『 kim taehyung. twenty five. cis man. he/him. 』 oh heavens, is that DANIEL MOON from MAIN STREET i see roaming around mapleview? minnie may’s always calling them -IMPULSIVE & -STUBBORN. i happen to think they’re not that bad! they’re a pretty cool ART TEACHER/PHOTOGRAPHER and every time i’ve seen them, they’ve always been +PASSIONATE & +CREATIVE. i hope i see them around again!
TLDR at the end!
STATS || CONNECTIONS
trigger warnings: mentions of depression, drug addiction/overdose, death, illness and cheating
@mapleviewstarters
hi guys!! I’m Cam and I’m super excited to be here (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧♡ this is my bby Dan, he’s a muse I’ve had for a while now that I revamped specifically for this lovely group :’) I can’t wait to start writing with you all ♡ please give this is like so I slide into those DMs for plots!!
BASICS
Name: Daniel Moon
Nickname(s): Dan, Danny, Moon
Birthdate: December 10th, 1995
Age: 25
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Gender & pronouns: Cis man, he/him
Occupation: art teacher at Mapleview Elementary School, freelance music photographer
BIO
Born in Seoul as Moon Daehyun, his family moved to Philadelphia (just bc I love The Office) after his father’s family business was extended to America in July 2005, when he was just 9 years old.
He has a teenage sister named Aera (Ari), born on May 26th, 2005. She’s pretty music oriented (esp singing and dancing) and has a Tik Tok following oop (#FunAriFacts).
Moving out to a whole different continent was really difficult, given he didn’t even speak English, so he had a hard time adapting at first. This is also when he started to go by his english name: Daniel.
However, he quickly began to learn the language given how he had always been a brilliant kid even when he didn’t really care enough to study: it came naturally for him. Teachers always pointed out this, though they also pointed out how hyper he was: super talkative, natural born leader. Constantly getting in trouble with them but nonetheless getting straight A’+s (so teachers couldn’t rlly be THAT mad at him lmao).
In America he made his first friend ever, a boy named Matty who didn’t care enough for language barriers and the two quickly connected (we’ll get back to him in a Minute).
Daniel developed an interest in the arts, but most specifically photography from a young age. Getting his first camera at age 13: it wasn’t even a professional one, but still he managed to take the most beautiful pictures with it. He just was Gifted for it.
In high school, his best friend Matty formed a band named The Getaways and that’s when Daniel started to get into the music photography world, later on photographing other local bands too.
He LOVES music so it combined both of his passions. He knows how to play piano and guitar and sometimes writes poems that end up becoming songs but he keeps it to himself, he’d never pursue or see a career in music. Photography is where his heart is.
He always found life in Philly to be Boring and ever since a trip to NYC that he had with his family as a kid, he became obsessed with the city. Often escaping there as a high schooler, so when college time came along ofc he decided to go to NYC for that.
His father wanted him to take on the family business next, so he accepted to attend NYU’s business school just for the sake of leaving Philly but having zero intentions to be the business man his father wanted.
Just a few weeks in during his freshman year, Matty’s band finally signed with a music label (after The Getaways became a viral overnight internet sensation) and they were supposed to go on tour soon. So Daniel was asked to be the band’s personal/tour photographer... ofc he took the opportunity and didn’t enroll on his second year of college, dropping out to never look back.
When his dad found out, he was Fuming, but there was nothing he could do about it. His relationship with him had never been the Best but after this: it became Estranged.
Also, when he first moved to NYC, he met and fell for a boy who broke his heart terribly (he’s proudly Bisexual!!) so he became Bad At Love ever since (WC!!!)
Matty’s band started to get more and more popularity, so they landed a few more and Better gigs around the world. Seeing the world with your very best friend? Sounds like the total dream. However, with the increasing fame: the dark and ugly side of it came along too. (tw drug addiction and overdose mention) Matty began developing a drug addiction that eventually took his life from an accidental OD on January 30th, 2017. The Getaways decided to disband after this.
(tw depression) Daniel’s whole world came crashing down after losing his best friend and he fell into a deep depression and spent months only feeling sorry for himself at his NYC apartment. Daniel had already battled depression in his teens and even saw doctors for it, so this only made it all come back worse and stronger than ever. To this day, he still battles said depression, but he’s learned to manage it better (he also Finally went back to therapy!!).
2017 just continued to get worse when shortly after losing Matty, his parents divorced and his mother and sister moved to Mapleview where they had some relatives.
The reason behind the divorce was his mother finding out that his father had been cheating on her for quite some time now. But what the family doesn’t know yet, is that he kept a secret second family hidden from them and he has a half brother he has yet to learn about aka @mikemoon !!.
However, that same summer he was asked to be the photographer for @kassldyruocco‘s band, Infinity, for Warped Tour 2017. So this is when his life kinda started to get back on track. When Warped Tour was over, he enrolled in community college to get a degree in Fine Arts as he continued to do music photography for acts in NYC. This is also when he adopted his pet, a (back then, new born) black and brown Pomeranian named Scarn!! (yes, to honor the great Michael Scott don’t @ me).
Though he continued to be chaotic and have poor coping mechanisms to mourn his best friend. It was around this time when he met @alanacs and relied on her a lot to ease his pain. The two began a really toxic on/off relationship that Daniel eventually broke off in early March 2020 after he decided he couldn’t keep on being unfair by loading all his Emotional baggage on her and broke her heart and left to L.A, where he had a couple of friends, to wander around for a few months.
(tw illness mention) Late July 2020, he had to move to Mapleview after his mother fell ill (let me add she was diagnosed early so she’ll be okay though <3).
Besides continuing to do freelancing and music photography. His aunt pulled some strings and landed him a job at the Elementary School as an Art Teacher given his Fine Arts degree. He has no idea what he’s doing yet but he’s having a lot of fun! Given he has always loved kids, also, his aunt is of great help to guide him through it all.
He’s stuck on his emo phase and is chaotic asf (#Sag) but he has a heart of gold!! And is super protective over the ones he loves.
Smoothie enthusiast, find him drinking a Mango flavored one daily.
I think those are the basics, sorry it got so long!!!
WCs: people he knew from Philly/NYC/L.A (or even Seoul, why not), exes, flings (current or former), friends in town, party buddies, frenemies, enemies, co-workers, the boy who broke his heart in NY, fellow art/photography lovers... the possibilities are endless, pls gimme all the plots!
TLDR: born in Seoul, Daniel moved to Philadelphia at 9 years old after the family business extended to America in July 2005. He has a 15 year old sister born in May 2005 named Ari. His father had hopes on him being the heir of the company so he sent him to NYU’s business school. However, Daniel dropped out shortly after freshman year was over to become the tour photographer for his best friend’s (named Matty) band: The Getaways. This made his relationship with his father become estranged. He traveled around the world thanks to his new job, (tw drug overdose and death mention) but then Matty became dependent on drugs and died of an accidental overdose in early 2017. (tw depression mention) The Getaways disbanded and Daniel fell into a deep depression. Shortly after, his parents divorced over his mother finding out that his father had been cheating on her for some time now. But what the family doesn’t know yet, is that he also had a second family hidden and Daniel has a half brother he has yet to meet (@mikemoon). His mother then moved with his sister to Mapleview where they had some relatives. Summer 2017, he was asked by @kassldyruocco‘s band (Infinity) to join them as photographer for Warped Tour so his life started to kinda get back on track. When Warped Tour was over, he then went to community college to study Fine Arts, kept on photographing music acts in NYC and adopted his black and brown pomeranian, Scarn (Michael Scott reference, yes). Later that year, he began a very toxic on/off relationship with @alanacs that he ended in March 2020 that caused him to run away to L.A (where he had some friends) to wander around for a few months. (tw illness mention) However, he had to move to Mapleview in late July 2020 to take care of his mom who fell sick (I need to add that it was an early diagnosis and she’ll be okay <3).

















