"i know i'm not the best singer or dancer or even rapper in the group but i'm more than just pretty."

PERSONALITY TRAITS — 

+: caring, honest, hard-working, rational

-: self-critical, jealous, vain, dramatic, tends to bottle up feelings

ELABORATION —

• It takes a while for Aerin to warm up to people but when she does she's a loyal friend and you can always rely on her to tell you the truth, even if it's something you don't want to hear. Her honesty is something that has gotten her in trouble a couple of times; while she's honest, sometimes she can be too honest and blurt out things without thinking about them. Her main downfall, however, is her jealousy. Throughout her childhood she was always compared to her older sister or her friends by her parents so she always had doubts about herself and was jealous of anyone and everyone who excel in areas that she doesn't. Though she be jealous of her fellow peers she's not the type of person who would intentionally sabotage them to make herself look better, instead, she puts all of her focus in the area that she wants to improve on (which seems like everything since she's always criticising herself). 

 

Another thing she heard from people when she was growing up was how pretty she is and this sort of fuelled her ego and kick-started her vanity. She's not incredibly vain but more so than others as she's always checking her makeup and fixing her hair and asking people about 10 times if she looks okay before leaving the house. She's the type of person that wouldn't even run to the convenience store without any makeup on or in sweats and if someone forces her to she'll turn on the dramatics and rant. There's a reason why she is dubbed the drama queen and that's because she gets incredibly dramatic if the tiniest thing goes wrong and sometimes it can be amusing to watch but most of the time it's irritating, especially when you have to listen to her go on and on about something. However, the thing is, she only gets dramatic about petty things and when it comes to emotional problems and conflicts she bottles it in. This tends to lead to her flipping out at the smallest things as she just lets it build and build until she can't take it anymore. After these blow ups though, she acts like nothing happened and carries on with her life. 

 

BACKGROUND —

• like most young kids, Aerin dreamed of being a star and from a young age but that was just a dream and the reality of it coming true was slim. Besides, her parents didn't agree with her dream and constantly told her to get her head out from the clouds and choose an occupation that was worthwhile like medicine or law like her older sister.

 

Why can't you be more like your sister? Those were words that Aerin heard a lot from her parents. Her sister was the golden child: exceedingly good grades, perfect attendance and record, but Aerin, on the other hand, was the disappointment. She was constantly living in her sister's shoes and she couldn't escape. It wasn't like she was trying to disappoint her parents either. Academics just wasn't her forte and they weren't happy with that as they were constantly sending her to tutors and after school study classes but they were only marginally helping her grades. 

 

During her first year of high school, she decided to audition for a school musical and to her surprise, she finally found something she was passionate about but she knew her parents wouldn't understand as they didn't see it as a career choice but more of a hobby. However, she didn't want to give it up either so she carried on taking lessons in secret. Though she was trying to make it as an actress/entertainer, she had doubts about herself and never really put herself out there or auditioned for any roles. That was until her aunt found out about her lessons as it happened that her theatre teacher and her aunt were old friends. She begged her aunt to not say anything her parents and promised that she'd break the news to them eventually but she didn't know how. Her aunt was more than understanding and suggested that she should try out for c9ent as she heard that they were holding auditions and told Aerin that she thought that she stood a chance of getting in. Rin was still doubtful but she was happy that someone believed in her and her dreams so she pushed all the negativity she had away and took a leap of faith. To her surprise, she was accepted but that also meant she had to break the news to her family. Her parents were definitely not on board with the idea but after getting on her hands and knees to plead them they gave her one chance to show them that she could be successful. 

 

RELATIONSHIPS — 

• older sister - Min Aejung (26) - doctor - though Aerin spent her life resenting Aejung, she still loves her and supports her. They're not the closest siblings but Aejung does check up on Aerin from time to time and lends her money whenever she's struggling. She shares the same mentality of her parents and thinks that Aerin's career choice is not ideal but tries to support it and doesn't vocalise her opinions unlike her parents as she is aware that Aerin has had a hard time because of it.  - They don't see much of each other as both of them are extremely busy but they try to meet up once every 2 months for lunch/dinner and they message each other regularly just to make sure the other is doing okay. Aerin does look up to her sister but she still feels awkward around her so she doesn't really share much with Aejung and Aejung wishes that Aerin could come to her with her problems as she can always tell when something's bothering her.