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"graceful but quiet, uses their instrument as a shield protect their soft heart."

INTRO ⏤ ✧ ⏤ ABOUT ⏤ ✧ ⏤ TRACKER & CONNECTIONS ✧ ⏤ FULL NAV

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hello!

omg i was not expecting to get accepted so fast i still have some finishing touches i need to put on things so please pardon the mess! i am carly (she/her) and this is my pathetic little flower jiyul. please do not trample him and instead help him grow big and strong by writing with him a lot 🌻 i will slowly be following the masterlist throughout the night so tumblr doesn't sh*dowb*n me, but i would love to plot with anyone and everyone interested!! please like this post and i'll come to you 💓 i can plot either through tumblr ims or dc, just let me know what you'd prefer! i have jiyul's about page up and ready for everyone to browse 👁️ but i'll also yap about him and offer some ideas under the cut!

ABOUT JIYUL

4th year undergrad, musical performance strings major

he is a twin, born february 24th, 2002. accidental babies!

their parents knew they would not be good parents at the time so they left the boys in the care of their paternal grandparents while they continued to travel and live out of their car

the boys' grandparents wanted their son to be a star musician and that did not happen so they set their sights on the twins next with the intention of molding them into classical music superstars or at least one of them had to succeed right

jiyul ended up being the "successful" one. his brother fought with them all the time and come middle school their parents offered to homeschool the boys and have them travel with them if they wanted

grandparents were not so willing to release jiyul from their clutches and jiyul loved them and didn't want to upset them so he stayed with them. his brother went with their parents

jiyul really should've just left and he regrets this now LMAO

because his grandparents were very strict and harsh and placed an immense amount of pressure on him. raised an anxious lil perfectionist but he sure was (still is) good at classical string instruments!

harp became his instrument of choice and grandma and grandpa were like. what the hell sure

high school comes and jiyul starts getting debilitating migraines

grandparents basically tell him to suck it up and go to school anyway and naturally they just get worse and he starts throwing up and passing out and can't even see sometimes

ultimately it is his school who contacts his parents bc his grandparents won't do shit and they're like what the fuck. and come to get him and take care of him asap, thank god

this naturally happened to be during college entrance exams and jiyul was like convinced he was dying

to jiyul's shock his parents do NOT force him to go to uni and instead suggest he travel with them and see if some doctors could figure out what was going on and generally focus on Healing

so he does that for a year and ultimately the only answer they get is that the migraines are stress related. there's gotta be some truth to that because as soon as he's away from his grandparents the migraines aren't nearly as bad anymore! who knew

he does end up going to uni after he thinks he has the migraines under control, and here's where yeonhwa (FINALLY...) comes in woohoo!!

he is a really good student and ultimately really successful and as long as he manages his stress he's okay BUT he is always a bit terrified the migraines will come back and ruin his life again

he is just naturally a bit anxious and timid. very shy and quiet. very much hides behind his instruments and feels most comfortable there

howeverrr his parents did encourage him to join clubs so he could make some friends, so he's in polaris, music, art and photography clubs! he's just a creative guy in general but he's definitely better at music than art

he also has a part time job at a music store! think instruments and sheet music and equipment

he isn't totally sure he's on the right path, and if this is HIS path or someone else's, but he's just gonna keep walking and see where he ends up...

PLOT IDEAS

people who think he's soooo cool for playing harp and he's just kinda an oblivious loser

former high school classmates would be rly fun! he's not from seoul tho (but where he's from outside of seoul is negotiable ljkasdjflsd)

people he helps study/unofficially tutors. he's probably really good at it and he will also do it for free because he's too nice

people to take advantage of his kindness in general tbh LMAO it'll be sad but i fear he needs to learn some lessons

Exes, he would be a very sweet albeit kinda distant bf. i think he's only dated girls but he is definitely male-leaning bi at best 😭 #internalizedhomo/biphobia

guy he hooks up with who gives him a crisis. it would not be the first time but he does still have a crisis every time

fellow music people he uncharacteristically yaps with. he loves music!! playing music listening to music (nervously) sharing music with others talking about music all of it

he also likes learning languages and knows a bit of a lot of them! english, japanese and mandarin are all in his repertoire and he loves to practice even if he's shy so it would be great for him to be friends with foreigners

fellow club people, he is in polaris and i think he sometimes regrets it because he gets Overwhelmed but i would love for him to have some pals there 😭

someone offers to buy him a coffee and anxious ass jiyul has to awkwardly figure out how to tell them he doesn't like coffee it'll be funny trust me

he lives in the b612 building so neighbors! he is boring and mostly keeps to himself but he probably quietly leaves cute things on the communal cork board when no one is looking. drawing of a flower, quote he likes, kind reminders, etc. someone who catches him doing this perhaps? he will get so embarrassed if he gets called out

someone who asks him to teach them how to play harp (or some other classical instrument) he will try!

i have honestly not looked at any event stuff yet but i would love event related things! i'll update this with ideas for that too once i catch up

okay i've been typing this for over an hour so hopefully this is a good starting place aljksfjklasd pls plot w me i love to brainstorm and ty for reading if u made it this far!!

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HYUNJIN | ESQUIRE x CARTIER 2024

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