Random Tidbit: Kyung-hwa's Tattoos
Snakes: They represent rebirth and new beginnings. He had to let of go of whatever was holding him back to live as his true self.
Butterflies: Reinforces the transformation theme. Kyung-hwa compares his journey to caterpillars emerging out of their cocoons as butterflies. They also represent breaking free from the role his culture and society tried to push on him.
MMVII: 2007 was the year he learned the final step of his physical transition. I still don't have a creative name for it. Can't call it Transfiguration because of JJK and a certain series I won't name(never cared for it tbh).
Flowers: They don't have a personal meaning to him. He just likes Peonies.
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We have a new citizen in Mount Phoenix:
Theodore Bang, who is also known as Theo,
a 24 year old son of Hathor.
He is a paramedic with the MPFD.
FC NAME/GROUP: Christopher Bang / Bang Chan, Stray Kids
CHARACTER NAME: Theodore “Theo” Bang
AGE/DATE OF BIRTH: 24; April 3, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH: Melbourne, Australia
OCCUPATION: Paramedic with the MPFD
HEIGHT: 171 cm
WEIGHT: 65 kg
DEFINING FEATURES: Dimples, naturally wavy/curly hair. "MMVII" tattooed on the inside of his right wrist, "MMXXI" tattooed on the inside of his left wrist; honouring the death years of his family and grandmother respectively.
PERSONALITY: Theo is optimistic and cheerful, always eager to brighten the day of those around him. He is constantly striving to improve himself and do the very best he can to help people through his work. Definitely the self-sacrificing type, he will power through exhaustion, hunger and pain (if necessary) to make sure that people in bad situations get the help that they need.
He cherishes his friends and loved ones, keeping them close for fear that they may be ripped away from him like his family was. He is not naive or dumb, but he can be rather oblivious and distracted, often having a lot of things on his mind - making him easily fit into the himbo stereotype.
HISTORY: [TW: family death]
Theo was born in Melbourne, after his father had an affair with a woman who disappeared into thin air, leaving the baby behind. A couple of years later, his father married an Australian woman who already had two daughters. Theo grew up adoring his older sisters, vaguely aware that they were not actually related, but loving them all the same. He was just a loving kid, and he always had been. Everyone who met him said that he was a ray of sunshine personified, and they affectionately called him “Teddy”.
Tragedy struck when he was nine years old. On the way home from a family trip, a drunk driver swerved into their lane and hit their car head-on. Disoriented and nursing a broken leg, Theo dragged himself out of the car and watched his family members die while they waited for help to arrive. When the EMTs finally rushed over to the car, he was the only one left.
After that, he was sent to live with his paternal grandmother in Korea - the only living relative the authorities could locate. Theo tried not to dwell on the horrible accident, although he was not nearly as happy as the child his grandmother remembered visiting only a few months previously. It took the better part of a year for him to start acting like himself again. When the first anniversary of the accident rolled around, he told his grandmother that he wanted to become a paramedic.
“I never want anyone to die because there’s no one there to help them. I’m gonna help them.”
After that, he opened up again - he started making friends at his new school and getting better grades. His teen years were fairly happy ones. He kept himself busy; studying hard, joining his high school swim team, and taking a part-time job at a convenience store to help out his grandmother. They did not have a lot of money, but he never felt like he wanted more. He was just thankful that he had his grandmother to support him.
Once he had graduated high school, he went to university for a BS in Emergency Medical Services. He began hitting the campus gym before classes, knowing that being physically fit would only help with his career goals.
His grandmother died three months before he was set to graduate. Theo was devastated. He felt like the floor had fallen out from under him. Nothing mattered anymore. How could it, when the one person who had always been there for him was gone?
He withdrew from his classes and took a six month break from university, trying to work through his grief and find direction again. He hit the gym even harder, working out until he nearly passed out. When that didn’t work, he went back to swimming and took up pottery, just trying to find some peace.
Eventually, he just felt sick of feeling sorry for himself. Or maybe he had given himself the time he needed to heal and he was ready to get his life back on track. Regardless, he finished off his last semester of school and graduated. Only a few weeks later, he started working at the Asan Medical Center in Seoul.
The work was tiring and draining most days, but he liked that it kept him busy. He liked that he could help people who were scared and hurt, whether it was by saving them or by making them comfortable in their final moments. It was always horrible when a patient died, but he knew that he always did his best to save them - and he had to be okay with the fact that some people were just too hurt or sick for anyone to help them, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to handle the job.
He was six months into the job when he finally decided that he needed to clean out his grandmother’s apartment. Up until that point, he had left all of her things untouched, but the building was old and there were a lot of issues. Since he had a dependable salary now, he was starting to think about moving to a nicer place. Which meant going through, and getting rid of, his grandmother’s things.
It was hard. He felt like he was doing something disrespectful; putting her clothes and books in bags to take to a thrift store, taking her jewelry to be appraised at a pawn shop. He kept a few small things, but he knew that it was best to let most of it go.
He was nearly done cleaning out her room when he stumbled upon a book that his grandmother used to read to him when he was young. He hadn’t realized she still had it, but the fact that she had filled him with warmth. To his surprise, though, an envelope fell out of the book when he opened the yellowed pages. It had his name on it.
The note inside spoke of a woman names Hathor -his birth mother, apparently- and an island called Mount Phoenix. “When I am no longer here, this is a place where you will be safe,” it read. Theo was not sure if he believed any of it, but since he had already been planning on moving… Well, why not, right?
PANTHEON: Egyptian
CHILD OF: Hathor
POWERS: Theo feels a natural protective instinct towards women, to the point that he will happily put himself in harm’s way to protect them, even if they are a stranger. He is also very charming, able to put a smile on someone’s face and erase their worries just by being around them - an effect that can last even a few hours after they have left his presence.
STRENGTHS: Very physically fit, charming, has an optimistic and flexible go-with-the-flow attitude.
WEAKNESSES: Overworks himself, always puts the needs of others over his own, has a hard time processing negative emotions.
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Partenope nelle monetedell'antica Neapolis Note intorno a un articolo diGionata Barbieri, in: Napoli', XI/2007 La Sirena Partenope ed i nummi neapolitanidi Gionata Barbieri (Napoli, XI-MMVII) Questo interessante articolo di Gionata Barbieri descrive, attraverso le effigi riprodotte sulle monete antiche dei primi insediamenti greci nel territorio di Napoli, una singolare evoluzione dalle figurazioni numismatiche della mitica
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