why am i lonely?

background info

nam jinri was born and raised in seoul, south korea. she comes from a family of performers with both of parents having professional dancing backgrounds and her older brother being an up & coming theater actor.

while her family excelled in visual performance, jinri turned to classical music, studying and playing the violin since she was five years old.

her family comes from a long line of wizards on both sides, but her immediate family as been living among muggles the past thirty years. so although jinri has grown up knowing about her family’s magical background, her family doesn’t use magic on a daily basis making jinri rather disconnected from magic by the time she was accepted to the korean magical school.

at the school, she found herself adept in potions and herbology which later helped contribute to her interest in magical healing. it was also found early on that jinri was rather weak when it came to martial magic, her weakest subject being charms.

after graduating, jinri spent her summer studying music performance at seoul national university through one of their summer programs, returning every summer afterwards after finishing her terms at mokseong.

currently, jinri is a senior at msu sorted under geumseong.

she majors in music as a violinist and minors in healing after showing a high aptitude for healing magic.

she’s currently in the potions club, the herbology club, and the choir club.

personality info

jinri is a soft person at heart, always believing in the good in people and never actually believing that people are born bad. despite being reserved and rather timid by nature, she’s extremely warm and kind-hearted though it can sometimes come across as naïve. 

she’s quiet when you first meet her as she can be uncomfortable in unfamiliar environments and social situations. but once you get her to open up, you can see that she is a bit quirky and easily excitable.

she is a sensitive person, her emotions influenced by the moods of the people around her. this can lead her to become easily stressed out especially if the other person’s emotions are really intense.

because she is also highly empathetic, jinri tends to take on other people’s emotions to help lessen the burden on them. she feels for them and always offers to hear them out and comfort them if they need it. however, this can easily make her likely to be a pushover as people in the past have often taken advantage of this kindness of hers.

jinri is extremely modest and finds it hard to take compliments as she can also be highly self-critical. ironically, she’ll always compliment and praise other people because she genuinely wants to make their day and/or make them feel proud of themselves :((

she’s not necessarily the type to get mad, but she does get hurt easily so please be gentle with her :((

extra info

she always tries to improve herself or help others to the point where she forgets to look after herself emotionally/mentally.

most of her time spent is dedicated to her music. she’s always practicing the violin or at rehearsals. once a month, she goes to busan for a weekend to play at the busan cultural center. other times, she street performs in the courtyard on campus at the request of her peers though it’s mainly for fun. 

she and @msuflorence​ have a flootube channel where they perform orchestra covers of their favorite muggle songs + tunes. (ex. here, here, & here <3 ) 

she’s childhood friends with @msulevi​ & @msujieun​

her immediate family isn’t necessarily rich but they are pretty well off due to the professions of her grandparents. her grandfather on her father’s side is one of the leaders in south korea’s magical technological advancement program while her grandparents on her her mother’s side both work in the preservations of the arts for both the magical and muggle worlds. 

does this make jinri a trust fund baby? probably 🥴 but she doesn’t touch a cent of it because she insists it can be used for something better. so she does have half a mind to sign it off to someone else if they really need it so...  👀 #futureinvestment maybe?

she... doesn’t get memes. she’s behind on the times. we apologize ahsjdkfgjk

okay so this is a big one... jinri loves emotionally connecting with people despite her introverted personality. if she feels like you two have genuinely connected, she’s all in with you 🥺 

unfortunately, this also means jinri gets attached to people too easily and romantically, this means she also falls for people pretty easily as well. this isn’t to say she falls for every person she knows, but she does have a tendency to think that close feelings can mean something more if she feels connected to the other person. obviously, this means some people can take advantage of this too once they learn this about her :((

WITH THAT SAID, jinri is a hopeless romantic :(( although she doesn’t particularly believe that true love will happen for her, she believes that other people can find their true loves eventually.

and before i forget, jinri does get sick rather easily due to having a weak immune system so she is very health conscious. she doesn’t smoke and drinks seldom. she takes sleeping schedules very seriously and tries not to stress herself out (though she usually fails at this). she tries to limit her intake on unhealthy foods such as snacks and sweets and does light exercise at least every other day. people who don’t know her too well might think she’s over doing it, but it’s all part of her daily routine.

speaking of daily routines, jinri is also a very meticulous and cleanly person. she really can’t stand cluttered areas or messes so if you catch her trying to fix something that’s out of place or clean up after someone... mind yer business.

plot & connection ideas

friends/acquaintances from the korean magical school of course!!

any other musicians around? come befriend jinri :((

healing majors/minors!! let them stress together ahaha

choir/herbology/potions connections!!

rich kid connections bc... c’mon. or maybe someone recognizes her from connections with her family???

obviously, not everyone loves sweet girls... so maybe there are people who think she’s fake or just hate her for her soft personality )):

uhhh maybe somebody can break her heart???  😰 make her fall for them and just... crush her spirit ASHDJKFHJKDK

uhhhh also someone teach her about love for real??? she’s soft... let her be someone’s eventual gf...

or if you want jinri to dote on your muse, she can be that person :(( she loves being affectionate with those close to her

#futureinvestment... is your muse trying to create an upstart business or needs funding to continue some big project? uhhhh come track jinri down and sell your pitch 😏

uhh someone keep track of her health bc she won’t do it herself tbqh

maybe someone wants her to teach them how to play the violin??? that’s fun. or maybe they keep bugging her about requests 🤔

someone notices her rather healthy lifestyle and either criticizes her for being too uptight or asks her for advice instead

your muse saw a performances of hers and became a fan. they try to approach her about it but she’s shy??? she looked so cool and graceful a second ago!

friends! please!!