[author rec] thefourthstage
read all of her fics on her journal.
i can’t even choose my favorites because i haven’t finished all of her fics yet. even if i did, i wouldn’t be able to choose definitely due to the fact that i am indecisive, and also mainly because this author is just that good.
it’s not just the writing that places her fics in the category of pure quality, there’s also her plots, her characterizations, and her perfect pacing, which basically hits everything on my checklist of must-read authors. there’s also the requirement of her being active in the fandom, which she is. like, seriously. she updates fast and never fails to please.
so let’s keep her in the fandom, yeah?
if you don’t know about this author yet, then you have no excuse now.
from what i’ve read, she writes for the shinee fandom, another reason to be thankful that you love shinee tbh because you get to appreciate thefourthstage’s writing.
the most recent that i’ve read of hers is love on top, a key/junghee fic that proceeds to tell the story of one very sexually frustrated junghee who happens to be roommates with her best friend and the love of her life, kim kibum. i’ve never fallen in love with kibum as much as i have in this fic. she portrayed him in such a way that she managed to take what is physically and overtly homosexual about kibum and volumizes it shamelessly (green hair, lip piercings, only to name a few) while still maintaining his masculinity, which, in case none of you understand, is very difficult to do for any fleshed out, created character, key or someone else, and this is a sentence that has gone on for too long. i’m ashamed now.
just, yeah. read her fics. and flail with me.
/shies away.
