#gtvintro

[saerintv]

hello ~ this is queued because i'll probably be asleep by the time the rp opens but didn't want to miss out on the fun! i'm adore ( she/her, 25+, cst ) and this is saerin, the legend skeleton and a spitfire that's just here so she won't get jailed fined. note that as harsh as i make her seem, she knows that she has to play nice in order to survive, especially with 105fm on them so! here is her profile page, but an easy breezy version of everything will be below. please like if you'd like to plot and i'll hit you up, discord is preferred and available upon request ♡

background ⏤ ( if this sounds messy forgive me, it's like 2am 😭 )

hwang saerin, 23, gymnast, the legend skeleton

comes from a wealthy family that has gymnastics in their blood, father is a former gymnastic olympian who was not able to medal and mother is a coach ( those who can't, coach, right? ) so as soon as she showed an inkling of an ability at tumbling their hopes and dreams were immediately pushed upon her

which for the most part was fine, because she didn't know any better

parents threw their wealth to get her the best everything, coaches / gyms, training, on call sports medicine doctors ⏤ you name it, she got it

and tbh it actually paid off! a natural ability plus hard work and money is an unbeatable combo it seems. she wasn't simone biles type of dominant but she had a grace and power that was unmatched, and wasn't afraid to push herself to the limit, and was able to rack up golds and medals wherever she went. quite literally poised to be the next big thing

she was known for her prowess but also for her attitude as well; got used to getting golds that when she didn't

enough so that she made her international senior debut at 17, then was recruited for the national team at 19. the 2020 olympics was supposed to be her debut. key word being supposed.

despite her immense talent, she always had doubts and somewhat of an imposter syndrome that she never talked about and pushed into the crevices; but the closer it got to the olympics the harder it got to push those thoughts away. it affected her enough that she started getting the twisties. and unfortunately, you can't throw money at this type of problem to make it go away.

the worse she performs, the worse her parents relationship gets ⏤ not that it was great to begin with, but anyway. one month before the olympics, she gets two bombs dropped upon her during a three way argument with her parents: her mom was having an affair with her current coach, and she was adopted. so you can imagine that her mental health went from bad to absolute shit at this point

she makes attempts to push through because the team is pretty much at tokyo at this point, but it's affecting her too much. before they could tell her that an alternate was going in her place because her bad performance was getting dangerous, she disappears from the olympic village two weeks before the opening ceremonies. doesn't tell anyone, just catches the next flight out of tokyo to ibiza. no plans, no thoughts, just vibes.

of course the team alerts her parents that she's gone and she does contact them, but saerin says she's done. no more gymnastics, too much shit has gone down for her to even get in the right mindset to compete anymore. eventually comes back to korea, and gets diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder which helps her situation ( it does not )

anyway her parents aren't completely heartless and do feel like shit, they do have a talk with her and let her be considering she's 20 and hasn't had a chance at a normal life.

but uh ... you can imagine how reckless a girl who hasn't had to face any consequences could be when the shackles are off her feet and the world is now her oyster lol. she lays low and spends more time traveling than anything and stays tf away from anything sports related. anyway one time a party with socialites got a little too rowdy and she had a little too much to drink which ended up with her getting into a scuffle and with a battery charge.

she expects her parents to get her out of it ( wouldn't be the first time ), but instead they tell her to go to jail or bring home a gold. she thinks about jail for two seconds but decides to put the shackles on once again when they tell her that all they ask is to bring home a gold and they won't ask her to do gymnastics ever again. a fair deal with that, she thinks.

she's 21 then, so it does take some time for her to get back into competing shape, but not as long as she originally thought it would. she's back on the national team in no time. physically, the time off has done her well. mentally? we'll see.

personality wise ⏤

aries sun, aries moon, capricorn rising. "you think i'm a bitch? well you're not that wrong."

she's not here to make friends, just here to do her damn routines, get a medal and fucking go

i feel like if you knew her prior to olympic debut she was less angry. kept to herself still but more starry eyed and pliant. now? since she's had the taste of freedom, to go back into the rigidity that is gymnastics is hard. not sure if she wants to get used to it.

openly confrontational. her dialogue is straightforward and blunt, one of those people who thinks "being real" is above everything. "i said what i said" vibes.

ambitious, but also impulsive and reckless. spoiled and independent? self absorbed. you get the point.

but like i said before she knows she can't come in guns blazing and fuck the world, so she is playing nice to be a part of the team. if you're not a threat, then she can seem aloof. if you are, then she's passive aggressive.

this is all a shield for her anxiety. when it gets bad she lashes out.

but she's not all bad, i promise! if you're able to befriend her then you've got a bull in your corner. she'll fight your battles for you. tbh show her any ounce of love and she'll grab on the point that she stifles it. in her own way?

phew! almost done i promise! onto some plots off the top of my head ⏤

enemies / rivals ⏤ while yeah there's the legacy, i imagine with her personality she's got a lot of people that's not in her corner, and i think it would be fun to play out!

biological siblings ⏤ i mentioned in the bio that she found out she's adopted, but i forgot to mention that she did find her biological family during her 2 years away from gymnastics. it'd be super interesting if her sibling was on the national team too! obviously more plotting needed as this can go several ways.

ride or die ⏤ she's in need of at least one ( 1 ) good friend. someone she'd fight for, y'know? would be even more interesting ( but not required ) if they were opposite in personality too. opposites attract!

sneaky link or toxic rls ⏤ idk, on and off rls, friends w benefits, or something of the sort. girl is high strung and is need of a release that's legal and won't wreck her body. or it could, wink wink. she's bisexual, by the way!

and that's all i can think of, i do much better brainstorming really!

[heirantv]

park chaeyoung (rosé), twenty7, cis female, she/her.  ───  3, 2, 1 — action!  everyone, we’re here at jincheon national training center, and this time i have with me our national tennis team’s very own kim heiran. you might know them for winning an olympic gold medal at the age of 15, but if not, don’t worry. they’re here to field all your burning questions. let’s dive right in.

hello ! i'm sapphy ( she/her ) and it's been quite a while since i've been away from tumblr. so, when i saw this rp i was most excited to get a chance to rp on this platform once again ! i do hope that we can write amazing things together. i am available for plotting on tumblr or if you feel comfortable on d*scord, i do have one that you can ask upon request. happy roleplaying. ^^

BASIC INFO

KOREAN NAME : kim heiran D.O.B : may 4, 1997 ( 27 ) ORIGIN : seoul, south korea RESIDING : the haven, jincheon national training center, south korea OCCUPATION : tennis player.  SKELETON / SUBPLOT : the ace , hall of fame

TRAINING / CAREER

TRAINING PERIOD : 2003 - 2012 

+ held her first tennis racket at the age of four. + started training program for tennis at the age of six. + excelled in progression during the first years of her training,  + joined her school’s tennis team from secondary school till high school.  + at the age of 15 she would join the olympics – on behalf of her coach, and win gold.  + coined one of the youngest tennis players to win olympian gold becoming a prodigy not only to her family but also her high school team.

YEARS ACTIVE : 2012 - present

+ note that although she won an olympic medal at the age of 15, she still continued training as well as continuing to play on her high school team.   + 2022 would join jincheon national team at the age of 25 + MARCH 18 2022 in mongolia for the east asian youth games +  APRIL 2023 threaten to leave the team to save her younger sibling from getting booted, didn’t think about the attention that would come with it. + JUNE 2023 travels to shanghai, china for 2024 summer olympic training + 2024 - PRESENT training for summer olympic games

TIDBITS / FACTS

+ heiran knew that she was destined for great things in the sport of tennis the moment she held the racket in her hands. her parents from the time she started getting training for the sport were supportive of her endeavors. + it was when she turned fifteen and won her olympic gold that her parents began to put her on a high pedestal. she would become the token child between her and her sibling. + at first she enjoyed the amount of attention she'd been given during the few years after making such an achievement. she just adorn on the fact that she was the one that made her parents proud. with that she kind of pushed everything else around her to that back of her mind. being great without room for failure was her top priority. + at some point in time seeing that her younger sibling was being overshadowed lead her to feel some sort of guilt but she still had dreams to achieve and was reluctant of the idea of giving up what she enjoyed doing. + she doesn't have any ill feelings towards her younger sibling but she also can't bring herself to just drop all that she achieved up until now. she cares enough to defend them during their scandal even threatening to walk from the team ( in which she knew that would win the opinion in her favor of both of them staying. ) but she was never one of showing or being close to them. + find heiran at the tennis court practicing. her career comes first as it's the most important thing to her. + much of a fashionista, loves shopping for clothes. her aesthetic style is chic. has become the sponsor of some sports outfitters as well. + though it may seem that she enjoys being bombarded with numerous amount of people, she tends to get overwhelmed much like anyone else. behind closed doors she hides away in tears. + besides her love for tennis, she also can play the guitar and piano. she enjoys talking about her soft spot for music. + she can speak english fluently, despite the slight accent she has.

CONNECTIONS

+ PLATONIC acquaintances, friends, mentors, idols, fans of her, support systems, best friend, enemies to friends, friendly competition, friends in other sports + ROMANTIC exes, fake couple, enemies/rivals to lovers ( end game ) + ANTAGONISTIC rivals in tennis, rivals in any sport, sabotaging to get the upper hand, friends to enemies , lovers to enemies

[minjuntv]

jeong yunho, 25, cis male, he/him.  ───  3, 2, 1 — action!  everyone, we’re here at jincheon national training center, and this time i have with me our national archery team’s very own choi minjun. you might know them for having achieved a perfect score in the 101st national sports festival, but if not, don’t worry. they’re here to field all your burning questions. let’s dive right in.

hello everyone!! i'm super excited to be here and write with all of you very soon :⁓) i proudly present katniss everdeen reincarnate choi minjun!

upbringing, career.

ever since he can remember, minjun has wanted his parents to be proud of him. in fact, he has always wanted everyone to be proud of him - teachers, friends, acquaintances … if you were to look up 'people pleaser' in a dictionary, you would most likely find his name.

he rarely had an opinion of his own and lacked a backbone growing up, which probably annoyed some people. he was never popular but never really hated. he was always painfully average. at everything.

his mother was always afraid that minjun would never amount to anything, that he would turn out to be a splitting image of his father. she did her best to enroll him in various extracurricular activities, determined that there would be something that her son was good at. it definitely took some trial and error, but soon they found something that minjun excelled in: archery!

the sport wasn't the only thing he was good at, though. he was also very good at following other people's instructions and liked to take orders from his mother and his pr team. even though he didn't even really know why he had a team dedicated to him at the time, he trusted them blindly and did everything they told him to.

as a result, his beloved archery slowly began to fade into the background, and minjun was treated more like an internet personality rather than an athlete. while he was still grateful for all the endorsements and positive media attention, he found it increasingly difficult to concentrate on his duties and keep up with his training at the same time.

he pleaded with his team and his mother to slow down on the publicity but his words mostly fell on deaf ears. at least until he failed to qualify for the last olympics and all hell broke loose.

of course people want an explanation as to why his performance has been so lacking in recent years, and of course he can't really be honest with his supporters. all he can do is sit around and wait for someone to give him a manual and tell him what to do with his own career.

personality, reputation.

if anything, minjun is kind. he's always been compassionate, mostly overwhelmingly so, and barely ever had a single bad bone in his body.

his soul was only somewhat tainted when he became successful - as usual. of course, minjun always wanted to be better, more precise, more successful. while this is not a bad thing per sé, it was around this time that he found himself envying others rather than being truly happy for them.

even so, he is known to be easy to get along with. some might still describe him as a doormat while others might appreciate that he has grown a bit of a backbone over time.

it goes without saying that there are many people who believe that his online persona does not match his real personality. some suspect him of being greedy, while others even suspect him of being an asshole in real life. however, there is one thing that all these people can agree on: choi minjun is a marionette.

that would be all for now! please let me know if you would like to plot - i'm available on d*scord upon request (tumblr's shadowbanning problem has gone crrrrazy lately ...) so don't hesitate to ask! <3

[glorytv]

... and that's a wrap on acceptances ! thank you, everyone for your patience - we are now officially open ! ‪♡‬ don't forget to drop your intro & tag it with #gtvintro ! we're excited for all the fun to come. please feel free to message the admins, if anything ! last but definitely not least, welcome all athletes to jincheon and let the games begin !