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drew my bad boy as a still life cuz I know he's been to the backrooms at least once

In my class at Primary school was a lad called Phil Davies. I went to his house many times for birthday parties, playdates etc. Hung out with his older brother Daniel. Who later became known as Dani. Lead singer of Cradle of Filth.

In high school I joined a swing band, and we went on a really big tour of Europe when I was just 16.

After university I somehow fell into Scare acting and did it full time for 12 years at various places - mostly Tussauds. During that time I met multiple celebrities (doing a photo shoot with Maisie Williams was fun, and cheekily smoking a spliff with Danny Dyer in the middle of a shift in Hellgate in Thorpe Park was an experience.) I made Mark Strong scream, I made Teller talk (!) I made Noel Fielding giggle. I MET STEPHEN HAWKING FFS!!!! (Not in the scare part of Tussauds - he was there as a guest and I was in the World Stage area, not far from where his waxwork was, doing a talk about Madame Tussaud when he came through and AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!)

During my first few months at Tussauds, we realised we had a bassist (me) two singer song writers, a lead guitarist, a keyboard player, and a drummer in the cast, so naturally we formed a band. A year or so later, we (somehow) had a number one in the HMV rock download chart. I'll never forget seeing Avenged Sevenfold at number 3, The Beegees at 2, and Dusty Muzzle (yup, that's what we'd called ourselves!) at 1. We made the grand total of £26 from that number 1, it was in the *very* early days of download charts, so hardly the most incredible achievement, but an achievement none the less!

That same year, Dusty Muzzle supported 60s band Manfred Mann at a gig.

A later band of mine, Penny for the Workhouse, supported PP Arnold, we supported Steve Craddock from Ocean Colour Scene, we supported Scouting for Girls. Paul Weller wrote a blurb for our first EP praising it.

As well as scare acting and music, I've been a children's entertainer, a story teller, a Shakespearean actor (and tumblr would probably be very proud to know my crowning moment was playing Brutus in a gender swapped version of Julius Caesar) I've done panto, and played the dame, a role that, for my friends outside the UK, is traditionally only ever played by a man, putting on my very best Les Dawson voice to do so. My favourite moment was asking the audience where my son, Aladdin, was, and this little kid shouting "she's over there!" (Again the lead boy is usually played by a girl) I was like "She ? She? That's my son you're talking about, next thing you'll be saying is I'm just a bloke in a dress!" I did the Les Dawson boob lift, and all the adults in the audience went nuts with laughter. I remember thinking "they all genuinely think I'm a bloke in a dress." To this day I'm choosing to take it as a compliment to my character skills, and nothing more 🤣🙃

And now I spend my days doing not much more than changing nappies and writing fanfic.

Was glad to see this request for this AU! Probably the least developed of the AUs in my mind so far, but it's such a juicy concept, I love it! Decided to write this scene to share. So sorry, Woo-seok, baby, that you have to deal with In-ho's manipulative ass. Round of applause for In-ho's acting skills, I guess. 😭

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Gi-hun's head felt like it was splitting open.

Not only was it bad enough having to be wheeled out of the hospital by his supposed friend-turned-stranger, but then he also had to deal with his loan shark's —well, former loan shark, apparently— right hand man breathing down his neck. When the hospital staff wouldn't allow him access to Gi-hun due to privacy policies, Choi Woo-seok staked out the place until Gi-hun finally got discharged, only to be frustrated when he was greeted with skepticism.

However, his whole story about the recruiter, the games, and Gi-hun's winnings, it all sounded so—

"Ridiculous."

And then there was the matter of Young-il. He didn't hesitate to make his distaste known. Sticking close to Gi-hun, his glare didn't once falter the entire time Woo-seok followed alongside them.

If looks could kill.

what's your favourite kitchen appliance?

do you have a collection of anything?

what's the best job you've ever had?

what's the worst job you've ever had?

what's your favourite piece of furniture and where did you get it?

what's your go-to recipe when you want to make something that requires minimal effort?

are you married or do you intend to get married?

do you have kids? do you want them?

are you on good terms with your parents?

do you have siblings? do you hang out with them?

do you vote?

what's the biggest purchase you've ever made?

what are your hobbies?

what's a hobby you'd like to get into?

do you collect anything?

how long have you known your oldest friend?

are you a member of any clubs or associations?

have you ever changed fields in your career or education?

how many wisdom teeth do you have and have you had any removed?

what's your favourite beverage?

do you have any living grandparents?

do you have nieces/nephews/godchildren/other kids in your life that aren't yours?

what's the coolest place you've visited?

what's your most recent degree and has it been useful to you?

would you rather own a dishwasher or a laundry machine if you could only have one or the other?

do you make a list before going to the grocery store or just wing it?

what's your favourite household chore?

what chore do you hate the most?

do you have houseplants and how are you at keeping them alive?

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because you’ve got the inside view. 

see, you see all your nasty thoughts as they pass by. you feel all those mean impulses; you catch every terrible thing you think about a friend, you have to watch yourself procrastinate on important stuff and be lazy when you feel like you should be working. you get front-row seats to all the awfulness that comes with being a person. and you only get that view of yourself, not of anyone else. so naturally, since you can’t see all the internal flaws in everyone else, it seems like they don’t have them–but you do. 

the secret is that everyone has those flaws. 

if being a good person is something you strive for–if you keep those nasty thoughts inside your head instead of directing them at other people, if you support your friends instead of pushing them down, if you try your best at what you do–then i promise you, you’re a good person. and even if you fail at that stuff sometimes, all it takes to be a good person is to keep trying. 

there’s nothing any more bad about you than there is about loads of other people. 

ask your friends if you’re a good person–when it comes to things like this, they probably see you more clearly than you do yourself. trust them. if they say ‘yes, of course’ then you’ll know you don’t have to worry. if they say no, you can ask them why, and then strive to change those things about yourself.

just remember that if it seems like everyone else is a better person than you, it’s only because you can’t see what’s happening inside them. trust me–everyone struggles to do the right thing sometimes. even steve.