#introduction posts

Family:

Папа : @variousvossivixens (Hemlock)

(Little, in their eyes) Sibling : @lost--storm

Grandma : @sentinel-rose

Cousin : @lace-hellhound

Therapist-adjacent advice-giving guy dude person: @notjustagodcomplex

Step-father (“downgrade from Ziva [Hem’s previous partner]” - Sol)(Hemlock’s boyfriend): @whiteliesblacklips

(Ask if you want to be removed or added or whatever lol)

Open RP(s):

Ouch (didn’t know what else to title it lol. Sol gets shot.)

Fluff - Sewing Machine (Sol goes to a universe to get a sewing machine and some fabrics)

Stress & Snipers (Sol practices their skills, adjusting to their new form.)

Electrocution (Sol wakes up upset. This leads to issues. They’re not really themself, woozy from electricity and lingering brain damage.)

Followed (Sol is doing more HYDRA takedown missions, this time, they can sense that they’re being followed.)

Library (Sol’s coping mechanisms continue to be really bad ideas… and they’re obsessive.)

Lake (spoiler alert: Sol’s coping mechanisms are still awful. And they might be drowning.

Мотя (Sol sees a familiar face when they enter one world without HYDRA.)

Lore Posts:

One Revenge of Many

Miscalculation

Lore changes:

They got taken out of Hydra when they were about 13, adopted by Hemlock, and now run around the multiverse whenever they get bored, and whatnot.

They reside in Amber’s homebase, the only place they’ve truly felt safe. This is where they spend the majority of their time, and where they feel they can calm down from anything that has happened on their travels.

Them with Hemlock (art by a friend of mine):

Inventory:

Backpack —

Spell book

Random knicknacks they pick up (postcards, stickers, buttons; personal items)

Some larger doodads needed for spells

Journals to keep track of their journeys

Scrapbook (they put interesting things they find in different dimensions and scrapbook them in here)

Belt —

Explosives

Knives

Collapsible Staff (it can split into two smaller sticks, extend into a full staff. It has a retractable spearhead that can, with the flick of a switch, inject poison)

Belt Pouch —

Smaller doodads needed for spells

Literally just strapped onto/kept on them —

Sniper (Tikka T3x Tac A1)

Thigh pistol holsters (and pistols)

Appearance:

Basically the same, but it is notable they have less scars, since they never really went on all the missions and weren’t stuck in cryo freeze for nearly as long. They have longer hair, since they allow it to grow and their hair grows very fast as a supersoldier side affect.

Current age in the timeline: 14

Turned into a Kitsune. (Reference pictures/transformation post here ). They have two silver and white tails, black ears with soft white inner fur, and gray paws. They have sharp fangs and teeth.

Due to eating Energon (even they don’t know why… idiot) They look mostly the same as before, but: Their eyes are glowing. The sclera has a slight blue/purple tint to it (one is more bright, and has tints of teal instead of light blue to it). | They have glowing veins/vein-like markings like veins (especially on their left side) that have a glowing effect that is visible on/below the skin. | Their blood looks like a mix of a glowing blue substance and regular blood. | The inside of their mouth glows blue.

Update: becoming a Rose Soul doesn’t change them automatically, but Storm reacts and changes them due to how they see themself. | Their remaining blue iris is red, with a darker red sclera and pupil, pupil is slitted like a fox’s. The cyan eye is brighter, the pupil now a darker cyan. Both eyes glow more. | Brown hair has streaks of gray (to look more like Amber and Hemlock). | Their black fox ears are tipped a silver color. | Their human disguise and marbled fox form have brown-blue heterochromia.

Written description: “…When the two get a clear look at them, their previously black with white fluff ears has silver-white tips. Their warm brown hair has some gray a similar if not the same shade as Amber’s. Their remaining blue eye has switched to red, the pupil slitted like a fox’s eye and a slightly darker red than the iris, and the sclera around it a deep red. Their teal eye has changed somewhat, as well, with the pupil changing to a slightly deeper teal than the iris around it. Both eyes have a glowing effect. They still have the gray, white, and red streaks from before, the colors looking more naturally blended into their hair now.”

Note: they’re going to make a Kitsune mask like their Папа‘s

(More models/art here).

(Most up to date) Heroforges by me:

Human disguise and fox form (kind of):

Abilities/weapons:

Hemlock taught them some spells and magic, they lean more towards stealth, escape and healing spells. They stay on the defensive with their power-use, basically, and use weapons for offense.

They use explosives whenever a mission/fight doesn’t require stealth, and they don’t have to worry about harming innocents.

They still use a sniper, with less baggage, since they haven’t killed anyone who hasn’t deserved it with the weapon.

Good with their spear/staff in close combat. If needed, they can hold their own with dual straight swords or a scythe.

New arms alert!:

- Titanic Alaphim Crystal. Forged/made by Solange. Can only be destroyed by titanic material/magic. (Super strong, almost/literally indestructible, basically). The crystal is mostly a sort of transparent with a warm tone to it.

- The arms have padding on the hands, thats shaped like paw pads.

- Long range rifle in one arm

- Short range shotgun in the other arm

- Extendable blades in both arms

- Claws like their old arms

- Grapple gun in both arms (uses it to trip people up, elevate and strengthen kicks, strangling people… and for, yknow, standard grappling).

- Knuckle spikes in both

Sort of like the images below!:

Personality:

They’re spunkier than their other AU counterparts, allowed to come into their own more, with a family behind them, and they’re less fearful of being taken back by Hydra, or others that would harm them, since they have a way of escaping via multiverse shenanigans. Less guarded, more mature.

Your battles become their battles, no matter the universe, if you gain their trust, or they like you. They will gladly commit murder if needed, they have less baggage about killing people who deserve it. (Eldest protective sibling vibes, except everyone becomes their baby sibling if they decide they are.)

Extras:

Use sniping breathing techniques to calm down. As well as sniping cans and other random (not alive) shit. They aren’t as uneasy as using snipers as their AU counterparts, since they haven’t used the weapon in cold blood yet.

Shitty liar. Like, it’s bad.

Chaotic-Neutral on the alignment chart.

kim kai aka kim jongin (27) is a solo artist and super m’s plus exo’s main dancer — est 2019 and 2012 respectively — heading either group with a passionate, hyper-physical style that roots in his early practice of of jazz dance and ballet. the influence definitely shows. 

learning choreography, he’s become the gorgeous fusion of emotional grace and explosive power that unites both tension and extreme accuracy. while at the same time: never sacrificing his interpretation. and HOW MUCH HE BLEEDS FOR HIS CRAFT. he enjoys it so much. 

and he’s communicating it 100%, jongin’s dance is so interactive and raw, luring. i swear to god, put the seatbelts on for this one. it’s never just him, it’s you as well. you’ve never seen this before. he’s like “yes, i meant you, i’m looking at you”:

he’s even gonna modify the choreography to point right at you to underline that very thought. he’s so good, he can learn it, ace it, epitomize it, and do his own thing anyway. even the person in the last row will get whatever point kai wants to make. this is dance that belongs on the biggest stages.

even when he films without a crowd, it’s like you’re literally standing opposite to him. he focuses on two people: his moves, and the viewer. he has it look like you made him smile and self-aware, or you made him determined. INCREDIBLE. he shows his charisma, BUT he also shows your own (!) impact on him. it’s a duet. he wants you to join him on the dancefloor. this is from exo’s call me baby mv where kai does his famous come-hither:

he flirts and he encourages. he values the audience and wants them to be confident as well. i think it’s the reason why he’s so outstanding and addictive, kai thinks beyond himself. it’s a tango he involves you in with his eyes and how he opens his body, interprets a lyric.

it’s not about imposing himself going one way. instead: he plays the back and forth ALL. THE. TIME. in any context. whether it be frivolous, or fun, or gloomy, or sweet. even with a simple little smiley wink it’s happening. and he acts like you had a reaction to it. there’s literally just a camera.

this guy’s physique, strength, elegance, feeling for the beat, character portrayal (!), and control is unbelievable. he’s destroyed it in every fancam out there. he can’t switch it off even if he tried. your eyes would go toward him in the largest group formation still. put him in the center, that’s his spot, he showcases it.

because he doesn’t just show learned moves, he makes it radiate something dynamic and animalistic (he embodies superm’s ‘tiger inside’ all the way). 

jongin’s dance says: i love this, you love this, let’s do this, the feeling is right. he makes bodies and unrestrained touch the opposite of wrong, he pronounces it a source of having fun and being instinctual. and he never breaks the tie with you throughout, and uses his shoulders and lips to put the oomph into it. 

he uses innuendo and a ‘we both know’ sentiment perfectly as an invitation rather than just going through his routine. that’s how he can make each move fascinating. you can tell kai knows exactly how to make everyone scream their lungs out. i bet somebody held their breath just reading this post already.

exo’s most famous choreo is ‘monster’ (kai focus linked) with good reason: jongin can turn himself into nothing short of a roaring beast. it’s one sharp, complex move after the other. kai can bend any gravitational law he wants to show any feeling and pose he wants. a glimpse:

now, how to spot him in general if you’re new to him? here are some pointers. kai’s execution is clean, fast, and powerful. those are two decades (!) of experience showing. kai is an all or nothing dancer, he plays no games. he treats every group and solo stage like his best and last. his work ethic is beyond words. yeah, he’s a capricorn. his style is direct as can be, working every axis.

as you can see, jongin is hard to overlook anyway: he’s a 182cm giant made of steel. he strives to acutely visualize impact in his style and it is always successful. in fact, it’s his signature. it’s like he creates invisible objects and pushes through them. boom, he just burst another bubble.

when the song gets to his part, i guarantee you won’t miss him and all the boldness and expression he brings to enrich the performance. hell... he carries it. jongin can handle the center, i’m telling you. (look how fast he rotates here)

talking features — this is what to look for when he dances in a group setting: you can recognize kai’s face by how wide, bluntly structured and sensual it is. jongin is a sight. he has such an aura, serious, sultry, and smiling alike.

with a very recognizable silhouette (like... holy hell!):

he’s very cute as well ♡ the fandom and kai himself have an adorable analogy going on. jongin calls himself a teddy/nini bear and we joined in on it. (i made a thread about it here, it talks more about his offstage life) — hence kai’s fans are called eri-gom, eris as in exo’s fanbase and gom meaning bear. 

and i mean. look at him. what an attractive guy. he’s that handsome. strong brows, teddy eyes, square jaw, swept hair, glorious lips, tan skin. 

now yes, something important concerning his appearance and a serious topic: i don’t want to list you the endless instances of colorism that kai has to endure but it has to be mentioned. jongin has been called every name in the book and people agonize him over his skin incessantly. it goes on and on and on. every day a new terrible comment about him emerges because some pitiful person thought it was funny and would elevate them. 

he’s had to deflect, ignore, reframe, defend, remotivate, assert, harden, prove, denounce, and push himself, protect his confidence, decline skin bleaching constantly, laugh along, dance and practice thrice as hard to get the respect, and still see his dignity torn to pieces all day. i’ll just give it to you straight, that’s all fucked up. kai’s skin is perfect, he’s amazing and wonderful. 

in his own words:

— exactly right. say it even louder.

having him at the bottom of every joke is weird and messed up. this man is an utter beauty and nothing has to be fixed. it is up to him to define himself rather than get called ugly for his skin’s appearance by default, and get whitewashed at every opportunity. it’s been going on for 27 years, he scrunitizes himself all the time and doesn’t look at himself fondly because he hears these beatdowns daily.

it’s heartbreaking that this happens literally with no end in sight (’kai is just a stripper!’... ‘he has bad vibes’... ‘darkest guy jongin!’). for his skin, and how he decides to show it, too. jesus christ his skin looks fantastic, end of debate. they just can’t handle him, kai couldn’t be any more immaculate.

♡

jongin has vigorously protected fans from discrimination, bullies, and shaming himself whenever it came up. in a very straightforward and deadpan manner because he knows exactly how it damages you. (”J” in the subtitles = jongin, he’s wearing the plain white top at the very back)

we need to protect and praise him that way right back. it’s important.

so, needless to say. all in for jongin getting the center stage he deserves. because he has the wow factor in every regard. kai usually opens an MV because there’s no better way to get people’s attention with that level of presence. with kai, you can’t go wrong. if you get the center in a an all star group like superm, you are the king.

being part of that presence, kai’s stage alter ego has reached levels of infamity you can’t even imagine. it’s great to see him being sovereign without apology.

and it doesn’t stop there. he shows time and again that acting, props, and commanding the audience has to be mastered to be an exceptional dancer. kai owns his sex appeal. sometimes, he even dances a portion of choreo with his eyes closed because he’s feeling it so much.

he is a pro in using his surroundings as well, superm’s stages are a glorious opportunity for kai to show how he comfortably ‘lives in’ the 3D space around him.

which makes the viewer do the same: watching kai makes you feel amazing, energized, but also serene and enjoying the moment. 

there’s always balance. it’s the magic of it. e.g. he comes along with so much impetus and decisiveness but eventually, he halts to offer himself. here i am — take me. i’m yours. closed arms, open arms. walking, kneeling. looking down, looking up.

kai goes every extra mile there ever was and makes each eye contact count. involving the audience, one grin at a time. it works. it’s about establishing contact. he connects to the onlooker with so much nuance. 

kai’s smirk is notorious and you can see why it’s so raw and real: he makes it linger. it’s such a duality since his dancing says i’ll come over, while his message is come and get me, i know what’s on your mind.

with a hilarious twist – kai expertly uses humor. you don’t get that in many dancer repertoires. i love it. all those quick expression changes. his smile! 😊 what a man.

so — what makes him so good and known: yes, his style doesn’t deny that dancing and eroticism are one in his business. that takes courage. kai has it. iconic performances have been his reward. point dance/killing part: exo’s love shot choreo. 

that suit has swept the nation. what’s more: kai shows you it’s more than just good hip movement that a good dancer needs. he does everything at once, he puts the pleasure on his face, all his limbs are following the template he chooses.

the thing is. kai couldn’t be any shyer, but when the music starts he becomes a oscar-winning madman. he emotes constantly (!) and stays in character. this is gold.

jongin always plays it up. he knows how to use that face and does a lot of power posing. this is how visceral looks like. he’s interpreted exo’s aggressive concepts to a T.

and he has so. much. fun. it propels him. on every beat.

past every hurt, heartbreak and injury, man. if you know about his genre you knew this was coming, kai does all of that with 4 herniated discs. since debut days, never recovered. every gif in this thread, he dances with a battered spine. wheelchairs, stage collapses, relapse-recovery-schedule tales, the dilemma of injuries being inevitable, limping, kai falling into depression during breaks, constant pain killers, countless tears on stage, we’ve seen it all, the extreme end of it. 

kai works out like hell to literally keep his body from falling apart. but it doesn’t help the nerves in his back that are impacted. doing choreo you can sometimes literally see the pain kicking in and he pulls himself through with force for the last minute. once you know how strained his back is, you can see it.

at the end his expression goes fuck now it’s coming when the adrenaline fades. he takes every second-pause he gets to rest but still finishes each move. even when he holds back, he keeps it together and executes each turn. sometimes, he has to restrict himself and soften his movements to protect his health (especially in hard choreographies such as lucky one which is universally disliked by exo — still jongin makes the very best of it smiling bright and dancing so hard his sleeves come off).

he frequently states he ‘dances in any case unless his legs are affected by something’. all torso injuries are fair game, this guy is hardcore. and people claim he’s just pretending. chen (a fellow exo member) says not a single part of jongin’s body is intact. he has paid every price to get this far to follow his love. he’ll step on stage with crutches. he works SO HARD.

that being said: exo being called the official nation’s group, i say kai is the nation’s dancer. period. he has had his great moment at the korean olympics flawlessly dancing in a hanbok with traditional instruments and fulfilling his dream. 

i love the tension and drama he can bring. he can also thrill with slow, vulnerable movements alike.

kai’s is called a legend, he’s all that and even more. the facial expressions alone are feared by any kai stan because they hit home. 

this guy is a sex icon and goes off like a gun, messing around was never kai’s incentive. 

while at the same time being incredibly nuanced and so, so descriptive with his movements.

point dance: baby don’t cry. yep, kai has danced in water. must-watch.

this man loves what he is doing. he said he wouldn’t regret to die on stage because dancing is his destiny. boy, it shows. this guy has found his purpose. he can tell any story he wants. he’s a complete artist.

he’s perfectly portraying his incentive and he couldn’t look any more like a god on earth.

long story short, kai is dance and motivation goals. if you dance professionally, you can easily look toward him for the right words.

if you want to further your study and knowledge: he released a self-titled solo album recently. highly recommended. he worked forever on it, and he’s really dishing it on there. you get to hear his soft voice plus sizzling footwork. and he isn’t even getting started yet. you’ll hear from kai, i promise. he constantly achieves new levels of artistic perfection.

a last remark. jongin is amazing for a myriad of reasons that go beyond what i show you here given the post focuses on his work on stage. but the point stands, while other people have tried to break him, he broke through every barricade instead and stood up for himself. we can be extremely happy to have him and witnessing his unreal dance is an exceptional pleasure. here’s to jongin continuing his passion and confidence, healing, and getting the sweeping respect and acknowledgement that is his.