ย ย *โ โ โโโ โ โ GUREUMย โ CLOUD โ SEON ย ! ย โย a hopehqs main verse muse .
ห ย โน ย ยท ย . ย โ ย main verse. ย kim seokwoo. ย cis man. he/him/his. ย โ ย huh ? ย oh ย โ ย thatโs ย just ย gureum ย โ ย cloud ย โ ย seon. ย as ย far ย as ย i ย know, ย theyโre ย twenty ย - ย six ย years ย old ย and ย last ย i ย heard ย theyโre ย a ย pastry ย chef ย over ย at ย seaview ย cafe. ย theyโve ย been ย in ย hope ย for ย their ย entire ย life ย and ย around ย here, ย theyโre ย known ย as ย the ย heart, ย but ย everybody ย knows ย all ย that. ย what ย you ย really ย ought ย to ย know ย is ย that ย theyโre ย kind ย of ย undiscerning, ย and ย blundering, ย but ย good-heartedย ย and ย earnest ย at ย the ย same ย time. ย and ย if ย you ย ever ย need ย a ย favour ย from ย them, ย get ย them ย a ย crate ย of ย sweet ย produce ย from ย sun ย peaches ย family ย farm. ย thatโll ย do ย the ย trick. ย libraโs, ย am ย i ย right ? ย ย โ ย ย as ย written ย by ย edie, 25, she/her, aedt.
ย *โ โ โโโ โ โ PROFILE ย ! ย โ
BIRTH NAME:ย gureum cloud seonย PREFERRED NAME: cloudย BIRTH DATE: september 29th, 1995 AGE: twenty-six WESTERN ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:ย libraย ( element :ย airย ) EASTERN ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: pig ( element : wood ) NATIONALITY: american ETHNICITY: south korean GENDER & PRONOUNS: cis man โโ he/him/his SEXUAL ORIENTATION: demisexualย ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: panromantic
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ย *โ โ โโโ โ โ BACKGROUND ย ! ย โ
nineteen ninety four had been a difficult year for sun peaches family farm. the winds around the outskirts of hope, alaska, had been furious and without relent, while the sun remained overshadowed by the cover of clouds for much of the year. the result was a harvest of bruised and undergrown peachesย ย โโโย bitter to the taste despite the sweetness of the soil that they were grown from.ย
despite being at the mercy of the elements, and despite the hardship of the year that had come to pass, the seon family ( the pronunciation sounding akin toย โ sun โ on western ears ) persevered in the way that they had learned to when they had been torn from their home during the korean warย โโโย re-tending to their lands with a tenderness ; hands rough with labour pressing gentle fingertips into the soil. they were determined, you see. one year of bitterness was hardly enough to make them forget the taste of sweetness.ย
so by the grace of the merciful gods above, when nineteen ninety five came, it brought with it the sun. this year, the sweetest harvest of peaches in the family farmโs history coincided with the birth of eunha and kangdae seonโs one and only son. the couple had believed they were beyond their childbearing years โโโย well into their fifties by the time their baby boy came into their lives โโโ so it felt almost like a miracle when eunha and kangdae heard the news.ย
when he came into the world, the boy possessed such a sweetness that many villagers around hope speculated that gureumย โcloudโ seon had not been born, per se. rather, the seonโs had planted the pit of their sweetest peach into the ground and prayed for the tears of the most beloved and pure angel to water it. one unsuspecting day in august, they found that a sunset coloured peach had sprung from the groundย โโโย and when the couple took the peach in their hands it burst open ย โโโย and little baby cloud was inside.ย
( despite the bitter harvest that the high cloud-cover of nineteen ninety four had brought the seonโs, they bore no ill will to the elements nor the sky above. they hoped to turn their biggest foil into a dear friend, and so they named their beloved child guruem ย โโโย meaning cloud in their native tongue ).ย
cloud seon grew up with dirt-painted cheeks and peach-scented handsย โโโย a strangely dependable and sturdy sort of child who seemed grounded by the kind of life his family led. amongst the soil of peach trees, playing with fireflies at night, cloud grew up uncomplicated and free ย โโโ living a simple life, focused on simple pleasures, and guided by his open and honest heart.ย
the earliest memories cloud has are of the taste of peaches. the taste is so sweet that it transcends the reach of words. peppered through his life is the memory of his mother incorporating peaches into classically korean dishes ; the saltiness of her kimchi recipe being complimented by the sugary sun peach, the sticky sweetness of her hotteok ( korean pancakes ) pairing well with a balanced stone-fruit relish. for bae eunha, cooking is a way of feeling connected to her home โโโ and where war and conflict tore her away from everything she once loved and knew ; food brings her back to it.
" thereโs no amount of grief, heartbreak, or sorrow that a well-cooked meal canโt cure, cloud. โ the boy remembers his mother telling him this one evening over her own recipe of peach-infused yakgwa ( korean honey pastries )ย โโโย โ i miss home very much. i miss the people i used to know there, and the places that i used to go. the streets knew my name, and even as a little girl, i knew theirs. โ thereโs a sadness in eunhaโs eyes, and tears warm cloudโs cheeks like a temperate spring rain.ย โ it would bring me too much pain to go back there now ; knowing what iโve lost, and seeing how much has changed. but for a moment in time, when i eat this yakgwa โโโ i feel like i am there. โ itโs such a beautiful memory that his mother has shared with him. that night, the yakwa that cloud and eunha share tastes sweeter than usual.
itโs no surprise that little cloud develops a love and appreciation for the culinary arts after such a conversation. the sweetness of his soul leads him to a love for pastries in particular, and in this environment of utter warmth and love the boy begins to grow in heart, mind and body, and soon little baby cloud seon is baking baking baking away in every spare moment that he has.ย thereโs cake batter and vanilla beans splattered across his mondays, peach crumble pies filling his wednesdays, and custard choux pastries celebrating the end of the week on fridays. at the age of twenty-six, the man is baking stillย โโโ pouring his heart into the pastries he makes, and drawing people into his life with sweetness, honey, and an extraordinary warmth.ย
*โ โ โโโ โ โ EXTRAS ย ! ย โ
the goodest boi
golden retriever in human form
sturdy of heart and warm of spiritย
simple ???? minded โโโ very uncomplicated and what you see is what you get uwuย
wears his heart on his sleeve and shows all the cards in his hand out of good faith. feel free to use this against him rjewijroeiwrowe
was teased and bullied a lot when he was little because he was a late bloomer when it came to reading, writing, and even speaking. he didnโt speak until the age of 4 โโโ mostly just because communicating with his mum, dad, the peach trees, grass, dirt, and the farmland through touch and energy and the windows of his eyes came more naturally to himย
now that cloud has found his voice though, he has NO INSIDE VOICE โโโ heโs softhearted ; but mightily warmย
i may or may not have gotten inspiration for cloud from the ghost of christmas present in the muppetโs christmas carolย โโโ COME IN, AND KNOW ME BETTER, MAN ! HO HO HO HOย
never has a clean face ????? itโs always flour-dusted, or sugar-kissed, or dirt-paintedย
awful sense of direction. the manโs literally never left the tiny town of hope / the farm /ย its surrounds but he still gets lost on the dailyย
wants the best for you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
has a very rustic sort of baking style. rather than precise measurements ( which is usually important for baking !!!!! ) cloud forms relationships with his utensils and knows what level of the mixing bowl the milk will need to come to, or how many dented spoonfuls of honey he needs to use in his recipes ?ย
great with animals โโโ voted most likely to send himself bankrupt adopting animals from shelters in high schoolย
even better with kids โโโ cloudโs got a very unpretentious openness and warmth about him that kids tend to feel comfortable aroundย
GOOD BEANย
looks like a harmless bub but remember that cloud grew up on a farm and manual labour is something that heโs known ever since he was little, as he was always eager to help out his parents with the land and the work in any way that he could. cloudโs honestly built like a tANK because of itย โโโ and heโs veryyyyyy tall as well ( 190cm / 6โฒ2 )ย
i genuinely donโt think cloudโs ever had a bad thought about anyone in his entire life
literally the only man i trustย
protecc him
lots of love and good will in his heartย
doesnโt have very good self-esteem though :( the bullying he endured when he was a kid has left him a little damaged. he doesnโt think very much of himself because heโs internalised the words that kids would jeer at him about being dumb, or slow, or stupid
despite all the awful things that were said to him though, cloud has always been tender of heart. he doesnโt think heโll ever amount to very much ; but he knows that, at the very least, he is kind. he wouldnโt want to be anything more or less than that
