Lee, Jungho
Sept 11, 2024 17:34:37 GMT -8
Post by Jungho Lee on Sept 11, 2024 17:34:37 GMT -8
JUNGHO LEE
his parents gave him the english name john, but he has never used it |
18 | december 24, 2005 |
male | homosexual |
rooster | student at uw (class of 2028 - linguistics major) / Cashier @ PCC Community Markets |
Small 1 Bed 1 Bath with Iskander |
Appearance
Face Claim: Choi Youngjae (TWS)
Jongho is 5'8" (173 cm), and is a healthy weight. He keeps his naturally black hair fairly short and dyed a light brown color. He has dark brown eyes and a wide smile. He has no piercings, and only has one scar on his forehead from when he fell from a playground as a young child, but it's barely noticeable anymore. His style is usually casual chic, but tends to go for functionality over style these days.
Personality
Jungho is friendly and sweet, but also can have a sarcastic streak, especially with his closest friends. He had a bout of anxiety and depression after his parents acted negatively about his coming out, but he's doing okay now. He's acted well-behaved his whole life, but he likes that he can be himself with his friends, and his best friend Kai's family. With friends, he's still a little quiet, but more comfortable, sarcastic, and playful than he is at home or with strangers.
He enjoys drawing (though he claims he's not good, he's fairly good), music, and learning about other cultures (and his own). He also likes sports, but in a more casual manner than any sports team typically allows, and he doesn't mind but get bored easily when watching sports. He likes fiber crafts, though he's not skilled at them yet. He also likes musicals.
He dislikes bugs, not to the extent of phobia, but would just rather not be the one to deal with them (he's had to when it was just him and Xander, it did not go well, but they both survived). He also dislikes getting compared to other people, he's been dealing with it his whole life with his brother. He also doesn't like crying, not cause of masculinity reasons, but because his eyes always end up puffy for a few days after, and it's annoying. He also dislikes having seasonal allergies, especially when it comes to cottonwood.
Family
MOTHER
Name: Mina Young
Birth Year: Late 1974
Occupation: Piano Teacher
Feelings Toward: Jungho used to be close to his mom, and loved spending time with her, but he feels like he's been betrayed by her.
FATHER
Name: Seongmin Lee
Birth Year: Early 1974
Occupation: Pastor at Korean Church
Feelings Toward: Was never super close with his dad, but especially not anymore. On good days, he and his dad just won't talk to each other at all.
OLDER BROTHER
Name: Jungjin Lee
Birth Year: January 2000
Occupation: Doctorate Student @ Yonsei University (Biology major)
Feelings Toward: They were never super close, but Jungho was closer to his brother before Jungjin moved to Korea for higher education. He has always been compared to his brother, for as long as he can remember. Even after he got into UW, his parents just said Jungjin got into one of the top 3 universities in Korea, and said he could've done better.
History
Jungho's parents moved from Korea between when his brother and him were born. He grew up trying to be the perfect child. He took his Korean class on the weekend like his parents wanted, and learned piano, went to church, and got good grades. But still, he was compared to his older brother, who was already skilled in piano and fluent in Korean, excelled in school, participated in church choir, and was one of the best athletes on the soccer team. He went to Korea with his family yearly to visit his grandparents, and tried not to feel bitter when they complimented his brother on how fluent his Korean sounded, when they just told him his was good.
Jungho met his best friend Kai in first grade, and they've been friends ever since. He helped Kai learn English, and in second grade on the playground, the met Yuuki, Iksander, Joey, and Kyo. They played together a lot, and became a semblance of a friend group, made stronger once all of them except Kyo were in middle school. It was around middle school Jungho started realizing he wasn't straight. He kept it a secret from his family, but told his friends. He knew it was safe, Yuuki was already nonbinary, and at this point he was pretty sure no one knew Yuuki's birth gender (not that it mattered, but he was curious sometimes). Yuuki dragged Xander into the friend group one lunch halfway through Jungho's sixth grade year and told them he had been their best friend in early elementary school, but then had to move. Jungho easily got comfortable with the new dynamic; he and Xander bickered, especially after he found out Xander had been adopted from Korea, but it was never serious fights and he liked all his friends. The friend group also helped ease the transition to a new school, because he always knew he had friends that would be waiting for him at the next level. When the older ones in the friend group graduated, Jungho remained best friends with Kai, but really bonded with Yeowoo in a way he couldn't really with Kai, because Yeowoo, even though not going through the remotely same experiences, still had close ties to Korea, and as a bonus, they got along easily.
Besides constantly being compared to his older brother, his life was pretty good. His parents let him quit piano (not without griping about it, though), and he had run out of Korean school to take. He was in his senior year of high school when he decided to tell his parents he was gay. He wasn't sure how they would take it, he never really got any hints growing up. But they were okay around Yuuki, possibly partially because Yuuki was androgynous enough they couldn't decide. So he took the risk, and his parents reacted very badly. He spent a few nights at Kai's place, and eventually his parents called and said they wouldn't kick him out. When he finally returned home, his parents explained he could either change his "behavior" or be effectively disowned. He didn't see himself changing anything, so he told them to just disown him. From then on, they treated him like a roommate rather than a son. They cut him off from everything - their finances, their food, even their phone plan. He got a job at a PCC, working as he could to support himself. He moved into a shitty one bed one bath apartment with Iskander after he graduated, as even though he's no longer a minor and his parents didn't kick him out, living in his room was getting insufferable, and he felt like a burden at his friend's houses, even though both Kai's and Xander's moms practically adopted him after hearing what his parents did. He's gotten used to the situation, but he's still trying to find his footing and adjust.
He got a full ride to UW, and chose linguistics as his major. He is debating pursuing a library sciences degree either during or after his bachelor's.
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I was born in 1989.
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I was born in 1989.
My pronouns are he/him.
This profile is complete.