#— iseul. 〈 intro 〉

[shellibisshe]

slowly making all the clowns

[doomcdbeings]

APPLICATION.

( hoyeon jung, demi woman, they/she ) be on the lookout for iseul baek in valdez, the thirty-year-old survivor. they were last spotted at valdez museum as a scout, strapped with throwing knives. they’re widely known for being cautious but can be quite selfish when put under pressure, and considering they were a tightrope walker in a circus before the apocalypse, it makes sense. demons by hayley kiyoko weirdly plays every time they’re around.

FILE.

full name: iseul baek

age: thirty

gender / pronouns: demi woman, they/she

orientation: bisexual

affiliation: scout at the valdez museum

former occupation: tightrope walker in a traveling circus

family: unknown

faceclaim: jung hoyeon

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BIOGRAPHY.

BEFORE: You were an orphan who grew up in a traveling circus. One of the circus performers discovered you on the streets, and they soon brought you into the fold and raised you on the road. You never questioned whether your childhood was considered normal, for you only knew the long nights spent walking through the air and traveling from city to city. You took a while to find your footing amongst your new-found family, but once you did, you discovered that tightrope walking was your calling. You loved the way you could distance yourself from others, often finding peace in the sky. Eventually, your solo act turned into a partnership when OPEN WC joined the team and you slowly learned how to open up and break out of your shell. You saw yourself working at this circus forever, traveling the country alongside your family and lover, but the zombie apocalypse shattered those rose-colored glasses and shifted your perspective permanently.

DURING (DEATH TW): You found yourself at home on the tightrope walking platform when chaos erupted in the middle of your show. You remember seeing some movement in the audience, mind trying to rationalize it as a drunk patron or a family trying to calm down a disruptive child, but the screams caused you to reconsider. You watched as zombies invaded your troupe's tent and attacked guests and performers alike. You longed to help your family, but you knew you and your partner were safer up high. Your gaze shifted from the attack to your partner, trying to will them to your side, but that silent request might've been their undoing. You watched as they tried to walk across the tightrope to get to you, hand outstretched as they closed in on the platform, only for movement down below to cause the rope to sway. You watched as your partner, the only one left in your troupe, slipped off the rope and disappeared below. You knew you could've caved them if you had just leaned over and grasped their hand, but the utter fear you felt caused you to freeze up. Now, you were utterly alone as everyone you grew up with became victims of the apocalypse.

AFTER: You didn't know how long you stayed up on the platform, but eventually, a group of survivors fought their way through the circus and helped rescue you from your fate. You looked for any hint of survival among your troupe, but after only finding wreckage, you decided to abandon your home and follow the group to the Valdez Museum. Now, you act as a scout for the ones who gave you a second chance at life. You find yourself unable to fully open up to the ones who saved you, perhaps out of fear of losing more family members, but you're hoping those walls will eventually be broken down once more. In the meantime, you just aim to stay alive and make sure those around you won't fall victim to the same fate as your troupe.

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

Members of the Valdez Museum who rescued them and brought them to the safe haven

Iseul's old partner/lover (available on the WC doc)

A paternal/maternal figure who is slowly getting Iseul to open up

Someone who saved Iseul from a zombie attack

Someone who got saved by Iseul and now believes they owe them a favor

Survivors who Iseul has helped bring to the Valdez Museum or another safe location

Someone who holds a grudge against Iseul (maybe their family was at the circus the day of the outbreak and they're mad Iseul survived and their family didn't)

A younger character who Iseul is protective of

Hookups/crushes/friends-with-benefits

Anything and everything!

[trysafrog]

On March 11, it was Iseul's birthday!!

The newest arrival to the Shimmering Guard, at the time of the beginning of the story.

Iseul's a friendly boy with presumably no powers, but also an undying hope for the future, even with the many hardships he's faced, and keeps facing.

He's very certain that no matter what comes ahead, he'll be able to work towards a better future while being an active member of the guard.

After all, it was but a voice he heard, that led him to a fateful encounter with a guard member.

Iseul's really just a trainee at the moment, so he's quite weak, but he seems to believe that he'll grow quite strong in the future, even without any power within his blood.

But whether he keeps fighting on or not, will only matter if some people actually care about him.

[ask-the-sorrowfuls]

Subject: I

Status: Alive, Asks open

Iseul is one of the game contestants.

They crawled out of a bog one day. It's incredibly rare to hear them talk, but they can certainly read and write. Much of their nonverbal communication looks like something you'd see in a horror movie. However, they're harmless as long as nobody's bothering them.

[rqhydroarchon]

hii!! little (not) intro i made, it has my name(s), pronouns, and labels

i was worrying about being “cringe” as i was making this but then i realized this is radqueer tumblr bitch no one is cringe here wwww

warning this post is SUPER LONG LIKE REALLY LONG

names :

i primarily use the name “ yuka ” , i will always respond to it ! but if you wanna be creative, you can use my many other names !

japanese : 

natsuki , kyouka , yuri , naomi , mizuki

chinese : 

yuhai , nuan , shufen , yazhu , shui

korean :

yoonseul , iseul , yu-mi , myeong , hana

next up, pronouns! i have alot of pronouns, you can call me whichever you like!

she / her

they / them

it / its

cy / cyr

shx / hxr

shi / hir

xe / xem

bun / buns

paw / paws

pup / pups

🦴 / 🦴s

🐾 / 🐾s

🧁 / 🧁s

☀️ / ☀️s

sun / suns

rain / rains

pix / pixel

cake / cakes

honey / honeys

blush / blushes

cit / citrus

<3 / <3’s

dew / dews

wind / winds

choco / chocolate

apple / apples

doe / does

ink / inks

vir / virtual

love / loves

kiss / kisses

fang / fangs

lost / losts

sour / sours

pop / pops

jam / jams

fizz / fizzes

lime / limes

lemon / lemons

orange / oranges

neon / neons

raspberry / raspberries

gum / gummy

mist / misty

jell / jello

confetti / confettis

soft / softs

plush / plush

lace / laces

doll / dolls

ribbon / ribbons

sakura / sakuras

rose / roses

mochi / mochis

shell / shells

dove / doves

swan / swans

boba / bobas

dango / dangos

star / stars

twilight / twilights

🍫 / 🍫s

🍰 / 🍰s

🐰 / 🐰s

🍋 / 🍋s

🍊 / 🍊s

💋 / 💋s

🍎 / 🍎s

💌 / 💌s

💤 / 💤s

🌈 / 🌈s

🤍 / 🤍s

🌧️ / 🌧️s

🎀 / 🎀s

🧸 / 🧸s

🧋 / 🧋s

🍡 / 🍡 s

🌹 / 🌹s

🍬 / 🍬s

🍼 / 🍼s

🩰 / 🩰s

🏩 / 🏩s

💫 / 💫s

🌙 / 🌙s

🌸 / 🌸s

🐚 / 🐚s

🪽 / 🪽s

🕊️ / 🕊️s

🦢 / 🦢s

🈷️ / 🈷️s

🍥 / 🍥s

🍧 / 🍧s

next, my ids!!

cis :

adhd , autism , bpd , hypersexual , o.l.d , maladaptive day dreaming , anxiety 

trans :

transjapanese , transchinese , transkorean , transanorexia , transhpd , transnpd , transaspd , transschizophrenia , transc-did , transramoca , transtourettes , transocd , transc-ptsd , transavpd , transdyslexia , transschizoaffective bipolar disorder , transpots , transwheelchair user , transIoIi, transharmed , transage , more unlisted ~ ♡

i dont have many paras but i am 🌼 , 🧸 , and 🍭 ~ !

extra info : 

im transage 9-19 and i commonly associate myself with furina, sparkle, and kyouka izumi !! i love all things cute and may post some pictures if i feel confident ( MAPS FOLLOW ME PLSPLSPLS ) ♡♡ if im feeling dysphoric i may post in japanese, chinese, or korean but i will always have a translation provided ^_^ more will be added as i think of more

if these dividers don’t work ill kill myself

[tosahobi-if]

If we don't romance the others ro's can we still make them our friends? because I want Iseul as mc's best friend.

yes! i think i mentioned this before but i wanted to write a story before i added in any romance so interpersonal relationships play a big part. it's in the intro post as well!

explore different relationships: from platonic to romantic to familial, build a variety of relationships with the cast

[iseullgc]

TEAM UNKNOWN 004 / SOLO PERFORMANCES

SOLO PERFORMANCE #1 ( wc / 407 ) SECRET - WJSN

honestly, when he's told he can do a creative take on one of the songs they're given, iseul immediately knows that he wants to choreograph something. he listens through all the song files to really evaluate them all before he chooses secret because of the melody at the beginning. despite having mostly street/hip hop dance experience, he had also taken ballet classes as a child and after hearing the music box intro, he thought that it would be a fun way to incorporate some of that past knowledge into it.

after discussing with the coaches for the direction he wanted to change the music in, they keep the original intro but add in a darker bass line with some drums. he wants to make the song sound a bit darker, in a sort of black swan transformation sort of vibe.

it's fun to work on it with the coaches, to really discuss all of his thoughts with them.

in the end, he loves the sound they came up with using all of his ideas. he feels like he had really chatted their ears off when it came to the discussion but he really thinks that it was worth it in the end.

he also asks if it would be possible to insert a sort of dance break before the end of the song, considering he would only be using the intro and the first verse, as well as the bridge and the first chorus before his two minutes was up. thinking about this, he wanted to extend both the intro and the outro a bit so he could show off what he was most confident in—which was of course his dancing skills.

once the song is finished, he's able to really tweak all the choreography he had come up with to fit the vibe. he had been working on the dance with just the thought of what the song might sound like originally, but once he has it, the movements just sort of pour out of him.

he's unusually inspired by the idea of a ballet gone wrong, of adding non-traditional elements and changing the song from a soft, whimsical one that turns into something much darker and more raw. it's a fun concept that he enjoys working on and the end product is something that he never would've dreamt up before.

it really just makes him understand that he really enjoys creating, whether it be just choreography or, perhaps, if in the future he might want to dabble in composition too.

SOLO PERFORMANCE #2 FALL - JUSTIN BIEBER

considering that his native language is english, he knows that to be really confident in his performance, he would want to sing in english. much more so than if he were to perform in japanese, and that really cinches it for him.

he goes through his old playlists from junior high to see if any song really stands out to him, wanting to find something that was pretty old to really invoke nostalgia vibes for him. those were always the songs that he enjoyed the most, when it was a song that had meaning for him and he stumbles across the perfect one almost accidentally when he's watching old youtube videos that he uploaded that he had hidden on his channel when he became a trainee.

an original choreography video to an old song.

it’s been a long time since he’s seen the video but he remembers the moves like he had filmed it yesterday. he guesses muscle memory truly did bless him, as he moves a little with the music as it plays, remembering the choreography as the song continues.

but it’s the perfect song for him to sing to, a song that’s within his range too.

[lgcmedia]

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

ew. cringe. anyone who openly calls themselves sexy is a no in my book

wait he's actually really good? his footwork is neat and his moves are clean. i'll be keeping an eye on you in the future cho iseul!

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ okay, i'll admit, the intro got me. he's kinda cute right? like, in a cringe sorta way ㅋㅋㅋ

omo!! he's dancing to one of my favorite songs EVER and the fact that he did such a good job to it makes me want to support him even more!! cho iseul, fighting!!

someone answer this question for me but... what makes him stand out from the other trainee videos that we've seen on this channel???

▷ 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

[enigmaes]

ENIGMAes╱ 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 and 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 to 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 ; mid sixteenth century: via latin from greek ainigma, from ainissesthai ‘speak allusively’, from ainos ‘fable’.

𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟... ISEUL KANG ? ﹙ defector from the stellar society, delivery driver for killer pizza ﹚ —- 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲: intro. visage. pinterest. threads.

[eigenaardigheid]

penned by bam for brisbanesfm.

bo ( min bora )

intro ﹡ biography ﹡ musings ﹡ threads ﹡ starters

bri ( brynn fell )

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izzy ( kim iseul )

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tiny ( ezra hope )

intro ﹡ biography ﹡ musings ﹡ threads ﹡ starters

pear ( bai li hua )

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[starchascr]

mun : ali ( 31, est, she/they ) playing : lady melinoe draven of the night court ( aslihan malbora fc ) dependent muses for : ofcourtfables

☾ melinoe ⇝ intro. | pinterest. | adventures. | nav.

starters owed : n/a starters posted : x replies owed : n/a replies completed : iseul, kalore, siri, zehra, aeri

updated 5/12/24 at 10:05 p.m. est.

[lgcrp]

◔ ┈ LOADING … TRAINEE PROFILE INITIATED !

CHO ISEUL ( READ MORE HERE )

AGE 22 ( 1 JANUARY 2001 )

TRAINED FOR 1 YEAR 2 MONTHS ( SIGNED JULY 2022 )

              INTRODUCTION VIDEO FOUND … PRESS PLAY ?

the video starts with the intro of the song playing, with him standing in the middle of the screen before he moves towards the camera to start the dance. he had been on a kick of old songs and he couldn't help but dance to this one, having spent quite a bit of time on the choreography specifically for this video. he had used a dance he had known for a while and just added some bits and pieces into it that he thought he could perform well. his movements are smooth, sharp, everything that's needed to be noticed. (or so he hopes.) they contrast with his baggy clothes, but they're cool he would insist if anyone were to comment on them. he has a hat pulled low over his head, wanting the viewers to pay attention to his dancing and not to his face. for now. once he's finished dancing and the music has faded out, he bows ninety degrees at the camera and tries his best to catch his breath before he straightens up. it doesn't quite work, but he breathes in quickly and tugs his hat off of his head to show his face. he runs his fingers through his hair as he peers at himself, adjusting the strands quickly so they sit the way he wants them to before he finally speaks. "hello everyone, i'm your new favourite trainee, the charismatic, charming and sexy cho iseul," he says cheekily, doing a flower pose as he comes a bit closer to the camera with each step, ending with it framing only his face instead of his whole body like it had been showing for the dance portion. "please keep an eye out for me as i dance my way into your bias lists and i promise you, you won't regret it!"

            INTERESTED ? REACH OUT TO THE TRAINEE !

[anachrvnisms]

NAM DAE-EUN | thirty&two, he/him, investigative journalist intro / threads / genres KELL RIVERS | thirty&one, they/them, mechanic intro / threads / genres KANG ISEUL | twenty&four, they/them, server intro / threads / genres

— wrangled by sen [ they/them, cst ] private – mumu – dependent [ marinahq ]

[ask-the-sorrowfuls]

Main Intro Post

I'm finally repurposing this blog again...

This is a roleplay blog, as you can probably already tell.

You can send regular asks, but you can also feel free to interact with physical actions. It doesn't matter if you're using a character of your own or if you just do something as yourself, both are allowed.

However, for action stuff like that, imagine it as more of a hologram thing instead of being in the same area as them. You can be seen and heard by them, but you can't physically touch anything. It's not that you're not allowed to try, I'm just saying you'd just pass through it.

You're allowed to reblog, of course, but I don't want to flood this blog with the same post being reblogged back and forth several times. So, try to keep RP interactions in the ask box if possible.

Likes are encouraged because it shows me that people saw the post.

When you send an ask, please make sure it's clear who you're sending it to! You're allowed to direct an ask towards multiple characters. If you want to continue something from a previous ask, it's preferable that you're not on anon, but it doesn't matter too much.

There are 11 askable characters to begin with, but there are more that I may add later on. You can tell whether I'm taking asks/interactions for a character based on their character intro post. They'll each have a status that might change under certain circumstances.

People are allowed to send asks directed at me, but please remember you're supposed to be interacting with the characters instead of just making me talk about them. For instance, I'm absolutely thrilled with the concept of lore questions being answered by people in-universe instead of me sitting here revealing the whole story right away.

You don't need to be particularly formal or serious in the asks. You can be that way, but you can absolutely say "bitch" to a character, too. I'm pretty lenient about what asks I'm willing to answer.

The stylistic choice of the dumb crayon drawings goes way back.

There's intent to have a bit of a plot going on. Nothing huge that'd dominate everything and mess with the asks/interactions, but it'll absolutely be there in the form of occasional story posts. It gives people more to ask about if things happen sometimes. :)

Warnings for blood, gore, and body horror. Mentions of suicide and eating disorders may also be present. This is meant to be a bit of a horror setting, but these topics probably won't come up in regular asks/interactions. Things will be tagged when they do come up.

[Basic Setting Intro]

Number of asks by character: Arco: 1 Björn: 0 Diane: 0 Ego: 0 Ferdi: 0 Gala: 0 Hikari: 0 Iseul: 0 Jacey: 0 Kaolin: 0 Lindsay: 0

[parembole]

i think you’re just imagining things. :/ chips don’t even exist, so how could they have gone missing?

( im nayeon, cis woman, she/her ) KANG ISEUL has lived in NAPLES, italy for ONE YEAR. they’re currently TWENTY-FOUR years old and a SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON FOR VISTA LATERALE. people tend to associate them with half-used bottles of perfume, cherry flavoured lip gloss, day trips filled with laughter, winking at strangers, and sending nothing but memes in a group chat.

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( muse a ) ISEUL mainly works at the bnb as the SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON, but everyone kind of mixes jobs based on what needs to be done. within the bnb, they’re known as the resident HEDONIST and everyone says the worst thing about them is that they're MISCHIEVOUS. they started working at the bnb because SHE WANTED AN EXCUSE NOT TO GO BACK HOME TO A TERRIBLE GROUP OF “FRIENDS”.

she followed the “perfect” path for most of her life. she even graduated uni with a major in marketing whilst being considered an exemplary student! she didn’t like any of that, though, and not too long after getting a very well paid marketing job in a big corporation, she decided to say FUCK IT. so she left for europe, and traveled around for a few months before ending up at vista laterale. 

she does NOT want to go back home. she’s scared she’ll be stuck back in this lil “mold” she was trapped in before, with the picture perfect aesthetics and the fake friends, and she just CANNOT picture herself dealing with that bullshit anymore. 

iseul uses an android, and she ABSOLUTELY gets pleasure out of how much certain people get ridiculously pissed off by the “twitter for android” thingy that shows up on the tweets she makes on the bnb account.

highkey, iseul probably still has an android rather than an iphone just because she loves pissing people off. she thinks it’s funny!!! and she can still call and text and use the wi-fi and what not, so....... she simply does not feel the need to change her phone. the pros and cons simply don’t lie!!!!!

iseul loves being social and what not!!!!! she tends to get along quite well with the people around her, although she sometimes gets it in her head that they don’t like her (for straight up ridiculous reasons like which leg they crossed over the other leg the first time they met her), and she HATES feeling lonely!!!! she’d rather interact with people who seem to be annoyed by anything she says/does rather than be alone tbh. 

she’s like... an agent of chaos, mixed with a raccoon, mixed with a flirt, mixed with a femme fatale, mixed with a hyperactive toddler, mixed with a demon, mixed with a quirky grandmother, and wrapped up in beauty. 

let me copy-paste a lil bit of what i put in my app regarding her connection with muse i, which i feel says a lot about her food stealing habits: “they all live together. they’re basically all stuck together, right? in a shared space, it only makes sense for food to be shared, especially considering the fact that space isn’t unlimited... really, iseul’s doing everyone a favour by not buying her own groceries and sharing the others’ groceries instead (though they may not exactly be aware of it). otherwise, things would get really cramped in the cupboards and the fridge, and iseul just simply could not stand to see that happening.”

she loves flirting, and so she flirts a lot. she tends to get crushes easily, though, or at least, she pretends she does. fact is, she’s never been in a serious relationship, and the idea of being in one TERRIFIES her. she can definitely have romantic feelings, and actually did have some in the past, but she feels like a relationship seems like SO MUCH WORK!!!!! and that kind of commitment scares her right now since she doesn’t have any experience in it. 

she does have experience in casual relationships, though!!!!! aka mainly physical things!!!!! and maybe she has ghosted some folks when it started to get serious in the past and she got scared of her own feelings......... MAYHAPS!!!!!!

just...... chaos, but in a fun way. attracts attention for the bnb on the social media account bc “haha the social media person sure knows this generation’s humour!” but rlly there’s no thoughts behind it. she’s just vibing. but it works, so!!!!!!

she does think the selfies she posts on the bnb’s account are a BIG reason why they get so many guests, though. she’s not OVERLY confident maybe, but she does know she’s beautiful!!!!! and she will use it to her (and the bnb’s) advantage!!!!!

in the future, i will post lil edits and what not in the future to show more about iseul!!!!!!! but rn i don’t want this to be too long, soooooo.......

here’s iseul!!!!!

oh and she loves befriending the wildlife around (and within) the bnb!!!!! she’s quite friendly with the raccoon that tends to hang around vista laterale!!!!

[kimisevl]

HELLO, clearly i’m beyond just late and its not cool but its the resident mun lina with bad ideas and terrible self control so here’s my second bby for this rp. Kim Iseul is the only son of the General Inspector Kim, and the Vice Commander of the Army/ He’s married to our lovely 3rd princess, though he lacks a lot in the areas of appreciating being married..below the cut are some things to take note about him, and i’ll be popping over to your dms or discord or twitter if you smash the like button down below! for iseul--i’m all for plotting and brainstorming for him rather than making a plot page because god knows he’s such a volatile brat with lots of...emotional issues that need to be discussed. 

[about] [bio]

he’s the eldest and the only son of General Inspector Kim, so a lot of expectations were heaped upon him since he was young, but never acknowledged.

his name is Iseul which means “from dew” and is generally more a feminine name than a masculine name. his mother named him instead of his dad, because the General Inspector Kim was away when he was born.

his father treats his sisters waaaay better than he treats his son, because of the high expectations he has of him, and because of iseul’s original  personality, which was kind, compassionate and gentle. he was also a little too compassionate and indecisive and that got him scolded a LOT by his dad

he’s ordinary. nothing special--he doesn’t have much talent with the sword or isn’t as gifted with military strategies and capabilities as other people would like to believe. 

most assume that he’s talented because he’s just that good but in reality Iseul knew that he was ordinary, and because of that he had to work more than just 10 x harder than anybody else in order to live up to expectations.

his father ALWAYS compared him to the male royals, and thus cultivated an immense hatred for all royals--he sees them as manipulators, who would do anything for power, even for the girls. the only exception for this case is @gjseohwa​ .

he has a really obvious crush on seohwa? its so obvious its almost painful. the only person oblivious to it is like seohwa herself lmao and iseul is just happy to see her smile. they grew up together and to him she was the only person apart from his sisters that knew about his true gentle personality and treated him well because of it.

he’s a gifted painter and gifted musician, and is amazing with his hands--he makes carvings when he’s bored, but usually does it away from his father’s eyes (his father got furious when he found the carvings once, and iseul remembers it so clearly that he doesn’t want to experience it again)

he built a house in the woods using bamboo when he was around 12, and few know about it save for probably those that are really close to him

he likes hunting, and used to be a chubby kid when he was younger, with soft eyes and a happy smile, a stark contrast to the stoic and brutal man that people currently know

he’s known to be really brutal especially when it comes to cutting down his enemies--almost akin to a hungered wolf attacking someone, so he usually leads the offense when it comes to leading the army, because his ferociousness kinda increases the morale for those being led by him

he’s an extremely devoted individual--if you get his heart, you kinda everything he will and that he can give you (literally you’ll have him wrapped around your little finger, because he’d adore you like nobody’s business lmao)

he may be stoic and cold and brutal in front of everyone but he’s still that kind gentle iseul--its his personality, he can’t get rid of it that easily. its just buried deep down beneath every hurt that his father inflicted by never acknowledging his feats, and constantly putting him down to push him to be better.

He RARELY smiles--so far the only person he’s smiled for is for his crush, and she’s been the only one that has seen it. he doesn’t even smile at his wife (so far of course)

he’s been married for 2-3 years! 

in short, he’s a jerk to his wife because he’s in love or blindly in love with someone else--but everything will eventually be okay i guess--because i can see it as a possibility or a high possibility of him opening up to his wife and falling for her, esp after like his crush on seohwa gets completely crushed into nothing :D

throw me anything that you think or find along the way and i’ll be excited to plot with yall!!!