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these_balls) wrote2010-04-27 11:40 pm
these_balls) wrote2010-04-27 11:40 pm
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Understand the secrets and have some fun
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When Namsoon is first introduced, he’s surprisingly passive for a main character, so reserved that he seems almost emotionless -- like he’s merely going through the motions of living, always taking the path of least resistance, never fighting back even as he’s being harrassed or beaten up. It’s not until later that the viewer realizes why this is: Namsoon’s mind is weighed down by guilt, so heavily that it consumes the rest of his feelings. In his own way, he seems to be trying to repent for his past actions. He doesn’t ever speak up for himself when he’s being wronged, although he’ll stand up for other people who are. He doesn’t ask others for help, but he gives others help when it seems like others need it. He seems to purposely shy away from people who want to be his friends, never letting people get too close, almost as if he’s scared of doing them same to them that he did to Heungsoo in the past.
In stark contrast to that, though, we see in flashbacks that Namsoon was totally different before the accident flashbacks: in the past, Namsoon was vivacious; he lived life freely and without worries about consequences. In a way, he kind of had that rebellious, bad boy charm to him; he laughed easily and didn’t follow the rules or anybody else’s expectations if he didn’t want to -- to the point where the possibility that he might get arrested by the police was a serious concern.
The fact that his personality does such a complete 180 shows exactly how important Heungsoo as a person is to Namsoon: there was (and still is) literally nothing that he fears more than being rejected by Heungsoo as a friend. Heungsoo is, to him, family and best friend and soulmate all wrapped up in one person -- the fact that he crushed Heungsoo’s dream and permanently injured him is something that he’ll never get over, and the main reason he dislikes using force. The only times he’s seen fighting in-series is to defend Heungsoo, and he repeatedly shows he would rather let himself get beaten up than fight against people he might have a chance of winning against.
By the end of the series, Namsoon isn’t consumed with guilt like he was at the beginning, nor is he the bright, lively person he was before the accident -- he’s somewhere in-between. Making up with Heungsoo has allowed him to move on with his life: although he acknowledges that he’ll probably always feel sorry for what he did, he’s managed to get to the point where he lets himself feel other emotions and actively reach out to others as friends.
This includes rediscovering a bit of his sassy side! He tends to call things as it is in a blunt. matter-of-fact way, and expresses his annoyance with things in a pretty amusing way. He sometimes lightly teases/poke fun at people, but usually only people he knows well enough to be comfortable doing so.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
+ street-smart! He’s good at thinking on his feet.
+ he’s good at fighting and leading when he needs to, but he really prefers not to do those things anymore.
+ he’s especially kind to people who are in need.
+ he’s not easily ruffled or angered, and doesn’t respond to provocations -- in-series, the only time he’s seen getting mad or losing his cool is in flashbacks.
+ a hard worker: he’s been keeping up with part-time jobs for at least two years now.
- on the flip-side to being street-smart, he’s book dumb. To the point where when he actually tries to answer correctly on a test instead of filling out a column of A’s, he somehow does worse. He acknowledges that traditional education is not well-suited to him, and prefers to put his efforts elsewhere.
- reserved to the point of apathy at times. The only people he actively cares about are his friends, which isn’t to say he doesn’t care about others, just that he won’t go out of his way to help them if they aren’t asking for help.
- emotionally dependent on Heungsoo, although less so now than before.
- he helps himself last every time. It’s less about selflessness so much as it is him not valuing himself.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Mienfoo
Password: Scrambled eggs
Samples
First Person Sample:
[ When the video feed clicks on, Namsoon looks rather ruffled up -- his clothes are all askew, and there are signs of a bruise beginning to purple on his right cheek. ]
I have a question. The Pokémon we’re partnered with... they aren’t supposed to attack you, right? [ there’s a pause, and then a sigh -- ] I don’t think it meant to, but it was very -- enthusiastic, when I let it out of its ball. They’re pretty strong, aren’t they? Even though they’re so small.
[ For a few moments, he seems to zone out, staring blankly and not saying anything. Rather abruptly, though, he snaps out of it after half a minute or so: ] Do they really enjoy fighting? And do we have to battle them?
Third Person Sample:
After the fourth person had approached him asking for a battle, repeating the same canned phrases over and over again as he’d attempted to turn them down, Namsoon finally accepted it: he was either going to have to battle or go bankrupt from running away so often. He didn’t mind living penniless -- he was used to that -- but he felt a twinge of guilt at forcing his new partner into a life of poverty along with him. Still, he didn’t feel great about making his new partner fight to avoid said life of poverty, either. There was something about it that didn’t feel right, and Namsoon couldn’t help but make a mental comparison dogfights when he thought of battling his Pokémon. To him, it seemed to come down to the lesser of two bads: go broke running away from battles, leaving him incapable of properly caring for his Meinfoo; or let his Meinfoo battle, and risk getting hurt.
Before going any further down Route 29, he decided to settle it once and for all -- he called his Meinfoo out of its PokéBall, sitting down to get on eye-to-eye level with it. “About fighting other Pokémon -- you’re sure you want to?” Namsoon asked, even though he wasn’t completely sure that the Pokémon could even understand him. “It doesn’t bother you at all?”
The Meinfoo, though, met his gaze squarely, making a few noises before nodding: a clear affirmation.
“I guess if it’s okay with you,” Namsoon said hesitantly, as if trying to convince himself. “Then we’ll battle the next Trainer that challenges us, I guess.”
His Meinfoo seemed pleased by the decision despite its Trainer’s reservations -- maybe even a little excited at finally getting to fight properly. With a rather enthusiastic cry, it bounded forward, leaving Namsoon to quickly get up and scramble after it before it ran too far into the tall grass.
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