`ゼロヨン . ADRIAN PARK OF SPITFIRE

his mother was a bipolar alcoholic who either loved him or didn't; his father was an uptight businessman with no time for him. with a family like that, is it any wonder that adrian turned out the way he did? graffiti is his passion, but racing is how he runs away from his past and, more importantly, from himself. he hopes, one day, that he won't be able to run any more.
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ADRIAN - SPITFIRE'S RESIDENT BASKET CASE
name : adrian park
other names :
(the) basket case  because the breakfast club is his favorite movie and allison is his favorite character, he started to tag his graffiti this way. then spitfire adopted it as his nickname and the rest is history. if it's used positively by others or if it's someone referring to his art, he's fine with it; anyone else will promptly get a fist to the jaw. 
age : 25
gender : male

birthplace : aurora, colorado, usa
hometown : aurora, colorado, usa 
incheon, south korea

year of initiation : 2094
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
face claim : kim jinwoo winner
backup(s) : im siwan ze:a; lee jongsuk actor

appearance : your first impression of adrian is probably that he's handsome as . he has a face that wouldn't look out of place in one of those old-school dramas and a smile that belongs on a poster. he's got perfect skin (thanks, genetics) and his hair is currently its natural jet black, though usually it's dyed (since joining spitfire he's had auburn, blue, green, red and silver hair; his next color is purple, though, for sure). he's fairly tall, standing at 183 cm, and though he's not very buff, he has a nice frame. he has a
tattoo on his back that he doesn't remember getting, but he likes it a lot. 
then you get to know adrian. that award-winning smile isn't charming, it's either manic or forced. you start seeing the bloodshot eyes and the dark circles covered up by layers of concealer marking that perfect skin. you'll notice that he's thin enough to be concerning and that his nails are bitten to the stubs, with most of the skin around him picked off. and his posture - on good days his back is straight and his shoulders are rolled back like he's a prince on his throne, but on bad days he's hunched over, grimacing, hoodie nearly covering up his eyes.

attire : at night, adrian dresses to be seen - all colors and patterns. it doesn't matter if it matches, just that it makes him stand out. he wants to draw your eye, to be the center of your attention. plus, when he's good, the colors match his mood; when he's not, they cheer him up, if only a little. also, his clothes are usually nicely fitted, even if he has to do the tailoring himself. he's also usually wearing long sleeves or a jacket - he gets cold easily. (
album, to be updated) adrian does wear makeup - usually just concealer on his dark circles, but sometimes eyeliner too. never black eyeliner, though - either something bright that looks vaguely good with his outfit or gold glitter. he also steals a lot of expensive watches and other jewelry, and likes showing those off.

The adrian of the day will just wear what's closest to his bed and be done with it, no makeup or jewelry or anything. what's the point in making the effort if it's just for laundry or whatever? when he's doing graffiti it's all about not being seen - he has a black hoodie and jeans for that express purpose.

 
THE HEART OF THE RACER
there are two different adrians. on the surface there's no difference between the two, but when you really dig, the differences are clear. they "switch" every few months, usually, but there's not much of a pattern. 

the first adrian (the "good' adrian) is reckless and restless. this adrian is also usually sober - he doesn't need any drugs, because he feels like he's high all the time. he doesn't sleep because he doesn't have to, and usually he doesn't eat, because he has other things to do. he thinks fast and talks even faster, about everything to everyone always. (he changes topics like they're traffic lights.) usually, this adrian can't concentrate, but if he can, he'll get done overnight what takes most people a few weeks. this adrian steals big things and paints giant, bightly colored murals, because he knows he can get away with it. he's confident and impulsive in equal measure - he does whatever he wants the second he wants to do it because he can, and he does not care about the consequences at all. good luck reasoning with him, though (unless you're the leader) because this adrian is aggressive. he'll get into fistfights if you look at him funny, and he doesn't discriminate - he'll hit men, women, members of spitfire, members of other gangs, whoever. this adrian is dangerous. but adrian loves feeling like that - it's like he's high without taking anything. he's gone beyond happy and is on, like, cloud fifty-four. 

 
so when he doesn't feel like that, he tries his best to emulate that feeling. adrian #2 (the "bad" adrian) is still reckless and still restless. he's probably not sober, because he has to actually be high to feel high. (just give him some pills and he'll hope for the best.) if he is sober, though, he doesn't sleep because he can't, because his mind just won't shut up about how he's such a waste of space, jesus adrian, and if he remembers to eat he's pretty lucky to have done so. he's a lot more distant, but he has to keep up appearances, so he'll probably still not shut up ever. he usually can't concentrate, and he can't find the energy within himself to do much of anything, even if and especially if he has to. he doesn't steal unless the others are doing it, and if he does find it in himself to paint, it's black and white and nothing extravagant. he plays it safe so he can't anybody else up with his stupidity, but if there's a chance something will hurt him, he'll do it in a heartbeat. but usually this adrian needs coaxing to do much of anything - he needs to be talked up, not talked down. he's still irritable, though, and somehow he's even more threatening than when he actually has energy.

the thing is, adrian knows he's ed up. he knows that his mother was exactly the same as he is and that he's exactly as terrible and toxic to be around as she was. but at this point he's forgotten who he was before he was...this; all he sees himself as is someone who's either feeling one way or trying (and failing) to chase that feeling. he hates himself more than he hates anyone else in the entire world, at his core - it's just an issue of whether or not it's at the forefront that is the biggest difference between good adrian and bad adrian. with good adrian it's just a fact that he doesn't think about much, like how grass is green or how candy is sweet, but with bad adrian, it drives his actions. (or his non-actions, sometimes.) because of his self-loathing, adrian also finds it really hard to do the whole human relationships thing. he automatically assumes that people are going to leave him behind, it's just a matter of time, and figures it's best not to bother. he answers to and wholly trust spitfire's leader, but they're the exception, not the rule; there is nobody else he is loyal to. (he likes the rest of spitfire well enough, but if they abandoned him in some way, he wouldn't be surprised.) he's never had any romantic relationships or a ual one that's lasted longer than a night. 

(tl;dr: adrian is bipolar, self-loathing and bad at people.)

trivia:
sketchbooks - one of the few things he actually buys (though his money is less than legitimate). he collects them. if he can't go to a wall to do art, he'll pick a random one from his collection and grab his charcoals and go off. he frequently draws spitfire's other members, or their cars, and if he thinks he's done a particularly good job, he'll give the art to that member.
 movies - old movies about groups of misfits shaped his childhood; sometimes on good days, he comments that he's living in one. his favorites are the breakfast club, the outsiders, guardians of the galaxy and zombieland.
 parents - adrian lived with his mother, karen cho, until he was 12. she was awesome a lot of the time - she'd buy him all the school supplies he ever needed and bake so many brownies for bake sales. other times, she'd drink herself into a stupor and pretty much be only coherent if she was yelling at him. when he was 12 until he was 17, he moved in with his father, park jaeyong. he was busy with work and mostly ignored adrian completely.
 cooking - he's really, really good at it, thanks to having to do it for himself for a good chunk of his childhood.
  - he's attracted to males, females, and whatever else, but he doesn't like attachments. he also gets very flirty when he's good.
 substances - adrian has never touched alcohol in his life and he never will, but don't use him as a designated driver. he likes cough syrup and molly, and if he's high enough when he's bad there's no telling what he'll do.
 chaotic neutral - the law isn't his thing; he sees it as something that restricts freedom while pretending to protect it. he wants to see the government burn. 
 apartment - small and underfurnished. his tv (which he stole, of course) is huge, though, and he's bought digital copies of many, many old movies. it's littered with empty spray paint cans and it's either really, really neat or nearly too messy to live in. (sometimes he really feels like cleaning; sometimes he doesn't feel like existing.) he keeps his jewelry in the top drawer of his dresser; it's nearly overflowing.
 language - the more manic he is, the more he jumbles his english and his korean. he doesn't even notice he's doing it, but he'll be going off on one of his tangents and he'll mix things up and somebody will be like "what are you trying to say, even, dude." also, he swears...a lot.
 skinship - he's a touchy-feely guy who, when manic, will probably prod, poke and cuddle you unless you explicitly tell him not to. 
WHAT'S SAID IN SPITFIRE, STAYS IN SPITFIRE
timeline :
2075 
adrian is born on august 10th in beautiful aurora, colorado. his father leaves for incheon. he lives in aurora until he's 12. it is still his favorite place on earth. he spends his childhood watching movies and drawing pictures.
2087  his mother is arrested for drunk driving and loses custody of adrian shortly after; his father, park jaeyong, picks him up and sweeps him into incheon, south korea. adrian doesn't speak a word of korean and the culture doesn't make any sense to him, at all. his father is no help at all - he's a high-up at a software company and is busy, after all.
2092 ► adrian runs away from home; he figures his workaholic father won't even notice. he sleeps on the streets and focuses on making a name for himself as a graffiti artist. he's tangentially aware of seoul's street racing scene the whole time, but he doesn't think about it much.
late 2093 adrian meets spitfire's leader by chance - at this point he's already stolen his bmw, but it's mostly since he wanted to be able to live in something with a roof. the leader was intrigued. he refuses their offer, but also gets their contact information.
2094 ► adrian officially joins spitfire - after a few days in a "good" mood. he's 18, almost 19, and thrilled. his initiation is acting as a getaway driver, which he nearly fails because he nearly crashes the car, but then he realizes that he likes how it feels to almost crash.

current situation : he lives in an apartment near the street racing hub. if he disappears for anywhere between a few hours and a couple days, it's because he's working on a new mural, but spitfire is where he puts most of his time. he mostly provides for himself through selling stolen jewelry and stealing.
LIFE AS A STREET RACER : A DOCUMENTARY
car : adrian has two cars. both of them have been modded into oblivion - he likes things that go really fast and aren't safe. if either of these crash and he gets away with a few broken bones, it'll be a miracle. the first one, he stole a while ago - a gold bmw m3. the other is a gift from ilhwa, because the kid has money crawling out of his - a yellow ferrari ff.

position in the group : he's a racer - a really lucky racer. they put him in the races where losing is fatal.

street racing career :  adrian's strategy is basically to go as fast as he can. as a result he doesn't have tons of control over his vehicles, but he doesn't really care. he doesn't care much about where he ranks, but it's not uncommon for him to at least place in the top 5, simply through being fast and lucky. one of these days, though, he wants to be fast and unlucky; he thinks that crashing during a race would be a great way to die.

thieving ? : yes
+ seriously, yes. if he's solo, it's all about watches and jewelry - his collection at this point is frankly impractical. but if it's with the rest of the group he'll just do whatever everyone else is doing.

 
ONE ON ONE WITH ADRIAN OF SPITFIRE
q: please introduce yourself for the viewers at home !
a :
his eyes widen.  - what, what? an interview? ! this is going on tv! he cackles. hi, dad, wow. you work for an actual tv station? are there hot news ladies? not that you're so bad yourself, cameradude, don't get me wrong...what camera is that? is that expensive? where do you buy news cameras? the cameraman clears his throat; adrian frownsjesus, dude, i was getting to that. it's adrian, adrian park, by the way, and you are not getting any later. jesus christ.

q: ...well, adrian, it's an... honor to have you with us. what's it like being with spitfire?
a: oh, don't do that fake-polite . don't do it, man, it's a bad look. 
he walks up to the cameraman and pokes a finger at his chest. don't ing do it. alright, i'll be a good boy, i'll answer your question...what's it like. adrian thinks for a few seconds, then flashes his trademark grin. we're the guardians of the ing galaxy, you know? we're a god damn movie. there's nobody, no crew in all of seoul, okay, that can touch us...maybe even in the galaxy, . if there are alien street racers, come at us. adrian procedes to flip off the sky. we will take you the down!

 
q: that's nice, that's nice. what got you into street racing ? why did it call to you ?
a: again with the fake polite .
adrian glares. anyways, you know our leader. he told me my car was great and that i was wasting it sleeping in it...i miss sleeping in my bmw. i miss when i was a young, innocent graffiti artist. just kidding, i was never innocent. but, then...i don't ing know, dude, why are you so...i just do it. not everything has a big important why.

q: beautiful. what would you say is your greatest strength and greatest weakness when it comes to driving ?
a: my strength is that i am the ing flash. i'm the ing flash, dude, i'm fast! racing is about being fast and i'm fast! that's it. i'm fast. the rest of the world moves in slow-mo and i'm fast. weaknesses, though.
adrian starts picking at the skin around his thumb. uh, i'm fast and i can only go forward like a shark, i can't...i just gotta go. stopping isn't my thing.

q: are you ever afraid of the neighborhood patrol snatching your ?
a: 
adrian smirks. dude, i'm not afraid of anything. i'm gonna live forever.

q: and finally, there are rumors of spitfire being a gang of criminals... reports coming up of looting and other criminal activities. is this true ?
a: a gang - a gang of criminals? 
he straightens his back and salutes, but then bursts out into laughter before he can change his voice. a gang of criminals. that's really out of left field! like, , dude, where'd you pull that from? what the . my answer's no comment. but i will say - and you take this however you want, . i will say that criminals do a lot more for this world than the ing cops do. 

q: thank you for sitting down with us, adrian. it's been wonderful talking with you.
a: has it been wonderful? really? yeah it has. listen, if you want to seduce someone, continuously doing something they told you to not do doesn't work. 
adrian shrugs. but i'll see you when i see you. he flips off the camera with a bright smile.

 
DEPARTURE
commentary :
 i feel like i might've gone a bit overboard in the attire section but #noregrets it was fun to make :')
 originally adrian was like this completely different character but then i realized i was kind of projecting sooo i made someone who's different but i can still kind of relate.  if you want me to lighten him up it's cool. anyways i've referred to manic adrian as "good" and depressive adrian as "bad" but neither side is good or bad really. and he's undiagnosed because i feel like there's a stigma around men seeking help for their mental health problems but that's not the point...there isn't a point to this i'm rambling. anyways: if there's anything i need to expand on i'll expand on it. yo. please allow me to add more later??? peace.
 
username + alias : windydaze + taylor
comments/questions/etc : fun fact, this app is not very decorated because i too do not want my computer to be killed
suggestions :

a relatively new member of spitfire pissing him off and adrian like getting ready to go to town, but then the leader is like adrian and he's like "ugh okay fine"
 ~team bonding~

song rec : this could also be the adrian park inspiration playlist...anyways i'm sorry some of this is terrible
neon twilight / stay ready / pink toes / waltz / blitzkrieg bop / white noise / novocaine / instant crush 

Comments

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lunafreya
#1
i recently started missing

ADRY
my son ; ;

(and the rest of the squad, too)
lunafreya
#2
i still can't get over the back up faceclaims

S I WA N

siwan

SIWANnnnnn
lilico
#3
ok hi i'm a random passing through but holy i love adrian
he's so unique and just??? wtf??? he's my son from now on gtg
i really like your interview section and how you portrayed him so differently than how everyone else has been (myself included bAhHAHA) so like... yES
i love him