Starchildren

Description

While Jinki almost drowns and Kibum struggles with breaking the law, their best friends Junghee and Minjung are suddenly face to face with legends they thought impossible. All the while Taemin is struggling with the feeling of being incomplete. 

 

 

 

 

Foreword

  

 

Hi. 

I really need to motivate myself to finish this story, so I'm posting it here and hoping it will be motivation enough to continue it. 

It's very dear to me, though. I don't usually write merfolk stories because I'm afraid of making a mess and not being able to describe the beauty of the ocean the way I really want to. I am highly fascinated with the ocean and I love it so much. (This will probably shine through as well.)

The legends mentioned in this story are created entirely by me. 

The merfolk in Starchildren refer to themselves using Maori-words but I recommend not looking for their actual translation and just take them for what they are. You don't need to know what they translate to in English to understand the story.

Do pay attention to them anyway, however. They will lead you to understand the ranks of the hapori if you're sharp enough. 


The character's pasts are briefly explained in this blogpost. They will - most likely - be explained more detailed in the story. 

This story contains genderbended characters and both homoual, heteroual and platonic relationships. 

Other than that - I hope you enjoy! 

// Kim Minji

 



THE SEA, ONCE IT CASTS ITS SPELL, HOLDS ONE IN ITS NET OF WONDER FOREVER

 

 

 


 

starchildren
 

written by kim minji


 

characters

           * lee jinki
           * kim junghee
           * lee taemin

           * kibum
           * minjung
           * taeyeon
 

pairings

           * onkey
           * jongho
           * jongtae
 

genre

           * fantasy
           * romance
 

contains

           * genderbended characters
 

copyright belongs to missminew and this story must not be redistributed  or translated without my permission.

Credit

           * FLYtolove - poster

 

 

 

 



 

 

 
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niangniang #1
Chapter 1: first of all, the change of viewpoints was such an amazing idea and so wondrously executed! the way you described the scene being watched by an unknown entity in the opening pov was beautifully mysterious and then when i realised the change in perspective, i was amazed! the fact that the opening lines were a reflection of each other also had me pleasantly surprised ouo
another thing, i really enjoy the fact that you mentioned what colour each mermaid's tail is as well as their eye colour :D
you did good, minji~ im intrigued ^^
Cereal_Shipper #2
Chapter 4: OMG YOU UPDATED THIS ! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ?
I see you're slowly but surely setting Taemin and Taeyeon's roles in the story ! It's nice (*-*)
I love how you write about the ocean and the merfolk (;-;) ♥ I just love mermaids!AU because the ocean is so beautiful and deadly but so huge like, merpeople must feel so free (;-;)
Junghee and Minjung are so fascinated by each other ♥
I feel kinda bad for Taemin since Junghee's avoiding him... :(
WHEN WILL ONKEY MEET ? How will they meet ? I really can't wait for them to meet (;-;) I can't help it, my onkey feels are so strong (;-;)
WHEN WILL TAEMIN AND TAEYEON MEET ? Will they even meet ? No, I'm sure they will ! But how ?!
I can't wait for the next update, Minji ! :D ♥ I hope you'll update soon ~
niangniang #3
theres always been this certain inexplicable charm of your writing, its lovely ^^ despite the fact that you often write about things im afraid of including the ocean - which i do not blame you for ofc since im terrified of pratically everything lol - ive found myself quite drawn to this and the description is simply wonderful :D its been a while since ive read a fic other than my own and im really excited that my comeback to the reading world is this~
Cereal_Shipper #4
Chapter 3: OH MY GOD YOU UPDATED YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM ! THANK YOU SO MUCH MINJI (;-;) ♥
Jinki and Kibum are so alike... And the parallels ! Like, they both want to stop obsessing over what's happened and both tell everything to their best friends and their best friends both lie to them and both Jinki and Kibum know that they're lying...
Poor Jinki being grounded... Well, at least he can look at the stars (*-*)
Are the two myths connected ? I wouldn't be surprised if they were, but then again they could be completely different myths (^-^)
"her small tail not as efficient for swimming as Kibum’s" there are different types of tails ? You said there was a thing with colors, is it related ?
Kibum's father died... (;-;) Was he like Kibum ? Like, they both communicated with the water... did they have the same powers ?
The myth of the starchildren is so beautiful (; - ;) I love stars and I love old legends ♥
Kibum searching through shipwrecks reminds me so much of The Little Mermaid ! :')
Wait. Kibum is looking for answers to his questions about the human world ? What questions ?! What does he want to know ?
OMG ! MINJUNG AND JUNGHEE SAW EACH OTHER ! Why aren't they telling anything ?! Surely Jinki and Kibum wouldn't tell on them or anything ! And they certainly won't judge !
If Jinki has said goodbye to the lagoon, and Kibum has said goodbye to his obsession with the events, then how are they going to meet ?! Like, HOW ?! Did they lie ? They seemed pretty convincing to me...
WHEN WILL KIBUM AND JINKI MEET ?! *impatient onkey shipper spotted*
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS UPDATE (; - ;) ♥ I WAS SO HAPPY YOU UPDATED
Cereal_Shipper #5
Chapter 2: So Kibum shouldn't have saved Jinki because the lagoon's a sacred place ? He's okay doing it in the ocean but not in the lagoon...
Kibum can communicate with the water ? Awesome ! How come he has these powers though ? Because Minjung said he's the only one who can save the humans, so is he the only one with these powers ?
I love how both Jinki and Kibum live the same things... They're both searching for answers, both keeping a secret, and they both have best friends looking out for them but they can't tell them anything... The parallels are interesting
OMG KIBUM HAS GREEN HAIR ? *immediately thinks about View era and dies*
They both come back to the lagoon... But never at the same time ! Urgh ! I want them to meet (;-;) I mean, they're bound to meet right ? what's going to happen ? I wanna know Minji (; - ;)
I love how Kibum is like 'no, it's not what you think' and it really IS not what she thinks :') I like that Kibum isn't in love with Jinki after saving him and that he doesn't like the human world (I bet I'd hate it too if I was him, I mean the human world )
I wanna know more about that Starchildren myth ! What's it about ?
I wish Kibum and Jinki could escape their worried best friends and go to the lagoon alone already !
Kibum is crying ?! Noooo, don't cry Kibummie (;-;) ♥
I think I wanted to say something else but I forgot.
I want moooooore ! Please, Minji (;-;) pleeeaaaaaase
Cereal_Shipper #6
Chapter 1: OMG this is amazing Minji (;-;) I want mooooore !
Kibum would be such a beautiful merman ! (;-;) I mean he's already incredibly beautiful as a human so as a merman ?!
Jinki can't swim ? Thank God for Minjung ! If she hadn't been there to force Kibum to do something he would have died !
I can totally imagine a smug merman Kibum be like 'tssk, humans'
We learn that Kibum is a rule breaker, he's saved humans before... But why doesn't he want to save Jinki then ? He's done it before ! If I was Minjung I would totally be confused too ! :') like 'wtf Kibum ? you had no problem doing it before and now you won't ?!'
The colors you use to describe their tails and stuff are so beautiful (*-*) matches the atmosphere, I think
By the way, I like the alternating POVs, it's nice
I'm so exicted for this ! :D I've read mermaid!AUs before but never chaptered fics and most of them were Jongtae ! (Well this is Jongtae too but you know, the main pairing is onkey (*-*) and I'm a er for onkey fics)
Okay now, let's read the first chapter !
WalkingAdvice #7
Chapter 1: I am not really a SHINee fan, but I'm totally reading this! Love the chapter :3
Your style of writing and describing is really interesting to read, and you also use many different words that I've never heard of, which is actually good because I just learned new things~ Yay! Haha
And not just your style of writing, but the plot is also so interesting! I also like the flow of it!!
Fighting!! <3
bts_98 #8
Chapter 2: This story is absolutely beautiful. I love the POV changes and how they slowly reveal more and more information yet leave you with questions (especially about Kibum's world - special powers, different 'ranks'?). Really, it seems like there is an entire world planned out with all those terms and details and I'm curious to see how it will turn out in the future^^
Jinki's constant questioning seems very realistic too, the (self-)doubt of a survivor is incredibly fascinating and I just love Jinki's character for that. Though what I especially like is how Kibum and Jinki are so different yet their lives are practically parallel. There's almost a symmetry until something breaks it up again and takes the story further and that's just amazing.

But what really caught my eye in the beginning was the title. It probably doesn't work in English, but in German Sternenkinder (starchildren) actually means the children of a stillbirth or children who died very young. Probably not what you intended but that was my first association...
Omona_ #9
Chapter 2: Never stop writing please
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