H-h-headcanon!
I AM BORED ALSO I THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF.
♦ Korea is quite capable in a lot of different languages because of his hobby of studying abroad. He knows how to get by in most of the "major" ones, at least.
♦♦ The language he uses the most besides Korean is English. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR FUTURE. He has trouble pronouncing words like "girl" or "world" sometimes, though 8D;;;
♦♦♦ He recognizes American English as the "standard," especially the neutral CA accent.
♦♦ He can't hold a conversation with China if China's speaking Cantonese. I-IT'S JUST TOO FUNNY-SOUNDING OMG HAHAHAHAHA
♦♦ Refuses to speak Japanese, though. He certainly understands it, but Korea is stubborn :| Also when Japan comes over to watch dramas, he never puts on the Japanese subtitles/dub track.
♦♦ Knows an assortment of French terms for pastries and cakes. Fancy French bakeries are a bit of a trend in popular Korean culture, after all. PARIS BAGUETTE~
♦ He's really handy with electronics. His computer is modded to be a gaming machine.
♦ Whenever Samsung/LG comes out with a new cell phone model, he gets it! Which means he has to go around telling people to put his new number into their address books really often. IT'S VERY OBNOXIOUS. Plus he has to put on all his silly cell phone strap charms all over again. (fun fact! apparently 90% of South Koreans own a cell phone!)
♦ Has a blog on Cyworld, but it's mostly filled with stupid things like "GO WATCH THIS MOVIE" or "I'M PLAYING THIS GAME RIGHT NOW!" He puts a lot of effort into making it look cool. He also posts regularly on Daum and Naver. I-I imagine it gets pretty awkward with other users sometimes, I mean--you can't just argue with your own country, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE KOREAN. Also please note the History section on the Naver article HAHAHAHA
♦ Likes to get sweaters/hoodies/jackets a size or two too big, so he can get that floppy sleeve action going on. (I totally do the same thing, too.)
♦ Just doesn't feel comfortable in suits. They're too restrictive ):
♦ Is, for whatever reason, incredibly good at breakdancing and hip-hop dancing. GUYS EVEN KIM JONG-IL'S ILLEGITIMATE SON LOVES BREAKDANCING!
♦ Likes to help old people with their chores and things aha~ |D
♦ Favorite animals are tigers and bears! Tigers being the national animal (and apparently the peninsula looks like one???) and the first queen of Korea used to be a bear. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE AND PERHAPS PART OF THE REASON WHY STEPHEN COLBERT IS AFRAID OF KOREAN PEOPLE.
♦ Thinks young celebrities should be attractive, sing, dance, act, and appear on ridiculous game shows. He doesn't understand why Western stars aren't as skilled...
♦ The angriest he's ever been was with Japan. APP JAPAN
♦ It is in fact part of his daily routine to say that something has its origins in Korea (c-canon! orz). Most of the time he honestly believes it! But if it's something blatantly ridiculous (like the penis game), it's just fishing for attention.
♦ Refuses to sleep in the same room as an activated electric fan. He thinks it will kill him/suck his soul out/SOMETHING HORRIBLE. (Korean Fan Death Syndrome)
♦ If he thinks he's familiar with someone, Korea will be incredibly touchy-feely and affectionate, to the point where most people would say it's sexual harassment 8D;;; But if a stranger did the same to him, he'd be so skeeved out. UH WHY ARE YOU TOUCHING ME STOP IT YOU CREEP. And no, he doesn't realize the inherent hypocrisy in this.
♦ Isn't afraid of nudity! Like in Korean public baths, there aren't many people who wear towels. But he's not like...France.
♦ Does cry a lot in canon, but he's just really emotional like that :'D However, if it's something really upsetting and serious, he refuses to let others see him cry. It's not cool, man ):
♦ Canon: he's an absolute pain to watch movies or TV with, because he can't help but loudly comment on everything that happens. I...I am the same way.
♦ It's really easy for him to just concentrate on one task for hours and hours. Like studying. Or Starcraft.
♦ Doesn't have the double-eyelid action going on! But he certainly doesn't discourage people from getting the surgery.
♦ Prides himself in the fact that Korea is the only country whose official national sport is for the express purpose of beating the crap out of other people |D
♦ On a similar note, he gets really horrible road rage. Like DON'T YOU FUCKING CUT ME OFF YOU FUCKER COME OVER HERE SO I CAN FUCKING STAB YOU IN THE FUCKING FACE horrible. Seoul is a terrible place to drive in...
♦ Has a serious inferiority complex he overcompensates for, combined with a kind of "middle child" thing going on. I mean, Japan is super famous for manga and samurai and ninja, and China is China...while Korea is sort of...there. It sucks and he hates it, especially since it didn't use to be this way sob. And that's a big part of why he's so obsessed with claiming that stuff originated in him. I WAS AWESOME IN THE PAST AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS THE MOST ;A; And of course he'll never ever admit any of that, even to himself. *I might essay on this later, especially if we get a Japan \o/ also maybe after taking some classes on this kind of thing.
♦ A tits man.
♦ 100% CANON: CAN MAKE COOL, CELEBRITY-LIKE POSES EVEN IN HIS SLEEP
♦ Tends to get stomachaches after eating too much dairy or cold things (especially on an empty stomach). The first part is because he's slightly lactose intolerant, the second thing is just something he's always thought would happen...so it happens.
♦ Celebrates Christmas and the Lunar New Year! There's even a huge Christmas tree and other assorted decorations put up in Seoul. Very romantic~
♦ Snores. Sometimes drools.
♦ Thinks many Western sweets, especially American ones, are waaaaaay too sweet. (Personally, I have to be careful eating American chocolate or my throat starts seizing up because of the sweetness. It's weird.) Yet doesn't mind eating red bean jelly, which is about the same, maybe even stronger...
♦ implied canon, more or less: isn't very good at reading hanja/hànzì/kanji anymore, especially kanji or simplified Chinese (because apparently hanja are unmodified traditional Chinese characters). Korean students only need to learn 1,800 hanja during high school (and start from ~7th grade), while Japanese students have to learn 1,945 kanji by 9th grade (and start from whenever they begin to become literate). Chinese students...well. But in practical terms, you seriously don't need that many in daily life. Plus, he's got his own totally awesome language with a totally awesome syllabary, why use something so outdated even though it originated in him shhhh? (and meanwhile, North Korea can barely read it at all since banning the use of non-Korean characters in public spaces. crazy girl.)
If I can think of more, I guess I'll add them!
♦ Korea is quite capable in a lot of different languages because of his hobby of studying abroad. He knows how to get by in most of the "major" ones, at least.
♦♦ The language he uses the most besides Korean is English. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR FUTURE. He has trouble pronouncing words like "girl" or "world" sometimes, though 8D;;;
♦♦♦ He recognizes American English as the "standard," especially the neutral CA accent.
♦♦ He can't hold a conversation with China if China's speaking Cantonese. I-IT'S JUST TOO FUNNY-SOUNDING OMG HAHAHAHAHA
♦♦ Refuses to speak Japanese, though. He certainly understands it, but Korea is stubborn :| Also when Japan comes over to watch dramas, he never puts on the Japanese subtitles/dub track.
♦♦ Knows an assortment of French terms for pastries and cakes. Fancy French bakeries are a bit of a trend in popular Korean culture, after all. PARIS BAGUETTE~
♦ He's really handy with electronics. His computer is modded to be a gaming machine.
♦ Whenever Samsung/LG comes out with a new cell phone model, he gets it! Which means he has to go around telling people to put his new number into their address books really often. IT'S VERY OBNOXIOUS. Plus he has to put on all his silly cell phone strap charms all over again. (fun fact! apparently 90% of South Koreans own a cell phone!)
♦ Has a blog on Cyworld, but it's mostly filled with stupid things like "GO WATCH THIS MOVIE" or "I'M PLAYING THIS GAME RIGHT NOW!" He puts a lot of effort into making it look cool. He also posts regularly on Daum and Naver. I-I imagine it gets pretty awkward with other users sometimes, I mean--you can't just argue with your own country, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE KOREAN. Also please note the History section on the Naver article HAHAHAHA
♦ Likes to get sweaters/hoodies/jackets a size or two too big, so he can get that floppy sleeve action going on. (I totally do the same thing, too.)
♦ Just doesn't feel comfortable in suits. They're too restrictive ):
♦ Is, for whatever reason, incredibly good at breakdancing and hip-hop dancing. GUYS EVEN KIM JONG-IL'S ILLEGITIMATE SON LOVES BREAKDANCING!
♦ Likes to help old people with their chores and things aha~ |D
♦ Favorite animals are tigers and bears! Tigers being the national animal (and apparently the peninsula looks like one???) and the first queen of Korea used to be a bear. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE AND PERHAPS PART OF THE REASON WHY STEPHEN COLBERT IS AFRAID OF KOREAN PEOPLE.
♦ Thinks young celebrities should be attractive, sing, dance, act, and appear on ridiculous game shows. He doesn't understand why Western stars aren't as skilled...
♦ The angriest he's ever been was with Japan. APP JAPAN
♦ It is in fact part of his daily routine to say that something has its origins in Korea (c-canon! orz). Most of the time he honestly believes it! But if it's something blatantly ridiculous (like the penis game), it's just fishing for attention.
♦ Refuses to sleep in the same room as an activated electric fan. He thinks it will kill him/suck his soul out/SOMETHING HORRIBLE. (Korean Fan Death Syndrome)
♦ If he thinks he's familiar with someone, Korea will be incredibly touchy-feely and affectionate, to the point where most people would say it's sexual harassment 8D;;; But if a stranger did the same to him, he'd be so skeeved out. UH WHY ARE YOU TOUCHING ME STOP IT YOU CREEP. And no, he doesn't realize the inherent hypocrisy in this.
♦ Isn't afraid of nudity! Like in Korean public baths, there aren't many people who wear towels. But he's not like...France.
♦ Does cry a lot in canon, but he's just really emotional like that :'D However, if it's something really upsetting and serious, he refuses to let others see him cry. It's not cool, man ):
♦ Canon: he's an absolute pain to watch movies or TV with, because he can't help but loudly comment on everything that happens. I...I am the same way.
♦ It's really easy for him to just concentrate on one task for hours and hours. Like studying. Or Starcraft.
♦ Doesn't have the double-eyelid action going on! But he certainly doesn't discourage people from getting the surgery.
♦ Prides himself in the fact that Korea is the only country whose official national sport is for the express purpose of beating the crap out of other people |D
♦ On a similar note, he gets really horrible road rage. Like DON'T YOU FUCKING CUT ME OFF YOU FUCKER COME OVER HERE SO I CAN FUCKING STAB YOU IN THE FUCKING FACE horrible. Seoul is a terrible place to drive in...
♦ Has a serious inferiority complex he overcompensates for, combined with a kind of "middle child" thing going on. I mean, Japan is super famous for manga and samurai and ninja, and China is China...while Korea is sort of...there. It sucks and he hates it, especially since it didn't use to be this way sob. And that's a big part of why he's so obsessed with claiming that stuff originated in him. I WAS AWESOME IN THE PAST AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS THE MOST ;A; And of course he'll never ever admit any of that, even to himself. *I might essay on this later, especially if we get a Japan \o/ also maybe after taking some classes on this kind of thing.
♦ A tits man.
♦ 100% CANON: CAN MAKE COOL, CELEBRITY-LIKE POSES EVEN IN HIS SLEEP
♦ Tends to get stomachaches after eating too much dairy or cold things (especially on an empty stomach). The first part is because he's slightly lactose intolerant, the second thing is just something he's always thought would happen...so it happens.
♦ Celebrates Christmas and the Lunar New Year! There's even a huge Christmas tree and other assorted decorations put up in Seoul. Very romantic~
♦ Snores. Sometimes drools.
♦ Thinks many Western sweets, especially American ones, are waaaaaay too sweet. (Personally, I have to be careful eating American chocolate or my throat starts seizing up because of the sweetness. It's weird.) Yet doesn't mind eating red bean jelly, which is about the same, maybe even stronger...
♦ implied canon, more or less: isn't very good at reading hanja/hànzì/kanji anymore, especially kanji or simplified Chinese (because apparently hanja are unmodified traditional Chinese characters). Korean students only need to learn 1,800 hanja during high school (and start from ~7th grade), while Japanese students have to learn 1,945 kanji by 9th grade (and start from whenever they begin to become literate). Chinese students...well. But in practical terms, you seriously don't need that many in daily life. Plus, he's got his own totally awesome language with a totally awesome syllabary, why use something so outdated even though it originated in him shhhh? (and meanwhile, North Korea can barely read it at all since banning the use of non-Korean characters in public spaces. crazy girl.)
If I can think of more, I guess I'll add them!