hallo hallo! so excited to be here, it's been 6 years since i've rped on tumblr... happy to be back :D
quick rundown of kiyong/axel:
competitive skater, part of the south korean national team, an active olympian. used to train overseas but decided to return to korea as he approaches his 20s
why? well, one is bc of financial costs. he can't keep making his parents fund his career when his younger sister is a budding volleyball player recently accepted in to the national setup (if anyone wants to play the sister, hmu)
another is bc he's been influenced by the hallyu wave, esp netflix (hahaha). who says olympians don't follow pop culture?
he didn't have a normal upbringing, having had to skip school a lot and spend majority of his time training
so now he wants to try living a normal life (as if he can)
but oho, at kyungwon he's able to try new sports and somehow he's keen on ice hockey (which he tried when he was younger) ... to the displeasure of his coach :p
a huge part of him is conflicted on whether he wants to continue skating - he did participate in the 2022 beijing winter olympics but didn't medal. the old chronic injuries keep coming back (and are starting to stack ..) but he still has more jumps and techniques to perfect
the older he gets, the more he hates the sinister part of the sport he loves - his athlete friends being caught doping (unwillingly), the high profile ones turning to gambling and drugs as methods to destress, and how his success in the sport has caused the korea skating union management to use him for internal political warfare
he just wants to be a normal 20 year old worrying about normal stuff, not corruption and exploitation of underaged athletes
random facts
he loves to snack and has only been able to get away with his snack breaks when he started to podium at the senior level competitions. bless his high metabolism or else he'd be crucified for eating so much chocolate bars in between trainings. you can consider him as the doraemon of snacks (ask and you shall receive)
he is super lame (as in he loves deadpan humour, puns, memes and pop culture). very gen z. makes his coach suffer through a generation gap identity crisis every 2 business days
despite his lame personality, he has a very cold ~ aura ~ so he's been called ice prince many times and comes off as unapproachable
undecided major bc he's soul searching
his family started off as lower middle income when he was born, but as he progressed in his skating career, his family gradually became okay financially. however he still worries about his parents' retirement funds + sister's volleyball training costs and has been secretly putting aside money for them
kiyong likes to go by his korean name off the rink but insists on being called axel when discussing his ice skating endeavours. it's a separation of personal vs professional lives thing. no promises that he won't throw his ice boots at you if a lame axel pun is made
oh, his parents gave him the middle name of axel bc his father got tear eyed watching a beautiful double axel jump when his mother was pregnant with kiyong :p
he has yet to do his military service, and is strategising to win gold at the asian winter games before he retires so he can go for the reduced military service option instead
very particular with money management - he's learned to budget since he was 7 years old so you can spot him at flea markets trying his best to out-haggle other ahjummas for bargain deals
likes to thrift clothes and into environmental activism (bc winter sports will die out if the planet continues to get hotter)
i'm still setting up his bio page up but can always hit me up in the DMs to plot! am open for anything :D












