hello (again), vayne (they / them) presenting yoon jiyu (cruella). at the age of 25, she has encapsulated most of her negative experiences and allowed them to embitter her unto this point. beneath the cut, iâve divvied up her character information in hopes of keeping it concise and highlighting the parts i think are vital to my idea of her. if youâd like to interact with me, iâm available through tumblr ims; just let me know. thank you for your time!
BIOGRAPHICAL:
TW: BULLYING
tumultuous family life. siblings are her half-siblings through their mother. mom marries jiyuâs dad though he seems to be more attached to her siblings than he is to her. she hates it really bad but itâs not the kind of thing she has the lexicon to really be able to effectively voice in any capacity that matters. dad isnât someone who takes accountability after all and mom isnât someone to rock the boat so jiyu wonât do it either but it does hurt
compensates with class clown shenanigans that arenât really jokes as much it is unnecessary bullying bound to scar someone forever. it stems from the neglect sheâs internalized out of her home experiences. doesnât really pay the introspective part any mind because sheâs making the popular kids laugh. jiyu loves the attention so whether or not sheâs tormented somebody doesnât really matter because she knows where sheâs sitting at lunch and people actually seem to care if sheâs absent from a day of school which is more than she can say about her parents
this is not enough to sate her. she tries to tell herself that it is and tries to make it be enough and be satisfied with just being a comedian who nobody really has a substantial relationship with but honestly. seeing it girl so exalted and loved and overhearing all the crushes people have and how people flock around her introduces the idea that maybe jiyuâs missing out on something. this idea becomes a nightmare and it pushes jiyu to that proverbial edge of fate
she hopes with all of her heart that gossip girl absolutely destroys it girlâs life when she sends in the video. doesnât really care about the collateral that suffer due to her either. in jiyuâs mind they all deserve it not even on an ethical scale but because they didnât treat jiyu the way they treated it girl. in her mind itâs like she was only being horrible to innocent people because it made them laugh. why would no one like her or reciprocate her crushes because of that? itâs what they wanted, sheâs not actually like that, etcetera but jiyu doesnât accept itâs the only side of her sheâs allowed people to see: the cruel part that does and says anything thatâll elicit a reaction
introspection and self-accountability effectively ignored however so that singular part will become the bedrock to her entire personality and does. she hates every person in the gossipgate clique but similarly theyâve been all sheâs known for so many years that she doesnât want to take the effort to reconstruct her social life. plus staying in cahoots with everyone offers a false sense of camaraderie and trust that she exploits to stay in the know about things. like for instance any passing comment blackmail might make here and there to the people who arenât jiyu. her conscience will always be spotless itâs just a matter of ensuring people agree with that and keeping everything copacetic
CHARACTER:
duplicitous (obviously) but in a very sleek way where she covers her tracks well so itâs hard to discern. also very ruthless but the cruelty isnât necessarily object violence itâs more like she envisions the light at the end of the tunnel and accepts doing whatever she has to do to be able to reach it
believes in herself a lot because paradoxically she also recognizes how much of a hole there is dug into the center of her stretching its yawning maw day after day and slowly ebbing into everything like an indiscriminate and insatiable monster. if she had had love when she wanted it things would be different but nobody had a crush on her back then so she will be spitefully brutalizing the rest of the world forever
contrarily she does have moments where she reflects on the magnitude of what sheâs done and sometimes thereâs a breakthrough but itâs immediately quelled by the incontestable fact that she canât go back now. that sheâs done what sheâs done and to whatever extent this is exactly what she wanted so what would it all have been for? what does regret even serve her? whatâs she supposed to do, say sorry? âthis is the path iâve taken to get what i wantâ mentality
the internal debate is actually really great though because it inspires so much of the agony that appears in her haute couture designs. sheâs a hot topic in the fashion world, spearheading a brand new label renowned for its classical components in gorgeous haute couture and the almost sacrilegious tragedy her work seems to capture. her signature is always the brilliant, seemingly angelic and heavenly motif. steel barb twisted into makeshift bracelets and diadems, long gowns that flow out like white wings, heels with their stems adorned by crucifying vines. sheâs like caravaggio or michelangelo or da vinci if any of them made clothes and also were even half as great as jiyu is (think this: x x x x x x x)Â
the scandal thatâs going on is true but no one else needs to know that and she wonât be acknowledging the accusations anyway so stop flooding the searches with it she doesnât care sheâs had enough of people writing her off. however people end up suffering for it means nothing to her. it really does
anyway despite all of this, she is really social and amicable and chameleon-like with a malleable adaptability to any of the crowds she puts herself in. with gossipgate sheâs the age-old friend who has them covered if they need anything. with new people sheâs kind-hearted and not so extroverted that itâs overwhelming but enough to get the conversation going because stagnancy is a boring death and maybe thereâs always something worthwhile to gain out of being friendly. not to be confused with being outgoing though more so if you speak to her she will reply and continue the conversation and falsify a sense of hospitality
yoojungâs intro neglected my signature ending wherein i clarify that i donât have any open-ended plots because i suck at making them lol but it is true i am bad at that and prefer proactive brainstorming because i am down with most anything!!!!! iâm available on tumblr IM if youâre interested and thank you for your time again










