Ele/Eli

First I want to address what I consider an elephant in the room: would Kim even accept his own regression? Part of me doubts it. That man is so deeply repressed that he seems like he'd scarcely be interested in exploring this. However, BIG However, he's clearly willing to explore some things more privately. I mean, think about it. He likes Speedfreaks FM. He knows himself well enough to know he's gay, without having absolutely pulverized that thought into oblivion. He has played god dang Wirrâl, which, that's gotta be a nerd game. So, we'll play with the lens that he's been willing to explore it, and perhaps has explored it.

He does not want this getting out. Reputation and outward appearances mean a lot to him, considering he doesn't want to be made a target, he plays up this Normal and Competent Guy-ness, even though he is literally not The Most Normal Guy To Ever Walk On Land. Therefore, his regression is an extremely private activity. To even know about it, it's an act of extreme trust on his end.

It's also him not wanting to be infantilized despite his regression, I think. I had a post in the works about the agere community's relationship to society infantilizing Asian men (see: K-pop RPF...), and it's definitely some shit Kim has dealt with, and I don't think he wants to grapple with it when he's supposed to feel comfortable. Thus, nobody can infantilize him without his wanting if he's alone. I imagine it's hard to be confident in what you want when you're regressed if you're stuck in a control battle with yourself.

Because of this, and perhaps due to being an orphan, he would be an extremely independent regressor in terms of execution, but it's possible and dare I say it, likely when he's further regressed/less in control, he has a want for care. But that seems like something he'd bottle up.

If he somehow slips in public, something has gome so deeply and horribly wrong. He values his own self-control a lot, so not being able to control it would STRESS HIM OUT. BAD. He'd repress any involuntary regression to the ends of the goddamn isola if he could, and he probably would.

I think he struggles to fully regress, even alone. He knows how to let loose, he can do "age-inappropriate," but this is such a deep vulnerability that it's just plain difficult. I imagine he semi-regresses more often than not, easily able to snap himself right back to normal on command, even if he started to regress involuntarily somehow.

He would have a notebook dedicated toward regression, preferring to keep it entirely seperate from even mundane home life thoughts, if he continues to process things via writing them down even at home... Not sure on this one as I know DE implies his method of thinking is via writing things down, but I wonder what he does at home, or when he can't write anything down...

Similarly, I think any regression-associated items he might own are tucked away in their own discrete little box, unlabeled.

My kneejerk thought on what I think a regressed Kim might gravitate toward in terms of items are model aerostatics and motorcarriages, but also Franconigerian knight figurines. He used to be very into those.

Lemme stir the pot on getting agere Kim out into the eyes of other characters... I cast agere Harry beam. But to do that, a quick Harry overview, I think he'd be, like, comically open, not fully realize his own regression, so on so forth. He somehow Jamrock Shuffles his way into Finding Kim's Toys and instead of asking any questions he immediately just wants to2 play. And even if Kim says he does not want to play, he starts playing. And I think Kim realizes oh shit he also does this. It would take time but I think I would like to let them play toys together. And then they say nothing about this to anyone afterward. EXTREMELY hush hush super secret playdates.

Still, even regressing around Harry... I have my doubts he'd fully let his guard down.

This guy is so repressed we need to give him a million billion years to work this out, or a good plotline.

I haven't even touched on his Trauma and Stressor Disorder from his time as a juvie cop holy crap. That's gotta play in there somewhere but really I think that more directly influences a theoretical CG Kim.