Thinking about how if season two of EAW has a plot point that shows Youngwoo exploring other kinds of physical intimacy, that there's going to be more of those people saying she shouldn't be able to engage in any physical affection because she's autistic (not true at all) and that means her having a partner is unrealistic. Like even before their romance started, there was already people saying it won't work out because "they can't do things like normal couples"
Which is hilarious considering that it would literally not be any of their business even if they didn't ever do "things other couples do". Plenty of couples don't do those things, for any amount of reasons, and strangers are entitled to know exactly none of them.
It also sounds so heteronormative to me. You think if both people share the same desires, they won't do their best to accomodate each other and make each other feel safe and comfortable and loved, even if their intimacy doesn't fit societal standards? Like it is so obvious that they only view physical affection as an act and performance instead of a shared experience between lovers that should obviously involve communication and respecting of each other's boundaries.
Plenty of dramas have characters clumsily sharing first kisses and nervously hand holding and eventually sharing a first night together once they're ready (usually once they're engaged and mostly only eluded to) and we're supposed to find their nerves and clumsiness and slow pace, cute and endearing and proof of their pure love and gentleness for each other.
But Youngwoo is never afforded this same grace. If she can't hold hands long enough, or is otherwise uncomfortable or not ready for something, Junho should just let her go because "they'll never be like a normal couple"...
Youngwoo is yet another example of fans not liking a FL when she won't be their perfect self insert. They refuse to root for her love because they find her annoying and ungrateful because if it was THEM they would jump at the chance to do everything at once.
In Youngwoo's case it's like they're saying "Why does she (autistic) get to date him and yet I (normal) cannot?" Like...sorry he's fictional and betrothed..? And canonically would hate you?
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Hello, everyone. The EAW Whale Nation is hosting our first ever fandom event. The event will run from October 30-31 and is open to anything you can create. Writers, artists, edits, etc. are welcome! For each day, there will be a handful of prompts you can choose from.
Free free to just pick one or do a combo of a few, and feel free to interpret these prompts however you would like. We track #EAWhaletastic so tag us in your stuff and we will share it on our social media accounts.
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hey whale nation besties since that finale cleared our skin watered our crops and cured our heartache i thought it would be a fitting time to ask this:
in late september or early october would anyone be done for EAW week? yes it just ended yes it returns in 2 years but !!! whale week!!! WHALE WEEK!!
it can just give us a chance to cry together over this beautiful drama and it’s characters. gif challenges, fic prompts/fics in general, fanart, reflections, rewatches, etc. literally anything eaw related
obviously the plan is to have another whale week a year from now but are ANY of you over eaw yet?? will any of us be over it a month from now?? highly unlikely
so yes let me know if you would participate in eaw whale week or even if you don’t but still want to see it on your dash 🥺
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i can literally see the smug expression on his face 👌
Super short little Wooho fic I wrote with my coffee this morning that I thought I’d share ☕️ T rated fluff 🐳
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Yawning, Junho stirs his coffee in the Hanbada break room, mentally running over his list of tasks for today in his head.
There’s a group of women chattering just outside of the room round the corner, and their conversation is a low buzz in the background he isn’t really paying attention to, until suddenly he hears her name.
“Woo Young Woo? You’re serious?”
“For a few months now apparently. Haven’t you seen them leaving together?”
“I never really noticed - but why is he with her?”
Junho sets down his coffee spoon, hands balling into fists as he listens to the conversation.
“It’s weird, right? He could have anyone in this office if he wanted.”
“He could have me,” one of the women says lowly and they all giggle.
“It can’t be a normal relationship, right? He must be more like her carer than a boyfriend…”
“Maybe he just feels bad for her. He’s such a nice guy.”
“That’s true, he is. Ugh - and so handsome too, it’s not fair,” comes a sigh, and then a murmur of agreement.
Junho is gritting his teeth, trying to decide the best way to march right over there and set them all straight, when another voice sounds out a polite greeting to the women, and there’s a couple of gasps and stammers of reciprocation, and he turns to see Youngwoo rounding the corner into the break room.
Her face lights up when she sees him, and she bobs her head.
“Lee Junho ssi, did you know that a blue whale weighs as much as twenty four elephants?” She asks as she crosses the room to the fridge. She doesn’t seem to have heard any of the women’s conversation outside the room, and he’s glad. He musters up a smile for her.
“Aigo, twenty four? That’s heavy.”
“Yes,” she nods, closing the fridge with a water bottle. “Although nobody’s ever actually weighed a blue whale, but we can calculate their weight going by their size.” She crosses over to him and holds out the water bottle, and he smiles and takes it from her, opening the top before handing it back.
“Thank you,” she says and takes a sip. “It was very handy that you were here, otherwise I would have had to go to your desk so you could open it for me.”
He chuckles fondly, when he hears a titter of hushed voices again round the corner, and strains his ears to tune in to the whispers, just hearing ‘told you -‘, ‘more like a carer…’, ‘can’t actually be a real relationship…’
He can see them peeking round the corner out of the corner of his eye, and Youngwoo isn’t paying attention, chattering on about the correct formula to calculate the weight of a whale, but irritation and some other feeling he can’t identify rise inside of him, and determined to prove those nosy, ableist women wrong, he takes her water from her hands and sets it down on the side.
“Come here,” he tells her, motioning with his chin.
Halted mid-sentence, she glances at the water and then back up at him. “Huh?”
“Come here,” he repeats, dropping his voice a little, and when she steps hesitantly closer to him, Junho carefully takes hold of her face in his hands and leans down to kiss her deeply.
She makes a sound of surprise against his mouth as he coaxes her lips apart, and then she melts into him, small hands fluttering up to rest on his shoulders, body swaying into him until he can feel all of her tiny form pressed up against him.
He groans when they break apart, resting his forehead against her own.
“God, love, the things you do to me…” he murmurs loudly enough for their audience to hear.
“Junho ssi!” Youngwoo gasps, cheeks flushing delightfully. “We’re at work!”
He huffs softly, lowering his voice for only her to hear the next part; “Tell that to him.” A subtle nod downwards helps her catch his meaning and she looks briefly surprised - before she surprises him by leaning down suddenly, bringing her face right down level with his crotch.
“We’re at work,” she says quite firmly.
“Jagiya,” Junho can’t help but laugh, rubbing a hand over his face as he tugs her up with the other.
“Hm?”
“I didn’t -“ he shakes his head. “Nothing, he chuckles, planting a kiss on her forehead before stepping back and retrieving her water for her. “I adore you,” he tells her earnestly as he hands her the bottle.
Her face lights up in the most brilliant smile, and his heart swells even more.
“Come on, I’ll walk you back to your office. What was that you were telling me about the blue whales?”
They leave the break room side by side as she happily launches back into her explanation, and Junho walks her from the room with a hand on the small of her back.
“Ah - sorry,” he apologies when they nearly bump into the group of women just round the corner. “Good morning,” he bows his head politely at them, keeping that hand on Youngwoo’s back as he guides her past them.
There’s dead silence behind them as they walk away, and Junho smiles smugly.
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