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About Min Sujin...

── Personal Information

Birth Name: Min Sujin (민수진)

Birthday: June 3rd, 1997

Birthplace: Jeju Island, South Korea

Ethnicity: Korean

Nationality: Korean

Height: 170cm/5'7”

Family: Father, Mother, Younger Brother (1999), Younger Brother (2001)

Language(s): Korean (Native), English (Good), Japanese (Good)

Face Claim: Lee Chaeyoung (fromis_9)

── Idol Information

Stage Name: Sujin (수진)

Agencies: Storybook Entertainment (2016 - Present)

Training Period: 2 years 8 months (Mar 2016 - Oct 2018)

Position(s): Visual, Vocalist

Her emoji is a lion (🦁).

── Misc Information

She got into Yonsei on her first try.

She is known for being very short-tempered.

Her family (more specifically her mother) has a bichon frisé puppy.

She reads a lot and often gives book recommendations on her Instagram.

She has many plants.

Initially, she had the ‘Sub Vocal’ title, but recently, she was upgraded to just a ‘Vocalist’.

── About Sujin

As a child, Sujin was a top student; she got top grades throughout school and was admitted into Yonsei on her first try despite being 'bad at studying'. Unfortunately, Sujin couldn’t care less about getting a degree, and with all the freedom in the world suddenly at her fingertips, it made it easy for her to make some… questionable decisions. The most notable being her dropping out at 21 to become a trainee without telling her parents.

She began training under SBE in her second year of university after being scouted on the way to an early morning lecture, and- despite having no background in singing or dance- she started to realise that being an idol seemed heaps more interesting than being a corporate drone. In 2018, when their debut was in motion, Sujin dropped out of Yonsei and then told her parents.

Naturally, they did not take it lightly. Her parents practically abandoned her for about a year after that, and to this day their relationship is completely mended. It’s almost like they’re still hoping she'll return to education once her contract's up and at least use all that idol money for something good.

Since debuting in NOVELLA, Sujin has been made the honorary dozen of the group, with many anti-fans using her scouting story as a dig during internet debates (‘Your fave only got in ‘cause of she’s pretty’- well, yes!). Despite her growth as an artist over the years, people still can’t seem to let that go. Unfortunately, all the focus on her looks- plus the constant emphasis that it’s the only thing she’s good for- has led to her being almost obsessive over her appearance to the point where she often seems kinda 'vain'.

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About Choi Aecha...

── Personal Information

Birth Name: Choi Aecha (최애차)

Birthday: October 1st, 1998

Birthplace: Busan, South Korea

Ethnicity: Korean

Nationality: Korean

Height: 155cm/5'1"

Family: Father, Mother, Older Sister (1993), Older Sister (1994), Twin Brothers (1996)

Language(s): Korean (Native), Japanese (Proficient), English (Good)

Face Claim: Choi Yujin (Kep1er)

── Idol Information

Stage Name: Aecha (애차)

Agencies: Storybook Entertainment (2013 - Present)

Training Period: ~5 years (Nov 2013 - Oct 2018)

Position(s): Leader, Lead Vocal, Lead Dancer

Her emoji is a squirrel (🐿).

── Misc Information

She's into all types of games (video games, board games, etc) because she grew up playing them with her siblings.

She is also very sporty and loves playing football (amongst other sports).

She goes to the gym the most out of all the members.

Her favourite K-pop group growing up was KARA.

She is also very interested in photography.

── About Aecha

Aecha's home life has had little impact on her future, so we'll just skip over it briefly. Her family was big and happy, but leaving during her formative years meant she felt little of the warm effects that come with a happy home. Instead, she's been left to deal with chronic inadequacy syndrome, a consequence of uncaring guardians, teachers and seniors telling her 'you're not good enough' in some repackaged manner at least 20 times a day.

At 15 years old, Aecha somehow convinced her father to drive her and her friends up to Seoul so they could audition at some of the biggest Korean entertainment agencies. Unfortunately, Aecha was only offered a place from an unproven agency- MISSMUSE Entertainment- who had only just opened and were pretty poor.

Nevertheless, one acceptance was better than none, so Aecha joined the company and moved to Seoul all on her own. She would then train at MME (which later rebranded to Storybook Entertainment) for 5 years, pushing through two unfruitful debut prospects and one near company closure before finally debuting in NOVELLA in 2018.

However, just because she debuted doesn't mean she's in the clear. Through her idol career, Aecha has suffered mainly with her self-image as the ‘unspectacular’ member in a group full of 'natural talent'. Fans think that her vocals and dancing are some of the most overlooked in the industry, but anti-fans believe that- aside from being the leader- her contributions to the group are negligible. Not quite a dozen, but never the most important person on the stage.

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@/.00drkr posted on tiktok

lore!yeomeo has been living in my mind rent free these days... #yeomo #novella #nvla

comments...

HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!!?!?!?!?

if lore!yeomeo has no fans i am dead

I LOVE TOXIC YURI !! [happy]

'then die', well-

gl name?

THEIR ACTING IS 🔛🔝

fine I'll rewatch all of the diary entries for the 15th time this week...

A/N: erm... so i made the edit before i searched how to do velocity thinking it was like an effect u just throw on top but then i tried to do it and it started messing up my clips so lollll i rlly thought this was gonna b fire but its actually kinda a$$ 💀

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kazuha ♡ 240905

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NAKAMURA KAZUHA EVE, PSYCHE, AND THE BLUEBEARD'S WIFE @ MAMA

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did i cross the line? ── Kim Dambi x ?

A/N: we are slowly coming back! this idea has been plaguing my mind for days and after i was woken up by a fire alarm at 6:30 (😐) i just knew i had to execute. also idk how to lay this out so blughj

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Constance Blackwood ("We have always lived in the castle")

#6, AroarA / I don't love anyone, Belle and Sebastian / "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents", Lindsay C. Gibson, / "We have always lived in the castle", illustrated by Thomas Ehretsmann for "Centipede press" / "The Fall of The House of Usher," Steven Berkoff / "Descending Figure," Louise Glück

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Tag Dump!

#back from the dead. ── aesthetic.

#back from the dead. ── profile.

#back from the dead. ── lore.

#back from the dead. ── discography.

#back from the dead. ── writings.

#back from the dead. ── aecha.

#back from the dead. ── sujin.

#back from the dead. ── haeun.

#back from the dead. ── eunjeong.

#back from the dead. ── dambi.

#back from the dead. ── nari.

#back from the dead. ── aina.

#back from the dead. ── misc.

back from the dead. ── edits.

#back from the dead. ── asks.

#back from the dead. ── connections.

#back from the dead. ── my blog.

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NOVELLA is a fictional seven-member girl group under Storybook Entertainment. The group consists of members Sujin, Haeun, Aecha, Eunjeong, Dambi, Nari, and Aina. They debuted on the 31st of October 2018 with their first single album, The Prologue.

Tag Dump ── Writings ── Discography ── Blog Roll

── Group Info

Group Name: NOVELLA Company: Storybook Entertainment Greeting: "Hear our story! Hello, we are Novella!" Fandom Name: Authors Variety Show: NeouiBELA Group Colours: Darkness (#0D0907), Bruised (#2A0134), Old Blood (#420D09) Debut Date: 31st of October 2018 Debut Album: The Prologue Concept: Horror, Paranormal, Mystery

── Member List

Choi Aecha '98 [최애차] Leader, Lead Vocal, Lead Dancer Min Sujin '97 [민수진] Visual, Vocalist Kim Haeun '98 [김해운] Main Vocal Yoon Eunjeong '99 [윤은정] Main Rapper Kim Dambi '99 [김담비] Lead Dancer, Lead Rapper, Sub Vocal Kang Nari '99 [강나리] Main Dancer, Lead Vocal Hiramatsu Aina '00 [平松 愛菜] Main Dancer, Vocalist

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NOVELLA’s Discography

IN THE BEGINNING-ERA

On the 31st of October 2018, NOVELLA debuted with a very average title track named FLY. At the time the song made no waves; the schoolgirl concept was unoriginal and outdated, but in hindsight, FLY was the start of NOVELLA’s lore and is now well-loved by many fans.

EUNOIA (19 March 2019) and Peekaboo (11 Sept 2019) had similar fates and did little to build the group's fame.

A FRESH START-ERA

After three flops that damaged SBE’s finances more than they’d like to imagine, NOVELLA went on a five-month-long hiatus. Zero Instagram posts, busking clips or Twitter updates from the girls have been recorded from this time- their 3 loyal fans really did think that NOVELLA had died.

Luckily though, in early Feb 2020, NOVELLA’s Instagram account was revived with a mysterious uncaptioned post. A simple black square with a QR code pasted on top led fans to a new YouTube account called User71311018. At the time the channel only had one video- Dear Diary #1: 모든 것의 시작*; this marks the point where NOVELLA’s lore *really* begins. Unfortunately, the video was not the dramatic serve SBE thought it would be and had very few views until the lore started gaining traction in the following year. Nevertheless, ‘Dear Diary’ videos would continue to be uploaded before every future NOVELLA comeback.

Their subsequent release HWAA (A Fire Flower) (2 March 2020) was NOVELLA’s first ‘hit’. I use the word ‘hit’ very lightly, as it just performed better relative to their other songs, which wasn’t really that high of a bar to beat. They gained a very small fanbase and for the first time, they actually had a crowd of fans that would attend their sidewalk fan meets and cheer for them on music shows.

Even though the fandom was small, SBE had big plans, and were already planning small tours. If they just had one more successful comeba-

COVID ALMOST WON-ERA

Once again, NOVELLA had to go on hiatus, this time for nearly seven months. However, NOVELLA actually managed to attract more fans during lockdown because the girls were always online. They were live on every platform (largely because they were teetering on the edge of disbandment and were trying to make the most of it while they could), and even did long-distance duo live streams using their JPN socials.

Against all odds, NOVELLA had another comeback on Oct 12th, 2020. They continued with the previously successful theme and, thanks to the girls’ successful self-marketing, the comeback broke many new records for the group. HANN (Just One Girl) grew their fanbase even more.

ONLY UP FROM HERE-ERA

Sweet Juice (15 Feb 2021) was NOVELLA’s actual big hit. I’m talking TikTok traction, MV Trending on YouTube- the song even charted (barely) on the Korean Charts! NOVELLA is undoubtedly more famous in the West than in Korea, but Sweet Juice was definitely a converter for many K-Authors.

Then came GHOST (4 June 2021), NOVELLA’s ‘Party City Halloween’-core comeback. The silliness of the MV along with the slightly ‘lighter’ sound put some people off of the track, hence it didn’t perform as well as Sweet Juice. If you got it you got it, if you didn’t you just didn’t.

NOVELLA ended the year with one last comeback, Surrender (25 Nov 2021). Again, there were some mixed opinions on the song, both within the group and amongst fans. Despite it being debated, it was still a record-breaker, and the MV is regarded as one of NOVELLA’s best.

WE MADE IT-ERA

ADDICTED (13 April 2022) was the song to finally put an end to all the ‘nugu-stan’ claims being used to torture Authors for the past four years. NOVELLA hit a new peak on the charts and just barely managed to get their first win.

By this point, NOVELLA was more than ready to go on their first real World Tour. The ‘CHAPTER 1: The World Must Know’ tour took NOVELLA to; Asia; Australia; NA; Europe; and even Latam. Before the second leg of the tour (aka, Latam and NA dates), NOVELLA had their ninth comeback with SCREAM (16 August 2022). The title was so EDM that it was divisive at first, but no one could deny that it was a hit (it easily managed to get three wins). Needless to say, non-American fans were bitter about not seeing SCREAM live.

WHORE FOR LORE-ERA

Since HWAA era, NOVELLA has been much more focused on their lore compared to when they just debuted. However, in 2023 SBE took their concept to new heights. Firstly, Abnormality dropped on May 8th and the girls finally managed to get them another three wins. Shortly after, SBE dropped a short film titled ‘The Whispers’ which was basically a horror short on bullying**. It went viral for the members’ acting, and was (partially) one of the reasons why Sujin made her actress debut the following year.

After that, Every Rose (1 Nov 2023) also went viral (in a half bad half good way) for its ‘misandrist’ themes. Due to some boycotting and non-fans voting for the opposition, NOVELLA only got one win this era. All good though, it was about time for their first real fandom cleanse.

(Oh yeah, they also had another mini tour somewhere in the middle.)

PRESENT DAY-ERA

In 2024, NOVELLA has had one release so far and are currently on their second world tour, ‘Chapter 2: Six Tapes’. Girls (released May 1st) got them four wins and was very loved- by pretty much everyone, actually.

Although many Authors are content with NOVELLA's dark sound and concept, the lack of solo songs (osts don't count) and full-length albums have recently been the talk of the town. Hopefully, SBE takes the hint and drops another full length album soon...

NOTES (I used Google Translate for the translations so if it's wrong 🤷‍♀️):

*Dear Diary #1: 모든 것의 시작 = Dear Diary #1: The Start of It All

**I’m purposefully being vague here bc I might make a separate post for lore content / special videos

the things i did to get to get this vid under 500mb...

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nvla turned 1 y/o 4 days ago wth tumblr why did i just get the noti

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happy birthday i guess idrk what I'm supposed to do but i feel like i should be doing something special...

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YUJIN LOVESTRUCK COMEBACK SHOWCASE

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Oh, dear Aina. When will you learn? No one can determine the fate of others.

A/N: I saw this trend on TikTok first and realised it fits lore Aina pretty well (though i have never played or watched people play Undertale). procrastinated wayyy to much today so I'm just gonna post this immediately :)

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RED VELVET ♡ chill kill (231117)

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Choi Ae-Cha (최애차)

── ✒️ Personal Information

Birth Name: Choi Ae-Cha (최애차)

Birthday: October 1st, 1998

Birthplace: Busan, South Korea

Ethnicity: Korean

Nationality: Korean

Height: 155cm/5'1"

Family: Father, Mother, Older Sister (1993), Older Sister (1994), Twin Brothers (1996)

Language(s): Korean (Native), Japanese (Proficient), English (Good)

Face Claim: Choi Yujin (Kep1er)

── ✒️ Idol Information

Stage Name: Aecha

Nicknames: Chacha, fake maknae, butt sniper (mainly her members call her this)

Agencies: Storybook Entertainment (2013 - present)

Training Period: ~5 years (Nov 2013 - Oct 2018)

Position(s): Leader, Lead Vocal, Lead Dancer

Her emoji is a chipmunk/squirrel (🐿) because she is the shortest in the group. Also, she stuffs her face when she eats giving her puffy cheeks.

── ✒️ Misc Information

She's into all types of games, video games, board games, etc, because she grew up playing them with her siblings.

She is also very sporty and loves playing football.

She goes to the gym the most out of all the members.

Recently, she bought a digital camera to take nostalgic pictures of her members and the places they travel to together.

Designated butt-obsessed member.

Her favourite K-pop group growing up was KARA (they are also the reason she wanted to become an idol).

Her father is a maths teacher.

── ✒️ About Aecha

Warnings: Depression, ED

At age 15, Aecha somehow convinced her dad to take her and her friends to Seoul to audition for several entertainment agencies. Unfortunately, the only company she was accepted by was MISSMUSE Entertainment. It was a much smaller company than she wanted to join, but in her mind, one acceptance was better than none, and the earlier she became a trainee, the greater chance she had to debut.

In 2014, MME put her in the GRLZ HIGH lineup along with 6 other members. Initially, this was great news, but after an additional 6 months of training, MME announced last minute that they would debut GRLZ HIGH without Aecha. This made her very depressed and obsessed with becoming 'the perfect idol'. In order to achieve this, she began training to unhealthy amounts and starving herself to be, all while keeping it secret from her parents in fear of being sent back home.

Finally, Aecha graduated in 2016 and was simultaneously added to a special group of trainees who were planning to be added to GRLZ HIGH after two of the members abruptly left the group. Though the situation kind of rubbed her the wrong way, she was excited to finally have another chance of debuting.

The eventual disbandment of GRLZ HIGH hit Aecha pretty hard, not only because she once again had lost her chance of debuting, but also because she realised that four of the people whom she looked up to as her older sisters had been horrible people all along. This was pretty much Aecha's last straw, and she came very close to quitting the entertainment industry for good. It was Aina who, through a very dramatic and tearful confrontation, convinced her to stay. Eventually, in late 2017- early 2018, she was put in the line-up for NOVELLA, and, although she tried not to get her hopes up, her debut was pretty much guaranteed.

For a long time after her debut, her eating disorder continued to be a big problem, with her self-worth being largely dependent on her weight. She would often hide in bathrooms after long concerts and tours to hide her exhaustion from the members. She still struggles with it to this day, but she has also started working out/playing sports as a healthier method of keeping fit.

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The Neouivela Variety Show (2022 - PRESENT)

[▶] ep. 1 - 2 ── Storybook High

Each member was given a role to act out:

The episode begins with a skit of each member entering the classroom:

Aina is reading a book alone in an empty classroom with the lights turned off.

Next, Sujin is shown skipping to class while humming to herself, “I can't wait to see my new class, I wonder who I'll meet!” She opens the door and turns on the lights. Upon noticing Aina she jumps from shock. “Oh! Uh.. excuse me? Who are you?”

Aina eagerly jumps up from her seat and bows deeply. She accidentally slams her head on the desk which causes the whole set to burst out laughing. The scene replays at least 3 times before cutting away.

“Hello! I'm Hiramatsu Aina! Nice to meet you!”

“Oh… ok? I'm Sujin.” Sujin offers her a polite smile, albeit a bit awkwardly, while walking to her seat.

The first bell rings a moment later, indicating that class is about to start. The remaining members (bar Haeun and Dambi) all file into class, taking their respective seats.

As each member introduces themselves in character, cute, school-themed name cards pop up with their character traits and names.

Aecha arrives right as the second bell rings. She introduces herself as well and announces that today there will be competition for the title of class representative.

(Eunjeong: “I don't really want to be a class rep though?”)

Right after Aecha finishes explaining, Haeun waltzes into class while eating a baguette.

“What time do you think this is?” Aecha crosses her arms in faux anger.

Haeun seems unbothered. “I was hungry.”

Dambi closely follows behind, blazer slung over her shoulder, offering a simple nod as a greeting.

The games are as follows:

Math Class - sneaky eating challenge. The members must try to finish a Korean lunchbox while trying not to get caught by the teacher. The last one standing gets 5 points, the first to lose gets 0.

Aecha suddenly spins around from the chalkboard. “Hey! Min Sujin! Are you eating?”

Sujin sighs and slams her food on the table. “And what?”

“That’s not very in character??”

Social Studies Class - random team debates on unserious topics such as; one butt or two butts?; is a hotdog a sandwich?; and more. The teams were chosen randomly before each round, courtesy of rps. Aecha judges which team provides the most compelling argument. One point is given to each member on the winning team.

“Those who don't like mint chocolate should just die.” Aina seems to be the only one upset by her team losing the debate.

“That's not how this game works.”

Music Class - finish the lyrics. The girls are lined up at the back of the class and must run forward to the microphone to finish the lyrics. One point is given for both the song name and lyrics correctly guessed. Those who guess incorrectly are blasted with wind.

“Seriously, why do K-Pop idols use so much English nowadays, it's K-Pop, K-pop.” Eunjeong huffs.

“Don't be mad just because you didn't study hard enough.” Dambi teases.

Oh yeah, Dambi wins, which is kinda out of character as the delinquent.

"Uhh... I bet you weren't expecting this."

[▶] ep 13 - 14 ── Storybook Mafia

This time the episodes are set in an ‘abandoned’ shipping container warehouse.

The gift for the winning team was only a 30,000 won gift card but they took this game way too seriously.

Aecha, who is for some reason taking the mafia boss role, finally speaks up. “Those in favour of killing Nari?” Everyone raises their hands. “Ok-”

Nari lets out a guttural scream while falling to her knees.

Also, Aina was the game master and described each night sequence like it was a Shakespearean play.

“It was a dark and stormy night, Eunjeong strayed down a narrow alleyway, unsuspecting of the danger awaiting her further down the path-” She acts out each word with large and dramatic movements.

Sujin cuts her off, “Who died?”

Aina stares at her, offended. “…Excuse me?”

The mafias won (it was Nari and Dambi btw) and Haeun was in an uproar.

Haeun leaps up from her chair once the mafias are revealed. “Didn’t I tell you?! This team is useless!! I knew it was her from the beginning but you voted ME?! Why!?”

The civilian team was too stunned to speak.

[▶] ep 21-23 ── Storybook Haunted House

Half of these episodes were bleeped out because they kept swearing, and Eunjeong's idol image went to a place of no return, but! These are probably some of the best of the series.

So good, in fact, that it has become a recurring Halloween special on the show. Last year we also got 'Storybook Haunted Hospital'.

The girls- who had been locked inside of a haunted mansion- had to look for clues hidden in the house to find keys to unlock the hundreds there were like 10 of locks that hung on the big gate at the entrance.

However, along the way, there were actors cosplaying as ghosts that would chase and jump scare them. People who got tagged by the actors would have to be saved by other members, which caused many arguments.

“Unnie! If you keep getting caught I'm gonna just leave you there!” Aecha yelled while trying to fend off a bloody ghost.

There were also puzzles they had to solve but nvla collectively has one brain cell so Sujin was literally carrying.

“No, it should be the fourth box because two plus one is four.”

“…Are you stupid?”

[▶] ep 40-42 ── SBBG (Storybook Battlegrounds)

In this episode, the girls played irl PUBG (aka they shot each other with airsoft guns).

They were split into two teams, Team A (Aecha, Haeun, Dambi) and Team S (Sujin, Eunjeong, Nari, Aina).

“OK! Since we're the first team we'll be team A.” Haeun and her teammates laugh brightly at the other team's disgruntled looks.

“Then we'll be team S.” Nari cuts in sharply with a smug tone of voice.

The Velas are super competitive, even when there isn't a prize involved. Now hand them a bunch of guns and...

“Just run in and kill them all!”

a chorus of cheers erupts from the Team S base

Literally, none of the teams came up with a game plan, so it was pretty much just a messy free-for-all with everyone running around like headless chickens.

Team A won! And they did not hesitate to rub it in (especially to Nari, who is known to brag about her video game prowess).

“She plays Valorant all night and she can't even get a few points.”

“Platinum who? She must be hacking.”

A/N: I've been holding onto this since *checks notes* '0' October?!?! and I'm sick of looking at it so here