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Apr. 7th, 2022 08:21 am
Though this is mostly for in-game CR, for shiggles, I will also allow random other characters under the premise they were a fan of the show. Minor celebrity life, babes! ★
Though this is mostly for in-game CR, for shiggles, I will also allow random other characters under the premise they were a fan of the show. Minor celebrity life, babes! ★
Player Name: Des
Preferred Pronouns: She/her
Contact: Des#0723
Timezone: PST
Link to Reserve: here
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Character Name: Yoosung Kim
Canon: Mystic Messenger
Canon Point: Yoosung Bad Relationship Ending 1
Age: 21 (Korean age, internationally he would be 20)
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Bisexual, somewhat female leaning on account of being naively heteronormative and coming from an otome game, but there are lots of suggestive moments as well as instances of him calling specific men hot.
Background: Wiki Link, and the endings list is also worth checking out because his page only covers his good ending.
Personality:
Yoosung Kim is basically the quintessential slacker college student - he's happy-go-lucky on the outside, depressed on the inside, and never sleeps because he's addicted to video games despite having a heavy workload for his classes. As he is one of the love interests in the game, he fills the role of the adorkable youngest member of the charity organization the characters belong to. He is typically the most naive and emotional, as well as the most down-to-earth and relatable compared to the other male love interests who are a corporate heir, a rising star musical actor, and a secret agent. He can switch back and forth between being the butt of jokes about his inexperience and being the straight man lampshading the others' over the top lifestyles. It's also common for Yoosung to be tricked by his best friend 707's pranks and mischief, although Yoosung claims he's merely particularly gullible when it comes to 707 because of how much he trusts him and respects him for being an actual genius. Yoosung has a strong sense of goodness and justice that he can get really fired up about. He just gets really angry seeing anyone being treated badly and will do whatever he can to help. A lot of this is actually due to things Rika taught him - where he used to be more disillusioned and apathetic when they first met, she helped him find a passion for volunteering and bringing happiness to others. In all routes, he is grieving his cherished "cousin-sister" and mentor, Rika. She supposedly committed suicide just before his high school graduation, which left him gutted and rendered him completely aimless. While before he was rather prim and excessively diligent and qualifying for his scholarship to a top university, he became a much 'looser' person in order to cope with his loss. Gaining an addiction to a League of Legends spoof called "LOLOL" (League of Loneliness of Life), it became a huge crutch for him. Yoosung mentions at one point that it's incredibly painful for him to go on living every day, and that most of his cheerfulness is pretense at this point. Although, it is worth noting that the facade is more of a coping mechanism than an actual mask. Yoosung typically wears his heart on his sleeve anyway - whether it is his affection for MC or something more negative, he is not hesitant to put it on the table. He'll gush or vent as he needs to get his emotions out, and really, he hates secrets. But there's only one thing worse than secrets: V's secrets (but if he is in that Office meme and someone just says "V" after pulling away the piece of paper, he would be like, you know what you're right. He sucks!)
See, the circumstances of Rika's death were extremely mysterious and suspicious, and as her body was never found, they were basically relying solely on the testimony of her fiancee, V. Yoosung suspects V of lying and covering up her death. As well, the other members trust and refuse to doubt V, which creates a feeling of isolation from the rest of the RFA and Yoosung. He is always frustrated and hates V for his lack of transparency in either emotion or information, and on the other hand is stubborn to defend Rika's memory. This goes double in any route where he learns the truth that V really was lying to everyone and furthermore Rika was engaging in criminal acts as the leader of a cult. Yoosung is quick to take Rika's side and insist that V must really be the one at fault. The main takeaway you can get from these depression modes is Yoosung has a very difficult time letting anything go, whether that's loyalty, grief or a grudge. Several of the game's bad endings reveal an occasional tendency for Yoosung to have episodes in which he suffers from delusions, such as the one where he insists everyone is actually a robot, formerly a human that's been brainwashed by Seven and V to fill a role in the game, or the one where he thinks the main character is an incarnation of Rika and rushes to her side ignoring the situation that will put them in danger because of that recklessness. But while Yoosung is obviously incredibly prone to escapism whether it is via gaming or his thirst for femdom, he can be reliable when the chips are down and with his feelings motivating him. At the end of his route he is brave enough to tackle a cultist holding the detonator to a bomb and survive an attack that blinds him in one eye - he also matures enough to finish his studies and become a distinguished vet.
Three Strengths:
- Caring. Yoosung is always really invested in the lives of his friends, so if something is going wrong in their life it will often affect his mood in a big way. He gets really angry or sad on other people's behalf. Other than being a good friend who's always got your back, he also is serious about volunteering for charity, has had an honest conversation with Jaehee about feminism, and generally seems to actively want to make the world a better place.
- Trustworthy. He has a lot of integrity, is honest and loyal, and will ride or die for anyone he loves. He has a strong sense of righteousness and isn't afraid to go to bat for it.
- Huge well of untapped potential. For what? That's kind of malleable, but he is capable of becoming really serious and motivated to an end goal once he finds the inspiration to do so. In other endings he's often shown embarking on a promising career, though it's not always the same one. For example, in his own route he finishes his vet degree, while in Ray's route he goes to Paris to become a patissier. I guess you can say he's the least static member of the cast, and also that he's hard-working when he wants to be. Good End Yoosung becomes the ultimate malewife so there's that!!
Three Weaknesses:
- Immature. A big point of his route is that he needs to finish growing up. The grief of Rika's suicide left him stunted. He's whiny, he overreacts to stuff, has emotional outbursts, and he picks fights at times the other members find inappropriate. Also, the potential is called untapped for a reason. Pre-character development Yoosung always wants to procrastinate and shirk responsibilities to play LOLOL.
- Can't let anything go. He is the longest to hold onto grief upon hearing Rika died, but other than that. When Yoosung has a grudge, he holds it forever unless something is done about it. There's a route where V dies and Yoosung goes to his funeral with everyone, and he still says "I hated him" to his friends at the funeral. On the flip side, if he trusts someone, it will be difficult to convince him away from them even if someone tells him they've done harm. He gets defensive and won't even consider the possibility if they don't have proof.
- He can be self-sacrificing to a ridiculous degree. There's a bad ending where he voluntarily becomes a guy's torture slave because he thinks it will keep his love interest safe. (The masochism I will express in the next section has nothing to do with it. This was actual torture.) He also romanticizes self-sacrifice of this degree, in another route where it's someone else sacrificing himself for the MC, he expresses deep admiration for him. Otome games smh
What does your character want in a relationship: He has in fact had this question posed to him in a semi-canonical interview within the RFA handbook. His answer was "Someone who's kind? I'm not very experienced, so I'd like the other person to be understanding! Oh, and also someone who tells me directly what they want! I want her to be comfortable with me."
But to elaborate, he's also expressed interests such as:
- Someone who encourages and inspires him, like Rika used to
- Friends to lovers relationship where they slowly discover things about each other, like a treasure hunt (Probably not feasible for a showmance, but eh!)
- Wants to wear matching outfits and be disgustingly affectionate with each other in public. Not like making out, but fluffy sappy holding hands cheek kisses type stuff.
- Actually, he's just really hype for anything Korean couples like to do in popular culture. I'm using this as a reference but he brings up this kind of stuff all the time.
- Someone responsible who will decide everything in his life for him so he doesn't have to think about it
- Being locked up
- Being someone's cat or dog
- Being insulted while acting as a maid
So yeah! Ya boi is canonically super down to be someone's kinky sub! NOT THAT I THINK HE'D ADMIT THAT ON TELEVISION BUT.... on the other hand he told MC the last one while he was on the phone in the middle of a line of people at the grocery store so like. vOv If these showrunners are the type to dig up dirt for ratings, I can provide the calls! And sometimes pride does not exist when you need to shoot your shot! They're in this answer instead of the next one because he does admit them with less needling than you'd expect from the character who is supposed to be the innocent one, he gets way too excited and flustered if the idea comes up so he can't really hide it. Sorry for him!
(...For some reason he keeps blurting out stuff like that but he can't bring himself to say the word 'kiss'....)
What does your character need in a relationship: Since he's from an otome game and they don't want to misrepresent him as a love interest too much for the fans, I think to an extent his canon answer is the correct one! But it's fairly obvious that his desire to relinquish control of his life is due to his depression, so it would be in his best interest if his partner wasn't interested in taking him up on that too much - at least not to the degree he "jokes" about. The best case scenario would be if they were someone who would instead want to rely on him, because this is what really gets him going on the path to maturation. The ability to provide or take care of someone is the biggest confidence booster possible for him.
I think the part where he wants his partner to be patient and understanding is particularly important because Yoosung is.... uh.... somewhat yandere. Like he's fairly harmless about it but he can at times project some pretty wild delusions onto people as stated in the personality section. Furthermore, he's really clingy, insecure and jealous. So whoever he dates needs to be able to speak up for themselves and keep him in line if he gets like that.
In short, my mental image of Yoosung's ideal partner is like... Kind and honest person, likes to show off that they're a couple, whose love language (receiving) is acts of service, and love language (giving) is words of affirmation, with bonus points given if they seem like they'd be into safely practiced BDSM.
Preferred Pronouns: She/her
Contact: Des#0723
Timezone: PST
Link to Reserve: here
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Character Name: Yoosung Kim
Canon: Mystic Messenger
Canon Point: Yoosung Bad Relationship Ending 1
Age: 21 (Korean age, internationally he would be 20)
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Bisexual, somewhat female leaning on account of being naively heteronormative and coming from an otome game, but there are lots of suggestive moments as well as instances of him calling specific men hot.
Background: Wiki Link, and the endings list is also worth checking out because his page only covers his good ending.
Personality:
Yoosung Kim is basically the quintessential slacker college student - he's happy-go-lucky on the outside, depressed on the inside, and never sleeps because he's addicted to video games despite having a heavy workload for his classes. As he is one of the love interests in the game, he fills the role of the adorkable youngest member of the charity organization the characters belong to. He is typically the most naive and emotional, as well as the most down-to-earth and relatable compared to the other male love interests who are a corporate heir, a rising star musical actor, and a secret agent. He can switch back and forth between being the butt of jokes about his inexperience and being the straight man lampshading the others' over the top lifestyles. It's also common for Yoosung to be tricked by his best friend 707's pranks and mischief, although Yoosung claims he's merely particularly gullible when it comes to 707 because of how much he trusts him and respects him for being an actual genius. Yoosung has a strong sense of goodness and justice that he can get really fired up about. He just gets really angry seeing anyone being treated badly and will do whatever he can to help. A lot of this is actually due to things Rika taught him - where he used to be more disillusioned and apathetic when they first met, she helped him find a passion for volunteering and bringing happiness to others. In all routes, he is grieving his cherished "cousin-sister" and mentor, Rika. She supposedly committed suicide just before his high school graduation, which left him gutted and rendered him completely aimless. While before he was rather prim and excessively diligent and qualifying for his scholarship to a top university, he became a much 'looser' person in order to cope with his loss. Gaining an addiction to a League of Legends spoof called "LOLOL" (League of Loneliness of Life), it became a huge crutch for him. Yoosung mentions at one point that it's incredibly painful for him to go on living every day, and that most of his cheerfulness is pretense at this point. Although, it is worth noting that the facade is more of a coping mechanism than an actual mask. Yoosung typically wears his heart on his sleeve anyway - whether it is his affection for MC or something more negative, he is not hesitant to put it on the table. He'll gush or vent as he needs to get his emotions out, and really, he hates secrets. But there's only one thing worse than secrets: V's secrets (but if he is in that Office meme and someone just says "V" after pulling away the piece of paper, he would be like, you know what you're right. He sucks!)
See, the circumstances of Rika's death were extremely mysterious and suspicious, and as her body was never found, they were basically relying solely on the testimony of her fiancee, V. Yoosung suspects V of lying and covering up her death. As well, the other members trust and refuse to doubt V, which creates a feeling of isolation from the rest of the RFA and Yoosung. He is always frustrated and hates V for his lack of transparency in either emotion or information, and on the other hand is stubborn to defend Rika's memory. This goes double in any route where he learns the truth that V really was lying to everyone and furthermore Rika was engaging in criminal acts as the leader of a cult. Yoosung is quick to take Rika's side and insist that V must really be the one at fault. The main takeaway you can get from these depression modes is Yoosung has a very difficult time letting anything go, whether that's loyalty, grief or a grudge. Several of the game's bad endings reveal an occasional tendency for Yoosung to have episodes in which he suffers from delusions, such as the one where he insists everyone is actually a robot, formerly a human that's been brainwashed by Seven and V to fill a role in the game, or the one where he thinks the main character is an incarnation of Rika and rushes to her side ignoring the situation that will put them in danger because of that recklessness. But while Yoosung is obviously incredibly prone to escapism whether it is via gaming or his thirst for femdom, he can be reliable when the chips are down and with his feelings motivating him. At the end of his route he is brave enough to tackle a cultist holding the detonator to a bomb and survive an attack that blinds him in one eye - he also matures enough to finish his studies and become a distinguished vet.
Three Strengths:
- Caring. Yoosung is always really invested in the lives of his friends, so if something is going wrong in their life it will often affect his mood in a big way. He gets really angry or sad on other people's behalf. Other than being a good friend who's always got your back, he also is serious about volunteering for charity, has had an honest conversation with Jaehee about feminism, and generally seems to actively want to make the world a better place.
- Trustworthy. He has a lot of integrity, is honest and loyal, and will ride or die for anyone he loves. He has a strong sense of righteousness and isn't afraid to go to bat for it.
- Huge well of untapped potential. For what? That's kind of malleable, but he is capable of becoming really serious and motivated to an end goal once he finds the inspiration to do so. In other endings he's often shown embarking on a promising career, though it's not always the same one. For example, in his own route he finishes his vet degree, while in Ray's route he goes to Paris to become a patissier. I guess you can say he's the least static member of the cast, and also that he's hard-working when he wants to be. Good End Yoosung becomes the ultimate malewife so there's that!!
Three Weaknesses:
- Immature. A big point of his route is that he needs to finish growing up. The grief of Rika's suicide left him stunted. He's whiny, he overreacts to stuff, has emotional outbursts, and he picks fights at times the other members find inappropriate. Also, the potential is called untapped for a reason. Pre-character development Yoosung always wants to procrastinate and shirk responsibilities to play LOLOL.
- Can't let anything go. He is the longest to hold onto grief upon hearing Rika died, but other than that. When Yoosung has a grudge, he holds it forever unless something is done about it. There's a route where V dies and Yoosung goes to his funeral with everyone, and he still says "I hated him" to his friends at the funeral. On the flip side, if he trusts someone, it will be difficult to convince him away from them even if someone tells him they've done harm. He gets defensive and won't even consider the possibility if they don't have proof.
- He can be self-sacrificing to a ridiculous degree. There's a bad ending where he voluntarily becomes a guy's torture slave because he thinks it will keep his love interest safe. (The masochism I will express in the next section has nothing to do with it. This was actual torture.) He also romanticizes self-sacrifice of this degree, in another route where it's someone else sacrificing himself for the MC, he expresses deep admiration for him. Otome games smh
What does your character want in a relationship: He has in fact had this question posed to him in a semi-canonical interview within the RFA handbook. His answer was "Someone who's kind? I'm not very experienced, so I'd like the other person to be understanding! Oh, and also someone who tells me directly what they want! I want her to be comfortable with me."
But to elaborate, he's also expressed interests such as:
- Someone who encourages and inspires him, like Rika used to
- Friends to lovers relationship where they slowly discover things about each other, like a treasure hunt (Probably not feasible for a showmance, but eh!)
- Wants to wear matching outfits and be disgustingly affectionate with each other in public. Not like making out, but fluffy sappy holding hands cheek kisses type stuff.
- Actually, he's just really hype for anything Korean couples like to do in popular culture. I'm using this as a reference but he brings up this kind of stuff all the time.
- Someone responsible who will decide everything in his life for him so he doesn't have to think about it
- Being locked up
- Being someone's cat or dog
- Being insulted while acting as a maid
So yeah! Ya boi is canonically super down to be someone's kinky sub! NOT THAT I THINK HE'D ADMIT THAT ON TELEVISION BUT.... on the other hand he told MC the last one while he was on the phone in the middle of a line of people at the grocery store so like. vOv If these showrunners are the type to dig up dirt for ratings, I can provide the calls! And sometimes pride does not exist when you need to shoot your shot! They're in this answer instead of the next one because he does admit them with less needling than you'd expect from the character who is supposed to be the innocent one, he gets way too excited and flustered if the idea comes up so he can't really hide it. Sorry for him!
(...For some reason he keeps blurting out stuff like that but he can't bring himself to say the word 'kiss'....)
What does your character need in a relationship: Since he's from an otome game and they don't want to misrepresent him as a love interest too much for the fans, I think to an extent his canon answer is the correct one! But it's fairly obvious that his desire to relinquish control of his life is due to his depression, so it would be in his best interest if his partner wasn't interested in taking him up on that too much - at least not to the degree he "jokes" about. The best case scenario would be if they were someone who would instead want to rely on him, because this is what really gets him going on the path to maturation. The ability to provide or take care of someone is the biggest confidence booster possible for him.
I think the part where he wants his partner to be patient and understanding is particularly important because Yoosung is.... uh.... somewhat yandere. Like he's fairly harmless about it but he can at times project some pretty wild delusions onto people as stated in the personality section. Furthermore, he's really clingy, insecure and jealous. So whoever he dates needs to be able to speak up for themselves and keep him in line if he gets like that.
In short, my mental image of Yoosung's ideal partner is like... Kind and honest person, likes to show off that they're a couple, whose love language (receiving) is acts of service, and love language (giving) is words of affirmation, with bonus points given if they seem like they'd be into safely practiced BDSM.
