Pseudonym: Peanut
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birthday: February 3
Nationality: South Korean
Bloodtype: B
Occupation: Scriptwriter
Likes: Romances, sweets, video games (especially dating sims), Romcoms, writing, cats... Dislikes: Scary women, bad endings, being treated like a kid, rude awakenings...
PERSONALITY
In a nutshell Juhwan can be described as a complete and utter hopeless romantic. He absolutely loves the sweet and romantic stories that the media bombards the world with. From 'Pride and Prejudice' starring Keira Knightly to the manhwas 'A Kiss from my Prince' or 'Bride of the Watergod'. He is an absolute sucker for anything with a 'happily ever after' where two become united. It is the same ideal that he dreams to have in reality, hoping that one day he might be the 'prince charming' or the 'Mr. Darcy' to his 'princess', or 'Elizabeth Bennet'.
However, what he doesn't realise is that these are mere ideals and that he is more in love with the notion of romance and love rather than that he actually is in love. His fantasies and expectations is what has prevented him from holding down a successful relationship, constantly getting dumped as he sets the bar too high. Juhwan remains within his own world without ever realising that it might never reflect reality. At least his faithful followers online appreciate his notions of romance, as his fluffy sweet stories are wildly popular. His dreamworld is appreciated within fiction, but simply cannot come to exist within reality, which is why this dreamer has so much trouble finding his proper place within the real world.
As a young graduate and bachelor the male is still looking for his love, feeling the pressure from society to start settling down already. However, mix in the ideals he sets and how dense this young man can be on how the actual world works and it becomes quite obvious why he has so little luck so far in love. Quoting pick up lines from video games isn't exactly the smoothest way to woe a heart, even if he believes himself to be quite the man. The fact that he even feels a little intimidated by any woman that isn't like the females from his favourite romcoms (which is basically every woman in the world) and the circle is round.
BIOGRAPHY
Juhwan's view of romance was shaped early on in life. Both his parents were absolute suckers for romances themselves, not dirty of showering each other openly in their affection for each other. The young boy remembers how his father made it a habit to gift his mom roses every week without a fail and how his mother would kiss him each time he did. To Juhwan that was what it meant to be in love. Young as he was Juhwan believed that a true romance meant roses, kisses, and gifts, without understanding the hardships that came with it.
This love was shattered young, however, as his father grew ill and soon passed away. The boy had been only six when it happened, and he understood that the loss of his father did his mother a great deal of grief. As both tried to deal with the passing of a husband and a father Juhwan sought for ways to cheer up his mother. Remembering how his father would bring roses every week the boy tried to do the same, but found that roses costed a lot of money for a kid with no allowance. Instead he got creative, bringing flowers to his mom he had picked outside. That made her crack a small smile and it was from there that young Juhwan took over the habit his father left behind.
Because his father had been the main income of the household Juhwan and his mother soon had to move in with his grandparents for financial reasons. It was there that Juhwan was encouraged to read and write. His grandparents were avid lovers of poetry and literature, and true to his likes they always knew how to recommend the sweetest stories for him. That along with the discovery of online forums where people could write and share their own stories the boy slowly blossomed himself into an avid writer. The wild flowers he gifted his mother were replaced by short stories instead, on which she would give him feedback on how to improve and encouraging him to continue. It was thus that his mother turned into a faithful fan and beta-reader, which was really all he could ask for.
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