https://www.tumblr.com/butchyeons/819632672874938368/reread-your-alpha4alpha-ujb-series-something
first off, welcome back 🫶 you’ve probably been super busy! No pressure on finishing the a4a ujb series btw, I love all your ujb fics! The series also felt kind of complete in a way, it sort of felt like a series of oneshots for the most part. All of the fics could be read as complete & stand alone stories in their own right. So I never even really thought there was going to be more lol, and after years of being on ao3 you sort of get used to reading unfinished fics without any expectations 👍
now back to ujb horny thoughts: I figured out why I found the concept of Jihyo being so skittish extremely hot. It’s because she’s such a strong, confident, and unwavering leader in public lol. So when she’s at a disadvantage that she doesn’t know how to handle, it’s kind of satisfying seeing her be so vulnerable even if / especially when it’s not by her choice bcs she’s really kind of a control freak. Also, the fact that it’s JEONGYEON who steps up to take control and handle the situation when Jihyo can’t is also extremely hot… something something power dynamics, something something Jeongyeon was the one who had the second most number of votes to be leader, something something ujb being the parents of the group and being each other’s caretaker too…
aw thank you for this. i’m into my second week of my summer break rn and it’s been a bliss lol, but i’ve got like no energy back to do anything just yet 😭 hopefully soon!! and i do really appreciate the reassurance. i have a terrible habit of picking up stuff and dropping it and unfortunately ive had a few clearly upset anons abt that, lol, so it’s nice to hear.
as for the horny thoughts: congrats you’ve broken down one of the key reasons why i love ujb. it definitely shows in that series, and probably most if not all of my other ujb fics (esp push me too hard), too. outwardly jihyo’s the definition of strength, she doesn’t want anyone to know that she might be struggling at all, so she will act like she isn’t. and then there’s jeongyeon who can see right through all of it, and who can and will take care of her. i don’t think a lot of people have tapped into vulnerable, needy jihyo and i really do wish they would more. the general tropes the fandom at large uses with her sort of bore me to some degree- and this is not against anyone at all bc yes, 100%, i think a more dominant, take-no-bullshit-and-push-through type of jihyo is ridiculously hot. but i also think when jihyo gets portrayed as scared, overwhelmed, and clearly exhausted is super hot, too. something abt seeing the “imperfection” in someone so perfect is… ughhhh i love it. and this doesn’t even need to be in a sexual context, either. i just like when jihyo gets comforted and told she’s going to be okay- or like, not even that bc sometimes things won’t be okay, but they’ll become manageable. she deserves so much love, too, esp for how much work she’s put in over the years. i rlly could talk abt this for hours lmfao
but!! i’m really glad that you’ve brought up the fact that it’s jeongyeon of all people. i feel like what i see the most, both in and out of fics (esp on twt), is that jihyo’s the one who takes care of her. and while i absolutely do agree, i think it makes people sort of… put jeongyeon into a box where she can’t be the “strong” one in any of her ships, esp in ujb. i know where it comes from- her hiatus, how the her and members have spoken about it, the implication that cactus was written by jihyo about her, etc. it’s sort of a bone to pick for me bc truly i know it goes much deeper than just the things ive listed, but i wont get into it lmao- i’m just glad that you understand what i did with that series and with a lot of my other ujb fics. i think so many people forget that jeongyeon is, to her core, a caregiver. sure she’s silly, she whines, she plays with and teases the others- but she also is just as much someone who can lead the group, and the others saw it back then and still clearly do. her leadership just comes in the form of taking care of them, but esp jihyo. she can be fragile, but when it comes to jihyo (and rlly the others, too) she absolutely will be the strength she needs and yes- that is SO hot!!!!!! regardless of if it’s sexual or not once again, lmao. but i’ll end my little rant there since this is something else i could talk about for hours
last thing is that, again, i really do thank you for these asks anon!! while that series was def something that i wrote in a bit of a horny blackout and i have a bit of a personal chip in my shoulder abt it, i’m really glad that people can see beyond the nasty smut of it all :’)