hi! (i love this ask thank u anon!!!🤍)

no, kpop wasn't the reason at all hehe, i've been an avid reader and writer since i was in middle school! it's hard to say why i started writing bc i didn't have a specific author that made me go "yes i want to be a writer!!" (i read literature from many different countries and basically every genre and plot), but i have to say my obsession w 18th and 19th century literature was and still is probably my main inspiration.

english isn't my first language, and i've always written a lot in both spanish & french. writing long pieces of fiction in english was uncharted territory for me before i posted behind the mask's 1st chapter! before that, i had written and posted some fics in spanish for other kpop fandoms, but...they were mostly just for my 1-2 friends to read, the engagement you get when posting fics in a language that's not english is honestly next to 0 (unless your fandom is astronomical, but i haven't had that luck either).

what i have to admit though is that even though i read the occasional kpop gg fic here and there, it wasn't until I got into the wujus that i really started to enjoy reading them. i think it's because of a variety of factors: 1) even though ujungs are a small fandom, we have a fair amount of excellent fics 2) it also helped that my #1 obsession, aka sb, was literally the most popular ship in the fandom 3) wujus dynamics are just so, so, so interesting (every pairing makes me go insane) i don't know if it's bc i'm biased and see them through rose-tinted glasses, but i just haven't found any other group that inspires me as much!!!

but yeah...all of that pushed me to finally give writing a fic in english a chance, something i actually had thought of before getting into the wujus. i found a fandom that i felt comfortable in, i found dynamics that i was passionate enough to dedicate my time to, and the rest is history. the thing is, for me, writing rpf is so much more fun than writing fics abt established characters. aus feel much more believable and you can put A LOT of your personal taste into it, especially when writing ships that are more off-screen. i love incorporating bits and pieces of what we get to see and then filling the rest w my own perception of the wujus. or figuring out how x would act in y scenario!!! see, ppl who hate rpf are missing out on so much. i'm serious. it's such a fun experience when you really love the people you're writing abt and you treat it as a movie where the idols are simply actors of that fantasy (with some of their on-screen personality sprinkled throughout).

i'm not gonna lie, i feel like majority of people who don't write underestimate how much time you have to put into each fic. even more so if you're not writing in your native language, as i am. the amount of time i spend learning new words, highlighting expressions i didn't know when reading in english so i can use them myself later, finding a style that feels true to my original writing style in spanish but also flows well enough in english... i mean, you can love something a lot, and i think if i didn't love wjsn so much, i wouldn't have dared to ever put my fics out there for everyone to see, but i feel like for people who write for small fandoms & in a language that isn't their mother tongue, it's impossible for your love for the fandom alone to sustain that amount of work and sacrifice. you also have to love writing A LOT. and that's the case with me, at least!👁️

ANYWAY!!! sorry for rambling so much but that was the process that preceded me becoming a fic writer lol hope you don't mind this monster of a reply anon!! ♡