{ taylor zakhar perez, 22, cis man, he/him } Is that FREDDIE KOLBECK? A JUNIOR originally from NEW YORK, they decided to come to Ogden College to study MUSIC. They’re THE MISCREANT on campus, but even they could get blamed for Greer’s disappearance.
FULL NAME: hanno louis frederick kolbeck
NICKNAMES: freddie, becks
BIRTHDAY: 2nd nov
HOROSCOPE: scorpio
MBTI TYPE: enfp
SEXUALITY: bisexual
PET(S): none
OCCUPATION: actor/student
EXTRACURRICULARS: none
THREE POSITIVE TRAITS: persuasive, fun-loving, charming
THREE NEGATIVE TRAITS: spiteful, irreverent, selfish
THREE SKILLS: lying, powering through a hangover/come down, being a bad influence
trigger warnings: drugs, addiction, violence, abuse, manslaughter
ADDITIONAL INFO:
RELATIONSHIP TO GREER: childhood friend. freddie was probably the only one out of his friends who didn't have a crush on greer when they were growing up. no one believed it, though. all the hair pulling, throwing mud on her new white shoes, disapproving of everyone she dated. he was the guy all of her boyfriends hated, and she was the girl he told his girlfriends not to worry about. everyone was waiting for his confession, but it never came. instead, what had developed, was something more of a fragile co-dependency -- a friendship built on understanding, spite and control -- where it was less hateful than family but more binding than friends.
PLEASE EXPAND ON HOW THEY EMBODY THEIR SKELETON TROPE. the miscreant. it's the classic troubled child star story, with parents who exploited him from a young age and threw him into an environment where he could only learn from the worst. his ruined reputation precedes him. he's selfish, unruly and unstable. he's inconsiderate of other people's feelings and prioritises what will give him instant gratification. his drug abuse, of which he has been to rehab for three times now, only makes things worse. having emancipated from his parents and being blacklisted from hollywood, he's resorted to illicit means in trying to keep his name in the spotlight. try as he might, if he's going down, he's not afraid to drag everyone down with him.
BACKGROUND:
dad is a violent alcoholic hollywood exec who married a failed actress who is half is age. he got their maid pregnant, and she decided to stay with him and raise the child as their own, not out of the goodness of her heart or true love but because she's a natural social climber. it also gave her an excuse to run back to hollywood.
from a young age, he was put to work. taken to all the events and parties, left to his own devices as his mom mingled and tried to worm her way back into the golden circles.
but it was worse at home. his dad wasn't a pleasant man to be around. if freddie complained, his parents reminded him that he had to earn his spot in the family. and so, earn he did.
photoshoots, commercials, tv shows and then, eventually, the big movie franchise that would bring the kind of fame his mom had always wanted. he was everywhere.
he was happy, because it made his mom happy, and he thought this kind of attention was love. but with every move of his documented and criticised, he started to lash out.
he was drinking and doing drugs as a young teenager, no one was around to tell him it was wrong, and even if there were, he wouldn't have stopped. it was the only way he could handle the pressure.
by the time the final instalment of the movie franchise was starting to film, freddie had secretly been to rehab once, been arrested on a charge of assault for attacking paparazzi, and was causing issues on set as he returned to old habits.
after he was done shooting the last film, but before it was released, he takes his parents to court, wanting control of his own earnings. the film bombs and he's drowning in scandals: more arrests, law suits, cheating on america's sweetheart, also his co-star.
eventually, he gets what he wants but he's on his own. his parents blacklist him from hollywood, he's dropped from all projects and is deemed unemployable. his reputation is ruined. there's nothing left for him.
ogden was greer's idea. she'd be able to keep an eye on him, he'd be surrounded by his friends, true friends that know the real him. but college was not the right place for a boy with addiction.
his time at ogden was filled with more benders, antagonising people, and of course, like every icky white man, becoming a dj. he opened a club, giving space for people to be the worst versions of themselves.
then, greer doesn't come back and neither does freddie. however, unlike her, everyone knows where he went. his third stint in rehab made headlines once again, some news outlets were kinder than others, most were not.
upon his release, he returned to ogden but not for long, as his agent manages to get him booked onto a film, without auditioning! ironically, it's a recovering addict role. he gives one of his best performances, but it came with a cost.
his mother, having divorced his father with no prenup, was back in his life. there's premiers and pr circuits. he's drowning in debt. greer's still missing and there's ida's death. it wouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure how he'd spent his summer.
freddie can't afford another bad scandal. he's in his so-called redemption era, at least in the eyes of the public, and if another movie fails because of him then he fears he'll never get booked again. so, that leaves him with one solution: be better at hiding it.
WANTED CONNECTIONS
the emma to his dexter? can also be platonic?
more coming soon!
IC QUESTION: PLEASE NOTE THE BELOW IS MANDATORY
You wouldn’t have wanted Greer to disappear, would you?
freddie smirks sardonically, then begins to clap slowly. " that is some incisive questioning there, man ... " he slumps against the uncomfortable seat with the confidence and irreverence as someone who'd sat through many depositions in his lifetime. " i don't care who's told you what, but everyone at some point would've wanted her to go missing. " there was no point in lying about it. at the end of the day, this was all just a game. " everyone except for her new friends, probably. who actually didn't know her at all, and yet here they are ... all fucking crying over her. " he sighed exaggeratedly. " so melodramatic, don't you think? but, i guess that's greer for ya. " and as much as he hated her, he loved her in equal measure. " so did i want her to go missing? yes, of course. " a beat. then, it takes a solemn turn, " but i would've wanted her to come back. always. "
ADDITIONAL IC QUESTIONS:
“Were you at the Commons the night of the fire? Do you know why students even were there when they should’ve been at the Commencement Gala?“
a wide, humourless grin spreads along his lips. he knows when there's bait dangling in front of him, and he'd be damned if it was his blood that drew the sharks out of the water. how greer would rejoice! " hmm, " he taps a finger against his lips, pretending to be deep in thought, a comically bad performance worthy of a razzie award, but there's a pained look in his eyes that tells another story, as if he'd seen something he couldn't quite forget. " i don't recall. "
“Over the past year, have you gotten any anonymous messages? Any threatening ones? Or any with…leading information?”
" check my dms, " he says, and it sounds like a brag but it isn't. " you'll find everything, from death threats to marriage proposals. " both equally as threatening. fan accounts counted as anonymous, right? " very fuckin' spooky, am i right? none about greer, though. " hands fold behind his head and he shrugs nonchalantly. " guess i'm just not that important. "
“What do you know about the nature of Greer’s relationship with Penelope Klein?”
" i fucked penny in greer's bed once. thought it might loosen her up a little. " a beat. " didn't work, though. " it had pissed greer off, which hadn't necessarily been his intention, but he had been looking to start a fight. " definitely wasn't me, " that didn't do the trick, " so must've been greer. her bed. maybe it brought back some bad fuckin' memories. "
