age: 97 liner
company: new age media
position: dance trainee
traits: (+) resilient, loyal + genuine (-) nervous, stubborn + untrusting
played by: ali
junxi was born in taipei to a taiwanese father and a thai mother– their family was always tight knit and strong, and junxi (the only child) was loved unconditionally. it was always made clear that that could do whatever they wanted to do, and be anything they wanted to be, and their parents would be there to help them along the way.
junxi started dancing when they were eight, and seemed to have a knack for it. they loved trying out more and more styles of dance, and taking more and more classes. they weren’t the best dancer in the world, but they had work ethic and passion, and that was enough.
when a big entertainment label came to taipei for global auditions, junxi auditioned on a whim– they had a rather tomboy style, and weren’t the strongest vocalist, so they didn’t think much of it, but to their surprised, they were signed as a trainee at the age of sixteen and brought to seoul to start training.
to their surprise, they got to keep their androgynous style– that had been something they’d been scared that the company would try to change, and two years later, they debuted in the girl group ultra; a quirky fun girl group, with junxi as their tomboy rapper.
this went on for years, and junxi was mostly happy. they still felt like they were hiding a huge part of themselves from the world, though– namely that they were in a girl group, but they weren’t really a girl. the fans seemed like they would be supportive though! so many were already speculating about junxi being a lesbian because of their style– surely it wouldn’t hurt to clarify a little, right?
so thats what junxi did. when they were twenty-one, two years after debuting with ultra, they clarified on an instagram live. they weren’t a lesbian– they were non-binary. not a boy or a girl, just junxi. attracted to everyone. just junxi.
most of the die hard fans were supportive, but there was a lot of backlash– the worst of it from the company’s executives. they were livid that junxi would do this without clearing it by anyone, and furious that junxi would be something like this when they’d given junxi a platform and a spot in their girl group. junxi’s members got weird around them, and junxi knew it was because they were prejudiced. they assumed that junxi was attracted to them and would be weird and perverted about it. junxi had been raised in an environment that told them that they could be anything, but this was a huge reality check to how things really were. the cherry on top of the cake was when they were kicked out of the company.
junxi likes being an idol, so they’re trying out new age, and hopefully they can someday debut again, and while they at one point would have thought it unlikely, iori from distich gives them hope that things can be okay. they are trying to stay positive, but that’s only getting harder and harder every day– especially watching ultra thrive without them.
