Dear Eunkwang, From Choyeon

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kim choyeon (김초연)

"Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody"

FULL NAME — Kim, Choyeon (김초연)

NICKNAMES —

• ChoCho + Just a cute play on her name.

• Choco + She freaking loves chocolate, it's her go-to comfort food. She especially loves ChocoPie and Hershey Kisses, and her favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate.

• Dooly + She loves the cartoon Dooly, she finds him freaking adorable. When she was younger she had a phase where she insisted on being called Dooly; now she's embarrassed about it, but people from her childhood like to by calling her Dooly

• ChoMama + Because she has a tendency to mother other people, her friends by calling her "mother" - or, more often, ChoMama.

DOB + AGE — 09 • 16 (22)

BIRTHPLACE — Daegu, South Korea

HOMETOWN — Daeugu, South Korea

ETHNICITY — Korean

LANGUAGES —

• Korean + it's her native tongue

• English + passable, she studied abroad for a year in college

FACE CLAIM — kim yeonjin

BACKUP — jo minyoung

APPEARANCE —

• Choyeon's left index finger is slightly crooked because she broke it in high school. It's not really noticeable unless she points it out.

• She has a faint scar on the palm of her right hand from a cooking accident a few years ago, when the knife slipped from her grip.

HEIGHT & WEIGHT — 165.1 cm and 51.3 kg

FASHION SENSE —

• She loves feminine clothes, yes, but she also loves comfort: she would pick a warm sweater over a killer dress anyday. She's a huge fan of knits, and overall her style would be called casual-cute. But basically she'll wear whatever.

PERSONALITY TRAITS —dorky, hardworking, creative, easily embarrassed/insecure, passionate, kind, gullible, honest

ELABORATION —

• dorky: Being kind of socially awkward, Choyeon comes across as a total dork. She gets surprised easily, for example, so whenever she gets surprised she shrieks and flails and maybe trips over herself. (Oh yeah, she trips over nothing all the time, she gets bruises without knowing when or where that happened, etc. Soyeon is so done.) Choyeon's laughter is also super loud and she gets embarrassed about it, but it's a nice sound (even if she looks super dorky laughing). She also makes the funniest expressions when she's confused or surprised.

• hardworking: Choyeon has a single-minded, laser focus when it comes to getting things done. When she gets super into a project, she won't notice anything else until it's done, whether it's her phone ringing or her body trembling from hunger. She puts her all into her work all the time, she doesn't believe in halfassing anything.

• creative: Choyeon has always been artistic (she likes music, she draws occasionally, and she loves photography) and at math/science. She comes up with ideas all the time and seems to look at situations from a difference angle than everyone else, so problem solving comes pretty easily to her. (Unless it's an emotional problem. Then she panics.)

• easily embarrassed/insecure: With a warrior queen like Soyeon as an older sister and nearly maternal figure, Choyeon has always felt like she paled next to her sister (completely unintentional on Soyeon's part). Because she idolizes her sister so much, she's been comparing herself to Soyeon since she was young, and while she knows they're two very different people, it left a mark on her. Her so-called best friend in middle school also systematically destroyed her self-confidence and made her doubt herself all the time, so she's pretty insecure about her talents. She also gets flustered easily, and once she gets embarrassed she gets cherry red and she gets even more embarrassed by her red face, and it just keeps going until she either runs away or distracts herself.

• cowardly: Choyeon, when faced with a problem, prefers to run. Oh, normal problems like the toilet clogging or her cat vomiting, those are easy, but problems with people? With emotions? She runs for the hills, denies there's a problem in the first place, and continues on like there's nothing wrong. If there's a coworker who makes her feel stupid and untalented, for example, she tells herself it'll blow over, that she's overreacting, and she just avoids the problem until it either goes away or she has no choice but to face it. She's good at giving people emotional advice, but she has no idea how to handle her own: love, for example, terrifies her. She's too afraid of hurting both herself and the other person. In middle school, her so-called best friend systematically chipped away at her self-confidence, but she didn't want a confrontation and didn't want to hurt the friend (what if she didn't mean it?), so she kept silent and endured, causing heavy damage to her self-confidence. Choyeon, girl, get your together and face the issues.

• kind: Choyeon is such a bleeding heart, God, Soyeon sometimes wants to tear her hair out because of it. She's especially weak to animals and children, but seeing people sad or hurt tugs at her heart. When she was younger she couldn't say no to people at all because she was so afraid of hurting their feelings, and it negatively impacted her, so as she grew older Soyeon toughened her up a little. Now she can say no and walk away from hurting people when she needs to, since she can't drop everything and run to people's aids all the time, but she still prefers to be kind and caring.

• gullible: You know the people who look up when someone says "It says 'gullible' on the ceiling"?? That's Choyeon. She looks up every single time. It can be sweet and funny, sure, but sometimes it's an actual problem. She's so trusting and sincere, wanting to believe in the best of everyone, that she often places her faith in the wrong people and gets hurt or humiliated in return. Choyeon's so easy to trick, Soyeon despairs about it all the time.

• honest/sincere: Choyeon finds it hard to lie, and she rarely sees a need for lying. She's incredibly sincere about everything, and she firmly believes that cards and presents should come straight from the heart, none of those generic gifts and cards nonsense. Her honesty means that when she's unhappy or she doesn't like someone, it unfortunately becomes pretty damn obvious. Her sincerity about everything and everyone also means that she gets hurt easily if someone betrays her trust or is mean to her.

• maternal/responsible: She has a tendency to fuss about the wellbeing of her loved ones--"Did you pack your jacket? Did you eat breakfast? Do you need a hug?"--and is very responsible about her work, so people see her as a mother figure sometimes (she's the mom friend). She doesn't even try to mother people, it just happens. Sometimes people get annoyed by her concern all the time though.

BACKGROUND + CURRENT EVENTS —

• Choyeon was born the youngest of three siblings (she has one older sister and one older brother, Soyeon and Jinsu respectively) in Daeugu, South Korea. Since their parents (dad's a prosecutor, mom's a university professor) were so busy working, her siblings--especially Soyeon--more or less raised Choyeon. As a result, Choyeon looks up to them and seeks their approval more than she seeks the approval and love of her parents, though she does love them.

• Choyeon herself is currently professional photographer, working mainly with a magazine company. Her favorite jobs are wedding photos.

• Choyeon lives alone in a one-room apartment with her cat in Geumcheon District, Seoul.

• She's had one relationship before, and the jerk of a boyfriend cheated on her. She bawled for three days straight, but snapped out of it long enough to stop Dana from punching him in the face.

• Choyeon found out about Dear Namyeon from an ad on Naver and she immediately signed up because hell yes. She didn't actually think she'd get chosen, but it was worth a shot and all that.

• She became a fan of BTOB when she heard "Star" in a café one day. She liked it so much that she asked the barista about it and when she went back home, she looked up BTOB and just... fell hard. Especially Eunkwang, who shines on variety shows.

RELATIONSHIPS —

• Eldest sibling/older sister - Kim Soyeon (30) - magazine editor - bossy, intimidating, strong-willed, confident, pragmatic - Being so much older than Choyeon, Soyeon is fiercely protective of her baby sister and feels responsible for her. Choyeon feels overshadowed by her strong sister and often gets frustrated because Soyeon still treats her like a kid, but she also craves Soyeon's approval and love more than anyone else's. The sisters have a complex relationship, with Soyeon being too demanding or controlling sometimes and Choyeon wanting to impress her, admiring and comparing herself to Soyeon to the point of making herself insecure. Soyeon strongly disapproves of her sister going on Dear Nampyeon.

• Older brother - Kim Jinsu (28) - pilot - bright, cheerful, adventurous, gregarious, cunning, observant - As a pilot with wanderlust he's away from home a lot, but he genuinely cares for Choyeon and loves teasing her like any older brother would. He prefers to let his sisters take care of things on their own, but he does subtely guide them from time to time. Choyeon views him as an exasperating but fun brother, reliable at the most unexpected moments, and they have a good friendly relationship. No one really knows what he thinks about Choyeon going on this show, but he kept giving Eunkwang creepy smiles when they met.

• Best friend - Yang Dana (22) - illustrator - fierce, stubborn, ambitious, grumpy, heart of gold - Dana met Choyeon in college and has been fiercely protective of her ever since. Dana makes sure to screen Choyeon's potential lovers carefully, but in the end she acknowledges and respects Choyeon's decisions and feelings. Dana is Choyeon's strongest defender, and Choyeon takes care of the details when Dana blazes ahead in life. They make an exceptionally good team and their platonic chemistry is off the charts: the people around them swear that they can read each other's minds.

• Pet cat - Boba (1) - fat cat - lazy, aloof but occasionally has bursts of aegyo, always hungry - Boba is Choyeon's baby. She loves him to death, though she's constantly exasperated by him and is trying to get him on a diet (it's not working). Boba, little that he is, only really likes Choyeon and views all other humans as his servants. (Choyeon is the head of his servants in his eyes.) Choyeon rescued him from a pet shelter.

(<-- Boba)

•Baby cousin - Kim Najoon (5) - toddler - sweet, lovable, obedient, mischievous from time to time, wants to help people - Choyeon doesn't really know how to handle kids, but Najoon freaking loves her. She's his favorite aunt, and he always asks his parents if he can see Aunt Choco soon. Choyeon is weak to his puppy eyes. So weak. She's not even ashamed.

TRIVIA —

• Choyeon can't swim, but she'd dearly like to learn (because what if she drowns in the sea or something?)
• Eunkwang is her bias, but she has been tempted to stan Super Junior's Yesung before (she is weak to beautiful voices she can't help it)

• Choyeon's Daegu accent appears only when she's feeling super flustered or angry. Or when she's sleepy.

• Choyeon is such a bleeding heart, she tries to take home all the strays she sees on the streets and Dana always has to stop her. (Dana is so freaking exasperated you have no idea.)

• Choyeon used to do ballet up until the first year of high school, when she decided to focus on her studies more. She took up pilates in college though, so she can do a split no problem. (She's pretty flexible.)

• Choyeon has like nine umbrellas. She always forgets to check the weather forecast so she ends up buying umbrellas when she gets rained on.

• Choyeon has no sense of direction. None. None whatsoever. She can get lost in a plastic bag, it's an actual problem. (This Dana and Soyeon up the wall with worry but Jinsu thinks it's hilarious.)

• Choyeon can run in heels. It's a skill taught by her sister Soyeon, and it strikes fear into the hearts of witnesses everywhere. She's so proud of it.

• Choyeon studied abroad in London for a year in college, so her English--while not fluent--has a British accent.

• Choyeon has like seven cameras, 5 are professional and 2 are normal polaroid cameras.

• Choyeon's parents made her take piano lessons until she was in middle school, when she begged them to stop making her go to lessons.

• Choyeon's one and only relationship was in college. Dana still hasn't forgiven the ex-boyfriend for cheating on Choyeon.

• Choyeon at cooking, don't ever let her into the kitchen. She can make ramen and that's about it.

• Choyeon has a massive sweet tooth. She loves sweets and desserts.

• She's absolutely foul-tempered in the mornings. She doesn't wake up until she chugs a cup of coffee, and even then she's so salty about waking up, it's so precious.

• Choyeon pours her heart into writing cards and getting presents for her friends and family and acquaintances. She doesn't understand why so many of them cry.

YOUR CHARACTER'S FEELING ABOUT GETTING CHOSEN AS A CAST FOR THE SHOW —

I didn't mean to throw the phone, I promise. But as soon as the call came through and the voice on the other side said, very politely, "You have been casted for Dear Nampyeon—" Well. You can't exactly blame me for freaking out, just like you can't blame me for screaming incoherently for a good ten seconds.

And then I stopped.

Oh my God, I realized in horror. The fans are going to maul me to death.

A tiny voice at the back of my mind piped up. Worth it.

WHAT DOES SHE THINK OF THE SHOW — She's hyped for it, but she does wonder if some of the idols will get stuck with sasaeng fans; she hopes not. She's also curious to see what other male idols will be husbands, and how everything will turn out.

PLANS SHE'D LIKE TO DO WITH HER IDOL HUSBAND — She'd like to go on lots of dates! The Han River, Seoul Tower (the locks), going to zoos and museums and cafes, going shopping together, Lotte World, etc. She's going to take pictures all the time. She also wants to get couple items, because her past boyfriend thought it was gross and never wanted to do that.

WHAT DOES SHE THINK OF HIM — She freaking loves Eunkwang, she thinks he's hysterical but also gentlemanly and sweet. She's also in love with his voice. After the first few filmings she decides he's really cool and easy to be around, and she stops being so shy and flustered and gets to know him as a human being.

MESSAGE TO VIEWERS — *bows hastily* *nearly falls off chair* Sorry, sorry, wait can I redo that? OK -- Annyeonghaseyo! My name is Kim Choyeon, and I'm a professional photographer. I'm a huge fan of BTOB's Eunkwang-sshi, and I'm still in shock that I'm here. *laughs nervously* Please take care of me! *bows again*

LOVE INTEREST — Seo, Eunkwang (BTOB)

BACKUP — J-Hope / Jung, Hoseok (BTS)

PERSONALITY —

• Total nerd. He's remarkably dorky, funny, and gregarious, unafraid to throw away dignity and make other people laugh.

• Despite being a comedic genius, Eunkwang really is a gentleman and he's attentive to his "wife." When she's feeling down he gets worried and tries to make her laugh, usually succeeding.

• As a leader he's responsible and mature, though he seems like a jokster all the time.

LOVE STORY —

• Eunkwang has to go to an address given to him by the staff to find his new "wife." It turns out to be Choyeon's studio, where she's just finished framing one of her massive photos. They awkwardly introduce themselves, smiling but not really knowing what to say, and then Choyeon just blurts "I love your voice!"

• The two of them spend like an hour getting to know each other at a café. Choyeon offers to take a picture of him with her polaroid, but they end up taking selcas together.

• They keep talking, and they go out on dates a lot, and eventually they become comfortable enough with each other to drop the formal speech and initiate skinship. They're the sappy couple that laughs at everything.

• They get to the point where they casually drop pickup lines and flirt disgustingly, though it's more for laughs than anything else. They have contests to see who can make the cringiest pickup line.

• Basically, they become like best friends who occasionally turn red at skinship or compliments and who are so cheesy it's so unreal, the BTOB members are all disgusted. They turn up the flirting whenever the members are around, it's hysterical.

• They're both such Harry Potter nerds, ohmygod, they marathon Harry Potter and memorize the spells and randomly scream out spells during their dates. Like, Eunkwang screams "WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA" and Choyeon immediately flings her book in the air like the spell actually made it fly and then they both go "oooOOOOHHHHH MAGIC" like the huge dorks they are.

• Eunkwang demands attention, he will literally go up to her and wrap his arms around her waist and whine that she's not paying attention to him. Choyeon laughs in his face but she cuddles him before shooing him away. He always sneaks back.

• Choyeon gets really red whenever he sings for her or when she watches him onstage and Eunkwang's mind blanks when he sees her laughing or playing the piano, which she rarely does.

RELATIONSHIP — They start off as awkward friends with hardly any skinship, but eventually they find out that they have a lot of common interests and become really close friends. And then comes the fluffy, awkward romance! And then they're just super chill about everything. Like, everything.

ENDING — The two of them definitely stay in touch after the program, though they sell it as two friends hanging out to the public. After a while though, Eunkwang musters up the courage to ask her to be his girlfriend for real (with much encouragement from s), and she obviously says yes.

RELATIONSHIP TRIVIA — "Oh, sugar cheeks!" "Oh, my moon and stars!" "Oh, snookums--" / "I am the greatest good you are ever going to get!" "Oh my God. Did you just quote the Incredibles to my face." "Yes." "I want a divorce."

FINAL WORDS —
I AM SO HYPED FOR THIS WOOTWOOT

SCENE SUGGESTIONS —
• Eunkwang is introduced to Choyeon's siblings (and Dana, who might as well be a sister). Soyeon makes him tremble in fear, Jinsu makes him feel like there are eyes in the shadows watching his every move, and Dana...is frightening. He wonders how a sweet girl like Choyeon gets along with these terrifying people so easily.

• Choyeon is introduced to the rest of BTOB. Somehow they rope her into learning some of their choreography.

• Choyeon the atrocious cook learns how to cook properly so she can feed her husband. Eunkwang is touched by the cuts and bandaids on her hands.

• Choyeon has to babysit her 5-year-old cousin Najoon for 2 days. Eunkwang gets roped into it, and they get a taste of parenting.

• She has a friend crush on Hong Sori, okay? She desperately wants to be friends with this girl, she's so pretty and nice and she wants to cuddle this younger girl forever and never let her go.

• Choyeon makes Eunkwang a scrapbook when their time on the show comes to an end. He cries.

PASSWORD —
Dancing King by EXO

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