Pandora Application || Shannon
Korean Name: Refer to Stage name :)
*Any extra names: Syaneun (pronounced Shannon)| Korean, Gao Xue Lun | Chinese, Shannon | English, Syannon (again, pronounced Shannon) | Japanese
Stage Name: Shannon
Ethnicity: Full Chinese
Nationality: Australia, then moved to Korea for training
Birth-place: Auckland, New Zealand (parents migrated from China to New Zealand, then Australia)
Home-town: Australia
Languages: Chinese| Fluent, English| Fluent, Korean| Conversational, Japanese| Learnt for 5 years (started in high school)
Nicknames: Casper – Because she is pale and can seem to be scary at first, but is cute and warm-hearted once you know her, Giggles - She likes to laugh a lot and is slightly immature.
Height: 174cm
Weight: 55kg
Age: 18
Birthday: March 12
*Blood type: A
Appearance:
Natural hair colour: Dark brown (thick and slightly wavy)
*Unnatural hair colour: N/A
Eye colour: Dark brown
*Tattoos/ piercings/ birthmarks: Ear piercings
*Style: She likes clothes that are kind of flowing and don’t cling to the body. Hates tight clothing. Likes summery dresses and doesn’t wear a lot of jewellery. Only occasionally wears earrings because they are too much of a hassle. She loves her denim. She also likes following with the latest trends, but sometimes isn’t sure whether she actually likes the trend, or ‘likes’ it because everyone else like it. Honestly, she would prefer to have her own style, but then is worried about others’ opinions of her. (refer to personality for more detail). She doesn’t wear makeup unless she can help it, because again, it’s too much of a hassle for her. Likes her hair natural and wavy.
*Appearance complex: Big hands and feet. (It’s kind of hard for her to find the right size shoes for her in Korea.)
Ulzzang name: Ryn
Picture Links: http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/105090/141/ulzzangs-korean-request-ulzzang-cuteness-tumblr-application-ulzzangs
Back up Ulzzang: Angelababy
Picture links: http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/105090/108/ulzzangs-korean-request-ulzzang-cuteness-tumblr-application-ulzzangs
Personality
Temper: Relatively calm, always trying to see the bright side of things, resilient and intelligent. Her tempers like a rubber band, she can tolerate a lot but when she snaps, she becomes extremely angry. You can stretch her and she’ll still be fine, but when she snaps, she begins to rage and is very pissed off.
Optimist, pessimist or realist?: Optimist (when she becomes very upset, she becomes a realist.)
Stereotype: A bit of a nerd, antisocial, values her education a lot.
Personality: She is very aware of other peoples’ emotions and takes caution whenever she talks. She can read people’s faces quite well. If someone seems upset, she’ll immediately go and comfort them, or if they’re angry, she’ll back off. Sometimes, she is too scared of being judged when she talks so she remains silent at times, when she is thinking about what to say. When she meets new people, she generally doesn’t approach them unless there is someone with her that knows the person. She can put names to faces very well. However, she is very open to the people she is close to. Sometimes, she is too self-conscious and is always worried. When performing, she seems confident, but on variety shows, she doesn’t attract a lot of attention to herself. When she sees someone she knows, she may not say hello unless she definitely knows that the person knows her as well. She is always concerned about the people around her, and does not hesitate to ask if they’re ok. What she lacks in talking, she makes up for body movement. She is quite good at expressing her feelings during dance. Shannon tends to cry very easily, e.g. she’ll most likely cry at least twice in any drama.
Sometimes, when she’s bored, she’ll wonder about deep and meaningful things. E.g., how come the sky is blue? Why does water feel like water? etc.
She is very competitive, even though she doesn’t show it. Insidethough, she loves any challenge and will do the best to achieve that goal for the challenge. If she completes a challenge she silently celebrates inside, and no one knows about it. Outside, she seems perfectly calm and placid.
*Beliefs: Christian, women’s rights, gay marriage
Likes:
Smiling
Nice dresses,
hugging
Laughing
shoes, nail polish designs
listening to music, especially by her sunbaes
Choreographing dances
Ramen
Dislikes:
Parasitic people (people who take without giving any back)
Weird foods like seaweed, eggplant and mushrooms.
People that tend want to attract attention to themselves.
Bad hair days
Too much makeup, on people (it annoys her. Put on makeup properly woman!)
Whiny people who complain too much.
Hobbies (3+):
Freestyle dance
Rapping,
Watching dramas,
Eating,
*Extra talents: Ballet for 3 years, dance (jazz, hip hop, Chinese dance) for 4 years (excluding training time in SM), piano for 6 years, played percussion in high school band for 1 year, basic wushu,
*Special talents: Her voice is quite deep, and can sound like a man if she wants to. Good at tongue-twisters. Back is very flexible and can over-split. Singing is better than average but not amazing. She can scream very loudly when she wants to. She can freestyle dance quite well, because she lets her emotions go whilst dancing.
Trivia:
Favourite foods: curry, apples, ddukbokki, hot pot
She has a fear of watching horror movies, and tends to run out of the room when one is playing.
She enjoys sport and is very athletic. She particularly enjoys playing basketball, and her aim is quite good.
She can’t handle a lot of chilli, but she enjoys eating spicy foods.
A little bit immature, but not too over the top
Has a longish neck (not a bad thing)
Has a nice eye smile
Likes riding her bicycle
*Prized possessions: Photo album
*Anything extra you feel doesn’t fit anywhere in the above but you need to get it off your chest:
About the character’s personal life:
Family: Mother, father, older sister
Bai Yuzhi || 50 || Mother, Gao Jian || 51 || Father, Gao Qiuyi || 22 || Sister
*Famous siblings or relatives: Jia (Miss A) Cousin. She taught Shannon a bit of Korean before she started training.
Background: Middle class, received good high school education, best subject is maths.
Best friend (one only): Amber | 20 | Met her whilst training. Very close because she speaks 3 of the languages that Shannon knows
Friends (max 5):
Luna | 19 | Met her whilst training. She is very sweet and kind to Shannon.
Taemin | 19 | Met in the company, occasionally teaches her dance moves
Suzy | 19 | Knows her from her cousin, Jia. Jia often takes Shannon with her outings, and Suzy usually comes as well.
Close sunbaes within the company (max 5):
· Victoria | 24 | Met her in Qingdao, at her Uncle’s wedding. Known her for 6 years.
· Eunhyuk | 26 | Met him whilst training. Often teaches her dancing techniques. Known for 4 years.
· Kris | 22 | Met him whilst training, and she often speaks with him in English.
Trainee for how many years: 4
Scouted how?: Audition
Love interest: Huang Zi Tao from EXO-M, aged 19.
How we met: Her blood uncle’s brother in law (she calls him Uncle anyway) was neighbours with Tao’s parents in Qingdao, and they became good friends. When she went to visit and stay with his family for a month (to improve her Chinese), her Uncle introduced her to Tao’s family. At first it was awkward, but then Tao and Shannon became very good friends. She had a little crush on him, but then she moved back to Australia. They kept in touch for a while, but then he moved to Korea to train and they lost contact. She heard from her Uncle that Tao got in a Korean company, but she didn’t know which one. Shannon auditioned for SM when they came to Australia, and that was 3 years before EXO debuted. (Pandora’s debut was about a year after EXO)
Personality: He is sweet, cute, tiny bit competitive, a bit of a cry baby, funny and badass because he can do martial arts >:).
Relationship: First Tao taught her how to do basic wushu, when they were together in China. They grew close from that. After that they were just very, very good friends. When Shannon was introduced to EXO, she was surprised to see Tao. Preferably, Tao and her will be very close friends and then they will start dating but with some complications. In the end it will be all good J
Back up Love interest: Jr, JJ Project, aged 18
How we met: Suzy and Jia brought Shannon to JYP and introduced her to everyone. They went to visit JJ Project, and then left. Shannon thought that Jr was quite good looking, but didn't say anything. Later, she visited JYP again, and then had some time alone with Jr. He was sweet with her and she started to fall for him. He in turn had started to fall for her a tiny bit, but they both didn't know that the other liked them. Suzy knows about it, but wants the truth to come out by itself, not because she just told someone. Hopefully, the relationship will have a few bumps along the way, but it will work out.
[I would prefer the first love interest, because I thought it out longer]
Personality: Nice, funny, cute and always happy.
*Ex-boyfriends?: N/A
Shannon would be the type of girl to find that ‘one’ person, not date many, many people.
Career:
Other activities (one max): Variety programs
Positions within the group [please highlight three and I will be picking which one I think is best suited to your character]
· Leader
· Maknae
· Main Vocalist
· Lead Vocalist
· Main dancer
· Lead dancer
· Main rapper
· Lead rapper
*Child/ past: Her mother was overly worried about her sometimes, and that has made her insecure about who she is. Her dad is very hard-working, but cannot keep going anymore, as he is growing older and older. Her sister is very pushy, and that has caused Shannon to have a ‘whatever’ kind of personality around people she’s close to.
Any extra details?: N/A
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