LET'S PLAY A LOVE♡GAME, KYUNGTAE
LOVE♡GAME » Lee Kyungtae
LOVE FILE #1
legal nameLee Kyungtae 이경태
nicknames
Tae - Just your everyday boring nickname that stem from his name. EVERYONE uses it for him
birth date06/04/1992
birth placeSeoul, SK
residenceSeoul, SK
pronounsHe/him
ethnicityKorean
face oneKim Minsung (Ulzzang - Minsung8809 on Instagram)
face twoKim Yu-kwon/U-Kwon (Block B)
appearance
If it wasn´t for his multitude of tattoos Tae could definitely be considered a pretty boy. Especially his finger, hand and forearm tattoos and the two small dots under his right eye get him quite a few stares whenever he´s out. He also has one right under his left collarbone, one on his right shoulder (the top of his shoulder - as in the area between his neck and shoulder) and one right behind his right ear (It´s literally the same ones his faceclaim has - a scroll through his Instagram and you can see all of them). However his legs, back, upper arms and chest are currently void of any ink. Poor, poor editors having to blur his tattoos. I almost feel bad for them. He has a silver barbell piercing his tongue but that´s it for piercings and he stands at 178 cm and 59 kg.
If it wasn´t for his multitude of tattoos Tae could definitely be considered a pretty boy. Especially his finger, hand and forearm tattoos and the two small dots under his right eye get him quite a few stares whenever he´s out. He also has one right under his left collarbone, one on his right shoulder (the top of his shoulder - as in the area between his neck and shoulder) and one right behind his right ear (It´s literally the same ones his faceclaim has - a scroll through his Instagram and you can see all of them). However his legs, back, upper arms and chest are currently void of any ink. Poor, poor editors having to blur his tattoos. I almost feel bad for them. He has a silver barbell piercing his tongue but that´s it for piercings and he stands at 178 cm and 59 kg.
His style is pretty all over the place. It´s often laid back but stylish in hoodies (typically dark colored hoodies) or sweatshirts, oversize with ripped blue or black skinny jeans. More often than not he´ll tuck the sleeves up to his elbows. He does also sometimes wear t-shirts and/or button downs but they´re usually tucked into his jeans and are also oversize. He also often layers his outfits with a jacket overtop if he´s wearing a t-shirt (smetimes a flannel instead of a jacket when he´s wearing a t-shirt) or button down and in the colder months may even do it when he´s wearing a hoodie or sweatshirt. He doesn´t accessorise often but will sometimes throw a ring (see pictures to the left) or a chain necklace or a chain bracelet onto his outfits. He always wears sneakers. Generally his outfits tend to belong in the "comfy yet cute" category but he can dress up if he absolutely has to in a button down, nice jeans (you´re never getting him in slacks - EVER) and a blazer. (Again give a scroll through his Instagram for picture inspiration)
languages
Korean - Native language
English - Advanced - he´s taken classes throughout his life and as a tattoo artist he sometimes gets customers who do not speak Korean (or speak very limited Korean) and so he uses it sometimes at his job.
English - Advanced - he´s taken classes throughout his life and as a tattoo artist he sometimes gets customers who do not speak Korean (or speak very limited Korean) and so he uses it sometimes at his job.
LOVE FILE #2
occupationTattoo artist - Despite it technically being illegal for Tae to do tattooing as he isn´t a qualified medical practiciner he still does it. He just works out of an underground tattoo parlour.
traitsEnneagram type 8;
Positive: Dominant, protective, action-oriented, energetic, intense, responsible, decisive,
Neutral: Commanding, forceful, intimidating,
Negative: Controlling, confrontational, aggressive, impulsive, quick to anger
Positive: Dominant, protective, action-oriented, energetic, intense, responsible, decisive,
Neutral: Commanding, forceful, intimidating,
Negative: Controlling, confrontational, aggressive, impulsive, quick to anger
personality
Tae enjoys taking on challenges. He´s charismatic and has the physical and psychological capacities to persuade others to follow him into all kinds of endeavors—from starting a company, to rebuilding a city, to running a household, to waging war, to making peace. He has enormous willpower and vitality, and he feels most alive when he´s exercising these capacities in the world. He uses his abundant energy to effect changes in his environment—to “leave his mark" on it—but also to keep the environment, and especially other people, from hurting him and those he cares about. Tae doesn´t want to be controlled or to allow others to have power over him, whether the power is psychological, ual, social, or financial. Much of his behavior is involved with making sure that he retains and increases whatever power he has for as long as possible. Being “in charge” and leaving his imprint on his sphere is a characteristic of Tae. He would rather lead and be in control, than be led and controlled. He´s the master of his own fate, and will not take anything sitting down. He instinctively takes charge of situations, and controls his environment. His preference is to make an impact rather than take on a passive role. The result is that he gets things done. He denies his weaknesses and maintains his self-image of being a strong person who’s in command of his life. He´s honorable and authoritative— a natural leader who has a solid, commanding presence. When he´s decided that you can be trusted, he will include you in his inner circle, and you can expect a steady and loyal friend and partner. He´s generous to those under his care, and you can count on him to defend you when needed. His groundedness gives him abundant “common sense” as well as the ability to be decisive. He´s willing to “take the heat,” knowing that any decision cannot please everyone. But as much as possible, he wants to look after the interests of people without playing favorites.
Tae´s extraordinarily tough and can absorb a great deal of physical punishment without complaint—a double-edged blessing since he often takes his health and stamina for granted and overlooks the health and well-being of others as well. Yet he´s desperately afraid of being hurt emotionally and uses his physical strength to protect his feelings and keep others at a safe emotional distance. Beneath the tough façade is vulnerability, although it has been covered over by a layer of emotional armor. Beneath his imposing exterior, Tae often feels hurt and rejected, although this is something he seldom talks about because he has trouble admitting his vulnerability to himself, let alone to anyone else. Because he fears that he will be rejected he attempts to defend himself by rejecting others first. The result is that Tae has become blocked in his ability to connect with people or to love since love gives the other power over him. This attitude makes it difficult for him to open up in relationships where lowering defenses is required in order to be intimate. Thus, Tae is extremely industrious, but at the price of losing emotional contact with many of the people in his life. Those close to him may become increasingly dissatisfied with this state of affairs, which confounds Tae. He has powerful protective instincts and a quick temper. He can easily be provoked into a rage and can be brutal and dangerous. So be careful what you say to him.
Kyungtae is a true rugged individualist. He stands alone. He wants to be independent, and resists being indebted to anyone. He refuses to “give in” to social convention, and he can defy fear, shame, and concern about the consequences of his actions. Although he is aware of what people think of him, he does not let the opinions of others sway him. He goes about his business with a steely determination that can be awe-inspiring to some and intimidating to others.
Tae enjoys taking on challenges. He´s charismatic and has the physical and psychological capacities to persuade others to follow him into all kinds of endeavors—from starting a company, to rebuilding a city, to running a household, to waging war, to making peace. He has enormous willpower and vitality, and he feels most alive when he´s exercising these capacities in the world. He uses his abundant energy to effect changes in his environment—to “leave his mark" on it—but also to keep the environment, and especially other people, from hurting him and those he cares about. Tae doesn´t want to be controlled or to allow others to have power over him, whether the power is psychological, ual, social, or financial. Much of his behavior is involved with making sure that he retains and increases whatever power he has for as long as possible. Being “in charge” and leaving his imprint on his sphere is a characteristic of Tae. He would rather lead and be in control, than be led and controlled. He´s the master of his own fate, and will not take anything sitting down. He instinctively takes charge of situations, and controls his environment. His preference is to make an impact rather than take on a passive role. The result is that he gets things done. He denies his weaknesses and maintains his self-image of being a strong person who’s in command of his life. He´s honorable and authoritative— a natural leader who has a solid, commanding presence. When he´s decided that you can be trusted, he will include you in his inner circle, and you can expect a steady and loyal friend and partner. He´s generous to those under his care, and you can count on him to defend you when needed. His groundedness gives him abundant “common sense” as well as the ability to be decisive. He´s willing to “take the heat,” knowing that any decision cannot please everyone. But as much as possible, he wants to look after the interests of people without playing favorites.
Tae´s extraordinarily tough and can absorb a great deal of physical punishment without complaint—a double-edged blessing since he often takes his health and stamina for granted and overlooks the health and well-being of others as well. Yet he´s desperately afraid of being hurt emotionally and uses his physical strength to protect his feelings and keep others at a safe emotional distance. Beneath the tough façade is vulnerability, although it has been covered over by a layer of emotional armor. Beneath his imposing exterior, Tae often feels hurt and rejected, although this is something he seldom talks about because he has trouble admitting his vulnerability to himself, let alone to anyone else. Because he fears that he will be rejected he attempts to defend himself by rejecting others first. The result is that Tae has become blocked in his ability to connect with people or to love since love gives the other power over him. This attitude makes it difficult for him to open up in relationships where lowering defenses is required in order to be intimate. Thus, Tae is extremely industrious, but at the price of losing emotional contact with many of the people in his life. Those close to him may become increasingly dissatisfied with this state of affairs, which confounds Tae. He has powerful protective instincts and a quick temper. He can easily be provoked into a rage and can be brutal and dangerous. So be careful what you say to him.
Kyungtae is a true rugged individualist. He stands alone. He wants to be independent, and resists being indebted to anyone. He refuses to “give in” to social convention, and he can defy fear, shame, and concern about the consequences of his actions. Although he is aware of what people think of him, he does not let the opinions of others sway him. He goes about his business with a steely determination that can be awe-inspiring to some and intimidating to others.
background
Lee Kyungtae was born in Seoul, SK on 06/04/1992 to Lee Sangki and Lee Eunjin. He grew up an outcast and was bullied by his peers for his "pretty" looks. Especially the older boys would belittle him and call him names. And Kyungtae swore very early on that when he got old enough he would do something about his pretty looks. However as a child he found solace in art and drawing. He would draw at all times he possibly could and all the adults in his life would tell him how good he was and how nice all of his drawings were.
He grew up an only child which made school even more like hell for Kyungtae. He was bullied all throughout his childhood not only verbally but he would also often be kicked and punched and this caused him to become closed off. He learned to take the beatings and keep his mouth shut because as long as he kept his mouth shut the verbal abuse wouldn´t happen as much. And it was the insults that had been hurled his way that had hurt Tae the most. He learned to deal with the physical pain but the psychological pain he never learned to deal with. And so he used his ability to deal with the physical pain to shield himself from the psychological pain. However the physical trauma has left him with instability in his left shoulder.
As soon as he turned 19 Kyungtae immediately enlisted for his mandatory military service however he failed his physical exam due to the instabilityof his left shoulder and so it was decided that he would be exempted from military service.
For a while he drifted around not really knowing what he wanted to do. He didn´t have great grades from school and the only thing he was really good at was drawing. It was 2011 and Kyungtae was 19. The few friends he had from high school were either in university or in the military. And then one day he stumbled upon Seoul Ink Tattoo Studio where he met the owner and founder Kiljun. He took one look at Tae´s drawings and mentioned tattooing as a possible career. To Kyungtae it sounded like a dream come true. Getting to do what he loved for work? Yes please. Kiljun however wasn´t able to take him in as his apprentice and so Kyungtae went looking, armed with his drawings. And he met a woman. Kim Jiyeon was her name and she was a pretty established name within the korean underground tattoo scene already. She could she his talent and agreed to take him under her wing as her apprentice. However when his parents heard this they couldn´t believe their ears. Their sweetheart of a son as a tattoo artist? Something illegal? No that couldn´t be. And they couldn´t accept that this was what he wanted to do and so they threw him out and disowned him. And while Kyungtae wasn´t necessarily happy, Jiyeon was once again there to rescue him. She let him stay with her at her apartment until he got back on his feet and when he started making money from actually putting ink in people´s skin he moved out and bought his own apartment.
He was 21 when Jiyeon approached him with a business offer. Until then the two of them had been working seperately but she had taught him everything he knew however she had an idea. Start up their own underground tattoo parlour. Kyungtae was in and soon enough the pair opened the doors to Bound By Design.
His days were spent tattooing and drawing and hanging out with the Jiyeon and their second employee Jaehyun. Until Jaehyun informed him of the fact that Love Game was casting. Both Jaehyun and Jiyeon were in committed relationships and would often poke fun at Kyungtae´s lack of experience and so the subject of romance was nothing new amongst the 3 of them. And Kyungtae saw it as an oppurtunity to meet someone new or perhaps, maybe, win some money. A win-win situation according to him.
Lee Kyungtae was born in Seoul, SK on 06/04/1992 to Lee Sangki and Lee Eunjin. He grew up an outcast and was bullied by his peers for his "pretty" looks. Especially the older boys would belittle him and call him names. And Kyungtae swore very early on that when he got old enough he would do something about his pretty looks. However as a child he found solace in art and drawing. He would draw at all times he possibly could and all the adults in his life would tell him how good he was and how nice all of his drawings were.
He grew up an only child which made school even more like hell for Kyungtae. He was bullied all throughout his childhood not only verbally but he would also often be kicked and punched and this caused him to become closed off. He learned to take the beatings and keep his mouth shut because as long as he kept his mouth shut the verbal abuse wouldn´t happen as much. And it was the insults that had been hurled his way that had hurt Tae the most. He learned to deal with the physical pain but the psychological pain he never learned to deal with. And so he used his ability to deal with the physical pain to shield himself from the psychological pain. However the physical trauma has left him with instability in his left shoulder.
As soon as he turned 19 Kyungtae immediately enlisted for his mandatory military service however he failed his physical exam due to the instabilityof his left shoulder and so it was decided that he would be exempted from military service.
For a while he drifted around not really knowing what he wanted to do. He didn´t have great grades from school and the only thing he was really good at was drawing. It was 2011 and Kyungtae was 19. The few friends he had from high school were either in university or in the military. And then one day he stumbled upon Seoul Ink Tattoo Studio where he met the owner and founder Kiljun. He took one look at Tae´s drawings and mentioned tattooing as a possible career. To Kyungtae it sounded like a dream come true. Getting to do what he loved for work? Yes please. Kiljun however wasn´t able to take him in as his apprentice and so Kyungtae went looking, armed with his drawings. And he met a woman. Kim Jiyeon was her name and she was a pretty established name within the korean underground tattoo scene already. She could she his talent and agreed to take him under her wing as her apprentice. However when his parents heard this they couldn´t believe their ears. Their sweetheart of a son as a tattoo artist? Something illegal? No that couldn´t be. And they couldn´t accept that this was what he wanted to do and so they threw him out and disowned him. And while Kyungtae wasn´t necessarily happy, Jiyeon was once again there to rescue him. She let him stay with her at her apartment until he got back on his feet and when he started making money from actually putting ink in people´s skin he moved out and bought his own apartment.
He was 21 when Jiyeon approached him with a business offer. Until then the two of them had been working seperately but she had taught him everything he knew however she had an idea. Start up their own underground tattoo parlour. Kyungtae was in and soon enough the pair opened the doors to Bound By Design.
His days were spent tattooing and drawing and hanging out with the Jiyeon and their second employee Jaehyun. Until Jaehyun informed him of the fact that Love Game was casting. Both Jaehyun and Jiyeon were in committed relationships and would often poke fun at Kyungtae´s lack of experience and so the subject of romance was nothing new amongst the 3 of them. And Kyungtae saw it as an oppurtunity to meet someone new or perhaps, maybe, win some money. A win-win situation according to him.
trivia
Likes:
- Drawing and generally art
- Spicy food - But please don´t give it to him because he can´t handle the spice. It´s nothing but pain for him but he´ll still eat it because screw the pain.
- Tattoos and tattooing
- Coffee - he´s addicted to caffeine
- Sleeping in - He´s not awake until 10 am even if he´s been up for hours beforehand
- Comfy clothes
- Horror movies
- His job
- Dark chocolate
- Salted caramel
Dislikes:
- People having control over him
- Bullies
- The cold
- Snow
- The rain
- Tea
- Airplanes and flying - It makes his eyes and nose hurt from the dry air
- Crispy bacon
- White chocolate
Hobbies:
- Drawing - He´s often seen with a pen in his hand and a small book filled with doodles and drawings
- Listening to music - He uses music as a coping mechanism when his shoulder is causing him a lot of pain
- Doing makeup - Typically he keeps it light but he finds makeup to be an artform in and of itself and he enjoys playing around with it from time to time
Habits:
- Playing with his tongue piercing by running it over his teeth and such
- Touching and playing with his hair
- Talking while he´s laughing
Fears:
- Not being independent (his biggest fear)
- Being hurt psychologically
- Giving up control
Trivia:
- Has two Instagrams - one for personal posts (which is privated) and one for his tattoo portfolio
- His personal Instagram is @KyungTae_Lee
- His tattoo portfolio Instagram is @LeeTae_Ink - it has 18k followers
- He can cook but he doesn´t like doing it
- He´s a good all around artist but specializes in tattooing realism (in particular portraits) and dolls in b&g (black and grey)
- He has never tattooed himself - all of his tattoos have been made by collegues
- He runs his business out of an underground tattoo parlour known as Bound By Design of which him and his mentor are the founders
- Bound By Design has an Instagram with 43k followers
- He´s biual
- He sleep on his right side and can´t fall asleep any other way
- His favorite color is black
- He has a pottymouth (and may give the editors one hell of a time because he´ll swear on accident)
- He collects colonge and has about 16 different ones (and he´s brought all of them to the house)
- His favorite cologne and the one he uses the most is The Scent by Hugo Boss
- He uses a balck IPhone Xr currently with a custom phone case that has the tattoo he has on his left hand on it (the mouth)
- He has his drivers license but doesn´t own a car. Instead he owns a Harley Davidson (motorcycle)
- He´s a smoker and smokes pretty heavily
- He doesn´t drink often but when he does he can handle quite a bit (at least for his size being kind of a skinny guy)
- He has to be careful about carrying heavy things with his left arm because of his shoulder
- If he does carry heavy things with his left arm his shoulder will typically dislocate
- He takes prescription painkillers often because his shoulder causes him pain
- Drawing and generally art
- Spicy food - But please don´t give it to him because he can´t handle the spice. It´s nothing but pain for him but he´ll still eat it because screw the pain.
- Tattoos and tattooing
- Coffee - he´s addicted to caffeine
- Sleeping in - He´s not awake until 10 am even if he´s been up for hours beforehand
- Comfy clothes
- Horror movies
- His job
- Dark chocolate
- Salted caramel
Dislikes:
- People having control over him
- Bullies
- The cold
- Snow
- The rain
- Tea
- Airplanes and flying - It makes his eyes and nose hurt from the dry air
- Crispy bacon
- White chocolate
Hobbies:
- Drawing - He´s often seen with a pen in his hand and a small book filled with doodles and drawings
- Listening to music - He uses music as a coping mechanism when his shoulder is causing him a lot of pain
- Doing makeup - Typically he keeps it light but he finds makeup to be an artform in and of itself and he enjoys playing around with it from time to time
Habits:
- Playing with his tongue piercing by running it over his teeth and such
- Touching and playing with his hair
- Talking while he´s laughing
Fears:
- Not being independent (his biggest fear)
- Being hurt psychologically
- Giving up control
Trivia:
- Has two Instagrams - one for personal posts (which is privated) and one for his tattoo portfolio
- His personal Instagram is @KyungTae_Lee
- His tattoo portfolio Instagram is @LeeTae_Ink - it has 18k followers
- He can cook but he doesn´t like doing it
- He´s a good all around artist but specializes in tattooing realism (in particular portraits) and dolls in b&g (black and grey)
- He has never tattooed himself - all of his tattoos have been made by collegues
- He runs his business out of an underground tattoo parlour known as Bound By Design of which him and his mentor are the founders
- Bound By Design has an Instagram with 43k followers
- He´s biual
- He sleep on his right side and can´t fall asleep any other way
- His favorite color is black
- He has a pottymouth (and may give the editors one hell of a time because he´ll swear on accident)
- He collects colonge and has about 16 different ones (and he´s brought all of them to the house)
- His favorite cologne and the one he uses the most is The Scent by Hugo Boss
- He uses a balck IPhone Xr currently with a custom phone case that has the tattoo he has on his left hand on it (the mouth)
- He has his drivers license but doesn´t own a car. Instead he owns a Harley Davidson (motorcycle)
- He´s a smoker and smokes pretty heavily
- He doesn´t drink often but when he does he can handle quite a bit (at least for his size being kind of a skinny guy)
- He has to be careful about carrying heavy things with his left arm because of his shoulder
- If he does carry heavy things with his left arm his shoulder will typically dislocate
- He takes prescription painkillers often because his shoulder causes him pain
LOVE FILE #3
relationships
Faceclaim: Natasha Bang (Bang Yongguk´s sister)
Kim Jiyeon / Mentor, collegue & friend / 35 / Tattoo artist and co-founder of Bound By Design
Tae met Jiyeon when he was just 19. She´s his friend, his mentor, his collegue and co-founder of Bound By Design and the one he goes to whenever he needs advice on anything. She´s the only person he´s ever let under his armor. She´s a sweetheart and is supportive of pretty much everything he does but she´s also not afraid to tell him when he´s ed up. She´s basically become his mother after his parents disowned him when he chose to do tattooing as his career. She did his finger tattoos as well as the lettering on his collarbone and shoulder.
Faceclaim: Lee Taeil (Block B)
Park Jaehyun / Friend, collegue / 29 / Tattoo artist at Bound By Design
Jaehyun joined Jiyeon and Tae at Bound By Design in 2015. Since he´s become Tae´s really good friend and he´s also the one who´s done Tae´s forearm tattoos. He´s a good-natured and easy going guy who might be a bit of a pushover.
Lee Eunjin & Lee Sangki / Mother and father / 53 and 56 / Architect and chief executive
Tae used to have a really good relationship with his parents. Until he chose to become a tattoo artist. To this day they still haven´t forgiven him and so Tae never talks to his parents at all. He doesn´t see them and essentially has no relationship with them whatsoever.
Faceclaim: Natasha Bang (Bang Yongguk´s sister)
Kim Jiyeon / Mentor, collegue & friend / 35 / Tattoo artist and co-founder of Bound By Design
Tae met Jiyeon when he was just 19. She´s his friend, his mentor, his collegue and co-founder of Bound By Design and the one he goes to whenever he needs advice on anything. She´s the only person he´s ever let under his armor. She´s a sweetheart and is supportive of pretty much everything he does but she´s also not afraid to tell him when he´s ed up. She´s basically become his mother after his parents disowned him when he chose to do tattooing as his career. She did his finger tattoos as well as the lettering on his collarbone and shoulder.
Faceclaim: Lee Taeil (Block B)
Park Jaehyun / Friend, collegue / 29 / Tattoo artist at Bound By Design
Jaehyun joined Jiyeon and Tae at Bound By Design in 2015. Since he´s become Tae´s really good friend and he´s also the one who´s done Tae´s forearm tattoos. He´s a good-natured and easy going guy who might be a bit of a pushover.
Lee Eunjin & Lee Sangki / Mother and father / 53 and 56 / Architect and chief executive
Tae used to have a really good relationship with his parents. Until he chose to become a tattoo artist. To this day they still haven´t forgiven him and so Tae never talks to his parents at all. He doesn´t see them and essentially has no relationship with them whatsoever.
love experience
Kyungtae has never in his life dated. He´s not a and has had his fair share of ual encounters but no dating history and no exes. He´s also never been in love.
Despite the fact that Tae doesn´t have any experience with dating and love, his personality forbids him from not trying to be forward with them if/when he likes someone. However he´s terrified of letting anyone get too close and the moment someone does get close to him he pushes them away. This includes romantic relationships and so he wouldn´t really be a very good partner. Get him to understand that you´re not gonna hurt him and that he´ll continue to be independent though and you have yourself the most protective and attentive person you could ever want. But he would also be the jealous and possesive type. And you really don´t want to get him mad due to his temper.
Despite the fact that Tae doesn´t have any experience with dating and love, his personality forbids him from not trying to be forward with them if/when he likes someone. However he´s terrified of letting anyone get too close and the moment someone does get close to him he pushes them away. This includes romantic relationships and so he wouldn´t really be a very good partner. Get him to understand that you´re not gonna hurt him and that he´ll continue to be independent though and you have yourself the most protective and attentive person you could ever want. But he would also be the jealous and possesive type. And you really don´t want to get him mad due to his temper.
ADDITIONAL INFO
COMMENTSSo I hope you like this baby. I mean I really, really like him so I hope you so as well. Other than that good luck with the story! Also I may add more under the trivia section at some point but I´ll let you know if I do.
suggestionsOh god I´m horrible at doing suggestions... I´d love to see everyone go out together though. Like a group outing bonding time thing.
SCENE REQUESTS
Oh please give me Tae being all "Oh god I can´t do this" and closing off because someone else is getting too close to him and he can´t deal.
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