Echoes of a Dream: Navigating The Cw’s Periphery

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Disney Channel Moment

It was 2007 - a year etched in the margins of my memory. The studio lights, the electric anticipation of a live taping, and that moment. A blonde, handsome cast member whose presence seemed to fill the entire room with an inexplicable gravitational pull.

I remember telling myself to tone it back.

“Not everyone needs to see how much this affects you.”

Proverbs 16:9 says, “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” How prophetic those words would become.

Pilot: All Rapped Up

Years would pass. My creativity simmered, eventually boiling over into my first pilot - “All Rapped Up”. A narrative that felt more like a blueprint of potential than just a script. I pitched it through my management at Osbrink Talent Agency & Judy, sending it to The CW, alongside two other deeply personal projects.

The concept? Moving into the house of a famous recording artist I’d met backstage - a narrative that blurred lines between reality and imagination.

Uncanny Resemblance

My best friend in the pilot was this Caucasian male character - someone who looked almost identical to that Disney Channel actor. A living, breathing doppelgänger who could have stepped right out of my subconscious.

My first single, “Crowd Nine” - an electronic dance track that felt like a goth Hollywood Records cut - was my sonic introduction to the world.

Reflection

Time is a curious architect. The moments we think are peripheral often become the foundational stones of our journey.

That actor I told myself to not get too excited about? He lived in the back of my mind throughout high school. I didn’t even watch his show - a deliberate act of self-preservation, perhaps.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” - Jeremiah 29:11

Sometimes, the most profound stories are the ones we’re too close to see.

-Mitchell Royel