Don't Forget | Jaeyong

introduction.

[structure of the story]

To start this project off, it is intended to be a story with very long chapters, so yeah you will be fed a lot of content.

There's no need to rush, take your time reading :)

[inspiration and copyright]

This story was inspired by several sources and genres/universes, so if you recognise something, I have probably been inspired by that! It is in no way intended to follow the exact storylines of those very different worlds, but instead because I love those things a lot and I want to show my love for them by getting inspired :) something like that.

Being inspired is not copying. In fact, if any of you guys get inspired by this you can most certainly write anything to do with this universe and use it in your own stories, I would love to read adaptions! Totally show me or tag me if you do it. But there is a boundary to that!

This story of mine is All Rights Reserved, meaning that if any of you were to copy and paste my work I would have the right to copyright it because that is plagiarism, a crime. Please do not do that, you will completely lose my respect.

[other important details]

Another thing I would like to mention is that if any of the people used as characters in this story were to say that they did not want to be a part of this story, I would certainly remove them (change names) or unpublish this all together. It is only fair. Although this is a work of fiction and in the fandom genre, it does not mean that claiming real people are gay in fiction is a good thing to do. But here we are.

I am not intending to damage or hurt anybody's careers or images, emotions in this.

[important / rant]

There are both lesbians and gay men in this :) I think that lesbians deserve recognition as well! They get painted as gross and nasty in some stories... which really hurts me personally. I also hate how in gay fanfiction that women are automatically bitches, like, please stop that. Men can actually be petty in most cases due to how they mature at a slower pace! It depends on personality and emotions as to why people act "bitchy" though. When you make a character completely nasty, it enters a completely different category.

When you turn women into bitches it will paint stereotypes, and it can also hurt a lot of peoples feelings.

I am a feminist, a feminist is not someone who only supports women and hates men. Feminism is gender equality as a whole. So, I will try my best to incorporate feminism and gender roles/stereotypes in this (let's reverse minorities for a change) - because it is important to shed a light on the situation.

I have made the mistake of using a female antagonist (just for being a woman) a few times before and you know what? I am human, and so are you, we all make mistakes. I, after many years, strongly disagree with my old decision.

I am just sick of the basic fanfiction format, it bores me, it is not interesting to me anymore. As in; main characters are like God's and the only thing important in their life is their unconditional love, then there is the bitchy character who tries to ruin everything, homophobic and uncaring parents, writing about abuse without proper research, then there are the side characters that barely have any importance when in reality best friends often are closer to you in a different way compared to a lover.

Complete nasty ass characters, in my opinion, are unrealistic.

My goal for this story is to trick people :) to see into perspective. Realising why people do bad things and good things in different situations. Following what Chen says, most people can only do really good things if they have learnt from being bad - it's called learning and adapting. Of course, completely cruel actions such as cold-blooded and unreasonable murder and assault, once again, enter another category.

I am also following the idea of 'everyone is a victim'

Does being bad or good make a difference?

Can your childhood affect how you will turn out in the long-run?

Can you change yourself once you are already tainted by your wrong-doings?

I hope you understand what I am trying to describe to you all.

- Alex
Enjoy, you lovely people