#with / yeona.

[taruuka]

playercard for a game,, (hope it gets in mwahaha)

[arty-e]

Sneak peek for next weeks mini chapter! Get to see some post war family drama with the Seven of Hearts

And maybe a look into Clubs

[agentbaguette]

Ijin had some nerves going on about wanting to find the meaning of family when he really spent 10 years out there, getting adopted by everyone and their mothers

[so-sures-blog]

Teenage Mercenary Headcanons

(Most of these are of Dayeon Yu because she's my fave character, but the Numbers are thrown in, too!)

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— Dayeon absolutely knows Ijin's secret, but she isn't confronting him because she wants him to trust her and come forward himself. Dayeon is sweet, not oblivious.

Who do you think sews the clothes whenever he gets slashed? Washed out the blood? Takes out the trash that has all his bloody bandages? She's literally seen him try to stab someone's eye out with a chopstick. Fight against experienced killers when she was kidnapped with Yeona. It only takes a quick google search to find out Dushik Cha is the biggest gangster in Seoul, Korea — and Ijin has him on speed dial. When the Congressman and his childrens' crimes broke the news, you think Dayeon didn't see it — didn't notice that with all the videos posted on the internet, only hers wasn't shown?

Ijin got a job at SW, the most prestigious company in the entire world, as a bodyguard. You have to have an extreme amount of fighting talent and skill to be able to become a bodyguard there, even as a part-timer. Normally, that would take months, years to be accepted. Nobody knew how he was scouted, not even the higher-ups. Which would mean Ijin was personally hired and got the job through connections with the CEO of SW.

The point is that Ijin is the most unsubtle person on the planet, and Dayeon is ready.

— The Numbers have tattoos! After they got initiated, they all got tattoos of their numbers. It serves as a reminder that they belong to The Camp and have no identity beyond that.

— I feel like Dayeon would be really into psychology. Being bullied by Huijin for years, I think that Dayeon would pick up behavioral cues from her as a coping mechanism. She is very observant, so I imagine she psychoanalyzes those around her to determine whether or not they are good people. I also see her use her psychology skills to translate into being a detective for learning about Ijin and the Numbers. I can picture her basically backing the Numbers into a corner and forcing them to talk about their feelings. She has a lot of impromptu therapy sessions.

— Ijin and Dayeon go to a rich kid school but live in a bad neighborhood. Yeona Sin, granddaughter of the SW CEO, goes to their school, and so did the Congressman's children, so it has to be a rich kid school. I headcannon that Grandpa Yu worked hard to send Dayeon to a good school, so that's why she goes there even though they don't have money. Also, they live in a bad neighborhood because how else would Ijin beat up high-school assholes and live within motorcycle-riding distance from Dushik Cha, Seoul's #1 gangster?

— The Numbers speak multiple languages! Being sent on multiple assignments in different continents, I feel like they would pick up different languages in order to blend in.

— Dayeon is good with first aid! It's not through want, but when she was being bullied, she had to patch up her own injuries by herself, so she became well practiced in it. And, when she was younger and first learning how to cook, she kept on getting cuts on her hands from the knife. But she didn't want her grandpa to worry and send her to the hospital for stitches, so she learned to do it herself! 

(Inspired by my mother, who cut herself with a knife and promptly sewed herself up with a needle and thread with no tears or medical experience whatsoever.)

She helps heal her brother's injuries. She's not as good at stitches as Ijin is, but she insists she has to when he comes home with injuries, and it's the thought that counts, right? Also, she took it upon herself to learn CPR for her grandpa when she was really young in case he had a heart attack from his weak heart ;(

— Dayeon steals her brother's jackets and wears them around. At first, it was merely coincidence — her just grabbing the first thing when she's in a rush — but soon it becomes a habit to reach for Ijin's jacket instead of her own. They're comfy and oversized, and she loves it. Her favorite is the grey one with white armbands Ijin often wears. Ijin doesn't mind. Her wearing his jackets actually protects her more even when he is not around. He goes out and takes care of high school jerks often so that they start to recognize the clothing he beat them up in.

High-School Gangster: (sees Dayeon walking home alone innocently) Ooh, cute girl!

Gang: (goes up to harass her before pausing when they see her jacket.) Wait ...

(Recognizing Ijin's jacket, paling, and realizing that he with absolutely fuck them up if they mess with his little sister.)

Gang: (jumping the guy who pointed out Dayeon, beating him up.) You piece of shit! Don't you drag us into your goddamn death wish!

Ijin traumatized all the gangs in the area, and it's beautiful.

— Ijin and Dayeon have dimples! At first, it was only Dayeon because I researched and found dimples represent a sign of beauty and cheerfulness in many cultures, which I thought suited her perfectly. But then I wanted Ijin and Dayeon to have something in common due to resemblance, and the dimples appeared. Also, I wanted the Numbers to have that extra wow factor when they see Ijin's smile and realize he has dimples.

— Grian is a melting pot filled with orphaned children of all ethnicities. I imagined that missionaries from all countries came to Grian to try and "fix it up" before having children with the locals. Maybe the parents were killed, or they abandoned them, but the point is that most of the children there grew up orphaned before they were inducted into military camps.

— Besides Ijin and 032, all of the other Numbers are in their mid-to-late twenties. Think about it — it's been 10 years since the plane crash, and they were all teenagers when they were in the Camp. And none of them look especially older or younger.

— Ijin takes after his parents in looks. He has his mom's hair and his dad's face. You can tell he was their son just by looking at him. That's why Grandpa Yu was so emotional when Ijin came back. It was like seeing his son and daughter-in-law come alive again within his grandson. But Dayeon?

Dayeon looks exactly like her grandma, so much that sometimes it literally hurts Grandpa Yu to look at her. It almost seems like a cruel twist of fate — to leave him with the little girl that looked exactly like his wife to raise when he should've been left with Ijin, so Grandpa can still have some part of his son and daughter-in-law with him (Dayeon internalized these thoughts when she was younger).

— Dayeon knows how to do makeup! Again, this was mostly out of necessity — she had to learn how to cover up the bruises when she was being bullied. The bullies were smart enough to not go for her face, but sometimes when she fought back she'd catch a blow across the cheek — hence, she was forced to learn how to cover it up with makeup and over the years has perfected the art of hiding bruises. Sometimes, when Ijin comes home with bruises, she drags him to her room and helps him cover it up with makeup.

— Ijin and Dayeon actually have a lot of similarities and neither of them realize it. They have the same habits and quirks, and subconsciously hold the same fears of revealing their past traumas. It's honestly a bit ironic and hilarious, seeing as physically Ijin and Dayeon look nothing alike for siblings. For example, Ijin works out and goes on runs when something is weighing on his mind while Dayeon paces the floor until it is practically worn and tries to busy herself with chores.

It always makes Dayeon petulant when one of her friends or the Numbers point it out because she knows firsthand how frustrating her brother can be.

— When Yeona gets drunk she has the habit of buying an excessive amount of things for her friends. Dayeon's cold? Watch her buy a full set of expensive winter gear for her. The guys are feeling hungry? She'll clear out the entire convenience store. She has zero recollection of what she bought the next day and Hyeokjin and Jaehyeong find it hysterical when they see all of the absurd, random things she's bought. The whole group makes fun of how much money she wracked up in a single night. Seokju always has to take away her wallet beforehand whenever they go out.

— After the whole kidnapping arc with Dayeon and Yeona, Seokju took it upon himself to teach the girls some basic self defense. Mostly it's dodging and escaping holds, and they've both gotten pretty good! When they first started out, Ijin would be staring lasers at Seokju on the sidelines whenever he would handle his sister, which he felt he could personally do without. Now, Ijin helps out with the training while Yeongchan, Jaehyeong, and Hyeokjin spectate and cheer. While it irks him, the girls love it and take the opportunity to show off what they've learned.

— Jaehyeong says that he doesn’t know what he wants to be in the future, but secretly he wants to be a race car driver. He loves cars. As soon as this guy gets his hands on a license, he’ll be driving everywhere. Constantly gets pulled over for speeding tickets. If the friend group was ever in an apocalypse, Jaehyeong would be their getaway driver simply because he’s crazy behind the wheel, and can probably pull off all those stunts you see in the movies. His grandpa is the chairman of Gihyeon Motors, so you bet he’ll have access to the best vehicles there is. He’s the guy who’ll pull up to school or a McDonald’s in a sports car just to brag (he’d get it in orange, simply because it’s his signature color and he likes to be obnoxious).

Keeps his dream of being a race car driver private because he doesn’t want his family to take that away from him (which they could). So far, his plan is to complete his military requirement after high school to stall his way from the family business — because unlike Hyeokjin, he hates business — but after that he’s got nothing. However, after seeing Yeongchan pursue a career in streaming, he found he can become much more courageous in voicing his opinion of his future.

— The funniest thing about 004 is that he actually has a resting pretty face but chooses to look like a straight up sewer demon on a regular basis. 005 said once in passing that “004 can actually look good if he just shuts his mouth” and instead of taking it as a challenge of being attractive while talking like a normal person, he chose to twist his facial features into the most horrific expressions possible while spewing nonsense. Still, in the rare moments when he is calm, his face softens and you can properly see the ‘pretty boy’ face he hides behind his ‘bad boy’ exterior.

[iamumbra195]

Lmao, the numbers hating on Ijin while he's hanging out with Yeona is the funniest shit ever. 'Having a little too much fun'-- 004 just admit you're jealous XD

Look at these losers, I love them

[levantcrs]

"i just love fall weather for the drinks"

[dekaydk]

Love for Love's Sake finale

JUST, just, just…go watch this show if you aren't already.

I promise you that you won't regret it.

I'll write some more when I get over this. So affecting.

[sodaroniii]

daybreak hot take (I think it’s a hot take?? It’s an unpopular opinion)

I hate daejung and ye jun they’re literally my #1 opps idk why I just hate them I hate that whole chapter other than yeona

[thedivided]

Yeona appreciation because shes so silly

I just realized i draw peace signs the exact same….also ignore the left arm i despise it.

also ALSO she gets a tongue piercing because um. 👍

[ladyelainehilfur]

I really don't get the hate for Yeona Sin (Mercenary Enrollment). Or maybe I do, actually.

So Yeona has a massive crush on Ijin and tries to hang out with him as much as possible. It's not a crime to have a crush on the main character. The story doesn't suffer because she likes Ijin.

"but I don't want any romance :((( I hope he rejects her"

The story won't swap genres and become a romance if Ijin reciprocates her feelings. No one will be deprived of their weekly ass-kicking if Yeona watches Ijin during bodyguard practice. Ijin is single and not seeing anyone, so she's within her rights to pursue him.

Besides, Yeona's crush on Ijin is not her only character trait??? I feel like people who think she's annoying completely forget her actions in the early chapters.

She was kidnapped and made good on her threat to bite her own tongue and bleed to death on behalf of Ijin's sister. Not because she liked Ijin, but because she put Daehyeon's life before her own. What part of that makes her annoying??

It was irritating at the time, but she probed into Ijin's history because she was concerned Daehyeon was living with a stranger who could hurt her. She used her resources to ensure her friend was safe.

Being genuine and open with your emotions is not a flaw. Being an open book is not a flaw. Being kind and nice to people of lesser status doesn't make her irritating.

People say she lacks assertion, but I think you have to be pretty assertive to insert yourself into a group of gamer bros. Sure, people who do that irl can be tiresome, but she can throw her weight around when she feels like it. She may silently endure a lot of trash talk, but she's not a total pushover.

You can agree that Yeona was handed everything on a silver platter while her cousins had to fight to gain SW assets. You can even agree Yeona's not fit to lead SW.

But Yeona already knows this?? She doesn't want to lead SW. It's not her passion like it's Jiye's passion. That's why she handed over her stakes. She's not at fault for being a teenager and wanting to act like one.

I especially don't understand the people who side with Jiye. We all read that part where Jiye expressed that she wanted Yeona to die, right? Jiye not liking her cousin is one thing, but wishing death upon a child in your own family just because that child has something you want is plainly evil.

Besides, Yeona's been emotionally manipulated her entire life? Her cousin treated her like a business pawn and threatened to harm the people she cared about if she didn't comply. What way did she have to break out of that? Suddenly, people don't like a victim of abuse who feels helpless to save herself, just because she crushes on the MC.

Yeona has assertiveness. She has mental fortitude. She protects her friends, even if it means giving up what she wants or her own safety. She wears her heart on her sleeve. She's not annoying or shallow or boring.

Some people just can't stand to see an emotional female in their little power fantasy.

[valsnonsense]

The Wanillo Family

Wani was so hard to draw in this one aaaaaaaaaaa. Gave her a Mom hairdo sorry not sorry ksdfjsdlkf

Tresillo and Wani became really close REALLY quickly. After the events of WT, the two sought each other out frequently, mainly to chat music and dance together, which quickly led into playful flirting, which led to a whirlwind romance that never died away. These two are very cheeky lovers, often bragging about their talented partners to anyone who will listen. They didn’t even wait a whole year before they tied the knot like damn u two calm tf down

After they married, they decided to settle down in Trollstopia, since it was becoming the new hotspot to live. They lived the married life for a few years before lo and behold, Tresillo had an egg sittin up there! Tresillo and Wani were over the moon when they found out they were gonna be parents, and quickly welcomed little Yeona into the world.

After having Yeona, Tresillo and Wani actively retired from their official band/music group days, deciding to dedicate themselves to Yeona’s care and upbringing. While the individual groups were saddened that the two were leaving, Wani and Tresillo’s group were so happy for the two of them for moving on to the next stage in their lives. Yeona grew up with a lot of aunts, and was spoiled basically rotten by all of them.

The family still currently resides in Trollstopia. Tresillo runs a restaurant that Wani helps run, and on her off days, Yeona can be found working there as well.

And that’s the Wanillo fam!! Not much to explain here like last time, cuz Tresillo and Wani hit it off so well it could be considered aggravated assault. Also thank u to my amazing sib @anxious-art-block for teaching me how to do glasses (please ignore how shitty Yeona’s glasses are on her profile lskdjfsdlkfj)

[arlo-flores]

yeoja.. YEOJA. 💜

[nctstarz]

★ ꜛ ࣪ ˖ ❘❙❚ BAEK SEOYEON, better known by her professional alias, YEONA is a singer part of kpop group NCT. she was part of the original SMROOKIES, and was rumoured to be part of the debut lineup for what would become RED VELVET. however, on november 14 2014, she debuted with her single “MIRROR”. yeona was an overnight star and gained a lot of traction especially from other sm entertainment groups fandoms. in 2015, however, right as her comeback was rumoured, a rumour spread that she was dating someone within the company and exo-l’s immediately jumped to conclusions that is was OH SEHUN due to their long term friendship. sm never addressed the comments.

she debuted with nct as part of “THE 7TH SENSE” lineup, and later as part of NCT 127 with “FIRETRUCK”. fans of the smrookies did not anticipate female members so her part in the debut lineups came as a shock to most of the fandom, as well as the industry itself who was still not used to co-ed groups, especially in one of the big three. her solo fans, however, were perfectly split on the matter and some were angry that sm was “reducing her” to a group.

in 2018, yeona was announced as the leader to the new unit, NCT STARS, which surprised no one, because of her ‘maternal’ attitude towards the younger members of 127. yeona participated in the writing process for the title track of their first album, “TALK THAT TALK”.

2019 brought on yeona’s more than half a year hiatus, which is believed to be due to knee issues after surgery reports were leaked. although sm never took any legal action towards the leaks or even clarified her haitus beyond “taking a rest”, nctzens felt confident in the rumours based on the other members comments on her hiatus.

yeona came back with a solo first which shocked many fans, especially as she sparked dating rumours with 127 fellow member, JOHNNY SUH. her comeback solo “PLAYER”, she sported new blonde hair. shortly after, she promoted “PUNCH” with 127 and “NXDE” with stars.

˒ ✶ FACE CLAIM: KWON SOHEE ( SAAY )

[astralcamellia]

Art Highlights of (an extremely sketchy) 2023

[iamumbra195]

!Spoilers for pretty much all of Teenage Mercenary!

I just need to get my facts down about some of the things going on in the background cause it's confusing to me and I have shitty memory. This is pretty much how I've interpreted everything that is going on, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong

Iron is the head of the whole organization that Camp and Forest were a part of. They take in jobs and send them down as orders to either Camp or Forest. Forest was formed after camp and considered inferior to the numbers

None of the numbers know where these orders are coming from and they are currently investigating

They are likely the ones who killed those 26 numbers Ijin disabled during his escape, ordering someone from Forest to do it or directly ordering a traitor number (my theory) to do it because Mad Dog didn't seem to know who killed them that day. They probably killed them because they were becoming too uncontrollable and there was no real leverage they had over them to keep them working for them the way they were doing to Alice with her little brother and Ijin's escape was their best bet to get rid of them all as they were incapacitated and unable to protect themselves

The Camp has completely dissolved at this point in the story and of the 14 still living, we only know 9 so one of the missing five is likely a traitor. Maybe all five of them are and they've been integrated into Forest. 002 doesn't seem to care much about them so it's possible. Or maybe they just died. Who knows?

SW is one of Iron's competitors and is growing relevant in the world of weapons export and war. When Jiye's brother reached out to them to kill Jiye, they were more than happy to do so as that would be a blow to their competitor and would give them a way to destroy SW from the inside if the brother signed a contract with him like he initially wanted to. Ijin obviously ruined this.

The Vorrei Family (which consists of Sophia the blond girl, her brother, and Chairman Andrew) is currently in a contract with Iron but is heavily considering signing a contract with SW and their subsidiary SW defence and whether or not this happens will help with the growth of their weapons export business

This obviously angered Iron and they sent Anna to kidnap Sophia and her brother under the care of SW which would of course ruin the relationship between Chairman Andrew and SW but Ijin ruined this. This created a very good relationship between the Vorrei Family and SW

Alice has infiltrated SW because Iron wants insider information on SW so they could effectively ruin them from the inside, however the mess with the numbers and 004 being a presumptuous little prick (I love him regardless lmao) ruined everything for them

Now the timeline of Ijin's backstory

The plane crashed ten years ago when he was nine (Korean age so technically he was eight and is currently eighteen)

The Camp picked him up from the plane crash and patched him up, forcing him to join the whole training with no memory of himself or his past while speaking in a foreign language. He was trainee #982 out of the initial 1000 ppl that were at the Camp

He met 005 almost immediately after joining

Inhumane training and missions had to have continued at least until he was twelve or thirteen before the initial 1000 was whittled down to a measly group of 40.

During that training, he constantly went against the Camp's teachings, never leaving behind anyone who was injured and taking those who were dying to a peaceful area for them to pass away in rather than dying in the middle of a battlefield. He was punished for it a lot but it made most of the other trainees trust him and see him as their leader. Some of them admired 002 and regarded him as the leader and were later upset when they saw that Ijin was granted the number 001 but 002 was fine with it and followed Ijin's instructions

At some point, Mad Dog assigned him as leader of the numbers and went to kill 016 because he collapsed during a roll call of some kind but Ijin got in his way. They got into a fight and that's when Ijin gave Mad Dog his scar. Mad Dog has hated him since

He remained at camp until he was fourteen and at some point, he had killed a mother and daughter, a memory which stuck with him and traumatized him in a certain way. I believe it also provoked his 'betrayal'.

He disobeyed orders from Camp and Mad Dog sent most of the numbers after him. He incapacitated 26 and some of the other numbers like 006 turned a blind eye to let him escape however they became angry when they were told that he killed the 26 numbers even though he didn't

He was heavily injured and passed out in a river where he was found by Lucas, the mercenary village chief.

All the stuff in the village and the looters (Immortal and his gang) happened and then he became Jin for the next five years. He briefly ran into 018 and that one girl who tried to kidnap Jiye during this time and saved Sophia from her kidnapper. Saving Evelyn and her mother also helped jog his memory and remember his mother telling him "--Jin, I love you" and while the plane was crashing with an oxygen mask on his face, his parents hugged him and told him "--Jin, Mommy and Daddy love you very much." I love the fact that he started to remember after he saved Evelyn and her mom, it's such a nice detail man.

Also, someone thank Grandpa Lucas for trying to protect Ijin from the horrors of being a mercenary despite already knowing he was a child soldier. He bandaged him up after he got injured and told him to take better care of himself, gave him a lot of food and practically raised Ijin for a good chunk of his teenage years. His last message to Ijin (Chp. 163) and Ijin crying for the very first time hit me right in the feels

Ijin met Yeona's dad during his time as Jin and after the dad died, word got back to the Head of SW about Ijin.

Major Kang was attacked six months before canon and because he was Jiye's fiance and this was clearly an opportunity to meet his son's savior (and a potential asset for his developing weapons subsidiary but that's another topic -__-), he hired Jin to save the Major and his troop

I do believe SW was involved in finding Ijin's family both in order to fulfill Yeona's dad's last wish to get Ijin out of the warzone he lived in and because Grandpa Shin is shady af and probably wants to use Ijin. I don't think he's a bad person but he doesn't really have Ijin's best interests in mind. He's a businessman, after all. Good men don't make good businessmen.

Ijin being there has also brought him a ton of opportunities and prevented him from losing his granddaughters and a fuck ton of opportunities if Ijin hadn't been there to save the day so it makes sense that he and Jiye as well, are so adamant about keeping him by their side

But anyway, that pretty much concludes my info dump with a mix of my personal interpretations for now. Like I said before feel free to correct me if I've said something wrong

Now take this random badass panel of my children :)

[dallunatic]

close your eyes for a blink and awaken your spectrum

credit to moonlight.