BAE JOOWON IS NOT ALRIGHT
bae joowon
snow halation. that's the tweet.
nicety
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nice to meet you !
character name. bae joowon 박주원
nicknames/aliases/other names/etc.
nicknames/aliases/other names/etc.
weaboo a fact he can't deny. though the nickname is known to lean more in the negative way, he doesn't get offended much if it was called by his friends. after all, they're the only ones who knows the reason behind it.
lamp post, groot, portable landmark, venti iced americano some nicknames for tall people.
birthday + age. 09/23 + 21
ethnicity. korean
face claim. kwon hyunbin.
backup face claim(s). jung wooseok. seo youngho, chae hyungwon.
appearance. joowon's sharp monolid eyes and tall demeanor gives people the vibe that he's part of a gangsta (but in reality, his only gangs are the tenants and daiso boys who tries hard to be cool as a 'gang'). with the height of 186cm, he towers everyone easily and can be spot by anyone in a second. many people had told him before that he could be a model and some even tried to cast him, but he disagreed (reason in trivias). joowon wears glasses or sometimes contact lens when he remembers he has one, because of his bad vision. joowon likes the image of him being a cold city guy btw.
fashion.
ethnicity. korean
face claim. kwon hyunbin.
backup face claim(s). jung wooseok. seo youngho, chae hyungwon.
appearance. joowon's sharp monolid eyes and tall demeanor gives people the vibe that he's part of a gangsta (but in reality, his only gangs are the tenants and daiso boys who tries hard to be cool as a 'gang'). with the height of 186cm, he towers everyone easily and can be spot by anyone in a second. many people had told him before that he could be a model and some even tried to cast him, but he disagreed (reason in trivias). joowon wears glasses or sometimes contact lens when he remembers he has one, because of his bad vision. joowon likes the image of him being a cold city guy btw.
fashion.
work fashion daiso's uniform consists of a white cotton polo shirt, tucked in with black pants, uglified with an apron that has the trademark color of the store, red. joowon only has three pairs of footwear: dress shoes, sneakers, and rubber shoes for sports, all in the color of black and gray. he hates white shoes because they get dirtied easily and he's too lazy to clean them. so he's get to go footwear for work would either be dress shoe or rubber shoes. sneakers just doesn't match the outfit for him. he doesn't really add anything else in the outfit, but he carries an extra white shirt just in case someone throws up on him maybe???
casual main color: black. joowon likes it and tells that it's part of his aesthetic. he rarely shops for his own clothes and wear them for at least 5 years before buying a new one. he hates slippers and sandals, mainly the feeling of exposed feet. plain black or white tees and shorts or jeans are his get-to-go, topped off with a thickof jacket or coat. the only reason he has shorts because it's hard to find pants his size if they aren't tailored. at formal events or blind dates, he wears a button-up shirt, straight pants and dress shoes. beanies, caps, watches and maybe his glasses are his only accessories.
scroll horizontally for a small gallery of bae joowon's casual outfits ranging from 0% effort to pieces he wears once or twice a month.
let's get to know you
trustworthy
adaptable
congenial
caring
frugal
sensitive
procrastinator
private
“when i first met joowon, he was very quiet sitting alone with no one beside him. i thought he was scary too, but i felt that he quite enjoyed the soltitude or maybe he was busy playing games on his phone. but after i approached him, joowon immediately smiled and gave a cool but friendly vibe while talking with him.” — kim yongguk, close friend of joowon.
“bae joowon is one of my best employees because he brought in more customers because of his good looks hahaha! he was very polite at the interview. i originally put him as a stocker because he’s tall and he’s very gentle but not slow at handling things which is great. when i learned that girls visit our floor because of him, i put him in the cashier of the top floor to make him more visible and so that the customers won’t leave immediately hahaha!” — won seokcheol, store manager of daiso myeongdong.
“joowon is the mom of the squad. really. or more like a grandma think? that grandma who thinks she’s as cool as the kids? but really, he cooks for us, fix things for us, and more importantly, he works at daiso and we can just tell him what we need and everything’s in that store! he’s so caring to us that he always gives us equal amount of food when he orders and cooks us soup when we’re sick.” — one of the tenants.
“we were partners once for a project and i was happy because i heard from some of our classmates that he’s nice and reliable. but that didn’t last and i was getting worried. a day before the deadline we were cramming the whole day at his apartment! though we did it late, he was skilled enough to finish everything on time. i’m so thankful that i told him i owe him but he declined and mumbled a curse, from what i heard correctly were like ‘. i ed up.‘ he went away quickly and i wish he could have more confidence!” — moon jisoo, same major as joowon.
“i worry a lot about that kid. though he doesn’t show it, i know that he still feels sad about giving up his dream because our family lacked money. joowon defends that he matured but he changed a lot after that. sometimes i feel at fault too whenever i see him walking or using the same old socks and shoes since freshman year. he became cautious about money and that attitude stayed with him until now. our family’s okay now unlike 3 years ago ugh i don’t know why he’s such a cheapskate.” — bae joohyun, joowon’s older sister.
“joowon has always been kind to me and to everybody. he’s a great friend really. he listens to all of my problems and i kind of feel guilty because i never did the same to him. he’s just very private like when we ask him, he just smiles but never talks about it. i suddenly feel he doesn’t trust us but i wish that’s not the case because all of us trusts him. and i wish he’d be kind to his own self too.” — kim jaehyuk, one of the tenants.
“you may think joowon’s a good kid and all but like all guys he has a naughty side too! i feel bad for him for declining us to play together at a pcbang so i always pay for him instead, it’s fine with me though i want him to enjoy. we’re both otakus too and i was so shocked that he doesn’t have any manga! how could he live just- so i let him borrow some of mine. we don’t play innocent so i gave him also my rated ones and some magazines and he didn’t brought it back to me for a month! hahaha!” — noh taehyun, close friend of joowon.
“joowon has a bit of a funny side to him too. he’s a weaboo and sometimes he would talk about the summary of his latest read manga in detail and every emotion he felt while reading that. or when he finishes a boss level at his game, he would wake everyone up at 2am and deliver food, which rarely happens! i think he’s starting to not be too cheap to himself though and i have a theory that he’s saving up money to buy that japanese idol he always says the name and i forgot... whatever! i know he’s buying her photobook and maybe an album too?” — one of the tenants.
tldr of bae joowon by himself: soft boys are the new trend. sheep in wolf's clothing. punny boy. tells everything as a joke because the truth hurts. motivates others but not himself. thinks he's the worst. pretending to be okay is his 24/7 job. the lowest price means the best. acts like an extrovert but has a lot of secrets. can only commit friendships. easily butthurt but doesn't show it. pro in procrastination.
trivia.
001 sees his legs & height as a disadvantage. almost all of the space in his legs are sprawled out on the floor when he sits on the couch, and the roommates like to seat above his legs when he lies down there. he's even longer than his bed and playfully complains every time that his spine and knees are gonna get curved permanently but he really doesn't have any hard feelings.
002 a big otaku and weaboo. probably started when he was a kid when he liked pokemon so much, then watched other animes, singing their opening and ending themes, and learned about the artist industry shortly after. don't be surprised if you catch him spitting random japanese words, singing love!live! songs and dancing to 46g songs. THIS IS A BIG SECRET EXCEPT WITH HIS CLOSE FRIENDS. but dw this is not the reason he got a job at daiso.
003 he's a gamer as well but he plays both on his phone and laptop, uses cracks and hacks to download paid games, and on pc bang when he's convinced enough by his friends. his favorites would be the classic final fantasy, fortnite and also overwatch. on phone, he seriously loves love!live! school idol festival and sings while playing. the tenants think he's the main user of the wifi but he cooks for them so it's okay.
004 you know those people who's randomly good at cooking? he's not THAT good but he cooks to live and lucky that he doesn't always burn himself.
005 a hoe for ishihara satomi and hkt48's miyawaki sakura (also yamamoto sayaka but she's graduating ;-;). just check out those beauties. a magazine of them as a gift would make him extremely happy and would cook a five-course meal for you. if we're gonna talk about his favorite anime characters, it's gonna be a long list.
006 speaks japanese semi-fluently and he took it as an additional subject back then at high school. he can also read hiragana but a few on kanji.
007 was supposed to take architecture or something related to the arts in college but got discontinued because those majors are known to be pricey and his family was struggling when he finished high school.
008 computer science major at sungkyunkwan university! it took him a few months to grasp and finally add his creativity on to it. he was first going for japan studies but his sister stopped him and threatened to cut ties if he took it lmao. joowon understands that taking computer science would land him more jobs and he’s okay his love for the country stays as a hobby and interest.
009 the type of person who compares the prices of literally anything and takes a long time to shop for ingredients at the grocery. of course, he always ends up with the cheapest price but on food, he also takes the quality in consideration. (also the same reason he studied at sungkyunkwan though it's fee is close to yonsei)
010 he has a child's tongue. not very good at eating spicy foods. he also adds cheese on almost everything like eggs, rice, ramen, bread, etc, to make it sweeter and ease the spiciness.
011 was once casted as a model and got scammed. the weird guy almost took advantage of him and stole his money. so joowon's afraid to try again when somebody casts him.
012 a lot of girls and even guys finds him attractive and has a crush on him but he doesn't give a single fudge because he has no money for dating and the love of his life is probably at japan or fictional. (and also scared of commitment lol)
013 actually buys most of his stuff at daiso, and the dorm coluld be half of their products now.
014 if he's drunk, joowon would straight off pass out and sleep. whoever's with him have to carry him home and if he's drunk in the apartment, the tenants just leave him and doesn't bother to drag him to his room because they're probably too drunk as well.
015 it did became a habit for joowon to be cheap but this is top secret that he’s the only one who knows: he’s saving money to buy a pc and if he saves a lot, he wants to go on a trip to japan.
016 he does get easily butthurt but he’s not a man of tears??? like he only rarely cries and he thinks he lacks water in his body??? joowon can only internally cry while watching orange.
history. bae joowon is the middle child of the three siblings in his family. his older sister is six years older than him while his younger brother is three years younger. when he was 13, his family transferred to another village closer to joohyun's university. and when he was in his last year of high school, his father who worked in a company, lost 60 million won, which made joowon stop pursuing his dream of studying in an art school. luckily joohyun got a job and paid most for his school fees for two years until his parents paid off all the debt and started giving joowon some allowance too.
history. bae joowon is the middle child of the three siblings in his family. his older sister is six years older than him while his younger brother is three years younger. when he was 13, his family transferred to another village closer to joohyun's university. and when he was in his last year of high school, his father who worked in a company, lost 60 million won, which made joowon stop pursuing his dream of studying in an art school. luckily joohyun got a job and paid most for his school fees for two years until his parents paid off all the debt and started giving joowon some allowance too.
tenant life.
occupation. daiso at myeongdong as the cashier and hand model for the aesthetic instagram feed.
lifestyle. their schedule, their work schedule, what they get up to, what they do on the weekends,
lifestyle. their schedule, their work schedule, what they get up to, what they do on the weekends,
mon-wed joowon wakes up at 8am to shower and quickly makes a sandwhich to serve as his breakfast with some coffee in his refillable mug, then eats while walking to the subway station. he probably watches an anime or akbingo while travelling. his classes at the university starts at 9am then he eats lunch at the cafeteria, goes to another class until 5pm. joowon hangs out with his university friends and sometimes eats dinner with them. he goes home around 7-8pm depends if there's a new episode or homework. he usually sleeps around 12 after spending the whole night with his phone or laptop.
thurs-fri there’s barely any difference with his schedule in the first said one. joowon finishes his classes earlier on these days of the week around 3pm. he travels for an hour to start his night shift at daiso. for dinner, he and the other workers order delivery food together. usually joowon orders jjangmyeon and tangsuyuk. his work ends at 10pm and arrives at the apartment around 11pm, takes a shower before hanging out in his room with his phone or laptop. sometimes he would eat some midnight snack like chocopie or literally anything edible at the apartment. sleeps at 1 or 2am because he’s not in the morning shift the next day anyways.
sat-sun weekends are the days a lot of people go out. joowon would like to go but he never initiates and would rather wait for someone to invite him. so there are days where he’s at the apartment the whole morning and afternoon. he takes the night shift again (or should i say, always) and a lot of people likes to shop at night which is good and makes him busy lol.
apartment life. when joowon’s at the apartment, he’s probably at his room playing or watching videos. he also eats in his room. if his back gets tired from lying on the bed or his almost turned flat from sitting, he’ll settle at the couch and play there. there’s not a lot of stuffs in his room like he’s a minimalistic person so it doesn’t need a lot of cleaning. joowon cooks for their meals when he can and if the tenants don’t feel like ordering. if there’s a broken bulb or they need more tissues, they would ask joowon to buy one at his own store. that’s basically it lol.
apartment life. when joowon’s at the apartment, he’s probably at his room playing or watching videos. he also eats in his room. if his back gets tired from lying on the bed or his almost turned flat from sitting, he’ll settle at the couch and play there. there’s not a lot of stuffs in his room like he’s a minimalistic person so it doesn’t need a lot of cleaning. joowon cooks for their meals when he can and if the tenants don’t feel like ordering. if there’s a broken bulb or they need more tissues, they would ask joowon to buy one at his own store. that’s basically it lol.
friends list.
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bae joohyun
bae joohyun
bae joohyun is joowon’s older sister. she’s more of a mom to him rather. as soon as he steps in her apartment, starts running continously talks about what happened at the bae household, how his parents were rooting for him to do something decent for his life and lowkey praising herself for landing on a stable job as a secretary, how they should do well as children for his family, etc. though she scolds him 24/7 she actually cares a lot about him and feeds him, gives him side dishes and some money. joowon knows that well and he’s used to her raging voice at him. he doesn’t want to fully depend on her though that’s why he rented another apartment. he do roots for joohyun to get a boyfriend to have some sunshine in her life. (they have another younger brother named, bae jinyoung who's still in high school but i didn't include him because he isn't as significant as joohyun and would probably has less chances appearing in the story)
kim jaehyuk
kim jaehyuk
jaehyuk & joowon are literally childhood friends. they were neighbors from kindergarten to elementary until joowon’s family moved. at that time, jaehyuk was taller at joowon so he was surpised to see joowon again after a couple of years. joowon was the first to recognize him and they weren’t awkward when they met again, maybe because there was a lot to talk about and some catching up. there are similarities about them like being soft sensitive babies but joowon is more chill (or he’s just pretending to be). they like talking about their embarassing moments as a kid like when jaehyuk accidentally pushed joowon down the hill and broke his leg for a week or memories like joowon gave jaehyuk a pikachu doll at his 6th birthday and he almost burnt it with the birthday candles.
sungkyunsquad
sungkyunsquad
blame taehyun aka their cult leader for the ugly squad name they made when they were deciding for a gc name. joowon met taehyun and yongguk first, because yongguk takes the same major as him, and taehyun, already a graduate, was studying japan studies and joowon was eager to ask him. soon he met the other three from acquaintances, sanggyun and donghan also took some minor classes with him, until the six got together and formed a gc. they like hanging out after class, eating or just playing at the pc bang, and sometimes crash in at taehyun's solo unit. (in case you’re wondering kenta and sanggyun are taking masters on child education (knt) and sports science (ksg). donghan takes political science lol)
the screening process.
this is ur interview portion. really show me how your character behaves ! jaehyuk will be interviewing you today !
"hey ! it's great to have you on board ! i just gotta ask some preliminary questions first." sure. go ahead. this is extremely helpful in wasting time because you’ll probably accept me because why you wouldn’t?
"soooo... if we need groceries .. are you gonna be our midnight milk run or not ?" i literally live in a semi-grocery store so just tell me what you need, give me money, and i’ll buy. maybe i could go for a run in the middle of the night to make use of these legs if i'm in a good mood. but if i'm not and you're picky about the brand, the one who drank the last drop has to. "right..."
"is the customer always right ? hmm tell me ..." i think customers are just easily confused and forgets to use their mind sometimes. i’ve put it in a nicer way btw. they can’t read the signs and always asks where are this and that, and some women even tries to drag me out of the cashier to lead them to their sauce pan. anyways, they also forget that we don’t return products and it’s totally not my fault if the product malfunctions. they should’ve read the policy and don’t blame us workers. we’re just doing our job to have money. to answer your question, no.
"why should i share an apartment with you ? sell yourself to me like you sell your products !" i know, i’m as cheap as my products. but don’t you think we’re more convenient? i get along with people well, i cook the tastiest meals, and maybe clean — i’m your harmonious tenant. i’m also not an a-hole of course i’ll help pay the rent. btw have you heard that some of our cosmetic products are good? "really? like nature republic or etude house?" yes! there are a lot of reviews by youtubers!
"apartment pet : yes or no. and also ... should we get a raccoon.." a raccoon! omg! of course! i would love a hedgehog too! chinchillas are cute too! you know, i’ve been thinkin a lot these days if i should adopt that cat in the street but i’m afraid i can’t feed him cat food.
"pay in cash or card ? like are you gonna make the poor worker run all the way to get change for your filthy paper money or..." not to be that annoying customer but i don’t follow the trend, i pay in cash. i always try to give the exact amount though and i very conscious about my money so i don’t put it in a card, it has more risks on impulsive buying lol. anyway i got a card at freshman and it suddenly stopped working i don’t know why but i’m done with it.
"top five words to describe me and .. go ! hopefully cute, charming, charismatic, cool, and confident are in your list. i definitely embody the 5 c's if i do say so myself..." i’d say um crybaby, not as an insult but honestly, same. a traitor to line, but kakao is really cuter and a korean brand, so i don’t blame you. still loud like before. maybe as caring as me. my mind can’t process for the last word. uhhh yeah let’s say you’re charming, sometimes. "is that an insult?" only if you take it as one.
"aaaand we're done here. feel free to help yourself to some street food while i pore over your credentials." hmmm actually i don’t feel like eating street foods right now. we still have some chicken ramen in the cupboard and i also have some gummy bears, sooo i’m good with that. thanks tho jae. "welcome groot."
"hey ! it's great to have you on board ! i just gotta ask some preliminary questions first." sure. go ahead. this is extremely helpful in wasting time because you’ll probably accept me because why you wouldn’t?
"soooo... if we need groceries .. are you gonna be our midnight milk run or not ?" i literally live in a semi-grocery store so just tell me what you need, give me money, and i’ll buy. maybe i could go for a run in the middle of the night to make use of these legs if i'm in a good mood. but if i'm not and you're picky about the brand, the one who drank the last drop has to. "right..."
"is the customer always right ? hmm tell me ..." i think customers are just easily confused and forgets to use their mind sometimes. i’ve put it in a nicer way btw. they can’t read the signs and always asks where are this and that, and some women even tries to drag me out of the cashier to lead them to their sauce pan. anyways, they also forget that we don’t return products and it’s totally not my fault if the product malfunctions. they should’ve read the policy and don’t blame us workers. we’re just doing our job to have money. to answer your question, no.
"why should i share an apartment with you ? sell yourself to me like you sell your products !" i know, i’m as cheap as my products. but don’t you think we’re more convenient? i get along with people well, i cook the tastiest meals, and maybe clean — i’m your harmonious tenant. i’m also not an a-hole of course i’ll help pay the rent. btw have you heard that some of our cosmetic products are good? "really? like nature republic or etude house?" yes! there are a lot of reviews by youtubers!
"apartment pet : yes or no. and also ... should we get a raccoon.." a raccoon! omg! of course! i would love a hedgehog too! chinchillas are cute too! you know, i’ve been thinkin a lot these days if i should adopt that cat in the street but i’m afraid i can’t feed him cat food.
"pay in cash or card ? like are you gonna make the poor worker run all the way to get change for your filthy paper money or..." not to be that annoying customer but i don’t follow the trend, i pay in cash. i always try to give the exact amount though and i very conscious about my money so i don’t put it in a card, it has more risks on impulsive buying lol. anyway i got a card at freshman and it suddenly stopped working i don’t know why but i’m done with it.
"top five words to describe me and .. go ! hopefully cute, charming, charismatic, cool, and confident are in your list. i definitely embody the 5 c's if i do say so myself..." i’d say um crybaby, not as an insult but honestly, same. a traitor to line, but kakao is really cuter and a korean brand, so i don’t blame you. still loud like before. maybe as caring as me. my mind can’t process for the last word. uhhh yeah let’s say you’re charming, sometimes. "is that an insult?" only if you take it as one.
"aaaand we're done here. feel free to help yourself to some street food while i pore over your credentials." hmmm actually i don’t feel like eating street foods right now. we still have some chicken ramen in the cupboard and i also have some gummy bears, sooo i’m good with that. thanks tho jae. "welcome groot."
closing remarks
comments/questions/suggestions/etc. YO IM FINALLY DONE AFTER THREE DAYS??? anyway i’m sorry for giving you another hyunbin i was shocked when i wasn’t the first one but then i realized that’s the purpose of backup fcs lol. i had fun with these and i like the concept of th story, very light which is something i love. if there are any mistakes, i’ll fix it immediately and i hope you have fun reading about joowon. i can only think of one suggestion btw like the tenants finding out joowon’s secret box of gravure magazines???
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