who killed her?
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Novellagg - NOVELLA. - Tumblr Blog
did i cross the line? ── Kim Dambi x ?
A/N: we are slowly coming back! this idea has been plaguing my mind for days and after i was woken up by a fire alarm at 6:30 (😐) i just knew i had to execute. also idk how to lay this out so blughj
Constance Blackwood ("We have always lived in the castle")
#6, AroarA / I don't love anyone, Belle and Sebastian / "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents", Lindsay C. Gibson, / "We have always lived in the castle", illustrated by Thomas Ehretsmann for "Centipede press" / "The Fall of The House of Usher," Steven Berkoff / "Descending Figure," Louise Glück
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#back from the dead. ── aecha.
#back from the dead. ── sujin.
#back from the dead. ── haeun.
#back from the dead. ── eunjeong.
#back from the dead. ── dambi.
#back from the dead. ── nari.
#back from the dead. ── aina.
#back from the dead. ── misc.
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#back from the dead. ── asks.
#back from the dead. ── connections.
#back from the dead. ── my blog.
NOVELLA is a fictional seven-member girl group under Storybook Entertainment. The group consists of members Sujin, Haeun, Aecha, Eunjeong, Dambi, Nari, and Aina. They debuted on the 31st of October 2018 with their first single album, The Prologue.
Tag Dump ── Writings ── Discography ── Blog Roll
── Group Info
Group Name: NOVELLA Company: Storybook Entertainment Greeting: "Hear our story! Hello, we are Novella!" Fandom Name: Authors Variety Show: NeouiBELA Group Colours: Darkness (#0D0907), Bruised (#2A0134), Old Blood (#420D09) Debut Date: 31st of October 2018 Debut Album: The Prologue Concept: Horror, Paranormal, Mystery
── Member List
Choi Aecha '98 [최애차] Leader, Lead Vocal, Lead Dancer Min Sujin '97 [민수진] Visual, Vocalist Kim Haeun '98 [김해운] Main Vocal Yoon Eunjeong '99 [윤은정] Main Rapper Kim Dambi '99 [김담비] Lead Dancer, Lead Rapper, Sub Vocal Kang Nari '99 [강나리] Main Dancer, Lead Vocal Hiramatsu Aina '00 [平松 愛菜] Main Dancer, Vocalist
At 15
‘i told you i gained weight, you told me i looked alive.’
FEATURING: Choi Aecha + other nvla members are mentioned
DATE: we time skip from 2013 (age 15) to 2020 (age 21) to present day (age 25)
A/N: the header i had to make vs the header God intended for me to use
!!!: eating disorder, idk if it counts as abuse or assault but she gets hit, seizure but she doesn't have epilepsy it's just a consequence of her ed, hospitalisation
At 15, Aecha learnt about hunger.
It was a carving, aching pain. The feeling of smooth muscle eating itself because there was nothing else to digest. Nausea pulling up in your throat, but never resulting in anything because there wasn't anything. It was staying up till the next morning because there's no way to fall asleep when your brain and body are screaming at you to just eat.
“Goodness, I can barely focus on what you’re doing. All I can see are these.” The dance teacher roughly grabs her thigh and hits it mockingly. “How can you even stand here like this?”
Aecha bows her head and mutters an apology. She can feel everyone's eyes on her. Her seniors. Her peers.
“Listen. By next week you better lose some weight. Otherwise, I’m not teaching you.” She scoffs and turns to walk out. “I can’t fucking work with these kids.”
She didn't eat for the rest of the day, and once she did she threw it all back up.
At 21, Aecha learnt about anger.
She’d been angry before, but never like this. It felt like she was burning under the white fluorescent lights and diagnostic stares. She lashed out at everyone who looked at her with that same pitiful look that made her want to crawl out of her own skin.
Who was she even angry at? Dambi, for saving her life? Or herself for not hiding it as well as she thought she had? She’s pretty sure she screamed at both of them.
“You were fucking convulsing on the floor, Aecha! What the hell did you want me to do?!”
“You should’ve just- left me there! I wasn’t going to die!-”
“You are dying!”
Aecha can’t remember her response, but she remembers the tears.
At 25 Aecha learns how to be full, and how to enjoy it.
Before 25, Aecha felt like being full was a chore. Eating three meals a day felt like a more excruciating version of brushing your teeth before bed. Something no one really enjoys but everyone has to do. She didn’t understand the joy Sujin felt when eating Haeun’s home-cooked meals. They were good, yes, but the pit in her stomach that got heavier after every bite far outweighed the pleasant taste.
It took her a while- even after she technically 'recovered'- to remember what full truly feels like.
It’s the feeling she gets when she’s eating with six of her closest friends. The feeling she gets when she and Sujin trade bites because they both order different food to share. The feeling she gets when Haeun wordlessly drops off a new recipe for her to try and doesn't smile until Aecha goes, ‘Mmm, delicious’.
“Try this! I added vinegar this time.”
“Do you want to try that new restaurant? Everyone’s saying the steak’s pretty good.”
“Once we get to Japan we have to eat sushi again, I’m craving it so bad.”
Aecha didn’t even know she regained the ability to crave food until she said it out loud.
“Of course. I’ll eat anything with you.”
A/A/N: i originally scrapped this bc i tried a different writing style? kinda? and I’m not sure if the short sentences are overdoing it but instead of being self-deprecating and ruining the vibe, I am just going to say that it was fun to write and that's all that matters 👍
NOVELLA’s Discography
IN THE BEGINNING-ERA
On the 31st of October 2018, NOVELLA debuted with a very average title track named FLY. At the time the song made no waves; the schoolgirl concept was unoriginal and outdated, but in hindsight, FLY was the start of NOVELLA’s lore and is now well-loved by many fans.
EUNOIA (19 March 2019) and Peekaboo (11 Sept 2019) had similar fates and did little to build the group's fame.
A FRESH START-ERA
After three flops that damaged SBE’s finances more than they’d like to imagine, NOVELLA went on a five-month-long hiatus. Zero Instagram posts, busking clips or Twitter updates from the girls have been recorded from this time- their 3 loyal fans really did think that NOVELLA had died.
Luckily though, in early Feb 2020, NOVELLA’s Instagram account was revived with a mysterious uncaptioned post. A simple black square with a QR code pasted on top led fans to a new YouTube account called User71311018. At the time the channel only had one video- Dear Diary #1: 모든 것의 시작*; this marks the point where NOVELLA’s lore *really* begins. Unfortunately, the video was not the dramatic serve SBE thought it would be and had very few views until the lore started gaining traction in the following year. Nevertheless, ‘Dear Diary’ videos would continue to be uploaded before every future NOVELLA comeback.
Their subsequent release HWAA (A Fire Flower) (2 March 2020) was NOVELLA’s first ‘hit’. I use the word ‘hit’ very lightly, as it just performed better relative to their other songs, which wasn’t really that high of a bar to beat. They gained a very small fanbase and for the first time, they actually had a crowd of fans that would attend their sidewalk fan meets and cheer for them on music shows.
Even though the fandom was small, SBE had big plans, and were already planning small tours. If they just had one more successful comeba-
COVID ALMOST WON-ERA
Once again, NOVELLA had to go on hiatus, this time for nearly seven months. However, NOVELLA actually managed to attract more fans during lockdown because the girls were always online. They were live on every platform (largely because they were teetering on the edge of disbandment and were trying to make the most of it while they could), and even did long-distance duo live streams using their JPN socials.
Against all odds, NOVELLA had another comeback on Oct 12th, 2020. They continued with the previously successful theme and, thanks to the girls’ successful self-marketing, the comeback broke many new records for the group. HANN (Just One Girl) grew their fanbase even more.
ONLY UP FROM HERE-ERA
Sweet Juice (15 Feb 2021) was NOVELLA’s actual big hit. I’m talking TikTok traction, MV Trending on YouTube- the song even charted (barely) on the Korean Charts! NOVELLA is undoubtedly more famous in the West than in Korea, but Sweet Juice was definitely a converter for many K-Authors.
Then came GHOST (4 June 2021), NOVELLA’s ‘Party City Halloween’-core comeback. The silliness of the MV along with the slightly ‘lighter’ sound put some people off of the track, hence it didn’t perform as well as Sweet Juice. If you got it you got it, if you didn’t you just didn’t.
NOVELLA ended the year with one last comeback, Surrender (25 Nov 2021). Again, there were some mixed opinions on the song, both within the group and amongst fans. Despite it being debated, it was still a record-breaker, and the MV is regarded as one of NOVELLA’s best.
WE MADE IT-ERA
ADDICTED (13 April 2022) was the song to finally put an end to all the ‘nugu-stan’ claims being used to torture Authors for the past four years. NOVELLA hit a new peak on the charts and just barely managed to get their first win.
By this point, NOVELLA was more than ready to go on their first real World Tour. The ‘CHAPTER 1: The World Must Know’ tour took NOVELLA to; Asia; Australia; NA; Europe; and even Latam. Before the second leg of the tour (aka, Latam and NA dates), NOVELLA had their ninth comeback with SCREAM (16 August 2022). The title was so EDM that it was divisive at first, but no one could deny that it was a hit (it easily managed to get three wins). Needless to say, non-American fans were bitter about not seeing SCREAM live.
WHORE FOR LORE-ERA
Since HWAA era, NOVELLA has been much more focused on their lore compared to when they just debuted. However, in 2023 SBE took their concept to new heights. Firstly, Abnormality dropped on May 8th and the girls finally managed to get them another three wins. Shortly after, SBE dropped a short film titled ‘The Whispers’ which was basically a horror short on bullying**. It went viral for the members’ acting, and was (partially) one of the reasons why Sujin made her actress debut the following year.
After that, Every Rose (1 Nov 2023) also went viral (in a half bad half good way) for its ‘misandrist’ themes. Due to some boycotting and non-fans voting for the opposition, NOVELLA only got one win this era. All good though, it was about time for their first real fandom cleanse.
(Oh yeah, they also had another mini tour somewhere in the middle.)
PRESENT DAY-ERA
In 2024, NOVELLA has had one release so far and are currently on their second world tour, ‘Chapter 2: Six Tapes’. Girls (released May 1st) got them four wins and was very loved- by pretty much everyone, actually.
Although many Authors are content with NOVELLA's dark sound and concept, the lack of solo songs (osts don't count) and full-length albums have recently been the talk of the town. Hopefully, SBE takes the hint and drops another full length album soon...
NOTES (I used Google Translate for the translations so if it's wrong 🤷♀️):
*Dear Diary #1: 모든 것의 시작 = Dear Diary #1: The Start of It All
**I’m purposefully being vague here bc I might make a separate post for lore content / special videos
the things i did to get to get this vid under 500mb...
nvla turned 1 y/o 4 days ago wth tumblr why did i just get the noti
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happy birthday i guess idrk what I'm supposed to do but i feel like i should be doing something special...
ill probably never post this drabble or piece or wtv bc it just isn't working but this is real and I'm going to share w the class
Oh, dear Aina. When will you learn? No one can determine the fate of others.
A/N: I saw this trend on TikTok first and realised it fits lore Aina pretty well (though i have never played or watched people play Undertale). procrastinated wayyy to much today so I'm just gonna post this immediately :)
Choi Ae-Cha (최애차)
── ✒️ Personal Information
Birth Name: Choi Ae-Cha (최애차)
Birthday: October 1st, 1998
Birthplace: Busan, South Korea
Ethnicity: Korean
Nationality: Korean
Height: 155cm/5'1"
Family: Father, Mother, Older Sister (1993), Older Sister (1994), Twin Brothers (1996)
Language(s): Korean (Native), Japanese (Proficient), English (Good)
Face Claim: Choi Yujin (Kep1er)
── ✒️ Idol Information
Stage Name: Aecha
Nicknames: Chacha, fake maknae, butt sniper (mainly her members call her this)
Agencies: Storybook Entertainment (2013 - present)
Training Period: ~5 years (Nov 2013 - Oct 2018)
Position(s): Leader, Lead Vocal, Lead Dancer
Her emoji is a chipmunk/squirrel (🐿) because she is the shortest in the group. Also, she stuffs her face when she eats giving her puffy cheeks.
── ✒️ Misc Information
She's into all types of games, video games, board games, etc, because she grew up playing them with her siblings.
She is also very sporty and loves playing football.
She goes to the gym the most out of all the members.
Recently, she bought a digital camera to take nostalgic pictures of her members and the places they travel to together.
Designated butt-obsessed member.
Her favourite K-pop group growing up was KARA (they are also the reason she wanted to become an idol).
Her father is a maths teacher.
── ✒️ About Aecha
Warnings: Depression, ED
At age 15, Aecha somehow convinced her dad to take her and her friends to Seoul to audition for several entertainment agencies. Unfortunately, the only company she was accepted by was MISSMUSE Entertainment. It was a much smaller company than she wanted to join, but in her mind, one acceptance was better than none, and the earlier she became a trainee, the greater chance she had to debut.
In 2014, MME put her in the GRLZ HIGH lineup along with 6 other members. Initially, this was great news, but after an additional 6 months of training, MME announced last minute that they would debut GRLZ HIGH without Aecha. This made her very depressed and obsessed with becoming 'the perfect idol'. In order to achieve this, she began training to unhealthy amounts and starving herself to be, all while keeping it secret from her parents in fear of being sent back home.
Finally, Aecha graduated in 2016 and was simultaneously added to a special group of trainees who were planning to be added to GRLZ HIGH after two of the members abruptly left the group. Though the situation kind of rubbed her the wrong way, she was excited to finally have another chance of debuting.
The eventual disbandment of GRLZ HIGH hit Aecha pretty hard, not only because she once again had lost her chance of debuting, but also because she realised that four of the people whom she looked up to as her older sisters had been horrible people all along. This was pretty much Aecha's last straw, and she came very close to quitting the entertainment industry for good. It was Aina who, through a very dramatic and tearful confrontation, convinced her to stay. Eventually, in late 2017- early 2018, she was put in the line-up for NOVELLA, and, although she tried not to get her hopes up, her debut was pretty much guaranteed.
For a long time after her debut, her eating disorder continued to be a big problem, with her self-worth being largely dependent on her weight. She would often hide in bathrooms after long concerts and tours to hide her exhaustion from the members. She still struggles with it to this day, but she has also started working out/playing sports as a healthier method of keeping fit.
The Neouivela Variety Show (2022 - PRESENT)
[▶] ep. 1 - 2 ── Storybook High
Each member was given a role to act out:
The episode begins with a skit of each member entering the classroom:
Aina is reading a book alone in an empty classroom with the lights turned off.
Next, Sujin is shown skipping to class while humming to herself, “I can't wait to see my new class, I wonder who I'll meet!” She opens the door and turns on the lights. Upon noticing Aina she jumps from shock. “Oh! Uh.. excuse me? Who are you?”
Aina eagerly jumps up from her seat and bows deeply. She accidentally slams her head on the desk which causes the whole set to burst out laughing. The scene replays at least 3 times before cutting away.
“Hello! I'm Hiramatsu Aina! Nice to meet you!”
“Oh… ok? I'm Sujin.” Sujin offers her a polite smile, albeit a bit awkwardly, while walking to her seat.
The first bell rings a moment later, indicating that class is about to start. The remaining members (bar Haeun and Dambi) all file into class, taking their respective seats.
As each member introduces themselves in character, cute, school-themed name cards pop up with their character traits and names.
Aecha arrives right as the second bell rings. She introduces herself as well and announces that today there will be competition for the title of class representative.
(Eunjeong: “I don't really want to be a class rep though?”)
Right after Aecha finishes explaining, Haeun waltzes into class while eating a baguette.
“What time do you think this is?” Aecha crosses her arms in faux anger.
Haeun seems unbothered. “I was hungry.”
Dambi closely follows behind, blazer slung over her shoulder, offering a simple nod as a greeting.
The games are as follows:
Math Class - sneaky eating challenge. The members must try to finish a Korean lunchbox while trying not to get caught by the teacher. The last one standing gets 5 points, the first to lose gets 0.
Aecha suddenly spins around from the chalkboard. “Hey! Min Sujin! Are you eating?”
Sujin sighs and slams her food on the table. “And what?”
“That’s not very in character??”
Social Studies Class - random team debates on unserious topics such as; one butt or two butts?; is a hotdog a sandwich?; and more. The teams were chosen randomly before each round, courtesy of rps. Aecha judges which team provides the most compelling argument. One point is given to each member on the winning team.
“Those who don't like mint chocolate should just die.” Aina seems to be the only one upset by her team losing the debate.
“That's not how this game works.”
Music Class - finish the lyrics. The girls are lined up at the back of the class and must run forward to the microphone to finish the lyrics. One point is given for both the song name and lyrics correctly guessed. Those who guess incorrectly are blasted with wind.
“Seriously, why do K-Pop idols use so much English nowadays, it's K-Pop, K-pop.” Eunjeong huffs.
“Don't be mad just because you didn't study hard enough.” Dambi teases.
Oh yeah, Dambi wins, which is kinda out of character as the delinquent.
"Uhh... I bet you weren't expecting this."
[▶] ep 13 - 14 ── Storybook Mafia
This time the episodes are set in an ‘abandoned’ shipping container warehouse.
The gift for the winning team was only a 30,000 won gift card but they took this game way too seriously.
Aecha, who is for some reason taking the mafia boss role, finally speaks up. “Those in favour of killing Nari?” Everyone raises their hands. “Ok-”
Nari lets out a guttural scream while falling to her knees.
Also, Aina was the game master and described each night sequence like it was a Shakespearean play.
“It was a dark and stormy night, Eunjeong strayed down a narrow alleyway, unsuspecting of the danger awaiting her further down the path-” She acts out each word with large and dramatic movements.
Sujin cuts her off, “Who died?”
Aina stares at her, offended. “…Excuse me?”
The mafias won (it was Nari and Dambi btw) and Haeun was in an uproar.
Haeun leaps up from her chair once the mafias are revealed. “Didn’t I tell you?! This team is useless!! I knew it was her from the beginning but you voted ME?! Why!?”
The civilian team was too stunned to speak.
[▶] ep 21-23 ── Storybook Haunted House
Half of these episodes were bleeped out because they kept swearing, and Eunjeong's idol image went to a place of no return, but! These are probably some of the best of the series.
So good, in fact, that it has become a recurring Halloween special on the show. Last year we also got 'Storybook Haunted Hospital'.
The girls- who had been locked inside of a haunted mansion- had to look for clues hidden in the house to find keys to unlock the hundreds there were like 10 of locks that hung on the big gate at the entrance.
However, along the way, there were actors cosplaying as ghosts that would chase and jump scare them. People who got tagged by the actors would have to be saved by other members, which caused many arguments.
“Unnie! If you keep getting caught I'm gonna just leave you there!” Aecha yelled while trying to fend off a bloody ghost.
There were also puzzles they had to solve but nvla collectively has one brain cell so Sujin was literally carrying.
“No, it should be the fourth box because two plus one is four.”
“…Are you stupid?”
[▶] ep 40-42 ── SBBG (Storybook Battlegrounds)
In this episode, the girls played irl PUBG (aka they shot each other with airsoft guns).
They were split into two teams, Team A (Aecha, Haeun, Dambi) and Team S (Sujin, Eunjeong, Nari, Aina).
“OK! Since we're the first team we'll be team A.” Haeun and her teammates laugh brightly at the other team's disgruntled looks.
“Then we'll be team S.” Nari cuts in sharply with a smug tone of voice.
The Velas are super competitive, even when there isn't a prize involved. Now hand them a bunch of guns and...
“Just run in and kill them all!”
a chorus of cheers erupts from the Team S base
Literally, none of the teams came up with a game plan, so it was pretty much just a messy free-for-all with everyone running around like headless chickens.
Team A won! And they did not hesitate to rub it in (especially to Nari, who is known to brag about her video game prowess).
“She plays Valorant all night and she can't even get a few points.”
“Platinum who? She must be hacking.”
A/N: I've been holding onto this since *checks notes* '0' October?!?! and I'm sick of looking at it so here
PSA!!
This blog (and all my other blogs) will be on hiatus from the now? to the 23rd of June (´TωT`).
I have my A levels coming up (aka final high school exams), so pls keep me in your thoughts and prayers (≡人≡；).
i might waffle a bit on @bukmarked, but other than that, all my blogs will be dead ⚘⎧ᴿᴵᴾ⎫.
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STORYBOOK ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES FIRST BOY GROUP AND MINISERIES
Posted by OmniscientAuthor • January 15, 2024
After almost five years of NOVELLA being the company's sole K-pop act, Storybook Entertainment has finally announced a new boy group set to debut sometime during May this year. An announcement was officially made on the 15th of January, revealing not only the new group but also the accompanying predebut show, ‘PHANTASIE BOYS.’
(Picture above is an official promotional image posted by SBE)
Storybook Entertainment has been under pressure to release a statement since September 2023, when speculations surrounding a new girl group first spread in the media. However, the company shocked many netizens when announcing a boy group instead. This will be the first boy group under the label.
As for the mini series, the show will begin airing on the official Storybook Entertainment youtube channel every Friday from the 2nd of February 2024, but the end date is still undisclosed. The contents of the show have also yet to be revealed, but the company explicitly marketed it as a ‘reality show’ instead of a survival show in the official post.
In terms of the participants, many leaks and rumours of potential members have been spread online, one of the main victims being Kim Taejoon, an ex-child actor and model who vanished from the industry in 2021. The child star was spotted leaving the Storybook building on more than one occasion within the past year, however the sightings were initially written off as nonsensical claims. Now that the news has officially dropped, netizens are convinced he is part of the lineup.
Either way, it seems like NOVELLA is finally going to get the younger sibling group they have been patiently waiting for! Will the boys manage to be as successful as their older sisters? And is Storybook Entertainment hinting at even more growth in their near future?
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[COMMENT SECTION]
[+96/-4] girl we already know taejoon is debuting
ㅤㅤ⤷ [+37/-2] like… when has sbe ever successfully hidden something… I'll wait
⤷ [+13/-3] wait what?!? 👀
[+45/-57] yawn 🥱 we could've had another cunty gg and instead we're stuck with this soft boy bs
[+165/-32] wtf is this name 💀
[ +73 / -37 ] this feels like sbe’s just trying to make nvla’s pr friendly little brothers
[ +84 / -65 ] Are authors genuinely allergic to happiness? Like let's not pit these groups against e/o before they even get a chance.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS!
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format insp @/venusvity + @/weidol-ent (And also kind of @/theroyalsims ???)
A/N: wrote this all in one night and forgot to upload it whoops
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