#anyway I hope you don't mind another non shinee post

[paintingwhiteceilings]

Can you do Male Reader X EXO?

So, its basically when either Male reader or an EXO member is struggling with his homework.

❃EXO and helping with your school/uni work ❃

A/N: Heyyy, I am so sorry this took as long as it did. I had to take some time off of posting on Tumblr as I am about to start my graduation process for my RMA. In a way, it was super cathartic to write this prompt so it became a bit of a mix between school and uni work, I hope you don't mind :')

Regarding male x-readers: I try to keep my prompt as gender-neutral as possible, mostly so anyone can insert themselves regardless of whether they identify as male, female, non-binary, etc. However, I am totally open to doing any LGBTQIA+-specific prompts, so feel free to do so!

Xiumin/Minseok:

✾ Considering this man is rumoured to have a PhD (although not specified in what), you would think that he would be an amazing person to have around when you are struggling through your homework/coursework. However, being smart doesn’t always equate to being able to offer understandable explanations.

✾ His brain skips so many steps when he is tackling a problem or working on an essay. He knows why something is right or wrong, but he can’t really explain how he got to his answers. It comes so naturally to him that he struggles to dissect his thought processes and convey them to someone else.

✾ Ultimately, he will convince you to email your teacher/professor; they can explain it much better than he can, anyway. After having corresponded so often with professors during his own studies, he is more than capable of helping you with formulating your email in such a way that they would agree to help you out.

✾ Still, after having studied as much as he has, he understands the struggle of keeping up with homework/coursework. Considering he got his degrees whilst being an idol, he is incredible at planning his work efficiently. Thus, he instead offers to help you with creating a schedule, giving you a more healthy work-life balance.

Suho/Junmyeon:

✾ Well, considering that he has an MA in Cultural Management and talked at Stanford (plus it has been proven time and time again that Suho is incredibly intelligent), he is one of the best members to go to if you ever struggle with your homework/coursework. He strikes me as someone who, although they are incredibly smart, can explain his inner thoughts very well.

✾ Give him a whiteboard, and he will shine. Don’t ask me why, but I can totally imagine him being one of those people that is convinced that “you have to visualize things. Write it down to have more space in your head to think.” Does that work? Maybe. Is it annoying to be told time and time again to “just draw it”? Yes.

✾ If he isn’t familiar with the topic/class that you are struggling with, he will take time out of his busy schedule to familiarize himself with it. He will find a couple of sources or a handbook so that he can read up on it.

✾ A part of him enjoys studying and learning together, smiling the entire time as you do so. Despite your own stress on why you can’t seem to work through the problem/assignment, you can’t help but return his quiet enthusiasm.

Baekhyun:

✾ Another member who went to university to get his degree (although I can’t find out whether he has a BA or MA, sources are so incredibly vague) and is probably used to studying whilst being unbelievably busy. Furthermore, Suho has said before that although Baekhyun tends to be the mood maker of EXO on camera, Baekhyun is a deep thinker and has many philosophical conversations with him in private. Therefore, I can imagine him being another member who would be good at conveying his thoughts very well, offering you a coherent explanation.

✾ He would be an expert on making studying fun. Instead of having to cram a bunch of facts or read a long dry article for your next class, he would find a way to gamify it, turning it from a long boring study session into a fun competition. Although he might not be a huge help regarding the content of your class, he would help you to keep your motivation while studying.

✾ At the same time, I can totally see Baekyhun being a massive distraction while studying. You will be trying to solve a problem or work on that lengthy essay, and Baekhyun keeps trying to get you to pay attention to him, as he is too restless to sit still and study. He strikes me as someone who tries to convince you to do it tomorrow instead.

Chen/Jongdae:

✾ He has an MA in Media Advertisement so you can bet that he can sell a story. I am pretty sure Media Advertisement falls under either business or communication studies, so he will probably be not too shabby at statistics either. He will, therefore, not only sell you on why studying this particular subject is fun, but he will also be able to help you actually study the contents of most math-based subjects.

✾ Chen probably is too busy to delve deeply into the subject matter that you are trying to grasp, though. He will try, nonetheless, to work through it with you. He will sit next to you as you try to solve equations, and although he might not have mastered the theory himself, he will try to learn it with you, giving you a fresh set of eyes.

✾ I think rather than being incredible at explaining stuff, he would be an amazing person for emotional support. I can see him prioritize calming you down first and having you take a step back from studying to clear your head. He would make sure that you stay hydrated and fed while studying, preparing a bunch of snacks beforehand that he will hand out as a reward for making it through another chapter.

Chanyeol:

✾ Am I tired of repeating myself and saying “This member is smart because they got their degree”? Yes. Am I insanely impressed with most of EXO going to university whilst balancing their studies with a full-time idol career? Yes, and I will never shut up about it. Anyway, yeah Chanyeol went to university bla bla, making him, not just smart, bla  bla, but also hard-working, bla bla. You know the drill.

✾ Regardless of whether Chanyeol is well-studied in the field you are struggling in, nothing will stop him from becoming an expert. He is reading up on it as if his life depended on it, driven by his strong dislike of being bad at something. It doesn't matter whether you tell him it is okay and that you can always ask a fellow student or your teacher/lecturer; he is having none of it.

✾ At this point, he is more frustrated about not grasping a particular part of the theory than you. Even after you two manage to work through your homework/coursework, he will continue to read up on the topic until he fully understands it.

✾ He might be an overachiever and perfectionist who could’ve very well used the time that he spent on a piece of information he will never ever use again more wisely, but if anyone ever needs to know more about that specific theory, he can tell them everything.

D.O./Kyungsoo:

✾ Listen, I love him with every fibre in my body, and I will continue to do so until I turn to dust, but Kyungsoo has admitted, on several occasions, that he is not a big fan of studying. Sure, he got his degree, just like the others, and got his culinary license, indicating that he is more than capable of retaining a ton of information and working through difficult assignments/problems. But, does he enjoy studying? No, not really; he got it over with and seems glad to be done.

✾ So, when you ask him to help you with your homework/coursework, he will remind you, at least seven times, that he isn’t too good at studying and that there are better people to ask for help instead. He will try his best, albeit reluctantly, reminding you continuously to lower your expectations.

✾ In the end, he will try to help out in a different way, either by supplying you with a ton of study snacks or recounting how he worked through tough assignments back when he was in university, with the hope that maybe it works for you as it did for him. He makes sure that you are as comfortable as you can be, convinced he can’t do much more than that.  

Kai/Jongin:

✾ Listen, don’t get me wrong, I adore Kai. However, I have to say that he is not the brightest when it comes to academia (at least compared to the rest of EXO) or, like, his common sense. Yes, he had his moments of genius in New World, and I am sure that when it comes to memorizing dance and lyrics, he is insanely good. However, give him a math problem, and he will cry.

✾ Kai strikes me as someone who was exhilarated to be done with school, not seeing the point of going to university like the rest of his members. When you ask him to help you out with your home/coursework, something inside of him dies as he knows nothing that will be leaving his mouth will be helpful. He is too sweet to say no and will try his hardest to help you with whatever you are struggling with. Nevertheless, he is even more lost than you upon reading your assignment, confused by all the fancy words the assignment seems to be using.  

✾ Nevertheless, Kai would be an amazing person if you need someone to talk to without necessarily needing any advice/answers, just to get your own ideas out of your head. He knows exactly when to nod and say “hmhm”,  aware that you don’t necessarily want to get his input, only needing him to work through your thoughts and ideas on your own.

✾ Honestly, he gets an A for effort for me. Kai is good vibes only, and he would give you a hug for support.

Sehun:

✾ Another one who is glad he finished school and never has to go back. Again, don’t get me wrong, I love Sehun, but you can’t deny that he isn’t the smartest person in the room. As Suho said during EXO Ladder, “I think, they (the beluga whales) have the same IQ as Sehun” after noting they have an IQ of 60-90.

✾ Where Kai still tries to help out, he flat-out refuses. What do you mean you need his help finishing your work? He is so unapologetic about it too and slightly offended; why did you have to remind him about the horror that is school? He left that behind him and under no circumstances will he ever be dragged back in. He is rich, and he needs no degree.

✾ Such a bad influence on you as he tries to keep you from doing your work. “Well, if you are struggling with your homework you might as well take a break and go to the convenience store with me.” Funnily enough, it actually helps to clear your head. Sometimes the best thing to do is to step away and try again with a clearer mind. Sehun maintains that it was his plan all along; you doubt it.

✾ He will end up asking one of his members to assist you with your homework, calling in a favour with, for instance, Suho. They are all down bad for him, so you end up with the best tutors EXO has to offer.

Masterlist

[herewegobebe]

키노 (KINO) - 'POSE' Official Music Video

[mingi-bubu]

i'm still not sure which unit i like the most ahaha (i usually can't choose a bias or favorite if i don't get into because of a particular person oops). i do want to know more about them since i'm still quite new to NCT so it would be really helpful/useful if you could link me some guides :) you can also show me the nonsense fic you wrote, i love "weird" ideas -A.

okay its been a few days since you sent this in and i have been working on finding things for you dflkajsd;kla.  to start out im just gonna link the wayv blurb:   This is a no clown zone

WayV Guide

NCT In General

^ this one is about ot21 so it does not include Shotaro nor Sungchan, who were added to the group only this year.  it’s also like a several video series so i linked the first one.

i dont know if its been announced what’ll happen to them after the NCT 2020 promos end, but i am holding out hope for NCT 139 aka NCT Japan (139 is the longitudinal coordinate for Tokyo and yes I was directly inspired by the reason 127 is 127 and yes i am a strong supporter of the name being sakurazens bc i think its cute) bc of Yuta and Shotaro.  Essentially I just want to see them interact bc I think it’s good for Yuta to have someone around who’s tongue is also native Japanese.  This is not to discount Doyoung or Taeyong’s actions in also learning Japanese but like as someone who’s the child of an immigrant and grew up in a different country to where my mother is from, no matter how good one is in another language, there are still things that you will know as a native speaker vs a non-native speaker.  That went on a bit of a tangent but anyways.  I have ideas about this hypothetical unit that I would love to talk about lol.

Some of the NCT members are also in another SM group, SuperM.  These members are Taeyong and Mark of 127 and Ten and Lucas of WayV.  If you know EXO or SHINee, then you’re probably already aware of SuperM but to understand NCT, you don’t need to really know about SuperM.  I just offer the information so you have it.

Taeyong has a solo song, “Long Flight”, which lives in my mind rent free and on the anniversary of its release he quoted lyrics it in his LYSN Bubble message.  I mention this specifically bc it is genuinely one of my favorite songs and the aesthetics of the MV are fantastic.

Out of the four NCT units (127, Dream, U, WayV) I think that WayV is probably my favorite.  They were my introduction into the rest of NCT, even though in the beginning I was like, “I am only going to pay attention to WayV and 127.″  As you’ll see in the NCT Guide, U is a “whichever members want to have a jam sesh” concept subunit.  I like the idea as it allows the guys to perform with concepts they aren’t able to with their fixed unit.

If, and only if like you’re under no obligation to agree, if you want, I could ramble a bit about WayV or 127 as they’re the subunits I know best.  If you want to know more about the Dreamies, I recommend our mutual friend @princekunge bc Ash knows more about them than I do ^-^

And if there are any groups/soloists you see me posting about that you want to know more about, I am literally always ready to talk about them.  Especially if it’s Super Junior.

But no so yeah I hope that this was helpful.  I tried to keep it short and like more focused/to the point, especially since the NCT units are so like, intertwined.  There’s always a lot of drama within the nctzens so like, avoid stan twit essentially.

[angst-fairygodmother]

I wish more of your fics were just with your OCs, they're so so good, and your other stuff is too but I just don't like reading reader-inserts as much. I will anyway; you have to, to find any good fic on this hellsite (affectionate) and your writing is good, but I hope you write more OC stuff soon.

That's understandable. I know reader-inserts are not everyone's cup of tea. Even as a writer I have mixed emotions toward them. And I could tell you a few steps to turn most of my reader-inserts back into the OC fics they started as, but it's actually a bit of a process, and I don't know for sure that it will still be legible when if you do it...so instead if you'll indulge me, I'll explain why I write reader-insert fics so much.

Requests - unless it's specifically requested otherwise, or for a character that I only write x OC for, I generally assume that most requests are for a reader insert, based on popularity of the format and past experience. Also, with requests there is not usually much continuity and in fact I have had some that contradict others, so each one being their own reader "character" makes for less confusion, I think?

Peer Pressure - when I started writing (again/for tumblr) the majority of other writers I connected with and fics I found were reader-insert. And in fact I saw posts essentially boiling down to "I don't read about OCs" and heard war stories about the difference in interaction on OC fics vs canon-only and reader-insert fics. Then, as I started to write, I started to see that reality in my own writing, so I learned to do as my writer friends at the time did and camouflage my OCs as blank slates for the reader to project on (even when there were details that really made that impractical).

Origins - when I started writing fanfic and sharing it online, my primary platform was Quizilla. Which largely meant writing in a short-box, quiz format. (It was terrible looking back. I miss it.) Also it meant that a lot of the writing I was experiencing and emulating in my young writer-life was WWYFF (Who Will You Fall For) or Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-Lite. Which was fine with me, because as a wee-ish child I read a lot of CYOA books and still do now that I have a website/app series of good ones and my DREAM JOB was to write them. Mostly about pirates. Or dragons. Or dragon-pirates, I was like 12 or 13 at the start of this. Still kind of is. Which might also explain why I end up with so many AUs...but I digress. So I got very comfortable writing in 2nd person, and when I started writing again/here some decade later, it was like riding a bicycle, or so I've been told. I fell back on old habits that had suited me well.

Origins Part 2 - The other thing I wrote a lot of in ye olden Quizilla days, were making use of the limited non-quiz options including private "email" to do trades and requests. Most of them were OC for OC which was fine and fun, but a lot were also for a "reader" with certain characteristics/personality/backstory/etc. And since most of my interest in requests was because I had many characters from a source-media I wanted to write with but didn't want to come up with OCs for all of them or were source medias that I wanted to write stuff in but didn't have specific characters in mind see my many forays into Firefly-verse (not that you can actually see them, rip Quizilla) and canon-only was practically unheard of. So again, old dog, new tricks or another appropriate proverb.

So for me, reader-insert is a lot less awkward or odd than for many other readers and writers. But I do wish my OCs and the work I've put into crafting them were able to shine through more, so I am thinking about moving more toward Canon/OC in some cases. And I appreciate the feedback, Nonny (if you're still reading my rambling), I'm going to try to remember it, when I come to decision time.

[yenforfairytales]

I hope you don't mind I sort of answer you here, tumblr says my replies are too long-winded and they're clearly jealous of my boogie.

Anyway, that is a great question! I've only thought about it briefly, but it does seem like Silver and Kreese are better technical teachers? If that makes sense. Their methods are more traditional, more disciplined. Attributed to their time in the military.

"The response you're looking for is 'Yes, sir.' That's okay. Stand up straight."

But they treat their students like literal soldiers preparing for a non-existent war. Possibly reliving what was done to them(unconsciously envious of their students' innocence maybe?), because they're stuck in that mindset. I wouldn't be surprised if they still have nightmares. While Johnny and Daniel look at their students as people, children, and are softer with them emotionally. Buuuut they both kind of struggle with the technical aspect of teaching, although I think Johnny is better at it. Johnny is the better technical teacher imo and Daniel is better at giving the life lessons/morals behind the art. Together they have that balance to make a great dojo.

And of course, Daniel didn't have the most traditional training which brings us to Mr. Miyagi, who used very unorthodox methods on Daniel lol. But again, like Silver and Kreese, Miyagi used more discipline and a harsher attitude. I mean Miyagi shouted at Daniel sometimes, called him a girl, and even smacked him over the head like a drill sergeant might. I can't see Daniel doing that to his students.

There's just a lot to unpack with these guys. Like with Miyagi, a lot of his discipline could also be cultural, as we've seen honor and Miyagi-Do were very important in his family and village, even before he joined the military. Then, with all three, on top of being combat hardened they come from the generations of men must be extra tough, even more so than in the 80's.

Having said all that, I think Miyagi was more well-rounded as a teacher because he had a loving father-- mentor, while it looks like Kreese didn't have that emotional support growing up, and an even worse mentor in the army. Same goes for Silver.

An argument can be made for effective teaching methods, in real world or tournament situations, but ultimately I believe Daniel is a shining example, a successful result for what you'd want to get from a teacher and martial arts.

There's a lot of layers here, and I'd like to use this conversation in another post when I attempt to compare Terry/Kreese and Daniel/Johnny as character foils or mirrors lol.

@cobrakoi - I would love to use this for future reference. ❤🙏 Thank you for the great reply!

"#i keep forgetting they're vets" i want to see more flashbacks of kreese and silver in s4. not just of the war, but returning home and readjusting to civilian life, how they became the people they were by the 80s.

YES. 👏👏👏

I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about the flashbacks at first, but they were done so well I would LOVE to see more.

A lot more happened during the war that we need to see, obviously Kreese continuing down that dark spiral and taking Silver with him-- training him. Winning karate tournaments etc.

And then, opening the Cobra Kai dojo together. There is a rumor we're going to see them get the Cobra Kai tattoo.

Honestly I can't get enough of Twig either LOL. Like how do we go from this precious bean:

To this bitter bean:

I wanna see how he starts up at Dynatox.

And let's not forget we need to see the origin of 'Party Time!' (x)

You just know they've been raising hell together for years

not unlike their own trouble magnet students (x)

Here's to hoping s4 delivers!