Round 1 2023: Quotes

[hwarium]

Status: Closed This round has closed. It remains open for fills, comments and remixes, but prompts are no longer accepted. Seventeen Holidays Round 1: Quotes About "Someone will remember us, I say, even in another time." "How inconvenient to be made of desire." "It's me, hi, I'm the problem its me." Calling all readers, lovers of poetry and music, screen and stage. Quote collecters and lyric hoarders, unleash your archive. For this round, every prompt must contain a quote - you can combine them, add commentary, link to articles, do whatever. Steal from a literary classic, or copy WeVerse drama. 🛑 HOLD UP If this is your first time on 17hols please check out our About Page which contains helpful information and links to pages explaining dreamwidth and HTML. We are a prompting fest where all the action happens in the comment section. Rules Sign up is not required. Fills have a minimum of 400 words for prose, haiku-length for poetry (3 lines), and 400px by 400px for art (memes are also art). Other mediums are fine too! There is no maximum cap. Tag and provide content warnings at your discretion, but a good guide are the Ao3 four (Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage) and this list of common CWs (cr: SportsFest). NSFW/Explicit content should be tagged NSFW art should not be visible, please provide a link and a warning. You may crop the artwork and embed a SFW preview. How it works Prompting Click on [Post a New Comment] at the bottom of this post; Change the subject; Copy+Paste the following HTML into your comment and edit the sections. Feel free to add as much detail as you want! Need ideas? Check out our 2021 and 2022 Quote rounds. <strong>Ship/Member:</strong> Any <strong>Major Tags:</strong> N/A <strong>Additional Tags:</strong> N/A <strong>Do Not Wants:</strong> None <strong>Prompt:</strong> <blockquote>[QUOTE GOES HERE] </blockquote> Filling Reply to the original prompt; You must change the subject to [FILL] - this is to help the mods track. Feel free to add a title Copy+Paste the following HTML into your comment, edit the sections, and add your text. You may also upload your fill to the AO3 Collection. <strong>Ship/Member:</strong> Any <strong>Major Tags:</strong> N/A <strong>Additional Tags:</strong> N/A <strong>Permission to remix:</strong> Yes/No/Please ask *** Remixing Post as a reply to the fill you are remixing, using the same HTML as above; Change the subject to [REMIX]. Art/media Upload your work to any platform (twitter, imgur, youtube, soundcloud, google maps, etc.) Using the same HTML code as above, copy the link into your fill or remix. That's it! Optionally, you can embed a picture into your comment. Please use the following code instead. (To explain, the HTML resizes your picture to 400x400px so that it fits on most screens. Users can view the full size if they click on it. You can also add a link to your work on twitter so that others can share it, or to any other website you want) <strong>Ship/Member:</strong> Any <strong>Major Tags:</strong> N/A <strong>Additional Tags:</strong> N/A <strong>Permission to remix:</strong> Yes/No/Please ask *** <img src="INSERT IMAGE URL" width="400px"> <a href="INSERT ANY URL YOU WANT">TEXT THAT DESCRIBES THE LINK</a> Note! On dreamwidth, you can't edit a comment once someone has replied to it. Navigation ABOUT FAQ CHAT BAITS ✧ FILLS ✧ < ROUND 1: QUOTES > ROUND 2: ALTERNATE UNIVERSES 2021 2022

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Re: [FILL] lovey dovey on me

[corar]

oh this was so wonderful! loved mingyu being so earnest and minghao's delight by it.

Re: [FILL] - eye of the beholder

[lachrymosy]

I loved these lines: Mingyu goes back. He always goes back. The Earth rotates around the sun, the moon around the Earth and Mingyu around Jeonghan.

And I also loved: You have to stop thinking I don’t love you—what a good bit of dialogue!

This was lovely!

Re: [FILL] try again try again try again

[lachrymosy]

Ah, all the what-ifs! To echo Ally, the struggle with BEING LOVED—it comes through so clearly here. Lovely fic ❤️

All nature in confusion

[furniished]

Ship/Member: Minghao/Mingyu
Major Tags: Idolverse, Implied canon divergence
Additional Tags: N/A
Permission to remix: Yes

A/N: Uhh I'm really sorry about this one.
***

“Surprise!” Mingyu stage-whispered when Minghao pulled open the sliding door of the black minivan to reveal him hunched over in the second row, dark sunglasses on even though the sun had already set.

It wasn’t a surprise, really, because earlier that week Mingyu had double- and triple-checked with Minghao about when his flight was landing, whether he had any schedules right after, if he knew which manager was picking him up. The second tell was that he’d clammed up when Minghao had sent a message before taking off from Beijing asking Mingyu if he was free for dinner that night, launching into an unnecessarily detailed description of his lunch menu instead. The two of them were similar, in that way – both lacking the penchant for subtle, minute deflection that made for the best liars. Minghao had rolled his eyes and texted the manager not to bother bringing him any food.

“Hi.” Minghao threw his bag into the back row and sat in the second, hesitating only for a moment before reaching across the space between their seats to rest his hand on Mingyu’s arm. Mingyu flexed at the touch, pleased, the contours of his forearm grounding Minghao after his long day of travel and the past few months of filming still swirling in his mind. Fondness and familiarity had a way of forming a positive feedback loop, an ouroboros that fed on its own confirmation bias in ever-tightening loops. Soulmates, they had giggled, once, hiding under the covers, sharing their hopes, egging on each other’s wishes, marveling at how the threads of their existence had been taken and woven together now so tightly that they could never be teased apart. You are a person who is just like me.

The thing about mirrors is that they reflect your own myopia. It may have been more accurate to say that there was a person they each wanted to be just like, that it was not one or the other but a third thing, a clear outline of an existence that they could see shining before them, and that they were both so determined in their desire that they mistook evolution for genesis, form for function, as the preachers and the old scientists had.

++

Minghao is the last person Mingyu talks to about contract renewals. He doesn’t know whether it’s because Mingyu thinks he’ll be the most difficult to convince, or because he assumes they’re on the same page. Either way, he resents it.

Speculation had always been a love language of sorts, for the two of them. In hypotheticals, it was easier to continue to orient yourselves in parallel without considering the mathematical implications of sharing a slope.

“It’s not that complicated,” Mingyu says, when they finally do sit down together. “Everyone should just say what they want, first – that way we all start on the same page. And then we work from there.”

“What if we don’t want the same things?”

Mingyu doesn’t falter. “Well, of course the members will have different terms. I mean, you should have seen Vernon’s spreadsheet about stock options – I don’t even know where he learned all that stuff. But that’s why it’s good to have it all on the table, so we can figure out the best compromise and how to leverage it with the company.”

Mingyu is no fool. Minghao knows this, truly knows this, but a part of him still can’t help but flicker with annoyed disbelief. Once upon a time, he would have been starry with admiration. He’s not sure where to direct the vague sense of disgust he feels now, deep in the pit of his stomach, churning in that hollowed out place for secrets that used to only be filled with ambition. Natural selection had done its work on both of them, after all.

“Mingyu,” Minghao says slowly. “What if there is no compromise?”

How do two people know that they’re looking at the same color, just because they both give it the same name?

++

Mingyu rides with him one more time to Incheon Airport. The cab driver showed no sign of recognition when they hailed the car down outside of the company, didn’t bother stepping out to help two perfectly able-bodied young men, one with a military-grade buzzcut, with their luggage. There’s nothing much to say in the last hour, really, and the way that the pop radio saws like a dull knife through the silence makes Minghao wish that Mingyu hadn’t offered to come at all. Still, he understands. It had always been important to both of them to see things through to the end.

++

“It’s not your fault,” Minghao had said, after the ink had dried and the old papers had been shredded and they found themselves alone in the conference room. The touch of his hand echoed on Mingyu’s arm. “You knew me as well as I knew myself back then. And I would have resented you for going any further.” He exhaled wrly. “Just look at me and Junhui.”

“We all changed, Myungho. You’re hardly the only one.”

Minghao shook his head. “Kim Mingyu, the best parts of you have stayed the same. You should be grateful.” He winced at his own choice of words. “I mean, it’s a good thing. I wish…” He stopped himself, deflated, the words momentarily stunned by the unfamiliar rush of free fall, wings still damp with amniotic fluid.

Mingyu looked at him for a long moment, then got up, his chair rolling soundlessly away from the table.

Re: [FILL] here's your chance

[lachrymosy]

ALLY this is a delight! First of all you open the game with Jeonghan maybe-cheating which just goes to show the whole fic is about to be perfect. And:

“Yeah!” Soonyoung yells back. He pumps one fist in the air. “Yeah, I’m gonna! Hyung, I’m gonna do it!” —WHY IS THIS SO HOSHY I’m just

feeling wild with something that he cannot name, something that fizzles all the way down to his fingers and toes. —i love this line!

And the kiss! Lol what a thrilling fic! Love this you are so talented!!!

Re: All nature in confusion

[lachrymosy]

Omg—I want to quote my favorite lines back at you but I’d just be quoting the whole fic. This is impeccably written and I need to start from the beginning and read it all over again before I’ll be able to articulate anything meaningful. I’m so overwhelmed by this, in the best way. Amazing!

Re: [FILL] the poets are right

[furniished]

huhuhu glimpses of your past life as a scoupist... love the framing of this, how you get at the transmuting & muddling & ignoring with wws aborted attempts to explain what he's feeling. And this! As Jeonghan finished the last of his drink on the balcony, was he telling Wonwoo that Wonwoo was wrong about his own feelings, that he'd be running back to Jeonghan before long? Or was Jeonghan trying to confess, say that he still cared about Wonwoo and always would? i really like as an exploration of projection and memory, how easy it can be to second guess everything. Thank u for sharing!! happy 17hols 🏁

Re: [FILL] sunlit daze

[furniished]

oh I LOVE IT HERE so glad we are starting 2023hols off with jeon wonwoo in pain. Tis the season indeed
Trainee/trainee parallels are soooo good,, what if you knew exactly what kind of bloodshed you were in for... and junhui you hero!! Your story-setting and prose are as gripping and wonderful as always, especially the moments where you play with the pacing and lull/arrest us in time along w the characters - thank u for creating this!

Re: [FILL] swipe

[furniished]

wah I love the premise of this so much, the trenches of modern dating through the joshhong pov - it's so perfect, especially his vague passivity but also not wanting to "settle" (hmm!) and I really liked the shift in tone of What if he could try being someone else tonight?
I enjoyed all the little details throughout, like the cafe-hopping tactic and the damp shared cigarette - the story feels so real even with just a single scene. Thank you for sharing!!

your love

[keyofreason]

Ship/Member: Any but please consider Chan just in general
Major Tags: N/A
Additional Tags: right person wrong time
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:

Maybe in time when we’re both better at life, daylight can open my eyes and you’ll still be by my side - your love (deja vu) by glass animals

[keyofreason]

Ship/Member: Any but please consider Chan
Major Tags: Unrequited Love
Additional Tags: N/A
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:

We won't be together, but maybe the next life
I need him like watеr, he lives on a landslide
I cry in his bathroom, hе turns off the big light
I'm being a cool girl, I'm keeping it so tight
I carry him home while my friends have a good night
I need him like water, he thinks that I'm alright
I'm not feeling human, I think he's a good guy
- complex by katie gregson-macleod

Re: [FILL] sunshine on me

[cruelsummers]

i'm going to eat this, and then you!

[keyofreason]

Ship/Member: Any but please consider Chan
Major Tags: Slow Burn, Friends to lovers, Angst?
Additional Tags: N/A
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:

Who were you then? And who is she now?
Did she know that we were together somehow?
You never touched me, but I felt you everywhere
- That's where I am by Maggie Rogers

Re: I relate to you who can’t relate

[furniished]

I feel like I lived a whole lifetime reading this _@ it's sooo excellent and well-spun. junhan are so good for this dreamscape and I love the contrast of cold ambition vs their familiarity and what they would easily give up for each other. Thank you sm for creating and sharing this!

[keyofreason]

Ship/Member: Any but consider Junhao
Major Tags: Complicated relationships
Additional Tags: N/A
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:

I don't care what we are
It just has to work
Where we end something far
Something hard to understand
- Understand by Hippo Campus

[keyofreason]

Ship/Member: Any but consider Seungkwan or Minghao
Major Tags: Learning to Love
Additional Tags: N/A
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:

What if when he sees me
I like him and he knows it?
What if he opens up a door
And I can't close it? (What if you only open up?)
What happens then?
If when he holds me (when)
My heart is set in motion (he)
I'm not prepared for that (holds)
I'm scared of breaking open (me)
(What if you only open up?)
But still I can't help from hoping (in hope for love?)
To find someone to talk to
Who likes the way I am
Someone who when he sees me
Wants to again
- When He Sees Me from Waitress the musical

[keyofreason]

Ship/Member: Any
Major Tags: Post Break-up
Additional Tags: N/A
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:

And I can go anywhere I want
Anywhere I want, just not home
And you can aim for my heart, go for blood
But you would still miss me in your bones
- My Tears Ricochet by Taylor Swift

Re: [FILL] building (sand)castles

[latespring]

YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I am holding them so gently! I am putting my head in my palms!!!! you write seokhao with so much fondness, so much joy and delight and wonder it is impossible not to grin along with them!!! the whole time I was just so so fond, like:

(Seokmin turns to Minghao, who is already looking at him, never too far away, valiantly fighting a smile from spreading across his face. Minghao loses.

“We have the weather app, you know,” Minghao reminds Seokmin, who wrinkles his nose. Waves him off, like this is a ridiculous notion, when in fact it is probably what everybody does before they spontaneously go to the ocean.)

seokmin who is a little silly and entirely minghao's fool. his spontaneous (or really, not so spontaneous--knowing seokmin he'd probably been thinking it!!!) mention of a future proposal, the way minghao was the one to cry in the end. I love them and I could think of no better person to fill this <3333333333333

Re: [REMIX] so this is love?

[latespring]

they're soooooooooo!!!!! this is so filled with light and life! I was hoping someone would remix this again, I've always been fond of stories continuing on in sequence. so many lines in this made me smile

(> The warm cup of coffee—made with Guatemalan coffee beans and an ounce of love—is clasped tightly in his hands.

“Yeobo! My sexy man, my beloved,” Soonyoung cries in an endless litany, and Seokmin laughs wetly through his tears, through replies of Jagiya, Young, dear.

> (Of course, he forgets his keys. That's why Jihoon is there—is it not?)

> As protein strands in eggs unfurl during heating—his heart relaxes, going limp against the unstoppable force of Seokmin’s warmth. He takes out a slab of salmon—bread in the airfryer in the midst of being toasted to perfection. Soonyoung’s discharge happens at twelve noon today. He prepares the tray of eggs—new, ready to be used for weeks to come.)

the egg lives on... the three of them are so endlessly tender, so much light and gratitude held between them <33333 thank you for sharing your protein knowledge!!!

[tenjouh]

Ship/Member: any!!!!
Major Tags: conscious self-destruction under the guise of 'escapism', "we're bad for each other" type beat
Additional Tags: possible smut (could be implied instead of explicit)
Do Not Wants: dubcon, violence, abuse

Prompt:

Something isn't right, babe; I keep catching
Little words, but the meaning's thin
I'm somewhere outside my life, babe; I keep scratching
But somehow I can't get in

So we're slaves
To any semblance of touch
Lord, we should quit
But we love it too much

- Sedated by Hozier

Re: [FILL]

[st8rgazer]

thank you!! this means a lot

[FILL] like a stone

[bamboozled]

Ship/Member: boochan
Major Tags: mild violence? (sports related)
Additional Tags: looking at someone and wishing you were them, self criticism, general idol life struggles, a p negative view of the self and uh, the group dynamic
Permission to remix: Yes

***

Seungkwan looks at Chan and thinks, “I could never do that.”

He thinks it unkindly, images of his own round cheeks and the soft parts of his body flashing through his mind. He thinks of how high strung he is, how worked up he gets, how if he were the maknae and any of the hyungs treated him like they treat Chan, he would’ve quit a long time ago.

Of course, Chan is too dog-headed and stubborn to quit, so he shoulders the teasing, the roughhousing, the harsh words, and the pranks. He takes it when they kill him on purpose for a video game because Carats will laugh. He lets them push him down on a trampoline or make fun of him when he’s skydiving because it’s good content and the hyungs do care, in their own way.

And frankly, Chan is talented enough to know they would be found lacking without him. He accepts his place because he’s earned it. If he left, they’d beg him to come back.

Still. Stand up for yourself! Seungkwan wants to scream. Don’t let them treat you this way! Don’t let me treat you this way!

He never says this, of course, and he doubts Chan would listen if he did.

*

They’re filming an episode of GOSE, a game that apparently is ripped straight from a season of Kingdom: Legendary War. They’re in lines, Chan is at the end of one and Seungkwan is at the beginning of the other. Seungkwan has to pop Chan’s balloon and everyone has to stay connected.

“I don’t think I’m the best person for this. Can’t I sit out?” Seungkwan whines, mostly for the cameras.

“Ah, you’ll be fine,” Hansol says, and slaps Seungkwan's shoulder. He’s the one sitting out because he figured out some puzzle the fastest. Traitor.

The whistle blows and they go. It’s weird to run with five people behind you, and it’s even weirder to go for the tail of the other team. They end up in a strange sort of spiral, a circle, like that snake that eats its own tail. Mingyu is behind Seungkwan, holding too tightly into his jersey.

“I can’t get him!” he yells, but it’s lost to the din of twelve other members.

Chan gets close and Seungkwan reaches, pulling against Mingyu’s hold on him. His hands brush the balloon and he tugs forward again, except his jersey gives and Mingyu lets go and Seungkwan ends up in a painful heap on top of Chan.

The balloon popped, at least.

They’re both dirty, and Seungkwan knows he landed hard on top of him. Chan must be hurting. He never shows it, though. Maybe that’s what keeps them all coming back to torment him. They just want him to break.

The whistle blows. “Foul! Line disconnected! No point!”

Seungkwan could be nice. He could get up and beg for Chan’s apology and brush him off and offer him some water. He could baby him a little, like he’d want to be babied.

Chan doesn’t want that, though. Neither does Seungkwan.

“Ah! Yah! Watch where you’re going!” He shouts instead and stands. He picks Chan up from the ground under the guise of shoving him again. Chan whines back, rubs his arm, but takes it.

Seungkwan shoulder checks him on his way past, just because he can.

try it again

[madeoutcreek]

Ship/Member: Any (but I think including yjh or kmg somehow would work nicely)
Major Tags: N/A
Additional Tags: grey areas, themes of emotional infidelity or nonmonogamy or messy throuples or whatever, character/relationship study
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:

Everybody wants to fuck someone else
Wanna feel the thing they never felt when they was with you

- JMSN, Cruel Intentions

This song is also about controlled desire, or our ability to lust for people and not act on it. Navigating monogamy and desire is difficult, but it’s also a normal human condition. Those feelings don’t contradict loyalty, you know? The chorus reminds me of heaven and the verses remind me of hell. After these dark and almost industrial bars, there’s this angelic light that breaks through.

- Japanese Breakfast's commentary on "Sit"

Re: [FILL] - eye of the beholder

[bamboozled]

thank u!!!

Re: [FILL] - eye of the beholder

[bamboozled]

thank you!!!