re: my top 5 favourite fics

[ponyohoon]

hello everypony.... i recently got a lovely neospring anon asking me if i could choose my five favourite fics of all time (specifically which ones i would buy in book form if i could) and i tried to be normal about it and answer it within a reasonable word count but then i. uhhhh [checks document] did not do that. i thought maybe instead of forcing myself to be brief when i truly have so much to say always just to avoid having to split my answer up over multiple comments (#NeospringRemoveTheCharacterLimit2025 let's get it trending) i could just use my very neglected dreamwidth instead.

i was not 100% sure if this anon was asking about only enhypen fics (although i would assume they are) or if i could include fics from other fandoms i've been a part of over my many many years of consuming fanfiction so i absolutely cheated and made two lists. so this is really more like my top 10 fics of all time. and actually it's even more than that because i included honourable mentions and even a series as one single entry LISTEN. i have read a lot of fanfiction. i have trouble making decisions. i am who i am. it's all kpop rps anyway because i would only publically admit to the other non kpop fandoms i partake in if i was being physically tortured (kidding) and either way i've always been #1 RPS Enjoyer so it's fine. ANYWAY. here goes!!!!

enhypen

1. first day of my life by dustshells (jayhoon)

i don't even think i can explain how much this fic lives rent free in my mind. i have read it one (1) single time and i genuinely don't know if i will ever be able to re-read it because it absolutely DESTROYED me. and like. it's not even supposed to be that angsty. it was just... the feeling of finding the exact fic i've always wanted to read for a ship that i love so much... and mear is genuinely one of the best most interesting writers we have in this fandom and i'm saying that extremely confidently despite not having read all their fics yet (i'm saving them all for special treats in my time of great need for a wonderful reading experience and also because i'm a little scared i'll sob again) because this fic alone is all the evidence i could ever need of that. just an absolute masterclass... so so ridiculously funny and touching and Real like everyone in this fic (and the wonki sequel. fuck it that's also included as my #1 see i'm cheating already) feels like someone i could know and want to know and UGGHHUDFHDSHFSDGFHG i could go on. but i'll refrain because now that i'm talking about it i do actually feel ready to re-read it so let me go do that now. this is the best jayhoon fic of all time READ IT!!!!!!!!!

2. july flame (can i call you mine) by malamyszk (heejake)

this was exceptionally difficult because i limited myself to choosing only one malamyszk fic... otherwise the rest of this list would only consist of them like seriously. but i settled on july flame because it's the most recent in my memory and it shook me to my CORE like genuinely one of the most romantic beautiful fics i've ever read in my life. i daydream about this fic. reading it as it updated weekly was genuinely the highlight of my year so far like i dropped everything i was doing every time i got that email. malamyszk you will not see this but you forever have a real true fan in me. i've loved everything you've ever written ever and on that note actually my second #2 pick (CHEATING AGAIN I'M SORRY) (we can call it an honourable mention) is if we cut out the bad (well, then we'd have nothing left) ao3.org/works/51770386 (also heejake) because this is another DREAM fic for me like. i love slashers. i love heejake. i love..... a lot of things in this fic that i will not go into detail about in fear of coming off as a pervert (although there may be time for that later). i can't even explain what i went through reading the last chapter of this fic for the first time i was literally. WEEPING. mind the tags of course but it's so so good. and july flame also is so good of course read them both. i'm serious

3. demolition lovers by rightdowntothebone (jaywon)
originally this was my #5 pick and then i decided to re-read it for the first time in years to refresh my memory and. yeah. wow. i loved it even more this time and i will never shut up about this fic from now on... all of my favourite tropes rolled into one..... ROAD TRIP *explosion noise* APOCALYPSE *buildings start to crumble around me* CO-DEPENDENT JAYWON WITH DERANGED JUNGWON *ground opens up beneath my feet and i fall to my death* i haven't stopped thinking about it. just so well written. i love jungwon. i would read about him in any situation but this one especially pleases me and we're not going to unpack that. jay is so jay. jaywon is so jaywon. what else can i even say it's just such a good read.... again mind the warnings but i can't believe we get to read this for free MAN I LOVE FANFICTION...

4. bloom by linksofmemories (series) (heewon, jayhoon)

ok including an entire 4 part series is a level of cheating that even i'm not at peace with so. i'll say if i'm being FORCED to choose just one out of all these exceptionally beautiful fics i would choose the jayhoon installment. can't explain how satisfying it was to read after the first three parts wondering exactly what is going on with jayhoon and then reading their side of the story and having it be equally beautiful and satisfying was just. MWAH. chef's kiss as they say. these fics are like literature to me. just absolutely beautifully written and so captivating all the way through and i will never stop re-reading these
 

 

5. spring returns with you by amulet2579 (sungwon)

ok now it's time for the pervert reveal but LISTEN. this fic is so much more than that. i think i'm just revealing that my tastes in terms of what i read are completely different than what i write because i literally do not have the imagination required to write something this GENIUS. oh my god. this moved me in ways i cannot even explain. i think about plantwon like once a week. i'm always just so impressed by anyone that can come up with such a unique plot idea and then execute it THIS well like i'm in awe truly. honestly though it's not a surprise this hit so hard for me little shop of horrors is one of my fave musicals/movies of all time so this was probably just like meant to find me. heed the tags but trust me if you're at all intrigued just read it it's so worth it....
 

more honourable mentions include: i could not narrow it down to just one achoome fic but lately i do find myself going back to the masterpiece often (02z), our honeyed threads by lovecubed (jaywon) just an absolute classic, gather the stars by blaspheme (jayhoon) (would have made my top 5 cus it kinda shaped my enha characterisations forever but unfortunately it’s no longer on ao3 which makes me cry every single day honestly i will never forget u), literally anything by mercruial i'm so serious, and towers by superheart (most recent new fave i've been absolutely ill about heehoon since i read this cora why would you do this to me) 

so there you have it folks. 14 of my top 5 favourite enhypen fics. now despite this already being so long i will still include my top 5 from other fandoms in case anyone is in these fandoms or is just open to good yaoi from any corner of the internet but i will actually try to be brief this time...

other fandoms

1. catch the stars by ryerim (orphaned account) (svt, minwon)
i cannot stress this enough. genuinely this is maybe the most influential piece of writing i've read in my life. i am not joking. like this rewired my brain. made me see the world differently. forever changed how and what i write and i'm still chasing the high this fic gave me the first time i read it. i cried for like. maybe three days straight? and it's not even heavy angst i just literally was not well. but in such a good way. i also have to honourably mention kalon by the same author because it's also life changing. i just had to force myself to choose one of the two and catch the stars is THAT fic for me. the fic of all time

2. fake sugar by minverse (bts, jinkook)
sooo delightfully tropey and funny and somehow devastating despite that and the plot is like. How does someone even come up with this. genius. absolutely genius. i've read many a fic by this author and they're all sooooo wonderful i don't even have anything to say this time (shockingly) it's just such a good time and i still revisit it all the time to this very day

3. cherub vice by nonheather (bts, jinkook)
now i'll admit that i also have only read this once but there had to be a nonheather entry on this list ok. they were an actual celebrity to me. and this fic.... there's a reason i haven't re-read it and it's because it also affected me in a way i have yet to recover from and i simply cannot handle it. this is a crazy thing to admit but a chapter of this came out while i was sitting in my father's hospital room (he's fine) and i still dropped everything and read the entire thing there and then like it was that serious for me.

4. tornado warnings by taotu (skz, hyunin)
literally plot goals like this is just such a great idea executed PERFECTLY!!! the way the relationship develops here is so good it's an absolute masterclass... i come back to this so so often and it really never gets old

5. parts of me i hide away (for someone else to find) by starlikeeyes (nct, renmin)
this one.... so influential for me in terms of my love for making all my characters a little cryptid-esque.... i love a Weird Guy... and the dialogue is just so good and so funny i literally think about this fic constantly and re-read it regularly. capturing this kind of vibe in my own fics is like my white whale. one day......

thanks for reading if you made it through all my yapping and thank u to that original anon ... this was honestly super hard and i'm sure i'll think of more that i forgot to mention as soon as i hit post but. i hope someone somewhere out there will find a new favourite fic from this... that's the dream.... <3