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[tarigwaemir]

Blair Hall Apts., on the Feast of Ste. Lydia

Well, for the record, if fandom makes the big move off LJ, I probably won't move to an LJ clone but go to a Wordpress blog (either on my own domain or on wordpress.com) instead. But I do want to keep track of all of you, so let us know where you're going if you do choose to jump ship. I already use Google Reader to keep track of non-LJ blogs anyway, so it shouldn't be hard to re-duplicate my friends list on there.

I wrote the following fic for aishuu's prompt, but I have the feeling that the person who would find it really amusing is serendip.

Celebrity
Written for aishuu

He had never dreamed that baduk players could end up with a rabid fangirl following.

"Ko! First-class looks matched only by first-class skill!"

"Yeong! Forever the ideal man in our hearts!"

"Ha! There's something we'd like to say to you: Oppa, we love you!"

With that, the girls lined up outside the Kiwon all burst out screaming and tried to grab at Yeongha's shirt as he stepped into the waiting car, while shielded by the building's security guards--who were clearly not being paid enough to do this sort of work, Suyeong thought as he pushed through the crowd in Yeongha's wake. He barely managed to get inside before the car door slammed shut against prying fingers.

"To Shinchon, please," Yeongha said coolly, as if he hadn't just been nearly assaulted and molested by several dozen fans.

"What...on earth...was that?" Suyeong asked incredulously as soon as he managed to catch his breath.

"Apparently, they televised my last international match in Japan with Touya Akira on SBS."

"So what, you're now some kind of celebrity? You're a baduk pro, not some entertainer."

"Be that as it may, there's a Cyworld club and a Daum café dedicated to me now. Plus, my minihompy beat out Yunho's in number of hits last week." Yeongha pretended to study his nails nonchalantly, but there was a distinctly smug tone to his voice.

Suyeong could only shake his head in amazement. "Wow. Girls are crazy."

END

Note: The fangirls are shouting an "acrostic" where each phrase begins with a syllable of Ko Yeongha's name. It's too hard to do it in English, so I wrote it in Korean and translated:

"고! 고급 얼굴과 고급 실력!"
"영! 영원히 우리 이상형!"
"하! 하고싶은 말이 있어요...오빠 사랑해!"

Cyworld and Daum are popular Korean social networking sites and portals, well known to be hotbeds for online fan clubs. Yunho is one of the singers for DBSK, a wildly overrated popular boy band.

The problem with me writing the Korean pros is that I always end up thinking their dialogue in Korean and having to translate always gives me a headache. >_> Speaking of which, one of these days I'll actually type up that long rambling mental essay I have on the differences in Korean name usage and honorifics from Japanese.

Yours &c.

Post-script: A part of me is looking forward to starting grad school and picking rotation labs and listening to seminars. Another part of me is mentally panicking at the fact that I'll have to (gah!) make new friends, meet new advisors, negotiate a whole new network of students, lab techs, post-docs and professors. _-_ Sheesh, what's wrong with me to always constantly approach the prospect of Meeting New People (Oh No!) with fear, trepidation, heart in hand, flip-flopping stomach...I mean, I always survive and come out the other end marveling that "it wasn't so bad after all," but before it's just a muddle of "what if I say something stupid or talk too much about myself or bore the other person" and "what do I say in the first place?!"

Comments

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

That is so amusing. *goes to reread*
♥

[troisroyaumes]

Yay, glad it amused you. My work is done. ^_^

[aishuu.livejournal.com]

If I hadn't seen so many Korean cheesy dramas, I wouldn't find this as hysterical as I do, but Oppa, we love you sent me to the floor with laughter. <3

[troisroyaumes]

Hooray, it made you laugh! And yes, that line is straight out of cheesy dramas. ^________^

[lacewood]

The prospect of meeting new people doesn't just make me nervous, it FILLS ME WITH UTTER TERROR so honestly, you're not alone. XD I bet you come out of it better than I do! You'll be fine <33333

[troisroyaumes]

::clutches you:: ME TOO. T_T Thank you though.
I'm probably angsting unnecessarily, but it seems like a ritual to angst whenever I'm confronted with new people. >_<;;

[lacewood]

*manly back pat* YOU CAN DO IT! We have faith in you! And oh man, I don't just angst, I seem to end up with major avoidance tactics, so um. D: A little angst isn't too bad!

[fromastudio]

That is just... brilliance. *showers love on you*

[troisroyaumes]

Thank you! ::hearts you back:: ^_^

[qem_chibati]

*giggles* Wow that's amusing. :D

[troisroyaumes]

XD Yay, glad you thought it was funny.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

Yeongha pretended to study his nails nonchalantly, but there was a distinctly smug tone to his voice.

XDDD I'LL BET.

Tair! Tear up the West Coast!
Ri! Remember your friends back East! We're here for you!

I have wordpress: http://sd.magatsu.net/blog/

Same content as the lj, but no memes, and no fanfiction, even though fanfiction is the one thing that could actually get me in trouble. ^^; I've been copy-pasting this explanation a lot today. I wouldn't add it to your feed just yet -- it'll only duplicate the entries I post here.

[troisroyaumes]

Awwww, thanks! That seriously made me smile. <3

[love_archived]

*laughing, loves* I love culture/language geekery, especially when it comes with author's notes and explains the geekery. ^_^ <3

[troisroyaumes]

Haha, yes, I love wordplay too. ^_^ Glad you enjoyed!

[tokyofish.livejournal.com]

LOL. I loved the acrostic! XD

(But what's a minihompy? ^^;)

And re: meeting new people - you'll be fine! BTW, do you need any help moving in? You're coming on Wednesday, right?

[troisroyaumes]

XD A minihompy is the (really weird) name for your personal page on Cyworld.

Yup, I'll be arriving on Wednesday. ^_^ Most of my luggage is being shipped, and we'll be taking a shuttle from the airport, so I think I should be fine, but thanks anyway. We should meet up though, once I'm settled in! XD

[supplanter.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just mini homepa(ge)?

Ahaha, thinking of you thinking up the acrostic for Yeongha just rounds out the whole thing. XDDD

[tryogeru.livejournal.com]

Wait...what? What's with the whole move off LJ? I'm confused! My LJfriends have been talking about moving, but I still don't know why~~

[troisroyaumes]

Uh, it's a pretty long complicated story, and I'm not even sure where's the best place to link you to...I guess Fandom Wank as usual has the best summary of events. Were you around for Strikethrough at all? FandomTOSsed has ongoing news.

[tryogeru.livejournal.com]

Ah, I didn't really keep up with what was going on, since I guess my friends and communities didn't seem quite as affected, until all of a sudden it seemed my FL started posting alternate blogs.
Well, I hope it doesn't come to that I'd have to move.

[troisroyaumes]

Well, no one on my flist is actually affected either, but I think a lot of fic writers are feeling panicked because no one was really happy about how Strikethrough (journals being suspended because of having certain LJ interests) was resolved. (I think you must have been in finals when that went down, because I'm pretty certain your fandom friends would have talked about that too--the fuss was even bigger back then.)

[issen4.livejournal.com]

Hee. That's exactly the way I imagined it. (Maybe I've watched too many K dramas. ^^)

You need to write more Yeong-ha fic.

[troisroyaumes]

XD Thank you!

I keep wanting to write the Korean pros, but I never seem to manage it. Am trying to write for your Suyeong prompt though, since he's a character I've always been fond of.

[issen4.livejournal.com]

*_* Really? I adore Su-yeon. He's so adorable and yet so serious.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

I'd be fascinated to read the honorific differences essay if you decide to write and post it.

[issen4.livejournal.com]

Seconded! That would be really helpful.