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Perfect Disaster

❝DRACARYS.❞
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Location
In a perfect world
Hello! Here is where you'll place your characters whenever I have approved them.
Please post them in the OOC thread first.
You may code and dress your sheet any way you'd like but honestly,
looking for really flawed characters. Because even the rich have flaws.
Please be sure to place trigger warnings wherever they are needed.


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ROLE
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❝sᴛʀᴏɴɢ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ
ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀᴛᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ,
ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴛᴀɴᴅᴀʀᴅs.❞
⸺ ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ

| FULL NAME |
Dominique Veronica Saunders
| NICKNAMES |
⤿ Dom: Loves because only her close friends call her this
⤿ Domi: Likes but only a few call her this
⤿ DS: Dislikes with a passion
| AGE |
Nineteen (19) // 12/25
| CLASSIFICATION |
Sophomore
| GENDER |
Female
| SEXUALITY |
Heterosexual
| MAJOR |
Criminal Justice
| MINOR |
Performing Arts
| ROLE |
Rich
| SOCIAL STATUS |
Upper Middle Class.
Her father is a well-known music producer and her mother was a singer/songwriter until her passing.

| APPEARANCE |
Dominique is a very attractive female, who turns the heads of many men and even women alike. She stands about five foot five and weighs one-hundred and thirty-one pounds. She is fairly short but do not let that fool you from her big personality. Dominique has a curvy body and an hourglass figure. She likes to keep it that way. Her skin is blemish-free, as well. Dominique's natural hair is a raven color and she keeps it either curly or straightened. Either way, it cascades down to the top of the middle of her back. She loves to dress in trendy fashion and you'll hardly ever find her in anything last season. Both of her ears are pierced and she even has an industrial piercing in her left ear.

| PERSONALITY |
Dominique's personality is like the first three letters of her name. She can be very dominant or domineering towards everyone and even at times, controlling. She doesn't know that she's doing this half of the time but some have been bold enough to tell her straight to her face. It might be in your best interest to not cross Dominique though if you value your social status or even your life. She will end you with a few choice words that will slice and dice your soul. Her tongue is very sharp when it comes to words. She is very intelligent though and uses her wits to her very own advantage whenever she has the opportunity to do so.
| LIKES |
✓ Parties or Galas, even award shows
✓ Hookups, especially after a wild night of partying
✓ Crime Shows {How To Get Away With Murder, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: SVU, NCIS}
✓ Fruit, strawberries are her favorite
✓ Music
| DISLIKES |
✘ Feet
✘ Body Odor
✘ Disrespectful slurs
✘ Some poor people
✘ Tomatoes, highly allergic
| HABITS |
❖ Twirls the end stands of her hair when in deep thought
❖ Pops the tab of her drink off when she's finished with her drink then sticks it in the can
❖ Bits her bottom from nerves or when she's about to lie
| HOBBIES |
⤿ Singing & Dancing
⤿ Photography & Scrapbooking
| SECRETS |
✦ Slept with a professor to get a higher grade
✦ Sabotaged her competition in a talent show, so that she could win

| HOMETOWN |
New York City, New York {Birth-3}
Los Angeles, California {3-now}
| BIOGRAPHY |
Will fill out soon

| MISCELLANEOUS |
will fill out later
 
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“𝒯𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓂𝑒, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒. 𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝒷𝑜𝒹𝓎. 𝐼 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻. 𝐼𝓉'𝓈 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓇𝑔𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓁.”
- Quote by Unknown

FULL NAME: Layla Lee Thompson
NICKNAMES: Lee - by family members
AGE: 19
CLASSIFICATION: Freshman
GENDER: Female
SEXUALITY: Bisexual
MAJOR: Preforming Arts
ROLE: Rich
SOCIAL STATUS: Accomplished contemporary/ballet dancer, granddaughter of a famous jazz singer.

APPEARANCE: Layla stands around 5’6” tall with a slender and athletic built. Her natural, dark brunette hair is usually covered by bold bright colors. Most would say she practically was a spitting image of her grandmother in younger days. Layla inherited her most prominent trait; eye color which could best be compared to a pair of dark wash blue jeans.

PERSONALITY: Highly ambitious, extroverted, and at times a bit impulsive. Loyal (to a fault), compassionate, stubborn, and a go getter. Despite being flirtatious and people oriented, She has a hard time opening up to others fully. Making it hard to have long term connections.
LIKES: Various types of music, playing video games, cooking and baking (though how good she is, is highly debatable), taking long drives without destination, reading, and simply being outside. Horror movies.
DISLIKES: People who can’t look past her rich girl stereotype. Only seeing what is physically in front of them. Heights.
HABITS: Avoiding eye contact, smoking, indulging in ridiculous amounts of coffee.
HOBBIES: Dancing, roller skating, and photography.

HOMETOWN: Jamestown, ND
BIOGRAPHY
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Layla was the only daughter of a single, struggling mother and a unknown father. She spent the first half of her young life watching her mother walk a path of destructive behavior and failed relationships. Often finding herself as a child trying to pick up the pieces of a broken hearted adult. A road that would ultimately lead her mother into constant substance abuse.

Incapable of holding down a real job for more than a few weeks, Layla’s mother earned the little they had from odd side jobs. At first only preforming as a singer in local dive bars for tips and free drinks. One of her strongest memories being the nights she could watch her mother preform. Though talented, the temporary gig wouldn’t last and soon pushed the women to seek money in other..illegal forms.

A month before her thirteenth birthday Layla awoke to find that her mother had vanished from the hotel they had been staying in. Later determined as an intended act to abandon the only thing left that meant responsibility. Despite all evidence pointing against her mother, it was something she could never fully come to terms with. To the day believing that her mother wouldn’t , couldn’t leave her. At least, not by choice.

It didn’t take long for Layla to move in with her new guardians. Ending up with her estranged aunt in Jamestown, North Dakota. From there her whole life completely changed. Instead of empty hotel rooms and the aid of an unstable parent; a luxury ranch home and a stable, doting family. A life that she found herself struggling to fit into. Unknowingly to her, she came from a long line talented musicians, dancers, and performers. Her grandmother being a famous jazz singer.


Dance quickly became her escape. Completely submerging herself in professional lessons and competitions. The natural talent moving her to win trophies and even a scholarship to the university of her choice. What better way to make it big than to move to Hollywood? Her dreams of turning her passion into a profession fueled her decision to make the big move.

MISCELLANEOUS:
 
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"Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you." - Bethany Hamilton​

FULL NAME: Holokai Jackson
NICKNAMES: Kai, Jack
AGE: 21
CLASSIFICATION: Junior
GENDER: Male
SEXUALITY: Straight
MAJOR: Anatomy/Biology (Plans on continuing into Sports medicine.)
MINOR: N/A
ROLE: Rich but is chill about it, he doesn't flaunt his wealth.
SOCIAL STATUS: Son of a professional surfer (Mother), Father owns a Gym

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APPEARANCE: Holokai features primarily take after his mother who is a native Hawaiian, his skin has a light bronze high from the mixing of his native mother and his caucasian father. His hair is dark brown with light brown eyes that resemble a tiger's eye gem.

His physique is that of an athlete to his obsession with the waves. His body is toned and lean due to his constant time searching for the waves. Standing at a towering 6'2, towering over most

PERSONALITY: Kai is as easygoing as they come, laid back, and goes with the flow of things. Despite his large size, he is a nonconfrontational person, preferring to abstain from conflict but he will stand up to those who deserve it though.

He isn't accustomed to being alone, always someone's boyfriend has created that tends to stay in toxic relationships. It's almost as if he doesn't know how to function if he isn't with someone so the past month has been hard on him. Trying to work on himself rather than another but how long would that last?

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LIKES: Coffee (Caramel flavored), Sushi, Surfing, The Ocean, Sweets, Captain Morrigan, Edibles (Yes that kind), Being Outside, Getting Stoned

DISLIKES: Posers, Spicy Food, School Work, Rainy Days, Cold Weather, Traffic, Vodka, Clingy People

HABITS: Scratches head when he lies, Will sleep to noon if he doesn't set an alarm

HOBBIES: Surfing, parties on the beach, occasional workout, Hanging out with friends.

SECRETS: Knows his parents are filing for divorce.

HOMETOWN: Ohau

Holokai was born of a one-night stand that his mother had with a man while he was on vacation. The two in the heat of the moment didn't think twice about it and had a courthouse wedding within a week of meeting each other. His father moved to Hawaii following the marriage. Allowing young Kai to grow up in relative peace dispute the press hounding his mother at almost every turn.

Sometime after he had turned twelve while his mother and he were surfing she broke the news to her young son that they were moving to the mainland. While he didn't complain about the move he wasn't happy about it either and both parents could see it in him. Moving to the mainland was a total culture shock and the only thing keeping him from lunacy was the fact that they were close to the beach. Though it didn't help that as soon as he moved that he felt his father distance himself from him, the idol of his youth was turning his back on him in favor to capitalize on his mother's wealth.

As the end of high school approached he and his mom had been surfing, despite being in her mid-forties she still could keep up with the best of them. The paparazzi seeing mother and son hit the waves together created a sensation along with various media outlets and when asked if Holokai planned on continuing the family tradition aka professional surfing he told them no. He was going to school for sports medicine, to help other athletes pursue their dreams in the particular sport they played.

At the end of high school, he moved out on his own, tired of his parent's arguments. Gaining entry into Hollywood University to pursue his career in sports medicine. Keeping in touch with his mother but his father had been dead to him for sometime. Going into his own with the parties and student life he hasn't looked back once.
 
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"

I am your opus,
I am your valuable,
The pure gold baby
"
- by Sylvia Plath




FULL NAME -- Eloise Langford

NICKNAMES -- Ella, Lo

AGE -- 18

CLASSIFICATION -- Freshman

GENDER -- Female

SEXUALITY -- Heterosexual

MAJOR -- Creative Writing

MINOR -- n/a

ROLE -- Poor
SOCIAL STATUS -- Her father (deceased) was a security guard for a nightclub, her mother used to work as a social carer for the elderly until she was diagnosed with COPD, caused by heavy smoking and strongly limited her day-to-day life. Known in academic poetry circles as a bright young talent.




APPEARANCE -- Lo is rather androgynous, which she emphasises by cutting her hair short and wearing masc clothing, though she isn't against wearing makeup for certain events. Her hair is dyed black, and naturally a chestnut brown. She stands around 5'5 tall, and has a lithe figure.



PERSONALITY - Lo is a quiet person, which is sometimes seen as standoffish or even rude. However, she can be quite awkward in conversation, especially if her brain is feeling creative - she just tends to want to focus on one thing at a time. Growing up in a town with pretty high crime, she isn't a stranger to casual drug use, and if offered pot, she'll likely partake - if she trusts the person offering. Her creativity and poetic habits can, to some, be taken to mean that Lo might be pretentious or uppity, but her lack of confidence in her skills (despite her immense enjoyment of writing) means that she's more likely to act uneasy with praise, rather than bask in it.


LIKES -- poetry (particularly confessional), mint tea (from the actual leaf!), platform shoes (heels, sneakers, anything), the sound of heavy thunder, people with quick wits and smart remarks, Jean-Michel Basquiat, baked macaroni and cheese

DISLIKES -- arrogance, Ayn Rand, mayonnaise, white walls, almost everything considered 'classic American literature' , the smell of valerian, minimalist poetry

HABITS -- chewing the tips of pens, losing track of conversations often and looking confused, dog-earing her books

HOBBIES -- writing (or most commonly, dabbling) in poetry, browsing bookshops, sinking too much time into fictional Sims characters





HOMETOWN -- Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA

BIOGRAPHY -- Up until her father died when she was eight, after he had been attacked and killed by a club-goer upon being refused entry, Lo had had a relatively normal, pleasant life - if you ignored the rising crime rates in Jamaica Plain, that was. Her father was indulgent, and though he worked long, night hours, he made as much effort as he could to be awake in the mornings before getting sleep himself so that he could spend at least an hour or so with his wife and daughter.

After her father's death, Lo began to internalise her feelings and grief, only putting the words to paper in the form of poems after her school counsellor expressed concerns for her mental health. At first, her word was juvenile and 'edgy', but quickly Lo felt as though she had a rhythm in poetry, and her teachers encouraged her to send poems to youth magazines. That really got Lo's name out there, and people have called her a young genius - she think that's overrated, and definitely not appropriate.

As Lo's status in the young poet world rose, her mother put more and more pressure on her to do well, creating rifts between them. They were only exacerbated when Lo's mother got incredibly sick and had to stop working; Lo, feeling social expectations to care for her mother, was willing to stop thinking about higher education and become her mother's carer, until she received the letter offering her the chance to study Creative Writing under a scholarship, based on her academic and poetic success. She desperately wanted to go, but...

Reluctant at first to leave her ill mother and cross the country to go to college, Lo's mother apologised for the pressure put upon her daughter after her husband's death, and after ensuring her mother would be well cared for by local friends and family, she left her hometown for the first time, heading to sunny Cali.




MISCELLANEOUS
Favourite poems:

° Mad Girl's Love Song
° Lady Lazarus
° V. Innocentia Veritas Viat Fides Circumdederunt Me Inimici Mei ( The innocence about the truth of my enemies)
° The Laboratory
° Goblin Market


Examples of Lo's poety:

° "Music"
° "Masked"
° "Six Feet"
° "K. E."
° "i am lo"
 
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"Corruption is paid by the poor"
- by

FULL NAME Jaxon Ryan Stewart
NICKNAMES Jax
AGE: 21
CLASSIFICATION: Junior
GENDER: Male
SEXUALITY: Straight
MAJOR Criminal Justice
MINOR N/A

ROLE: Rich, enjoys flaunting and manipulating people through his social status.
SOCIAL STATUS: Son of a famous tv and movie star (Father) and a model(mother).

APPEARANCE: Jax takes after his father the most. He's six foot tall and weighs around 80kg. He's athletic build even though he hasn't gone to the gym, with brown hair and eyes. Some of his physical features he had obtained from his mothers genes as well. Jax enjoys to wear stylish and expensive clothing, sporting expensive watches and clothes.

PERSONALITY: Jax comes from a troubled youth and will often hide it through humour, money and women. From time to time he does suffer from anxiety which often leads down a path he has to crawl out. Jaxon will often turn to drinking and drugs, something he started in his youth to cope from the pressure and expectations just because of who his family is. Despite all of this Jax does enjoy being in the spotlight and is usually the one that starts wild parties. He’s not without flaws however he’s a misguided young adult trying to find where he belongs in life.
LIKES: Parties, expensive things, women, snow, snowboarding, archery
DISLIKES: awkward silences, paparazzi, being refused, his own mental state,
HABITS: Usually taps his finger on a surface when he's bored. Uses humour in situations that doesn't call for it, to hide his own feelings and thoughts.
HOBBIES: He enjoys snow boarding and archery quite a bit. He often will escape in a good book, his parents owned a lodge in Switzerland where he discovered his love for snowboarding, something he misses in summer.
SECRETS Knows his father is having an affair with his co star for over two years.

HOMETOWN New York
Jaxon Stewart was born in New York City, his parents have been limelight for many years. His mother began her modelling career at the age of fifteen, while his dad starred in multiple television roles and movies. They met on the set of one of his dad’s television series where he was filming scenes where they used models for a police drama series. About a year after that Jaxon was born, he was named after his grandfather who was an actor as well. Despite what the public thought his father wasn’t stable, drinking and hooking up with multiple women behind Sarah’s back.

As Jaxon grew up his discovered his talents for being an actor, he was casted in a small role in a film at the age of nine before scoring a larger role at the age of eleven in a family orientated series where he gained status. The show was cancelled after two seasons where Jaxon at the age of thirteen was cast in a science fiction series as one of the main leads. Throughout his life he was home schooled, he never appreciated society by the time he reached sixteen he was rebelling against his family, wanting nothing to with them whatsoever.

Jaxon turned to drugs, sex and violence to get what he wanted. Already having gained money to sustain him because of his family status he became distant. It was his grandfather that suggested that he would attend Hollywood University instead of learning while filming. Jaxon decided to quit being an actor so that he could pursue something else that have already intrigued him. Criminal Justice was something that was quite different, however he remained rebellious as he used his status to get what he wanted from people he knew how to corrupt the system in ways people wouldn’t.

Jaxon is however still young and flawed in so many ways, drinking and parties to escape mental issues that he has faced his entire life. Going down the rabbit hole to nowhere flat. It was impressive that Jaxon was able to get into his junior year, twice he was almost thrown out for his behaviour but even though he wanted nothing to do with them his family were the one that paid for his mistakes. Now he starts his junior year not knowing what’s around the corner only knowing that he probably wont change the way he is.

 

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"Watch me fall into the arms of anyone who will look my way
find god in the line of your jaw and break it"
Kanika Lawton, from "Girl as Burning”, in Wildfire Heart

FULL NAME: Isadora Kieran Lynch
NICKNAMES: Isa (no one calls them Isadora)
AGE: 20
CLASSIFICATION: Sophomore
GENDER: Nonbinary
SEXUALITY: Bisexual
MAJOR: Human Services
ROLE: Poor
SOCIAL STATUS: Their mother is a factory worker and they’ve never known their father.​

APPEARANCE: Isa is 5’8 and visibly underweight, they cut their own hair and keeps it styled as a messy mullet. They have blue-grey eyes and pale skin, and they tend to keep their hair dyed white-ish blonde. They dress in dark colors and favor a punk style, partially because they tend to repair their own clothes.

PERSONALITY: cynical and snarky - they don’t get along with many people and are picky about the ones they do get along with. They try to appear unaffected by most things but struggles to hold back when they see someone being mistreated. They prefer to keep their secrets and personal life close to the chest, and they struggle to make connections or feel at home amongst their more glamorous classmates. They’re determined to follow through on their plans and goals; can sometimes disregard other people’s feelings in favor of completing said goals.
LIKES: walking for long periods of time with no real goal in mind, listening to thumping music in the dark, dancing in the middle of a sweaty crowd, stargazing, reading, taking naps when they can
DISLIKES: anyone that is overly condescending, controlling men, coffee, extremely cold weather,
HABITS: smoking cigarettes, chewing on their fingernails, taking care of others
HOBBIES: Reading, sketching, making and keeping a collection of pressed flowers​

HOMETOWN: New York City, NY (specifically Woodlawn)
BIOGRAPHY: (I was scared to go into details because I didn’t want to trigger anyone)

They were raised by a single mother who was rarely home, and when she was she was drinking; leaving them to teach themselves how to do most things. They were very close with many of the other residents of Woodlawn and tends to think of them as family, but they weren’t very successful at making friends with people their own age very often.

They met Derek(who was a senior) as a freshman in high school, and due to a desperation to feel loved and a lack of parental control, ended up falling into a fairly toxic relationship. Despite his pressures to drop out, they pushed through and graduated with very good grades. They continued to push themselves at their local community college, their determination gave them high praise and they were encouraged to apply for scholarships to other schools. They received a fair amount of offers, but the one they decided to accept put them across the country from their abuser.​

MISCELLANEOUS:
Their birthday is July 30th, their zodiac sign is Leo​
 
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"Quiet people have the loudest minds."
- Stephen Hawking​


✧FULL NAME: Calum Park (Dae-Jung Park)​
✧NICKNAMES: Cloudy - reserved for close friends and family members
✧AGE: 22​
✧CLASSIFICATION: Senior​
✧GENDER: Male​
✧SEXUALITY: Heterosexual​
✧MAJOR: Medicine​
✧MINOR: English Literature​
✧ROLE: Rich​
✧SOCIAL STATUS: Starred in a teen romance movie, has a modest following on social media, son of two famous actors.​


appearance

✧APPEARANCE: Calum stands at a good 6'1" (he'll fight you on that inch by the way) and sports a lean, lanky build, his stature somewhat offset by his neat hair and mild appearance. A decidedly stereotypical Korean, he possesses the dark hair and eyes and pale skin of his parents, and dresses in simple, minimalistic high fashion without too much bling. A bit understated perhaps, but prim and proper at all times, and he does pull off the stylish bookworm look quite well.​
✧PERSONALITY: Introverted and aloof at his core, Calum has a laissez-faire attitude towards most things in life. Outwardly, he appears friendly, put-together and is the epitome of the modern gentleman, but dig a little closer and peel away the sweaters hiding his tattoos, and out comes the jaded and disinterested man who would rather be getting high alone in his room rather than talking to strangers. That doesn't mean he's anti-social, however; Calum is more than capable of letting loose every now and then and is arguably more skilled in telling people what they want to hear than a used car salesman. Actually has very few friends, and those close enough to call him by his family nickname are back in Korea.​


✧LIKES: Mainstream pop music, being alone, spicy foods, coffee, bad Netflix shows, tattoos, marijuana, fantasy novels, improv comedy, action RPGs, spending time with his extended family - especially the ones in Korea​
✧DISLIKES: Loud places, crushing expectations, insects, nosy people, the media attention​
✧HABITS: Getting high when sad, uses deadpan dry humor for most situations, sighs a lot with close friends, smiles a lot with strangers and acquaintances​
✧HOBBIES: Playing video games, reading, hotboxing (usually in conjunction with either of the first two)​
✧HOMETOWN: Seoul, South Korea​

✧BIOGRAPHY: Being famous isn't exactly easy, and Calum Park can wholeheartedly attest to that. Born to two co-stars who married a bit too quickly after shooting their hit movie together and divorced not long after having their only child, Calum grew up in essentially two different households; one in the States and another on the opposite side of the world, in South Korea. Both his parents continued to be popular as he was growing up, and as a result, the limelight often shifted onto the young boy, who grew to detest the attention.​
Having successful parents is hard enough-- he had large shoes to fill, after all, but with his parents, it felt almost impossible to meet their expectations. He got their acting chops, alright, but unfortunately didn't inherit their star power, their confidence and charisma. More the type to stare at his shoes than demand the attention of a room with a dazzling smile. This didn't persuade his parents much, who, despite arguing on pretty much every aspect of life, seemed to agree that their only son should become an actor.​
One thing to note is that you don't really say no to your parents in a traditional household, and being raised by his grandmothers in Korea for most of his early years, Calum was never really primed for rebellion. Add to this his non-confrontational attitude, and the result would be a golden child who fails at every single role he auditions for. They said he was too shy, too soft, so he put up a confident, unaffected persona for the cameras, but even then, success was a hair too far for his reach. Still, he pressed on, moving permanently to Los Angeles after he turned sixteen to properly pursue an acting career after finishing high school.​
Culture shock is a bitch, and Calum had to spend a considerable amount of time trying to blend in with these loud American kids (and get used to being called Calum) but found that he actually enjoyed the more liberal lifestyle. Marijuana and cigarettes were newfound friends and so were tattoos. Incidentally, his break came just as he was thinking about giving up and continuing his education when he was cast as the lead in a teenage rom-com, his parents' name admittedly helping to grease some palms. The movie was a relative success and brought him some much-needed recognition, but right at the height of his stardom, he decided to enroll in Hollywood University for a degree in medicine, unsure if he really wants a career in the limelight. It's been almost 4 years since the movie premiered, and his name has mostly faded again-- just the way he likes it.​

MISCELLANEOUS: Has a couple of tattoos; a mandala on his left forearm, his name in hanja on his right shoulder, and a dove on the back of his right arm​
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