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"For you for you for you I fell": A Super Junior Fandom Primer



If you're here, it's probably because you're interested in Super Junior fandom and want someone to guide you through the often-confusing process of jumping in. And I don't blame you—this fandom is huge and so is its canon. But don't worry! We're here to help.

Disclaimer: Obviously, I don't know how much you know about Super Junior, K-pop, fandom, or RPF. Therefore these are the assumptions I'm working with:

1. You know what fandom is, and this is not your first fandom (although it may be your largest).
2. You know what fanfiction and slash are. You also actively enjoy the former and at least tolerate the latter.
3. You're new to real people fandom (RPF), band, and K-pop fandom (and you may not be entirely convinced this fandom is for you); you may not even really know what Super Junior is, and you definitely don't know who all the members are.
4. You're a very busy person and you haven't got all day.

With that in mind, I've made some presentation choices in this guide that not everyone will find useful/need/agree with. Obviously your mileage may vary; skip over the parts that don't interest you, use the parts that do. Read the sections in any order you want. It's all good.

Additional disclaimer for older SJ fans: I am not only13, I don't have any otps, I love everybody, and I'm about as neutral as you're going to get. Feel free to PM me if you'd like to discuss something, however.

*Below the cut is embedded-video-heavy, but not super image-heavy.

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