Do you think that… the real you… would’ve been as successful? Like, if you had just gone for the auditions, as the real you?
No. 1000% NO.
Why?
You didn’t even like the real me! You let him go!
No, but that was different… I mean as a public image.
No. I don’t believe so.
So the Common Name gets all the adulation. The Common Name gets all the glory.
Yes.
Can you see it from my perspective? I’m falling in love, again, with the Real You. And then, I think — well, nobody knows about him. I’m just writing to myself on a blog. But very few people really know the Real You. Let alone get a tiny glimpse into a fictionalized characterisation of the “Real You” — but I can also see, a potential for success — simply, authentically, as, the “Real You”.
And you’ll be alone in that thought. Nobody else would agree.
No… I think, maybe in Australia, you could succeed as the Real You.
(Thinking about it)… I’m not sure. But it’s not something that “I” as the “Real Me” wants to do.
Yeah. You wouldn’t want to. That’s why you’re not doing that… but… I think you would have your own niche following.
Probably around the same followers as you.
Oh? What, like 13,000 on Tik Tok?
Yeah. Probably, that’d be the ceiling. I don’t think the Real Me would have any bigger following than you.
Oh? Why’s that?
Because… the Real Me… is all about… following you…
LOL…
The Real Me would just have followers who are also in love with you. Because that’s all my content would be. Just everyday, record myself on Tik Tok, “Fuck, I’m in love with her. She’s magic.”
(Shaking with my head down in my hands)
See? That’s why I love you.
You love anything I do!
I do. (Smiles)
And it’s not an act. You’re not being a puppy character.
No, it’s not an act. How can you tell?!
I’m not sure… just a feeling, I guess… in my heart. It’s not an act.
Right… you trust your feelings in your heart, not your gut?
No… gut is always cringing at stuff. Heart — when it feels you — it’s so obviously a different feeling altogether. It’s a burst of love.
