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"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."
"What is grief, if not love persevering?"
"You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath"
Calling all readers, lovers of poetry and music, screen and stage. Quote collecters and lyric hoarders, unleash your archive. Each prompt must contain a quote - you can combine them, add commentary, link to articles, and more. Steal from a literary classic, or WeVerse drama. Have fun!
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Minghao + Ocean Vuong
The most beautiful part of your body
is where it's headed. & remember,
loneliness is still time spent
with the world.
Ocean Vuong - night sky with exit wounds
Hoshi/Anyone; "Beauty is terror"
Thinking about these two quotes together and the idea of on/off-stage personas:
"Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful we tremble before it. And what could be more terrifying or beautiful, to the Greeks to to our own, than to lose control completely?" - Donna Tartt, the Secret Histories
"I am calm in everyday life but when I put on my in-ear device and step on stage, I can feel the tension and hear the cheers getting louder as the music gets louder. When the staff tells me it's time to step on stage, I feel something boil inside me. I feel it steaming inside and I think I have to give a burst of something, spill what is inside me." - Hoshi in Hit the Road Ep. 04
Any ship; "It's been so many years"
Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost
And I am calling long distance
Don't worry 'bout the cost.
'Cause it's been forty years or more
Now Martha please recall
Meet me out for coffee
Where we'll talk about it all.
Tom Watts - Martha
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(Anonymous) 2022-01-03 08:52 am (UTC)(link)major tags: idolverse/canon compliant
additional tags: finding oneself, breaking barriers, character study, angst-to-fluff ♡
do not wants: none!
prompt:
[FILL]
major tags: idolverse/canon compliant, in the soop
Minghao can only read at night on trips like these, past the time when everyone still tugs his body in directions out of his control. Even now, on the side of a craggy mountain somewhere east of Seoul, Minghao can't help but wait for the sun to go down to start his dive into the book sitting, waiting for him, on his bedside table.
It's a self-help book, something Minghao only recently decided was actually helpful rather than sort of cheesy or unknowing. He used to be so angry, angry at words that only served to help him. He used to hate books like this because they made it seem so easy; like self-awareness could ever do anything but make him hate himself in new angles. How would a book know how to make me better?
It's different now. The books are beautiful. Maybe because now, he can see that he is beautiful too.
It's a sweet section of the book he's focused on, his legs tangled in the sheets of the bed, when Soonyoung glides in.
"Not going to drink with everyone?" Minghao asks, raising an eyebrow at Soonyoung, already in his pajamas.
Soonyoung rubs the back of his neck and settles on the edge of the bed. "I'm sleepy. You know."
Minghao does. Soonyoung likes to pretend he's always the life of the party, but they both know better. When left to make his own choices, Soonyoung likes to be quiet and calm. Like a wild cat conserving its energy for the hunt.
Minghao rubs a finger against the thin edge of a page of his book and Soonyoung's eyes catch on his movement, following his finger absentmindedly.
"Myungho-yah," Soonyoung murmurs, Minghao's name wrong in his mouth but right in his head. "What are you reading?"
Minghao smiles at him and Soonyoung answers his own question. "It's a Chinese book?" he asks.
"Yes, a Chinese book," Minghao says quietly, his voice thick and low in the suffocating night of the room. He feels like he should say something, or do something, but Soonyoung just nods.
He scoots closer and leans over Minghao's body, his scent catching on Minghao's nose as he says, "Translate it into Korean and tell me what it says."
Minghao fingers one of the pages again and says, "This one?"
Soonyoung nods. Minghao doesn't know how to tell him he can't read in two languages now.
"This book is too difficult to translate," Minghao says, his mouth trying to keep the words on his tongue.
Soonyoung's wandering fingers play with the hem of Minghao's shirt and give him goosebumps. "Try," Soonyoung says, his voice encouraging and full of expectation. Minghao swallows, feeling the lump in his throat nudge up against his words. Soonyoung is looking at him intensely, but it's still soft and gentle and Minghao feels safe. Always has, with him.
"As best you can."
Soonyoung's fingers brush against the skin of his hip. Minghao's body burns
"Even just one line."
Soonyoung's fingers spark against his ribs.
So he tries. He scans the page for a line that seems easy, where the characters stay put and don't move when he tries to read them.
"Humans, subconsciously, strive for... satisfaction... and validation..." Minghao says, his words halting and embarrassingly lacking once translated. "That's because... we are all feeling empty inside."
He bites his lip, sure that he couldn't have possibly done it justice.
Soonyoung's hot palm presses flat against his hipbone. "That's amazing," he breathes out, leaning in close. Minghao can feel the lines of his hand on his skin.
"It's a-about trying to become a stronger and more independent person," Minghao says. He cringes. That barely scratches the surface. Fuck, why can't he explain this right? "But it's too difficult," Minghao continues.
Soonyoung nods, his hand still pressed into Minghao's stomach.
"Everything in here is difficult," Minghao finishes, feeling his face burn at the intense focus Soonyoung is looking at him with.
Soonyoung's hand sweeps up to his chest, right above his heart, and he says, "You did well."
Minghao's whole body shivers. He nods, once, and tries to keep reading, so he doesn't have to tell Soonyoung how much it means to him, his hand on his heart and his eyes on his face.
He doesn't have the words.
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some tidbits i liked:
+ He used to hate books like this because they made it seem so easy; like self-awareness could ever do anything but make him hate himself in new angles. T____T AUGH AUGH SO TRUE BESTIE… minghao u just get it
+ Soonyoung likes to be quiet and calm. Like a wild cat conserving its energy for the hunt. soonyoung introvert truther
+ this scene "It's a-about trying to become a stronger and more independent person," Minghao says. He cringes. That barely scratches the surface. Fuck, why can't he explain this right? "But it's too difficult," Minghao continues.
Soonyoung nods, his hand still pressed into Minghao's stomach.
"Everything in here is difficult," Minghao finishes, feeling his face burn at the intense focus Soonyoung is looking at him with. ughhhhh the way minghao is visibly struggling but soonyoung is just. trusting and patient…
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(Anonymous) 2022-01-03 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)so this is utterly beautiful and written so well to the point where it just feels. like it just feels. the dialogue is spread in such a soft & intense way and u rly nailed the way i envisioned that conversation to go so i'm just. so impressed. and so happy. like so so so happy. on another note, i absolutely love ur prose and pacing! everything is amazingly done, from first word to the last.
soonhao are also so so so soft and so lovely and it just makes my heart positively ache q__q ♡
i esp loved reading: "Soonyoung's wandering fingers play with the hem of Minghao's shirt and give him goosebumps. "Try," Soonyoung says, his voice encouraging and full of expectation. Minghao swallows, feeling the lump in his throat nudge up against his words. Soonyoung is looking at him intensely, but it's still soft and gentle and Minghao feels safe. Always has, with him.
"As best you can."
Soonyoung's fingers brush against the skin of his hip. Minghao's body burns
"Even just one line."
Soonyoung's fingers spark against his ribs.
So he tries. He scans the page for a line that seems easy, where the characters stay put and don't move when he tries to read them." this is what i meant by the spaced out dialogue!! this is so well done and the imagery is so clear. i feel like u nailed soonhao's dynamics jus in this part liiiiikeee ;__; ♡!!!
thank u so much for picking this up i love this so much my god
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It's different now. The books are beautiful. Maybe because now, he can see that he is beautiful too. this made me want to cry lol
rly rly impressed with how much growth you could show inside a single static moment!!! like i could understand so much about how far minghao had to drag himself up just from those two short paragraphs
"Everything in here is difficult," Minghao finishes, feeling his face burn at the intense focus Soonyoung is looking at him with.
Soonyoung's hand sweeps up to his chest, right above his heart, and he says, "You did well." this also made me want to cry in a different way... minghao you are doing well!!! it IS so difficult but he is doing well :( they are so sweet with each other and you showed their relationship so softly and kindly here, i really really really loved reading it. thank you for sharing it with us!!!!!!! i love u ♡
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