☆ FULL NAME: Mason Miles McCarthy
☆ GENDER: Cisman
☆ PRONOUNS: He/him
☆ AGE: 27 (December 9th, 1996)
☆ BIRTH ORDER: Third
☆ TYPE: Full sibling; twin
☆ HOMETOWN: New York, New York
☆ JOB: Musical Theatre Performer
☆ SCHOOL: Senior Musical Theatre Major, Music Theory Minor
☆ SEXUALITY: Pansexual
☆ FACECLAIM: Tom Holland
Watch me fall at your feet
Hold me close and make me feel complete
But who am I trying to be?
Who am I trying to please?
Mason was born into the correct family, but perhaps not with the parents that’d be best for such a heart-on-his-sleeve type of boy. From the moment he was born he yearned for the attention he’d never properly get from the two performers. Always loud, always crying for his mother. He learned very quickly that in order to receive any attention within the McCarthy household, you had to be exceptional, so Mason strived to be nothing but exactly that.
Dance was a love of his, and he grew quite adept at the activity from a very young age, but what Mason’s true passion was fell into the career of his father. The thrill of the stage, singing in front of many people in a show. Mason wanted that life for himself. Every bootcamp he was thrown into was another opportunity for him to get a bit more knowledge in how to be the perfect Broadway star - from music to choreography to stage performance he adored it all. At eight years old Mason received his first theatrical role, playing Tiny Tim in a local production of A Christmas Carol. Several roles followed, at 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, and 21. He was nowhere near his father’s prowess, all of his roles being local theater productions that wouldn’t come close to touching Broadway, but he was happy with his modest level of success.
At 22, he decided to take a break from performing and got a job as a waiter for a while. He quickly found out from this time that he was not cut out for service work, despite how kind of a human being he was. In fact - his kindness was his detriment - he never knew how to handle a rude customer without resorting to beating himself up over it. At 23 he left the service industry and decided to move out to California to see what kind of life he could make there. He’d heard about Pacific State University and decided it’d likely be in his best interest to pursue a degree while he was still relatively young - not that there was an issue in getting a degree when you were older. He enrolled in Musical Theater with a minor in Music Theory, wanting to get a more professional handle on his performances.an
PSU is the place where Mason truly hit his stride. Within the walls of the school he seemed to flourish better than he ever had, making many friends along the way and even happening upon his first serious relationship. Mason had had short relationships - none lasting over a month - since high school, but this time was different.
Mason fell for her the first time they met. The two of them were made partners for a script reading assignment during their Musical Theater class and, even though the kiss that was in the script was an optional one, they shared it and sparks immediately began to fly. It took only one day later for Mason to gather up the courage to ask her out, and once she did, she cemented herself in being his girlfriend for the next three years. The honeymoon phase lasted longer than most for Mason, the man showering her in gifts and adoration so much so that eventually, it was their downfall. One day she sat him down and made it clear that he was suffocating her to the point she no longer wanted to be part of the relationship. This absolutely devastated Mason, who thought he was simply providing all he should as a boyfriend.
The breakup took a heavy toll on him. Where the boy would typically dress in a rather flamboyant fashion, often wearing skirts and dresses if he felt he could get away with it, but after the breakup he found himself living in hoodies and sweats. He closed himself off to most of his friends, isolating himself in his small bout of depression. He even pulled away from his siblings during this time, something very out of character for him. While he still harbors some of the sadness and now quite a bit of insecurity about himself in a relationship, he’s doing a lot better now than he was previously.
Maxwell and Evelyn McCarthy are two very determined, type A personality individuals who have always known exactly what they’ve wanted in life. When they met in college, their relationship was very quick to progress into something serious, and they got married almost immediately after graduation. They do love each other, but more importantly, they checked off all the boxes for what they wanted out of a partner. Maxwell and Evelyn are both performers; Maxwell was an aspiring Broadway actor, while Evelyn was an aspiring dancer. Maxwell scored several roles in Broadway shows touring the US, and was often gone for months at a time while their kids were young. Evelyn’s big break came when she auditioned for an early season of So You Think You Can Dance, where she ultimately took first place in the competition. She was then given the opportunity to work as a dancer for a popular artists’ world tour, leaving the kids to live primarily with a nanny for a significant portion of their youth. Maxwell is now a Tony award winning actor and has been in a couple of movie musical adaptations, and Evelyn is a professional dancer on Dancing With the Stars.
