y’all....................your local ediot is back.
( choi san, cisman ) have you seen JACK SHIN ? i heard HE is a OWNER at THE SMILING SEAGULL. they’re 24 years old and they’ve been living in san verto for 24 YEARS. they tend to be TENACIOUS & DILIGENT, but rumor has it they can also be IRASCIBLE & CRUDE.
trigger warnings: survivor’s guilt, alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic violence, verbal/mental & physical abuse, car accident, and depression ( suic*dal mentions ).
sighs...
listen. if anyone has gone straight through fire multiple times and made it out semi-alive every gosh damn time?? it’s this man.
jack was the middle child of three siblings. an older brother and younger sister. siblings he loved with his whole heart. same could sadly not be said about his parents.
his father was the owner of the smiling seagull ever since jack can remember. it was really the only thing he knew how to keep intact as both his marriage and relationship to the kids was falling apart. a broken man drowning his own tragedy in the very thing he was serving to others; alcohol. to others he seemed professional, a little rough around the edges and maybe socially awkward. people assumed he was just stressed, being an owner of his own business and all. in reality, his poor social skills and bad memory were both the sad aftermath of a severe alcohol problem.
it was no secret that he joked around about “giving the kids a good ol’ spankin’” ( something that to many didn’t sound too far fetched coming from a tough man as him ) but nobody ever actually saw anything happen, so.. on record, there was no case.
jack’s mother... was really no better. popping pills and smoking weed to try and dull her perception of the world around her. being in a highly abusive marriage, she passed onto the kids what was done to her for some sort of outlet besides the drugs. sometimes she would sit in her chair and zone out to whatever was in the telly. sometimes she would put on wham! and dance around with the children. sometimes she would chase them around the house, physically and verbally abusing them.
she was rarely seen outside the apartment and whenever she did decide to go outside, her face would be covered in makeup to hide any warning signs it might give off to others.
jack has been beyond affected by living under these traumatic conditions. finding comfort and love from his siblings. his older brother being protective and responsible, his younger sister daydreaming about dolphins and milkshakes. the three kids really stuck together through it all.
there’s a reason jack is the actual Grinch that he is.
around christmas time is when it all came to a sudden stop; his safety, his sense of self, his purpose.
icy roads and a drugged up mother behind the wheel.
he doesn’t remember much. only that dad wasn’t there ‘cause he had stayed behind after yet another divorce-threatening fight between the two parents. they’d gone to a different state to celebrate christmas with jack’s paternal grandparents. dad stayed behind.
becoming an only child that night, being the only survivor, jack suffers from survivor’s guilt. big time.
the next many years he spend with his father, who only increased the physical and verbal abuse against him, blaming him for the accident. blaming him for making him a widower. and so jack had to get accustomed to wearing long sleeved hoodies, hiding himself from everybody else. not even his legs were shown, hidden away behind black jeans. summer being the worst time, since not wearing shorts or t-shirts triggered many weird looks and questions from other people.
shit im ramling ok
jack’s father’s alcohol abuse really just... got worse and worse and jack even ended up helping him out with the work needed done at the smiling seagull. both as a bartender and more behind the scenes, practically managing the place before he was even 18. but it was nice, it kept his mind off of things. plus it shut his dad up.
anyway, jack yeeted tf outta there asap when he turned 18 and he was gone for about 2 years, working as a bar manager in new york. he only just came back aged 20-21 upon hearing that his father passed away and he was inheriting the smiling seagull.
being a complete workaholic, jack said yeah ok cool and he took over the smiling seagull. renovating it slightly, but not too much, since he liked the familiarity of it all.
jack unfortunately takes after his father.. he has a terrible temper and violent tendencies. he’s honestly probably suffering from a bad depression. sometimes he battles with suic*dal thoughts too.
he’s a big fan of metal music like rammstein, metallica, lamb of god, and system of a down. catch him blast that shit at home while just zoning out to playstation or candy crush on his phone.
he has a habit of forgetting to turn the lights on, so as the afternoon turns to evening, he’ll just be sitting in darkness with the blue screen light being the only thing breaking the dark.
oh, he’s such an asshole pls he will call out out on your bullshit real fucking quick
it’s also tough love or no love from this boy
he doesn’t talk abt his struggles. he doesn’t share. he doesn’t show feelings. he a tough cookie
HE HATES CHRISTMAS OK MR SCROOGE HERE
he hates humanity with a passion ( himself included! ) but if he comes to care about you or even love you? he’s one of those people who would LITERALLY take a bullet for you. protect you no matter what.
ok i’ve been rambling for too long so
so he’s an ass ok yup ily all
go hard on him ok
he’s a dick
