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"I always think about what I have lost, but you think about what you can gain, i want to be like you from now on" – back yijin
TwentyFiveTwentyOne 🌨🌿・゚゚・.
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Twenty Five Twenty One Masterlist
(f) - fluff, (a) - angst, (af) - angst + fluff, (s) - smut
Na Heedo:
Nothing yet...
Ko Yurim:
Nothing yet...
Back Yijin:
Nothing yet...
Moon Jiwoong:
Nothing yet...
Ji Seungwan:
Nothing yet...
#twenty five twenty one x reader#na heedo x reader#ko yurim x reader#back yijin x reader#moon jiwoong x reader#ji seungwan x reader
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bully⋆.ೃ࿔*:・
monday, kim jiwoong — advanced drama
⋆˙⟡ zbully1 smut series masterlist! hanbin, jiwoong, hao, matthew, and taerae included. game day (group) chapter here. all 7 endings here.
⋆˙⟡ wc: 2.8k ⋆˙⟡ reader: femme afab (listed first, she/her are used a couple times) // gender neutral (alternate version listed second, no pronouns used at all to describe reader— scroll down) ⋆˙⟡ series summary: five bullies. six days. it's gonna be a hell of a week, babe. stay hydrated. ⋆˙⟡ monday summary: it's monday, the first day of the school week. you're excited for your advanced drama class, but not too keen on the person you're always forced to run into there. suave, charismatic, repulsively arrogant: kim jiwoong lives to make your life just a bit harder. and lucky you: today he's your scene partner. ⋆˙⟡ warnings: explicit smut. 18+. minors do not interact. please read specific warnings under the cut! angst. lighttt dub-con. bullying. jiwoong plays romeo, that should be a warning for the faint of heart. the smut is fairly light in general. it's only monday guys, we have to survive six consecutive days so let's pace ourselves, ya know? ⋆˙⟡ bully scale: ★★★☆☆ (3)
EXPLICIT SMUT 18+ WARNINGS: fingering/heavy petting (reader receiving), dub-con kind of sort of idk better safe than sorry, bullying, degrading sexual names.
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“an exciting day today, as always,” professor lee announces from the center of your chair circle. “we’ll be performing a series of famous two-character scenes in the second half of the class and you’ll have the first half to prepare with your scene partner.”
all of your classmates begin to whisper loudly. several two-character scenes would undoubtedly include some romance. the thought made your head spin with anxiety.
your best friend mina softly kicks your foot with her’s. you turn to look at her, a stunning grin shining back at you.
“i hope i get paired with jiwoong oppa,” she says, giggling quietly.
you scowl. even knowing all the hell that kim jiwoong and his rat bastard friends have caused you this entire year, mina persistently eyes the inconveniently beautiful man with googly eyes through every class.
curious as to how the man himself is reacting to today’s assignment, you steal a glance in his direction: a terrible mistake. jiwoong is leaned back in his chair, one shoe resting on the opposite knee in a cocky, relaxed position. his hair is pushed neatly behind his ears, fashionable brown slacks and a cream-colored sweater tucked into his belt— arms crossed over his chest.
skin perfect and glowing under his black, wire-framed glasses. tongue poking at his cheek in an arrogant smile.
staring right at you.
you immediately look back down at your lap, trying your best to appear unbothered by the bait that jiwoong’s hooked for you.
“i’ll be picking names out of this jar to assign parts at random and, from there, we’ll just jump right in,” professor lee explains as the chatter comes to a halt. “there’s props and minimal costume pieces in the storage closet at your disposal as usual.”
mina bounces her leg happily beside you, fingers crossed behind her chair for good luck. you shake your head sadly. the thing she’s wishing for is the thing you dread most.
“the first scene will be from bonnie and clyde. caroline-sshi will be reading for bonnie,” professor lee calls as he pulls the first slip of paper out of the jar, followed by the second. “and ichan-sshi will read for clyde.”
there’s a chorus of teasing oooooh’s throughout the room, caroline and ichan shyly waving to each other until your professor holds up his hand for silence.
“for our second scene, we have an excerpt from medea,” professor lee says, reaching into the glass jar. “the role of medea will be played by… mina-sshi. and the role of jason will be played by…”
mina’s eyes light up at both the meaty assignment and the anticipation of who her scene partner will be.
“yijin-sshi,” he finishes.
the class giggles at the two sweet girls playing such contentious ex-lovers. mina sighs disappointedly and returns her attention to her shoes.
“our third scene will be from romeo and juliet,” professor lee calls, two slips of paper between his fingers. “reading for romeo, we’ll have… jiwoong-sshi.”
nearly everyone gasps in awe at the casting. how fitting of an actor for such a part! how did jiwoong always manage to get assigned the best roles? who will get to read for juliet?
you dare to steal another glimpse at jiwoong. he’s sitting forward now, legs spread apart with his forearms resting on his thighs— focusing on his hands as he waits. you truly feel sorry for the chump that has to spend the next forty minutes alone with him.
“and the role of juliet will be played by… (y/n)-sshi.”
oh for f*ck’s sake. out of 19 possible partners, of course you’d end up having the terrible luck of being paired with kim jiwoong.
he licks his tongue lightly across his teeth like a predator taunting his prey. you were, for all intents and purposes, fucked.
“while the romantic blocking written in several of these scenes is technically optional,” professor lee says, holding up his hands as if to calm the nervous energy in the room. “it plays an important part in the emotional integrity of the character dynamics. only do what you’re comfortable with, but consider why a stage direction is written and do take it seriously.”
professor lee finishes announcing the rest of the pairings before dismissing you to get to work on your scenes.
“i’m so jealous,” mina whines, stamping her foot cutely as she stands up from her chair. “are you gonna kiss him? if it’s in the scene?”
“KISS HIM!?” you shout, driven by pure shock and disgust. nearly everyone in your class turns to look at you, but you’re too disturbed to care. it was a ridiculous question. there’s no way jiwoong would ever lower himself to kiss you. besides, he’ll be too busy using his mouth to insult you the whole time.
but mina did raise a good question that you hadn’t fully considered yet. just how romantic would the scene you’re assigned be?
“thinking about me?”
the voice comes from behind you, so close in proximity that it makes you jump. you stumble backwards, your back tapping against a solid surface.
looking over your shoulder, you recoil at the sight of kim jiwoong hovering over you, a shaky denial leaving your lips, “i w-wasn’t...”
“explain to me again how you made it into advanced drama with those piss-poor acting skills?” jiwoong huffs, knocking into your shoulder with his as he brushes past you towards the door. when you don’t follow him, he turns around and glares at you expectantly. “did you forget how to walk or something?”
you shake your head silently and run after him out the door. a gap of at least a couple feet forms between you and jiwoong as you struggle to match his determined stride. “um, where are we going?”
“stage. duh,” jiwoong answers plainly, rounding the corner. “if we get there first, we get it all to ourselves and everyone else can fuck off.”
you gulp. you could barely survive jiwoong’s bullying in a crowded room. all alone with jiwoong— no witnesses to keep him at bay… you didn’t like the sound of it.
as you finally reach the side door to the auditorium, jiwoong opens it and lets it swing before you can step inside. it nearly slams into your nose until you catch it with your elbow at the very last second.
“look at you,” jiwoong says with a dark chuckle. “maybe you’re more coordinated than matthew lets on. should we keep testing that theory?”
you inhale deeply, trying your damnedest to not let him get to you yet. you still had thirty-nine long minutes to go. shaking your head in response, you follow him up the stairs and onto the stage. there’s some larger set pieces currently in use in preparation for the winter play; a corner tableau with walls occupies stage right.
jiwoong tosses your script (at your face) and it falls delicately to the ground in front of your feet. “aren’t you gonna pick that up?”
bending down carefully in your short skirt, you pick up your script and flip to the first page of dialogue. your hands are starting to tremble under the pressure of jiwoong’s piercing gaze.
“come here, we can do a cold read first,” he instructs, flipping open his own script. “follow stage directions, but we’ll iron them out later.”
you nod in complacency but stay exactly where you are beside the wall of the corner set— six safe feet away from kim jiwoong.
“seriously?” he asks, raising an eyebrow at you incredulously. “scared i’m gonna bite you?”
your lips part slightly at this remark. you hadn’t been scared of this before, but under the circumstances...
“or maybe you’re scared you’ll bite me,” jiwoong hums smugly. “think you might fall for me during our love scene? that’s almost unbearably pathetic.”
“please just read the script,” you reply quietly, gaze returning to your script. i am unbothered. i am in control of my own destiny, your therapist’s stupid affirmations ring through your head.
jiwoong stares at you for a moment and then, much to your surprise, he obliges.
you take advantage of this, reading through the script carefully and marking the blocking lightly from your fixed position on the stage. as you recite your lines, your ears burn red at what becomes clear to you: the scene is, for lack of a better word, sexy. juliet is a young virgin who is absolutely taken with the charismatic, handsome romeo. he desperately wants to kiss her and then some and juliet wants the same— though she has to feign that she doesn’t because of female fragility or some other bullshit, antiquated principle.
“if i profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: my lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss,” jiwoong reads, your heart dropping to your stomach. he makes an agonizingly convincing romeo: charming, witty... gorgeous.
why was this scene beginning to feel kind of... real?
“good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this; for saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch,” you read your next line softly, attempting to steady your nerves as your script shakes between your fingers. “and palm to palm is holy palmers’… k—... kiss.”
jiwoong feeds off of your hesitation, a dangerous smirk darkening his features. this scene is evoking a visible reaction out of you and he’s as aware of it as you are. setting his script down on the hardwood stage floor, jiwoong recites perfectly, “have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?”
“stop it,” you say through gritted teeth as he unsubtly eyes you up and down. you don’t care if he’s in character or not— he’s just trying to get under your skin. “stop doing that.”
he steps towards you, the air souring from the magnitude of his arrogance. “i don’t think that’s your line, now is it?”
“don’t come any closer,” you warn again, a little more conviction this time but still not enough to stop his perpetual motion. you try to move, but your feet are frozen to the floor. at least, you assume they are. that’s the reason you’re not moving, right?
it has to be.
jiwoong takes another step and then another, the distance between you diminishing rapidly.
“if you come any closer, i’ll—… i’ll tell professor lee,” you threaten in panic. he’s just a few inches from you now and you can smell his sharp, spiced cologne. “i’ll tell him everything you’ve ever said to me, you absolute... TWAT ROCKET!”
“ooh, i like the creativity. but it’s still not your line,” he whispers, clucking his tongue in disappointment. “shouldn’t you be taking this a little more seriously, (y/n)-sshi? where’s my stick-up-her-ass, goody two-shoes when i need her, hm? do you want us to both fail today’s assignment or something?”
you did not want to fail today’s assignment. jiwoong bullying you through your whole rehearsal wasn’t exactly helping your chances, but there was hardly an available remedy for that. the only way forward was to just try to be the bigger, more professional actor. sighing resignedly, you read your next line: “ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.”
jiwoong somehow comes closer still, hovering over you like you’re a moth he plans to ensnare in his deadly flame. he raises his hand to your cheek and you flinch, expecting some sort of dull impact. you open your eyes when there is none. when your eyes meet his, jiwoong lifts his index finger— brushing it against your bottom lip as you stand there, unblinking in your shock. “o, then, dear saint... let lips do what hands do.”
he tugs your bottom lip down slightly, running the tip of his thumb gently across the soft, wet inside. you’re screaming inside your head, but not a single sound makes its way out of your mouth. jiwoong has called you names, pulled your hair, left red rashes from twisting the skin on your arms for two years now...
but this is easily the meanest thing he’s ever done.
“they pray, grant thou,” he continues his line, thumb trailing from your lips, past your chin and down your neck. you gasp when he stops at the collar of your shirt, not sure if you’re more disturbed by his audacity to do this or his audacity to suddenly stop. you curse the aching feeling that you now realize has been radiating from your heat since you stepped on this stage. how could your body betray you like this?
jiwoong exhales a mean laugh as he searches your eyes and easily finds what you’re so poorly trying to hide. maybe you really didn’t belong in advanced drama after all.
continuing his trail down the center of your chest and over the curve of your stomach, he breathes, “lest faith turn to despair.”
“jiwoongie,” you whisper, eyes locked on his hand just a couple inches from your clothed core. begging for him to stop; begging for him to start— it’s anyone’s guess. “you—... i—...”
“how thick is your skull that i have to keep reminding you to read your fucking line,” he hisses, the harsh insult sounds just like honey to you. his eyes appear almost black, daring you to disobey him.
you want to run away. you need to stay exactly where you are.
“saints—... saints do not move,” you manage to squeak. “though grant for prayers’ sake.”
“then move not,” jiwoong recites, his left hand finding your hip as he presses you up against the set piece behind you, “while my prayer’s effect i take.”
you don’t know how you’re still breathing as jiwoong’s middle and ring fingers find their way under your skirt and between your legs. a whimper escapes you as he finds the sensitive bud, bucking your hips slightly into his hand at the wave of arousal.
“that easy, baby? feel good?” jiwoong asks rhetorically, as if the growing volume of your mewls isn’t enough proof for him. “fuck, i’ve wanted to do this forever.”
“but—...y-you hate me,” you counter, grinding into his fingers again. jiwoong moans softly at your assertiveness, biting his bottom lip as he works you over.
“i don’t know what that has to do with wanting to fuck you,” he replies, attaching his lips to your collarbone as he shoves the damp fabric of your panties to the side. “really wanna fuck you.”
“jiwoongie,” you whine again, script falling from your hand and onto the floor. your arms wrap around his neck for support as your legs start to weaken. “i—… i think you were just supposed to kiss me.”
“huh. is that right?” he asks, grinning at your adorably innocent protest as he takes his hand off your hip and starts to fool with his belt buckle. “well, professor lee always says to lean into the scene. and you looked like you could use some leaning into.”
“i c-can’t believe i’m letting you do this,” you rasp, biting your bottom lip as the top button of jiwoong’s slacks comes undone.
“i can,” he grunts, flipping you around so that your chest is squished against the wall. his gruff hands push up your skirt and knead into your hips and ass as he admires your form. “fucking insufferable little angel. was hoping you’d secretly be a filthy slut. just for me though, right?”
though hearing jiwoong demean you would normally bring tears to your eyes, it’s intoxicating to you in this moment. it’s a scary, complicated feeling and the only truth you know falls from your lips: “i... hate you.”
“mm, whatever you say baby,” he coos mockingly, the sounds of your arousal growing louder and wetter against his fingers. he flips you back over to face him eagerly. “but you want my cock in you, yeah?”
your lips part as you stare at the bulge in his pants, mouth watering slightly. to your surprise and horror, you really do want it. if you let this happen, the consequences you’ll face could be detrimental.
but in this moment, watching a wavy lock of jiwoong’s hair fall across his forehead as his middle finger starts to prod at your entrance: you want him— need him inside you. your brain is clouded; vision lustful and hazy. how much does jiwoong’s past treatment of you really matter?
“(y/n)!” a voice rings out from the house of the auditorium.
“come fucking on,” jiwoong groans in frustration, your eyes wide like a deer in headlights. somehow it hadn’t even crossed your mind that you might get caught in the act. you start to struggle in jiwoong’s grasp, looking everywhere for a quick exit. he throws a hand over your mouth to keep you quiet, shimmying your skirt back back down over your ass with the other.
“jiwoong-sshi! (y/n)-sshi! time to get ready for performances!”
after running a smoothing hand through your hair for you, jiwoong suddenly pushes you out from behind the set piece you’re pressed up against. you stumble nervously onto center stage.
“oh my god, (y/n)!” mina calls excitedly, running over to you. “how did it go!? where’s jiwoong oppa? did he kiss you? was it amazing? does he taste like smoke and cinnamon? are his lips soft like clouds?”
“mina, that’s enough,” you shush awkwardly, knowing full well jiwoong can hear everything she’s saying— undoubtedly smirking like a wild hyena, that bastard. coming out of your spell of lust, you shudder as the reality of what just happened starts to sink in. how could you let an asshole like him put his hands all over you— almost put himself inside of you? the only answer to all of mina’s questions you can manage is a truthful one: “we didn’t kiss.”
“oh,” mina replies with a small smile, probably happy that there’s still hope for her. “that’s too bad.”
“what’s too bad?” jiwoong asks, stepping out on stage next to you. he hands you your script, tucking his own under his arm. you notice his belt is buckled again. “sorry, i was getting our scripts.”
“nothing!” mina answers much too enthusiastically. “everything’s so, so good actually. now that you’re here. i mean, because professor lee sent me here to find you. and i found you! so everything’s great. perfect, even.”
jiwoong chuckles, turning to you: a malicious glint in his eye. he bites his lip, one corner of his mouth upturning in a mocking smile. then, he turns back to mina before sitting down on the edge of the stage and hopping off. “you know, i really wish we could’ve worked together on this one, mona.”
“it’s mina,” you correct, tears prickling the corners of your eyes. yes, you could see very clearly now. this had all been a sick little game to jiwoong. and you’d fallen right into his trap. he knew you would.
“sure, whatever,” he says, dismissing you with a passive wave of his hand. throwing an arm around mina’s shoulder, jiwoong leads your best friend toward the side door of the auditorium that you’d entered through. “but, like i was saying... i think we’d have a lot of chemistry, muna. maybe you’d like to work more on developing that with me... outside of class?”
the door slams behind them, leaving you standing alone in the spotlight of center stage. your underwear is wet and uncomfortable; your heart races as you blink back tears. of course jiwoong would be cruel enough to use your best friend to deal the final blow.
and, though jiwoong had apparently studied this scene before, you hadn’t even memorized any of your lines.
yes, you’d let your guard down. but how were you supposed to know that something like that would happen? though jiwoong and his friends often made disparaging sexual remarks towards you, he wasn’t someone you thought would want to act on them. the biggest fear crosses your mind now: would he tell his stupid fucking friends about how much of a desperate whore you’d been for him just now?
mondays, you think. at least jiwoong would be out of your sight for another week after today. you walk to the steps at the side of the stage, following jiwoong and mina’s exit route.
at least you can hope that tuesday will be better.
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gender neutral version below
EXPLICIT SMUT 18+ WARNINGS: heavy petting (reader receiving), dub-con kind of sort of idk better safe than sorry, bullying, degrading sexual names.
*also want to say that reader plays juliet in a RANDOMLY ASSIGNED scene during class. other people in the fic are assigned parts that are a different gender than they are. just wanted to mention this just in case it makes anyone uncomfy!!
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“an exciting day today, as always,” professor lee announces from the center of your chair circle. “we’ll be performing a series of famous two-character scenes in the second half of the class and you’ll have the first half to prepare with your scene partner.”
all of your classmates begin to whisper loudly. several two-character scenes would undoubtedly include some romance. the thought made your head spin with anxiety.
your best friend mina softly kicks your foot with her’s. you turn to look at her, a stunning grin shining back at you.
“i hope i get paired with jiwoong oppa,” she says, giggling quietly.
you scowl. even knowing all the hell that kim jiwoong and his rat bastard friends have caused you this entire year, mina persistently eyes the inconveniently beautiful man with googly eyes through every class.
curious as to how the man himself is reacting to today’s assignment, you steal a glance in his direction: a terrible mistake. jiwoong is leaned back in his chair, one shoe resting on the opposite knee in a cocky, relaxed position. his hair is pushed neatly behind his ears, fashionable brown slacks and a cream-colored sweater tucked into his belt— arms crossed over his chest.
skin perfect and glowing under his black, wire-framed glasses. tongue poking at his cheek in an arrogant smile.
staring right at you.
you immediately look back down at your lap, trying your best to appear unbothered by the bait that jiwoong’s hooked for you.
“i’ll be picking names out of this jar to assign parts completely at random and, from there, we’ll just jump right in,” professor lee explains as the chatter comes to a halt. “there’s props and minimal costume pieces in the storage closet at your disposal as usual.”
mina bounces her leg happily beside you, fingers crossed behind her chair for good luck. you shake your head sadly. the thing she’s wishing for is the thing you dread most.
“the first scene will be from bonnie and clyde. caroline-sshi will be reading for bonnie,” professor lee calls as he pulls the first slip of paper out of the jar, followed by the second. “and ichan-sshi will read for clyde.”
there’s a chorus of teasing oooooh’s throughout the room, caroline and ichan shyly waving to each other until your professor holds up his hand for silence.
“for our second scene, we have an excerpt from medea,” professor lee says, reaching into the glass jar. “the role of medea will be played by… mina-sshi. and the role of jason will be played by…”
mina’s eyes light up at both the meaty assignment and the anticipation of who her scene partner will be.
“yijin-sshi,” he finishes.
the class giggles at the two sweet girls playing such contentious ex-lovers. mina sighs disappointedly and returns her attention to her shoes.
“our third scene will be from romeo and juliet,” professor lee calls, two slips of paper between his fingers. “reading for romeo, we’ll have… jiwoong-sshi.”
nearly everyone gasps in awe at the casting. how fitting of an actor for such a part! how did jiwoong always manage to get assigned the best roles? who will get to read for juliet?
you dare to steal another glimpse at jiwoong. he’s sitting forward now, legs spread apart with his forearms resting on his thighs— focusing on his hands as he waits. you truly feel sorry for the chump that has to spend the next forty minutes alone with him.
“and the role of juliet will be played by… (y/n)-sshi.”
oh for f*ck’s sake. out of 19 possible partners, of course you’d end up having the terrible luck of being paired with kim jiwoong.
he licks his tongue lightly across his teeth like a predator taunting his prey. you were, for all intents and purposes, fucked.
“while the romantic blocking written in several of these scenes is technically optional,” professor lee says, holding up his hands as if to calm the nervous energy in the room. “it plays an important part in the emotional integrity of the character dynamics. only do what you’re comfortable with, but consider why a stage direction is written and do take it seriously.”
professor lee finishes announcing the rest of the pairings before dismissing you to get to work on your scenes.
“i’m so jealous,” mina whines, stamping her foot cutely as she stands up from her chair. “are you gonna kiss him? if it’s in the scene?”
“KISS HIM!?” you shout, driven by pure shock and disgust. nearly everyone in your class turns to look at you, but you’re too disturbed to care. it was a ridiculous question. there’s no way jiwoong would ever lower himself to kiss you. besides, he’ll be too busy using his mouth to insult you the whole time.
but mina did raise a good question that you hadn’t fully considered yet. just how romantic would the scene you’re assigned be?
“thinking about me?”
the voice comes from behind you, so close in proximity that it makes you jump. you stumble backwards, your back tapping against a solid surface.
looking over your shoulder, you recoil at the sight of kim jiwoong hovering over you, a shaky denial leaving your lips, “i w-wasn’t...”
“explain to me again how you made it into advanced drama with those piss-poor acting skills?” jiwoong huffs, knocking into your shoulder with his as he brushes past you towards the door. when you don’t follow him, he turns around and glares at you expectantly. “did you forget how to walk or something?”
you shake your head silently and run after him out the door. a gap of at least a couple feet forms between you and jiwoong as you struggle to match his determined stride. “um, where are we going?”
“stage. duh,” jiwoong answers plainly, rounding the corner. “if we get there first, we get it all to ourselves and everyone else can fuck off.”
you gulp. you could barely survive jiwoong’s bullying in a crowded room. all alone with jiwoong— no witnesses to keep him at bay… you didn’t like the sound of it.
as you finally reach the side door to the auditorium, jiwoong opens it and lets it swing before you can step inside. it nearly slams into your nose until you catch it with your elbow at the very last second.
“look at you,” jiwoong says with a dark chuckle. “maybe you’re more coordinated than matthew lets on. should we keep testing that theory?”
you inhale deeply, trying your damnedest to not let him get to you yet. you still had thirty-nine long minutes to go. shaking your head in response, you follow him up the stairs and onto the stage. there’s some larger set pieces currently in use in preparation for the winter play; a corner tableau with walls occupies stage right.
jiwoong tosses your script (at your face) and it falls delicately to the ground in front of your feet. “aren’t you gonna pick that up?”
bending down carefully, you pick up your script and flip to the first page of dialogue. your hands are starting to tremble under the pressure of jiwoong’s piercing gaze.
“come here, we can do a cold read first,” he instructs, flipping open his own script. “follow stage directions, but we’ll iron them out later.”
you nod in complacency but stay exactly where you are beside the wall of the corner set— six safe feet away from kim jiwoong.
“seriously?” he asks, raising an eyebrow at you incredulously. “scared i’m gonna bite you?”
your lips part slightly at this remark. you hadn’t been scared of this before, but under the circumstances...
“or maybe you’re scared you’ll bite me,” jiwoong hums smugly. “think you might fall for me during our love scene? that’s almost unbearably pathetic.”
“please just read the script,” you reply quietly, gaze returning to your script. i am unbothered. i am in control of my own destiny, your therapist’s stupid affirmations ring through your head.
jiwoong stares at you for a moment and then, much to your surprise, he obliges.
you take advantage of this, reading through the script carefully and marking the blocking lightly from your fixed position on the stage. as you recite your lines, your ears burn red at what becomes clear to you: the scene is, for lack of a better word, sexy. juliet is a young virgin who is absolutely taken with the charismatic, handsome romeo. he desperately wants to kiss her and then some and juliet wants the same— though she has to feign that she doesn’t because of female fragility or some other bullshit, antiquated principle.
“if i profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: my lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss,” jiwoong reads, your heart dropping to your stomach. he makes an agonizingly convincing romeo: charming, witty... gorgeous.
why was this scene beginning to feel kind of... real?
“good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this; for saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch,” you read your next line softly, attempting to steady your nerves as your script shakes between your fingers. “and palm to palm is holy palmers’… k—... kiss.”
jiwoong feeds off of your hesitation, a dangerous smirk darkening his features. this scene is evoking a visible reaction out of you and he’s as aware of it as you are. setting his script down on the hardwood stage floor, jiwoong recites perfectly, “have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?”
“stop it,” you say through gritted teeth as he unsubtly eyes you up and down. you don’t care if he’s in character or not— he’s just trying to get under your skin. “stop doing that.”
he steps towards you, the air souring from the magnitude of his arrogance. “i don’t think that’s your line, now is it?”
“don’t come any closer,” you warn again, a little more conviction this time but still not enough to stop his perpetual motion. you try to move, but your feet are frozen to the floor. at least, you assume they are. that’s the reason you’re not moving, right?
it has to be.
jiwoong takes another step and then another, the distance between you diminishing rapidly.
“if you come any closer, i’ll—… i’ll tell professor lee,” you threaten in panic. he’s just a few inches from you now and you can smell his sharp, spiced cologne. “i’ll tell him everything you’ve ever said to me, you absolute... TWAT ROCKET!”
“ooh, i like the creativity. but it’s still not your line,” he whispers, clucking his tongue in disappointment. “shouldn’t you be taking this a little more seriously, (y/n)-sshi? do you want us to both fail today’s assignment or something?”
you did not want to fail today’s assignment. jiwoong bullying you through your whole rehearsal wasn’t exactly helping your chances, but there was hardly an available remedy for that. the only way forward was to just try to be the bigger, more professional actor. sighing resignedly, you read your next line: “ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.”
jiwoong somehow comes closer still, hovering over you like you’re a moth he plans to ensnare in his deadly flame. he raises his hand to your cheek and you flinch, expecting some sort of dull impact. you open your eyes when there is none. when your eyes meet his, jiwoong lifts his index finger— brushing it against your bottom lip as you stand there, unblinking in your shock. “o, then, dear saint... let lips do what hands do.”
he tugs your bottom lip down slightly, running the tip of his thumb gently across the soft, wet inside. you’re screaming inside your head, but not a single sound makes its way out of your mouth. jiwoong has called you names, pulled your hair, left red rashes from twisting the skin on your arms for two years now...
but this is easily the meanest thing he’s ever done.
“they pray, grant thou,” he continues his line, thumb trailing from your lips, past your chin and down your neck. you gasp when he stops at the collar of your shirt, not sure if you’re more disturbed by his audacity to do this or his audacity to suddenly stop. you curse the aching feeling that you now realize has been radiating from your heat since you stepped on this stage. how could your body betray you like this?
jiwoong exhales a mean laugh as he searches your eyes and easily finds what you’re so poorly trying to hide. maybe you really didn’t belong in advanced drama after all.
continuing his trail down the center of your chest and over your stomach, he breathes, “lest faith turn to despair.”
“jiwoongie,” you whisper, eyes locked on his hand just a couple inches from your clothed core. begging for him to stop; begging for him to start— it’s anyone’s guess. “you—... i—...”
“how thick is your skull that i have to keep reminding you to read your fucking line,” he hisses, the harsh insult sounds just like honey to you. his eyes appear almost black, daring you to disobey him.
you want to run away. you need to stay exactly where you are.
“saints—... saints do not move,” you manage to squeak. “though grant for prayers’ sake.”
“then move not,” jiwoong recites, his left hand finding your hip as he presses you up against the set piece behind you, “while my prayer’s effect i take.”
you don’t know how you’re still breathing as jiwoong’s hand finds it’s way between your legs. a whimper escapes you as you buck your hips slightly into his palm at the wave of arousal.
“that easy, baby? feel good?” jiwoong asks rhetorically, as if the growing volume of your mewls isn’t enough proof for him. “fuck, i’ve wanted to do this forever.”
“but—...y-you hate me,” you counter, grinding against his fingers again. jiwoong moans softly at your assertiveness, biting his bottom lip as he works you over.
“i don’t know what that has to do with wanting to fuck you,” he replies, attaching his lips to your collarbone as he starts to tug at your waistband. “really wanna fuck you.”
“jiwoongie,” you whine again, script falling from your hand and onto the floor. your arms wrap around his neck for support as your legs start to weaken. “i—… i think you were just supposed to kiss me.”
“huh. is that right?” he asks, grinning at your adorably innocent protest as he brings his left hand to fool with his belt buckle. “well, professor lee always says to lean into the scene. and you looked like you could use some leaning into.”
“i c-can’t believe i’m letting you do this,” you rasp, biting your bottom lip as the top button of jiwoong’s slacks comes undone.
“i can,” he grunts, gruff fingers pulling down his zipper. “fucking insufferable angel. was hoping you’d secretly be filthy like this. just for me though, right?”
though hearing jiwoong demean you would normally bring tears to your eyes, it’s intoxicating to you in this moment. it’s a scary, complicated feeling and the only truth you know falls from your lips: “i... hate you.”
“mm, whatever you say baby,” he coos mockingly, the sound of your moaning growing less concealable. “but you want my cock in you, yeah?”
your lips part as you stare at the bulge in his pants, mouth watering slightly. to your surprise and horror, you really do want it. if you let this happen, the consequences you’ll face could be detrimental.
but in this moment, watching a wavy lock of jiwoong’s hair fall across his forehead as his middle finger starts to prod at your entrance: you want him— need him inside you. your brain is clouded; vision lustful and hazy. how much does jiwoong’s past treatment of you really matter?
“(y/n)!” a voice rings out from the house of the auditorium.
“come fucking on,” jiwoong groans in frustration, your eyes wide like a deer in headlights. somehow it hadn’t even crossed your mind that you might get caught in the act. you start to struggle in jiwoong’s grasp, looking everywhere for a quick exit. he throws a hand over your mouth to keep you quiet.
“jiwoong-sshi! (y/n)-sshi! time to get ready for performances!”
after running a smoothing hand across the top of your head for you, jiwoong suddenly pushes you out from behind the set piece you’re pressed up against. you stumble nervously onto center stage.
“oh my god, (y/n)!” mina calls excitedly, running over to you. “how did it go!? where’s jiwoong oppa? did he kiss you? was it amazing? does he taste like smoke and cinnamon? are his lips soft like clouds?”
“mina, that’s enough,” you shush awkwardly, knowing full well jiwoong can hear everything she’s saying— undoubtedly smirking like a wild hyena, that bastard. coming out of your spell of lust, you shudder as the reality of what just happened starts to sink in. how could you let an asshole like him put his hands all over you— almost put himself inside of you? the only answer to all of mina’s questions you can manage is a truthful one: “we didn’t kiss.”
“oh,” mina replies with a small smile, probably happy that there’s still hope for her. “that’s too bad.”
“what’s too bad?” jiwoong asks, stepping out on stage next to you. he hands you your script, tucking his own under his arm. you notice his belt is buckled again. “sorry, i was getting our scripts.”
“nothing!” mina answers much too enthusiastically. “everything’s so, so good actually. now that you’re here. i mean, because professor lee sent me here to find you. and i found you! so everything’s great. perfect, even.”
jiwoong chuckles, turning to you: a malicious glint in his eye. he bites his lip, one corner of his mouth upturning in a mocking smile. then, he turns back to mina before sitting down on the edge of the stage and hopping off. “you know, i really wish we could’ve worked together on this one, mona.”
“it’s mina,” you correct, tears prickling the corners of your eyes. yes, you could see very clearly now. this had all been a sick little game to jiwoong. and you’d fallen right into his trap. he knew you would.
“sure, whatever,” he says, dismissing you with a passive wave of his hand. throwing an arm around mina’s shoulder, jiwoong leads your best friend toward the side door of the auditorium that you’d entered through. “but, like i was saying... i think we’d have a lot of chemistry, muna. maybe you’d like to work more on developing that with me... outside of class?”
the door slams behind them, leaving you standing alone in the spotlight of center stage. your underwear is wet and uncomfortable; your heart races as you blink back tears. of course jiwoong would be cruel enough to use your best friend to deal the final blow.
and, though jiwoong had apparently studied this scene before, you hadn’t even memorized any of your lines.
yes, you’d let your guard down. but how were you supposed to know that something like that would happen? though jiwoong and his friends often made disparaging sexual remarks towards you, he wasn’t someone you thought would want to act on them. the biggest fear crosses your mind now: would he tell his stupid fucking friends about how much of a desperate whore you’d been for him just now?
mondays, you think. at least jiwoong would be out of your sight for another week after today. you walk to the steps at the side of the stage, following jiwoong and mina’s exit route.
at least you can hope that tuesday will be better.
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#zb1 smut#zerobaseone smut#zb1#zerobaseone#zb1 fics#zb1 imagines#zb1 x reader#zerobaseone fics#zerobaseone imagines#iwnfyshb#zerobaseone x reader#kim jiwoong#kim jiwoong fics#kim jiwoong smut#kim jiwoong x reader#kim jiwoong imagines#jiwoong#jiwoong smut#jiwoong x reader#jiwoong fics#zb1 jiwoong#seok matthew smut#sung hanbin smut#zhang hao smut#kim taerae smut
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I was here thinking...
What if Irina and Kishin had a child in the future?
Sorry, I just thought the idea of them having a family was really cute...
And because I'm at a phase where I just want to draw cute things... (I'll come back later with more action scene drawings, I promise)
Here he is, Yijin Yakuni (or Liev Yakuni? I don't even know his name XD)
I drew him as a teenager because I only thought of his design like that XP
#demon slayer#kimetsu no yaiba#kny#artwork#demon slayer art#artists on tumblr#kny oc#kny oc art#digital art#Irina x Kishin
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The past is where we come from. The past shapes who we are today. The past is both immutable and malleable; it is set in stone and what we make of it.
The theme for Lights on Park Ave Round 50 is the past. As a reminder, each round will now be two months long, at least for the time being.
Here are the prompts:
Theodore reflecting on his relationship with Catherine in Spike Jonze's Her
A quote about being on good terms with your past selves from Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
"I Am Running into a New Year" - Lucille Clifton
Haesung asking his married childhood sweetheart Nayoung who she thinks they are to each other in the next life in Celine Song's Past Lives
A gifset of Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park
Dialogue from Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express about wishing memories could be stored without expiration
Photos of male couples from Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s–1950s collected by Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell
A prompt about choosing three things to remember about your current life if you get to start your life over
bell hooks's explanation that you're only able to love and be loved after coming to terms with your past love
Amelia K.'s analysis of Lot's wife's decision to look back in “I: Vision - Eurydice, Mangan’s Sister, & Lot’s Wife”
Rita and William going over the steps that she took in previous time loops to get through the invasion and Rita getting killed each time in Edge of Tomorrow
A photo of Penn Station in 1926 by Drahomir Josef Ružicka
"Yesterday" - The Beatles
Tony instructing Scott to give his alt 2012 self a heart attack in Endgame
Dialogue about not knowing how much of your idea of a past relationship is real from Jonás Trueba's La virgen de agosto
Heedo and Yijin letting each other go by expressing gratitude for each other as friends and first loves and the way they helped each other grow as people in Twenty-Five Twenty-One
A quote from The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid about loving her father only after his death
A manual on dining and wining in 1934 New York
"Summer of '69" - Bryan Adams
Meta about Succession's title sequence and what it says about the construction and mystery of the past and how it haunts the present
Roman's refusal to think about his relationship with his father growing up and Shiv's denial about her father's abuse in Succession
Round 50 will end on December 31, 11:59 PM ET (what time is that for me?).
As always, you’re free to jump in whenever you’d like during the round, a wide variety of work types is accepted, and there are no minimum work requirements. Unfinished works and works for other fandom events are allowed. You can find more information about Lights on Park Ave and the participation guidelines here.
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I said in my previous post about 20th century girl that just because someone is not in your life anymore doesn’t mean the happy moments/memories and other amazing things they brought you have disappeared.
Well it’s the same lesson we can learn from 2521. Na Heedo and Baek Yijin were destined to meet each other because they needed each other’s support through difficult times on their road to achieve their dreams. After the relationship finished leading them to that point, then it was simply time to part.
Heartbreak may seem tragic at first but what’s after is more important. Sometimes things end up not in the way you dreamed in order to make place for other good things to come into your life later on. Life doesn’t end here, it always goes on!
Also the fact that their attempts to « save their relationship » actually lead them to break up later on shows they were simply not meant to be together in the long run. Baek Yijin transferred from the sport news department to the breaking news department to allow himself to have a romantic relationship with Na Heedo. However that breaking news department later sent him to NYC 9/11 which is where their relationship started to break. If he had stayed in the small sports department, he would not only have missed on the opportunity to later become a big time journalist, but he also wouldn’t have been able to continue dating Na Heedo anyways.
Him going to the news department then to NYC was meant to be because their relationship was not meant to be. We have to stop crying and aknowledge that he couldn’t choose love over his career and everything else he was working for. He later got to get his good financial/family situation back and that’s honestly such a good thing. He still got his happy ending and Na Heedo also got her happy ending, just not together.
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"in this world, angels are just devils who know how to put on a smile."
RYU YIJIN is participating as ANGEL DEVIL !
with halloween being their favourite day of the year, jinnie has been preparing months in advance. after watching the popular anime chainsaw man earlier in the year, the perfect costume idea was presented to them. angel devil is just as lazy as they are, making it a match made in heaven ( pun intended ). dyeing their long hair a light copper, a pair of large angel wings are worn on their back that may or may not be complained about throughout the night, a golden halo atop their head.
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tag game! thank you @oh-the-aster-blooms for the tag 💛☀️
three ships:
chanlix- chan x felix (stray kids)- i’m never getting over their soulmate relationship, they’re perfect for each other
heedo x yijin (2521) - i’ve never been a fan of open endings but every episode made me laugh and cry so much i love these two so much i wish they had a happy ever after 💔💔
victuuri- victor x yuuri (yuri on ice)- i love the trope of A fell first and B fell harder, this is LITERALLY it, and oblivious shenanigans are just the CUTEST! also- the rink kiss. that’s it. when will on ice adolescence come out?!?!?!?! 😖
first ship ever:
i’m going to be very basic and say percabeth (percy x annabeth, PJO), i still have a very special place for them in my heart 🥰 and also jily (james x lily- HP mauraders) bc i loved all the fanfic imagining the marauders era, the fanon is really thriving with that ship
last song:
back for more by TXT ft anitta! a masterpiece fr 😍
last movie:
um mind blank, think it was me rewatching the batman (another masterpiece 🥺)
currently reading:
uh my economics textbook 😭 but i’ve got a bunch of ao3 tabs open in my browser 🫣
currently consuming:
a tasty glass of water before i go to bed 😴
currently craving:
chocolate chip cookies and a shake shack burger 🙏
tags 🏷️: @staytotheend, @fandork , @barleytaegyu, @passion-of-my-own-world, @crazy-random-bookworm-17, @stayxlix
#tags#tag game#tumblr things#yuri on ice#victuuri#yuuri katsuki#victor nikiforov#jily#mauraders#james potter#lily evans#chanlix#stray kids#skz#bang chan#lee felix#percabeth#percy jackson#annabeth chase#na heedo#baek yi jin#2521#back for more#tomorrow by together#anitta#the batman#exam season#:(((
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im rewatching 2521 (just finished ep 2) & i want to push my dread to the last eps as much as i can. in the back of my mind im so annoyed w/ all the problems as u said. i keep thinking how does younger heedo that was full of life & so much emotional intelligence, being understanding & comforting for yijin who had just promised these men he would never be happy again, disappear when yijin needed it the most when his job was sucking the life out of him & how did she turn so /blah/ as her older self to the point im glad they didnt use taeri for older heedo so it helps keep them separate. none of it was connecting for me anyways. it was honestly even more depressing they didnt reunite cus i swear she kept yijin close to her in her everyday life, ie: those rainbow chairs or her using yijin's thing with her sword for her daughter, and how hearing his name seemed to still awaken something in her. she (at least to me) seemed like she never really moved on in a sense. if they wanted me to believe she did move on & "things dont last forever & its okay" they wouldn't have made it so depressing to see her in the present. she has a husband who doesnt even rly know his kid and isnt around (which was baekdo's first initial problem when they started dating) but anyways what KILLS ME is that they were physically not wanting to let each other go. they could've made up at the bus stop. that shit was so sad. there was no reason they couldn't have. they fought & had time apart, but that doesn't mean it had to be permanent. it felt like i was just watching the real life characters trying to stay together while the writer wanted otherwise even though her characters grew into something much bigger than what she imagined. idk if im making sense anymore. it felt like she didn't get them by the end cus she wanted it to fit her shitty ass ending and that's why nothing made fucking sense
You’re saying exactly what I’ve been feeling since it came out. It still feels so wrong and terrible. Like the real characters we were watching were trapped inside and struggling to get out.
Im still not over it, don’t think I will ever be… I really needed the series to end well as it really roped me in during a time when I needed it. Thank you for making points here; makes me feel less alone lol 🤧
#I would love if we could chat if we aren’t already - feel free to message me!#kdrama#twenty five twenty one
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i still don't know whether i wanted a heerim or a baekdo ending like i liked yijin and heedo together but yurim and heedo also had so much chemistry like i lowkey wanted them to end up together but at the same time yijin and heedo were so cute and i was so happy when he said "i love you, heedo" like i keep going back and forth
#twenty five twenty one#ko yu rim#na hee do#baek yi jin#heerim#baekdo#which ship do i choose#both were so cute#and yurim and jiwoong were so cute together#i was so happy#when they got engaged#but i also loved heerim#2521
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a bit random, but do you feel like heedo and yijin’s breakup made sense? i understood what the drama was trying to do and i understood their reasons but i always thought it was bizarre that people praised the show for being “realistic” about their relationship when yurim and what’s-his-face were given a happy ending despite being high schoolers that were in a ldr… i also thought heedo & yijin were stronger than them narratively. near the end of the drama heedo’s mother also talks about how her career got in the way of their relationship and i understand that was meant to hint at the fate of their relationship since yijin was in the same career but later we find out that present day heedo’s husband is always overseas for work so i was like “but…???”
Not random at all! Finally a kdrama ask!
Ok I'll be 100% honest, as soon as I found out they broke up, I immediately stopped watching the drama. I was SO MAD because it didn't make SENSE. I've seen kdrama couples overcome steeper odds, and I don't believe that we needed "realism" from a drama like this. There was already the realism of their age gap, how that made things weird for them, their respective careers etc. I would've even accepted them drifting apart and rekindling again when they were adults, which kdramas do ALL THE TIME. But it was FRUSTRATING because I didn't care for present day Hee-do at ALL and I was living for the chemistry between the younger versions of themselves so when I started really questioning them ending up together, I was like, I don't understand, Hee-do's husband doesn't even LIVE here, so why...??? And in a kdrama drought where I was absolutely dying for a couple with the chemistry they had only for them to absolutely sabotage it? No wonder the fandom was incensed. It's a slap in the face to the viewers, and to try to fall back on "realism" just shows a fundamental misreading of your audience lol. And you're right, we were watching weaker relationships figure themselves out but these guys fall prey to "realism"? Fuck off lol. Every now and again I remember Twenty-five Twenty-one and just get annoyed all over again lol.
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old soul yin
basics !
stage name: yin
birth name: huang ying yue (黄映月)
nicknames: old soul, old lady, triple threat, and mom
birth date: september 19, 1995
birth place: wenzhou, people's republic of china
ethnicity: chinese
languages: korean, mandarin, wenzhounese, and cantonese
blood type: A+
zodiac sign: virgo
mbti: ESFJ
family: mom, dad (deceased), younger brother, and younger sister
sexuality: heteromantic heterosexual
physical !
face claim: wang yijin
height: 173 cm
piercings: 2 (standard lobe on both ears)
tattoos: one (back tattoo)
career !
group: nct
sub-units: nct palette, nct u
debut date: march 22, 2017
position: main vocalist
vocal: ■■■■■ (5/5)
dance: ■■■■□ (4/5)
rap: ■■■■□ (4/5)
training period: 2011 - 2017 (6 years)
representative emoji: 🌙
representative color: ruby red
individual fandom name: ying xi liu (often shortened to xi liu) (映溪流) this means reflecting stream as a stream of water can reflect the moon above
instagram: blooyin
trivia !
— yin is the unofficial leader of nct palette. she easily takes charge over her members and is someone they can all rely on. in some cases, even taeyong could rely on her during full group promotions. her leadership skills naturally shines through.
— when she was young, her mother enrolled her in different classes. yin showed talent in her piano and classical chinese dance classes. additionally, this is where she learned that she has a perfect pitch.
— her father died a few months shy before she became 12. coincidentally, on the summer of that year, girls generation debuted. ever since then, yin became a kpop fan and was pushed to audition despite her mother's refusal.
— she still has an estranged relationship with her mother, however, she's in touch with her younger siblings.
— yin loves flowers, unfortunately, she is allergic to pollen and it worsens every spring. on some spring days, she may even lose her ability to speak and sing. (spring comeback dates are the worst!)
— she absolutely loves taking care of the younger members. during her trainee years, yin was the one who often ironed the uniform of student trainees. this continued on when she became an nct member. despite her members' insistence that they can do it themselves, she refuses to stop. these small acts of services is how she shows her love.
— she is called old soul or old lady due to how she prefers for things to slow down so she can have more time to admire life as it is. she often unwinds by drinking tea and looking over a beautiful scenery.
— the triple threat nickname comes from the fact that in singing, dancing, and rapping yin shows talent. she is already well known for a vocal prowess but her dance and rap skills are also good.
#nct#nct palette#nct oc#nct female member#nct female addition#nct female oc#nct female subunit#nct female unit#kpop#kpop oc
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back yijin i am you
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Greetings mutual of mine, tis I, completing my duties as a mutual to randomly send you questions :D
I dare you… to rant about a character who deserved better GO
Ahh I've missed these, thank you ! This is going to be very messy and not well thought out- I apologise in advance.
Ji Seungwan from 2521
Before I started watching the show, I’d already seen a few scenes here and there from edits, including lines from the timeskip, so I tried to guess at what would happen to all of the characters. And let me tell you, her future disappointed me so bad.
In the future, grown up Seungwan works in a tiring, variety show assistant ish job. When asked by a coworker why someone like her chose to end up in and stay at such a job, her reply is some ‘that's just how life is’ shtick. Here's why that bothers me so much.
Seungwan was a class president who cared about her fellow students enough to hand out soft pillows and ask yijin to broadcast an old comforting message during everyone's exam season. She was in turn cared about enough that a student she wasn’t even a friend of burst into literal tears when Seungwan had to leave school, that the entire class cheered on the entirety of her exit, all the way until she was past her school gate.
She was outright stated as someone smart, who was so good of a student that she had the favour of even the strictest teacher shown. I honestly think it would have been so easy to begin and end her character as that- the typical good girl who prefers to stay in line no matter what to keep her bright future intact who also maybe burns out later shtick. But she wasn’t.
Unapproved, she used a corner of the school as a hideaway, took random furniture off the street(? If i remember correctly) to sneak into school after hours just so she could furbish that hideaway. She manipulated Yijin into letting her and her best friend tag along on a beach trip instead of going to school.
and she did it with food, knowing he couldn’t get much of that at the time, with her mothers food, and she was persistent with it. When her first attempt at asking him didn’t work? Instead of continuing with a detailed solid argument verbal cajoling type of shtick whatever, Seungwans next thought was to blackmail this Yijin guy after tricking him into eating food that he thought she herself cooked when really her mother cooked it and had no idea where it all went. (For context, her mother was also his landlord).
Next, her best friend- Jiwoong isn’t the kind of person you’d immediately expect to be besties with her, let alone the kind of person she’d be besties with. He’s popular, widely pursued, known as a Pretty Boy. He skateboards kinda recklessly in the hallways and overall doesn’t quite follow school rules, he’s the one who gets in the most trouble with the same strict teacher who Seungwan holds the favour of. Yet they are best friends, and in two of their first scenes together she’s shown asking him if he’s happy which to me feels so significant of their dynamic. She’s told to cut him off because he’s holding her back, probably multiple times, and? Nope. Anyway the entire reason she even ended up leaving the school anyway is because she stood up to the strict, abusive teacher after he was seen beating her best friend up. Because after official authorities didn’t do shit, she exposed him to what audience she had on her small radio platform and refused to publicly apologise for it.
Finally, she’s stated that she find life incredibly boring. She’s stated that if Jiwoong hadn’t been around, she might have killed herself out of boredom.
CONCLUSIONALLY I personally saw her as the type of person who would cross lines you’d expect her to stand behind, if it means better for others. She appeared to be the one who held onto the friend groups days the most, and a lot of the exciting things that happened to her or that she did were because of others.
But I also think she’s someone who, whether knowingly or not, seeks out and holds onto things that keep her life more exciting (Obviously. Jiwoong, that beach day, her being the first one to bring up the past during that one timeskip scene, the perm, sneaking into school because i do think girlie could have found another way but noooo.) And then obviously there’s the justice thing (With the school board and police not doing shit, and her mother initially suggesting she be flexible and apologize, and Jiwoong asking her not to leave, she could have taken the easy way out but she didn’t)
My point is, seeing such a character receive an ending where its hinted that she barely has contact with even one of the same friends she used to find joy and excitement in?Where she has a tiring job that involves giving viewers excitement she’s not receiving a single drop of in her life? Where the thing that brings all of them to her in person is her dads literal funeral? Where even then she doesn’t get to talk to all of them together(I know there are reasons but thats not the point rn)? And hey maybe, maybe I could take the “Oh iTs tO Be rEaLisTic” explanation and let it be if that was all, but noooooo. It’s not. Because get this.
Actual HOURS after her dads funeral, Yijins little brother shows up. The only other interaction they’ve had was during the beach day ep, where he tells her how much of a fan he is of her radio. She says some like “You’ve…grown. Life is about to get much more interesting/exciting.”.........girl what.
THATS IT? THATS THE KICKER YOU’RE THROWING IN, RIGHT AT THE END, TO MAKE HER LIFE EXCITING AGAIN? A BOY. A GUY. my fucking god. If youre going to give her a sad ending to be realistic, just end. It. At. That. I’d still be disappointed but i’d get over it. Why throw in a barely-there love interest again at THE END to insinuate as the thing that makes her life as exciting as it used to be?????? Because personally I think that makes the ‘realistic’ excuse invalid and also that it’s fucking stupid. Why build such a character to have the guy be the ONLY. ONLY. Thing that makes her life that way again?
I’m probably reaching. And I’m only ace so I don’t know how far I can actually speak on this but not only that, it also feels kind of allonormative? A little bit? That a love interest is what turns her life around. Feels kind of hey, it doesn’t matter now, she has ROMANCE. Her story is HAPPY ENDING now. WOOHOO. God i’m sick of it.
Anyway this was fun, thank you again! :)
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If I had the time turning watch from Lovely Runner, I’d go back in time and threaten the writers of Twenty Five Twenty One to scrap their original ending and bring Heedo and Yijin back together or ELSE *cracks knuckles*
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“ i’ll keep watch tonight. you try and get some sleep, okay? “ ( jihu to jian )
the night fuels the dead.
despite finding shelter behind closed, steel doors, jian could sense them there. hungry. lurking. ready to snatch any warm bodies to feast on, only to let out dissatisfying groans as fresh meats fall through their rotting organs. he knew what it meant when occasional growls and screeches are heard from a distance. that knowledge made him restless, burdening him with guilt and desperation. will they make it out alive? or will they become desperate cries for help?
dragging his index finger back and forth against the wall, he frowns as the paint peels, digging into his nail bed. another line to mark another day of survival. another day of insomnia. another day. it was both hopeful and dreadful.
flicking off the residue, his head hangs low in defeat. nights were always the worst.
a pair of black canvas shoes fills his sight, and upon lifting his gaze, he's met with a look of raw exhaustion. "hmm?" he responds with a dull hum, conveying neither an affirmation nor a denial. he stares, his eyes reflecting dim candle lights — jo malone, yijun had commented rather enthusiastically as he collected them during their hunt for necessities.
he could catch sight of yijin over the elder's shoulder, sorting through the batteries with bloodshot eyes, tiredness shadowing his determined gaze. over to the side, noa and doyun sat with their back against the wall, the youngest with his tall frame hunched over to seek comfort on his hyung's shoulder. it didn't seem like he found success, his brows drawn together into a frown. the sight tied a knot in his stomach, his heart sinking heavily.
"it's okay, hyung," he assures, offering a small smile as he got up. "i'm not tired anyways... why don't you try and sleep first? i'm pretty sure we've found some more blankets."
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