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justice smith + he/him + cis male – have you seen luke tozier around los angeles? the twenty-six year old is usually jamming to fancy by twice. word around the city is that they’re persistent, yet, they can also be pessimistic, but you didn’t hear that from me. they’re currently an nhl player and are typically seen walking the streets of los angeles with his samoyed, lorna. when i think of them, i think of hot chocolate in a cold ice rink, graphic sweaters and unsent postcards forgotten on a cluttered bedside table. let’s hope the city treats them good!

( WANTED CONNECTIONS )

(slight mention of teen pregnancy and tw for homophobia & biphobia, drug use & alcohol use)

full name: luke tozier

nicknames: louie

birthday: january 4th, 1997

zodiac: capricorn

birthplace: ottawa, canada

hometown: ottawa, canada

occupation: goalie for the anaheim ducks

sexual orientation: (closeted) bisexual

gender: cis male

character inspiration: benny weir (my babysitter's a vampire), stiles stilinski (teen wolf), kotaro bokuto (haikyuu), finn hudson (glee)

headlines

TOZIER'S ALL STAR SAVES: SEE FULL GAMEPLAY HERE! - tsn, march 2023 TOZIER TO ANAHEIM! ( the senators to trade hometown boy to california ) - cbc, june 2022 TROUBLE FOR A SENATOR? ( sens' goalie off to rehab, says insider source ) - tmz, may 2021

the story

practically born with a hockey stick in hand, luke tozier was born to teenage parents romee tozier (fourty-three) and theo moran (fourty-four) in the suburbs of canada's capital city, ottawa. romee & theo didn't stay together long, but they'd always considered themselves 'life long friends'. due to that, luke has always said he was brought up by 'love'.

when luke was around 3 or 4, theo and his brother played hockey on a rec level and romee would always bring luke around to watch his dad play. it was at one of these games that luke got his first taste for the ice and decided he loved the rough sport. he begged his parents to enroll him as soon as he was old enough. with the help of theo's mother finding his old hockey stuff & romee's father paying the year's dues - luke got his wish. he officially started playing hockey in the fall of 2002.

he found his place as a goalie not long after. he found the position on the ice natural, and was easily commended by his coaches & peers for every block he made. this was truly cemented for him when he went to his first hockey camp at age 8. he spent most of that camp as a goalie, and revelled in the cheers he got every-time he blocked the puck from the goal.

the first time the idea came up that luke could actually truly make a career out of hockey - he was 13. sure, the idea had come up in dreams and fun talks with his dad & uncle, but he didn't think it could actually happen to him. a scout put the idea in his head during one of his games; placed a card in theo's hand, and told him to call if he wanted his son on the ice for real. three months later, luke found himself at a prestigious hockey 'school' on his summer break - there, he met wanted connection, his closest friend, and it was also where he given his first real taste of big time parties.

luke's life kind of changed after that summer. it was like he was initiated into this new life of semi-pro athletes, and he started high school with this flow about him. another thing that changed for luke was his willpower towards certain substances and alcohol and the parties that came with his new life. even though he knew one wrong move could mess up his whole future, luke found he loved the rush he got whenever he indulged himself. it was almost better than the feeling of the crowd cheering for him.

as he got older, he got better. he continued going to hockey camp; played on the school team and on club teams. when he was 16, he was picked as a goalie for the canadian world juniors team and the team won silver after he blocked the final goal of the game from sweden. the first time he saw his uncle cry was after that game.

he played his first olympic game the following year. he turned 17 in the mist of his first olympics, and got a gold medal with it.

the olympics were another turning point for luke. it was the first time he kissed a boy. he never told any of his teammates or his friends, in fear of what would happen. he gradually came out to certain people in the years following, and still deals with internalised homophobia & biphobia over it.

luke was drafted by the nhl at the age of 19 - right out of high school. he started in colorado, before getting traded to his hometown team of the ottawa senators.

as the years went on, luke's penance for partying grew. he was known to be at clubs late at night, and was known for heavy drinking following bad losses. he thought he hid it well; he really did. he thought no one could possibly know - until everyone did. after a brutal binge (and maybe a couple thousand in damages to a couple of things), luke was sent to rehab.

following his stay at rehab, luke had a horrible season. he felt shitty; he felt bad. he felt like his whole life and everything he thought about himself was going to come crumbling down due to one bad season. despite his two gold and two silver medals, and constantly being named one of the top goalies in the nhl: luke felt he had ruined his career and life.

he was traded to the anaheim ducks the following season, and he had never been so thankful to move from his hometown.

OTHER THINGS

luke has always been described by teachers and coaches as 'quirky' and 'a little odd'. he's always had this odd flow to him - like he's on a different dimension than you. his warmup music consists of kpop girl groups and vitamin string quartet covers; a hobby he picked up as a kid was tumbling rocks, and he has continued it into adulthood; and his favourite ice cream flavour is pralines & cream. after he moved to la, this translated into his clothing style too. it was often to find pap photos of him in fun clothes going viral on twitter.

once a video a teammate took of him dancing to 'love dive' by ive in the locker room went viral on tiktok & twitter, and now he sometimes does it on the ice.

sometimes just comes to the rink to skate his feelings out. he tries to do figure skating moves, but can never land them right.

he plays the guitar and sometimes jokes about starting his own band 'if this hockey thing doesn't work out'

luke hasn't touched drugs since rehab, but still drinks. he's trying to stop completely, but he has cut back a lot.

#california.intro

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paastliives · 1 year

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kim sejeong + they/she + nonbinary – have you seen sunhee ‘maris’ kang around los angeles? the twenty six year old is usually jamming to cleopatra by the lumineers. word around the city is that they’re tactful, yet, they can also be fretful, but you didn’t hear that from me. they’re currently a screenwriter and twitter comedian and are typically seen walking the streets of los angeles with decorated airpod maxs. when i think of them, i think of painted on freckles splattering their nose, a mothman pin on a crisp black baggu, philosykos by diptyque and beaten up converse covered in doodles. let’s hope the city treats them good!

( WANTED CONNECTIONS )

full name: kang sunhee

nicknames: maris, mari, sun kang (penname)

birthday: october 13th, 1996

zodiac: libra

birthplace: busan, south korea

hometown: los angeles, california

occupation: screenwriter + horror writer, twitter comedian

sexual orientation: bisexual

gender: non-binary

character inspiration: nayoung 'nora' moon (past lives), sydney adamu (the bear), erin quinn (derry girls), jal fazer (skins)

headlines

RETURN OF THE VAMPS? ( author sun kang sits down to discuss 'twilight', k-dramas and their favorite cryptids. ) - the new york times, july 2023 'ILMOL' AUTHOR JOINS NETFLIX THRILLER'S WRITING ROOM. - deadline, may 2023 NEPO BABIES? HOW 'BOUT NEPO AUTHORS! ( meet booktok's newest favourite darling and author of 'karrington road' - the child of mina nam and seong-wu kang, sun kang. ) - vulture, dec 2021 SIT DOWN WITH MARIS KANG, THE 'ROSIE'S DEAD' WRITER - ucla magazine, jan 2018

the story

born in her mother's hometown of busan, south korea to famed korean film director, kang seong-wu (fifty-five) and korean-canadian actress mina nam (fifty-three) - maris feels they were destined to be a creative person. both her parents were in an upwards plateau of their career when she was born, and she was often brought to seoul for premiers & filming & meetings, and everything in between. their younger brother, wanted connection (??), was born not far after maris, completing the small family.

when maris was nine, their mother was offered a life-changing role in iron man (2008) as pepper potts. the small family promptly boarded a flight to lax for filming, and almost twenty years later - the family's homebase remains in los angeles. despite this, her father is still based in korea for his movies and shows and maris often found themself travelling to seoul at least twice a year for most of their childhood.

maris's love of horror and all things creepy came from seong-wu. their father built his whole career on horror, and has built a cult following with his four movies and two shows. in interviews, maris is open about wanting to collaborate with seong-wu one day - but they doubt that day will ever come. maris often feels at an arms-length away from her father, despite their similar careers and similar personalities.

mina loves her child. she frequently name drops her projects (books & tv shows) in multiple interviews, and anywhere she can. maris is grateful for her mother's love, but sometimes feels pressured and smothered by her.

they spent most of their childhood writing. they would write about the things around them; stories about the family vacations on jeju island, or visiting her grandparents in vancouver. maris wrote their first short story when they were 14 - a ghost story featuring banshees.

they continued to write - gradually moving into scripts as they started school at ucla for film studies. while at ucla, they entered multiple film festivals with friends and classmates. amongst those films, included "rosie's dead" (2017) which was a film maris wrote based on her first short story about banshees. "rosie's dead" won multiple awards in the 2017/2018 school year, and was the foundation for maris to start their career after graduating (although her mother and father's names didn't hurt, either)

during their final year at ucla, maris began interning on sets and working in writer's rooms. they used those experiences to better their writing, and push themselves to write scripts & stories. eventually, they finished their first novel - 'karrington road' a horror novel about two sisters who spend the night in a haunted house in vancouver, british columbia (mina's canadian hometown).

'karrington road' was published in 2021 by tor books under the pen name 'sun kang'. it was received to rave reviews, and was on the new york times bestsellers list for three weeks.

with her family & her book blowing up on tiktok, maris's social media began to blow up too. the small quips they'd make on twitter began to go viral, and silly little edits they'd make would get watched over & over. she would occasionally get stopped in the street to ask if the silly little tweets were theirs, and she revelled in it. they supposed it's how their mom feels at premiers, and on screen.

their second novel 'ilmol' was published in march 2023 by tor books. it follows multiple generations of vampires in korea. it was published to more rave reviews, and sat on top of the new york times best sellers list for three months.

shortly after ilmol was published, maris joined the writing room on a horror series on netflix - the series is rumoured to be a collaboration with her father (and they're right.). maris is incredibly nervous about the collaboration - worried they'll let their father down, but also let themself down.

in the period between 'karrington road' and 'ilmol', maris joined the writing room on an hbo miniseries. it was her first tv or movie project, and the episode she helped write was nominated for an emmy. looking towards their mother again, maris felt a sense of accomplishment. they felt apart of their great family - not just a shadow in her parent's way.

MARIS KANG'S CREDITS

zombie girl in 어두운 날 (the dark day) (2001) dir. kang seong-wu

tween in iron man 2 (2010) (uncredited)

writer on rosie's dead (2017) (ucla student film)

student in spiderman: homecoming (2017) (uncredited)

karrington road (2021)

writer on hbo mini-series (2022)

ilmol (2023)

writer on untitled netflix project (2024) dir. kang seong-wu

OTHER THINGS

maris was included in new york magazine's article on nepo babies. she thought it was funny, and made it her header on twitter. it did bring up some of their insecurities to the forefront of her mind, but they've been working to push past those.

seong-wu's first movie after maris was born was dedicated to her, and him & mina collect different editions they find of maris's books around the world.

her profile picture on twitter is a screenshot of them as a zombie child in the dark day.

they try to go back to korea once a year to visit, but have been finding it harder & harder each year. they used 'research for ilmol' to stay for months last time they went.

their books keep blowing up on tiktok, and they're excited but also confused because tiktok makes them feel old.

they have multiple tattoos; a spiderweb up their arm is their favourite.

the family has lived in the same apartment building since they moved to los angeles in 2007.

#california.intro

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