Author Spotlight Dec 2011
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A little late, but here's author's spotlight~
December Author Spotlight 1: lunathunderhead@ 19_blue_roses
“ It comes quietly, like oceanic fog, so quietly that it takes Taemin by surprise. ”
One of the things that I like the most about lunathunderhead is that she writes great, convincing het. Even though her bisbandment!verse fics drew my interest in the beginning, her IU/Jonghyun wedding!fic won me over. Her characterization has evolved to a solid point, which consists of an usual combination of rawness mixed with daunting maturity. Her writing has definitely gotten more polished since I've started reading her fics, and we're always happy (and super excited!) to see growth in our favorite writers.
Her masterlist is here, but if I had to pick my favorites...
all my life / IU/Jonghyun
Usually the words jump to his lips when he’s holding IU’s hand, or when she’s rolling his eyes, or when she’s over for a while after dinner, pummeling Minho in Call of Duty (she is ridiculously good at video games, much to Minho’s dismay). Or when she shows up on a low day, with her guitar slung over her shoulder, or when she has to stand up on the balls of her feet to even reach Jonghyun’s cheek--that’s when Jonghyun wants to ask--more than anything--
Ji Eun-ah, will you marry me?
But she is twenty three and Jonghyun twenty six, and IU is still in LOEN Entertainment. She’s still only twenty three and Jonghyun thinks it’s practically a crime to even think about holding her down at such a young age. The idea is kind-of-just-a-little-ridiculous. Jonghyun throws an arm over his eyes and groans. They’re living in a better suite now, and they all have their own rooms--so Minho is not there to ask him what is wrong.
you call me butterfly / 2min
They’re somber for most of the day, after Jinki departs for America with Jessica. Jonghyun keep sniffling like he has allergies and generally resembles a cloud of gloom, as Key snaps at everything and anything that comes near him and Minho just looks tired. Taemin, himself, isn’t too sure how to feel, but he knows there’s something deep-set about his exhaustion and sadness. It’s not easily shaken off.
The apartment is in a quiet corner of Seoul, remote and peaceful--mostly populated with the older generation and their young children. There is neither hair nor hide of a fan girl here, or less of the crazy ones, at least--they hope they can have some solitude.
Taemin finds himself standing in the kitchen with a bottle of Dr. Pepper, staring out the window into the muggy skyline that’s grayish-white from carbon emissions and fog. He wonders where Jinki is now, and whether or not he’s broken anything yet. He probably has.
(also read the rest of her disbandment!verse fics, starting with this one)
A Thousand Words / IU/Jonghyun
IU is five-and-twenty when Jonghyun makes her consider what life is going to be after stardom, sitting in a restaurant after a day of work.
A little late, but here's author's spotlight~
December Author Spotlight 1: lunathunderhead@ 19_blue_roses
“ It comes quietly, like oceanic fog, so quietly that it takes Taemin by surprise. ”
One of the things that I like the most about lunathunderhead is that she writes great, convincing het. Even though her bisbandment!verse fics drew my interest in the beginning, her IU/Jonghyun wedding!fic won me over. Her characterization has evolved to a solid point, which consists of an usual combination of rawness mixed with daunting maturity. Her writing has definitely gotten more polished since I've started reading her fics, and we're always happy (and super excited!) to see growth in our favorite writers.
Her masterlist is here, but if I had to pick my favorites...
all my life / IU/Jonghyun
Usually the words jump to his lips when he’s holding IU’s hand, or when she’s rolling his eyes, or when she’s over for a while after dinner, pummeling Minho in Call of Duty (she is ridiculously good at video games, much to Minho’s dismay). Or when she shows up on a low day, with her guitar slung over her shoulder, or when she has to stand up on the balls of her feet to even reach Jonghyun’s cheek--that’s when Jonghyun wants to ask--more than anything--
Ji Eun-ah, will you marry me?
But she is twenty three and Jonghyun twenty six, and IU is still in LOEN Entertainment. She’s still only twenty three and Jonghyun thinks it’s practically a crime to even think about holding her down at such a young age. The idea is kind-of-just-a-little-ridiculous. Jonghyun throws an arm over his eyes and groans. They’re living in a better suite now, and they all have their own rooms--so Minho is not there to ask him what is wrong.
you call me butterfly / 2min
They’re somber for most of the day, after Jinki departs for America with Jessica. Jonghyun keep sniffling like he has allergies and generally resembles a cloud of gloom, as Key snaps at everything and anything that comes near him and Minho just looks tired. Taemin, himself, isn’t too sure how to feel, but he knows there’s something deep-set about his exhaustion and sadness. It’s not easily shaken off.
The apartment is in a quiet corner of Seoul, remote and peaceful--mostly populated with the older generation and their young children. There is neither hair nor hide of a fan girl here, or less of the crazy ones, at least--they hope they can have some solitude.
Taemin finds himself standing in the kitchen with a bottle of Dr. Pepper, staring out the window into the muggy skyline that’s grayish-white from carbon emissions and fog. He wonders where Jinki is now, and whether or not he’s broken anything yet. He probably has.
(also read the rest of her disbandment!verse fics, starting with this one)
A Thousand Words / IU/Jonghyun
IU is five-and-twenty when Jonghyun makes her consider what life is going to be after stardom, sitting in a restaurant after a day of work.