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Aug. 16th, 2024 01:48 pm for a better insight into the main characters :)
Eunseok Song
Age: 22/23 (pre-timeskip)
35 (post-timeskip)
DOB: 19 March 2001*
Born: Spring Valley, CA
Lived his whole life in Spring Valley. Moved out and stayed at The Sixth Hotel with Sungchan and his filming crew for months. After the March 20 incident, he fled back home. Eunseok did not have sufficient money to rent something better than a room, so he spent a lot of his time in different people's houses. It was unpleasant for him as he is a bit health-conscious and didn't like the idea of sharing personal spaces like bathrooms with other people. He's extremely squeamish with dirty surroundings, so there would be times he'd be sick to his stomach for days on the end. The time he lived in a family's basement was probably his least favorite, because it was basically a storage room.
He sought out therapy for answers and to help himself. Eunseok had a generalized idea of what PTSD is, so he was completely thrown off when his behavior was explained as being caused by it. There are many gaps in his memory, hence the inconsistency of the flashbacks present in the story. He only remembers something if a situation is *similar* to an experience he had back then. Eunseok was forced to live in the house his father bought for him because even before he went near-no contact with both his parents, they always gave him things in excessive so he wouldn't (in the words of his mother) "bitch and whine" to them about what a shitty life he had. Before he fled for San Francisco, he trashed the house. It was abandoned and became city property by the time Eunseok left for Toronto.
The one thing Eunseok never talked about is why he was never able to cry. He can guess why, but there's too much on his mind already to care.
Eunseok had a hard time fitting in with people that both did and didn't share interests with him. He would use a part of his paycheck to sneak video games into his friend's house- this friend also had his consoles because Eunseok told him that his mother thinks video games are the work of the devil. While he was an ace academically, his behavioral problems (caused by his home environment) caused major issues as he got older. He started becoming 'rude' around high school and this was his peak rebellious phase with his parents. The occasional blunts hidden in his pencil bags and the secret LA trip, he did everything he could possibly do to spite them.
And even if she hated his entire being, Eunseok was spared from being expelled because his mother paid off the principal to leave him in the school. What goes around comes around, doesn't it? See where he got it from...
His acting is only seen as mediocre because he's not as expressive as others. He's gotten the practice in, his line delivery is fine, but it falls flat because of his tone of voice. He shrugs off the criticism but it doesn't irk him until people start comparing him to Sungchan (before they met again).
*His birthday was listed as May 17, 2001 on his record at his pediatrician.
Sungchan Jung
Age: 22 (pre-timeskip, 23 at the time of departure)
34 (post-timeskip)
DOB: 13 September 2001
Born: Carlsbad, CA
Sungchan was born in Carlsbad, California, but he was raised in Seaton Village, Toronto for a few years. His family moved back to California and he spent the rest of his school years in Spring Valley, where he meets Eunseok in fifth grade. Eunseok didn't really like him at first, and he cried when he turned his head aorund to not speak to him.
His family life is the opposite of Eunseok's. His parents had leniency with him but also imposed proper restrictions, where appropriately needed. He started taking acting seriously after he acted out a scene of his favorite cartoon at a talent show. A brand marketed towards children scouted Sungchan to be the face of the company, and he was replaced after turning 12 years old. Sungchan joined the theater program since middle school and stayed until he graduated from high school. He was also in a few sports teams. He was known for being nice to everyone, and also being the 'Nobody's Friend.' The nobody was Eunseok.
Life began to turn around for Sungchan when his mother fell to a terminal illness when he began middle school. He balanced everything- from extracurriculars, homework, and tending to his mother. There were many times that he was picked up from school to visit the hospital. When he'd arrive the next day, he wouldn't speak much to others. His father had asked his teachers to let the students know to not bring up the topic of his or even their mothers, and they left him alone for the most part. Sungchan would cry to Eunseok sometimes, and Eunseok would try his best to console him. And Sungchan understood that he struggled with his emotions, so he appreciated just having an ear.
When Sungchan's mother started getting worse, this is when he began to develop these emotional outbursts. He became overprotective of *everyone.* He broke a lot of things in his room as a result of feeling like he is to blame for the fact she's dying, he would yell at his father, and sometimes go on intangible rants to Eunseok about how his life sucks. His only proper coping mechanism was acting, and he began smoking when he found a way to get cigarettes while still underaged. The European cigarettes joke isn't just a jab at Sungchan, he actually did start buying them once he got enough money. He unconsciously quit, but did have minor relapses such as on the day of the Showtime Awards and when he first arrived in Toronto.
Sungchan can't exactly recall how he felt when his mother died. He remembers where he was, but the feeling just doesn't come to him. How he feels about this instead becomes anger, such as when he punched Eunseok over mentioning that he can't save anyone.
Sungchan didn't mean to get mad at Eunseok the way he did on March 20. He could've put the pride (hes guilty of this too..lol) he has in his career aside for Eunseok, but he chose that. His 'childish dream' that he has sacrificed everything for.
well that's it for your troubled protagonists... whole house...um..happy i hope.
