#gonjo

Anyway, in the spirit of getting back into fic writing/reengaging with my blorbos, and also because in the UK and Korea it’s now Yeong’s/Eunseob’s birthday, I thought it would be fun to share it here :D

Here’s Unbreakable Chapter 21: Lost. The one that tanked my mental health for the whole week that I was writing it, so much so that my mum became concerned about me T_T

(PS I got tumblr for your Gonjo theories lol)

Wow, thank you so much for asking! And first of all let me say that I’m really honoured that you care enough about my theories to make this account 🥺 I need to post more to be honest, but right now a lot of them are caught in a trap of being spoilers for the next important project.

As for why I wanted to write Unbreakable… the short answer is that, as a Yeong stan I was unsatisfied with Taegon, and it annoyed me so much that I felt compelled to write a fic to fix that SKFSLKJFKLJK something where Gon would have to face consequences for how Yeong was mistreated, before eventually they would be able to make each other happy for the rest of their lives. This was… perhaps inspired a little by my own life at the time, where I was in a complicated situation with a straight girl that I liked, a kind of situation where it was almost as if we were together even though we weren’t… and recently she’d got a boyfriend, and I was pretty heartbroken despite having no real reason to be 😅😅 it’s embarrassing looking back, but I connected with Yeong a lot because I saw my situation at the time in how he might have felt about Taegon.

The longer answer is that while that was the initial reason, it quickly became more than that. I have a bad habit of writing the first chapter of a fic without really knowing where it’s going, I just know where I want it to start, and only when that first chapter is done do I really start thinking about “cooler” twists and turns for the story to take. The act of writing the fic itself made me start thinking about Yeong’s family, and wanting to explain the age gap between Yeong/Eunseob and the twins while also trying to explain why Yeong is the way he is. I have a habit of making myself sad while daydreaming about my beloved blorbos, and my general rule of thumb is “ohh this would be awful - let’s write it!”

The surprising thing for me, however, was how as the story progressed… it stopped being a way to vent from Yeong’s point of view, and I started to really identify a lot more with Gon as I was writing. Obviously I was still feeling Yeong as well, but what started off as a way to complain about Gon turned into something where I really wanted to explain his point of view in a way that was sympathetic and understandable. To be honest, I think a lot of this came from my friends at the time telling me that they think I’m autistic, and then me looking at Lee Gon and going “wait a damn minute… why does the research I’ve been doing seem to fit with how I’ve been writing him?” Then I started projecting, and from about chapter 11? 12? onwards I started doing what I’d accidentally been doing before on purpose, and that also became a big driving factor. This is a hill I will die on, and at some point in the next… well, few years, being honest with myself about how fast I’m working now I’m at uni, I do want to make a post on this headcanon for Gon because it’s important to my heart, but I want to finish my detailed rewatch of the show first. TL;DR, halfway through writing I switched sides from being a Yeong defender to a Gon apologist, and then that became a big driving force for the fic.

But mostly… they just live rent-free in my head, and that was the summer after I finished school so I had a lot of free time to write, and I really enjoyed working all my headcanons at the time into a fic that tied up enough loose ends to satisfy me after the show just left me feeling frustrated. Nowadays, Unbreakable is kind of out of date for me honestly - working on another fic with @irregularpeach has created so many more headcanons than I ever could have dreamed up on my own, and now the multiverse is pretty extensive in my mind 😅

Hey Gonjo people!!

Do you like angst? Do you like fresh and interesting takes that vastly improve the base canon material? Do you like being able to see how Gon and Yeong grew up together and how that has affected their relationship?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, why not check out Words that won’t come by @celestemorrigan !!! This fic deserves more love, and I promise you won’t regret it ^-^

open like a hinge | 37k | explicit | the king: eternal monarch | jo yeong/lee gon | jo yeong has a secret he's been keeping for years. now, it's trying to break free

This time last year I released ✨The Christmas Fic✨ to celebrate this festive time of year.

This year, I haven’t been nearly as organised, so my gift to you is a little bit different…

The big joint fic with @irregularpeach TITLE REVEAL :D (plus cover art or something ig there’s that too)

it is coming. the joint docs have been opened, the writing has been started, and the first chapter, in both english and spanish, will be dropping…… whenever it is ready.

buckle up for serious tkem canon expansion, (probably) never-before-seen headcanons, and truckloads of angst, babeyyyyy

I’m normally not into crossovers but I kind of want BBC Merlin and Jo Yeong (TKEM) to meet. They’re kind of reversed and yet the same (dare I say 2 sides of the same coin?) and whenever I feel like screaming lately it’s always, always about those two about their respective King... 

Look at Yeong, deciding at age 4 and at first sight of Gon: YOU. it’s gonna be YOU - I think it was Fate?

And then there’s Merlin: It *was* actually Fate. but I didn’t want it - because I didn’t want it to be about HIM - and here I am anyway.

AND I JUST LOVE THEM BOTH.  But dumbos, YOU BOTH CHOSE. AND YOU CHOSE THEM. And that’s the only thing that MATTERS in the end. You MADE your own fate. (not doom, ok, please let’s stay positive - ME CRIES) 

(Also, Merlin explaining what a clotpole is etc and Yeong shocked because how do you dare call your King THAT? etc etc aka those 2 idiots comparing notes and everything about their respective 2 idiots?)

Anyway: Is it just me ? Or can we start a club ?

And in case anyone might be interested in my feelings about those 2x 2 idiots :