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ZACHARY OLIVER WILDE

AGE: 36

BIRTHDAY: April 14th, 1988

RELATION: Full sibling

TYPE: Solo

GENDER: Non-binary

PRONOUNS: He/They

ORIENTATION(S): Pansexual

FACE CLAIM: Chris Wood

JOB/SCHOOL

JOB: Animator

ALUMNI?: Alumni

ABOUT

tw domestic violence, tw mental health

While everyone thought Aaron Wilde was the perfect Christian man, Zach knew from a very young age that he was not. While he preached Christian values in public, he was incredibly different behind closed doors. Zach would say the wrong thing, be too loud, or question the wrong thing and the next thing he knew he was getting backhanded by his father. The one continuous thing in his childhood was the constant beatings from his father. Zach learned early on that the best thing to be around his father was quiet and compliant. As his parents started having more children, he would step in front of them to make sure he took the brunt of it. He made sure that his father never laid a hand on any of his siblings, and that all of the anger went to him. Zach didn’t understand much at that young age, but what he did understand was that he loved his siblings and he would do anything for them.

Zach never felt any connection to god or religion, but he always pretended to be the perfect golden child of the Wildes. This continued on until he was about fifteen years old, and Wilde Faith was on the air. They were questioning him about his father, a bunch of cameras on him, and Zach had a full-blown panic attack. He ended up getting physical with the camera men. Them pushing the cameras in his face even during this panic attack made it worse. The next thing Zach knew, his parents sent him off to a mental hospital rather than dealing with him. He stayed there for three months, and came back a lot happier. He was prescribed anti-anxiety medication that changed his life. Zach was adamant about taking this for the first few months back, but soon enough his father denied him of his medication.

He started to refuse to be on camera, and would threaten to hit the camera-men again if they got near him. Oftentimes he’d go other places, hanging out with friends and partying. He wanted to rebel, and be nothing like the Christian boy that everyone expected him to be. While Pacific State University was still close to the church, he didn’t care. All of his friends were going there, and he finally was living on his own. (He didn’t understand why his parents still gave him money, but who was he to say no to money without work? Not Aaron.) Zach had always been in love with art and animation, so he double majored in both, falling in love with art and everything about it. Being in college allowed him to be the person he was actually meant to be: goofy, happy, exploring his sexuality (and even gender at times). He still deals with anxiety, of course, and is very diligent about taking his medication (weed and/or Xanax, depending on the severity) and seeing a therapist once a week.

Zach still has issues, but for now: he’s happy. He’s dealing with those issues in an incredibly healthy way, and he loves his life more than anything. He currently writes and animates a series that he posts on YouTube, and it’s his absolute passion project. He also works on animating things for commercials, which is where he actually tries to make his money, and something he loves doing as well.

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ZACHARY WILDE

☆ FULL NAME: Zachary "Zach" Oliver Wilde ☆ GENDER: Non-binary ☆ PRONOUNS: He/They ☆ AGE: 36 (April 14th, 1988) ☆ TYPE: Full sibling; solo ☆ HOMETOWN: Knoxville, Tennessee ☆ JOB: Professional Animator; Animation Professor at PSU ☆ SCHOOL: PSU Alumni ☆ SEXUALITY: Pansexual ☆ FACECLAIM: Chris Wood

ABOUT ZACHARY

tw domestic violence, tw mental health

While everyone thought Aaron Wilde was the perfect Christian man, Zach knew from a very young age that he was not. While he preached Christian values in public, he was incredibly different behind closed doors. Zach would say the wrong thing, be too loud, or question the wrong thing and the next thing he knew he was getting backhanded by his father. The one continuous thing in his childhood was the constant beatings from his father. Zach learned early on that the best thing to be around his father was quiet and compliant. As his parents started having more children, he would step in front of them to make sure he took the brunt of it. He made sure that his father never laid a hand on any of his siblings, and that all of the anger went to him. Zach didn’t understand much at that young age, but what he did understand was that he loved his siblings and he would do anything for them.

Zach never felt any connection to god or religion, but he always pretended to be the perfect golden child of the Wildes. This continued on until he was about fifteen years old, and Wilde Faith was on the air. They were questioning him about his father, a bunch of cameras on him, and Zach had a full-blown panic attack. He ended up getting physical with the camera men. Them pushing the cameras in his face even during this panic attack made it worse. The next thing Zach knew, his parents sent him off to a mental hospital rather than dealing with him. He stayed there for three months, and came back a lot happier. He was prescribed anti-anxiety medication that changed his life. Zach was adamant about taking this for the first few months back, but soon enough his father denied him of his medication.

He started to refuse to be on camera, and would threaten to hit the camera-men again if they got near him. Oftentimes he’d go other places, hanging out with friends and partying. He wanted to rebel, and be nothing like the Christian boy that everyone expected him to be. While Pacific State University was still close to the church, he didn’t care. All of his friends were going there, and he finally was living on his own. (He didn’t understand why his parents still gave him money, but who was he to say no to money without work? Not Aaron.) Zach had always been in love with art and animation, so he double majored in both, falling in love with art and everything about it. Being in college allowed him to be the person he was actually meant to be: goofy, happy, exploring his sexuality (and even gender at times). He still deals with anxiety, of course, and is very diligent about taking his medication (weed and/or Xanax, depending on the severity) and seeing a therapist once a week.

Zach still has issues, but for now: he’s happy. He’s dealing with those issues in an incredibly healthy way, and he loves his life more than anything. He currently writes and animates a series that he posts on YouTube, and it’s his absolute passion project. He also works on animating things for commercials, which is where he actually tries to make his money, and something he loves doing as well.

FAMILY BACKGROUND

At first, Aaron Wilde was just like any other pastor. He was loved by many in Knoxville, and that’s how it stayed for many years. As the years went on, though, he grew in popularity. Everyone in Tennessee would travel to see him - especially the housewives with nothing better to do. Did Aaron’s good looks have everything to do with his popularity? Absolutely. Which is why it was no surprise when someone in Los Angeles called him, asking him if he’d like to have his own church (that seated 17,000 people). He agreed, of course. Aaron moved his whole family to Los Angeles so he could be the pastor of Pacific Grace Church. Aaron Wilde became the best-known pastor in the United States, with several people from all over the United States coming over to see him give sermons. Every sermon was televised. Aaron did this for seven years, and then was offered a reality television deal. They named the show Wilde Faith, and it followed around the Wilde family to show off how they were a perfect Christian family. Wilde Faith was on for six seasons, as Aaron continued to be the pastor at Pacific Grace. After the six seasons, they decided to end because Aaron said “he talked to God and He said it was time to stop”. Aaron continues to work at Pacific Grace to this day. Elizabeth is the happy and dutiful wife to him, and that’s about it.