Dongmin Characterization Notes
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tracktenTaesan's difficulties expressing himself predebut
- "during his trainee days, taesan was always in the studio, practicing nonstop. barely took breaks, rarely went out, and outside of mealtimes, it was hard to even check in on him. the team worried about him."
Weverse Magazine Interview 1 and 2
- “I disliked that whenever I told someone how I felt, they would be affected and have a hard time, too. So I started to take care of everything on my own.”
- “I don’t put on an act on stage, per se. It’s just that I try to show who I think I am, and I get more confident when I’m on stage, too.”
- “I’m a bit of a stickler and a perfectionist, and I really prefer to handle things on my own”
- “The most memorable thing [my dad] ever said to me was, ‘Sharing too much happiness breeds jealousy; revealing sadness shows weakness.’”
- “I’m the kind of person who sticks with something until I feel like I’m decent at it.”
- “I ask other people all the time to film me for self-monitoring purposes. I can’t stand it when I spot my own weaknesses.”
- “You know what people who come prepared say: If you practice a lot, you’ll have confidence no matter what you’re doing.”
- Interviewer: “One of your fans on Weverse recently said, ‘Thank you for not hiding the fact that you’re having a hard time,’ and you wrote back, ‘I usually hate when people can see that, but I just wanted to be comforted like a baby.’”
From Riwoo's Weverse Mag Interview
- “TAESAN is really confident and knows what he likes and wants, so he’s not the dependent type. He doesn’t really ask for help, he asks for confirmation. But he also keeps an eye out for you.”
Also, I can't find the source, but apparently Taesan (+Sungho) learns choreo the fastest within the group! I chalk it up to him having great basic foundations; mans trained for six years lol. He probably also has good pattern recognition and body awareness, which are the most important skills to have to learn choreo quickly rather than being a stronger dancer overall (because interestingly, Riwoo actually takes the longest to learn choreo!)
My unwarranted thoughts:
Wow I really need to get inside Han Taesan's brain. We are a little too similar. INTJ and INFJ things, I suppose. Also, that quote from his dad is lowkey crazy LOL you go Mr. Han I guess. I hope he knows we're all so proud of him and that not everything he does has to be perfect. He's already perfect To Me...
- "during his trainee days, taesan was always in the studio, practicing nonstop. barely took breaks, rarely went out, and outside of mealtimes, it was hard to even check in on him. the team worried about him."
Weverse Magazine Interview 1 and 2
- “I disliked that whenever I told someone how I felt, they would be affected and have a hard time, too. So I started to take care of everything on my own.”
- “I don’t put on an act on stage, per se. It’s just that I try to show who I think I am, and I get more confident when I’m on stage, too.”
- “I’m a bit of a stickler and a perfectionist, and I really prefer to handle things on my own”
- “The most memorable thing [my dad] ever said to me was, ‘Sharing too much happiness breeds jealousy; revealing sadness shows weakness.’”
- “I’m the kind of person who sticks with something until I feel like I’m decent at it.”
- “I ask other people all the time to film me for self-monitoring purposes. I can’t stand it when I spot my own weaknesses.”
- “You know what people who come prepared say: If you practice a lot, you’ll have confidence no matter what you’re doing.”
- Interviewer: “One of your fans on Weverse recently said, ‘Thank you for not hiding the fact that you’re having a hard time,’ and you wrote back, ‘I usually hate when people can see that, but I just wanted to be comforted like a baby.’”
From Riwoo's Weverse Mag Interview
- “TAESAN is really confident and knows what he likes and wants, so he’s not the dependent type. He doesn’t really ask for help, he asks for confirmation. But he also keeps an eye out for you.”
Also, I can't find the source, but apparently Taesan (+Sungho) learns choreo the fastest within the group! I chalk it up to him having great basic foundations; mans trained for six years lol. He probably also has good pattern recognition and body awareness, which are the most important skills to have to learn choreo quickly rather than being a stronger dancer overall (because interestingly, Riwoo actually takes the longest to learn choreo!)
My unwarranted thoughts:
Wow I really need to get inside Han Taesan's brain. We are a little too similar. INTJ and INFJ things, I suppose. Also, that quote from his dad is lowkey crazy LOL you go Mr. Han I guess. I hope he knows we're all so proud of him and that not everything he does has to be perfect. He's already perfect To Me...
