Miles Borman

Miles Borman is a character role-played by ShinuAnxiety.

Background Information
Miles was born in California to a half Native American father whose exotic features had earned him the chance to become an actor, Miles had to adapt to a life under the spotlight since he was very young. Miles had introverted tendencies and he preferred to spend time alone or with people close to him. Unfortunately, this was far from what life had in store for him. Because of his father’s fame and contacts, Miles was slowly dragged into the show business, being assigned various minor roles as a toddler but increasingly important ones as he grew up.

A lot of people were very envious of him – children and adults alike. But for Miles, this was more a curse than a blessing. The privacy and comfort in the company of loved ones was, for him, an illusion – a fairy tale that he had heard of in stories but could never experience for himself. He was constantly under the watchful eye of paparazzi and had to be mindful of his each and every action, which was beyond stressful for a young child. For most of his childhood, he didn’t get the chance to play like a normal child would, and enjoy the freedom of ignorance. For years afterwards, Miles would feel like his childhood and his innocence had been stolen from him, like he had been forced to become mature before his time.

What was worse than the media attention was the fact that it was really hard for him to connect with his peers. He would be taught on set when there was an ongoing contract, but during the other periods of time he would attend his old school. There, his peers were envious of him and shunned him, not even for a second trying to imagine how hard his life was. All of his interactions at school were shallow and superficial – no one was interested in Miles as a person. There was no one he could confide in, and talk with about all the tiresome aspects of travelling to various sets and trying to follow filming schedules while studying.

His mother tried to be supportive of him, but she couldn’t possibly understand what he was going through, and she was under a lot of pressure from his father which meant she couldn’t shelter him from the harsh aspects of the show business. There where times when Miles became physically sick from everything he was put through, like the time he almost caught hypothermia from being forced to swim in a freezing pool for hours. He used to have social workers assigned to him as well, but they were more aligned with the directors and willing to turn a blind eye to Mile’s suffering.

At the age of 14, Miles was part of a particular scene that required him to stand in the heat of the blazing sun without refreshment. There was a kind of special makeup done on his face and especially around the mouth and the crew didn’t want him to screw it up, so he wasn’t allowed to drink anything. His scene partner was also under a lot of stress and fatigued from the heat, which made her keep messing up her lines. Miles remembers being stuck in his costume for hours, thirsty and needing to pee -among a host of other things. His head hurt, and with every moment that passed he felt nauseous. He managed to stay on his feet by harnessing all of his willpower, but when it was his turn to speak, he failed to make a coherent statement. This irritated the director, who began to berate him. The sound of his voice became fainter as he slowly started to fade out of consciousness. Moments later, he came to and found himself lying on the floor and looking up at a crew member. He tried to stand up, and managed to get to his feet before his vision went black again.

Miles woke up in the hospital some time later, and learned that he had suffered a heatstroke from pushing himself too hard in the unbearable heat. His mother had gotten his role cancelled by threatening the director with legal repercussions. After being monitored for a few more days Miles was allowed to go home. He was feeling fine then, but the whole incident seemed like a dream to him. When he went to school again a few weeks later, though, he found out that the incident had been reported in the local media. He also found out that as a side-effect of passing out, he had peed all over himself and the set where they had been filming. The story he read in one of these articles glossed over the fact that he had suffered from heatstroke, and made it seem as if he had simply been tired and unable to hold it in. The article had attempted to give the impression that embarrassing things happen to child actors who aren’t taken good care of on set because they aren’t as resilient as adults.

Miles wanted to die from embarrassment. He couldn’t bring himself to look anyone in the eye, and he could tell that people were laughing at him behind his back, pitying his lack of self-control. But more than that, he was frustrated at the fact that he had actually almost died. This industry had nearly killed him, and then made fun of him for it. He had had enough – this was the last straw. After thinking long and hard, Miles talked to his mother and told her that if she couldn’t help him get away from this life of his, he would abandon it all and run away from home.

And thus began a new chapter of his life. After much arguing and many fights, his mother managed to win him his freedom from the father that shouldn’t have cared about him anyway, as he was never around. Miles went on to live with his aunt and uncle on his mother’s side, becoming a shut-in who didn’t have friends and didn’t like going outside unless absolutely necessary. He didn’t neglect his studies, however, and went on to study Information Technology in college. The life of a programmer was a peaceful one, one where he could spend time with himself and could hide from the predatory eyes of the outside world that he felt was always out to ridicule him. Over time, he felt himself becoming more comfortable with people again, eventually making a few close friends and going out with them on occasion. This was something Miles had never had and he cherished the memories he made with them.

Currently working as a freelance software developer, Miles occasionally travels because he loves the change of scenery and visiting places where no one knows about him or his past. He wants to meet unique and interesting individuals and be involved in their lives, but he shies away from the spotlight and doesn’t like being the center of attention. Miles hopes to go to Los Santos someday as he has heard great things about the city. The thought of living among unusual individuals and even the thrill of witnessing, and being part of, shady or outright criminal activities is exciting to Miles who has lived a sheltered life and knows little about this particular side of society.

Characteristics
Positives: Kind and forgiving, very loyal with people who truly care about him and spend time with him, skilled at solving problems creatively which helps him with his work

Negatives: Cannot handle attention or responsibilities very well, suffers from chronic overthinking that doesn’t allow him to move past his mistakes

Inspiration Behind Miles
I've always had social anxiety growing up and never been able to work around it, i've always just stayed quiet but then I found FiveM RP and really loved it played alot to help get rid of my social anxiety or atleast make it easier to talk to people IRL. When making Miles I took some IRL things and put them into my character so I can easily rp with my social anxiety. My goal in this character is to make friends... I just want to make alot of friends and have fun while doing my best to be original. The idea about Miles and the Media came to me when I was thinking if anyone has ever tried to expose the Media, I knew it would be perfect as it fits right in Miles's backstory causing him to have severe anxiety from what the Media did to him as a child.

Relationships
STILL UNDERCONSTRUCTION