PAUSE, STOP; for homages

[bangtanmod]

Title: PAUSE, STOP
Recipient: homages
Pairing: Rap Monster/Suga (friendship)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: underage smoking/drinking
Summary: Yoongi and Namjoon are high-schoolers trying to make it in Seoul's hip hop scene. Alternate reality.
Notes: 8.3k. dear recipient♥ i really enjoyed your prompts and i think i might've tried too hard to cram them all

Comments

[mangafanxd]

oh gosh this is so great ;___; 2REAL 2CLOSE i knew some of the details abt their history, but it was only going through the a/n that made me realize how much this was grounded in real happenings and to me that's rly impressive!! that way i read it, even the sentiment of the fic echoes their song (tomorrow) and something abt this fic just rings rly emotionally close for me, if that makes sense. i can't claim to know anything abt korean underground hip hop, but this felt realistic not only in the setting and plot but also the characters and their friendship. ♥ ty for this piece!!

[idolkiller]

omg HELLO MEL do you like bangtan now :D?? i started this before the album dropped so i gss the parallel happened accidentally, but when i read the lyrics for 'tomorrow' i was so pleased at how it kinda fit together. ahhhh i'm rly flattered that it worked well for you (esp emotionally, since i was rly struggling with that). THANK YOU FOR THIS LOVELY COMMENT <3

[homages]

screams! swoons! the sky parts as i ascend gracefully into the heavens and cast a beacon of glorious light upon your beautiful crown!!!!

okay so first of all THANK YOU SO MUCH this was absolutely positively 4000% perfect and i'm so ridic overjoyed i want to cry ;_________; like, this is literally EVERYthing i was looking for from my prompts!! you have gifted me the tiny ambitious rap kings sugamon fic of my dreams ;_; how can i ever repay you

[homages]

odg i was right, this is obnoxiously large u_____u BUT i forgot to add how much i loved long-suffering softie disciplinarian jin's 5 second cameo lmao

[idolkiller]

ahhhhhhhhhhh i'm super relieved you like it ;____; the whole time writing i felt like i was digging myself in a really big hole of "WILL SHE EVEN LIKE THIS, DOES THIS EVEN FIT HER PROMPTS, GOD THIS IS SO BORING????" i'm pretty sure i wrote this in a fugue state: it was so hard for me to track the emotional progress, so i'm glad their youth/suga's conflict and everything worked for you. i kept worrying about them sounding too old for their ages in the fic, but then i was like "rapmon started performing in hongdae when he was 14 so he's obviously more mature than i was back then, right?!" BANGTAN REALLY IS SUCH AN EASY GROUP TO BE PROUD OF ;~; esp rapline ;~~; i'm so happy they ended up where they are.

ha ha fic research is the devil u___u i ended up searching incheon tide patterns in 2009 at one point and was like "...it's time for bed." i'm happy you liked jin's cameo :") i only wish i could've brought in more of the other members. again thank you for the great prompts <333

[idolkiller]

OH NO omg wtf is this comment, i'm so touchedlskhdalksjdflsdj omg i can't believe you cried i feel so ;______________; thank you. I LOVE RAP TRIO SO MUCH i was soooooo sorry i couldn't incorporate j-hope more (and even cut him out during the second edit, yikes), but i gss i decided ultimately it would've interfered with the suga/rapmon relationship, plus in this particular setting i couldn't see him running in the same circles as suga/reason enough for them to be a trio, you know? I'M STILL SAD THOUGH underground rapline aus are my dream ;__; i was rly nervous about the characterization too so this is super reassuring to hear. THE HELPLESS DOUBLE LOOP-AROUND OF YOUTH IS MY FAV--kids always trying to outrun themselves, chasing youth when they are young, equal parts fearless and fearful--and i'm so glad you found some of it here >__< thank you for the lovely comment T___T!!

[idolkiller]

omg i'm reallyyy happy to hear that, i was sure this fic was going to be really boring so i'm glad reading it was a smooth experience for you?? and i usually avoid predebut fic like the plague so again ty ;_____; TY ALSO FOR THE COMPLIMENT ON THEIR CHARACTERS <3 this comment is so nice :')

[galmaegi]

i'm not supposed to be here but i loved this too much ;____; firstly all of the details, wow, they're just enough to make this real but they don't call attention to themselves, just exist? if that makes sense. i could see all the different settings, at the beach or in the studio or on the school roof. in the same way i really felt the friendship between namjoon and yoongi, how they get along so easily even though they don't approach things the same way. and even the disappointing ending isn't that disappointing because there's a note of hope to it! good job '3')v

[idolkiller]

hdu u defy my executive order without even a starcraft picture peace offering!! >:( ok but in all seriousness WAH thank you ;_____; i'm really glad everything worked without seeming too stuffed, and especially the relationship between rapmon/suga. i think i'm always worried about how authentic a connection my characters have to each other, but this one was especially hard to gauge (as i'm sure i've complained about enough already, lmao). SO ahh ;___; ty ;___;

>3<)v to u