#maplequinn

‣ My name is Maple, but you can call me Quinn too. I use they/she/he pronouns. I am 23, biromantic asexual, and I am from Latvia.

‣ This is my main blog so I will post here misc stuff, some fandom stuff occasionally. Might find old posts from my fandoms: Dream Team, Hermitcraft, Eurovision, Andi Mack, Supernatural, HSMTMTS, SKAM and its remakes, One Direction and others, newer fandom posts in their respective sideblogs.

‣ My MCYT sideblog — TV show sideblog — music sideblog

‣ I write sometimes - here’s my AO3

‣ I also have a twitter account

‣ My url used to be sana-drinks-isklar. I dunno, maybe you remember me as that (:

Don’t hesitate to message me or ask me something if you want to talk (:

This Town by Kygo!

// LMAO, nooo. Not Sungwon winning out over Jaywon. 💀

Like? I can see Jakehoon and Sunsun. All the members adoring Ni-ki, Sunoo, and Jungwon (aka maknae line) in different ways. And I love the OT7 group dynamic—they’re so chaotic and play off each other so well, and it’s clear they all love each other (however one defines that).

But Jaywon? Fanservice? Not genuine? Give me a break, rofl.

There’s a reason those two are attached at the hip. Not to mention the way they’re constantly off in their own world even on-camera while surrounded by the other members. Jungwon canonically losing his train of thought and getting distracted by Jay, to the point the others will physically snap them both out of it.

Hello???

// Ah, ok, cool. My general experiences with fandom Twitter and Reddit have not been great (and that those sites tend to turn toxic real quick), so for my own mental health I simply don’t frequent those sites. (The exception being the LAMF subreddit, because schadenfreude and it’s one way of staying sane.)

But yeah, Jaywon are so obviously whipped for each other. Would I be surprised if there’s an official announcement of some sort down the line? Nope.

And neither would the rest of Enhypen, probably.

not saying that what jaywon are doing isn't flirting 24/7, but even if they were just friends I'm not actually doing anything that would somehow ruin their friendship - I don't send them my fics or ask them at fansigns to kiss each other or smth, and I think a lot of rpf antis forget that you can ship real people and be normal. I think that the reason besides the gradual growth of rpf haters overall across every fandom (because of quarantine bringing in more normies into fandoms who don't know fandom culture or the internet making it more and more easier to talk to content creators and celebrities among other reasons) why it's specifically jaywonists that get this huge amount of backlash is because if I remember correctly they are the only ones who have had a direct interaction with a shipper - in that one live 1.5-2ish years ago when jungwon read a comment on their live asking "if they are dating" and said no (I forgot the specific quote but it was smth along those lines). every other enha pairing, if they get asked to do a selfie or a live or a heart with each other that's not necessarily romantic even if asked by shippers.

that I think is the reason why it's only jaywonists who get comments like that. it's so frustrating to open comments and instead of finding a sea "they're so cute" there's an ocean of passive aggressive "look at these two FRIENDS". it's why I want to some day make a tiktok account for jaywon and delete every comment like that I get under my videos. I think a lot of people don't know that as the owner of an account you can delete other people's comments among also blocking that person so they don't comment on future videos. I want to make a space for jaywonists and let everyone know they are cute BOYFRIENDS.

// I did see the live clip where a fan asked if they were dating and they replied in the negative, but that never connected to me for why Jaywon in particular gets so much hate from antis, so thanks for pointing that out. (I only became an ENGENE a month ago, but I like to deep dive when I join a new fandom.) Agreed on all the normies discovering Internet fandom for the first time during quarantine made fandom in general worse for everyone already here. (“You come into my house—”, etc.)

Which, do I personally think Jaywon are secretly dating IRL off-camera? For obvious reasons, no—but even if they were, it’s not something that even heterosexual idols can be open about. Jungwon got ridiculous amounts of hate for dating rumors re: Winter months back that weren’t even true, and he had to shut that shit down himself (along with false allegations that he smokes).

All that being said, I’m from the generation of fandom where there’s a Very Firm Fourth Wall between RPF fandom activities (shipping, fanfic, fanvids) and the real persons in question. Keep it in fandom spaces and don’t bring it to the attention of the idols, etc.

Anyway, like? Jaywon remind me a lot of the relationship between German musical stars Pia Douwes and Uwe Kröger, where if you didn’t know better you would swear they’re dating—even though they’re not, but the chemistry is that off the charts, they’ve known each other for years, are incredibly close best friends, are possessive of each other, and have basically described each other as soulmates.

I’m here to have fun in fandom spaces imagining a universe/timeline where Jaywon are a couple, actually. (Besides, isn’t it said that the most long-lasting romantic relationships are rooted in deep friendship first? RIP to the antis, but I don’t see how suggesting that Jaywon have romantic feelings for each other within fandom spaces—keeping it away from Jay and Jungwon—would “ruin” their friendship.)

I’m also here to read all the fic where Jaywon match each other’s freak and get down and dirty. Good for their fictional counterparts, who certainly enjoy it and so do I.

Anyway. *sticks tongue firmly in cheek* They’re dating. They’re boyfriends. They’re secretly married, Your Honor. They’re husbands.