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(…💌…) "thanks."

There's a flash of brilliant blue, and Yijung wonders if that's all her life's amounted to. 19 years of her life, gone by in a flash of cerulean, and then off to whatever's waiting after.

Then it hits her. Literally.

She stumbles, sheer weight of the blow knocking her flat to the floor, bottle of Evian rolling off somewhere into the darkness of the closet. There's a pause as Yijung takes a moment to recalibrate, remaining motionless on the floor like a chalk outline.

She's never even been hit by her parents!

The sheer indignation propels her off the floor, indignation rising like she's a canned pop that's been shaken a little too much. Her first day on the job, and she's already... going to jail. Anger fizzles into panic as she takes in the sight in front of her-- her fellow rookie, looking less than happy.

With a bright blue tail.

Affront completely forgotten, Yijung screams, dropping to all fours to search for the bottle of water. She's not going to jail for mermaid manslaughter--- merslaughter?--- when she's got a final assignment due next week. Her ridiculous panic and posture make quick work of finding the cold bottle, and Yijung wrenches the top open in a panic.

"DON'T GO INTO THE LIGHT, MAN!" Her impromptu Evian baptism drenches him, last of her water gone to trying to save this man's life. He's so welcome.

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hi folks, yun (@koreanpepamadrigal) again! this time, i bring u someone whose youthful joints DONT ache right before it rains. granted, it's in exchange for the lingering aftereffects of teenage angst & rebellion, but win some lose some.

as always, more under the cut, and if you'd like to plot with yijung, please like this n i'll come msg u on dc/ seoyoung's acc!

past:

grows up travelling between seoul/vancouver. she spends summer with her dad, learning traditional dance from the beneficiaries in his foundation, and the school year in vancouver with her mom.

never feels like she quite belongs in either place, because she's too western to be eastern and vice versa. does her best dealing with that dissonance, but there's only so much to be done.

power manifests when she's 17-- she picks a stray eyelash off her friend's cheek, tell them to make a wish, and the next day, her friend's favourite idol group announces a concert in vancouver. doesn't think much about it, but it keeps happening. no way she's an anomaly--- what the fuck sort of power is that.. but she decides to test her hypothesis anyw. obviously, she's proven right!

the only anomaly in her family, but she's human-passing, so there's not that much change in her life, minus her brothers trying to use her to get a leg up in their respective careers.

her mom's seriously disappointed when she decides to go to sua instead of northwestern (and even more disappointed when she does a bfa....), but yijung's been looking for somewhere to belong her whole life, and maybe the world's first ever university for anomalies will be the place.

now:

a freshie majoring in krn dance! has enjoyed her time here so far- granted, in her little red hall bubble, but still.

also one of the newest members of the curious currents! columnist, because she can't stop yapping (writing) but thinks podcasts are grossly male. like, it's literally sooooo embarrassing to be like, 'i'm a podcaster.'

very much the embodiment of the rugrats 'in a male dominated power structure, she's gotta eat breathe drink & sweat self esteem!' some people say heinous bitch, but all those traits would be fine if she was a guy, so. let her be a confident, stubborn, self-assured young woman!

honestly still doesn't know all thattttt much about her powers. she can't use it for herself anyw which is kinda miserable, so she doesn't rly try to push boundaries/find out more. partially also because she's scared she'll be on the receiving end of whatever cost she'll have to pay for granting a big wish....

keeps her power on the dl because she's not trying to be exploited, tyvm. not like it's working super well, but she'll tell u to fuck off to ur face.

connection ideas: 'plsplspls grant my wish' 'no' / someone who she's a placebo effect 4 / someone who wants her to write about x but she cbf / someone who she wants to write about but they cbf (yes, she'll follow u around. call the campus police on her if u want.)

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kaveh akbar, 'calling a wolf a wolf' // doc luben, 'love letters or suicide notes' // @/nutnoce, tumblr // 'my body's made of crushed little stars', mitski // @/ojibwa, tumblr // 'spring', mary oliver

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THE BEAR (2.09)

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WONYOUNG 🎀 ‘Either Way’ Behind