kind of spoiled because of that scene.

Namjoon's the typical bad boy of these stories. Literally, all of these stories have the bad boy and it's not exciting anymore. He taints the good girl, like I said above, and they end up together in the end anyways. They either play hard to get or are playboys. 

The characterization isn't the strongest in here in my opinion and they're not memorable characters, I won't remember them. Characters need to be more unique and have personalities that aren't like every other character on this website which is the main problem here. I'm pretty sure you've seen a lot of stories like this one, even if you don't want to admit it because I sure know I have.

Personal Enjoyment:
I have a personal distaste for ships that are pointless, such as BTS and Blackpink, and fans are very annoying about the ships as far as I'm concerned (especially on VLive) so I wouldn't enjoy it as much solely for the ships mentioned since I do not support them whatsoever since they just seem like pointless ships that'll never happen without the use of PS. That's my opinion though and I'm sure a lot of people would disagree but we all have opinions and that's mine, lol.

As for enjoying the story, it was a little to cliché for my liking and I really didn't feel as if there was much plot. It just all kind of happened, you know? Like I didn't feel like there was much development to the story if that makes sense. There was no plot twists or build-ups which made it rather predictable. So even if it wasn't this ship, I'd still probably not enjoy it as much solely for the fact that I personally feel as if there's not a strong plot here nor is it a unique story, to say the least. The characters are generic and not exciting and so on.

Your title is probably the strongest thing you have going for this story since it's unique and stands out but the story is generic and not unique which is kind of disappointing.

Anyways, I'm kind of in a rush since I have work soon and am super behind on reviews due to college work so I hope this helped and I hope I explained everything properly... I'm bad with words. If you have any questions/concerns, message me or ask in a comment - I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for requesting, don't forget to credit the shop, and I hope you have a good rest of your day! 
 
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