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Posted by rachel on 28-03-2014 at 10:44:
Hello~~
Hello, everybody.
This is Rachel Lee from Korea. North or South? Guess it.
I was born in 1984, when I was a 7 years old I was a big Gatchaman fan. I clearly remember that my mother watched Gatchaman with me. She used to drew pictures of Jun for me. Watching the Condor's death my mother soothed her wailing daughter saying that he is still alive somewhere in the earth. In Korea, 95 people of 100 know Gatchaman<Korean title: Doksuri(eagle) O(five) Hyung-je(bros and sis)>. Even a silver haired man strolling around a park knows each five character.
One day I had been looking for cool images of my first love- Condor and Eagle to decorate my diary. (to print them out on the sticker paper) Googling, I found out that Gatchaman was a world-famous animation. It made me surprised and I wondered if the western people felt the same way too. That's how I came to Gatchfanfic.com As I'm still not familiar with colloquial English it was a little hard to understand the full stories however I could found them very fascinating. I had regarded writing fanfics were very childish hobby, but my prejudice is broken by garchfanfic. The site helped me a lot studying English, too. I printed favorite fanfics out and slowly read them with a dictionary. Hahaha! They're much better than news articles. Thanks to this site and authors, I could start studying English again enjoying myself. Korean language has completely different structure, so many Koreans fear English... I barely encounter someone who can speak English better than me...so please do not bother me when I leave a reply on your post requesting further explanations...
I really want to fully enjoy everything of Gatchaman fandom with you!
Thank you for listening.
Best regards
Rachel Lee
PS) Transmutejun introduced this great site to me. Special thanks to her- one of my favorite author.
Posted by Springie on 28-03-2014 at 14:01:
Welcome, Rachel! Your English is wonderful, and we are so happy to have you with us! 
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Posted by ElectricWhite on 28-03-2014 at 14:05:
Welcome, Rachel!
I feel both pleased and honored that you have chosen to join us. I hope you will feel free to join in our conversations and other activities.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. You'll find a lot of people here who are willing to help in any way they can. In fact, there are many people here who, like you, did not grow up speaking English, so they understand how difficult English can be.
You've done the hardest part by introducing yourself. Now it's time to party!
Oh, I was going to guess you were from East Korea, but that wasn't an option, so....never mind! 
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Posted by KT1972 on 28-03-2014 at 15:30:
Hi Rachel, glad to see you made it over here. 
Your English is excellent btw, and don't worry if you do make the odd mistake here or there, as EW has just said, there are a few here for whom English is their second language, so you're in very good company!
Welcome to the madness and hope you have fun joining in with the threads.
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Posted by amethyst on 28-03-2014 at 16:11:
Welcome, Rachel!
North or south doesn't matter here. While we may rant about things in the real world, the only thing that truly matters here are the Gatch worlds.
Don't worry about your English, this is a great place to practice and improve.
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Posted by Redbird on 28-03-2014 at 20:59:
Welcome to the site, Rachel!
Hope you enjoy your time here! There's a lot of interesting threads and things to discover on the board. Certainly enough to keep you busy for the foreseeable future!
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Posted by ChrisW on 28-03-2014 at 21:37:
Rachel, sounds like we all have a lot in common. I love surfing the Internet for new Gatch pictures and art! Don't worry about your English. If you have any questions, just let us know.
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Posted by Daniella T on 28-03-2014 at 22:08:
Hi Rachel!!!
It's great to have fans here from so many countries!
Listen, if some of our jokes here seem a bit, I don't know, weird, to you, just say so! Sometimes very particular "dialects" are used.
Only a couple of weeks ago I was asking EW what a "Hoosier" is -- turns out, it's someone from Indiana, but I wouldn't guess it just by looking at the word.
Bottom line: don't worry about your English, it's absolutely fine, and just yell if you don't understand something! If any of us tried to speak Korean, it would sound MUCH worse
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Posted by Becky Rock on 28-03-2014 at 22:51:
Hi Rachel! I'm glad you made it over. I know you've been reading through Gatchfanfic.
We do enjoy helping each other, so don't feel embarrassed if you have a question. You might not be the only one.
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Posted by rachel on 29-03-2014 at 03:50:
Tee hee.
Well, I'm gonna jump in the Rubber Room
Posted by Springie on 29-03-2014 at 04:08:
Cute picture, Rachel! I'm so excited to see more of your pictures! Yes...please go check out the rubber room...I hope you are inspired there! 
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Posted by ChrisW on 29-03-2014 at 04:16:
Did you draw that Rachel? It's very cute!
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Posted by KT1972 on 29-03-2014 at 08:56:
OH no, she's turning to the 'dark side' everyone! 
Lovely pic though, Rachel, please show us more of your work.
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Posted by ElectricWhite on 29-03-2014 at 12:25:
Add me to the list of people who want to see more of your work, Rachel! 
And now I'll sit back and hope you don't run into anything too shocking in the Rubber Room.... 
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Posted by gatchamarie on 29-03-2014 at 12:46:
A very warm welcome, Rachel! It's great to have you here and it seems that you're an awesome artist, too! Please, don't worry about your English, which by the way is very good! I'm one of those whose first language is not English, too, so I can completely understand what you're saying! But, you're also right in saying that, whilst joining in here, you come to learn more about the language and progress to refine your writing! Joining this site and Gatchfanfic worked for me beautifully, even though I still do a lot of silly mistakes! 
Do ask if you'd need explanations!
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Posted by clouddancer on 29-03-2014 at 16:11:
Welcome Rachel. It is always nice to have new members join us … especially ones from other parts of the world where Gatchaman is more widely known.
I love that art piece you showed us and agree with the others I would love to see more pieces.
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Posted by Becky Rock on 29-03-2014 at 16:12:
Lovely drawing, Rachel. Yes, please do share any others you have.
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Posted by rachel on 30-03-2014 at 08:24:
Yeah I drew Jun yesterday for you guys.
Thanks for compliments.
(ElectricWhite)And now I'll sit back and hope you don't run into anything too shocking in the Rubber Room....
Eh... Would you please let me know which post in the rubber room is that too-shocking??
I'm just ready oh stop teasing me!!!!
(I need to make it clear that I'm not asking EW to tease me with not allowing me to know about it./
Korean Joke//
a masochist: Please tease me, abuse me, seduce me.
a sadist: Nope.
a masochist: aghhaaa!!!!!!!!!!)
Posted by ElectricWhite on 30-03-2014 at 12:09:
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Well, it looks like I've got no reason to worry! Have fun in the Rubber Room, Rachel!
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Posted by ElectricWhite on 31-03-2014 at 13:12:
Rachel, as soon as I woke up this morning I heard about North Korea shelling South Korea. I know that tensions between the two countries have been intense lately. Is everything okay where you're at?
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