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established connections, some are from the open connections. npc faceclaims are unofficial and for visual purposes. platonic connections have the chance to blossom into romance. connections under construction are highlighted.

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physical.

⤷ faceclaim: seventeen's lee chan / dino.

⤷ height: 173cm (5'8). he has a habit of saying he's 175cm (5'9) to new people.

⤷ hair: black, sometimes dyed deep brown or even dirty dark blonde.

⤷ eye color: dark brown.

⤷ body type: toned and muscular, thicker upper body because he works out his arms a lot, flexible and agile from being a dancer.

⤷ style: he wears anything he likes and thinks looks cool and is trending online, usually in shades of grey or black. his daily "uniform" consists of a white shirt or tank top and comfortable loose-fitting pants. put together nearly every day of the week unless he's burnt out. occasionally wears tight-fitting tops when he's working on furniture since loose-fitting clothes might get caught in his woodworking equipment.

⤷ tattoos / piercings: a lobe piercing on both ears, an 'x' symbol on his inner left bicep.

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❝ no, no. don't film him — what the heck. this is my video, dude. ❞

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updates and warnings.

updates will be posted here.

trigger warnings / mentions of bullying, a stunt-related accident, injuries, hospitalisation.

∴ profile updated on august 23, 2024.

most recent update: threads.

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1999, initial steps.

┊cha doyoon was born, the oldest son of cha sihu and byun mari in seoul, south korea. both of his parents hailed from the small town of gohyang but eventually moved to seoul for plans of a better life. his father was a carpenter and furniture designer by profession, handling a small furniture shop in hongdae, frequented by young couples and middle aged adults. he was an ex-architect who eventually branched out from designing furniture to designing homes for high profile clients. the family had money and stable income from both parents. it was a happy childhood for him for a few years.

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general.

⤷ full name: cha doyoon (차도윤).

⤷ aliases: doyoon, chado, t-rex, rex.

⤷ date of birth: february 11, 1999.

⤷ current age: 25.

⤷ occupation: carpenter, wood furniture designer, business owner, tiktoker.

⤷ orientation: heterosexual.

⤷ relationship status: single.

⤷ ethnicity: south korean.

⤷ nationality: south korean.

⤷ languages spoken: fluent korean (seoul and yeongnam [local gohyang] dialect).

⤷ former residence: seoul, south korea.

⤷ current residence: gohyang-myeon, uljin county, north gyeongsang, south korea.

⤷ note: lived with his mother in seoul up until his second year of high school, spent summers in gohyang with his father before the move.

⤷ skills & specialties: woodworking, carpentry, furniture design, interior design, choreography, dancing (self-taught), video editing.

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character goals.

mun's goals for the character, which may not align with character's ic desires. in no particular order, to help with connections and plotting.

⤷ to be his own person.

⤷ to find his self-driven purpose outside his day job.

⤷ to define himself less on his looks or what people think of him.

⤷ to get over his very aggressively repressed mommy issues.

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social media.

┊@chadog on all public social media platforms. this includes his youtube channel, tiktok, twitter, and instagram.

┊@dyun9991 is his private instagram account.

┊@rexdance is his youtube account, with his name being rex 렉스 on it.

account details.

┊instagram (public) — viewable by everyone, 10,309 followers.

┊instagram (private) — open to select friends. pm if you want to be included!

⤷ followers: kang seoah, na dongmin, boo nari.

┊tiktok — viewable by everyone, 25,738 followers.

┊youtube — viewable by everyone, 120,427 followers.

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character developments.

these are all canonical developments that happened to doyoon through threads in the roleplay.

tba.

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the thinker, or something.

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education.

⤷ primary & secondary education: elementary & high school (up until 2nd year) in seoul. the rest finished in gohyang.
⤷ higher education: hongik university, majoring in woodworking and furniture design.

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❝ yes, everything is done by me. editing, directing, all the stunts or choreo or content? all mine. ❞

❝ that's amazing. ❞

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doyoon hard at work, a passionate hobby of dancing that bloomed into something that can actually sustain him but he chooses to do so much more.

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✧ cha doyoon 5 seconds ago Reply

i hate this dp so bad i thought i looked cool seoah just called me the thinker

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✧ celine choi12:40:15 AMReply

BUT THE THINKER IS COOL

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✧ wan sian12:44:38 AMReply

doyoon always doing god's work for us

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✧ bae dani9:41:19 AMReply

his linkedin has tiktok listed as one of his experiences

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⤷ doyoon's bedroom in the cha home.

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✧ kang seoah2:15:18 AMReply

✧ cha doyoon 3 seconds ago Reply

actually no

(seoah warning don't imagine this) doyoon can do the gento dance

ur evil

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✧ cha doyoon 5 minutes ago Reply

another dp where i look like i'm deep in thought why am i always thinking

✧ kang seoah 3 minutes ago Reply

https://i.imgur.com/gYhnPAj.jpg this is u

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⤷ kitchen in the cha home.

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everyone plz listen to ur parents, friends, teachers, and scientists when they tell you to not look at the sun for too long is this what icarus went thru 🪽🕯️💀

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✧ iris moon 5 minutes ago Reply

✧ cha doyoon 47 seconds ago Reply

✧ iris moon12:35:45 AMReply

wanting to reply to doyoon / seoah's interactions so bad SJDHSDJH

doyoon's ig is public that's his influencer ig (he has no other acc)

[ @11risingmoon commented on your post! ] - staring directly at the sun for too long can create permanent retinopathy. it can actually burn a hole in your eye simply put, and you will have a permanent black spot in your vision! if you stare at the eclipse, this effect will be instantaneous, so i would advise you not to do that in the future!

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⤷ living room in the cha home.

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[snapshot]   ⤷ cha sihu with doyoon and seoah (2004).

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⤷ it's okay to not be okay (2020).

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❝ oh, that killed me. this is why i didn't become a k-pop idol. ❞

he jokes with the current k-pop boy group that he had taught some choreography for. the initial practice lasted over 10 hours.

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behind the scenes for the shoot of my self-made choreography reinterpretation of high school musical 2's bet on it with @zacefron
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#hsm #highschoolmusical #choreography #zacefron #disney #dcom #troybolton #dance #chadog

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✧ boo nari2:14:02 PMReply

"omg it's white doyoon"

✧ boo nari2:13:57 PMReply

canon doyoon, nari, and seoah all went to see the hunger games in theatre and nari pointed at peeta like

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✧ cha doyoon12:00:47 PMReply

✧ boo nari12:00:38 PMReply

im cracking up at this one video of dino having to push the faucet for him to get water so he can wash his face

he's rping as me actually

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the thinker, part two.

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headcanons.

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⤷ people called doyoon by his nickname, t-rex, or rex for short, during his time in hongik university. many people think that this was just bestowed upon him, but doyoon was actually the secret originator of his nickname. he created it as an alias for his youtube channel and it stuck, so he decided to use it as his "college" name since he would have a clean slate there.

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⤷ he has a serious phobia of eagles, but only eagles. other birds are fine, as long as they are not eagles. as a child, he was actually attacked by an eagle that was temperamental and accidentally got out of its enclosure in the zoo. said eagle was the reason doyoon had two thin scars on his right ear and one right below, on his neck.

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⤷ doyoon is actually a big fan of taylor swift, disney channel original movie soundtracks, and mariah carey. he tells other people he only exclusively listens to shinee, eminem, k-pop boy groups, and western pop punk bands from the 2000s. he still believes his mask has not been found out yet. many people know.

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⤷ doyoon has a pet dachshund named wangjangnim, meaning "prince," given to him by his father as a graduation gift / welcoming gift as doyoon moved in. he is very similar to doyoon, matching his energy especially when he was a puppy. he enjoys being carried in doyoon's backpack and nibbling on his dad's and grandfather's (doyoon and sihu, respectively) fingers.

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⤷ doyoon was never terrible at school, but sometimes common sense would fly over his head. typically, he would learn his lessons the hard way, like a ginger cat going through life and nearly dying many times. his skills in math (just math related to woodworking), cooking and house chores (from raising his younger brother), fashion and beauty (from working himself later on), and design (work-related again) were consistent, at least. his skill in these fields were overshadowed by his "ugly appearance" and experience being bullied early, so many people do think he's dimmer than he actually is.

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⤷ he idolizes lee taemin from shinee, as well as zac efron, especially in his role in 17 again and in high school musical 3: senior year. doyoon briefly took up basketball in high school so that he could emulate troy bolton. his attempts at being a great basketball player at that time were unsuccessful but his dancing was great and his singing was pretty stable.

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⤷ kang seoah had been doyoon's closest and earliest friend, her mother and his father being childhood friends in their hometown. they basically grew up together especially during the summers and had only gotten closer as time passed.

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⤷ doyoon's father is relentlessly supportive, to a fault, and a little naive to modern ideas that he wasn't exposed to as a young adult. seeing that his son had never really brought a girl home or even talked about one aside from his gohyang friends, seoah the most, cha sihu genuinely thought his son was gay. not wanting to confront his oldest directly, cha sihu did some research on his own and tried having the "sexuality talk" with his very very very heterosexual son. sometimes when doyoon's doing a "silly tiktok thing" like dressing up in ken's cowboy outfit from the barbie movie or doing a dance trend usually meant for girls, his father would pull him aside.

"you're really not gay, son?" sihu asked with genuine concern in his eyes as he sits his son down at the dinner table for the nth time.

"dad, no!"

"you're sure? because you're showing many signs that i saw online and–"

"dad, i promise i am straight, but gay and bisexual people are fine too. it's just not me." doyoon interjected, sighing because this kept on happening.

"okay, understood." sihu looked mildly disappointed as his research and blind support was for nothing. there was a brief pause between the two cha men.

"i will support any choices you make in life, as long as it's you, okay doyoon?"

"oh my god."

his dad only had shallow knowledge of this world but still wants the best for his son.

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⤷ doyoon was almost recruited to be a k-pop idol at around age 15, when he was active in his school's dance team. seoah's mother kang mihee advised against it, knowing how harsh the idol life is and doyoon thankfully listened to her. he wasn't deeply interested in becoming an idol, as he wasn't fully comfortable in his appearance during this age.

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⤷ he has an extensive skincare, hair, and beauty routine, which he wakes up at 5am everyday for. his workout routine is consistent, and aided by his physically taxing work as a carpenter and furniture designer. currently proud of his appearance, he has the tendency to look at his biceps when he passes a mirror.

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⤷ doyoon's handwriting isn't amazing nor terrible, but it was miles better than his best friend seoah's. every time seoah would send him heartfelt notes when they were kids, doyoon had to squint even with his glasses on because her penmanship was impossible to decipher. seoah's mother was used to it and eventually became doyoon's translator until both friends were given smartphones to text each other with.

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⤷ he practices conversations in the mirror and spends a good hour before bed just walking around his bedroom having hypothetical conversations that he thinks could happen in the future. this habit became more pronounced once he moved in with his father as he felt more comfortable in his dad's house than his mom's. he has been caught many times talking to himself by his father, who early on was concerned but accepted his son was a bit of a weirdo like he is.

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⤷ he shares his birthday with his father! they celebrate their birthdays together every year, even when they were apart from eachother. this fact had kept them really close as a pair since his birth.

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⤷ while still seeing his father as one of his idols, doyoon eventually saw the cracks in his father's happy and kind demeanour and realizing the two chas are very similar. this was easy to see once they had become roommates while also being father and son. splitting of house chores and cooking time, being business partners in the family store, even their respective lifelong friendships to the two kang women, mihee (his father's childhood friend) and her daughter seoah (doyoon's childhood friend).

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⤷ he's allergic to cats (not dogs), but he loves them still, so he carries around a plastic bag for his head and both his hands so he can pet strays and the cats of his friends.

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character inspirations.

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raised by blood.

skeleton.

⤷ status: 0/1 open.
⤷ connection: doyoon's younger brother.
⤷ faceclaim suggestions: nam dareum (born 2002 irl), or any faceclaim that is similar to dino of seventeen (doyoon's faceclaim) and is within the adjustable age range of dohwan that is allowed within gohyang. (+/- 5 years from 2001, dohwan's canon birth year)
⤷ ic requirements: name will be cha dohwan (name can be negotiable but this is the placeholder name and the brother's name on doyoon's profile), will have lived in seoul for most of his life and was raised by his brother, more or less.
⤷ notes: please read doyoon's profile for more background on their family and what happened in relation to the divorce! you would have been raised from early childhood until your late teens by doyoon, you would be very close and have a positive relationship (this can be strained a little by doyoon leaving for gohyang a few years ago, but i suggest to avoid this angst because doyoon raised him more than their own mother).
⤷ family connections by association: none except the npc family members! so his mother and father.
⤷ pm me for more details so we're on the same page!

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for a new nest.

connection.

⤷ connection slots: unlimited. open.

⤷ plotting slots: taken by tba (0/3).

⤷ relationship: client for furniture.

⤷ age / age range: any age, as long as they can afford doyoon's work.

⤷ gender: male or female.

⤷ genre / themes: casual, platonic, business relationship.

⤷ details:
┊doyoon has had a few good clients for his furniture, thanks to his father knowing a lot of people in the town, but you decided to approach doyoon first before even consulting his father. maybe it was doyoon's face, demeanour or even just his designs that he worked so hard on. you valued those things and decided to work with doyoon personally to decorate your home until it was good enough to be featured in interior design magazines nationwide.

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the thinker, part three.

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heavy tension.

connection.

⤷ taken by: tba. (0/1) open.

⤷ relationship: elementary or high school bully.

⤷ age / age range: 24-26

⤷ gender: male.

⤷ genre / themes: angst, drama, forgiveness, comedy, possible eventual friendship.

⤷ requirements: for elementary bully, studied in seoul. for high school bully, studied in gohyang.

⤷ details:
┊doyoon had been actively avoiding anyone from his school days when he was very much a target for the bullies he was classmates with, but crossing paths in his hometown would force him to either seek closure or take slight revenge on someone who was an aide to his terrible self-image. he would probably choose the former, since he understands that even back then kids made stupid decisions and they're both adults now.

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active threads.

fish cannibalism at sea • na dongmin.

summary - doyoon and dongmin's fishing trip a little past the gohyang port goes awry when they realize they are not on the same page.

location - port.

status - replied.

free food and burnt rice • kang seoah.

summary - doyoon takes advantage of kang mihee's generosity and gets half of a free meal, spending some quality time with his childhood best friend kang seoah.

location - belle epoque atelier.

status - replied.

title • character

summary - tba.

location - tba.

status - tba.

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finished threads.

title • character

summary - tba.

location - tba.

status - tba.

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family.

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cha sihu - father.

┊former architect, now carpenter and furniture designer. owner of pocha furniture and interiors, his home decor shop that he runs with his son. he initiated the divorce when doyoon was young, after his mother was discovered to be cheating.

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cha dohwan - brother - open skeleton.

┊doyoon's full biological brother. he is very close to him and helped take care of him since their mother was too busy focusing on their newborn half-brother and her boyfriend.

⤷ 23 years old.

⤷ preferred faceclaim: nam dareum.

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byun mari - mother.

┊dentist, cheated on doyoon's father and ended up pregnant with another man's son. she was the reason for the divorce. she did not remarry (probably out of guilt) and she was aided by doyoon in raising his younger brother.

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choi kihyun - half-brother.

┊doyoon's half-brother on his mother's side, 7 years younger than him. they do not share the same father, he was the result of his mother's affair with choi sungmin. doyoon does not like him.

⤷ 17 years old.

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platonic.

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na dongmin - partner-in-chaos.

┊a friend from gohyang that he became closer to as they grew into themselves more, dongmin's logical personality was an entertaining contrast to doyoon's emotional side. a "victim" to doyoon's shenanigans as he's dragged into silly high jinks while he would keep doyoon alive. they both bonded from mutual interests and playing roles together.

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nam eunji - friend.

┊description tba.

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kang mihee - family friend.

┊seoah's mother who once ran the belle epoque salon before giving the reins to seoah. she's someone doyoon deemed as "the boss" when he was just 7 years old because seoah would always need to ask for this woman's permission. she's also the childhood best friend of his father since they were children, and is actually the former crush of his own dad. cha sihu and kang mihee are still close friends.

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romantic.

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kang seoah - childhood best friend.

┊doyoon's oldest friend, and arguably the one he knows the most with boo nari being a close second. their friendship was a natural result of their parents' relationship from decades earlier. he's incredibly protective of seoah and has disliked nearly every boyfriend she's had in the past. during her time studying abroad, doyoon ruined his sleep schedule during their video calls. he might be in love with her, but he's neck deep in denial.

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⤷ schmidt

new girl.

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antagonistic.

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choi sungmin - man his mother cheated with.

┊upper-level manager in a seoul-conglomerate, he was byun mari's old friend from college whom she reconnected with in secret and is the father of doyoon's half-brother.

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mr. miyagi and daniel.

connection.

⤷ taken by: tba. (0/1) open.

⤷ relationship: older brother figure.

⤷ age / age range: older than doyoon, 25+

⤷ gender: male.

⤷ genre / themes: inspiration, fluff, comedy, close friendship, transformation.

⤷ notes: would know doyoon either from school in seoul, or from gohyang during high school.

⤷ details:
┊you and doyoon have met enough times that doyoon labelled you as the catalyst for his own personal glow up. he has you partially to thank for for what he looks like now and there's a chance you could have given him tips on eating better and exercising more efficiently.

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⤷ troy barnes

community.

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⤷ jason mendoza

the good place.

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⤷ dave lizewski

kick-ass.

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⤷ jake peralta

brooklyn nine-nine.

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⤷ fogell (alias mclovin)

superbad.

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❝ if you need an assistant director ... or an extra cameraman, you have my number okay? i didn't change it – i think. ❞

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[snapshot]    ⤷ doyoon & seoah, 2011.

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⤷ doyooncore, troy barnes from community.

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2002, step three.

┊doyoon’s younger brother, cha dohwan, was born. he looked similar to doyoon, a fairly equal mix of their parents. 3-year-old doyoon was a bit clumsy with his new infant brother, and only 2 years later was doyoon allowed to carry dohwan (with guidance from his father) because his first attempt resulted in dohwan’s head hitting the lowest cabinet in the house and both sons crying.

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2004, step five.

┊the earliest memories that doyoon could remember were from this year. it was still blurry just from time passing, but he could see vague images of playgrounds, a few of his childhood friends, as well as blurry scenes of forests and the sea. his family would have been spending time in gohyang for a few months each year (especially during the summer) to take breaks from their busy life in seoul. doyoon’s “summer friends” were solidified even at this age. technically being born and bred in seoul from the start, doyoon ended up adopting his parents’ yeongnam accents since they used it at home and even more when the pair would visit their hometown.

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2006, step seven.

┊his mother was caught cheating on her father, something a child wouldn’t expect even if his mother seemed romantically disconnected from his father for a few years. her affair with her previous college flame resulted in an unplanned pregnancy. his father, as kind of a man as he is, couldn’t emotionally handle it, refusing to raise a son that was the product of his wife’s infidellity. cha sihu and byun mari eventually divorced on civil terms, having joint custody. by this time, doyoon already had a younger brother, so his mother would have to take care of him and his newly-born half brother. doyoon being the reliable oldest that he is, didn't want to leave his mother, he helped her raise his two younger siblings even if he despised her. his father on the other hand, heartbroken by his mother's actions, moved back to gohyang in hopes of restarting his life and continuing his furniture business-related dreams. doyoon unfortunately had to stay with his mother for most of his school life up until the middle of his second year of high school. during the summer he would stay with his father in gohyang every year until his high school graduation.

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2007, step ten.

┊even with a kind father to guide him and be supportive of doyoon’s natural talents, the oldest cha son managed to get a serious taste of school bullying in seoul, as well as summer bullying in gohyang. he was unlucky enough to not pass the pre-teen boy standard of handsome, being scrawny and physically weak and cursed with terrible eyesight and a mild overbite. these weren’t flaws to him or his father, the latter being endlessly supportive, but doyoon started seeing fault in himself as he was constantly made fun of for his looks. the bullying during his school days was much worse, half the time during breaks he would be locked in bathrooms or in empty classrooms, or have paint, dirty water, or anything spilled on him "by accident." even if his goofy and playful personality and niche interests were enough to gain him real friends, he had done nothing but look a certain way and that made him an easy target for the bullies. he had attempted to bring up his school problems with his mother, but she was far too busy caring for his half-brother and co-parenting with the latter’s father. the only support doyoon had were his friends in gohyang, his tight knit friends in seoul, but most of all his younger brother, cha dohwan.

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2014, step fifteen.

┊entering high school had given doyoon more room to explore his interests, a major one being dancing. it had been a few years of him wearing braces and they were set to come off by the end of the schoolyear. that along with him getting into dancing and performing, he realized he was more comfortable getting physically fit through dancing than any sport he attempted to join from peer pressure. he managed to gain new friends in his school’s dance club, some of them being idol trainees at that age. with regular visits to gohyang and having better social footing in seoul, he was starting to feel more comfortable in his skin. of course he was still bullied, so being in the dance club and even going to after-school dance lessons were his escape. he realized years ago that his home was not enough of an escape if his mother was barely supportive of him, only giving bare minimum support.

she had provided shelter, but doyoon had been actively cooking his own food, washing and ironing his own clothes, keeping his room and the rest of the house tidy, even taking up part-time jobs just so he wouldn’t ask his mother for anything.

at some point she realized her son’s view of her changed and had given up on being a mother to him. doyoon just desired self-sufficiency so that he would have little to worry about once he left his house in seoul.

a desire he wouldn’t ever acknowledge was that he wanted to be seen by his own parent. with his walls up and her emotional detachment towards the two cha brothers was a bad combination that was meant to happen since the day she cheated.

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❝ okay, okay, serious now. it's for the interview. ❞

doyoon's friend behind the camera had trouble interviewing the rising internet star for a magazine, but they needed to focus.

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2015, step sixteen.

┊doyoon started posting dance covers on youtube, giong semi-viral in south korea for his dance cover of shinee’s everybody. it had been posted under an alias, rex 렉스, so that his classmates wouldn’t find it easily. he was thankful that his low-quality phone camera couldn’t fully catch his face and only his dance club friends knew about it. months after his viral video, he gained courage to start posting original choreography, calling them rexdance videos, which he does for fun. doyoon managed to gain a following with his original choreography and his k-pop covers. another viral video came from his dancing to dbsk’s mirotic. in the middle of the schoolyear, his parents had come to an agreement that doyoon would finish the rest of his high school years in gohyang, and he couldn’t be happier moving in with his father. he continued posting videos once or twice a month while in gohyang.

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2016, step seventeen.

┊with his channel, still under an alias, gaining more fans, doyoon wanted to take an active part in improving its image. he had been the only one handling it since the beginning, and he still felt discomfort watching himself dance. his personal view of himself was not aligned with his fans’ pov. he still saw the skinny nerd with glasses and a bad overbite in every video, so he decided to do more research in order to up his physical health and gain muscles for aesthetic purposes. everyone in his dance team had sufficient muscle to dance well, but doyoon initiated his own glow-up for an audience and for himself. after almost a year of extra exercise, watching what he ate and even doing better beauty and skin routines, doyoon became quite close to what people would call an idol standard of handsome. this continued on until his university days.

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2017, step eighteen.

┊doyoon growing up always seemed like a silly younger clone of his father, with how much they had in common. they were both extremely creative people right off the bat, who loved building things from scratch (whatever it may be), so doyoon, inspired by his father and his hardwork, decided to take up woodworking and furniture design in hongik university in seoul. he finished with flying colors and a great set of friends and connections, but he decided against starting his own shop in seoul and decided to help his father build his furniture empire in gohyang first. from he would occasionally visit his mother and younger brothers in seoul, but would always come home from the college dorms to his dad. this was the closest he had felt to emotional freedom since he didn’t need to go back to his mother anymore.

┊into his first year doyoon was already looking great, his father paying for tuition and helping him get contacts as a christmas gift before entering the university. for the first time in his life, doyoon had somewhat of a blank slate socially. none of his bullies attended his classes, he was looking fitter than ever, and he was actually getting attention that was positive and that he could feel. his youtube channel gained even more followers, and he was proud to say who he was whenever he went to class. he went by doyoon or rex during this period, and he was quite popular with his classmates even if he felt a bit awkward about it. the positive reinforcement from the people around him was new and alien, but he looked happy.

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2018, step nineteen.

┊riding the local fame he had in school from his youtube channel as well as his looks, doyoon felt like he was on top of the world. he deeply missed his friends from gohyang though, his time with them was short even if he went back for longer weekends and the summer months. with encouragement from his hongik friends, he started a tiktok account to reach a wider audience. tiktok had boomed in popularity, and doyoon was one of the first major players in the south korean side. his tiktok evolved from just doing dance trends and promoting snippets of his covers and choreography, to full blown stunts bordering on dangerous and other trends like cooking new weird foods and silly memes. it was still not enough for him, deep down.

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2019, step twenty.

┊after an accident from one of his planned online stunts, doyoon ended up in the hospital nearby hongik university, with him in a neck brace and a dislocated shoulder. his youtube video and tiktok plans, as well as his studies, were put on hold for a few months. thankfully his remaining classes could be done online those were never a problem for him as he was doing well in his design-related classes, his only issue was from emotions lingering the week of the incident. when he was rushed to the hospital, the doctors called both of his parents but his wretched mother arrived first. his father arrived days later from a convention abroad. his stressed neck muscle and injured shoulder were nothing compared to her trying to be a mother to him again. doyoon had no choice but to endure her trying to get close to him emotionally, all because he was physically confined to a hospital bed.

months after his release from the hospital, he discovered from his younger brother (who was still living with her) that their mother was deeply in debt and was trying to get closer to doyoon and his father, both of them being in better situations financially. that day doyoon felt sick to his stomach, worse than the feeling when he dislocated his shoulder. at that point he made it his goal to use his online income and eventual income from carpentry and furniture construction to get his brother dohwan out of their mother’s house and back with him and their dad in gohyang.

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2020, step twenty-one.

┊it’s doyoon’s graduating year, and he managed to juggle mild local internet and social media fame with his studies. he had many to thank but his father, who was an alumni not just from hongik but from the exact same program doyoon took, had the most to be thanked for. during the summers when doyoon would return to gohyang, his father was his mentor by letting his son handle projects in his already existing furniture shop, pocha furnitures. after graduation, doyoon packed up everything and went all-in to help his father with the business. in two years, they expanded to construction and carpentry as their clientele grew, being composed of gohyang natives and some of cha sihu’s past clients from seoul. his son being an online influencer definitely helped with the business marketing too.

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2023, step twenty-four.

┊being part of his father’s well-established business and reunited with his friends in the small town, it seems that things are going well for doyoon. his tiktok has been keeping up with trends, while his youtube channel was less active. at peak fitness and appearance, doyoon’s internet celebrity status kept him steady in doing his near life-threatening stunts and comedy skits for his online accounts. all he had to worry about was his day job and his online work and possibly any incoming allergic reactions because he lived in a cat town and with a cat allergy.

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construction notes.

┊doyoon has never vocalized this to anyone but his brother, but he deeply resents his mother for ruining their supposed picture perfect family. he was old enough to understand what was going on during the divorce and, even if doyoon is slow to hate anyone (save for his bullies later in life), he despised his mother and half-brother for breaking the illusion of the family he wanted. he lived with her for a big chunk of his life in seoul but he almost felt numb living with her, only staying with her so she wasn't all alone raising his two brothers. he only deeply cared for his younger full-brother and that's why he stayed. his mother wasn't that much of a mother to him, but he just wanted to help in his own way. he always knew and wanted to stay with his father for the rest of his life.

┊even with him being acutely aware of his hatred and eventual indifference to his mother, his terrible but well-hidden self-esteem and body image issues stemmed from whatever little relationship they had. too early did doyoon feel like he was invisible to her. for a few years she was caring for his infant half-brother, and he had to be both sibling and pseudo-father to dohwan. thankless work that she never acknowledged, yet he wished to be seen by her, and later on everyone else, in a positive light. now his self-image was great in a semi-shallow sense, now being handsome (in south korean societal standards) and talented to many of his peers and online fans. even his father and friends were supportive, but there was an empty chamber of his heart that he refused to fill, only because it required for him to get closure with his other parent.

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mbti.

⤷ mbti: esfp. the performer.

esfp are vivacious entertainers who charm and engage those around them. they are spontaneous, energetic, and fun-loving, and take pleasure in the things around them: food, clothes, nature, animals, and especially people.

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enneagram.

⤷ enneagram: 7. the enthusiast.

sevens want to have as much fun and adventure as possible and are easily bored. type sevens fear experiencing emotional pain, especially sadness, and actively seek to avoid it by staying busy.

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temperament.

⤷ sanguine.

fundamentally sociable and pleasure-seeking, sanguine people are impulsive and charismatic. they tend to enjoy social gatherings, making new friends and tend to be boisterous. they are usually quite creative and often daydream.

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moral alignment.

⤷ moral alignment: neutral good.

a neutral good character typically acts altruistically, without regard for or against lawful precepts such as rules or tradition. a neutral good character has no problems with cooperating with lawful officials, but does not feel beholden to them.

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astrology.

sun: aquarius sun, 5th house.

⤷ aquarius sun is inventive, free-thinking, and revolutionary. symbolized by the water bearer, aquarius is an air sign and its ruling planet is uranus. without an outlet to channel their big-picture imagination, watch out for detachment, mixed signals, arguments, and authoritarianism.

moon: sagittarius moon, 3rd house.

⤷ sagittarius moons treat their emotions as a personal adventure. their independence runs deep in this placement, and life is experienced as if they are the protagonist in their own story. they seek relationships and environments that will expand their inner world. every day is a new opportunity to learn! they need to feel freedom to experience each day as an adventure, rather than a life's accumulation of milestones.

rising: libra rising.

⤷ libra rising navigates life through careful deliberation and fairness. life is a series of choices for a libra rising, and they may approach their choices based on a "smooth sailing" factor, choosing the path of least resistance. they have a knack for adapting to all kinds of social settings!

mercury: aquarius mercury, 5th house.

⤷ they have a head in the clouds and want to talk about the big-picture. rebellious and non-conforming by nature, they love a good debate! be careful, their powers of observation are particularly strong. on a good day, mercury in aquarius wants to take us on a journey through the abstract, and inspire us to think toward the future. when they get in their own heads, it can take some time to pull them back out again!

mars: scorpio mars, 2nd house.

⤷ mars in scorpio manifests through sensuality and power dynamics. these natives are intense, passionate, and powerful in their actions. individuals with mars in the second house are driven to secure material gain, but may conflate their earnings as "proof" of their own value.

(source: sanctuary app, from doyoon's chart ic)

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positive.

⤷ silly, disarming, helpful, expressive, ambitious, always thinking about the future, open to trying new things for the fun of it, often seen smiling, authentic, bold, natural performer, sociable, generous, intellectual, creative, rarely suffers a drought in terms of ideas, excitable, energetic, independent, spontaneous, versatile, extroverted, very much like a "kid in a candy store" most days, bright-eyed, high-spirited, fashionable.

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negative.

⤷ pushes down any negative feelings, head in the clouds sometimes, easily bored, tends to bottle up feelings until they explode (he has a very high patience level), forgetful when he's not invested in a task or event.

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other.

⤷ fast thinker, values aesthetics, loves including others in their activities but doesn't always like being told what to do (keeps his annoyance secret but will not listen anyway), seemingly unbothered but actually very bothered, open to asking for advice, idealistic with a touch of realism, clingy and always needing people around them, self-directed, an almost constant need for social situations, frenetic.