dage to me is rly interesting in that he's pretty passive for someone who is the oldest in a group bc of his lack of position (not quite vocal, not quite dancer, not a rapper) and the fact that he was put in m, but at the same time he doesn't hesitate to step in a discipline his members (which is unf)
he's also not rly afraid to show off what he can do, but he doesn't actively seek the lime light either which kind of works against him in china, but having lu han drag him everywhere kind of helps
i feel like he has this odd contrast where he does seem like pretty comfortable in his own skin for the most part, but at the same time he's been showing he gets flustered pretty easily and the original lack of mandarin improvement/trying... idk, like maybe he is more comfortable in the background or in a more lax atmosphere compared to being brought up to the limelight? before i thought he was this solid rock, but i feel like that's not quite the case .__.
idk too much about him but the one characteristic i would attribute to him is that he seems very laid back! like, he really doesn't care if he gets screen time or not, and he doesn't care about being the center of attention. he seems fine being alone or being left alone? definitely introverted i think! idk if any of this sounds right tbh i don't pay a lot of attention to him ;;
my original hc was basically cool as a cucumber dage lol but yeah i do think he's probably one of those types that would be perfectly fine if left alone to spectate, but at the same time doesn't mind being jumped on by louder people. he seems like the type to kinda go along with things, but there's the "4th sassiest member" or whatever thing someone mentioned forever ago ;;
i know a common characterization of him is as a troll and one of the chinguline rascals but sometimes i feel like he's more softer than that? but that may be bias u_u does it seem like he has limits when he's teasing people? unless it's like physically attacking people because i've seen him go hard on like kaiyeol lol
the members have described him several times (or am i just making shit up idek) that he's very nice and the "mom" of the group, and that idea has stuck with me when developing my hc for chen. i think he's really playful and loud and can definitely be snarky but he can also be really serious and reserved, especially recently. i think he's changed a lot since debut and become more mature? toned down? in how he expresses himself.
i think chanyeol is a really difficult member to grasp bc of his whole "calculator" thing, especially with his image on roommate, where he's like the human embodiment of an eager puppy? i think he's a nice enough person but not as perfect bf pcy as anons say. i remember saying this before but he seems like a people pleaser? like, he'll constantly be aware of other peoples reactions to things and then form how he acts according to how they respond to him, so it's hard to really discern when he's being sincere.
chanyeol is definitely a ppl pleaser and he can be oddly sensitive about things too like that radio show where he called doppar out for being deadpan/not reacting to his jokes and told him that it was upsetting for him?
idk chanyeol to me takes being an entertainer pretty easily and he definitely adjusts his behavior depending on the reactions from those around him
yeah, the people pleaser thing sticks to me too. it's not a bad thing imo, it's why he's doing so well in varieties i think? maybe he's just adaptable because when he's with exo, he's slinging some toeing-the-line jokes with baek and the rest but around the variety sunbaes he's so well-behaved? i definitely do think he's probably a good person but i never know how to actually characterize him in fic because half the time i see him written as snarky-asshole-lite and the other half is big dumb doofus puppy u__u confusion
what strikes me the most about chanyeol is how image conscious he seems. he gives off this vibe that he always wants to show a 'perfect idol' image. i've actually discussed this with anons before so ig its nothing new. but what also sticks out to me is how well he can read variety cues. in an ep of roommate when the other cast prompted ssw/sora to make eye contact he brought the pillow up between them and seho was like "wow chanyeol you're good at this", which reminded me of showtime ep 12 where he made sure everyone was in on pranking kai bc "you guys know how this works, right?" he really... gives a shit, for lack of a better term lol
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(Anonymous) 2014-06-15 07:55 am (UTC)(link)he's also not rly afraid to show off what he can do, but he doesn't actively seek the lime light either which kind of works against him in china, but having lu han drag him everywhere kind of helps
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