Brian Park

## Season 4

**Brian Park** is a gorgeous boy who enters into a friendship with Troy about a year before the ***Pilot***’s action begins to unfold. However, Troy has a hard time keeping his new friend happy once Noah disappears, and makes himself appear even guiltier by using a disposable phone to contact Brian and continuing to meet up with him for clandestine conversations in the days just after Noah goes missing.

Brian is super clingy, and self-absorbed to the point of being totally ignorant of how dire Troy's situation is. Troy gets Brian "reassurance and comfort from touching" and sex, and is almost possessive of him -- and this behavior continues even after Noah disappears, when Brian visits Gabriella's house twice and makes demands of Troy that he "see [him] or talk to [him] every day". We're not ones to be judgmental, but it's definitely a little off that he doesn't seem at all concerned by the fact that Troy is a suspect in his friend's murder. The fact that Brian's behavior would be enough evidence to send Troy to death row doesn't seem to matter at all to him either -- otherwise he'd buzz off or at least be a little more discerning about when and where he sees Troy. And yet, according to Noah, who stalks him on Facebook, he's "surprisingly discreet" for a 18-year-old in 2008. Brian doesn't post his whole life on the Internet and speaks about Troy only in veiled references woven into his status updates.

Just like everyone else in this season, though, he's really good at putting on an act; acting cute, awkward, sweet, and nervous. When Brian comes clean about the flirty friendship as revenge on Troy for leaving him, he's able to manipulate the public by looking, dressing, and acting like a harmless boy-next-door.

## **Physical Appearance**

Whereas Noah is beautiful, Brian uses a skill bestowed upon him to demonstrate just how fantastically *gorgeous* he is. Though he is slender, Brian is built with heavy muscles. That, coupled with his height, makes him much heavier than he appears to be. Perhaps it's due to his Korean heritage, but Brian has the kind of hair, eyebrows and lashes that girls would kill for. His lashes, just like his hair, are naturally thick, black and very much healthy. He rather keeps his locks at ears length, cut shorter underneath for a more classy version of the undercut.

Brian is what one would expect a long-term "fuckboy" to look like. He's somewhat tall, lean, and often wears a seductive smile, even when it's fake. Not only does he look the part, but he dresses the part as well. Nonetheless, it doesn't mean he's dressed to the nines at all times, but even on his worst days, his wardrobe is simple, clean and classy, always ready to leave a good first impression no matter where he is or who is with.

## **Personality and Traits**

Despite Brian’s otherworldly beauty, he’s not *dumb*, exactly, but he’s clearly not as intelligent as Troy or Noah. Nonetheless, he suggests early on that he and Troy just tell the police about their "flirtatious" friendship, since he’s his alibi. Troy shoots this down, but in hindsight, he *really* should’ve taken Brian’s advice.

Brian knows Troy is heterosexual and has a loving, caring girlfriend. He’s very seductive, and Noah scorns how Brian manipulates public perception of him, but Brian also genuinely tries to help Troy (although he makes everything worse). When Troy is under investigation for *murder*, Brian complains that Troy hasn’t called him.

The opposite proves true, as Brian is gentle, sweet, and shallow, while Noah is extremely intelligent and deadly. Like Noah, his fatal flaw is also his pride and ego; he can’t comprehend anyone being even as attractive as him, and usually also assumes everyone is dumber. He is always eager to be the most beautiful human wherever he goes, and strives to make other male peers jealous. He toys cleverly with the public and media’s expectations based on his outward appearance and mannerisms that he immediately has the upper-hand in those situations. While he’s not nearly as careful as he should be, given his situation, Noah admits that Brian’s smarter than he took him for -- he’s careful with what he posts on social media, and knows when it’s time to bail on Troy and get public sympathy on his side.

During his press conference, Brian plays the act of an innocent angel to a T, using his adorable good-looks and cute mannerisms to take advantage of the media. This makes the public sympathize with him and allows him to escape the media shit-storm relatively unscathed.