WARNING: PLEASE ONLY READ THIS NOTE AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED THE WHOLE STORY! THERE WILL BE SPOILERS BELOW THAT WILL DEFINITELY RUIN THE FANFIC FOR YOU. SO PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION!
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Hello, my fellow friends! Long time no see, it's Howley here :D
Firstly
O MA HOWLEYSHET I STILL CANT BELIEVE HOW THIS FANFIC REACHES LIKE UM, 40K READS LSKFHSKJDF GUYS U JUST MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE TT
THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT! Without you guys, once again, I wouldn't have gotten this far :') I still can't believe it oh lord
SO THEREFORE
I edited this whole book!!! I'm pretty sure there will still be some grammatical mistakes here and there (since I'm not an English native speaker...),
BUT [SPOILER WARNING], HERE'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT I HAVE EDITED:
1. Hyunjin's first meeting with Han: I originally thought that it was a bit too... dramatic? So I changed the dialogue though they still met at the exhibition :D The tea, which is previously extremely bitter, has now become neutral~
2. First-person POV -> Third-person POV: I wrote chapters 1 - 12 in first-person, and changed to third-person from 12 until the end. I thought it would be uncomfortable, so I edited those first-person chapters for better consistency :)
3. Hyunjin's personality: I thought that there are some inconsistencies between his dialogues during the time loop, so I rewrite some parts where he looked a little calmer and less bratty. Our boi doesn't deserve that image anyway HAHAHA
4. Hanseol's personality: I made her less toxic as in less easily triggered (?) which overall changes her meeting with Hyunjin and the way she sees him throughout the story.
5. Taking reader's feedback: I have read some comments talking about how I slandered Minecraft LAKSJFHLSK SORRY I really didn't mean to, I was doing it as a joke but some people are actually commenting about it so I thought oops I guess let me remove that :'D Also, there's this one part where I wrote a weird sentence like "turn on" I'm like??? ya why the fuck did i write that shit like after I re-read some people commenting, I realized that it was definitely not fitting so I removed that too LOL.
CLARIFICATION: Also, I have read some people getting confused about this story; like WHO TF IS THE SOULMATE THEN?! AAAAAAA
Yeah, guys tbh I believe my storytelling isn't that good enough to clarify since I often write ambiguously ._. I'm still improving though! HAHA BUT HERE'S A BREAKDOWN FOR THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1. Hyunjin IS NOT the soulmate: Yes, Hanseol's soulmate is actually Han Jisung. This can be seen when Jisung explained that getting out of the time-loop only needs one to interact and exchange names with the fated one, and that happens when they're at the cafe (when Han meets Jisung for the first time). I had to clarify this since some people have mentioned "eh but i thought she learned hyunjin's name yesterday?" or "i thought they already knew each other's name long time ago?". Welp, jokes on you he ain't the soulmate so :P knowing Hyunjin's name isn't going to help with the time loop problem.
2. The soulmate system: One will be trapped in a time loop after they are at the same place and time as the fated one. Han and Jisung went to the exhibition and stayed in that particular room together, but they didn't meet nor interact, let alone learn each others' names. Which then, leads to both of them being trapped in a time loop.
3. Why is this a Hyunjin fanfic instead of a Jisung fanfic then? I've seen some of these comments and I would still say that this is a Hyunjin FF because the story circulates around him and the MC. Therefore, wouldn't make Jisung the main character (as he only appeared in the last 4 chapters), so that's why I made it with Hyunjin's cover and him as the main character :D
I hope these all can address some of the issues! I'm still lacking in writing, so I'm pretty sure there are still plot holes here and there (fuck I even felt like the ending was rushed but I'm so shit at writing endings so). EITHER WAY, THANK YOU EVERYONE ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT! IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME, and hopefully, with your feedback, I can be a better writer in the future :D :D :D
Meanwhile, stay tuned for an EXTRA CHAPTER! This is a gift for all of you who have supported me all the way to the end, so I will be writing a side story for the true soulmate, HAN JISUNG!
Stay tuned, see you guys soon! :)
And of course, WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU ARE DURING THIS PANDEMIC, STAY SAFE EVERYONE!
-Howley.
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Trapped | Hwang Hyunjin
Fanfiction"Hyunjin as a soulmate? This is stressful." Hwang Hyunjin Soulmate AU :D Note: Lowkey a slowburn :') Note 2: English isn't my first language, please excuse any mistakes and do comment so that I can fix them! :D Thank you!
