my doomsday neighbors
this was my first ever ficmix and the source material was already really interesting and really complete to work with, while also including pairings i wasn't used to writing, so it was fun to take on that challenge. ultimately, i'm really proud of how i was able to weave my favorite scifi influences (along with the book i was reading at the time and the songs i was listening to at the time) into this story that builds off something else. it's also one of the few fics where i started writing blind, with no real idea of where the fic was going or what i wanted the story to be. pair that with jeonghceol as the ship for the fic, and it truly was hard for me, since i feel like bigger/government ships tend to have certain expectations when it comes to fic, but regardless, i do like how this story turned out. it's one i like to revisit whenever i'm in the mood for scifi, but maybe not to start writing/reading a whole new book.

somewhere in time, i love you.
this comes up anytime i get asked this question and i honestly think it's one of the best things i've ever written conceptually. i do think if i were to rewrite the storyline itself that things would change slightly and i could do that better now, but that comes with the nature of being a writer. the song that inspired this fic and ship being two of my favorites of all time already made it so easy, and i do really like my writing in the fic too. i think it's also the most me as opposed to chihiroine.

unholy triptych of my sweet uncareful friends
inspired by the music video for home;run, i genuinely sat there for like. a week straight just rewinding each scene in the mv to piece together a storyline. if my doomsday neighbors was a challenge, then this was a puzzle, since each of the pairings and the different scenes had so many moving parts. it's also the closest to an ensemble fic i've written since my very first (nihilist blues, although there are other since orphanned fics that predate that lol) and it could be fun to properly flesh out a longer, more intentional ensemble fic. that's quite a big project though, so it would definitely have to come after all my current wips.

next time you're coming home
recently, i told a friend i wanted to write more intentionally and with emotional weight to my writing. this particular fic also came to mind since i'd just written it before we had that conversation. i've dabbled with ambiguous endings (see: somewhere in time, i love you.) but it's usually hinted at that the characters end up together, or even if the world ends, that they're all together when it does. with next time you're coming home, i got to explore the uncertainty of a relationship through the pov of an unreliable narrator, a character we know nothing about, and an ending that leaves itself open to interpretation. shorter fics like this are really fun to experiment with style, so it was one of the more fun fics to write, and i like the way it's turned out! i think i can see it influencing my future writing as well too ngl.