#be:plotcall

so a tl;dr about jinyoung:

his sob story is a dad who split and a mom who really couldn’t take care of him and his sister, leading to a lot of neglect and instability in their childhood. he’d be bounced around different households in his extended family a lot and always end up back with his mother... so he’s got some mommy issues and can’t afford therapy <3

because of all of that instability, he was never good in school and never event really considered about going to university. instead, he absolutely fell in love with music (mostly dance) as the thing that was a constant and got him through rough times. his dream is to share that feeling with others who need it too!

these days, he works as a dance instructor (paid) at a local studio, lives in a little apartment with his sister (low contact with his mother; he holds grudges), and also volunteers to help teach lessons (unpaid) to troubled youth, even though he himself is still very much a troubled youth.

places you can probably find him: at the dance studio, crashing on friends’ couches bc he’s easily bored/lonely, at the bar/club trying to skip out on his tab or get someone else to pay it for him, cat cafes or honestly just feeding stray cats on the street, just generally in busy, active areas with lots of people

he’s super outgoing, but mostly flirty. honestly, he’s pretty hedonistic and indulgent and sleeps around a lot, but has major commitment issues so he ghosts the moment he suspects a partner has serious feelings. disclaimer: i’m uncomfortable writing explicit smut, but this muse will probably try to get into bed with just about anyone he finds attractive.

also, he stress bakes. you know he’s having a bad day if he brings cookies or something in to share with his dance classes :’)

plotting ideas:

if you want your muse’s heart broken, jinyoung’s the guy to do it! at least until this point, i don’t imagine he’s ever felt a deep connection to anyone and is still very much terrified of relationships and commitment. if your muse was really into him, he would’ve disappeared on them the moment he suspected they were feeling any romantic attraction.

i would also love to see some “i can fix hims” make their best attempts... i cannot make any promises but PLEASE i want to see this muse become a better person eventually

he’s not totally selfish he can also be your muse’s wingman if they need one! not sure how good at it he’d be but he’ll at least be encouraging!

coworkers at the dance studio! i kept details intentionally vague so if anyone has a similar job, maybe we can work something out... i just don’t imagine it’s a very big or prestigious studio tbh

also, students at the dance studio! i kinda imagined that he mostly teaches little kids and beginner classes, but how funny would it be for your muse to be this grown adult taking a beginner class with a bunch of 6-year-olds. jinyoung would make fun of them honestly

someone who also feeds the stray cats? jinyoung can’t always afford cat food (he’s a broke bitch) so maybe you team up... he also just likes to pet the cats who let him

u see that gif icon? yeah that’s joomi like. 1% of the time. i don’t actually know how he settled on jeongin as his face bc he’s not nearly as cute and happy but it be like that sometimes. maybe one day

he’s an ‘02 liner, but early ‘02 (january 9th) and he’s very mature for his age

( ABUSE TW ) mainly bc he has been through a lot, namely just...a cycle of abuse. his mom had/has a lot of issues and got divorced and married three different times so far, to a shitty man each time, who were all abusive in their own ways (aside from one who was just a Regular Old Asshole)

he was also in an abusive relationship himself unfortunately ( END TW )

he managed to escape the toxic wasteland of his life in busan to seoul last year when he got into snu

except he didn’t actually go to snu, he lied to everyone, broke up with his boyfriend, moved, and decided he was too much of a fucking mess and that he needed to work on himself first or else he was just going to absolutely crumble

so he started picking up a bunch of part time jobs + his occasional allowance from his family (who was never poor, luckily) and started going to therapy

he works as a waiter and at lotte world and then kinda makes money doing other random jobs. namely ghostwriting things for people (essays, mainly)

but he also ghostwrites music for his band that he’s been in for several months now. their lead singer is an asshole and attention whore and joomi just wants to write from his heart and would feel too vulnerable if people knew He wrote the songs, so he lets their lead singer claim the songs he writes. the lead singer also Named the band so yes, the band is named eat schmidt, no, joomi doesn’t know who schmidt is quit asking please

joomi fell back on music a lot as he grew up. he can play guitar and is really good at piano and can pick things up pretty fast. he plays keyboard in the band right now but is confident that he could fill in anywhere (and he wants to be the lead vocalist tbh...but that’s just a distant dream. don’t worry joomi i will give you your band frontman arc.)

honestly i started this intro last night and am picking it up now tonight and i have no memory whatsoever of what i wanted to write but ok

personality-wise, he’s not exactly Prickly, but he is pretty stoic and tends to keep to himself. he’s good at holding conversation tho, especially if it’s about weird deep philosophical shit (best of luck to me writing it) and actually a very caring guy tho he’s Also a tsundere LMAO very sarcastic, but also very wise and pretty good at giving advice. he Likes listening to people and when people open up to him but he tends to offer a lot of unsolicited advice so he may not be the Best listener he would be very upset if he knew this though. 

he’s also kinda a bullshit detector, good at seeing through people and kinda cutting to their core (just scorpio moon things) so he Will call people out. all the time. if you’re hurting yourself or other people, that is; if you’re hurting him he usually just takes it and is like ok whatever. he’s working on that in therapy tho so this might change soon enough

tl;dr Band Boy That Is Tired

PLOT IDEAS

fans of eat schmidt. people that hate eat schmidt. generally just people from the band scene. joomi is not that proud to be part of this band but he does love rock music so he also kind of lives for it. he should be able to bond w anyone that vibes w this

also band members would be fun? i Do have intentions to make joomi the lead vocalist of the band in the future if all works out and guitar may be spoken for depending on how things go but!! anyone else!

coworkers! the lotte world job is probably oddly specific but the waiter job is pretty open to be Any restaurant. he will also write y’all’s essays...and can be convinced to do a lot of other odd jobs if bribed, especially if it’s taking care of your cats while you’re away

i would like as many people for joomi to call out as possible. he is not afraid of conflict for the greater good whatsoever so i think it would be so fun to have him fight people <3 feel free to hate him he Does Not Care

alternatively he doesn’t just fight people to be an asshole he Means to be genuinely helping. most of the time. so people he can genuinely help! he will stage interventions he will give u tough love but he also is capable of being gentle, he’s pretty good at tailoring how he acts to what he thinks people need. to some extent

i don’t know how to get joomi to learn how to do anything other than sing and play instruments but if someone can get him interested in that that would be amazing i think he’s currently the most useless muse in the roleplay as far as becoming an idol goes LMAO

he’s totally uninterested in becoming an idol atm, like it’s not even on his radar, so people to put it on his radar would be nice since this is an idol rp SDFSDDGDG not that i would be mad if he doesn’t get signed for years but! u know

neighbors? he has a roommate rn but he’s an asshole and they fight all the time. it may be concerning or u may just want them to shut up or maybe u have no clue and u just see each other around a lot, lots of options here. he will eventually move out but for now 👍 

joomi loves writing songs sm that is pretty much his Passion so?? i don’t have ideas related to this but maybe you need a song for something and don’t want to make it yourself? he will ghostwrite u a song and have a blast. fellow composer friends would be fun too but he might get grumpy if he thinks your muse is a better composer than him. that could be fun in itself tho!