#the idea came to mind mostly because of lily bc her sitting so confidently in that suit smoldering the camera like that

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This is giving Charlie's Angels

[yurifmd]

introducing yuri, the leader and main vocal of lily...    

hello everyone - i’m LJ (he/they, 24, est). i’ve been sitting on the idea of yuri for quite some time now, she’s gone through a lot of switches (while i was checking out famed, she almost became a member of candy, then andromeda, then calypso, with a sieun fc and son naeun fc respectively lol) but i think i’ve settled on the best version of her! if you’re interested in plotting, drop a like on this post or feel free to add me on di.sc.ord at ᴄʜᴀᴏᴛɪᴄ#3572 . i’m currently working on her plots page, and i’ll post that once i have all of her plots written and completed, but until then i’m always happy to brainstorm plots or look at whatever prewritten plots you’ve made for your muses! i’ll stop blabbering on now and let you get to what’s really important - yuri!

backstory

the firstborn of two children, son yuri and her little sibling were both blessed with musical talent. (listen.. if anyone’s bringing in another muse in the future and would like to fill in her little sibling connection.. hmu)

although yuri liked to consider it a curse more so than a blessing. 

her parents were failed musicians that basically tried to push their failed dreams off on their kids. and since her mother could already sing and her father could play the piano and the guitar, they didn’t even need to pay for lessons. life was a nonstop music lesson for the two son children. 

while she did learn how to play the piano and guitar (begrudgingly), she mostly stuck to singing because it was what naturally came to her. like her mother, she was a small girl with a big voice and while she didn’t hate singing, it wasn’t something she wanted to dedicate the rest of her life to. it was a fun hobby that she didn’t mind doing from time to time. 

by the time she was a preteen, she had come to realize that her parents were trying to live out their life’s dreams through their children, and while she developed a bit of resentment towards them for that, she couldn’t bring herself to really hate them. she loved them enough to allow herself to continue to be used as their music guinea pig. 

what she really wanted to do in life? was way less conventional than even becoming a singer like her parents wanted. at the age of eleven, she developed an interest in female mma fighting through one of her friend’s older brothers, and by the time she was fourteen he had began unofficially “training” her. he himself was an mma fighter in the making, so she had access that a lot of mma fans could only dream of. 

once her parents found out, they tried to get her to stop, which didn’t work out well for them. she raised all types of hell - yelling, screaming and causing all kinds of ruckus until they relented and allowed her to continue. she refused to allow them to take that away from her. she had gone along with them forcing music on her her entire life - they wouldn’t stop her from doing something she truly enjoyed.

the deeper that yuri got into mma, the more set on it becoming her future career she became. she just wanted to make it out of high school and then when she came of age, she wouldn’t have to stick under her parents’ thumb anymore. she had a game plan that she was going to set in motion as soon as she got her high school diploma. or so she thought. 

being the supportive friend that yuri is, she attended an audition session for bc entertainment with one of her closest friends a few weeks before graduation - the same close friend whose brother was unofficially training her. her friend was so nervous about auditioning that yuri offered to audition as well, just to help them relax and give them a confidence boost.

unfortunately, as it turned out, bc ended up wanting yuri and not her friend. which led to a huge falling out between them, which also led to yuri losing contact with their brother, which cut off all her ties to mma training. 

yuri didn’t say yes to bc’s offer at first, which is something she regrets. something she regrets even more? telling her parents about it in the first place. because as soon as she told them that she was offered a trainee spot under bc entertainment, the pressure they put on her to accept was intense. and of course, not wanting to disappoint her parents, she broke under the pressure. 

in the spring of 2010, yuri begrudgingly became a trainee, although she tried to look at things from a more positive perspective in the beginning. she didn’t hate music, and while this would put her plans for becoming a professional fighter on hold, she hoped that chances of her actually debuting were slim to none. there had to be other trainees there that were better equipped to be idols than she was. 

it turned out that apparently she was wrong, because just two years later she found herself debuting as the leader and main vocal of lily. despite debuting, something she didn’t think would happen, she still wanted to delude herself into thinking that maybe, just maybe, things wouldn’t work out for lily. maybe they won’t blow up and they would disband within the next few years - hopefully before her mid twenties. 

however, it was fun in the beginning. having people know her name, singing on stage, performing with the girls she had grown close to throughout their time as trainees together. it was something that she was having fun with - in that moment. however she knew it wasn’t anything that she wanted to do forever. she had no true interest in music. she would just wait for the lily hype to die down and they would definitely be forgotten about - right? 

lmao well.. yeah that didn’t really work out in her favor because lily literally released hit after hit after hit with no breaks in between. they became the ‘nation’s girl group’ and the ‘queens of k-pop’, two titles that put a lot of pressure on yuri.

being the introverted, to herself person that yuri is, it was jarring and a little odd seeing her face splattered across billboards, ads, and television screens no matter where she went. and it only got worse with the more music that lily released. the general public were really eating them up and yuri was not loving it. 

however she was grateful for one thing - the money. being able to financially support her family was something she’d always wanted to do - she wanted to do it by a different means, but she supposed it didn’t matter in the end. 

it seemed like everyone was happy except for yuri herself. the novelty and fun of performing had worn off after the first few years. she had began suffering from burnout before the start of 2016. with three comebacks in 2015 and a world tour that was over half a year long, being an idol became less fun and more overwhelming. 

she found herself dreading live performances and her idol schedules. every time lily was given a new schedule or told about a comeback or music release, yuri was filled with the dread of having to be on stage. it didn’t help that she wasn’t built for living a life where your every move is watched by the public.

as the years passed by, she learned how to deal with it. she became a master at hiding her true feelings from the public. she honed the skill of dancing around questions that dug too deep into her personal life, thoughts, feelings and just giving answers that would appease fans. no one would be able to tell that she was suffering on the inside. her mental health took a deep dive as well, it becoming almost impossible for her to find the motivation to do anything.

the suffering only increased around 2020 when a so called fan of hers began to become a little too obsessive. it was her first time dealing with a saesang, something she had only heard about but never had to encounter on her own. it all started with letters and gifts sent to the company, then it turned into phone calls to her personal phone and mail being sent to her home address. she had to move homes twice in the span of two years just for her safety. 

it felt like bc wasn’t doing much of anything to protect her from her saesang, which only made her dislike and disdain towards the company grow even more. she dedicated a decade of her life, and signed away even more, to them and they couldn’t even make sure that she was safe from obsessive fans?

there was a sliver of a silver lining though. in bc entertainment’s quest to find out how they could milk money out of lily’s name and brand, yuri stumbled across something she surprisingly enjoyed doing - acting. it was different from being an idol. it had similar aspects - pretending to be something she wasn’t, putting on a show, becoming someone that she wasn’t. but it wasn’t as bad or as invasive as being an idol. 

personality

introverted and a little aloof, yuri lives up to her “ice princess” image quite well. she prefers solitude over being around large groups of people, but she does have a select few that she would choose to be around over solitude. she’s not really an excitable person, which can come across as non caring or flat to other people, but just because she’s not excitable doesn’t mean she doesn’t care at all. she cares about people and things quite a lot - she just not one for overly expressing herself. 

she feels very awkward when people give her any kind of praise about her singing ability or visuals. she prefers to be complimented on her personality, intelligence or character. although she knows in this industry, compliments towards the latter three are pretty unheard of in comparison to the former two. 

lilium: lily’s music saved my life, i love you. i owe you everything. yuri: *holding lily’s album and a sharpie* ah.. who do i make this out to?

image and career 

as the eldest member of the group, as well as the leader, yuri always carried herself with a sense of maturity and class that many people admire and respect. seen as the elegant member of the group, if the members were classified by flowers, given their group name, she would be represented by a rose - sophisticated, beautiful, poised, graceful. her visuals only matched that classification. it was a role that she fell into without much resistance. it was easy for her - she didn’t have to be over the top or the mood maker of her group. she was the cool, calm and collected one. the one that watched over her members and led them down the right path - what a true leader should be.

in terms of vocals, yuri is seen as one of the ‘vocal goddesses of k-pop’, a title she was informally dubbed with by liliums and non fans alike. no one can deny the power in her voice. many say that she can warm the hearts of the coldest men with her singing, and bc rarely let her make an appearance on any show, variety or not, without somehow getting her to sing in some way, shape or form. yuri didn’t have the charisma or stage presence to be a soloist, something that bc entertainment recognized and decided to focus on other ways to build her brand.

OSTs and musicals were yuri’s main focus in the beginning. she would sing OSTs for popular dramas and perform in popular musicals, gaining even more recognition for her vocal prowess. it wasn’t until more recent years that yuri began dipping her toes into more tv based acting, which has raised some eyebrows and headed a lot of criticism from fans and netizens alike. however, she hasn’t received reviews bad enough to ruin her budding acting career. in fact, while the reviews haven’t been exemplary, they’ve been positive for the most part, and many people are looking forward to what yuri has to offer in the future. 

future 

as someone who isn’t interested in a solo music career, and who knows that shifting into a “normal life” after years of being in the public eye, yuri has settled on acting for a career for herself. it’s something that she finds enjoyment in and she enjoys being on the set. it allows her to “perform” but not actually be in front of fans. it’s more private than the idol career path, which is right up yuri’s alley. and it would give her the means to continue to support her family and herself.

in the near future, yuri hopes to start taking on more serious acting roles. up until now, her acting roles have more so fallen in line with dramas aimed more towards younger people, in their teens and early twenties. and while she has enjoyed those roles for the most part, as she’s getting older, she wants to dip her toes into roles that are more suited for her age. she wants roles that would actually challenge her and cause her to really put forth actual effort. she’s very well aware of the fact that taking on more serious acting jobs would only make people more critical of her acting performance - but for some reason, that only makes her more determined to take those jobs on. after taking on more serious dramas and making a better name for herself as an actress, not an idol-actress, she would like to pursue movie roles as the next step in her acting career.