the real problem with me is that i get really fixated on ultra specific niche tropes that never really make all that much sense when you take them out of the fic that got me fixated on them.

that being said: ambiguous relationships & undefined relationships are a trope (theme?) that i've explored a lot since i started writing fics. initially, when i was still writing for hyunho or for vnc or even all the way back when i was writing for kotlc, i used to try really hard to clarify the boundaries of the relationship, specify that they weren't strictly romantic or platonic but a secret third thing, but i don't feel that pressure so much lately, if pressure's the right word for it? i've had a lot of fun portraying ambiguity in a variety of ways—see: surface tension, where gyucheol are literally in bed together, after an implied fade to black scene, and they're talking about cheol's blind dates, even though it's otherwise obvious that these two adore each other—and i'd like to think that's because i've also grown as a person. cliche as it may be, it's easier to accept now that my writing is open to interpretation and while i may have a specific idea or concept and aim for perfect execution, i'm also more okay to "misinterpretation" or alternate interpretations.

beyond that, rapid fire: rivals/enemies, roommates, childhood friends, space au, scifi au, detective au