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* 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐄 / 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐍

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hello! if ur still following me here and want to write please catch me over on @fatedriven for the time being ! i’m trying 2 focus on developing my ocs for now since i have limited time 2 be around so i want to limit my main focus to one place for now ! i’ll still be around here bc i’ve also missed taejun but i have most inspo for my demon/angel based ocs atm they don’t have the same development just yet

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hello! if ur still following me here and want to write please catch me over on @fatedriven for the time being ! i’m trying 2 focus on developing my ocs for now since i have limited time 2 be around so i want to limit my main focus to one place for now ! i’ll still be around here bc i’ve also missed taejun but i have most inspo for my demon/angel based ocs atm they don’t have the same development just yet

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seeing that ppl who used 2 try n rip off my muses are still around makes me want to come back even more out of spite bc i missed being confident abt writing them… i used to lack so much confidence in my ocs especially bc of how hard its always been to get ppl interested in them but i can at least wholeheartedly say that my ocs are rly dear to me and im proud of all the ups and downs of their development and im definitely gonna try and make an effort to revive my blog activity here, should there be any of my friends and mutuals around to write with me… as well as my old muses im also rly wanting to introduce a newer oc who ive yet to properly write here too 

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taejun’s character is heavily rooted in the theme of  PROPHECY , with him serving as the almost “guardian” / forefront protective figure and fulfilling the metaphoric role of the prophet / visionary in this connected canon, i thought this to be a fitting first ( and pivotal ) addition to the repertoire of abilities unique to him ; figuratively, it serves a role in initiating the “breakdown” of barriers between individuals, human or otherwise. 

as there are a number of variations in how other media portray this ability in terms of how it is named, to how it manifests and operates ( a lot of which i’d like to deviate from and adjust to suit my muse and universe ) , my detailing of  LIVE / ADAPTIVE TRANSLATION  will based on my own original lore , and the outline of this is as follows .   PLEASE GIVE THIS A LIKE IF YOU’VE READ THROUGH IT  ! 

***  DO NOT COPY / REBLOG / REPOST OR DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THIS :  I WILL NOT TOLERATE THEFT .

↳  001 :  an important preface : this ability is  DIFFERENT  to that of omnilingualism , which entails innate or “instant” fluency in all languages , and should not be confused with it . rather , the ability of adaptive translation serves as a reciprocal ( non-physical ) automatic live translation “device” through which those engaged in conversation with taejun will be able to understand him  REGARDLESS  of any prior knowledge in korean ( or essentially whichever language he may be communicating in ; korean is simply his native tongue and thus, is the language he is most inclined to / comfortable in using ) and VICE VERSA :  he’d be able to understand what is being said to him REGARDLESS of his own prior knowledge ( or lack thereof ) in the language being spoken to him. with those being the basic mechanics, the following explanation will detail the specifics to further expand on this.  

↳  002 :  TAEJUN WILL STILL BE SPEAKING IN HIS NATIVE TONGUE ;  however , to the person listening to him ,  it will sound as though he is speaking to them in  their first language . as an example, if a native mandarin speaker were to hear taejun addressing them , they will simply hear his reply in their native language despite the fact that he’d be speaking in korean in actuality, and otherwise THINK NOTHING UNUSUAL OF THE CONVERSATION ( than perhaps simply be mistaken that taejun is a fluent speaker of mandarin ) . the conversation will still flow seamlessly , as though it is occurring between two ( or more , depending on how many are involved ) native / fluent speakers of the language(s) involved in the conversation . therefore , from this , it will effectively mitigate barriers to communication between taejun and people who are native in other languages in the context of written interactions / threads on this blog .

↳  003 :  from taejun’s perspective , he is also capable of overhearing and understanding whatever is being said in a near vicinity , regardless of what language is being spoken ; the range over which this can occur ties in with his superhuman ability of ENHANCED HEARING , and can span to a large room or even a small building . this also covers NON-SPOKEN language such as sign language or mouthing of words , which he will be able to interpret on sight if he is close enough to be able to see the person who is communicating in those languages, and written information, which is detailed further below . 

↳  004 : there is a small element of  TELEPATHIC / RECEPTIVE UNDERSTANDING  involved in this ability to account for synonyms and homonyms , instances where there is a lack of equivalent direct translation ( e.g. language-specific slang terms ) in the languages involved and the underlying intent behind the words being said ; as such,  LIE / TRUTH DETECTION  is an ability that links in with this and comes into play . this is  NOT  “traditional” telepathy and is more subdued / restricted, as taejun is only able to “read into” no more detail than the context around the words being spoken / communicated to him ( i.e. upon detection of a verbally spoken lie, he could gauge that the other person was lying for the purpose  to conceal their identity , in other words, the reasoning behind it, or connected motives , such as what their real name is , but no more than that ; he would  NOT  be able to directly obtain extensive details from the person by these means, such as their job history, where they came from, their involvement with another specific person, etc. unless  DIRECTLY CONNECTED  and of enough significance to what has been spoken aloud ) .  this part also factors in  WRITTEN EXCERPTS , in which a similar process is carried out by receptive understanding of the text presented front of him by means of sight or physically touching the object involved, such as a book or a mobile device ; a stronger understanding is far more likely if taejun is in physical contact with the object than by sight alone.

↳  005 : THIS ABILITY ALSO EXTENDS TO  WRITTEN INFORMATION , though at present ( late 2017 - early 2018 ) taejun is only capable of interpreting SMALL AMOUNTS of text at a time ( such as street signs, text messages, menus ) rather than full passages of text in books or articles , which require more practice and concentration . this includes interpreting of dead languages such as latin, which are no longer commonly spoken. with regards to  HANDWRITTEN  excerpts, legibility / clearness of handwriting also factors into how much can be interpreted / understood. 

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Ask me about my OC!

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Character Creation Questions

1: Origins! How did you come up with the concept for your OC?

2: Were they originally well received by the fandom? Or if they’re fandomless, did the RP community take to them right away or was it hard to get attention?

3: Has your OC gone through different incarnations during their stay on Tumblr? Were they reimagined or have they stayed the same all this time?

4: How do you get into your OC’s mindset to write for them? How do you find the muse for them?

5: Were you nervous about putting your OC out there? How long did it take before you decided to play your OC here on Tumblr.

IC Interaction Questions

6: What is your OC’s family situation? Do they get along? Do they fight? Or are they alone?

7: What does your OC look for in a friend? Do they value friendship a lot?

8: What does your OC look for in a significant other? Are they looking at all?

9: What is your OC like when at work? Are they diligent? Slacker? Do they get along with their co-workers?

10: How do they deal with strangers?

Inside the Muse’s Mind Questions

11: Is there a place they go to in order to escape the world, the stresses of life? What’s their favourite place?

12: What scent calms them? Reminds them of home or something soothing?

13: Do they have any favourite foods? Would they eat it all the time if they had the chance? What do they hate to eat?

14: Pet peeves. Tell us what would really tick them off. Do they have a Berserk Button?

15: Does your OC have any awful fears? Do they get paralyzed with fear or can they work through their fears?

16: What are concepts they value? Virtues? What do they look down upon?

17: Do they have any guilty pleasures? They embarrassed about them? Do they flaunt them?

18: Do they have a guilty conscience? Why? Did they ever do something they totally regretted?

Miscellaneous Questions

19: Have they ever been injured? Sick? How do they deal with it?

20: What are Tropes you associate with your muse?

21: Name an embarrassing situation that your muse has been in.

22: If given a million dollars, what would your OC do?

23: Any ships for your OC?

24: Have you ever gotten anon hate because of your OC?

25: What are your plans for your muse in the future?

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today , @nightscaped and i made an important discovery . if taejun were to be a character from an/imal cro/ssing , he’d be copper . 

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“ ... I KNEW I HAD A CHOICE : TO DIE OR TO SURVIVE .  AND SURVIVE I DID .  ”

NCU “TRAILERS” :  TAEJUN VER .

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better ideas for chance encounters than a bar or coffee shop:

a storm is delaying our flight home and i’m afraid of thunder, please talk to me while we wait

we’re both in small claims court and i got into a huge fight with the person suing me but you stepped in to hold me back before security got there

i drove two hours to the closest video rental store that’s still operating and you were checking out the only copy of the movie i was after

i hit you with my car but luckily you’re okay, but we should still exchange information i guess

our friends that we came here with went off together and now we’re making awkward small talk

i was worried about buying something off of someone creepy from craigslist but oh no you’re hot

my friend talked me into playing a drunken game of spin the bottle even though we’re all adults and now we have to make out

we both decided to take a [yoga/fencing/cooking etc] class and we’re the only two assholes not taking it seriously and everyone else is giving us dirty looks but we keep grinning over at each other

my date just made a scene in public and got arrested and now i’m stranded in a city without a ride home

sharing a cab together

you’re trying to get me to sign a petition and i have no idea what you’re talking about

you’re drunk at this festival and dancing on the table and when you eventually fell i caught you

i tried to get a part time job at this place right by my house but they hired you instead and i have to see you every day when i go there now

blind date!

my roommate is your ex, and your roommate is my ex, and i caught them sleeping together and told you so now we’re pissed off and going on a date to get away from them even though we didnt really know each other before now

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smug jiwook

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“have i done anything to you? no? then i’m being nice.” KKLDSJFJSDKJFLSDJFKL

❝   WELL  ,  i guess  not —  ❞   taejun supposes , before falling silent .  as though tethered to the neon splendour that is seoul in its state of stupor , he basks in the  QUIESCENCE  that swathes the city at night— the crisp air nipping at his nape , the neon maze of lights flickering from beneath where he is stood , the stretches of road along which cars hasten towards an unknown destination .  in these things , he finds an unlikely  solace  , yet penitence is never far , ever - persistent . when left with nothing but his own mind for company , he retreats , a prisoner of his own aphotic thoughts in lieu of the steadfast disposition he strives to upkeep— a wavering .  for beneath the stoic exterior that shrouds his being lies a vulnerability he cannot shake . anent this , the heart is but a dam to house memories and feelings alike— there is only so much force it can fathom before it begins to weaken and yield .  supporting the barriers with sheer  WILLPOWER  alone provides no more than a temporary , fleeting fix . 

perhaps it’s her company that he isn’t used to , nor does he know what brings her here ,  but he doesn’t question the ostensible : it provides a welcome distraction , and taejun accepts it with open arms .  people don’t ask , he doesn’t tell :  it’s much better , easier that way .  

he leans forward against the metal parapet , cigarette precariously held between thumb and forefinger ;  the barely-there smile on his lips is a transparent attempt to mask his despondency  as he breaks the silence ,  ❝  i don’t suppose you’ve got a lighter on you ?  i’ve been meaning to get out of the habit for good, but that hasn’t worked out well so far .  ❞ 

@bewitcheds

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A ( KINDA ) HIATUS POST :  i’m laying low for a bit on all of my accounts ( here , variforme , fatedriven ) bc as much as i have wanted to get back into the groove for writing, it’s one of the last things on my mind atm. long story short : i’ve been dealing with a lot of stress for various reasons, the main one being a massive interview/assessment/application process i have to do very shortly and the fact that i have to prepare for a lot of upcoming big changes like that is affecting me more than it should bc the feeling of having such big uncertainties present and tbh i feel like i have no idea what i’m doing at all and it’s unnerving me ( though the one positive thing is that i have passed all required assessments to actually continue with my final year of study ). 

tu/mblr as an environment also provides me with unnecessary stress in the form of me getting disheartened easily about my blogs , feeling pressured and overall general discomfort about a lot of things in the rpc , so i feel it’s for the best that i limit my presence here ( at least on the dash ) because of that . if we’re friends / have spoken before you can find me on dis/cord or twi/tter where i’m still interested in discussing plots but i’m going to be selective of who i’ll respond to and might be pretty sporadic in my responses .

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                ❝  …is this amount of mayonnaise – actually, I prefer not to know the details about what people put into their bodies.  ❞  Exasperated sighs escape her body, as if an exhalation of her very soul – sheer horror painted upon her features. Fingers trail along the surface of her smartphone, the very display of western nonsense. Perhaps, there is a method in their madness — yet, she is much too aware that, is merely, WISHFUL thinking. 

      ❝  i don’t hold very high expectations of westerners to begin with .  ❞  taejun admits without so much as a second thought ; he allows a pause for dramatic effect ,  averting his eyes from the screen briefly ,  ❝  so , it hardly comes as a surprise to me that some would choose to live... like  THIS .  ❞   he recalls the time one of them had the nerve to come to him and insist they were most definitely korean due to some kind of ancestry—  1/54th  korean , that was .  yeah ... what expectations did he have again ?

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𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄𝟖 /  𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠.

❛ I thought about it a lot. ❜

❛ I won’t lie. It hurt. ❜

❛ Hey, make sure you cover the exit, okay? ❜

❛ Distract the big one, go over that car for a clean shot. ❜

❛ That was hot. ❜

❛ I need you to do something for me. ❜

❛ You will pay. ❜

❛ You have a heart as soft as a baby bird. ❜

❛ Is this our life now? Is this our new normal? ❜

❛ Are you okay with it? ❜

❛ Choice is less about what happens than it is about how we deal with it. ❜

❛ I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things  that have happened to us over this past year. ❜

❛ I don’t think there’s been a single day  when I didn’t hear that same voice in my head telling me  "Whatever you do  do not let her go.” ❜

❛ You cannot change the world on an empty stomach. ❜

❛ I need a drink first. ❜

❛ Labels are the opposite of understanding. ❜

❛ It takes courage to remember that this is a world where our dreams do come true. ❜

❛ But our heart always knows the truth. ❜

❛ People who bear the full weight of truth sometimes break. ❜

❛ Courage. It is contagious. ❜

❛ Your life is either defined by the system, or by the way you defy the system. ❜

❛ Luck is something that reminds you how beautiful the world can be. ❜

❛ Life is not just full of surprises. It’s also full of gifts. ❜

❛ When I’m with you, all the rules and the logic of everyday life, things that were so important to me all go away. ❜

❛ Trying to change the world only leads to suffering. All we can change is ourselves. ❜

❛  Part of being a best friend is  caring more about them than you care about a damn job. ❜

❛ Feelings and emotions can overwhelm our logic, and at the same time, logic can ruin the emotions that make life worth living. ❜

❛ I have no room in my heart for hate. ❜

❛ That which does not kill you makes you stronger. ❜

❛ If your dream isn’t worth the risk, what is? ❜

❛ Nothing good ever happens when people care more about our differences than the things we share in common. ❜

❛ Hope is undiscovered disappointment. ❜

❛ You think you’re hunting us? We’re coming for you. ❜

❛ It is not a game. This is a war. ❜

❛ The real violence, the violence I realized was unforgivable, is the violence that we do to ourselves, when we’re too afraid to be who we really are. ❜

❛ Some things in our lives are inevitable. ❜

❛ Look, love is not something we wind up, something we set or control. ❜

❛ Love is just like art: a force that comes into our lives without any rules, expectations or limitations. Love like art, must always be free. ❜

❛ Impossibility is a kiss away from reality. ❜

❛ Without the past,  there would be nothing to think about, let alone  someone  to think it. ❜

❛ I’m one of those people who’s comfortable with the idea that there’s more going on in this world that we don’t understand than all the things that we do. ❜

❛ He’s my brother. And not by something as accidental as blood… by something much stronger. By choice. ❜

❛ This is what life is: fear, rage, desire… love. To stop feeling emotions, to stop wanting to feel them, is to feel… death. ❜

❛ Our existence depends on sheer implausibility. ❜

❛ I take everything I am feeling, everything that matters to me… I push all of it into my fist, and I fight for it. ❜

❛ Sometimes you make a mistake. You’ve got two choices: you live with it, or you fix it. ❜

❛ That day, I learned life and death are always so mixed up together, in the same way some beginnings are endings, and some endings become beginnings. ❜

❛ We, like these books, or these diamonds, have the secrets of our past hidden inside us. ❜

❛ It’s obedience, not resistance. That’s the glue of every country, every army, every religion in the world. ❜

❛ In the end, we will all be judged by the courage of our hearts. ❜

❛ We all know when people are lying to us, we just don’t want to listen. ❜

❛ Death doesn’t let you say goodbye. It just carves holes in your life, in your future, in your heart. ❜

❛ There’s a huge difference between what we work for and what we live for. ❜

❛ I love you. That’s why you can’t give up. I love you. ❜

❛ Killing is easy when you can feel nothing. ❜

❛ The past is done with us the moment we are done with it. ❜

❛ Who can say if it is we who make the choice, or the choice that makes us. ❜

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REVAMPING MAINS / EXCLUSIVES  —  like / reply / mssg me if you’re interested in being either  and  actually plan on writing / working on threads and plots together . mutual mains / exclusives only .

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Ji Chang Wook for 1st Look ♥