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a.k.a. Robin McBrayne

~ they/them ~ l'appel du vide ~ | ~ Greatest Artist Who Never Lived ~ | ~ dustbin philosopher ~ | ~ unrecognised creator of f-zero 99 ~ | ~ Agender ~ | ~ living Golem (go-them not Gollom) ~

Born in the untamed wilds of the south coast in 1981, Robin McBrayne grew up dreaming of being an animator. They were the eldest of two siblings to a single parent family on a run-down council estate on the outskirts of Portsmouth.

They had a challenging childhood, and target of many a school bully, things were difficult at the best of time for Robin, but they plodded on with plans to study art.

Sadly a childhood of abuse in the home and in school caused Robin to fall behind their peers in the education system, and they left school with zero GCSE's. 

Robin was fortunate to meet some sympathetic college officials who gave them the opportunity to study Art and design GCSE a second time, which they passed with a D. 

Eventually Robin made it into a GNVQ in Art and Design, Foundation level, where tutors, encouraged by their natural comfort with the arts, gave Robin the support they needed to pass with Merit.

But, as things looked to finally be coming together for Robin, a string of family bereavements, culminating in the death of their mother, cut further education short. Robin, at the age of 18, took over guardianship of their younger sibling and over the next few years, through extended family pressure, and challenging personal relationships, had nearly all dreams of a life in art beaten out of them.