ZORLOK | [?] "ZORLOK" THE SUNSBANE / SUNNY DE FOLIES
Memory demands so much,
it wants every fiber
told and retold.
It gives and gives
but for a price, making you
risk drudgery, lapse
into document, treacheries
of glaring noon and a slow march.
â Memory Demands So Much, Denise Levertov
@zorlok-if
This has to be one of my favorite edits so far. Fun fact: I was trying to keep up with the IF's thematic colors of black and red, but nothing about my Zorlok fit into black and red, so I restarted and ended up with black and orange, which turned out to be sooo pretty.
Quoted poem has nothing to do with the story itself, I just thought it was a good poem and also funny to the audience of one (me) that it talks of memory and Zorlok is gonna be like, an amnesiac for the likely majority of the story.
True Demon Name: [ERASED]
New Demon Name: Zorlok
Human Alias: Mx. Sunny de Folies
"Sunny" is pretty self-explanatory, although now ironic due to their melancholia
"de Folies" means "of Madness" in French (yes, I'm edgy)
It's also an architectural term: a "folly" is basically a fancy schmancy building built solely for ornamental reasons, which I thought would be fitting into Tommy's dreams of being cool that he described in pretty shallow terms
It also also means "foolishness" which is basically Tommy and Zorlok during the contract scene in a nutshell: I think if you knock their heads together, it will sound hollow (affectionate)
Fanon says there was a poster of "Folies Bergère" at the library where Zorlok/Sunny allegedly works at and Tommy just remembered that and whatever French he was familiar with to add -de to it. Plus he is an arts/drawing guy and I think he would appreciate the art of ChÊret
Title(s): "The Sunsbane" (canon) + "They Who Have Challenged the Sun" (fanon)
Comes from the demon's loftly intentions of one day usurping the Sun and replacing Him
"So, the demon has four horns curving back around its head with a fiery halo floating above them. Its eyes are balls of flame and its charred skin has cracks all over. They glow with this sinister orange light as magma boils inside the demon. It also has black, skeletal wings and a long tail covered in spikesâbut the spikes aren't just normal spikes! They're like... shards of black glass."
â Tommy Osorio in Zorlok "Prologue"
Voice: Smoky
Human Appearance (In Game):
Standing before Tommy is a nonbinary "human" who people would address using feminine nouns and they/them pronouns.
They appear to be a woman of average height with a slender build and toned muscles. They appear to be in their early 20s.
They have shoulder-length black colored hair. Their hair is naturally wavy. Their hair has been left unstyled.
They have amber eyes. They have warm beige skin that's covered in freckles. They have on a lot of blush. They have gold piercings in their septum, ears, belly button and nipples. Their nails are short and have been painted opal.
They're wearing a black cottage outfit consisting of a long, flowing dress and a pair of heels. With this they're wearing flowers in their hair and a shawl around their neck. In terms of jewelry, they're wearing several pieces of gold jewelry including a choker, a pendant necklace, bangles, and many rings.
Human Appearance (In Fanon):
Roughly 5'7" with a slender, former swimmer's build. Long arms and legs, short torso, small palms and long fingers, small feet
To the outsiders, they appear to be a woman of East Asian descent
Warm beige skin with a light dusting of freckles all over their face and body
Soft wavy black hair left loose, reaching past shoulders yet not waist-length, tucked behind ears: in hair are tiger lilies that most people assume to be fake but are actually the real deal
Light brown eyes edging on amber that sparkle gold in the sun
Presents and dresses in a feminine styling
Favors light, soft and sheer fabrics like silk, tulle and cotton
A black, sheer spaghetti strapped sundress with a square neckline and slits up to mid-thigh on both sides
A black silk shawl wrapped loosely around shoulders and head like a black-and-white old Hollywood movie star on a convertible car ride
Black thin high-heeled sandals with an ankle strap, clasps in gold (reference)
Gold jewelry all around: very basic in terms of design, no precious stones, no fancy etchings (think of Cartier designs)
Black frame big sunglasses (reference)
Blush galore make-up with other colors leaning toward gold and dewy, with some light dusting of glitter to make them sparkle: lips usually in gradient style
Nails neatly trimmed and shaped, not short nor long, almond, colored glossy opal
Left-handed
Smells like a burnt bundle of star jasmines (smoky and fragrant)
Hellhound: Buttercup the Samoyed (she/her), with a sunshine yellow bandana with white buttercup line art around her neck
Buttercups are pretty yet poisonous when eaten fresh, so I felt it fitting for a sun-themed demon's hellhound
Samoyeds are a herding dog breed that is known for being poor guard dogs yet excellent watch dogs (being very yappy and alert), who have friendly and playful personalities well into old age
Personality: Naive and careless to the point of idiocy and arrogance, friendly for a demon, charming, surprisingly honest, polite and nice; post-amnesia prone to bouts of melancholy due to feelings of powerlessness, really likes animals
Tommy Osorio's Description of "Cool" to The Demon:
Brendan Fraser's character in The Mummy
Martial artists sparring
Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
That thing where people stab a knife between their fingers without cutting themselves
BLACK FLAG | CHOOSE YOUR PLAYER [a Lane Kingston x KalĂŠo Moss fanmix]
@black-flag-if
So this fanmix was made before the latest version of the demo came out (I made this in March 2024), but I feel like it still fits into the general vibes of their past (and hopefully future) relationship.
Although I now wonder if the player one&two rings are still canon or not. It's the type of cringecute shit I expect from a couple of high schoolers on the baby's first serious relationship while being in a weirdly intense competitive super niche field.
It does feel a bit weird to upload this before an official MC intro post though, I will say. I am kinda waiting to see the semi-canon MC info but at this point, I have accepted that most of my MCs will remain semi-canon too because quite a few of their info I saw fit to them does not fit into the canon material. Then again, I feel like that's the general consensus with most IF MCs.
So the flow of the songs' contents doesn't make sense because I am not a fanmix person, I kinda just vibe? Much respect to people who do meticulous fanmixes/playlists that follow a theme and rhythm and timeline because my approach to this has been like that caffeine-addicted kid from Encanto going nuts with hammers at the end of the film. The POVs are also all mixed, because as I said, this is based on vibes instead of any coherence.
I created a Spotify playlist (at the end of the post) along with links to YouTube for MVs/official audios.
Anyway, enjoy!
Visual Details
I'm a point-and-click, interactive fiction, and puzzle video games person, I don't vibe with racing or action games, so I based the appearances on research instead of first-person material at hand
Lane and MC's now-in-limbo canon little "Player 1-Player 2" rings are the inspiration behind the styling here
On the top left corner, the numbers "292023" are supposed to represent what I believe to be the date the very first post of the game was published, although now for the life of me, I can no longer remember if it's September 2nd, 2023 or February 9th, 2023 because I cannot remember if I used American or European date format (my guess is the September date because I grew up on and still use European date format, and the characters are British/English/Europe-based in terms of location)
Since MC is the one to break up with Lane, I symbolized them as the "LOCKED" character
I was originally gonna put MC as P1 but I remembered they were given the P2 ring so I kept it this way: you can interpret the image as being in Lane's POV with MC being "locked" from him for the moment
TRACKLIST âŻď¸
Track I: Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Track II: Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
If I tell you, if I tell you now
Will you keep on, will you keep on loving me?
If I tell you, if I tell you how I feel
Will you keep bringing out the best in me?
Track III: Marina and the Diamonds - Oh No!
One track mind, one track heart
If I fail, I'll fall apart
Maybe it is all a test
'Cause I feel like I'm the worst
So I always act like I'm the best
Seventeen, and we got a dream to have a family
A house, and everything in between
And then, oh, suddenly, we turned twenty-three
And now we got pressure for taking our life more seriously
Track V: Wayfloe - Oleander
Youâre like poison in my body
Stuck in my head
Track VI: Raleigh Ritchie - Bloodsport '15
Loving you's a bloodsport
Fighting in a love war
It's not what I'm in love for, I'm yours
I don't know if you can help it, maybe I'm just being selfish
Loving you's a bloodsport
Track VII: Ursine Vulpine feat. Annaca - Wicked Game
What a wicked game to play
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you
Track VIII: Fame on Fire - Plastic Heart
Yeah, I guess it's time to face it, I'm unhappy and I hate it
Wish I could take back the past and just fucking erase it
Track IX: Mothica feat. Au/Ra - Last Cigarette
Treat me like your last cigarette, ah
Put me down and pick me up again, ah
You can be the dagger that I put in my own back
Make tonight the night we both regret
Track X: Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around.../ ... Comes Around (Interlude)
You know I gave you the world
You had me in the palm of your hand
So why your love went away
I just can't seem to understand
Thought it was me and you, baby
Me and you until the end, but I guess I was wrong, uh
Track XI: Cults - Gilded Lily
Now it's been long enough to talk about it
I've started not to doubt it, just wrap my head around it
I remember when you told me it's an everyday decision
But with my double vision, how was I supposed to see the way?
Track XII: Fiona Apple - O' Sailor
And what a thing to know what could be instead
Oh, what a blessed curse to see
It took the agenda from its place in my bed
Made a merry paramour of me
Track XIII: Set It Off - Hourglass
Time (Time) is strange (Is strange), it's ever-flowing
Never going back (Back), it moves (Moves), but only in one way
Turn the page, look back at what you wrote
Do you still feel (Feel) the same (The same)?
I'll bet your mind has changed
Track XIV: J Balvin & Bad Bunny - LA CANCIĂN
Just when I believed
That by banging two or ten, I would forget you (Yeh)
I took a breath and left that road
And like a fool, I didn't know what I was doing
I never got over it (No), I never got over you (No)
Track XV: Dermot Kennedy - Power Over Me
You've got that power over me, my my
Everything I hold dear resides in those eyes
You've got that power over me, my my
The only one I know, the only one on my mind
Track XVI: Sofia Lafuente - Here Again
Tell me what you see underneath the weeds
Is there hope to be found?
Itâs been a while
Has the light gone out for good?
Track XVII: Charli xcx - White Mercedes
I don't deserve you, I don't deserve your love
One day I'll pull through and I'll be good enough
Track XVIII: Ethel Cain - Western Nights
Clinging onto you like some love blind addict
I'll be screaming your name
Past the gas stations, trailing down the interstate
Please don't love how I need you
And know that one day, you and I could be ok
CAN'T SAVE YOUR LOVE FROM DYING | LANEY "SILK SABLE" LĂPEZ |
I write: All God does is watch us and kill us when we get bored. We must never, ever be boring.
â Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahnuik
@untitledrockstar-if
So, funny story: Silk was my first CSYLFD MC but by the time the demo came out, he morphed into something that I just cannot reshape to fit the story's semi-set MC, and I don't want to just cast them aside so here we are: SchrĂśdinger's MC. He both exists and doesn't exist in canon. Mostly the latter than the former, if I have to be honest. I have a second CSYLFD MC in the works too, and I'm trying real hard not to touch them much so they would fit the story, at least.
ANYWAY, here's their profile!
â ď¸ Warning: contains content that might be triggering, proceed with caution! â ď¸
⢠PRESENT â˘
Name: Silk Sable
Legal Name: Silk Sable LĂłpez
"Silk Sable" is his stage name turned legal name by the time they turned 21
However, their family and friends (read: Ronan) still call him by his birth name because they don't view it as a "dead name" as some transgender individuals do, nor do they hate it for what it is, since it's also relatively gender-neutral
Their whole deal is that he thinks it's an utterly basic and boring name, and thus not suitable for stage
"Silk" comes from his late father describing them as a "silky child": someone who looks delicate yet has a strong personality
"Sable" comes from his maternal grandmother's prized sable fur coat, claiming it was a gift from a Hollywood actress who had been passing through their town and loved her famous peach pie (that was being served at the local diner she had been working at at the time) so much that she had offered the sable fur coat off her back for the recipe: "I gave the recipe with a few... modifications," their grandmother cackled around her cigarette, coughing and dropping ashes around her rocking chair and onto her grandchildren, "What can I say, it was a nice coat, but not enough for the actual recipe." They took that coat with him to LA and still keep it at their closet.
Pronouns: He/they
Gender/Sexuality: Transgender/Gay
Age: 27
Profession: Model at Allure Agency, dancer, lover to Ronan Thorne of Saving Face
Race/Ethnicity: Mexican-American of German descent
His father, Salvador LĂłpez was born in CuliacĂĄn, Mexico and moved to Tampa, Florida when still a child
Their mother, Lucy LĂłpez (nĂŠe Hudlow) came from a long line of Germans who came during a silver rush and had intermarried into the Mexican population that had been around the area since mid 18th century
Appearance: Short black curly hair that is always artfully tousled, upturned dark brown eyes most people describe as "siren eyes", light brown skin that is delicately dotted with freckles; 5'10" and slender with thick thighs, full round backside, and very long legs; full lips, triangle face, considered highly attractive; has the scarification tattoo of Ronan's bite mark on his right asscheek; has a soft, breathy baritone voice that is pleasant to listen to
Fashion: Dark colors, mostly black and dark red; as revealing as they can get away with; favors mesh, silk, satin, real leather and fur as fabrics; androgynous with a heavy leaning toward feminine styling (heels, hot pants, skirts, semi-sheer bodysuits), wears heeled shoes most of the time except when on the go; likes jewelry a lot but favours silver for metal, and pearls, sapphires and rubies; never seen without a cat eye, lips always a dark matte red, nails neatly trimmed short with black nailpolish that is never chipped
Social Media Handle(s):
Official accounts: "thesilksable" or "silksableofficial" across numerous platforms
Private/locked accounts: "stayonyourlaney" and "laneyinfurs"
+ never goes out of their way to provoke or irritate people, courteous toward service workers, can be stubborn and prideful but mostly defaults to "grin and bear" mentality from years in service industry pre-fame, strong self-discipline when it comes to body image, lowkey romantic and longing for a romance like their parents yet kinda too toxic and obsessed for it
⢠HISTORY â˘
Birthdate: August 4, 1997, 00:13:27 (UTCâ07)
Leo Sun, Taurus Rising, Virgo Moon (more info)
His birthday is same as the deathday of Marilyn Monroe
Their birthplace is fictional, so I took the location and time zone of where it would be the closest to in real life (El Dorado Canyon, Nevada)
Birthplace: Las Vegas Silver Springs, Nevada
They like to claim although Laney LĂłpez is from Silver Springs, a small silver mining town placed near US 95 leading to Las Vegas, Silk Sable is from Las Vegas, Nevada, because that's where he first started to form the identity of "Silk Sable", back when his family had taken a family trip there and they were mesmerized by the glitz and glamour
(This is a convulted way of saying Silk lies and says they are from Las Vegas, Nevada to the public)
Silver Springs is a slowly dying silver mining town, with the most of the young population leaving for bigger cities as the silver is drying out (as has been the case for many Nevada silver mines), who has been relying heavily on hospitality due to being one of many stops before Las Vegas on US 95
Family:
Salvador LĂłpez (father, deceased)
Lucy LĂłpez, nĂŠe Hudlow (mother)
Lacey LĂłpez (eldest older sister)
Laurie LĂłpez (older sister)
Lance LĂłpez (older brother)
Margaret "Maggie" Hudlow, nĂŠe Miller (maternal grandmother, deceased)
Lucas Hudlow (maternal uncle, youngest older brother of Lucy)
Miranda "Mira" Hudlow, nĂŠe Guerrera (aunt-in-law, wife of Lucas)
Gabriel "Gabe", Michael "Mickey", Samuel "Sam" Hudlow (maternal cousins, children of Lucas and Mira)
Lily Young, nĂŠe Hudlow (maternal aunt, oldest elder sister of Lucas and Lucy)
Jason Young (uncle-in-law, husband of Lily)
Alice, Beatrice, Clarice Young (maternal cousins, children of Lily and Jason)
Lincoln "Lee" Hudlow (maternal uncle, second eldest brother of Lucas and Lucy, younger brother of Lily)
+ a whole horde of nieces, nephews, and niblings
Family Details:
comes from a modest working class family
the youngest of four: Lacey is 10 years older, Laurie 6, and Lance 4 (they are an "oopsie" kid for sure)
His father, Salvador was known as "Sal" to friends, and "Dory" only to Lucy
Their mother, Lucy, comes from a long line of German silver miners who moved to the area in the 1880s and intermarried with the local populace
Both have been the youngest of their families: Sal of seven, and Lucy of five
Salvador was a seminary dropout, who became a hobo to escape his parents' reaction to him not becoming a Catholic priest like they always wanted him to, having been working at a Phoenix, Arizona bar as a bartender-slash-bouncer when he and Lucy met
Lucy was the designated driver of a distant cousin's bridal party that had crashed into said bar, where she and Sal had talked until closing time
Their courtship had been short, a mere five months over letters and phone calls, before they got married and Sal moved to Silver Springs
Sal would buy off a newly built inn from a failed outsider enterpreneur, renovate it with Lucy's help, add a bar, and open it for moderate success, named "Silver Moon Bar & Motel"
He also converted to Baptism for Lucy since it was her faith after they got married, which caused his staunch Roman Catholic family, who had been disapproving of him marrying a Baptist woman to begin with, to completely disown him
(Lucy has always suspected Sal did it to use as an excuse to cut ties with his family, since she wasn't even a devout believer in the first place)
Sal would die of late discovered lung cancer when Laney was 7, something that had devastated them since he was very close to his father
was raised in the top floor (third) of Silver Moon with his mother, siblings, maternal grandmother, uncle, aunt-in-law and cousins
labour wasn't cheap, so the entire family worked at Silver Moon: cleaning, cooking, service, the whole nine yard. Everyone ignored the use of child labour here since things can be iffy when it comes to family businesses
Lucy was originally a homemaker, just a high school graduate, but she quickly took over the managerial part of the motel business: Salvador was responsible for the financial accounting (Lucas will take over after his death), and Lucy was and still is responsible for the management
Past:
Laney has been described as a good student, if not rather quiet and daydreaming with not many friends, but hey, their grades are fine, so who cares?
Their favorite childhood activities included raiding his family's pile of records and listen to them while flipping through numerous magazines from his siblings and cousins, and listening to the stories of numerous tourists and bypassers that would come to their motel
He has been viewed as a physically very beautiful person from birth to adulthoodâ indeed, when they were 14 and on another LV family vacation visiting his aunt and her family, a local modelling agency had recruited them to appear in the clothing catalogue of a local store
It was someone from that agency that had also suggested to Laney that they develop other skills than just modelling to increase visibility and diversify portfolio, so he chose modern dancing, inspired by the colorful and sultry dancing scene of Las Vegas: for how late in life they had started dancing, they are actually pretty good at it
College has never been in his plansâ all his siblings had either entered vocational schools or community colleges, and have been prepared to join their mother and uncle at managing the Silver Moon, and that just did not appeal to them
Laney's dream has always been fame, by any means: the moments he spent in front of cameras, posing and smiling, looking at the very first catalogue they appeared in and remembering the rush and excitementâ that's what they wanted
(Some... of it was also related to the fact Laney's photoshoot stylings had been leaning more toward masculinity at their request: he wasn't out out, only to the family, but their baggy hand-me-downs and short hair raised eyebrows from the schoolmates and grown-ups, which resulted in a cooler reception at school, a subtle isolation from peers)
A huge fight would break out between him and their family, at the end of which they would decide to move out to Los Angeles to chase their dreams at the tender age of 18 and legally changed their name to Silk Sable LĂłpez
Because his pre-LA work were under a false name and his family took special precautions to make sure their face wasn't too exposed in those photoshoots, it would take more than a decade for anyone to connect Silk Sable and little Alexander Sanchez (with the accent noticeably absent compared to his real surname) of local LV child's clothing store fame
Plus the fact as a kid, he didn't have any friends, it kept his social media presence in photos to a very bare minimal (most photos were in his family members' locked accounts, if they had any)
Not gonna lie, things weren't doing very hot when they came to LA: the guy who worked at an LA-based modeling agency that had known someone from the LV agency Laney Silk was working with and who had helped him move to LA was a total sleaze, so the first few months were spent in perpetual stress and fear as they lived in the same space
Things were starting to look up though, when he landed a job appearing in the music video of an up-and-coming rock band
Although the band itself might end up being a one-hit-wonder, Silk was able to nudge open the doors to the world of rockstars as the MV was critically well-received and their looks started to gather attention
However, the success would take a while to arrive, during which time Silk turned to sugar babying to earn enough money to move out of the current apartment he has been sharing with the agency guy, who was slowly starting to become possessive and entitled over them
Some of their sugar daddies were actually fine: they usually just wanted someone pretty and quiet to hang off of their arms, an eye candy, sometimes a companion to chat with during boring events
However, a couple of them would end up being dangerous toxic individuals that only the most desperate would sugar baby for, which included Silk himself: they would promise money, connections and career opportunities in exchange of sex, only to fulfill them in the most bullshit way possible
The agency was taking heavy cuts of his earnings from the mostly catalog jobs they were hired to do, the roommate was demanding money for "rent and utilities" in a move Silk would later recognize as trying to keep him poor enough not to be able to move out, and Silk was still unable to properly network to get better opportunities
Not to mention they were so incredibly lonely and homesick, missing his family, but unable to swallow his pride to call and apologize, fearing that they will demand he come back home because their dreams are still of fame
It's when they were hitting the bottle hard at a rather well-known lounge-style queer night club, the Red Spade, that they met Estella "Red" Spade-West, a former rock star groupie turned owner of the very establishment she named after herself, who took one look at this lost, clearly under drinking age baby and took them under her wing
It's Red and her drag queen husband (and the leading star of the Red Spade), Peach Valentine Gunn (also known as Jason Spade-West of Oglethorpe, Georgia), that would help him cut ties with the predatory modelling agency and really, truly create the persona of Silk Sable, the supermodel
Afterwards, as a freelancer, Silk would start sending headshots and resumĂŠs to numerous modelling agencies, and a rather well-known and established agency, Allure Agency, would sign him under them, and the rest is history
⢠RUMOURS â˘
are the child of a silk trader and a disgraced New York socialite who chose his name to signal her love and longing for the trader.
Rating: False
Silk has absolutely no idea where this one came fromâ first of all, New York? He has never lied about his homestate being Nevada, even if he lies about his exact birthplace, so his accent clearly shows he isn't from the Big Apple
Also, a silk trader? Where on earth did that even come from?
had sex with the rock band whose MV he was hired to appear in.
Rating: Mixture
This one was correct in the most strict sense: there has been sexual intercourse, but its consensuality is a matter of question due to them being blackout drunk at the time: in his darkest moments, Silk would admit it was rape, but no one, not even Ronan knows about it, and they would prefer to go to their grave with it. What matters is that Silk is here and that band of scums is already forgotten, a mere footnote in his life story, not even worth a page on Wikipedia
has a MySpace page that he still maintains: they don't post photos but instead write about LA adventures, both scandalous and dark.
Rating: False
MySpace was already a relic of history by the time Laney even touched an Internet that wasn't connected to the ancient work computer Sal had at his bar office that they all had used just to find updated phone numbers of companies Silver Moon was working with. So he was more active on Facebook and Twitter, both accounts having been deactivated and deleted when he ran away to LA
These days, he just has an IG account that is mostly of his fashion photoshoots and a couple personal photos with Ronan, maybe a couple ads here and there
two of their lower ribs were removed so he could be flexible enough to give themself oral sex.
Rating: False
Silk was SO proud to hear that because it's such a classic, that shows they made it at long last!
their hair is insured for $5 million.
Rating: False
Oh, they wish. Alas, no part of his body has been insured... yet
Ronan Thorne's first words to them was "Your ass is so perfect it makes me want to kill myself" at a party.
Rating: False
Not gonna lie, that makes Silk laugh every single time. However, that's not true at all, even though Ronan agrees with the sentiment and claims Silk's ass is to die for, that's why he likes to touch, bite and grope it all the time
Ronan recorded Silk's voice during sex and has used it at numerous songs.
Rating: Mostly True
Ronan did it once, it was completely consensual so stop making it sound like he did it secretly without permission, and it was pretty damn clear it's Silk's moans and whimpers on the track since the bastard actually gave him writer's and producer's credits.
has various addictions, mostly to alcohol and cocaine
Rating: Mostly False
So, this one is a bit tricky. There is no denying that Silk enjoys alcohol and does the occasional drug consumption when partying, but his usage is actually lighter and less than what most would assume, and it's connected to their fear of "physical decay" as he calls it: the story of that one UK actress whose nose had eroded from snorting coke has haunted them pretty deeply, and they have seen the bodies of alcoholic miserable miners that would frequent Silver Moon, so he tries to keep themself as clean as possible to "avoid their fate"
However, he does have deep obsessions and issues with his body image, which has created an unhealthy relationship with fitness and food, but hey, in this world of fame, who doesn't?
was a dancer at the Red Spade before meeting Ronan
Rating: False
What, with his modelling schedule? Oh, Silk can only wish because putting on a show on that stage would have been so cool. Unfortunately, their dancing is not on the same calibre as Peach Valentine Gunn or other dancers there, so he mostly spent time at the backstage, learning clothing and make-up tips and improving their dancing but still not enough for that stage.
has a childhood sweetheart that they left back at home to pursue fame
Rating: False
Ronan actually has been Silk's first serious romantic relationship. They occasionally went on dates, had plenty of one-night-stands and FWB situationships with fellow models, fashion designers, and photographers, but he never has been romantically entangled with anyone before.
Besides, Silk never had a friend back home that would have been close enough to them to become a sweetheart. Most of his friendships had been based on "Neither of us are exactly liked for reasons that have nothing to do with our personalities but rather what we actually are so we might as well sit together at lunch and do class projects together."
The cover of a Saving Face single features a black-and-white Ronan Thorne lying on the floor smirking up at someone standing over him with a red stiletto planted on his chest, one hand wrapped around the delicate ankle. The faceless owner of that very nice pair of legs is Silk.
Rating: True
First of all, Silk is well-known for his great legs. If a part of them has to be insured, it would be his legs. You would have to be an idiot not to realize the person in the photo is him.
Second of all, that's not the only time they appeared on a Saving Face single or album cover. Some of them are just better hidden than this.
Third of all, did you really think Silk was gonna let some rando just pin Ronan down under their heel? They think the fuck not!
⢠FUN FACTS â˘
Having grown up at the desert, Silk first saw the ocean when they arrived in LA: he was frankly a bit scared because they have never swam in anything other than a pool
Silk is really good with numbers: part of it came from spending time with Sal at his office while he was crunching numbers for the motel and the household budget
He LOVES doing taxes: something about it is very calming, and they are very good at keeping track of their records and purchases
While they have modelled for and been a brand ambassador to major fashion houses, they are the face of a small boutique perfumery named 'Three Sisters'. Silk had wanted a custom-made perfume, Red knew the owner, and they created a business contract over it
The custom-made perfume in question, named 'Desert Cherry' and bottled in a blood red crystal bottle, contains notes of cherry, blood, desert dust, silk extract, and jasmine: it is predominantly metallic and hot musky with an underlying sweetness, and it reminds Silk of their childhood: the hot sunny Nevada desert, the silver mines, the single dwarf cherry tree planted in the small patch of dirt dividing the road from the motel entrance that always bore the sweetest cherries and prettiest flowers, his mother's perfume she wears on special occasions that has been a courting gift from his father, his grandmother's skin-warmed Sunday shawl...
Silk is a motorhead, which is a fact that surprises everyone, but they think it's a given since bikes and trucks have been the family's major modes of transportation growing up. Plus, their other maternal uncle, Lee, is an actual biker and mechanic, whose sporadic home visits were always greeted with excitement because he was never without a story and many gifts for his siblings and niblings, so there has been an interest developed through him on the down low. Silk has a secondhand custom dark cherry red 2010 Ducati Monster 796 he had bought with his first paycheck earned through Red, because it was an ad they had seen on the way to spend it and Silk felt like it was divine providence. They still take care of it tenderly and lovingly, even if he no longer has the time and/or freedom to ride it as much as before
Silk loves cherries but their favorite food is actually damson plums: Ronan once caught him licking clean a whole jar of Bonne Maman damson jam at 4 am, toasted bread and peanut butter out but forgotten
Hobbies include reading magazines, watching movies, taking care of their bike, having sex with Ronan, and yoga: the last one was first for flexibility for the sake of sex and fitness, then he grew to actually enjoy it because it was so calming (they can never been seen in yoga pants around Ronan though, because he will descend upon them immediately and ruin yet another pair, goddamnit)
Got his uterus and ovaries removed the first chance they got, because they do not want children by any means: they are more than content to one day, hopefully, be the rich eccentric uncle to his siblings' kids (should they reconnect). Ronan was pleased with it, simply because that means he can hit it bare without worrying about a brat popping out and stealing Silk's attention from him
Has a wikipedia page of his own, which pleases them immensely. Because he legally changed his name early in his career, his past as Laney LĂłpez is pretty under lock and key, and will remain so long into his late 30s, when he semi-retires from the public eye as a model and turns to more background professional endeavors
⢠RELATIONSHIP WITH SAVING FACE â˘
Note: This is where MC diverts heavily from canon because as I formed Silk's pre-fame story which in turn shaped their personality, I realized there is no way in Hell they would tolerate the kind of bullshit Canon MC does, because unlike them, Silk can be considered a somewhat veteran of the industry, with his own network and friends, so they are not only more aware, but also less isolated.
However, I still think Silk and Saving Face would have a crunchy relationship, so here we go. This is all very non-canon.
How Silk and Ronan met is a mystery: neither of them are speaking about it except claiming it was "immediate chemistry at first sight"
Not me avoiding to solidify their first meeting because I first want to see what Miss Mara will come up with đ
Silk and Stella King have never known each other, they somehow managed to avoid walking on the same runways at the same time, so there has been no love lost between them: however, that doesn't stop Stella from pissed off at him, not that Silk cares
With Silk being a relative veteran of the industry, it's safe to say he won't let any of the members put them down or steamroll over him, so no tolerating Samuel's attitude, no letting Farah or Miriam push them around to do what they want from him (likewise, Miriam won't see Silk as Ronan's minder since they have his own career, unlike Canon MC), and there is no way in hell a paparazzi can yell at them to move out of the way without Silk glaring them into fast submission (and breaking their camera)
Silk is, unfortunately, something of a babysitter to Ronan at times like Canon MC: however, with a stronger backbone compared to Canon MC in baby's first celebrity relationship, there is not as much tolerance and being a pushover on Silk's part: he will meet Ronan halfway and push back and negotiate
There is no sense of loneliness and isolation on Silk's part either, because he has the Spade-Wests, Allure Agency, and numerous model acquaintances/friends across the globe under their belt, not to mention their own fame and money, so their relationship is not as co-dependent on Silk's part (at least, monetarily): Ronan is a different story
There is definitely some brat-taming on Silk's part toward Ronan: while it's very fun in sexual situations and funny in normal settings because Silk is very light on that, Ronan can sometimes find Silk too nagging and buckle against it, even if a part of him recognizes it as Silk being concerned about him
Silk and Samuel are... interesting: Silk clocks Sam as someone who knows he was lucky to find someone (read: Ronan) who took a chance on them (because they are cut from the same cloth of fucked-up family dynamics) but hates the very fact due to public backlash and how he only amounts to his relation to Ronan instead of his skill, and lashes out because of it, so to say Silk is amused yet unimpressed would be an understatement. Needless to say, Silk doesn't entertain any of Sam's shenanigans and just ignores him
Should Ronan's little balcony plunge happen, Silk wouldn't be exactly pissed off over the emergency contacts debacle, because he is self-aware enough to recognize it's always best to have someone you trust that can be available at the drop of a hat, like Miriam, because Silk might not be reachable due to work priorities. They are, however, annoyed that Sam is also one, but concedes to it by believing it's another way for Ronan to show his confidence in his cousin
When the whole cheating scandal happens, Silk would be angry, but not for being cheated on: oh no, they know what type of an industry they all work in. This stuff happens, and he knows damn well how utterly gone for Silk Ronan is. No, what pisses him off is that Ronan did it in public, humiliating and disrespecting Silk
"I know whose arms you will always return to at the end of the day. Those wannabes can spread their legs and you can get between them as much as you want, because I know it's me you think of, it's me you are in love with, you are obsessed with. Sex and love are not the same, I'm not naive or stupid enough to think otherwise. No, what I care about is the disgustingly blatant disrespect here. You hurt and humiliated me in public by being with that nobody in public, you gave those basement trolls fuel to use against us and hundreds who work with and for us, you have jeopardized everything we created together. That, I cannot abide. I told you so from the moment you confessed your love to me: fuck whoever you want, but do it discreetly, because they can have your body, they can be the playground for your wordly pleasures, but I own your heart and soul. I have to retaliate now, you forced me to it because not reacting to this humiliation would be worse."
There is also a little bit of "sunk-cost fallacy" with Silk in regards to Ronan: they spent so much time on this relationship, on their public image together, built a sidebrand based on it, and it just feels stupid to give up entirely on it because Ronan was stupid enough to stick his dick into someone else in public, even if the break-up would be more beneficial for Silk on the long run
Basically this song in a nutshell:
They do be lowkey obsessed and toxic with each other, not gonna lie: do I think they will be back together? Yeah, because Ronan gives me and Silk severe brain rot, and they do really love each other. Will they, like, improve or something? Hmm, questionable. Therapy is severely needed for that (individual and couples)
Anyway, here's a Ronan x Silk break-up era song for you to end things:
